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Portland On The Rideau Portland, Ontario November  December 2015 Volume 1 Issue 5 Upcoming Activities and Events in and around the Portland area…

Portland United Church Remembrance Day Worship Service Sunday Nov. 8, 2015 9:15 a.m.

The Royal Canadian Legion Rideau Lakes Branch 231 Portland, ON Remembrance Day Ceremonies Elgin & Portland Ceremonies will be held on Sunday November 8, 2015 Elgin Cenotaph 1:30 pm Portland Cenotaph 3:00 pm

Rideau Lakes Dancers DANCE RECITAL

Remembrance Day Ceremony Wednesday November 11, 2015

10:45 am

Portland Legion Branch 231 Reception to follow VIBE: Venturing in Bible Education Wednesday’s 7:00 pm Continues weekly to Dec. 2nd Portland United Church

Rev. Takouhi at 613-272-2002

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Saturday November 14, 2015 The gymnasium at Rideau District High School 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm No charge for admission. All are welcome!

Portland Seniors Club Christmas Turkey Dinner at the Portland Legion Wednesday December 2, 2015 Entertainment at 5:00 pm Dinner 6:00 pm $15.00 ea.

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Portland On The Rideau Portland, Ontario Portland United Church

November  December 2015 Volume 1 Issue 5

Calendar of Events 

November 8 – Sunday o Remembrance Day Worship Service o 9:15 am Portland United Church

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November 19 – Thursday o Jesus, Jazz and Hope – Concert at PUC 7:00 pm Free Will offering for Refugee Mission of our Presbytery

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November 24 – Tuesday o Community Luncheon – Portland United Church

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November 29 – Sunday o Advent 1/ Hope o Communion Sunday o 9:15 am Portland United Church

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(Chit Chat)

Portland Community Hall Thursday mornings 10:30–12 noon Come & enjoy a bit of social fun! Bring your latest craft, project, a deck of cards or just yourself! All are welcome. Donations appreciated. Contact Betty James 613-272-2461

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Coffee & Chat Drop-In

Advent 2/ Peace 9:15 am Portland United Church

December 12 – Seasonal Celebration Concert o Portland United Church 7:00 pm Free Will offering for PUC’s Mission Work o (Inclement Weather Date December 13)

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December 13 – Sunday

Do you know the location of this stone monument…?

o Advent 3/ Joy o 9:15 am Portland United Church 

December 20 – Sunday o Advent 4/ Love – Winter solstice service o 9:15 am Portland United Church

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December 24 – Thursday o Christmas Eve/Communion Service o Portland United Church at 6:00 pm Visit… www.twprideaulakes.on.ca for more activities and events!

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Portland On The Rideau Portland, Ontario November  December 2015 Volume 1 Issue 5

Portland-on-the-Rideau Forfar Community Pot-Luck Sunday December 13, 2015 Forfar Community Hall 1:00 pm For more information please contact: Peggy Bond 613-272-2252 or Pauline French 613-272-0231 Wednesday December 2, 2015 Rideau Lakes Horticultural Society Christmas Dinner 6:30 pm Westport Legion Hall Music: Judi Longstreet & Celtic Combination

Admission - $25 Come Join us

Chair Yoga/Light Stretching Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:00 am

Emmanuel Church Hall – Portland Free will offering appreciated Everyone Welcome Deadline for Jan – Feb 2016 Newsletter December 28th [email protected] 613-272-8837

FALL 1948    Farewell to arms, farewell to legs, Farewell to burns and blisters; For Summer Suns have given way To Autumn rains and twisters. The long deserted stretch of sand, Where mermaids used to roam, Is now devoid of even man – He might as well stay home. We’ve time to rest and stretch our legs We’ve time to read and sing. We’ve bread, meat and good fresh eggs And fruit and everything. BUT Our summer guests have all gone home. Things do not seem the same. We’ll hibernate till winter’s gone Then greet you once again. S.S. Scovil & Son

May we sincerely wish you A MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 1949 Note: Sim Scovil was the local grocer and postmaster until he retired in the late 1960’s. He wrote a number of poems that he sent out to his customers.

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Portland On The Rideau Portland, Ontario November  December 2015 Volume 1 Issue 5 A Perspective on Portland

Doug Bond

March 2012

Bins filled with flours and sugars were at the ready. There was the customary sweet fragrance of teas and spices from shelves to the left, maybe a faint dab of “eau de coal oil” from the stockroom to the right. Casually stroll toward the inner sanctum of Stanley’s Store. There you’d find an arc of captain’s chairs that migrated thermostatically by day and by season near and far from a roaring box stove. There a jury of retired farmers and fishing guides held daily court. They told and retold to any ear willing to hear of the prowess of teams of horses and of the number of cords of wood cut, split and piled in a day. Or maybe a guide’s myth-of-the-moment was of that big bass that got away. And on a stack of Bibles, he’d vow that the novice fisherman was a Mafia mogul or a Hollywood star. Truth was purely coincidental. Fair game for discussion was last Saturday’s game broadcast on CBC between the Leafs and Red Wings. And God forbid if you interrupted the jury to suggest that Westport might win on Portland’s ice next week. From the profane to the profound, the jury might deliberate on matters of Depression and World Wars as reported in the weekly paper or a monthly magazine. Instantaneous Facebook was an era away. A discerning observer would detect a similar “hot stove league” waxing eloquent by the window of Scovil’s General Store on Water Street. But observe carefully. You’d find that the furniture was a corner bench by the window and the politics was of a very different shape. At Polk’s, Trotter’s and Gallagher’s General Stores, the same was so different. And the ladies of the Emmanuel’s A.C.W. They might commune around an evolving quilt, with needleand-thread in hand, with china tea cup and saucer at hand. In those decades pre-TV, they might critique a play staged by the Delta or Crosby amateur travelling theatre that was performed last week at Portland Community Hall or the Orange Hall. For sure, they rated the relationships of young lads who evidently carried torches for young lasses. Some of those budding romances might be sanctioned by mothers and grannies present, priests or parsons future. They might pass judgement on that great fire which leveled a local hotel (one of three) and the consequent loss of the liquid and social temptations of that bar room. Their judgment was in the tradition of temperance of the Reverend Darius Dunham, renowned for his lightning wit in reproving sinners. It seems that a local squire commented in slurring voice to the good pastor about his riding a fine horse into Portland. The squire opined that it was so unlike his Master, the Lord Jesus, who rode into Jerusalem on an ass. Without a moment’s hesitation, Darius responded to the inebriated squire, with theological gravity and the measured tone of the pulpit, that he would gladly ride on such a lowly beast. However it was difficult to find a good ass in these parts and times, the government having made all asses into squires. (To be continued in Jan-Feb 2016 newsletter) Taken from… A Perspective on Portland by Doug Bond March 2012

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Portland On The Rideau Portland, Ontario November  December 2015 Volume 1 Issue 5 Some more of Dave’s HANDY HINTS… To remove sweaty foot smell from shoes. Fill shoes with crumpled newspaper when not being used. To get rid of bad smells in plastic containers. Fill container with crumpled newspapers, close container tight & leave closed for 24 hours. To clean chrome. Use a dryer sheet. To remove the smell of garlic from your hands. Wash your hands using toothpaste. To clean copper and/or copper bottom pots. Use ketchup. To clean stainless steel. Use a slice of lemon or a ½ lemon for large jobs. To remove labels from jars (jam, pickle, etc.) Smear label with mayonnaise and let stand a couple of hours. To keep cut flowers longer. Add ½ tsp. sugar and ½ tsp. vinegar to water. Dave Geddes

We wish to thank the following for helping to display this newsletter: Baker’s Feed Store Ltd.

Rideau Lakes Township Office LCBO Portland

Ultramar Gas Bar Portland

Old N’ New General Store

Forfar Cheese Portland Anglican Church Portland United Church Rideau Lakes Library Portland Branch Royal Bank Portland

Portland Grocery

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Ongoing Monthly Events & Activities

Portland On The Rideau Sunday CRCHC: Country Roads Community Health Centre Hwy. 15 Portland 613-272-2799 ext. 0

CPHC: Community Primary Health Care (previously VON) Portland 613-272-8014

Emmanuel Anglican Church 8:30 am Portland United Church 9:15 am

Emmanuel Anglican Church 8:30 am Portland United Church 9:15 am

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1st Tues. monthly Casino Free Bus to Gan. Casino leave Bus to Rideau Carleton Portland Hall 10:05 am $14.50 Leave Portland Hall Return about 4:00 pm 8:30am Return 5:00pm Seniors Fit 50+ Exercise Echo Tours CRCHC program 1-800-667-0210 Portland Hall 10–11am Chair Yoga/Light Stretching Portland Library Portland Anglican Church Open 5 pm – 8 pm 9:00 am Everyone welcome

Portland Library Open 2 pm – 5 pm VIBE: Venturing in Biblical Education 7 pm Portland United Church

10:45-11:45 am Gentle exercise to help strengthening at CRCHC 10-11 am Seniors 50+ exercise CPHC program Portland Hall Coffee & Chat Drop in… (Chit Chat) Portland Hall 10:30 am – 12 noon

Chair Yoga Portland Anglican Church 9:00 am All welcome Seniors 50+ Exercise CRCHC at Portland Hall 10 – 11am Portland Legion 1st Fri. Spagh. Night 5:30 pm $7 ea. Forfar Community Hall Euchre every Friday 7:30pm

Free Bus to Gan. Casino leave 2nd Tues. monthly Bus Portland Hall 10:05 am To Kingston $15 return trip Return about 4:00 pm Leave Portland Hall 9:00 am Seniors Fit 50+ Exercise Leave Kingston 4 pm CRCHC program Call Vicky 613-272-2676 Portland Hall 10–11am to reserve your seat. Portland Library Chair Yoga/Light Stretching Open 5 pm – 8 pm Portland Anglican Church 9:00 am Everyone welcome

Portland Library 2 –5 pm VIBE: Venturing in Biblical Education 7 pm Portland United Church Adult Dance Fit Class Portland Hall 6:30–7:30 pm Contact Emily at CRCHC Portland Community Hall Board Meeting 7:30 pm


Chair Yoga Portland Anglican Church 9:00 am All welcome Portland Library Open 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Seniors 50+ Exercise CRCHC At Portland Hall 10 – 11am Portland Legion Fun darts 7pm Forfar Community Hall Euchre every Friday 7:30pm

Portland Library Open 1 pm – 4 pm

Chair Yoga/Light Stretching Portland Anglican Church 9:00 am Everyone welcome

Portland Library 2 –5 pm VIBE: Venturing in Biblical Education 7 pm Portland United Church Adult Dance Fit Class Portland Hall 6:30–7:30 pm Contact Emily at CRCHC


Chair Yoga Portland Anglican Church 9:00 am All welcome Portland Library Open 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Seniors 50+ Exercise CRCHC at Portland Hall 10 – 11am Portland Legion Fun darts 7pm Forfar Community Hall Euchre every Friday 7:30pm







Free Bus to Gan. Casino leave Portland Hall 10:05 am Return about 4:00 pm Seniors Fit 50+ Exercise CRCHC program Portland Hall 10–11am Portland Library Open 5 pm – 8 pm

Free Bus to Gan. Casino leave Portland Hall 10:05 am Return about 4:00 pm Seniors Fit 50+ Exercise CRCHC program Portland Hall 10–11am Portland Library Open 5 pm – 8 pm Free Bus to Gan. Casino leave Portland Hall 10:05 am Return about 4:00 pm Seniors Fit 50+ Exercise CRCHC program Portland Hall 10–11am Portland Library Open 5 pm – 8 pm

Chair Yoga/Light Stretching Portland Anglican Church 9:00 am Everyone welcome

Community Luncheon Portland United Church 4th Tues. every month Pay by donation. Proceeds to DIG Dental Issues Group CRCHC Program Chair Yoga/Light Stretching Portland Anglican Church 9:00 am Everyone welcome





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“Battle of the Bulb”! Let’s celebrate the Christmas Season Light up the outside of your home, office, businesses, churches… Judging the evening of December 17th Recognition for the best displays -Religious or Non-Religious

Help us Light up the Area ! Your Portland Community Hall Board in action. For more info. contact: Del Bresee at 613-272-8837

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