11 11 1994 History Minutes
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~cwns p of Oro-~edonte History Committee xet s evening
~ - CoITLittee Room at tte Township f dcnte stratinn
ldi , in acco~dance with Schedule set t meeting ld
:n Aprl 2, 1994.
e _allowing memDers present:
Tim Crawford Bernice Hickl Jadeen Henderson
~oreen (Rice) Lucas Walter Hutchinson iliary butt
uenry Neufeld Earl :J.obertson Carl Campetelli
All memb::?r s of the C omrni t te efi;resent for t:--_e m'get ing.
O-cening:
~Ünutes :
The
eting was opened by the Chairman at 7:40 p.m.
The Minutes of the last regUlar meeting held on
October 11,1994 were on mõtion of J een Henderson
and Walter Hutchinson olted as -crinted received.
All members ving received a co~~ of same.
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Business Arising from the ~inutes
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The Chairman reported that ~S agreed at the last regular
meeting Birthday cards had be~n to Mrs. Isabella
Woodrow for f.er lOOtt Birthday and to Jenny Fletcher for
her 95th Birthday.
Corr~spondence and Communications
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Secretary presented copy of letter forwarded to Paul Mililer,
President Oro Agricultural Society as directed at the last
regualr meeting. Expressing the Committee's appreciation for
the opfortunity to be allotted srace on the grounds to dis-
play Township Fublications, Fhoto Albums and antique artifacts.
~lso congratulating the Oro Fair Board of t improvement to
the Fair Gro~ds ~ ~rea relocations.
¡resented order form from Printed Fassage Books Ltd., 50 Princess
St., King ston Ont., for a copy of U._e us tory of Gro", qutbting
cost of book less discount of 40%. 3ecretary advised that
matt~r een discussed the C"erk's Derartment.
It was moved by Loreen (Rice) Lucas and seconded by Earl
Robertson that a letter be forwarded advising of the cost
of the publication, single copy or order of ten.
esented a letter from Mrs. D. Woods, Toronto in response
to information and meterial forwarded reply to her enquiry,
during the summer s as eported t e September meeting.
Letter expresses appreciation for the material and information
forwarded and advises of further reseErch as well as for-
warding a cheque t amount of $ s a token of her
arfreciation.
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Research
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the completiom of a Biographical Questionnaire order to
have the name of the Fr~sident or ether ~erson from the
Eistcry Committee included in the 7ho's Who Ontario, which
is sponsored by the Ontario Genealogical Society.
This matter WqS further considered by the members anå as
result the following action was taken:
nIt was moved by kary Garbutt and seconåed by Carl Campetelli
that the Secretary reply and advise that the Oro-~edonte
Histcry Committee are not prepared to submit the name of
anyone individual of the Committee since all of the pub-
lications have been the result of research and work of
many people participating with the Committee. Accordingly
it is the opinion of the History CoIT~ittee that the Township
History Committee shòuld be recognized for inclusion in the
Who's Who in Ontario, rather than one individual.
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Chairman presented a letter received from Robert Gilchrist,
North Battleford, Saskatchewan, regarding enquiry of the
family of Calverleys. Letter lists names and àat?s that
various members and where they had settled in the years
from 1833 to 1848, and that three of the 14 brothers had
arrived in western Canada in the 1900's, or before.
Chairman advised that he had replied to the letter. A
copy of the letter is to be placed ~n the Township History
files for any future reference that may arise.
Old and Unfinished Business
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Further consideration regarding the Book proposal put up
for discussion at the last meeting by the Chairman.
During the discussion the Chairman edvised the two membèrs
appointed from the ~edonte area, suggestions of material
that could be used. Mar¥ Garbutt and Carl Campetelli both
suggested material that could be used, such as unpublished
dairies that could be made available. It was also suggested
that the Committee go through the photographs en hand.
~ary Garbutt made mention of a lady who has a collection of
photographs of early buildings and aàvised that she had
attended with this lady on v~rious picture taking excursions.
During the discussimn the Chairman made mention that possibly
the Committee should be giving thought to establishing of
a small kuseum within the Township to preserve the many
artifactes that are availãble.
New Rusiness
Mary Garbutt brought up the matter of the proposal by the
Medonte Historical Society to put together a book on Medonte.
Material has been and is still being gathered. At this stage
the Society is ready for organization experience, which is
needed to ~ut the available material together. Suggesting
that the former Oro History.. Committëe membersa.re experienced4IÞ
in this regard. The Chairman suggested that he would be
happy to assist as did other members of the CoIT~ittee.
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New Business (contI d)
Loreen (Rice) Lucas suggested th~t the IIStory of Oro"
be placed in all Libraries in the surrounding area. It
would peRr th&t a nu~ber of local Libraries do not
have a copy. She further indic~ted that she would be
prepared to undertake to look into the matter. The
Chairman advised that he would place a notice in the
next News letter of the Simcoe County Historical Society.
Prior to the meeting and after the conclusion of the
business at hand the members had an opportunity to. view
a video of pictures taken Df areas-where farm buildings
h~d been and now on~y remains p~rt foundations existed.
Wãlter Huthinson had taken Jadeen Henderson and the
Chairman on the tour, since he was familiar with the
area and the original Owners of the lamds. Jadeen
Henderson after the tour had composed a poem of the
event which will be placed in the History files.
There being no further business at hand it WnS moved
by Earl Robertson th~t the meeting adjourn to meet again
on December 13,1994 at 7:30 p.m.
Henry Neufeld
Secret,. ry.
rrim Crawford
Chairman.
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