03 17 1994 History Minutes
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THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE
HISTORY COMMITTEE MEETING
IÆarch 17, 1994
The Township of Oro-Medonte History Committee met this eve~g'
at the Township Administration Building in the Committee Room.
All Members having been notified by telephone. The meeting had
been called by the Chairrerson.
The following members were present:
Loreen (Rice) Lucas
Walter Hutchinson /
Henry Neufeld
Walter Hutchinson
Earl Robertson
Jadeen Henderson
Tim Crawford
Absent
Bernice Hickling
Sandra Shelswell
Opening:
The Chairperson opened the meeting at 7:35 p.m.
The Minutes of the last regular meeting held on
January 13, 1994, were on motion of Tim Crawford
and Earl Robertson adopted as printed and received.
Co~ies of the Minutes had been forwArded to all members.
Minutes:
Business arising from the last meeting
Report en re-a;:çointment of the Township History Committee
and proposed Budget for the Committee fro 1994.
Council's response under Communications.
Correspondence and Communications
(a)
Presented letter from the Township Clerk advising that
Council had instructed that an appropriate By-law appoint-
ing members to the Township of Oro-Medonte History Committee
be prepared and presented once the Medonte Historical Society
had been contacted to submit names of persons which they
would like incorporated into the History Committee appointment
By-law. Also that the Committee request for a Budget in the
amount of $2000 for 1994 had been referred to the 1994 Budget
and that the status of the Budget request will be confirmed
through the Treasurer at the completion of the 1994 Budget
deliberations.
(b)
Presented Memo from the Deputy-Clerk enclosing a letter
from Mrs. Joyce Harrison, Chilliwack, B.C., being an enquiry
as to any information or family history on Morrison, McPhee
and McGinnis families. Stating that her great grandparents
were Neil Morrison and Sarah Minnie (L~cPhee) Morrison and
that she was interested to know if there are any relatives
of these families buried in Oro. And that Ann McInnes Wps
the daughter of Neil and Sarah Morrison and that her son
Peter was her father. Letter also advises that she had
written to the Simcoe County Branch of O.G.S. and had re-
ceived a letter from them advising of three books published
by the Branch and two Oro Township Historical Books -
"The Story of Oro" and Kith 'N Kin, and that she had asked
the Library in Chilliwack to see if they could obtain them
through Interlibrary loan. The foregoing enquiry had arisen
from T.V. program on Cemeteries in Oro, which her daughter
had seen.
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'¡'; 1 ter Hutchinson, Earl 30bertscn Lcreen L'.lcE: s reg rf.ing tte 8
rnauiry, i'= a:rIs-rcr. t ' 11 ":-cr::: Lm,ilì3.r:¡" t~-. tr:e f3.rrily names
-" l;r-.~¡t..crri3C'ns ~: d ;- Le-s ;;coY'e Duri .::-. - --"rs ~'>:r.eteries.
c- _0 - :t-?r r?s;~'òI'cr ":. ;' +-, ¡ '¡ ~~ir: r.r-f- ;ublicé'iticn Y - E..r's of
-it~ess'~ nistory 0: El~vale 'resbyt riaL Church, .ublishef to
~e_ebr:te it~ L?~5tt .c:.nivrs"T;' in 19C5. (S?rl '?,cbert::;cn h3S a
co y 01 ::':13 ;'OOK) F-r 3.11 r""se?rcr. re- ly "'~s forwc:rded of
3:1, infcr~ tien cbt3ineë in thf Iublications along ~ith 21
!Dcto co;ies cf ~ages fro~ t~e ;ucLic tions having reference to
the :--:rr:ily n"è.r..9S i::vrlvr::d. -so (vi.: ..1'5. Joyce E:::.rrison of
the Ore ?ublic-ticns ?vaileble C:I'.d cost ::-f <:-?-cr.. T: r fcr~gcing
action ';:as t tc-::void âelay resI-°nse th'1til th", next meeting
-f the Co~ittee.
~n the ceantice a rF- ~ s ~ en received from _rs. -rison
acKnowledging receiPt ~~ +-he letter and enclosed ~hctc caries
.:lcnf ~ith c~::-aue:~ tn~ CCGnt 31~, tc~ r~s c:st of restage
a~d I~oto COriES. 'lso tn~t she is look~ng fcr~nrd to any additional
infcr:::'?iticr: t~, t 7::; C:rr_:::~it~ e C~y C:::::'f 1':1:-0r:. ::=i'-;~r tr:Fr ~nquirìes
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t['at the corrE's::cnde"":.c? as rrese."'.teè é2nè :-cr"'.-:r~pd t cce; ted
as satisf ~tory -
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refer ~l??vCs . r ~rpserv-ticn.
tr, TiIJ: Cr:wford
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by ..::-ri".n {Celt!"' s:-::'.'l:". b? moc':e us'" ::', : cssibly . t the next
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¡:~~ .; story :i1:-<::. . lsc :.:h~ t h? ~',.:; ""1i t"'è :~c;:.s c..:;,nges in
it to reflect modern ~ y saying. (such s AfricaI'. ir: rl~ce
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as left t~~: t f'.1rth?~' inquires be
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The :~tt r of [res?rvi~g t~? ~l~ Gut~rie ~c~ccl h')use ~s h~d
~een considered ¿nd roIosed by Larry Cct:on ~r:d oth r lembers
in tre Community. JedecT: Henders':;n "'Dr "",lter ::utcr.inson
d ~ttE";ded n:.e::õti '.:t t~e site ';s te e'1:.r.er it '";<13 ::::t
all s :;. ts.ble tc OP rLcved. - sr_crt ~i3c:;ssicn,va~ ld en
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lIt s caved ~ Cr~wford nd secc câ by Earl ~cbertscn
t t Js.dc,::'1 ::erâ rscn i:::crrr. L'êrry Cotc:cn t., t n:.embers of
che story Comn:.1ttee Iointed by ths TcwBsti; Council
are not ole te r rtici~ate ::y :und r3ššing fer the
;rcs~rvation of the old Guthrie School Ecuse.'
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Slection of Officers fer 1~94
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for trc Comr:ittee in 1994.
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It DES moved by ~a r Hutchinson thc:t the r:eeting
adjourn t :00 p.L. to r:eet again on TuEsday,
F.rri1 ::"2, 1994.
cr:r:i e IT.embers s::.en-: scrr:e t l~"'viei'ìif'.g SCIr.e dccurr:ef'.ts
for -reserv; tion cr isc~rd. 2~Eri&1 ~o ~t ~ eerared
fer :'°cord ~istcric use ~as r oed in the ist-ry Committee
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