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September 20, 2010 Minutes MEETING: COUNCIL ❑
Oro-Medonte History Association C. OF W. 9
Attendance: Geoffrey Booth, chair; Bruce Wiggins, vice-chair; Allan
Howard; Sheila Kirkland, secretary
Regrets: Jadeen Henderson, Sandy Agnew-Councilor
Minutes of June 21, 2010 meeting: moved by Bruce and seconded by Allan
that they be accepted as circulated.
Old Business
1. Carley Hall-deferred
2. Heritage Day report from Bruce Wiggins: day went well with
improved turnout due to increased advertising
3. Oro Fair report from Bruce that the history display was set out and
Luke Cuppage of Hawkestone again set up his war history display
beside us. It is encouraging to see a young man interested in history
and we all agreed that a letter of encouragement should be sent to
him-Sheila would send this.
4. Log cabin update: emails to Geoff that the owner would donate the
cabin provided it didn't cost him anything to do so.
We will start getting cost estimates to move it so we can bring it to
Council for approval. Geoff has a contact for the person who moved
Orillia's Regan house to Scout Valley and will ask him to our next
meeting to present information to us.
New Business
1. Allan spoke with the reenacting group at Fort Willow and he will
attempt to contact them regarding the War of 1812
2. Bruce Wiggins new email address is bwiggin.sLwbell..net
3. Donation from the granddaughter of Dave Bull, owner of Big Cedar
Estates, regarding the Cameron family whose burial plot is on the
Estate land. It included the family bible, pictures, and a family tree.
4. Request for information on the cheese house that was across the road
from Guthrie cemetery behind the old manse was received-no one
had any information on this site. Bruce will make enquiries.
5. Calendar for 2011 being worked on, using the women who drove the
antique tractors and a few other volunteers, as a fundraiser.
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6. Bruce suggested we do another tour as a group and Allan suggested
another plane museum in Brantford sometime in November. Date,
time and place will be confirmed at our October meeting.
7. Bruce suggested we do a farm tour of Jim Cameron on the 4cn
Concession as his barn still has the original pulleys, etc.
Correspondence
1. Email from Shawn inquiring about contact for the African Church
already dealt with this issue.
2. Email from Terry McMillan re: log cabin-see old business.
3. SCHA New and Views magazine.
4. Letter of support to Simcoe County re: Rail Trail project, and notice
of receipt.
Next meeting is October 18 at 6pm at the Northway Restaurant.
Adjourned.
Sink
FYI: October meeting has been relocated to the Township of Oro-Medonte
Administration building still at 6pm.
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