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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, August 17, 1994 11 Summer's the time for picnics! On Saturday Gordon and Carolyn Garrod hosted the Garrod picnic. Over fifty arrived and all had a good time. Among the out-of-town attendants attendants were George and Joan Skeld- ing, Niagara Falls and some of their family, Sharon and Bob Brown from Colbome. Entertainment was provided provided by Tacky the Clown. On Sunday Jean and Brenton Rickard hosted the Rickard picnic. A write-up will be submitted re: that reunion. reunion. With Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Powell for the weekend were Frances and Terry Garwood and Beaconsfield, Quebec and Marion Fisher, Belleville. Belleville. They all attended the Rickard reunion. With Mr. Albert Pearce from Friday Friday to Tuesday was his sister, Peggy Visser, of Toronto. Sunday callers were brother Ken Pearce, Orangeville, Orangeville, Claire and Rob Schldtzhauer, Stratford, Peter and Dorothy Pearce, Kitchener, Joe and Marg Hockin, Oakville and Doug and Marg Hockin, Hockin, Etobicoke. All were Rickard picnic attendants. attendants. On Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Robin Robin Alldred visited Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Leslie Alldred, Oshawa. Monday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Robin Alldred were Art and Nancy Dalgamo, Baltimore. Friday visitors with Mrs. Gladys Wood were cousin Helena Shiers, Toronto, and her niece. Birthday greetings to Jean Rickard Rickard Beat Niklaus and John Scott. Congratulations and best wishes to Robin and Doug Rickard who observe observe their wedding anniversary on August 22nd. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Ron Burley visited Harold and Marion Burley, Bridgenorth. Several Newcastle residents went to Newtonville's Lakeview Cemetery on Sunday and report the flowers were lovely. Mr. and Mrs. Robin Alldred visited visited on Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henderson, Newtonville. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wood, Ked- ron, visited on Thursday with Mrs. Gladys Wood. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Walter Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. George Buckley attended the 40th wedding anniversary reception in honour of Ruth and Dick Wood, Maple Grove. Sunday luncheon guests of Mrs. Elizabeth Skelding were George and Joan Skelding, Niagara Falls, Bill and Mary Skelding, Newtonville. Last Tuesday Mrs. Pauline Storks was overnight visitor with Miss Candy Candy Storks, Parry Sound. With Mrs. Lena Graham for a couple of days last week were son Fred and his wife, Melva and their son Adrian, of Toronto. Granddaughter Granddaughter Jessica has been in Germany this summer. The Crago Family Picnic is at Orono Park Sunday, August 21. St. George's Anglican Church Sunday, August 14, 1994, the eleventh Sunday after Trinity, was celebrated with the Service of Holy Communion. The celebrant and homilist was the Reverend Robert Hartley. The theme of his sermon was Joy in the Struggle ' Through Humility. Again the congregation was given excellent food for thought and action, as we are a congregation in the stmggle for change. Rowers, in memory of love ones, were given by Betty and Pat Blaker. The blessing and dismissal was given by a visitor and Anglican priest, the Reverend . Canon John Bonathon. Refreshments were served in the Parish Hall and fellowship was enjoyed enjoyed by all. Newcastle United Church News Beautiful gladioli graced the sanctuary sanctuary of Newcastle United Church on Sunday, August 14,1994. Delores Hone, guest soloist, rendered rendered two beautiful songs, Here's My Heart and There Is a Saviour. Reverend Donald Stiles told the children's story, Seven Drops to the Liter, and preached the sermon, Bread of Heaven, both demonstrating demonstrating God's spirit is food for the soul. Visitors, among them Reverend and Mrs. David Murphy and family of Ireland, were welcomed by Reverend Reverend Stiles. Church Fair '94 is a national celebration celebration of the United Church of Canada Canada on the closing weekend of Gener al Council in Fergus, Ontario, on Saturday, August 27, 1994. A bus trip to the Church Fair leaves Newtonville on that Saturday at 7:30 a.m. with stops in Newcastle and Oshawa. Cost $35 ($25 + $10 B.B.Q. ticket)., Return after evening worship. To book space call 786- 2950 NOW. Reverend Stiles will be attending General Council as a Commissionei from August 19-28th. For pastoral services, please contact Reverend David David Black, Newtonville United Church at 786-3190. With September, meetings begin. Official Board meets Tuesday, September September 13. Enfield, situated along the 9th Concession of Darlington was settled settled early in the life of the township. The first land owner was apparently named Smith, though whether he actually actually settled here, or was simply the owner, or title holder of the land, is not known. In about 1820 Luke Potter settled Lot 27, followed shortly by two brothers, Zenus and Joseph Thomas Williamson. Zenus settled the south half of Lot 26 and Joseph settled the north half of Lot 26, of Concession 10. Willard Chapman bought Lot 26, Concession 9 a few years later. This information comes to us by way of Reverend J.S. Williamson in a series of newspaper articles in the Canadian Statesman in 1914. Reverend Reverend Williamson was the son of Zenus Williamson mentioned above, and his memory of the settlement was very strong. He says... "By the late 1830's neighbours to the north and west were the Thomases - Joe, the father, and five sons - Lucius, Eber, Stephen, Stephen, John and Hiram. Also William Potter. On the East side, Lot 25, was William Smith, son of the first settler, settler, as well as John and William Short, William Bentham, a Mr. Sugar, Sugar, Thomas Ormiston (whose farm joined the north part of our farm to the east). East of this side road, along the road to Enniskillen lived the Spauldings, Spauldings, Frank Finn, Chris Hepinstall, the Hazens, Mr. Dundas, William Ranton, Willard Chapman, the Gil- pins and Jesse Williams. West of Potters lived Whitewell Hall and Ralph Hill, while on the west side line lived Jeremiah Lindsay, Lindsay, Silas Wood, William Bentham, D. Knapp, Thomas Conlin, John Fox and William Portcous. Along the 10th Concession were Watson Granger, Alex Dewey, B. Franklin Campbell, John James (great grandfather of John James of the Statesman), Jackson Elliott, Robert Robert Smith, Vance Dcwcll and a Mr. Manier. The Hayes, Shaws, Clarks, Byams and another Williamson family also resided in the section" Fed. Women's Institute Opens New Ontario Office in Guelph The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario, in conjunction with the Corporation of the Township of Guelph, would like to extend an invitation invitation to all former members and friends of the organization to attend the official opening of the F.W.I.O. Provincial Office. The new office is located in the home adjacent to the Guelph Township Park on Wellington Wellington Road 30, with access from either Silvercreek Parkway or Victoria Road. This gala affair will be a garden party on Sunday, August 21st, 1994, with the opening ceremonies at 1:00 p.m. and refreshments to follow. Pro vincial Board members from across Ontario will be on hand to offer tours of the new facility and answer questions about the organization. Women's Institute is moving ahead with a focus to the future because because in 1997, we celebrate 100 years of educating women and we believe in our motto - "For Home and Country". Country". Come visit with old friends and make new; attend the official opening ceremonies of the Provincial office; meet the Provincial Executive and office office personnel, and experience the warm and relaxing atmosphere of the Women's Institute movement. Through articles such as these we get a pretty good idea of life in the early days of the township. The Reverend Reverend Williamson goes on to tell us about some of the events during the pioneer family year. "...Logging bees, husking bees, pearing bees, house and bam raisings were seasons of great excitement and for weeks such an event would be the talk of the neighbourhood. As a boy on the farm such occasions as hog killing, threshing with the old open cylinder, and sugar making were great times. On our farm we made as much as 1000 pounds of sugar in a year, and with this we paid most of our bills. This was about the only thing we had. As well as the building of the township, there were happenings that destroyed, too. Here is a story from Reverend Williamson that he called an 'exciting 'exciting event', and through the eyes of a small boy, I suppose it was. "...My father's house took fire in the early morning while we were at breakfast and all unconscious till our nearest neighbour came running and crying 'FIRE'. Then the whole roof was in a blaze, the fire having started started from a stove pipe upstairs. Every bed but one, and all our clothing except except what we had on went up in the flames. The house was a total loss, but we saved some of the furniture downstairs and the vegetables in the cellar. A little old log house stood on the farm not far from this and to it we went for shelter. What to do when night came we did not know. We could keep the old fireplace raging and be warm, we had food to eat, and if necessary, could sit up and sleep or lie on the floor. Imagine our surprise when near dark two neighbours came with their sleighs, for it was in the early spring and Lite snow was yet on the ground. These sleighs were filled with bedding bedding and bed steads, clothing, cakes, pics, etc., all given by the people of the neighbourhood to whom the two had gone as soon as the fire was over. The clothing did not all fit, nor was any of it elegant, but it was a great boon and kindness we never forgot. Children's Programs at Clarington Library Rob Maciver and Hannah Whately have been leading a number of programs for children at the Clarington Library this summer. Rob is shown here with a volunteer taking a blindfolded taste test at the Newcastle Library last week. The kids attending the session in Newcastle Newcastle on August 10th learned a number of fascinating things. For instance, instance, they discovered how to read a message without opening an envelope and how to slice a banana while leaving the peel intact. 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