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ee s Seatand, Country OF Orig ancestry in the FIVE RELATIVES to learn that no less than town. is an appropriate background Smith, born Helen Carnegie, Carnegie. and _. And All Over The World about the five members of the original Carnegie family still living in Scotland. "Last year, Mr. Smith said, we received a phone call from a hotel about five miles out of Montrose and were told a there. Apparently, he had ob- tained sufficient information to determine my wife was a Carnegie and perhaps a rela- tive." ~ "Prior to this discovery, he did not know of any Carne- gies in Montrose, Mr. Smith _| continued, and you can ima- gine his surprise when he learned that no less than five relatives were residing in the The result was that Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie met some of the relatives and were able to piece together sufficient information to make interest- ing history from what they learned. Mrs. Smith's maiden name was Helen Carnegie and it was discovered, Wm. Car- negie's gran@ifather was Mrs. "| Smith's uncle. He was one of a family of 11 children, where Mrs. Smith's father was the youngest member of the large SS . Carnegies In Port Perry. . .. Joseph Bigelow, great grandfather of Wm. Carnegie in the 100 year the family for the persons in the picture Mr. Jack Smith, Mrs. Wm. CARNEGIES ALL OVER THE WORLD "Four members of the original Carnegie family emi- grated to Canada, Mr. Smith said, three remained in the Port Perry area and one went to Chicago." "Then it was one Carnegie who became a famous miss- ionary in Africa and today there are about 100 Carnegies living in Rhodesia. A sister went to Australia and there is also a large contingent of the family residing im that fi away country, Mr. Smith said. "The family is also tied in with the Carnegie Clan who owns a large castle 7 miles from Montrose, con- tinued Mr. Smith. This is the second visit to Canada for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Their first trip to Canada a number of years ago was made by a liner across the Atlantic destined for Mon- treal. They continued by train to Vancouver, B.C. and after a brief stopover here the couple travelled south to San Francisco, Cal. The next leg on their journey took them to Detroit where they spent some time with relatives there. They expect to be away from home for one month f ; ee E i i TH Schomberg. It was decided to hold the 1972 re-union again at S' . ville Memorial Park, Stow! ville on June 17th, 1972. Anyone still wishing to re ceive the family tree booklet may do so by getting in touch with Mrs. G. Samells, Port. Perry, Ont. able to stay off the subject of strong, common interest and during the latter part of the conversation with Mr. Smith it was learned that he is part owner in a pub- lishing firm, printing three newspapers with a total cir- culation of 10,000 subscribers. Mr. Smith works only three days of the week, except when the publisher, now 76 years of age may take off for a vacation, etc. He then takes on the responsiblity for the duration of the publisher's absence. "The largest paper, The Montrose Review is 160 years old, and was the first news- paper in Scotland to publish a Sunday edition, Mr. Smith said. It was a special edition in 1815 with the news of the victorious battle of Waterloo and the defeat of Napoleon." Convertion from letterpress to offset production of news- papers in Canada have changed much faster in North-America than in Europe. Mr. Smith naturally toob a great deal of interest in the Star production, and agreed the offset method was an advanced and more economi- cal method of producing a newspaper. He picked up a few ideas here which he in- tends to introduce to his colleagues when he returns to Montrose. ENJOYED PORT PERRY AND THE HOSPITALITY Mr. Smith says he finds a great deal of similarity be- tween the country side here and where he comes from in Scotland. While here, they have visited many places, in- cluding Oshawa and Toronto and what they have seen, impressed them greatly. "We have enjoyed every moment of our stay here, | but we only wish time war e . PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, July 7,1971 ~ 15 HISTORICAL SOCIETY and MUSEUM NOTES by Jeanne Elliot also the museum being open until 9 p.m. on Tuesday Due to unforseen circum-| evenings. Also from 10 a.m. stances our group arrived @/ unti) 7 p.m. Sundays and little late at the Special Ser- other days with the exception vice for the opening of the of Mondays. Church and the Museum of the While the offering was Reach, Port Perry and Scu-|being received Mr, Bruce gog area, and which stands Snelgrove played a most fit- as a tangible Memorial to the/ting rendition on his Viola. early settlers of these areas.| Aico Mr. Robert Heayn of I could not believe my| Prince Albert rendered two eyes to see every pew filled|/ beautiful and fitting solos and people waiting to get in. during the service. I hope to tell you I have never heard singing like it. our change in mode of living| fee} what a special occasion it is tremendous, and we enjoy/ was you should be in the it, and so do our children, in our deepest heart we are learning and yearning to get back to the things we used to enjoy, to the thing we did as a family. The things we did together, not each running in a separate direction. Not Mother preparing two or three different meals. We can only pass on to activities centered around three places, the home the church and the school. Deep inside ourselves from time to time there emerges an awareness of the need to strengthen the culture from which we have come. Yes we have learned, matured and grown, which is only right. But so often we are to busy museum down the road. Your deader than those art- ifects ever will be. There was love, unity and praise. What a shame we can't do it more often. dust following the sing- song Mr. Pogue called on Mr. Les Smith from Prospect who expressed what I know was in the hearts of many and will grow as the peoples museum grows, that there were many just so glad and thankful that a Historical Society, under a Museum Board had been formed and had given of their time and talents to make a place that the furnishings no longer being used regularly can be displayed and cared to take time to remember} fo, to stop. Only when we know where we've been, can we know where we are going. Sure, the past was not all good. But we're still here. And still going forward. Let's plant our feet firmly on the foundation that was laid for us. Let's take our stand and point our lives and the lives of our children in the right direction. Let's show those that went before with practi- cally none of our conveniences that we know what it was all about. The number of church con-| gregations represented was tremendous. Some now closed, while others are still function- ing. Mrs. Bert Gray, while introducting Mr. Barry Pogue spoke of the number of times: over the past years she had visited in the Memoria! Church and of what it had meant to her. Mr. Arthur Trewin rep-| resenting the church from} Hayden, and Mr. Les Smith | representing the church at Prospect donated furnishings and hoped that they would continue to be used in re- memberance of the pioneers that supplied them and as a challenge to those they are following. Mrs. Cliff Redman made several announcements regard- ing the craft school opening on Tuesday, July 6th, and Smith said in conclusion. It was a great pleasure to have Mr. Smith visit the Star Premises and he certainly left behind a wonderful, friendly impression with the staff members here. Meeting Mrs. Smith briefly later was in- deed a pleasant experience and best wishes go to the couple for a continued enjoyable and Following the service there was a Social Hour and Lunch with many craft articals on display. Once again the meet- ing of old friends and enjoy- ment of display of crafts, (knowledge of which is avail- able to all) created a warmth and fellowship that just per- meated the whole building. Well done, all who took part. I am sure your efforts were endowed by the grace of God and may you continue and grow as a source of pride to Reach, Port Perry and Scu- BOK. Manchester News Continued awa were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dobson on Sunday. Misses Lisa & Leanne Mec- Kinzie are at the cottage with grandparents while Mr. and Mrs. Ron McKinzie are on a business trip to Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kroes & family and Rev. Father Kroes were in Kingston over the week-end, and attended their family re-union there on Sat urday Mr. and Mrs. Koos Van Seggelen, Warmond, Holland with their three children are here on a month's holiday and Sunday enjoyed a family reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs. Jack Wanninkhof. Congratulations to Norman Black, who won $1000.00 in the 50-50 draw at Oshawa Sincere sympathy is exten ded to Mrs. Aletha Holtby in the sudden passing of her cousin Miss Viola Pearson of Oshawa Mr. & Mrs, Ross Cochrane safe journey from those that not so limited and could have had the pleasure of their com- + stayed « little longer," Mr. | pany. and family of Redding, Cali- fornia visited Mra Joe Bain recently