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^ Orono WeeklyTimes, Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 7 ) Newcastle & District Historical Society Leaving your legacy Members of the Newcastle and District Historical Society were all motivated to write down their stories and document document the 'evidence of their lives', Monday night. Guest speaker Fawne Stratford-Devai a published author and lecturer on genealogical and historical topics told the Newcastle Society members to take their shoe boxes of old pictures and just throw them away. "You will be saving the next generation generation a lot of guilt by throwing throwing out that shoe box now," Stratford-Devai told her audience audience assembled in the Lions Rooni of the Newcastle Community Centre. "We all want to go in search of the dead, but we lose sight of the archival information we have in our homes," she stated. "The raw proof of our shared family and community history is disappearing." In her presentation titled Canadian Family History Research in the 21st Century, Stratford-Devai said that the great skill for the 21st century family historian will be the ability to access the billions of bytes of information on the internet while verifying the information found against solid evidence. It's the bits of paper and the microfiche that has withstood the ravages of time. Stratford-Devai spoke of the importance of documenting documenting the stories and lamented the fact that Ontario does not have a decent archival system.. system.. "Historical Societies all across the country are struggling struggling to set up archives," she stated. Much of the archives from land registry offices have ended up in the dump over the years, she said, and it continues to happen. Stratford-Devai has worked extensively and is dedicated to the access and preservation of our heritage records. Along with her husband, Stratford-Devai has travelled the province to rally hundreds of volunteers , to identify and find homes for important land registry office records. The legacy of the modem family historian is still taking shape Stratford-Devai said in closing, and asked "What role will you play in the legacy we leave the next generations?" Without the support of our local historical and genealogical genealogical groups and active participation participation to preserve and make available the important evidence evidence in archives, there will be no lasting legacy from the research of modem family historians. Tyrone News by Jacqueline Vaneyk The snow and the rain of the last two weeks has improved water levels. Much of it went into the ground instead of running running off. Many fanners are concerned about the coming year - what to plant in these days of low prices, are soybean soybean aphids going to be a problem again? do we really want to do this? The crocus in my sheltered garden have bloomed for over a week. Sorry to report the passing of Les Coombes, fonnerly of Bethesda: Mr. Coombes was superintendent of Tyrone Sunday School for several years. There will be a memorial memorial service on Saturday at Trinity Church in Bowmanville. large number of relatives and friends who gathered to honour honour an active, beloved, gentle man. Travel Night at Tyrone Church turned out to be a very entertaining evening for all! Destinations included Australia (Rebecca Parker), Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and Bali (Kim and Gord Tilly), Mexico (Sharon and Mike Trudeau), England and Holland (Pat Woodley Vooys), Newfoundland (Jake and Jane Koene); Scandinavia and Iceland (Jane and Glenn Smith), San Francisco to Miami by Sea (Loran and Betty Pascoe), Israel and Egypt (Arlene and Murray Yeo), Ireland (Kate and Paul Rowan), and Alaska (Paul and Bessie Vaneyk). The food was fabulous - smoked salmon, bitterballen, Irish scones, and Swedish tea cakes were just a few of the unusual tastes. The show was organized organized by Kim Tilly with help from the UCW. Upcoming events include an evening of choral music by Wilmot Creek Chapel Choms. This will include some old favorites as well as other gospel music. Tickets are only five dollars and are available from Betty -263 8424- or Jane -263 2092; there will likely be some available at the door, too. A coffee hour will follow the concert. The Friendship Club of "Bowmanville will be part of*a Community Service at Tyrone Community Centre on Sunday, April 21 at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Seli will be part of the worship. Everyone is welcome welcome to come to this wheel- chair-accessible facility for this special service. The final results for our Big Brothers and Sisters Bowling effort are in. Over sixty participants participants helped raise $1778.00! Well done! Durham Federation of Agriculture will meet on Tuesday, April 30 at 8 p.m. in Port Perry. The topic will be insurance; last month's prograin prograin was delayed due to really really bad weather. For further information, call Karen Yellowlees. FREE ESTIMATES • COMPETITIVE RATES • INSURANCE CLAIMS • n Fred DeVries proprietor FRED'S AUTOBODY (905)623-6353 163 Baseline Road, Unit 1 Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3L4 Complete Collision Repair, Restoration and Refinishing f* Orono Country Cttfe v? Full Menu tj fjf Main Street., Orono, Ontario • 983-9009 T? ^ s '<><■* , " f • - \ * pH / AA* l ROAD WATCH- J i , , - > ' : ;-4 • ■ . ■■■ - ' - : ■ _ ■ : _ _ _ _ _ ; On the happy side, Edgar and Annie Wright of Enniskillen are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary anniversary with an Open House in Hampton Church on Sunday, April 14, from 1 - 4 p.m. Congratulations to a wonderful wonderful couple! Also on the happy side - Paul and Bessie Vaneyk, Murray and Arlene Yeo, Glenn and Jane Smith, Bill and Evelyn Yeo, Lynn and Stan Gylytiuk, and members of their families attended the 90th birthday celebrations of their uncle, Delbert Yeo of Oshawa on Saturday, April 6. Del's wife, Mary (nee Wannan), and daughter, Loma, assisted in greeting the CONTRIBUTING HEROES jiîfllWOÏl*- ACSYS Technologies Anshel Associates All Green Sod Growers Archibald Orchards & Estate Winery Ltd Ayren Links Golf Course BB's Five Hearts Esthetics Studio Conveyer Splicing Specialties DJM. Robichaud Associates Ltd. Desktop Imagery Dorn's Auto Parts Dufferin Aggregates Evergreen Farm & Garden Eveiyday Specialties Forsey Signs & Designs Halminen Homes Henderson Auto Holbum Group of Companies Jack Burgess Plumbing & Heating James Publishing Company Ltd. 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