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» t 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, January 25,1984 Section Two Rotary's Historian Recalls Achievements During 60 Year Span This year, Bowmanville Rotary Club is marking its 60th anniversary. Part of the club's history was published in Bowmanville's 125th anniversary anniversary edition last year. The following article by historian George Vice recalls more historical achievements in subsequent years. On November 26, 1976 the second Rotary Club in Oshawa, The Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood, held its Charter Night. Our Club presented presented a Badge Box to the new Club. On June 22, 1978 Rotarian George Vice was presented with the third Paul Harris Fellowship Award by our Club. During the Rotary Year 1977 - 78 the following donations were made: $1200.00 to the hospital for a resuscianne for C. P. R. training, Splash $15,000.00, Participation House $10,000.00 and $2,000.00 for each of the Newcastle and Orono arenas. On June 28, 1979, former Rotarian John James, Editor of the Canadian Statesman was presented with a plaque in appreciation of his efforts and that of the Statesman on behalf of Rotary. In February 1980 Rotary International celebrated its 75th Anniversary. On Saturday and Sunday February 21st and 22nd, 1981, our Club hosted 30 Exchange Students from our District. During the Rotary Year 1980 - 81 our Club pledged $9,000.00 to help purchase a Handi- Transit Van for use in our area. On Friday October 23, 1981 the van was presented to the operators of the Handi- Transit. Fellowship is one of the main reasons for Rotary to exist beyond its Community Service work. For more than 10 years the Rotary Clubs of Bowmanville and Oshawa have been playing baseball in the summer and hockey in the winter. Our own Club has held family picnics, Beatnik parties, dances, barbecues and many other types of social events all of which have helped helped to promote a better feeling within the Club. CRIPPLED CHILDREN Some of our earliest community community service work was with the crippled children. In 1931 we provided assistance for 53 cases. Before the Ontario Society had a nurse in this area, it was the responsibility of the members members of our Crippled Children's Children's Committee to check out all reports of children requiring requiring assistance. The committee members had to determine what assistance was required, the ability of the parents to assume some of the costs and to maintain a file for each individual case. In 1949 Miss E. Murphy was appointed as the District Nurse with an office in Co- bourg. In 1954 the office was moved to Peterborough. The District Nurse now does all the work of finding out what help the child needs and what the parents are able to do. When the report is received, our committee then arranges for the necessary funds, the transportation transportation when needed and any other details in connection with the case. Help for the child has always been the chief concern of our Club regardless regardless of the ability or willingness willingness of the parents to pay. Our Club joined the Easter Seal campaign in 1947. It is now our chief source of revenue for our Crippled Children's Work.'Since 1947 the people of this area have contributed more than $200,000,00 for. this worthy project. Our work with the Crippled Children has been the most rewarding of all our community community service work. It is an unforgettable experience to see a child who could not walk, walk to the front at our weekly meeting to say "Thank You" for the help we had given in order that the child could walk, RAISING MONEY Early in our first year as a Club, the members decided that if the Club was to succeed a Community Service Program Program should be started. In order to carry out any project, I'll bet you were a beautiful baby, but baby, look at you now. V 4 x. paRTicipacrionP » the necessary money must be raised to complete the program. program. Over the past 59 years, many ways have been tried to raise the money. A policy was established that all funds raised from community fund raising projects would be used only for the benefit of the community and that none of this money would be spent for the entertainment or other activities of the members themselves. It is a tribute to the integrity of the members past and present that this policy has always been followed followed in our Club. Tribute should also be paid here to the individual members members for their personal contributions contributions of time, money, material and the use of equipment equipment which they have given so freely during the past 59 years. Some of the ways which have been used to raise money are - Street Fairs - Raffles for cars and other appliances - Talent Money (twice) - Christmas Christmas Trees - Bazaars - Antique Auctions - Rotary - Lions Stag. In the 1950's and 60's plays were put on by the members of the Club. Some of the plays were the Man Who Came to Dinner, See How They Run etc. In 1969 and 1970 in cooperation cooperation with the Drama Club we put on "The Boy Friend" and "South Pacific". These were all very successful. successful. In 1983 we have our baseball tickets for the Blue Jay games - Our annual Beef Barbecue and Dance on June 11th - Our first Car Wash was in 1959, this year it is in September. No doubt many new ways will be tried in the future. OURROTARYANNS A history of our Club would not be complete if it did not recognize the contributions of our Rotaryanns. Whenever help is required, they are there. Many of our projects would fail if they were left only in the hands of the Rotarians. During the years when we held our carnivals, auction sales and bazaars, they had their own booths and through their efforts a considerable amount of money was raised. During the Second World War they led many drives for clothing, did sewing fof the Red Cross and assisted many local war efforts. They also offered their assistance to the many War Brides who came to our area. Through the past 59 years, they have assisted the Rotarians Rotarians in many ways. To our Rotaryanns, we can only say thank you for your support, encouragement and most of all for your understanding of what we are trying to accomplish. accomplish. We believe that you above all, truly exemplify the motto of Rotary "Service Above Self". For the past six years, District District 707 has staged a ball tournament in September. Our Club has competed in the last five. Twelve teams are invited to participate each year. The winning team has to host the tournament the next year. Our Club won the tournament tournament in Belleville in 1981. In September 1982 we hosted the tournament. AN INTER CLUB PROJECT In 1974 work was started on the pool at Memorial Park. I believe this is the first project in the history of the service clubs of Bowmanville when all the clubs worked together on one project. Contributions from the clubs to the project were as follows: Kiwanis ($300.60); Kinsmen ($15,000.00); Legion ($5,000.00) ; Lions ($10,182.00) ; Rotary ($21,500.00), In addition addition to the money given for each club, the club members also put in many hours of work at the park - Kiwanis (92.5 hrs.); Kinsmen (144 hrs.); Legion (20 hrs.); Lions (257 hrs.); Rotary (678 hrs.) for a total of 1191.5 hours. On the Pool Committee club representatives were Kiwanis, Bruce Colwell; Kinsmen, D. McGregor; Legion, S. Dunn; Lions, Jack Brough and Rotary M. Brown and M. Watson. In the spring of 1975 the work on the pool was completed. completed. The new pool was opened to the public on July 4,1975. The co-operation and effort put into this project by the service clubs of Bowmanville and the club members is a credit to their ability to work for the benefit of our community. community. In closing the members of the Rotary Club of Bowmanville Bowmanville wish to thank all of the people of our area for their support over the last 59 years. The community work which we have undertaken could not have been accomplished without without your support, We believe that having the Rotary Club in Bowmanville has been an asset to the community. It is our hope that in the future we will be able to contribute many more things to the community for the benefit of all. Our sincere thunks to all for your help and generosity. / / X ' V-; V'„ yi.'Ci LJLJL o o □ ■amanailg omantk in a BOWMANVILLE .BUSINESS CENTRE at The Royal York Hotel in Downtown Toronto Free entry with every purchase of $5.00 or more CONTEST CLOSES AT 10:00 a.m. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11th, 1984