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The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanvillc, September 21. 1988 Section Two Kiwanis Club Makes $4,000 Donation to Hospital Fund ÿ SI» m-W S V ■*!& \ N J ! : / ■ ccc Many thinking people are pre-arranging funerals At quiet times, along with their own private thoughts, many people -- both young and elderly --are making the sensible decision to pre-arrange their funeral. Their wishes are made known well before time of need, removing stress from surviving relatives. Call or write for our selection of brochures on the various aspects of funerals and pre-planning. Northcutt Elliott Funeral Home 53 Division Street BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 2Z8 Phone 623-5668 Board of Trade Hosts Free Trade Conference September Special CELLULAR TELEPHONE with Antenna Completely installed by Andrea Adair Canadian businesses can compete in the U.S. market, local businessmen were assured assured last Wednesday. Prominent business personalities personalities from this area addressed addressed a crowd of about 30 people at a Free Trade Business Business Opportunity Conference, Conference, held at the Flying Dutchman Hotel in Bow- manville. The conference, sponsored sponsored by the Town of Newcastle Newcastle Board of Trade and the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce, featured various speakers outlining steps to take advantage of U.S. market market potential. Des Newman, president of Cametoid, said to compete in the United States businesses businesses must begin with a commitment commitment to stay. "You're the new boy on the block and your presence is being observed," observed," he said. Mr. Newman, as well as subsequent speakers, mentioned mentioned possible strategies to use before exporting there. .. '"'■' The importance of developing developing a marketing plan was . stressed by not only Mr.. Newman but also Barry Wheeler, vice president of Price and Knott Manufacturing Manufacturing of Ajax and Jack Locke, president of Litovchik Industries Inc., of Bowman- ville. "Don't enter the market light hearted or unprepared," Mr. . Wheeler said. Local businesses were urged to investigate the market market to determine how to sell, who they would be competing competing with and their advantage HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO Q5 ■All Controls Are SkUyy Located in the Handset u MakeCaHs without Low as $13.74 week Lifting Handset BOWMANVILLE AUDIO-VISION 20 King St. W. Telephone 623-2312 Open Thurs. and Fri. 'til 9 p.m. Radio Shack Authorized Sales Centre hi D 111 c I t hr [ 3 mi WINDOW SHOPPING? For Your New Home or Renovation well help you! Bring your plans to Dashwood ! We offer a complete selection of windows, patio doors, entrance systems, garage doors and skylights. We'll help by installing your windows too! Quality Window and Door Products Since 1928 dBDASHWOQD WINDOW AND DOOR CENTRE 1200 Phillip Murray Avenue Oshawa 436-1344 m* N&eÀ _ r  1712 BASELINE RD. WEST AT COURTICK RD„ BOWMANVILLE 436-1054 6 0 Genealogical Society Traces Roots in Durham mm M importance of the OGS to her branch and to many others: others: "We get valuable information information and place queries with the parent Society." Anyone interested in information information about memberships memberships should write to Carol Gamble at the Whitby- Genealogical Society, Box 174, Whitby, Ontario, LlN 5S1. "There are so many interesting interesting facets of genealogy," explained Mrs. Pickard. "Old tombstones are the most interesting. interesting. They show how people lived and felt; there was a deep belief in God which is gone today." "It is worth anyone's while to join," she smiled, looking out from reams of paper, shelves of books, and scrolls of maps, all of which are the proud results of the work of the many enthusiastic enthusiastic Society members. - U The Sydenham Kiwanis Club, of Oshawa, recent- Low, President of the Sydenham Kiwanis and Richly Richly presented a cheque for $4,000 to the Memorial Hos- ard Elston, Executive Director of Memorial Hospital pital Foundation. Pictured from left are: Tom Cow- Bowmanville. The money was raised through a car man, Chairman of the Hospital Foundation, David draw held in Bowmanville. i'-T x V- Whitby-0shawa Genealogical Society Secretary, Catherine Pickard, displays a board documenting the locations of cemeteries in the Durham Region. by Chris Clark Genealogy is the study of family descent, and the over them. Product appropriateness appropriateness and market readiness readiness are just a few factors to determine. Mr. Wheeler also suggested suggested focusing your market. "Start small and get a feel for the market," he said. Citing programs to assist businesses in evaluating the U.S. market, Doug Paterson, the Senior Trade Commissioner Commissioner from the International Trade Centre in Toronto, said the programs were for small ana medium sized enterprises. enterprises. Some aspect of these programs programs offer advice on finances finances and product distribution distribution as well as informing exporters on trade fairs and local representatives in the United States who can assist businesses. Mr. Paterson stressed that "exporting is expensive therefore there is a need to develop export strategies." careful duplication of the Bowmanville Burial Book, , an enormous register of bu- Whitby-Oshawa Genealogy rials located in Town Hall. Society is hard at work Catherine Pickard, secretary throughout the Durham Re- of the Society, said "a lot of gion researching and compiling compiling any information that will help them in their task. Their current project is a School Trustee Concerned Over Shortage of Text Books Bob Willsher, a Ward Three Town of Newcastle trustee, quizzed administration administration about the absence of fifth year OAC texts in mathematics mathematics and family studies at one high school in his area during a recent meeting of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. Education. Concerned about the impact impact on students who are working from pnotocopied materials, Mr. Willsher asked if students will.have to continue to work' from these materials. - Mr) 'Willsher* told* th'e* Board on Thursday, September September 8, he had investigated the situation and was told by the Ministry of Education that the books have not yet been printed. Superintendent Grant Yeo reported that the Board is investigating the number of schools short of the required required books. "Our immediate immediate solution is to deal through subject councils to see if there is a way books can be borrowed back and forth from schools." he said. He added that administration administration is preparing a detailed detailed report on the problem which will be presented to the Education Committee at its September 15th meeting. Trustees voted to send a let-' ter of protest to the Ministry once the numbers are in. Elect HAL MCKNIGHT Mayor people don't know the book exists -- which amazes me." "It took two writers to copy the whole book," she stated, adding thr.t it contains contains well over 10,000 entries. entries. The entire book was copied copied out by hand and is now being typed and will be proofread carefully before it is declared finished. "We send copies of all our research research to the Ontario Archives, Archives, the National Archives in Ottawa, and to the Ontario Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) in Toronto," said the Society secretary, currently : in her sixth year of service. During the summer, Society Society members spend much of their time reading and copying copying the information found on tombstones in the Region. This information is also 1 typed dutifully and documented documented for later use. The OGS, a much needed parent organization to the 27 or so branch Societies in the province, has established 1989 as a target date for its -members tohaVe documented documented completely all the cemeteries cemeteries in Ontario. While it is an ambitious goal, especially in a large geographic geographic area such as Durham, Durham, Mrs. Pickard and her fellow volunteers have made great strides toward achieving achieving the goal. "We have a few faithful helpers, but we don't get quite enough volunteers, volunteers, she said. The Whitby-Oshawa branch has nearly 400 members members living throughout the United States ana Canada, all with family ties back to this area. Approximately 50 local members meet on the first Tuesday of each month at the Whitby Public Library to learn of documents recently recently discovered or to discuss discuss discoveries made by other members. Besides copying and unearthing unearthing records about the area's past, the Society also will assist anyone who has a query about his own family's past. "Bessie Gannon (Chairman) (Chairman) and Steve Wood (a Î iast Chairman) have done a ot to answer research letters," letters," said the enthusiastic secretary. If a request is outside the scope of the information which the Society has discovered discovered about the Durham Region, they can supply anyone with information about worldwide searches Region. for names and families. 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