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4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowrnanville, December 19,1990 Section Two Book Details Rickard Family F estive Season for Toastmasters Club by Andrea Adair The Rickards of Shaw's is a book detailing more than the history of the Rickard family in this area. It also highlights the history of the entire community. Marion Rickard Farr, author author of the book, said she wondered what the neighbourhood neighbourhood was like when ner great grandparents first came to Canada. "That launched me into the history of the whole community," community," she said. She notes that Shaw's was a community based on a school that was first used as a church. The Rickards of Shaw's, written by Marion, edited by her husband, Fred, and published published by Garnet Rickard, was presented to the public at an open house on December December 9. About three or four years ago, Marion started to do something with material she had gathered about the history history of the family. The book is based on information information she collected about the lives of her ancestors. ancestors. She started to gather this research after being named historian at a Rickard Rickard family picnic. She found there are close to 500 descendants of the Rickard family who have roots Cornwall and Devon in England. Among those descendants there have been doctors, engineers, engineers, musicians, artists, a Rhodes scholar and a MPP, to name just a few. ■ The family in the area started with John and Moira Rickard settling in Shaw's in 1847. They had seven children, including Marion and Garnet's father, James. In 1860, John bought the farm now owned by Ceres- more Ltd. along Highway 2 between Bowrnanville and Newcastle Village. When he died, he left a carefully written will, she said, dividing up the family property. The book delves further into the history of the Rickard Rickard family, but, because of space restrictions, the younger generations of Rickards Rickards hasn't been dealt with, Marion said. She explained that for each of tne names mentioned, mentioned, she tried to provide a personality to the name. This is intended to make the book more interesting to read, instead of being "just a string of names." While writing the book, she said, "at times I felt de- More Than 1,500 Deer Harvested 1990 Deer Hunt Paul Drysdale, Fish and Wildlife Supervisor Preliminary results from the 1990 deer hunt in the Lindsay District indicate an increase in deer harvest. The total harvest for the Lindsay District is expected to reach 1,500 deer. In 1989, over 1,300 deer were harvested. harvested. Lindsay District conservation conservation officers contacted 1,180 hunters during the 1990 four day deer season. Seventy-eight violations were detected by Lindsay District officers resulting in 20 persons being charged. Trespassing by hunters was minimal this year, with only four trespassing charges being being laid. In spite of the increasing number of deer taken over the past several years, the deer population is still increasing. increasing. Deer/vehicle collisions collisions are expected to be a record high by year-end and complaints about agricultural agricultural damage are also increasing. increasing. Ministry officials are reviewing reviewing means of increasing the deer hunt harvest to assist assist with controlling the increasing increasing deer population. Lake Scugog Ice Fishing Jim Milford, Conservation Conservation , Officer Coordinator Persons planning on ice fishing Lake Scugog this winter should note all fish huts placed on the lake must be registered at Lindsay Lindsay District office. If you have not previously registered registered your ice hut for Lake Scugog, please contact Lindsay Lindsay District office for application application forms. Anglers should note district district conservation officers will be conducting regular patrols on Lake Scugog to ensure compliance of the 'fishing regulations ns well ns provisions of the Public Lands Act pertaining to the leaving of garbage on the ice. Please use litter bags and remove nil garbage from the lake. A mild November has resulted resulted in warmer than usual water temperatures and minimal ice formation to date. Anglers should exorcise exorcise extreme caution until colder weather arrives, and always check local ice conditions conditions before venturing onto the lake ice. Happy Birthday Wishes feated," and noted that she finally had to end the book or she would never finish it. She obtained much of her information through Statesman Statesman clippings ana a family tree created by two of her cousins in 1957. Marion said she loved do ing the research for the book even though there was a great deal to do. She mentioned finding a birth notice where the mother mother wasn't mentioned at all. "Things like that helped to brighten the research," her husband said. If you are interested in finding more out about the history of the Rickard family or the area, books can be purchased through Garnet Rickard. The books are copyrighted copyrighted and are not being sold for profit. W . v A history of the Rickard family in this community was officially launched on December December 9 through an open house at Garnet and Annabelle Rickard's home. The Rickards of Shaw's was written by Marion Rickard Farr, pictured here alongside her brother, Garnet. If you are interested in the history of the family and the community, community, the book is available from Garnet Rickard. Chairman Norm Broderick Broderick opened the December 11th meeting of Bowman- ville Toastmasters with an introduction celebrating the festive sèason, a time for relaxing, relaxing, visiting with family and friends, and just getting away from the every-day routine. A lively business session made good use of parliamentarian parliamentarian Joe Christl who clarified clarified Roberts' Rules of Order. This, is the Toastmasters "bible" for the effective protection protection of the rights of the minority while abiding by the will of the majority. Accepted Accepted rules of parliamentary parliamentary procedure are the foundation foundation of freedom in every meeting, large or small. That person deemed most worthy of receiving the coveted coveted Sparkplug Trophy for his contributions to tne business business session was Toastmaster Toastmaster Joe Christl. Toastmasters President Nancy Barnes asked us to develop a one-minute fantasy fantasy around words using fa- miliar Christmas symbols. Toastmaster Frank Lawson, using the all-too-familiar holly symbol, told of a child named Holly. Toastmaster Joe Christl reminisced about cutting down a Christmas tree in his youth. Other familiar familiar symbols for an impromptu impromptu speech included shepherds, elves and cranberries. cranberries. For her impersonation impersonation of a Christmas Angel come to earth to give us all Christmas Spirit,. Toastmaster Toastmaster Wanda Phillips was awarded the Table Topics Trophy. The prepared speech part of the evening involved two totally different types of speeches and objectives. Toastmaster Connie Nelson had as her objective to read aloud from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." She chose those passages involving involving a dialogue between a petulant Scrooge and his optimistic optimistic nephew, the apparition apparition of Jacob Marley, and the appearance of the Three Spirits. Toastmaster Frank Lawson, in a speech entitled, entitled, "The Current Economic Situation and You," revealed the enormity of the American American Debt-seventeen trillion dollars - and outlined how one could benefit from the current economic situation by investing in the stock market. Unfortunately, Toastmaster Nelson's speech exceeded the time constraints constraints imposed upon each participant in the meeting, and the trophy was awarded to Toastmaster Lawson without the usual voting by ballot. The respecting of time limits is a necessary evil in Toastmasters, as in the business world, in order to avoid the needless waste of time, the monopolizing of one part of the program by an individual or individuals, and an overly-long and cumbersome cumbersome meeting. The average average length of a Toastmasters meeting is two hours. Toastmaster Wanda Phillips, Phillips, our "angel of the evening" evening" again stepped forward to receive the trophy as Best Evaluator. Each speaker is assigned a person in advance advance who prepares a short verbal evaluation of from two to three minutes, as well as a written comment in the speaker's manual. The oral comments are to have an opening, body and conclusion, and are to contain contain specific comments both on strengths and areas requiring requiring improvement. As well, all Toastmasters are given time between speeches in order to write a brief comment. comment. The importance of evaluation cannot be overstressed. overstressed. It enables those Toastmasters Toastmasters being evaluated to benefit from concrete suggestions suggestions which they may choose to implement in future future speeches. It compels the membership to listen critically (but positively), and it enables those evaluators evaluators assigned an oral evaluation evaluation to prepare a minispeech minispeech involving all those aspects of good communication communication which they have acquired. acquired. While visitors to our meeting, are always welcome, welcome, we particularly invite guests to attend the meeting of January 15th. That night, we will be holding an Open House and will be spotlighting various areas of the Toastmasters program particularly of interest to newcomers. Guests are not expected to participate unless unless they choose to, but observations observations and comments are always welcome. Please S to join us on January h and discover why the Toastmasters mystique has built up our membership to over one hundred and fifty thousand members in fifty countries. We meet every Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. SHARP in the St. Johns Parish Hall, corner of Temperance and Queen Streets, Bowman ville (but not on Christmas day). For more information, please call Toastmaster Nancy Barnes at 623-6860, Toastmaster Joe Christl at 436-2306, or Toastmaster Irene Konzelmann at 983- 9423. Margaret Kropf, Administrative Administrative Vice-President MERVYN B. KELLY Barrister and Solicitor Serving Bowrnanville and area residents since 1968. REAL ESTATE - COURT - WILLS ESTATES - MORTGAGES INCORPORATIONS - FAMILY LAW Bus.: 623-4444 Res.:623-9161 41 Temperance St., Bowrnanville EXTRA PAPER THIS FRIDAY - Since there are still six more days until Christmas, The Statesman has inserted an extra newspaper into the lineup of our pre-Christmas publications. We'll be publishing a tabloid-sized tabloid-sized newspaper this Friday, December 21. It will contain last-minute Christmas advertising and, in addition, addition, there will be news coverage of the many pre- Christmas events taking place this week. Look for your Friday Statesman on the newsstands, from your .'f*nrrioT nr in 4-Vin ' moil 'Tf «rill Ka 'mmllnkl.. : Business =Resource : 623-0677: Centre Accounting - Bookkeeping - Income Tax Returns Incorporations - Security and File Searches Resumes - Reports - Letters Collection Service - Computer Training Temporary Employment Placement G.S.T. Advisory - Information - Planning 191 Church Street, Bowrnanville, Ont. L1C1T8 -carrier, or in thé mail. It will be available free of charge. Due to the Christmas holidays, next week's regular edition of The Statesman will be published on Friday, December 28. LIVING NATIVITY -- This Friday and Saturday, you can enjoy an open-air presentation depicting the birth of Christ. The St. Paul's United Church will present its "Living Nativity" tableau on Friday, December 21 and Saturday, December 22. at 7:30 p.m. The half- hour program gives the whole family an opportunity to take a short break from their busy holiday schedule and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. The service service includes live animals and participatory carol singing. singing. St. Paul's United^Ghurch is located on the comer of Church St. and Silver St. in Bowrnanville. NEWCASTLE CHAMBER CHRISTMAS DRAW - The Newcastle Village and District Chamber of Commerce, Commerce, along with the Newcastle BIA, is hosting a Christmas draw for a color TV set. Any purchase made in a participating store entitles the shopper to a ballot on the draw. The winner will be selected on December December 22 at the Newcastle Village community hall. That draw will take place at noon. HERE COMES SANTA -- Santa Claus will be returning returning to Bowrnanville for one last visit before he heads back to the North Pole to pack his sled. Kids are welcome to meet Santa in downtown Bowrnanville this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. until four p.m. He'll be at the corner of Temperance St. and King St. JO-ELEN SPORTSWEAR & GIFTS Suppliers to Teams, Schools and Clubs Corporate Gift Packages 43 King St. W„ Bowrnanville, Ont. (416) 623-8161 J. Wayne Aasen BRINK'S EXCAVATING * Trenching * Gravel & Top Soil * Grading & Levelling * Septic Installations * Back Filling * General Excavating * Dump Truck Service R.R. #2 Newcastle, 007 L0A1H0 (416) 987-4995 PASSPORT CONTEST ENDS SOON - Time is running out for those of you wishing to enter the Bow- manville Business Centre's "Passport to a Downtown Christmas" contest. The prize is a Panasonic camcorder camcorder which is to be drawn this Friday. You can enter the contest by obtaining your passport in any participating participating downtown store and then having it stamped in the required places by your BIA merchants. Finally, you must turn in your passport at the boxes located in any of the downtown banks or trust companies. The draw takes place Friday, December 21, at 4 p.m. Your entry must be in by noon this Friday. FREE PARKING - Nope, the downtown Bowman- ville parking meters aren't broken. The bags have been placed over the heads of the meters because you can park free throughout the downtown all this week and until December 27. The free parking is an added Yuletide service provided courtesy of the Bowrnanville Downtown Business Improvement Area. LEGION DRAW WINNERS -- Branch 178 of the Royal Canadian Legion held its annual Turkey Roll on Saturday, December 15. In addition to raffling off turkeys, the Legion also picked the winners of two other draws. Irene Whincop, of Newcastle, was the winner of a food basket donated by B&B Taxi. And the winner of a Christmas stocking was Steve Fowler, of Bowrnanville. The stocking was donated by Reg Willatts. POLICE FOOD AND TOY DRIVE - Don't forget the Durham Regional Police Fitness Awareness Association Association food and toy drive which runs from December 10 to 21. It's operated in conjunction with the Gift of Christmas. Toys and non-perishable food items or cash donations are welcome. They can be left with participating businesses in town. Or you can make your donation at the Bowrnanville Police Station or at the food and toy drive headquarters at 64 Simcoe St. N., in Oshawa. For details, call 725-9093 any time. This is the second year for the project. Affordable Dream Vacations! ■ Free Vacation Planning Services ■ Discount Cruises • Airline Tickets ■ Charter Vacations • Honeymoon Packages ■ Hotel and Car Reservations PERSONAL AND CORPORATE TRAVEL SERVICES 68 King St. E. (Veltrl Complex) Bowrnanville 623-6600 0 Travel Agents International We 're with you all the way. Over 300 Agencies in North America Reg. 2758550 For all your Home Improvement Needs • Doors • Windows • Siding • Fascia • Eavestroughing mm 47 King St. W., Bowrnanville Telephone 623-0444 LIONS DONATE VCR TO COMMUNITY CARE - The Bowrnanville Lions Club has presented a $1,200 cheque to Community Care for the purchase of a TV/ VCR combination. It will be used as a teaching aid at Community Care. CLOWNING AROUND - On Friday, December 28, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Newcastle Village Library, Library, there will be a special program on the topic of clowning. Have you ever thought of being a clown or wondered what kind of people are clowns? Two very special clowns named Happy and Thumper will show how they became pare or this magical world. This program program is for children of all ages. NEIGHBOURHOOD FOOD DRIVE - Congratulations Congratulations to the folks in the River Valley Estates, Bow- manville, who generously donated about 200 bags of f roceries and gifts last Sunday to a Christmas food rive. The Salvation Army will be picking up hampers and delivering them to needy families in the community community shortly before Christmas. CLOCA BULLETIN BOARD -- Are you looking for information related to the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Conservation Authority? Do you need details pertaining to special events, snow and ski area conditions or flood warnings? If so, you can call the CLOCA Bulletin Board at (416) 579-0411. After office hours and on weekends, the bulletin board will give you all the information information you require to plan your visit to one of the local conservation areas. Please note that if your call is not answered within the first four rings, you should hang up and try again. The bulletin board is only able to handle one call at a time. There are a number of special events taking place in conservation areas during during the next few months. CLOCA will be offering its popular horse-drawn sleigh rides at the Enniskillen Conservation Area on Sunday, January 20, 27, and. February 3 and 10. Hours of operation will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and admission tickets will be required. Sleigh rides are also being offered at the Heber Down Conservation Area, near Brooklin, on Saturday, January January 5, and 12, from 1 p.m. to four p.m. OPTIMISTS APOLOGIZE FOR FILM MIX-UP - The Bowrnanville Optimist Club experienced a last- minute change in the annual Christmas movie shown at the Bowrnanville Mall on Saturday. This occurred due to circumstances beyond anyone's control. The club apologizes for any inconvenience caused by the switch and they thank the people of Bowrnanville and area who supported the Christmas movie matinee this year by bringing their gifts of toys or food. About 150 children attended the free screening. BE A BIG BROTHER -- Don't be a ghost of Christmas Christmas past. Be a ghost of Christmas present, Become a Big Brother. For further information, please call 623- 6646. Hi! My name is Samantha Ann. I turned 4 on July 10, 1990, and my baby brother Kory Thomas turned 1 on August 16th. Proud Mom and Dad are Tina and Lariy Watson of Bowrnanville, and proud Oma and Opa are Anne and Kees Kroon of Bowrnanville and Grany and Grampy are Joyce and Reg. Watson of Newcastle. Great Grandfather is Ralph Rimmer and Step Great Grandmother is Joy Rimmer of Oshawa and Greatoma is T. Kroon of Whitby. Telethon for Easter Seals across Ontario, a news release release from the society claims. The society's 1991 budget at $16 million simply cannot be jeopardized by this temporary temporary setback, says the release. release. The programs will not be cut and tne services to the 7700 physically disabled children and their families will continue. New fundrais- SupertEon '91, the Easter Seal telethon, will go on, despite despite CBC budget cuts and annihilation of all telethons, including the Easter Seal Superthon. Lorna Dean, the telethon coordinator, is adamant: "The telethon will go on, we will make it work," she stated. stated. The Easter Seal Society is exploring various options with the full support of their 13 major telethon markets ing programs are under way for the Future. "KRACO" « ■•«•lined l.lllui J A Carpentry & Contracting wishes you a Happy Holiday Season and a Prosperous New Year "74c Box 401, Newcastle 987-5400 Olde Tyme Fish & Chips 136 King St. E. Bowrnanville 623-1781 Mon. - Thurs. 11 a.m--7 p.m. Friday -11 am.--9 p.m. Saturday-11 am--7 p.m. We take pride in serving quality Fish and Chips. HAMILTONS INSURANCE SERVICE Main Street, Orono Telephone 983-5115 Serving your insurance needs since 1942 ^ EJ! % o Siding, Soffits, Fascia, Capping Roofing, Doors, Windows, Trough No job too big or too small Telephone 434-7994 Bowrnanville, Ont. Patrick G. Deegan DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC 5 GEORGE STREET, BOWMANVILLE 623-4473 or 623-6477 PUPPET TROUPE NEEDS HELPERS - If you feel you would like to dedicate time to help youngsters develop healthy attitudes towards differences, you are invited to join the Kids on the Block (Durham Region) puppet troupe. This group uses disabled and non- BANK ACCEPTS TORNADO FUND DONATIONS - The Bank of Montreal branch in Bowrnanville has opened an account for receiving donations from those .. .... ■ -u r --- «« ,.. B wishing to help the victims of the tornado that hit disabilities, childhood leukemia and spina bifida. An Clarke Township last summer. You can make your do- nation to the Clarke Tornado Relief Fund by stopping at the bonk and depositing your contribution. disabled puppets to explore topics such as learning disabilities, childhood leukemia and spina bifida. An information meeting about this program took place Monday, December 17. For further details, call 576- 3011 or 576-0597. 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