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I X •! ;■ I | 'f The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, June 15,1994 Reflections on life in Clarington over the past two centuries By Sher Leetooie Lodges and Societies have played an important role in the life of Darlington Darlington people since the early 1800's. According to a list of 63 Orange Lodges that was in the possession of John Squair, the Bowmanville Lodge was formed in 1897 by Robert Adair, while those that sprang up in Clarke township were formed as early as 1839 (No. 265, Orono). The Freemasons, however, formed up in Bowmanville (No. 31) in 1851. A Lodge of which we have heard virtually nothing was the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United United Workmen, (A.O.U.W. for short). The Bowmanville Lodge, #99, began in 1883. One of the reasons we hear nothing of this old and established lodge (it was around and strong for forty three years) is because in 1926 all AOUW Lodges were absorbed into the Independent Order of Foresters. Foresters. It is a fact, then, that the Independent Independent Order of Foresters began in Darlington in 1926. The St. Andrews Society was another another of the early social organizations in the area, holding it's first meeting on December 14, 1857 "On a motion made by John McLeod and seconded by F.F. McArthur, it was agreed the Society be called 'The St. Andrews Society of Bowmanville and Darlington'." So reports John Squair in his book, 'the Townships of Darlington and Clarke'. He also says..."The benevolent character of the society was constantly kept in view. The annual banquet in honour of the Patron Saint was regularly held, without 'intoxicating liquors on the table', and a charge of one dollar each." John Squair mentions some of the other Orders that existed in the township township in the early days: The Oddfellows Oddfellows Bowmanville Lodge #66 (Florence (Florence Nightingale); The Sons of England Lodge Wellington #19 Bowmanville; Bowmanville; The Rotarians; The Kiwa- nis; The Canadian Club; various Fanners' Clubs; The Epworth League and many Ladies Aid Societies. Societies. John Squair says of these organizations..."There organizations..."There is a danger in some cases that they cause a waste of precious precious time, but there is also a good side to these societies. On the whole they are an educative, force in any community. They spread new ideas, they kindle new enthusiasms, they point out new paths." In Marguerite Fraser's book, 'A Place Called Solina', on the topic of social organizations she says..."Later came the more formalized lodges and institutions of the settled and prosperous prosperous community. And of these, the most dominant in mid 19th century Solina was undoubtedly the Sons of Temperance." "The temperance movement in Canada began in the early decades of the 19th century, to wage war on the effects of unlimited (and often unlicensed) unlicensed) barrooms - dirty brawling pestholes (as someone in those early days must have called them) - and the equally unlimited abundance of cheap Canadian whisky, which sold at times for as little as a shilling a gallon."According to her research, by 1832 there were 10,000 members of the temperance movement in the province. ..."At first they shunned only whisky, rum and brandy. Later beer and wine were blacklisted also." Division #39, Bowmanville appeared appeared about 1849, followed by Millville Millville (Hampton) #80, Tyrone, Enniskillen Enniskillen and Maple Grove. "In addition there were lodges of Good Templars at several points in With Sikkens, the beauty is more than skin deep. 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An off-shoot of the Hampton Lodge was started in Solina Solina by the school master, John Hughes and was called Darlington Centre #238. It disbanded in 1878 to be replaced replaced the following year by the Sons of Temperance Order, Solina Division Division #40." My own ancestors (the Branlons) were members of this chapter for many years. In Bowmanville's centennial Booklet, 'A Retrospect', the dates of some of our service clubs arc given: The Lions Club, 1935; The Kinsmen Club, 1950 (The Kinetics in 1956); Bowmanville Men's Canadian Club, 1909; The Women's Canadian Club, 1920; Women's Institute, Bowmanville, Bowmanville, 1900 (by 1903 there were two others in the township, and by 1955, their centennial, there were 9 clubs in the Division); The Bowmanville Business and Professional Women, 1950. One discrepancy between two of our 'histories' is between 'A Retrospect' Retrospect' and John Squair's, 'Townships of Darlington and Clarke'. In 'Retrospect' 'Retrospect' it is listed that the Rotary Club of Bowmanville began in 1924, but Mr. Squair mentions Rotary in 1906, the year he wrote his book. Perhaps Mr. Squair's reference was to Clarke township, it was not made clear. Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Names New Executive For Next Year By Gayle Stevenson Another Sorority Year has come to an end. Founder's Day, held worldwide worldwide on April 29th, was enjoyed by all chapters in Bowmanville and Newcastle Newcastle at the Lions Centre in Bowmanville Bowmanville again this year. Each chapter announced their special special accomplishments for the preceding preceding year. Our chapter, Perceptor Delta Eta, honoured Joy Schreyer, with our "Woman of Honour" award and Inge Murtro was chosen as "Our Woman of This Year." At our last meeting, we decided to make donations to Memorial Hospital Bowmanville, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Denise House, Oshawa, and the Ontario Pet Trust Fund in Leona's memory. We all contributed to a large "Goodie" "Goodie" basket for our special family and again served refreshments at the Blood Donor Clinic. Our new executive for 1994-95 is: President - Joy Schreyer, Vice- President - Susan Cookson, Secretary - Bonnie Eitdcrs, Treasurer - Cathy Koenderman, Corresponding Secretary Secretary - Roz Yeo. Our closing meeting will be a Pot Luck Dinner at Joy's on June 14th. We are looking forward to another great year. Anyone interested in learning learning more about Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, Sorority, please call Susan Cookson at 623- 2444. Field Crops The Durham East Field Crops Club held their 2nd meeting on May 9th at Ross McMastcr's. We proceeded proceeded to the shed where we answered answered our roll call. Ross then told us how he keeps his sprays. We moved outdoors, where Steve showed us (there) the huge sprayer, we asked questions and Ross and Steve answered answered them. We then moved to the kitchen and Mrs. McMaster served us a delicious snack. We enjoyed a social time and our leader Eric Bowman cleared up an concerns from the last meeting. Press Reporter Stephen Found Durham East Sheep Club On Wednesday, May 14, the Durham Durham East 4-H Sheep members met at Sam Turner's. Sam explained his operation operation to us. He has 85 sheep, 50 lambs, 30 ewes and 5 rams. It takes him an hour and a half to feed all 85 sheep. He breeds for quality lambs. He keeps average ewes up to 8 years, if it is a good ewe he keeps it for 10 years. This year Sam has had 8 sets of triplets. Mrs. Turner gave us a demonstration on her spinning wheel and explained the steps of washing^' coloring and spinning wool. Mr. and Mrs. Turner then provided us with cookies and pop. We thank the Turners Turners for everything they did. Roll call Name one feed for a lamb was answered answered thoroughly by all. Our next meeting will be held at Master Feeds at Cavan at 7:00 on June 21. Katharine Found Durham East Sheep Club Press Reporter. ■ / T, John Greenfield, new Chairman Chairman of the Branch 178 Royal Canadian Canadian Legion Poppy Fund and co-chair Nyhl Sheehan recently presented Janet Rice of Community Community Care with cheques for Meals on Wheels and the Footcare program. program. Also on hand for the presentation presentation are Roxy Barnes, Greta Brown and Sally Barry, all of Community Care. Junior Dairy Club Meets The third meeting of the Junior Dairy Club was held at Bill Tam- blyn's, Orono, on June 7, 1994. The meeting opened with the 4-H pledge followed by the reading of the minutes and the answering of the roll call. We then judged a class of 2 year old Holstein cattle. This was followed followed by each of us giving reasons on why we placed the class as we did. Mr. Henderson then discussed the basics, of breeding cattle. We broke into groups and played "The Mating Game". We had to mate the best bull to the cow and hopefully to get a good calf. The meeting was adjourned and we all enjoyed a snack of donuts and pop or milk. We would like to thank the Tam- blyn family for taking the time to host our meeting. The next meeting will be held at Frank Barkey's on July 12,1994. Press Reporter Aaron Bowman Court}£?j MARKET Largest Country Market East of Toronto SAFARI SATURDAY-This Saturday, June 18 Special Attractions II a.m.-3 p.m. a "Jungle Cat^ World" Î on location featuring / Arctic Wolf x African Lion Cub / Burmese Python f Amazon Parrot v lueh more. Open Every Weekend - Rain or Shine HWY. #2 wm DC UJ BLOOR ST. o F HWY. 401 5 ♦- OSHAWA o o LOCATED 30 MINUTES EAST OF TORONTO Exit 401 at Courtice Rd. Go north and follow signs. © BOWMANVILLE-» Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Vendor information 436-1024 The Canadian Statesman, your community newspaper, will be publishing a special Commemorative Edition on Wednesday, October 5th. This unique newspaper will be honouring the 200th Anniversary of the founding of our community in 1794. This issue will be full of special stories, interesting articles, historical features and never-before-published photos gleaned from area collectors and archives, which tell the story of our community's very interesting history. If you would like your company or business to be included in this edition, please call Display Advertising at The Canadian Statesman at 623-3303. 62 King St. W. 623-3303 Claringtoris Newspaper Since 1854 Bowmanville