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I Orono Weekly Times - 9 Church Directory I fPCease join us at any of our locaC places of worship Orono United Church Reverend Dorinda Volltner Orono Church Office 905-983-5502 905-697-9715 - Minister ***** Sunday Worship - July 24th July/August Services 10 a.m. -All Welcome- ' i ' SliljÜ'iilii h!" ■ , liü'im'üüi issïii*.' UHijHs. •iiiiiiii St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 47 Temperance St., Bowmanville _____ Welcomes you to Worship! Sunday, July 24 - Worship Service 10 a.m. 10 a.m. Childcare for ages 8 & under "...but those who hope in the Lord Will renew their strength" Isaiah 40:31 Rev. Noel Gordon 905-623-3432 Anglican Churches Rev. Canon David R. Saunders, CD St. Saviour's - Orono 27 Mill Street • 905-987-2019 No Services: July 24, July 31 August 7, August 14 St. George's - Newcastle 250 Mill St. S. • 905-987-2019 10 a.m. Service Holy Communion - July 24, July 31, August 7 Morning Prayer-August 14 Coffee and Fellowship to follow ~ MÉ*UMÉiÉ*iièUÉ*éÉt*ÉiU*iUÉèWMéÉtÉÉÉ*ÉUM*M*MÉM*MMaMMnMM^^ Newcastle United Church 84 Mill St. S., Newcastle LIB 1H2 905-987-4515 • nuc@durham.net Rev. James Feairs, BA, M.Div. Minister Church Holidays - July 3,10,17,24,31 Pastoral Emergencies - Rev. Vollmer 905-983-5502 Services resume August 7th 10 a.m. for August & September 4 - Nursery Care Provided ~ Welcome guests and future friends! *A \ UvC IqaL OttMct Humiliation Day by Myno Van Dyke This month an 83- year old World War 2 veteran, Gim Foon Wong, finished driving his maroon Honda motorcycle across Canada. Canada. He left Victoria, B.C. on June 3rd and arrived in Ottawa on July 1st. His purpose was to speak to Prime Minister Paul Martin on behalf of the eighty thousand Chinese immigrants who were forced to pay • the Chinese Head Tax from 1885 to 1923. This trip by Mr. Wong was of great interest to the Woo family of Newcastle. In 1920, Jen "Charlie" Woo, then 31 years of age, arrived in Canada from Canton, China. As soon as his feet hit Canadian soil, the Canadian government government demanded $500 in cash because he was Chinese. Five hundred bucks would buy a real nice home in 1920. Fortunately, Charlie had the money. Recently, Dauphin Manitoba M.P. Inky Mark addressed the House of Commons regarding this issue. "After 1885, the Head Tax was imposed for the purpose of discouraging immigration. I hat was the very purpose. They were finished using them to build the railroad railroad and did not need them any more so they found a way to keep them out." Mark said. Durham East M.P. Bev Oda, introduced a private members bill in February of this year called the Chinese Canadian Recognition and Redress Act. This Bill seeks to have Parliament recognize, apologize and provide redress for the injustices done to Chinese immigrants immigrants through head taxes and exclusion legislation. legislation. She said, "The Chinese Head Tax and the Exclusion Act are the two most known acts of discrimination in the history of this community." community." Charlie Woo was not an unskilled labourer when he arrived in Canada. He worked in the import and export business, buying and selling coffee, sugar and other sundries to restaurants restaurants and had also worked in various restaurants. restaurants. He soon made enough money to go back to China to visit and while there married Sug Ying Mah. Charlie made numerous trips back home and over the years Mrs. Woo had three children in China. AUCTION SALE Antiques & Modern Tools, Furniture & Collectables Sunday, July 24tii • 9 a.m. • Viewing 8 a.m. MacGregor Auctions located in Orono - take 115 Hwy to Main Street, Orono and follow signs to Mill Pond Road. Auction features large selection of antique tools, planes, drill presses, old hand tools, plus modem pcs., 4' stroker sander, thickness planer, table saw, Busy Bee jointer sander, chainsaw, etc., glazing kiln for pottery, furniture includes: tables, chairs, dressers, large collection of country collectables, art work, advertising pcs., plus many more rare unique and useful articles. Terms: Cash, Visa, M/C, Interac • See www. theauctionadvertiser. com MacGregor Auctions 905-987-2112 • 1-800-363-6799 She wasn't able to join her husband until 1952. In a further effort by the Canadian Government Government to keep out Chinese immigrants, Parliament passed the Chinese Immigration Act, also known as the Chinese Exclusion Act. In 1923, the Canadian Parliament passed the Chinese Immigration Act excluding all but a few Chinese immigrants from entering Canada. Between 1923 and 1947 when the Chinese Exclusion Exclusion Act was repealed, repealed, less than 50 Chinese were allowed to come to Canada. This caused families like the Woos to be separated separated for years. Finally in 1952, Sug Ying arrived in Canada with one of her three children, children, Peter. Later, their son Henry came to Canada and finally in ESTATE AUCTION Stapleton Auctions, Newtonville Friday, July 22 • 5:00 p.m. • Preview after 2:00 p.m. Selling a private estate of antiques and collectibles from Belleville and Port Hope: Knechtel 7 pc. Mahogany dining room suite; oval marble top Victorian table; Jacques n' Hayes washstand; ant. occ. tables; old pedestal games table; sets or Caned /Cushioned Chairs; Set of 4 Parlour Chairs; 5 Old Rockers; Occasional chairs; sofa table; floral loveseat - bamboo; 3 pc. chesterfield suite; Gibbard four poster bed w/box spring and mattress; dressers; chests; 7 pc. walnut dinette suite w/buffet/hutch (60's); 4 old clocks; prints; paintings; Royal Doulton Mounties (2)-l 873-1973; two large pink Courteix & Dubois vases; crystal chandelier; Limoge; china; glass; buttons;" Cranberrry; Limoge 6 pc. dinner set; Aynsley tea set; freezer; two stoves; Terms: Cash, Appr. Cheques, Visa, M/C, Interac Auctioneers - Frank & Steve Stapleton, Newtonville 905-786-2244,1-800-263-9886 yyfWW.sf3pletonauctipn_s._com_* "EstaUeJSpecUallists Since 1971 ESTATE AUCTION Haydon Auction Barn Saturday, July 23 starting outside at 4 p.m. From 401 ext 431 @ Bowmanville, N 8 mi on Hwy 57 to Con.Rd 8, Turn E at the fireball to Haydon Corbyville home (giving up housekeeping after years of collecting and world travel) . , Goebel Wedgewood dishes, Royal Albert dishes, collector dolls, Beanies, Teddy Bears gold, silver and costume/replica jewelry, cups and saucers, antique highboy, highboy, sideboard, chesterfield, mirrors, sofa bed, sad irons, scales, kitchen ware, pictures pictures and many other items. Terms: Cash, Interac, Visa, M/C „ (4% Buyer's Premium on Credit Card Payments) Auctioneer Don Stephenson • 905-263-4402 or 705-277-9829 In 1954, the family moved from Peterborough Peterborough to Newcastle. They purchased a small former former seed and feed store on King Street East and Willie Woo and his mother Sug Ying Woo. 1964, daughter Judy came. The Woo family credit their local M.P. Russell Honey, who worked hard to get the rest of the family to Canada it became the "News Lunch" (Steamers Restaurant Restaurant today). William (Willie) was bom that same year and his sister Lilly was the first baby 1956, the 100th Anniversary Anniversary of the Village of Newcastle. The family moved into the small quarters behind and above the restaurant. Mrs. Woo, now 92, said "It was very small, there was an upstairs but we soon built on the back and side. We spent twelve hours in the restaurant every day, even Sunday sometimes." sometimes." "People were always very kind to us." added Willie. "My Mother couldn't read or write English that well, so when she took an order at the restaurant, she always memorized everything. After my father died in 1973, Mom kept the restaurant going another ten years. She did all the cooking, washed the dishes and children too." The Exclusion Act was passed on July 1, 1923, then called Dominion Dominion Day. This law was apparently perceived perceived by the Chinese Canadian community as the ultimate form of humiliation. The Chinese Canadian Canadian community called this "Humiliation Day" and refused to celebrate Dominion Day for years to come. This is why Gim Foon Wong wanted to be in Ottawa on July 1st. The Chinese Canadian Canadian National Council had asked for meetings with Prime Minister Martin on Wong's behalf, behalf, to discuss redress and discrimination issues issues for Chinese Head Tax and the 1923 Chinese Chinese "Exclusion Act". They received no re- bZl Newcastle, .iît ..