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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1983, PAGE 7 Scugog man fatallyinjured Chrissie McKinney of Brooklin received a gold pin from the Town of Whitby after serving on the board of Groveside cemetery for 37 years. Gerry Emm, (left) represented the town at a retirement dinner last week while John Visser (far right) and John Batty look on. Fe rs tf ht Brooin wiiL'%oman saves local- Chrissie McKinney has been ahead of her time for years. Long before organiza- tions such as the Ontario Geneological Society existed, she was piecing together the history of local pioneer families whose long forgotten graves were the only trace left of them. Now, after 37 years on the board of Groveside Cemetery in Brooklin, Mrs. McKinney has be- queathed the manage- ment of the cemetery to the Town of WhiUhy. She was honoured with a retirement dinner last week by the cemetery board. Her many years of dedicated work provid- ed a lifeline to the past for many local families. "There was a long time when those old cemeteries were forgot- ten," Mrs. McKînney says. "But the people in them were the ones who opened Up this part of the country, and we have a duty to remem- ber them. " What started in 1945 The Canadia,, wmov n,.i for pomni f inon as a secretarial position became a management and research job, and a labour of love. "The job was moon- lighting, 1 guess," says Mrs. McKinney, who was also a school teach- er in Brooklin. She came to the town in 1922 when her father, a Presbyter- ian Minister, decided to retire there. Her respect, for the pioneering spirit stemmed from being born in Alberta in the early part of the cen- tury. Her parents were themselves pioneers in the prospecting days near Peace River, Alberta. When the township of Whitby expropriated the land where Groveside cemetery lies in 1945, things were in a rather Slippin g sad state of affairs, Mrs. McKinney recaîls. "In most cases ail we had was a name.,We of- ten didn't know who was buried where, and if there was even anyone buried on certain parts of the cemetery. " Neyer a chur-ch affi- liated cemetery, Grove- side was privately owned before the town- ship assumed responsi- bility for it. Out of the chaos, Mrs. McKinney created reli- able records, often from diverse sources. "The members of that first board were mainly older mnen," she says. "And it was from their memories - that we pieced together the records. " Since retiring from ?FORM-S REGISTER, CON'rINuOuS, CARBONIZED & MUSC. 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The full-length men 's otter coat was valued at t L( MA OheuiJUL gIJ s'as done to, the have no sus- helping unload the trac- tor from the flatbed truck at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday when the trac- tor rolled off the truck. Greer was crushed by the weight of the trac- tor. He was pronounced dead at the scene by coroner Dr. Kohon of Port Perry. A march on City Hall shouldn't be theA only time you get. Pf R IiPLI THE CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN OF WHITBY .......i983 MUNICIPAL TAX NOTICE The f irst instaliment of taxes for 1983 Is due and payable February 15, 1983. If payment is flot received by the due date, penalty will be added on the f irst day of default and the first day of each calendar month s0 long as non-payment con- tinues, at the rate of 11/4 % per month or part there- of. Taxes may be paid at any Whitby bank without bank collection charges or at the Municipal Office, 575 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontarlo. Deborah A. Smart, Tax Collector, TOWN 0F WHITIBY. ",zuuuv, ai away damagev home. teaching in 1971, Mrs. Police McKinney bas con- P' cts. tinued to manage the af- fairs of Groveside in conjunction with theR cemetary board. In T 1978, she was married to T Dr. John McKinney, also a Brooklin resident Corne for about 50 years. teat During her years with teai the cemetery board, 4-pass many old flagstones 4-. wheý were saved fro m nearby featurj fields, and now stand in the cemetery in an area 2200cc marked "Pioneers of engine, the township of Whit- Dee by" Mrs. McKinney is and Kit looking forward to re- FULL SEl tirement, and hopes to get back to ber hobbies MIDI of painting and horticul- 1300 Oun ture. PF Js now open to serve the Durham Reg ion with over 25 years experience. 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