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THE SWORD
Volume 13
Issue 06
http://www.champlainseniors.ca
JUNE 2016
WRITER - THIS ISSUE – JIM McADAMS
MAY 03
We had a large turnout on this crisp spring morning, bathed in lovely sunshine. That seemed
to put everyone in a good mood. Many of our “snowbirds” have returned which may explain the full house.
Gerry Murfitt, looking bronzed from his winter holiday, gave his Pause for Thought, which consisted of many
funny one-liners.
MASTER OF CEREMONIES – PETER HESLIN
Peter Heslin was our emcee this morning and he and the
MusicMakers made a wonderful presentation. Peter had
researched information about Canada’s own, Paul Anka.
Peter explained to us what a talented and successful singer
and song writer Anka is. Then the
band played a number of his tunes.
Charles Kelly did an excellent job
singing each of the familiar songs.
Some of our members and our
guest speaker for the day also sang
along.
Born in Ottawa, Anka
began writing and singing when he
was just a kid and so were we. He
has written over 900 songs and last
Charles Kelly as Paul Anka, Peter Heslin MC and
MusicMakers
year alone, he made 54 million
dollars.
His buddies have included, Elvis, Sinatra, JFK and Buffett (Warren). Songs featured
this morning included “Diana”, “My Way”, and “Puppy Love.” The choir enjoyed a well deserved rest.
SPEAKER – Barb MacLeod
Our speaker this morning was Barb MacLeod from the Comfie Cat Shelter who was
introduced by Bob Bowles. Barb MacLeod started the shelter in 2004. She began
rescuing exotic animals at the age of eighteen and is currently the president and
general manager of theShelter. The shelter was located on South Street, (which is
actually north of North Street), and became a Registered Charity in 2009. They moved
to 48 Front Street in 2011.
Barb MacLeod
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Last year Comfie Cat Shelter had 325 adoptions, (200 in Toronto), and returned 5 found cats to their
owners. Fifty cats passed because of old age and incurable illnesses. Community donations were up last year
and Barb thanked the CSSC for our help with their Tag Day.
They were saddened by the death of a long-time friend and supporter, but that supporter bequeathed them
sufficient funds to purchase a new shelter. The new shelter will be located in the Odd Fellow’s Hall at 112
Norweld Drive. It is a much improved building and location and they are looking forward to the move which
should take place soon.
Bob Bowles thanked Barb and gave her a CSSC gift bag.
MAY 10
A mild, glorious spring morning brought out seventy-seven members to our meeting which was
a record for this year. All of the Snowbirds must have returned to their roosts.
The meeting started on a somber note, as our secretary, John Cropper, informed us of the passing of Garth
Rice. Garth was 96 years old when he passed and had been an active golfer. He was a WW11 RCAF Veteran,
and a charter member of our club. We held a minute’s silence in tribute to the memory of Garth, which was
followed by Neil Anthony’s playing “Amazing Grace”, on his harmonica.
MASTER OF CEREMONIES – JACK ALLEN
Jack Allen, a new member, fresh off his first tagging duty, was our emcee this morning. He regaled us all
with lots of new jokes and warned us to be careful next time we are ordering quiche in a restaurant.
The choir may have had record numbers, and
everyone lustily sang along, as our wonderful
Music Makers played on.
Bill Sherwin gave a nice tribute to William
Leslie for his endless work producing the
monthly “Bulletin” newsletter and being our
official
photographer.
The members
responded
with vigorous
Jack Allen, MC with a Large Choir and the MusicMakers
applause.
SPEAKER – DAVE LANGSTROTH
Bob Bowles introduced our guest speaker, Dave Langstroth. Dave is a First
Nation’s, (Ojibway), story teller, or “wordsmith” as he describes himself. He
talked about the importance of passing down stories from generation to
generation. He tries to avoid stories which involve sex, religion or politics.
He told us a Haida Gwaii tale which had no human beings, but had
“critters”, animals and birds, who could talk to each other. His tale featured a
Raven, which was able to transform itself into a wolf. The raven-wolf attended
a “conference” of wolves and coyotes and was able to trick them into taking
their tails off at the door. When they left in a hurry, everyone grabbed any tail.
Forevermore, when dogs meet, they check to see who has whose tail. Dave
Dave Langstroth and Bob Bowles
also mentioned the importance of “BS” in a story teller’s arsenal.
Bob Bowles thanked our humourous, “mountainess” speaker for his hugely entertaining performance.
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Garth Rice was born in December, 1919 and died in Orillia in May, 2016 at age 96.
He grew up in Ayr, Ontario and joined The Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1937. He
enlisted in the RCAF in 1941, and served in the Bahamas, India, Burma and the U.K.
As a flying officer in the Bahamas he had occasion to play a round of golf with the
Governor, the Duke of Windsor, and to dance with the Duchess. After discharge in
1946, Garth rejoined the Bank at Niagara Falls.
Garth was posted to many branches throughout Ontario, including Guelph and
Toronto. He retired in 1979 from a position in the Personal Loan Department in Head
Office.
Garth moved to Severn Bridge soon after retiring, then to a condo in Orillia in the early
nineties. His final two years were spent in the Leacock Retirement Lodge, where he
was arguably the most outgoing and popular resident.
Garth was a member of the Rotary Club of Orillia, then a member of the Kiwanis Club
of Champlain Golden K until it folded in 2004. He then became a member of
Champlain Seniors, where he was an active member until slowing down with health
problems in recent years. Garth was a keen golfer and enthusiastic bridge player, and
an asset to the club and the community. We will miss this good citizen.
Kirk Thornton
Garth Rice
John Godward
MAY 12
Remembering John Henry Godward
John passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial
Hospital on March 7th, 2016 in his 91st year. Beloved and devoted husband to
Pauline for 62 years. Loving father of David (Shirley Ann) of Bolsover, Cathy
Lawrence (Jeff) of Marchmont, and Paul (Michele) of Owen Sound. Cherished and
adored grandfather of Andrew and Thomas Godward, John and Jenni Lawrence and
Blake and Joshua Godward. Special Great Gramps to Sebastian. Predeceased by his
parents Ada and Alex Godward. Proud veteran of the RCAF during WW2. Graduate of
Agricultural Studies at the University of Guelph. Long time educator as Science
teacher and Vice-Principal with most of his career at Park Street Collegiate Institute.
Long time member of St. James’ Anglican Church, Champlain Seniors Service Club,
Royal Canadian Legion Branch #34, Orillia, the Orillia Lawn Bowling Club and Past
President of the Orillia Curling Club. Special thanks to Dr. Sochaniwskyj and all the
very caring staff at OSMH. A Memorial Service to celebrate John’s life was held at St.
James’ Anglican Church, 58 Peter St. N., Orillia on Saturday May 7, 2016.
Arrangements entrusted to the Doolittle Chapel of Carson Funeral Homes, 54
Coldwater St. E., Orillia, (705) 326-3595.
MUSICMAKERS ENTERTAIN AT CHAMPLAIN MANOR
MusicMakers Entertain, Earl Watts and George Moase
were in Attendance
MusicMakers with Les Girard on Drums
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LADIES DAY LUNCHEON
Our spring Ladies’ Day Luncheon, held at the Hawk Ridge Golf and Country Club was a
rousing success, with just over one hundred diners present.
Social Director Barry Keen did a wonderful job promoting the event and reminding members to get their
tickets, in addition to making the booking and organizing the agenda. The very
efficient staff at Hawk Ridge, led by supervisor Cathy Wilkie, provided a lovely
lunch, in a gorgeous venue, on a beautiful spring day. Dick Sleep and Rick
Meyers handled the 50-50 draw which netted the winner and the Club $100.00
each. Kudo’s also to our secretary, John Cropper,
who doubles as our audio visual expert, for once
again providing us with quality sound and pictures for
our event.
President, Pat Verner, welcomed the members and
their guests, which included many widows of former
Roger Lippert - Toast to the
members. George Smith was our very humourous
Ladies
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emcee with many jokes that were so old that they seemed new again. Delightfully,
he included references to meetings from the past many familiar names of members
were mentioned who are no longer with us. The choir and the band had lots of Marilyn Lippert- Toast to the
Men
vocal support from every table as they sang from George’s newly printed song
The Choir with George Smith as MC
books.
Past President, Roger Lippert “toasted” the
“Ladies” and his wife Marilyn had the women
raise a glass to the “gentlemen” present, before
lunch. Rae Hutt gave the blessing before the
meal which he “wrote himself”. While all of this
was happening, William Leslie was sneaking
around snapping pictures of many of our
members and guests to post in The Bulletin.
Bob Bowles recruited and introduced our guest
speaker, Pam Fulford. Pam is a biologist with a
B.Sc. degree and worked as a Fish and Wildlife
Biologist on Lake Simcoe and in the GTA over
the past 25 years. In that capacity, she was
employed by the Ministry of Natural Resources,
the Township of King, the Rouge Park and York
Region.
At
the
Lake
Simcoe
Fisheries
Assessment
Unit
with the MNR, she
examined
and
mapped all the Lake
Simcoe underwater
shoals
throughout
the 1970’s, 80’s and
90’s. She has lived
on the lake for 11
years and is now
retired
from
the
working
world.
The MusicMakers Entertained
However
she
is
passionate about her
new mission to do something about the large housing development that has
Pam Fulford with Bob Bowles
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been proposed for Strawberry Island.
Her activism, along
with
the
Lake
Simcoe Protection
Plan and the Lake
Simcoe
Conservation
Authority,
has
stopped the large
development that
was planned for
the island, from
going ahead. The
company now is
contemplating
a
Some of the Audience at The Ladies Day Luncheon
much
smaller
project.
Pam was an excellent speaker with a very interesting topic. If you would like more information on her topic,
you can find it at savestrawberryislandinlakesimcoe on Facebook. Bob Bowles thanked Pam for all her work
and for speaking to us today.
We had another beautiful, warm, spring morning for today’s meeting. Our president,
Pat Verner, put the members in a lively mood with some jokes he couldn’t wait to tell. He also
encouraged members to participate in “tagging” duties and asked for volunteers for the Sunday
Night Summer Concert Series at the Couchiching Waterfront Aquatheatre.
Keith Elliott saved the day again with his “Last minute”, Pause for Thought, a quirky Paul Harvey story titled,
“If I WereThe Devil.”
MASTER OF CEREMONIES – WILLIAM LESLIE
Today’s emcee was William Leslie, who has
been in a jovial mood ever since he moved into
his new house that has a wonderful view of Lake
Simcoe. William reminded us of the positive
effects that singing and laughing have on our
bodies. He encouraged us to let ourselves go as
we laughed at his jokes and sang along with the
choir and the band. He was preaching to the
already converted since everyone seems to love
to sing and laugh. William’s selections gave us
plenty of reason to do both.
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William Leslie as MC with a Laughing Choir
SPEAKER –
JEANETTE ABERNETHY
Today’s guest speaker was
Jeanette Abernethy who has
operated Orillia Natural Health
from
her
home
since
1997. She is certified in
Reflexology, Iridology and Ear
Candling. Previously,
she
spent many years working in
physiotherapy.
The Singing, Laughing Club Members
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Reflexology uses pressure on the feet and other parts of the body to relieve pain
and decreases the need for medicinal treatment.
Iridology is based on visual clues that the practitioner gets from examining the iris
of the eyes. She showed us charts of the iris which indicated where, in the body,
problems may be happening. All parts of the body can be reflected by the iris if you
know what to look for.
Her other option is “ear candling.” She uses thin, 100% cotton and beeswax hollow
tubes, (foot long), to clean the ears. One end of the tube is inserted in the ear and the
other end is lit while the patient relaxes, lying down as the heat draws “debris” (and
other nasty bits), from the ear.
Our members had lots of great questions for Jeanette and many took her business
card. Bob Bowles introduced and thanked Jeanette for her interesting presentation.
MAY 31
Jeanette Abernethy
Tuesday, the 31st of May was
the fifth straight Tuesday of
beautiful weather we have had
Ed Kalbfleisch as MC with a Big Choir
this month! How lucky can we
get?
President, Pat Verner brightened our spirits with his jokes about “the Dead Sea” and a ‘stolen credit card”.
Brian Pounder, our champion for last weekend’s Telecare Tag Day, reported that our members collected $500
in support of their cause.
A “miked-up” Rae Hutt, told a wonderful story about a grocer and three poor boys
who frequented his store. The boys could not afford to buy groceries so he “traded”
produce for a “red marble.” The boys, (now young men), touchingly “returned” the
marbles to him at his funeral. He died a “rich” man.
Jim Graham gave us some history of the Mariposa Music Festival, which will be held
this summer from July 8th to 10th. The festival will again be at Tudhope Park and it will
have three stages which can operate at the same time. Gordon Lightfoot will likely be
lurking around and may step up for an impromptu set. His tribute statue in the park is
definitely worth a look.
Today’s emcee, Ed Kalbfleisch, could not hear us laughing at his jokes because he left his “ears” at home
this morning. There was a lot to laugh about as Ed told jokes to commemorate “International Downtrodden
Husband’s Day,” May 31st. Today’s choir, (an octet), and the Music Makers Band started with a rousing
version of “Baby Face”. Charles Kelly, on behalf of drummer Les Girard, invited everyone to come to the
Legion on Saturday, June 25, from 2:00 until 5:00, to celebrate his 100th birthday!
Rae Hutt
SPEAKER – TIM BUTCHER
Bob Bowles introduced our guest speaker this morning, Tim Butcher, who was accompanied by Lois Mitchell,
both financial planners at the BMO Financial Group in Orillia. Their topic this morning was “Estate Planning”, a
very important topic for our membership.
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Tim stressed the importance that everyone must have a will and a power of
attorney, (POA). We should carefully select a competent “executor” of our will.
The executor will be required to gather the value of the deceased, property,
possessions, and personal wealth. This is necessary for the will to be properly
probated. The POA should include guidelines of what to do if the individual
becomes incapacitated. It should also indicate when the POA should be
enacted.
Don Crawford added much important information to the discussion including
the phrase that “when you die, so does your POA.” Things are then in the
hands of your executor. This talk could have easily been titled, “Pause for
Thought.”
Bob Bowles thanked Tim for his presentation and gave him our customary
thank you gift.
Tim Butcher, Financial Planner
COMING EVENTS
DATE
SATURDAY
JUNE 25
TUESDAY
JUNE 28
JUNE, JULY,
AUGUST
SATURDAY
JULY16
JULY
EVENT
Les Girard’s 100 Birthday Party. Vimy Room at the Royal
Canadian Legion, 2:00 to 5:00 pm. Members and spouses
invited. No presents please. Donations to the Food Bank
would be appreciated.
LAST MEETING OF THE MONTH. PLEASE BRING A
DONATION FOR THE FOOD BANK TO THE MEETING.
Sunday Evening Band Concerts at Couchiching Beach Park
June, 19, 26. July, 03, 10, 17, 24, 31. Aug, 07, 14, 21.
Orillia Scottish Festival- Selling Buttons in the Park and on
the main street.
th
Alzheimer’s Society Tag Day
SATURDAY
JULY23
Orillia Prostate Cancer Awareness Group Tag Day
FRI – SAT
JULY 29, 30
Hillcrest Lodge – Affordable Housing for Seniors.
Tag Day
Friday
SEPTEMBER
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The Comfie Cat Shelter Tag Day.
CONTACT
Charles Kelly
Walt Murray
Mike Jones
Mike Jones
John Wallinger
Doreen
Anderson
Barry Keen
William Leslie
Note: If you have any upcoming events, Tag Days, Community Events, Club Events coming up anytime in 2016,
send the information to the Editor to have them advertised here.
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DAILY PROGRAM
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT (Keith Elliott)
June 07 John Smalley
June 14 Tony Shaw
June 21 Bob Duff
June 28 Ed Kalbfleisch
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
June 07 Mike Jones
June 14 Hal Taylor
June 21 Roger Lippert
June 28 Bob Duff
TRIBUTE (Fayne Bullen)
June 07
POTPOURRI
Tribute to Chip Wiest
June 28
Nancy Kelly
Joyce Wiest
Blair Ashmore
Ann Saunders
Marilyn Elliot
June 05
June 15
June 18
June 19
June 22
June 20 Vic and Helen Koby
June 21 Dennis and Joan Hollands
(Jim McAdams)
Kathleen Ashmore
Gordon Michener
Peter Van Kessel
Mike Jones
Walt Murray
JUNE 14
JUNE 21
JUNE 28
June 23
June 24
June 24
June 27
Les Girard
John Cropper
Roger Lippert
Sirkka Ahokagers
(Jim McAdams)
JUNE ANNIVERSARIES
AAANNIVERSARIES
June 28 John and Jean Watkins
June 30 Jim McAdams and Emily Morino
GUEST SPEAKERS
JUNE 07
(Fayne Bullen)
Ed Nevala
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
June 02
June 02
June 04
June 05
June 05
(Roger Lippert)
(Bob Bowles)
Planting Acorns by Roy Menagh, Music Director and Recently
Retired Conductor for the Orillia Wind Ensemble.
My Life So Far by David Austin
My Life So Far by Duncan Ellis.
The Stephen Leacock 1869 to 1944 History Quiz by Fred Addis.
SUBMITTED BY BLAIR ASHMORE - FROM THE SHRINERS NOTE BOOK.
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William Leslie – Editor - [email protected]
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