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celebration. of the ancestors at 1I;:ingsbridgi
e
The O'Loughlin -McCann
reunion, a celebration of the
Ancestors, took place in
Kingsbridge, the weekend of
June 23 - 24. Members
gathered from various parts
of Ontario and the United
States to commemorate their
Irish immigrant ancestors,
who settled in West Wawa-
nosh around 1860.
This year marks the 100th
anniversary of the deaths of
Bridget Kitson, wife of Brian
who lived on the farm, lot 16,
concession 12 and John
McCann whose wife was, Ann
Donnelly, living on the farm
lot 21, concession 9. Both
couples are .buried in St.
Augustine Cemetery, Wawa -
nosh. •
The weekend was planned
and organized by two great
grandchildren, Mrs. Berna-
dine (O'Loughlin) Kinney
and Father Raphael O'Lou-
ghlin, CSB 1, currently work-
ing in Mexico City.
The program started with
an Arbor. Day tree planting
ceremony at St. Joseph's
Community School, Kings-
bridge in memory of the..
ancestors.
Affec registration in St.
Joseph's Parish Hall on June
23, a , bus tour carried the
visitors past the farms and
schools :of many descendants
in Ashfield and then to
Wawanosh. and St. August-
ine church and cemetery. For
most, especially the younger
generation, it was their first
time to see the sites where
their ancestors pioneered.
A scheduled picnic had to
be cancelled due to the cold
weather but a gathering at
the Parish Hall allowed for
visiting and exchanging
memories..
On Sunday,. Mass was cel-
ebrated by Rev. Father
O'Loughlin with organist
Marianne Frayne and soloist
Eugene Frayne assisting.
The dinner followed and was
served by the Catholic Wom-
en's League and the parish
Youth Group. Mary Luanne
Clare, president served and
entertained the younger
members on the school
grounds.
Father O'Loughlin and his
nephew Dan O'Loughlin of
Rochester, Michigan intro-
duced the guests and the
program which included pip-
ing before dinner .and after
by pipers D. A. MacLennan
and Dave MacDonald. A wel-
come recitation was given by
Gertrude Leddy. Mary Lu-
anne Clare gave her award
winning speech, Safe Driv-
ing,,
Bob Courtney with his sax
'and his wife, Joyce accom-
panying him provided ;music.
as did Bert MacDonald's
violin selections. The Frayn-
es, Lisa dancing Irish and
Scottish dancing, Marianne
and Gene singing a duet,
entertained. Brother Carl
Voll gave a recitation. The
McQuaid sisters of Seaforth
accompanied by their mother
Mrs. Wilfred McQuaid, play-
ed violin selections and dan-
ced. The quartette of Rev.
Father Ed Dentinger, Ray
Dalton, Gene Frayne and
Bob Courtney sang and
Father Dentinger led in
singing with Brian O'Lough-
lin's Black Thorn.
A brief talk on genealogy
was given by Father
O'Loughlin and an outline for
searching the family history,
started by him in 1967 was
discussed as well as the
formation of the Kingsbridge
Genealogical Society.
The farthest traveller to
come to the reunion was Rod
MacKinnon, St. Petersburg,
Florida, grandson of Sarah
O'Loughlin and Mrs. Ethel
Ganter, 87, of Boulder, Col-
orado, daughter of Mary
O'Loughlin and Michael
O'Reilly. The largest family
present was the family of Len
O'Loughlin, Rochester,
Michigan.
Bulletin boards with an-
cestoral pictures, crown
deeds, mortgages, wills, cer-
tificates of interest, photo-
graphs ,and records of the
first celebration of ancestors
were on display,
Playground begins....
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Lucknow home .on Thursday
evening the staff of St.
Joseph's School, 'Kings-
bridge. Guests. were Father
Ed Dentinger, Brother Carl
Voll, Mr'. and Mrs. Rod
McDonagh,. Mr. and. Mrs.
Paul Eedy, Miss Denise Dal-
ton, Mrs. Eugene Frayne,
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Farrish,
Mr. and Mrs. Deb Wilson,
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ferguson
and son of Windsor. A deli-
cious buffet dinnerfollowed
by a sing song andcards, was
enjoyed by all who attended,..,
Weekend visitors with. the
John Howard family were
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Forbes
and family of Lansing, Michi-
gan;;:, Mrs. Marie Forbes,
Patricia, Mary'' Catherine
Forves, Shirley and Rita
Crook of Detroit; Mr. and.
Mrs. Lee . Strauss of Kit-
chener and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Schefter and family of Strat-
ford.
Mr: and Mrs. Walter Clare,
and- Mary Luanne spent
Friday in London visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin King and
family. Mrs. Clare spent
Thursday at the Ryan family
farm in Chesley.
PLAY GROUND
The Supervised Play-
ground at St. Joseph's
School began operations
Monday, July 9th under the
guidance of Denise Dalton.
Registration of 48 children.
from 4 - . 14 years of age
attended. Frances Van Rooy'
will be in charge of the junior
group and. Joanne Agnew of
Lucknow the senior group.
More . on tllis next week.
SOCCER
On Luly 3rd the Kings-
bridge Soccer team played
Dungannon Soccer team\ at
Brookside School. Dungan-
non team won 2 - 0 over
Kingsbridge.
A big "Hello" to all the.
Ashfield young people
single and married and their
families who are working out
west. Many have summer
jobs and will return when
holidays end, and others are
permanent residents of Al-
berta.
Carrie and Carl Riegling,
grandchildren of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Reigling are enjoy-
ing their holidays renewing
their relationship with
friends and relatives in the
area. Sunday 'afternoon, dur- '
ing the hydro -off time they
visited in Lucknow with Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Ritchie. The
rest of the day the Rieglings
spent at Mr. and Mrs. Max
Riegling's home and all
enjoyed a barbecued supper.
festival of
arts and crafts
on the Square in Goderich
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
JULY 12, 13, 14
DAILY EVENTS 10 A.M. TO 9 P.M.
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•Tea Garden
• Photography Gallery
• Fibwer Show
• The Livery Theatre:
Poster Sale, Model Railroad display by
Gandy Dancers.
THIS YEAR'S SPECIAL EVENTS!!!
THURSDAY at 8:30 P:M. ,
Sire Dance on the Square
FRIDAY at 7:30 P.M.
Elgin Fisher and his
Entertainers
SATURDAY AT 7 P.M.
Crc ft Auction Sale
SATURDAY AT 8:30 P.M.
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