The Citizen, 1992-07-01, Page 52PAGE A20. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1,1992.
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* EaS* Wawanosh Township 125th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
Published by North Huron Citizen
Working on history book, a learning experience
continued from page A19
respond to information requests.
Committee chairman Robert Charter, who
gathered information from Cone. 3, ran into
the same problems. He bets though that
some of the people are wishing they’d put
their story in now, or a better picture, since
the book has turned out to be such a success.
When asked if it was difficult getting all the
information together and preparing it for
publication, Mr. Charter replies that it wasn’t
Committee hosts
auction and dance
On Saturday, June 6, the finance
committee of the East Wawanosh 125
Celebrations held a Heritage Auction and
Dance. Both events were to raise money, and
to get people thinking about the forthcoming
celebrations July 2-5.
Committee chairman Vaughn Toll and his
committee Ruth Olson, George Cull, and
Jim Ross organized the day’s events. East
Wawanosh auctioneer, Brian Rintoul
donated his time, secretarial staff, and
speaking system for the auction. Items from
antiques to home baking were donated by
individuals in the community. Local
businesses donated many interesting goods
and services.
In the evening, a Heritage Dance was held
with the Belgrave Kinsmen tending bar.
Music was by “Yesterday's Wine”. Stage
lights were borrowed from Steve Oliver,
drama teacher at C.H.S.S., Clinton. An
excellent lunch was catered by Green's Meat
Market.
really hard, but it was more that it took such
a long time. The committee ended up
breaking a lot of deadlines because it took so
long for the information to come in.
Wilderness to Wawanosh was originally
slated for release by Christmas 1991.
The committee ran into other problems
along the way as well. The book's first
editor, Toby Rainey, had to be replaced
when she quit. Her assistant Lori Jamiesoi^..,.
carried on as the new editor. The committee
also had problems in typesetting; often the
text had to be typed over several times since
mistakes in the history kept slipping by.
Adrian Vos was using his computer to write
up the extensive index, but he came to the
point where he had so many entries, his
computer's memory couldn't handle anymore
and entries had to be inserted by hand. There
are 6000 names in the index.
Some of the decisions that had to be made
included the size of the book, the quality of
the paper, and how many pictures they
would have on each page. The committee
decided from the beginning they were going
to order 2000 copies of the book in hard
cover. The coloured photographs section
was decided on from the start as well.
When she first heard of the history book
project, Mrs. Toll knew she wanted to be a
part of it right away. Even now, after five
long years of labouring away, she says she
"would be inclined to do a project like this
again." She has better ideas of what to do
and what not to do. For instance she feels
they should have latched more onto the
business end of things from the beginning.
Adhering more to deadlines would have
helped them to cut back on budget.
Working on Wilderness to Wawanosh
was a valuable learning experience, declares
Mrs. Toll, and she "wouldn't have missed it
for anything." At times things were
frustrating, she admits, but it was good for
bringing neighbours together and getting to
know each other.
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We join with our neighbours in East
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The book taught him a lot about the
Township, remarks Mr. Charter. He really
appreciated all the support from the
community, including all the volunteers.
After the book was completed they were still
all friends, he maintains, and "that's," he
adds, "an accomplishment."
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We are proud to be the 5th generation of our
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established by our forefathers in East Wawanosh
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“If we remember where we came from, it's easier
to know where we are going.”
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