CULTURAL HERITAGE and GENEALOGY Report

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1 NEWSLETTER St Andrew s Celebration December 1st, 2007 Comox Legion, Comox, BC Meet & Greet 5:30 PM Dinner 6:15 PM Clootie Dumplin Contest Waggle O The Kilt Members $20.00 Non-Members $25.00 Info Phone Margaret Joan The Celtic Club Executive sends greetings, welcoming everybody back and that we should have some good fun this year with all the events planned. Remember the more you put into something in life the more you get out of it. Photo; Alex W Fraser & his Sister Frances at Maxville Ont CULTURAL HERITAGE and GENEALOGY Report Members of the group have all decided to join Jim Walker's lead and take some time off. We all have projects we're working on at present, and no one wants to take on additional responsibilities. We're thinking that maybe come Spring, such pressures may be reduced, and we may come together again. All of us enjoy the sessions so much we don't want the group to just disappear. Certainly we'll all be involved (or most of us) when it's time to get ready for the Highland Games. Someone is bound to be able to assist. Who knows, your thoughts/ideas or questions might appear in the Newsletter! Until then anyone having questions related to Genealogy or finding something interesting re Cultural Heritage, please feel free to contact Jim Walker, Mary Breer, (or as a last resort Glenda Gentleman). submitted by Glenda Gentleman Joke of the Day A Scotsman was visiting a friend in the mountains of Canada. The first morning in the cabin, he awoke and stood by the window admiring the scenery. Suddenly, he noticed a huge animal walk by. "Och, whut's thaaat?" he said. His Canadian friend looked out and said, "Oh, that's a moose." "Och! If thaaat's a moose, hoo big are your cats aroond here?" PAGE 1

2 Club Activity Group Report Pierre; Submitted by Ben St Hi Alex Golf scores as follows; mens low Bill Murray 32 ladies low Joy Georgeson 38 ladies longest putt mens longest putt ladies closest to pin mens closest to pin most honest ladies most honest mens best attendance Joan Martin Bill Murray Joan Martin Bill Murray Joan Turner Hugh McKinnon Jim Walker There is a trophy missing, it's a cut off driver that is painted gold and was the trophy for longest drive. The golf club will need a new co-ordinator for next year. Maybe 2 or 3 people could run it as there is a lot of phoning to do. Ben St Pierre LOOKING FOR A NEWSLETTER NAME; Celtic Tails, Celtic Trails, Keltic Reporting, Keltic Reporter Alex W Fraser & Rhoda Ross Celtic Rune, Margaret Crites Clarion Call, Keltic Kapers, Keltic Connections, Celtic connections Bill Georgeson E mail entries to jars@mars.ark.com or phone with your name tel # and the name you are suggesting for the newsletter. A prize will be given to the person who has submitted the winning entry. Deadline Nov. 30th, place your vote, NOW -- what Name would you like your club newsletter to be known as? Winner to be announced at Christmas Party Dec 07. No responses, no winner, no prize Comments -- Place your votes to jars@mars.ark.com PAGE 2

3 Photo Opportunity Any members with cameras interested in taking pictures at our events. We do need some photographic proof of our activities. Maybe we could have a photo contest based on the best submission from each event (to be voted on by those attending the event) Submit your favourite Recipe; to jars@mars.ark.com SCALLOPED POTATOES submitted by Rhoda Ross 2 tablespoons of snipped parsley 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced onions 4 1/2 cups thinly sliced pared white potatoes 3 teaspoons salt 7 teaspoons flour 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/8 teaspoon paprika 1 3/4 cups milk Start heating oven to 400 degrees F. Bring 1 water to boil in covered saucepan. Grease 1 1/2 QT casserole, prepare parsley, onions, potatoes. To boiling water, add onions, potatoes, 2 teaspoons salt, boil, cover 5 min., drain. Meanwhile in double boiler or skillet, over very low heat, melt butter, stir in flour, 1 teaspoon Salt, pepper, paprika, then milk, cook, stirring constantly, until smooth and thickened. In casserole, arrange one third of potatoes and onions, sprinkle with half of parsley, pour on one third of sauce, repeat with another third of potatoes and onions, rest of parsley, and half the remaining sauce. Now add rest of potatoes and sauce. Bake, uncovered, 35 min., or until tender and brown. Makes 4 or 5 servings Buy, Sell, Trade, Donate Items for this column, forward to jars@mars.ark.com Looking for a stirty used wheelchair PAGE 3

4 WEB SITE; I have created a temporary, an unofficial plain Comox Valley Celtic Club web site at for the purposes of; 1-- experiment to assess possibilities for club newsletter 2-- to make it accessible for members of the CVCClub for their comments. 3-- To have an accessible spot for club information that may otherwise not be readily accessible to its members. 4-- the newsletter is now available in printed form, pdf format by e mail attachment, downloadable from this site in pdf format and each newsletter has a separate web page for viewing same.. See left side of web page. As it also became necessary to have a web page for the newsletter to get the ISSN #. The newsletter now also has the following ISSN #s: -- ISSN pdf/ online: ISSN print. ISSN = International Standard Serial Number. As of this November 2007 issue of the newsletter, you will find on the web page the following About the CVCClub: meet the executive CVCClub Events: for Sept 2007 to July 2008 Sept., Oct., Nov Newsletters 2007 in pdf downloadable format and each with a separated web page; PURPOSE OF THE COMOX VALLEY CELTIC CLUB; A BRIEF HISTORY OF OUR EARLY BEGINNINGS; COMOX VALLEY CELTIC CLUB GUIDELINES FOR ORGANIZATION & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GUIDELINES; Membership info; Comments on the web page can be made to -- jars@mars.ark.com. If the executive and members of the club are in favour of having a web site, then 1-- a domain name is necessary 2-- and a separate web hosting server will have to be set up, found to host site is also necessary. PAGE 4

5 The Club Newsletter History -- Jan to Based on the information from the club newsletter file of Bill Georgeson, ---- the 1st issue of the club newsletter started back in January 1997 called the ---- Comox Valley Celtic Club News arranged by Hugh & Vi McKinnon of which there were 14 issues ---- September 1998 it became -- The Celtic Reporter -- arranged by Warren Marsh, 3 volumes V1 1-6, V2 1-7, with issue 3 repeated twice,v3 1-5 Dec issues In April 2002 is was just called the Comox Valley Celtic Club Newsletter on the the present, -- 4 issues to late Fall In 2004 Jim Walker was editor and Glenda Gentleman took it over that fall to the Summer of issues Bill s Celtic Club newsletter collection starts in Jan ends in Dec There are 36 issues. The Nov 07 newsletter is issue # 48 To all previous Newsletter editors, sincere thanks for your participation. GEORGESON RECEIVES ROTARY RECOGNITION; This year the Rotary Club of Comox acknowledged Bill Georgeson as the recipient of the Paul Harris Fellowship award as a community volunteer. Georgeson was born in Scotland and served with the British Royal Navy and he received a commemorative medal for manning the convoys, says Darilyn Turnbull of the Rotary Club of Comox. Several years after the war, Georgeson decided to move to Canada. He and his wife Joy moved to the Comox Valley in 1993 and became active in the community, says the club. He has volunteered countless hours serving for many community groups, In 2003 he was made an honourary citizen of Comox, and at age 83 he is active with many community groups. THE CELTIC CLUB UPCOMING EVENTS Sept 2007 July 2008 EVENT DATE TIME VENUE All Times subject to change Start for Dancers & Singers Sep pmst. Johns, ongoing Thursdays 3rd Lassies Luncheon Nov :30 AM TBA info Contact Joy Georgeson & Sheila Sturgeon Harvest Fest, Sat. Oct pm St. John s Hall Dessert Night -- Pumpkin Pie contest -- Carved Pumpkin Contest Glenda Gentleman won the Pumpkin Pie contest, no work on Carved Pumpkin winner PAGE 5

6 A small group but the entertainment offered by our own members was excellent, and the food (quite a variety) was excellent. It went well but was sadly lacking in numbers. Joan did a super job of decorations etc. and the food brought by members was fantastic, so, it was a pity that more members didn't show up. [notes received awf] Saint Andrews Dec :30 pm Comox Legion Xmas PartyDec pm St. Johns Business MeetingJanuary TBA St. Johns Burns Supper Jan pm Native Sons Hall Cumberland Heritage Fair Feb. 23, 08 Singers Saint Davids Mar pm St. Johns Saint Patricks Mar pm Comox Legion Kirkin Of the Tartan April TBA Comox Presbyterian Annual General Meeting June TBA St. Johns Canada Day Picnic July 1.08 TBA TBA Christmas is just around the corner! Celtic Club Christmas Party coming up on Dec pm St. Johns So until next Time, Enjoy Comments can be made to jars@mars.ark.com St. Andrew s Celebration December 1st, Comox Legion, Comox, BC Meet & Greet 5:30 PM Dinner 6:15 PM Clootie Dumplin Contest Waggle O The Kilt Members $20.00 Non-Members $25.00 Info Phone Margaret Joan PAGE 6