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125 YEARS STRONG!
Odd Fellow members posing for the 50th Anniversary in 1938 By Rick Smith, Secretary Missanabie Lodge # 266
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issanabie Lodge # 266 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows celebrates its 125th birthday this year. The story goes that it was a rather cool night on the 16th day of May in 1888; with the fire crackling in the background, six gentlemen huddled around an old wooden kitchen table decided that the Odd Long Term Fellows could “do Forecast some good” in Thursday Chapleau. So, with High 10 quill in hand, ink was Low -2 put to paper and the Friday Charter was signed. High -1 Low -6 Those six gentlemen were: H. Curran, H.N. Saturday High Low
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Atkinson, W. Yule, J.M. Austin, J.B. Dexter, and T.A. Austin. The Odd Fellows are one of the earliest and oldest fraternal orders known to man. Several theories exist as to how the name came about, but the one most recognized is that people who exercised unusual or “odd trades” joined together to form a group called “Odd Fellows”. Although not originally from Chapleau, A recent visit from our new Grand Master of Reginald Thrush, who lived and worked here Ontario - Shirley Blakey for many years, progressed through the ranks to of years ago and which we still follow today. eventually become the Grand Master of You will notice within our logo, a 3 linked Ontario during the 1949 - 1950 term. Mr. chain with the initials F, L, T. These stand for Thrush's motto was “Anything a service club Friendship, Love and Truth and it is this that can do; the Odd Fellows can do better”. He helps hold us together. Cont’d on P.2 embraced the principles set forth by the Order
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125 YEARS STRONG! Cont’d from P.1 Today, you will see the Odd Fellows at various functions, lending a helping hand. Famous for our BBQs under the big blue and white tent, we are at Canada Day Celebrations, the Fall Fair, Olde Fashioned Christmas, The CP Holiday Train, Winter
Carnival and so much more! We support many other organizations in town as well as providing turkeys at Christmas time, donations to the local food banks, and of course much needed medical supplies for use in home. Like many other clubs, we are always
looking for new members. If you feel you would like to help your fellowmen and “do some good” as our original six Odd Fellows did, then please reach out to us – we would be more than happy to welcome you to the oldest fraternal organization in town. The Odd Fellows! A special thanks to Lorne Swanson for providing a scrap book of newspaper clippings about our Lodge.
Annual Grand Sessions at the Royal York in Toronto. Photo taken in 1950, during Reg Thrush's term as Grand Master
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The winner of the woven blanket and gift cards was Ashley Paquette. Congratulations!! The sale of the tickets for the blanket as well as the penny sale at the Fall Fair were a great success. We would like to thank everyone who bought tickets, who sold them and made donations for the penny sale. We are very grateful for the support of the community. Another activity that the UCFO ladies are organizing is an Open House. They have several beautiful items to show you and sell. You can find blankets, tablecloths, placemats, dish towels, mittens, slippers, scarves, baby items, greeting cards and the list goes on. These would make great Christmas gifts! So, we invite you to the boutique to see these magnificent local artisanal products. You will be glad you came. Below, you will see when the boutique is opened in the next few weeks. The annual open house will take
place on Friday, November 24 from 2 to 9 p.m. at 40 Birch Street which is in the basement of the post office - side door. We're offering a 15% discount if you buy anything during the Open House! Store hours for the holiday season will be Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. In December, the store will be open Monday through Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. We will open Saturdays (Dec. 5, 12, and 19) afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Chapleau Moments by
Michael J. Morris There were 4018 members of the Royal Canadian Air Force who received the Distinguished Flying Cross in World War II, and Chapleau is included among those who received the DFC for acts of valour or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy. For Willard Bolduc, the son of Joseph Telesfore, who died while on active service with Canadian Forces in World War I, and Barbara (McWatch) Bolduc, it meant receiving his DFC from King George VI at a field investiture In England, and even enjoying a drink of Scotch with His Majesty. In a letter to his mother, Willard Bolduc, wrote that the King and Queen Elizabeth came for his investiture, which "should make folks sit up and take notice". On the same day he was promoted from pilot officer to flying officer. He told his mother, according to a newspaper report at the time, that now she may now address "my mail to F.O. Bolduc, D.F.C" adding "I never knew I would ever have any letters after my name - it makes you feel sort of important." Flying Officer Bolduc explained that he did not go to Buckingham Palace because they had a field investiture where the King and Queen came to their station. "We had a full parade and I had to march out by myself in front of everyone and the King shook hands with me and pinned on the medal." Afterwards, their Majesties joined them for a chicken dinner. "Before dinner we all had a drink of Scotch in the anteroom with (the King), so now I can say I had a drink of Scotch with the King of England!" At the end of his letter, Willard admitted to his mother, "But believe me, I was really scared stiff. I could hardly talk, and my knees were knocking and everything else. I guess you can say your crazy son is really getting around, eh Mom?" The department of veteran's affairs web site says: Flying Officer Willard John Bolduc. an Ojibwa from Chapleau, Ontario earned the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for his performance as an air gunner during a series of bombing attacks in 1943." Baisel Benjamin Collings, the son of Clarence and Olive (Shillington) Collings, enlisted in the RCAF in August 1941, rose to rank of
Distinguished Flying Crosses awarded to Chapleau RCAF members included one recipient having drink of scotch with King George VI during World War II Warrant Officer One, and his citation for the DFC noted that he had completed numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty." It says that he completed two tours of operations, adding that "Warrant Officer Collings has at all times displayed outstanding ability and a strong sense of duty, and he holds a fine record of achievement on the squadron. "His untiring devotion to duty in moments of danger has been largely responsible for the successful completion of his crew's many sorties, and by his example of cheerful courage, has maintained a very high standard of morale among, not only his crew members, but the squadron in general." Donald Boyd Freeborn. the son of Earle and Agnes (McAdam) Freeborn first enlisted as a boy apprentice in the Royal Air Force, was accepted but stayed home as the eldest of eight children when his father died in 1937 one month before Donald was to set sail for England. He enlisted in the RCAF in October 1941 rising to the rank of Flying Officer. On one occasion his Lancaster bomber was shot down behind enemy lines in Holland. Writing in Chapleau Trails, edited, and published by Dr. Bill Pellow, his sister Beth noted that "Don and his navigator survived the crash and were hidden in the basement of a Dutch family until they could be spirited back to allied territory." Although reported "missing in action", he was returned to flying Lancaster bombers. Another incident recorded about his service overseas was that "One night in October 1944 this officer captained an aircraft detailed to attack Stuttgart. On the bombing run the aircraft was subjected to anti-aircraft fire. Flying Officer Freeborn was struck by a piece of shrapnel in the thigh. The wound was serious. Nevertheless, this pilot withheld the fact from his crew and pressed home his attack. Not until the bombs had been released did, he call for assistance. It became necessary to apply a tourniquet to his leg, an operation which Flying Officer Freeborn himself superintended. In spite of much physical suffering this resolute pilot flew the aircraft to this country. He displayed courage, fortitude and devotion to duty of a high order." Donald Freeborn was awarded the DFC with Bar. He is a member of a Chapleau family long dedicated to community service with his grandfather J.D. McAdam and father Earle both serving as reeve, while his brother Earle served as
reeve/mayor and brother Elmer as a councillor. Lloyd George McDonald. commonly called by his nickname 'Sparrow" was born in Chapleau in 1918, graduated from Chapleau High School in 1937, then attended the University of Toronto, and enlisted in the RCAF in 1941. He was posted to Number 426 Squadron and the information on the DFC award reads: "This officer has completed a large number of sorties against enemy targets, including Berlin and Brunswick. At all times he has displayed the highest degree of navigational skill and has been in no small way responsible for the successful completion of many operations. On one occasion his aircraft was severely damaged by an enemy fighter but, working under extreme difficulties, Flying Officer McDonald successfully navigated his aircraft back to an emergency base in this country where a safe landing was made. His navigational skill, coolness and determination have been of the highest order." After the war Sparrow McDonald returned to work for the Canadian Press where he had started while attending university and worked in Washington and New York for years. He also covered the United Nations and the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. Later he headed to Winnipeg Bureau then was chief of Ontario service, then features and night editor. Willard Bolduc, Baisel Collings, Donald Freeborn, and Lloyd McDonald were among the estimated 350 Chapleau men and women who served in Canada's armed forces in World War II, an incredible number, given the size of the community, all of whom are now referred to as the Greatest Generation. And indeed, they are as I reflect on them and the lives, they all lived, ordinary men and women from a small community in Northern Ontario who left their homes and families to do the exceptional. Some returned, others did not. Thank you to all of them. Lest we forget! My sincere thanks to Doug Greig, Dr. Bill Pellow and the Bolduc, Collings and Freeborn families who contributed to Chapleau Trails, and to "Sparrow McDonald, gone now, but a journalist who I was so privileged to interview at the Chapleau High School 60th anniversary reunion in 1982.
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REPORT People Need a Break on Home Heating from OTTAWA provinces to the rest of Canada, making them free and gas companies on excess profits they have and easy to access for low-income and middle- made on the backs of Canadians throughout the Rapport class Canadians, regardless of how they heat their inflationary crisis. The Parliamentary Budget d’Ottawa home. This would give people an incentive to Officer has previously calculated that a windfall by/par
Carol Hughes Federal member of Parliament Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing
It's November, and after a warm October in most parts of the country, the weather is starting to feel a bit more seasonal. The cold is clearly on its way, and Canadians are justifiably concerned about the cost of heating their homes after two years of consistent inflationary pressure. There's certainly a number of ways this government can carve out a way for people to save money on their home heating, but it seems like they are taking a scattershot approach that isn't going to work for most Canadians. In recent weeks, the government has decided to make some carveouts of their signature carbon tax plan, specifically for home heating oil, for the next three years. In addition, they announced that they would make electric heat pumps free, but only for Atlantic Canadians. They also doubled the rural top-up for Climate Action Incentive Payments, but just for people in rural communities. It's hard not to be cynical and think that the government is trying to save a few electoral seats and undermining its own climate plan. Canadians are justifiably concerned about climate change. 2023 was a record year for forest fires, with an area burned that was double previous historic records, with hundreds of thousands of Canadians evacuated from their homes. People want to fight the climate crisis, but they need to know that the plan from the government is fair, and creating carbon tax carveouts for some Canadians, but not others, is not the way to go about it. While New Democrats supported a Conservative motion on eliminating the carbon tax on all sources of home heating, a motion that was not passed by the House of Commons in the end, a far fairer method would be to eliminate the GST on home heating. It's a simpler proposal that would provide a more rational, stable, and fair method of giving people a break that wouldn't focus squarely on those who use fossil fuels, but all methods of home heating, including through renewable sources like hydro. It's a much simpler way of giving people a break. This proposal is not new. It was put forward 15 years ago by former NDP Leader Jack Layton. It was good policy then, and its good policy now. Additionally, if we want to reduce carbon emissions while giving people a chance to save money on their home heating, we could expand the narrow carveout on heat pumps the government has provided to the Atlantic
make their homes more energy efficient while also saving them money on the back end, reducing their overall carbon footprint. In Ontario, a new heat pump could mean $55 a month in savings on home heating. That's not a small amount, and it would be accessible by everyone. One of the core issues with the government's energy retrofit programs has been accessibility. The Greener Homes Program is bureaucratic and inefficient. It has a high cost of entry that is inaccessible to lowincome Canadians. Retrofit programs need to be simple to access and cost efficient, otherwise people don't access them. To cover those costs, we need to tax the oil
tax on oil and gas companies would bring in over $4 billion. Oil and gas companies are not struggling. In fact, Canada's five biggest oil and gas companies earned $38.3 billion in combined profits last year – more than doubling their 2021 profits of $16.9 billion. Through these simple measures, we can reduce the costs of home heating for Canadians, improve the energy efficiency in their homes, and reduce Canadians' dependance on fossil fuels. It would be fairer, applying a baseline savings for home heating for everyone, not just those on heating oil, propane, or other fossil fuel heat systems. Canadians need, and deserve, a break.
Les gens ont besoin de répit pour le coût du chauffage domestique Nous sommes en novembre et, après un mois d'octobre chaud dans la plupart des régions du pays, le temps commence à devenir un peu plus frais. Le froid approche évidemment à grands pas et les Canadiens s'inquiètent à juste titre du coût du chauffage de leur domicile après deux années de pressions inflationnistes constantes. Le gouvernement a certainement plusieurs moyens de permettre aux gens d'économiser de l'argent sur le chauffage, mais il semble qu'il adopte une approche dispersée qui ne fonctionnera pas pour la plupart des Canadiens. Au cours des dernières semaines, le gouvernement a décidé d'apporter quelques exemptions, pour les trois prochaines années, à son plan guide de taxe sur le carbone, en particulier pour l'huile de chauffage. De plus, il a annoncé qu'il rendrait les thermopompes électriques gratuites, mais seulement pour les Canadiens de l'Atlantique. Il a également doublé les paiements de l'Incitatif à agir pour le climat, mais uniquement pour les habitants des communautés rurales. Il est difficile de ne pas être cynique et de ne pas penser que le gouvernement essaie de sauver quelques sièges électoraux et de compromettre son propre plan climatique. Les Canadiens s'inquiètent à juste titre des changements climatiques. L'année 2023 a été une année record pour les feux de forêt, qui ont brûlé une superficie deux fois plus importante que les précédents records historiques, et des centaines de milliers de Canadiens ont été évacués de leur domicile. Les gens veulent lutter contre la crise climatique, mais ils doivent savoir que le plan du gouvernement est juste, et que créer des exemptions à la taxe sur le carbone pour certains Canadiens, et non pour d'autres, n'est pas la bonne façon de procéder. Même si les néo-démocrates ont soutenu une motion conservatrice visant à éliminer la taxe sur le carbone sur toutes les sources de chauffage domestique, motion qui n'a finalement pas été adoptée par la Chambre des communes, une méthode bien plus juste consisterait à éliminer la TPS sur le chauffage domestique. Il s'agit d'une proposition plus simple qui offrirait une méthode plus rationnelle, plus stable et plus équitable pour accorder un répit aux citoyens, qui ne se concentrerait pas uniquement sur ceux qui utilisent des combustibles fossiles, mais sur toutes les méthodes de chauffage domestique, y compris au moyen de sources renouvelables comme l'hydroélectricité. C'est une façon beaucoup plus simple de donner un répit aux gens. Cette proposition n'est pas nouvelle. Elle a été faite il y a 15 ans par l'ancien chef du NPD, Jack Layton. C'était une bonne politique à l'époque, et elle est encore bonne aujourd'hui. De plus, si nous voulons réduire les émissions de carbone tout en donnant aux gens la possibilité d'économiser de l'argent sur le chauffage de leur domicile, nous pourrions étendre au reste du Canada l'exemption limitée concernant les thermopompes que le gouvernement a accordée aux provinces de l'Atlantique en les rendant gratuites et faciles d'accès pour les Canadiens à faible revenu et de la classe moyenne, quelle que soit la façon dont ils chauffent leur domicile. Cela inciterait les gens à rendre leur domicile plus écoénergétique tout en leur permettant d'économiser de l'argent au bout du compte, réduisant ainsi leur empreinte carbone globale. En Ontario, une nouvelle thermopompe pourrait permettre d'économiser 55 $ par mois sur le chauffage domestique. Ce n'est pas rien et ce serait accessible à tous. L'accessibilité est l'un des principaux problèmes des programmes gouvernementaux d'amélioration énergétique. Le programme pour des maisons plus vertes est bureaucratique et inefficace. Le coût d'entrée au programme est élevé et inaccessible aux Canadiens à faible revenu. Les programmes d'amélioration doivent être simples d'accès et rentables, Suite P.7
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Last weeks solutions MOMENTS IN TIME
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Les gens ont besoin de répit pour le coût du chauffage domestique Suite de la P.4 sinon les gens n'en bénéficient pas. Pour couvrir ces coûts, nous devons taxer les sociétés pétrolières et gazières sur les profits excédentaires qu'elles ont réalisés au détriment des Canadiens tout au long de la crise inflationniste. Le directeur parlementaire du budget a précédemment calculé qu'une taxe sur les profits excessifs des sociétés pétrolières et gazières rapporterait plus de 4 milliards de dollars. Ces sociétés ne sont pas en difficulté. En fait, les cinq plus grandes sociétés pétrolières et gazières du Canada ont réalisé 38,3 milliards de dollars de profits combinés l'année dernière, soit plus du double des 16,9 milliards de dollars de profits réalisés en 2021.
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Si nous mettions en place ces mesures simples, nous pourrions réduire les coûts de chauffage domestique pour les Canadiens, améliorer l'efficacité énergétique de leurs domiciles et réduire la dépendance des Canadiens à l'égard des combustibles fossiles. Il serait plus juste d'appliquer des économies de base pour le chauffage domestique à tous les citoyens, et pas seulement à ceux qui utilisent de l'huile de chauffage, du propane ou d'autres systèmes de chauffage à base de combustibles fossiles. Les Canadiens ont besoin d'un répit et le méritent.
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What is the point of having a senior dental program if almost no one qualifies?
I have often written in this column how important it is to recognize the immeasurable contribution to our overall way of life by our seniors and those who went even before them. The investment of ingenuity and resolve by generations of our ancestors resulted in economic security and all forms of prosperity, including the arts, science and medicine, education and society, to name just a few. We owe so much to those who came before us. One of the most treasured pieces of Canada's social safety net is our universal, publicly funded healthcare system. Built by the generations that preceded us, it is a point of pride for all in our country. But there is something burdensome on the soul when we look at the incredible contribution of our parents, grandparents and greatgrandparents and compare it to the struggle and hardship that so many of them experience in their lives today. There is no question that not all seniors enjoy the same prosperity and lifestyle. No matter how we look at it, we are not honouring our commitment to total public healthcare for all. When discussing healthcare, sheer logic tells us that oral health is a natural part of whole-body health. Without question, true healthcare must include dental care. Without healthy teeth and gums, we can't eat the nutritious foods we need to enjoy life, not just survive another day. Like thousands of Ontarians, I was hopeful when the Ford government implemented dental care for seniors. It was part of the puzzle missing for generations. The problem is that the legislation has only taken us part of the way to providing all seniors with access to the dental care they need. So I could not but ask myself why this is so. I recently read an informative article by Karen Black entitled “Why hasn't medical care in Canada included teeth.” The article appeared on the TVO Today website on November 9, 2022. Black explains, “When Canada's Medicare Act was passed in 1966, only physician services were covered — even though the 1964 Royal Commission on Health Services report (considered the blueprint for Canada's universal health insurance program) had recommended free dentistry for all children and adults… Dental associations lobbied hard against being included. There was the political reality that dentists, just like physicians at the time, rejected the idea of being conscripted into a national health insurance system.” (click here to read the article.) Today, there are two major issues which require
further consideration. First, seniors must meet a low-income threshold to qualify for dental care. While I can agree that after a program is initially implemented, it should focus on helping those without dental insurance and those who fall within the spectrum of low income. Seniors living on just CPP and OAS will tell you how hard it is to put food on the table and make ends meet month to month. Well, hard that that might be, seniors who apply for the program who live on CPP and OAS find themselves above the qualifying threshold for Ontario senior dental care. And it is the same for those who receive the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS). So, even though such seniors are barely squeaking by on CPP/OAS/GIS, their income is too high. Regulations state that to qualify for the dental program, an Ontario resident must: · Be 65 years of age or older. · Have an annual income of less than $ 22,200 for a single person or a combined annual net income of $37,100 per couple. · Have no access to dental benefits (e.g., through private insurance or other government programs such as the Ontario Disability Support Program or Non-Insured Health Benefits Program). This gap disrespects our seniors and is unacceptable. We are depriving too many seniors, some of whom are barely able to make ends meet on a good day, of their right to health. The second problem is that to be accepted by the plan, dentists must register with the Ministry of Health. But, Ontario's senior dental plan pays much less than the prices listed for dental services. Pure logic asks why a dentist, or any business owner, for that matter, would willingly turn down customers who pay the going rates. It is money they need to meet their operating costs, pay staff, purchase equipment and earn a living comparable to their fellow dentists. And even if they are willing to make such a sacrifice, the demand for service under the program far exceeds the supply of participating dentists. In this government's most recent economic statement, Premier Ford's finance minister reported a $2 billion contin-
gency fund, much higher than any reasonable economist would recommend when Ontarians are struggling. I know I am not the only Ontarian who finds the fact that Doug Ford hears the whispers of profit but is deaf to the cries of those who are suffering entirely repugnant. Ontarians respect and deeply care for our beloved seniors. They have paid their dues, “passed it forward,” and now deserve to reap the benefits of their contributions. What is it going to take to make the Ford government stand up and take the steps necessary to respect and care for our seniors? The answer to that question is easy. During the pandemic, the government ordered all playgrounds in the province to be shut down until the people told Premier Ford en-masse that he was wrong. Mr. Ford threatened CUPE education workers with back-to-work legislation after they struggled through a decade of governmentimposed and nearly frozen wages. But he backed down when Ontarians spoke up and told him his actions weren't right or fair. And, of course, most recently, Premier Ford reversed his decision on the Greenbelt when Ontarians stood up to him and said what he was doing was not only wrong but unjust. Ontarians are loving, caring people who know right from wrong. They know what is fair and just. I know this because I hear from and speak with many constituents weekly. We do respect and love our seniors. We want to ensure that their contributions are recognized and that they receive what is truly needed when needed. As always, please feel free to contact my office about these issues or any other provincial matters. You can reach my constituency office by email at mmantha-co@ola.org or by phone Tollfree at 1-800-831-1899.
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