THE FRONTENAC NEWS
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Friday February 27 MOUNTAIN GROVE: Spaghetti Dinner & Silent Pie Auction Fundraiser, Land O’ Lakes Public School, 5-8pm; free will offering; proceeds to Grade 7/8 class Grad trip NORTHBROOK - EUCHRE TOURNAMENT Golden Sunset Seniors, 7pm, Lions hall info: Cecil, 613-336-2289.
Saturday February 28 BIG GULL LAKE - TRAPPERS COUNCIL FISHING DERBY, tickets $10, 12 & under free; great prizes; random draw from all tickets: info 613-336-8359; www.trapon.org; proceeds to conservation projects ENTERPRISE - BREAKFAST at Stone Mills Pentecostal Church, $5, 9am, all welcome 613-374-2377 HARLOWE - OPEN MIKE & MUSIC JAM, 2-8pm, community centre, potluck supper 5:30pm, all welcome 613-336-2557 KINGSTON CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, Women’s Conference, February 27 & 28; 2621 Road 38, speaker: Heather Moran; registration $30 info: Claire: 613 766-6207; tiffanyklloyd@gmail.com MABERLY - CONTRA & SQUARE DANCE, community hall 7:30pm w/ Sheesham & Lotus, $10; under 14 free; no partner or experience needed, all welcome SHARBOT LAKE - BREAKFAST, Oso Hall, 8am-noon; pancakes, sausages, eggs, bever-
ages, $7; $3 ages 6-12; sponsored by Sharbot Lake & District Lions in support of vision screening in local schools. SNOW ROAD SNOWMOBILE CLUB “Ride For Dad” - Fighting Prostate Cancer; register at RideForDad.ca or 8-10am at Clubhouse, 1106 Gemmills Road; lunch stop on ride; prizes; free registration for riders w/ pledges of $100 or more.
Sunday March 1 SYDENHAM - RECEPTION & ARTIST TALKS, Grace Centre, 2-4pm; refreshments, exhibit of works by Elaine Farragher, Jill Harris and Virginia Lavin continues to March 26; all welcome SYDENHAM LEGION DANCE w/ Picket Fences Country Band, 1-5pm; spot dance, door prizes & lunch, $7pp
Monday March 2 RAILTON - BINGO, St Patrick’s church, 7pm
Tuesday, March 3 VERONA - WOMEN’S DROP IN GROUP, Medical Centre on, 1:30-3pm; free drop-in support group, no registration required; topic is: Looking at our relationship patterns; info: Kim 613-549-7850; www.k3c.org
Wednesday March 4 SHARBOT LAKE - POVERTY LUNCHEON & LENT DEVOTIONS noon-1pm Anglican Church; free will offering for food bank, all welcome SNOW ROAD – FOOT CARE CLINIC, community centre, appointment: 613-279-3151.
Thursday March 5 DENBIGH - RETIRED TEACHERS & FRIENDS: Luncheon at The Blue Bench Cafe, 11:30am. To attend phone 613-479-2837 by Mar. 3 at noon. SHARBOT LAKE - SPAGHETTI SUPPER, United Church hall, 5-7pm, fundraiser for El
The Sedores of Flinton
Herbert Sedore and Isabel Robinson, likely their marriage photo circa 1901
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t their monthly meeting at the Barrie hall in Cloyne on February 16, Shirley Sedore presented a talk on the roots of the Sedore family in the Flinton. Shirley' s husband, Ronald Sedore who passed away in 2002, hailed from a family whose roots go back multiple generations in Flinton. Shirley began with the founder of Ronald's family, one Coonradt Sedore who was born in Germany in 1734. It is believed that Coonradt arrived in the United States sometime either in 1754 or 1755 and documents show that he enlisted in the New York militia in 1758. Other records dating from 1755 from the Old Dutch church of Sleepy Hollow, (now known as the First Reform Church of Tarrytown, New York), show that Coonradt Sedore married Antje Boeckhout, the latter, a native of Philipsburgh, N.Y. who was baptized in Tarrytown, N.Y. in 1733. Both Coonradt and Antje are thought to have lived until about 1810. In her presentation Shirley noted that there exist various spellings of both names, Coonradt and Sedore but that the family founder used the original spellings (used here) until the end of his life. The 1758 enlistment records show that Coonradt's occupation had been as a “taylor” and it is believed that he likely learned the
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tailoring trade prior to leaving Europe. The couple had eight children, all born in New York State. It is believed that the family moved to Canada sometime in the early 1800's. One of their sons, John, who was born in 1784, married Margaret Thompson in Richmond Township in 1807. One of that couple’s sons named Issac lll moved from Richmond township to Kaladar, Ontario and married Hannah Yorke in Lennox and Addington. Shirley noted that Issac lll died at the age of 91 in Kaladar Township and Hannah died there also at the age of 80. Isaac lll and Hannah's youngest son, Jonas, was born July 10, 1839 and he was the great, grand father of the present days Sedores. He was Ronald (Shirley’s husband) Sedore’s great grandfather. Jonas married Jane Clark in 1862 and they had 11 children. Their son Herbert married Isabel Robinson and together they had 8 children. Joseph
Salvador missions trip, $10; $30 family; info: Pentecostal Church, 613-279-2267
Friday March 6 HARROWSMITH - YOUTH DANCE for children in public school, Golden Links Hall 7-9:30am, $6; call Sharon 539-6676 or Wayne 358-2533 SHARBOT LAKE – DINNER at the Legion. 5:30–7pm, pork chops SNOW ROAD COFFEE TIME, community centre, every Friday 10am-noon, come and visit with your neighbours WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Service written by the women of the Bahamas; interdenominational services, all welcome: Ardoch 2pm, St. Kilian’s Catholic Church; Flinton 11am at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church Harrowsmith, St. Paul’s United Church 7pm. Parham United Church 7pm.
5pm, $15; info: 613-278-2362. MCDONALDS CORNERS - CONCERT w/ New Country Rehab, MERA Schoolhouse, 2pm, single concert advance ticket $22; $55 for three concerts; 613-485-6434 or www.ticketsplease.ca VERONA - “INVESTING IN YOUR GARDEN” Free presentation by Master Gardener and HGTV host, Denis Flanagan, Lions Club, 2-4pm; advance tickets needed: available from Asselstine Hardware; Revell Ford Lincoln; 613-384-8973 or Karen.MacLean@investorsgroup.com
Monday March 9 SHARBOT LAKE – FOOT CARE CLINIC, seniors’ centre, appointment: 613-279-3151. SYDENHAM WOMEN’S INSTITUTE meeting at Sydenham Library, 7-9pm; new members welcome.
Saturday March 7
Tuesday March 10
ARDEN - DINNER, Kennebec Hall, sponsored by Arden & Community Wesleyan Church, ham & scalloped potatoes, 5-6:30pm; free will offering, all welcome CLOYNE - SPAGHETTI DINNER, hosted by Land O’Lakes Community Services, 4–7pm, Barrie hall, all you can eat. HARROWSMITH - TURKEY SUPPER, St. Paul’s United Church, 4:30-6:30pm; $15, over 6 $6, under 6 free; family $35; info 613-3722525. SNOW ROAD - BREAKFAST, 8-11am, Snowmobile Clubhouse, 1106 Gemmills Road. all welcome.
FOOT CARE CLINICS, Verona Medical Center 9am-noon; Sydenham Grace Centre 1-4pm, by appointment call Bob: 613-3766477; 1-800-763-9610 NORTHERN 5 DINERS, noon, Plevna, For those 50+, $10, reservations requ’d 613-2793151
Sunday March 8 BEDFORD OPEN MIC & JAM, 1-5pm, Bedford Hall 1381 Westport Rd, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel & more, $2, 613-374-2614 ENTERPRISE JAMBOREE, community hall 1pm; w/ Kelli Trottier & many other entertainers; sponsored by Newburgh-Camden Lions; info: 613-530-5859 or 613-379-9972. MCDONALDS CORNERS – JAMBOREE, Agricultural Hall, music begins 1pm, dinner @
was that couple’s eldest son born in 1903, one of 3 boys and 5 sisters and Joseph was Shirley's father-in-law and her husband Ronald's father. Shirley herself grew up in Mountain Grove and met Ronald Sedore in 1953. She noted that at that time only one brother and two sisters of her father-in-law Joseph were still living. Shirley and Ronald had seven children of their own, six of whom are living. Researching a family history never comes easy or without its own special mysteries. One that Shirley uncovered was the question of one Abraham Sedore, who is definitely a relative though it is yet to be determined exactly how he is related. Whatever the case, it is known that Abraham Sedore was nicknamed “Bromie” and it is thought that he had no less than 31 children with three different wives. It takes a lot of work to trace one's family back so many generations and it was generous of Shirley Sedore to share what she has found with members of the Cloyne and District Historical Society and guests.
Bedford Historical Research Centre - this was one of the photos on display at the open house - see the article on page 11
Wednesday March 11 HARROWSMITH - SOCIAL & ATHLETIC CLUB MEETING, 7pm, for all members & anyone interested in attending, 4041 Colebrooke Rd, Membership - family $20/yr., single $10/ yr.; info: Laura 613-888-0077. SHARBOT LAKE - POVERTY LUNCHEON & LENT DEVOTIONS noon-1pm United Church; free will offering for food bank, all welcome SNOW ROAD - POTLUCK SUPPER, community centre, 5:30pm; all welcome VERONA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Annual General Meeting, Lions Club, 7pm; the general public is welcome
Thursday March 12 VERONA DINERS, noon, Lions Hall, for 55+, $11. Reservations required 613-376-6477.
Silence - take time to listen Poem by Marion Hart (taken from Psalm 46:10) Silence – take time to listen To the soft gentle voice of a fire’s glowing embers The turning of a page of a well-known Book Softness of an old sweater The comfort of a home-made quilt Jack frost on the window panes Slowly etching its beautiful design Quiet rustling of a wee mouse In the corner cupboard Scratching of the quill pen As it makes its mark on the paper A tall glass of pure spring water As it waits quietly near your side And you listen to its beckoning The busyness and noise of life Has led you to a quiet peaceful place Where the only sound is the beating of your heart Be like the little ones, close your eyes And savour the perfume from the spring flowers While they wait to emerge from the drifting snow Soon soft breezes whispering through the pines Tell of a shelter for God’s creatures Of new life emerging and renewal. In the silence and stillness of the evening dusk and morning light I find the thoughts and words that bring me peace The lonesome call of the morning train as it passes through, beginning another day, brings me back I find our world under the grip of a winter storm The winter moon now hidden by the sounds of the swirling wind As spring awaits