The Billings Are Back!
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And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. OSCAR James Russell Lowell Vatame 18, Number 9 Ottawa South Community Association Review OSCAR Joe 1991 The Billings Are Back! by KATE TWISS On June 9, there will be demonstrations of needlework jj| "We began the world 40 and a chance for everyone to try H miles from any house on some fancy stitchery for them- H one side and seven on selves. An exhibition entitled Treasures of Use and Beauty: H the other — no road Victorian Needlework of the m either way, not one house Billings Family runs from June 2 g in the town but our to June 23. On July 21, an an- 8 own." tique car show is planned and on What would Lamira Bill- August 11 visitors can get their ings, one of Ottawa’s first hands dirty learning about pioneers, think of the view from archaeology. her old home now? At Reduce, reuse... The big white neo-classical remember, September 8, we will house and its treed lawns are learn from the past how to avoid now the Billings Estate Museum. the environmental problems of The museum, near Billings today. Bridge, reopens June 2 after a On September 29 the pop- year of renovations. Braddish and ular antique identification clinic Lamira Billings (or at least their will be held again and in October 20th century doubles) will be a series of conservation work- back to help celebrate. shops will show you how to main- The celebration, noon to 5 tain your own special treasures. pm Sunday July 7, will have a At the museum are exhib- fiddler, stepdancers, hayrides, its of the personal possessions of old-fashioned treats, tours, and the four generations of the Bill- balloons. It will be free and ings family who lived in the home everybody is welcome. The cele- before it became a museum in bration is just one of many fun- 1975. The displays and tours tell filled events planned to bring the intertwined stories of the Ottawa’s local history to life this family and the City. summer. You are invited, not just to Annual Garden Party Workman put finishing touches on the newly renovated Billings homestead, due to reopen 2 June. visit the museum, but to become served on the lawn. To reach the actively involved in your commu- museum, just east of Bank St, nity’s history by becoming a turn south off Riverside Dr onto volunteer. Pleasant Park, then west on The museum is open Sun- Cabot St. The museum is at 2100 day to Thursday, noon to 5 pm, Cabot. For more information, call from June 2 to October 31. Tea is 564-1363. Curling at Brewer by DIERDRE McQUILLAN to create a sports complex. The City has acknowl- Because of the redevelop- edged Ottawa South’s need for ment at Lansdowne Park, the additional community space and City of Ottawa has to find a new has promised us some use of home for its curling rink. OSCA space in the new facility. Perley Hospital garden party, June 1987. has been informed by the City OSCA feels that this The Perley Hospital Aux- and crafts for sale. Our special that there is a proposal to build a situation requires public consul- iliary is having it’s Annual guest will be popular broadcaster large facility with parking in tation and we are putting togeth- Garden Party on June 15 from 2 and author, Mary Cook. We will Brewer Park between the pool er a committee to organize the to 4:30 pm at the hospital, 43 be using the money raised at this and the former City Living buil- meetings - more news at a later Aylmer Ave. This is the 65th event for the special needs of our ding - with plans to eventually date. To volunteer or for more anniversary for the Garden Par- patients. link these buildings to the arena information, call 564-7277. ty, and we have decided to hold it For more information on a Saturday so as to involve about this event, please contact Shall I compare thee to a summer’s more neighbourhood families. Pat Johnson at 236-6885 or day? Thou art more lovely and more There will be clowns, mu- Emily Rayner at 225-8422. temperate; sic, delicious home baking, plants, Wm Shakespeare 2 EDITORIAL OSCAR Jaw 1891 OSCAR Perceptions Ottawa South Community Association Review How old are you? I don’t mean "real" chronological age, but your own perceived age? I’m in the process of experiencing yet another birthday (and 260 Sunnyside Avenue no, it’s not one of the landmark ones) and my step-daughter was Ottawa, Ontario appalled to find out I was 41. It hammered home her own advancing K1S 0R7 years, but she made the remark that it was OK, her mom and I would "always be in your middle 30s to me." I was shocked by her OSCAR is a nonprofit community newspaper published monthly by a sub- committee of the Ottawa South Community Association, Inc. Advertising from estimation of my age, ’cuz I know, deep in my heart of hearts, that local merchants and government agencies pays our costs. Distribution is free I’m still 22, and I could throw up my job and life here in Ottawa and to Ottawa South homes and businesses. Printing is by Runge Newspapers, split for the Coast, man... Inc. of Renfrew. Laser typesetting courtesy of Professional Computing Sys- But then I look at my wife and my daughter, my house and tems, Inc. Opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and not all the renovations still to be done, and my dog, Daisy the Doofus, necessarily those of the editorial staff or OSCA. and my plants, and my garden, and OSCAR, and all my network of relatives and friends here, and I know that those days are really General Manager: Michael Friend 234-8972 gone... but I’m still 22 inside... and it’s the summer of ’72 still Editor Roger Camm 234-0714 somewhere. Advertising: Rick Sutherland 238-4265 I wonder, does everyone have a "time" that they get to keep Business Manager: Marilyn Brown 233-6820 forever? I’m not talking about nostalgia, because God knows there Distribution: Rufina Basu 231-2762 Legal Advisor: Peggy Malpass 235-.1266 are times I remember more fondly than the summer I went to the Staff Photographer: Michael Friend 234-8972 West Coast, but a time in your life that sums it up, and represents it in your mind or defines it forever more. My mother is getting on in years, but it always takes me Thé deadline date is the tenth day of each month. aback when I think of how old she actually is. My Mum? early 50s, no more than that... So, how old are YOU? OSCAR thanks all the people who brought us to your door this month. Zone Al: Mary Jo Lynch (coordinator), Jackie Morris, Jamie Leah, Megan Winser, Candace O’Lett, Brian Eames, Kim Barclay, Mavel Sampson, Mary Jo Lynch, Virginia Taylor, Cybil Grace, Wendy Robbins. Zone A2: Susan Lafleur (coordinator), The Lafleur Family. Zone B: Willi Wahl (coordinator), Sharon Plumb, Meaghan and Amy Scanlon. Leslie Roster, Patty Leonard. Rick Potter, Karen and Dolf Landheer, The Woyiwada Family, Roger and Maddy Camm, Anna and Dan Calvert, David Farr, The Webber Family. Zone C1 : Laura Johnson (coordinator). The Larwill Family, The Neale Family, Damon and Siobhan Bond, The Harrison Family, The MacGregor-Staple I Family, The Gilmore Family. Zone C2: Kathy Paterson (coordinator), Alan McCullough. The Hecht Family, g; Jenny Wilson, Bill McCauley, Dan Byrne, The Wiggin Family. I Zone D: Leonard Gerbrandt (coordinator), Patti Angus. The Small Family, îi Jessie Neufeld. Tony Hauser. Lisa and Julie Hauser, The Young Family, Andi Gray, Mary Hill, Alexa and Matthew Reynolds. Mary Ann Keys, Gilbert 1 Jamieson, Sonya Skinner. Zone El: Forrest Smith (coordinator), Nickolas and Malcolm Fraser, The Giles-Cummings Family, Sean and Andrew Bradley, Donny Nidd, The Editor’s Note: Hutchinson Family. Zone E2: Rufina Basu (coordinator), Kailey and Shannon Kemp. Jesse At this time of year it’s kind of sad to see the people who have Rading, The Tillman Family. Eleanor Beny, Mary-Ann Kent, Remy Basu. worked so hard to make the newspaper what it is head off for summer Sherry Greaves, Krista Caron. camping, cottages, new schools, new neighbourhoods... We change our publishing schedule to reflect the summer doldrums, publishing only Zone F1 : Carol O’Connor (coordinator), Chris Kinsley. The Cihlar Family, The twice in the next three months. The deadline for the next issue will be g1 Blakeman Family. The Graves Family, The Grier Family, The Bennett Family. the first of July, and we’ll be out on the 15th. This constitutes our Zone F2: Janet L. Jancar (coordinator). The Kemp Family, Karen and Sandra Summer issue, and the one after that will be our Back-to-School issue, I Motr, Catherine Allen, The Stem Family, The Liston Family, The von Baeyer appearing on the 1st of September. Hard to believe the summer is that Family, Jeff Dubrule and Family, Julie de Bellefeuille, Lome Stidwill. short, eh? II I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our contributors Zone G: Triona Dalziel (coordinator). Ryan Evans. The Tubman Family. The j and deliverers. In the upcoming months, I know we’ll lose some of you Dalziel Family, The Swinburne Family, The Zamparo Family, The Dauphinee ; Family, The Rayner Family. (Sportscaster Anonymous, Erin Stock leaps to mind, off to a new $ school in the Fall).