No. 18 – Winter 2005/2006 • Published at Vittoria, Ontario (519) 426-0234
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Ada Stenclik - Voluntarism Award 4-6 Ontario Volunteer Service Awards 3 Cable Gardens 9-10 James Kudelka - Order of Canada 3 INSIDE Candid Camera 20 Scholarship Winner 6 Clara Reaches 106 2 St. Andrews 160 13 THIS Cruise Gardens 11-12 Tia Stars in UK 12 Dear Editor 16-19 Vittoria Mill Cairn 7-8 ISSUE District Business 14-16 WI Calendar Girls, Open House 8,14 Farewell to Ruth 2 Youth Accomplishments 10 NO. 18 – WINTER 2005/2006 • PUBLISHED AT VITTORIA, ONTARIO (519) 426-0234 The Vittoria Booster The Vittoria Booster Newsletter is published twice a year by The Vittoria & District Foundation for its Members and Supporters. website: http://www.vittoria.on.ca e-mail: [email protected] AA nn bbeeffoorree aa ppeerrssoonn’’ ss nnaammee iinnddiiccaatteess tthhaatt hhee oorr sshhee iiss aa mmeemmbbeerr ooff TThhee VViittttoorriiaa && DDiissttrriicctt FFoouunnddaattiioonn.. 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RRoobbeerrtt JJ.. DDaavviiss oonn DDeecceemmbbeerr 1199 nCChhaarrlloottttee aanndd nJJoohhnn DDoonnaallddssoonn 5500 yyeeaarrss oonn OOccttoobbeerr 2222 HHeelleenn EE.. ((KKeennddaallll)) SSmmiitthh ææ 9955 oonn DDeecceemmbbeerr 2222 EElliizzaabbeetthh ((AAnnnniiee)) SSmmiitthh ææ 7722 oonn DDeecceemmbbeerr 2255 OOVVEERR 6600 CCLLUUBB HHeerrbbeerrtt WWaalltteerr BBaagguulleeyy ææ 8899 oonn DDeecceemmbbeerr 2266 nMMuurriieell aanndd nTToomm MMiillllaarr 6600 yyeeaarrss oonn AAuugguusstt 33 JJeeaann aanndd KKeeiitthh TTuurrnneerr 6655 yyeeaarrss oonn AAuugguusstt 1100 nnVViioolleett aanndd nnCChhaarrlleess MMoonnrrooee 6633 yyeeaarrss oonn AAuugguusstt 2233 IIrreennee aanndd BBiillll NNiiccoollll 6655 yyeeaarrss oonn SSeepptteemmbbeerr 1177 nEEvvaa aanndd AAllffrreedd SSwwiinngg 6600 yyeeaarrss oonn NNoovveemmbbeerr 1100 -1- Farewell to Ruth ... Clara reaches 106! visited shut-ins,” Leona said. Ruth Hodgson was a longtime Besides her daughter, Ruth is survived by a son Brian and a granddaughter in Scotland. She is also survived by Postmistress in Vittoria several nieces and nephews and her friend and caregiver SShheeiillaa RRaacczz. Adapted from an article by Chris Thomas in the Simcoe Reformer A long serving former postmistress of Vittoria was also involved in community and church organizations. nRRuutthh HHooddggssoonn died December 1st at the Norfolk General Hospital. She was 83. At 105 she’s opening a new Ruth served as postmistress for about 25 years. She assumed the position after arriving in the village from beginning Dunnville with her husband Keith. She took over from Adapted from an article by Kate Schwass in the Simcoe Reformer nRRooggeerr CCrruuiicckksshhaannkk. nCCllaarraa BBiinngglleemmaann never expected to be at Cedarwood “Back in those days, the post master was responsible for Gardens to cut the ribbon, officially opening an expansion to providing their own premises,” Roger recalled. the retirement home. “Ruth took over a small building downtown, but several “I didn’t plan to be here,” she said, sitting in the years later the federal government finally constructed a expanded dining room. “I expected to hop off when I was 80, permanent post office for Vittoria. but it didn’t happen.” “Being post master required quite a commitment” Roger Clara is Norfolk’s oldest resident. At 106 she has lived at said. “You had to maintain confidentiality and work with the Cedarwood Gardens for nearly eight years. “I’m satisfied with rural route contractors.” it,” she said when asked how she likes her home. LLeeoonnaa OOaakkeess was the rural route contractor with her husband Harvey, for almost 50 years. “Ruth was a wonderful post mistress,” she said. “She was always under control and you had to have a thick skin because of all the complaints when people felt they didn’t get their mail.” Ruth was active in the community and particularly with her church. Her daughter, nLLyynnddaa AAnnsstteeee, said her mother belonged to the United Church Women, Women’s Institute and the Lamport Club, a seniors’ organization. Lynda said her mother knew everyone in the Vittoria area. “The post office was the hub of Vittoria,” she said. “Everyone would come in and just chat.” Lynda recalled that when her mother and father moved to Vittoria, they didn’t settle in one home for very long. In total, she said her mother lived in five homes “and we joked there were only six in all Vittoria.” LLeeoonnaa OOaakkeess, who lived just down the street from Ruth, said she was a “wonderful neighbour.” “She liked to drive daily just to see the country and often Clara is not one to mince words. In 1916 when she was 16 years old, she left her home in Walsh to attend business college in Ottawa. She lived with her aunt and uncle for a few years until she started working. “I ran my own show after that,” she said. She worked