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The potluck was at the waterfront home of Warren Anderson.
Front row (L-R): Shirley Grant, Red Emond, Carolyn McCulloch, Roxanne Bradshaw, Wendy Hodgkin, Gordon Sparks, Cathy Credicott, Warren Anderson, Pam Lemke.

Back Row (L-R): Ron, Elinor Duncan, Sheila Rose, Eileen Flieler, Carol Lessard, Grace Kenny, Sandra Sparks, Marcella Neely, Joan Flieler, Bill Campbell, Ernest Lapchinski, Beth Campbell, Gordon McCulloch, Shirley Sedore, Dave Woodruff, Trevor Bethel, Gaile Bethel, Margaret Axford, Hugh Rose, Ian Brumell.

Part of the Ken and Cathy Hook Album.
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In 2013, Derek Maggs was the Executive Director of the Friends of Bon Echo. Dave Deacon was the President. John Haagsma was the Park Superintendent.

As a 25th anniversary initiative, the Friends of Bon Echo, working in collaboration with the Park staff, refurbished and updated the amphitheatre, an important focal point for Natural Heritage Education events and presentations.

In 2013, several special events and presentations were held at Bon Echo. CDHS Curator Margaret Axford gave two presentations on the Early Years of Bon Echo. Dr. Robert McLeman spoke on Climate Change. Musicians gave presentations at the amphitheatre including Bill White & White Pine, and David Archibald.

A successful Art Exhibition was held in the clearing that attracted 45 artists.Sciensational Sssnakes!! attended, as well as three bands: ‘Highway 41’, ‘My Brothers and I’ and ‘The Pickled Chicken String Band’.

A 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner and Dance was held in August at the Northbrook Lion’s Hall. It was a big year for the Bon Echo and The Friends. See the entire program in the Echos of the Rock here: pioneer.mazinaw.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Echoes-f...

Margaret Axford and Eleanor Nowell appear to be at a Cloyne and District Historical Society function around the Christmas Season.

Part of the Cloyne Archives Album.
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Photo caption: Members of the New Pickled Chicken perform inside the museum. No chickens were harmed.
Article written by Elspeth McCulloch and featured in the Frontenac News June 29, 2022

Fifty years have passed since the original Pioneer Club members joined to record and celebrate the rich history of their ancestors in the communities of Addington Highlands and North Frontenac.

On Saturday June 24, 2022, about 60 museum supporters gathered in Benny’s Lake Heritage Park in Cloyne. We tapped our toes to the “North of 7 Bluegrass” stylings of The New Pickled Chicken, enjoyed barbeque lovingly prepared by Janet and Joe Wilson and Cathy Newcombe, and reconnected with each other after two long years of COVID, and the storms that have recently ravaged our area.

During words of welcome from by Shirley Sedore and Ken Hook, the museum staff, Rebecca Delyea, Josie Heyman, and Jacob Heyman distributed delicious, frosted chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. Margaret Axford spoke the genesis of the Pioneer Club and its’ 50-year evolution of documenting the lived experiences of the local people. The community has continued to diversify and grow, with waves of new members from “South of 7” who come seeking the rugged beauty of this beloved land.

Catherine Grant of the Cloyne District Historical Society’s Board formally welcomed the communities of Griffith and Matawatchan to the CDHS catchment area, an effort championed by Lois and Mark Thomson, publishers of the Madawaska Highlander. Thomson remarked that the consolidation is logical as the communities of Denbigh, Vennacher, Griffith and Matawatchan have many important historical linkages.

Nancy Strachan of the Land O’Lakes Garden Club spoke to the Truth and Reconciliation Medicine Wheel that has been thoughtfully and beautifully created as a remembrance to the Indigenous children who lost their lives and suffered staggering traumas in the Canadian residential school system. The garden lies between the Museum and the Barrie Hall on Highway 41. Strachan said that garden is designed as a large medicine wheel, featuring four sacred plants: cedar, sage, sweetgrass, and tobacco. It is the Garden Club’s hope that this space can be used as an open and safe meeting place for dialogue and storytelling among Indigenous and Settler communities, so that together we may acknowledge the past and begin to heal.

The Cloyne Pioneer Museum will be open every day from 10 am to 4 pm through Labour Day. Stop by for a museum tour or to pick up one of our many books about local history.

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Circa 2011, this photo was taken in the Kaladar Community Centre.
L-R: Bret Colman (Desert Lake Resort), Ken Hook (General Manager), ?, Suzanne Regan (RE/Max Country Classics), Mary Berands (Woodland Park), Margaret Axford (Pioneer Museum), Jim Walker (Kirk Kove Resort), Larry Pealow (Pine Grove Motel), Rob Plumley (County of Lennox & Addington), Joanne Cuddy (Office Administrator), Doug Steele.

Part of the Ken and Cathy Hook Album
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Four friends at the Sawyer-Stoll Reunion and Lumberman's Picnic on August 9, 2003.
Left to Right: Irene Wallace, Margaret Axford, Geraldine Wickware and Ruth Burley. Photo taken at the entrance to the Pioneer Museum in Cloyne by Dave Deacon.

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This photo shows the long awaited book launch and signing of The Oxen and the Axe - the Cloyne and District Historical Society's major publication. This is now in the 5th printing. Printing of the book was supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

Featured at the table are L-R- Eileen Flieler, Ian Brumell, Carol Morrow and Margaret Axford - all key CDHS members involved in the review and launch of the new book.
The book launch was held in conjunction with the Grand Seasonal Opening of the Pioneer Museum.

Photo by Cathy Hook.
Part of the Ken & Cathy Hook Album
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This photo shows the long awaited book launch and signing of The Oxen and the Axe - the Cloyne and District Historical Society's major publication. This is now in the 5th printing.
Printing of the book was supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

Featured at the table are L-R- Ian Brumell, Carol Morrow, Eileen Flieler and Margaret Axford - all key CDHS members involved in the review and launch of the new book.
The book launch was held in conjunction with the Grand Seasonal Opening of the Pioneer Museum.

Photo by Cathy Hook.
Part of the Ken & Cathy Hook Album
Note: Commercial use of this image is prohibited without CDHS
permission. All CDHS Flickr content is available for personal use providing our Rights Statement is followed:
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Margaret Axford was presented the Township of Addington Highlands Community Builder Award in 2010. The award was presented at the annual Christmas dinner in Denbigh.

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Marg Axford was the recipient of the Township of Addington Highlands Community Builder Award in 2010. The award was presented by Larry Pealow- Chairman of the AHEAD Committee and Reeve Henry Hogg. Location: Denbigh Hall.

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