Hello and welcome to another episode of Osgoode Community Chronicles.
Episode Summary
Welcome to another episode of Osgoode Community Chronicles.
Each week we will bring you the news, events, businesses, community voices and more from our local area.
Here is the content for this week, November 12th:
2:00 – News and Events: the events taking place this week in your community
5:15 – Business Segment: Royal Canadian Legion
8:15 – Historical Segment: Gilbert Thompson, Black Watch WWII
22:30 – Community Voices: William Gillissee, RCAF Flying Officer, Murdered in 1945
31:15 – Mental Health Moment: a weekly segment to bring attention to our mental health
32:22 – How to help us grow the podcast by liking, subscribing, and leaving us a review!
Thanks for tuning in! I hope you enjoy it!
See you next week!
Links to News and Events:
Every week on the podcast we’ll share some of the local events that are taking place in the area. So many great people doing great things – be sure you get out to support them!
Here are this week’s events:
Nov 13 Seniors Community Services are taking orders now for their annual Wreath and Planter Fundraiser. Wreaths are $32 and Planters are $35. Place your orders before November 13th and pickup is a fun drive through event November 19th.
Nov 19 Not for Profit Workshop Series #3 – Mastering Volunteer Recruitment Strategies hosted by the Municipality of North Grenville
Nov 21 – ROSSS Holiday Trivia Night Alfred Taylor Rec Centre Tickets $15 Cash bar, chili, games, raffles and more.
Nov 21 to 23 the North Grenville Community Theatre is hosting Our Town, Thornton Wilder’s enduring classic that portrays the essence of small town life. At the Urbandale Arts Centre on CR 44.
Nov 23 Pasta Night at the Osgoode Legion $25 dinner Antipasto, Pork Parmesan and Pasta with Meat Sauce full dinner and dessert, entertainment by Vince Thompson
Nov 23 Soup and Biscuit Lunch at St. Pauls Anglican Church Osgoode – don’t miss this, folks! From 11 am to 1 pm you can get bake-from-frozen meat pieces -turkey, chicken and tourtiere $20 no need to pre order. And their soup! So many varieties. And be sure to pick up a copy of their parish cookbook – funds are being raised for accessible washrooms and a lift in the churches.
Christmas Markets
Nov 16 Eastern Ontario Craft & Gift Market 10 am to 3 pm is on at the Manotick Legion
Nov 16 Garden Party Christmas Market in Sweet Corner Park Winchester starting at 10 am
Nov 16 and 17th 5th Annual Outdoor Christmas Market – A Christmas on Campus in Kemptville from 11 am to 4 pm
Nov 16 and 17 all day Customer Appreciation Weekend at Country Treasures on Highway 43 in the Independent Mall
Nov 17 The Lot Surprise Christmas Market 12 to 4 pm at 5546 Manotick Main Street
Nov 18 Christmas Farmers Market by Metcalfe Farmers Market – location is at Greely 9 am to 2 pm
Nov 23 Christmas Craft Show at St. Michael’s in Kemptville 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. 200 tables of handmade gifts
Nov 24 Jack Frost Fair Christmas Market 200 Sanders Street Kemptville 12 pm to 4 pm
Youth Associations:
Teen Drop in Grades 7 to 12 at OYA on Main Street every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. See their website for details.
Free Youth Drop In at G-YA Wednesdays. Open to youth in Greely grades 7 to 12 at Greely Community Centre, see their Facebook page for details.
YOMA Pre Teen Night and Youth Drop In on Fridays at the Community Centre. 6:30 for pre-teens and 7:30 for teens.
Have a great week!
Resources:
Please support our local legions:
Special thanks to Vince Thompson and Phil Blanchfield for some of the photos in our resources for this episode.
Gilbert Thompson, Army, Black Watch, WWII
Gilbert Thompson meets his brother-in-law Steve Budge overseas, thanks to his other brother-in-law JK Budge.
Eleanor (Budge) and Gilbert Thompson, married 1945
Flag displayed in Metcalfe leading up to Remembrance Day each year, featuring Gilbert Thompson
William ‘Bill’ Gerald Gillissee, Flying Airman, RCAF, WWII
William ‘Bill’ Gillissee and Mary Edith Blanchfield, married 1944
Although not confirmed, this is believed to be the members of the RCAF 431 Squadron before their final trip overseas. We will continue to look for confirmation of this, as it’s an incredible keepsake.
Canada’s Bomber Command Memorial, Nanton, Alberta
www.bombercommandmuseum.ca
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Englefield Green, England
https://veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/runnymede
William Gerald Gillissee, Panel 279
The Unaccounted Airman and Airwoman Project by Hank Wetting (RAF Forums)
READ THIS LONG THREAD FOR DETAILS OF THE PIECING TOGETHER OF THE STORY OF WILLIAM GERALD GILLISSEE :
https://forum.rafcommands.com/forum/general-category/6515-hanau-6-7-jan-1945
The discussion starts in 2009 and ends in 2014
Footprints in the Sands of Time by Oliver Cutton-Brock
I greatly appreciate the abundance of information provided in the weekly podcast and I think many will appreciate the events notifications and the Osgoode and area heritage pieces providing family histories and historical establishment relevance such as Boyd’s Blocks and “The Lighthouse”!
Many thanks for my opportunity to discuss my father’s and our family’s military contribution!
Thank You as I look forward to each weekly podcast! It surely is a testament to our Osgoode and area heritage!
Please keep up the great work Tracey to reflect our great community, past and present!
Thank you Vince, it’s because of family members like you that take a keen interest in our history and the stories that came before us, that they will live on. So appreciate your contribution this week, and I know it won’t be your last appearance on this podcast. 🙂
This was the best yet. Very impressive Tracey. Wow uncle Bill was Ma McEvoy’s brother. Now we know!
Thanks Uncle Phil 🙂 I have even more info there now too (connections to Bill)! Each week the deeper I get into the families, the more connections I find. It’s just so fascinating!
Totally enjoyed listening to this weeks podcast. My dad Jim Downey was recruited for the army but he was also the oldest of the family and was found to be coloured blind and had flat feet, so was not accepted. There were barracks at Landsdowne where he had to report to. My mother had scrapbooks full of obits of fallen soldiers from the area. Their stories from the war years were always interesting to listen to and certainly made me appreciate the sacrifices that were made.
Amazing, thanks Loraine! Lucky for your dad, I’d probably say. I agree, the stories are interesting and yet so tragic for many. thanks for listening and commenting! 🙂
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