BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Ron Dick\, President of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and by Ted M orrison\, President of the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood invite ALL Rota rians in District 7070 and their guests to Rotary Friendship Day in Oshaw a on Monday September 25 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at Parkwood Estate\, th e estate of the late Colonel R.S. "Sam" McLaughlin.Unless Parkwood is boo ked by a film crew\, tours of the home will also be included\, following the meeting. The guest speaker at the noon luncheon will be Samantha G eorge\, Curator of Parkwood Estate\,” Ron Dick announced. Ted Morrison said\, “Tickets for the event are $75 for each Rotarian and a 2nd ticket can be purchased for $60 with all proceeds going the Annual Programs Fun d of The Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Foundation transforms donations in to service projects that change lives both close to home and around the w orld. During the past 100 years\, the Foundation has spent $3 billion on life-changing\, sustainable projects\, the most notable of which is the P olioPlus campaign\, Rotary's effort to eradicate polio from the world.” Please make check/cheque payable to: Rotary Club of Oshawa\, P.O Box 91 \, Oshawa\,Ontario L1H 7K8. CREDIT CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. We want to ensure that as much profit as possible goes to The Rotary Foundation. SUGGESTION: ROTARIANS COULD: 1. REGISTER ON LINE AND 2. PAY THEIR OW N ROTARY CLUB FOR THEIR TICKET AND HAVE ONE ROTARIAN FROM THEIR CLUB\, BR ING ONE CHEQUE THE DAY OF THE EVENT\, ALONG WITH THE NAMES OF THE ATTENDE ES. Rotarians from all of the 56 Rotary Club in southern Ontario are in vited when they register to attend and may register on line by going to t he Events section\, looking on the Sept 25 Event on our www.rotary7070.or g website.Seating is limited to 120 Rotarian and guests. WITH THE LIMIT ED SEATING\, PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS YOU CAN. TICKETS WILL NOT BE AVAI LABLE AT THE EVENT AND WE DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO BE DISAPPOINTED. For many years\, starting in 1948-49 and running through the 1950's and '60's \, during his life time Colonel Sam McLaughlin\, founder of GM Canada and an honourary member of the Rotary Club of Oshawa\, invited the Rotarians of District 7070 out for an annual Friendship Day to his home\, Parkwood Estate. In it's heyday\, the Rotary Friendship Day was attended by ove r 350 Rotarians from all of the clubs in our District then called 707. Th e day included lunch \, and sometimes dinner at the Rotary Club of Oshawa \, followed by tours of the General Motors Plant plant in Oshawa\, golf a t the Oshawa Golf and Curling Club\, lawn bowling \, tours of Windfields Farm (the home of Northern Dancer) \, and the Canadian Automotive Museum and then back to Parkwood for cocktails where Rotarians were met and host ed by Colonel Sam and before\, her death\, his wife Adelaide McLaughlin\, at Parkwood Estate. “Following Colonel McLaughlin’s death in 1972\, th is Rotary tradition was lost. With the 100th anniversary of Parkwood Esta te\, the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood have invited their fe llow Rotarians of District 7070 and their guests to revive a great tradit ion and build on it for years to come\,” Ron Dick added. “This is an o pportunity for Rotarians and guests to see old friends\, meet new friends \, and share their ideas of Rotary service to others in their communities and throughout the world with their fellow Rotarians and to see the Park wood Estate\, a national historic treasure\, right here in Oshawa\,” adde d Ted Morrison. Colonel Sam’s home\, Parkwood Estate\, begun in 1916\, and was designed by the Toronto architectural firm of Darling and Pearson and completed in 1917. In 1989\, the Parkwood estate was officially de signated a National Historic Site of Canada. Parkwood Estate has been use d in many television and film productions and most recently seen in the M urdoch Mysteries television series as the home of inventor\, wealthy busi nessman and general rascal\, James Pendrick. More About Colonel Sam Mcl aughlin Honours and awards McLaughlin was appointed honorary lieuten ant-colonel of the 34th Ontario Regiment in 1921 and held this position u ntil 1931\, at which time he was appointed honorary colonel of same unit\ , later designated as The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)\, a reserve armoured re giment based in Oshawa. Affectionately known as "Colonel Sam"\, McLaughli n served as honorary colonel until 1967\, thereby becoming the longest co ntinuously-serving colonel in the history of the Canadian Forces. In 1967 \, McLaughlin was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada. Philant hropy In 1951\, he established the McLaughlin Foundation which\, from 1 953 to 2003\, donated nearly $200 million to the University of Toronto an d other causes\, including the McLaughlin Planetarium at the Royal Ontari o Museum. McLaughlin was a major contributor to Queen's University at K ingston\, Ontario. The university's Mechanical Engineering Department is housed in McLaughlin Hall\, which was his donation in 1948. McLaughlin Ha ll in Queen's University's John Deutsch University Centre is also named f or him. His wife\, Adelaide McLaughlin\, was honoured in 1957 by Queen's\ , which named the women's residence Adelaide Hall for her. In 1947 McLa ughlin and his wife donated land for a Boy Scout camp on the outskirts of Oshawa. The camp was named "Camp Samac". McLaughlin donated $1 million to the 1968 library building at the University of Guelph\, which bears h is name. He provided partial funding to build a college at York Univers ity in Toronto. Opened in 1968\, it was named McLaughlin College in his h onour. McLaughlin Hall at St. Andrew's College in Aurora\, Ontario\, whic h he unveiled in 1971 at age 99\, is named after him in recognition of hi s contributions to the school. He endowed the Regimental Foundation of Th e Ontario Regiment (RCAC) and quietly paid the salaries of some of the re giment's soldiers during times of severely curtailed government funding. McLaughlin House at the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pac ific also bears his name. Thoroughbred horse racing In his youth\, McLa ughlin competed in cycling and yachting\, and he was an equestrian show j umping champion at competitions in Canada and the United States. His love of horses led to the establishment of Parkwood Stable\, a thoroughbred h orse racing and breeding farm located a few miles north of Oshawa\, Ontar io. McLaughlin's horses won numerous races in Canada and in the U.S.\; his horses won important races including the 1942 Peter Pan Stakes at Bel mont Park. A three-time winner of Canada's most prestigious race\, the Qu een's Plate\, in 1934 his future Hall of Fame colt Horometer won both the Queen's Plate and the Breeders' Stakes. In 1950\, the nearly eighty-year -old McLaughlin retired from racing\, selling his Parkwood Stable to E. P . Taylor\, under whom it would become known as Windfields Farm (the home and resting place of Northern Dancer). A long-time director of the Ontari o Jockey Club\, McLaughlin was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1963 and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1977. DTEND:20170925T173000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T164258Z DTSTART:20170925T153000Z LOCATION:Parkwood Estate SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Rotary Friendship Day in OSHAWA UID:cd8461d0-ef43-47df-b838-8d42bcfe100c X-ALT-DESC:
Ron D ick\, President of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and by Ted Morrison\, Presid ent of the Rotary Club of \;Oshawa-Parkwood invite ALL \ ;Rotarians in District 7070 and their guests to Rotary Friendship Day in Oshawa on Monday September 25 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at  \;Parkwood \;Estate\, the estate of the late Colonel R.S. "\ ;Sam"\; McLaughlin. Unless Parkwood \;is booked by a film crew\, tours of the home will also be included\, following the mee ting. \;
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\n\nThe guest speaker at th e noon luncheon will be Samantha George\, Curator of Parkwood Estate\,&rd quo\; Ron Dick announced.
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\n\nTed Morrison said\, &ldquo\;Tickets for the e vent are $75 for each Rotarian and a 2nd ticket can be purchas ed for $60 with all proceeds going the Annual Programs Fund of The Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Foundation transforms donations into service proj ects that change lives both close to home and around the world. During th e past 100 years\, the Foundation has spent $3 billion on life-changing\, sustainable projects\, the most notable of which is the PolioPlus campai gn\, Rotary'\;s effort to eradicate p olio from the world.&rdquo\;
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\n\nPlease make check/cheque payable < strong>to:< /span>  \;Rotary Club o f Oshawa\, P.O Box 91\, Oshawa\,Ontario  \;L1H 7K8.
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\n\nCREDIT CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. We want to ensure that as much profit as possible goes to The Rotary Foundation. \; span>
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\n\nRotarians from all of the 56 Rotary Club in south ern Ontario are invited when they register to attend and may register on line by going to the Events section\, looking on the Sept 25 Event on our www.rotary7070.org website.Seating is limited to 120 Rotarian and guests.
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\n\nWITH THE LIMITED SEATING\, PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS YOU CAN. TICKETS WILL N OT BE AVAILABLE AT THE EVENT AND  \;WE DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO BE DISAP POINTED. \;
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\n\nFor many y ears\, starting in 1948-49 and running through the 1950'\;s and '\; 60'\;s\, during his life time Colonel Sam McLaughlin\, founder of GM C anada and an honourary member of the Rotary Club of Oshawa\, invited the Rotarians of District 7070 out for an annual Friendship Day to his home\, Parkwood Estate.
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\n\nIn it'\;s hey day\, the Rotary Friendship Day was attended by over 350 Rotarians from a ll of the clubs in our District then called 707. The day included lunch \ , and sometimes dinner at the Rotary Club of Oshawa\, followed by tours o f the General Motors Plant plant in Oshawa\, golf at the Oshawa Golf and Curling Club\, lawn bowling \, tours of Windfields Farm (the home of Nort hern Dancer) \, and the Canadian Automotive Museum and then back to Parkw ood for cocktails \;where Rotarians were met and hosted by Colonel Sa m and before\, her death\, his wife Adelaide McLaughlin\, at Parkwood Est ate.
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\n\n< p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&ldquo\;Following Colonel McLaughlin&rsquo\;s death in 1972\, this Rot ary tradition was lost. With the 100th anniversary of Parkwood Estate\, t he Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood have invited their fellow R otarians of District 7070 and their guests to revive a great tradition an d build on it for years to come\,&rdquo\; Ron Dick added. span>\n\n \;
\n\n&ldquo\;This is an opportunity for Rotarian s and guests to see old friends\, meet new friends\, and share their idea s of Rotary service to others in their communities and throughout the wor ld with their fellow Rotarians and to see the Parkwood Estate\, a nationa l historic treasure\, right here in Oshawa\,&rdquo\; added Ted Morrison.< /span>
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\n\nColonel Sam&rsquo\;s home\, Parkwoo d Estate\, begun in 1916\, and was designed by the Toronto architectural firm of Darling and Pearson and completed in 1917.
\n\n< p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> \;\n\nIn 1989\, the Parkwood estate was officially designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Parkwood Estate has been used in many television and film productions and most recently seen in the Murdoch Mys teries television series as the home of inventor\, wealthy businessman an d general rascal\, James Pendrick.
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\n\nMore About Colonel Sam Mclaughlin< /strong>
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\n\nHonours and awards
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\n \nMcLaughlin was appointed honorary lieutenant-colonel of the 34th Ontario Regiment in 1921 and held this position until 1931\, at which time he was appointed honorary colonel of same unit\, later designated as The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)\, a reserve armoured regiment based in Oshawa. Affectionately know n as "\;Colonel Sam"\;\, McLaughlin served as honorary colonel un til 1967\, thereby becoming the longest continuously-serving colonel in t he history of the Canadian Forces.
\n\nIn 1967\, McLaughlin was appoi nted a Companion of the Order of Canada.
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\n\nPhilanth ropy
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\n\nIn 1951\, he established the McLaughlin Foundation which\, from 1953 to 2003\, donated nearly $200 million to the University of Toronto and ot her causes\, including the McLaughlin Planetarium at the Royal Ontario Mu seum.
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n was a major contributor to Queen'\;s University at Kings
ton\, Ontario. The university'\;s Mechanical Engineering Department is
housed in McLaughlin Hall\, which was his donation in 1948. McLaughlin H
all in Queen'\;s University'\;s John Deutsch University Centre is a
lso named for him. His wife\, Adelaide McLaughlin\, was honoured in 1957 by Queen'\;s\, which named the women'\;s residence Adel
aide Hall for her.
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\n\nIn 1947 McLaughlin and his wife donated land for a Boy Scout camp on the outskirts of Oshawa. The camp was named "\;Camp Samac"\;.< /span>
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\n\nMcLau ghlin donated $1 million to the 1968 library building at the University o f Guelph\, which bears his name.
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\n\nHe provided partial funding to build a colleg e at York University in Toronto. Opened in 1968\, it was named McLaughlin College in his honour.
\n\nMcLaughlin Hall at St. Andrew'\;s Coll ege in Aurora\, Ontario\, which he unveiled in 1971 at age 99\, is named after him in recognition of his contributions to the school.
\n\nHe e ndowed the Regimental Foundation of The Ontario Regiment (RCAC) and quiet ly paid the salaries of some of the regiment'\;s soldiers during times of severely curtailed government funding.
\n\nMcLaughlin House at th e Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific also bears his na me.
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\n\n< b style="font-size: 11pt\;">Thoroughbred horse racing p>\n\n
In his youth\, McLaughlin competed in cycling and yachting\, and he was an eques trian show jumping champion at competitions in Canada and the United Stat es. His love of horses led to the establishment of Parkwood Stable\, a th oroughbred horse racing and breeding farm located a few miles north of Os hawa\, Ontario.
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\n\nA long-time director of the Ontario Jockey Club\, McLaughlin was indu cted into Canada'\;s Sports Hall of Fame in 1963 and the Canadian Hors e Racing Hall of Fame in 1977. \;
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