< span style="font-size:14px\;">Ron Dick\, President of the Rotary Club of Oshawa and by Ted Mo rrison\, President of the Rotary Club of \;Oshawa-Parkwood invite ALL< span style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 2 55)\;"> \;Rotarians in District 7070 and their guests to Rotary Friend ship 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 book ed by a film crew\, tours of the home will also be included\, following th e meeting. \;
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\n\nThe guest speaker at th e noon luncheon will be Samantha George\, Curator of Parkwood Estate\,&rdq uo\; Ron Dick announced.
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\n\nTed Morrison said\, &ldquo\;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 Fund of The Rotary Founda tion. The Rotary Foundation transforms donations into service projects tha t change lives both close to home and around the world. During the past 10 0 years\, the Foundation has spent $3 billion on life-changing\, sustainab le projects\, the most notable of which is the PolioPlus campaign\, Rotary '\;s effort to eradicate polio from th e world.&rdquo\;
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\n\nPlease make check/cheque payable < span style="font-family:arial\,helvetica\,sans-serif\;">to: \;Rotary Club of Oshawa\, P.O Box 9 1\, Oshawa\,Ontario \;L1H 7K8.
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S WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. We want to ensure that as much profit as possible
goes to The Rotary Foundation. \;
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\n\nSUGGESTION: ROTARIANS COULD : 1. REGISTER ON LINE AND 2. \;PAY THEIR OWN ROTARY CLUB FOR THEIR TI CKET AND HAVE ONE ROTARIAN FROM THEIR CLUB\, BRING ONE \;CHEQUE \; THE DAY OF THE EVENT\, ALONG WITH THE NAMES OF THE ATTENDEES.
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\n\nRotarians f rom all of the 56 Rotary Club in southern Ontario are invited when they re gister 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 limit ed to 120 Rotarian and guests.
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\n\nWITH THE LIMITED SEATING\, PLEASE REGISTER AS SO ON AS YOU CAN. TICKETS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE EVENT AND \;WE DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO BE DISAPPOINTED. \;
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\n\nFor many years\, starting in 1948-49 and running through th e 1950'\;s and '\;60'\;s\, during his life time Colonel Sam McLau ghlin\, founder of GM Canada and an honourary member of the Rotary Club of Oshawa\, invited the Rotarians of District 7070 out for an annual Friends hip Day to his home\, Parkwood Estate.
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\n\nIn it'\;s heyday\, the Rotary Friendship Day was attended by over 350 Rotarians from all of the clubs in our District then called 707. The day included lunch \, and sometimes dinner at the Rotary Club of Oshawa\, foll owed by tours of the General Motors Plant plant in Oshawa\, golf at the Os hawa Golf and Curling Club\, lawn bowling \, tours of Windfields Farm (the home of Northern Dancer) \, and the Canadian Automotive Museum and then b ack to Parkwood for cocktails \;where Rotarians were met and hosted by Colonel Sam and before\, her death\, his wife Adelaide McLaughlin\, at Pa rkwood Estate.
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\n\n&ldquo\;Following Colonel McLaughlin&rsquo\;s death in 1972\, th is Rotary tradition was lost. With the 100th anniversary of Parkwood Estat e\, the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood have invited their fell ow Rotarians of District 7070 and their guests to revive a great tradition and build on it for years to come\,&rdquo\; Ron Dick added.
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\n\n&ldquo\;This is an opportunity 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 Parkwood Estate\, a national hi storic treasure\, right here in Oshawa\,&rdquo\; added Ted Morrison.
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\n\nColonel Sam&rsquo\;s home\, Parkwood Estate \, begun in 1916\, and was designed by the Toronto architectural firm of D arling and Pearson and completed in 1917.
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\n\nIn 1989\, the Parkwood estate was officially designated a National His toric Site of Canada. Parkwood Estate has been used in many television and film productions and most recently seen in the Murdoch Mysteries televisi on series as the home of inventor\, wealthy businessman and general rascal \, James Pendrick.
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\n\nMore About Colonel Sam Mclaughlin
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\n\nHonours and awards
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\n\nMcLaughlin was appointed honorary lieu tenant-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 re giment based in Oshawa. Affectionately known as "\;Colonel Sam"\;\ , McLaughlin served as honorary colonel until 1967\, thereby becoming the longest continuously-serving colonel in the history of the Canadian Forces .
\n\nIn 1967\, McLaughlin was appointed a Companion of the Order of Can ada.
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\n\nPhilanthropy
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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 other causes\, including the McLaughlin Planeta rium at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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\n\nMcLaughlin was a major contributor to Queen'\;s Univers ity at Kingston\, Ontario. The university'\;s Mechanical Eng ineering Department is housed in McLaughlin Hall\, which was his donation in 1948. McLaughlin Hall in Queen'\;s University'\;s John Deutsch Un iversity Centre is also named for him. His wife\, Adelaide McLaughlin\, wa s honoured in 1957 by Queen'\;s\, which named the women'\ ;s residence Adelaide Hall for her.
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\n\nIn 1947 McLaughlin and his wife donated land for a Bo y Scout camp on the outskirts of Oshawa. The camp was named "\;Camp Sa mac"\;.
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\n\nMcLaughlin donated $1 million to the 1968 library building at the Univ ersity of Guelph\, which bears his name.
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\n\nHe provided partial funding to build a co llege at York University in Toronto. Opened in 1968\, it was named McLaugh lin 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 a fter him in recognition of his contributions to the school.< /p>\n\n
He endow ed the Regimental Foundation of The Ontario Regiment (RCAC) and quietly pa id the salaries of some of the regiment'\;s soldiers during times of se verely curtailed government funding.
\n\nMcLaughlin House at the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific also bears his name.
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\n\ nThoroughbred horse racing
\n\nIn his youth\, McLaughl in competed in cycling and yachting\, and he was an equestrian show jumpin g champion at competitions in Canada and the United States. His love of ho rses led to the establishment of Parkwood Stable\, a thoroughbred horse ra cing and breeding farm located a few miles north of Oshawa\, Ontario.
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\ n\nMcLaughlin&# 39\;s horses won numerous races in Canada and in the U.S.\; his horses won important races including the 1942 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park. A th ree-time winner of Canada'\;s most prestigious race\, the Queen'\;s Plate\, in 1934 his future Hall of Fame colt Horometer won both the Queen& #39\;s Plate and the Breeders'\; Stakes. In 1950\, the nearly eighty-ye ar-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).
\n\nA long-time director of the O ntario Jockey Club\, McLaughlin was inducted into Canada'\;s Sports Hal l of Fame in 1963 and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1977. \;
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