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President’s Message

We are open Thursday 3 – 7, Friday 12 – 7, Saturday 12 – 7 and Sunday 12 – 5 p.m.

Remembrance Day was successful with quite a large number coming out. Some protocols, but on the whole it worked out. Our poppy program went well.

Saturday, November 20, we had “No Road Back” which was a fund raiser for Cancer. Many musicians donated their time. The total of Funds tally is approximately $3000.00 with the sale of T-shirts, food sales and many donations, it was a great success.

Saturday, November 27th , was our 300 Club Elimination Draw. All proceeds go to Christmas Hampers.

In the new year, hopefully, we can start doing more promotion which will depend on COVID-19 protocols.

Plans are in the works for a New Year’s Eve Gala. First time in a couple of years.

Sadly, we lost some long-term members this past month – LeRoy Clarke, Jack Bawcutt, and Pansy Allison. Our condolences to their families.

We are still looking for a Public Relations Officer and a House Chair. If you are interested, please contact me.

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and all the best during the holidays and into the New Year.

Andy Moran, President
RCL, Branch 29, Paris

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Wings, Fries, Sausage are back at the Legion – Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4. 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Everyone Welcome. Please read poster attached to this newsletter.

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Poppy Campaign Report. Please read poster attached to this newsletter.

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Season’s Greetings from the Sports Chair 
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and happy New Year!

Kevin Link
Sports Chair

New Year’s Day High Noon Golf ClassicOne club, one ball, one hole format – and lots of fun!
First tee time is noon behind Syl Apps arena. Come out and start the year right!

Pool League
The Fall Session ends in early January and teams will be reset for the Spring Session.
Anyone interested in joining or having any questions, please email Br29Sorts@outlook.com, call or text Kevin at 519 209 2409.
Men’s and Ladies Darts
Men’s and Ladies’ have started and looking for more participants.
All skill levels welcome and beginners are encouraged.
Any questions please email Br29Sorts@outlook.com, call or text Kevin at 519 209 2409.

Cribbage and Euchre
January will also see the return of Cribbage and Euchre.
Please keep posted for dates and information

Sunday afternoon Football
We have football on the TVs, including the giant screen.
 Interest in football is not necessary to enjoy a warm and friendly social afternoon on a wintery Sunday!

Sunday StitchersFirst Sunday of the month (Sunday, December 5), from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
Join a circle of knitters, crocheters, stitchers, and socializers. No skill level– or craft required. 

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From the Ways and Means Chair

Hello everyone,

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year. Stay healthy and hope to see everyone out in the coming year.

 We just finished a Cancer Benefit and $2,500+ was raised to provide rides to hospital appointments in Hamilton for cancer patients. All money raised goes to Paris residents. The event was well attended throughout the day. All safety precautions were taken.

 We are planning a small New Year’s Eve party. It will be for only fully vaccinated individuals. If you have an exemption letter that would also be accepted. Details are still in the works.

We have had a trying two years now. I would like everyone know that starting in January we will be starting up events again.

Donald MacLeod
Ways and Means Chair

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From the SecretaryMerry Christmas and Happy New Year to the Membership and Executive.  May all your days be merry and bright.

Helen Bailey
Secretary, RCL Branch 29 Paris

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CATCH THE ACE DRAW
SATURDAYS 3:00 P.M.
TICKETS $5.00
Catch the Ace of Spades to win approximately $680

NEVADA TICKETS
.50 CENTS EACH“ALL TICKETS CASH ONLY”

Pansy Allison

December 18, 1927 – November 24, 2021

After a valiant struggle, Pansy has passed away but now looks forward to reuniting with the love of her life Jack – her husband of 67 years. Predeceased by husband John “Jack” Allison (2014), parents Howard and Alta Ross and sister June Brown (1999). Beloved and cherished mother of Lynn (Dawn) and Roger (Michelle) along with grandchildren Jay (Joy), Suzanne (Billy), Jonathan (Julie), Tim (Miranda) and Erin. Pansy leaves behind ten loving great-grandchildren. (Zach, Noah, Rhiannon, Breanna, Jeanette, Jackson, Calista, Troy, Ava and Kane) and nephew Terry Brown (Susan). Pansy was a long-time member of the Royal Canadian Legion, active with the United Church Women’s Auxiliary for several years and a volunteer at the Willett hospital for 15 years. Pansy loved to travel wherever cruise ships took them, or their Florida home beckoned. She loved to socialize with many friends over the years and they most certainly enjoyed her unique sense of humour. Pansy worked several years at J. D. Adams as well as the White Horse Restaurant. Later on, she worked closely with Jack in their Canadian Tire franchise dealerships in Nova Scotia and Ontario. Pansy led the initiative to name several Paris street signs after First and Second World War veterans. It made her extremely happy to honour our veterans in such a way. Pansy called Telfer Place her home for the past seven years. The family cannot thank the assisted living and long-term care staff enough for the unfailing compassion and care they showed her. 

John (Jack) Bawcutt

November 11, 1923 – November 22, 2021

After a short illness, our beloved Jack, with his wife and four children at his side, went peacefully to be with his Lord on November 22, 2021 at Brantford General Hospital.

Born in London, England to Leonard Theodore Bawcutt and Margeurite Lillian Over, Jack was a teenager when WWII broke out and he volunteered as an air-raid warden. At 3:00 a.m., after a heavy night of bombing during the Blitz of 1940, Jack was invited home by a friend whose mother and sister were serving tea to the exhausted volunteers. It was there, against a fiery backdrop, that Jack met Joyce Wood-Gaines, and they instantly fell in love, forming – a passionate and loving affair relationship that would last for almost over eighty years.

When he was of age, Jack enlisted in the RAF and was sent to Canada under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan to become a pilot and earn his wings. “I loved flying above the clouds, it was so peaceful there,” recalled Jack. While training, he met the second love of his life – Canada.

Upon Jack’s return to England, at the end of the war, he and Joyce reunited, married, and started their family. In November 1956, Jack and Joyce and their young family of three children, immigrated to Canada, and settled in Paris, ON, a textile town, founded at the forks of Grand and Nith Rivers. They joined the Paris Presbyterian Church and Jack began work at the iconic wool and sweater design company, Mary Maxim, and later at Penman’s, the textile company that formed the bedrock of the town.

Over time, Jack and Joyce added another child to their family and owned and operated a number of businesses. But no job that Jack held, either working for others or himself, could compare to his rewarding experience of serving Paris for seventeen years as the town’s Mayor. “I enjoyed working for the townsfolk,” said Jack, “I also liked I could give back to the community that had been so kind to us.” In 2001 Jack was honoured by the town as “Paris Citizen of the Year.” Jack’s contributions to the town of Paris will be memorialized by the Bawcutt Centre at the restored and revitalized Paris Old Town Hall.

Jack has a long history of community service including serving as a board-member of the Willet Hospital foundation, Chair of Prima Care (community family health team), Elder of the Presbyterian church (50 years.), and member of the Board of Managers for the Presbyterian church (25 years).

Jack is survived by the love of his life, his wife Joyce Bawcutt, and his four children: Linda Schuyler (Stephen), Tony Bawcutt (Tracy), Barb Graham (Rob), and Michael Bawcutt (Lori). He is the beloved “Papa B” to Max, Erika, Carter, Patrick, Christopher, Garrett, Kyle, Matthew, Heather, and “Great Papa B” to Austin, Hannah, Mason, Madison, Scarlett, and Leighton.

Jack will forever be remembered for the twinkle in his eye, his sharp sense of humour, his fair and balanced judgement, his kind and supportive words to all, and his deep and unfailing love of God. Jack lived his life by the serenity prayer:”God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And, The wisdom to know the difference.”