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From the President
Dear Clansfolk, I hope you are all
enjoying summer and fall despite all
the rain we have had. The weather
seemed to have followed us from
our travels to Scotland, Belgium and
now in Canada. In Scotland they say
wait 10 minutes and the weather will
change but not so in Canada where
it rains for hours!
On June 28-29 John and I along with
Melanie and Andy McLennan and
many from MacLennan Clan Australia, were fortunate to
be in Scotland to join Chief Ruairidh, and his committee
of Scottish MacLennans at the Clan MacLennan tent at
“Bannockburn Live”. Rebecca had organized slots of time
when each could man the tent but we all wanted to stay and
visit. The re-enactment of the Battle of Bannockburn was
very well done with the commentator often adding humour
to the way the battle progressed. The Scots, led by Robert
the Bruce, although outnumbered 2 to 1 were victorious
over the English led by Edward ll on June 23 and 24, 1314.
Below is an account of the battle, extracted from Education
Sctoland website. (From the president continued on pg. 2.)
Battle of Bannockburn
First day of the battle
“The first day of the battle opened as the
English army approached Stirling Castle
along the old Roman road. Representatives
from the castle met with the king and
warned him that many Scots were hiding in the woods of the
King’s Park on Coxet Hill. Edward sent two scouting parties
forward, both numbering about 300 horsemen. One was under the
command of Sir Robert Clifford. This was to scout the flat land to
the east of the road, known locally as the Carse. The other, under
the command of the Earl of Hereford, rode up the old Roman road
towards the Scots position. There Hereford’s men came face to face
with King Robert himself, inspecting his men at the edge of the
woods.
On seeing the king, a young knight called Henry de Bohun
immediately challenged the king to a duel. He spurred his horse
onwards straight to the Scottish king. Henry de Bohun was
considered a great knight, but the king of Scots simply waited until
he was almost upon him then sidestepped his horse and killed
the English knight by smashing in the back of his head with a
war axe. The Scots pikemen then drove off Hereford’s men with
ease. Apparently King Robert’s only comment on the event was to
complain about his broken battle axe.
Sir Robert Clifford’s advance fared no better. His foray into the
Carse had discovered that there were many holes or pots, dug into
the ground near the Roman road, but that the Carse itself was flat,
if somewhat boggy underfoot. However, before he could
procede any further, the Earl of Moray, Thomas Randolph,
led his pikemen out of the trees and challenged Clifford’s
knights to attack. The result was the same as for Hereford’s
men. The knights were unable to penetrate the thick wall of
pikes.
After hearing about the two disastrous scouting missions,
Edward and his advisers decided to move the entire army
during the night. They decided to take up position across the
Carse facing the Scots. They hoped this would catch the Scots
unprepared and prevent them escaping.
Battle of Bannockburn re-enactment. Photo: Andy McLennan
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Unfortunately, this meant that the English troops spent a restless
night, crossing the burn and standing guard in case of a Scots
attack. The English morale had been affected badly by the two
defeats the previous day. Worse still was the political infighting
among Edward’s advisors. Many of the more experienced and
respected nobles had been replaced by Edward, while he took
little part in the actual planning. Finally, a Scottish knight defected
from Edward’s side and travelled to King Robert. He explained
the disorganised position of the English army and advised that the
time to fight was now.
Second day of the battle
The Scots began the day by marching from the forest and taking
up their positions. King Edward was so amazed that the Scots had
not run away he exclaimed, ‘My God will they fight?’ When the
Scots kneeled in prayer, he even believed they were asking him his
forgiveness.
The English position had become terribly confused during the
night. Now the knights and heavy cavalry formed the entire front
rank of the Edward’s army. The majority of his foot soldiers had
not even crossed the burn. To make matters worse the archers were
not in a position to fire on the Scots, for fear of hitting their own
men.
When the three Scots schiltrons (the tight formation of men armed
with pikes) advanced towards the English, the knights did what
was expected of them and charged. For hundreds of years, a charge
of heavy knights had usually won battles (one knight equalled the
might of 20 foot soldiers), but here the conditions were far from
ideal. The ground was soft underfoot, making it slippery for the
horses.
The Scots had drilled constantly for this kind of fight. Their closely
packed formations of long pikes meant it was impossible for the
knights to get near them. The Scots kept advancing towards the
English, slowly pushing them back towards the burn. The knights
had no room to manoeuvre or retreat, and were cut down.
When the English archers did manage to position themselves so
that they could fire on the Scots without hitting their own men,
Sir Robert Keith and James Douglas attacked with their light
horses. The English archers were unable to defend themselves and
scattered.
Finally, the Scots reserves, made up of the willing but untrained
highlanders and camp followers, rushed down from the top
of Coxet Hill waving homemade banners. To the beleaguered
English, this appeared to be a fresh Scottish army joining in the
battle. Enough was enough and the English broke and ran. Chasing
them, the Scots caught up as many tried to cross the burn. The
carnage was great, and many English knights and commoners met
their death while trying to cross.
King Edward, despite popular myth, fought bravely in the battle.
He was forced to defend himself from Scottish soldiers as they
tugged at his harness and his clothes. Eventually he was led away
and managed to escape.
Overall it was a most impressive victory, but with Edward’s escape
the war would continue.”
From: educationscotland.gov.uk
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From the President
(continued from page 1)
After Bannockburn, we had a few days before the
MacLennan Clan Gathering in Inverness so John and I did
some family research. John’s GGgrandparents, Kenneth
McLennan and Wininah McRae had sailed from Gairloch
with their 6 children for PEI, Canada in 1838. We were
able to drive to Gairloch the 1st day and visit the fishing
village of Diabaig where we know one of their children
was born. It was a harrowing drive down the steep one
lane windy road into Diabaig but very beautiful and we
could understand why it was a retirement paradise for
the couple we met there. The next day we adventured to
Lonbain, the crofter village where Wininah’s father John
McRae had lived. We saw some ruins of crofter homes that
possibly he had lived in. We continued around the coastal
road to Applecross, a beautiful village on the coast. We saw
the parish church where we had obtained their marriage
document and stopped at the interesting Applecross
museum next door. We purchased a recommended book,
“Applecross and the Hinterland A Historical Miscellany”
by Iain MacLennan. Later we were thrilled to meet Iain
MacLennan and have him sign our book after he gave
the special interest talk on Applecross at the MacLennan
Gathering.
Bannockburn re-enactment. Photo: Barbara MacLennan
Clan MacLennan tent at Bannockburn. Photo: Alistair MacLennan.
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Thursday, July 3rd we arrived at the Beaufort Hotel in
Inverness for the MacLennan Clan Gathering and for
the launching of the MacLennan Family- Sharing Centre
database created by Bruce MacLennan our clan Genealogist
and Web Master from Sydney Australia. The initial
genealogy work and family trees used to start this database
were given to Bruce by Fiona Downie of Scotland. It
includes genealogical work compiled by James MacLennan
(Glasgow) and Donald MacLennan of Dingwall. Bruce has
greatly grown this collection with the addition of official
records, published family histories and photographs. The
worldwide website concentrates on Mc/MacLennans,
their spouses and children - especially those born before
1900. Work on this project has progressed well with many
thousands of couples being verified against the Scottish
marriage records and “joined up” referring to the process
of matching a person to the proof and their families. For
those members interested in searching your MacLennan
family history go to www.clanmaclennan-worldwide.com.
Choose Family-Sharing Centre from the panel list on the
left and then see click here to join.
Special genealogy interest groups for Contin/Strathconon/
Urray were held in the morning and groups for Gairloch
and Applecross in the afternoon. We learned many new
things about the history of these areas - one being that
many MacLennans had been sent during the clearances
to Argentina along with their sheep dogs to work on
sheep ranches. It is sad that so many were uprooted from
their extended families and homeland with no hope of
returning.
At 4:00 PM there was a “Meet and Greet” for Ruairidh
and his Scottish committee to welcome their guests and
an opportunity for friends to re-connect and meet new
MacLennans from Scotland, Australia, United States, South
Africa, Switzerland, France and Canada. Later that evening
an entertaining clan quiz was organized by Alistair with 5
groups competing. It was a fun way of getting to know one
another in short order.
The next morning on July 4th at 10:00 AM we met at the
Inverness Town House for the Clan Parliament officiated
by Chief Ruairidh. Bruce MacLennan Introduced and
officially launched the MacLennan Genealogy Project and
gave an explanation of the Genetics and DNA matching
to help with connecting us to our roots and to each other.
It is very encouraging since we have been in touch with a
professor of genetics within our clan who has expressed an
interest in helping with this project.
Chief Ruairidh appointed two Chief ’s Lieutenants – Carol
Davis from Australia and Canada’s Melanie McLennan.
We congratulate Melanie and Carol in receiving this great
honour.
The Clan Parliament was followed by a welcome from
the City of Inverness Provost who then hosted a Civic
Reception and buffet courtesy of the Highland Council. It
was a magnificent building and a delicious luncheon. We
felt very privileged to be there as Mc/MacLennans with our
Chief.
A sobering note were the plaques on the walls of the hall
dedicated to the War Dead of Inverness. There were sixteen
names of MacLennans listed representing about ten per
cent of the total.
Mini highland games had been arranged by Alistair
MacLennan in the PM which a few brave ones joined
despite the rain showers. With the rain pouring down,
those gathered under the Victorian grandstand were
given an interesting history of the grounds of the historic
Northern Meeting Park by Gerry Reynolds, the Events
Officer of the City of Inverness. The Inverness Highland
Games are held here every July as a part of the Inverness
Summer Festival, founded in 1822. The Master’s World
Championships will be held here on the 12th of September,
2014.
At 6:00 PM a coach transported the MacLennan Clan
group to Dores Inn on the shores of Loch Ness. We had
a few minutes there to enjoy the view and tranquility of
the Loch and take some photos. A group photo of 80 plus
MacLennans was taken in the evening light with Loch Ness
Carol Davis (Austrailia) and Melanie McLennan (Canada) appointed to
Chief`s Lieutenant. Photo: Andy McLennan
Clan meeting at the Inverness Town Hall. Photo: Gael Colleguet.
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in the background. It was wonderful to meet the Canadian
MacLennans from BC, as well as Scottish, Australian,
American, South African, Swiss and French MacLennans.
Chief Ruairidh piped the group from the Dores Inn,
through the Chief ’s home village of Dores to the Dores
Parish Hall where we were served a scrumptious dinner
of seafood, stovies and cranachan. After the meal we were
entertained with music by the “Creaky Dores” and Ceilidh
music. We enjoyed the Scottish Country Dancing and
many joined the dancing and fun.
It was a merry group that got back to the Beaufort Hotel
a few minutes past 12:00 only to find we were locked out!
This was quickly remedied with a phone call.
On Saturday July 5th two coaches picked up all the clan at
10:00 AM for a beautiful trip through Kintail, the historical
home of the MacLennan Clan. Alistair did a marvelous
commentary during the trip. John was relieved to learn that
it was Alistair talking and not the coach driver!
At Eilean Donan Castle we had a tour with a guide
throughout the castle. This was a highlight for John and
me since in 2009 we had stopped at the castle but not
realizing the significance of it for the MacLennans had not
taken a tour. By the later 13th century the castle was held
by Kenneth MacKenzie and in turn his successors. The
Maclennan Clan were Standard Bearers for the MacKenzies
and fought with them for the Jacobite cause. In 1719
the castle was garrisoned for the Jacobites by 46 Spanish
soldiers. The English sent frigates to bombard the castle.
After the garrison surrendered, the castle remains were
blown up including the 343 barrels of gunpowder stored
there. It remained in ruins for nearly two centuries until
they were rebuilt by Lt Col John MacRae-Gilstrap and
Farquhar MacRae. The castle was restored according to a
vision by Farquhar and later when old plans came to light,
it was found that every detail was faithful to the original as
had been revealed to him in his dream.
Chief Ruairidh and Alistair MacLennan lead the parade. Photo: Gael Colleguet.
Scottish country dancing at the Dores Parish Hall. Photo: Gael Colleguet.
MacLennan Clan on the shore of Loch Ness. Photo: Gael Colleguet.
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On the return trip, Max MacLennan’s ashes were taken to
Kintail as he had wished. Max had served both the past
Chief Ronnie and our present Chief Ruairidh as the Chief ’s
Lieutenant in Australia.
That evening we met for the black tie clan dinner at the
Beaufort Hotel. The top table was piped in at 7:30. Morag
Anderson led us with a grace by Robert Burns which we
all read together before we were served a most elegant
dinner with 4 choices of entrée. The Master of Ceremonies
was Hugh Dan and Alistair MacLennan gave the Toast to
the Clan. Chief Ruairidh gave an excellent speech to the
clan. Roland O’Brien, a friend of Ruairidh’s and a historic
re-enactor came dressed as a Jacobite. He gave an extensive
monologue of the many battles the Jacobites had fought
and won leading up to Culloden. Ruairidh’s uncle and
cousin entertained us with their music.
On Sunday we gathered for the Church of Scotland service
at Ness Bank, Inverness. Rev Tom McWilliam conducted
the service.
At 1:00 we were back at the Beaufort Hotel for final
speeches, farewells and a lovely lunch.
Melanie, Andy, John and I presented Chief Ruairidh and
Jillian with a wall-hanging quilt from Clan MacLennan
Canada. Jillian, Kirsteen, and Lorna were given clan
necklaces from Clan MacLennan Canada.
We went home with many happy memories made at the
2014 MacLennan Clan Gathering and the hope to return to
the next International Clan Gathering in 4 years’ time.
Cheers,
Barbara
Editor’s note:
2018 will be the 40th anniversary of the
acknowledgement by the Lord Lyon, King of
Arms of Scotland of Chief Ronnie’s petition,
grant and subsequent installation as Chief
of Clan MacLennan, the first Chief of the
MacLennans in over two centuries, and
29 years since Chief Ruairidh took up the
Chief ’s standard from his father.
Eilean Donan Castle. Photo: Andy McLennan
Chief Ruairidh’s fiance, Jillian
Ferguson admires the wedding gift
from Clan MacLennan Canada.
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MacLennan of MacLennan married
A clan chief married this weekend (Sept. 6th) in a beachside
bothy in his clan’s heartland on the west coast.
Ruairidh MacLennan, 37, married Jillian Ferguson, 28, at
Shieldaig near Torridon in Wester Ross on Saturday.
Mr MacLennan became chief of the clan at the age of
12-years-old when he inherited the title from his father Ronald
MacLennan, who built the bothy on a remote west coast beach
in 1963.
The couple were married in front of a small group of guests by
Rev David Macleod of Lochcarron Church.
Speaking yesterday before jetting off to Greece on honeymoon,
Mr MacLennan said: “We both knew that it was quite high risk
getting married outdoors at a bothy on the west coast but we
were very lucky with the weather.
“We stayed in Torridon the night before and we could hear the
rain battering down but by the morning it was great and the sun
came out.
“It was a very special spot to get married and it was a
tremendous day.”
Mr MacLennan stays in Dores on the banks of Loch Ness and
works as a district valuer for HM Revenue and Customs in the
north.
Ms Ferguson is the
manager of Netherton
Forestry in Inverness.
The bothy was used by
the MacLennan family as
a holiday getaway in the
Wester Ross area, the
traditional home of the
MacLennan clan.
Jillian Ferguson and Ruairidh MacLennan. Photo: John Baikie.
Maggie McLennan, daughter
of Melanie and Andy
McLennan of Guelph, and
David Horst, son of Brenda
and Gary Horst of Stratford,
were married on August
23, in Cambridge, Ontario.
Congratulations to the new
couple and their parents.
David and Maggie
(McLennan) Horst.
Photo: Andrew Goodwin.
Clan Activities: Summer 2014
Clan MacLennan Canada was represented at three Highland Games
in July and August. Bob MacLennan, John and Barbara MacLennan
manned the MacLennan Clan tent in Cambridge on July 18/14.
We had many visitors at the tent including Ross McLennan from
Dungannon, ON - a new Clan MacLennan Canada member. Ross
and his friend joined us in the Clan Parade. A group of 1812-14 war
re-enactment members led in the parade. As usual we were given
great hospitality and looked after with sandwiches and many visits by
officials. There were the usual 6 or 7 clans represented in the Avenue
of the Clans. It was an overcast day but the rain held off until we were
packed up to leave.
Our 2nd Highland Games were The Glengarry Highland Games on
August 1-2/14. Many of the clan came to help man the tent including
Marilyn MacLennan Lawlor and her daughters, Leslie, Erin and
Kristin, Beverly MacLennan, John and Barbara MacLennan and
Ray and Lorna McLennan. We had quite a large space in the main
barn by a side door which kept us much cooler than if we were
outside of the barns. We were lucky with a beautiful warm, sunny
weekend. There were about 20 clans with their tents which was a
considerable decline from other years. There were still 10 or 12 vacant
spots with clan names on the Saturday. We set up our tent on Friday
which was encouraged this year and we wonder if the 2 day set up
is discouraging some clans from coming. They outdid themselves
on the Friday night with the headliners of the 67th Games Tattoo
being Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy. Their Traditional Cape
Breton Celtic music and step dancing performances were electrifying.
They enjoy playing and dancing together and gave us a special treat
when they called 4 of their 6 children to the stage one at a time to
perform separately and then together with their parents. We can be
sure of another generation of talented Leahys to enjoy. The evening
opened with massed fiddlers on the stage and three sky divers with
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Flowers of the Forest
George Humphrey
MacLennan
April 6, 1933 to August 9, 2014
MacLennan: George H. (Retired
John’s Manville, former resident
of Agincourt) Peacefully at
South Grey Bruce Heath Centre
Kincardine, on Saturday August
9th, 2014, with family at his side,
at the age of 81.
Devoted husband of the late
Jeanne Marie MacKay (August,
2004). Caring dad of Cathy
and Ron Plese, Virginia and Al
Hutton, Laurie and Eric Benn and
Colin and Marlene MacLennan.
Proud Grandpa to Lauranne,
Alexander and Megan Hutton;
Amanda and Alison Benn; Emily
and John MacLennan.
Also survived by his sisters
Louise Miller, Margaret Morton
and Marion (Eugene) McGee
and brother Finlay and sisters
in law Bernice MacLennan,
Joan MacKay and Annette
MacLennan. Predeceased by his
brothers Rod, Eldon, Donald,
Jack and Sandy and sister
Florence.
He will be remembered fondly
by many nieces and nephews and
their families.
Visitation will be held at
MacKenzie & McCreath Funeral
Home, 12 Queen St., Ripley on
Tuesday August 12, 2014 from
7-9 PM. The funeral service will
be conducted at St. Andrews
United Church, Ripley at 1:30 PM
on Wednesday August 13, 2014.
The family would appreciate
donations to the Ripley Legion
Branch # 440 or the Canadian
Wildlife Federation as expressions
of sympathy.
Mary Elizabeth McLennan
March 23, 1931 to August 22, 2014
Sadly we learned of Mary’s
passing following declining
health over recent months. Mary,
supported by her loving family,
had been struggling with the
affects of dementia for some time.
We lovingly remember Mary for
her significant contribution as
a member of the Clan and the
Melbourne Association. Mary
was awarded a Life Membership
in recognition of her work of
more than thirty years for the
Melbourne Association, working
tirelessly beside husband Max
in promoting Clan MacLennan
and the Melbourne association.
Both Mary and Max formed
friendships and links with Clan
members and associations
around the world, as reflected by
the many messages of condolence
received from Scotland, Canada,
New Zealand and the USA.
A service was held at The Scots’
Church, Melbourne with the
eulogy delivered by Rev. Douglas
Robertson. Mary’s children
Anne, Ross and Alison spoke
of their mother’s generosity,
always helping those in need.
They remembered the house
being full of their friends as
well as many a stray pet. Mary
devoted herself to her family,
delivering hot soup for their
school lunches during winter,
volunteering for school canteen
duty and becoming involved
in Little Athletics Victoria,
where she was awarded
a Life Governorship
in recognition of her
contribution.
Canadian, Scottish and American flags landing on the infield.
The Pipe bands were again magnificent with favourite tunes
played such as “Glengarry My Home” “Mary’s Wedding” and
“Amazing Grace”. The Brigadoons, MacCulloch Dancers,
Salty Dog and the HMCS Ontario Band added to the evening
enjoyment with the Ceilidh ending with dazzling fireworks.
It was the Year of the Heavyweights and we ended the
weekend on Saturday watching the Tug of War Teams battle it
out, followed later by the incredible massed bands.
The following weekend, Aug 8-10/14 Clan MacLennan was at
Fergus Highland Games – another exceptionally warm sunny
weekend which brought out crowds of people. Our tent in the
Avenue of the Clans was manned by Bob MacLennan, Robin
MacLennan, Rob and Adele McLennan and John and Barbara
MacLennan. We had many guests at the MacLennan Clan
tent including Mary Krucker from Dundas, her grandson
and Robert and Salima MacLennan from Kitchener. We had
a good turnout of Mc/MacLennans for the Saturday Clan
Parade and Opening Ceremonies. The Friday night Tattoo
included the return of Fergus’s own Guinness Book of World
Records attempt for the most cabers turned simultaneously.
Fergus held the record for a little over a month with 52
cabers but has lost to Inverness, Scotland on Sept 15/14 with
66 cabers turned simultaneously. A musical and historical
presentation paying tribute to the many men and women
that gave so much in the Great War of 1914-18 was presented
by Historian and Author, Hugh Brewster and the Grammy
nominated Elora Festival Singers. They gave us a beautiful and
educational performance of Canada’s participation in WW1.
The Fergus Pipe Band, celebrating over 85 years of service
was enjoyed along with performances by Tommy Leadbeater,
Janice Howie, Nick Gush and dancing by the students of
the Sandra Bald Jones Studio of Hamilton. The traditional
Lightin’ Ceremony paid tribute to the Scottish homeland
before some fabulous firework displays.
Our AGM meeting was held at Melanie and Andy
McLennan’s home in Guelph on Sept.10/14. Our distant
executive members joined us again on Skype which is proving
very successful. Elizabeth Prebble is looking for a few member
fees that are due. Please get in touch with her if guilty.
Carol Davis sent sad news from Australia that Mary
McLennan, widow of Max McLennan has died after some
time dealing with poor health. We sent our condolences to
Mary’s family and to Clan MacLennan Melbourne Australia.
Since there won’t be another newsletter this year we wish
our Clan MacLennan Canada members and families a very
Blessed and Merry Christmas, and a Healthy, Wealthy, Happy
Hogmanay.
Cheers,
Barbara
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Clan Plate by Peggy Davidson, made for Adele MacLennan.
Clan MacLennan Canada 2013 Annual General Meeting
Minutes
- approved at the AGM, September 2014
October 2, 2013. At the home of Melanie
& Andy Mclennan, 80 London Road W.
Guelph, Ontario
Present: Barbara & John Maclennan,
Melanie Mclennan, Bob Maclennan, Robin
Maclennan, Elizabeth Prebble and Gord
Keane
Regrets: Dave Maclennan, Karen Dunbabin
and Bernice Keane
1. President Barbara welcomed all
members to the meeting.
2. Approval of A.G.M. minutes of Sept.
10, 2012. Motion to accept by Robin
and seconded by Bob. All in favour.
3. Financial Report presented by
Elizabeth. Motion to accept by Gord
and seconded by Melanie. All in favour.
4. President Barbara has ínvited Bernice
to have signing authority and stand as
secretary; in addition Barbara to have
signing authority and to remove Lois
as secretary. Seconded by Robin All in
favour. Letters to be presented to the
Bank for the changes were prepared
and signed. .
5. Old
Business:
Barb read a letter she received from
Ruairidh, thanking the Canadian
committee for the gifts and hospitality
he received during his visit. Melanie
outlined her communication with the
Fergus Scottish Games committee
starting back in February and March
and how it was apparent they had
dropped the ball during Ruairidh’s visit
to the games. The Games committee
acknowledged their error and forwarded
a letter of apology to Clan MacLennan.
They also offered compensation
for the 2014 Highland Games. lt
was suggested Clan MacLennan
acknowledge their letter and go back to
them for a refund of the monies paid
for the missing tables and chairs for
2013. Elizabeth is to send this letter to
our contact David Radley, a Director of
the Fergus Scottish Games. Barb will
mention this oversight in the next clan
news letter.
On a positive note, Melanie indicated
she had mailed out four new members
packages.
A review of the 2012 AGM minutes
was approved with a couple of small
corrections,
Barb will send a thank you to Adam
Gagnon and Marilyn Maclennan for
catering the Fergus dinner.
6. New
Business:
Barb asked if anyone had any articles
they could contribute to the MacLennan
scrape book. She also indicated she
was interested in doing some clan
research.
Barb proposed we invite Marilyn Lawlor
and Rob and Adele MacLennan to be
members of the executive. They would
be approved with their acceptance.
Barb indicated she will contact them.
Barb proposed we move the March
executive meeting to April, given the
weather should be better in April. lt
was tentatively agree that Tuesday, April
8,2014 would be the date for the next
executive meeting. The meeting will
be held at the home of Melanie and
Andy McLennan, 80 London Rd, West,
Guelph, Ontario
Prepared by Gord Keane, Acting Sec.
February 11,2014.
Clan MacLennan Canada
Statement of Receipts and
Disbursements
October 1, 2013 - September 8, 2014
Receipts
Bank Balance October, 2013
2,734.83
Members Dues 2012-13
60.00
2013-14
80.00
2014-15
155.00
2015-16
125.00
420.00
Fergus Ave of Clans
17.52
Clan Sales
- Cambridge
30.00
- Glengarry
45.00
- Fergus
42.25 117.25
Bank Interest
.70
G.I.C. interst
20.50 21.03
575.97
3,310.80
Disbursements
Newsletters,
copy
116.84
postage
69.83
187.67
Sale items
MacLennan
mugs
62.15
Booklets & note pads
20.93 83.08
Bank Service charges
4.00
471.54
Bank Balance, Sept. 8, 2014
2,839.26
Royal Bank G.I.C.
1000.00
Branch Total
3,839.26
Number of members as of September 8, 2014 = 64
New Members
Welcome to our newest Clan MacLennan
member, Ross McLennan of Dungannon, ON.
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