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Jill Ehgoetz of the Block Parents was responsible for originating the idea of holding the rodeo on a school day to allow a larger number of participants. jut" tquUlSlng a teeter-toner, figure eight] stop and left turn sign procedures. The Thamesford Optimist Club and the Block Parents would like to thank Woodstock O.P.P. Constable Barry Mc- Kenzie for his assistance during the rodeo. Parents - Jill Ehgoetz, Liz Cannell, Sharyn Fisher, Kathy McKinnon, Heather Forbes', Debbie Hogg, Sandra Burdick) and Jan Vicars. . The testing invol . . :18an clearance his???) 2.3g own_ a narrow lane), traversin a ttyettt.tnttar ‘inl I-A . . g Winning students were; dergarten to Grade 1 - E Binning, Grades 2 & 3, Madsen, Grades 4 and 5 Hunter, Grades 6, 7, am Jenni Locke. Involved in the rodeo were; Optimist President Doug Hal- lard, Scott Henderson, Gerry Zvonkin, Greg Vicars and Optimist Lieutenant Governor Bob Berge from Embro. Block Parents - Jill Ehnnm, tr, The tests of bicycle skills for various age groups were held durin a normal school' day on 'l1rl'lf'af,', May 24 with over 180 boys and girls ranging from Kindergarten to Gra e 8 taking Tom Boaz was the Thames- ford P.S. teacher co-ordinating the rodeo. The top winners-(boy and irl) go on to the Optimist Zone fl/U to be held in Embro on June 25. tion'and staff in" iiaiGiiiird" Public School and the local Block Parents Association. The annual biie rodeo sponsored on the amesfbrd Optimist Clu was found to be ineffective in attracting large groups of area youngsters, out to take part in the various tests, despite excel.len..t prizes such as new 10 speed bikes. So, a new approach was tried with the T-operation of the ..1tdrrtinistra- Optimists hold bike rpdeo 9 stuaents were; Kin- l to Grade 1 - Becky Grades 2 & 3. Eric Grades 4 and 5 - Ian 'iiredes 6, 7, and 8 - Contestants doin the stop Thamesford Bike Rodeo. and left turn prooeg' ures at the Traversing the teater-ttttter at the Thamesford P.S. Bike Rodeo During recent months, as Sentinel-Review photographer Ted Town went a.bout his regular assignments, he's been gathering photos of the vanished settlements that a.re the ghost towns of Oxford County. Another IS Rayside located on the Governor's Road, the North Oxford- West Zorra Town Line, this place has known a variety of names. Settled in the 1830s, it was originally known as Dornoch.' It was then referred to as McKay's Corners, then Camp- bell's Corners. It then took the name of "'"iiarliiit; ""Niii OXFORD'S GHOST TOWNS Rayside, possibly after James Rayside, member of the Ontario LNit.la.tute, from 1882-1898. A post office was established here in 1897. In its heyday, Raysid.e. also had a hotel, two stores and a blacksmith. Today, only a diner of the same name stands on the site. W.J. Wintemberg, reprinted from the On- tario Historical Society’s Papers and Records, Volume XXII, 1925. . Also from "South of Sodom," published by the South Norwicji Historigal SoSiety, 1982 ' -Jtir,","i'rcL)r---bnri"saAss “am