Building Our WGO History

Be sure to read Mark Salusbury's article about the founding of the WGO in our June 2007 Newsletter.

From Penny McCahill - I have numbered these photos WGO 1 – 6 and have put the information we know about who is in each photo below the photo.  What can you tell us about these photos?

        Can you fill in the gaps?        Who’s in each photo?        Where are they?

         What are they doing?         When was this photo taken?

         Do you have any memorable anecdotes about any of these events?

 If you can answer any of these questions, please contact Penny McCahill at penny@technolinks.com.

WGO1 – Martin Groneng, Rudy Riss, Denis Lalonde, Dave Walker, Rod David

WGO2 – Francois Lambert, ??, Garth McGillvary, Denis LaLonde, Bruce Jones

WGO3 – Rod David, Michael Hosaluk, David Walker, Denis LaLonde, Rudy Riss, Bruce Jolos, Arnie Perrett (young lad unknown)

WGO4 – Bonnie Klein, Denis Lalonde, Dave Walker, Bruce Jones, ??.

WGO5 – Denis Lalonde, Jock Rogerson (deceased), Murray Gibson (deceased), Ian Waymark, Emil Baumgartner, Rudy Riss, Dave Walker

WGO6 – Larry Lalonde, Derek Jones, Martin Groneng, ??, ??, Betty Scarpino, Bill Usher, Dave Moores, Roland Anderson, Emil Baumgartner, Micheal Bonnycastle.

“WHO ARE THESE GUYS, ANYWAY?” (quoted from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)

From Penny McCahill:  The WGO’s December 2007 Meeting and Social featured a contest that will assist in the building of the history of our guild.  Denis Lalonde contributed this memorable photo from early in the Guild's history.  The contest winners were:  1^st Place: Vince Lebert and Doug Newlove      2^nd Place: Denis Lalonde and John Andruski     3^rd Place: Steve LeFevre and Bernie Kamutzki

Here is who we have identified so far ...

1. Michael Bonnycastle     2.  Garth McGillvray     3.  James E. Hill, Sr.      4.  Howard Moody    5.  Tom Cunnian            6.  Bob Carriere      7.  Gordon Howarth         8.  Steve LeFeve        9.  Robert Hitchcox     10.  Mark Salusbury             11.  Larry Lalonde      12.  Doug Newlove      13.  ?      14.  ?      15.  Greg Gage      16.  Martin Groneng                      17.  Denis Lalonde      18.  ?     19.  Diana Ridout         20.  Francois Lambert         21.  ?          23.  Brian Burkholder

The picture was taken on a Saturday in the fall of 1989 at Fleetwood Tools (Mark Salusbury's shop).