St Thomas Times Journal
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
March & April 1956
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1 March 1956
Page 7
c1 Died – Wallace E. Hicks, 74 years
c4 Died – Mrs Olive M. Patrick, 59th year, Mar 1, wife of Cecil L. Patrick
c4 Funeral – Miss Ellen Gay, Feb 29
c5 Died – Thomas Birchall, 70 years, Feb 29, husband of Mrs Emily Birchall
c5 Died – Ronald Douglas Howe, Feb 29
c5 Died – John Kelly, Feb 29
c5 Died – Joseph E. Lautebach, 75th year, Feb 29, husband of Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Lautebach, nee Saunders
Page 8
c1 Photo – Marilynn Freeman; Miss Eileen Vice; Miss Gertrude Davis
c4 Married – Charles Edward George Stamas, son of George S. Stamas to Janet Lenora Pell, daughter of William A. Pell
c5 Birthday – Mrs Adelaide Stacey of St Thomas, 90th – Photo – daughter of Joseph Papineau; widow of James Stacey
Page 9
c3 Birthday – Enid Cascadden, 16th, daughter of Neil Cascadden of Windsor
Page 10
c4 Photo – June Stanley and Dorothy Chambers
Page 12
c3 Died – Mrs Grace Smith, 65 years, Feb 29, sister of Thomas Crawford, Mrs Helen Harper, Mrs J. Kirbyson, Mrs Frances Armstrong and Mrs Margaret McEwen
1 March 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Born – Jacqueline Anne Byrne, Feb 29, daughter of Elmer Byrne – Photo
c3 Died – Murray Wintermute, 6 years
c5 Photo – Jack Beavis of St Thomas
c7 Died – Thomas Birchall, 70 years, Feb 29 – Photo
c8 Died – Joseph E. Lautebach, 75th year, Feb 29
Page 14
c5 Birthday – Wendy Marie Gray, 4th on Feb 29, daughter of Kenneth Gray of Port Bruce – Photo
Page 26
c4 Photo – John A. Russell of St Thomas
2 March 1956
Page 7
c1 Died – Cecil Reid, Mar 1, husband of Mrs Kathleen Reid, nee Pell
c2 Died – Mrs Loretto Meehan, 73 years, Mar 1, wife of Frank C. Meehan
c3 Born – Roxanne Doty, daughter of P. & Mrs Doty, nee Hart; sister of Peggy Lynn, Feb 22
c3 Born – David Gordon McGaw, son of Gordon McGaw, Feb 27
c3 Died – Mrs Marion Louise Arnold, 67th year, Mar 1, wife of George J. Arnold
c3 Died – Thomas Birchall, Feb 29
c3 Died – Horton Draper, 80th year, Mar 1
c3 Died – Joseph E. Lautebach, Feb 29
c3 Died – Mrs Loretto Meehan, Mar 1
c5 Funeral – Mrs Beatrice Boughton, 75 years, Mar 1, mother of Sydney, Edward and Fred Boughton, Mrs Dorothy Grattan and Mrs Barbara Hamilton
c5 Funeral – Fred Finney, Mar 1
c5 Funeral – John A. Lyle, Mar 1
c6 Memoriam – Ray Kilmer, Mar 2 1951, by wife Nora
Page 8
c2 Married – Donald VanPatter to Barbara Jean Wray
c3 Married – Donald Lawrence Lynwood VanPatter to Barbara Jean Wray
c4 Married – Russell Eugene Watson, son of Clifton & Helen Watson to Ola Jean Wilson, daughter of Mrs May Colvin and the late Kenneth Wilson
c6 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs James R. Walker of St Thomas, 63rd
2 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Article – PO George A. Donald, son of John A. Donald of St Thomas – Photo
c1 Died – Murray Wintermute, 6 years
c3 Article – William John & Marilyn McClelland or St Thomas – Photo
c4 Photo – Mrs Bill Barons; Mrs Eva McLellan; Mrs Thomas Frankland; Mrs Bruce McLellan
c7 Article – Confirmation at Christ Church, Port Stanley – Orval Cline; William Herbert Vaughan; Walter John Hill; Mr & Mrs W. C. Brooks; Mr & Mrs Mervyn McCracken Mrs Thelma Brumpton; Mrs Marion Shamley; Mrs Opal Speirn; Mrs Grace Sharkey; Mrs Edith Taylor; Miss Susan Dammon; Richard and Paul Bolt; Ray Gilbert
c8 Photo – Roger Payne, son of Sgt. T. Payne
Page 12
c1 Funeral – Mrs Marion Louise Arnold, Mar 3
c3 Photo – Sandra Gorman, 11 years, daughter of George Gorman of Port Burwell
c3 Died – Horton Draper, Mar 1
c5 Photo – Aylmer Curling Club – Frank Bevan; Dr Donald Ryder; Nelson Cuthbert; William Eaton
3 March 1956
Page 6
c2 Photo – William D. Agnew of St Thomas
c4 Photo – Elgin Dairy Bar owners – John Gettas and Peter Faclaris
Page 7
c1 Died – Harry Brebner, Mar 2, son of Charles Brebner; brother of Mrs Edith Smith
c3 Died – Mrs Mary Ellen Tate, 77th year, Mar 2, widow of Henry Tate; mother of Nelson Tate and Miss Merle Tate; sister of Thomas Henderson and Mrs Robert (Sarah Jane) Gleason
c3 Funeral – John Kelly, Mar 2
c3 Funeral – Alonzo Wiggins, 71 years, Mar 3
c3 Born – Timothy Charles Keating Haight, son of William & Helen Haight, nee Keating, Mar 2
c4 Died – Mrs Helen Marie Evert, 41st year, Mar 2, wife of Ross Evert
c6 Died – Camille Osaer, 56 years, Mar 1, widow of Mrs Eugenie Osaer, nee DeBerr; father of MRs Joseph DeDecker and Mrs Roger Mechlpiet; brother of George and Theophil Osaer
c6 Memoriam – Margaret Bentley, Mar 4 1954, by husband Jack and brother-in-law Ted
c6 Memoriam – Florence Mae Wells, Mar 4 1944
c6 Memoriam – Annie Withenshaw, Mar 4 1953, by daughter Lena; by daughter Elizabeth, Harry, Marilyn and Bob
c8 Died – Dr Frank J. Bechely, 61 years, Mar 2, son of Fred Bechely
Page 9
c4 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
c4 Photo – D. H. Anderson; Helen Wightman; David Wodhan; Mrs Donald Fowler
3 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photos – St Thomas Figure Skating Club Carnival – Johnny Caughell; Carol LeCourtois; Lois Neal; Paula Sanders; Betsy Anderson; Mary Jane Henderson; Barbara Rankin; Brenda Knight
c3 Article – St Thomas Became a City 75 Years Ago; Photo of Dr William C. VanBuskirk, city’s first mayor
Page 12
c1 Funeral – Mrs Gertrude M. Pettit
c2 Died – Mrs Ross Evert, Mar 2
c5 Photo – Mrs Byde Parker of Aylmer
Page 20
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs George E. Demare of St Thomas, 50th
c4 Engagement – Dr Willem deHass, son of Prof. deHass to Mary Elizabeth Montgomery, daughter of Dr R. C. Montgomery and granddaughter of Mrs W. B. Jackson
c4 Engagement – Wilfred Manning, so of Wilfred L. Manning to Ferrol Ann Mercer, daughter of Robert Allan Mercer
c5 Married – Tommie Mortlan Cutler to Kathryn Joyce Millman
c5 Married – Robert Leason to Dorothy Louise Brown
c5 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Fred Kaiser of Aylmer, 50th
c5 Engagement – Harvey Robinson to Lillian Bates
c6 Married – Donald Forsyth to Isabel Patterson
c6 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John Clark, nee Lily McCallum of Middlemiss, 50th; parents of Mrs Lester Graham; sister of Mrs Jessie Forbes; brother of Mrs Elizabeth Walker, Mrs Nellie Laing and Mrs Peter Galbraith
c6 Married – Mr & Mrs Harold Edward Payson – Photo
c7 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Clifford Hilborn of Springfield, 50th – Photo
c8 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Robert Whaley of Calton, 40th
5 March 1956
Page 2
c3 Birthday – John Brown of Port Stanley, 76; Port Stanley Fire Chief Blake Berry
Page 3
c2 Died – Mrs Anna Fitzpatrick, 67 years, Mar 3, widow of Charles Fitzpatrick
c4 Photo – Linda Goble, 14 years, daughter of Grant Goble of Belmont
c4 Funeral – Mrs Marion L. Arnold, Mar 3
c4 Funeral – Ronald Howe, Mar 2
c7 Died – Charles A. Moore, 68th year, Mar 4 – Photo
Page 5
c6 Died – Lawrence DeLong Buhl, 69 years, Mar 3
c7 Photo – Mary Welten of St Thomas
Page 7
c3 Photo – Mary Michelle McCormick, 4, daughter of Andy McCormick of St Thomas; Ruth Ann Tufford, 4, daughter of Noble G. Tufford of St Thomas
c3 Funeral – Mrs Loretta Meehan, Mar 3
c3 Funeral – Thomas Birchall, Mar 3
c3 Funeral – Joseph E. Lautebach, Mar 3
c4 Memoriam – James Franklin Miller, Mar 5 1955, by wife Leota, sister Violet, brother George
c6 Born – John Paul Isaac, son of John & Aileen Isaac, nee McCallum; brother of Susan, Mar 4
c6 Born – Travis Anthony Tribe, son of Travis Tribe; brother of Laura Lee and Lou Ann Tribe, Mar 1
c6 Died – Mrs Anna Fitzpatrick, 67 years, Mar 3, widow of Charles Fitzpatrick
c6 Died – Charles A. Moore, 68th year, Mar 4
c6 Died – Murray Wintermute, 6 years, Feb 26
Page 8
c2 Photo – Mr & Mrs Chester H. Smith of St Thomas and Mr & Mrs D. W. McIntosh of Downsview
c4 Married – Tommie Mortlan Cutler, son of Frank Cutler to Kathryn Joyce Millman, daughter of Dalton Millman
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John Knight of St Thomas, 40th
c5 Photo – Isabel Campbell; Mrs Aileen Pyatt; Maribel McCallum; Anne Patterson; Alice Campbell; Mrs R. H. McNeil
Page 10
c2 Photo – Don Reid, 11, of St Thomas
6 March 1956
Page 3
c6 Photo – Robert ‘Bob’ Titchener of St Thomas
Page 7
c2 Died – Thomas George Willis, 84th year, Mar 5, son of Charles & Elizabeth Willis, nee Ford; widow of Mrs Alice Willis, nee Payne
c4 Died – Miss Alberta Hunsberger, Feb 24
c4 Memoriam – Clara Margaret Hutchison, Mar 6 1941, by son E. C. Hutchison
6 March 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Article – Ernest Wall, 18, of Harrietsville
c2 Photo – Miss Marion Ryder; Miss Margaret Morley; Miss Irene Toprosky
Page 10
c3 Funeral – Horton Draper, Mar 3
c7 Married – Robert Kenneth Millard, son of Charles Millard to Rhoxinae Georgina Bradford, daughter of George F. Bradford
c7 Married Max Davidson, son of Earl Davidson to Mary Lou Pegg, daughter of V. C. Pegg
Page 11
c4 Married – William Robert Smyth, son of A. B. Smyth to Marilynn Ruth Tolmie, daughter of Andrew Tolmie
7 March 1956
Page 1
c1 Photo – William Johnson; Jean Wight; Allen Fletcher; Fairles Groceteria, Rodney
c3 Photo – Damage to Canada Wood Products, Rodney
Page 7
c5 Funeral – Mrs Anna Fitzpatrick, Mar 6, widow of Charles Fitzpatrick
c5 Funeral – Mrs Edna Smith O’Connor, Mar 3, widow of Charles O’Connor
c5 Born – Jill Roxanne Carmichael, daughter of James D. & Roslyn Carmichael, nee Brooks, Fe 18
c5 Born – Allin Kimberly Gordon, son of Ian B. & Mrs Gordon, nee Allin, Mar 3
c5 Born – Nancy Marie Harrison, daughter of W. C. Harrison; sister of Janis and Shirley, Mar 5
c5 Died – Dorcas McCrath, nee Baxter, 54th year, Mar 6
c5 Memoriam – Lewis Rupple, Mar 7 1946
Page 8
c1 Article – St Joseph’s High School, St Thomas – Photo
7 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Kintyre Church
c1 Photo – Tobacco greenhouse flattened on farm of R. Vantyghen, Rodney
c4 Photo – Rodney Presbyterian Church; Robert Cole
c4 Photo – Farm of George Provich, Rodney
c4 Article – Henry W. Parker of Union
c4 Photo – Norman Bennett and daughter Lynda age 9
c6 Photo – Connie Smit, 18 and Annie Smit, 15
Page 12
c2 Funeral – Mrs Helen M. Evert, Mar 5
c2 Funeral – Charles A. Moore, Mar 6
c3 Died – Dorcas McCrath, nee Baxter, 54th year, Mar 6 – Photo
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Fred W. Kaiser of Aylmer, 50th
c4 Died – Otto Schneller, 57 years, husband of Mrs Mary Schneller, nee Kaufman; father of Harold, Arthur and Clarence Schneller, Mrs Bruce Smith, Mrs Robert Turnbull and Mrs Murray Sandham; brother of Edwin and Elizabeth Schneller and Mrs Daniel Lemp
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Harley Crosby of New Sarum, 53rd
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Harry Moulton, 2nd, nee Frances Whitcroft
Page 13
c3 Birthday – Mrs Adelaide Stacey of St Thomas, 90th
8 March 1956
Page 6
c2 Died – John W. Davidson, 83 years, Mar 7, son of Thomas Davidson; brother of Thomas and James Davidson and Mrs Alex G. McDonald
Page 7
c2 Died Frank Kinnear Ellis, Mar 7, son of A. St George Ellis; grandson of Henry F. Ellis and Hon. J. C. Patterson; nephew of H. T. W. Ellis
c2 Died – Mrs Mary M. Stoll, 75 years, Mar 7, widow of Edward Stoll
c4 Funeral – Murray J. Wintermute, Mar 6
c5 Born – Judith Elaine Aristone, daughter of George & Evelyn Aristone, nee Sherry; sister of Nancy and Janet, Mar 4
c5 Died – John Andrew Murray, 72 years, Mar 8, husband of Mrs Amelia Elizabeth Murray; father of John A. and Charles Murray; brother of Mrs Mary Coker
c7 Died – Clayton R. Jones, 32 years, son of George E. Jones; husband of Mrs Beryl Jones, nee Wentworth; father of Robert and Marlene Jones; brother of Leroy and Raymond Jones
Page 8
c1 Photo – Elgin Regiment – Cpl. Fred Dentry; Tpr. Norman Staddon; Lt. Desmond Dunn; Sgt. Frank Ainsworth; Tpr. Keith Tompkins; Tpr. Claude Bell; Cpl. Lolly Marshall; Cpl James Wodham; Cpl. Lyle Hill; Tpr. W. D. Topping; Tpr. George Austin; L. Cpl. Don Taylor; Tpr. Frank Marlatt; L. Cpl. David Marr; L. Cpl. Herbert Welch; Tpr. James Matsumoto
Page 12
c1 Died – Harry Brebner, Mar 2, husband of Mrs Helen Brebner
8 March 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – Jacqueline Welch, age 2 years; Miss Thelma Payne
c3 Photo – Leonard Canning of St Thomas
c5 Photo – John Wise, son of Clayton W. Wise of St Thomas
c5 Died – John Andrew Murray, 72 years, Mar 8
Page 14
c1 Photo – R. C. A. F. Aylmer – Flt. Lt. George Carr; Flt. Lt. E. S. Gibson; Dr J. B. Clark; Sq. Ldr. F. M. Hardin; Flt. Lt. M. J. Cummings
c5 Article – Tillsonburg Figure Skating Club carnival
Page 16
c3 Married – Robert Owen Burnett, son of Stanley Burnett to Dorothy Ann Cook, daughter of Frank Cook
c5 Died – Walter J. Paterson, husband of Mrs Clara Paterson; son-in-law of Mrs A. Demaray
9 March 1956
Page 5
c3 Died – Capt. William John Edwards, 60th year, Mar 9, husband of Mrs Louisa Ellis Edwards, nee Sumner whose first husband was Calvin W. Ellis; father of John, Beverley, Howard and Aubrey Edwards, Mrs Clifford Smith, Mrs Gerald Scott and Mrs Gerald Kuhn; step-father of Mrs Eileen Thomson and Mrs Kay Turner; brother of Mrs Norman Mielhauser; son-in-law of Bert Sumner
Page 7
c2 Died – Victor Joseph Robidoux, 84 years, Mar 9, widow of Mrs Nora Robidoux
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Hannah Howlett, Mar 9 1954
c3 Memoriam – Artley W. Osborne, Mar 9 1948
c6 Died – James Henry Goodhue, 67 years, Mar 9
c6 Died – Mrs Mercy Ann Huckle Lee, 82nd year, Mar 5
c6 Died – John Andrew Murray, Mar 8
Page 8
c1 Married – William Walter Matthews, son of Walter Matthews to Betty Lucille Webber, daughter of Fred Webber
Page 10
c1 Died – Mrs Herbert Jefferson, 84th year, Mar 2
9 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c2 Photo – Lloyd Rickwood and son Bobby; Mrs Charles Ashmore
c2 Photo – Sister Clara, principal of St Joseph’s High School; Mr & Mrs A. Forsythe, parents of Betty Lou
c3 Funeral – Mrs Mercy Ann Huckle Lee, Mar 10
c4 Died – James Henry Goodhue, Mar 9
c5 Photo – John Wise, son of Clayton W. Wise of Yarmouth; Paul Couse of Toronto
Page 12
c2 Photo – Aylmer Figure Skating Club Competition – Paulette Doan; Sharon Walker; Mary Verdun; Barbara Barnum
10 March 1956
Page 3
c8 Photo – Jack Lee of Haskett Motors, St Thomas
Page 7
c3 Died – Mrs Abbie Grimstead, nee Matthews, Mar 9, widow of John Grimstead
c4 Died – Mrs Lloyd W. Holland, 66th year, Mar 9
c4 Born – Steven Douglas Hill, son of H. L. & Patricia Hill, nee Voss, Mar 9
c4 Born – Donald Randolph Mills, son of Donald F. & Vivian Mills, nee Needham, Mar 6
c4 Died – James Henry Goodhue, Mar 9
c4 Died – Mrs Abbie Grimstead, nee Matthews, Mar 9
c4 Died – Mrs Mary E. Hill, 95 years, Mar 9, widow of Thomas Hill; sister of Mrs Katherine MacKinnon
c4 Died – Mrs Lloyd W. Holland, Mar 9
c4 Died – Mrs Mary Pappaert, 56ht year, Mar 9, wife of Joseph Pappaert
c5 Died – Mrs Mary Pappaert, Mar 9
c5 Memoriam – Fulton Darrach, Mar 11 1954, by Aunt Pearl, Geanalta, Fergus and family
c5 Memoriam – Daniel J. McCaffery, Mar 11 1955, by daughter Evelyn, son-in-law Ronald Keillor and grandsons Charlie and George
c5 Memoriam – John Wesley Young, Mar 12 1955
Page 10
c3 Died – Charles Walter Boyles, 81 years, Mar 7, husband of Mrs Sylvia Boyles; father of Mrs Earl (Ila) Rawlings
c4 Died – Mrs Mary E. Hill, Mar 9, formerly Mrs Frederick Chapman; daughter of Dougald & Helen MacKinnon
c4 Retirement – Herbert J. Hardwick of St Thomas
c4 Photo – Herbert J. Hardwick; T. E. Neely; Garnet Powell; Charles Thorogood
10 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Bud Cook; Cecil Lewis; Capt. Jim MacDonald; Bud Smith of the ‘Walter Mac’ fishing tug, Port Stanley
c1 Photo – Capt. George ‘Kelly’ Wilson of the ‘Walter Mac’ fishing tug, Port Stanley
c2 Photo – Lord & Lady Elgin
c5 Article – ‘Walter Mac’ fishing tug, Port Stanley
c6 Photo – Jack Waldeck of the fish house Wilson and Loder, Port Stanley
c6 Retirement – Charles Russel Hales of St Thomas
Page 12
c3 Photo – Belmont PeeWee Hockey Team – Jim Hambly; Terry Smith; Don Clarke; Keith Pogue; Tom Johnston; Jim McKeen; Norman Johnson; Harold Warren, coach; Mike Barker; Billy Richardson; David Schuyler; Harry Bartley; Jim Taylor; Eddie Wintermute; Wayne Cornish; Clare Pogue; Don McInnis; Nelson Clarke, manager
Page 20
c1 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
c2 Photo – Betsy Anderson; Lynda Walker; Mrs J. H. Ricketts
c3 Christening – John Jude Patrick Campbell, son of J. H Campbell; grandson of J. J. McAvay
c4 Birthday – Mrs James Gillick of St Thomas, 75th
c4 Engagement – Samuel Peter Yeandle, son of Russell Yeandle to Marlene Ida May Winkworth, daughter of Herman & Helen Sevenpifer Winkworth
c5 Married – Cory VanBelois to Zita MacDonald, daughter of John MacDonald; sister of Lois MacDonald
c5 Died – Thomas Birchall, Feb 29, brother of Samuel Birchall
c5 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Elias Yeo of St Thomas, 45th
c5 Birthday – Allen Eberts of St Thomas, 80th
c5 Engagement – John Robert Groom, son of Robert W. Groom to Jean Sinclair, daughter of Mrs D. M. Littlejohn
c6 Photo – Miss Donna Shelton of St Thomas
c6 Engagement – Claude James Walter Curtis, son of Earl Curtis to Marion Lucille Willison, daughter of Fred Willison
c7 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Fred W. Kaiser of Aylmer, 50th
12 March 1956
Page 7
c3 Died – Mrs William VanEgemond, nee Olive Swift, 61 years, Mar 11
c3 Memoriam – Lillian and Dorothy Catchpole, Mar 12 1945
c3 Memoriam – Kenneth Whalley Mattis, Mar 12 1946, by children Kenneth, R. J., Carl, Diane and Linda
c3 Memoriam – Archie McAffer, Mar 12 1952
c4 Died – Mrs Sarah Ann Kinsman, 83 years, Mar 10, widow of Ira Kinsman – Photo
c5 Funeral – John Andrew Murray, Mar 10
c5 Died – Mrs Florence Dawdy Cook, 83 years, Mar 12
c5 Died – Thomas Heard, 79 years, Mar 10
c5 Died – Mrs Sarah Ann Kinsman, 83 years, Mar 10, widow of Ira Kinsman
c5 Died – Mrs Ida E. Munro, 82 years, Mar 10
c6 Born – Mary Kay Hatch, daughter of Gordon & Noreen Hatch, nee Gorvett, Mar 9
c6 Born – Angela Lucetta Wise, daughter of James R. Wise; sister of Ronnie and Jimmie, Mar 2
Page 8
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs George E. Demare of St Thomas, 50th – Photo
Page 10
c3 Died – Ervine Williams, 54 years, Mar 9
c4 Died – Mrs Mary Smith, Mar 11, widow of Edwin Smith; mother of Mrs Leslie (Dorothy) Watt, Mrs Adair (Edna) Blain and Donald Smith
c4 Retirement – Albert Paul of Port Stanley – Photo
c6 Died – Mrs Jean McVannel, 74 years, Mar 11
12 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Peter J. McNabb of St Thomas
c2 Photo – Hugh Tales
c3 Photo – Sq. Sgt. Mjr. Max Phillimore; Sgt. Tom Tallack; Reg. Sgt. Mjr. Jim Fellows; Mrs Kenneth Pincombe; Mrs Erle Burgess; Mrs Charles Eldert
c6 Died – Mrs Florence Dawdy Cook, Mar 12
c8 Died – Thomas Heard, 79 years, Mar 10
Page 12
c2 Died – Mrs Ida E. Munro, 82 years, Mar 10, widow of Andrew Munro
13 March 1956
Page 3
c1 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Fred E. Martin of Springfield, 59th
c1 Photo – 4 Generations – Fred E. Martin; Roy Clarence Martin; James Roy Martin; Fred Wesley Martin
c5 Photo – Robert Pearce; Basil Damude; Vic Lobaskie; Joe Gurowka; Hugh Allen
Page 5
c1 Died – Mrs George Miller, nee Dolly Schleihauf, 80 years, Mar 12
Page 7
c3 Memoriam – Wayne Tansley, Mar 13 1955
c4 Funeral – Mrs Mercy Ann Lee, Mar 10
c4 Funeral – Mrs Mary E. Hill, Mar 12
c4 Funeral – James Henry Goodhue, Mar 12
c5 Died – Frank J. Axford, 80 years, Mar 13 – Photo
c5 Died – Frank J. Axford, Mar 13
13 March 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Ed Wigmore of St Thomas
c4 Photo – Elmer Milnar; Lawrence Morley; David Torrents
c4 Photo – Maj. J. W. McNeil; George Nutt; Jack Jennings; C. H. Smith
Page 11
c3 Married – Bruce Edward Newman, son of E. T. Newman to Gwendolyn Anne Wilson, daughter of Clifford L. Wilson
14 March 1956
Page 1
c6 Fire – Home of Mrs Laura Lawrence, Aylmer
Page 5
c1 Died – Mrs Beulah Walsh, 69 years, Mar 13, widow of Edmund Walsh [Walch – CVH]
Page 6
c2 Died – William D. Dodgson, 48 years, Mar 13, husband of Mrs Dorothy Dodgson, nee Lee
Page 7
c3 Died – Mrs J. L. McLarty, Mar 13, sister of Dr E. J. Gray, W. D. and W. G. Gray
c3 Births – Robert Michael Clark, son of Bob Clark, brother of Meri-Sue, Mar 4
c3 Died – Frank J. Axford, Mar 13
c3 Died – Harry M. Horton, Mar 13, husband of Mrs Alice Horton, nee Nichols
c3 Died – Mrs Beulah Walsh, 70th year
c4 Funeral – Thomas Heard, Mar 13
c4 Funeral – Mrs Lloyd W. Holland, Mar 13
c4 Funeral – Mrs Sarah Ann Kinsman, Mar 13
Page 8
c3 Married – Lundy Edward Allison, son of James Allison to Pearl Ann Propper, daughter of George Propper
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Salem Herbert of Kingsmill, 62nd – Photo
c4 Birthday – Barbara Jean Watson, 13th, daughter of George Watson of Aylmer
c4 Married – Robert Jackson to Paula Davis
14 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Died – Harry M. Horton, Mar 13
c2 Photo – H. S. Frey of Aylmer
c2 Fire – Home of Mrs Laura Lawrence of Aylmer – Photo
Page 12
c1 Funeral – Mrs Dorcas J. McCrath, Mar 10
Page 15
c3 Photo – St Thomas Hockey – Bob Cook; Fred Kelso; George Taylor; Carl Mattis; Bus Hanley; Ron Travers
15 March 1956
Page 1
c3 Photo – Delfina Del Gallo and husband Rocco Santarelli of St Thomas
Page 5
c3 Died – Mrs Bertha Brereton, 66 years, Mar 14, wife of Alfred Brereton
c8 Died – Mrs Beulah Walch, Mar 13, widow of Edward Walch
Page 6
c6 Died – Richard William Battram, 82nd year, Mar 13
Page 7
c3 Died – Carolyne Vaughan, 1 day, Mar 15, daughter of Donald M. & Evelyn Vaughan, nee Wilson
c4 Died – Mrs Mary McGaw, 81 years, Mar 15, widow of Thomas McGaw
c4 Died – Carolyne Vaughan, Mar 15
c4 Died – Mrs Beulah Walch, 70th year
c4 Born – Janet Lynn Park, daughter of W. W. & Mrs Park, nee Nicol, Mar 13
c5 Memoriam – William L. Ostrander, Mar 15 1952, by wife Mary
c6 Funeral – Mrs Florence Cook, Mar 14
c7 Legal – Ray C. Murphy
Page 8
c4 Photo – Mrs Noble Tufford; Jimmie Heffren, 15 months, son of R. Heffren of Aylmer
Page 9
c3 Married – Robert Leland Jackson, son of Mrs Piccola Jackson to Paula Margaret Davis, daughter of Frank Scriver
Page 13
c3 Photo – Proxy wedding of Rocco Santarelli of St Thomas and Delfina Del Gallo of Italy
15 March 1956
Second Section
Page 15
c1 Fire – Louis’ General Clothing Store, St Thomas
c4 Photo – Albert Green and Charles Gerenraich
c4 Photo – Mrs Dessie Rooks; Alice Joan Pescod, daughter of J. Pescod
c7 Died – Mrs Mary McGaw, 81 years, Mar 15, widow of Thomas McGaw
Page 16
c1 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Frederick W. Kaiser of Aylmer, 50th – Photo
c4 Died – Mrs Richard Loucks, nee Luella Perrett, 84 years, Mar 14, daughter of Thomas & Jeanette Perrett, nee Cross; mother of Mrs James Carroll and Reginald Loucks; sister of Mrs Stanley Day
c4 Died – John H. Barnum, 52 years, Mar 14, husband of Mrs Blanche Barnum, nee Willett; father of Clifford, Allen, George, Donald and Murray Barnum; brother of Henry, Wilfred and Walter Barnum and Mrs Russell Pembleton
c6 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Clifford Hilborn of Springfield, 50th
16 March 1956
Page 7
c1 Died – Thomas Darrah, Mar 14, father of J. R. Darrah
c2 Funeral – Frank J. Axford, Mar 15
c3 Memoriam – William Funnell, Mar 16 1955, by son Sydney and daughter Doris and grandchildren John, Robert, Michael and Sandra
c4 Died – Mrs Mary McGaw, Mar 15
Page 8
c4 Married – William Robert Leason, son of William Leason to Dorothy Louise Brown, daughter of James Brown
16 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c3 Photo – Les Preston of St Thomas
c4 Article – Herbert Kent Griffin of Springwater, auto accident
c5 Photo – Sq. Ldr. C. F. Wattie; FC Robert Gilmour; FO J. L. Merrifield
Page 12
c3 Photo – Mrs McLay Miller; Archie Anderson; Allan Roos; Dr William Cresswell
17 March 1956
Page 6
c3 Will – Estate of Evelyn Cresswell, widow of James Cresswell of London
c3 Died – Mrs Katharine Shilling, Mar 16, widow of Conrad Shilling; grandmother of Conrad and Betty Szonbathelyi
c5 Died – Albert Teetzel, 68 years, Mar 15, husband of Mrs Martha Teetzel, nee Jarman
c6 Died – Thomas Edward Darrah, 67 years, Mar 14, husband of Mrs Agnes Darrah, nee Lees; father of Mrs . V. (Phyllis) Patterson, Mrs L. J. (Dorothy) Smith, John E. and James R. Darrah; brother of David and John Darrah, Mrs G. W. Duke, Mrs James J. Gibson and Mrs E. Shannan
c7 Photo – Stewart Clarke of St Thomas
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Elise Alise Adam, 66 years, Mar 14, wife of Napoleon Paul
c3 Died – Mrs Elizabeth Brouwer, 81 years, Mar 17, widow of John Brouwer
c4 Memoriam – Mrs Gertrude Lipsey, Mar 16 1955, by sister Mabel, brother Hayward
c4 Memoriam – Mrs Elva Follick, Mar 18 1953
c5 Born – Son of G. Capern; brother of Scott, Mar 12
c5 Died – Mrs Elizabeth Brouwer, 81 years, Mar 17, widow of John Brouwer
Page 9
c3 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
Page 11
c3 Married – Calvin Jarvis Partridge, son of Rae F. Partridge to Violet Moore, daughter of Jasper Moore
c4 Married – Donald Junior Wilson, son of Earl James Wilson to Caroline Helen Surgent, daughter of Mrs Hugh D. Ashton and the late Otto Surgent
c5 Married – Mr & Mrs William Robert Leason – Photo
17 March 1956
Second Section
Page 15
c1 Photo – Susan and Larry Lampman, children of Donald L. Lampman
c2 Photo – Pamela Stirling
c4 Photo – St Thomas Minor Hockey players
c6 Photo – George Hunt and Fred Robinson
c8 Photo – Ronald J. Smith; M. A. Dalrymple
Page 16
c4 Photo – Terry Chinnery of Aylmer; Mrs Hazel McCallum of Aylmer
Page 18
c1 Article – MacDonald Dowler – King Ltd. Insurance and Real Estate Brokers, St Thomas – Photos
c3 Photo – Evan MacDonald; Garvey N. Dowler; Lt. Col. E. G. King
Page 19
c2 Photo – Earl Jolley of St Thomas
Page 20
c4 Photo – Mrs Velma Weld; Miss Kay Jordan
Page 28
c1 Photo – Eleanor Turvey of St Thomas
c2 Photo – Mrs Harold (Ruby) Dobson; Miss Betty Anne Corbett
c4 Married – Donald J. Wilson to Caroline Helen Surgent
c5 Engagement – William Arthur Pettit, son of Arthur Pettit to Dorothy Agnes Rolling, daughter of Arthur Bucke
c5 Engagement – Argyle David Bainard, son of Charles Bainard to Cora Marina McKnight, daughter of Addison McKnight
c5 Engagement – Frank Fishleigh, son of George Fishleigh to Mary Leatha Burke, daughter of Russell Booker
c5 Engagement – Warren M. Beck, so of Mrs Thelma Beck to Carolyn Isobel Voaden, daughter of C. B. Voaden
c6 Engagement – Willard Ernest Latimer, son of Ernest Latimer to Edith Barbara Bradish, daughter of Gilbert Bradish
c7 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Ezra Pollard of Dutton, 25th
c7 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John Handford of St Thomas, 50th – Photo
19 March 1956
Page 5
c6 Died – Mrs Margaret Barkhouse, 40 years, Mar 18, daughter of Harry Bibbee; wife of Cpl. Ralph Barkhouse; mother of Mrs George Ford; sister of Harry, Marlyn Gale and Herbert Bibbee, Mrs Paul Josephine Bunn and Rebecca Bibbee
Page 6
c7 Photo – Earl Ashton of St Thomas
Page 7
c1 Photo – Robert ‘Bob’ Titchner of St Thomas
c3 Died – Thomas C. Waldie, 51 years, Mar 18 – Photo
c3 Funeral – Mrs Mary McGaw, Mar 17
c3 Funeral – Mrs Beulah Walch, Mar 16
c4 Born – Denise Lynn Dawdy, daughter of Bob & Jacki Dawdy, nee Blewett, Mar 17
c4 Born – Evelyn Lakos, daughter of Leslie & Anny Lakos, nee Trittermann; sister of Julie Anna, Mar 16
c4 Died – Mrs Elizabeth Brouwer, 81 years, Mar 17, widow of John Brouwer
c4 Died – Isaac Bullock, 84th year, Mar 17, husband of Mrs Clara Bullock, nee Fulker
c4 Died – Miss Nellie MacKenzie, 81 years, Mar 17
c4 Died – Thomas C. Waldie, Mar 18
c5 Died – Miss Nellie MacKenzie, Mar 17
19 March 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Rt. Rev. W. A. Townshend; Mrs Townshend; Bruce Allen Hill, son of W. A. B. Hill; Rev J. L. Duncan
c1 Died – Mrs George (Winnifred Doris) Lindsay, 56 years, Mar 16
c2 Confirmation – Elmer E. Thomas; Merrilee S. Chater; Cheryl V. Chater; Verna Chater; Sue Ellen Birchall; Sterling Brooks; Sheila L. Lay; Anita N. Bowes; William J. Blackwell; David A. MacPherson; Garry L. Lewis; Thomas N. Hubert; Deanna Worby; Yvette S. Harris; Nataline Platten
c2 Confirmation – Jo Ann McDonnell; Judith Medcalf; Susan Green; Mary Jane Marshall; Sharon Potts; James Potts; Sylvia Jewell; Gayle Babcock; Raymond Jones; John Arblaster; Bruce Hill; Michael Stuart; James Brady; Mark McDonnell; Marguerite Hogsden
c2 Confirmation – Sandra Higginbottom; Judith Gellatley; Gary Gellatley Margaret MacPherson; Ann Passfield; Andrea Stewart
c3 Photo – Dr George T. Kennedy; H. K. Patton; L. e. Nichols; Rev R. B. Craig
c6 Died – Isaac Bullock, Mar 17
c6 Photo – St Thomas Figure Skaters – Mrs H. R. (Peggy) Markham; Marie LeCourtois; Marshall Montgomery; Sylvia Rankin
c7 Article – Sod turning at First United Church, St Thomas
c7 Died – Miss Laura D. Hagerty, Mar 17
Page 12
c4 Married – Thomas Robert Groves, son of Bert Groves to Lola Mary Beech, daughter of W. S. Beech – Photo
c6 Married – Harvey Leroy Robinson to Lillian Leone Bates
Page 13
c4 Photo – Ken Verrell; Mrs Jo Webster; Mrs Jennie Doan; Alan Doan
20 March 1956
Page 3
c4 Photo – Cpl. George D. Hardy of Aylmer
c5 Died – Frank L. Howey, 80 years, Mar 18
Page 7
c2 Died – Clarence Richard Baker, 63 years, Mar 20
c4 Photo – Jack McVeigh
c4 Memoriam – Mrs W. H. Davis, Mar 20 1953
c5 Died – Clarence Richard Baker, Mar 20
c5 Died – Joseph Burns, Mar 19
c5 Died – Thomas C. Waldie, Mar 18
Page 8
c4 Died – Phineas George Dickins, 73 years, Mar 16, husband of Mrs Ethel Dickins, nee Smythe
20 March 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c3 Photo – Dean Fry of Wallaceburg
c5 Died – Murven Sears, Mar 5
c6 Died – Joseph Burns, Mar 19 – Photo
Page 12
c5 Photo – John Moore of Port Stanley
21 March 1956
Page 3
c4 Died – Sgt. Harry McCart, 59 years, Mar 21 – Photo
c5 Died – Wilhelm Miklas, 84 years
c6 Died – Miss Vera Gammon, Mar 21
Page 7
c4 Died – Clarence Richard Baker, Mar 20 – Photo
c4 Died – Mrs Hilda May Selby, 72 years, widow of Leonard Selby; mother of Rev S. A. Selby; sister of Miss Alberta M. Lucas; grandmother of Jennifer and Richard Selby
c5 Funeral – Miss Laura Hagarty, Mar 20
c5 Funeral – Mrs Elizabeth Brouwer, Mar 20
c5 Funeral – Miss Nellie MacKenzie, Mar 20
c5 Funeral – Mrs George L. Miller
c6 Memoriam – Donnie McCallum, Mar 21 1952, by Uncle Jim, Aunt Evelyn and Barrie; by parents, and Danny and Terry
Page 8
c3 Married Robert Mailing, son of Hugh A. Mailing to Eugenie Tracey, daughter of Stanley Tracey
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs William Gay of Port Stanley, 48th
Page 9
c5 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Jasper Taylor of Straffordville, 55th
Page 11
c1 Married – Alec Kelly, son of Frank Kelly to Maxine Skene, daughter of Mrs Mabel Johnson
21 March 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c2 Photo – Jerry Smuck, son of J. Smuck of St Thomas; Mjr. John M. Anderson
c3 Photo – Donald McCallum; D. H. Anderson; Miss Ruby Copeman; Col W. A. Andrews
c6 Photo – William W. Warren of St Thomas
c8 Died – Joshua Bobier, 97th year, Mar 20 – Photo
Page 14
c1 Article – Aylmer Figure Skating Club Carnival
Page 17
c6 Photo – Mer-Lin Motors staff – Gene Bear and John Schrigley
22 March 1956
Page 3
c2 Died – Michael Kocher, 59 eyars, Mar 21, husband of Mrs Annie Kocher, nee Logel; father of Alexander Kocher; brother of Henry, Albert and Edward Kocher, Mrs Morris Snelling and Mrs Charles Romminger
Page 7
c3 Died – Harry McCart, 59 years, Mar 21
c3 Funeral – Thomas Waldie, Mar 21
c4 Died – Mrs Mary E. Japp, nee Marr, 71 years, widow of Frank S. Japp
c4 Died – Mrs Hester Phillips Armstrong, 88 years, Mar 21, widow of James H. Armstrong; mother of Helen L. Armstrong
c4 Died – Mrs Hilda May Selby, 72 years, Mar 21, widow of Leonard Selby; mother of Rev S. A. Selby; sister of Miss Alberta M. Lucas
c4 Died – Harry McCart, Mar 21
c4 Born – Kim Marlene Campbell, daughter of John B. Campbell; sister of Lynn Darlene, Mar 9
c4 Born – Robert John Fryer, son of Doug & Elsie Fryer, Mar 12
c5 Died – Mrs Hester Phillips Armstrong, 88 years, Mar 21, widow of James H. Armstrong
c5 Memoriam – Harry Gregory, Mar 22 1955
Page 8
c1 Photo – Stollery’s of St Thomas
Page 9
c1 Article – Stollery’s of St Thomas – Photo of Bill and Jack Stollery
Page 12
c2 Photo – Ray Hillesheim of Stollery’s
c4 Photo – Miss Mary June Ward of Stollery’s
Page 14
c2 Died – Mrs Rosetta Craig, nee Underhill, 73 years, Mar 20, widow of Arthur Craig; mother of Arthur, William, Frederick, Charles, John and Florence Craig, Mrs Alice Mills and Mrs Kenneth Loosley; sister of Mrs John Long and Mrs Rebecca Moffat
22 March 1956
Second Section
Page 15
c1 Photo – Union Public School – Janet Dufty; Linda Willson; Doris Whitney Duane Duff; Bill Cummings; Dick Cummings; Brent Dufty
c1 Photo – Union Public School students
c3 Article – St Thomas Curling Club
c7 Photo – C. C. Eldert of St Thomas
Page 18
c4 Married – Mr & Mrs Tommie Mortlan Cutler – Photo
23 March 1956
Page 3
c6 Died – Morley Cecil Chute, 66 years, Mar 23
Page 5
c4 Photo – Old Methodist Church, Middlemarch
Page 6
c4 Died – James Brandie, J. P., 84 years, Mar 21, husband of Mrs Maud Brandie, nee Sitts; father of George Brandie; brother of Alex Brandie, Mrs Elmer Armstrong, Mrs Mary Leffler and Mrs Chester Adkin
c4 Died – Mrs Michael Miller, nee Mary M. Schneckenburger, 71 years, Mar 21
Page 7
c4 Funeral – Clarence Richard Baker, Mar 22
c4 Funeral – Joseph Burns, Mar 22
c6 Born – Maria Susan White, daughter of R. F. & Mrs White, nee McNish; sister of Jolynn, Mar 17
c6 Died – Mrs Hester Phillips Armstrong, Mar 21
Page 8
c4 Photo – Miss Betty Lou Geddes; <Mrs C. L. Anthony; Mrs J. Murray Campbell; Mrs H. T. Pincombe
c4 Photo – Mrs C. L. Anthony; Mrs F. G. McDonald; Mrs Robert Lark; Mrs D. Grimstead; Mrs J. L. Cameron
Page 9
c2 Married – John Wesley Crooker, son of George Crooker to Dora Marie Howick, daughter of Jack Howick
Page 10
c5 Died – Mrs Julia VanDemaele, 60 years, Mar 22, wife of Frank VanDemaele; mother of Joseph and Marcel VanDemaele
c5 Died – J. Lorne Maxwell, 57 years, Mar 21, son of James & Harriet Maxwell; husband of Mrs Ella Maxwell, nee Kruger
23 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c2 Photo – Duncan McTavish, son of Archie McTavish
c5 Photo – Archie McTavish
c5 Photo – PO Kenneth Albert Jackson of St Thomas
c8 Died – Mrs Mary A. Birtch, 87 years, Mar 21, widow of William A. Birtch
Page 12
c1 Article – Kilmer Lumber, Aylmer sold to Beaver Lumber
24 March 1956
Page 1
c6 Died – Robert Allan Mercer, 54th year, Mar 23, husband of Mrs Ferrol Leila Mercer, nee Hartleib – Photo
Page 3
c5 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
Page 7
c3 Funeral – Harry W. McCart, Mar 23
c3 Funeral – Mrs Hilda May Selby, Mar 23
c3 Born – Jackie Lynn Barnhardt, daughter of Gordon & Margaret Barnhardt, Mar 23
c3 Born – Richard Harvey Nicholson, son of Harvey Nicholson; brother of Roddy, Wendy and Nancy, Mar 14
c3 Born – Charles Timothy and Karen Marie Wightman, twins of Charles & Mary Wightman, nee Caldwell, Mar 20, brother and sister of Kathy
c3 Died – Mrs Mary McIntyre Hayden, 81 years, Mar 24, widow of S. Benjamin Hayden
c3 Died – Mrs Isabel Allison Horton, Mar 23, widow of Edward A. Horton
c3 Died – Frank J. Jackson, 86 years, Mar 23
c3 Died – Robert Allan Mercer, Mar 23
c4 Photo – Mae Carter, 16, daughter of Mrs Marjorie Carter of Kingsmill
Page 8
c1 Photo – Aylmer Figure Skating Club Carnival – Judy VanPatter; Anne Smith; Carol Sturgiss; Gail Thornton; Barbara Barnum; Carolyn Hale; June Anne Martin; Mary Margaret Chalk
c1 Photo – Aylmer Figure Skating Club Carnival – Paulette Doan and Marlene Jukes
c2 Photo – East Elgin District High School Prom – Cathie Barnum; Doris McIvor; Donald Fick
c3 Article – Aylmer Figure Skating Club Carnival
c5 Photo – Aylmer Figure Skating Club Carnival – Janet Shaw; Dwight Grant; Sherry Davis; Mary Verdun
Page 10
c3 Photo – Albert L. Bruner and Thomas Hobbs
24 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Died – Frank J. Jackson, Mar 23 – Photo
c1 Photo – Aylmer Sales Barn
c2 Article – Aylmer Sales Barn
c7 Died – Mrs Isabel Allison Horton, Mar 23, widow of Edward A. Horton – Photo
Page 18
c1 Photo – St Joseph’s High School Girl’s Basketball team – Jean Loomis; Oltha Drozd; Mary Jane Campbell; Catherine McBrien; Marnie Agnew; Helen Skiendziel; Maureen Sheridan; Rena Lacrois; Ann Faulds; Norah Emery; Norman Kirkwood; Betty deRyk
c5 Photo – St Joseph’s High School Boy’s Basketball team – Jim Kaplanis; Paul Davis ;Bob Gilmore; Larry Regan; Dan Sharkey; Charles Butler; Danny Swift; Joe deRyk; John McManus; Joe Gilmore; Bob Reynaert; Jim McManus
Page 20
c2 Engagement – James Copp Rudd, son of A. K. Rudd to Marilyn Lois Hipkiss, daughter of Ernest J. Hipkiss
c3 Married – Kenneth Read to Dorothy Durfy
c4 Married – John Stewart Begg to Elizabeth Ann Cromwell
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Murray Ashton of St Thomas, 40th
c4 Engagement – Dalton Wilfred Campbell, son of Wilfred Campbell to Shirley Anne Frank, daughter of Gordon Frank
c4 Engagement – James Copp Rudd, son of A. K. Rudd to Marilyn Lois Hipkiss, daughter of Ernest J. Hipkiss
c4 Engagement – Melvin Glenn Bridge, son of E. E. Bridge to Lila Roesler, daughter of Eric Roesler
c4 Engagement – Duncan Carlyle Graham, son of James D. Graham to Alva Esther May Deline, daughter of Frank M. Deline
26 March 1956
Page 7
c1 Died – Clifford S. Selves, 59th year, Mar 26, son of John & Grace Selves; husband of Mrs Verna Selves, nee Wright; brother of John and Bert Selves and Mrs Mary Jacques
c3 Died – David Dawson, 18th year, Mar 25
c3 Died – Mrs Mary McIntyre Hayden, Mar 24
c3 Died – Miss E. May Howe, 56th year, Mar 26
c3 Died – Arnold A. Lindsay, 56 years, Mar 25
c3 Died – Duncan J. McDonald, 66 years, Mar 24
c3 Died – Arthur McGugan, 78 years, Mar 24
c3 Died – Robert Allan Mercer, Mar 23
c3 Died – Andrew M. Parish, 56 years, Mar 26
c3 Died – John Robert Player, 18th year, Mar 24
c3 Died – Clifford S. Selves, Mar 26
c4 Died – Duncan J. McDonald, 66 years, Mar 24
c4 Born – Patricia Ann Chamberlain, daughter of Carl Chamberlain; sister of Debra Lynn, Mar 25
c4 Born – Lawrence William Garrod, son of Charles Garrod; brother of Sheila, Lois and Leslie, Mar 22
c4 Born – Neil Donald Harvey, son of D. & Sylvia Harvey, nee Graham, Mar 20
c4 Born – Daughter of Glen Mills, Mar 23
c4 Born – Leslie Claire Wilkinson, daughter of William R. & Mary Catherine Wilkinson, nee McCarthy, Mar 22
c5 Funeral – Joshua Bobier, Mar 24
Page 8
c2 Died – Arthur McGugan, Mar 24
c3 Died – Andrew M. Parish, 56 years, Mar 26
c3 Died – Dr William E. Metcalfe, Mar 23
26 March 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Mrs Helen Beavis; Margaret Glass
c1 Photo – Mrs Joseph VanBree; Gar Reynolds; Sid Spence
c4 Photo – John Ewing; Reginald Stevens
c6 Article – Dr J. W. Crane of Iona Station
c7 Died – John Robert Player, 17 years, Mar 24 – Photo
Page 10
c3 Died – Arnold A. Lindsay, 56 years, Mar 25
Page 11
c6 Baptism – James Allan Bagnell, son of James Thomas Bagnell; Richard Wayne Pressey, son of Lloyd Roland Pressey
c6 Birthday – Deborah Johnson, 3rd, daughter of John E. Johnson of St Thomas
c8 Married – Edward Frazer Rule, son of Edward G. Rule to Gwenith Caroline Rayfield, daughter of Cecil F. Rayfield
27 March 1956
Page 3
c3 Photo – N. M. McDougall of St Thomas
Page 5
c3 Died – Phillip H. Learn, 93rd year, Mar 27
Page 6
c2 Article – George R. Whitton of Rodney, 90 years old
c2 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John Aggerholm of Rodney, 35th
Page 7
c2 Died – Chester E. Arniel, 48 years, Mar 26; son of Mrs Minnie Arniel; husband of Mrs Marian Arniel, nee Wright; father of Linda and Nancy Arniel; brother of Leonard, Marshall and Nelson Arniel, Mrs T. C. Matthews and Mrs R. L. Black
c2 Died – Mrs Violet McNeil, 37 years, Mar 25, daughter of Mrs Arthur Crowe; wife of Lawrence McNeil; mother of Mary McNeil; sister of Mrs Leo George and Mrs Mary Webb
c4 Funeral – Mrs E. A. Horton, Mar 26
c4 Funeral – Frank J. Jackson, Mar 26
c5 Born – Laurie Bruce Cushman, son of Ivan B. Cushman; brother of Donna and Linda, Mar 18
c5 Died – Miss E. May Howe, Mar 26
c5 Died – Phillip H. Learn, Mar 27
c5 Died – Arnold A. Lindsay, Mar 25
c5 Died – Andrew M. Parish, Mar 26
c5 Died – Clifford S. Selves, Mar 26
Page 8
c3 Died – Mrs Arthur J. Walker, nee Helen Fletcher, 78 years, Mar 26
c6 Died – Charles E. Berry, 78 years, Mar 25, brother of Walter Berry
Page 10
c3 Died – Bruce E. Lloyd, 71 years, Mar 25, husband of Mrs Cora Lloyd, nee Barker
Page 12
c3 Funeral – Charles Pirie, cousin of Mr & Mrs G. Brown and Roy, Mrs E. Elliott and Mrs A. Allen
Page 13
c4 Married – Mr & Mrs Donald Junior Wilson – Photo
c8 Married – John Nichols, son of L. B. C. Nichols to Patricia Cull
28 March 1956
Page 5
c6 Article – Alton A. Housley of St Thomas
Page 7
c2 Died – George E. Barnhardt, 60 years, Mar 27
c3 Died – George E. Barnhardt, 60 years, Mar 27
c3 Died – Phillip H. Learn, Mar 27
c4 Funeral – Mrs Mary M. Hayden, Mar 27
c4 Funeral – John R. Player, Mar 27
c4 Funeral – Arthur McGugan, Mar 27
28 March 1956
Second Section
Page 15
c3 Photo – Douglas Roseborough of Aylmer
Page 16
c3 Photo – Aylmer All Star PeeWee Hockey Team – Bob Lashbrook; Paul Smith; Brian VanPatter; David Verdun; John Heslop; Jerry Balcom; Paul Foy; Lee Nelles; Don Holmes; John Wilson; Allen Gibbons; Gary McConnell; Douglas Colquhoun; Terry Hudson; Pat McBrien; Stu Cassils; Fred Bone
Page 28
c2 Died – Mrs Olive Gignac, 92 years, Mar 26, widow of Alfred Gignac; sister of William Beaudoin
c5 Died – Mrs Mary Magdalen Miller, 72nd year
29 March 1956
Page 1
c7 Died – John Wilson, 22 years, Mar 28
c7 Died – Harry Player, 26 years, Mar 28 – Photo
Page 7
c3 Funeral – Andrew Mitchell Parish, Mar 28
c3 Funeral – Clifford S. Selves, Mar 28
c3 Funeral – R. A. ‘Al’ Mercer, Mar 27
c3 Memoriam – Walter Wilcox, Mar 29 1955, by wife Elva, son Kenneth and daughter-in-law Marjorie
c3 Memoriam – Edgar Bowlby, Mar 30 1955
c4 Born – Donald James O’Connor, son of T. W. & Joyce O’Connor, nee Pearson; brother of Tommy. Mar 25
c4 Died – George E. Barnhardt, 60 years, Mar 27
c4 Died – Phillip H. Learn, Mar 27
c4 Died – Charles Edward McGhee, 52nd year, Mar 29
c4 Died – Harry Player, Mar 28
c4 Died – Charles E. Stafford, 69 years, Mar 29
c4 Died – William Stark, 49 years, Mar 28
c4 Died – John Henry Wilson, Mar 28
c5 Died – Charles Edward McGhee, Mar 29
Page 8
c3 Married – Robert Hood to Mrs Ella Mailing
c4 Married – John Stewart Begg to Elizabeth Ann Cromwell
29 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c3 Died – Charles E. Stafford, 69 years, Mar 29
c4 Died – William Stark, 49 years, Mar 28
c5 Photo – Mac Walker; Hugh McIntyre Jr.; Jim Geddes; Con. Robert MacDonald; Con. Tim Slota
c6 Photo – Olive Pickston, daughter of James Pickston of St Thomas
c7 Article – Auto accident – Carol Swindells, 19, daughter of Jack Swindells; Mac Walker, 22, son of George Walker; Jim Geddes, 19, son of Dr William N. Geddes’ Bob Wakeling, 20, son of James Bonner; Hugh J. McIntyre Jr., 19, son of Fire Chief Hugh McIntyre; George G. Dingman, 31
c8 Photo – Carol Swindells; Mac Walker
Page 16
c3 Photo – Don Stokes of St Thomas
Page 18
c1 Article – Opening of 2 New Fina Stations
c1 Photo – W. F. ‘Bill’ Cassidy; John Zylstra; Clare Fox; H. ‘Lefty’ Harris; Jim Walker
31 March 1956
Page 1
c8 Died – Hugh F. Labatt, 73 years, Mar 30 – Photo
Page 2
c1 Funeral – Duncan McFarlane, 77 years, Mar 31
c2 Died – Mrs Amy Campbell Thorburn, Mar 29, daughter of Rev M. P. Campbell; wife of J. W. Thorburn; sister of Miss Bessie Campbell; aunt of Stanley K. Campbell
Page 6
c4 Photo – Spackman Motors, St Thomas – John P. Spackman; Douglas K. Bolt; William Bill Kettlewell; Jack Noble; George Austin; L. P. ‘Tony’ Moyes; Clark Brunette; Don Paterson; Jim Evans
Page 7
c2 Died – William Owen, 77 years, Mar 29, husband of Mrs Eva Owen, nee Gough
c3 Funeral – Arnold A. Lindsay, Mar 28
c3 Funeral – George E. Barnhardt, Mar 30
c3 Funeral – William Stark, Mar 30
c5 Born – Janell Marie Daniels, daughter of Harold Daniels; sister of Vickie Lynn, Mar 26
c5 Born – Karen Anne Hodgkinson, daughter of Bill Hodgkinson, Mar 28
c5 Born – Wendy Lynn Robertson, daughter of Ron & Sylvia Robertson, nee Ingrey, Mar 26
c5 Born – Gregory Ross Stokes, son of Donald R. & Mrs Stokes, nee McCormick; brother of Linda and Donna, Mar 26
c5 Died – Duncan McFarlane, Mar 31
c5 Died – Sandford Palmateer, 92nd year, Mar 29
c5 Died – Charles E. Stafford, Mar 29
c6 Memoriam – Edgar Bowlby, Mar 30 1955, by son Clarence, daughter-in-law Margaret
c6 Memoriam – Lydia Winter, Mar 31 1955; George Allen Winter, Apr 1 1937, by son Walter
Page 10
c3 Inquest – John Wilson and Harry Player of Aylmer
c3 Died – Mrs Mary Giroux, 88 years, Mar 29, wife of Joseph Giroux
c6 Died – Frank Ball, 73 years
31 March 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Janet and Robin Metcalf
c1 Photo – Skip Mortin and daughter Janet
c1 Photo – Bill Murphy
c4 Photo – George Williams
c6 Photo – Archie Campbell
Page 12
c1 Died – Chelsea S. Becker, 79 years, husband of Mrs Minnie Becker, nee Cudney
c3 Died – Robert Pinchen, 50 years, son of Albert Thomas & Sarah Ann Pinchen, nee Day; husband of Mrs Annie Pinchen, nee Gunn
c4 Photo – Adrian Cattryse of Straffordville; Dean Smith of Port Stanley; Kenneth Scholl
c4 Photo – Louis Botte; Julian Cattrysse; Marcel VandeMaele; Lucien Cattryse; George DeMeyere; Joseph VandeMaele
Page 15
c5 Photo – R. A. Jones; Mrs Fred Hill; Mrs R. E. Heydon; Mrs J. C. Penhale; Miss C. G. McIntyre; Mrs Eileen Clark
Page 16
c1 Photo – Ron Pronger of St Thomas
c5 Photo – Ron Pronger; Keith Anderson; Bob Vaughan; Bob Cook
Page 17
c2 Photo – Dr Bill Riseborough; Alf Thomas; Mrs E. P. Ray; Mrs Kay Sanderson; Art Peart; Mrs Laing MacDowell; Bob Leith
Page 18
c3 Photo – St Thomas PeeWee All Stars – Tom Quinlan, coach; Brian Vaughan; Pat Fox; Bob Brown; Ed Batty; Don Pook; Bob Hutton; Dave Michener; Gary Weller; Roger Taylor; Jim Cooke, assistant coach; Ted Long; Murray Smith; John Cambridge; Bruce Hill; Ray Dorans; Bob Brown; Bev Clark; Ron Griffin
Page 22
c2 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John B. Sweet of Kingsmill, 71st
c3 Married – Peter Yeandle to Marlene Winkworth
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Burton S. Davis of St Thomas, 25th
c4 Engagement – Morley Leonard Wallen, son of Leonard Wallen to Elizabeth May Jack, daughter of William Jack
c4 Engagement – Gordon Thomas Baker, son of Morley Baker to Shirley Ann Stevens, daughter of W. L. Stevens
c4 Engagement – Jack Raymond Cook, son of S. B. Cook to Kathleen Yvonne Palmer, daughter of Percy Palmer
c5 Married – Melvin Glenn Bridge, son of E. E. Bridge to Lila Roesler, daughter of Eric Roesler
c6 Married – William N. Christie to Valerie Lou Tanner, granddaughter of Mrs Mae Tanner
c6 Engagement – William Warren Downie, son of Fred Downie to Marie Mitchell Quinton, daughter of Frank Quinton
c7 Engagement – Morley Leonard Wallen, son of Leonard Wallen to Elizabeth May Jack, daughter of William Jack – Photo
2 April 1956
Page 1
c2 Died – Joseph W. Nosewothy, 67 years, Mar 31 – Photo
Page 6
c1 Funeral – Mrs Amy Campbell Thorburn, Mar 31
c1 Died – Donna Landick, 11 years, Mar 31, sister of Margaret, Darlene and John Landick; granddaughter of William Henry Griffin; niece of John Paul Porchak
Page 7
c2 Memoriam – Harry Bruce Barnes, Apr 1 1950, by Bettie and Jack
c2 Memoriam – Percy E. Taylor, Apr 2 1950, by daughter June
c3 Born – Paula Diane Barney, daughter of Robert R. & Mrs Barney, nee Crooker; sister of Robbie, Mar 20
c3 Born – Daniel Joseph Clarke, son of Blair C. & Georgia Clarke, nee McAvay, Mar 29
c3 Born – Lawrence Kenneth Sanguine, son of K. & Shirley Sanguine, nee McGennis, Mar 29
c3 Born – Gregory Ross Stokes, son of Donald R. Stokes, Mar 21
c3 Died – Miss Margaret Christina Kerr, Mar 31
c3 Died – Michael Joseph McManus, 79 years, Apr 1
c3 Died – George Mott, 84 years, Apr 1
c3 Died – John W. Robilliard, 74th year, Apr 1
c3 Died – Nathan Ryan, 74 years, Mar 31, brother of Mrs Frances Gordon
c3 Died – Stanley John Smith, 69 years, Apr 2, father of Mrs Cyril (Ruby) Jackson, Mrs William (Marjorie) Payne, Mrs Grant (Dorothy) Lovell, Mrs George (Eileen) Saunders, Mrs jack (Audrey) Wood and Charles S. Smith; brother of Mrs Daisy Oldham
c4 Died – Mrs Clara Gallagher, 74th year, wife of Henry Gallagher
c4 Funeral – Miss Vera Gammon, Mar 23
c4 Funeral – Duncan McFarlane
2 April 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Died – Michael Joseph McManus, 79 years, Apr 1
c2 Died – Nathan Ryan, 74 years, Mar 31, son of Nathan & Frances Ryan
c3 Died – John W. Robilliard, 74th year, Apr 1
c4 Died – Miss Margaret Christina Kerr, Mar 31
c7 Died – Stanley John Smith, 69 years, Apr 2
Page 11
c1 Died – George Mott, 84 years, Apr 1
Page 16
c4 Photo – Gene Bear and John Schrigley of Mer-Lin Motors
3 April 1956
Page 6
c2 Died – Thomas Grieve, 86 years, Apr 2, husband of Mrs Margaret Grieve, nee Gartly; father of George Grieve and Mrs Orville (Mary) Smith; brother of Robert, Russell and James Grieve and Mrs Janet Gartly
Page 7
c4 Born – Timothy Harold Collard, son of William Collard, Apr 2
c4 Born – Allan Douglas Smith, son of F. H. Smith; brother of Paul; Mar 29
c4 Born – Linda Marie Lyle, daughter of Hugh & Donna Lyle; sister of Glenn and Judy, Apr 2
c4 Born – Vicki Lynn Sivyer, daughter of Alfred E. & Betty Sivyer, nee Wraight, Mar 31
c4 Died – George Silas House, 73 years, Apr 3
c4 Died – Michael Joseph McManus, Apr 1
c4 Died – George Mott, Apr 1
c4 Died – John W. Robilliard, Apr 1
c4 Funeral – Charles E. Stafford, Apr 2
c4 Memoriam – Leonard Bayliss, Apr 3 1949
c4 Memoriam – John Graham. Apr 3 1951, by daughter Dorothy
3 April 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c2 Photo – Maj. Grant Savage; Bob Vaughan; Art Cooper
c2 Photo – PO Donald Swift; PO Anthony Burnett
c3 Died – George Silas House, 73 years, Apr 3
c4 Photo – Chris G. Forberg of St Thomas
c5 Died – Mrs Arthur E. Greenhead, nee Lily Eaton, Mar 31; mother of Vernon, Walter, George and Fred Greenhead; sister of Mrs George Howard, Leroy and Frank Eaton
c8 Photo – Robert C. Smith; James N. Campbell
c8 Article – T. W. Oates, husband of Mrs Alberta Oates, nee Anderson; brother-in-law of Mrs Ella Laidlaw
c8 Died – Samuel David Anderson, 66 years, Apr 2
Page 10
c4 Married – Peter Yeandle to Marlene Winkworth
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Carman Ball of Eden, 50th
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Joseph Chipchase of Aylmer, 40th
Page 12
c4 Photo – St Thomas Merchants Hockey champs – Charlie Beer; Wayne Neal; Ron Pronger; Bob Vaughan; Bill Johnson; John Beer; Jim Cooke; Keith Anderson; Bob Cook; Fred Kelso; Art Cooper, coach; Lorne Wintermute; Doug McDowell; George Taylor; Bob Lynch
Page 16
c2 Married – Phillip Mason Pearce, son of Harold W. Pearce to Evelyn Florence Franklin, daughter of Verne L. Franklin
c3 Baptism – Debra Marion Hunt, daughter of George Hunt; Philip Frank Stubbs, son of Frank Stubbs; Robert Ronald Soper, son of R. Soper; Deborah Leigh Brooks, daughter of H. D. Brooks; William Paul Nelson, son of W. H. Nelson
c4 Died – Mrs Alice Lade, 83 years, Apr 1, widow of James Lade
c4 Funeral – Harry Player, Mar 31
c4 Funeral – Phillip H. Learn, Mar 30
c4 Funeral – Miss E. May Howe, Mar 28
c4 Funeral – Morley C. Chute, Mar 27
c4 Funeral – John Henry Wilson, Mar 31
4 April 1956
Page 1
c2 Died – John Bruner, 19 years, Apr 4
c3 Photo – Fatal Crash of John Bruner
Page 5
c5 Died – Joseph Garbowski, 58th year, Apr 2, husband of Mrs Julie Pasternak Garbowski; father of Mrs J. P. (Olga) Fedorek, Mrs Alyre (Jean) Theriault, Walter, Joseph, Michael and Stanley Garbowski; uncle of Peter Garbowski
c6 Died – Fred Porter, 88th year, Apr 2 – Photo
Page 7
c2 Photo – Easter Egg Hunt – Gary Withenshaw; James Herbert; David Mathers; Larry Walker; John Davidson; Lynne Welch; Ray Woolley; Kim Eggleston; Gerald Hughes; Sharon Marshall
c3 Died – Mrs Nellie Gertrude Beal, 49 years, Apr 3, wife of Albert W. Beal
c3 Died – George Silas House, Apr 3
c3 Died – Fred Porter, Apr 3
c4 Funeral – Nathan Ryan, Apr 3
c4 Funeral – Miss Margaret C. Kerr, Apr 3
c4 Funeral – Sanford Palmateer, Apr 2
c5 Died – Frank O’Connor, 56 years, Apr 3
c5 Memoriam – Edna Maud Kessel, Apr 4 1943, by daughter Mrs John Mudry
c5 Memoriam – Grace Treleaven, Apr 4 1955, by son Campbell, daughter-in-law Theresa, Gail and Helen
Page 8
c3 Married – Frank Fishleigh to Mary Leath Burke – Photo
Page 9
c4 Married – Kenneth M. Ferguson to Betty Louise McCully
4 April 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – James Duffin of Thorndale
c1 Article – R. E. Fraser of Dutton sells Creamery
c3 Photo – Gerald Hughes, 13, of St Thomas; Mrs H. G. Medland
c3 Photo – Danny Bingeman of St Thomas
c3 Photo – Lt. Col. Warren A. Andrews
c3 Died – Walter H. Fonger, 71 years, Mar 31, brother of Mrs Hazel Lethbridge and Bert Fonger
c5 Died – Mrs Nellie Gertrude Beal, 49 years, Apr 3, wife of Albert W. Beal
c6 Photo – Rev J. T. P. Nichols of Central United Church
Page 14
c2 Photo – Kenneth Brady of Aylmer
Page 24
c2 Photo – Jack Sullivan and William Hill of St Thomas
5 April 1956
Page 3
c8 Died – Mrs Mary Ellen Hardwick, Apr 2, widow of Arthur Hardwick
Page 7
c4 Died – Mrs Nellie Gertrude Beal, 49 years, Apr 3, wife of Albert W. Beal
c4 Died – James Frederick Hepburn, 72 years, Apr 5
c4 Died – Clair Alfred Horton, 46th year, Apr 5
c4 Died – Malcolm C. ‘Mike’ Patterson, 74 years, Apr 3
c4 Died – Mrs Lena Penwarden, Apr 4, widow of John E. Penwarden
c4 Died – Fred Porter, Apr 3
c5 Funeral – Michael J. McManus, Apr 4
c5 Funeral – John W. Robilliard, Apr 4
c5 Memoriam – Archie Earl Abbott, Apr 5 1955, by daughter Edna
c5 Memoriam – Mrs Doris Ford, mother of Gordon and Marjorie Ford; daughter of Henry Pearce, Apr 5 1944
c5 Memoriam – Emily C. Sutton, Apr 6 1947; Richard Sutton, Apr 5 1951, by Richard H. Sutton, Mr & Mrs H. E. Sutton, and C. F. Sutton
Page 8
c4 Married – Mr & Mrs John Stewart Begg – Photo
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Basil Thurston of St Thomas, 40th
c5 Married – Mr & Mrs Robert J. Hood – Photo
Page 12
c1 Article – Dempsey Jewellery of Port Stanley
Page 14
c1 Died – J. Joseph Breen Sr., son of Mrs Sarah Breen; husband of Mrs Mildred Breen; father of John J. Jr. and Richard M. Breen, Mrs Frank Gleason, Rose Marie and Mary Ellen Breen; brother of Vina Breen and Mrs Terese Jarvis
5 April 1956
Second Section
Page 15
c1 Died – Miss Mary Jane McBride, 89th year, Apr 4, daughter of Peter & Margaret McBride
c1 Article – Milton Bailey Robinson of Aylmer
c1 Photo – Elgin Co-operative Service, St Thomas
c3 Died – James Frederick Hepburn, 72 years, Apr 5
c3 Article – Glen Bradley Peters, 37, of Aylmer
c4 Photo – Mrs Donald Smith of Aylmer
c6 Died – John Bruner, 19, Apr 4, son of Wilbert Bruner
c7 Died – Clair Alfred Horton, 46 years, Apr 5
c7 Died – Mrs Lena Penwarden, Apr 4, widow of John E. Penwarden
Page 16
c3 Photo – Aylmer PeeWee Hockey – Harold Pratt, assistant coach; Cliff Simpson, coach; Donald Holmes; Stu Cassils; John Heslop
6 April 1956
Page 7
c3 Funeral – George S. House, Apr 5
c4 Memoriam – Rev J. Harold Brooke, 30th year, Apr 6 1954, by parents, by Grandma Gillett, Forest and Maxine
c4 Memoriam – Richard Thomas Kessel, Apr 6 1953, by daughter Mrs John Mudry
c5 Died James Frederick Hepburn. Apr 5
c5 Died – Clair Alfred Horton, Apr 5
c5 Died – Mrs Caroline Margaret Patterson, nee Crawford, 80th year, Apr 5, widow of William James Patterson; mother of Mrs Arthur (Dorothy) Hodgins and Walter Robert Woods
c5 Died – Mrs Lena Penwarden, Apr 4
6 April 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Tom Matsumoto; Don Cadogan; Bob Bolt; John Cowlard
c3 Photo – Mrs Caroline Margaret Patterson, nee Crawford, 80th year, Apr 5, daughter of William Crawford; widow of William James Patterson
c4 Inquest – death of Clair Alfred Horton, Apr 5
c6 Photo – Mary Jane Campbell; Olga Drozd; Daniel Swift; Robert Gilmore
Page 11
c6 Married – Wilfred Manning Jr., so of Wilfred L. Manning to Ferrol Ann Mercer, daughter of Robert Allan Mercer
7 April 1956
Page 2
c4 Died – Mrs Flora Buchanan, nee Currie, 88 years, Apr 6, widow of Malcolm Buchanan
Page 6
c5 Died – Mrs Henry A. Harrison, nee Emma Selina Tyler, 70 years, Apr 4, mother of Wilfred, Ralph, Donald and Roy Harrison and Mrs R. (Ila) Turney
Page 7
c2 Photo – Walter A. B. ‘Bunker’ Hill of St Thomas
c4 Funeral – Malcolm C. Patterson, Apr 6
c4 Funeral – Stanley J. Smith, Apr 4
c4 Funeral – Mrs Nellie Bal, Apr 6
c4 Memoriam – Mrs Cora McCallum. Apr 8 1955, by grandson Leo
c5 Born – William Kim Donovan, son of William & Mrs Donovan, nee Wilson; brother of Janie, Apr 4
c5 Born – Daughter of James A. & Marion Stewart, nee Clark, Apr 6
c5 Died – Mrs Flora Buchanan, Apr 6
Page 9
c3 Photo – George Margetts; M. S. Cogan; Joseph Dunwoody; L. W. Horning; E. F. Bloom; B. S. Davies; Chancey Depew
Page 11
c3 Photo – Alex Connor; Stewart Williams; Morris Jones; John Stevens; Mrs Williams and Mrs Jones
Page 12
c1 Died – Vera Beatrice Marshall, sister of Leigh Rycroft
c4 Photo – Ruth Bremner; Betty Udell; Ruth Walsh; June Walsh
7 April 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – Det. Ted Cohoe; Sgt. Fred Davey
c2 Photo – Don Grass of Vienna
c3 Photo – Hugh Shackleton of Springfield
c7 Photo – Mrs Harold Hodges of St Thomas
Page 14
c3 William Newson; J. C. Donaldson; T. E. Clarke; David Jones; Robert Dowler; Danny Neil
c5 Birthday – William H. Leighfield of Port Rowan, 96th
c6 Died – Mrs Howard Brown, mother of Alfred and Gordon Brown, Mrs Earl Bullard and Betty Ann Brown
Page 16
c1 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Charles W. Rainbow, nee Georgina Diamond of St Thomas, 55th
c6 Married – William Arthur Pettit, son of A. L. Pettit to Dorothy Agnes Rolling, daughter of A. L. Bucke
Page 17
c3 Married – Warren McCallum Beck, son of Mrs Thelma Beck to Carolyn Isobel Voaden, daughter of Carl Voaden
c7 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
Page 18
c3 Photo – Aylmer PeeWee All-stars – Cliff Ellis, trainer; Bob Heslop, president; Cliff Simpson, chief coach; Harold Pratt, team coach; players not named
c3 Photo – Aylmer PeeWee All-stars – John Wilson; Stu Cassils; Gary McConnell
Page 24
c2 Married – Mr & Mrs Wilfred Manning Jr. – Photo
c4 Engagement – John Patrick Mulligan, son of J. Mulligan to Lauretta Winnifred Neving, daughter of Thomas Neving
c4 Engagement – Louis Ferdinand German, son of Henry Louis German to Constance Aileen Bradt, daughter of John Bradt
c6 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John Innes Stewart, nee Lillian Thompson of St Thomas, 50th – Photo
c6 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Murray Ashton of New Sarum, 40th
c7 Married – James Clow to Laura Stewart
c7 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs D. F. Porter of Winnipeg, 50th
9 April 1956
Page 7
c1 Died – Elwood L. Moore, 64 years, Apr 9, husband of Mrs Iva Moore, nee High
c3 Funeral – Miss Mary Jane McBride, Apr 7
c3 Funeral – Mrs Lena Penwarden, Apr 7
c3 Funeral – Claire Alfred Horton, Apr 7
c4 Died – William Walker, 76 years, Apr 8
c4 Born – David James Killey, son of Thomas A. & Mrs Killey, nee Coville; brother of Randall Thomas, Apr 9
c4 Died – George Albert Chalk, 89 years, Apr 7
c4 Died – Percival Norman Haight, 76 years, Apr 8
c4 Died – Elwood L. Moore, Apr 9
c4 Died – William Walker, Apr 8
c4 Died – Mrs Margaret Louise Webb, 86 years, Apr 8, widow of Walter Webb
c6 Memoriam – Mrs Maggie Riley, Apr 8 1947, by sister Mabel Whalls and brother Hayward Timewell
c6 Memoriam – Frank Folland, Apr 9 1954, by wife Daisy and son Bill
Page 10
c1 Died – Alcide Groulx, 81 years, Apr 6, widow of Mrs Josephine Groulx, nee Blais
9 April 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c2 Fire – Home of Arthur Egan, St Thomas – Photo
c4 Photo – Rev John L. Duncan of Trinity Anglican Church, St Thomas
c5 Died – Mrs Walter Webb, Apr 8
c5 Died – Percival Norman Haight, Apr 8
c5 Died – Alvin L. Hunter, 54 years, Apr 7, husband of Mrs Margaret Hunter, nee Pride
c7 Photo – Dr C. F. Hoffman and Miss Jessie O’Neil of St Thomas Health Unit
c8 Photo – Fred J. Armour of St Thomas
Page 12
c1 Died – George A. Chalk, Apr 7
c1 Article – Aylmer Figure Skating Club
c2 Funeral – Fred Porter, Apr 6
Page 13
c5 Married – Walter Person to Mrs Lillian Hontz
c5 Married – Joseph Antonius Romel, son of Gerard Romel to Anise Leona Vuylsteke, daughter of Henry Vuylsteke
c7 Married – William Llewellyn Baldwin, son of Verne Baldwin to Donna Marie Franklin, daughter of Clarence Franklin
c7 Married – Ervin Charlton ‘Ted’ Robbins, son on of Charlton Robbins to Carol Anne Franklin, daughter of Clarence Franklin
10 April 1956
Page 2
c3 Died – John Paul, 65 years, Apr 9 – Photo
Page 5
c4 Died – Mrs Annie McIntyre, 92 years, Apr 9, widow of Duncan D. McIntyre
Page 6
c1 Article – Joseph Prohaszka Sr. of Niagara Falls and son Joseph Prohaszka Jr. of West Lorne
Page 7
c2 Funeral – Mrs Flora Buchanan, Apr 9
c5 Born – Stanley Brian Brown, son of Floyd & Mrs Brown, nee Leeson, Apr 8
c5 Born – Cindy Lou Roloson, daughter of F. A. Roloson; sister of Debbie, Apr 2
c5 Born – Son of Earle & Juanita Smart, nee Bennett, Apr 7
c5 Born – Daughter of James A. & Marion Stewart, nee Clarke, Apr 6
c5 Born – Stephen James Stokes, son of Kenneth K. & Hilda Stokes, nee Lowe; brother of Patricia and Susan, Apr 7
c5 Died – Elwood L. Moore, Apr 9
c5 Died – John Paul, Apr 9
Page 8
c3 Photo – Johnnie Pfeffer and Arthur Hawley of Yarmouth
10 April 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Tom Keith; J. Arnold Elliott; R. W. Johnson; W. C. Miller; Dr Perry S. Dobson; Stan Gilbert; Dr J. D. Curtis; Dr R. A. Gilbert
c1 Photo – Ernie Halpenny; Fred G. McAlister; Robert F. Weber; Art Martin; Archie L. Campbell; Marshall Woods; Dr Ernest A. Reid
c4 Photo – Lorna Swift; William Palmer; Sandra Higginbottom; George Walker
c5 Photo – Sharon Spackman; Evelyn Shaver; Joanne Gilchrist; William Murray
Page 10
c3 Photo – home of William Greer, Aylmer
Page 13
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Alfred Hughes of Denfield, 50th – Photo
c4 Married – William VanTassel to Violet Marie Thompson
c5 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Burton Davis of St Thomas, 25th
c6 Married – Cameron J. Thorpe, son of Oswald J. Thorpe to Patricia Marilyn Thomas, daughter of Hon. Fletcher S. Thomas
c7 Birthday – Mrs Lee Beaupre of St Thomas, 77th
c7 Married – Samuel Peter Yeandle to Marlene Ida Winkworth
c8 Married – Willard Ernest Latimer to Edith Barbara Bradish
Page 18
c3 Photo – N. M. McDougall of St Thomas
11 April 1956
Page 1
c1 Article – Alvin Leatherdale of Fingal and sons Alvin Jr., 11 and Paul, 7 – Photo
Page 5
c3 Died – Kenneth Erle Green, 54 years, Apr 11 – Photo
Page 6
c6 Died – Frederick H. Summers, Apr 10. son of Louis & Laura Summers; brother of Mrs Irene Whiting, Mrs Ella Ladd and Mrs Gertrude Miller
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Frances Plant, Apr 10, widow of Garnet Plant
c3 Inquest – Clair Alfred Horton, 45 years, Apr 2
c3 Funeral – Mrs Margaret Louise Webb, Apr 10
c3 Funeral – Percival Norman Haight, Apr 10
c3 Funeral – William Walker, Apr 10
c4 Born – Joseph Donald Fernand St Amour, son of Fred & Donna St Amour, nee Sargent, Mar 26
c4 Died – Ernest A. Caughell, 80 years, Apr 10
c4 Died – Kenneth Erle Green, Apr 11
c4 Died – Mrs Annie McKillop, 76th year, Apr 10
c4 Memoriam – Lillian E. Lankin, Apr 9 1949, by husband Roy Lankin and son James
Page 8
c5 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Charles W. Rainbow of St Thomas, 55th
c5 Christening – Julia Dawn McAffer, daughter of Archie McAffer
Page 9
c3 Married – Donald Frederick Cowell, son of Cecil Frederick Cowell to Alyce Olwen Sanders, daughter of William Henry Sanders
c4 Married – Glen Chester Palmer, son of George Palmer to Hazel Deanna Lubick, daughter of Daniel & Viva Lubick – Photo
Page 10
c1 Birthday – Mrs James Balfour of Belmont, nee Susanna Francis, 90th – Photo; daughter of Robert & Rebecca Francis; sister of Thomas, Joseph and George Francis and Mrs W. Riley; mother of Mrs Stanley (Ardell) Piper and Mrs C. (Marguerite) Leitch
Page 11
c5 Married – Lyle York, son of E. Yorke to Elizabeth Yvonne Lashbrook, daughter of G. Gaydon
11 April 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Died – Ernest A. Caughell, 80 years, Apr 10, son of George Caughell
c2 Photo – R. G. Whitelaw; Hugh McIntyre; Jack Stirling; Martin S. Hurst; Lt. Col. Warren A. Andrews
c3 Died – Mrs Annie McKillop, 76th year, Apr 10, widow of Daniel D. McKillop
c4 Photo – Roy Hillis; Brig. Whitelaw
c5 Inquest – John Wilson and Harry Player
c7 Photo – Jack Gowdey of St Thomas
Page 14
c3 Photo – Construction of Vienna Catholic School
12 April 1956
Page 1
c4 Article – Paul Leatherdale, 7, of Fingal
Page 5
c2 Died – Ralph Gee, Apr 10, son of Mrs H. A. Baker; father of Mrs W. R. Hill; brother of Clarence Gee and Mrs W. A. Crockett
c4 Died – Mrs Thursa D. Hewer, Apr 12, widow of Josiah Hewer
c5 Died – Elvin Earl Hopper, 62 years, Apr 12
c6 Died – Mrs Catherine Alexander, nee Hagan, 89 years, Apr 10
Page 7
c3 Memoriam – Earl Soper, Apr 12 1950, by wife Bessie
c4 Funeral – Mrs Annie McIntyre, Apr 11
c4 Funeral – John Paul, Apr 11
c5 Died – Ernest A. Caughell, Apr 10
c5 Died – Kenneth Erle Green, Apr 11
c5 Died – Mrs Thursa D. Hewer, Apr 12
c5 Died – Elvin Earl Hopper, Apr 12
c5 Died – M. Archie McCallum, 75 years, Apr 11
c5 Died – Miss Annie Taylor Paton, 98 years, Apr 12
c6 Born – Larry David Dickhout, son of Ward & Irene Dickhout, nee Legg, Apr 6
Page 9
c4 Photo – Miss Muriel Barwell and Miss Ingeborg Anderson of St Thomas
12 April 1956
Second Section
Page 15
c1 Died – Miss Annie Taylor Paton, 98 years, Apr 12, daughter of David Paton she was adopted by Donald MacNish of Fingal
c1 Photo – Dr Edward Johnson; Mrs C. J. Taylor; Miss Maxine Harper; Mrs Steele Sifton; Dr Perry Dobson; David Brewster
c2 Fire – Home of Clayton Miller, Orwell – Photo
c5 Died – Michael V. Sullivan, 53 years, Apr 11
c6 Died – Maitland Archie McCallum, 75 years, Apr 12
c6 Photo – D. M. Halpenny; A. V. Coulter; A. H. Richardson; James Barker; P. L. Pressey; Ward McKenna; Charles Johnson
Page 16
c1 Photo – Aylmer RCAF Graduates – FO F. W. Cable; FO . Illing; FO T. Austin; Sq. Lead. W. J. McIndoo; FO . D. Wyatt; FO E. A. Waters; FO D. H. Harley; FO W. J. Forbes; FO J. Mitchell; FO F. Barclay; FO W. G. Archibald; FO J. H. Martin; FO J. Night; PO R. F. Cowie; FO I. F. Flemming; FO D. W. Eggins; FO Taugio Tanaka; PO Keith Jackson; FO H. L. McCormick; FO M. B. Hope
c1 Married – Alwyn McGregor Howe, son of George Howe to Katharine Irene Foster, daughter of T. H. Foster
c3 Funeral – George Albert Chalk, Apr 10
Page 22
c2 Photo – Harris Babcock; Tommy Nelson; Ken Lampman; Tom Johnstone
13 April 1956
Page 5
c2 Died – Mrs Marjorie Jean Duffy, 26 years, Apr 13, daughter of David Steele; wife of Cpl. Frank Duffy; mother of Sean, Thomas and Ann Louise Duffy; sister of Fraser Steele and Mrs David (Helen) Jeeves
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Gertrude Fenn, nee Rush, 73 years, Apr 11, daughter of Charles & Annie Rush; widow of Fern Gray; wife of Arthur Fenn; mother of Garfield Lee, Mrs Robert (Ella) Barham, Mrs Harley (Helen) Schultz, Mrs Harry (Pauline) Frank and Edna
c3 Died – Thomas Beattie, 51 years, Apr 13
c6 Born – Jerry Charles Nethercott, son of Charles S. & Marilyn Nethercott, nee Neave, Apr 9
c6 Died – Thomas Beattie, Apr 13
c6 Died – Miss Flora Cattanach, Apr 13
c6 Died – Mrs Marjorie Jean Duffy, Apr 13, wife of Frank Duffy
c6 Died – Mrs Arthur Fenn, Apr 11
c6 Died – Mrs Hannah ‘Annie’ Harlow, 80 years, Apr 13
c6 Died – Mrs Thursa D. Hewer, Apr 12
c6 Died – Elvin Erle Hopper, Apr 12
c6 Died – Miss Annie Taylor Paton, Apr 12
Page 8
c3 Married – John Robert Groom to Jean Sinclair Littlejohn
c4 Married – Mr & Mrs Reginald William Gagen – Photo
c4 Married – Donald Archibald Milliken, son of John L. Milliken to Leola Marjorie McMinn, daughter of Lawrence McMinn
c5 Married – Reginald William Gagen to Audrey Marilyn Smale
13 April 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Died – Miss Flora Cattanach, Apr 13
c1 Photo – Dr C. I. Coburn; Gordon Budd
c1 Photo – Darryl Till; Karen Henderson; Jim Butcher
c5 Photo – Carolyn Morley
c7 Article – Paul Leatherdale of Fingal
c8 Died – Miss Annie Harlow, Apr 13
Page 12
c4 Married – Claude James Curtis, son of E. Curtis to Marion Lucille Willison, daughter of Fred Willison
14 April 1956
Page 1
c6 Photo – R. W. Purcell; William F. Hayes; H. J. Gahan
Page 7
c1 Died – Edward Babbs, brother-in-law of Mrs J. Miller and B. C. Cormack
c2 Died – Mrs Alma Maude Freeman Buchanan, 78 years, Apr 13, daughter of E. B. Freeman; widow of Sen. W. A. Buchanan
c3 Died – Mrs Sophia Moriartey, nee Chapman, 73rd year, Apr 13, daughter of William Henry & Ann Chapman, nee Case; widow of Robert Moriartey; mother of Kathleen Moriartey; sister of Mrs George Brown and Mrs Emily Clark
c3 Funeral – Archie McCallum, Apr 13
c3 Funeral – Kenneth E. Green, Apr 13
c5 Died – Mrs Annie Robbins, nee North, 83rd years, Apr 14, widow of Charles A. Robbins
c5 Memoriam – Baby Dale Martin, Apr 15 1948, by Mother, Dad, Tena and Blaine
c5 Memoriam – Mrs Eva Rice, Apr 14 1955, by son Don and Pauline; by son Marvin and sister Muriel
c5 Memoriam – Veda Maude Stewart, Apr 15 1950; Vera (Stewart) Coopes, Jan 25 1955
c5 Memoriam – Veda (Potticary) Stewart, Apr 15 1950
c6 Born – Terry Charles Nethercott, son of Charles S. & Marilyn Nethercott, nee Neave, Apr 9
c6 Died – Thomas Beattie, Apr 13
c6 Died – Miss Flora Cattanach, Apr 13
c6 Died – Mrs Marjorie Jean Duffy, Apr 13
c6 Died – Elvin Earl Hopper, Apr 12
c6 Died – Mrs Sophia Moriartey, Apt 13
c6 Died – Mrs Annie Laura Robbins, Apr 14
c6 Died – Mrs Hazel Wilson, 49 years, Apr 13, wife of Wilfred Wilson
Page 10
c2 Died – Mrs Hazel Wilson, 49 years, Apr 13, wife of Wilfred Wilson
14 April 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Article – Mrs Zola Marshall and Henry Felder both of Aldborough
Page 13
c3 Photo – Sharon Dennis; Janice Parker and Milton Goble all of SS No 6, South Dorchester School
Page 15
c7 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
Page 22
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John I. Stewart of St Thomas, 50th
c4 Engagement – John Robert Smith, son of Lloyd R. C. Smith to Nancy Marlene Carr, daughter of Chester Carr
c4 Engagement – Edward Walter Matthews, son of Walter Matthews to Jean Martha Beckett, daughter of Reid Beckett
c5 Married – Mr & Mrs Willard Ernest Latimer – Photo
c6 Married – Duncan C. Graham to Alva E. M. Deline
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs Alwyn McGregor Howe – Photo
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs William Arthur Pettit – Photo
16 April 1956
Page 2
c4 Died – Arthur Priddle, 63 years, Apr 15
Page 6
c7 Funeral – Peter D. McKellar, 87 years, Apr 16, husband of Mrs Janet E. McKellar, nee Jamieson; father of Wilfred McKellar
Page 7
c1 Died – Mrs Lucy Tripp, 76 years, Apr 16, widow of Albert Tripp
c2 Died – Mrs Daisy Payne, 75 years, Apr 15, widow of Arthur C. Payne
c3 Photo – Robert Purcell and Harold J. Gahan
c3 Memoriam – Mary Burgar, Apr 16 1954
c3 Memoriam – Elizabeth Harris, Apr 16 191; Thomas Harris, July 15 1931
c3 Born – Daughter of Keith & Dorothy McKay, nee Coulter; sister of Janet, Apr 11
c3 Died – F. Lt. William Gray Goodeve, 35th year, Apr 15
c3 Died – Mrs Arthur C. Payne, Apr 15
c3 Died – Arthur Priddle, Apr 15
c3 Died – Mrs Annie Laura Robbins, Apr 14
c4 Funeral – Mrs Gertrude Fenn, Apr 14
c4 Funeral – Miss Annie Taylor Paton, Apr 14
c4 Funeral – Miss Hannah Harlow, Apr 14
c4 Funeral – Mrs Annie McKillop, Apr 13
Page 8
c5 Photo – Auto/motor cycle crash – George Ferguson, 23, of Aylmer and Robert Cook of St Thomas
16 April 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Died – F. Lt. William Gray Goodeve, 35th year, Apr 15, husband of Mrs Mary Doreen Goodeve, nee Carruthers – Photo of both
c1 Photo – Mr & Mrs Mario Melchoir and daughter Shirley; George T. Cutten; Stanley Thorpe; Mrs Aleta Martin
c4 Photo – Dr C. A. Cleland; F. S. Sanders; Ken Charlesworth; Karl M. Knapp; A. Z. Baker; Frank McDonald; Peter Laing
c4 Photo – Donald Fleming; Frank D. Sawyer; Pat Vincent; Miss Vera Mason
c6 Photo – Home of LAC & Mrs Dennis C. Rodgers, Fourth Ave., Aylmer
Page 11
c4 Married – Jack Raymond Cook to Kathleen Yvonne Palmer – Photo
c4 Married Duncan Carlyle Graham, son of James D. Graham to Alva Esther May Deline, daughter of Frank M. Deline
c5 Married – James Copp Rudd., son of A. K. Rudd to Marilyn Lois Hipkiss, daughter of E. J. Hipkiss
17 April 1956
Page 2
c7 Photo – D. H. Anderson of St Thomas
Page 3
c1 Article – Aylmer Baptist Church – Photo
c4 Died – Ruth Hawkins, 23, Aug 16, daughter of William J. Hawkins
Page 5
c3 Died – Lawrence Witezl, 71 years, Apr 14, widow of Mrs Eva Witezl; father of Lawrence Witezl, Mrs Peter (Rose) Fox and Mrs Ferno (Herminal) Bastien
Page 7
c1 Funeral – Mrs W. S. Major, Apr 17, grandmother of William Major
c2 Funeral – Peter D. McKellar, Apr 15
c2 Funeral – Miss Flora Cattanach, Apr 16
c2 Funeral – Mrs Sophia Moriartey, Apr 16
c2 Funeral – Thomas Beattie, Apr 16
c2 Funeral – Elvin Earl Hopper, Apr 16
c3 Died – Mrs George W. Howieson, Apr 16, mother of Mrs Peter (Helen) Kemp and Mrs Basil (Janette) Fisher; grandmother of George and Bill
c3 Memoriam – Thomas Allan, Apr 17 1954, by sons Clarence, Lawrence and Bert
c3 Memoriam – Leonard A. Clark, Apr 17 1947, by wife Edith
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Mary (Dan) Clibborn, Apr 17 1953
c4 Died – Mrs Olivia VanSickle, 84 years, Apr 16, wife of John VanSickle
c5 Died – Thomas Octavis Cox, 84th year, Apr 16
c5 Died – Mrs Daisy Bertha Payne, Apr 15, widow of Arthur C. Payne
c5 Died – Mrs Lucy Tripp, Apr 16
c5 Died – Mrs Olivia VanSickle, Apr 16
c7 Died – Thomas Octavis Cox, 84th year, Apr 16
Page 8
c7 Married – Melvin Glenn Bridge to Lila Roesler
17 April 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – Mrs Kenneth Charlesworth; Mrs Milton Gearing Mrs Frank McDonald; Mrs Steele Sifton; Mrs Karl Knapp
c5 Photo – A. H. J. Lovink; Howard Roodvoets; Warren R. VanDerBeck; Roland VanOeyen; James A. McBain
c6 Photo – Rev E. F. Bishop; Ven. C. W. Foreman; Rev H. F. Cross
18 April 1956
Page 6
c4 Article – George Malloy, son of Mrs Ada Malloy of Dutton appointed postmaster at Petoskey, Michigan
Page 7
c3 Photo – Dr George Harrison; David Grant; Donald <Monteith; Roderich Bennett; Ronald Joiner
c3 Died – Mrs Fane Basson, Apr 16, daughter of Harry Travers; granddaughter of John Farley
c4 Died – Mrs Catherine A. Foss, 76 years, Apr 18, widow of Oscar Foss
c5 Died – Mrs Minnie T. Christian, 61 years, Apr 17, wife of Alexander Christian; mother of Gordon and Cyril Christian, Mrs A. (Geraldine) Power, Mrs John (Jean) Barrow, Mrs Allister (Audrey) Folkes, Mrs Creighton (Muriel) Armstrong and Miss Madge Christian
c5 Funeral – Mrs Annie L. Robbins, Apr 17
c5 Funeral – Arthur Priddle, Apr 17
c6 Born – Martin George Anger, son of George Joe & Margaret Anger, nee Swanson, Apr 5
c6 Born – Charles David Johnston, son of Bud & Carol Johnstone, nee Querney, Apr 16
c6 Born – Daughter of Don & Lily Pickston, nee Torjuson, Apr 17
c6 Died – Mrs Alexander Christian, Apr 17
c6 Died – Mrs Oscar Foss, Apr 18
Page 9
c2 Married – Martin Fakelman, son of Martin Fakelman Sr. to Barbara Ann Zirkel, daughter of John Zirkel
c2 Married – Lewis Stephen Boughner, son of Harold Boughner to Annie Blanche Hobgood, daughter of Eugene Hobgood
18 April 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Article – Andersons Ltd., St Thomas; Photo of R. M. and D. H. Anderson
c3 Photo – Larry Wilkins; Jacob Buttinger; Charlie Pfeifer; Edward Vickery
c5 Photo – William Wagner and James Buttinger
c6 Article – West Lorne Industries; Charles Pfeifer and Jacob Buttinger proprietors
c7 Photo – Norman Haines
c7 Photo – Donald R. Stokes
c7 Inquest – Death of John Wilson and Harry Player of Aylmer
Page 14
c3 Funeral – Mrs Thursa Hewer, Apr 14
c3 Funeral – Mrs Hazel Wilson, Apr 16
Page 15
c3 Photo – Warren Allen’s Shell Station, St Thomas; O. R. Prior; John Williams; W. N. Phipps; Gary Carr; Ted Kloosterman; Warren Allen
c7 Photo – D. H. Anderson and John Spackman
Page 20
c1 Photo – Wayne Paddon of St Thomas
19 April 1956
Page 5
c3 Photo – Yarmouth Centre Airport
c4 Died – Philip Stanley Barker, 4 years, Apr 18, son of Keith Alexander & Mary Barker, nee Rafersen
Page 7
c2 Died – Michael Schuster, 79 years, Apr 19, son of Michael & Sophia Schuster, nee Gubesch; widow of Mrs Mary Schuster, nee Schlect; father of John and Michael Schuster
c3 Article – George Elliott of Fingal
c4 Died – Philip Stanley Barker, Apr 18
c4 Died – Mrs Minnie T. Christian, Apr 17
c4 Died – Mrs Catherine A. Foss, Apr 18
c4 Died – Michael Schuster, Apr 19
c5 Funeral – Thomas O. Cox, Apr 18
c5 Funeral – Mrs Lucy Tripp, Apr 18
c5 Memoriam – Clifford E. Clarke, Apr 191955, by wife Pearl and Marlene, Blair and Georgia
Page 8
c5 Engagement – Allan Robert Davis, son of Mrs Madeline Davis to Lois Bernice Schuyler, daughter of David Schuyler
c5 Engagement – William Reginald Stubbs, son of Mrs E. J. Carter to Bertha Almeda Stafford, daughter of N. Stafford
19 April 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Article – Medcalf Shoe Company, St Thomas
c1 Photo – T. K. ‘Ken’ Watson of Medcalf Shoe Co.
c3 Article – Robert Wilson, Aylmer
c5 Photo – Dan Clibborn; H. C. Waller; Maurice Heath; J. E. Welch; Enoch Skidmore; Walter S. Vine; Walter Kemp
Page 14
c1 Article – Samuel Tully’s Garden Centre, Aylmer – Photo
Page 15
c1 Photo – Leonard Kelly; Bobby Passmore; Ross Wilson; Gary McConnell; Stuart Cassils; Walter Glaser; Terry Ducarme; David McConnell
20 April 1956
Page 1
c8 Died – George Kenneth Stevenson, 43 years, Apr 20, son of George Buchanan Stevenson & Margaret Stevenson; husband of Mrs Phyllis Stevenson, nee Jackson; father of Lee Stevenson; brother of Miss Jessie M. Stevenson and J. T. Stevenson – Photo
Page 5
c3 Died – Mrs Mary Ellen McCarthy, 79 years, Apr 20, daughter of Christopher & Mary Ann Scott; widow of William Charles McCarthy
c5 Died – Daniel J. Thompson, 85 years, Apr 19 [Thomson – CVH]
Page 7
c3 Funeral – Mrs Olivia VanSickle, Apr 19
c4 Photo – Rev Morley G. Clarke of Port Stanley
c4 Born – Roderick John Bennett, son of Robert & Agnes Bennett, nee Bain, Apr 14
c4 Born – Son of Kenneth & Marrien Jones, nee Bancroft; brother of Ronnie and Rickey, Apr 12
c4 Born – Michael Wayne Shaw, son of George & Rosalie Shaw, nee Wilcox, Apr 19
c4 Died – Mrs Mary Ellen McCarthy, Apr 20
c4 Died – Daniel J. Thomson, Apr 19
c4 Memoriam – Eva Andrews, Apr 20 1955
c4 Memoriam Annie Gloin, Apr 20 1951, by son and daughter-in-law Karl and Cora
Page 8
c3 Engagement – Gordon Charles Wistow, son of Ernest A. Wistow to Mabel Christine MacColl, daughter of Malcolm B. MacColl
20 April 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Died – Phillip S. Dickinson, 65 years, father of Charles Dickinson and Mrs Pierre (Lytel Rose) Desautells
c2 Photo – Home of Phillip S. Dickinson west of Port Burwell
c4 Photo – Sparta Colettes Square Dancing Team – Donna Dennis; Danny Proctor; Kenny Rozell; Norma Ashton; Myrna Player; Doug Sawyer; Heather Fish; Harry Proctor
21 April 1956
Page 1
c4 Photo – Brothers Simeon and William Burd of Sparta
c8 Photo – R. Bruce Venning of St Thomas
Page 3
c1 Article – 3 brothers – Simeon Burd, 83 years, father of Jake Burd of Sparta; William Burd, 85 years of Garson near Sudbury; Ernie A. Burd
c4 Photo – Elmer E. Ward of Aylmer; John Goble of Avon; Don Shackleton of Aylmer; Orville Brooks of Springfield; Ralph Murison of St Thomas; Mr & Mrs George M. Dingman of St Thomas; MRs F. M. W. Ross and Mrs Montague Smith of Simcoe
Page 7
c3 Photo – W. McKee; J. Pawley; W. Lyon; C. Stevenson; H. Wright; W. Graham
c3 Photo – Donald Palmer; Miss Nora VanVelzer; Rev Evan McLagan; Berniece Sinden; Jean Steadman
c4 Funeral – Mrs Minnie T. Christian, Apr 20
c4 Funeral – Mrs Catherine A. Foss, Apr 20
c4 Born – Brian Douglas Dykeman, son of Kenneth O. & Lucille Dykeman, nee Stephens; brother of Johnny, Mar 28
c4 Memoriam – Mrs Mary Colley, Apr 22 1945, by daughters Reba LaFortune, Alice Rooth, Ada Makey
c4 Memoriam – Frederick Garton, Apr 21 1947, by Dorothy and Elmer, Myrtle and Morgan
c5 Died – Mrs Rose Hotston, nee Crosswaite, 78th year, Apr 21, widow of Frederic Hotston
c5 Died – Mrs Mary Ellen McCarthy, Apr 20
c5 Died – Daniel J. Thomson, Apr 19
c7 Photo – Monty Lovat of St Thomas
Page 8
c2 Photo – Mrs Charles L. Anthony of St Thomas
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Sidney Howell of Highgate, 50th
c4 Photo – Mary Adam of Scotland and Muriel Laidlaw of Aylmer
c7 Photo – Mr Green and Miss B. Lindsay
Page 9
c1 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
c7 Married – Morley Leonard Wallen, son of Leonard Wallen to Elizabeth May Jack, daughter of William Jack
Page 10
c3 Photo – Carol Styles; Bryce Jeffrey; Dawn Phibbs; Margaret Lazenby; Harold Payson; Margaret Doan; Ginger Robbins; Stuart Lawrence; Ronald Somerville
c3 Confirmation – Gilbert James Chapman, his wife Kathleen Mary Chapman and their son Gilbert; Harry Ernest Johnston and wife Glenda Fern Johnstone; William Austin Chilton; Karen Jean Colledge; Barbara Davies; Lyrel Joyce Kemp; Geraldine Margaret Lewis; Geraldine Frances Shropshire
21 April 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – East Elgin Sportsmen Club –
c2 Inquest – death of George Kenneth Stevenson, 43 years
c2 Photo – Capt. W. H. Corrie; Harry Bobier; Ivan Pounder
c3 Photo – Jack Hale and Ted White
c3 Article – Raymond S. Sheppard of Aylmer
c5 Article – Lyle Sifton of St Thomas
c6 Article – Paul Archie Leatherdale, 7, son of Alvin Leatherdale of Fingal
c7 Article – Dr M G. Graham of Dutton – Photo
c8 Article – Robert Wicks, son of Al Wicks of St Thomas
Page 12
c2 Died – Mrs Louise Lemire, 76 years, Apr 19, widow of William Lemire; mother of Edward, Leo, Israel, Armand, Ulric and Edmund Lemire, Mrs Albert (Euphrazie) Lafond, Mrs Bazel (Rose) Bulley, Mrs Vincent (Florenstine) Tutton, Mrs Harry (Therese) Maitre, Mrs Ernest (Corinne) Drouillard, Mrs Gerald (Mathilda) Mullin and Miss Juliette Lemire; sister of Mose Soullier
c4 Fire – Sidney S. McDermond, Lakeview
Page 17
c3 Photo – Ernie Cain; Bert Gasser; Jim Lee; Andy Toth; Frank Lattar; Ray Bala; Ted Baigneau; John Pewtorna; Jon LeClair; Ozzie Cecilli
Page 22
c2 Birthday – Mrs Caroline Willson of Union, 90th – Photo
c4 Married – Dalton Wilfred Campbell to Shirley Anne Frank
c5 Married – James Copp Rudd to Marilyn Lois Hipkiss – Photo
c5 Funeral – Mrs Joseph J. Girouard, mother of S. A. Girouard
c5 Engagement – Theodore William Kelley, son of Mrs Homer Kelley to Marilyn Joan Roberts, daughter of John G. Roberts
c5 Engagement – Norman Ian Ibsen, son of William C. Ibsen to Joy Muriel Brown, daughter of Mrs Muriel C. Brown
c5 Engagement – John William Partlo, son of William H. Partlo to Gloria Jean Whitlock, daughter of Frederick C. Whitlock
c6 Engagement – Lawrence Peter Hartman, son of Kuno P. & Theresa Hartman to Mary Agnes Fallon, daughter of William Fallon
c6 Birthday – Mrs Belle Gordon of Glenmeyer, 97th, daughter of Henry & Louisa J. Hutchinson; sister of Mrs Florence Finch; aunt of Mrs J. F. Grey
c6 Married – Andrew Robert Mailer, son of Mrs Jane Mailer to Rosalie Brown, daughter of Harry A. Brown
c6 Engagement – Michael Leo Cassidy, son of Col George & Patricia Cassidy to Rena Grace Butler, daughter of Lloyd C. Butler
c7 Photo – Marilyn Joan Roberts of St Thomas
c7 Married – Warren McCallum Beck, son of Mrs Thelma Beck to Carolyn Isobel Voaden, daughter of Carl Voaden – Photo
c8 Married – Arnold Patrick Haggerty, son of Albert Haggerty to Marjory Joan Kairns, daughter of Joseph Kairns
23 April 1956
Page 5
c1 Died – Robert A. Hooley, 72nd year, Apr 22
c4 Photo – Gordon Auckland, son of Mrs Jeanette Auckland; Rowland Tinline, son of William Tinline
Page 7
c2 Died – Noble Scott, 69 years, Apr 21
c3 Photo – Jim Anderson; Jerry Scott, 6 years old
c4 Memoriam – Mrs Nellie M. Rowe, Apr 23 1947
c4 Memoriam – Norman MacLeod Murray, Apr 23 1940, by wife Jean Murray
c5 Born – Victoria Lynn Sherry, daughter of William & Georgina Sherry, nee Calhoun, Apr 20
c5 Born – Thomas B. Vincent, stillborn son of Thomas J. & Edna Vincent, nee Robbins, Apr 22
c5 Died – Gordon J. Hill, 57 years, Apr 22, husband of Mrs Norma Hill
c5 Died – Robert A. Hooley, Apr 22
c5 Died – Anthony Jackson, Apr 22
c5 Died – Mrs Hazel Light, 70 years, Apr 21
c5 Died – Arthur Eric Spearman, 42nd year, Apr 21, son of Mrs Eva Spearman; husband of Mrs Dorothy Spearman, nee Winfield; father of Lesley and Michael Spearman; brother of Mabel, Elsie and Clive Spearman and Mrs Harvey Thexton
23 April 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Died – Eric Spearman, Apr 21 – Photo
c2 Photo – Lt. Alfred Wildsmith; PO H. W. McCart; PO J. E. Bourne
c6 Photo – AB Phillip Winger, 21, son of Norman Winger of St Thomas
c6 Photo – Alma College May Queen and Court – Marilew Hahn; Joan Hodgin; Ingrid Schmidt
c8 Died – Gordon J. Hill, Apr 22
Page 18
c2 Died – Anthony Jackson, Apr 22, son of George & Anne Jackson, nee Scarlett
c3 Died – Mrs Hazel Light, Apr 21
c4 Photo – Miss Alice Arnold; Frances Haman; Rev Fred M. Ward; Dr N. H. Parker; Roland Mills
24 April 1956
Page 1
c2 Article – Tom Matuska of St Thomas
c3 Photo – W. H. A. Sparling of St Thomas
c6 Died – Patricia Ann ‘Patsy’ Helmer, 9 years, Apr 23, daughter of Lorenzo E. Helmer – Photo
Page 6
c3 Died – George Henry Miller, 78 years, Apr 23, widow of Mrs Ellen Miller, nee Reaney; father of George Miller; brother of William Miller
Page 7
c1 Funeral – John S. Ferguson, 91 years, Apr 20, father of Mrs (Dr) C. A. Cleland and Dr George F. Ferguson
c2 Funeral – Richard W. Thompson, Apr 18
c2 Funeral – M<rs Rose Hotston, Apr 23
c2 Funeral – Mrs Mary Ellen McCarthy, Apr 23
c2 Funeral – Daniel J. Thomson, Apr 23
c3 Photo – Maurice Keck of St Thomas
c4 Born – Susan Marie Newman, daughter of William F. & Alice Newman, nee Barrett, Apr 17
c4 Born – Thomas B. Vincent, stillborn son of Thomas J. & Edna Vincent, nee Robbins, Apr 22
c4 Died – Patricia Ann Helmer, Apr 23
c4 Died – Gordon J. Hill, Apr 22
c4 Died – Anthony Jackson, Apr 22
Page 8
c6 Photo – Mrs R. W. Lane; Mrs John Tinling; John Tinling Mrs Reg Skilton; Rev W. W. Lane
24 April 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – CNIB newsstand, St Thomas – Frank Smith; Mrs Elmer Plant; Bert Mitchell; Mr Plato
c3 Photo – Col. K. E. Taylor; Lt Col. W. G. McGuire; Col. B. F. MacDonald; Col. E. G. King; WC A. H. Moody
c5 Photo – Harry Medcalf; Ken Watson; Mrs Don Anderson; Bert Rankin; Ted Medcalf
Page 10
c2 Photo – Lloyd Bibby
c2 Funeral – Philip Stanley Barker, Apr 20
c2 Funeral – Ernest A. Caughell, Apr 13
c2 Funeral – Michael Schuster, Apr 21
c2 Funeral – Victor B. Rockefeller, 24 years, Apr 20
c5 Died – John Suich. 49 years, husband of Mrs Anna Suich; father of George and Elaine Suich
c5 Memoriam – Emily Barker, Apr 24 1949 and Henry Barker Sept 19 1949, by sister Edith
c5 Memoriam – Norman Mailing, Apr 24 1953, by wife Irene and daughter Helen
c5 Photo – Charles Hare; Mrs W. A. Gray; Mrs E. J. Shelley; Pete Dickens
Page 12
c3 Married – James Arthur Bedford, son of Edgar Bedford to Beverly Jane Lipscombe, daughter of Walter E. Lipscombe
Page 13
c2 Married – Floyd Alvin Hopper, son of Lewis Hopper to Mary Irene Haley, daughter of Clifford Haley
c2 Married – Steve Benko, son of Nick Benko to Delphine Schockaert, daughter of Phil Schockaert
c2 Married – William Henry Warris, so of Sidney Warris to Marian Lucille Kelsey, daughter of Willard Clarence Kelsey
c2 Married – Ralph Rayfield, son of Cecil Rayfield to Shirley Smith, daughter of Mrs M. G. Smith
c4 Married – Mr & Mrs Morley Leonard Wallen – Photo
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs Duncan Carlyle Graham – Photo
25 April 1956
Page 3
c3 Photo – Don Buchanan; Fred Armour; Ernie Williams
c4 Died – Miss Gertrude Mae Slack, 76th year, Apr 24, daughter of R. N. & Clara Slack, nee Townsend; sister of Clara A. Slack and Mrs Irene Harrison
Page 7
c3 Born – Christina Diane Steffes, daughter of Robert J. & Wilhelmina Steffes, nee Miner; sister of Suzanne Marie and Mark Robert, Apr 19; granddaughter of Manley F. Miner
c3 Died – Miss Gertrude Mae Slack, Apr 24
c3 Died – Patricia Ann Helmer, Apr 23
c3 Died – Mrs Margaret Matthews, 82 years, Apr 25, widow of James Matthews
c3 Died – John F. McBain, 78 years, Apr 24
c5 Died – Mrs James Matthews, Apr 25
c5 Funeral – Eric Spearman, Apr 21
c5 Funeral – Robert A. Hooley, Apr 24
Page 12
c3 Photo – Beagle Club – Pat Ennis; Sid Karl
25 April 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c3 Photo – Lt. Robert S. Bye of St Thomas
c5 Died – John Fergus McBain, Apr 24 – Photo
c6 Photo – Mrs William Dale of St Thomas
c7 Photo – Mary Kerr, 5 and brother Jimmy Kerr, 7, children of Wilbert Kerr of St Thomas
Page 14
c3 Photo – Ashtabula car ferry at Port Burwell
c3 Photo – Capt. Lou Sabo; E. F. Link; Harry Alward; Lyle Tait
Page 16
c3 Photo – Mrs William Hawke; Mrs Kenneth Burton; Mrs Harry Chater; Mrs Cal Lenentine
Page 17
c5 Married – John F. Harris, son of Mrs H. Beatty and Roy Harris to Dorothy McKim. daughter of James R. McKim
Page 19
c1 Photo – Cribbage Winners – Richard Langley; Harold Knowles; Chuck Lang; Pat Harris; Basil Anderson; Peter DeBeck; Hugh Connelly; Ed Kavanaugh
c4 Photo – Cribbage Winners – Dan Clibborn; W. J. Smith; John Tinling; Bill Watson; W. S. Lover; Hugh Wickett; Hug Mills; Tom Mills; Charles Blake
26 April 1956
Page 5
c6 Died – William John ‘Jack’ Bryce, 68 years, Apr 25, husband of Mrs Martha Bryce; father of Mrs Charles (Elva) Wilcox, Reta, Shirley, G. Fred, Ross E., Harvey H. A. Stewart and Keith Bryce; brother of Mary Ann Bryce
Page 7
c3 Died – William John Bryce, Apr 25
c3 Died – Herbert James Elson, 83 years, Apr 25
c3 Died – Mrs Margaret Matthews, Apr 25
c3 Died – John F. McBain, Apr 24
c4 Funeral – Gordon Hill, Apr 25
c4 Born – Susan Marie Newman, daughter of William F. Newman, Apr 17
c4 Born – Anne Elizabeth Sims, daughter of William Sims. Apr 23
c4 Memoriam – Alfred Sharman, Apr 26 1954
c5 Died – Herbert James Elson, 83 years, Apr 26 – Photo
Page 10
c3 Married – Robert Neil Slater, son of Harold Slater to Anna Josephine Ecker, granddaughter of W. S. Laycock
c4 Married – William Henry Spencer, son of Mrs Fred Bradshaw and late Arthur E. Spencer to Alma Joan Hurd, daughter of J. B. Hurd
26 April 1956
Second Section
Page 13
c4 Photo – Wayne Neal, son of Vernon Neal of St Thomas
c6 Photo – W. John Sheridan
c6 Photo – Warren C. Miller of St Thomas
27 April 1956
Page 1
c3 Photo – Motor vessel ‘Montrose’ docked at Port Stanley
Page 3
c3 Photo – Reeve Violet McCarthy of Port Stanley and Capt. William Urquhart of the ‘Montrose’
Page 6
c1 Died – Mrs Carl Fischer, 70 years, Apr 24
Page 7
c2 Funeral – Patsy Helmer, Apr 26
c2 Born – Daughter of Dr C. A. Graham, Apr 26
c2 Born – Gordon McKim Mills, son of Max & Helen Mills; brother of Carey, Apr 25
c2 Died – William John Bryce, Apr 25
c2 Died – Herbert James Elson, Apr 25
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Arlie Berdan, Apr 27 1949, by daughter Florence and son-in-law Heber
c5 Legal – Ernie Roberts and wife Gladys Roberts of St Thomas
Page 8
c3 Christening – Sandra Anne Muir, daughter of Douglas Muir
c4 Photo – Christien and Dora Dorssers of Blenheim; multiple wedding of 4 sisters and 2 brothers – Grada, Mien, Christien, Dora, Andre and Cor Dorssers
c6 Marriage – Dalton Wilfred Campbell, son of Wilfred Campbell to Shirley Ann Frank, daughter of Gordon Frank
c7 Photo – Miss Helen Martin of St Thomas
27 April 1956
Second Section
Page 12
c2 Died – Clarence W. Baldwin, 54 years, Apr 23
c3 Photo – Smelting at Port Bruce – Ronald Ellsworth; Gwen McKie; Ronald Williams
c4 Died – Frank E. Travis, Apr 23, husband of Mrs Alice Travis, nee Culp
Page 15
c1 Photo – Bobby Hutton, 13, of St Thomas
c5 Photo – FO W. W. ‘Bill’ Godby, 37, son of Clayton Godby of Aylmer
28 April 1956
Page 1
c3 Married – Dorssers of Blenheim – Photo
Page 7
c2 Funeral – John Fergus McBain, Apr 27
c2 Funeral – Mrs Margaret Matthews, Apr 27
c2 Born – Barry Dean Finlay, son of Douglas & June Finlay, nee Harris, Apr 14
c2 Died – Walter A. Becker, 89 years, Apr 27
c2 Died – Mrs Mary Thomas, 93 years, Apr 28, widow of William T. Thomas
c2 Died – Mrs Ada Kindree Shanahan, Apr 27, wife of John F. Shanahan
c2 Legal – Ernie Roberts and wife Gladys Roberts of St Thomas
c3 Photo – Lt. Col. E. G. King; Cadet Robert Stinson; Lt. William P. Golden; Cadet Jim DenHartog; A. B. Willis
c3 Died – Francis J. Hood, 77 years, Apr 27
c5 Memoriam – Irma Wood Grondin, Apr 29 1954
c6 Died – Mrs Ada Kindree Shanahan, Apr 27, wife of John F. Shanahan
c8 Died – Mrs Mary Thomas, 93 years, Apr 28, widow of William T. Thomas
Page 9
c3 Photo – St Thomas Little Theatre – John Collier; Roland Hughes; Roslyn Egan; R. A. Jones; Diane Lane; Charlotte Crozier; Martha Collins; Tony Dennis; Margaret Brooks; Janet Matuska
c3 Photo – Mr & Mrs R. A. Jones, and son Ray Jones
Page 10
c3 Article – Mr & Mrs Herbert D. Smith and children Alison age 5 and Stuart age 3 of Deal, Kent, England and St Thomas
28 April 1956
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Died – Jack Hepinstall, 64 years, Apr 27 – Photo
c3 Photo – Lyle D. Burdick; Ross A. McCance; A. C. Locke; E. A. Smith; G. Ernest Halpenny; Fred G. McAlister; Al Burke
c7 Died – Walter A. Becker, 89 years, Apr 27 – Photo
c8 Photo – Alfred T. Bolton, son of Richard Bolton of Talbotville
Page 12
c2 Funeral – Mrs R. E. (Lottie) Leach, 64 eyars, Apr 27, mother of Mrs John (Velma) McLean, Mrs Gordon (Dorothea) Bogue, Mrs Charles (Leota) Spindler, Charles and Ronald Leach; sister of Mrs Rice (Georgina) Jones, Lewis, Spencer and James Francis
c3 Photo – Mary Gay Pettibone; Heather and Laurie Findlay; cousins Douglas and Alex Fuller
Page 15
c4 Photo – Miss Bonnie Barrett; Mrs Helen Nettelton; Miss Peggie Dobson; Miss Helene Henderson
c7 Married – Gordon Thomas Baker, son of Morley Baker to Shirley Ann Stevens, daughter of Wilfred L. Stevens
Page 22
c1 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
c4 Married – Mr & Mrs Dalton Wilfred Campbell – Photo
c5 Married – Gordon T. Baker to Shirley Ann Stevens
c5 Engagement – William James Robertson, son of W. Allen Robertson to Mary Pauline Foster, daughter of Nelson Foster
c5 Married – John R. Smith to Nancy Carr, daughter of Chester Carr
c6 Photo – Penny Moody, 6, daughter of WC Arthur Moody of Aylmer and Michael Sharpe, 6, son of Donald Sharpe of Aylmer
c6 Engagement – Robert Wayne Fitzpatrick, son of William Fitzpatrick to Isabel Dorothy Saxton, daughter of Harry C. Saxton
c8 Engagement – Lyle Arthur Trudell, son of Arthur Trudell to Diane Rosemarie Nasickas, daughter of Peter Budreika
c8 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs James King of Vienna, 48th
c8 Married – Floyd Hopper to Irene Haley, daughter of Clifford Haley
30 April 1956
Page 1
c1 Photo – George Acheson of St Thomas
c4 Photo – Joe Liebregt of Holland Flowers, St Thomas
Page 3
c1 Died – Dr Dale M. King, 81 years, Apr 29
c3 Died – Mrs Agnes R. Payne, 72 years, Apr 28, widow of Walter Payne
Page 7
c3 Funeral – William John Bryce, Apr 28
c3 Funeral – Herbert James Elson, Apr 28
c4 Died – Mrs Jean Gray, 91st year, Apr 28, daughter of James & Isabelle Millar, nee McLaren; widow of Donald Gray; mother of Mrs J. R. (Hazel) MacPherson and Duncan Gray
c5 Born – Ward William Churchill, son of W. H. Churchill, Apr 27
c5 Born – Brian Murray Phillips, son of J. W. & Valerie Phillips, nee Thomson, Apr 27
c5 Died – Dr Dale King, Apr 29
c5 Died – Mrs Agnes R. Payne, Apr 28
30 April 1956
Second Section
Page 9
c5 Photo – Mrs Mildred Chute; Charles Kaiser
c5 Photo – Sod turning for St Mary’s Separate School, West Lorne – Rev Father John B. O’Donnell; Alex Parker
Page 10
c1 Died – Edward Turner, 71 years, Apr 29
Page 11
c3 Photo – Miss Olive Creasor; Mrs Isobel Clark; Miss Margaret Robb; Mrs Gladys McGerrigle; Miss Helen Martin; Miss Ruth Davis; Mrs Edith McBride Cameron; Mrs Dorothy Dick; Mrs Elaine Cole; Mrs Bessie Gilchrist; Miss Mildred Smith; Miss Wilda Richardson; Miss Helen Martin; Mrs Jean Conacher
c4 Married – George Gerald Kuranyi, son of Steve Kuranyi to Joyce Mildred Dennis, daughter of Harold Dennis