STTJ 1953 Sep – Oct

St. Thomas Times Journal

St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

September & October 1953

Extractions of names for Births, Marriages, Deaths and Burials

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1 September 1953

Page 1

c1    Died –   Mrs Lucienne Devaux, 24 years, Aug 31, wife of John Devaux – Photo
c1    Died –   Bobby Apfelbecke, 7 years, Aug 31, twin son of John Apfelbecke – Photo
c1    Article –   Lorraine age 15 and brother Robert age 10, children of Joseph Spencer of Port Stanley
c3    Photo –   Frank L. Truman; Mrs G. O. Howse; Mrs Keith Bodkin; E. Forbes Raven; Mrs Sifton

Page 3

c4    Died –   Mrs Edith Anne Burns, 76 years, Aug 31, widow of Arthur Burns
c4    Died –   Ralph Wilson, 58 years, husband of Mrs Nancy Wilson, nee Vance; father of Ralph Jr. and Donald Wilson; brother of Thomas Wilson and Mrs William Woodall
c4    Died –   Ernest S. Leedham, 65th year, Aug 30
c6    Died –   Mrs Louisa Crockett, 75 years, Aug 30, wife of William Crockett; sister of Mrs Kate Talbot and Mrs Isabel Patterson

Page 6

c2    Funeral –   Mrs Maggie Laidlaw, nee Baxter, Aug 29
c2    Funeral –   William A. Binks, Aug 27
c2    Funeral –   Miss Jean Marylin Locke, Aug 31
c2    Funeral –   Miss Mary McCulley, Aug 31
c5    Died –   Orton Whitesell, 79 years, Aug 31

Page 7

c3    Died –   Mrs Edith Ann Burns, Aug 31, widow of Arthur A. Burns
c3    Died –   William C. Cornish, Aug 29
c3    Died –   Mrs Mary Caroline Dadson, Aug 31, widow of Frank Dadson
c3    Died –   Mrs Lucienne Devaux, Aug 31
c3    Died –   Thomas Henry Haywood, Aug 30
c3    Died –   Stanley G. Lewis, Aug 29
c3    Died –   Mrs Mary Edith Stanfield, Aug 30
c3    Died –   Ralph Wilson, Aug 31
c3    Died –   Orton Whitesell, Aug 31
c4    Born –   Wilma Colleen Ostrander, daughter of Orrie Ostrander; sister of Sharon Elaine, Aug 22
c4    Memoriam –   Robert Giles, Sept 1 1939
c4    Memoriam –   William H. Kaar, Sept 1 1949

Page 8

c7    Married –   Frederick Macenko, son of Peter Macenko to Kathyleen Iola Campbell, daughter of Archie M. Campbell

2 September 1953

Page 1

c4    Died –   Gordon Aggerholm, 21 years, Sept 1 – Photo

Page 3

c4    Died –   Annie Wilson, 89 years
c4    Died –   Mrs Herb Morris, nee Mae Warren, 65 years
c6    Died –   Mrs Emily Piper Logan, 73 years, wife of Edward B. Logan; mother of Mrs Calvin Grose; grandmother of Lynda and Sheila Grose
c7    Died –   Joseph Wilds, 68 years, Sept 1, husband of Mrs Emma Wilds, nee Uttley

Page 6

c1    Funeral –   Clarence Beck, 36th year, Aug 31, husband of Mrs Marian Beck; father of Katherine Beck
c2    Died –   David Allen Wiley, 3 months, Sept 1, infant son of Alfred Wiley
c3    Died –   Miss Hattie Pendreigh, 78th year, Aug 31
c3    Died –   Mrs J. M. Cole, nee Katherine Arkell , 82nd year, Aug 31
c6    Funeral –   Miss Jean Marylin Locke, Aug 31
c6    Funeral –   Miss Grace Cron, Aug 28
c6    Funeral –   Mrs Mary Lavina Weyburn, Sept 1

Page 7

c3    Born –   Brinda Geraldine Fowler, daughter of M. L. Fowler; sister of Richard, Michael and Randy, Sept 1
c3    Born –   Debra Lynne Roloson, daughter of Frank & Margaret Roloson, nee Colledge, Sept 1
c3    Born –   William Robert Thibert, son of Dr N. E. & Mary Thibert, nee Reinhart, Aug 27
c3    Died –   Mrs Lucienne Devaux, Aug 31, wife of John Devaux; daughter of Mrs Emilie Trapp
c3    Died –   Orton Whitesell, Aug 31
c6    Funeral –   Robert Borden Stewart, Sept 1

Page 8

c4    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Arthur Balderston of Port Burwell, 50th
c4    Married –   William J. Power, son of William Power Sr. to Marjorie Ellen McQuarrie, daughter of Rev N. A. McQuarrie

Page 10

c4    Died –   John Alexander Cavanaugh, 54 years, Sept 1, husband of Mrs Alice Cavanaugh, nee Galbraith

2 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c2    Photo –   Aerial view St Thomas & Elgin Community Centre Arena
c5    Funeral –   James Edward Rice, 56 years, Sept 3

3 September 1953

Page 1

c3    Photo –   Patti Palmer, 2 1/2 years, daughter of W. L. Palmer of St Thomas; Michael Baker, 6 years, son of Kenneth Baker; Jimmy, 5 years, Jeannette, 8 years, Joan, 10 years, children of Michael McCaffery

Page 3

c3    Baptism –   Lynda Gail Holland, daughter of Kenneth Holland; William Dean Woolley, son of Mack Woolley; John Alexander Lambert, son of Frank Lambert

Page 6

c2    Died –   Mrs Rene Joseph DeClerck, nee Emma Mary Verkeyn, 56th year, Sept 1, daughter of Camiel & Lonie Verkeyn, nee VanDaele; mother of Albert Camiel and Mary Emma Julia DeClerck; sister of Charles Verkeyn and Mrs Julia Callens and 6 sisters in Belgium

Page 7

c2    Funeral –   William C. Cornish, Sept 2
c2    Funeral –   Mrs Mary Caroline Dadson, Sept 2
c2    Funeral –   Thomas Haywood, Sept 2
c2    Funeral –   Stanley G. Lewis, Sept 2
c3    Died –   Mrs Irene Waud, Sept 1, wife of Fred J. Waud; sister of Mrs (Dr Manley G.) Peever
c4    Died –   Robert Ernest ‘Bobby’ Apfelbeck, 7 years, son of John Apfelbeck
c4    Born –   Brenda Geraldine Fowler, daughter of M. L. Fowler, Sept 1
c4    Born –   Danny Warren Webster, son of Daniel D. Webster, Aug 28
c4    Died –   Robert Ernest ‘Bobby’ Apfelbeck, 7 years, son of John Apfelbeck
c4    Died –   James B. Clark, 75th year, Sept 3, father of James, Ferrand, Douglas, Dr K. L. and Donald Clark

Page 8

c3    Married –   Richard A. Bye, son of Arthur Bye to Elinor Quinn, daughter of Thomas Quinn, niece of G. M. Hutchings; cousin of Mrs W. T. Smith and Mrs D. H. McFadden
c3    Engagement –   E. Marshal Hagelstein, son of Rev H. W. Hagelstein to Donna Lu Pearce, daughter of Arthur J. Pearce
c3    Married –   Ronald White to Anne Catherine Cameron

3 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c3    Photo –   J. Ward Styles and O. S. Russell
c3    Photo –   Melvin Small; Ralph Watt; Dr D. H. Huntley
c8    Died –   James B. Clark, 75th year, Sept 3, son of James Clark; widow of Mrs Alice Clark, nee March; brother of Matthew Clark

Page 12

c5    Funeral –   Mrs Anna Schleihauf Baker, Aug 31
c5    Died –   Mrs Mary Weyburn, nee Wall

Page 13

c2    Photo –   Staff of Mer-Lin Motors, St Thomas – L. R. ‘Butch’ Charlton; Robert G. ‘Bob’ Rankin; G. K. ‘Gordon’ Knowles; W. M. ‘Wilf’ Silcox; P. A. ‘Pat’ Spedalep; A. ‘Art’ Plowright; K. L. ‘Keith’ Weld; Robert J. ‘Bob’ Pinner

4 September 1953

Page 2

c3    Funeral –   Mrs Edith Burns, Sept 3
c3    Funeral –   Miss Sarah McRae, Sept 2
c3    Funeral –   Mrs J. M. Cole, Sept 2
c3    Funeral –   Ralph Wilson, Sept 2
c3    Funeral –   Orton Whitesell, Sept 3
c3    Funeral –   Mrs George Gower, Aug 29
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Lucien Devaux, Sept 3
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Mary Stanfield, Sept 2

Page 3

c3    Died –   Mrs Gertrude M. Hair, 80 years, Sept 3, widow of George T. Hair
c4    Died –   Mrs Mabel Jones, 45 years, Sept 3, mother of Dorothy Jones and Mrs Charles Robinson
c4    Died –   Peter A. Lamont, 75 years, husband of Mrs Annie R. Lamont, nee McGugan
c4    Died –   Mrs Florence Whiting, widow of Dr Roland Earl Taylor and Frank Whiting; mother of Richard and Dr William Taylor
c7    Died –   David Franklin, Aug 26, husband of Mrs Clara Franklin; father of Philip, Tillie and Anne Franklin
c8    Died –   James Alexander Benson, 80 years, Sept 3, husband of Mrs Ellen Rea Benson, nee Sole; father of Lillian Benson; brother of William C. Benson

Page 6

c2    Died –   Richard A. Huntley, 78th year, Sept 2, son of Arthur Huntley
c4    Memoriam –   Fountain at Memorial Park, Tillsonburg for Benjamin VanNorman, co-founder of Tillsonburg by a grandson Charles M. VanNorman
c5    Died –   Camby O. Crossett, 61 years, Sept 2, husband of Mrs Mabel Crossett, nee Hicks; father of Carl Crossett; brother of Mrs George Ronson and Alfred Crossett

Page 7

c1    Funeral –   Joseph Schwoob, 83rd year, Sept 4
c2    Died –   Mrs Elizabeth Oatridge, 81 years, Sept 4, wife of John Oatridge; sister of Mrs John Taylor
c3    Legal –   Mr & Mrs Maxwell L. & Helene Anna Hewitt
c5    Died –   Mrs Elizabeth Oatridge, 81 years, Sept 4, wife of John Oatridge
c5    Died –   Mrs Gertrude M. Hair, 80 years, Sept 3, widow of George T. Hair

4 September 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c6    Photo –   Glenn Doupe, son of W. C. Doupe of St Thomas

Page 10

c4    Engagement –   Harry Allan Thompson, son of Emerson Thompson to Alice Margaret Christian Phyliss Wilson, daughter of Mrs Alice Wilson
c6    Married –   Donald John Sands, son of B. Sands to Gloria Jean Menter, daughter of Ernest Menter

Page 12

c3    Article –   Frank Sullivan White Rose Service Station, St Thomas
c5    Photo –   Frank Sullivan and Don Butler

5 September 1953

Page 2

c1    Died –   Archie Stewart, 25 years
c6    Died –   George Spencer, 73 years, Sept 3
c7    Funeral –   Mrs W. H. Crockett, 75 years
c7    Died –   Norman M. Eberle, 63 years, Sept 4

Page 6

c1    Died –   Mrs Minnie Summers, 79 years, Sept 4, widow of William R. Summers
c3    Died –   Mrs Ora Chambers, 68th year, Sept 4, widow of Melvin Chambers

Page 7

c1    Died –   Alfred George Pinder, 79 years, Sept 4
c2    Died –   Mrs Agnes Skinner, 92 years, Sept 4, widow of George S. Skinner
c4    Memoriam –   Joseph Fairs, Sept 5 1947
c4    Memoriam –   Mrs J. B. Lessard, Sept 7 1951, b y Eileen, Harry and grandchildren
c4    Memoriam –   Mrs Ella Rohrer, Sept 5 1952, by granddaughter Mrs Lloyd (Beatrice) Phillips; by daughter and son Mr & Mrs Harley Silverthorn
c4    Memoriam –   Mrs Fanny Small, Sept 5 1952, by son W. E. Small
c5    Born –   John Stewart Nicol Jr., son of John S. & Virginia Nicol, nee Conin, Sept 2
c5    Died –   Mrs Elizabeth Oatridge, Sept 4
c5    Died –   Alfred George Pinder, Sept 4
c5    Died –   Mrs Minnie Summers, Sept 4

Page 8

c4    Photo –   4 Generations – Mrs Ada Clowrey; Mrs Annie Clark; Mrs H. E. Sharkey; Joseph Sharkey
c4    Birthday –   Mrs Annie Clark of St Thomas, 87th

5 September 1953
Second Section

Page 13

c2    Photo –   Alfred Rose; Dr G. Roy Fenwick; Boris Berlin
c4    Photo –   Dr James Neil; Henry Marrison

Page 24

c2    Engagement –   Harley Lashbrook, son of Ernest Lashbrook to Nancy Ward, daughter of Alan Ward – Photo
c3    Engagement –   Harley Lashbrook to Nancy Ward
c3    Engagement –   Edward Paris, son of William Paris to Edna Swartz, niece of Mrs Mabel Pollard
c3    Engagement –   Harold James Marshall, son of Albert Marshall to Betty Jane Bennett, granddaughter of Mrs Emma Compton
c3    Engagement –   Joseph Parachoniak, son of N. Parachoniak to Verna Miriam Small, daughter of Clarence Small
c4    Birthday –   Mrs Mary Frost of St Thomas, 90th
c4    Married –   Gordon Feagan to Isabel Munro
c5    Photo –   Frederick Schmidt and daughter Ingrid of Bogota and Alma College
c7    Married –   Mr & Mrs Robert O. Farley – Photo

8 September 1953

Page 1

c1    Photo –   Korean Soldier, Murray Collins, son of Hubert Collins of St Thomas
c3    Photo –   Barbara Hovey; Mary Jane Raven; Susan Rankin

Page 6

c4    Died –   Mrs Velma R. Schlegel, 41 years, Sept 7
c5    Died –   Theodore ‘Ted’ Liddle, 55 years, Sept 5

Page 7

c3    Memoriam –   Mrs Daisy E. Lessard, Sept 7 1951
c3    Died –   Mrs Flora (Campbell) Grant, Sept 7, widow of John Latto Grant; half sister of Miss Catherine Campbell and Mrs Margaret Sitchett
c3    Died –   Theodore ‘Ted’ Liddle, 55 years, Sept 5
c3    Died –   Mrs Minnie Summers, Sept 4
c5    Born –   Janet Mary Jones, daughter of Lyle & Mary Jones, nee Couse, Sept 4
c5    Born –   Susan Lee Schleihauf, daughter of R. L. Schleihauf, Sept 2
c5    Born –   Son of Michael Vojin; brother of Michael, Aug 29
c5    Funeral –   Robert Ernest Apfelbeck, Sept 5

Page 8

c4    Died –   Mrs Flora Grant, 71 years, Sept 7, daughter of Archie & Flora Campbell, nee Smith; widow of John L. Grant; mother of late Blake Campbell Grant

8 September 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c1    Photo –   Ella Mae Legg; Mary Grant; Dorothy Walker
c4    Photo –   Karen Ostrander; Anne Bardell; Carson Ostrander

Page 10

c4    Married –   Mr Martinell to Lavina Fellows
c4    Married –   Donald Joseph Butler to Doreen Regan
c6    Married –   Jack Beverley Martinell, son of Mrs Percy Martinell to Edith Lavina Fellows, daughter of Samuel & Edith Fellows

9 September 1953

Page 2

c2    Funeral –   Clara Luella Phillips, Sept 5
c2    Funeral –   George Whitney Canning
c4    Died –   Wilbur Jeffery, 52 years, Sept 8, husband of Mrs Marjory Jeffery, nee Earle

Page 3

c3    Died –   James Trevail, 67 years, Sept 8, husband of Mrs Hester Trevail, nee Fisher; father of Robert D., Ronald W. and Verne J. Trevail; brother of Charles A. Trevail and Mrs W. P. Munro

Page 6

c5    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs James E. Kilmer of Aylmer, 50th

Page 7

c1    Married –   Joseph Taylor Cunningham, son of James Cunningham to Shirley Anne Stout, daughter of Nicholas J. Stout
c3    Died –   Benjamin E. D. Dolphin, 71 years, Sept 9
c3    Died –   Mrs Flora Grant, nee Campbell, Sept 7, widow of John Latto Grant
c3    Memoriam –   Eliza Jane Jordan, Sept 9 1951, by Marg & Joe Maycock; by daughters Ann and Carol
c3    Memoriam –   Daisy Lessard, Sept 9 1951, by pal Lottie Harris
c4    Born –   Thomas Alexander Stuart Duff, son of T. A. Stuart Duff, Aug 26
c4    Born –   Daughter of Edgar & Betty Fonstad, nee Kitchenham, Sept 7
c4    Born –   David Stanley Loucks, son of Ralph Loucks, Sept 7
c4    Born –   Jeffrey Edward MacDonald, son of Jack & Evelyn MacDonald, nee Rowe, Sept 5
c4    Born –   John Richard Tuff, son of Donald & Ila Tuff, nee Wilton, Sept 5
c4    Born –   Leland Wayne McArthur, son of Patrick & Peggy McArthur, nee Fick, Sept 6
c5    Died –   Mrs Sarah Jane Ecker, 82 years, Sept 7, daughter of Robert & Eliza Friar, nee Elliott; widow of Sydney Ecker; mother of Mrs Alvie I. Fletcher, Mrs Laura M. Downs, Norman A., Harvey R., Stanley M. and Samuel G. Ecker; sister of Mrs Amelia Harwell and Mrs Addison Phillip

9 September 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c3    Died –   Benjamin E. D. Dolphin, 71 years, Sept 9
c4    Photo –   Edward St. Pee-Wee Baseball Champs – Jerry Wilcox; Larry Bowlby; Bill Wilkinson; Gerald Henry; Michael Russelo; Danny Norton; John Futcher; Bill Green; Danny Frank; Clarke Coombes; Richard Langley; Gary Leason; Bill Medlyn; Ron Pronger; absent Guy and Fred Haskell

Page 10

c4    Married –   George Slaght, son of Albert Slaght to Myrna Jewell Tansley, daughter of S. Tansley
c4    Photo –   Ann Hull; Joan Holmes; Gwendolyn Silverthorne; Doris Thurston; Susanne Shiell; Dorothy Gray; June Stanley; Joy Ward; Lilly Korolewych
c4    Photo –   Barbara Harper; Bernice Lindsay; Penny McCurdy; Jean Curley; Doris Dunn; Evelyn Campbell; Pauline MacGregor
c8    Married –   Edward E. Climie, son of Jack Climie to Olga Mary Nicoloff, daughter of Vasil Nicoloff

Page 11

c3    Engagement –   Elmer Lewis Smith, son of Garfield smith to Marion May Holdon, daughter of Mervin Holdon
c4    Married –   George Yule Mason, son of George Yule Masson to Elizabeth Louise Doolittle, daughter of Ira Neal Doolittle

10 September 1953

Page 6

c2    Died –   James Henry Blumenstein, 75 years, Sept 10
c3    Died –   Dr H. W. Chamberlain, 70th year, Sept 8, son of W. B. Chamberlain; husband of Mrs Edith Chamberlain, nee Harker; father of Harry and Frank Chamberlain and Mrs Louis (Donna) Austin

Page 7

c2    Funeral –   James B. Clark, Sept 7
c5    Funeral –   Theodore Liddle, Sept 9
c5    Died –   Mrs Effie Olivia Estano, nee Turrill, 71st year, Aug 24, daughter of Mahlon Turrill; widow of William H. Estano
c5    Born –   John Raymond Blake, son of J. F. & Bessie Blake, nee Caskey, Sept 3
c5    Born –   Daughter of Douglas Barnes, Sept 3
c5    Born –   Susan Marie Crosby, daughter of J. B. Crosby, Sept 7
c5    Born –   Daughter of Donald & Margaret Stacy, nee Grawburg, Sept 3
c5    Died –   James Henry Blumenstien, Sept 10
c5    Died –   Benjamin E. D. Dolphin, Sept 9
c6    Memoriam –   Albert Vernon Freeman, Sept 10 1930

Page 8

c1    Article –   Morley Mann’s Appliance Store – Photo

10 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c1    Photo –   Mrs William H. Jolley; Ben Johnson; Graham Snelgrove
c4    Photo –   Henry Helder; Charlie Weaver; Allan Davis
c5    Photo –   Mrs Corinne Campbell; Mrs G. B. Stilwell
c5    Photo –   Charlotte Davis
c6    Photo –   Phillip Earhart
c6    Died –   John G. (or B.) Cotton, Sept 10
c7    Article –   Belmont Fair
c8    Photo –   Kenneth Attwood, son of William Attwood of St Thomas

Page 12

c4    Married –   Mr & Mrs Stewart Campbell Brown – Photo

Page 13

c5    Married –   Hugh Gilmore Humble, son of J. W. Humble to Doreen Fay Jacques, daughter of Thomas J. & Myrtle Jacques
c7    Married –   Milton Jacob Price, son of Benjamin Price to Shirley Merlene Black, daughter of Howard Black

11 September 1953

Page 3

c4    Died –   Mrs James E. Brooks, nee Esther Ellen Forsythe, 90th year, Sept 3, daughter of Ezekial Forsythe and Susan Davis; aunt of Mrs John Lindsay, Robert Hines, Marcus Brooks and Mark Brooks and Mrs Marjory Brooks; sister-in-law of Mrs Harry Brooks

Page 6

c1    Died –   Mrs Frank B. Bennett, nee Sadie Hazel Ross, 37 years, Sept 10

Page 7

c2    Died –   Mrs Lillian B. Frank, 82 years, Sept 11, wife of F. P. Frank
c3    Memoriam –   Ronald Paddon, Sept 11 1945
c5    Funeral –   Mrs Flora Grant, Sept 10
c5    Funeral –   James Trevail, Sept 10
c5    Died –   Mrs Frank B. Bennett, nee Sadie Hazel Ross, 37 years, Sept 10
c5    Died –   James Henry Blumenstien, Sept 10
c5    Died –   Mrs Lillian B. Frank, 82 years, Sept 11, wife of F. P. Frank

Page 8

c1    Married –   Donald Joseph Butler to Doreen Catharine Regan – Photo
c3    Married –   Earl Bruce Bradfield, son of Clayton Bradfield to Lois Eleanor Alward, daughter of George Alward
c4    Engagement –   Gordon Charles Curtis, son of Charles Curtis to Beulah Irene Marlatt, daughter of Mrs Mamie Marlatt
c4    Engagement –   Alfred Theodore ‘Ted’ Kaufman, son of John Kaufman to Leota Muriel Charlton, daughter of H. K. L. Charlton
c5    Married –   John Kenneth Chasty, son of John F. Chasty to Mary R. M. Gardiner, daughter of Milton Gardiner
c5    Married –   Ora A. Mason, son of Albert Mason to Annie V. Robinson, daughter of Gordon Robinson

Page 9

c2    Married –   William Francis Vincer, son of James & Mary Vincer to Edna Dorothy Verlyn Arnold, daughter of William Arnold

11 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c1    Anniversary –   Knox Presbyterian Church, New Glasgow, 125th – Photo
c2    Photo –   Rt. Rev W. A. Cameron
c6    Photo –   Ronald Shelley of Union

Page 12

c1    Article –   Royal House, St Thomas – Photo

12 September 1953

Page 2

c7    Died –   Charles Ernest Luno, 62 years, Sept 10

Page 6

c1    Died –   Mrs Jennie Herman, 75 years, Sept 12, daughter of William Wintermute; widow of James Herman
c4    Died –   George Sykes, 74th year, Sept 11, husband of Mrs Elizabeth Sykes, nee McCormick; father of Elizabeth and Alfred

Page 7

c5    Born –   Kathy Traichevich, daughter of Steve & Ethel Jean Traichevich, nee Watts, Sept 10
c5    Born –   Wendy Darlene Young, daughter of Wesley & Barbara Young, nee DeAthe, Sept 7
c5    Born –   Son of J. Rodney & Daphne Thistle, nee Styles, Sept 12
c5    Died –   Mrs Lillian B. Frank, Sept 11
c5    Died –   Mrs Jennie Herman, Sept 12
c6    Memoriam –   Mrs Emily Anne Davey, Sept 12 1928
c6    Memoriam –   Harold Thomas O’Brien, Sept 10 1934
c6    Memoriam –   Tommy Ramsey Jr., Sept 13 1952, by parents and siblings Jennie, Sid and Jack
c7    Funeral –   Benjamin Daniel Dolphin, Sept 11

12 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c2    Photo –   1914 – D. Company, 14th Platoon, First Battalion
c7    Article –   G. E. Thorman – Photo

Page 13

c4    Married –   Douglas Owen Cole, son of Reed Cole to Marilyn Jayne Brooker, daughter of Dr. O. L. Brooker – Photo

Page 20

c2    Married –   Mr & Mrs Robert J. Yates – Photo
c4    Engagement –   Edgar Arthur Thompson, son of Arthur R. Thompson to Mary Isobel O’Malley, daughter of Anthony D. O’Malley
c4    Engagement –   James Davenport Crane, son of James C. Crane to Nancy Jean Doan, daughter of A. Douglas Doan
c4    Engagement –   Harold Ralph White, son of John Spencer & Elsie Rose White to Gladys Lillian Ryckman, daughter of Mrs M. Ryckman
c4    Married –   Walter Thomas Cassidy to Margaret Isabelle Pook
c4    Birthday –   Robbie Small, 4th, son of Douglas A. Small
c6    Photo –   Alma College – Mrs J. M. Douglas; Lois Collins, daughter of Rev S. R. Collins; Edith Braun; Cecile Dummett; Elaine Mateer, daughter of Rev H. C. Mateer; Mrs L. H. Doering
c6    Photo –   Alma College – Helen and Pamela Sutherland, daughter of Lt Col. J. B. Sutherland; Lee and Cathie Carkner, daughter of Roy R. & Betty Ann Carkner, nee Fauthier; Ann and Ardis Harris, daughters of R. E. Harris; Marie and Betty Anne Kerr, daughter of J. A. & Lydia Kerr, nee Caldwell and granddaughters of Mrs H. Caldwell, nee Elizabeth Kitching; Mrs Steele Sifton; Virginia and Rosemarie Hill, daughters of Fred R. Hill; Helen and Barbara Reid, daughters of Walter B. Reid
c6    Engagement –   Edwin Roy Smith, son of J. C. Smith to Elinor Jean Griffin, daughter of Kenneth Griffin
c6    Engagement –   Kenneth Floyd Shillington, son of William Shillington to Helen Jean Davidson, daughter of Percy Davidson
c6    Engagement –   Douglas Arnold Cockburn, son of Ernest Cockburn to Nora Mary Doreen Brazier, daughter of George Brazier of Lambeth
c6    Engagement –   John Ryder-Burbridge, son of J. A. & O. Ryder-Burbridge to June Elizabeth Bell, daughter of Dr A. M. Bell
c6    Engagement –   Russell J. Hunter, son of Roy Hunter to Shirley Lorraine Scott, daughter of Hubert H. Scott
c7    Engagement –   Murdoch Allan Carlaw, son of George Carlaw to Mamie Mildred Lewis, daughter of Richard Lewis
c7    Engagement –   James C. Stanley, son of R. J. Stanley to Dorothy Louise Hardy, daughter of George W. Hardy
c7    Engagement –   Howard C. Fleming, son of Clarence Fleming to Ruby Slaght, daughter of Mrs Marcus Vos
c7    Engagement –   Douglas Proctor, son of Frank Proctor to Evelyn France Petch, daughter of Frank Petch
c8    Engagement –   Donald Lee Small to Doris Bonnie Ketchabaw, daughter of C. J. Ketchabaw

14 September 1953

Page 1

c3    Died –   Mrs Winnifred Cole, Sept 14, daughter of H. Radcliffe; wife of Leslie Cole; mother of Mrs Charles (Barbara) Posset; sister of Miss May Radcliffe

Page 3

c3    Died –   William Albert Stickles, 85 years, Sept 8, son of William & Catharine Stickles, nee Kram; widow of Mrs Rydia Stickles, nee Evans; father of Ira and George Stickles, Mrs William (Gladys) Maher, Mrs Mabel Stickles and Mrs James (Marguerite) Dredge; brother of Lewis Stickles and Mrs Alex Eliza Hardy

Page 7

c2    Died –   Sandra Doreen Sim, few hours old, Sept 13, infant daughter of David R. Sim
c2    Died –   Earl Caughell, 47 years, Sept 14
c3    Died –   Joseph Douglas Payne, 79th year, Sept 12
c5    Died –   Duncan Munro, 91 years, Sept 12
c5    Died –   Robert Clark Monilaws, 62 years, Sept 14, husband of Mrs Fern Monilaws; brother of Mrs J. E. Miller and Edward Monilaws
c6    Born –   Kerry Douglas Doan, son of Don Doan, Sept 11
c6    Born –   James Joseph Connor, son of E. E. Connor, Aug 7
c6    Born –   Brenda Elaine Beer, daughter of Thomas M. Beer, Sept 13
c6    Born –   Son of Donald & Dolores Johnson, nee Smalldon; brother of Kenny and Paul, Sept 12
c6    Died –   Mrs Winnifred Mary Cole, Sept 14, wife of Leslie Cole
c6    Died –   Duncan Munro, Sept 12
c6    Memoriam –   Clare Thorn, Sept 14 1950, by wife Ida

Page 8

c3    Birthday –   Mrs Mary Jane Smith of London, 99th, widow of George R. Smith
c5    Married –   Gordon Blake Feagan to Sadie Isobel Munro

14 September 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c3    Photo –   George Little; William Sutherland; Norman Buchan; Norman Ford; Rev Dr. W. A. Cameron; Douglas MacDiarmid; Don Grey; Rev A. W. Herbert
c3    Died –   Charles Herbert Culham, 81 years, Sept 13, son of John Culham; brother of Henry Culham
c4    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Thomas Henderson, nee Jessie Ethel Booth of Glencoe, 50th

Page 10

c4    Married –   Calvin Stanley Bowes, son of George Bowes to Lenna Jean Carless, daughter of A. E. Carless
c5    Married –   Douglas Ural Parrack. son of Ural H. Parrack to Doreen May Clarke, daughter of Ernest Clarke

Page 16

c7    Married –   Lois Eleanor Alward, daughter of George Alward to Earl Bruce Bradfield, son of Clayton Bradfield

15 September 1953

Page 1

c3    Photo –   Mary Andrews; Agnes J. Campbell; Viva Gillies; Mary Downie; Jean Turner; Dorothy Mills; Vivian Howey; Jean E. Foster; Audra Elliott; Louise C. Patrick

Page 2

c4    Died –   Mrs Jessie Ida Nairn, nee Scalley, 75th year, Sept 13, daughter of John & Catherine Ann Scalley, nee McRae; wife of Franklin H. Nairn; mother of Mrs William (Jessie) Payne and James R. Nairn
c6    Funeral –   Mrs Lillian B. Frank, Sept 14

Page 5

c1    Photo –   K. L. ‘Keith’ Weld of Mer-Lin Motors

Page 6

c1    Funeral –   Mrs Leslie Cole, Sept 16, nee Winnifred Mary Ratcliffe; daughter of J. D. Ratcliffe
c2    Funeral –   James Henry Blumenstein
c2    Died –   Mrs Amelia Travis, 86 years, Sept 14, widow of George Travis
c5    Died –   Mrs Nina Johnston, Sept 15, daughter of Roland Edward Putnam; wife of William Johnston

Page 7

c1    Funeral –   Robert Clark Monilaws, Sept 15
c7    Died –   R. Earl Caughell, Sept 14
c7    Died –   Mrs Leslie Cole, Sept 14
c7    Died –   Mrs William Johnston, Sept 15
c7    Died –   Robert Clark Monilaws, Sept 14
c7    Died –   Joseph Douglas Payne, Sept 12
c8    Died –   Daniel Henry Smith, 76th year, husband of Mrs Elizabeth Smith, nee Near; father of Elizabeth Smith; brother of Thomas Smith, late Albert Smith, Mrs W. H. Sivers, Mrs George Widmer and Mrs John Erlsman
c8    Born –   Marilyn Joyce Burke, daughter of William Burke; sister of Wayne and Shirley; Sept 9
c8    Born –   Catherine Elaine Duffy, daughter of James & Pauline Duffy, nee McQuiggan, Sept 6
c8    Born –   Robert John Green, son of Ken & Lillian Green, nee Sheppard, Sept 11
c8    Born –   Janice Eileen Dutton, daughter of John & Eileen Dutton, nee Lodato, Sept 12
c8    Born –   Gerald Arnold Shackleton, son of Gerald & Anne Shackleton, nee Henderson, Sept 11
c8    Born –   Daughter of Donald & Margaret Stacey, nee Grawburg

Page 8

c3    Engagement –   Norman J. Lancaster, son of Earl Lancaster to Helen Gates, daughter of Clark D. Gates
c3    Married –   Delwin Charles Casselman, son of William C. Casselman to Jean Marguerite Leggott, daughter of Andrew B. Leggott
c3    Engagement –   John Pritchett Crocker, son of Harold J. Crocker to Catherine Marie Gibson, daughter of Samuel W. Gibson
c3    Engagement –   Grant Allen Calwell, son of T. J. Calwell to Christena Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of James C. Campbell
c5    Married –   Mr & Mrs Gordon Blake Feagan – Photo
c8    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs E. Groat of Belmont, 50th

Page 9

c3    Married –   Maxwell John Sharp, son of William Sharp to Donnie Marie McLeod, daughter of Elmer McLeod
c3    Married –   Clarke Todd, son of James Todd to Frances Willis Hughes, daughter of Rev T. Lloyd Hughes
c3    Married –   Robert George Hunter, son of Cecil Hunter to Donna Margaret Coventry, daughter of Lorne Coventry

Page 10

c2    Died –   Hugh Wilson, 85 years, Sept 14, widow of Mrs Isabel Wilson, nee Lamb
c3    Died –   Mrs Edna Beattie, nee Holmes, Sept 13, wife of Fred R. Beattie; mother of Kenneth Beattie and Mrs Chester Dawes; sister of Mrs Chester Jones, Carolyn and Ray B. Holmes

15 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c1    Photo –   Ross Emmott; Earl Ashton; Mr Cantor; Mrs Beth Smale
c4    Photo –   Richard A. Rowe of St Thomas
c6    Photo –   Ed Robinson; Bill Co; Don McDougall; Earl Jolley; Hal Jackson; Dr John Brown

Page 14

c1    Article –   Brownlee’s Drugstore – Photo of Roy Brownlee and Alex Brisbin

16 September 1953

Page 6

c2    Funeral –   Mrs Jennie Herman, Sept 14

Page 7

c1    Died –   Mrs Mabel Georgina Duff, Sept 15, wife of Louis Blake Duff; mother of Elizabeth, Patricia and Gerroud Duff; sister of Mrs Minnie B. Dilworth and Charles Ross Summerville
c3    Born –   Michael Fred Davis, son of W. F. & Myrna Davis, nee Burgess, Sept 15
c3    Born –   Carolyn Joyce Perry, daughter of Allen & Sally Perry, nee Bishop, Sept 15
c3    Died –   Mrs Nina Johnston, Sept 15, wife of William Johnston
c6    Memoriam –   W. A. Moore, Sept 16 1944

16 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c6    Died –   John G. Cotton, 52 years, Sept 10

Page 12

c2    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Bert Braddon of Coynes Corners, 50th – Photo
c3    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs G. E. Wadland of Sarnia, 50th
c3    Married –   Donald Comartin to Lois Schnekenburger, daughter of Louis Schnekenburger
c4    Married –   Ralph Walter Ronson, son of Ralph Ronson to Elaine Paterson, daughter of William A. Paterson
c5    Engagement –   Norman J. Lancaster to Helen Gates – Photo

17 September 1953

Page 1

c2    Article –   John and Douglas Knight, sons of Robert Knight of West Lorne

Page 6

c6    Died –   Mrs Catherine E. George, nee McLachlin, 85 years, Sept 14, widow of Thomas A. George

Page 7

c4    Born –   Daughter of Mac Gordon, Sept 14
c4    Born –   Joann Lillian Mortin, daughter of George & Lillian Mortin, Sept 16
c4    Born –   Jane Adeline Fulkerson, daughter of Mason & Gladys Fulkerson, nee Fleming, Sept 13
c4    Born –   Mark William Johnston, son of Lloyd & Wilma B. Johnston, nee Medlyn, Sept 15
c4    Born –   Stillborn daughter of R. E. Street, Sept 11
c4    Memoriam –   Eber Douglas Hayman, Sept 17 1951, by wife Mildred and children Frances, Mickey and Keven
c4    Memoriam –   Mrs Lettie Ward, Sept 17 1947, by sisters Edna, Sarah and brother Bill
c6    Funeral –   Duncan Munro, Sept 15
c6    Funeral –   Robert Clarke Monilaws, Sept 15
c6    Funeral –   Mrs Leslie Cole, Sept 16

Page 10

c2    Died –   Austin David Williams, 81 years, Sept 4 – Photo

17 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c3    Photo –   Homedale United Church Historic Stone – C. K. Fry; Arthur Cooper; Rev A. H. Johnston; Rev W. G. Rose; Rev E. J. Robertson; Rev S. B. Stokes; Rev E. J. Roulston; Ralph Foster
c4    Died –   Mrs Pearl Holmes, Sept 16, wife of Almond Holmes

Page 12

c3    Engagement –   James Richard Lumbers, son of James Lumbers to Grace Doreen Richardson, daughter of Wilfred Richardson
c4    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs John M. Collings of Springfield, 50th

18 September 1953

Page 2

c5    Died –   John Henry Hobbs, 85 years, Sept 17, widow of Mrs Esther Hobbs, nee Ley; father of Ada Hobbs, Mrs Fred (Louisa) Haynes, Mrs George (Violet) Sexsmith, Albert, Thomas, Fred and Roy Hobbs; brother of Albert Hobbs

Page 6

c3    Died –   Burton Lawrence Edgecombe, 77 years, Sept 13

Page 7

c3    Born –   Kathryn Edith Aitken, daughter of W. H. & Lillian Ruth Aitken, nee Peart, Sept 17
c3    Born –   Dan Douglas Curtis, son of Stanley & Isabel Curtis, nee Carrie, Sept 15
c3    Born –   Andrea Lynn Doxtator, daughter of Andrew Doxtator, Sept 10
c3    Born –   Kerry Jane Maloney, daughter of Robert C. & Jane Maloney, nee Ketcheson, Sept 14
c6    Died –   Nancy Marie Stafford, 9 days, Sept 17, infant daughter of Eric Stafford
c6    Died –   Frederick Underhill, 82nd year, Sept 18, husband of Mrs Maud Underhill; father of Mrs Walter (Marion) Sloper

Page 8

c3    Engagement –   Philip Thomas McDonnell, son of Thomas J. McDonnell to Elizabeth Marie Kulchyski, daughter of Carl L. Kulchyski
c5    Married –   William Alfred Lyle Saunders, son of R. H. Saunders to Amy Claire Smith, daughter of Lewis L. Smith

Page 10

c1    Died –   Nancy Marie Stafford, Sept 17
c4    Died –   Mrs Emilia Erickson, 82 years, Sept 16, daughter of Frederick Voege; widow of Henry Erickson; mother of Carl Erickson, Mrs William (Louise) Erbach and Mrs James (Leona) McIntyre; sister of August, Albert, Adolph and Edwin Voege

18 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c5    Died –   Edward Dolson, 83 years; widow of Mrs Emma Dolson, nee Brown; brother-in-law of William and Harold Brown
c6    Died –   Frederick Underhill, 82nd year, Sept 18

19 September 1953

Page 2

c4    Died –   Hubert Joseph Trumper, Sept 18, son of Joseph & Alice Trumper; widow of Mrs Sophia Trumper; brother of Rev Canon A. A. Trumper

Page 6

c1    Died –   Mrs Selena Church, 77 years, Sept 18, daughter of Fred Coombs; widow of W. A. Church

Page 7

c2    Died –   William Edward Eldert, 71 years, Sept 19
c3    Died –   Donald McCallum, 79 years, Sept 17, son of Peter McCallum; brother of Mrs Clayton Zavitz, Duncan, John and Percy McCallum
c4    Born –   Thomas Murray Benner, son of Murray & Anita Benner, nee Soper, Sept 11
c4    Born –   Charles Meredith Capern, son of Charles J. & Mary Capern, nee Cheesman, Sept 16
c4    Born –   Robert William Ford, son of Albert & Catherine Ford, nee Patterson; brother of Jimmie, Sept 17
c4    Born –   Frederick Mark Holterman, son of Fred & Ruth Holterman, nee Edworthy, Aug 29
c4    Born –   Robert Murray McQuiggan, son of Gary McQuiggan; brother of Connie, Sept 16
c4    Born –   Daughter of Jack Moore, Sept 15
c4    Born –   Ann Marie Sherratt, daughter of Joseph & Teresa Sherratt, nee Hagen, Sept 15
c4    Memoriam –   Marion Parkinson Gardner, Sept 20 1944; Don Parkinson Apr 27 1932
c5    Died –   Mrs W. A. Church, Sept 18
c5    Died –   William Edward Eldert, Sept 19
c5    Died –   William James Knott, Sept 19
c5    Died –   Frederick Underhill, Sept 18

Page 8

c1    Article –   Hugh Rose, son of Rev W. G. Rose of St Thomas – Photo

19 September 1953
Second Section

Page 13

c3    Photo –   Mrs William Dufty; Muriel Rice; Patricia Johnston; Linda McCarthy; Martin Sadler; Bob Monteith; George Patrasko; Ronald Laing; Jack Gebble; Terry Kirk; Ken Hindley; Marlene McCallum; Barbara Powers; Sandra Dufty; Kay Elson; Brent Dufty; John Knops; Gerry Kirk; Ken Beckett; Doug Kennington; John Dewaegeneer; Manley Sadler; Larry Shaw; Annie Baak; Diane Teeple

Page 15

c6    Photo –   New Homedale United Church, St Thomas

Page 24

c2    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Albert Cordery of St Thomas, 50th – Photo
c5    Engagement –   Robert W. Brown, son of R. W. Brown to Beverlea Sullivan, daughter of J. E. Sullivan
c5    Engagement –   Dr Andrew Koval, son of Andrew Koval to Jane Thayer, daughter of Roy Welter Thayer
c5    Engagement –   Archibald Ronald Campbell, son of Humphrey Campbell to Shirley Emma Brown, daughter of W. George Brown
c5    Married –   Joseph Parachoniak to Verna Small
c5    Married –   Robert W. Roulston to Doris Stride
c5    Birthday –   Linda Martin, 4th, daughter of J. A. Martin of St Thomas

21 September 1953

Page 1

c3    Photo –   Cpl. G. A. Edwards; LAC R. F. Hayter; Cpl. A. C. Burgess; Sgt C. E. Adkins; WO2 L. S. Williams; WO2 W. G. Morgan
c3    Photo –   M. Cowie; AW2 H. Funk; AW2 M. Moreau
c3    Died –   John Knight, 6 years, Sept 20, son of Robert Knight

Page 2

c4    Died –   Paul William Hoag, 56 years, Sept 20
c6    Died –   Mrs Ellen Reed, 73 years, Sept 21, widow of Francis Reed; mother of Winnifred E. Reed; sister of Walter Pyman

Page 3

c6    Died –   William A. George, 76 years, Sept 19, husband of Mrs Ada George, nee Philp; father of Fred George; brother of Mrs Addie Stevens

Page 6

c3    Died –   Victor Herbert Bennett, 57th year, Sept 20

Page 7

c2    Died –   Mrs Jennie Moir Fergusson, Sept 20, widow of John T. Fergusson; mother of Mrs Leonard (Isobel) Perret, William F. and Alexander S. Fergusson
c5    Died –   Charles Warren Ball, 73 years, Sept 20, father of Charles W., Henry W., Maitland R. ball and Mrs Harry Cavanaugh
c5    Born –   Katharine Elizabeth Denney, daughter of James & Audrey Denney, nee Fife; sister of Carol Anne, Sept 18
c5    Born –   Ann Elizabeth Rawlings, daughter of A. & Betty Rawlings, nee Pope, Sept 18
c6    Died –   Victor Herbert Bennett, Sept 20
c6    Died –   Mrs Marion Player, nee Satchell, 40th year, Sept 20, wife of William R. Player
c6    Died –   Mrs Ellen Reed, Sept 21

Page 8

c3    Engagement –   John Kendall Gillberry, son of John Edward Gillberry to Betty Bernice Baker, daughter of Frank W. Baker and niece of Robert Sterling
c3    Born –   Daughter of Joseph Sherratt, Sept 16, granddaughter of Edwin Hagen; great granddaughter of P. H. O’Connor
c3    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Walter Magee of Ridgetown, 55th
c4    Married –   George Murray Curtis to Mary Edrie Whitelock
c4    Married –   E. Marshall Hagelstein, son of Rev H. W. Hagelstein to Donna Lu Pearce, daughter of Arthur J. Pearce
c5    Married –   Donald Frederick Taylor, son of F. R. Taylor to Elizabeth Mary Gilbert, daughter of R. L. Gilbert
c6    Married –   William Allan Galbraith, son of Willis Galbraith to Shirley Mae Knight, daughter of John Wilfred Knight

Page 14

c3    Died –   Mrs Marion Player, nee Satchell, 40th year, Sept 20, wife of William R. Player

22 September 1953

Page 6

c6    Funeral –   William E. Eldert, Sept 21
c6    Funeral –   William james Knott, Sept 21
c6    Funeral –   Charles Herbert Culham

Page 7

c2    Died –   Mrs Annie Huby Colley, 91st year, Sept 20, widow of Walter Colley
c4    Funeral –   Nancy Marie Stafford, Sept 19
c4    Memoriam –   Mrs james Alfred Reynolds, Sept 22 1949
c5    Died –   Mrs John Benjafield, 78 years, Sept 22
c6    Born –   Carolyn Suzanne Meyer, daughter of T. Edward & Barbara Meyer, nee Thompson, Sept 18
c6    Born –   Gerald William Carr, son of Victor Carr, Sept 19
c8    Died –   Mrs Florence May Adams, nee Willsie, 78th year, Sept 21, widow of Frank Adams

Page 8

c8    Died –   Whitson B. Moore, widow of Mrs Henrietta Moore, nee McRae

22 September 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c1    Photo –   Arthur Cooke; Muriel McCance; Rosslyn McKenzie
c3    Photo –   Marion McKeown; Mrs Ray Campbell; Hugh Filson; Angus Campbell; William Abraham; Kenneth Pretty; Cam Clarke
c5    Died –   John Gordon Baillie, 53 years, Sept 21, son of William Baillie; husband of Mrs Alice Darling Baillie

Page 10

c3    Engagement –   T. Wilfred O’Connor, son of Thomas O’Connor to Joyce Rosetta Pearson, daughter of Edwin Pearson
c3    Engagement –   Dr James Archibald MacPherson, son of Dr John Roy MacPherson to Marjorie Yvonne Earle, daughter of Douglas Earle
c3    Engagement –   John Roy Stewart, son of William Stewart to June Anne Faulkner, daughter of J. J. Faulkner
c4    Married –   Edward Anthony Sterling, son of A. Sterling to Bessie Louise Stafford, daughter of William H. Stafford – Photo
c6    Married –   Kenneth Brown, son of George A. Brown to Jean O’Connor, daughter of Thomas O’Connor
c7    Married –   Walter Thomas Cassidy to Margaret Isabelle Pook – Photo

23 September 1953

Page 3

c3    Died –   Mrs James Frederick Cooper, nee May Potts, 50th year, Sept 19; mother of Mrs N. L. (Bernice) Brown; sister of Reuben and William Potts, Mrs J. (Annie) Dufferin, Mrs C. (Ethel) Borman, Mrs A. (Rose) Robbins and Mrs S. (Essie) Borman

Page 7

c2    Funeral –   Mrs Marion Player, Sept 22
c3    Born –   Daughter of Loyal Granger, Sept 19
c3    Born –   Son of Thomas F. & Maxine Kenny, nee McKenzie, Sept 19
c3    Born –   Patricia Ann Ponsford, daughter of Harley & Shirley Ponsford, nee Allan, Sept 18
c3    Born –   Cynthia Lee Swanton, daughter of Jack Swanton, Sept 19
c4    Died –   Mrs John Benjafield, Sept 22
c4    Died –   John W. Moore, 70 years, Sept 22, husband of Mrs Hazel Moore
c4    Died –   Richard Thomas ‘Tommy’ Tonkin, 52nd year, Sept 22, husband of Mrs Lena Tonkin, nee Hewbank
c4    Died –   Perry Wintermute, 67th year, Sept 23

Page 8

c3    Married –   Russell Lyall McKechnie, son of James McKechnie to Ada Emily Carter, daughter of John Carter

Page 9

c4    Married –   James Davenport Crane, son of James C. Crane to Nancy Jean Doan, daughter of A. Douglas Doan

Page 10

c3    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs William Adams, nee Ethel Kintrea of Port Burwell, 25th

23 September 1953
Second Section

Page 17

c3    Photo –   H. A. Milligan; Rocky Nash; Norm Ripley; Arthur Buck; Ray Jewel; Cap Mair; Al Kirk; George Milligan
c3    Died –   Richard Thomas Tonkin, Sept 22
c3    Died –   Miss Margaret Ethel Boliak, 29th year, Sept 22, daughter of Mrs Adeline Tobias; sister of Delia and Lorraine
c7    Article –   Shedden Fair

Page 18

c3    Article –   Jones Flour & Feed; Maurice B. Jones – Photo

Page 20

c5    Died –   Mrs Mayme Garrison, 88 years, Sept 22
c6    Died –   David Benn, 77 years, Sept 23, husband of Mrs Elsie Benn, nee Pearce

Page 26

c3    Died –   John W. Moore, 70 years, Sept 22
c4    Died –   James E. Bobier, 64 years, Sept 23
c6    Died –   Perry Wintermute, Sept 23

24 September 1953

Page 3

c6    Died –   Mrs Robert Hastings, nee Edna Shipley, 60th year, Sept 23, daughter of Isaac Shipley; sister of Elmer, Ira, Verna and May Shipley, and Mrs Robert Latta

Page 7

c2    Funeral –   James E. Bobier, Sept 26
c4    Memoriam –   Mrs Amelia Mary Davies, Sept 24 1951
c4    Born –   Lois Ulea Batzold, daughter of John S. & Lois Batzold, nee Milton, Sept 23
c4    Born –   Sheila Jeanette Fralick, daughter of Harold & Grace Fralick, nee Graves, Sept 23
c5    Died –   Harvey Hunter, 68th year, Sept 23, husband of Mrs Ethel Hunter, nee Hanning; father of Mrs William (Mildred) Beamer, Mrs Joseph (Nora) Emery and Mrs Fred (Margaret) Sohocki; brother of Edward and Herbert Hunter
c5    Died –   James E. Bobier, Sept 23
c5    Died –   Mrs Margaret Ethel Boliak, Sept 22, widow of John Boliak
c5    Died –   John W. Moore, Sept 22
c5    Died –   Mrs Elsie Taylor, Sept 23, wife of Richard Taylor; mother of Mary, Treva and Eric Taylor
c5    Died –   Richard Thomas Tonkin, Sept 22
c5    Died –   Perry Wintermute, Sept 23

Page 9

c2    Died –   Mrs Margaret Ethel Boliak, Sept 22, widow of John Boliak
c3    Died –   Mrs Elsie Taylor, Sept 23, wife of Richard Taylor; sister of Dr C. Dannatt, Mrs Henry Brown and Mrs Albert Scragg; grandmother of Larry, Robert, Bruce and Donald Taylor; mother of the late Robert Taylor
c4    Funeral –   Mrs Selena Church, Sept 21
c4    Funeral –   Mrs Ellen Reed, Sept 23

24 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c1    Photo –   Farnell Nimmo; Edith Nimmo; Mrs Alex Turner
c1    Article –   Shedden Fair
c3    Photo –   Shedden Fair
c3    Photo –   Turtle race at Shedden Fair – Kenneth Milligan; Don Milligan; LeRoy Holburn; Clarence and Roy Daugherty; Bill Robertson; Robert Stafford; Tom Marr; Bill Parks; Clarence Sims; Eddie Holburn

Page 12

c3    Died –   Charles J. Plastow in Detroit
c3    Engagement –   Robert Scott, son of Clinton Scott to Anna Marie Morrison, daughter of D. C. V. Morrison
c3    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Henry Mullins, nee Minnie Ashmore of Melbourne, 60th
c4    Married –   Arden L. McLean, son of Spencer McLean to Annetta Isabella Ross, daughter of Alexander Ross
c5    Married –   Harry Kelly, son of William Kelly to Catherine L. Carr, daughter of Rev Albert Carr

Page 13

c4    Photo –   Mrs Thomas Birchall; Mrs Donald Lay; Mrs Harold Brannan; Mrs Gordon Caughell; Thomas Birchall

25 September 1953

Page 5

c5    Funeral –   Victor H. Bennett, Sept 23
c5    Funeral –   Mrs John Benjafield, Sept 24

Page 7

c3    Died –   James E. Bobier, Sept 23
c3    Died –   Chester Hunter Hopkins, 72 years, Sept 24
c5    Born –   Aneeta Elaine Alden, daughter of Ronald & Marion Alden, nee O’Connor, Sept 23
c5    Born –   John Frederick Clark, son of Howard J. Clark; brother of Howie, Sept 23

Page 8

c3    Married –   Kenneth Jack Burrell, son of F. G. Burrell to Marguerite Joy Marsden, daughter of Alfred Marsden
c3    Married –   Alexander Potter, son of A. M. Potter to Donna Rogerson
c4    Married –   James Arthur McKinlay, son of Duncan McKinlay to Frances Louise Fish, daughter of Rae Partridge

Page 9

c7    Married –   Ronald Bruce Miller, son of W. B. Miller to Barbara Ann Richardson, daughter of J. A. Richardson

Page 10

c6    Died –   Mrs Anna Hulaj, 56 years, wife of Steve Hulaj; mother of John, Paul and Louis Hulaj and Mrs Augustus Luhovey

25 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c4    Died –   Chester Hunter Hopkins, 72 years, Sept 24
c5    Photo –   Alex B. Tisdall of St Thomas
c7    Article –   Christopher ‘Kim’ Moss, 17, son of Ray Moss

26 September 1953

Page 2

c2    Died –   Mrs Bertha Steeper, 78th year, Sept 25, widow of Frank Steeper
c4    Died –   Frederick Summerhayes, 87 years, Sept 25, husband of Mrs Clara Summerhayes, nee Peronto; father of Mrs Harold Allen; brother of Charles Summerhayes and Mrs D. J. Graham

Page 6

c3    Died –   Mrs Olive Isabel Wickett, 56 years, Sept 25, wife of Ernest Wickett
c6    Married –   John Wade Raithby, son of George Elwin Raithby to Nancy Isabel Matthews, daughter of Howard Sands Matthews

Page 7

c3    Funeral –   Mrs John Benjafield, Sept 24
c3    Died –   Dr George A. McLevey, Sept 25, son of John & Ann McLevey; husband of Mrs Lillian McLevey, nee Barnes
c4    Born –   Rodney Thomas Pullen, son of Tom & June Pullen, nee Wilson, Sept 21
c4    Born –   Carman Eugene Holborn, son of Vernon E. Holborn; brother of LeRoy, Eddie and Ricky, Sept 13
c4    Born –   Son of T. E. Standeven, Sept 21
c4    Died –   Mrs Ernest Wickett, Sept 25
c4    Died –   Dr George A. McLevey, Sept 25
c5    Funeral –   Richard T. Tonkin, Sept 25
c5    Died –   Mrs Maynar Garrison, Sept 22
c5    Memoriam –   Charles H. Wightman, Sept 27 1949
c5    Legal –   C. L. Clendenan of St Thomas

Page 8

c1    Photo –   Bill Sherry of St Thomas
c7    Married –   John Edgar Kersell, son of Ivan Kersell to Marlene Florence ‘Betty’ Munn, daughter of Ross Munn

26 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c2    Died –   Charles J. Plastow, Sept 23
c3    Photo –   Brian Crossett, 3 years, son of Hughston Crossett; Mrs Hughson Crossett; Dr Cecil Hoffman; Miss Lydia Henry

Page 16

c5    Photo –   Graham Snelgrove of St Thomas

Page 17

c1    Photo –   Steve Traichevich of St Thomas
c3    Photo –   Grevace O. Howse of St Thomas

Page 22

c2    Engagement –   Angus Robertson, son of Capt. Duncan Robertson to Mary Elizabeth McKillop, daughter of Duncan A. McKillop – Photo
c3    Married –   Harley Lashbrook to Nancy Ward
c4    Engagement –   Angus Robertson to Mary Elizabeth McKillop
c4    Engagement –   James W. Lunn, son of Gordon Lunn to Marilyn Christina Clark, daughter of N. Dawson Clark
c4    Engagement –   Edward Eugene Dickout, son of Arthur Dickout to Irene Eleanor Legg, daughter of Gordon Legg
c4    Engagement –   James Thomas Langley, son of George Langley to Audry Jean Johnston, daughter of A. R. Johnston
c4    Engagement –   Jack Eric Stroyberg, son of Eric Stroyberg to Jean Marie Slota, daughter of Albert Slota
c4    Married –   Wilfred Wilhelm, son of Gordon Wilhelm to Jean Knight, daughter of Mrs H. P. Knight
c5    Married –   Charles Nelson Menzies, son of R. P. Menzies to Ileana Witts, daughter of Albert Witts – Photo
c5    Birthday –   Arthur Olsen of St Thomas, 78th
c5    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Albert Cordery of St Thomas, 50th
c6    Engagement –   John Everett Robson, son of J. J. Robson to Joyce Jacqueline Freeborn, daughter of John W. Freeborn
c6    Engagement –   Lewis Edward Hanley, son of E. A. Hanley to Patricia Anne Martin, daughter of Lyle A. Meredith
c7    Married –   George Murray Curtis to Mary Whitelock – Photo
c7    Photo –   Dwain and David Weckman, twin sons of B. T. & Eleanor Weckman, nee Bridge; grandsons of E. E. Bridge
c8    Engagement –   Reginald Joseph McAvoy, son of James & Marian McAvoy to Mary Alice Mitchell, daughter of John Mitchell

28 September 1953

Page 3

c1    Died –   William Arthur Dent, 75 years, son of Thomas H. Dent; husband of Mrs Edna Dent, nee Innes

Page 6

c1    Died –   Fay Irene Beattie, 6 months, daughter of Ronald Beattie
c3    Died –   John A. White, 84 years, Sept 27
c3    Died –   Mrs Sarah Elma McConnell, 66 years, Sept 26, widow of Arthur McConnell
c4    Died –   Mrs Violet L. McQueen, 83 years, Sept 26, daughter of Job Hockey; widow of Dr Henry A. McQueen; mother of Dr Allan and Dr Richard McQueen, Florence McQueen, Mrs D. F. Gibson and Mrs F. G. Baldwin; sister of Alice Hockey
c4    Died –   Frank Krakki, 54 years, Sept 26, father of Joseph Krakki
c5    Died –   Mrs Lavina Vatcher, 86 years, Sept 27, widow of Henry T. Vatcher

Page 7

c3    Christening –   Kirby Blake Thomas, son of Cyril Thomas; Nancy Margaret Wallis, daughter of William Wallis; Terry Robert McCutcheon, son of Harold McCutcheon; Janet Isabel McGenn, daughter of James McGenn; Mark Douglas Haney, son of Leroy James Haney; Vickie Lynn Churchill, daughter of Asa Churchill
c4    Baptism –   Wendell Hugh, Viviene Jeanette and Brian Curtis Davidson, children of Ronald Davidson; Sandra Lee Munroe, daughter of Stuart Munroe; Nancy Doris Wood, daughter of Gordon Wood; Bunny Lynn Withenshaw, daughter of Clarence Withenshaw; Rickland Russell Cooper, son of R. A. Cooper; Linda and Cathy Rose Surgent, daughters of Nyal Surgent
c4    Died –   Alex B. Alexander, 71 years, Sept 27
c4    Died –   Henry John Barnes, 90th year, Sept 26
c4    Died –   Fay Irene Beattie, Sept 27
c4    Died –   Mrs Sarah Elma McConnell, Sept 26
c4    Died –   John A. White, Sept 27
c5    Funeral –   James E. Bobier, Sept 26
c5    Funeral –   Chester Hopkins, Sept 26
c5    Funeral –   Mrs Richard Taylor, Sept 25
c5    Memoriam –   Edward Pritchard, Sept 28 1952
c6    Born –   Daughter of J. S. M. & Helen Browne, nee Sixt, Sept 28
c6    Legal –   Clarence Vowels of St Thomas

Page 8

c6    Died –   Henry John Barnes, Sept 26
c8    Funeral –   Mrs Roy Currah, nee Dibbie, 58 years

28 September 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c2    Died –   Alex Alexander, Sept 27
c3    Photo –   Rev & Mrs Grant Sloss and children Steven and David
c3    Photo –   Lorne Kelterborn; Stan Biggs; d. F. McIntyre; Miss Dorothy Beveridge; Charles Waldrum; Jim Katser; D. A. Glaze; H. C. McKean; E. G. Seymour; A. B. Ellis
c5    Died –   Mrs Chrystobel James, 81 years, Sept 27, widow of Frederick James; mother of Rev F. T., Frank, Rev Charles and Rev J. H. James, Constance James, Mrs Kathleen Kain, Mrs Harry (Irene) Tompkins, Mrs James (Nora) Cunningham

Page 10

c1    Married –   Bill Hodgkinson, son of Ernest Hodgkinson to Jacqueline Marie Langley, daughter of Mrs Mary Louise Langley
c3    Married –   Joseph Parachoniak to Verne Miriam Small
c5    Engagement –   Milton Earl Crandall, son of E. M. Crandall to Margaret Anne Kubu, daughter of F. J. Kubu

Page 11

c3    Married –   Robert Scott White to Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Charles Fellowes

29 September 1953

Page 6

c2    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs William Blanchard of Aylmer, 50th
c3    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Charles Ronson of Tillsonburg, 50th

Page 7

c1    Died –   Hugh Huffman, 33 years, Sept 29
c2    Died –   Hubert Barrett, 86th year, Sept 27, son of Theobald Butler Barrett; widow of Mrs Maude Barrett, nee Scofield; father of Quinton Barrett
c2    Funeral –   John Walter Moore, Sept 25
c2    Died –   William Lorne Phinn, 55 years, Sept 27
c3    Retirement –   John A. McAuley of St Thomas
c3    Photo –   John A. McAuley; W. C. Gowdy; Georg Chamberlain; Fred Ostrander; A. C. Gorvett
c5    Born –   Kathryn Anne Heidt, daughter of F. D. Heidt; sister of Tommy, Sept 27
c5    Born –   Daughter of Alex Morse; sister of Mary Ann, Sept 27
c5    Born –   Randy William Baker, son of Jerrald & Jean Baker, nee Groves, Sept 25
c5    Born –   Mary Ellen McInnes, daughter of Frank & Bonnie McInnes, Sept 20
c5    Born –   Stillborn son of Harry & Marion Player, nee Wilson, Sept 28
c5    Born –   Paul Gregory Sharpe, son of Joe & Muriel Sharpe, nee Diller; brother of Eddie, Sept 23
c5    Born –   Daughter of Dr W. A. Tillman, Sept 26
c5    Died –   Hugh Huffman, Sept 29
c5    Died –   Alex B. Alexander, Sept 27
c5    Died –   John A. White, Sept 27

Page 8

c1    Baptism –   Jeanette Marie Butler, daughter of K. J. Butler
c2    Died –   Mrs Martha J. Prangley, 84 years, widow of J. W. Prangley
c4    Photo –   William G. Lochead; G. L. Johnstone; Dr Burdett McNeel; W. Scott Mckay; Ken Patton; John MacDonald
c5    Died –   Mrs Edward Fawcett 75 years, Sept 29

29 September 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c8    Photo –   Paul D. Hubert, son of H. Hubert of St Thomas
c8    Photo –   Ray Freeman, son of Carl Freeman of St Thomas

Page 10

c3    Engagement –   James W. Lunn, son of Gordon Lunn to Marilyn Christina Clark, daughter of N. Dawson Clark
c3    Engagement –   William Glen Watson, son of James Watson to Audrey May Stephenson, foster daughter of John A. Botting
c3    Anniversary –   Dr & Mrs J. L. Huffman of London, 50th, nee Laura McCallum
c4    Photo –   Mrs W. J. Sanderson; Mrs Robert Gardner; Mrs W. R. Babcock; Mrs J. W. Snell; Mrs Percy Hewson; Miss Gladys Bristow; Mrs T. C. West; Mrs R. B. Venning; Mrs William Holmes; Mrs Ted Wolfe; Mrs Lorne Shain; Mrs Stephen Butler
c8    Birthday –   Mrs John Gorvett of Yarmouth Centre, 90th – Photo

Page 11

c1    Married –   Mr & Mrs Harley Lashbrook – Photo
c2    Married –   Robert Armstrong Ferrell, son of Wellons Ferrell to Nettie Storoschuk, daughter of William Storoschuk
c2    Married –   Dr Harold W. Estey to Felice Bolte
c3    Married –   John Charles Austin Edwards, son of Rev H. A. Edwards to Arletta Anne MacIntyre, daughter of William MacIntyre

30 September 1953

Page 3

c1    Died –   William Thomas Arthurs, 83 years, Sept 30
c2    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Melvin Wolfe of Richmond, 5th
c3    Died –   Arthur E. Sutherland, 92 years, Sept 29
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Anne Fawcett, 77 years, Oct 1

Page 6

c3    Died –   David Kipfer, 58 years, Sept 29
c3    Died –   Mrs James W. Lambert, nee Dorothy Marshall, 72nd year, Sept 29, daughter of Charles W. & Jessie Marshall, nee Burkholder

Page 7

c3    Died –   Charles Upton, Sept 28, uncle of the Misses PatrickZ
c3    Died –   William Thomas Arthurs, Sept 30
c3    Died –   Hugh Huffman, Sept 29
c4    Died –   Harry B. Soper, 49 years, Sept 26
c4    Memoriam –   William Bolton, Sept 30 1952, by Bertha, Dorothy, George, Bill and Richard
c5    Photo –   Vernon H. Ross, son of Gordon Ross of St Thomas
c5    Funeral –   Perry Wintermute, Sept 25

30 September 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c5    Photo –   Marilyn Jean Fisher, 6, her mother Mrs Harry Fisher of Wardsville and her great grandmother Mrs D. L. Purcell of Wardsville, 93 years mother of Arthur Purcell
c5    Photo –   Cliff Campbell; Russell Campbell; John Jewell

Page 12

c3    Photo –   Mrs H. E. Donnelly

1 October 1953

Page 3

c1    Died –   Miss Theresa Kelly, 81 years, Sept 28, aunt of Joseph Doyle and Mrs Wilfred Boll
c2    Died –   Mrs R. L. Cooke, nee Jane Hopper Pratt, 64th year, Sept 3
c4    Died –   Mrs Clarence Cully, nee Mary McGregor, 78 years, Sept 29, daughter of Donald & Jane McGregor, nee Murdie; aunt of Miss Dorothy Steele

Page 7

c5    Born –   Stephen John Peers, son of John R. & Margaret Peers, nee Clarke, Sept 15
c5    Born –   David Franklin Massecar, son of David Massecar, Sept 27
c5    Died –   William Thomas Arthurs, Sept 30
c5    Died –   William I. Cochrane, 70 years, Oct 1, husband of Mrs Olive Cochrane, nee Archer

Page 10

c3    Funeral –   Alex B. Alexander, Sept 30
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Olive Wickett, Sept 28

1 October 1953
Second Section

Page 13

c1    Article –   Sgt. Ronald Leon Ross of West Lorne – Photo
c3    Photo –   Reg Collis; Frank McClellan; John Tinling; Nick McGuigan; Jack Sullivan; William Graham; Jack Day; Erie Burgess; Wilfred Johnston; Aubrey Easton
c6    Died –   William I. Cochrane, 70 years, Oct 1, husband of Mrs Olive Cochrane, nee Archer; brother of George Cochrane and Mrs Nell Player
c7    Article –   Pte. William Frederick ‘Bud’ Thwaites, son of Mrs Lillian Thwaites and the late William Thwaites of Rodney; brother of Edwin Thwaites – Photo

Page 14

c4    Engagement –   Robert Gordon Balfour, son of Gordon Balfour to Doris May Smeltzer, daughter of Walter H. Smeltzer

Page 15

c4    Married –   Mr & Mrs Robert Walter Roulston – Photo

2 October 1953

Page 6

c4    Died –   Mrs Garfield Hunsley, nee Martha ‘Mattie’ Preston, 70th year, Sept 30

Page 7

c2    Died –   Mrs Mae Mooney, 64 years, Sept 29, daughter of William Lumley
c4    Funeral –   Hugh Huffman, Oct 1
c4    Died –   Mrs Levina C. Vatcher, Sept 27
c5    Born –   Gary James Haight, son of John Haight, Oct 1
c5    Born –   Daughter of Alex Morse, Sept 27
c5    Died –   William I. Cochrane, Oct 1
c5    Memoriam –   Benjamin Staniforth, Oct 2 1952, by wife Nona and daughters Ruth Anne and Martha Elizabeth

Page 8

c3    Married –   David John Gordon, son of W. J. Gordon to Joyce Irene Robinson, daughter of Ralph Robinson
c4    Married –   Harry Allen Thompson, son of Emerson Thompson to Alice Margaret Christian Phyllis Wilson, daughter of Stanley G. Wilson
c5    Birthday –   Mrs Harry Watson of Port Stanley, 81st

Page 9

c4    Married –   Robert Walter Roulston, son of J. E. & Muriel Roulston to Doris Caroline Stride, daughter of Garfield Stride

2 October 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c3    Article –   Mr & Mrs A. Orrin Calbert of St Thomas
c3    Article –   Marwood Robbins of Shedden
c3    Photo –   Elmer E. Atkinson of Aylmer
c6    Article –   Clarence Palmer of Shedden

Page 20

c2    Funeral –   Alex B. Alexander, Sept 30

3 October 1953

Page 1

c2    Photo –   Charles Wayne Smith, 7, son of Charles G. Smith of Clearville

Page 3

c3    Article –   99th Annual Wallacetown Fair – Photo
c4    Photo –   Humphrey Campbell of Iona Station
c7    Photo –   Clifford Campbell of Iona Station and Jimmy Schneckenburger of Rodney

Page 6

c4    Article –   Aylmer Swimming Club

Page 7

c4    Memoriam    William Luke Berry, Oct 3 1952
c5    Died –   Miss Winnifred Dimond, 83 years, Oct 2, sister of Mrs Harry Little, Mrs John Truscott, John R. and E. R. Dimond
c5    Funeral –   Archibald Gunn Partridge, Oct 1
c5    Funeral –   Mrs Annie Fawcett
c5    Funeral –   William Thomas Arthurs, Oct 2
c6    Born –   David Robert Burgess, son of A. C. Burgess; brother of Arthur Charles, Oct 1
c6    Born –   Thomas Roy Hunt, son of Gerald Hunt; brother of Billie, Oct 2
c6    Born –   Brenda Joyce Zinn, daughter of H. Zinn; sister of Harold and Betty, Sept 30
c6    Died –   Mrs Elizabeth Anne Dawdy, nee Newton, 77 years, Oct 2, widow of Austin Dawdy

Page 8

c4    Married –   Charles Beckett, son of Sam Beckett to Eveland Cantrell, daughter of Mrs Josephine Mackie

Page 9

c1    School Report –   Central and East Elgin School Teachers – Yarmouth; Malahide; South Dorchester; Bayham
c3    Birthday –   Aldrett Wilcox of Jaffa, 80th

Page 12

c2    Funeral –   Mrs Alice Wilkinson, nee Clarke, Oct 1, wife of Fred Wilkinson; mother of Mrs Arlene Howe; sister of Alfred Clarke, W. J. Clarke, aunt of Barbara Clarke

3 October 1953
Second Section

Page 13

c4    Died –   Mrs Elizabeth Dawdy, Oct 2, widow of Austin Dawdy

Page 18

c3    Photo –   St Thomas City Firemen – Charles Dunn; Bob Jackson; Fred Davis;; Len Sanguine; Tommy Gagen; Murray McNea; Jim Ballantine; Les Davis; Gordon MacFarlane; Joe McCarthy; Art Swanson; Larry Beals; Bill Irvine; George Hooper; Max Monroe; John Dorland; Lloyd Matthews; Fred Morley; W. V. Parsons; Lt. B. A. Graham; Lt Hugh McIntyre; Asst. Chief Russ Lumley; Chief Alex Sutherland; Capt. Alex MacDonald; Lt William Turvey; Lt Gordon Potts; absent Jimmy Johnston, Roy Burford and George Colledge

Page 20

c3    Photo –   Yarmouth Heights Volunteer Firemen – Jimmy Matthews; Asst Chief Arthur Moorehouse; Bruce Doan; Walter Matthews; Tom Lewis; Alf Yates; Ivan Moore; Robert Laing; Jeff Morgan; Chief Norman Lewis; Jack Blackwell; Don Oldreive; absent Johnny Couse, Art Abel, Ted Hayes, Charles Foster, Bob Bushel and George Nichol

Page 24

c2    Married –   Ronald Bruce Miller, son of W. B. Miller to Barbara Ann Richardson, daughter of James Albert Richardson – Photo
c5    Engagement –   William Marvin Radney, son of Clyde Radney to Kathleen June Frishette, daughter of William H. Frishette
c5    Engagement –   Thomas C. Moore, son of Thomas W. Moore to Margaret Bechely, daughter of Fred L. Bechely
c5    Engagement –   Joseph Raymond Evans, son of P. J. Evans to Shirley Louise Morrison, daughter of D. E. Morrison
c5    Engagement –   Donald George Pyatt, son of James Pyatt to Laura Aileen McLeod, daughter of Leroy McLeod
c6    Married –   Bill Hodgkinson to Jacqueline Langley
c6    Engagement –   Leslie Gordon Graham, son of Jack Graham to Thelma Joan Flanigan, daughter of Frank & Margaret Flanigan
c7    Married –   Mr & Mrs Bill Hodgkinson – Photo
c7    Married –   Edward Paris to Edna Swartz
c7    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Dennis Catt of Springwater, 25th
c7    Baptism –   Timothy Glen Inch, son of Gerald G. Inch; grandson of Roy H. Inch and Norris Hathaway; great great grandson of Mrs George Nowell
c8    Engagement –   George William Wilkie, son of W. S. Wilkie to Lorrene Adele Nurse, daughter of J. D. Nurse

5 October 1953

Page 1

c4    Article –   Kenny Marlatt, 2 1/2 years, son of Jesse Marlatt of St Thomas

Page 2

c2    Died –   Miss Jennie A. Fraser, 78 years, Oct 4, daughter of James A. Fraser; sister of late Don Fraser

Page 6

c1    Article –   Mrs Marion Morris of Aylmer
c1    Died –   Norman Cameron, 73 years, Oct 3, brother of Hugh and Margaret Cameron

Page 7

c3    Article –   John Watson, 6 years, son of Milton Watson of St Thomas
c3    Died    Mrs Ethel Chaplow Paddon, 64th year, Oct 3, widow of J. Herbert Paddon
c3    Died –   Mrs Muriel Mary Whitehead, 46 years, Oct 4, wife of W. Dawson Whitehead
c3    Born –   Janet Elaine McPhedrain, daughter of J. E. McPhedrain, nee Thompson, Oct 4
c3    Born –   Maureen Marie Conley, daughter of Kevin D. Conley; sister of Jimmy, Oct 4
c4    Memoriam –   Mrs Ellen Marchant, Oct 5 1950
c4    Died –   John Luke Birmingham, 70 years, Oct 3, widow of Mrs Mary Birmingham; husband of Mrs Lela Fern Palmer Birmingham; father of John Edward Birmingham
c5    Died –   Herman Hambleton, 71 years, Oct 4
c5    Funeral –   William I. Cochrane, Oct 3

5 October 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c1    Died –   Mrs William Jay, 66 years, Oct 4
c2    Died –   Mrs Ethel Chaplow Paddon, 64th year, Oct 3, widow of J. Herbert Paddon
c3    Photo –   Tennis Tournament – Ann Turville; Marion Hamilton; Anne West; Ian Hamilton; James Geddes; James King; Alec Althoff; Tom McClanaghan; Anne Charles; William MacBeth
c5    Died –   Mrs Muriel Mary Whitehead, 46 years, Oct 4, wife of W. Dawson Whitehead

Page 10

c1    Married –   James Richard Lumbers, son of James Lumbers to Grace Doreen Richardson, daughter of Wilfrid Richardson
c3    Married –   Sgt. Donald R. Osborn, son of Thomas Osborn to June Isobel Ford, daughter of Henry Ford
c4    Married –   Leo Uniac, son of William Uniac to Patricia Dodgson, daughter of William Dodgson
c5    Married –   Mr & Mrs Douglas Harry Sanguine – Photo
c5    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs J. W. Young of St Thomas, 62nd, parents of Mrs E. Leslie Kerr
c5    Birthday –   George Russell of Yarmouth, 89th
c5    Engagement –   Thomas Frederick Kingsmill, son of George Frederick Kingsmill to Clarissa Barker, daughter of John Bartholomew Barker
c6    Engagement –   Gordon M. MacDonald, son of John MacDonald to Frieda Kelly, sister of James A. Kelly
c6    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs William Paul of St Thomas, 40th
c6    Engagement –   Harry Roe Gill, son of Cecil Gill to Violet Marjorie Farquhar, daughter of Frank Farquhar
c6    Engagement –   Thomas Peter Lance, son of C. A. Lance to Mary Anne Margaret Dewar, daughter of Durward William Dewar of Aylmer
c6    Engagement –   Leslie Lawrence, son of George & Elizabeth Lawrence to Anne Susanna Weber, daughter of Albert Weber of Aylmer
c6    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs William Blanchard of Aylmer, 50th

6 October 1953

Page 3

c3    Funeral –   Mrs Eliza Barker Ellwood, Oct 3, widow of William H. Ellwood

Page 5

c2    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Michael Miller, nee Maglin Schneckenburger of West Lorne and Thamesville, 50th

Page 6

c2    Died –   Frederick R. Nicholson, Oct 5

Page 7

c3    Memoriam –   Al Douglas McLean, Oct 6 1946, by parents and Harry and Dorothy
c6    Born –   Son of Charles Bell, Oct 2
c6    Died –   Herman Hambleton, Oct 4

Page 8

c4    Married –   Mr & Mrs Earl Bradfield

6 October 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c3    Photo –   Kay Ferguson; Catherine Livingstone; Mrs Ray Prong; Agnes Turnbull

Page 10

c2    Married –   Stewart Thomson, son of Alex Thomson to Shirley Hunter Evans, daughter of D. M. & Eleanor Hunter
c2    Married –   James Robert Walker, son of Dr R. H. Walker to Gwendolyn Jean Seward, daughter of Charles Seward
c2    Married –   Dr W. D. S. Cross to Olive May Sutton
c2    Married –   Kenneth Floyd Shillington, son of William Shillington to Helen Jean Davidson, daughter of Percy Davidson
c2    Married –   Raymond Waldo Bowering, son of Alfred Bowering to Mary Louise Squire, daughter of Fred Squire
c4    Engagement –   Dan Wolland Gaynor, son of Rev Dan D. Gaynor to Shirley Caroline Montague, daughter of Alex William Montague
c4    Engagement –   Keith George Marr, son of Norman Marr to Shirley Constance Ferguson Maguire, daughter of W. Ferguson Maguire
c4    Engagement –   Ronald William Ford, son of Ernest F. Ford to Margaret Lily Robertson, daughter of John J. Robertson
c4    Engagement –   William Peter Connor, son of William J. & Bertha Connor to Ruth Mildred Wilson, daughter of Vernon O. Wilson
c5    Married –   Douglas Harry Sanguine to Betty Jean Arrand

7 October 1953

Page 1

c1    Photo –   Firehall, Southwick St., St Thomas to be demolished

Page 6

c1    Died –   George McClintock, 87 years, Oct 6

Page 7

c4    Born –   Robert Gordon Taylor, son of Harry & Dorothy Taylor; brother of Randy and Jackie, Oct 1
c4    Born –   Marie Louise Mahu, daughter of W. Mahu; sister of Simone and Shirley, Oct 5
c4    Died –   Edward C. Bate, 75 years, Oct 6, brother-in-law of Mrs Agnes Gray; uncle of Mrs Marguerite Stewart
c4    Died –   Walter J. Butcher, 73 years, Oct 7
c4    Died –   Mrs Rose Scocchio Iezzi, 66th year, Oct 7, wife of Daniel Iezzi; mother of Louis J., Austin, Dominic, Victor, John, James and Dolphine Iezzi, Mrs Massy DeAngelis, Mrs Ben DeRosse and Mrs Frank Porter
c4    Died –   Mrs Eva Myrtle McKillop, Oct 7, widow of Duncan A. McKillop
c5    Memoriam –   Leo Lloyd Schram, Oct 7 1944, by wife Lovey Schram
c5    Memoriam –   Samuel George Trueman, Oct 7 1943, by parents and sister Mary
c5    Memoriam –   George Clelford, Oct 5 1951

Page 8

c5    Died –   Walter J. Butcher, Oct 7

7 October 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c3    Died –   Mrs Rose Scocchio Iezzi, 66th year, Oct 7, wife of Daniel Iezzi; mother of Louis J., Austin, Dominic, Victor, John, James and Dolphine Iezzi, Mrs Massy DeAngelis, Mrs Ben DeRosse and Mrs Frank Porter; grandmother of Diane Iezzi
c4    Died –   Mrs Eva Myrtle McKillop, Oct 7, widow of Duncan A. McKillop
c8    Died –   Edward C. Bate, 75 years, Oct 6, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Bate, nee Johnson; brother-in-law of Mrs Agnes Gray; uncle of Mrs Marguerite Stewart

Page 10

c4    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Edwin Vanstone, nee Bertha Maude Doyle of Lambeth, 56th
c5    Engagement –   Charles Russell Lightell, son of Russell Lightell to Dorothy Ruth Merritt, daughter of Edward D. Merritt
c7    Married –   Archibald Alderton, son of Charles Alderton to Betty Jean Heil, daughter of William Heil
c7    Married –   Lt Douglas Arnold Cockburn, son of Lt Col. Ernest Cockburn to Mary Doreen Brazier, daughter of George Brazier
c7    Married –   Grant Allen Calwell, son of T. J. Calwell to Christena Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of James P. Campbell
c7    Married    Robert Earl Smith, son of Norman Smith to Marilyn Louise Smith, daughter of Elmer Smith

Page 11

c1    Married –   James B. F. Stott, son of Frederick W. Stott to Marjorie Isobella Robertson, daughter of Samuel C. Robertson

Page 12

c3    Funeral –   Mrs Elizabeth A. Dawdy, Oct 5
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Muriel Whitehead, Oct 6
c5    Funeral –   Mr Arthur, Oct 2, uncle of Oliver Howse

8 October 1953

Page 3

c4    Died –   Mrs John Nickels, nee Ida Woolley, 80 years, Oct 6, mother of Alfred, Harvey and Oswald Nickels, Mrs Roy Elson, Mrs Stewart Beaty and Clara Nickels

Page 6

c1    Article –   St Paul’s United Church, Aylmer
c3    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs William Blanchard of Aylmer, 50th

Page 7

c2    Died –   Frank William Seward, 69 years, Oct 8, brother of Mrs Abraham Barnes and Harry Seward
c2    Died –   Mrs Lillian Downs, 72nd year, Oct 6, daughter of Alfred & Elizabeth Bates, nee Anderson; wife of William Downs; mother of William Harold and Gordon Downs; sister of Mrs Cecil (Noreen) Jennings, Mrs Robert (Evelyn) Jones and Mrs Cyrus Gratton
c3    Died –   Thomas James Burrell, 68th year, Oct 7, husband of Mrs Hortensie Burrell, nee Mitchell; father of Mrs Craig (Dorothy) Leach, Mrs George (Lucinda) Leon and Archie Park Burrell; step-son of Mrs Clara Burrell; brother of Allan A. and Oliver Burrell
c3    Born –   Robert Gordon Armstrong, son of George & Frances Armstrong, nee Truax, Oct 6
c3    Born –   Aubrey Phillip Lunn, son of Raymond Lunn, Oct 3
c4    Died –   Edward C. Bate, Oct 6
c4    Died –   Walter J. Butcher, Oct 7
c4    Died –   Mrs Eva Myrtle McKillop, Oct 7
c4    Died –   Donald McCormick, 85th years, Oct 8
c4    Died –   Mrs Lillian Schell, nee Baker, 63rd year, Oct 8, wife of John D. Schell

Page 8

c4    Married –   John Royston Gowdey to Dorothy Helen Hurst
c4    Married –   Edward Paris, son of William Paris to Edna Eileen Swartz, daughter of William Swartz

Page 9

c3    Married –   Bastiaan Geradus Bos, son of Wilbertus Bos to Wouthera Paulina Verhoeven, daughter of Adrianus Verhoeven
c4    Married –   Wilfred Ezra Wilhelm, son of Gordon R. Wilhelm to Jean Kathleen Knight, daughter of Hector P. Knight – Photo

8 October 1953
Second Section

Page 13

c2    Died –   Donald McCormick, Oct 8
c3    Photo –   Cpl. Harry Sadler, son of Mrs Harry Sadler of St Thomas; LAC Paul Proulx
c3    Article –   Talbotville United Church
c6    Died –   Mrs Lillian Schell, nee Baker, 63rd year, Oct 8, wife of John D. Schell
c8    Died –   George Rice, 67 years, Oct 8

Page 14

c5    Funeral –   Herman Hambleton, Oct 7
c5    Funeral –   John A. White

9 October 1953

Page 2

c3    Birthday –   Edward Gorvett of St Thomas, 82 years; Fred Gorvett of Sparta, 84 years – Photo
c7    Died –   Mrs Charlotte Holder, 81 years, Oct 7, wife of Frederick Holder; sister of John Botwright

Page 6

c3    Married –   John Cameron Sawyer, son of Harold Sawyer to Patricia Anne Hemphill, daughter of Robert Hemphill

Page 7

c3    Born –   William Ernest Montague Blight, son of Ralph Blight; brother of Jimmy, Oct 6
c3    Born –   Cathy Lynn Dieleman, daughter of Peter Dieleman, Oct 5
c3    Born –   Timothy Wayne Wilcox, son of R. H. Wilcox, Oct 5
c4    Died –   Donald McCormick, Oct 8
c4    Died –   Mrs John D. Schell, Oct 8
c4    Died –   Miss Louise Sells, Oct 7
c4    Died –   Frank William Seward, 69 years, Oct 8
c4    Died –   Joseph Edmond Willson, Oct 8

Page 8

c5    Married –   Archibald Ronald Campbell, son of Humphrey Campbell to Shirley Brown, daughter of W. George Brown
c8    Birthday –   Mrs Wesley Pearce of Jaffa, 84th

Page 10

c5    Anniversary –   Belmont United Church, 100th – Photo of church and parsonage

9 October 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c1    Article –   99th Rodney Fair
c2    Died –   Joseph Edmond Willson, Oct 8
c3    Photo –   Mrs E. A. Fairless and son Bruce Arthur Fairless age 5 1/2 months; Mrs D. J. Anderson and daughter Lynn age 9 months
c3    Photo –   Rodney Drum Majorettes and Rodney Kiwanis Boys & Girls Band
c3    Photo –   Children of SS 1 Aldborough – Margaret Rylett; Cathy Felder; Carol Ann Chaplin; Linda Buchan; Pat Kelly; Mervin Eden; Bobby Beck; Bonnie Felder; Evert Grift; Hendrick Ekelman; Alvin Eckert; Tony Friedrien; Betty Ann Segedin; Marlette Duriancik; Anke VanderSluys; Hilda Felder; Louise Rylett; Edith Rylett; Helen Segedin; Cathie Felder; Tommy Young; Lennert Buth; John VanderSluys; Herbert Felder; Bobby Friendrich
c5    Photo –   Jimmy Franks of Rodney, 12 years
c5    Died –   Miss Louise Sells, Oct 7

10 October 1953

Page 1

c3    Photo –   Assembly line at Allis Chalmers Ltd., St Thomas

Page 2

c1    Died –   Mrs William Brackenbury, nee Maude Karn, 69th year, Oct 7, mother of Mrs George Mallory
c4    Photo –   Fingal United Church

Page 6

c2    Photo –   Rene Strobbe of Aylmer
c4    Photo –   Reginald Bruce of St Thomas
c6    Died –   Mrs Mabel May Ashton, nee Bloom, 76 years, Oct 9, widow of Rev W. J. Ashton

Page 7

c2    Funeral –   Miss Louise Sells, Oct 14
c2    Died –   Thomas L. Richards, Oct 10, husband of Mrs Olive Richards, nee Schultz
c2    Article –   Pte. Jerrold McCart, son of Sgt. Harry McCart
c4    Funeral –   Edward C. Bate, Oct 9
c4    Funeral –   Walter J. Butcher, Oct 9
c4    Funeral –   Mrs Eva M. McKillop, Oct 9
c4    Born –   Janet Elise Clinansmith, daughter of Gilbert B. & Helen Clinansmith, nee Wickett, Oct 2
c4    Died –   Thomas L. Richards, Oct 10
c4    Died –   Miss Louise Sells, Oct 7

Page 8

c6    Married –   Edwin Neil Andress, son of Fred Andress to Joyce Arlene Swayze, daughter of Mrs Mary Swayze
c8    Married –   James M. Murray, son of J. Murray to Fern MacKenzie, daughter of William MacKenzie

Page 10

c3    Photo –   Canadian Allis Chalmers plant, St Thomas
c3    Photo –   George Thomson of St Thomas

10 October 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c1    Article –   by George E. Thorman
c1    School Report –   Locke’s Track and Field
c3    Photo –   Viobin Canada Ltd., St Thomas
c3    Photo –   Colin A. McLeod; Mel Owens; Phil Boyd; Tom Carroll; Harry Braiden; Dr N. Franks; Alan G. Cliffe; Jack Taylor; Marsh Knowles; Armand LaPlante; Paul Gerard
c4    Died –   Sidney Alfred Nash, 42 years, Oct 9, husband of Mrs Thelma Nash, nee Wrighton; father of Barry Nash; brother of Mrs F. J. Hyatt
c5    Photo –   R. C. ‘Currie’ Winlaw; husband of Mrs Jean Winlaw
c8    Photo –   T. E. ‘Ted’ Neely of St Thomas

Page 22

c4    Engagement –   Neil A. Irons, son of Albert Irons to Patricia Freeman, daughter of A. B. Freeman
c4    Engagement –   Samuel Edwin Baker, son of John Baker to Helen Esther Vaughn, daughter of Harland P. Vaughn
c4    Engagement –   William Harold Sears, son of William H. Sears to Rena Marie Durdle, daughter of James E. Durdle
c4    Engagement –   Bruce William Kriter, son of Reuben Kriter to Margaret Velma Carnie, daughter of Harvey Carnie
c4    Engagement –   Harvey Franklin Hurlbut to Frances Eleanor Branton, daughter of Thomas John Branton
c5    Married –   Herbert Gordon Rice to Margaret Ruth Stephenson, daughter of Charles Stephenson
c6    Engagement –   Lloyd Wallace Fischer, son of Christopher D. Fischer to Darla Marguerite Earhart, daughter of Earl S. Earhart
c6    Married –   Edgar Thomson to Mary O’Malley
c7    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs W. B. Knight of St Thomas, 50th – Photo
c8    Engagement –   Gordon Phelps Truman, son of F. L. Truman to Irene May Youke, daughter of George Youke

13 October 1953

Page 2

c3    Died –   Merritt Walker, 82 years, Oct 12
c5    Died –   Ralph Bowerman, 40 years

Page 3

c3    Died –   Thomas M. Wilcox, Oct 10
c4    Funeral –   Mrs Ethel Paddon, Oct 6. widow of J. Herbert Paddon
c5    Died –   James Alexander Miller, 78 years, son of Walter & Eliza Miller, nee Graham; husband of Mrs Mary Miller, nee Shaw

Page 5

c5    Died –   Mrs Dina Hough, 75 years, Oct 10, widow of George William Hough

Page 6

c4    Married –   Murdock Allan Carlaw, son of George Carlaw to Mamie Mildred Lewis, daughterof Richard Lewis

Page 7

c2    Died –   George Lodge, Oct 12, brother-in-law of Mrs J. Lawrence Lodge; uncle of Mrs David Fisher
c3    Born –   John Mitchell Anderson, son of Harold Anderson; brother of Karen and Wayne, Oct 10
c3    Died –   Mrs Frances R. Elliott, 89 years, Oct 12, widow of Thomas M. Elliott
c3    Died –   William Shaw Gillick, 72 years, Oct 10
c3    Died –   Mrs Isabel Roberts, 88 years, Oct 11, wife of Andrew Roberts
c3    Died –   Miss Louise Sells, Oct 7
c4    Memoriam –   John Hugh Locke, Oct 13 1951, by daughter Margaret, son-in-law Charlie and grandson Robert Davis
c4    Memoriam –   Mrs Almira Slaght, Oct 13 1939, by daughter Leotta
c5    Legal –   Mr & Mrs Fred Calvert of Sparta

Page 8

c3    Married –   Archibald Ronald Campbell to Shirley Emma Brown
c4    Married –   Edgar Arthur Thomson, son of Arthur B. Thomson to Mary Isobel O’Malley, daughter of Anthony D. O’Malley
c5    Engagement –   Hugh Leonard Mills, son of T. A. Mills to Catherine Alma Miller, daughter of Thomas S. & Julia Miller

Page 9

c3    Married –   John Royston Gowdey, son of William Charles Gowdey to Dorothy Helen Hurst, daughter of Mrs T. McQuire
c7    Married –   Angus Robertson, son of Capt. Duncan Robertson to Mary Elizabeth McKillop, daughter of Duncan A. McKillop
c7    Married –   Robert Scott, son of Clinton Scott to Anna Marie Morrison, daughter of D. C. V. Morrison

13 October 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c3    Photo –   Edward J. ‘Ted’ Higginbottom of St Thomas
c4    Photo –   Bert Hicks, 81 years; William Hicks, 86 years; Mrs Emma (Axford) Merrill, 90 years
c5    Died –   Mrs Frances R. Elliott, 89 years, Oct 12, widow of Thomas M. Elliott
c6    Died –   William Shaw Gillick, 72 years, Oct 10
c7    Died –   Mrs Isabel Roberts, 88 years, Oct 11, wife of Andrew Roberts
c7    Died –   Mrs Ella Beatrice Wigley, 64 years, Oct 11, daughter of Frederick Avey; wife of Thomas William Wigley; sister of Ernest Avey and Mrs P. Woolley

14 October 1953

Page 1

c3    Fire –   Orval Tustian Mill, New Sarum – Photo
c6    Died –   Philip James Lindenman, 61 years, Oct 13

Page 2

c1    Died –   William E. Fraser, 68 years, Oct 12
c1    Died –   Miss Hanna Maria Waldock, Oct 12, daughter of Charles & Hanna Waldock; sister of Miss Blanche Waldock
c2    Died –   Mrs Marie Jeanne LaCharite, 71 years, wife of Felix LaCharite; mother of Mrs Francis (Elfreida) Neill, Mrs Lloyd (Audrey) Patrick, Mrs Clayton (Mildred) Pearce and Clayton LaCharite; sister of A. J. and Raymond May, Mrs Edmund Lesperance and Mrs George Renaud

Page 3

c3    Died –   Mrs John W. Pattison, nee Julia Mitchell, Oct 13, sister of Maude and George Mitchell

Page 5

c3    Funeral –   William S. Gillick, Oct 13
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Isabel Roberts, Oct 13
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Mabel Ashton
c3    Funeral –   Sidney A. Nash, Oct 13
c3    Funeral –   George Rice, Oct 10

Page 6

c1    School Report –   Aylmer Public School Field Day
c1    Article –   Southdale Sunoco Service Station – Photo
c4    Photo –   Clarence Dumaw and Harold Charlton of Southdale Sunoco
c2    Died –   Mrs Mary S. Tompkins Cline, 83 year, Oct 13, widow of John W. Cline
c3    Funeral –   Thomas M. Wilcox, Oct 13
c4    School Report –   McGregor School Field Day

Page 7

c3    Photo –   Charles H. Smith, son of Jack H. Smith of St Thomas
c3    Died –   Emerson Johnson, 64 years, Oct 14
c4    Died –   Mrs Mary Ellen Cornish, Oct 14, wife of Delmar Cornish
c4    Born –   Judith Ann Bolton, daughter of A. T. & Vi Bolton, nee Gunning, Sept 24
c4    Born –   Lou Ann Marie Lockwood, daughter of W. A. & Donna Lockwood, nee MacDonald, Oct 11
c4    Born –   Harold Taylor Sharpe, son of George Sharpe, Oct 3
c5    Died –   Mrs John W. Cline, Oct 13
c5    Died –   Mrs Thomas M. Elliott, Oct 13
c5    Died –   Emerson Johnson, Oct 14
c5    Memoriam –   Elfrida E. Davies, wife of Walter Davies, Oct 14 1950
c5    Memoriam –   Joseph William Hunt, Oct 14 1945, by parents and sisters Hilda, Karen and Sylvia; by Alice, Tip and Janet
c5    Memoriam –   Wallace Jones, Oct 14 1945

Page 8

c4    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs J. B. Oberholtzer of Kitchener, 70th
c5    Engagement –   James Ernest Rice, son of Ernest Rice to Elizabeth Catharine Galbraith, daughter of James Galbraith
c6    Married –   Thomas Brown Stewart to Vera Audrey Schott, daughter of Percy T. Schott
c6    Birthday –   Heather Ellen Ryan, 1st, niece of Mrs D. Hayes
c6    Birthday –   Veronica Choma of Straffordville, 10th, daughter of Steve Choma
c8    Married –   Dr Andrew Koval, son of Andrew Koval to Jane Thayer, daughter of Mrs Roy Welter Thayer

Page 9

c2    Married –   Nicol MacNicol III, son of Nicol MacNicol Jr. to Carol Irene Gregory daughter of Harold Moore Gregory
c3    Married –   Norman James Lancaster, son of Earl Lancaster to Helen Marjorie Gates, daughter of
Clark Gates

15 October 1953

Page 3

c4    Died –   Alexander Pardo, 55 years, Oct 13, son of Andrew & Fanny Pardo, nee Parsons; husband of Mrs Lorencey Jane Pardo, nee Poole; father of Blanche Marie and Andrew M. Pardo; brother of Ledson Pardo

Page 6

c1    Died –   Mrs John W. Cline, 83 years

Page 7

c2    Died –   J. Vincent McGee, 59 years, Oct 15, father of William McGee
c3    Memoriam –   Peter McIntyre, Oct 15 1948
c4    Funeral –   Donald McCormick, Oct 10
c4    Funeral –   Miss Louise Sells, Oct 14
c4    Funeral –   Kim Louise Warren, 5 years, Oct 14, daughter of Verne Warren
c5    Died –   Ernest C. Rupert, 30 years Oct 15, husband of Mrs Jean Rupert; brother of Edward rupert, Mrs O. M. Rollo and Mrs E. Cox
c5    Born –   Janet Susan Beales, daughter of L. R. Beales, Oct 11
c5    Died –   Mrs John W. Cline, Oct 13
c5    Died –   Emerson Johnson, Oct 14

Page 8

c3    Married –   T. Wilfred O’Connor, son of Thomas O’Connor to Joyce Rosetta Pearson, daughter of Edwin L. Pearson
c3    Married –   Donald William MacWilliam, son of Gordon MacWilliam to Shirley Lois Dalley, daughter of Melvin Dalley
c4    Married –   Martin Hewson, son of Alex Hewson to Fay Cloes, daughter of Percy Cloes
c4    Photo –   Miss Irene Poole, daughter of Mrs F. C. Poole of Port Stanley
c5    Married –   Dr Fred Froud to Yvonne Snyder, daughter of Vernan Garnet Snyder

Page 9

c3    Married –   Russell Junior Hunter, son of Roy Hunter to Shirley Lorraine Scott, daughter of Hubert Scott
c4    Married –   Arnold Hanson to Verna Vanatter, daughter of Rev Alonzo Vannatter

15 October 1953
Second Section

Page 13

c3    Photo –   Sparta School Field Day – Don MacIntosh; Don Hewitt; Glenn Clarke; Nabe Daniel; Joan Hewitt; Wilma Holmes; Shirley Richens
c4    Died –   Mrs Dorothy Botter, nee Lake, 65th year, Oct 12, widow of Adolf Botter; mother of Mrs William (Dolly) Stroud, Mrs Harold (Margaret) Mallory, Ross and Christopher Botter; sister of John and Ernest Lake
c5    Died –   Mrs Alford Person, nee Eliza Jane Taylor, 86th year, Oct 15

15 October 1953
Special Edition

Page 1

c1    Article –   Opening of McClean Grain Ltd., St Thomas and Port Stanley Grain & Transit Ltd.
c1    Photo –   Robert Boyd McClean; Robert L. Heath

Page 2

c1    Photo –   Robert Boyd McClean
c5    Photo –   Robert Allan Heath

Page 3

c1    Photo –   Raymond George Shaw
c4    Photo –   McClean Grain Ltd., Princess Ave., St Thomas

Page 4

c2    Photo –   Former L. & P. S. Railway Warehouse, Station St., St Thomas
c4    Photo    Randolph McIntyre

Page 6

c2    Photo –   Hon. F. S. Thomas
c4    Photo –   Howard Barnier; Kenneth McIntyre
c6    Photo –   Port Stanley Grain & Transit Ltd., Port Stanley

Page 7

c1    Photo –   Elevators of McClean Grain Ltd., St Thomas
c4    Photo –   Fred McCormick
c6    Photo –   Elevators at Port Stanley Grain & Transit Ltd., Port Stanley

Page 8

c4    Photo –   Fred McCormick

Page 9

c1    Photo –   Robert Boyd McClean; Charles S. McClaren; Robert L. Heath; Harry L. Foster; W. G. Thompson
c2    Photo –   Port Stanley Grain & Transit Ltd., Port Stanley

Page 10

c1    Photo –   Port Stanley Grain & Transit Ltd., Port Stanley

Page 11

c3    Photo –   Port Stanley Grain & Transit Ltd., Port Stanley

Page 12

c1    Photo –   Charles McClaren
c4    Photo –   W. G. Thompson

Page 13

c4    Photo –   Harry Logie Foster

Page 15

c2    Photo –   Douglas L. Hough

16 October 1953

Page 1

c3    Photo –   Fatal Train Wreck
c3    Died –   George Ray Chalk, 50 years, Oct 16

Page 2

c3    Funeral –   Mrs Frances R. Elliott, Oct 15

Page 7

c4    Photo –   Miss Barbara Bowden, daughter of Mrs Jean Bowden
c4    Died –   Albert Portsmouth, 82 years, Oct 15
c4    Died –   Emerson Johnson, Oct 14
c5    Memoriam –   Mrs Robert Brooks, Oct 16 1938, by Pearl
c5    Memoriam –   Harry Howell, Oct 16 1944, by mother, by sister Helen and brother-in-law Bob
c5    Memoriam –   Ruth Krafft, Oct 16 1952
c5    Memoriam –   Mrs Thomas Torres, Oct 16 1950
c5    Memoriam –   Melissa M. Annett, Oct 16 1938
c6    Born –   Paul Richard Harris, son of John & Dorothy Harris, nee Silver, Oct 14
c6    Born –   Daughter of Edward Small; sister of Sharon and Mary Jo, Oct 12

Page 8

c2    Married –   Rowland Gilmore Samis, son of George Spencer Samis to Catharine Joyce Tomlinson, daughter of Francis Tomlinson
c2    Married –   Archibald Milton to Mrs Lilly A. Kendall
c4    Married –   Mr & Mrs Paul Doty – Photo
c7    Married –   Paul Doty, son of Mrs Helen Doty to Mary Ann Hart, daughter of William Hart

Page 9

c4    Married –   Walter J. Newkirk, son of James Newkirk to Josephine Gertrude Brown, daughter of Oscar Brown

Page 10

c1    Died –   Kelly Porter, father-in-law of Mrs Frank Porter, nee Andrews
c1    Birthday –   Joshua Bobier of Wallacetown, 97th
c3    Died –   James Vincent McGee, 59 years, Oct 14, son of Frank McGee; husband of Mrs Helen McGee, nee Hamilton; father of William McGee; brother of Very Rev George K. McGee, Lt Col. Charles E. McGee, Rev Sister M. Maureen, Mrs Stanley Burns and Mrs Helen Knight; nephew of Sister Catharine of Sienna

16 October 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c1    Article –   Church of Christ (Disciples), Yarmouth Heights; artist sketch of new church
c3    Photo –   4-H Club – Henry Helder; Garry Peer; Russell Campbell; Douglas Small; Harold Martyn; Larry Brackenbury; Frank Bolger; Jim Reeves; Ronald Lee; Fred Prong; Fred Laur; Neil Robb; Alex McCallum; A. V. Langton; G. C. Clark; J. D. Thomson; Harold Zavitz; Donald Fick; Dave White
c6    Photo –   Pte. J. Walker of St Thomas
c8    Photo –   William C. Hawke of St Thomas

17 October 1953

Page 1

c1    Birthday –   Joshua Bobier of Wallacetown, 97th – Photo
c3    Photo –   S. S. Shirley G. Taylor of Norris Grain Company docked in Port Stanley
c7    Photo –   Mrs Norman Buchan of Aldborough

Page 2

c2    Died –   Harry Conway, 70 years, Oct 16, husband of Mrs Ida Conway; father of Harry Conway and Mrs Sydney K. (Mildred) Silverman
c2    Photo –   G. O. Howse; Jack T. Waite
c6    Died –   Peter Daniel McCurdy, 71 years, Oct 16, father of Wilfred, Earl and Paul McCurdy; brother of Teresa, Sarah, David and William McCurdy; grandfather of Mary and David McCurdy – Photo
c7    Died –   Edward S. Ted Telford, 28 years, Oct 16, son of Mrs Edward W. Telford; husband of Mrs Norma Telford, nee Hibbert; father of Paul Telford; brother of George, Gordon, William and John Telford

Page 6

c1    Died –   Ray Chalk, Oct 16
c4    Photo –   PO Douglas A. Vann of St Thomas

Page 7

c3    Memoriam –   E. J. Cox, Oct 18 1951, by wife and daughter; by Ronald, Ted and Jim
c3    Memoriam –   Mrs Bessie Follette, Oct 17 1945, by George Lawton; by daughter Grace, son-in-law Bill and grandchildren June, Margaret and Billie
c3    Memoriam –   Arthur Frederick Fuller, Oct 17 1952
c3    Memoriam –   Lena Annetta Greenwood, Oct 18 1952
c3    Memoriam –   Cecil Brian Pringle, Oct 18 1949 by grandparents Allman
c4    Died –   George Ray Chalk, Oct 16
c4    Died –   Peter Daniel McCurdy, Oct 16
c4    Died –   Mrs Frances Meek, Oct 16, wife of George A. Meek
c4    Legal –   C. E. & Edith Southern of St Thomas
c5    Died –   Mrs Uretta Kelly, Oct 16, widow of William Kelly; mother of Mrs George (Ida) McCullough and Mrs Joseph Marston; grandmother of Mrs Betty Sales; great grandmother of Michael Sales

17 October 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c3    Died –   Mrs Frances Meek, Oct 16, wife of George A. Meek
c4    Photo –   Jack T. Waite; Donald G. Luton
c7    Photo –   Bill Cunningham, son of William Cunningham of St Thomas

Page 20

c3    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs George R. Stevenson of St Thomas, 50th – Photo
c5    Engagement –   Allan William McDowall, son of William Ferguson McDowall to Alada Kathlyne Graham, daughter of Mrs Mary E. Graham
c5    Engagement –   Dalton Binks, son of George Binks to Esther Ann Jennings, daughter of C. L. Jennings
c5    Engagement –   George Douglas, son of Charles Douglas to Betty Allison, daughter of Clifford Allison
c5    Married –   John Gillberry to Betty Baker
c5    Birthday –   Mrs David Meadows of St Thomas, 91st
c6    Birthday –   Mary Elizabeth Pell, 4th, daughter of Archie Pell of St Thomas
c8    Engagement –   Francis Maxwell Watts, son of Alfred Watts to Winnifred Sergeant, daughter of Lewis Sergeant
c8    Engagement –   J. Paul Hotchkiss, son of Jack Hotchkiss to Myrna Louise Barnes, daughter of Bruce Barnes

19 October 1953

Page 6

c4    Married –   Archibald Milton to Mrs Lilly A. Kendall

Page 7

c1    Funeral –   Mrs Frances Meek, Oct 21
c1    Died –   Mrs Carrie A. Beard, Oct 18, widow of Charles H. Beard; mother of Mrs Stanley G. (Kathleen) Burns, Mrs J. A. (Margaret) Cairncross and Mrs A. S. (Mary) Chisholm
c3    Died –   Charles T. Lark, 75th year, Oct 17, son of William & Ellen Sarah Lark, nee Woods; widow of Mrs Bertha Lark, nee Hall; father of Robert Lark, Mrs J. J. Carrigan, Mrs Charles Rose and Mrs Bertha Ward
c3    Memoriam –   Mrs Annie Armstrong Allen, Oct 19 1949, by daughter and son-in-law Hazel & Hector Jubinville
c3    Memoriam –   Raymond Chute, Oct 19 1942
c4    Funeral –   Philip J. Lindenman, Oct 15
c4    Funeral –   Mrs Mary S. Cline, Oct 16
c4    Funeral –   Mrs Lillian Schell, Oct 18
c5    Photo –   Miss Colleen McCardle; Mrs June Kennedy
c5    Born –   Lawrence Michael Shelton, son of L. & Mildred Shelton, nee Welbourn, Oct 17
c5    Born –   Dennis Bradley Telle, son of W. G. & Vera Telle, nee Stewart, Oct 17
c5    Born –   William Sumner Carroll, son of Sumner & JoAnn Carroll, nee Hayden, Oct 11
c5    Died –   Charles T. Lark, Oct 17
c5    Died –   Mrs Frances Meek, Oct 21

19 October 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c4    Photo –   Ray Shaw; Kenneth Standing; Howard Barnier; Boyd McClean; H. O. White; R. A. Heath

Page 10

c3    Married –   Leslie Neil Maguire, son of Neil Maguire to Edna Lucille Cowan, daughter of Lee Cowan
c4    Married –   John Kendall Gillberry, son of John Edward Gillberry to Betty Bernice Baker, daughter of Frank Baker

Page 11

c5    Married –   John Roy Stewart, son of William Stewart to June Anne Faulkner, daughter of John J. Faulkner

20 October 1953

Page 1

c3    Photo –   Rev C. H. James; Rev H. R. Perkins; Canon David Cornish; Rev J. A. Davies; Rev A. E. Tavener; Rev Ridley Parson; Rev K. E. Taylor; Rev George Pearce
c3    Photo –   Rev Ridley Parson; Rev R. W. Lane; Bishop George N. Luxton; Rev H. F. Cross; Rev T. Dale Jones; Rev J. Graham; Rev C. G. Garner; Rev Robert Wild; Rev J. L. Duncan; Rev H. R. Rokeby-Thomas

Page 3

c3    Died –   Miss Grace Ethel Robinson, Oct 16, daughter of John B. Robinson; sister of John B. Robinson

Page 6

c3    Photo –   Dr P. S. Dobson; Dr G. E. Hall; Mrs Steele Sifton; Rev W. Harold Young; E. Forbes Raven
c7    Died –   Mrs Pearl Ryall, 55 years, Oct 19, wife of Lawrence Ryall

Page 7

c3    Died –   Arthur B. Barrett, 73 years, Oct 20
c3    Photo –   Christena Mitchell; Malcom Dunan; Claire Young; John Leighton
c4    Died –   Arthur B. Barrett, Oct 20
c4    Died –   Mrs Lawrence Ryall, Oct 19
c4    Died –   Mrs Gladys Waucaush, Oct 19
c5    Died –   Mrs Gladys Waucaush, Oct 19, wife of Edwin Waucaush
c5    Born –   Son of Ronald & Sylvia Baillie, nee Buck, Oct 18
c5    Born –   Daughter of Dr W. J. Cameron, Oct 19
c5    Born –   John Carl Jagoe, son of Dale Jagoe, Oct 13
c5    Born –   Son of Floyd & June Laur, nee Smith, Oct 18
c5    Born –   James William Simpson, son of Willian & Helen Simpson, nee Moodie; brother of Janice and Lois, Oct 16
c6    Funeral –   Emerson Johnson, Oct 17
c6    Funeral –   Peter D. McCurdy, Oct 19
c6    Funeral –   Whitson Duncan Moore, Sept 22

Page 8

c4    Photo –   Barbara Clark; Don Dennee; Jim Geddes; Patricia Lord
c4    Photo –   Newton Telford; Don Karn; Wayne Donnelly; Robert Mitchell; Nancy McCallum; Marnie Dowler; Isobel Brown; Judy McCallum
c4    Married –   Derek James Bamford, son of Charles H. Bamford to Olive Jean Reardon, daughter of Mrs Kathleen Reardon; sister of Mrs F. Albert MacGorman and G. Arthur Reardon

20 October 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c6    Photo –   Rev Beniah Crewe; Rt. Rev R. S. M. Emrich; Rt. Rev George N. Luxton; Rev George Merifield; Rev Irving Shepherd; Rev Edgar Lucas; Rev Eric Whiting; Rev John French; Rev Schuyler Clapp; Rev Garfield Brown; Rev W. Holmes-Walker; Rev E. Peckford; Rev Ernest Caldwell; Rev J. B. Coulton

Page 10

c4    Married –   Fred G. Brown to Florence M. Backus
c4    Married –   William Glen Watson, son of James Watson to Audrey May Stephenson, foster daughter of Rev John A. Botting
c4    Married –   Henry Gordon Stokes, son of Harry Stokes to Pauline McKellar, daughter of D. C. McKellar
c5    Engagement –   Neal Douglas McLaren, son of R. McLaren to Constance Tina Kaplanis, daughter of G. Kaplanis

21 October 1953

Page 1

c3    Photo –   Port Burwell Harbour

Page 3

c3    Died –   Leonard Gormely, 60 years, Oct 19
c4    Photo –   Donald A. W. Gloin, son of Granville L. Gloin
c4    Photo –   Donaldene Charlotte MacMillan, daughter of Mrs H. MacMillan

Page 6

c1    Funeral –   Ray Chalk, Oct 19

Page 7

c3    Died –   Mrs Georgina M. Mowbray, 71 years, Oct 21, widow of John Mowbray
c5    Died –   James E. Beacham, 96 years, Oct 18, son of William & Martha Beacham, nee Smith; widow of Mrs Martha Beacham, nee Connor; father of Edgar Beacham, Mrs Olive Martin, Mrs D. R. (Cora) McCaul and Mrs John (Ethel) Riddell; brother of John Beacham
c5    Memoriam –   Mrs Ernest Wilson, Oct 21 1951
c5    Died –   Arthur B. Barrett, Oct 2
c5    Died –   Mrs John Mowbray, Oct 21
c5    Died –   Mrs Margaret Wagner, 91 years, Oct 20, widow of Colbourn Wagner
c6    Born –   Son of V. A. & Evelyn Grantham, nee Gloin, Oct 19

21 October 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c3    Photo –   St Thomas Commercial Softball League Champs – Mickey MacDonald; Don Hanley; Fred Vine; Don Bulmer; Ray Johnston; Barry Moyes; Ken Campbell; Harvey Pettit; Nels Johnston; Ross Currah; Ted Morrison; Ross Currah; Pete Slota; Bud Edwards; Doug Moyes; Tommy White; Norman Malloy; absent Jay Wilcox and Bill Knight

Page 10

c4    Married –   Gordon MacDonald to Frieda Kelly
c5    Married –   Donald George Pyatt, son of James Pyatt to Laura Aileen McLeod, daughter of Leroy McLeod

Page 11

c7    Married –   Robert Glen Caldwell, son of Glen Caldwell to Beatrice Joan Rose Matt, daughter of Frederick Matt

Page 18

c4    Married –   Verne Howard Trickett, son of George Trickett to Carol Betty Arnold, daughter of W. O. Arnold
c6    Died –   Mrs Margaret Wagner, Oct 20, widow of Colbourn Wagner

22 October 1953

Page 1

c6    Photo –   Chief Thomas Rickwood; Cpl. Walter Robinson

Page 3

c3    Died –   William Dobie, Oct 20
c3    Died –   John A. Dodd, 83 years, father of John C. Dodd
c4    Died –   Gary Dunkin, 2 years, Oct 21, son of Charles Dunkin

Page 6

c1    Died –   William R. Smith, 83rd year, Oct 19, widow of Mrs Margaret Smith, nee Ward; father of Robert E., Lawrence W. and Alfred C. Smith, Mrs W. O. (Helen) Lint, Mrs Clara Freudenberg and Mrs R. W. (Beulah) McLennan; brother of Arthur, Charles E. and Stanley Smith and Mrs W. J. (Mabel) Love
c2    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs David Smith of Aylmer, 57th
c2    Married –   Gordon Ulch to Eva Marcus, sister of Louis Marcus
c2    Born –   Christopher William Page, son of William Page; grandson of Morley Page
c3    Died –   Roy VanSlyke, 74 years, Oct 22
c5    Married –   James Crane to Nancy Doan
c5    Died –   Lorne Campbell, 65 years, Oct 21, husband of Mrs Velma Campbell, nee Forsythe
c7    Died –   Mrs Edward Barker, nee Lydia Newcombe, 75th year, Oct 21

Page 7

c4    Born –   Son of G. V. & Evelyn Grantham, nee Thain, Oct 19
c4    Born –   Laura Marie McKillop, daughter of Archie McKillop, Oct 18
c4    Died –   Mrs Georgina M. Mowbray, Oct 21, widow of John Mowbray
c4    Died –   Roy VanSlyke, Oct 22
c4    Died –   Mrs Colbourn Wagner, Oct 20

Page 8

c4    Married –   William C. Shenefelt to Janet Smith
c5    Married –   Edward Eugene Dickhout to Irene Eleanor Legg
c6    Married –   George Gotzmeister, son of George Gotzmeister to Rosalia Siebenmorgen, daughter of Godfried Siebenmorgen
c6    Married –   Stanley Lavern Poole, son of Fred Poole to Mary Hannah Elizabeth Auld, daughter of Harry Auld
c7    Married –   Roy Chauvin, son of Rosaire Chauvin to Lorraine Marie Reek, daughter of Edward Reek

Page 10

c3    Married –   James Payne to Floreen Gail Beecroft
c3    Married –   Clifton Duncan Train, son of Clifton Train to Alice Anne Russell, daughter of Dr Norman Hall Russell
c3    Married –   John D. Wyatt, son of C. Wyatt to Donna Marie Brown, daughter of R. Murray

Page 12

c2    Died –   Mrs John Mowbray, Oct 21

22 October 1953
Second Section

Page 13

c1    Photo –   George Roszell, Reeve of Malahide
c2    Photo –   William Holloway; Bill Graham
c4    Photo –   Mr & Mrs Allan Brown of Dutton and sons Ken, Murray and Gerald Brown
c4    Photo –   Mrs Olive Prong and husband Ray Prong of Aylmer and son Ronald
c5    Photo –   Fred Bawden of Payne’s Mills
c8    Photo –   Dr Lloyd Beck, husband of Mrs Dorothy Beck, nee Sweet

Page 14

c3    Died –   Alexander R. Murray, 56 years, Oct 21, son of John R. Murray; husband of Mrs Emma L. Murray, nee Best; father of Percy Murray; brother of Mrs (Dr) McKenzie
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Frances Meek, Oct 21, wife of George Meek
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Gladys Waucaush, Oct 21, wife of Edwin E. Waucaush

23 October 1953

Page 1

c3    Photo –   City Hall, St Thomas

Page 3

c5    Married –   Charles Arden Heffren, son of Bertram Heffren to Jean Eleanor Williams, daughter of Harvey Williams
c5    Married –   Andrew Pocs to Margaret Latos, daughter of Frank Latos

Page 6

c4    Died –   Reuben Sloat, 84 years, son of John Sloat; husband of Mrs Sarah Sloat, nee Bye; father of Floyd Sloat, Mrs J. Robbins, Mrs Charles Mumford, Mrs H. Parker and Mrs Erie Ellwood

Page 7

c3    Born –   Daughter of Clarence & Alice Caughell, nee Legg, Oct 20
c3    Born –   Vicki Lynn Groves, daughter of Harold & Dorothy Groves, nee Tanner, Oct 20
c4    Died –   Mrs Enid E. Anderson, 37 years, Oct 22, wife of Harold H. Anderson
c4    Died –   Roy VanSlyke, Oct 22
c4    Died –   Mrs Colbourn Wagner, Oct 22
c4    Legal –   MR & Mrs Sidney L. Davis of St Thomas
c4    Legal –   C. E. & Edith Southern of St Thomas
c8    Photo –   Bill Hawke of St Thomas

Page 8

c1    Married –   James W. Lunn, son of Gordon Lunn to Marilyn Christina Clark, daughter of N. Dawson Clark
c4    Married –   John Pritchett Crocker, son of Harold J. Crocker to Catherine Marie Gibson, daughter of Samuel W. Gibson – Photo

Page 9

c3    Married –   John Pritchett Crocker, son of Harold J. Crocker to Catherine Marie Gibson, daughter of Samuel W. Gibson

23 October 1953
Second Section

Page 13

c1    Photo –   Dr Perry S. Dobson
c3    Photo –   Thomas Green; James Gunning; Hon. F. S. Thomas; Mrs E. Sells; W. S. McKillop; Clarence Hunter; Alex Turner; W. R. Cross; Col. Roscoe VanderWater; J. G. Gibbons
c5    Died –   Mrs Enid E. Anderson, 37 years, Oct 22, wife of Harold H. Anderson
c5    Photo –   Miss Grace McIntosh of St Thomas, daughter of Angus McIntosh of Shedden

Page 19

c3    Photo –   St Thomas Legion Bantam Baseball Team Champs – Wayne Neal; Bob Mitchell; Charles Beer; Gary Johnson; Mark McDonnell; Allan McNear; Joe Tayl9or; Doug Baker; Alex Andrew; Delmer Baker; Richard Perfect; Ron Bishop; John Futcher; Jack Sullivan; Bill Durfey; Jack Knight; Luke Doan

Page 24

c1    Died –   Doreen Kathleen Bootle, 4 years, Oct 22, daughter of Joseph Bootle; sister of Gary Bootle; granddaughter of Louis Townsend

24 October 1953

Page 1

c6    Died –   J. Charles Corbett, 76 years, Oct 24 – Photo

Page 7

c3    Died –   Jacob Polchowski, 58 years, Oct 24 [Polochowski – CVH]
c3    Died –   Mrs Harold H. Anderson, Oct 22
c3    Died –   Alexander Campbell, 87 years, Oct 24, husband of Mrs Elizabeth Campbell
c3    Died –   J. Charles Corbett, Oct 24
c3    Died –   Mrs Louise MacDonald, 93 years, Oct 23, widow of John MacDonald
c4    Photo –   John McAllister of St Thomas
c4    Born –   Gerald Gregory Willsie, son of Walter J. & Leonore Willsie, nee Blaxall; brother of Jeff, Oct 23
c4    Born –   Marny Jean McNiece, daughter of David & Isbale McNiece, nee Cowan, Oct 21
c5    Memoriam –   Mrs Ida Fortner, Nov 29 1939; Samuel Fortner, Oct 24 1951; by Charles & Ruby
c5    Memoriam –   Mrs Margaret McCallum, by Mamie and Austin
c5    Memoriam –   Mrs Lila Dodd Alexander, Oct 24 1944
c7    Died –   Alexander Campbell, 87 years, Oct 24, husband of Mrs Elizabeth Campbell

Page 8

c2    Married –   William Douglas Waite, son of Rev A. D. Waite to Paula Jean Burley, daughter of Charles Francis Burley
c3    Married –   Robert William Brown, son of R. W. Brown to Beverlea Mona Sullivan, daughter of J. E. Sullivan

Page 9

c4    Photo –   Staff of Moore Tire – Warren Popham; Lionel Bolt; J. A. ‘Jim’ McCaw; B. T. ‘Bernie’ Moore

24 October 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c1    Article –   by George E. Thorman
c2    Died –   Mrs Louise MacDonald, 93 years, Oct 23, widow of John MacDonald
c3    Article –   Franklin A. Dobson, son of Dr Perry S. Dobson

Page 20

c2    Married –   Mr & Mrs Robert William Brown – Photo
c3    Engagement –   Willard Latimer, son of E. Latimer to Shirley Anne Baker, daughter of W. J. Baker
c3    Engagement –   William Charles Eden, son of Charles Eden to Ruby Grace Flintoft, daughter of George Flintoft
c3    Engagement –   Russell George Beer, son of John Beer to Maxine Isabel Dummer, daughter of Harry Dummer
c5    Married –   James Lunn to Marilyn Clark, daughter of N. Dawson Clark
c6    Photo –   Mrs Keith McGregor; Mrs Max Ryckman

26 October 1953

Page 1

c3    Photo –   Miss Mabel Gammon; Miss Colleen McCardle; Mrs June Kennedy; Miss Shirley Quick; Miss Eva Piper; William Stewart; Miss Joan Smith; Miss Anneke Kiers; Miss Betty Webber; Miss Ella Lonsbary; Mrs Frieda Harris; Miss Verna Lyle

Page 2

c1    Died –   Charles Hawkins, 98 years, Oct 22, uncle of James Noble
c2    Died –   Mrs Jessie Middlemiss, 69th year; widow of Peter A. Middlemiss; sister of Mrs Ada Steel; aunt of Morris Chrysler
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Margaret Wagner, Oct 24
c3    Funeral –   J. Charles Corbett, Oct 26
c3    Died –   Robert Haney Mitchell, 81 years, Oct 23, widow of Mrs Louise Mitchell, nee Schuter; father of Sidney Mitchell; uncle of Mrs Edith Spooner

Page 3

c6    Died –   Arthur James Cook, 69 years, Oct 17, husband of Mrs Evelyn Cook; father of Mrs Doris Maloney, Mrs A. L. James, Willis, Douglas and James Cook Jr.; brother of Miss Eva Cook
c7    Died –   Mrs Jean McLean, Oct 24, widow of James D. McLean

Page 6

c2    Died –   Duncan M. Leitch, 78th year, Oct 25
c3    Died –   Aquilla W. Mabee, 79 years

Page 7

c1    Funeral –   J. Charles Corbett
c3    Died –   Alexander Campbell, Oct 24
c4    Born –   Nancy Lynn Clayton, daughter of Raymond & Harriet Clayton, nee Tolmie; sister of Jeffrey, Oct 24
c4    Born –   Lynne Michele Janice Hanley, daughter of William & Dorothy Hanley, nee Johnstone; sister of Larry, Oct 20
c5    Died –   Maurice Boyse, 62 years, Oct 24, father of Charles, Darcy and Clayton Boyse; brother of Wallace Boyse
c5    Memoriam –   Thomas James Beattie, Oct 8 1944; Spr. James Alfred Beattie, Oct 26 1944
c5    Memoriam –   Irene Flashman, Oct 26 1952, by husband Lawrence and son Norman

26 October 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c1    Photo –   Jack Grainger; Ross Bates; Bruce Leslie; Frank Leslie; Don Luton; William B. Burgoyne; Mort Fellman; J. R. Meakes
c1    Photo –   George Dingman; A. E. O’Loughlin; Robert W. Pearson; Tom Kay; Phil S. Robertson; Joe Edwards; Charles O. Dingman; Tom Keith
c5    Photo –   Keith Stewart; Tom Wilson; Gordon Agnew; C. O. Pickrem; Harold G. Burley; Bob Hamill; George Dingman Jr.; E. P. Ray
c5    Photo –   G. A. Morton; Alfred Searle; Henry J. Foster; Hugh Agnew; Ed Johnson; Harry J. Shore; Keith Stewart; W. J. Coyle; Robert L. Curran

Page 10

c1    Married –   William Harold Sears, son of William Henry Sears to Rena Maria Durdle, daughter of James Durdle
c2    Married –   Harold Ralph White, son of Mrs Rose White to Gladys Lillian Ryckman, daughter of Mrs Minnie Ryckman – Photo
c2    Married –   Walter Wood, son of James Wood to Mrs Winnifred Sharpe, daughter of William Laycock
c4    Married –   Walter L. McKeown to Mary Elizabeth McKillop
c4    Married –   Brock Mordy to Mary Bennett, daughter of G. A. Bennett
c5    Married –   David William Watts, son of William Watts to Elizabeth Eagan, daughter of Mrs Katherine Eagan

Page 11

c1    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs James M. Brown of Niagara Falls, NY and formerly of St Thomas – 50th
c1    Married –   Walter Leonard McKeown, son of John McKeown to Mary Elizabeth McKillop, daughter of Ronald C. McKillop
c3    Married –   Charles Russell Lightell, son of Russell Lightell to Dorothy Ruth Merritt, daughter of Edward Merritt
c4    Married –   Donald Wilson Bickerton, son of D. G. Bickerton to Donna Lucille MacIntyre, daughter of J. W. MacIntyre
c6    Married –   Harold Ralph White, son of Mrs Rose White to Gladys Lillian Ryckman, daughter of Mrs Minnie Ryckman

27 October 1953

Page 2

c2    Died –   James Robert Black, 57 years, Oct 24, husband of Mrs Beulah Mary Black, nee Garbutt
c3    Died –   Ruth H. Murray, 31st year, Oct 26, daughter of Dr J. G. Murray; sister of Dr Lorne Murray, Helen and Isabelle Murray, Mrs Murray (Jean) McBeth and Mrs Bruce (Marguerite) Amos

Page 3

c1    Article –   Mr & Mrs Benton Thomas & Joan Gilmour and children Martin Thomas and Richard Dean Gilmour
c4    Died –   Mrs Priscilla M. Forristal, nee McGuigan, 65 years, Oct 25; widow of William J. Forristal

Page 6

c1    Fire –   Barn of Ross Neville, Kingsmill
c1    Article –   Ern Dancey of Aylmer
c2    Died –   Mrs Myrtle May Kicksee, 67 years, Oct 25, wife of Frederick C. Kicksee
c3    Died –   Mrs Flora Jane Hood, 70 years, Oct 26, wife of Robert J. Hood
c3    Died –   Joseph Henry Russell, 60 years, Oct 24, son of Thomas H. Russell; husband of Mrs Ethel Irene Russell, nee Barham; father of Mrs Milton (Uldene) Moore, Mrs Charles (June) Whitaker, Joseph Clayton and Carmen Verne Russell; brother of Mrs Joseph Masse, Mrs James Alderton, Mrs Maude Hendershot, Mrs Clayton Stein, Mrs Emma Mounteer, Mrs Stella Nichols, George, Leslie and Harvey Russell

Page 7

c1    Christening –   Anne Elizabeth Fackrell, daughter of Hugh E. Fackrell
c1    Died –   Duncan Leitch, Oct 25
c4    Funeral –   Mrs Harold Anderson, Oct 26
c4    Funeral –   Mrs John MacDonald, Oct 26
c5    Died –   Matthew J. Coughlin, 55 years, Oct 26
c6    Born –   Thomas William Glover, son of W. T. & Jean Glover, nee McLean; brother of Anne, Elizabeth and Deborah, Oct 25
c6    Born –   Stillborn daughter of Dr Gerald A. & Catherine Sears, nee Scott, Oct 25
c6    Born –   John Stephen Lane Webster, son of Jack & Bernice Webster, nee Axford; brother of Janet and Susan, Oct 18

27 October 1953
Second Section

Page 9

c3    Photo –   Robert W. Pearson; Ross Bates; W. F. L. Edwards; Charles D. Dingman; Tom Clift
c8    Died –   Matthew J. Coughlin, Oct 26

Page 10

c2    Birthday –   Miss Caroline VanBuskirk of Toronto 87th
c3    Married –   John Segedin, son of John Segedin to Theresa Riess, daughter of Karl Riess
c5    Married –   Ronald W. Ford, son of Ernest Ford to Margaret L. Robertson, daughter of John J. Robertson
c5    Married –   Stuart Lorne Thomson, son of Alexander Thomas to Shirley McCutcheon Evans, daughter of David M. Hunter

28 October 1953 – Cookbook

28 October 1953

Page 1

c5    Died –   Hugo F. Doan, 58 years, Oct 28 – Photo

Page 2

c3    Funeral –   Alexander Campbell, Oct 27

Page 3

c4    Died –   David Alfred Weaver, 37 years, Oct 27, son of George Ernest Weaver; husband of Mrs Neta Weaver, nee Forsyth; father of Monte David and Marilyn Dawn Weaver; brother of Ernest Weaver, Mrs J. T. Bacon, Mrs Thomas Payne, Mrs John Murphy, Gladys Weaver and Mrs George Alger

Page 6

c3    Married –   Leslie Lawrence, son of George Lawrence to Anna Weber, daughter of Albert Weber

Page 7

c4    Retirement –   A. J. Hoffman, husband of Mrs Clara Hoffman, nee Angle
c4    Died –   Matthew J. Coughlin, Oct 26
c4    Died –   Hugo F. Doan, Oct 28
c5    Born –   John Stephen Lane Webster, son of Jack Webster
c5    Born –   Daughter of E. L. Claypole, Oct 24
c5    Born –   Son of H. Birch, Oct 27
c6    Died –   Mrs Agnes Ashton, 87th year, daughter of Archibald & Nancy Campbell, nee Purcell; widow of Charles Ashton; sister of Archibald and William Campbell

Page 8

c2    Engagement –   William LaVerne Ferris, son of Harry Ferris to Edith Marion Dutton, daughter of Fred Dutton
c2    Engagement –   Maurice Shrubb, son of Edward Shrubb to Kathleen Murphy, daughter of Frank Murphy
c2    Engagement –   Raymond Ernest Smith, son of Ernest Smith to Beverly Madeline Dalton, daughter of Bernice Dalton
c3    Photo –   Miss Rahno M. Beamish of St Thomas
c3    Married –   James Deen, son of V. Volkerg to Afra Hoffer, daughter of John Hoffer
c4    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Albert Countryman of Port Rowan, 65th
c6    Married –   Gordon Milo MacDonald, son of John MacDonald to Freeda Kelly, daughter of Alex Kelly

Page 9

c1    Married –   Robert Gordon Balfour, son of Gordon Balfour to Doris May Smeltzer, daughter of Walter H. Smeltzer – Photo
c4    Married –   Thomas C. Moore, son of Thomas W. Moore to Margaret P. Bechely, daughter of Frederick L. Bechely

28 October 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c8    Photo –   Albert Beverly Willis, husband of Mrs Marion Willis, nee Ferns

29 October 1953

Page 1

c2    Photo –   Fire at home of Mrs Joseph Spence, Port Stanley

Page 3

c1    Article –   Mrs L. H. Doring of St Thomas

Page 5

c3    Funeral –   Mrs Robert J. Hood, Oct 27
c3    Funeral –   Mrs Myrtle Kicksee, Oct 28
c3    Died –   Mrs Roxena Drake, 69 years, Oct 27, wife of Connolly Drake; sister of Charles and Kenneth Andrews
c4    Died –   Frank T. Maxwell, Oct 28 – Photo
c4    Fire –   Home of Mr & Mrs Joseph Spence, Port Stanley

Page 6

c3    Died –   Mrs Naomi Hilliker, 86th year, Oct 22, widow of Clark Hilliker

Page 7

c4    Article –   Johnson’s Hardware, St Thomas
c5    Died –   Hugo F. Doan, Oct 28
c5    Died –   Miss Catherine M. Garvin, 69 years, Oct 29
c6    Born –   Son of LeRoy R. Pyne; brother of Bobby, Oct 27
c6    Born –   Patricia Ann Roberts, daughter of Jack & Rosemary Roberts, nee Ross; sister of Mary Margaret and William Ross, Oct 25
c6    Memoriam –   William A. McMullen, Oct 29 1947, by wife Flora

Page 12

c2    Died –   Miss Catherine M. Garvin, 69 years, Oct 29

29 October 1953
Second Section

Page 13

c3    Died –   Mrs Sarah Spence, Oct 28, widow of Robert A. Spence
c5    Died –   Richard B. Bolton, 82 years, widow of Mrs Abigail Bolton, nee Kellestine
c6    Died –   Frederick H. Travis, Oct 28
c6    Died –   Joseph Danko, 67th year, Oct 27, husband of Mrs Mary Danko, nee Kallai; father of Joseph and Michael Danko, Mrs William Vasily, Mrs Joseph Polgar and Yolanda Danko
c7    Died –   Mrs Jean Boutette, 35 years, daughter of Robert Donaldson
c8    Photo –   Jack P. Secord, husband of Mrs Dorothy Secord, nee Agnew

30 October 1953

Page 2

c2    Died –   Herbert J. Luft, 58 years, Oct 28

Page 3

c2    Funeral –   Mrs E. T. (Jeanne) Boutette, Oct 31
c4    Photo –   Charles Butler; Graham Sanderson; Peter Laing
c5    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Frank Eveland of Port Burwell, 25th
c6    Married –   Norman Jack Smyth, son of Floyd Smyth to Patricia Vyse, daughter of Earl Vyse
c7    Died –   J. Harry Schneider, 70th year, Oct 28

Page 5

c3    Photo –   Miss Grace Paddon; W. J. Rupert

Page 6

c2    Funeral –   Duncan M. Leitch
c2    Funeral –   Matthew J. Coughlin, Oct 29
c3    Born –   James Brown McNabb, son of George A. & Dorothy McNabb, nee Brown; brother of Mary Elizabeth, Oct 29
c3    Died –   Miss Catherine M. Garvin, Oct 29
c3    Died –   Ernest L. Johnson, 81st year, Oct 29, husband of Mrs Lillian Johnson, nee Webster
c3    Died –   Mrs Annie Priscilla Willows, nee Blackman, 85th year, Oct 29, widow of Stephen Willows
c3    Memoriam –   Mrs Mabel Gloin, Oct 30 1951, by husband Frank and sister Violet

Page 8

c5    Married –   George W. C. Mycroft to Violet G. Clarke
c5    Married –   Patrick James Duffy, son of Joseph Duffy to May Olive Murray, daughter of T. P. Murray
c5    Married –   Gordon Charles Curtis, son of Charles Curtis to Beulah Irene Marlatt, daughter of Mrs Mamie Marlatt

30 October 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c1    School Report –   St Thomas Collegiate Institute
c3    Photo –   Verna Cook; Dorothy Gray; Mary Ruth Howe; Elaine Harrington; Barbara Clark; W. G. Trevithick; Paul Thomas; Guy Allen; William Southern; Michael Watson; John Trevithick
c3    Photo –   George Prothero; Allan Cross; Kim Moss; Gary Previl; Lt Arthur Rankin; Mjr. William Roney; Lt Col. C. A. Low; Mjr. F. O. Lewis; Harley B. Moon
c4    Article –   Scrapping Amasa Wood Hospital, St Thomas
c5    Died –   Peter McPhail, 78th year, Oct 29
c5    Died –   Ernest L. Johnson, 81st year, Oct 29

31 October 1953

Page 1

c7    Photo –   Mrs Glyde Percy of Chippewa, formerly of Aylmer

Page 2

c3    Funeral –   Mrs William Allen, nee Rose A. Sitter, 78 years, Oct 30, mother of George Allen, Mrs Henry Haskins and Mrs Wellington Smith; sister of Saul, Nicholas and Manuel Sitter, Mrs Catherine Millman, Mrs Sophia Smith, Mrs Margaret Bullard, Mrs Barbara Wainbaugh and Mrs John Turner

Page 3

c3    Photo –   Faulds Cleaners, St Thomas

Page 6

c2    Died –   George Rooke, 91 years, Oct 29

Page 7

c2    Born –   Peter Duncan Barhydt, son of C. J. Barhydt
c2    Born –   Debra Ann Dawdy, daughter of Gary & Marilyn Dawdy, nee Reid, Oct 29
c2    Born –   Twin daughters of Bernard Fluker, Oct 29
c2    Died –   Mrs Mary Appleford, nee Jamieson, 63rd year, Oct 30, wife of Harley Appleford
c3    Photo –   Reginald F. Meadley, Jr., son of R. F. Meadley of Port Stanley
c3    Memoriam –   Clarence R. Abbott, Oct 31 1952, by wife Violet; by brother Mason
c3    Memoriam –   Florence E. Farr, wife of T. J. Farr, Nov 1 1950
c3    Memoriam –   Wilfrid Fife, Nov 1 1951
c6    Funeral –   Hugo F. Doan, Oct 30
c6    Photo –   Mrs Roy Somerville of St Thomas

Page 8

c4    Married –   William Raymond Evans, son of Joseph P. Evans to Shirley Louise Morrison, daughter of Davis P. Morrison
c6    Married –   John William Ashford, son of Leo Ashford to Betty Cornelia Verheyen
c6    Married –   Stephen Nyetray Jr. son of Stephen Nyetray to Emily Sywak, daughter of Allen Sywak

Page 9

c3    Photo –   Clifford Campbell; Don Lyons; Douglas Small; Rn Shelley; A. V. Langton; Angus Campbell; Leon Denniss; Dan McCallum; G. C. Clark
c3    Photo –   Harold Carroll; Al Futcher; Rev W. A. Yuoung; Keith Laidlaw; Giles Hume; John Coulter
c3    Photo –   Marion Summers; Mrs Stanley Lyle; Mrs George Blyth; Agnes Turnbull

Page 10

c6    Article –   Mrs Donald (Peggy) Luton and daughter Elizabeth of St Thomas; Capt. & Mrs G. Richards of Courtlands, Totnes Rd., Collaton; MRs Victor Brown of Trieste; Miss Joan Richards of Brighton; Mrs David Letten of Barnet

31October 1953
Second Section

Page 11

c1    Photo –   Main Corner at Talbotville
c8    Died –   Mrs Mary Appleford, nee Jamieson, 63rd year, Oct 30, wife of Harley Appleford

Page 14

c1    Photo –   George Rankin; Ed Robinson

Page 16

c3    Photo –   Holy Angels’ Ramblers Football Team Champs – J. Stock; R. Egan; D. Regan; W. Murray; C. Butler; H. Olmstead; M. Skowronski; J. Hannigan; A. Rupert; Phil Waters; G. Pay; P. Gerster; W. Addley; C. Scott; S. Quinlan; J. Birch; J. McManus; G. Sullivan; D. Evans; J. Fox; J. Vigars; Rev Wilfred Keelan

Page 20

c2    Married –   John Gillberry, son of John E. Gillberry to Betty Baker, daughter of F. W. Baker – Photo
c4    Engagement –   John Donald Kennedy, son of Donald Kennedy to Norma Gertrude Morrish, daughter of Wesley Morrish
c4    Engagement –   Russell McCormick, son of H. C. McCormick to Eleanor Knowles Wells, daughter of Percy Wells
c4    Engagement –   Charles H. Carr, son of William Carr to Violet M. House, sister of Frank House
c4    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs Frank Graham of Rodney, 50th
c5    Photo –   Miss Diane Lane, daughter of Rev R. W. Lane of St Thomas
c6    Married –   Mr & Mrs Norman Lancaster – Photo
c6    Photo –   Earle Terry Singers
c7    Engagement –   William Rajsic, son of Dah Rajsic to Mary Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of J. S. Campbell
c7    Engagement –   Robert Bert Fisher, son of J. L. Fisher to Joan Valencia Sidwell, daughter of Garfield W. Sidwell
c7    Anniversary –   Mr & Mrs James Miller of St Thomas, 25th