St. Thomas Times Journal
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
March & April 1954
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1 March 1954
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c2 Funeral – Mrs Mary Tolman, Feb 26
c2 Married – John R. Ferguson to Mrs Helen Wallace
Page 6
c5 Died – Mrs Marian Louise Palmer, Feb 28, wife of Kenneth Palmer
Page 7
c3 Died – Mrs Ethel May Pringle, 28 years, Feb 28, wife of Cecil Pringle
c3 Died – Mrs Marian Louise Palmer, Feb 28, wife of Kenneth Palmer
c3 Died – Mrs Ethel May Pringle, 28 years, Feb 28, wife of Cecil Pringle
c5 Born – Kathy Ann Ball, daughter of George & Lenora Ball, nee Small, Feb 25
c5 Born – Jeffery Max Ball, son of Max Ball; brother of Monica, Feb 27
c5 Born – Son of J. W. Pickell, Feb 26
c5 Memoriam – Adam Vaughan, Mar 1 1952
c6 Legal – Mr & Mrs F. E. & Jean Harris of St Thomas
1 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c2 Photo – Kenneth Williamson, Reeve of Aylmer and Warden of Elgin County
c3 Photo – Gordon J. Hill of St Thomas
c3 Photo – James A. Smithson; Dr George Harrison
Page 10
c4 Photo – Kenneth Churchill; Cecil Cox; Rt. Rev & Mrs Alex A. Scott; Rev & Mrs T. G. Husser; Gerard Ferguson; Fred Kaiser
Page 11
c1 Married – Lyle Bamlet Sifton, son of L. B. Sifton to Eleanor Louise Lyle, daughter of Alexander Lyle
2 March 1954
Page 2
c6 Funeral – Peter Belanger, Mar 1
c6 Funeral – Mrs Eliza Pratt, Mar 1, widow of John H. Pratt
Page 3
c3 Photo – R. A. ‘Alec’ Connor; H. W. ‘Harold’ Black; L. A. ‘Les’ Vince; R. B. ‘Blake’ Oatman; C. B. ‘Chuck’ Fearn
Page 6
c4 Photo – J. W. Peart; J. E. Teckoe Jr.
Page 7
c1 Died – Miss L. Cormack, sister of C. Cormack, Mrs E. Babbs and Mrs J. Miller
c2 Born – Robert George Babcock, son of H. C. & Mrs Babcock, nee Rowe, Mar 2
c2 Born – Robert Charles Beckett, son of Charles & Shirley Beckett, nee Page, Feb 28
c2 Born – Marietta Angela Seifert, daughter of Erich F. Seifert, Feb 27
c3 Died – Mrs Adelia Davidson, nee Hunter, Mar 1, widow of Alexander L. Davidson; mother of Mrs Robert (Jean) Lark; grandmother of Bobby Lark; sister of R. G. Hunter
c3 Died – Mrs Lillian Henry, Mar 1, widow of Claude Henry
c3 Died – Mrs Marian Louise Palmer, Feb 28
c4 Memoriam – Ray Kilmer, Mar 2 1951
c6 Died – Jacob D. Latham, Feb 23
Page 8
c3 Died – Mrs Adelia Davidson, nee Hunter, 78 years, Mar 1, daughter of David & Maria Davidson; widow of Alexander L. Davidson
c6 Died – Mrs Lillian Henry, Mar 1, widow of Claude Henry
2 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c2 Photo – Hugh Silcox of Shedden; Howard Hogsden of Fingal
c2 Photo – Southwold Volunteer Firemen
c3 Article – Southwold Volunteer Firemen – Shedden – J. Bogart; R. Palmer; L. Silcox; F. Miller; H. Killins; B. Silcox; J. Moore – Fingal – M. Emery; A. Hogsden; C. Doan; V. Parrack; J. Glover; C. Cass; F. Fordham – Middlemarch – N. Tufford; J. Carroll; H. Lyle; D. Smokes; W. Lyle; K. Tulton; J. Curtis – Iona – E. Waite; B. Whales; S. Link; J. Silcox – Port Stanley – S. Jones; M. Jones; D. Clutterbuck; D. Jones; N. McLean – Lawrence Station – C. Oldham; A. Oldham; D. McArthur; C. Chamberlain; B. McNaughton; A. Plain – Frome – A. Collard; L. Lunn; B. Leeson; A. Behanell; B. Collard – Talbotville – A. Kirk; E. Auckland; W. Goold; S. Fife; F. Humphreys; L. Kelly
c4 Photo – William Blewitt; G. Low; Reeve George Silcox; Deputy Reeve Clarence Culver; Richard Kimble; Hubert Hunter; Neil McGugan; Farnell Nimmo
Page 10
c2 Birthday – Arscott Axford of Yarmouth, 86th
Page 12
c1 Married – Carman Smith, son of James Smith to Harlene Farina Reid, daughter of Hugh Reid
c1 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Woolner, nee Catherine Amelia Wicke of Milverton, 50th
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs William Christopher Little, nee Ida Emily Cartwright of Thamesford, 55th
3 March 1954
Page 6
c1 Died – Vincent Rodenhurst, 76 years, husband of Mrs Mary Rodenhurst, nee Breen; father of Vincent and Raymond Rodenhurst; brother of Mrs William Golding and Frederick Rodenhurst
Page 7
c3 Died – A. E. Adams, 86th year, Mar 2, uncle of Mrs C. C. Dye and Mrs Ruben Sparkman
c3 Died – Mrs Jane Katherine Sanders, Mar 2, wife of Edgar Charles Sanders
c3 Died – Carlton C. Stewart, 71 years, Mar 2
c4 Died – Carlton C. Stewart, 71 years, Mar 2
c5 Born – Mary Elizabeth Hearn, daughter of Edward & Barbara Hearn, nee Dyson, Feb 28
c5 Born – Leesa Dawn MacDougall, daughter of I. & Eleone MacDougall, nee Colledge, Mar 2
c5 Born – Cathy Ann Widner, daughter of Jack & Helen Widner, nee White, Feb 27
c6 Memoriam – Mrs Elizabeth Howkins, Mar 3 1934; John Howkins, Aug 19 1903, by Mrs Joe Clark
c6 Memoriam – Alex Neil McKillop, Mar 3 1950
3 March 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c5 Died – Mrs Jane Katherine Sanders, Mar 2, wife of Edgar Charles Sanders – Photo
Page 12
c2 Died – A. E. Adams, Mar 2
c3 Married – Harry Molson to Francis Whitcroft [Moulton – CVH]
Page 13
c4 Funeral – Mrs Cecil Pringle, Mar 2
4 March 1954
Page 1
c2 Died – William H. Ingram, Mar 4 – Photo
Page 7
c5 Died – Delbert T. McCall, 82 years, Mar 3, brother of Rolph and Lorne McCall
C5 Died – William Richard Trott, 75 years, Mar 3, widow of Mrs Florence Trott; father of Mrs J. W. Leach, Mrs Ariel Johnston and Fred Trott; brother of Mrs Harry Beitzel, Mrs Arthur Heighway, John and Samuel Trott
c5 Born – Dale Alan Jones, son of Doug & Hilda Jones, nee Killam, Feb 27
c5 Born – Leesa Dawn MacDougall, daughter of Donald & Cleone MacDougall, nee Colledge, Mar 2
c6 Died – Mrs Jean MacNeil MacVicar, 83rd year, Mar 3, widow of John MacVicar; mother of Mrs Robert (Sadie) McKim and Anna MacVicar
c6 Died – Richard Taylor, 70th year, Mar 3
c6 Died – Mrs Edgar Charles Sanders, Mar 2
c6 Died – Carlton C. Stewart, Mar 2
c6 Memoriam – Mrs James (Annie) Withenshaw, Mar 4 1953, b son George and daughter-in-law Marge; by husband and daughter Lena; by daughter Elizabeth
4 March 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Miss H. Cahill
c5 Died – Orie Hoshal, 52 years, Mar 2
c7 Died – Richard Taylor, 70th year, Mar 3, widow of Mrs Elsie Taylor, nee Dannatt; father of Mary, Treva and Eric Taylor and the late Robert and Dennis Taylor; brother of James, Arthur, Sydney, Edwin and Harry Taylor, Mrs Harriett Richards, Mrs Russell (Edith) Poste and Mrs Nellie Potter
Page 12
c1 Born – Daughter of Gordon Taylor, Mar 3, bn in the back of a taxi driven by Bob Barrett – Photo of Barrett
Page 13
c5 Married – Gerald Donald Mulholland, son of Arthur Neath to Rose Marie Poloz, daughter of Jacob Poloz
c6 Married – Ernest Schned, son of Ludwig Schned to Elizabeth Croft, daughter of John Croft
Page 14
c5 Married – H. Leopold, son of L. Leopold to Margaretha Johanna VanElk, daughter of E. VanElk
Page 18
c6 Photo – Charlie Cook and Roy Jennings
5 March 1954
Page 6
c3 Died – Mrs Jean MacNeil MacVicar, 83rd year, Mar 3, widow of John MacVicar; mother of Mrs Robert (Sadie) McKim and Anna MacVicar
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Margaret Rebecca Burger Gray, 80th year, Mar 4, daughter of Charles Burger; widow of William Gray
c5 Born – Catherine Anne Finch, daughter of Arthur J. & Gwen Finch, nee Fletcher, Feb 28
c5 Born – Catherine Ann McGregor, daughter of Donald McGregor, Mar 4
c5 Born – Deborah Lynn Powers, daughter of Donald & Janet Powers, nee Wraight, Mar 3
c6 Died – Mrs Marguerite Shaw Bentley, Mar 4, wife of John Bentley; sister of Charles, Mrs Hilda Hall and Mrs Ivy Brighton
5 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c5 Article – Harry Valk of St Thomas
c6 Died – Mrs Marguerite Bentley, Mar 4, daughter of Isaac & Frances Shaw; wife of John Bentley; sister of Charles Shaw, Mrs Hilda Hall and Mrs Ivy Brighton
c7 Died – William H. Ingram, Mar 4 – Photo
Page 10
c1 Died – Arthur William Shearer, 20 years, Mar 4 – Photo
c3 Article – The Aylmer Figure Skating Club Carnival
c4 Died – George T. Prouse, 76 years, Mar 3
Page 11
c5 Married – Robert Alan Ball, son of Bruce Ball to Betty Jean Rooke, daughter of Arthur Rooke
Page 12
c3 Funeral – Mrs Lillian Henry, Mar 4
c3 Funeral – Mrs Kenneth Palmer, Mar 3
6 March 1954
Page 1
c5 Died – William McKinnon, 53 years, Mar 6
c7 Died – W. C. Arnold, Mar 6
Page 6
c4 Died – Mrs Neil McLachlan, 85 years, mother of Mrs James Wylie and Jean McLachlan; aunt of J. Fraser McFarlane
c5 Died – Peter M. Johnston, 91 years, Mar 5
Page 7
c1 Died – Charles A. Stinson, 87th year, Mar 5, widow of Mrs Belle Stinson, nee McCrimmon; father of Mrs Margaret MacCrae; brother-in-law of Mrs Rebecca Mitchener
c2 Died – George Worts, Mar 6
c4 Died – George H. C. Norsworthy, 91st year, Mar 5
c5 Memoriam – W. J. Carnegie, Mar 7 1948
c5 Memoriam – Flt Lt. Ernest Verdun Duckworth, Mar 7 1945
c5 Memoriam – Clara Margaret Hutchison, Mar 6 1941, by son E. C. Hutchison
c5 Memoriam – Mrs Freda Mills, Mar 6 1949, by husband Armond; by Gerald and family
c5 Memoriam – Louis Rupple, Mar 7 1946
c6 Born – Clifford John Elgie Campbell, son of John J. & Florence Campbell, nee Elgie, Mar 3
c6 Born – Peter Grant Parker, son of Peter & Jeanne Parker, nee Davis, Feb 21
c6 Born – Karen Lillian White, daughter of Harold & Gladys White, nee Ryckman, Feb 24
c6 Died – Mrs John Bentley, nee Margaret Shaw, Mar 4
c6 Died – George H. C. Norsworthy, Mar 5
Page 10
c3 Funeral – Mrs E. C. Sanders, Mar 5
c3 Funeral – Carlton C. Stewart, Mar 5
6 March 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Article – by George E. Thorman
Page 14
c4 Died – George W. Stilwell, 88 years, Mar 4
Page 24
c6 Engagement – Clair Chester Lackey, son of Lloyd Lackey to Patricia Ann Gagg, daughter of Jack Gagg
c7 Engagement – John Elwin Killough, son of Albert Killough to Joyce Lorraine Follick, daughter of Wilbert H. Follick
c8 Engagement – Ross Elwood Albright, son of Albert Albright to Marjorie Maureen Irving, daughter of Garfield Irving
c8 Engagement – Ronald George Harris, son of William Harris to Edna Mae Mary Rogerson, daughter of J. W. Rogerson
8 March 1954
Page 1
c3 Photo – Rev E. W. Brearley; L. E. Nichols; C. K. Fry
Page 2
c3 Photo – Fire at W. B. Jennings Furniture Store, St Thomas
c3 Photo – Fire at the Todd home, St Thomas
Page 6
c4 Died – Wilfrid Claire Arnold, 34 years, Mar 6 – Photo
c4 Died – Mrs Grace Selves, nee Kirk, 85 years, Mar 7, widow of John Selves; mother of Mrs Mary Jacques, Bert, John and Clifford Selves; sister of Mrs Robert Elliott
Page 7
c1 Died – Arthur J. Broderick, Mar 1
c2 Inquest – William Carmichael McKinnon
c3 Funeral – Richard Taylor, Mar 6
c3 Memoriam – Edward Charles Bartholomew, Mar 8 1945
c3 Memoriam – Benjamin Franklin Honsinger, Mar 8 1953, by parents and sisters Diann and Donna Lea
c3 Memoriam – John Spencer White, Mar 7 1948
c6 Born – Ronald Milton Cleary, son of Raymond & Marie Cleary, nee Esseltine, Feb 26
c6 Died – Wilfrid Claire Arnold, Mar 6
c6 Died – Ronald Russell Litt, 4 years, Mar 7, son of Kenneth Litt; brother of Terry, Wayne and Bruce Litt
c6 Died – Arthur William Shearer, Mar 4
Page 8
c3 Article – Bridge Club – Photo of H. S. Balfour and W. H. Wheatley
8 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c4 Died – Ronald Russell Litt, 4 years, Mar 7, grandson of Russell Litt – Photo
c4 Photo – William ‘Bud’ Burden and Jim Irvine of Port Stanley
Page 10
c1 Photo – Oil drilling rig at Acme, Alberta
c1 Died – Arthur Shearer, 20 years
c3 Died – Mrs Alice Wolff, nee Grant, 66 years, Mar 7
Page 11
c5 Married – George Turville to Mrs Lillian Styles
9 March 1954
Page 1
c3 Photo – Sea Cadet Ensign dedication – Rev R. W. Lane; Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Jeffries; PO John Redding; Cadet Michael Hayes
c5 Retirement – Mjr. R. Grant Savage of St Thomas
Page 6
c5 Died – Thomas Henry ‘Harry’ Marshall, Mar 8
c5 Funeral – Arthur W. Shearer, Mar 11
Page 7
c2 Born – Daughter of Dr Lloyd & Dorothy Beck, nee Sweet, Mar 7
c2 Born – Michael Dennis McCutcheon, son of John F. & Ruth McCutcheon, nee Ryan; brother of Susan and Sandra, Mar 8
c2 Born – James Wesley Mitchell, son of Roy & Ellen Mitchell, nee Neill; brother of Christina Elizabeth, Mar 6
c2 Memoriam – Artley W. Osborn, Mar 9 1948
c3 Died – Wilfrid Claire Arnold, Mar 6
c3 Died – Mrs Elizabeth Ann Small Neville, nee Barrett, 84 years, Mar 9, widow of Alfred E. Neville
c3 Died – Arthur William Shearer, Mar 4
c4 Photo – Earl G. Ashton of St Thomas
c4 Died – Mrs Elizabeth Ann Small Neville, nee Barrett, 84 years, Mar 9, widow of Alfred E. Neville
c6 Died – Haggai Cook, 58 years, husband of Mrs Viola Cook, nee Richardson
Page 8
c2 Photo – Timken employees – Fred Gladding; Bob Howourth; Vincent Smith; Byron Ripley; Jim Prickett; Ken Holland; Lloyd McIntyre; Josephine Jones; Helen Schweitzer; John Wadley
9 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Ralph Paisley; Oliver Burrows; Frank Goddard; Helen Donnelly
c2 Photo – D. H. Anderson of St Thomas
c5 Photo – Grade 1 and 2 at McGregor Public School, Aylmer
c6 Photo – H. R. Corbett; Frank Albright; Grant Savage; Charles Jackson; Howard Palmer; John Froggett
Page 10
c4 Photo – Tom Dickson; Cliff Simpson; Bob Heslop; Bernie Pearson
Page 12
c2 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John A. Thomas of Vancouver and formerly of St Thomas, 50th
c4 Married – Basil Vandenberghe, son of Mrs Maria Vandenberghe to Geneva Kalle, daughter of Prosper Kalle
Page 18
c2 Funeral – Mrs Margaret Bentley, Mar 8
10 March 1954
Page 7
c4 Died – George W. Parsons, 54 years, Mar 9 – Photo
c4 Died – Leo H. Williams, 61 years, Mar 9 – Photo
c5 Died – Mrs May Brick, Mar 9, daughter of William & Elizabeth Martan; widow of Ben Brick
c6 Memoriam – George Gale, Mar 10 1953, by Thelma and Jim
c6 Born – Daughter of G. Chilcott, Feb 18
c6 Born – Daughter of J. Falkins, Feb 25
c6 Died – Mrs May Brick, Mar 9, widow of Ben Brick
c6 Died – Mrs Hannah Clara Howlett, 80 years, Mar 9, wife of Henry Howlett
c6 Died – Mrs Elizabeth Ann Neville, Mar 9, widow of Alfred E. Neville
c6 Died – George William Parsons, Mar 9
c6 Died – Arthur William Shearer, Mar 4
c6 Died – Leo H. Williams, Mar 9
Page 8
c2 Article – Memorial plaque for Joyce Hook, donated by her father Reginald Hook to Port Stanley public school
c3 Married – Jack Russel Hurley, son of William Hurley to Gladys Dorothy Sharp, daughter of Alvin Sharp
10 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Mary Loomis and Mary Benn
c3 Inquest – Death of William Carmichael McKinnon
c3 Died – Mrs Henry Howlett, Mar 9
c4 Photo – Chester Brown Farm
c4 Photo – Doug Smelser; Chester Brown; Ivan Smelser; Floyd Brown
Page 10
c1 Died – Marvin Zavitz, 21 years, Jan 28
c5 Died – James Green, 48 years, Mar 9
Page 13
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John McCormick, nee Clara Barber of St Thomas, 45th – Photo
Page 18
c3 Funeral – Ronald R. Litt, Mar 9
11 March 1954
Page 6
c3 Funeral – Alfred R. Bowering, 76 years, husband of Mrs Myrtle Bowering, nee Wadsworth; father of Raymond, Allen and Donald Bowering, Mrs W. Reave, Mrs James Elliott and Mrs Sidney Card
c4 Died – Mrs Carrie Jane MacLean, nee Lee, widow of Duncan J. MacLean; mother of Mrs Orley D. (Esther) Mifflin, Mrs W. E. (Carrie) King and Archie Waugh; sister of Mrs Archie Johnson, Mrs Girthy Switzer, Mrs Joe E. Smith and John E. Lee
c4 Died – William Robert Waugh, 83rd year, Mar 10, son of Thomas Waugh; husband of Mrs Mary L. Waugh, nee Higgins; father of George, Robert and Fred Waugh
c5 Died – Mrs Jean McVicar, nee Janet MacNeil, 82 years, widow of John Allan McVicar; mother of Mrs Robert McKim, Anna McVicar; sister of Margaret, Nan, Minnie and Peter MacNeil
c5 Funeral – Charles A. Stinson, 86 years, widow of Mrs Betsy Belle Stinson, nee McCrimmon; father of Mrs Margaret McRae; brother of Mrs Bessie O’Connell
Page 7
c2 Funeral – George W. Parsons, Mar 12
c3 Photo – Jack Jury; Joe Magnusson; Allan Wicks; Keith Comfort; Duncan McCartney; William Allan; Laurie Dunlop
c3 Died – Robert A. Trenaman, 85 years, Mar 10, son of John & Margaret Trenaman, nee Montrose; brother of Mabel M. Trenaman and the late Elbert Trenaman
c3 Born – Daughter of Dr Lloyd & Dorothy Beck, nee Sweet, Mar 7
c3 Born – Gary Andrew Windram, son of Thomas & Suzanne Windram, nee Rivest, Mar 9
c4 Inquest – Death of Jacob Sherman Latam, 60 years, Feb 23
c5 Died – Mrs Henry Howlett, Mar 9
c5 Died – George William Parsons, Mar 9
c5 Died – Robert A. Trenaman, Mar 10
c5 Died – Leo H. Williams, Mar 9
11 March 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c2 Photo – Rev Robert B. Craig of St Thomas
c3 Photo – Elmdale Public School – Anita Bowes; Rosemary Smith; Joanne MacDonnell; Joanne Snelling; Lois Neale; Bud Jeffrey; Marilyn Neale; Don Noviss; Pat Allman; Don Findlay; Bob Massecar; Nancy Irvine; Helen Findlay; Mary Westover
c3 Photo – Caren Teskey, daughter of W. H. Teskey; Paul Huras, son of Orville Huras; Mary Worrall, daughter of Charles Worrall
c3 Funeral – William H. Ingram, Mar 11
c4 Photo – Johnny McNulty and father Bill McNulty
Page 14
c2 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Fred E. Martin of Springfield, 57th – Photo
Page 15
c1 Photo – Mrs Douglas Baker; Jack Bennett; Jack Stewart
c5 Died – Haggai Cook, 60th year
Page 20
c5 Funeral – Wilfrid C. Arnold, Mar 10
12 March 1954
Page 1
c4 Inquest – Death of W. C. Arnold
Page 7
c3 Died – Fulton George Darrach, Mar 11
c4 Born – David Alan Auckland, son of Lloyd Auckland, Mar 11
c4 Died – William Albert Countryman, Mar 11
c4 Died – Robert A. Trenaman, 85 years, Mar 10
c5 Memoriam – Lillian and Dorothy Catchpole, Mar 12 1915
c5 Memoriam – Otto Surgent, Mar 12 1953, by wife and daughters Allie and Caroline
c5 Memoriam – Kenneth W. Mattis, Mar 12 1946, by Kenneth, Muriel and Kennie
c5 Memoriam – Archie McAffer, Mar 12 1952
c5 Memoriam – Roy S. Meyer, June 5 1953 and his son Lt. John T. Meyer, Mar 12 1944
Page 8
c4 Married – Harry Carl Moulton, son of George Moulton to Frances Isobel Whitcroft, daughter of Willis Whitcroft
c5 Married – Sidney Robert Kicks, son of Robert Kicks to Marjorie Elaine Elliot, daughter of Mrs Olive Elliot
c5 Married – John Hodgins, son of J. Hodgins to Georgina Grace Turner, daughter of Mrs Edna Turner
c5 Married – Ronald Page Hillman to Ruth Ellen Axson
Page 12
c1 Died – William Albert Countryman, Mar 11
12 March 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c2 Photo – Alex P. Tisdall of St Thomas
c3 Photo – Tommy White; W. R. Cavanaugh; Andrew Gajdos; R. W. Rankin
c5 Died – John D. Campbell, 83 years, Mar 11, son of Duncan Campbell; husband of Mrs Elizabeth Campbell, nee Andrew; father of Mrs Douglas B. (Mildred) McCallum and thee late Mrs John (Elizabeth) Watson
c8 Died – Edward Laundy, Mar 10, father of Mrs Arthur Ney
c8 Died – Dr Frank G. Borbridge, 69 years, Mar 9
Page 14
c4 Photo – Main St., Aylmer, Ontario
c5 Funeral – Arthur W. Shearer, Mar 11
Page 18
c4 Photo – St Thomas Basketball Team – Al Futcher; George Wise; Ron Caverly; Norm Nichols; Claire Caughell; Peter Hepburn; Bill Dees; Bob Stormes; Bob Rutter
Page 24
c2 Funeral – Mrs May Brick, Mar 11, widow of Ben Brick
c2 Funeral – William Carmichael McKinnon, Mar 9
c2 Funeral – Mrs Elizabeth Ann Neville, Mar 11, widow of Alfred E. Neville
13 March 1954
Page 1
c3 Photo – Hon. Lester Pearson; Rev Harry S. Rodney; Archie Campbell
Page 6
c3 Died – William John Sharratt, 63 years, Mar 12
c5 Funeral – John D. Campbell, 82 years, Mar 15, husband of Mrs Elizabeth Campbell, nee Andrews; father of Mrs Douglas B. McCallum and the late Mrs John Watson
Page 7
c3 Funeral – George William Parsons, Mar 12
c3 Funeral – Mrs Hanna Clara Howlett, Mar 12
c3 Funeral – Leo H. Williams, Mar 12
c3 Born – Lou Ann Tribe, daughter of Travis & Leona Tribe, nee Campbell; sister of Laura, Mar 4
c5 Memoriam – Gerald Wayne Nickerson, Mar 13 1952, by Grandparents Wilson and Aunt Caroline
c8 Died – Fulton George Darrach, 36th year, Mar 11
c8 Died – T. Walter Gable, 70 years, Mar 13
Page 8
c4 Photo – Dr Burdett McNeel; Frank G. McDonald
13 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Article – by George E. Thorman
c2 Photo – John W. Jolly of St Thomas
c3 Photo – Sugar House, farm of Luke Stinson, Scotch Rd., Southwold
c3 Photo – Luke Stinson and son Keith
c6 Article – Luke Stinson of Southwold
c8 Died – T. Walter Gable, 70 years, Mar 13 – Photo
Page 14
c1 Photo – Reiny Dohnt; Ronald Howe; George Martyn; William Baxter; David Burgess; Alvin Lindsay; David Ross
Page 24
c2 Married – Mel Vince, son of A. G. Vince to Betty Elliott, daughter of Melvin Elliott – Photo
c6 Engagement – Edward Joseph Kirby, son of Edward J. Kirby to Joan Mary Louise Agnew, daughter of William Dolan Agnew
c6 Married – Clair Chester Lackey to Patricia Ann Gagg
c6 Birthday – Mrs Helen Sharp of St Thomas, 80th
c8 Engagement – Harold Edward Moore, son of Edward Moore to Dorothea Joyce Homer, daughter of Arthur Homer
c8 Engagement – Frederick Alexander Johnson, son of Dewayne & Bella Johnson to Gwendolyn Jean Bisner, daughter of Sylvester Bisner
c8 Engagement – Douglas Cameron, so of Frank Cameron to Mary Jean Fraser, daughter of Alex Fraser
c8 Engagement – John Binder to Patricia Joan Robinson, daughter of Charles Robinson
15 March 1954
Page 1
c3 Photo – Miss Lois Cahill; Birnie Moore; L. B. Birdsall; Mrs Pauline Stringfellow; John W. Jolly; Mrs E. D. Smith; Mrs W. H. A. Sparling; George W. Parkinson; Dr Mary Webster; Charles Hammersley; Magistrate E. D. Smith
Page 7
c3 Funeral – Robert A. Trenaman, Mar 13
c3 Funeral – Mrs Charles Cook, Mar 13
c4 Memoriam – William L. Ostrander, Mar 15 1952, by wife Mary
c4 Memoriam – Mrs Vera Dean, Mar 13 1953, by May and Dad
c5 Died – T. Walter Gable, 70 years, Mar 13, husband of Mrs Florence M. Gable
c5 Died – Miss Elizabeth McCormick, Mar 14
c5 Died – Mrs Annie Quigley, 80 years, Mar 14, widow of William Quigley
c5 Died – William Harper Robertson, Mar 14
c5 Died – Mrs John James Robinson, Mar 14
c5 Died – Mrs Cora (Florence) Ross, Mar 14, wife of Roy Ross
c5 Died – William G. Snowden, Mar 14
c5 Died – Mrs Ella Mae Wiley, 73rd year, Mar 14, widow of Andrew Wiley
C6 Born – Barbara Anne Freeman, daughter of A. F. Freeman, Mar 6
Page 8
c2 Died – Henry C. Yeandle, 81 years, Mar 14
c3 Died – William G. Snowden, 91 years, Mar 14, widow of Rosanna Snowden; father of Mrs Clifford Bishop; brother of Mrs Jennie Jackson and Mrs Annie MacLean
c4 Died – William Harper Robertson, 47 years, Mar 14 – Photo
c5 Died – Mrs Cora Florence Ross, Mar 14, wife of Roy Ross
15 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c2 Died – Mrs Ella Mae Wiley, 73rd year, Mar 14, widow of Andrew Wiley
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Salem Herbert of Kingsmill, 60th
c3 Photo – Mr & Mrs Salem Herbert; Wilfred Herbert; Mrs Clarence Cox; Ashton Herbert; Sandra Herbert; Mrs Murray Brady and Linda
c5 Died – Mrs John James Robinson, Mar 14
c6 Died – Mrs Annie Quigley, 80 years, Mar 14, widow of William Quigley
Page 10
c1 Photo – Aylmer Main Street in 1897
Page 13
c1 Died – Miss Elizabeth McCormick, 83 years, Mar 14
16 March 1954
Page 2
c3 Funeral – Fulton George Darrach, Mar 15
c5 Died – William John Sharratt, 63 years, Mar 12
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Leo B. Doan, 50 years, Mar 12
c3 Died – John Matthew Minahan, 64th year, Mar 15 – Photo
c3 Born – Barbara Anne Freeman, daughter of A. F. Freeman, Mar 6
c3 Born – Robert Alan Lawrence, 1 1/2 years, chosen son of Rae Lawrence
c4 Memoriam – Jessie Elizabeth Wagland, Mar 16 1953, by Gertrude, Jack, John and Bobby
c5 Died – Mrs Clara Maud Anthony Leslie, 73rd year, Mar 16, wife of Joseph A. Leslie; mother of Walter A. Leslie, Mrs Ray (Inez) Stanton, John S., Clarence W., and Joseph E. Leslie
c5 Died – John Matthew Minahan, 64th year, Mar 15
c5 Died – Mihlan J. Powers, 91st year, Mar 15
c5 Died – William Harper Robertson, 47 years, Mar 14, husband of Mrs Violet Robertson; father of James H. and Betty Robertson
c5 Died – Mrs Elizabeth Anne Hall Robinson, 84th year, Mar 14, wife of John James Robinson
c5 Died – William G. Snowden, 91 years, Mar 14, father of Mrs Clifford Bishop; brother of MRs Jennie Jackson and Mrs Annie MacLean
c6 Legal – Rutherford Lanning of St Thomas
16 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c3 Died – John D. Tunks, 34 years, Mar 15 – Photo
c8 Photo – W. E. Locke of St Thomas
c8 Died – Mrs Clara Maud Anthony Leslie, 73rd year, Mar 16, wife of Joseph A. Leslie
Page 10
c2 Photo – R. B. McKenny of Springfield
c3 Died – Mihlan J. Powers, 91st year, Mar 15 – Photo
Page 12
c4 Engagement – Raeburn Herman Clark, son of E. L. Clark to Dorothy Irene Bennett, daughter of David Bennett
17 March 1954
Page 1
c3 Died – Elmer Jamieson, 30 years, Mar 16, brother of Shirley Mae Jamieson
c3 Died – Shirley Mae Jamieson, Mar 16, sister of Elmer Jamieson
Page 3
c1 Article – Mr & Mrs Marshall Towers of St Thomas
Page 7
c3 Died – Cecil Neale, 58 years, Mar 17
c3 Funeral – Mrs Cora Ross, Mar 16
c3 Funeral – T. Walter Gable, Mar 16
c3 Born – Daughter of H. D. McKenzie, Mar 15
c3 Born – Ralph Clarence Cummings, son of Clarence Cummings, Mar 13
c5 Died – Irving Young, Mar 2 – Photo
c5 Died – John Matthew Minahan, Mar 15
c5 Died – Cecil Neale, Mar 17
c5 Died – Mihlan J. Powers, Mar 15
c5 Died – Irving Young, Mar 2
c6 Memoriam – George A. Langs, Mar 17 1942, by Mary, Virgil, Beatrice, Robert, Isaac and families
c6 Memoriam – Matilda J. Bowden, Mar 17 1949; Frederick J. Bowden, Apr 28 1932; Reg Bowden, Apr 2 1948; Hazel Bowden, May 7 1949, by Muriel, Art and family
Page 9
c2 Photo – 5 Generations – Mrs John Clayton; Mrs Peter Cadiou; Mrs Harold Montgomery; Stanley Harding ; Deborah Laurie Harding
c4 Married – Melville Eric Lee Vince, son of A. G. Vince to Betty Irene Elliott, daughter of Melvin Elliott
Page 10
c1 Funeral – Robert H. Oakley, Mar 17, husband of Mrs Nora Oakley, nee Black
17 March 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c4 Photo – Martha Lipton; Mrs J. C. Smith; James Quillan; Miss Doris Johnston
Page 12
c2 Photo – Flt. Sgt. J. P. Curtis; Wing Cmdr. A. T. Mason
c2 Photo – RCAF Station Aylmer Basketball Team – J. A. LeFebvre; W. Koncovy; C. R. Tremblay; P. Laur; W. E. Buck; W. L. Borden; F. Blais; R. A. Law; D. Hunter; L. C. Fells; N. A. Hubbard; G. Borden; J. P. Curtis
c6 Died – Samuel I. Ham, 74 years, Mar 16, widow of Mrs Agnes Ham, nee Hastings; brother-in-law of Alfred Halse; uncle of Alice, Nellie and Edith Halse
c8 Died – Mrs Joseph A. Leslie, nee Clara M. Anthony, 72 years, Mar 16, mother of Walter, John, Clarence and Joseph Leslie and Mrs Ray Stanton; sister of Mrs A. Alexander, Mrs B. Brill, Mrs H. Cleaves, Mrs H. Burnham and Mrs E. Bessey
Page 22
c1 Photo – Lawrence ‘Butch’ Charlton
18 March 1954
Page 6
c3 Died – George G. Brown, 58 years, Mar 17, husband of Mrs Lena Mary Brown, nee Monteith
Page 7
c2 Funeral – Mrs Elizabeth Anne Robinson, Mar 17
c2 Funeral – William H. Robertson, Mar 17
c2 Funeral – William G. Snowden, Mar 17
c5 Born – Joanne Potts, daughter of Robert B. Potts; sister of Carol, Mar 17
c5 Died – Cecil Neale, Mar 17
c5 Died – Mrs Richard Thomas Tonkin, nee Lena Hewbank, 52nd year, Mar 17
c5 Died – Irving Young, Mar 2
c6 Died – Mrs Richard Thomas Tonkin, nee Lena Hewbank, 52nd year, Mar 17
c7 Memoriam – Elva Follick, Mar 18 1953
Page 8
c3 Photo – Mrs Maye Erwin; Mrs R. . Gardner; Mrs J. R. Snell; Mrs Percy Sinclair
18 March 1954
Second Section
Page 15
c2 Photo – Interior of new St Thomas Elgin General Hospital
c2 Photo – Carl Tuff and Ken Earnshaw
c4 Photo – Miss Grace McKinnon; Johnny Kearsley
c5 Photo – Mrs Hugh Knox
c5 Article – Dr William Parsons Warner of Ottawa and St Thomas
Page 16
c5 Died – Clarence R. Bollert, 68 years, Mar 17, widow of Mrs Alma Bollert, nee Wiecker; husband of Mrs Nettie H. Perry Bollert
19 March 1954
Page 1
c3 Photo – John Diefenbaker; James A. McBain; Harry Brennan; Bruce Caldwell
Page 2
c3 Funeral – Mrs Annie Quigley, Mar 17, widow of William Quigley
c3 Funeral – Mrs Ella Wiley, Mar 17, widow of Andrew Wiley
c3 Funeral – Jack Minahan, Mar 18
Page 6
c4 Birthday – Mrs Mary Kidd, 91st, mother of Mrs M. R. Seed
c6 Died – Walter Henry Snelgrove, 70 years, Mar 18
Page 7
c2 Funeral – Frederick Leslie Bennett, 84 years, Mar 17, son of Thomas & Louisa Bennett, nee Woods; husband of Mrs Mary Bennett, nee Bembridge; father of Clinton L., Norman and Earl Bennett, Mrs Gladys Drewery and Bertha Bennett; brother of Ida and Charles Bennett
c4 Died – Mrs Laura Teeple, Mar 18, widow of George Teeple
c4 Died – Cecil H. Caughell, 70 years, Mar 19
c4 Died – Mary Elizabeth Smith, nee Elson, 83rd year, Mar 19, widow of Thomas T. Smith
c4 Died – Mrs Richard Thomas Tonkin, Mar 17
c5 Born – Eva Marie Cloes, daughter of James R. Cloes, Mar 16
c5 Born – Brian Gordon Donald, son of Glenn & Shirley Donald, nee Mason; brother of Glenna Marie, Mar 15
c5 Born – Suanne Louise Shaw, daughter of Arthur & Jean Shaw, nee Balch, Mar 10
c5 Born – Sherry Lee Travers, daughter of Don Travers, Mar 18
c5 Born – Bradford Firman Wilson, son of Mervin Wilson, Mar 16
c7 Died – Mary Elizabeth Smith, nee Elson, 83rd year, Mar 19, widow of Thomas T. Smith
Page 9
c5 Died – Mrs Vernon Roach, 66th year, Mar 19, daughter of John Bonneau; mother of Mrs Arthur (Betty) Humphries, Earl and Frank Roach
Page 10
c5 Married – Frank Maxwell Carroll, son of Charles Carroll to Evelyn Fay Fletcher, daughter of Arnold Fletcher
Page 11
c4 Photo – Brownie Pack – Linda Bennett; Madeline Ann Machan; Patsy Davis; Gail Harvey; Mary Louise Near; Linda Dawdy; Sharon Ann Keillor; Diana Sorrill
19 March 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c2 Photo – Collegiate Institute Glee Club & Orchestra – Alma Barnes; Connie Post; Mary Alice Jones; MaryLou Mann; Susan Spackman; Sheila Stirling; Nancy O’Neil; Bette Evans; Nora Smith; Marie LeCourtois; Carol Johnson; Connie Chase; Carol Taylor; Margaret Fisher; Marjorie Evans; Judy McCallum; Joanne Penhale; Jane Keith; Betty Tilden; Philip Sorrill; Don Denee; Gary Grant; Bill Pyett; Bill Rayner; Katherine Lowe; Neva Waite; Carol Swindells; Ruth Yeandle; Barbara Heard; Mona Williams; Dorothy Rolling; Mary-Lou Buck; Ann Richardson; Sue McNeel; Margaret McGregor; Hollie Archer; Jim Dorans; Don Morley; Don Mortin; Jim Geddes; Eleanor Calvert; Ruby Firby; Bonnie Medcalf; Lynn Neal; Jean Ross; Yvonne Ward; Betty McLellan; Mary Kay Lane; Sheila Thompson; Beverly Lewis; Anne Preston; Margaret Morley; Jack Lethbridge; Charles Robinson; G. H. Brown; Wendy Loosemore; Karen Green; Joanna Thwaites; Kathryn Moore; Margaret Lockhart; Kay Green; Penny Preston; Sandra Gliddon; Kathryn Burgess; Pat Calloway; Mary Ellen Ross; Carol Hill; Melba Morrow; Clare Williams; Don Karn; Ken Willson; Lucille Taylor; Jeannette Campbell; Leta Carter; Shirley Anne Davis; Pat Smith; Paula Penhale; Annetta Lumley; Gladys Lord; Pat Southern; Nancy McCallum; Robin Medcalf; Vida Sorrill; Gale Fletcher; Malcolm McNicol; Bruce McCuaig; Paul Heckman; John Wilson; Peter Parker; Gail Glicksman; Marjorie Davis; Pat Lavoie; Ron Somerville; Robbie Harvey; Ross Williams; Frank Exley; Buddy Walker; Clive Mason; John Brown; Michael Watson; Grant Brown; Jim Hicks; absent Bob Andrews; Jim Anger; Norman Brown; Barbara Clark; Ken Featherstone; Elaine Harrington; Rod Neman; Bob Stinson; John Trevithick; Reg Tuff
c8 Photo – Bert F. D. Bowman of St Thomas
Page 14
c3 Photo – Aylmer Junior Band – Alfred Grimes; Lawrence Elvidge; Pat McBrien; Jack McConnell; Keith Mills; Douglas Bibby; Harold Baxter; Karen Cassels; Morgan Kennedy; Ronald Lacey; Roy Lamond; Gordon Noels; Jack McPherson; Joseph Carroll; Larry Richardson; Ronald Joiner; Barney Biggs
c5 Died – Cecil H. Caughell, 70 years, Mar 19
c6 Funeral – Mihlan Powers, Mar 18
20 March 1954
Page 7
c1 Returned Soldier – AB Kenneth Morfee, son of F. Morfee of St Thomas
c1 Returned Soldier – Vivian Manning, nephew of MRs Mary Smith of St Thomas
c3 Born – Daughter of Lloyd Hardy; sister of Bruce, Mar 18
c3 Memoriam – Mabel Davis, Mar 20 1953, by Will and girls; by Jeannie
c3 Memoriam – Donnie McCallum, Mar 21 1952, by parents and Danny and Terry; by Barrie, Uncle Jim and Aunt Evelyn
c4 Funeral – Cecil Neale, Mar 19
c4 Funeral – E. Irving Young, Mar 19
c5 Died – Thomas Britton, 66 years, Mar 19 – Photo
c5 Died – Miss Florence MacPherson, Mar 19, daughter of Allen & Nancy MacPherson
c5 Died – Charles H. Roberts, 81st year, Mar 19
c5 Died – Mrs Lester Wilson, nee Margaret Eleanor Whaley
Page 12
c4 Funeral – Virgil Hopkins, 57 years, Mar 20
20 March 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Article – by George E. Thorman
c3 Photo – James Alexander McBain; Rev Harry Scott Rodney
Page 14
c2 Died – Charles H. Roberts, 81st year, Mar 19
c3 Died – Louis A. Mens, 30 years, Mar 18, so of Frank Mens; brother of Mrs Camiel Dejonckheere, Mrs Evarist Moyaert and Teresa Mens
c5 Died – John R. Sloan, 62 years, Mar 20
Page 15
c5 Photo – Music Festival winners – Rena Beacom, Dutton; Norman Beckham and Kenneth Welch, Wallacetown
Page 24
c2 Photo – Mrs Arthur Gater; Mary Margaret McCormick; Linda Burgess; Bette Lou Brannan
c5 Engagement – James Keith Barrow, son of Charles Barrow to Sylvia Doucette, daughter of Harry Doucette and sister of Mrs Lloyd Matthews
c5 Engagement – Arnold McArthur, son of Robert McArthur to Alma Marie Hare, daughter of A. S. Hare
c5 Engagement – Donald James Pickston, son of J. Pickston to Lily Dolores Torjusen, daughter of W. G. Goodison
c8 Engagement – Kenneth Wilson Webster, son of Stanley Webster to Sally Ann McQueen, daughter of F. A. McQueen
c8 Engagement – Donald Francis Orson, son of Philip Orson to Jean Elizabeth Bedford, daughter of Edgar Bedford
c8 Engagement – Floyd Donald Campbell, son of Mrs Agnes Campbell to Alice Pauline McKillop, daughter of William S. McKillop
c8 Engagement – Murray Glen Maw, son of Leslie Maw to Ruth Aileen Payne, daughter of Hilliard E. Payne
22 March 1954
Page 7
c1 Funeral – William Foster, Mar 20, uncle of Mrs Stuart Franklin
c3 Died – Mrs Gertie Watson, 72 years, Mar 22, wife of J. K. Watson
c4 Born – Mary Susan Ayearst, daughter of William & Mary Ayearst, nee Holtby, Mar 20
c4 Born – Norman Gould, son of Graham Gould; brother of Alice and Charles, Mar 20
c4 Born – James Patterson Birch, so of H. C. Birch, Mar 18
c4 Born – Darlene Louise Crocker, daughter of Arthur Crocker; sister of Ricky, Mar 19
c4 Born – Catherine Ann Tarry, daughter of Douglas Tarry; sister of Greg and Billie, Mar 20
22 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c3 Article – Port Bruce Sunday School
c3 Photo – New Port Bruce Sunday School
c3 Photo – John Newman, 92nd birthday; Mrs Fred Falkins; J. Robert Newman
c6 Died – Mrs Gertie Watson, 72 years, Mar 22, wife of J. K. Watson
Page 10
c1 Married – Fred Gordon, son of Percy Gordon to Jean Barnhardt
c2 Photo – Mrs Robert Lorch; Mr McLeod
c4 Photo – Ross Gale; Clayton Miller; Jack Harvey; Norman MacLeod; Robert Lorch
Page 11
c2 Married – George Warner to Mrs Gertrude Ellis, mother of Ernest Ellis and Mrs Leo Bartlett
c2 Married – Donald Albert Simon to Nora Irene Ellwood, daughter of Mrs Ellen Ellwood
c2 Married – Harry Bennison Smith, son of Thomas Able Smith to Elizabeth Paulucci, daughter of William Paulucci
c4 Photo – Gladys Bennett; Mrs Betty Lou Tillotson; Donna Rae Prong; Mrs Rose Marie McCallum; Rowena Robbins; Isobel Brown; Rosalie Paddon; Agnes Turnbull; Eileen Jewell; Mary MacPherson
c5 Married – Ronald John Stafford Reader, son of Rev Nelson F. Reader to Margaret Alice McGillivray, daughter of Rev Russell McGillivray
23 March 1954
Page 5
c5 Photo – Ray Cooper; Helen Rurtka; Bill Emmott; Roland Hughes; Keith Merritt
Page 6
c5 Died – Clarence H. Hemsley, 62 years, Mar 22, husband of Mrs Florence Hemsley, nee Longmire; father of Austin Tim, Ronald and Maurice Hemsley, Mrs Roy Gedye, Mrs William Craig and Sylvia Hemsley and he late Ben Hemsley; brother of Mrs Austin Walker, Mrs Arthur Smith and Peggy Hemsley
c5 Died – Karl Schneider, 73 years, Mar 22
Page 7
c3 Born – Daughter of W. E. & Gladys Cardwell, nee Newell, Mar 18
c3 Born – Daughter of George & Evelyn Aristone, nee Sherry; sister of Nancy, Mar 20
c3 Born – Daughter of James A. Parkins, Mar 19
c4 Died – Mrs J. K. Watson, Mar 22
c6 Funeral – Thomas Britton, Mar 22
23 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Murray Barnes; Joe Hubert; John Whitehead; David Bowman; Helene McNichol; Ken Featherstone
c1 Photo – Charles Reavley; Mrs Harold Pearce; Mrs Velma Clark
c4 Photo – Harry Brennan; Ralph Auckland
c4 Photo – Jim & Florence McBain; Rev Harry Rodney
24 March 1954
Page 7
c3 Memoriam – Glenn Marr, Mar 24 1953
Page 8
c5 Married – Hugh Frederick Feere, son of John Feere to Eleanor Margaret Schooley, daughter of Cecil Shooley
24 March 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c3 Photo – Kenneth Williamson; J. E. Turnbull; Mrs Violet McCarthy; Roy Brownlee; J. H. Brighton; W. H. A. Sparling; J. W. Dean; H. T. Smith; C. F. Grimes; James Brawley
c6 Photo – Robert Clinton Smith, son of Harold Smith
c7 Photo – Robert Leroy Williams, son of Cyril Williams
Page 12
c1 Photo – Aylmer Swimming Club – Mary Helen McBrien; Helen Barnum; Mary Munn; Chaterine McBrien; Barbara Barnum
c4 Photo – Colleen Crockett
Page 16
c3 Photo – Union Hockey Club – R. Topping; R Shelley; P. Slota; J. Templain; L. Beattie; W. Ferguson; Calvin Hindley; J. Fugard; W. Parker; D. McElroy; D. Duffy; W. Lawton; Roy Shelley; R. Fugard; M. McLaws; W. Fishley; J. Cummings; D. Bulmer; Carman Hindley
25 March 1954
Page 1
c1 Photo – Bobby Silcox age 4, son of Sidney Silcox and Johnny Roberts age 11, son of John L. Roberts
c2 Photo – Dr William Gunn at Pinafore Park
Page 7
c2 Funeral – Rev W. H. Colter, Mar 27
c4 Died – Samuel Eisler, 86 years, Mar 24, widow of Agnes Eisler; father of Mrs Robert (Minnie) Osborne, William and John Eisler; brother of Mrs Fred Hollits
c4 Born – Karen May Drewitt, daughter of Douglas & May Drewitt, nee Coleman, Mar 24
c4 Born – Daughter of R. C. & Jane Markert, nee Axford; sister of Douglas and Ellen, Mar 16
c4 Born – Deborah Anne VanKoughnett, daughter of Clarence & Shirley VanKoughnett, nee Hayes, Mar 24
c5 Died – Mrs Sadie Graham, nee Kirkwood, 49 years, Mar 25, widow of John C. Graham
c5 Died – Samuel Eisler, 86 years, Mar 24
c5 Died – Foster Cook, 74 years, Mar 24
Page 8
c4 Photo – Donna Dicker; Dorothy Rolling; Carol Styles; Noreen Beaupre
c4 Married – Frederick William Gordon, son of Percy John Gordon to Clara Jean Barnhardt, daughter of Frederick Barnhardt
c4 Married – Ronald Playter, son of Clifford Playter to Francis May McNaughton, daughter of Norval McNaughton
c5 Married – Keith Frederick Howell, son of Donald Howell to Elizabeth Ann Crozier, daughter of R. L. Crozier
Page 9
c1 Photo – Mrs R. E. Beatty; Mrs George Robinson; Mrs A. C. Miller; Mrs H. D. McCann; Mrs Margaret Green; Mrs Charles Murray; Mrs Doug Todd; Miss Joyce Schneider; Mrs Lynn Lashbrook; Miss Sylvia Miller; Mrs Jack Wight
Page 11
c2 Funeral – Mrs Vernon Roach, Mar 22
c2 Funeral – John R. Sloan, Mar 22
c2 Funeral – Mrs Gertie Watson, Mar 24
25 March 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – A. N. Martin; Don McCallum; James Galbraith; William Draper; Don Rathburn; Bob Lundie; Gordon Smith; Walter LeCourtois; Fred Muscat; Charles Johnson; Dorothy Tales; Verne Tales; Carol Wilkinson; Betty June Smalldon; Mary Johnson
c3 Photo – Harold N. Goodwin; S. A. Hammond; Harold Phillips
c3 Died – Mrs John C. Graham, Mar 25
c5 Died – Howard Mayne, 68th year, Mar 24
c6 Died – Foster Cook, 74 years, Mar 24 – Photo
Page 14
c2 Photo – Gr. Capt., C. L. Trecarten of Aylmer
c4 Funeral – Cecil H. Caughell, Mar 22
c4 Funeral – Lillie Brown, Mar 23
c4 Funeral – Charles H. Roberts, Mar 22
Page 18
c3 Photo – Aylmer Trojans – Chief Henhawk; Budd Garton; Bernie Pearson ;Cy Kelly; Doug Parsons; Lou Mustos; Pop White; Cliff Simpson; Bob White; Jay Jaspur; Chuck Rafuse; Pete Hudson; Johnny Goepfrich; Ron Barr; Jimmy Peterson; Ivan Bishop; Mark Delaney; Buzz Cockburn; Bob Heslop
26 March 1954
Page 1
c2 Photo – Robert Shephard of St Thomas
Page 7
c4 Died – Foster Cook, Mar 24
c4 Died – Samuel Eisler, Mar 24
c4 Died – Mrs John C. Graham, Mar 25
c4 Died – Mrs Charlotte Jewell, nee Henderson, 80th year, Mar 25, widow of John Henry Jewell
c5 Born – Daughter of Robert Ballantine, Mar 23
c5 Born – Stephen Lloyd Jones, son of Mac & Margaret Rose Jones, nee Lloyd, Mar 7
c5 Born – Colleen Jean Markert, daughter of R. C. & Jane Markert, nee Axford; sister of Douglas and Ellen, Mar 16
c6 Married – Robert Wicks, son of Mrs Nora Wicks to Mary Jane West, daughter of George West
Page 8
c4 Married – Clair Chester Lackey, son of Lloyd Lackey to Patricia Ann Gagg, daughter of R. J. Gagg
26 March 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Article – Harold W. Thomson of Rodney – Photo
c6 Photo – George L. Gray of St Thomas
c7 Photo – Maurice Glicksman, son of Max Glicksman of St Thomas
c8 Photo – Royden Cathers
c8 Died – Mrs Charlotte Jewell, Mar 25, widow of John Henry Jewell
Page 12
c3 Photo – Main St., Aylmer
c6 Article – Aylmer Figure Skating Club Carnival
c6 Died – Frank Pieters, 72 years, Mar 25, husband of Mrs Josephine Pieters, nee Sheers; father of Philip, Alphonse, Emil and Joseph Pieters; brother of Albert Pieters and Mrs Leo Demeyer
27 March 1954
Page 6
c3 Died – Nick Sapergia
c3 Died – Mrs Angelena McTaggart, daughter of Robert Morrison; widow of Hugh McTaggart; mother of Cameron H. McTaggart; grandmother of Donald and Kenneth
Page 7
c4 Born – Patricia Louise Chapman, daughter of C. Robert Chapman, Mar 16
c4 Born – Peggy Lynn Doty, daughter of Paul & Mary Anne Doty, nee Hart, Mar 25
c4 Born – Linda Smith, daughter of George & Winnifred Smith, nee Lupson, Mar 23
c4 Died – Nelson Austin, 86th year, Mar 26
c4 Died – E. Herbert Smith, 84th year, Mar 27
c4 Memoriam – Alex Connelly Sr. Mar 27 1946, by Billie, Michael and Darlene Palmer
27 March 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Article – by George E. Thorman
c3 Photo – Jack Connoy; Herman Ponsford; William Jenoves; Edward Barker; John McLeod; Garney Machan
c8 Photo – Robert M. Pritchard of St Thomas, husband of Jean Pritchard; father of Roberta Jeanne and Ralph Pritchard
Page 12
c1 Article – Aylmer Figure Skating Club Carnival – Photos – Wendy Falkenham; Donald Sharpe; Sue McNeel; Ralph Cutten; John Davis; Fred White; Clark Calhoun; Albert White; James Robinson; Caroline McNeel; Wayne Jamieson
c1 Died – E. Herbert Smith, 84th year, Mar 27
c3 Died – Mrs Lester Wilson, nee Eleanor Whaley, Mar 19
c7 Birthday – Mrs Marion R. Alward of Tillsonburg, 86th
Page 13
c4 Photo – WO2 & Mrs Max Phillimore; Sgt. & Mrs T. Tallack; Lt Col. & Mrs C. A. Low; WO1 & Mrs A. B. Ellis
Page 22
c2 Engagement – Donald Charles Swan, son of Harry S. Swan to Allana Ray Archer, daughter of Ray Archer – Photo
c2 Engagement – Richard Gale Jagoe, son of W. T. Jagoe to Louise Helen Thompson, daughter of Harold E. Thompson – Photo
c4 Engagement – Lawrence Rhodes Moore, son of L. D. Moore to Helen Patricia Finlay, daughter of T. A. Finlay
c4 Engagement – Allen Douglas Sutton, son of R. Rae Sutton to Phyllis Ann Templain, daughter of Frank A. Templain
c4 Engagement – John Powell Miller, son of Warren C. Miller to Elizabeth Laura Stretch, daughter of Oscar Stretch
c4 Engagement – Donald Swan to Allana Archer
c4 Engagement – Richard Jagoe to Louise Thompson
c6 Engagement – Arnold McArthur to Alma Marie Hare
c7 Engagement – Kenneth Leitch, son of George Leith to Betty Doub, daughter of Millard Doub
c7 Engagement – Lewis Martin Helka, son of John Helka to Marjorie Irene Hamilton, daughter of George D. Hamilton
c7 Engagement – James Frederick Bradish, son of James Gilberry Bradish to Amelia Elizabeth Claude, daughter of Robert Thomas Claude
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs Frederick William Gordon – Photo
c8 Engagement – Max Earl Marshman, son of J. E. Marshman to Ruth Adelaide McMaster, daughter of G. W. McMaster
c8 Engagement – John Walter Robinson, son of Dr G. W. & Freida Robinson to Donna Marie Stevenson, daughter of Clarence Stevenson
29 March 1954
Page 1
c3 Photo – Dave Robinson of Eagle
Page 2
c3 Died – George H. Starks, 35 years, Mar 29
c6 Funeral – Foster Cook, Mar 27
c6 Funeral – Samuel Eisler, Mar 27
Page 6
c3 Died – Alvin Peter Cadeau, 43 years, Mar 28, husband of Mrs Alice Cadeau, nee Moffatt Mitchell; father of Peter, Mitchell and Alice Mary Cadeau; brother of Mrs Murray Shaver – Photo
Page 7
c1 Baptism – Alan Michael Grantham, son of G. V. Grantham; Susan Marie Mailing, daughter of W. G. Mailing
c3 Died- Neil McLellan, 66 years, Mar 27
c5 Born – Timothy Wayne Budd, son of Gordon & Helen Budd, Mar 29
c5 Born – John Phillip O`Brien, son of J. A. O`Brien, Mar 28
c5 Died – Andrew Nelson Davis, 69th year, Mar 27
c5 Died – Neil McLellan, Mar 27
c6 Died – David M. Galloway, 74 years
29 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c2 Photo – Mrs Forrest Robinson of West Elgin
c4 Photo – Clark McDougall of St Thomas
Page 10
c1 Died – Andrew Nelson Davis, 69th year, Mar 27
c4 Photo – Aylmer Optimist Model Aircraft Club – Ivan Moore; David McClennan; Roly Tinline; Donald King; Morgan Kennedy; George Revesz; David Latimer; Harold Baxter; Jack McConnell; James Austin; Hunter Currin; Keith McDonald; John Holmes; Jack McCurdy
Page 11
c5 Married – Carl Lester Tuff, son of John Tuff to Margaret Ruth Honsinger, daughter of Clifford Honsinger
30 March 1954
Page 2
c2 Died – Mrs Elsie Roloson, 71 years, Mar 27, daughter of Fred & Malithe Haney; widow of William Roloson
c4 Funeral – Mrs Sadie Graham, Mar 27
c4 Funeral – Mrs Charlotte Jewell, Mar 27
Page 7
c5 Died – Frank Wiley, 58 years, Mar 29, husband of Mrs Winnifred Wiley, nee Rohleder; father of Frank, James, Mary Ann and Catherine Wiley; brother of Joseph, Charles and Albert Wiley and Mrs I. L. Spratt
c6 Born – Son of Jack & Iola Curran, nee Stafford, Mar 21
c6 Born Sylvia Anne Cook, daughter of Chester & Ila Cook, Mar 24
30 March 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c3 Photo – Neil Robb of St Thomas
c6 Died – Peter Neville James Cochrane, 64 years, Mar 30
Page 12
c1 Married – Harold Edward Moore, son of Edward Moore to Dorothea Joyce Homer, daughter of Rev Arthur Homer
31 March 1954
Page 1
c1 Article – Harold Wran `Harry` MacLeod, manager of new St Thomas-Elgin Memorial Community Centre – Photo
c8 Photo – Mark Delaney; Robert Barrett
Page 2
c3 Died – Frank (Pat) Murphy, 60 years, Mar 31, brother of Patrick Murphy and Mrs Patrick Larkin
Page 6
c2 Died – Melvin O. Vince, 71 years, widow of Mrs Rose Vince, nee Clifford; husband of Mrs Elizabeth Vince, nee Piper; father of Joseph, Lorne and Albert Vince, Mrs Orlo Walker, Mrs Harry Morris, Mrs Alan Broadley and Mrs Norman Sloat; brother of Mrs A. Landry
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs George Alford Lipsit of Mount Brydges, 60th
c6 Died – James Guthrie `Gus` Paterson, 72 years, Mar 30
Page 7
c1 Died – Infant daughter of Gilbert Clinansmith, 6 months, Mar 30
c4 Born – James Samuel Fulton, son of Keith & Mrs Fulton, nee Earnshaw; brother of Stephen, Mar 27
c4 Born – James Joseph Axford, son of Kenneth R. Axford; brother of Reggy, Mar 30
c4 Born – Daughter of Bob & Joan Hobbs, nee Pullen; sister of Wendy, Mar 29
c5 Died – John A. Ballantyne, 75 years, Mar 31
c5 Died – Frank Murphy, 60th year, Mar 31
c7 Memoriam – Eva Bolton, Mar 31 1953, by sisters Bertha, Dorothy and brothers George, Bill, Richard and Bob
c7 Memoriam – Sarah Ellen Bonnick, Mar 31 1947, by Elsie, Jim and Grace
Page 10
c1 Married – Raeburn Herman Clark, son of E. L. Clark to Dorothy Irene Bennett, daughter of David Bennett
c5 Funeral – Mrs Thomas Mack, Mar 26, sister of Mrs James A. Black
31 March 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c7 Died – John Alexander Ballantyne, 75 years, Mar 31 – Photo
Page 14
c4 Married – Ross Elwood Albright, son of Albert Albright to Marjorie Maureen Irving, daughter of Garfield Irving
Page 15
c1 Article – Jack Dennett opens new Annex to Appliance Store – Photo
Page 16
c1 Article – Ross St. Beauty Salon, proprietors are Clifton & Marjorie Larson
1 April 1954
Page 7
c4 Died – Ernest Gordon McKee, 34 years, Jan 16, son of Mrs Laura McKee
c4 Born – Gary Cyril Joseph Clarke, son of Francis Donovan & Martel Clarke, nee Lecluyse, Apr 1
c4 Born – Son of E. J. & Diana McWade, nee Brackenbury, Mar 29
c5 Memoriam – Harry Bruce Barnes, Apr 1 1950, by Bettie and Jack
c5 Memoriam – Edna Maud Kessel, Apr 1 1943, by daughter Helene Hewitt
c5 Memoriam – Maud Mary McCague, Apr 1 1951, by husband Tom and Leonard and family
c5 Memoriam – Tensie M. Secord, Apr 1 1949, by husband Claude
c6 Died – Mrs Eva Ann Appleford, 72 years, Mar 31, widow of Lafe Appleford
c6 Died – John A. Ballantyne, Mar 31
c6 Died – Frank Murphy, Mar 31
c7 Died – Mrs Lafe Appleford, Mar 31
Page 8
c3 Funeral – N. H. Plomley, Mar 30, brother-in-law of W. R. Bocking
1 April 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Fire – home of Mr & Mrs Meredith Jones, St Thomas – Photo
Page 14
c4 Died – Maurice Lierman, Mar 30, widow of Mrs Bertha Lierman, nee Lewitte; father of Mrs Gaston Lefevre, Mrs Henry Decap, Mary, Joseph and Julius Lierman and the late Arthur Lierman; brother of Gustof Lierman
c4 Funeral – Andrew N. Davis, Mar 30
c4 Funeral – E. Herbert Smith, Mar 29
Page 17
c3 Photo – Legion Dart League – Bill Graham; Jack Phillips; Arnold Stafford; Allan Wicks; Enoch Scidmore; Crud Neil; Reese Edwards; Jack Stainthorpe; Lester Stuart; Dick Langley; Charles Donaldson; Jerry Walker; Joe Trowsdeale
2 April 1954
Page 1
c1 Photo – Earl D. Moore of St Thomas
Page 7
c1 Died – Miss Livingstone, sister of Stanley and Stephen Livingstone
c2 Died – George Arthur Monteith, 72 years, Apr 2
c2 Born – Paul Leonard Keighley, son of Rev Leonard Keighley; brother of Esther Marie, Mar 17 in Tokyo, Japan
c2 Born – Son of Rae & Betty Putman, nee Cutler; brother of Penny Lynn, Mar 24
c2 Born – Brenda Joyce Sikora, daughter of Frank & Mrs Sikora, nee Young; sister of Michael, Mar 31
c2 Born – John Alexander Tufford, son of M. & N. G. Tufford, Apr 1
c6 Funeral – Neil McLellan, Mar 30
c6 Memoriam – Percy E. Taylor, Apr 2 1950, by wife Elizabeth and daughter June
c6 Died – Mrs Lafe Appleford, Mar 31
c6 Died – Leopold J. Duval, 75 years, Apr 2
Page 8
c3 Married – Douglas Brown, son of William Brown to Isabel Brabender, daughter of James Brabender
2 April 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Died – Leopold J. Duval, 75 years, Apr 2
c3 Photo – Mrs Wilma Fleming; Mrs Donna Charlton; Mrs Aleta Dalton; Miss Mary Lyle; Mrs Ann Findlay; Mrs Mary Seburn; Mrs Belva Cook; Mrs Martha Bryce; Mrs Cora Jordon; Mrs Agnes Temple; Mrs Gertrude Picard; Miss Marilyn Miller; Mrs Madeline Callaghan; Miss Dorothy Lindsay; Mrs Ethel Mitchell; Mrs Jean Sanguine; Miss Sadie Rose; Mrs Mary Jane Askew; Mrs Emily Hauck; Miss Lillian Ross; Mrs Myrtle Robilliard; Mrs Beatrice Osborne
c4 Photo – Cpl. K. G. Nethercott; WO2 R. B. Dennis; Cpl. R. O. Stevenson; Cpl. J. E. Reynolds
3 April 1954
Page 1
c7 Died – Miss Violet Pauline Brinn, 20 years, Apr 3 – Photo of car crash; sister of Jack, Wesley, Archie, Ross, Lenore and Eleanor Brinn, Mrs Albert (Hilda) Halloran and Mrs Gordon (Muriel) Faulkner
c7 Died – Thomas James Humphrey, 38 years, Apr 3, son of Leon C. Humphrey; husband of Mrs Evelyn Humphrey, nee Brown; father of George and Lillian Humphrey; brother of Mrs Henry (Margaret) Edgar, Mrs Archie (Myrtle) Coyle, and Jack Humphrey
c5 Photo – Herman DeJong, organist of First United Church, St Thomas
Page 7
c4 Died – Rev C. P. McFarlane, 86 years, Apr 3
c4 Died – Eber Shippey, 76 years
c5 Funeral – John A. Ballantyne, Apr 2
c5 Funeral – Peter N. Cochrane, Apr 1
c5 Memoriam – Richard Thomas Kessel, Apr 3 1953
c5 Memoriam – John Graham, Apr 3 1951
c5 Memoriam – Leonard Bayliss, Apr 3 1949
c5 Memoriam – Sheila Anne Till, Apr 3 1952
C6 Died – Leopold J. Ducal, Apr 2
c6 Died – Mrs Grace McLachlin, 68th year, Apr 3, widow of Daniel McLachlin; mother of Mrs Colin (Katie) McCorquodale and Mrs Francis (Mary) Fallon; brother of John J. Campbell
3 April 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Article – by George E. Thorman
c3 Photo – trapping muskrat – Jack Benn and George Smith
c3 Photo – George Smith and wife Winnifred Smith
Page 12
c4 Photo – Shirley Quick; Joan Loft; Beverley Davies; Mary Munn; Rochelle Doan; Jacqueline Trecarten; Helen Manary; Doreen Ingram
c4 Photo – Jo Jones; Paul McCrath; Gene Corless; Steve Balazs; Max Charlton; Harvey Jones; Donald Fick
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John E. Palmer, nee Mabel Dykeman of Tillsonburg, 50th
c4 Engagement – George Willits to Kathleen Rodwell
c5 Funeral – Frank Murphy, Apr 2
c6 Died – Charles G. Leach, 81 years, Apr 2
Page 22
c2 Engagement – Gerald A. O’Drowsky, son of A. O’Drowsky to Charlotte Helen Whitmore, daughter of N. D. Whitmore – Photo
c4 Engagement – William Blake Kent Jr., son of William Blake Kent to Mary Lou Kirkwood, daughter of John Kirkwood
c4 Engagement – George Goodman Capern, son of Wallace H. Capern to Beverley June Davies, daughter of Joseph W. Davies
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs W. A. McPherson of St Thomas, 50th
c6 Engagement – Philip Stephen Inchley, son of Alfred Inchley to Florence Marie Mervin, daughter of Otis A. Mervin
c6 Engagement – Thomas William McDonald, son of Mrs Jack Fielder and Walter McDonald to Doris Eleanor Coomber, daughter of H. Howard Coomber
c6 Engagement – George Leonard Ruppel, son of Frederick Charles Ruppel to Julie Anne Hughes, daughter of William Harold Hughes
c6 Photo – B. G. Thacker; Mrs J. Bebbington; Mrs Major E. Nesbitt; Mrs Lt Col. F. Merrett; Mrs W. Batty
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs Raeburn Herman Clark – Photo
c8 Engagement – Robert VandenBussche, son of Gerard VandenBussche to Theresa Jean Yallop, daughter of Frank Yallop
5 April 1954
Page 1
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs John Sweet of Kingsmill, 69th – Photo
Page 6
c4 Died – Fred Carrothers, 60 years, Apr 3
Page 7
c2 Died – George Dickie, 85th year, Apr 5
c2 Died – Mrs Annie Thompson, 69 years, Apr 3, wife of James W. Thompson; mother of Charles H. and Albert W. Thompson and Mrs Donald H. Carter; sister of Mrs Charles Wilson, Harry, William and Fred Wood
c2 Funeral – Mrs Eva Ann Appleford, Apr 3
c3 Article – Danny Appleyard of Aylmer
c3 Born – Son of Lynn Daugharty, Mar 30
c3 Born – John Gordon Haddock, son of Gordon Haddock; brother of Mary Anne and Muriel Mae, Apr 2
c3 Born – David William Kellestine, son of William Kellestine, Mar 31
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Doris Ford, Apr 5 1944, mother of Gordon and Marjorie Ford; daughter of Mr & Mrs Henry Pearce
c3 Memoriam – Richard Sutton, Apr 5 1951; Mrs Emily Sutton, Apr 6 1947, by Mr & Mrs R. H. Sutton and Kenneth, Mr & Mrs H. E. Sutton and C. F. Sutton
c5 Died – George Dickie, Apr 5
c5 Died – Mrs Grace McLachlin, Apr 3, widow of Daniel McLachlin
c5 Died – Mrs Annie Thompson, Apr 3, wife of James W. Thompson
5 April 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c2 Photo – PO R. M. ‘Dick’ O’Bryan, son of Mrs Marie O’Bryan of St Thomas; husband of Mrs Joyce O’Bryan, nee Burrows
c3 Died – Arthur J. Broderick, 75 years, Mar 1, son of John & Etta Broderick, nee Secord; husband of Mrs E. Ruth Broderick, nee Jacobson; father of Mrs Jack (Ruth Arlette) Bain and John Arthur Broderick; grandfather of Jay, Cheryl and Debra Bain; brother of Mrs Frank Clisbee
c4 Photo – Johnny Anderson; Frank Anderson; Tom Allen; Dr Charles Drake; Allan Quick; M. L. Quick
c8 Photo – Jack Richardson of St Thomas
Page 10
c1 Fire – Home of Dr George Harrison of Aylmer
c4 Photo – Home of Dr George Harrison, Aylmer
c4 Photo – Ross Ferguson; Margaret Flegel; Marcel Verscheure; Jeannine Devine; Maurice Beaudry
Page 11
c3 Engagement – Kenneth Jack Campbell, son of A. Campbell to Margaret Jean Cotton, daughter of Glen Geddes
c4 Photo – Agnes Turnbull; Leslie Wall; Nancy Carr; Mrs Edward Poole; Mrs Earl Bagnall; Mrs Kenneth White
6 April 1954
Page 3
c1 Article – Lt. Col. James D. Galloway of St Thomas – Photo
Page 6
c4 Married – Kenneth M. Leith, son of George Leith to Betty Blanche Doube, daughter of Millard Doube
Page 7
c1 Died – Lawayne Pollock, Apr 6, infant daughter of George F. Pollock
c3 Born – Jane Eva Coulter, daughter of Duncan C. & Elsye McKillop, Apr 4
c3 Born – Daughter of Eugene Morse, Apr 2
c3 Born – Mary Kathleen Wightman, daughter of Charles & Mary Wightman, nee Caldwell, Apr 2
c3 Memoriam – Roy Frederick Hartsell, Apr 6 1931
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Levi Shelley, Apr 6 1951
c3 Memoriam – Murray Wright, Apr 6 1951
c4 Died – Homer Nesbitt Heard, Apr 2, husband of Mrs Edna Heard, nee Holcombe
c4 Died – George Dickie, Apr 5
Page 8
c4 Funeral – Mrs Lillie E. McCauley, Apr 5, wife of Rev J. E. McCauley
6 April 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – W. C. Wheaton; K. C. Turnbull; Jim O’Brien; J. A. Quinn
c3 Photo – Mrs Hattie Bobier of St Thomas
c6 Died – William Burley Carman, 85 years, Apr 6
c6 Photo – J. A. Robinson; Earl Ashton; Rev George Goth; Clifford Marshall; Kenneth Rylands; William Smale; Robert Lark; Eddie Grant
Page 10
c1 Photo – Aylmer Skating Club members – Wayne Jamieson, 12 and Wendie Falkenham, 5
c2 Died – Tom Humphrey, Apr 3, son-in-law of Mrs John Brown; brother-in-law of Mrs Lew Stewart; uncle of Linda Stewart
c3 Photo – Aylmer Skating Club members – James Cutten; Marlene Jukes; Carolyn McNeel
Page 12
c2 Engagement – Jack Weeks, son of Gordon W. Weeks to Joe Ann Swoope, daughter of J. L. Swoope
c3 Photo – Joe Ann Swoope
Page 18
c3 Funeral – Leopold Duval, Apr 5
c3 Funeral – Mrs Grace McLachlin, Apr 6
7 April 1954
Page 1
c7 Photo – Dr Roy A. Gilbert
Page 6
c3 Died – Mrs Caroline Sarah Demaray, 77th year, Apr 6, wife of Richard V. Demaray
c3 Funeral – Mrs Margaret E. Shankie, 73 years, Apr 7, wife of Robert J. Shankie
Page 7
c5 Died – Daniel Dymock, 61 years, Apr 6
c5 Died – Mrs Ida Ann Minshall, Apr 7, widow of Phillip S. Minshall
c5 Born – Beverly Laureen Massia, daughter of Leo Massia, Apr 3
c5 Born – Susan Elizabeth Willson, daughter of Hilliard & Mrs Willson, nee McFarlane, Apr 3
c5 Memoriam – Rosina Howse, Apr 7 1953, by Dorothy, Jack and granddaughters Marilyn, Beverly and Joan
c6 Died – Mrs Ida Ann Minshall, Apr 7, widow of Phillip S. Minshall
c6 Died – Catherine Kishimoto, 1 year, Apr 7, daughter of Seikichi Kishimoto; sister of Sidney Kishimoto; granddaughter of Yo Kishimoto and Jiro Maehara
c6 Died – Mrs Kathleen Robinson, 42nd year, Apr 6, wife of Velorous Robinson; mother of Bruce and Grant Robinson
Page 8
c5 Funeral – Rev C. P. McFarlane, Apr 5
c5 Funeral – Mrs Annie M. Thompson, Apr 6
Page 9
c3 Photo – Louis Klein; Clara Klein
Page 10
c3 Engagement – Richard Allen Doyle, son of Leonard Doyle to Jean Agnes Kelly, daughter of John F. Kelly
c3 Engagement – Lynn George Taylor, son of Wesley Taylor to Gladys Florence Bennett, daughter of David Bennett
c3 Engagement – Dr John Desmond Horan, son of Rev Benjamin William Horan to Lois Winnifred Higgins, daughter of Richard Philip Higgins
c3 Engagement – L. Michael Halliday, son of M. H. Halliday to Carolyn Walker Baxter, daughter of Kenneth C. Baxter
c7 Married – Kenneth M. Leith to Betty B. Doub
7 April 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c4 Photo – Reeve Violet McCarthy of Port Stanley; Capt. Sidney Williamson; Joseph McManus of London
Page 14
c1 Photo – Aylmer Broomball Champs – Syd Glover; Don Mooney; Curly Giles; Nick Nicholson; E. Penny; Ed Facey; Bill Wall; Charlie Worrall; Odber McGregor
c1 Died – Samuel Cole, 78 years
c4 Died – Frank N. Clark, 74th year, son of Richard & Samantha Clark, nee Jackson
8 April 1954
Page 7
c3 Died – Mrs William Morgan, Apr 8, mother of Mrs Charles Barrow and Mrs A. Latvanen; sister of Mrs Kames Kuhll
c3 Funeral – Katherine Kishimoto, Apr 9, infant daughter of Seikichi Kishimoto
c5 Funeral – George Dickie, Apr 7
c5 Born – Christine Lynn Graham, daughter of Gordon & Mabel Graham, nee Frank; sister of Judith Ann, Apr 5
c6 Died – Rev John Harold Brooke, 30th year, Apr 6
c6 Died – Catherine Kishimoto, 1 year, Apr 7
c6 Died – Mrs Ida Ann Minshall, Apr 7, widow of Philip S. Minshall
c6 Died – Mrs William Morgan, 74th year, Apr 8
Page 8
c3 Engagement – John Edward Futcher, son of John Robinson Futcher to Mary Jean Markle, daughter of James Gordon Markle
c3 Engagement – Elmer John Hepburn, son of John Hepburn to Barbara June Brown, daughter of Arnold Brown
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs William A. McPherson, nee Ida Jacques of St Thomas, 50th – Photo
c5 Married – Charles Calvin Forsyth, son of Mrs Lura Forsyth to Eva Grace Campbell, daughter of Walter Campbell
8 April 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Returned Soldier – Pte. J. J. McCart – Photo
c2 Returned Soldier – Pte. J. R. Wood – Photo
c3 Photo – A. N. Martin; Bert Thacker; Don McCallum; A. N. Swift; Bruce Caldwell; Jack Bissett
c5 Photo – Charles L. Ketchabaw, son of William & Annie Ketchabaw
c7 Photo – Robert K. Williamson of London
Page 14
c4 Married – Geurt Buis, son of Nicolaas Buis to Jenny Barendregt, daughter of Don Barendregt
c4 Married – Arnold Clarke McArthur, son of Robert McArthur to Alma Marie Hare, daughter of Archie Scott Hare
9 April 1954
Page 7
c3 Died – Frank Richard Folland, 66 years, Apr 9
c3 Died – Mrs Eleanor May Kilgour, 76th year, Apr 9, wife of William A. Kilgour
c3 Died – Mrs William Morgan, 74th year, Apr 8
c3 Memoriam – Lillian E. Lankin, Apr 9 1949, by husband Roy and son James
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Alice Grove, Apr 9 1946
Page 8
c3 Engagement – Arthur Vanderispaillie, son of Joseph Vanderispaillie to Palma Frances Jane Maloney, daughter of Mrs Gladys Maloney
c3 Married – Seymour Lyon Wigle, son of Dr Douglas St John Wigle to Noreen Irma Ross McFarlane, daughter of Ian Ritchie McFarlane
9 April 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c3 Died – Frank Richard Folland, 66 years, Apr 9
c4 Article – John Barrett Davidson of St Thomas, 90th birthday – Photo
Page 12
c1 Photo – Legion Dart Champs – Kenneth Stroll; Jack Dale; Mr Bicknell Lloyd Stevens; Stanley Dale; Joseph Nagy; Ted Mitchell
c3 Died – Mrs Elva E. Seale, nee Cline, 87 years, Apr 8, widow of Benjamin Seale
c4 Died – Mrs Clarence Loucks, nee Celia Eveline Hurley, 75th year, Apr 9
c6 Died – Mrs Eleanor May Kilgour, 76th year, Apr 9, wife of William A. Kilgour
Page 20
c3 Article – Fernlea Flowers & Greenhouses, Delhi; Velt family
10 April 1954
Page 7
c4 Died – Frank Richard Folland, 66 years, Apr 9
c4 Died – Mrs Dessie Frances Fyle, 85 years, Apr 10, widow of John F. Fyle
c4 Died – Mrs Eleanor May Kilgour, 76th year, Apr 9, wife of William A. Kilgour
c4 Died – Emery James Mills, 83rd year, Apr 9
c5 Born – Beverley Ann Ford, daughter of John M. & Edna Ford, nee Turner, Apr 2
c5 Funeral – Katherine Kishimoto, Apr 9
c5 Funeral – Mrs Ida Ann Minshall, Apr 9
c6 Died – Mrs Dessie Frances Fyle, 85 years, Apr 10, widow of John F. Fyle
10 April 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Article – by George E. Thorman
c3 Article – Klaas Barendregt farm – Photo
c6 Photo – Isaac Scheele of Union
c6 Photo – D. Woudstra and grandchildren Bauwyneke, Andy and Wiets
c8 Article – Harry Woudstra of New Sarum
Page 14
c1 Photo – I. O. O. F. Lodge, Springfield Past Noble Grand – G. H. Grant; Murray Plato; Charles A. Brooks; F. E. Martin; Robert Williamson; Arnold A. Lindsay; Tyler Leeson; Henry Legg; Willard Plato; Irvin Moore; O. C. Smith; John H. Hodgson Sr.; Roy Woolley; R. b. McKenney; Fred Martin; E. E. Ward; Donald Wolfe; Orville Brooks; Morris Baughman; Kenneth Shackleton; Donald Shackleton; Jack Crosby; absent O. L. Lindsay
c4 Died – Emery James Mills, Apr 9
c4 Funeral – Cecil G. Fairs, 52 years, Apr 10
Page 15
c5 Photo – Sam Shepherd and Rueben Shepherd of St Thomas
Page 24
c5 Engagement – Donald Gordon Harvey, son of George & Jennie Harvey to Sylvia Joann Graham, daughter of Robert Graham
c5 Engagement – Thomas William King, son of Thomas D. King to Ann Elizabeth Facer, daughter of E. C. Facer
c5 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs C. W. Rainbow of St Thomas, 53rd
c5 Engagement – Floyd Campbell to Alice McKillop, daughter of William McKillop
c5 Engagement – William David Brown, son of Frederick Elliott Brown to Margaret Jane Hockin, daughter of Harold Bertram Hockin
c5 Birthday – Susan Jane Hare, 5th, daughter of Dr J. H. Hare
c6 Birthday – Garry Eveland, 3rd, son of E. F. Eveland
c6 Engagement – Harry Edward Boynton, son of Edward Boynton to Rhea June Prouse, daughter of Cecil Prouse
c7 Engagement – John Nelson Doub, son of A. C. Doub to Gladys Evelyn Dorothy Wilkins, daughter of L. W. Wilkins Sr. – Photo
12 April 1954
Page 2
c2 Died – Mrs Effie French, 72 years, Apr 10, wife of Lt. Col. John P. French; mother of John F. and Terry D. French and Mrs G. A. Hutchinson
Page 6
c3 Died – Guy Trothen, 62 years, Apr 11
Page 7
c3 Memoriam – Earl Soper, Apr 12 1950
c3 Memoriam – Albert Millman, Apr 12 1941
c5 Funeral – William B. Carman, Apr 8
c5 Funeral – Daniel Dymock, Apr 9
c6 Born – Patricia Lynn Collins, daughter of George Collins, Apr 6
c6 Born – David Wayne Graham, son of Lloyd & Pearl Graham, Apr 10
c6 Died – Mrs Ada Mildred Cohoon, 52nd year, Apr 10, wife of Stephen H. Cohoon
c6 Died – Guy Trothen, 62 years, Apr 11
c7 Died – Charles Harold Mitchell, 74 years, Apr 10
12 April 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Pee Wee Hockey Champs – Ronald Quittendon; Gordon Noels; Donald Doucett; Charles Lorch; David Aylsworth; David Verdun; Peter Cline; Jerry Peters; Royden Hepburn; Derek Jones; Ronald Harvey; Gordon Glenister, Coach; Robert Orton; Jim Harvey; Ronald Houghton; Jack MacPherson
c3 Photo – Squirt League Hockey Champs – Robert Kearny; William Humphries; John Boughner; Wayne Smith; William Austin; Clark Calhoun; Lee Nelles; Coach Howard Lashbrook; Pat McBrien; Douglas Charlton
c3 Photo – C & O Veterans – Charles Smale; Frank Sakoski; Perry Lawr; Al Neving; Al Martin; H. C. Poynter; J. G. Williams; Fred Walsworth; Fred Allen; L. A. Knappen; Tom McKenzie
c5 Photo – Midget League Hockey Champs – Robert Emmett; Joel Falkenham; Don Smith; Robert Cook; Ray Gavey; Grant Smith; Donald Hayes; Donald Hoover; Jack Dieleman; Larry Sullivan; Coach Stanley Stephens; Jim Wild; James Austin; Allan Davies
Page 12
c1 Funeral – Samuel Cole, Apr 9
c3 Died – Mrs Martha A. Hunter, 84 years, Apr 11, widow of James Hunter
13 April 1954
Page 1
c3 Photo – Clearing ground for new A. & P. Supermarket, Talbot St., St Thomas in the Michigan Central Park
Page 6
c4 Died – Mrs Maria Pearse, 85 years, Apr 11, widow of George H. Pearse
c5 Funeral – Mrs Dessie Fyle, Apr 12
c5 Funeral – Frank Richard Folland, Apr 12
Page 7
c1 Born – Lynn Elizabeth Croft, daughter of John & Gertrude Croft Jr., nee Rochus, Apr 4
c1 Born – Edward Raymond Lawler, son of Jack & Patricia Lawler, nee Smith, Apr 11
c1 Born – Daughter of Jack & Margaret Westlake, nee Williamson, Apr 10
c4 Died – Perry Joseph David, 82 years, Apr 13
c5 Died – Daniel Henry Connor, Apr 12, son of Mrs Alex Connor; husband of Mrs Marion Connor, nee Henry
c5 Died – Perry Joseph David, 82 years, Apr 13
c5 Died – David Pickering, 89 years, Apr 12
Page 8
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs William Miller of St Thomas, 46th
13 April 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c2 Photo – Construction of Central Elgin High School, St Thomas
c4 Died – David Pickering, 89 years, Apr 12
Page 12
c1 Died – Daniel Henry Connor, Apr 12 – Photo
c3 Funeral – Mrs Eleanor May Kilgour, Apr 12
c4 Photo – Aylmer Firemen in 1897
14 April 1954
Page 1
c3 Died – W. A. Spring, 72 years, Apr 14
c3 Photo – Borden Tanker truck and pickup truck of W. A. Spring
Page 6
c2 Funeral – Emery James Mills, Apr 12
c4 Died – Mrs Clara Mitchell, 80 years, Apr 12, widow of Edward Mitchell; sister of Harry Edwards; aunt of Mrs J. D. Hughes
Page 7
c2 Died – Michael Raymond Baldwin, 1 month, Apr 14, infant son of Samuel & Doris Baldwin, nee Wilson; brother of Gary and Jackie Baldwin; grandson of Mrs Pearl Wilson and Mark Baldwin
c4 Died – William Henry Clubb, 68th year, Apr 13
c4 Died – George C. Corkill, 71 years, Apr 13
c4 Died – Perry Joseph David, Apr 13
c4 Died – David Pickering, Apr 12
c5 Born – Lynn Marie Walker, daughter of Jack & Joyce Walker, nee Dawdy, Apr 11
c5 Memoriam – Levi McKenzie, Apr 14 1940, by wife Elsie
Page 8
c1 Married – William Charles Lucas, son of Arthur Lucas to Eva Bernice Robinson, daughter of William & Helen Robinson
Page 10
c3 Photo – Mrs Clara Warner; Mrs George Ayling; Mrs George Ross; Mrs Jack Schram; Mrs Spurgeon Williams; Mrs Ernest Silcox; Mrs Les Woods; Mrs Ted Silcox; Mrs Roy Peckham; Mrs Ron Barnes; Mrs Leonard Moore
14 April 1954
Second Section
Page 15
c1 Article – Mapleton Cheese Factory
c1 Photo – Ed Bridgeman, Mapleton Cheese Factory
c3 Photo – Ed Bridgeman, Mapleton Cheese Factory
c4 Photo – Harry VanHorne of St Thomas
c5 Died – George C. Corkill, 71 years, Apr 13
c8 Died – William Henry Clubb, 68th year, Apr 13
Page 16
c4 Photo – Rev & Mrs Fred Ward and children Donald and Linda Ward
c5 Died – Mrs Margaret Belle Fewster, 71 years, wife of Robert Fewster
c7 Died – O’Diel A. Vermeersch, 47th year, Apr 13, son of Augustine Vermeersch; husband of Mrs Mary Elizabeth Vermeersch, nee Gains; father of Vincent Vermeersch; brother of Mrs Alfred Cattryse
Page 18
c6 Photo – Barbara Hipkiss, daughter of E. J. Hipkiss of St Thomas
Page 20
c1 Photo – George Knot
Page 22
c4 Photo – Arthur W. Ney of Port Stanley
Page 25
c4 Photo – Myrtle St. School Minor Basketball Champs – Coach John Ayearst; Bob Rankin; Winn Matthews; Ronald Lawrence; Terry Lazenby; Vern Snowsell; Coach Kenneth Jones; Douglas Thorogood; Lowell Barnes; Ross Moore; Ernest Nesbitt; Bob Freele; John Cowlard; David Fox; Dallas Elliott; Carl McCormack; Jim Ronald
15 April 1954
Page 2
c5 Died – Fred J. Logan, 79 years, Apr 11
Page 3
c5 Married – Robert Irvin Jaques, son of Norman Jaques to Shirley Hanes, daughter of George Hanes
Page 6
c4 Photo – Stanley Irwin; Ed B. Coulter; Ray Davis; John Bingeman; Dennis Alsop; Reg Armstrong; Frank Christie
c4 Died – Charles Harold Mitchell, Apr 10
Page 7
c4 Memoriam – Elizabeth Harris, Apr 16 1913; Thomas Harris, July 15 1931
c4 Memoriam – Baby Dale Martin, Apr 15 1948, by parents, Tena and Blaine
c4 Memoriam – H. Donald Oke, Apr 15 1942, by father Neil C. Oke
c4 Memoriam – Jane Simpson, Apr 16 1951
c4 Memoriam – Veda Maude (Potticary) Stewart, Apr 15 1950
c5 Funeral – Ashton Guy Trothen, Apr 13
c6 Born – Son of Charles & Margaret Brett, nee Hogg, Mar 31
c6 Born – Son of Wilfred & Bonnie French, nee Bissett; brother of Alan, Apr 13
c6 Died – Charles William Blanchard, 76th year, Apr 15
c6 Died – William Henry Clubb, Apr 13
c6 Died – Murray C. Legg, 38th year, Apr 15
Page 10
c3 Photo – St Thomas YMCA Swim Team – Robert Preston; Peter Sanders; David Paul; Donald Reid; Tommy Martin; David Tuff; Robert Vigars; John Arblaster; Bruce Waite; Jim Brady; John Vigars; Robert Brown; Jim Casey; Alan Miller; Bud Walker; R. Munn; C. Campbell; Gordon Vigars; William Brown; Dick Fick; Mac Walker; George Walker
15 April 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Article – Open House at Arthur Voaden Vocational School, St Thomas – Photos – Ernie Vickerman; Morris Shaw; Stuart Fenwick; Nancy Carter; Betty Jennings; Carol Sturgeon; Mr & Mrs Charles Hunt and daughter Margaret; Mrs Verna Hardy; Mr & Mrs Eric Taylor; Neil Hayden
Page 12
c3 Died – Charles William Blanchard, 76th year, Apr 15
c4 Photo – Aylmer Police Force – Chief Harold Henderson; Sgt. Reg Armstrong; Con. Fraser Clarke; Con. MacDonald Gifford; Con. Lewis Hines
c6 Died – Murray C. Legg, 38th year, Apr 15
Page 15
c5 Engagement – David James Rodgers, son of J. S. Rodgers to Leda Doreen Ireland, daughter of A. J. Ireland
Page 18
c3 Photo – Bernie Pearson; Ron Barr; Lou Mustos; Cy Kelly; Bob Heslop
17 April 1954
Page 1
c3 Photo – Albert Sims; Bud Knight
Page 2
c2 Returned soldiers – Pte. J. R. Wood and Pte. J. J. McCart
c5 Died – Murray Knox, 9 years, Apr 15, son of Maurice Knox; brother of Wray Knox
c8 Died – Mrs Mary Jane Hodder, 83rd year, Apr 17, widow of Joseph Hodder
Page 3
c5 Funeral – Mrs Jennie Goodhue, 82 years, Apr 17, widow of William H. Goodhue
Page 7
c1 Inquest – William A. Spring
c4 Photo – Frank Love of Love`s Dairy Bar; Mrs James Miller
c4 Died – Thomas A. Allan, 78 years, Apr 17
c4 Funeral – George C. Corkill, Apr 15
c4 Funeral – Perry Joseph David, Apr 15
c4 Funeral – David Pickering, Apr 15
c5 Born – Daughter of Russell & June Gover, nee Symms; sister of Derek, Apr 15
c5 Died – Mrs Mary B. Burgar, nee Ferguson, 87th year, Apr 16, wife of Lee Burgar
c5 Died – Mrs Mary Jane Hodder, 83rd year, Apr 17, widow of Joseph Hodder
c5 Died – Thomas A. Allan, 78 years, Apr 17
Page 11
c5 Married – Kenneth J. Campbell, son of Allan Campbell to Margaret Jean Cotton, daughter of Glenn Geddis
17 April 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Died – Mrs Mary B. Burgar, nee Ferguson, 87th year, Apr 16, wife of Lee Burgar
c2 Photo – Interior of St Thomas-Elgin Memorial Community Centre
c5 Died – Everett R. Hayes, Apr 17, father of Mrs Charles L. (Betty) Ketchabaw
Page 14
c5 Photo – Donald Parsons; Sharon Ellsworth; Marlene Jukes; John Dobo; Ronald Dalley; Dianne MacMillan; Miss B. Sinden
c4 Died – Daniel H. Connor, 64 years, Apr 12
c1 Photo – Lucille Lockwood; Patricia Horton; Mary Jane King; Margo Campbell; Jeanette Latimer; Burnette Fox; Beatrice Laidlaw; Jean Sparkman; Evelyn Randall; Katherine Smith; Patsy Summerville; Barbara Watson; Myrna Welter
Page 26
c2 Birthday – Mrs W. S. Dingman of Toronto, 89th – Photo
c2 Photo – Mrs E. A. Pearson, mother of L. B. Pearson
c4 Engagement – James Frederick Williams, son of Alan Williams to Marilyn Yvonne Irwin, daughter of Albert Irwin
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs William H. Young of St Thomas, 50th
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Delbert Smoke of Middlemarch, 50th
c6 Photo – Pte. Bill Kyle
c7 Engagement – William W. Welch, son of J. T. & Mabel Welch to Margaret Doreen McRae, daughter of Malcolm James McRae
c7 Engagement – Eldon H. Wilhelm to Doreen Elaine MacKichan, daughter of C. F. MacKichan
19 April 1954
Page 7
c2 Born – Daughter of John & Ann Dimbleby, nee Culligan, Apr 19
c2 Born – Miles Lanning Ross, son of Clair & Reta Ross, nee Lanning, Apr 16
c3 Died – Maurice Reath, Apr 18
c3 Died – Mrs Annie Bell Scidmore, nee Lunn, 69th year, Apr 18
c3 Memoriam – George L. Blackwell, Apr 19 1943
c3 Memoriam – Mrs A. E. Eberts, Apr 19 1951, by husband and sons Raymond and James and daughters-in-law Leila and Pat and grandchildren Mary and Ronald
c3 Memoriam – John Robert Sands, Apr 19 1953, by brother Arnold
c4 Funeral – William Henry Clubb
Page 8
c3 Died – Mrs Annie Bell Scidmore, nee Lunn, 69th year, Apr 18
19 April 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photos – Landslides at Port Stanley
c1 Died – Rev James K. Yalland, 74 years, Apr 18, son of William & Mary Ann Yalland; widow of Mrs Laura Yalland, nee Bentley; brother of Walter Yalland – Photo
c6 Died – Maurice Reath, Apr 18
Page 12
c4 Married – James Barrow to Sylvia Doucette
c6 Married – Bruce Alexander Lyle, son of Alexander Lyle to Eleanor Joyce Hutchison, daughter of William Hutchison
Page 13
c3 Married – John Nelson Doub, son of Arthur Doub to Gladys Evelyn Dorothy Wilkins, daughter of Leonard Wilkins Sr.
c7 Married – Lennox Rowe, son of Earl Rowe to Isobel Norene Ramsay, daughter of J. C. Ramsay
20 April 1954
Page 1
c2 Photo – Car ferry Ashtabula grounded in Port Burwell harbor
Page 2
c5 Funeral – Thomas D. Allan, Apr 19
c5 Funeral – Mrs Mary B. Burgar, Apr 19
c5 Funeral – Mary Jane Hodder, Apr 19
Page 6
c5 Died – Ernest M. Kourtz, 52 years, Apr 15 – Photo
c8 Died – Mrs Mary Corless, 87 years, Apr 19, widow of George Corless
Page 7
c2 Funeral – James C. Babcock, Apr 20, husband of Mrs Eunice L. Babcock, nee Doan
c2 Died – Ernest Ceybern Hazen, Apr 20
c4 Memoriam – Thomas Cornish, Apr 20 1952
c4 Memoriam – Mr & Mrs Emery Gloin; Norman Gloin
c6 Born – David Frederick Crocker, son of Ray Crocker, Apr 14
c6 Born – Son of William Klein, Apr 13
c6 Born – Dennis Demaray Stover, son of Donald & Reta Stover, nee Demaray, Apr 16
c6 Born – Son of Lloyd Teeple, Apr 17
c6 Died – George J. Binks, 72 years, Apr 19
c6 Died – Maurice Reath, Apr 18
20 April 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Article – Rev J. Frank Ward of St Thomas – Photo
c3 Died – George J. Binks, 72 years, Apr 19
c4 Photo A. V. Coulter; Farquhar Oliver; Clarence Nichols; Charles Connor; Ralph Auckland; John Thomson; John Houston; Peter McLay; John Stalker
Page 10
c1 Photo – Fred Mills; Norman Hall; Mrs Gordon Sheppard; Tom Dickson; Kenneth Christie
c6 Funeral – William Blanchard, Apr 17
Page 11
c3 Baptism Mark Davis Stevenson, son of Dr George & Dr Fern Stevenson
c4 Photo – Miss Buryl Pow, Miss Eve Baxter, Bernice Lewis, Miss Mildred Smith, Mrs Ruby Phibbs, Miss Helen Wightman, Miss Margaret Archibald
c7 Photo – Miss Margaret Doan, daughter of Douglas & Eva Doan
21 April 1954
Page 1
c6 Died – Violet Brinn, Apr 4, daughter of Skean Brinn
c6 Article – Robert Lilley, 27, of London
c6 Died – Thomas J. Humphrey, 38 years, Apr 4
Page 6
c7 Died – Colin A. Ferguson, 79 years Apr 21, husband of Mrs Ada Ferguson, nee McDougall
Page 7
c3 Memoriam – Fred J. Garton, Apr 21 1947, by wife Edith, Myrtle and Morgan, Elmer and Dorothy
c5 Born – Daughter of Ronald & Mary Fife, nee Gordon, sister of Cathy, Apr 19
c5 Died – Albert O. Smith, Apr 20
Page 8
c4 Photo – Lois Wright; Ruth Gray; Carol Styles; Sue Williscroft; Betty Callahan; Janet MacCallum; Katharine Darker
Page 9
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Cornelius Nickleson of West Lorne, 50th – Photo
c6 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Edward G. Marshall of Guysboro, 50th
21 April 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – John Cram; Harry Smith; Mayor Thomas Currah; Earl Price; Charles Boyce; James Brawley
c3 Article – Glanworth Cheese Factory, proprietors Bouwe & Aan Bergsma
c5 Photo – Colin MacPherson and Bouwe Bergsma
c6 Photo – Gerry Beavis; Jack Gowdey; Jack Richardson; Robert Grant; Clayton Sanguine; Les Bembridge
Page 14
c3 Died – Albert O. Smith, Apr 20
c3 Funeral – Murray C. Legg, Apr 17
c4 Photo – Douglas Omand of Aylmer
c4 Photo – Mrs Henry Percy; WC J. Sproule; Ross Gale; Laurie Dunlop; J. Norman MacLeod
Page 16
c1 Photo – Bill Plastow; Oliver (Dinty) Rowe; Leroy Baker
Page 18
c4 Photo – Bowling Champs – Woody Ward; Eber Rice; Nelson Loomis; Jim Ray; JOhn Whitaker; Wampy Bingeman; Donald Doan; Tom Birchall; Bill Knight; Orval Harlock
22 April 1954
Page 1
c1 Article – Robert Gurr, 16 years, son of Lloyd Gurr, co-proprietor of the Stork Club, Port Stanley
c3 Photo – George Thomson; Hugh Morrow; Herbert Haight
Page 5
c3 Photo – Barbara Savage; Gwen Ritchie; Susan Barrie; Frances Hodge
Page 7
c4 Memoriam – Donald Campbell, Apr 22 1945
c4 Memoriam – Mrs Mary Alice Colley, Apr 22 1945, by daughters Alice Booth, Reba LaFortune and Ada Makey
c4 Memoriam – Mrs Florence Wells, mar 4 1944; W. J. Luscombe, Apr 22 1952, by Elizabeth and Gerald
c5 Born – Kevin Wayne McDonald, son of Ken & Mrs MacDonald, nee Hitch; brother of Karen, Apr 15
c5 Died – John E. Arkle, 42 years, Apr 21, husband of Ruby Arkle; father of Sylvia Jane Arkle
c5 Died – Albert O. Smith, Apr 20
Page 8
c5 Married – James Keith Barrow to Sylvia Doucette
Page 11
c3 Funeral – Mrs Mary B. Burgar, Apr 19
c3 Funeral – Maurice Reath, Apr 21
22 April 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Article – Lew, Frank and Gordon Heard – Photo
c4 Photo – H. G. Taylor; Nate Wilson; Russell Mistele; Warren Hastings; Lt. Co. W. A. Bryce
c6 Died – John E. Arkle, 42 years, Apr 21, son of Matthew & Eliza Arkle, nee Clark; husband of Mrs Ruby Arkle, nee Johnstone
Page 14
c2 Funeral – Janice Arlene Kipp, Apr 17, infant daughter of Arthur Kipp
Page 18
c3 Photo – Doug Parsons; Jim Peterson; Lou Mustos; Cy Kelly
23 April 1954
Page 1
c6 Article – Maurice Donck, his wife and 7 children from Belgium to Aylmer; brother-in-law is Albert Anckaert of Aylmer
Page 6
c4 Died – Colin A. Ferguson, 79 years
Page 7
c3 Funeral – George J. Binks, Apr 21
c3 Born – Daughter of Ron & Mrs Brown, nee Malott, Apr 22
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Nellie Rowe, Apr 23 1947, by Richard Rowe
Page 8
c3 Photo – Donald Houghton; Alan Cliffe; Dr C. M. Hoffman; Mrs Kent Griffin; Harry Braiden; Vin Daugherty; D. M. McCallum; Clayton Shackleton
23 April 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c2 Photo – John A. Redding, son of S. G. Redding of St Thomas
c4 Photo – John Steele; Elgin Co-op, Moore St., St Thomas
c5 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Thomas D. Pierce of Port Rowan, 50th
c8 Died – Mrs Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, 82 years, Apr 23, widow of Samuel Kirkpatrick
Page 12
c4 Photo – Aylmer Minor Hockey – Doug Glenister; John Hartig; Gerald Freeman; Roy Lamond; Pat McBrien; Sgt. Reg Armstrong
Page 13
c1 Photo – Aylmer Minor Hockey – Gordon Glenister; Bob Orton; Howard Lashbrook; Lee Nelles; John Holmes; Stan Stephens; Bob Emmett
Page 14
c4 Married – Lawrence Moore, son of L. D. Moore to Helen Finlay, daughter of T. A. Finlay – Photo
c4 Married – Lynn George Taylor, son of W. H. Taylor to Gladys Florence Bennett, daughter of David Bennett
c4 Married – Max Gilchrist, son of Harry Gilchrist to Irene Donovan, daughter of Thomas Donovan
Page 15
c1 Married – Richard Gale Jagoe, son of Wilbur T. Jagoe to Louise Helen Thompson, daughter of Harold E. Thompson
Page 16
c4 Photo – C & O Bowling Champs – A. L. Neving; Earl Carnegie; Charles R. Hales; Truman Balsdon; T. A. Ewans; Chuck Smale; D. G. MacKenzie; absent were John Ford and L. W. Barney
Page 17
c8 Photo – Roy Sparrow
24 April 1954
Page 1
c3 Photo – Mr & Mrs Maurice Donck and children Albert, Michael, Luc, Franz, Anton, Marie and Gerome
c3 Article – Mr & Mrs Maurice Donck and family of Ypres arrive in Aylmer
Page 2
c3 Photo – Elgin Regiment – Lt Col. C. A. Low; GC J. C. Scott; Col. C. P. Stacey; Lt. Col. W. J. Green; Lt. Col Ian D. Cameron; Lt. Col. W. A. Andrews; Lt. Col. A. C. McGuire
Page 7
c3 Died – Charles H. Bending, 70 years, Apr 22, husband of Mrs Violet Bending, nee LeSueur; father of Mrs L. J. (Ruth) Madill, William and Edwin Bending
c3 Photo – John Morrison and Keith Moorhouse
c3 Born – Son of Gerald E. Rooney, Apr 23
c3 Born – Karen Diane Griffin, daughter of Roy & Jean Griffin, nee Hepburn, Apr 20
c3 Died – John Chute, 67th year, Apr 24
c3 Died – Mrs Etta E. Mann, 74 years, Apr 24, widow of Ernest C. Mann
c4 Died – Mrs Bertha Carnes, 62 years, Apr 24, wife of I. B. Carnes
c4 Memoriam – Norman S. Mailing, April 24 1953, by wife Irene and daughter Helen
Page 8
c4 Married – John Powell Miller, son of Warren C. Miller to Elizabeth Laura Stretch, daughter of Oscar O. Stretch
Page 9
c4 Married – Kenneth Wilson Webster, son of Stanley Webster to Sally Ann McQueen, daughter of R. A. McQueen
c7 Married – John Charles Donaldson to Gladys Stella Green
Page 11
c1 Article – New Yarmouth Heights Church
c2 Photo – Rev Lorne Nethercott
24 April 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Article – by George E. Thorman
c1 Photo – Grovesend Methodist Church now at the home of Harvey Marr
c1 Photo – Grovesend Cemetery
c3 Article – Grovesend Cemetery
c5 Photo – Mrs Harvey Marr and Mrs Lena Ellsworth and Grovesend Cemetery
c6 Died – Mrs Etta E. Mann, 74 years, Apr 24, widow of Ernest C. Mann – Photo
Page 14
c1 Article – St Paul’s United Church, Aylmer; sketch of Sunday School addition
c5 Died – John Chute, 67th year, Apr 24
Page 24
c4 Engagement – Oliver Edward Hibbard, son of H. S. F. Hibbard to Barbara Joan Campbell, daughter of Mrs Florence Campbell
c4 Engagement – Rev Dr R. P. D. Hurford to Grace Winnifred Gibberd, daughter of Mrs E. W. Gibberd
c4 Married – John E. Pearce to Jean Frey
c5 Christening – Lisa Marie Orrell, daughter of F. F. Orrell; granddaughter of John Orrell and Thomas Osborne
c5 Married – James C. Bocking, son of Charles & Lisle Bocking to Margaret Leake, daughter of Arch. H. J. Leake; Mr & Mrs W. R. Bocking and Dr & Mrs Douglas Bocking attended
c6 Married – Melvin LaLonde to Joanne Plonkey, niece of Mrs William Benn
c7 Engagement – Oliver Edward Hibbard, son of H. S. F. Hibbard to Barbara Joan Campbell, daughter of Mrs Florence Campbell – Photo
26 April 1954
Page 7
c4 Memoriam – James F. Oldham, Apr 26 1953, by sisters Almeda, Mary L., Eliza and Jessie and brothers Nehemiah, Ernie, Henry and Arthur
c5 Died – Richard Harris, 70 years, Apr 24
c5 Died – Mrs Etta E. Mann, 74 years, Apr 24, widow of Ernest C. Mann
c5 Died – Ronald Mack Milligan, 11 months, Apr 26, infant son of Mack Milligan
c5 Died – John Patterson, 92 years, Apr 25
26 April 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c2 Died – Richard Harris, 70 years, Apr 24
c5 Died – John Patterson, 92 years, Apr 25
c5 Photo – Sod Turning Church of Christ (Disciples), Yarmouth Heights – J. C. Black; J. G. Dunn Rev R. H. Sheator; William Carter; George Morley; Rev G. W. Garrod; Rev H. Bruce Stainton; Lorne Nethercott; Rev O. W. McCully
c6 Photo – Rev D. M. Stinson
Page 10
c1 Photo – George E. Brown; Walter P. Curtis; Stuart McBrien; D. Thompson; Roy Stephenson; Guy Lambkin; Francis Foster; Curly King; Clarke Gray
Page 12
c4 Married – Gerald A. O’Drowsky, son of A. O’Drowsky to Charlotte Helen Whitmore, daughter of N. D. Whitmore
c6 Married – William Gustin Patrick to Mrs Catherine Rann, mother of Mrs G. V. Elliott
c6 Married – James Frederick Bradish son of James Gilbert Bradish to Amelia Elizabeth Caudle, daughter of Robert Thomas Caudle
27 April 1954
Page 1
c6 Died – Grant G. Summers, Apr 26 – Photo
c8 Photo – Hector G. Henderson of St Thomas
Page 2
c4 Funeral – Mrs Bertha Carnes, Apr 26
Page 3
c7 Photo – Gord Knowles of St Thomas
Page 6
c1 Died – Ronald Mack Milligan, 11 months, Apr 26, son of Mack Milligan
c2 Died – John Kirk Nichol, 70 years, Arp 26
Page 7
c3 Died – Alfred Sharman, 71 years, Apr 26 – Photo
c4 Born – Janice Maxine Sloan, daughter of Harold Sloan; sister of Barbara, Evelyn and Sheila, Apr 22
c5 Died – Edward E. Lowe, 70 years, Apr 26
c5 Died – Ronald Mack Milligan, Apr 26
c5 Died – Fred L. Scoyne, 63 years, Apr 26
c5 Died – Alfred Sharman, 71 years, Apr 26
c5 Died – Grant G. Summers, 73 years, Apr 26
c6 Memoriam – Mrs Arley Berdan, Apr 27 1949, by daughter Florence, son-in-law Heber and granddaughters Darlene and Cynthia
c6 Memoriam – Murray Brady, Apr 27 1951, by parents Mr & Mrs J. F. Hazen and brother Kenneth and Mrs Brady
27 April 1954
Second Section
Page 9
c3 Photo – Prof. William Ewen; C. M. Williams; Murray McLean; A. V. Langton; W. K. Riddell; John Lindley; Ivan Roberts; R. E. Goodin; W. W. Snow; Don Stewart
c4 Died – Edward E. Lowe, 70 years, Apr 26
c4 Birthday – Charles Reavley of St Thomas, 98th – Photo
Page 10
c2 Died – John Patterson, 92 years, Apr 25
Page 11
c3 Married – Jack J. Casement, nephew of Roy Weller and Mrs Bramwell Saywell to Marie Noseworthy
c3 Engagement – Ivan Wilfred Smith, son of Wilfred Smith to Carol Virginia Hewitt, daughter of Roy Hewitt
c5 Photo – Mrs Dorothy Kozachuk; Mrs I. Thomas; Mrs Adele Hunt; Mrs Charles Thomas; Mrs Edith Clark
28 April 1954
Page 7
c4 Born – Ruth Anne Palmer, daughter of Clarence Palmer, Apr 24
c4 Born – Anne Charlene Mills, daughter of C. R. Mills, Apr 25
c4 Died – Edward E. Lowe, Apr 26
c4 Died – Alfred Sharman, Apr 26
c5 Photo – Dan Crocker of St Thomas
c5 Memoriam – Mrs Wellington Secord, Apr 28 1945, by Claude and Harold
28 April 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Don Stephenson of Straffordville
c1 Photo – William Smith; Ray Massecar; H. D. Whitwam; T. R. Robertson; Marshall C. Towers; J. H. Atkinson; E. A. Allan; Harold T. Pincombe; Capt. W. H. Corrie; Dr C. C. Lumley; F. R. Pearson; D. S. MacPherson; D. C. Martin; John Collier
c3 Photo – St Thomas Little Theatre – Audra Cootes; Margaret Lockhart; Bob Wood; Rose Meredith; Mona Williams; Steve Repuski; Rosslyn McKenzie; Budd Levey; Roy Jennings; Mary Pascoe; Maurice Nicholson; Bryce Jeffrey
c4 Article – Foridel Gardens, Port Stanley and owner William Ellison
c4 Article – Moore Water Gardens, Port Stanley and owner Monte Moore
Page 12
c1 Photo – Miss Shirley Campbell; Alfred Grimes; Mrs Gordon Sheppard; Miss Loraine Ward; Harold Rath; Teddy Grimes
c3 Funeral – John Chute, Apr 26
Page 14
c2 Married – Cyril Benson to Janet Ann Ray
c4 Married – Donald James Pickston, son of H. G. Pickston to Esther Lily Dolores Torjusen, daughter of William Gerard Goodison
c5 Married – Donald Brocken McNair, son of F. A. R. McNair to Elizabeth MacDonald, daughter of J. W. MacDonald
c5 Engagement – Rev John Scharrer, son of Andrew Scharrer to Lydia Henry, daughter of William Henry – Photo
Page 15
c4 Photo – Keith Barfett of Fingal
Page 18
c4 Photo – Cribbage Champs – T. A. Mills; F. G. Claridge; H. Broadhead; J. L. Burgess; Bill Watson; Frank Mills; C. Butcher; H. Marshall; John Tinling; W. Smith
Page 21
c5 Photo – Miss Kay Ferguson of St Thomas
c6 Funeral – Mrs Henrietta Elizabeth Mann, Apr 27
c6 Funeral – Richard Harris, Apr 27
29 April 1954
Page 2
c3 Photo – Mrs George Chilton of St Thomas
Page 3
c3 Photo – Miss Elizabeth Meikle Wardlaw; Miss Kay Ferguson; Gladys Little; John Coulter
Page 6
c1 Birthday – Robert Laur of Belmont, 95th
c2 Died – Samuel Taylor, 80 years, Apr 29, uncle of Mrs John McKillop
c4 Photo – Bernard Clarke; Bill Stewart Jr.; Bud Bridgeman
c5 Died – John Brown, 87 years, Apr 28, brother of Mrs Dolly Baker
Page 7
c1 Died – Infant daughter of Wesley Dean, 1 day, Apr 29
c5 Returned Soldier – Pte. Murray G. Collins, son of Hubert Collins of St Thomas – Photo
c5 Born – Still born daughter of David L. Hart, Apr 28
c5 Born – Son of Hugh C. W. Smith, Apr 28
Page 8
c2 Photo – Mrs E. F. S. Sanders of St Thomas
c4 Photo – Barbara Ashton; Shirley Monteith; Anne Jordan; Gail Treleaven; Lynda Cornish; Marion Ingram; Yvette Harris; Judy Martin; Barbara Brannan; Irene Walters; Catherine Merritt; Bette Lou Brannan
Page 9
c4 Engagement – William Pataky, son of Steven Pataky to Joan Teresa Monaghan, daughter of Leo Monaghan
29 April 1954
Second Section
Page 13
c2 Arthur Voaden Vocational School Students, teachers and chaperons – Eleanor Anderson; Dick Barendregt; Robert Barret; Paul Bartha; Pat Beattie; James Bishop; Elaine Campbell; Marion Chapman; Marie Coates; Mary Lou DeClute; Charles Drake; Joan Fellows; Edward Flood; Raymond Galloway; Douglas Groves; Donald Harriman; Douglas Harris; Ronald Howey; Gary Hubert; Murray Johnson; Peggy Lang; Elaine McCormick; Robert Neal; Shirley Rapelje; Joyce Reid; Keith Seabourne; Laura Secord; Morris Shaw; Lloyd Shepherd; Shirley Southern; Shirley Stocking; Donald Taylor; George Taylor; Doreen; Thompson; Gloria Thompson; Gerald Tinlin; Ernest Vickerman; Mary June Ward ; Jean Warren; Allen Whidden; W. R. Cavanagh; Miss Gertrude Cole and Harold Campbell
c4 Photo – C. J. Nickelson of Timken Co.
Page 17
c1 Retirement – Ralph Waldo Stevenson
c5 Funeral – Baby Ronald Milligan, Apr 28
c5 Funeral – John Patterson, Apr 27
c7 Died – Fred L. Scoyne, 64 years
Page 21
c7 Photo – Bob Pinner of St Thomas
30 April 1954
Page 7
c1 Died – T. J. Doyle, Apr 20
c2 Funeral – Edward Lowe, Apr 29
c2 Funeral – Alfred Sharman, Apr 29
c3 Born – Romney John Abel, son of John & Joan Abel; brother of Sally and Michael, Apr 29
c3 Born – Daughter of Don Axford, Apr 28
c3 Born – Phyllis Beckie Handford, daughter of D. W. Handford; sister of Margaret, Apr 29
c3 Born – Mary Elizabeth Fraser, daughter of John V. & Margaret Fraser, nee Mulligan, Apr 24
c5 Died – Edward G. Cooper, 87 years, Apr 29, husband of Mrs Henrietta Cooper; father of Marguerite and Edward Harris Cooper; brother of Mrs Lew McLaren, Clara and Jack Cooper
c5 Died – Mrs Irma Grondin, 32 years, Apr 29, wife of Dr Gerald Grondin
Page 8
c3 Christening – George Edward Smith, son of Donald Smith; grandson of Mrs George Swanson
c4 Married – Floyd Donald Campbell, son of D. S. & Agnes Campbell to Alice Pauline McKillop, daughter of William S. McKillop – Photo
c6 Married – Floyd Campbell to Alice McKillop
Page 10
c3 Married – Milton Benjamin Parish, son of Benjamin Parish to Elsie Harriet Pollard, daughter of Ezra Pollard
30 April 1954
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Died – Edward G. Cooper, 87 years, Apr 29 – Photo
c6 Died – Mrs Irma Grondin, 32 years, Apr 29, wife of Dr Gerald Grondin
Page 12
c3 Funeral – Grant G. Summers, Apr 28