St Thomas Times Journal
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
November & December 1957
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1 November 1957
Page 2
c3 Photo – Alvin M. Culver of Port Stanley
Page 7
c1 Died – Dr William E. West,. 74 eyars, Oct 31, son of William West; husband of Mrs Emma West, nee Conn; father of Mrs Alfred Tenison; brother of Harry R. West, Mrs Ruth L. Doig, Mrs Florence Pell and Mrs Frank Graham
c3 Died – Claude Russel Gunning, 27 years, Oct 31, husband of Mrs Janet Gunning
c3 Funeral – Dr Frank E. Reath, Oct 31
c3 Photo – Dredging Port Burwell harbour
c4 Born – James Alexander Vicary, son of Donald & Beth Vicary, nee Turner; brother of Alison; Oct 29
c4 Memoriam – Florence E. Farr, Nov 1 1950, by husband Ralph, Bonnie and Bill, Nellie and Cliff, grandchildren Susan, Pat and Ralph
c5 Died – George Root, 88 years, Oct 31, husband of Mrs Flossie Root, nee Brothers; father of Roy, Fred, John, Edwin and Albert Root, Mrs J. (Gladys) Bennett, Mrs LaVerne (Dorothy) Dunn, Mrs Howard (Verna) Baskerville, Mrs Robert (Marjorie) Archer and Mrs David (Winifred) Wilson; brother of Mrs Mabel Bishop and Mrs Mary Ellen Proctor
c5 Died – Burness A. Graham, Oct 31
c5 Died – Claude Russell Gunning, Oct 31
c5 Died – Mrs Maggie J. Hazen, Oct 31
c5 Died – Mrs Minnie Humphrey, Oct 31
1 November 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c2 Photo – George M. Dingman; Glen D. Sturgeon
c3 Photo – Ray Lunn, 15, of Port Stanley and David Jackson, 15, of Port Stanley
c7 Inquest – Death of Mrs Lillian Hilliker, 77 years, Oct 17
Page 10
c3 Photo – Cyril Giles; Pat Chute; John McEwan; Bobby Rice; Terry Ducarme; Patsy Rice
Page 13
c3 Married – Mr & Mrs James Richard Lidster – Photo
2 November 1957
Page 2
c5 Died – Gary Oscar VanAcker, 3 years, Nov 2, son of Oscar & Sarah VanAcker, nee Tillotson
c5 Died – Mrs John Michell, mother of Mrs Roger (Jeanette) Geerts, Octave, George and Joseph Monier
Page 3
c4 Photo – Haramac Construction, Steele St., St Thomas
Page 7
c1 Died – Rev Thomas McCord, 84 eyars, father of Thomas R. McCord
c1 Died – Mrs Mary Thomas, 91 years, mother of Harry and Kenneth Grant and Mrs Gordon Wimbush
c4 Died – Frank W. Campbell, 63rd year, Nov 1, husband of Mrs Lena Campbell; father of Murray Campbell and Mrs Mel Hill
c4 Died – Dr Malcolm George Graham, 67 years, Nov 2, husband of Mrs Beulah Jane Graham, nee Grant
c4 Died – Gary Oscar VanAcker, 3 years, Nov 2, son of Oscar & Sarah VanAcker, nee Tillotson
c4 Memoriam – Alfred Davey, Nov 2 1956, by wife Flora
c4 Memoriam – Mary Elizabeth Flexen, Nov 3 1951
c5 Born – Donald Kim Powers, son of Donald Powers; brother of Deborah and Donna
Page 8
c3 Photo – Sandy Milmine; Linda Cotton; Ann Ryckman; Pat Hague; Pat Maxwell; Grace Shackleton; Norma Ashton; Sharon Hayes
Page 9
c2 Article – Elgin Museum News, by Mrs J. R. Futcher
Page 10
c2 Died – Mrs Daisy Young, nee Oatman, 68 years, Oct 30
c3 Photo – PUC Hydro Meter Readers, St Thomas – Bob Whitehead; Walt LeCourtois; Don Muddle
2 November 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Died – Dr Malcolm George Graham, 67 years, Nov 2, husband of Mrs Beulah Jane Graham, nee Grant – Photo
c1 Photo – FO Peter Sims, son of J. Sims of Port Stanley
c3 Article – Phillip Paul Underhill, 32, of Eden
c3 Article – Larry Edwards Price, 18, of Eden
c4 Photo – Shirley Hopper of Southwold Township; Danny Heisler
c7 Died – Frank W. Campbell, 63rd year, Nov 1, husband of Mrs Lena Campbell – Photo
c5 Photo – Robert Truman; Dr William Cresswell; Douglas Appleyard; Jack Hicks; Donald Monteith; Gordon Hughson; Douglas Roseborough
Page 15
c6 Married – Donald Robert Ryckman to Donna Kathleen Coade
Page 17
c1 Photo – Sylv`s White Rose Garage, Ross St., St Thomas; Sylvio Girouard
c3 Photo – Sandra Higginbottom; Carol Lanning; Judy Kemp; Suzanne Laird; Christine Kosynski; Nancy Low; Cheryl Johnson; Marjory Martin; Diane Knott; Pauline Lisovec; Ruth Ann Kelso; Marina Goodman; Gloria Cameron; Mary McIver; Gail Hague; Karen Henderson; Ruth Hume; Margaret Cheeseman; Nancy Wray; Marilyn McGregor; Pat McTaggart; Cathy Caldwell; Nellie VanPelt; Karen Hill; Madeline McNab
c3 Photo – Jeanne Howse; Annie Baak; Janice Booth; Monica Gay; Carolyn Davis; Marvia Scidmore; Jane Paterson; Carolyn McNiven; Mary A.ice McGinnis; Christine Sennewald; Annie Oegema; Marilyn Hooey; Elizabeth Street; Mary Waite; Grethe Molcjan; Ann Austin; Elaine Fulton; Marilyn Martin; Linda Leith; Marjorie Smith; Liz Williamson; Carol Custance; Linda Hewitt
Page 20
c1 Married – Mr & Mrs John F. Symons – Photo
c2 Married – Mr & Mrs Phillip Raitt McLorn – Photo
c3 Married – Mr & Mrs James V. Fisher – Photo
c3 Birthday – Jimmy Perkins, 4th, son of R. Perkins of St Thomas
c5 Engagement – Robert VanDenWyngaert, son of August VanDenWyngaert to Jean Doreen Lester, daughter of Donald C. Lester
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs Jack Claydon Guppy – Photo
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs John Matthews Walker – Photo
4 November 1957
Page 2
c5 Died – Miss Mary Ellen Morrison, 54 years, Nov 3
Page 7
c1 Died – Donald Andrew Leitch, 43 years, Nov 3, son of Malcolm & Margaret Leitch; brother of Dr Murray A. Leitch, Malcolm McMaster Leitch, Marguerite Marie LaRue and Zelman Lowe
c2 Died – Rev William Matheson, 75 years, Nov 2, father of William Matheson and Mrs Bain Stewart
c3 Born – Susan Marie Garrett, daughter of Kenneth E. & Nyla Garrett, nee Hatch, Oct 28
c3 Died – John Otto Allen, 63 years, Nov 2, husband of Mrs Edith Emily Luscombe Allen [Allin – CVH]
c3 Died – Arnold L. Crawford, 58 years, Nov 2
c3 Died – Donald Andrew Leitch, 43 years, Nov 3
c3 Died – Miss Mary Ellen Morrison, 54 years, Nov 3
c6 Funeral – Burness A. Graham, Nov 2
c6 Funeral – Mrs Minnie Humphreys, Nov 2
c6 Funeral Claude Gunning, Nov 2
c7 Memoriam Roy Smalldon, Nov 4 1954
Page 8
c1 Died – Donald James Snell, Oct 30, husband of Mrs Jean Snell, nee Robb; father of Bruce and Robert Snell and Mrs David (Barbara) Moote; brother of Dr J. W. Snell and G. Clinton Snell
c1 Died – John N. Good, 65 years, Nov 2, husband of Mrs Cora Elizabeth Good, nee Richardson; father of Alvin, Robert and Orville Good and Mrs John (Helen) Goldsworthy; brother of Mrs William Ballantyne
c2 Died – John Otto Allen, 63 years, Nov 2 [Allin – CVH]
c6 Died – Arnold L. Crawford, 58 years, Nov 2
4 November 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Byron J. Nicholson of St Thomas
c1 Photo – Paving on Sinclair Ave., St Thomas
c1 Photo – Mrs Fred Gilbert of Port Stanley and grandsons Norman and Leonard
c3 Photo – Construction at St Hilda’s Church, St Thomas; Edward Norr
c4 Photo – Mickey Watts of Pinafore Park staff
c4 Died – Phineas J. Drake, 80 years
c7 Photo – Dr Arthur R. Post of St Thomas
Page 10
c1 Article – Aylmer Figure Skating Club registration
Page 11
c3 Married – Richard James Dougherty, son of Archie Dougherty to Susanne Mildred Shiell, daughter of Alex Shiell – Photo
5 November 1957
Page 3
c3 Died – Miss Helen G. Horton, 63 years, Nov 5, daughter of Alfred & Elizabeth Horton, nee Graham; sister of Charles C. Horton and Miss Alice Horton; aunt of Pat and Marjorie Horton
Page 7
c3 Died – John Steer Moore, 88 years, Nov 4
c3 Died – John Kloosterman, 77 years, Nov 5
c4 Died – Dr Benjamin Edward Meek, 49 years, Nov 1
c4 Born – Robert Darryl Berry, son of Robert B. & Viola Berry, nee Shakir, Nov 4
c4 Born – Elizabeth Helen Gregg, daughter of H. & Helen Gregg, nee Pritchard, Nov 3
c4 Born – William David Leach, son of Dr & C. E. Leach, nee McGregor; brother of Barbara and Marilyn; Nov 2
c5 Died – John Otto Allin, Nov 2
c5 Died – Frederick Gardener Booker, 54th year, Nov 4
c5 Died – Sidney Cosens, Nov 5, husband of Mrs Eva Cosens, nee Thompson; father of Mrs Claire (Ellen) Tilden; brother of Philip and Vernon Cosens and Mrs Joan Buckler
c5 Died – Arnold L. Crawford, 58th year, Nov 2
c5 Died – Donald Andrew Leitch, 43 years, Nov 3
c5 Died – Helen G. Horton, Nov 5
c5 Died – John Kloosterman, Nov 5
Page 8
c1 Died – Mrs Vera Curtis Tisdale, 71 years; widow of D. R. Tisdale; sister of Nicholas and Vladimir Curtis
5 November 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c3 Died – Sidney Cosens, Nov 5, father of Walter Cosens; brother of the late Charles and Marjorie Cosens
c3 Photo – Cheryl Winter, age 4; Brian Blaxall, age 4; Tony Medlyn, age 5; Brenda Sikora, age 3
c5 Photo – Donald Kay of Sparta
c6 Died – Frederick Gardener Booker, 54th year, Nov 4
Page 10
c3 Died – Rev Thomas McCord, 84 years, Oct 21, widow of Mrs Agnes McCord, nee Donnelly
Page 12
c3 Birthday – Frank Smeltzer, 21st, son of Frank Smeltzer
Page 13
c4 Married – Mr & MRs Ronald M. Hansen – Photo
Page 15
c3 Photo – Arthur Voaden Vocational School Red Devils Football Team – Dave Sherrett; Don Mathews; Jim Stirling Len Lockhart; Gary Kirk; Dick Fellowes; John Harris; Richard Fuke; John Paddon; Doug Lawrence; Bill McAffer; Gary Minor; Ron Lacey; Byron MacPherson; Dale Else; Don Stirling; Larry Chamberlain; John Scott; George Dunn; Lyle Bowes; Bill Grills, coach; John Thomas; Dale Thomas; Bob Babcock, manager
6 November 1957
Page 3
c7 Died – William L. Brown, Nov 3, husband of Mrs Evelyn Brown, nee Davis; father of Mrs Arthur Trebilcock; brother of George Brown
Page 6
c2 Died – Mrs Annie Ethel Horton, 67 years, daughter of William Cosgrave Bantam and Mary Gable; widow of George Proper; wife of George D. Horton; mother of Charles Proper, Mrs James (Marie) Cochrane and Mrs Gordon (Jean) Furry, George, James and John Horton, Mrs Victor (Mary) Dyck and Mrs Melvin (Verna) Robbins; sister of Alex and George Bantam, Mrs Jack (Isadore) Smith and Mrs Reginald (Mary) Denton
Page 7
c3 Died – John Otto Allin, Nov 2
c3 Died – Mrs Mabel Barned, 72nd year, Nov 6, mother of Jean and Fred George Barned; sister of Ernest Baxter; grandmother of Fred John Barned
c3 Died – Frederick Gardener Booker, Nov 4
c3 Died – Robert C. Carr, 17 years, Nov 5, son of J. William Carr; brother of Mrs Earl (Mary) Looker, Mrs Donald (Jean) Markle, Frederick, Richard, Harry and William Carr
c3 Died – Miss Helen G. Horton, Nov 5
c3 Died – John Kloosterman, Nov 5
c3 Died – John Graham Roberts, Nov 5, husband of Mrs Edith Baldwin Roberts; father of Mrs Theodore (Marilyn) Kelley and Marie Roberts; brother of Mrs R. Tye and H. E. Roberts
c4 Died – Robert C. Carr, 17 years, Nov 5
c4 Died – Mrs Mabel Barned, 72nd year, Nov 6, widow of Fred C. Barned
c4 Born – Karen Elizabeth Holdsworth, daughter of Jack & Margaret Holdsworth, nee Baker, Nov 5
c4 Born – Barry John McIntyre, son of Kenneth & Bernice McIntyre; brother of Calvin, Oct 24
c5 Died – Howard Charles Obeay, 51 years, Nov 5, relative of Mrs May Lumley and Mrs William Austin
Page 10
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs J. G. Palmer of St Thomas, 50th
6 November 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – Dr Robert A. Hughes of Hamilton
c3 Photo – Francis Olde of Yarmouth; Pete Ott; Arthur Elen
c3 Article – Francis Olde of Union
c4 Died – John Graham Roberts, Nov 5
Page 14
c1 Article – 25th Anniversary of Edythe Shoppe, St Thomas; Max Zwickel and William Silverstein – Photo
Page 18
c1 Photo – Mer-Lin Motors, St Thomas
Page 24
c2 Funeral – Phineas J. Drake, Nov 5
c2 Funeral – Gary Oscar VanAcker, Nov 4
7 November 1957
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Erie Beryl Wolfe Ashmore, 68th year, Nov 6, wife of Duncan Ashmore
c2 Photo – Paul Lovelock; Jeff Vidler; Alan LeCourtois; Ken Towers; Fred Exley; Jim King
c4 Died – Mrs Erie Beryl Wolfe Ashmore, 68th year, Nov 6, wife of Duncan Ashmore
c4 Died – Mrs Mabel Barned, Nov 6
c4 Died – Robert C. Carr, Nov 5
c4 Died – E. Frederick Crane, 74 years, Nov 6
c4 Died – Mrs Harriett Pickering, 75 years, Nov 7, wife of Walter H. Pickering
c4 Died – John Graham Roberts, Nov 5
c5 Died – H. Maxwell Camp, 65th year, Nov 5
c5 Funeral – Donald Andrew Leitch, Nov 5
c5 Funeral – Peter Brostyan
c6 Died – Louis Franssens, 57 years, Nov 6, husband of Mrs Emilie Franssens, nee VanGoethem; father of Mrs Daniel Sawadski, Mrs George Sawadski, Lizette, Madeline, Jean and Lorette; brother of Mrs John Michiels, Mrs Marie Herremans and 6 brothers in Belgium
7 November 1957
Second Section
Page 15
c1 Article Ed Davidson of Vienna – Photo
c1 Photo – Bill Smith of St Thomas
c3 Photo George Nunn of St Thomas; Don Paterson of Vienna
c4 Photo – Balaclava St. Football Champs – Larry Mitchell; Gary Fletcher; Jim Herbert; Pat Luscombe; Richard McClenaghan; Ken Walker; Mike Millard; Ken Vardon; Richard Sherin; Jim Southern; Wayne Campbell; Mayor John Stirling, principal; Jim Seburn; Tom Cook; Don Reid; Russ Doholis; Carlysle Roy; Russ Mills Angus Walton and Ray Stanley, coaches
c8 Died – Mrs Harriett Pickering, 75 years, Nov 7, wife of Walter H. Pickering
Page 16
c3 Photo – Aylmer Figure Skating Club members – Ross Smith; Tommy Hill; Jane Leacock; Louise Lockstein; Beth Procunier; Lynne White; Randi Burgess; Lynda Stanat; Rowland Hill
c5 Died – E. Frederick Crane, 74 years, Nov 6
8 November 1957
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Mary Alice Stuart, 91 years, Nov 8, widow of Charles Stuart
c4 Died – William W. Smith, 74 years, Nov 6, husband of Mrs Sophrana Smith, nee Hurd
c4 Funeral – Miss Mary Ellen Morrison, Nov 6
c4 Funeral – Dr Malcolm G. Graham, Nov 5
c4 Funeral – John Kloosterman, Nov 7
c4 Funeral – John Otto Allin, Nov 7
c5 Born – Carol Diane Fryer, daughter of K. D. Fryer; sister of Catharine, Pamela and Laura; Nov 6
c5 Died – Mrs Mabel Barned, Nov 6
c5 Died – Mrs Walter H. Pickering, Nov 7
c5 Died – Mrs Charles Stuart, Nov 8
Page 9
c3 Married – D. A. McKillop, son of John A. McKillop to Jean Emma Moore, daughter of John G. Moore
8 November 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Mrs C. Hall; Mrs A. Stokes; D. F. Fisher
c1 School Report – Junior Collegiate, St Thomas
c3 Photo – F. O. Lewis of St Thomas
c5 Died – Lafayette ‘Lafe’ LaFortune, 78th year
c6 Photo – Sgt. A. L. Harnett, son of Mjr. H. V. Harnett
c7 Inquest – Mrs Lilly May Hilliker of Aylmer
Page 12
c3 Photo – Construction of Tobacco Marketing Board Aylmer warehouse
c3 Funeral – Mrs J. F. Hazen, Nov 2
c3 Funeral – Frederick G. Booker, Nov 7
c4 Photo – Bob Truman and Stanley Trojek of Troy Motor Sales, St Thomas
Page 15
c4 Photo – Construction at Carnation Plant, Aylmer
Page 18
c2 Photo – Fred L. Eaton of St Thomas
9 November 1957
Page 7
c3 Photo – St Thomas Little Theatre – Bryce Jeffrey; David Brewster; Gerald Tinlin; Sylvia Partell; Tony Dennis; Ton Margi; Jimmy Covil; Michael Currah; Joan Vella-Zarb; Roland Hughes
c3 Died – Charles William Heath, 71 years
c4 Funeral – Robert C. Carr, Nov 8
c4 Funeral – John Roberts, Nov 8
c5 Born – Donald Wayne Rapelje, son of Donald & Mrs Rapelje, nee MacNaught; brother of Kathy; Nov 5
c5 Died – Mrs Mary Alice Stuart, Nov 8
c6 Died – Everett Mountain, 63 years, Nov 7, husband of Mrs Josephine Mountain, nee McMullen; father of Grant Mountain and Mrs Laverne Morgan; brother of Sid, John and Myrtle Mountain and Mrs Ada Featherstone
9 November 1957
Second Section
Page 12
c3 Funeral – E Frederick Crane, Nov 8
c3 Funeral – Miss Helen G. Horton, Nov 7
c4 Died – William Abbott, 81 years, son of Oliver & Hanna Abbott; widow of Mrs Jessie Abbott, nee Norton; father of Mrs Nordica Biexs and W. O. Abbott; brother of Michael and Sidney Abbott, Mrs Leonard Sundin, Mrs Harry Driver, Mrs Ethyl Johnson and Mrs Frank Driver
c4 Died – John Quinn, 68 years, father of Thomas, John, Alexander, Adam and James Quinn, Mrs A. H. Libby, Mrs A. Welsh and Margaret Quinn; brother of Thomas and Eliza Quinn
c5 Married – Douglas Kingsholt to June Haines, niece of Ernest Murphy
Page 20
c1 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
c2 Married Albert John VanDelPiepers, son of R. & K. VanDelPiepers to Johanna Petronella Noordam, daughter of Henry Noordam – Photo
c4 Engagement – Andrew Breninck, son of Jan Breninck to Shirley Doreen Bowlby, daughter of Lawrence Bowlby
c4 Engagement – Donald Hugh Ford, son of Frederick Ford to Laura Evelyn Mason, daughter of Walter Roland Mason
c4 Photo – Mrs Norma Rooney, wife of Gerald Rooney of St Thomas
c5 Married – Donald Cook, son of Thomas Alfred Cook to Eleanor Jeannette Clarke, daughter of William Harry Clarke
c6 Birthday – Larry Davis, 4th, son of James Davis of St Thomas
c6 Birthday – Sandra Hall, 4th, daughter of J. Hall and granddaughter of Mrs L. Marshall
c6 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs J. G. Palmer of St Thomas, 50th
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs Gerald Carman Calvert – Photo
11 November 1957
Page 1
c1 Died – Fletcher Stewart Thomas, 60 years, Nov 9, father of Mrs Cameron (Patricia) Thorpe, Carolyn, Shirley and Robert Thomas; brother of Dr J. C. Thomas – Photo
c4 Photo – St Thomas Cenotaph
Page 5
c1 Photo – Harry Brennan; Spencer O’Connell; F. S. Thomas; Arthur Reynolds
c6 Photo – F. S. Thomas and daughter Pat
Page 6
c1 Died – William Arthur McGeachey, 82 years, Nov 9, son of Neil A. McGeachey; husband of Mrs Margaret McGeachey, nee Houston
c1 Died – John Henry Cowan, 56 years, husband of Mrs Ethel Caroline Cowan, nee Mick; father of Mrs James E. (Patricia Ann) Dingle and Miss Inez Carol Cowan; step-son of Mrs Sarah Cowan; brother of Eugene, Bruce, Kenneth and Garnet Cowan, Mrs Maurice Speller, Mrs Ross Drinkwater, Mrs William Dermott and Sybil Cowan
c4 Died – Arthur Studiman, 40 years, Nov 9
c4 Died – A. Ellis, 65 years, husband of Mrs Nora Ellis, nee Bowes; father of William, John and Douglas Ellis, Mrs Charles Osman, Mrs Maxwell Cousins, Mrs Wilfred Wightman, Mrs Lewis Hooker and Mrs K. Wightman; step-father of Ernest McAuley; brother of Basil, Norman, Leslie, Morley and Orval Ellis, Mrs James Ball and Holly Ellis
c5 Died – Herbert L. Spencer, 70 years, husband of Mrs Mary Spencer, nee Duesling; father of Harold, Douglas, Clarence, Clifford and Charles Spencer, Mrs R. Straight, Mrs Fred Johnson and Gladys Spencer
Page 7
c3 Birthday – Mrs Sarah Meek of Port Stanley, 99th – Photo
c4 Died – Mrs Irene Mailing, 65 years, Nov 10, widow of Norman S. Mailing
c4 Funeral – Mrs Erie B. Ashmore, Nov 9
c4 Funeral – Sidney Cosens, Nov 9
c4 Funeral – Mrs Harriet Pickering, Nov 9
c4 Memoriam – Ted Johnston, Nov 11 1953, by wife Hazel and daughters Hope and Oda
c4 Memoriam – Mrs Flora Louise Smith, Nov 11 1956, by Bert, Dolly and Bill
c5 Died – Franciscus J. Veraart, 50 years, Nov 10
c5 Died – Alfred E. Bucke, 93rd year, Nov 10
c5 Died – Thomas Gordon Dalton, 74th year, Nov 9
c5 Died – Mrs Irene Mailing, Nov 10, widow of Norman S. Mailing
c5 Died – Fletcher Stewart Thomas, Nov 9
c5 Died – Mrs Maud Willsie, 79 years, Nov 11, wife of George A. Willsie
c6 Died – Mrs Maud Willsie, 79 years, Nov 11, wife of George A. Willsie
Page 9
c6 Married – Donald Cook to Eleanor Jeannette Clark
c7 Married – Frank Louis Plust, son of Frank & Kristina Plust to Barbara Louise Harper, daughter of Wilfred Harper – Photo
11 November 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Thomas Medlyn; Leslie Tinlin; Ernest Ryckman
c3 Photo – Cenotaph at Memorial Hospital, Pearl St., St Thomas
c3 Photo – Cenotaph, Talbot St., St Thomas
c4 Died – Thomas Gorman Dalton, 73 years, Nov 9
c5 Died – William Abbott, 81 years
c6 Photo – A. B. Ellis; T. L. Close; W. S. Bell; P. J. McManus; G. E. Bendell; W. H. Bucke; C. E. Hague; S. E. Collins
Page 12
c1 Article – Mrs A. R. Streib of Aylmer raises pheasants – Photo
c3 Died – Adam Breitenbach, 36 years, Nov 9
c3 Died – Adam Hahn, Nov 9
c4 Photo – J. M. Bissett; G. L. H. Goodall; Wyn Watling
c8 Died – Robert R. Ford, 35 years, Nov 10
Page 16
c1 Photo – St Thomas Royals Hockey Team – Walt Long; Walt Williams; Jim Peterson; Jim Clark; Julian Smith; John Allison; Dan MacPherson; Art Sullivan
c4 Photo – Rod McIlroy
Page 17
c1 Photo – St Thomas Royals Hockey Team – Herb Kewley; Jim Syme; Les Thomas; Keith Kewley, coach; Gord Candy; George Thomson, president; Joe Relesh; Ed Lockhead; Louis Barash; Val Walker; Cec Cowie
Page 20
c1 Died – Alfred E. Bucke, 93rd year, Nov 10 – Photo
c4 Photo – Pte. Gerald E. Gloin, son of William Gloin
12 November 1957
Page 6
c3 Died – Mitchell Pettigrew, 44 years, Nov 9, son of T. Pettigrew; husband of Mrs Helen Pettigrew, nee Walther; father of Fred Pettigrew, Mrs L. Webster and Gwen Pettigrew; brother of Douglas Pettigrew, Mrs J. Grant, Mrs Gordon Allan, Mrs A. E. Waterbury, Mrs Glen Franzel and Grace Pettigrew; uncle of E. Pettigrew
Page 7
c3 Photo – S. S. Richardson; J. J. McLaughlin; Carl Custance
c3 Funeral – Mrs Mary Alice Stuart, Nov 11
c5 Memoriam – Mrs Gertrude Greenslade, Nov 12 1956, by daughter Gertrude, son-in-law Glen and grandchildren Ronnie, Glenda and Trudy
c5 Memoriam – William N. Meloche, Nov 12 1950
c5 Memoriam – Nellie Murphy, Nov 11 1956
c5 Memoriam – George Keith Patman, Nov 12 1943, by parents and sister Elsie
c6 Born – Douglas Mark Robinson, son of Gordon & Audrey Robinson; brother of Paul, Nov 8
c6 Died – Alfred E. Bucke, Nov 10
c6 Died – J. Edward Scriver, 82 years, Nov 10
c6 Died – Mrs Maud Willsie, 79 years, Nov 11, wife of George A. Willsie
12 November 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c3 Photo – Glenn Ward; Cpl. Jack Murphy
c3 Photo – James Galbraith; Miss Carolyn Davis
c3 Photo – Marilyn Felder; Carol Schleihauf; Jean Rivers; Glenn Ward; Carolyn Davis; John Newell; Don Agar; Charles Ripley; Ron Morrison; Ken Schleihauf; Cora Club; Don P. Campbell; Gilbert Johnson; Ralph Foster; Charles Gerenraich; Don Grieve; John C. Brown
c6 Photo – Mayor John M. Stirling
Page 10
c1 Died – J. Edward Scriver, 82 years, Nov 10
c2 Funeral – Mrs J. R. Saunders, 94th year, Nov 9, mother or Mrs Arthur Magee
c3 Died – Cecil L. Wallis, 50 years, Nov 11, husband of Mrs May Wallis
c3 Photo – Aylmer Cenotaph
c4 Died – Isabel Ferguson, sister of Mrs Carl Fishbach
c6 Died – W. Harvey Blackmore, 42 years, Nov 10
13 November 1957
Page 1
c1 Photo – New gas well on the farm of Andy Kuhajda, Aldborough Township
Page 3
c1 Photo – W. Stirling Richardson
c3 Photo – Ed Smuck; Donald Stokes; Harry MacLeod
Page 7
c1 Died – Phillip S. Carter, 99 years, Nov 11, son of a runaway American slave
c2 Died – Richard A. Caffery, 50 years, Nov 11
c2 Died – Leslie Jewell, 60 years, Nov 12
c3 Died – Mrs Karin Tusch, 68 years, Nov 12, wife of Egon Tusch
c4 Funeral – Franciscus J. Veraart, Nov 12
c4 Funeral – Mrs Irene Mailing, Nov 12
c4 Memoriam Mrs Laurie Dawdy, Nov 12 1951
c5 Born – Randy Edward Martin, son of E. V. & Muriel Martin, nee Moore, Nov 10
c5 Died – Leslie Jewell, Nov 12
Page 8
c1 Photo – Terry Bell of St Thomas
Page 11
c7 Photo – Jack Kerr of St Thomas
14 November 1957
Page 5
c3 Died – Mrs Rosetta Rollo, nee Bradt, 84 years
c4 Died – Mrs John Borda, nee Biro, 67 years
c6 Died – John M. ‘Matt’ Campbell, 57 years, Nov 12, husband of Mrs Ethel Campbell, nee Allison
Page 7
c5 Died – Mrs Amelia Wilson, nee Carmichael, 72 years, Nov 13, wife of Arthur S. Wilson
c5 Funeral – Alfred E. Bucke, Nov 13
c5 Funeral – Mrs Maud E. Willsie, Nov 13
c5 Died – Leslie Jewell, Nov 12
c5 Died – Mrs Amelia Wilson, nee Carmichael, 72 years
c8 Photo – Chuck B. Fearn of St Thomas
Page 10
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Al Countryman of London, 62nd
c3 Birthday – William Carruthers of St Thomas, 92nd
c4 Photo – Rev Michael R. Griffin
Page 14
c2 Died – Verne Everett, 57 years, Nov 13
14 November 1957
Second Section
Page 15
c1 Photo – Alvin Cushman; Rev Balford Pittaway; Percy Funnell
c4 Photo – Rev J. T. P. Nichols; Rev Donald Joyce; Rev Lorne Nethercott; Harold Ashton; Rev Harold Johnston; Rev R. W. Lane
c7 Article – Cliff Erosion at Pearce Provincial Park, Tyrconnell – Photos
c8 Photo – Evan D. McGugan
Page 16
c1 Photo – Ann Harrison, 13, daughter of Dr George Harrison; Dwight Grant, 12, son of Lloyd Grant; Mrs George Blyth
c1 Photo – Stan Trojek; Mrs Albert Hernandez
c5 Photo – Russell R. Caughey; J. Grant Chambers; Robert Jeffery; H. E. Freeman; Keith King
Page 18
c1 Article – Joe Fath, proprietor of Fath Motors, Aylmer – Photo
15 November 1957
Page 1
c3 Photo – Edward J. O’Brien; Mayor J. M. Stirling; Clayton Shackleton; Andrew S. Chisholm; James Hindley
Page 7
c6 Memoriam – Elizabeth Pantling Brown, Nov 15 1950
c6 Memoriam – James Berdan, Nov 15 1950
Page 8
c1 Birthday – William Parsons of St Thomas, 92nd
15 November 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – Mrs Kenneth Dowell of St Thomas
c1 Photo – Dr R. M. ‘Bob’ Burgess, son of Erle R. Burgess of St Thomas
c5 Photo – Ed Smith; Cec Kirkwood; Bob Leith
Page 14
c3 Photo – Alan Pollock; Charles N. Heath
c7 Photo – FO Marjorie McIntosh; FO Joan Day
16 November 1957
Page 1
c1 Photo – Jim Fuller of Malahide; Arthur Rogers of Aylmer
Page 2
c1 School Report – Arthur Voaden Vocational School
c3 Photo – Allan Millman; Marie Shaw; Margaret Tauss; Arie Hofstee
c3 Photo – William McKenzie; Margaret Tauss; Stuart Fenwick
Page 3
c1 School Report – Central Elgin Junior Collegiate
c3 Photo – Jon Locke; Nancy Kenington; Ray Clutterbuck; Wilhemina Schipper; John Trevithick; Karin Lenman; Gerald Chamberlain; Frank Prothero
c4 Photo – Ann Langton; Joan Trevithick; Nancy O’Neil; Gloria Cameron
Page 7
c1 Died – Michael Marinchurch, 66 years
c1 Died – Mrs John J. Rukamp, nee May Sreenan, 75 years, Nov 16
c3 Funeral – Calvin Leslie Jewell, Nov 15
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Minnie M. Brown, Nov 16 1953, by Harry
c3 Memoriam – Elizabeth Graham, Nov 16 1955, by Dorothy and Bert
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Mabel Johnson, Nov 17 1956
c3 Memoriam – Bruce James Ward Sr., Nov 17 1949, by Bruce Jr., Joe and Olive
c5 Died – Mrs Mervin Merritt, 41 years, Nov 15
c5 Died – Mrs Charles W. Marshall, nee Ella R. Sheppard, 70 years
c5 Died – Miss Rosana Clemens, 94 years, Nov 15, sister of Mrs Della Campbell
Page 8
c1 Article – Events of Frome’s Early History are Recorded
Page 9
c3 Photo – Mrs Frank Clarke and son; Mrs L. J. Coughlin; Mrs Dave Reynolds; Mrs J. Berry; Mrs William Coughlin
16 November 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c2 Photo – Music Festival Adjudicators – Dr G. R. Fenwick; Dr Leslie Bell; Harry Watts; Frederick Fennell; Gordon Jeffery; Ted Bell
c3 Photo – New gates at Pinafore Park – Marshall Field; Gerald Dohe
Page 12
c2 Died – Miss Rosana Clemens, 94 years, Nov 15
c2 Died – Wilda R. Neale, sister of Burt; aunt of Max, Jack, Richard, Leonard, Donald and Grant
Page 16
c3 Photo – Mrs Dorothy Cotton; Bruce Babcock; Dick Dougherty
Page 17
c3 Photo – Bob Stinson; Dick Lawrence; Al Dorans; Harley Moon; Jan Proud; R. E. Foster; Marinus Knops; Don Ward
Page 20
c2 Married – Hoos Versteegen, son of Anton Versteegen to Miss Hermans, daughter of Jack Hermans – Photo
c2 Engagement – Kenneth William Rankin, son of R. W. Rankin to Jean Marilyn Buckrell, daughter of Charles K. Buckrell – Photo
c4 Engagement – William James Brown, son of E. Brown to Doris Marguerite Aiken, daughter of Mrs Violet Aiken
c4 Engagement – Robert George Ammerman, son of George Ammerman to Ruth Verna Ann Silverthorn, daughter of Hartley Silverthorn
c4 Engagement – William Brooks, son of Frank Brooks to Norma Jean Hartsell, daughter of Henry Hartsell
c4 Engagement – Kenneth Hugh Pearson, son of John Pearson to Mary Lou Ruth Higgs, daughter of Norman C. Higgs
c4 Engagement – Ronald George Wipperman, son of Harry Wipperman to Coralie Ruth Karn, daughter of Grant Karn
c4 Photo – Edward E. Bride of St Thomas
c4 Birthday – Nancy Jones, 4th, daughter of M. Jones of St Thoas
c4 Married – Charles Stanley Beer to Ruth Ann Bolt, niece of Mrs Fred Bolt
c7 Photo – Mrs George S. Murray and daughter Luanne
18 November 1957
Page 1
c1 Photo – Music Festival – Rachel White; Janet Thomas; Ann Purdy
c3 Photo – Music Festival – Grade 4 class from West Lorne Public School – Joyce Walker; Sally Reinbotham; Rose Marie Gibson; Maria Andrei; Elaine Watterworth; Lynda Mitchell; Shirley Hell; Phyllis Craig; Dianna Jordan; Herbert Fritz; Floyd Tunks; Lynda Humphries; Janet Roach; Cornelia Ocolisan; Ica Andrei; Larry Keith; Dianne Ronson
c7 Photo – Music Festival – Paul O’Brien; Ken Haycock; Anne Frey; Nancy Peckham; Virginia Norris
Page 3
c3 Curling winners – W. E. Corfield; Gordon Cammidge; Wilf Greenwood; Andy Anderson; Ken Ponsford
c3 Curling winners – Jack Martin; Ward Irwin; John Malcolm; Hugh MacDonald; Lou Hagey
c3 Curling winners – Dick Scott; John Burgess; Jack Martin; Ted Isard; Doug Deans
c5 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
Page 5
c6 Died – Alfred M. Carr, 85 years, Nov 16, husband of Mrs Ella Carr, nee Deans; father of James n. Carr and Edna Agnes Carr; brother of George Carr
Page 7
c1 Died – Mrs Esther McConville, nee MacKenzie, 24th year, Nov 16, daughter of B. C. MacKenzie; wife of Lt James Patrick McConville; mother of Michael and Mary McConville
c2 Died – Bert Oldrieve, Nov 17, widow of Annabelle Oldrieve
c3 Photo – Jim Cooke; Harry MacLeod; T. W. Clift
c3 Died – Charles Alexander Towers, 79th year, Nov 17 – Photo
c3 Died – William O. Jolliffe, 77 years, Nov 18
c3 Funeral – Mrs Amelia Wilson, Nov 16
c4 Died – Mrs Ella Bloye, 75 years, Nov 18, wife of George T. Bloye
c5 Born – Walter John Ballantine, son of Walter & Eileen Ballantine, nee Bachley, Nov 12
c5 Born – Susan Arlene Lacey, daughter of Don & Margaret Lacey, Nov 13
c5 Memoriam – Leslie Freeman, Nov 17 1956, by wife Grace
c5 Memoriam – Charles Gordon, Nov 18 1955
c5 Memoriam – Ruth Marie Orr (Rolland), Nov 18 1946
c6 Died – Mrs Ella Bloye, 75 years, Nov 18
c6 Died – William O. Jolliffe, 77 years, Nov 18
c6 Died – Mrs Esther McConville, nee MacKenzie, 24th year, Nov 16
c6 Died – George A. Meek, Nov 16
c6 Died – Charles Alexander Towers, 79th year, Nov 17
18 November 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Mrs H. H. Sabot; Mrs Rita Fisher; Mrs Max Whalls; Miss Sophie Fishbein
c4 Photo – Rev Robert Rumball
c4 Photo – Mrs Samuel Beckett of St Thomas
c7 Photo – George Ryckman of Yarmouth Township and Don Millman of Port Stanley
Page 12
c7 Christening – Robert John Walters, son of W. R. Walters
c7 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Samuel Wilson of Delaware, 60th
Page 14
c4 Photo – Junior Barash; Joe Pelesh; Art Sullivan
Page 18
c1 Died – Mrs Clara German, 69th year, Nov 17, daughter of George & Elizah Milligan, nee Wise; wife of Fred German; mother of Lloyd German; sister of Sydney Milligan, Mrs David Poole, Mrs William Hall, Mrs Harry Wilson, Mrs Martha Brown and Mrs Ivan Brown
c1 Funeral – Mrs Clara German, Nov 20
c2 Died – Mrs Viola Labadie, 48 years, Nov 16, daughter of Harry Bray
19 November 1957
Page 3
c1 Photo – Muncey School Choir – Alice Elijah; Terry Elijah Barbara Doxtator; Goldie Williams; Nancy Cornelius; Sylvia Chrisjohn; Spencer Chrisjohn; Harry Doxtator; Neil Cornelius; Joyce Doxtator; Rena Chrisjohn; Eileen Cornelius; Laura Jamieson; Virginia Doxtator; Bruce Elijah; Joan Elijah; Betty Kennedy; Connie Doxtator; Mrs W. C. Johnston, teacher; Doris Elijah; Lauren Chrisjohn; Theresa Elijah
c1 Photo – Orwell School Choir – Karl Crocker; Gale Crocker; Marilyn Hewson; Sandra Shackleton; Sandra Kunz; Brenda Kunz; Jane Crocker; Mary Wilcox; Betty Crocker, Mary Martin; Marcus Miller; Darlene Shackleton; Janice Cleaver; Larry Shackleton; Gordon Murphy; Carol Hatfield; Shirley Ball; Shirley Whitcroft; Edith Herman; Dwight Sloat; Mrs Ross Bartlett, teacher; Roger Miller; Pauline Walker; Donn Brandow; Gary Murphy
c6 Photo – Walter Peart Major Savage; Klaus Barendregt; Ross Hepburn
Page 6
c6 Died – Mrs Mary Belle Edlington, nee Swartout, 76 years, Nov 16, widow of George Henry Edlington
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Helen Margaret ‘Peg’ Gilbertson McCall, 40 years, Nov 19, wife of Tom C. McCall; mother of Lt. Michael, Hugh, Bruce, Walter OS Thomas and Ethel Christine McCall; sister of Dr R. L. Gilbertson, Mrs C. E. west, Mrs E. H. Dimond and Miss Mary Gilbertson
c3 Funeral – Miss Rosanna Clemens, Nov 18
c4 Memoriam – Charles John Kew, Nov 19 1953, by son Roy, Ethel and grandchildren; by wife and family
c5 Died – Mrs Ella Bloye, Nov 18
c5 Died – William O. Jolliffe, Nov 18
c5 Died – George A. Meek, Nov 16
c5 Died – Charles Alexander Towers, Nov 17
c6 Born – Walter John Ballantine, son of Walter & Eileen Ballantine, nee Bachley, Nov 12
c6 Born – Cindy Lou Ford, daughter of George & Shirley Ford, nee Rankin, Nov 17
Page 14
c3 Photo – Alma College, St Thomas
c6 Article – Clarence Kenneth Welter of Holstein and brother Herbert of Aylmer
20 November 1957
Page 1
c1 Photo – Phyllis Craig of West Lorne; Dianne Ronson of West Lorne; Maureen Moore and Marion Withenshaw of St Thomas
c3 Photo – Sgt. Don MacDonald; Cpl. Jon Myers; Tpr. Harold Kemp
Page 7
c2 Died – Ernest James Wilson, 65 years, Nov 19 – Photo
c3 Died – William Rachkulinec, Nov 19
c6 Born – James Douglas Skelding, son of Morgan & Kay Skelding, nee Miller; brother of Jody; Nov 14
c6 Died – William Rachkulinec, 58 years, Nov 19
c6 Died – Ernest James Wilson, 65 years, Nov 19
c6 Memoriam – Debra Ann Dawdy, Nov 20 1956
Page 10
c1 Died – Mrs Cora Ethel Butler, daughter of Robert & Harriet Lampkin, nee Ryerse; widow of Charles Butler; sister of Mrs Fred Mattice
20 November 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Scott St. Public School Rhythm Band Grades 1 & 2 – Miss Marion Orchard, teacher; Lynda Fletcher; Thomas Surgent; John Blasczak; Heather Halliday; Lois Curtis; Steven Dobson; John Fowler; David Palmer; Reinhold Hill; April Keillor; Robert Hanley; Bryan Wilson; Randolph Livingston; Bob Lawrence; Margaret Lawrence; Lientje VanPelt; Edward Wadley; Marie Pugsley; Sally Malott; Robert Tanner; Fred Watson; Judy Gillard, pianist
c1 Photo – Timken Employees – T. W. Clift; Ken Holland; Frank Mathews; Norman Lawrence; Ed Titchner; Russ Charlton
c5 Photo – Elgin students tour county buildings; Sheriff Ian Cameron; Deputy Reeve Garnet Speers
21 November 1957
Page 1
c3 Photo – Sandra Milmine; Lynn Pickard; Mary Anne Hunt; Lois Tilden; Donna Cromwell; Sharon Colman; Gayle Freeman; Judy Russell; Karen Ostrander
Page 5
c3 Photo – St Thomas Curling Club – Mrs D. M. Stevenson; Mrs Jean Stone; Mrs J. W. Boughner; Mrs C. Goodyer; Mrs C. Snobelen; Mrs E. Beattie; Mrs D. Dufty; Mrs J. D. Innes; Mrs M. Miller; Mrs D. Findlay
Page 7
c2 Died – Frank E. Littleproud, 59 years, Nov 20, son of Alfred & Mary Littleproud, nee Kennedy; step-son of Mrs Alice Littleproud; husband of Mrs Kathleen Littleproud, nee Ross; father of Earl R. Littleproud; brother of Frederick Littleproud, Mrs Frank Mitton; step-brother of Mrs Flora Levitt; grandfather of Victor Littleproud
c2 Died – Mrs Dora J. Curtis, nee Maguire, 81 years, widow of Frank Curtis
c4 Funeral – Charles A. Towers, Nov 20
c4 Funeral – Mrs Ella Bloye, Nov 20
c4 Funeral – William O. Jolliffe, Nov 20
c4 Funeral – George A. Meek
c6 Born – Robert James Tuff, son of D. H. & Mrs Tuff, nee Wilton, Nov 13
c6 Died – Frank E. Littleproud, 59 years, Nov 20
c6 Died – Mrs Dora J. Curtis, nee Maguire, 81 years, widow of Frank Curtis
c6 Died – Ernest James Wilson, 65 years, Nov 19
21 November 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – Sharon Campbell, 11 years, Sharon Spackman; Susan Foster; Harry Watts
c2 Funeral – Gordon McCallum, Nov 22, husband of Mrs Amanda McCallum, nee Kriter
c6 Photo – Frank Cowan; Robert G. Moore; Leslie Funnell; P. A. Funnell; Jack Simpson; D. J. Anderson; William Cook; Arthur Gordon; Roy Doran; Arnold Milligan; Curtis Gordon; Norman Chaplow; Clarence Culver
c6 Photo – James Hindley; E. A. Roberts; Howard Palmer
c7 Photo – Philip Schleihauf
22 November 1957
Page 5
c6 Died – George B. Newman, 77 years, Nov 21, husband of Mrs Florence Newman, nee Whiting; father of Mrs Harold (Dorothy) Mott and Herbert Newman
Page 7
c3 Died – Mrs Harriett Wood, 81 years, Nov 22, widow of Dr Arthur E. Wood
c3 Born – Ruby Florence Glover, daughter of J. Harold & Ruby Glover, nee Anderson, Nov 15
c3 Born – Norman Anthony Holden, son of Norman A. & Betty Holden, nee Lovelock, Nov 21
c3 Born – Jane Elizabeth Lashbrook, daughter of Lynn Lashbrook; sister of Heather; Nov 19
c3 Memoriam – Mrs George Bolt, Nov 22 1950
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Alex Sutherland, Nov 22 1951, by Alex and Ulsdean
c4 Funeral – William Rachkulinec, Nov 21
c4 Funeral – Mrs Meryl Merritt, Nov 18
c4 Funeral – Mrs T. C. McCall, Nov 21
c5 Died – Mrs Mary Jane Kinsley, 77 years, Nov 21, widow of Charles Kinsley
c5 Died – Mrs Mary Jane Kinsley, 77 years, Nov 21
c5 Died – Frank E. Littleproud, 59 years, Nov 20
c5 Died – Mrs Harriett Wood, 81 years, Nov 22
Page 10
c1 Photo – Mount Elgin Indian Band
c1 Died – Mrs Florence Lucretia Bauslaugh, 82 years
c3 Photo – Rotary Music Festival – Jan Overduin; Mary Lee Jeffrey; Mary K. Shepherd; Marilyn Harris
22 November 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c3 Died – Mrs Ethel Bowron, 78 years, widow of William Bowron; mother of William, George and Percy Bowron; sister of Mrs Olive McDonnell and Mrs Bertha Hewitt
c3 Photo – Ray Gilbert and father Capt. Tom Gilbert of Port Stanley
c7 Photo – Donald G. Grieve of Wilton Grove
c7 Article – Water logged wreck of old freight schooner exposed off the beach of Port Burwell
Page 13
c2 Photo – Dorinda Curtis of St Thomas
Page 19
c3 Photo – Golf Champs – Mrs Dorothy Currier; Mrs Jo Jones; Mrs Ruby Davis; Mrs Ann West; Mrs Helen Bowling; absent Mrs Edith Dufty and Miss Kay Freeman
Page 22
c1 Funeral – Mrs Fred (Clara) German, Nov 20
23 November 1957
Page 2
c1 Photo – Donald Shore; Roy McGregor; C. S. Butler; Cecil Miller
Page 7
c1 Died – Sister of Lafe Appleford [also given as Appleworth]
c3 Photo – Michael Currah; Tony Magri; Jim Coville
c3 Died – John Seferovic, 63 years, Nov 22, husband of Mrs Margaret Vagner Seferovic; father of Mrs Rudy (Maria) Busvek; grandfather of Edward Busvek
c3 Died – Mrs Helen Amanda Winkworth, 73 years, Nov 22, wife of Clarence E. Winkworth; sister of Lafe Appleworth
c3 Funeral – J. M. ‘Matt’ Campbell, Nov 23
c3 Funeral – Ernest Wilson, Nov 22
c4 Died – Walter Henry ‘Harry’ Reeves, 81 years, Nov 22, husband of Mrs Rose Reeves, nee Steed
c4 Born – Michael John Robert Dufton, son of John R. & Mrs Dufton, nee Tarry; brother of Karen Anne; Nov 20
c4 Died – John Seferovic, Nov 22
c4 Died – Mrs Harriett Wood, Nov 22
c6 Birthday – L. M. ‘Bert’ Blough of St Thomas, 89th – Photo
c7 Died – Louis Orendorff, 91 years, Nov 22
Page 8
c3 Married – Gary Earl Cruickshank, son of Gordon Cruickshank to Carolyn Isabel Hoag, daughter of Leon R. Hoag
c8 Married – Archibald C. Johnston, son of George Johnston to Shirley Joan Mann, daughter of Louis A. Mann
23 November 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Article – Pioneers of Frome
c8 Photo – Kathe Krieger of Alma College
Page 12
c3 Photo – Earl Kennedy; Ken Buckner; Allan MacIntire; Jack Carroll; Don Shackleton; Harry Empey; Douglas Rabbets
Page 16
c1 Article – Dr Helga Laufenstein – Photo
c3 Photo – Ted Hurst; Glen Dufty; Gord Edgar; Tom Morton; Murray Lockhart; B. J. Moore; Bruce Burrows
Page 20
c1 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
c2 Married – Mr & Mrs Robert VandenWyngaert – Photo
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs Charles Stanley Beer – Photo
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs John Wilfred Starkey – Photo
25 November 1957
Page 6
c2 Died – Cephas Bede Aylsworth, 78 years, husband of Mrs Harriet Aylsworth, nee McKrone; father of Mrs Donald Maniex; brother of Morley Aylsworth
Page 7
c1 Funeral – Mrs Annie M. Allin, 81 years, Nov 26, mother of Stanley Allin
c5 Christening – Steven Douglas Medlyn, son of William Medlyn; Brian Robert Ewart, son of Robert Ewart; David Brian and Michael William Smyth, sons of William Smyth; Clifford Randall Scott, son of Kenneth Scott
c2 Died – Frank Jennings, Nov 23
c2 Photo – E. C. Forster
c3 Memoriam – George A. Evans, Nov 25 1954
c3 Memoriam – Mrs J. Logan, Nov 25 1949, by John Logan
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Marion MacPherson, Nov 25 1956, by husband Alex MacPherson; by daughter Isabel, Nick, Bobbie and Susan
c3 Memoriam – Edward Leroy Smith, Nov 25 1951, by wife Margaret and daughters
c4 Died – Mrs Catharine Cornish, nee Seaton, 75 years, Nov 24, widow of Thomas Cornish; mother of Mrs Philip (Pearl) Mullin and Robert M. Cornish
c5 Died – Mrs Catharine W. Wallace, nee Quigley, 61 years, Nov 25, widow of William G. Wallace; mother of Mrs Catherine Whitcroft, Mrs David (Irene) Gibbs and Mrs George (May) Smith; sister of Mrs Annie Dickson, Mrs Mary Erwin, James and John Quigley
c5 Died – Dr Leopold A. Brown, 99 years, Nov 23
c5 Died – George T. Dyer, 71 years, Nov 24
c5 Died – J. Frank Jennings, Nov 23
c5 Died – Mrs Catharine W. Wallace, nee Quigley, 61 years, Nov 25
c7 Funeral – Frank E. Littleproud, Nov 23
Page 8
c3 Married – Charles Stanley Beer to Ruth Ann Bolt
Page 10
c1 Died – Orville R. Sawyer, 51 years, Nov 24, husband of Mrs Helen Sawyer, nee Peebles; father of John and Bruce Sawyer and Mrs Kaspar Gantenbein; brother of Otis, Dr Glenn T. and Lloyd Sawyer and Mrs S. A. Julian
25 November 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Joseph Thomas of Port Burwell
c3 Died – George T. Dyer, 71 years, Nov 24 – Photo
c5 Died – Dr Leopold A. Brown, 99 years, Nov 23 – Photo
c7 Photo – Reunion of Norman Bogeovich and wife Karafilka from Yugoslavia; parents of Stephan Bogeovich of Yugoslavia; she has a sister in Toronto
Page 12
c1 Photo – Robert Laning; D. W. Shively
26 November 1957
Page 1
c5 Photo – 2 Farms at Frome to be demolished to build Highway 401
Page 3
c1 Photo – PO John Siple of St Thomas
c4 Photo – Joanne Shelley of Southwold
c4 Photo – Wilf Johnston; Stewart Ronson
c4 Photo – West Lorne Pee Wee Champs; Neil K. Bendell; Reno Bertola
Page 7
c1 Died – Mrs Daniel J. Batsner, nee Bessie Graydon, 94th year; mother of A. Graydon and Arthur M. Batsner
c2 Died – Thomas McGarry, husband of Mrs Martha McGarry; brother of George, John and May McGarry
c2 Died – Mrs Maitland R. Cornell, nee Olive Cole, 74 years, Nov 26, mother of C. Grant, Mrs W. A. L. (Marion) Freeborn, Mrs J. L. (Jean) Thomson and Mrs Stewart (Margaret) Marr; sister of Blair Cole and Mrs Freda Alce
c2 Died – Mrs Emma Miller, 84 years, Nov 26, daughter of William Stubbs
c2 Died – Mrs Jean Gladstone70 years, Nov 21, widow of Robert Gladstone
c5 Died – Mrs John M. LeGrice, nee Ethel Burgess, mother of Mrs Mike (Helen) ?Dales; sister of Mrs Bert Argent and Miss Hazel Burgess
c5 Funeral – John Seferovic, Nov 25
c5 Funeral – Mrs Harriett Wood, Nov 25
c5 Memoriam – Thomas R. Robertson, Nov 26 1955, by wife Velma
c7 Died – George T. Dyer, Nov 24
c7 Died – Mrs Emma Miller, Nov 26
c7 Died – Mrs Catherine Wallace, Nov 25
Page 9
c3 Married – Gary Earl Cruickshank to Carolyn Isobel Hoag
c4 Married – Calvin Egley to Margaret Mitchell
Page 14
c4 Photo – East Elgin District High School rifle team – John McKnight; Dave Brown; Ron Farrow; W. Gearing, coach; David Morgan; ken White; Alex Fuller; Bob White; Mac Dawson, coach
c6 Article – Herbert Larson Welter, 43, of Aylmer and brother Clarence Kenneth Welter, 41, of Holstein
27 November 1957
Page 5
c6 Died – Mrs Ada (Jackson) Kearsley, 59 years, Nov 26, daughter of John James & Jane Ellen Jackson, nee Loftus; wife of Frederick Kearsley; mother of John Kearsley, Mrs John (Marjorie) Burke and Mrs Allan (Joyce) Marsden
c7 Died – John William Scott, Nov 26, husband of Mrs Rossella Scott
Page 7
c1 Died – Mrs John J. McDonald, formerly Maud Marr, nee Wagner, Nov 22
c4 Died – J. Frank Jennings, Nov 26
c4 Born – Twin son and daughter of John Cox, Nov 27
c4 Born – Susan Louise Wintermute, daughter of Walter R. Wintermute; sister of Jane, Alan and Brian; Nov 26
c5 Memoriam – Mrs Evelyn Blough, Nov 27 1955, by daughter Rae and son Eric
c5 Memoriam – Evelyn Vaughan, Nov 27 1956
c6 Died – Mrs Lissetta Margaret Lawrence, nee Dunsmore, 100th year, Nov 26
c6 Died – Mrs Ada Kearsley, Nov 26
c6 Died – Mrs Emma Miller, Nov 26
27 November 1957
Second Section
Page 12
c4 Photo – Ann Harrison, 23, daughter of Dr George Harrison of Aylmer; Edward Stewart; Lillian Wilkins; Mary Lynne Coleman; Sharon Dennis; Aubrey Harris; Dwight Grant
Page 16
c1 Photo – Ron Cade of St Thomas
c4 Photo – Mrs A. L. Mildren; Miss Edith Lucas; Mrs H. Venema; Mrs C. R. Southern
Page 17
c3 Married – Donald Allen Kilgour, son of A. R. Kilgour to Sally Louise Moyes, daughter of L. P. Moyes
28 November 1957
Page 7
c1 Died – Constant Dejaeghet, Nov 17, husband of Mrs Lentone Berghman Dejaeghet; father of Mrs Medard DeGroote and Evarist Dejaeghet
c2 Photo – William O. Herold, son of W. O. Herold of St Thomas
c4 Funeral – Mrs Catherine Wallace, Nov 27
c4 Funeral – Mrs Thomas Cornish, Nov 26
c4 Funeral – George T. Dyer, Nov 27
c5 Died – Mrs Eliza Wise, 82 years, Nov 27, widow of Fred Wise
c5 Memoriam – Mrs Fred Smith, Nov 28 1956, by husband, daughter Lillian, Bill and Darlene
c6 Born – Marjorie Milton Batzold, daughter of Dr John Batzold, Nov 12
c6 Died – Mrs Ada Kearsley, Nov 26
c6 Died – Mrs Eliza Wise, Nov 27
c6 Funeral – James A. McGuinness, 55 years, Nov 26
c7 Died – Mrs Percy S. Adlington, nee Countess Twiss, 68th year, Nov 27
28 November 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Article – Jaffa new 2-room school takes place of one built in 1875
c1 Photo – Floyd Pearce; Richard Chute; Mervin Howe – Jaffa school board trustees admire a painting by the late Joseph Banner of the old Jaffa School donated by Herbert Ramsay of St Thomas
c2 Photo – James G. Wharry, son of Mrs Sarah Wharry
c3 Photo – Grades 1 to 4 in new Jaffa School, Miss Ruth Aldred is the teacher
c5 Photo – Marshall Field and Mickey Watts, caretakers at Pinafore Park
Page 14
c3 Died – James Morrison Taylor, 37 years, Nov 27, son of George Taylor; brother of Mrs Clifford (Jessie) Cunningham, Mrs Stanley (Betty) Waud, Mrs Edward (Violet) Parker, Mrs Thomas (Isobel) Hunter, George, William, Thomas, Andrew, Stanley and Donald Taylor
Page 15
c2 Died – Murray Richardson, 36 years, Nov 20, son of J. Milton Richardson
29 November 1957
Page 6
c4 Died – Mrs Henry J. Jackson, nee Emily Giles, 74 years, Nov 19
c7 Died – Mrs Helen Lamb, 39 years, Nov 29; widow of Nelson Hill Lamb
Page 7
c1 Died – Mrs Sidomic DePauw, 77 years, mother of Gustaf and Joseph DePauw and Mrs Knud Rasmussen
c2 Died – Michael Cooke, Nov 24, husband of Mrs Daisy Cooke, nee Wise
c3 Funeral – Mrs Roy Cornell, Nov 27
c3 Funeral – Mrs Emma Miller, Nov 28
c4 Retirement – William B. Robertson, age 70, of St Thomas – Photo – father of Mrs C. (Margaret) Ball, Mrs Sam (Irene) Johnson of Niagara Falls, Mrs Robert (Maxine) Anderson, William Robertson, Mrs John (Katherine) Bolton and Mrs Fred (Josephine) Mills
c4 Memoriam – Frederick James Tull, Nov 29 1935
c4 Memoriam – Terry Wayne Wilcox, Nov 29 1947, by Aunt Jean, Uncle Cap, Don, Terry and Heather; by parents and Barrie
c5 Born – Donald Kevin Collins, son of Donald & Marion Collins, nee Calvert, Nov 26
c5 Born – Penny Ann Pay, daughter of B. Pay; sister of Paul; Nov 24
c5 Born – Robert Alexander Wood, son of Harry & Lucille Wood, nee Demcie, Nov 24
c5 Died – Mrs Eliza Wise, Nov 27, widow of Fred Wise
29 November 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Model Aircraft Club members – Bill Hawke; Basil Thompson; Orville Harlock; Ed Andrews; Don Pook; Randy Taylor; Bob Inglis; Gary Weller; Clair McIntyre
c1 Photo – Don Ferris and Roy Good
c2 Article – Brothers Donald, Douglas and Melvin Small of Iona Station
c2 Article – Optimist Model Aircraft Club, St Thomas
c5 Fire – Barn of Julius Koteles Jr. of Calton
c6 Photo – Douglas Roseborough; Al Streib; Roy Good
Page 13
c3 Photo – James Routledge; Carmen C. Lyons and son Billy; R. H. McNeil
30 November 1957
Page 1
c4 Photo – Gordon Scharlach; Marshall Field; William Browne; Miss Donna McCaw and Mrs Marshall Field
Page 7
c1 Funeral – George A. Hill, 63 years, Dec 2, husband of Mrs Ethel Hill
c2 Died – Mrs Mabel Ann (Graham) Turner, 73 years, Nov 28, widow of Herbert John Turner
c3 Funeral – Mrs Ada Kearsley, Nov 29
c3 Funeral – Mrs Annie Pouget, nee Currie, 71 years, Nov 26
c4 Memoriam – Richard Percy Moyes, Nov 30 1955, by wife Ivy
c4 Memoriam – Lawrence Nichols, Dec 1 1956
c4 Memoriam – Mary Ann Reinhardt, Dec 1 1951, by son Cecil and daughter-in-law Hazel
c6 Born – Karen Marie Brown, daughter of Merle R. & Joan Brown, nee Wellman; sister of Beverly and Gary; Nov 26
c6 Born – Son of J. Stewart & Betty Begg, nee Cromwell, Nov 27
c7 Died – Mrs Clare (Emma L.) Esseltine, Nov 29
c7 Photo – Mac Carroll of Iona Station
Page 8
c3 Photo – Children of First United Church – Susan Lampman; Bonnie Kowalski; Karen Jagoe; Patricia Medlyn; Susan Medlyn; Anne Davidson; Judy Jordan; Elizabeth McGregor; Victoria Graham; Patti Myers; Darlene Nash
Page 9
c3 Photo – Elgin Jersey Cattle Club – Gordon Houghton; George Widner; John Wise
c3 Photo – David Carroll; Mrs Arthur Hutchings; Dean Bogart; Miss Jean Rivers; John Brown; Gerald Moore
c3 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
Page 11
c2 Married – William James Brown, son of W. E. Brown to Doris Marguerite Aiken, daughter of Stanley Aiken and Mrs Violet Aiken
c3 Photo – Mrs Olive Laing; Mrs Jean Millard; Mrs Gladys Ross; Mrs Iva Scott; Mrs Levona Bembridge
c6 Photo – Sally Malott, daughter of D. G. Mallot; Margo Somerville, daughter of R. Somerville
Page 12
c4 Died – Mrs Edward Henry Fryer, nee Lillian Martha Cucksey, 34 years, Nov 29; mother of Edward William, Sandra Bernice and Donna Joyce Fryer; sister of Joseph, Donald, Archie., Cassie, Kenneth, Percy, Frances, Marion, Dorothy and Bruce
30 November 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c3 Photo – Mr & Mrs Charles Richardson and son Peter of Lawrence Station
Page 14
c3 Photo – Hubert Wells; Herbert Stevens; Ralph Hollands; Rokus DenHartog; David Grimes; Robert Hemphill
c6 Died – Bertram Wells, 81 years, Nov 29, uncle of Cecil Comber
Page 24
c2 Engagement – Ross A. Langmaid, son of Dr W. Langmaid to Mona H. Norton, daughter of Mrs Helen Norton and late John L. Norton – Photo
c4 Engagement – George Leroy Broadbent, son of Charles W. Broadbent to Roberta Cynthia Rawson, daughter of Robert J. Rawson
c4 Engagement – Martin Weber, son of Albert Weber to Patricia Norman Lorraine Player, daughter of Norman Player
c4 Engagement – Robert Leonard Branton, son of R. H. Branton to Anne Lenore Blue, daughter of A. J. Blue
c4 Engagement – Ross A. Langmaid to Mona H. Norton
c5 Married – Mr & Mrs Allan Kilgour – Photo
c5 Married – William James Brown to Doris Marguerite Aiken
c7 Married – Mr & Mrs Gary Earl Cruickshank – Photo
2 December 1957
Page 1
c1 Fire – Lloyd Gilbert & Jack Coulter cottages – Photo
Page 3
c1 Died – Samuel Edgar Trefry, 75 years, Nov 30
c4 Died – Herbert Campbell, 75 years, Nov 30, husband of Mrs Edna Campbell, nee Stratton; brother of John Campbell, Mrs M. (Josephine) McDowell and Mrs James (Viola) Whiteman
Page 7
c3 Memoriam – Linda Marie Holt, Dec 2 1956, by parents and Bobby and Allen
c3 Memoriam – Margaret Satchell, De 2 1943
c4 Funeral – Mrs Eliza Wise, Nov 30
c5 Died – James Cleeve, 89 years, Nov 29
c5 Died – Leeland Albert Harris, 56 years, Nov 30
c5 Died – Mrs Florence Grace Orr, 70 years, Nov 30, sister of James L. Thompson; aunt of Donald Thompson, E. J. Swift, Mrs Virginia Burnham and Clyde Swift
2 December 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c2 Photo – Eber Rice of St Thomas
c2 Photo – Harbour work at Port Stanley
c4 Died – Mrs Florence Grace Orr, Nov 30
c5 Photo – Harold Cattel feeds wild life at Pinafore Park sanctuary
c8 Died – Leland Albert Harris, Nov 30
3 December 1957
Page 3
c4 Photo – Margaret Jane Campbell of Cowal
c6 Photo – Bruce Collins and Howard Berry of Port Stanley
c7 Died – Mrs Rebecca Jane Collins, 76 years, Dec 3, widow of George Collins
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Jennie May Hunter, 74 years, Dec 3, wife of Ward Hunter
c4 Funeral – Leland Albert Harris, Dec 3 – Photo
c5 Married – Rupert Ernest Herbert, son of E. G. Herbert to Ruth Anne Faire, daughter of Alexander Faire
c6 Article – Brothers James and John Sholtanuk of St Thomas
c6 Died – Mrs George Collins, Dec 3
c6 Died – Mrs Ward Hunter, Dec 3
c7 Born – Paul Campbell Axford, son of Ronald S. & Louise Axford, nee Campbell
Page 8
c3 Article – Opening of new Jaffa School
c3 Photo – Former pupils of Jaffa School – Mrs Annie McTaggart; Mrs Harley Crosby; H. C. Teeple; Harry R. Doherty; Clark Liddle; Mrs Angus Miller; Mrs Murl May; W. Lee White; Clark Crosby; Harley Crosby
c4 Photo – Mrs Robert Lark; Mrs Bessie Walters; Miss Ruth Aldred
c4 Photo – Mervin Howe; J. C. Smith; Richard Chute; Floyd Pearce; A. D. McColl; Rev. Fred M. Ward
Page 9
c2 Engagement – George Leroy Wyatt to Alice Ada Johnston, daughter of George Johnston
c2 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Cecil Tansley of St Thomas, 50th
c4 Photo – Mrs Charles Davies; Miss Marjorie Davies; Robert Curtis; Mrs Gordon Curtis
Page 11
c5 Photo – Claude Brown of St Thomas
4 December 1957
Page 2
c1 Died – Charles Masschaele, 59 years, Dec 4
c2 Died – Mrs Caroline Willson, 92nd year, Dec 3, widow of William Willson – Photo
Page 7
c3 Funeral – Leland Harris, Dec 3
c3 Funeral – Mrs Grace Orr, Dec 3
c4 Died – Mrs George Collins, Dec 3
c4 Died – James Gillick, 79 years, Dec 4
c4 Died – Mrs Mabel Hardy, 66 years, Dec 3, widow of John Hardy
c4 Died – Mrs Ward Hunter, Dec 3
c4 Died – Charles Masschaele, Dec 4
c4 Died – Mrs Caroline Willson, Dec 3
c4 Died – James Gillick, 79 years, Dec 4 – Photo
c4 Died – Mrs John Hardy, Dec 3
c6 Born – Julie Ann Colledge, daughter of Avery & Shirley Colledge, nee Rapelje, Nov 30
4 December 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Roy Crocker of Sparta
c3 Photo – Chuck Smale
c3 Photo – Dr J. Catherine Bandeen of St Thomas, daughter of John R. Bandeen of Rodney
c7 Photo – Harry Smale
c7 Photo – Andy Sims
Page 12
c2 Photo – Ontario Hydro Office at Aylmer
c6 Died – Dr William John Nicolson, 62 years, husband of Mrs Jean Nicolson, nee Robertson
Page 13
c1 Married – Daniel Evanochko, son of J. Evanochko to Martha Kathleen Schram, daughter of Leon Schram
c3 Christening – Steven, Gail and Lynn Eastes, children of George Eastes
5 December 1957
Page 7
c4 Died – James Gillick, Dec 4
c4 Died – Mrs John Hardy, Dec 3
c4 Died – Charles Masschaele, Dec 4
c4 Died – Mrs William Willson, Dec 3
c5 Memoriam – Ethel Hunt, Dec 5 1953, by Gladys, Jack, Bobbie and Pam; by Diddie, Karen and Sylvia; by Alice, Tip, Janet, Lynn and Brenda
c5 Memoriam – Gerald Wayne Jacklin, Dec 5 1955, by parents and Brenda Lee
c5 Memoriam – John Michael Marks, Dec 5 1956, by parents and Wendy, Tommy and Gregory
Page 12
c5 Photo – Mrs L. M. Bradley of St Thomas
Page 14
c1 Died – George Lewis Haylock, 82 years, widow of Mrs Mary Isobel Haylock, nee Warmington
5 December 1957
Second Section
Page 15
c2 Photo – Roy Cato of Southwold
c2 Photo – John Crabe and Roy Cato of Southwold
c2 Article – Brothers John and James Sholtanuk of St Thomas
c6 Photo – W. H. Martin; S. F. Donnelly; J. A. McVeigh; Stan Burns
c8 Article – James Leonard Canning of St Thomas
c8 Article – Clarence Milmine of Eden
Page 16
c1 Died – Mrs William A. Lamont, nee Emily Lowe, 53rd year, mother of Alice, George, Herbert and Alfred; step-mother of William L.; sister of Mrs Charles (Margaret) Harmsworth, Alfred and George;
c2 Died – Ernest Rawlings, 62 years, husband of Mrs Mary Rawlings; brother of Mrs Stewart Crane, Mrs John Hudson, Frederick and Stanley Rawlings
c3 Photo – Earl Learn; John Hill; Laird Logan; Ken Martin; Jack Rice; Hugh Wood; Maurice Schwab; George Marr
6 December 1957
Page 1
c5 Photo – John Lemon of St Thomas
Page 7
c4 Funeral – James Cleeve, Dec 1
c4 Funeral – Mrs Rebecca Jane Collins, Dec 5
c4 Funeral – Mrs Jennie May Hunter, Dec 5
c5 Died – Mrs Muriel Drewitt, 49 years, Dec 6, widow of Arthur G. Drewitt
c6 Died – Mrs Muriel Drewitt, Dec 6
c6 Died – Alexander Imrie, 75th year, Dec 5
c6 Died – Arthur Whalls, 75 years, Dec 5
c8 Died – Alexander Imrie, 75th year, Dec 5
Page 10
c1 Died – Mrs Albert Joseph Routhier, nee Eleanor Helen Georgett, 64 years, Dec 4
6 December 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – John Sells
c3 Photo – Jack Cassidy; Mrs Elizabeth Verrell; Steve Butler
c4 Died – John W. Peacock, 76 years
c5 Died – Arthur Whalls, 75 years, Dec 5
c8 Photo – Lorraine Williams
Page 12
c1 Photo – Carl Schaefer of Aylmer
c4 Photo – Dart Champs – Lucien Cattrysse; Jim Marr; John Dieleman; Adrian Cattrysse
7 December 1957
Page 7
c3 Died – Mrs Muriel Irene Drewitt, 49 years, Dec 6, widow of Arthur G. Drewitt
c3 Died – Arthur Whalls, Dec 5
c3 Memoriam – James Wright, Dec 7 1949, by wife Lizzie
c3 Memoriam – Edwin Whittingham and Mrs Mary Brooks, Dec 8 1950, by Jean
c5 Funeral – Mrs Caroline Wilson, Dec 6
c5 Funeral – James Gillick, Dec 6
c5 Funeral – Mrs Mabel Hardy, Dec 6
Page 8
c4 Photo – Mrs G. O. Howse; Mrs J. W. Snell; Mrs P. V. Sinclair; Mrs L. Polley; Mrs N. Smith; Mrs J. A. McKenzie; Mrs Raymond Standen; Mrs Walter Martin
c5 Photo – Mrs Mack Milligan; Mrs Ray Jones
Page 12
c1 Died – Robert S. Wilson, 72 years, father of Robert J. and Donald A. Wilson and Mrs J. E. Burke
c1 Died – Miss Marry Nottingham, sister of Roderick, Robert A. and Wilfred Nottingham, Mrs Howard Pyne, Averil, Norma and Mildred Nottingham
c3 Photo – Mjr. Barnard Bernat; Mrs Ernie Vickerman
7 December 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – Tobacco Auction Exchange, Aylmer
c1 Photo – Douglas Hamilton of Aylmer
c5 Photo – Jesse Gray; William Grant; Charles Heath; Harry H. Walton
c6 Photo – Mrs Helen Green of Corinth
Page 14
c2 Funeral – Charles Masschaele, Dec 6
c3 Photo – Timothy Green; Judge Harold Lang; Herbert A. Stevens; Spencer McConnell; Hon. Thomas Ray Connell
Page 16
c3 Died – Floyd W. Smith, husband of Mrs Ruby Smith
c4 Died – Mrs Jennie Palmer, 96 years, mother of Clarence, Henry, Victor and Harold Palmer, Mrs George Gale and Mrs Arloe Morgan; sister of Llewellyn and Mrs Robert Wilson
Page 24
c1 Married – Gary Lloyd Lazenby to Margaret Ann Hegarty – Photo
c2 Engagement – William Paul Agnew, son of William D. Agnew to Ruth M. Campbell, daughter of Robert J. Campbell & Kathleen Campbell – Photo
c3 Married – William James Brown to Doris Marguerite Aiken – Photo
c6 Article – Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
c6 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Frank E. Utman of Union, 50th – Photo
9 December 1957
Page 2
c1 Died – Mrs Mary J. Bartlett, nee Smith, 73 years, Dec 7
Page 5
c2 Died – George Carroll, Dec 8, husband of Mrs Annie Elizabeth Carroll
c3 Funeral – Mrs Louise Main Wilson, widow of George Wilson
c6 Died – Mrs Charles Bodnar, 58 years, Dec 6, mother of Charles Bodnar Jr; grandmother of Steven and Marianne Bodnar
Page 7
c3 Funeral – John W. Peacock, Dec 7
c3 Died – George E. Pearce, 83 years, Dec 9
c3 Memoriam – Eleanor Gail Harris, Dec 9 1950, by parents and Carolyn
c3 Memoriam – Herbert R. Speers, Dec 9 1956, by Edna
c3 Memoriam – Harvey L. Woolley, Dec 9 1955
c4 Photo – FO Doug Vann of St Thomas
c4 Died – Mrs Myrtle Brebner, Dec 8, wife of James Brebner
c4 Funeral – Alexander Imrie, Dec 7
c4 Born – Steven Richard Harris, son of Douglas & Jean Harris, nee Warren, Dec 8
c4 Born – Son of C. B. Judd, Dec 7
c4 Born – Jane Elizabeth Merkley, daughter of J. M. & Mrs Merkley, nee Hodgson, Dec 6
c4 Died – George Edmond Pearce, Dec 9
c4 Died – Jack E. Williamson, 71 years, Dec 8
c4 Died – Mrs Louise Main Wilson, Dec 9
c7 Article – Wilbert ‘Bert’ Langs of Yarmouth Centre – Photo
Page 8
c4 Photo – Cheryl Cliffe; Sandra Gliddon; Nell Campbell; Marilyn Bailey; Nancy Foster; Deanne Sharkey; Sandra Milmine; Janet McLeod; Donna Cromwell; Sandra Lee; Karen Ostrander
Page 9
c3 Married – Mr & Mrs Brent Strickland – Photo
9 December 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Died – Jack E. Williamson, 71 years, Dec 8 – Photo
c3 Photo – Port Bruce harbour plugged by gravel bar deposit
c3 Photo – Douglas Appleyard; Mahlon Hale; Donald Robinson
c8 Died – Frank Ferguson, Dec 8
Page 12
c2 Died – Mrs Alice Shoemaker, 82 years, widow of Isaac Shoemaker
c2 Died – Mrs Kate Mills, 77 years
Page 15
c5 Photo – Bob Bristow; Gail Morley; Gary Minor; Jim Ronald
c5 Photo – Bryan McQuiggan; Bill McKenzie; Joyce Callaghan; Lynn Thomas
c5 Photo – Janet Murphy; Lorna Swift; Judy Medcalf; Gail Morley; Joyce Callaghan; Joanne Gilbert; Linda Swift; Susan Foster; Paddy McAvay; Glenna Morley; Heather Leith; Helen Findlay
10 December 1957
Page 1
c1 Photo – Elgin Co-op construction, St Thomas
Page 3
c3 Photo – Canon Stewart H. Brownlee, son of Rev W. F. Brownlee
Page 7
c1 Died – Mrs James Brebner, Dec 8
c2 Photo – T. M. Green; Carl Custance
c2 Funeral – Mrs A. Routhier
c2 Funeral – Mrs Muriel Drewitt, Dec 9
c2 Legal – Leroy & Lena Howald of Sparta
c3 Died – Mrs Hilda M. Kilburn, Dec 9, daughter of L. W. Crewson; mother of Donald G. and G. Orme Kilburn and Mrs Mark (Lois) Turner; sister of William Crewson, Mrs Kenneth Robertson and Mrs Warren Barber and the late Judson Crewson; grandmother of Karen, terry and Randy Turner
c3 Memoriam – Addie Dorland, Dec 10 1956
c3 Memoriam – Wesley Anson Wood, Dec 10 1949
c3 Donald Adrian Spitler, Dec 10 1953, by sons Marty and Danny; by Mom and Bill
c4 Died – Mrs Hilda M. Kilburn, Dec 9
c4 Died – George Edmond Pearce, Dec 9
c4 Died – Jack E. Williamson, Dec 8
c4 Died – Mrs George Wilson, Dec 9
Page 8
c2 Photo – Hugh Walker; Norman Rolling; Lloyd Rickwood; Gordon McBride; Roy Thompson; Cons. Reed Brown; Harold Taverner; Angus Walton; Norman Quigley; George Neal; Ken Dewar
10 December 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Bert Craddock; Jesse Gray; James A. McBain
c1 Photo – Frank Perkins; Jesse Gray; Dr Ford A. Stinson; Harry Allen
c2 Photo – Anita VanDenBroeck; G. L. Johnstone; James A. McBain
c5 Photo – Harry Allen; Jesse Gray
c7 Photo – Mary Ellen Schleihauf; Allan Pollock; Patrick O’Neill-Dunne
Page 16
c1 Died – Mrs Mabel Smith, nee Laur, Dec 8, widow of William Archibald Smith
11 December 1957
Page 1
c1 Photo – Clayton Miller of St Thomas
c4 Photo – Thomas Blunt; Harry VanHorne
Page 6
c7 Died – Mrs Katie Ann Mills, 77 years, wife of George Mills
Page 7
c1 Funeral – Mrs Stanley Hepburn, 53 years, Dec 11
c2 Died – George H. Tomlin, 69 years, Dec 9, husband of Mrs Marguerite Tomlin, nee Herman; father of George, John, Glen, Ross, Mrs E. Davies, Mrs C. Wright and Mrs John McGowan
c4 Died – Miss Jennie Schultz, Dec 10, daughter of Henry & Nancy Schultz
c4 Funeral – Arthur Whalls, Dec 9
c4 Died – Mrs Hilda M. Kilburn, Dec 9
c4 Died – Miss Jennie Schultz, Dec 10
c4 Died – Roy Tansley, 69 years, Dec 10
c5 Died – Wellington Somerset, 78th year, Dec 8
c5 Died – Louis Boyd, 83 years, Dec 11, father of Merrill and Miller Boyd; brother of John Boyd
c5 Memoriam – Mrs Dorothy Walker, Dec 11 1955; by son Elgin
Page 9
c1 Photo – Dave George; Wheaton Sager; William Sager
c1 Photo – Peter Tillick; Harry Walton
c4 Photo – Don Tilton
Page 10
c1 Photo – Kenneth LeCourtois of St Thomas
c3 Photo – Peter Ens, 6 years, son of Jacob Ens of Avon
Page 12
c4 Died – Samuel Mortlock, 70 years, Dec 10, husband of Mrs Rose May Mortlock; father of Mrs Wilfred (Doris) Schleen; grandfather of Gary and Linda Schleen; brother of Alice and Ada Mortlock, Mrs Mary Sutton, Mrs Bertha King, Mrs Rosetta Howe and Ernest, Frederick and Joseph Mortlock
11 December 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c2 Died – Roy Tansley, 69 years, Dec 10 – Photo
Page 14
c3 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Harvey Minor of Aylmer, 50th – Photo
12 December 1957
Page 7
c3 Died – Tennyson Alexander MacDonald, Dec 7, son of Alexander & Eliza MacDonald; husband of Mrs Mabel Crandall MacDonald; father of Mrs (Dr) Kenneth L. Clark; brother of John F. and Kennay MacDonald, Mrs George W. Curie, Mrs H. G. Hunt and Mrs Zena Crocker Jr.
c4 Funeral – Mrs Louise Wilson, Dec 11
c4 Funeral – George E. Pearce, Dec 11
c4 Funeral – Jack E. Williamson, Dec 11
c5 Died – Miss Jennie Schultz, Dec 10
c5 Died – Roy Tansley, Dec 10
c5 Memoriam – Mary Marjory Dawn Edwards, Dec 12 1943, by Parents, Pat, Bob and Betty
12 December 1957
Second Section
Page 17
c1 Photo – Morris Jones; John Brown; Philip Dennis; Ross Tufford; Ross Gregory; Ray Shaw; Philip Campbell
c1 Photo – Mr & Mrs Fred Dobson of St Thomas
c6 Photo – Charles Worrall; David Boyle
Page 18
c5 Funeral – George B. ‘Barney’ House, 86 years, Dec 13, father of Mrs Ethel Peacock
Page 27
c4 Photo – Dr Pat Hague; Stan Hussey; Sid Gilbert; Wayne Paddon; Gerry Drynan
c4 Photo – Ray Urban; John Ambrose; Tommy White; Dewey Griggs; Herm Mason; Gene Florcyk
13 December 1957
Page 1
c1 Photo – Fish tug ‘Lynndover’ of Port Stanley
Page 7
c3 Funeral – Mrs Hilda M. Kilburn, Dec 12
c5 Memoriam – Mrs Lavinia Connell, Dec 13 1950
c5 Memoriam – Robert Pyett, Dec 13 1950, by parents, Lynne, Keith and Bill
c5 Memoriam – Amelia Walker, Dec 13 1946, by husband Henry, daughter Edith, son Norman
c6 Died – Miss Janet McColl, 92 years, Nov 26, daughter of Neil & Mary McColl; sister of the late Catherine Ann McColl; relative of Mrs Hope Best and Mac Best
c6 Born – Marie Christine Graham, daughter of Gordon D. & Mrs Graham, nee Fillmore, Dec 4
c6 Born – Mary Margaret Redding, daughter of John Redding, Dec 2
c6 Died – Miss Janet McColl, 92 years
Page 8
c6 Married – Robert George Ammerman, son of George Ammerman to Ruth Verna Anne Silverthorn, daughter of Hartley Silverthorn
Page 12
c1 Died – Gabriel J. Pocock, 80 years, Dec 12, father of Cyril, Donald and Basil Pocock, Mrs Joseph (Margaret) Bannon and Mrs Howard (Mary) Johnston
c4 Died – William A. Currie, 67 years, brother of Mrs E. A. Mayhew and Miss Roy Roberts
13 December 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c2 Photo – A. V. Langton; R. K. McNeil; W. K. Bodkin; Almer Lunn; Donald Small; Keith Kelly; C. M. Williams; Don Grieve
c4 Photo – Mrs Max Phillimore and daughter Lois; Robert Barrett; Michael Hallard; Bernard Bernot; David Paylor; Keith Paylor; Roland Bailey; Mrs Elsie Vickerman; John Vickerman
c5 Article – Martin Vandenbosch, 47, of Iona
Page 14
c6 Died – Mrs Geddes (Ida A.) Heemer, Dec 12
c7 Died – Mrs Alice May Churchill, 69 years
14 December 1957
Page 1
c1 Photo – Balaclava St. School
Page 7
c3 Died – Miss Mary Belle McBane, Dec 13, daughter of Dugald & Mary McBane
c4 Funeral – Miss Jennie Schultz, Dec 13
c4 Funeral – Roy A. Tansley, Dec 13
c5 Died – Miss Mary Belle McBane, Dec 13
c6 Died – Miss Hannah Hyland, 82 years
Page 12
c2 Died – Mrs W. A. Wintermute, 82 years, Dec 13, widow of J. Little
14 December 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – Len Doolittle and Ray Emmett of Dutton
c1 Photo – Kerr Motor Sales, Dutton
c3 Photo – Bonnie Elaine Slaght, 3 years, daughter of Paul Slaght
c4 Article – Louis T. Crabe and brother Norman Charles Crabe of Fingal
c6 Photo – Johnny McLean of Fingal
Page 14
c3 Died – Arthur T. Titmus, 50 years, Dec 13, son of Mrs Carolyn Titmus; husband of Mrs Irene Lilliam Titmus; father of Robert and Herbert Titmus
c3 Died – Eric Cole, 54 years, Dec 13, husband of Mrs Myrtle Cole, nee Cook; father of Donald Cole; brother of Mrs George Cochrane
c4 Photo – Harvey Cassils of Aylmer
c5 Died – Miss Elizabeth Florence Foster, 78th year, daughter of Robert & Margaret Foster; sister of Mrs Rose Fox, Mrs Mary Harding, Robert and Lancelot Foster
Page 15
c1 Photo – St Thomas Stores – G. O. Howse Home Appliance Shop Ltd.; Ostranders Jewellers; Phillips Dry Goods and Gift Shoppe; Jack Fraser’s Men’s and Boy’s Wear; Erskine TV and Appliances; Edythe Shoppe
Page 18
c3 Photo – Bruce Saunders, 5; Janet Saunders, 8; Christine Edmiston, 4; Robbie Neil, 4; Debbie Neill, 2
Page 24
c1 Elgin Museum News by Mrs J. R. Futcher
c2 Married – Mr & Mrs Kenneth William Rankin – Photo
16 December 1957
Page 3
c1 Photo – Towers Cleaners, St Thomas
Page 5
c1 Funeral – Reginald Dicker, 59 years
Page 6
c1 Died – Jimmy Green, 11 years, Dec 15, son of Harold Green
c4 Died – Frederick William Halls, 85 years, Dec 15
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Catherine Folland, 77 years, Dec 15, widow of George Heard Folland
c2 Died – Mrs Mary T. Pressey, 94 years, Dec 14, widow of John A. Pressey – Photo
c3 Died – Mrs Mary Ann Brower, 85 years, Dec 15, widow of Andrew Brower
c3 Died – Mrs Lena Swan, 72 years, wife of Elgie Swan
c3 Died – Mrs Josephine Diemert, 75 years, Dec 14, widow of George Diemert
c4 Died – William John Parker, 84 years, Dec 16
c4 Died – Mrs Mary Ann Brower, 85 years, Dec 15, widow of Andrew Brower
c4 Died – Mrs Catherine Folland, 77 years, Dec 15, widow of George Heard Folland
c4 Died – William John Parker, 84 years, Dec 16
c4 Died – Mrs Mary T. Pressey, 94 years, Dec 14, widow of John A. Pressey
c4 Died – Harry P. Fowler, 69 years, Dec 15
c4 Died – Mrs Ida Gorton, 87 years, Dec 15, widow of Albert Gorton
c4 Died – Miss Mary Bell McBane, Dec 13
c5 Died – Mrs Ida Gorton, 87 years, Dec 15, widow of Albert Gorton
c6 Died – Harry P. Fowler, 69 years, Dec 15
c6 Article – Brothers Louis T. and Norman Charles Crabe [Crabbe]
c8 Funeral – Mrs M. J. McAlpine, nee Ethel Martin, Dec 16, sister of Charles S. and Chester M. Martin
Page 10
c1 Died – Mrs Maria Thornton, 91st year, Dec 14
c1 Died – Joseph Henry Yeoman, 87 years, Dec 15, father of Alfred Yeoman and Mrs Charles (Doris) Hayward
c1 Died – Mrs Merle D. Snell, nee Catherine Kelly Siddall, 71 years, Dec 15
16 December 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Ann Vardon and Mary Lou McClenaghan of St Thomas
c3 Photo – St Thomas stores – Young’s; Maher; Edythe’s; Standard Drugs; Kresge’s
c7 Photo – Mrs Carl Page and children Grant and Pamela
c7 Photo – Gary Knight, age 12 and sister Mary Anne Knight, age 8
Page 12
c1 Photo – Mayor Ellison Randall of Aylmer
c2 Died – Lewis H. Lipsit, 78 years, husband of Mrs Olive Lipsit, nee Williamson
c4 Photo – Mrs Iola Miller; Mrs Janice Beveridge; Mrs Jean Mann; Mrs Fern Seel; Mrs Priscilla Johnson; Mrs Pearl Eastman; Mrs Leone Dancey
17 December 1957
Page 1
c3 Photo – Turkeys on Earl McDonald ranch in Dunwich Township
Page 5
c4 Died – William Cowan, 69 years, Dec 15, son of Mrs Agnes Cowan; husband of Mrs Hazel Cowan, nee Bain
Page 6
c1 Died – Thomas ‘Red’ Devlin, 39 years, Dec 16
Page 7
c1 Died – Fred Robinson, 72 years, father of Percy and Donald Robinson, Mrs Clarence Dixon and Mrs Harry Earl; brother of Samuel Robinson
c4 Died – Frank Albic, 54 years, Dec 16
c1 Died – Mrs Mary Ann Brower, Dec 15
c1 Died – Mrs Catherine Folland, Dec 15
c1 Died – William John Parker, Dec 16
c4 Died – Mrs Helena Reilly, 68 years, Dec 16, widow of James Reilly; mother of James and Thomas Reilly and Mrs George (Margaret) Wood
c5 Memoriam – Larry Hopper, Dec 17 1956, by sister Sue and brother-in-law Vel
c6 Born – Cynthia Jane Dillon, daughter of Maurice & Eva Dillon, nee Gorval, Dec 15
c6 Born – Shelley Diane Ferguson, daughter of William & Mrs Ferguson, nee Thorndycraft, Dec 4
c7 Died – William John Parker, Dec 16
c8 Died – Frank Albic, Dec 16
Page 8
c6 Birthday – Patty Ann Wisnoski, 4th, daughter of Frank Wisnoski and granddaughter of Mrs Peter Wisnoski and Mrs Mabelle Keys
Page 9
c2 Married – George Roy Wyatt, son of Ralph Wyatt to Alice Ada Johnston, daughter of George Johnston
17 December 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Port Stanley Harbour
c1 Photo – Horseshoe Hill Sanitary Fill, St Thomas
c6 Photo – Jim Brady and Dan Simpson
Page 12
c2 Died – Mrs Harvey R. Patterson, mother of Mrs Hale; sister of Mrs Thomas Arthur
Page 14
c6 Article – Betty’s Hair Fashions, St Thomas
c7 Photo – Mrs Betty Almerkinders of Betty’s Hair Fashions
18 December 1957
Page 1
c7 Photo – John Clements, 4 years, son of T. W. Clements of St Thomas
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Annie Ryan, 87th year, Dec 17, widow of James Ryan
c3 Died – Mrs Lulu Vaughan, 73 years, Dec 17, widow of Clarence L. Vaughan
c4 Died – Mrs Mary J. Gormley, 67 years, Dec 18, wife of Carl H. Gormley; mother of John R. Gormley and Mrs Donald (Edith) McLeod
c4 Died – Mrs Elizabeth Innes, 76 years, Dec 17, wife of Robert Innes
c4 Died – Frank Albic, Dec 16
c4 Died – Mrs Carl H. Gormley, Dec 18
c4 Died – Mrs Robert Innes, Dec 17
c4 Died – Mrs James Ryan, Dec 17
c4 Died – Axel Steffensen, 67th year, Dec 17
c4 Died – Mrs Clarence L. Vaughan, Dec 17
c4 Died – Henry Weesjes, 72 years, Dec 17
c5 Funeral – Harry Fowler, Dec 17
c5 Funeral – Mrs Mary T. Pressey, Dec 17
c5 Funeral – Miss Mary B. McBane, Dec 17
c6 Died – Axel Steffensen, 67th year, Dec 17, brother of Elnar and Hans Steffensen
Page 8
c1 Funeral – Mrs Doris Gertrude Rust, 70 years, mother of Mrs Dennis (Joan Mary) Robson; sister of Thomas Benison and V. Coates
18 December 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – William Holmes of Aylmer
c3 Photo – Larry Stewart; Brian Helkaa; Lammert Leentjes
c6 Photo – Tom Swindells; Jeff Parsons; Ray Baker
c7 Photo – Karen Eden and mother Mrs C. C. Eden
Page 14
c3 Died – Henry Weesjes, 72 years, Dec 17
c4 Photo – Ken Hillyer; Philip Rochus; Stanley Anderson; John Colborn; David Goddard; Ian Stubbs; David Mills; Michael Rochus; William Marchant; John Hoover; William Colborn; Kenneth McCallum; Reginald Wellwood; John Wilson
Page 16
c4 Photo – Linda Greenfield; Susan Forth; Carol Ann Forth; Susan Russell; Cynthia Hawley; Lois Ann Kemp; Mary Babcock; Linda Morrison; Sharon Carnegie; Rosa Linda Parisio; Josephine Buote; Luanne Hooper; Veronica Brown; Betty Luton; Heather Fletcher; Shirley Laing; Susan Smith
19 December 1957
Page 1
c1 Fire – Albert Stedelbauer Motors Ltd., Tillsonburg – Photo
Page 6
c1 Died – Norman McNicol, 60 years, Dec 18
Page 7
c2 Died – Antoine Arnold, 87 years, father of Coleman and Arthur Arnold, Mrs Mabel Ellis and Mrs Ella Bowman
c4 Photo – Bonnie Turnbull of St Thomas
c4 Funeral – Mrs Catherine Folland, Dec 18
c4 Funeral – Mrs Mary Ann Brower, Dec 18
c4 Funeral – William John Parker, Dec 18
c5 Died – Alexander Watson Laing, 79th year, Dec 18
c5 Died – Frank Lorne Parker, 45 years, Dec 18
c5 Died – Mrs Annie Ryan, 56 years, Dec 17, widow of James Ryan
c6 Photo – John Carrie, son of Dr D. C. Carrie of St Thomas
19 December 1907
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Died – Alexander Watson Laing, 79th year, Dec 18
c1 Died – Frank Lorne Parker, 45 years, Dec 18
c2 Photo – Children in St Thomas attend Santa party
c3 Died – Mrs Eva Marx, nee Fordham, 55 years, Dec 13
c5 Photo – C. C. Minor; Richard Kimble; Clarence Culver; Herbert Hunter; Clarence Orchard; George Silcox; D. C. Gordon
Page 14
c3 Died – Graham H. Girvin, 61 years, husband of Mrs Doris Girvin, nee Curtis
c4 Photo – Mr & Mrs Roy Lee; Mike Virag; Jim Kiriakopoulous; Herb Robertson
Page 16
c2 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs J. R. Plain of Pibroch, Alberta, 50th
c2 Engagement – Charles Robert Cummings, son of Claude Cummings to Nancy Cecilia Billard, daughter of Russell Billard
c3 Photo – Miss Madge Platschorre, daughter of Paul Platschorre
Page 26
c1 Funeral – Mrs Mary J. Gormley, Dec 20
20 December 1957
Page 3
c4 Photo – William O. Herold of St Thomas
Page 5
c6 Died – Mrs Florence Cutler, 74 years, Dec 20, widow of Owen Cutler
Page 6
c1 Died – Clifford Hooper, 60 years, Dec 18, father of John Hooper
Page 7
c3 Photo – Harley Barons and Robert Truman of Aylmer
c3 Born – David Everett Jewell, son of Everett Jewell, Dec 18
c3 Died – Mrs Adelaide Blackman, 69th year, Dec 20, wife of Alfred Blackman
c3 Died – Mrs Owen Cutler, Dec 20
c3 Died – Alexander Watson Laing, Dec 18
c3 Died – Frank Lorne Parker, Dec 18
c4 Died – Mrs Adelaide Blackman, 69th year, Dec 20, wife of Alfred Blackman
c4 Funeral – Alex Steffensen, Dec 19
c4 Funeral – Frank Albic, Dec 19
c4 Funeral – Thomas James Devlin, Dec 19
c4 Funeral – Mrs Elizabeth Innes, Dec 19
c4 Funeral – Mrs Lulu Vaughan, Dec 19
c5 Died – George Quick, 76 years, Dec 20
c8 Died – John Sutherland, 91 years, Dec 19
20 December 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Cpt. Gordon Potts; Firemen Max Munroe and Charles Dunn; Chief Hugh McIntyre; Firemen Harry VanHorne, Gordon McFarlane and Leslie Davies
c2 Article – Coal may be from sunken Marquette and Bessemer 2 Coal Car Ferry or the Schooner’s Groton or Cleveland washes ashore near Tyrconnell
c7 Photo – Mrs Rosamond Sweet, 94 years
c8 Photo – Jack T. Waite of St Thomas
Page 12
c2 Funeral – Mrs C. O. MacDonald, nee Eva King, 69 years, Dec 22, mother of Mrs John Fenton
Page 17
c5 Photo – Junior Barash of St Thomas
21 December 1957
Page 3
c2 Photo – Donald C. Grant, son of G. M. Grant of St Thomas
c2 Died – Mrs Alma Louise Dart, Dec 18, wife of Rodger A. Dart
c4 Died – Norman Dougal Smith, 63rd year, Dec 14
c5 Died – Mrs Adah L. Montgomery, 83 years, Dec 21, widow of Wesley C. Montgomery
Page 7
c3 Photo – Everett Broad; John Stirling; Keith Bates; Dr C. A. Cleland
c3 Funeral – Mrs Annie Ryan, Dec 20
c4 Died – Mrs Adelaide Blackman, Dec 20
c4 Died – Mrs Florence Cutler, Dec 20
c4 Died – Mrs Alma Louise Dart, Dec 18
c4 Died – Mrs Adah L. Montgomery, Dec 21
c4 Memoriam – John R. Balsdon, Dec 21 1956
c4 Memoriam – Charles E. Holborn, Dec 21 1938
c5 Born – Carol Anne Wilson, daughter of R. C. ‘Bud’ & Lois Wilson, nee Law, Dec 19
21 December 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – St Thomas Homes – F. L. Sullivan; A. Ellen; R. B. Olsen; James Babcock; J. B. MacDonald; W. B. Mathers; Mrs V. Waller; Mrs D. Waldie; Mrs F. J. Moore; J. R. Eberts; William E. Shaw; Miss P. Fowell
Page 12
c1 Article – Install green signal light on Port Bruce pier
c3 Photo – Springfield softball champs – J. M. McWhinnie; Irvine Cole; Bob Barlow; Keith Empey; Max Frost; Ron Farrow; Jack Empey; Harry Empey; Jack McCallum; Carl Bearss; Les Shackelton; Don Fentie; Bill Barlow; Mel Empey
c4 Died – James J. Mitchell, 70 years, Dec 20, husband of Mrs Marie Mitchell, nee Home; father of Leo F. and Brian J. Mitchell, Mrs Fred (Mary) McHugh and Cecelia Mitchell; brother of George and Alex Mitchell, Sister M. Martina, Sister M. Dolors, Sister M. Xavier and Mrs Frank Baker
Page 15
c1 Married – Martin Weber, son of Albert Weber Sr. to Patricia Player, daughter of H. N. Player
c3 Married – Mr & Mrs Kenneth Hugh Pearson – Photo
c5 Married – Glen Albert Perry to Linda Gertrude Langford, daughter of Vance Langford
c6 Married – Mr & Mrs Ronald George Wipperman – Photo
Page 20
c2 Photo – Susan Joyce Smith, 5 years, daughter of Stanley J. Smith of St Thomas
c4 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs William Pell of Lynhurst, 50th
c5 Married – Andrew Breninck to Shirley Bowlby
c5 Married – George Leroy Broadbent to Roberta Cynthia Rawson
c7 Anniversary – Dr & Mrs W. H. Marriott, 50th – Photo
23 December 1957
Page 1
c3 Photo – Bruce Babcock; Jim Waite; Jim and Bob Bristow
Page 5
c1 Died – Mrs Hannah Rebecca Sleith, 95 years, Dec 20
c5 Died – Mrs Anne Elizabeth Ferguson, Dec 19, daughter of William & Anne Ferguson; widow of Alexander Kerr Ferguson
c5 Died – George M. Loos, 51 years, Dec 21, husband of Mrs Bertha W. Loos, nee Abel
Page 7
c2 Died – Mrs Annie Delle Irwin, 70 years, Nov 27, wife of Thomas Arthur Irwin
c2 Died – George Gray, 67th year, Nov 19, son of John & Catherine Gray; husband of Mrs Rose Gray; brother of Frank, William and James Gray and Mrs Janet Utley
c3 Died – Mrs Regina Margaret Light, 72 years, Dec 22, wife of Leonard F. Light
c3 Born – Kim Denese Perry, daughter of James Perry; sister of Karen, Dec 20
c3 Born – Penny Lynn Smith, daughter of Robert L. & Marilyn Smith, nee Burrell, Dec 21
c3 Born – Russell Charles Zellas, son of William & Freida Zellas, nee McCandless, brother of Steven, Dec 20
c4 Funeral – Alex W. Laing, Dec 21
c4 Funeral – Frank Parker, Dec 21
c6 Died – Mrs Rodger A. Dart, Dec 18
c6 Died – Mrs Leonard F. Light, Dec 22
c6 Died – William Henry Trigger, 77th year, Dec 22
23 December 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Photo – Mrs Lawrence Morley of St Thomas
c1 Died – William Henry Trigger, 77th year, Dec 22
c2 Photo – Miss Shirley Campbell
c2 Photo – Mrs George Thorman
c5 Photo – Miss Joan Cracknell
c7 Photo – Construction of Emergency Power Plant at Ontario Hospital, St Thomas
Page 12
c2 Married – Kenneth Hugh Pearson to Mary Lou Ruth Higgs
c3 Married – Thomas M. Bell to Dorothea Patricia Blayney
c8 Married – Frank Schram, son of Leon Schram to Carol Peddle, daughter of Mrs Alice Peddle
Page 18
c3 Funeral – Mrs Roy Cope, nee Minnie Muriel Swick, Dec 20
24 December 1957
Page 2
c1 Died – James C. Jenkins, Dec 24 – Photo
Page 7
c2 Photo – E. Wes Andrews of St Thomas; father of Gregory and Garth Andrews
c2 Born – Debra May Alaire Chalk, daughter of N. E. & Mrs Chalk, nee Wilson, Dec 13
c3 Died – Mrs Jenevieve B. DeShaw, 52 years, Dec 21, wife of Francis E. DeShaw
c3 Died – Mrs Hilda McPhedran, 60 years, Dec 24, wife of John D. McPhedran
c4 Died – Mrs Clara Belle Clark, 75 years, Dec 23, widow of Ernest J. Clark
c4 Funeral – Mrs Adah L. Montgomery, Dec 23
c4 Funeral – Mrs Adelaide Blackman, Dec 23
c5 Died – Mrs Clara Belle Clark, 75 years, Dec 23, widow of Ernest J. Clark
c5 Died – James C. Jenkins, Dec 24
c5 Died – Mrs Hilda McPhedran, 60 years, Dec 24, wife of John D. McPhedran
c5 Photo – Mrs Max Ball of Sparta
c6 Memoriam – Edward E. Couse, Dec 24 1954, by Marion and Pat
c6 Memoriam – Eva Mabel Fowler, Dec 25 1956
c6 Memoriam – Floyd R. Small, Dec 24 1953
Page 8
c3 Married – William James Lynch, son of Philip Lynch to Mary Lila Lidster, daughter of Harold Lidster
c6 Married – Robert Leonard George Branton, son of R. H. Branton to Anne Lenore Blue, daughter of A. J. Blue
Page 12
c4 Photo – David E. Wodham of Kingsmill
24 December 1957
Second Section
Page 13
c1 Photo – Lyle Simms Wayne Pinter and Ken Wilton of West Lorne
c4 Photo – Miss Gertrude Fowler of St Thomas
c6 Photo – Major Bernard Bernat of Salvation Army, St Thomas
c8 Photo – Harry J. Brennan of St Thomas
Page 14
c1 Article – Percy Crawford of Aylmer
Page 24
c5 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Roy Cook, 40th
c7 Anniversary – Mr & Mrs Walter Watson of West Lorne, 50th – Photo
26 December 1957
Page 1
c1 Photo – Capt. Arthur Grayling of Port Stanley; George Young of Port Stanley
Page 7
c1 Died – Hugh Alan Hill, 65 years, Dec 25
c2 Died – Charles Wright, 70 years, Dec 25 – Photo
c3 Died – Mrs Florence Maud ‘Joan’ Hall, Dec 26, daughter of Charles May; wife of Fred W. Hall
c3 Funeral – Mrs Alma Louise Dart, Dec 24
c3 Funeral – William H. Trigger, Dec 24
c4 Died – J. R. ‘Jack’ Ferguson, 55 years, Dec 26 – Photo
c4 Died – James Appleford, 89th year, Dec 24
c4 Died – Mrs Hazel Olla Chisholm, 74 years, Dec 25, widow of William J. Chisholm
c4 Died – J. R. ‘Jack’ Ferguson, 55 years, Dec 26
c4 Died – Mrs Florence Maud ‘Joan’ Hall, Dec 26, wife of Fred W. Hall
c4 Died – Hugh Alan Hill, 65 years, Dec 25
c4 Died – James C. Jenkins, Dec 24
c4 Died – Mrs Hilda McPhedran, 60 years, Dec 24, wife of John D. McPhedran
c4 Died – Charles Wright, 70 years, Dec 25
c5 Died – Mrs Hazel Olla Chisholm, 74 years, Dec 25, widow of William J. Chisholm
c5 Funeral – Mrs Blake (Amanda) Blades, 73 years, Dec 24, mother of Mrs Victor (Bernice) Newman, Mrs George (Thelma) Harvey and Mrs Thomas (Betty) Kennedy; sister of Jack and Ira Collins
c5 Born – Brian Douglas McKeown, son of Kenneth & Donna McKeown, nee Howard; brother of Kathy, Dec 22
c5 Memoriam – Sarah Merritt, Dec 26 1945
c6 Died – John Patrick McClafferty, 65 years, Dec 24, husband of Mrs Jean McClafferty, nee Quinlan; father of James F. McClafferty, Mrs Edward J. (Marion) Boles and Miss Clare McClafferty; brother of Mrs Jean Galazin and Mrs Vincent (Mary) Ross
Page 9
c1 Died – Donald Skuce, 26 years, son of Lorne Skuce
c1 Died – James Appleford, 89th year, Dec 24
26 December 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – John Ashdenden; Paul Kinach; Wilfred Milligan of Port Stanley
26 December 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c3 Article – by Miss Gladys Elliott – Boyhood of Dr Maurice Bucke
c6 Photo – Jim Ronald; Lloyd Auckland; Bill MacDonald; Arthur Pell
27 December 1957
Page 2
c1 Died – Claude Blake, 71 years, son of Colin & Hannah Blake, nee Sherk
c1 Funeral – Mrs Florence Cutler, Dec 23
c1 Funeral – George Quick, Dec 22
c2 Died – Richard James Wright, 67 years, Dec 25
c3 Article – Richard Blythe, 10 years, son of George Blythe of Port Burwell
Page 5
c5 Died – Leslie George Hunt, 58 years, Dec 26
Page 7
c1 Died – Oliver S. McGugan, 72 years, brother of Mrs Arthur (Flora) Fegan and Dugald McGugan
c2 Died – Mrs Mabel May Bishop, 83rd year, Dec 27, widow of Alexander Bishop
c5 Funeral – Mrs Clara Belle Clark, Dec 26
c5 Memoriam – Eva Mable Fowler, Dec 25 1956, by sister Maude and niece Audrey
c6 Born – Brian Douglas McKeown, son of Kenneth McKeown, Dec 22
c6 Died – Mrs Mabel May Bishop, 83rd year, Dec 27, widow of Alexander Bishop
c6 Died – Mrs William J. Chisholm, Dec 25
c6 Died – Mrs Fred W. Hall, Dec 26
c6 Died – Hugh Allan Hill, Dec 25
c6 Died – Charles H. Wright, Dec 25
Page 8
c2 Died – Peter Stewart Farquhar, 68 years, Dec 25, husband of Mrs Lillian Farquhar
27 December 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c1 Article – by Miss Gladys Elliott – Boyhood of Dr Maurice Bucke
c4 Photo – Frank Turville of Southwold
c7 Died – John H. Nickels, 87 years, Dec 25
c8 Died – David Trump, 71 years, Dec 26
28 December 1957
Page 1
c1 Article – Ron K. McNeil – Photo
Page 3
c4 Photo – A. F. Tilden and J. I. Cuyler of St Thomas
Page 6
c5 Died – Robert James Howlett, 79 years, widow of Mrs Rose Howlett, nee Hatch
Page 7
c2 Mrs Isabella Maria Needham, 84 years, Dec 26, widow of Richard Isaac Needham; mother of Mrs Howard (Grace) Ferguson, Mrs Donald (Vivian) Milles, Kenneth and John A. Needham
c3 Funeral – Mrs Hilda McPhedran, Dec 27
c3 Funeral – J. R. Ferguson, Dec 27
c3 Memoriam – Mrs Jessie Gray, Dec 29 1949, by Florence & Bill Medlyn and Donald & Jean Gray
c3 Memoriam – Edith Fellows, Dec 28 1949, by husband Sam; daughter Lavinia; son Ronald
c3 Memoriam – Norman Smith, Dec 28 1950, by wife Edith and daughter Lottie
c5 Born – Todd McDonald Knight, son of Ray F. Knight; brother of Nancy and Scott, Dec 23 1957
c5 Born – Allan Murray Stafford, son of Murray & Virginia Stafford, nee DeCorte, Dec 25
c5 Died – Mrs Mabel May Bishop, Dec 27
c5 Died – J. Conan Blake, 51st year, Dec 27, husband of Mrs Barbara Blake
Page 9
c8 Married – George LeRoy Broadbent, son of C. H. Broadbent to Roberta Cynthia Rawson, daughter of R. J. Rawson
Page 10
c3 Photo – Construction of Federal Building, St Thomas; new Bell Telephone Exchange, St Thomas; St Raphael’s Separate School, St Thomas; Midlake Grains Ltd. St Thomas
28 December 1957
Second Section
Page 11
c1 Photo – Elgin Co-operative Services, St Thomas
c1 Photo – Loblaw’s Groceteria, St Thomas
c1 Photo – Construction of Shops and Class Rooms at Arthur Voaden Vocation School, St Thomas
c1 Photo – Construction of new Overpass, St Thomas
c4 Photo – Construction of 37 rental homes on Simcoe St., St Thomas – aerial view
c5 Photo – Canadian Allis-Chalmers addition, St Thomas – aerial view
c5 Photo – New home construction in Homedale
c5 Photo – New gymnasium at Arthur Voaden Vocational School, St Thomas
c7 Photo – Completed Dutch Reform Church, St Thomas
Page 12
c3 Funeral – James C. Jenkins, Dec 27
c6 Died – J. Conan Blake, 51st year, Dec 27
c6 Died – Mrs Linus E. Baxter, nee Grace I. Curtis, Dec 27
c8 Died – James Mummery, 76 years, widow of Mrs Helen Mummery, nee Hilder; father of James Jr., George, John and William Mummery, Mrs Charles (Ethel) Buchanan, Mrs Glen (Nellie) Neldraver, Mrs Robert (Marie) Powell and Mrs Arthur (Rose) Generaux
c8 Funeral – Mrs Loretta M. Kitchen, 82 eyras, mother of Mrs Lillian George; sister of Everett L. Osborne, Mrs William Evans, Mrs Elizabeth Masecar, Ethel and Margaret A. Osborne
Page 13
c1 Photo – New St Raphael’s Separate School, St Thomas
Page 22
c2 Photo – Mark Lynch, 8 months, son of Robert Lynch of St Thomas
c5 Married – Charles Robert Cummings, son of Claude Cummings to Nancy Cecilia Billard, daughter of Russell Billard
30 December 1957
Page 1
c6 Died – Thomas Warner, 57 years, Dec 30, husband of Mrs Edna Warner; father of Judith and Robert Warner – Photo
Page 6
c7 Died – Hugh Bowman, 37 years, Dec 29
Page 7
c1 Baptism – Leslie May Stavert, daughter of Daniel O. Stavert; William Paul Chater, son of C. H. Chater
c1 Died – Mrs George Kingsbury, 75 years, Dec 28, mother of Mrs Homer (Gladys) Petit; sister of Mrs Maude Tayler and Mrs Walter Dawson
c2 Died – William Kingwell, Dec 29
c2 Memoriam – Jack Connor, Dec 30 1955, bn parents and sisters Lela, Maxine, Phyllis, Marion, Jessie and Gloria Jean
c2 Memoriam – Jessie Gray, Dec 29 1949, by husband Maurice
c3 Funeral – Mrs Hazel Olla Chisholm, Dec 28
c3 Funeral – Mrs Fred W. Hall
c3 Funeral – Hugh Allan Hill, Dec 28
c3 Funeral – Charles Wright, Dec 28
30 December 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c3 Photo – Donald MacIntosh, St Thomas postal clerk
Page 10
c7 Died – Mrs Blanche Mabee, 86 years, Dec 28, widow of Aquilla W. Mabee
c8 Died – William H. Knight, Dec 29
Page 11
c3 Engagement – James Mitchell Chaplow, son of Norman Chaplow to Kathryn Elaine Moore, daughter of William Stanley Moore – Photo
31 December 1957
Page 1
c3 Photo – Hon. James N. Allan; Dr D. A. Monteith; Ronald K. McNeil; Kenneth Emerson
c3 Photo – Stirling Richardson; Lt. Col. W. A. Andrews; Fred Shively; Basil Learn; Robert Dempsey; Lawrence Silcox
Page 2
c1 Funeral – J. Conan Blake, Dec 30
c2 Photo – Jack Hale of Aylmer
c4 Photo – Sqn. Ldr. Melvin J. Cummings
c8 Died – Mrs Lucenda May Hodder, Dec 30, widow of Albert Hodder; mother of Mrs William R. (Gertrude) Finlayson; grandmother of Mrs Ron (Yvonne) Carro and Miss Sandra Finlayson
c8 Died – Mrs Annie T. Robinson, nee Spencer, 73 years, Dec 30, widow of John Henry Robinson; mother of Mrs Fred (Velma) Shaw, Mrs William (Ruth) Harding and John K. Robinson; sister of Francis Spencer
Page 3
c6 Died – Laurie Ann Soper, 6 months, Dec 31, daughter of Jesse Soper
Page 6
c1 Died – Miss Phyllis Fulcher, 27 years, Dec 30, sister of Mrs Helene Mann
Page 7
c1 Baptism – Ian Scott Robinson, son of Wesley & Patricia Robinson, nee Burgess; Susan Kim Burgess, daughter of R. O. Burgess; Mark William Vandenburg, son of Nicholas VandenBurg
c1 Died – Mrs Mary Snell, nee Fletcher, Dec 30, wife of Rev Horace Snell; mother of Mrs W. Don (Dorothy) Smith, Mrs N. A. (Margaret) Richman, Mrs George (Gwendolyn) Fletcher, Mrs Glenn (Lloy) McFadden and Dr Arthur Snell; sister of Mrs Annie Smith
c3 Retirement – Charles W Dell – Photo
c3 Died – Mrs Susan Keutch, 89 years, Dec 31, widow of Harry Keutch; mother of Earl Keutch and Mrs Charles (Katharine) Sheffield [Keutsch – CVH]
c3 Funeral – Mrs Mable May Bishop, Dec 30
c4 Died – John Mills, 67 years, Dec 31
c4 Memoriam – Hebert Dawdy, Jan 1 1957
c4 Memoriam – Lillian F. Dudgeon, Dec 31 1953 and Joseph A. Dudgeon, Dec 27 1933, by daughter Lillian and son-in-law George
c4 Memoriam – Clara Matthews, Jan 1 1935 and Robert Matthews, Dec 21 1953
c4 Memoriam – Berneice Gertrude (Mulvaney) Stirling, Dec 31 1956, by parents and sisters Thelma, Isabel, Phyllis; by husband Don and Jean
c4 Memoriam – Mrs May Wilkinson, Jan 1 1953, by husband Sam and daughter Dorothy
c5 Article – Brothers Louis T. Crabe, 22 and Norman Charles Crabbe, 18
c5 Born – Patricia Lynn Bennett, daughter of Donald & Doris Bennett, nee Tuff, Dec 22
c5 Born – Daniel Albert Irons, son of Neil & Pat Irons; brother of Robin, Nancy and Joanne; Dec 29
c5 Born – Daughter of Don & Marilyn Rose Johnston, Dec 28
c5 Born – Daughter of John & Pat Kaplanis, nee Sanders, Dec 29
c5 Died – John Mills, 67 years, Dec 31
c5 Died – Mrs Mary Snell, nee Fletcher, Dec 30, wife of Rev Horace Snell
c5 Died – Laurie Ann Soper, 6 months, Dec 31, daughter of Jesse Soper
c5 Died – Thomas Warner, Dec 30
c7 Photo – Don Kay of Port Stanley
31 December 1957
Second Section
Page 9
c2 Retirement – John Fulton Andrews, St Thomas
c3 Photo – Mr & Mrs Ray Martin and son Donald of St Thomas; James Galbraith
Page 14
c1 Article – Mrs Eva McCulley of St Thomas – Photo
c3 Photo – Mrs H. C. Duffy; Miss Edna Scott; Mrs J. R. Futcher; Mrs J. McCormack
c5 Married – George Royce Smith, son of St Clair Smith to Effie Mae Watson, daughter of Henry Oldham
c6 Engagement – Douglas Eugene Mitchell, son of Clark Mitchell to Mary Diane McBane, daughter of Mrs E. M. McBane and the late Dr J. K. McBane – Photo