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Mr . & Mrs . Fred Hide
ce1 ~brated
their 60th Wedding Ann VPrsar y
a t 12 Ches tnut St . St. Thomas
Dec . 15 , 1982
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Celebrate 60th.,
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Dec. 10 , 1969
Ma r k Golden Weeding Day.
Mr . and Mrs . Roy McGr egor ,
R. R. I Belmont qui etly celebrated
thei r f i ft i eth weeding ann ive r sar y
on Wed. Dec. 10 , wh en t hey gr eeted
a few erose fri en ds who call edto
offer congr a tula ti ons .
Rob . Roy
McGr egor ana Flo r ence Ell en
Irene Finch we r e ma rri ed i n t he
Metho dist parsonage i n SpTingfi el d
by Rev. R. H. Barnby , f ormerly of
t he Bel mont ci r cuit.
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They have
resided all t h eir ma rri ed lives
in t heir centur y farm home.
Haft on Place . wh1ch 1s Mr. McGr ego r
birthplace. H i~ f at he r settled on
f our hund red ac res i n t his se ct i6n of East El g i n when he came
to Canada 1n 18 3 2', and hi s son
f ollowed 1n h is f oots teps ,
f armi ng t he same l and.
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Roy McGregor
Roy McGregor of RR 1,
mont, paseed away at the St.
I'bomas-Eigin General Hospital
on Friday, July 9, 1971, in his
88th year.
The son oi the late Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas McGregor, the
late Mr. McGregor spent all of
hia life in South Dorchester 1
TowDsbi.p on the homestead
farm. He was a member of the
3elmont United Church, a past
leader of the BeJmoot 4-H Club,
past president of the Belmont
Horticultural Society, and was
very aotive in community life.
Surviving are bia wife, the
former Florence Fincb, and sev·
era! nieces and nepbewl.
Mr. McGregor wM pndeceued by a sister, Mrs. Skene
( Edna) Smith.
Re&tiDg at the H. A. Kebbel
NERALS
Rob Roy McGntor
FUDerel sentce for .RGtl Ro7 Me·
Grqor
Qi RR 1, Belmoll&. wbole
occ:uned 011 FridaY. lillY I,
·~ ... '"a. beid from &btl H. A. JCeb.
bel FUDera! ~J . IJI Talbot St.
ae.a&a
Eut, AJ'lmu, Oil ---;y . , . _ ,
nev. Gcocae Sftlelda ot lAmbetll.
condUaled tbe ..,..._ ~ which
Mn. Jamea WrilbL ~Idea at the
oraan. Tbe Jll)lbearera were Uo;yd
Mac:Vtcar, au.el1 Lunn. RoY Ket·
cbabaw, Elmer
Bara~~~o
Walter
:a&oore and Harold Jealdna. 'lbe
beauutu1 ftonl trlbutee were oar·
r.a b)' J .me. 'Ibomaon, Donald
len!Qna, Harald PHIUIOil and Max
ZaVitz. IJI&--' W&l made Ill lbe
~·ton
CemMerJ. . . _ _ ...
frtendl were Ill auencanee from
ToroniiO, nu.oabur&. St. 'nlomu.
S.lmont, Aylmer and aurraundilll
a lsuk:t.
Funeral Home, Aylmer for ser·
vice on Monday, Jub' 12 at 1
p.m., wi1b Rev. GeorJe Shields
of Littlewood, officWiq. IDo
terment in Mapletoo Cemetel"f.
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Kingsmill Couple Wed 60 Years
Herbert Brown,
refired farmer
dies suddenly
She- was on
Fr oweT Commi ttee
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and
Audi t or
1941- 1942
KJNGSMILL. - Herbert Mandeville Brown, 85, of RR 1,
Kinpnill, passed away sudden- '
ly at his bome on Saturday,
December 20, after a short W-
.
ness.
Born in Mapleton, he lived in
this area an bis life. He retired from general farming in
1959 and was a devoted mem·
ber ol the Cburch of Christ's
Disciples at Mapleton.
He is survived by two sons,
Lewis ol Kingsmill and George
of Ingersoll~ one sister, Mrs.
Harold (Mabel) Wolfe of Windsor; three grandchildren and
two great~randchildren.
Resting at tbe H. A. Kebbel
Funeral Home, Aylmer, where
Rev. Lome Netherco~ will conduct services Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Interment will be at Nacropolis Cemetery. Mapleton. 't l
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DEATHS
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BROWN - Suddenly at hls home.
Saturct.y. December 210. Herbert
Mande~1lle Brown or RR I. KiJIC•·
mill: lather or Lewis or Mapleton.
and George or In«eraoll; brOther of
Mrs. Harold I Mabel) Wolfe or WIJid.
tor: also s urvtvtng are three grand.
ehildren and ' two great·erandehll·
dren: In hla 88th year after a lhort
Illness.
Re-hnJt at the H. A. KebbeJ F une ral Home. Aylmer, where Rev.
Lome Nethercott "111 eonduet ser·
\"lees "1'1.-sday at 2 p.m Interment
"ill he a t Naeropoll$ Cemetery.
Mapleton.
Mr . and Mrs . Herbert M. Brown celebrated their di~ond wedding
anniversary on Sunday , June ~d , when they held open house at the
home ~f Mr. and Mrs . Lewis Brown, Kingsmill , Ontario .
Over 200' of their friends and relatives called t~ ~ffer
congratulations . A number who attended their marriage 60' years ago
were presernt .
On June 3 , T908 , Herbert M.. Brown and Mabel F •. Thomson were
mar rfed at the home o-f the bride ' s parents , Mr . and Mr s . J . D. Thomson ,
who wer e pi·oneer residents of Ncrrth Yarmouth . The groom ' s parents,
Mr. and Mr s . L. M. Brown , were ear ly sett~ers of South Dorchester.
They have two sons , Lewis, Kfngsmill , and George , Ing ersoll .
Anothe r son , Jcrhn , passed away in 1941 . They hav e three grandchildren,
David , Dr. John and Rosal1e Brown and one great- granddaughter,
Ste-phanie Br o\wn.
Among the hast of congratulatory messages and telegrams
received were thO'se from Qu.een Elizabeth , Prim'e Minister Pierre
Trudeau , Prem1.er John Robar ts , Harold S-taffo-rd , M. P. , Ronald McNeil ,
l'l . P . P., Robert Nixon and also a t elegram from their grandson, Dr . John
Brown , who is en route to Spain .
Guests were p:re.sent from Winnipeg , \'/indso r, Highgate , Rodney ,
Sarnia, Petrolia , London , Dorchester , Kitchener , Ingerscrir,
Brownsvill1e, T:ii.llsonburg, Avon , Belmont , GlanwQ\rth , St . Thomas , Aylmer
and surrounding distric~ .
To mark golden wedding day
A well- knmm Belmont area
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couple, Mr. and Mr s . Henry
L e~g ,
wh~
Belmont ,
ne sided at R. tl . Hl
untari ~,
will mark
their golden wedding day in
happy fashion vn Sunday , Oct .
2~~ h ,
1972.
They will gr eet
thei r relatives, frien ds and
nei ghb~rs
b~
at an open hous e tcr
held in the Aylmer
Odafellovs Temple , John
Stree~ ·
No-rth, Ayr:mer, from two to ·
four o 'clock in the afte rnoun
MR. AND MRS. HENRY ·
and from seven to nine in the evening .
marri ed at the
fa~
home of the groom ' s
Mr . and Mrs. Legg we r e
p a r ent~
the late Charles
and B'e -ssie Legg of South Dorchester, on Oct ober 25th, 1922.
Mr s .
Legg i s the former Thirza McLain , youngest daughter of the l ate
An.dre\'T and Annie McLain of Yarmouth Township .
pround parents of two sons .
c. Beverley
The couple a r e the
Donald H. who lives in Belmont , and
at R. R. #3, St . Thoma s.
There a r e six grandchildren.
Mr. Legg has f a rmed mo st of his life on the Century Farm where
they now reside.
Mrs. Legg spent her early life attending school
in Toronto , Ontario, where she re s ided wi th an aunt and uncle later
returning to South Dorchester , where she met Mr. Legg.
Mr . Legg is
a past di s trict deputy gr and master of Victory Lo dge I OOF Belmont
and arso a member of Mahomet Sanctorum AMOS .
of Monta Rebekah Lodge , Belmont.
Ladies of the Orient .
They are both members
Mrs. Legg is also a member of the
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SO Anniversar y
Mr . & ~s. Ke ith Drake of R. •6 St . Thomas , Open House
was held • t Jul y 7, 1979 a t the Pol ish Hall on County R. 52 .
Pouring tea were -- Mrs . Siama Erickson, Mrs. Violet Brown .
who taught Keith in Public s hhool, Mrs. Anne Fishback , llrs . Margaret
pow and Mrs, Joyce ZavitzJ
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June , 19, ~ - 1929
The dav of h~r ~r&ndMothsr , Mrs .
was
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~ilv
Grown's birthday
date chosen by F-azel Rob~rts, dau~~tor of +he late
and Mrs . Char l ~s ~ob~ r ts of Avlm~r . for h~r wedding to
t~e
Keith Dr ake , o1dest son of Mr . ~ ~rq ~amqs ryr~k~ of Mapleton.
The bridal a r tendants worP.E-thell ~ob erl~ ~odpins , t win
sister of the bride , and Pe rcy Drake , br ~ thqr of the g room .
The Rev . ~dgar Aller of Avlmer
of the bride ' s parents .
Mr . & Mrs . Drake Ra ve
and half yea r s during the world
at the home
in Ma pletor all their
r~si ded
married life .
Mr . Drake served with the
officiat~d
~COC
in
Bn~lard
,~ar ~1 ooerat~d
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1~en
~or
four
a g r ist mill
follo wing hi s return to MaPleton .
the mill was destroyed
by fire he b~came an employee o~ Geor~e 1fhite and Son in
London wh~ r e h e worked until his retirement .
Mrs . Drake owned a s~ w in~ business in ftvlmer for seYeral
yrs. and has been aT . J . corres~0ndP~t ~ nr ~a~leton for 25 yrs .
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Mr . Drake is a huntin~ and rts~inp enthusiast , and Mrs .
Jrake enjoyes travelling .
The y are t~e oarents of ~ children .
Mrs . Charles (Doreen) Reker . of Ottawa.
Mrs . John (Donna) Skoreiko of 9ttawa ; ~dmon t on .
Char les of Spruce Grove , Al~erta.
Robe r t of Norwi ch . a son David passed away at the
age of 5 months .
They have 19 grandchildren , and 1
~ r cat -~r and
son in 3 . C.
They celebrat~d their ~0 weddinp anniversary on July 7
at the Polish ~all on Courty rd . ~2 with an o~~n house and supo ~
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Erma lsister)of Keith Drake, Mrs . Fred Brown Keith
Drake and¥~ytle Anne Dennis all went to Sunday School under Mrs.
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Fred Brown at Mapleton Church July 7, 1979 .
July 24, 197Y
Mrs . Max, Zavit s
Gre y Fuller
Jack Widner
Keith Hiepleh
vis it our sister W. I .
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Tw1n Sist~r atClachan
Ontari o .
Grace McKenzie
~sittin&(
A new opportunity, tbia, o mJ..IOUl,
To erase all mistakes of ·tile ~:
A higber objective to let for tby goal
Fairer, nobler tban that of the lut.
And fer its accomplishment harder to·.strive;
Much more earnestly watcll, wqrk and pr~ .
Tbat the Victory ~ tor-sweet Peace, may arnve
Be with us lll-'1' ere next
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Is·a very special one
of two well-known
of the Belmont area,
and Mrs. S. W. Legg,
are
marking their fiftywedding anniversary tO'
Tomorrow, a family dinoer to mark the occasion will
be be1d at the home of their
119D-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Stuart Scanlan, RR
.. BelmODt, when guests will
lllclude their sons and daughtera-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E .
James t.gg, Torooto; Mr.
ftd. Mrs. Milton w. Legg,
Belmont. and Mr. IDd llr&.
Scanlan, the latter their only
daughter, Evelyn.
Tbe couple were married
bl 1912, and following their
marriage, they spent most of
their married life on the
home farm until ill health
forced their retirement. They
are members of the Belmont
United Church, and Mrs.
Legg is a life member of the
Belmont Women's Missionary
Society and of the Kingsmilt.
Mapleton Women's Institute.
They have five grandchildren and two great-grandc:bildren.
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The 25th Silver Annivers ary, Sept. 2nd 1975 of Wm . H. Free &
Grace {McCracken) Free . They and their family James & Karen celebrated by motor home to a pleasant t hree week trip to the East Coast
of Canada travelling through Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New
Brunswick & Nov~ Scotia returning home by the United States through
Maine, Bew Hampshire , Vermont , New Yor k & Buffalo .
Then again, on Se pt 20 th, 1975 on account of selling their
farm to Mr . & Mrs . Carl Stover & moving to 8 Dunwich Drive,
St. Thomas, Ontario, they en j oyed a wiener roast held in their
honour at the residence of Mr. & Mrs . Max Zavitz as a farewel l
party from the community . They were t he recipients of a beautiful
artifact .
Spring Bride
LtiSf week ' - bridal gown of w1all.
The cherrr tree dlsp~·
'Be8id& her 8lotJtl the
In ptUtel pln1r arrayed.
tJJirlcof
Todoy I &eiii'CMd for nuptial 11gru
But not a one I found,
Save for confetti, plnlc and whits
Star-mewn upon the ground. •
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50th Anniversary ApTil r2 , 1971
Mr •. and· Mrs. Elmer Barons are celebrating their 50 th Anniversary
on Monday , April 12, They farme-d fn the Belmont and' Aylmer are aS'
unti ~ 1951 and move~ into ffpringfield to retir~.
They now reside at
R. I Belmont . '!rhey have two s-ons Ha rley an<f Glenn, both of Aylmer.
They also have 8 grandchildren .. The revered coupl e- was· ma rried in
Fist Uni tea Church, Westminste-r, by Re . M·•. Crawford.. Mr . and 1'>1 r s-.
Ba r ons- will hoi'd open house- in the- OddfellomE Hall fn A-ylmer,
from seven t o ten (f1 crock in th~ evening on Monday .A:p rii' 12 , 1971
Mr. & Mrs. Max. Zavitz 25th Ann.
Oct. 14, 1975, of R. 1 !elmont.
Cele8rated on Sunday Oct. 19, 1975
at the North Ratepayers Community
Club from 2! 5 P. M.
Mra. Zavitz wa s the daughter of the
late Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Karr, Forest
Ont. where as Max. i s t he son of Mrs.
Archie Zavitz & the late Archie Zavit z
Dorchester.
The s u rviving famil y of the couple
are- Phi lip & Daughter- i n-law Linda
Norman, R&chard, Gregory . the y are
farmers.
Mrs. Max (Joyce) Zavitz has been
a w. I. member & hostess for severa l
yrs. serving as, Di rector 1966-69 .
Treas. 196~-70. Sec. Tres . 1970 -72
Public Relations officer 19 72- 74 .
The lovel y 3 tiered Annive rsary Cake, flaked with silver c andles
was baked by Mrs . Dora Demar y .Mrs~oyd Coulbeck, Mrs . Ral ph Karr ·
Aunts, and also friends · Mrs. R. E . Shiell, Mrs. Ke ith Drake, Mrs . Lloyd
Hvme, Mrs . w. J. Free Sr. poured tea .
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Luncheon was served by , Misses Barbara & Gl oria McPherson, Jacqueline
za• itz an~ Heayhe r Karr, (neices of Joyce and Me( )( Brenda
uoulbeck.
Kitchen assistance, Aunt Alice Lawson, Joyce's sister Jean Me
Pherson and Hilda York, her sis t er-in-law J a n• Kar~ and cous i n Beth Karr.
MaxS s s i ste r, Mrs. Douglas Demary assis t ed 1n op 'eni ng t he gifts .
Best wi•hes from two import an~ & res ponsible members f or the
couple's wedding ceremony 25yrs. ago were Rev. w. J. '!' 8 yl or, Dorche ster,
organist, H:rs. Emma Kilmer, !f'or~ t •
. G~ests a t tended f rom Toro n to , Peterborough, Norwood, Norwich,
Petersburg , Sarnia, Ri dgetown, Arkona, Watford, Forest, Atwood, Thedford ,
Parkhill, Aylmer, Burgessville, Dorchester, Belmont, Lambe tn, Bapleton,
& London,
Demar~ Rh~da
A4lam and Eve
Adam and Eve 812
Ate the apple
Adam ate one too
Adam was the fastest runner
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Because he was the first here
Mr . and Mr s . Cl arence Willsey of R. R. #3 , Belmont , celebrated
their 25th anniversary on Sunday , September 8th , 1~68 a t Lyons Halil
i n the form of an evening tea, f ro~ 7 until 11 p. m.
Attending the guest bo-ok was Myrna Will!sey , daughter of the coupil.e .
Mrs . Larry Jenney and Mrs . Ch ar Les Evert pres ented their parents wfth
a co,rsage of Olr ange ro)ses and a bouteni e rre wheru they arrived .
One Hundred and twenty- five relatives and friends at tended . Tea
was served from a table centr ed wLth three tier wedding cake and silver
candles and decorated with pink and white streamers and bells .
Assisting w1th the tea table were Mrs . L~oyd MacVicar , Mrs . Sidney
B~5don .
M r s ~ Cha ries Evert, Mrs . Larry J enney , Susanne Wil~sey and
Cheryl Lynne Jenney . Susanne Willsey also unwrapl)ed and disp1.ayed the
love~y gifts whi ch the couple receive d.
Decorations and arrangements were made by Mrs. Ma rvin Willsey,Miss
Shi r ley Evert , Mrs . Charl es Eve r t , Mrs . La rry Jenney , Mrs . Alvin
Willsey , Mrs . J ohn Ch a rlton , Susanne and Myrna Willsey .
Gues ts attended from London, Str atford , Ingersoll, Preston, Langton,
P~rt Rowan , Talbotville , Br ownsviTle , Aylmer , S~ingf ield , Belmont and
vicinity . The coupie having resided in Cro ssley Hunter commuruity f or 25
years , are par ents ~f eight children : Marvin , Mrs .La rry Jenney(Joyce )
Mrs •. Cha r les Ev ert(Jean) John , Susanne , Roy , Myrna and Brenda at home .
They are al so g randparents of three , Kimberley and Karie Willsey , John Ev e rt .
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Marlene Anne Legg
daugh ter of
Mr . & Mr s . Bev. Legg R. ) . Sb.
Thomas .
marri ed Rona ld R. Berry
son of Mr . & Mrs . Co lin Berry
May , 9 , 1981.
a t Yarmou t h Centre TTnite d Ch urch .