Attempted gravesite theft shocks Milton cemetery on Dominion weekend
An American couple’s inquiry and a six by three foot coffin pit near a tomb on Bronte Street sparked police questions. The Thomas H. Thompson grave, dated 1854, may have been relocated or misidentified as early records contradict the stone. The 1937 burials show fresh headstones while cemetery origins date to 1860 leaving Thompson’s final resting place uncertain.
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Milton
Pioneer
Thomas ‘H. Thompson
Thomas Thompson
Plonser
Mr. Thompson
Thompson
Hail storms and stray buses disrupt Esquesing and Georgetown
In Esquesing on July 5 a hail storm the size of golf balls roared down on 10th line while a local effort to supply more golf balls for a tournament went unappreciated. In Georgetown the Gray Coach Line route remains unsettled as council backs and then backtracks on Main Street service and bus routing.
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Glen Williams
Georgetown
Georgetown Herald
Rssue
Georgetown Council
Main St
Fergus Seeks Low Rent Housing From Ontario Housing Corp
The Ontario Housing Corporation advises Fergus to approve 18 family and 28 senior citizen dwelling units. A 1942 survey saw no need for public housing, yet the town’s population rose from under 4,000 to about 4,700. Sentoy residents make up 17.5 percent, above the provincial 11.7 percent. The O H C says housing with rents geared to income could be ready in not more than 18 months and possibly fees.
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Fergus
Fergus’s
Ontario Housing Corporation
O.H.C
Sentoy
Council
Erin District High Students Join Two-Week Exchange Trip
Erin District High students Erin-Cestle and Ober Ross are among 25 hundred participants in a two week student exchange program running July 2 to July 15. They will tour 50 communities from the Montreal area to the Gaspe Peninsula, living with Quebec families and French speaking students. The program is sponsored by the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews with a $20,000 grant from the travel and exchange division of the Canadian citizenship branch.
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Erin
Cestle
Ober Ross
Erin District High
Mee
Montreal
Gaspe Paninwla
Quebec
Exchange
Canadian Council of Christians and Jews
Travel and Exchange Division
Canadian Citizenship Branch
Hold Snow reunion at Hornby farm
Over 90 descendants of Thomas Snow and Mary Luxton gathered for the sixth Snow reunion at Pineland Farms Hornby on Sunday July 14. The day featured a buffet style picnic, recollections by Edward Snow, corsages for elder women led by Mrs. Wreatha Huggins, carnation boutonnieres for Abbie Anderson and Edward Snow, a pool, games, and visitors from Ithaca New York. Door prize went to Marianne Wagner.
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Thomas Snow
Mary Luxton
Jim
Barbara Snow
Pineland Farms
Hornby
Edward Snow
Wreatha Huggins
Emma Barry
Isobel McDowell
Florence Snow
Phildela Snow
Margaret Snow
Abbie Anderson
Anna Marie Drysdale
Brampton
Erin Township Enacts Dog Licensing By Law Update
Erin township council approved a by law licensing dogs replacing existing rules. Sales points at Smith's in Balle inafad Robertson's and Hillsburg clerk's office will sell licenses. The council also donated funds to Erin Agricultural Society Acton Agricultural Society and Hillsburg Horticultural Society. A June special meeting approved road expenditure of 32000 for 1968 and a note on livestock protection act accounts. Nutrients tip included about boiling shells before cracking.
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Erin Township
Smith's
Balle Inafad
Robertson
Ozpringe
Hillsburg
Erin Agricultural Society
Acton Agricultural Society
Mack Bros
Bryan
Ballinafad and Area Families Welcome English Visitors
A family from Sydney Nova Scotia visits Ontario relatives including Ballinafad and Sarnia while Peter Gore and Archie Lawr host their English guests in London. They tour Niagara Upper Canada Village Muskoka and attend local events. Local residents attend reunions, cemetery meetings, and a Pacific Coast motor trip highlights.
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Henry Doucet
Joseph
Sydney
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Roland Doucet
Ballinafad
Sarnia
Doucent
Peter Gore
London
Upper Canada Village
Muskoka
Billie Black
Fergus
Acton
Malton
Europe
Susan Nielson
West Hill
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Poxidett
Thevcemetary
Halton Heights Golf & Country Club
Eequesing
K.C. Lindsay
Art Bensén
Aseessor
Esquesing
George Currie
Halton
Hornby Farm
Lasilo Phelps
Ithaca, New York
Mari
Anne Wagner
Reeve Jackson
Pacific
Scull
Newman
Marie Anderson
Debbie Wayne
Blake French
Dan Campbell
Cloyd
Burt
Doris
Nelles
Terra Costa
Tom Giveit
Maggie
Kathy
Pacific Coast
Vancouver Island
Stanley
Park
Calgary
Malcolm Given
Given
Peacock School
Sandy McLean
Givens
Churchill
Robert Warne
Fred J. Shortill
Richard Shortill
B. Hills
Vera Sanderson
William McEnery
St. John’s United Church
John F. Sinclair
Johnson
Caroline Flower & Garden Shop
Acyon
Hwy
Sears
Guelph
Our Furniture, Appliance and Broadroam
Cardigan St
Trilan
Earl Masales
Simpsons- Sears
Earl
Pe & SO
Acrilan Hardtwist
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