Kathryn,
I've been meaning to say this for a long time, but I want you to know how
much I appreciate your postings from the Oxford Journal. So many little
tidbits that help flesh out my family history. Thank you so much.
Marilyn Bragg
On 8 January 2011 08:56, Kathryn Jeffers <k.jeffers@...> wrote:
>
>
> From the Oxford Journal Newspaper, published Wednesday, 24 November 2010.
>
> In The News, page 4.
>
> Ten Years Ago
> Wednesday, November 22, 2000.
>
> The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60, Pugwash, presented awards to the
> following members at their
> annual banquet: Jim SAUNDERS, Service Officer Bar; Alastair EMSLIE,
> Certificate of Merit; Ken
> JUPP, Service Officer Bar and Secretary Bar; Jim MUNROE, Membership Bar;
> Reg ALLEN, 45-year pin
> and Life Membership; Ron TRENHOLM, 1st, 2nd, Vice President Bar and Life
> Membership; George
> WELSH, Sgt.-at-Arms; Jim WHITMAN, Past Officer Medal, Secretary Bar and 3rd
> Vice President Bar;
> Howard ELLIOTT, Past President Medal and Bar; Howard FERDINAND, 2nd Vice
> President Bar; Carl
> CASEY, 45-year pin.
>
> Died - Violet Evelyn LANGILLE, 80, Pugwash Jct. November 17.
> Died - Edith Louise TREEN, 97, formerly of Malagash, November 18.
>
> Twenty Years Ago
> Wednesday, November 21, 1990.
>
> Conservative MLA and Minister of Lands and Forests, George HENLEY, has
> generously donated the
> 67-year-old Capitol Theatre to the town.
>
> The late John A. KENNEDY of Wallace has bequeathed his family home and land
> in Wallace to the
> province as a museum in memory of his family's contribution to the area.
>
> Died - Noreen Muriel BROWN, 66, Wallace Bay, November 19.
>
> Thirty Years Ago
> Wednesday, November 19, 1980.
>
> David WILLS, 19, Pugwash, an employee of the Canadian Rock Salt Co. Ltd.,
> was critically injured
> last Friday when the door of a railway boxcar he and David ARSENAULT of
> Oxford were attempting
> to close struck him on the side of the head.
>
> Died - Greta Marion (Coulter) CLARKE, 74, native of Wallace, November 14.
>
> Forty Years Ago
> Thursday, November 19, 1970.
>
> Earl D. FULLERTON of Pugwash was re-elected warden of Cumberland County for
> his fourth
> consecutive term as a member of the Municipal Council on October 20.
>
> Died - Charles Ira BLACK, 70, Little River, November 6.
> Died - Miss Pearl TREEN, 55, formerly of Wentworth, November 7.
>
> Fifty Years Ago
> Thursday, November 17, 1960.
>
> Perle SWAN, who has been mail carrier on Wentworth RR1 for almost 15 years,
> has retired.
>
> James MACVICAR, physical education instructor at ORHS, was elected 1961
> president of Oxford
> Kiwanis Club to succeed President George HENLEY.
>
> Died - William LOCKHART, 70, a native of Pugwash, recently.
>
> Sixty Years Ago
> Thursday, November 16, 1950.
>
> Harlow HOLLIS of Pugwash was elected president of the North Cumberland Red
> Cross.
>
> Bernard SPROULE of Pugwash suffered a possible fracture of the skull when
> his motorcycle went
> out of control at Waverly on November 11.
>
> Seventy Years Ago
> Thursday, November 14, 1940.
>
> The initial meeting of the newly formed Red Cross Society was held in the
> Knights of Pythias
> Hall on November 12 with president Mrs. J.R. GILROY in the chair.
>
> Died - Alfred E. BETTS, 64, a lifelong resident of Malagash, November 2.
> Died - Mrs. Emma A. BETCHER, 80, Pugwash, November 9.
> Died - Mrs. E.P. ATKINSON, Oxford, November 10.
>
> NOTE: There is nothing further on any of the above.
>
> *****************
> OBITUARIES, page 8.
>
> DALE, Douglas Eugene, 64, Vermont, USA, October 21, 2010. Born in Oxford,
> NS, eldest son of
> Nina (Rushton) Dale and the late Norman G. Dale. Grandson of the late
> Walter and Bernice
> (Purdy) Rushton of Oxford, NS. Surviving are his wife Ellen (Creron); son
> Michael; daughter
> Debbie; grandsons Patrick (Sullivan) and Cory Dale; brothers Dave (Irene)
> and Dean, all of
> Easthampton, Mass. Predeceased by his eldest son Thomas.
>
> TERRIS, Darrell Ralph "Denny", 66 years, Springhill, Thursday, November 18,
> 2010. Born in
> Springhill, son of the late Kenneth and Emily (Light) Terris. Missed by his
> former wife
> Paulette Terris, Springhill; daughters Julie (Rick) Quinn, Lynn Mountain,
> and Marla (Doug)
> Plumstead, Fredericton, NB; brothers Harold Terris and Ronald (Lorraine)
> Terris, both of
> Springhill; sisters Joan Hawker and Karen (Robert) MacDonald, both of
> Springhill.
>
> NOTE: These are not full obituaries, full obituary by request.
>
> *************
> In MEMORIAM, page 21.
>
> ADSHADE, Carman Louis, who left us on November 24, 2005.
> CASEY, V. Lesa, November 13, 1966 - November 20, 1991.
> KING, Ronald, who passed away November 14, 2007.
>
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