Emo Lions Club president Bob Dimit tells me their annual “walk-a-thon” will be held May 11, starting at 9 a.m. from the Emo curling club. The route once again with go from the curling club to Tom Judson’s gate, south to River Road, and then back. Refreshments to follow. Legion […]
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I enjoy listening while our veteran citizens such as Otto Dallman, 88, and Enrico Perin, 89, share the bench just back of the Safeway cash registers. Other customers stream past, perhaps wondering whether they can still afford to ride home somehow on their own or maybe hitch a ride because […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
Former Times editor Harry Vandetti used the words “shouts out” in his “Just Passing By” column last week. Now, it’s not confirmed whether he picked it up from my using of the term to introduce my sports newsbits. But I’m pretty sure he did. Either way, it made my week […]
In loving memory of Emma Elizabeth Woods, 84, of Rainy-crest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away Thursday, March 21, 2002 at her residence with family by her side. Emma was born Aug. 11, 1917 in Fort Frances to Louis and Marie Bruyere. She attended Residential School […]
On March 23, 2002, J. Paul Plumridge passed away peacefully, with his family by his side. He was born Sept. 13, 1933 in Fort Frances, Ont. He was predeceased by his father, Lyle and mother, Elizabeth; brother, Maurice; twin brother, Jim; and sisters, Jane, Ann, and Mabel. He will be […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Edith Mokler. She is survived by her son Alan; grandson, John; and granddaughter, Karen. Also surviving are sisters, Dorothy Taylor, Betty Gregor, Alice Haner, Sadie Hoard, Joyce Galusha and Sylvia Brandwick; and many nieces and nephews.
J. Wesley Smith, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, March 22, 2002 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie; sons, Norm and wife, Barbara, of London, Ont., and Ron and wife, Nicole, of Surrey, B.C.; and granddaughters, Stephanie, Heather, and Danielle. […]
Lelah June Cone, 93, of Grandview Nursing Home in Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away at her residence March 15, 2002. Lelah was born June 5, 1908 in Peru, Ind. Lelah, her parents, four brothers, and three sisters immigrated to Canada in 1917. Lelah met and married Russell Cone Sr. in […]
It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of Donald John MacLean, 58, of Bears Pass, Ont., on Wednesday, March 20, 2002 with his loving family by his side. Don was born in Halifax, N.S. on Nov. 20, 1943, but moved to Fort William, Ont. after the war. […]
Council may only have two speakers coming forward so far to speak on the smoking bylaw issue at a special meeting next Tuesday night, but the more than 700 cards—each representing a household—delivered by the Northwestern Health Unit to council speaks that second-hand smoke is a major concern in Fort […]
Dear sir: Municipal councils should butt out of the smoking issue, it is not their call. Tobacco products are legally made, legally sold, and legally used. If we are going to have our rights tampered with, let it be done by the provincial or federal governments—they are the professionals at […]
