Daniel Francis Leroy Sheppard, better known as Roy, passed away unexpectedly March 13, 2002 at the Midland General Hospital while recovering from surgery. His granddaughter, Dawn-Marie, and great-granddaughter, Regan, were beside him. Roy was born to Francis and Bridget Catherine (O’Leary) Sheppard in Toronto, Ont. on Feb. 22, 1921. At […]
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Under the “Oh no, not again” file . . . Yes, that dreaded “T” word is being floated around again by town leaders. As in “twinning” Fort Frances with another town/city. Also as in “time (and money) wasted.” This time around, 10 years after our last foray with “twinning,” Fort […]
Dear sir: When I fell on ice on west Scott Street, a group of men driving truck tapped their horns to help when care was needed. The fact the truck drivers were alert enough to call out for help was commendable and I do thank them. I don’t know who […]
Dear sir: I am confused. I wonder who are the terrorists? Are they the individuals who strap explosives to their bodies and blow themselves up in the hope that they might kill some of the people who have stolen part of their country? Or are they the young, trained soldiers […]
Dear sir: I have been following the ongoing no-smoking debate in the Fort Frances Times on-line. I was born in town and since we in Toronto already have had this shoved down our throats by the internationally renowned idiots who run Toronto city council, I thought I might add my […]
Dear sir: After reading Dr. Sarsfield’s rant in the March 20 issue of the Times, I felt compelled, once again, to weigh in and voice an opinion on the smoking/non-smoking debate raging in Fort Frances. The first question that came to my mind after reading the article was “Who Doesn’t […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
In between the carnivals and circuses that used to arrive every summer, Fort Frances would welcome an assortment of “barnstormers,” as they were known elsewhere, so our New Atlantis never lacked for thrills and entertainment long before TV was born! These performers were regularly fall, winter, or early spring visitors […]
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 […]
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 […]
