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Port Arthur News Chronicle, 26 Aug 1970     Dan Cox ; contributions in sports ; played for Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers ; coach for Philadelphia Ramblers ; coached and umpired local baseball ; belongs to Masons ; past president Lakehead Shrine club ; chairman Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal ; Dan Cox Warehousing ; photo

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 9 May 1970     Mrs. Domka Bayko ; Pinewood Court ; born Dumbrava Rosie, Ukraine ; came to Canada 50 years ago ; settled in Rosslyn ; lived in own home until age 98 ; photo

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 20 Jan 1970     Emerson E. Clow ; born Renfrew County, Ontario ; came to Lakehead 1937 ; vice-president of firm Darling Plumbing and Heating Company ; 1954 bought control of company ; changed name to Clow Darling Company Limited ; specialized in industrial installations ; power plants and mills ; chairman Institute for ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 11 Sep 1970     Donald M. Macdonald ; born in Thunder Bay ; joined Thunder Bay Men's Pipe Band in 1925 ; served until present time ; taught by late Duncan MacKenzie, Ewen MacLennan ; Donald also taught students to play ; served in RCAF from 1940-45, wireless air gunner ; elder at First ...

Fort William Daily Times Journal, 15 Jun 1970, p. 1     Macdiarmid ; Woman's body found ; CNR Right of way ; Man charged ; Josephine Thompson (Victim) ; Douglas Walter McGuire (Charged)

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 6 Apr 1970     met at Silver Mountain ; both from Portland, Dorset, England ; Miss Winifred Smith ; Richard Comben ; married in Port Arthur ; celebrated Golden Anniversary ; 1916 enlisted with 141 Bull Moose Battalion ; transferred to the 44th Battalion ; wounded by shrapnel in 1918 ; met wife in ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 27 Jun 1970     Macedonio Dolcetti born 1894 in Udine Italy ; early introduction to the bicycle ; fondness for working with mechanical things ; came to Port Arthur in 1911 ; started his first bicycle shop ; in 1915 when Italy entered war he left Canada ; served in government factory ; returned ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 11 Nov 1970     Mr. and Mrs. James Duke ; have seen two world wars ; black days of depression ; saw Port Arthur and Fort William become united city ; Mr. Duke retired from Port Arthur Shipyards 22 years ago ; 92 years old, Mrs. Duke, 91 ; married in Newberry, Michigan ; ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 25 Feb 1970     Mrs. John Dyke ; both public speaker and author ; has written two books, Historic Silver Islet and Historic Lakehead ; photo

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 27 May 1970     Santa Claus's right hand man ; entertained for over 33 years ; daily radio broadcasts during November, December ; member of Male double octet, forerunner of Fort William Male Choir ; Hec Ede

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 26 Dec 1970     Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hughes ; married 1920 ; milestones in life marked in St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church ; have seen Port Arthur grow into Thunder Bay ; changes in education ; Mr. Hughes attended Central School ; retired from post office in 1964 ; manager of the ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 12 Sep 1970     Mrs. A. B. Hurdon ; family gathering, 89th birthday ; born in Michigan, Annie Belle ; went to Fort William as young girl ; married Nicholas Dyer Frear Hurdon, met in Duluth ; life member of Port Arthur Curling Club ; strong church worker ; belonged to Women's Missionary Society, ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 26 Feb 1970     Carl A. Jacobson ; Fitzsimmons Fruit Company ; joined at age 20 as truck driver ; became a country shipper ; city salesman ; photo

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 11 Mar 1970     Mrs. Sybil Johnson ; from Holland ; attended high school in Thunder Bay ; later bacame nurse ; past 27 years, dedicated to children of Children's Aid Receiving Home ; subsidiary of Children's Aid Society

Chronicle-Journal, 20 Mar 1970     Charles William King ; helped shepherd convoys across Atlantic during World War II ; commanded HMCS Griffon for three years ; retired from navy in 1949 ; father established business college, King's Business College ; took over after 1955 ; working with Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce ; married ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 4 Nov 1970     Fort William Male Choir conductor for 26 years ; Norman J. Kleven ; named citizen of the week ; born in Manitoba ; studied choral direction in Winnipeg, Toronto, Minneapolis ; school music for Fort William Board of Education ; assistant professor at Faculty of Education , Lakehead University ; ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 2 Nov 1970     Orval A. Knight ; 51 years of service, Thunder Bay Harbor Improvements Ltd. ; incorporated in 1903 ; bought by Col. James A. Little in 1917 ; Mr. Knight secretary-treasurer ; Paul Becotte general superintendent ; Little died in 1931 ; Paul and Knight bought company in 1932 ; at ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 10 Oct 1970     Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kosolowski ; born in Ukraine ; moved with families to Saskatchewan ; married in their teens in 1920 ; farmed in Saskatchewan until 1927, then moved to Port Arthur ; employed with Provincial Paper ; retired in 1965 ; gardening, flowers and vegetables ; surprise party, ...

Port Arthur News Chronicle, 16 Sep 1970     Alvin Laird ; nominated for Dunlop National Truck Hero of the Year Award by Nils Toset ; any professional truck driver performed act of bravery or heroism ; cash award, weekend for two to Toronto for selected Hero ; driving over bridge ; heard cry for help ; man clinging ...