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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 27 Feb 1991, p. 16

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'iiriiiiiiii"tnfiiiiii'ikgi owner, Roy Bean, dies "My husband was only in his 20s. HIS father died " the age of 55 _- he dropped dead in the ofrace He came home for lunch and when they went back to the omce two hours later, they found hun there. So my husband had to take over from there," Kathleen The Waterloo Chronicle lost a beloved family member this month with the death ofRay M. PAGE A18 . WATERLW we. “SAY. FEBRUARY Tr, 1D1 Bean, who lived in St. George " the tune of his death, was the third in three generations of Beans to dedicate themselvgs to took ownernhlp of The Chronicle m 1939 we: the death of his father, Roy S. Bean. Roy S. Bean also inherited The Chronicle from his father, David Bean, when David died in 1921. David Beam a former teacher and principal of Elmira Public School and Continuation School. had purchased the paper in 1889, smd Roy M. Bean's wife Kathleen, who still hves in St. George, said her husbend was Just a young man m In: early 203 when he took over the paper _Nter David Bean's death in 1939, tt was reported that he bad suffered more than 50 heart at- tacks dunng hm paper's publisher Bean sold Bean Printing 18 years ago to Davis and Henderson m Toronto, who In turn sold it to Maclean Hunter Lui. After sell, mg Bean Pnnung to Dana and Henderson, Bean stayed on with the company for ten years before retiring. Roy M. Bean was born in Wa. terloo and hved here until the construction of the Conestoga Parkway forced hun and his family out of their Lexington Roy M, Bean sold the paper in 1954 to J Herb Smith, who had been ttg editor of seven years. At that tune, Bean felt 1t would be more proratible to pursue the prmting end of hts business. and continued to operate Bean Ptint. mg for several years after he sold The Chronicle. The Price It gh' The Service '4: , The Sandman MAY 3"" 1%1'tt m _. r m 'illrl'dl'ts 5.33;!“ d /l, tt m ‘PARK WAY BEE SAMS RENT-A-CAR Save $3 With Our LOW Dat/y/Weekly Rates PLUS ONE DA Y FREE oun RENTAL UNITE" For More Information and FREE PICK-UP can WE ALSO RENT: 7 Passenger Aerostars ASK ABOUT PURCHASING Comm Insurance Rates above! Free Mneage Albuance .ow Excess Mlleage Charge Insurance Reptacement venues Current Mode! Vemcies Mm Au Commonmg WWW only 3 days mummum 884-51 " 455 King St. N. Waterloo, Ontario WE OFFER: his term as the TYigh,Janimandthts;hmtur Dr.NvidBeanandDr.hhn

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