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'WEDNESDAY, JUNE .1st, 1965
THE LUCTKNO 1 SEVTIISTEL, LUCIENOW, ONT
FORMER LUCKNOWITE
•SSED AWAY SUDDENLY
The death of Mrs. Win. ,Brooks,
iorrnerly Jean,. MacLaren of
• I;ucknow, occurred suddenly at
her home in
Dearbron, Michigan.
. She died i p n Satur-
day ,
turday, May Zist, from 'a heart atm
tack... .
Word of.. her passing .was re-.
'ceived by • Emma Richardson of
L x gside, 4 lifetime friend of the
farrii
• _ ly, :and by other fiends in
the community.
Mrs. Brooks was one .Of five
daughters of the late Peter Mac
Laren, and Sidney .Ramsay, and
was lborn in Lucknow where her
father was, bus 'driver for many.
years. The farnily left, here about
1901 following his death.
A sister .of •Mrs. Brooks, Mrs.
0
TAOF'_.SF+vth.
Ethel Treleaven, died in Janu-
ary. Two other sisters ansa -,pr. e,
deceased her, Mrs.. Flossie
Thynne,who was Ethers twin,.
and Mrs. Lila' . Pritchard; Mrs.
Treleaven's grandson, Howard
Thompson, age 18, died on April
26th,
Sole survivor of the family
Mrs. Helen •Heitman of Detroit.•
Mrs., • Brooks'' husband prede
ceased her -a few years ago:
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TELEPHONE
PL
AY
PART I
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UNIQUE OPEN G CE N'
The .third annual Western On-
tario • Trade Fair was officially
cpened at Blyth on Tuesday, May
17t1i, by an- Ontario Cabinet Min-
ister who remained in his own
living room in . Hamilton to per-
form the ceremony.
The opening remarks: .were
made 'by . the Hon. • Willian N.
Warrender, Q:C.; Minister or
Planning and Develgpment; . in a • .
long..distance telephone , call
which travelled over . both land
lines' .and ,.by radion .
' The address • was received. 'at
Blyth over . a,a mobile telephone:
located in a Bell Telephone Coin
pany car, and then broadcast ,
over, loudspeakers connected with,.
the telephone. '
LESLIE M. FROST, Prime' Minister of Ontario
Dear Frien s : • • .. . •
Your community along with a thousand others -forms the
keystone of Ontario's progress: and prosperity. As your popula-
tion grows, Ontario grows As your schools, hospitals, tatilities
and roads iniprove, Ontario improves. And as : you and your
community prosper, Ontario forges :ahead:,as the greatest
province an Canada.
To keep Ontario- and aall.its people -going forward •to greater,
progress and prosperity, I ask you to re-elect your Progressive •;
Conservative government m the Provincial :Election being held
on June 9th. Give the • Progressive Conservative Candidate in '
;your riding the oppoytunity., to carry on your g • ':ern 2's •
excellent record of making Ontario a better placee •for you and
your-farnily As -proof -of that record; look at -these -facts:
1. This year, ,government grants •to municipalities amount;' to
$165 million, or more ' than . 44% of all ' provincials revenues. This •
disabled', and the blind. at 18,
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3. Your Progressive -Conservative Government has helped bring
the modern convenience and comfort of Hydro `to over 85% of
rural Ontario. Half the cost. of bringing in rural Hydro lines has .'
been paid for directly:. by .the province;
'44. Jobs for over 175,000.'.' people will be provided by the
$700 million construction' program of the province. and its
municipalities, :which is now underway. ' °
5.. Your provincial gdvernment was the first.in Canada to make
discrimination illegal. Every citizen of Ontario-regardle of.
his race, colour or creed has' the opportunityto live where he
likes, to work at any job he .chooses, and to rise as high in life
as his own '•,ability can take him.
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b.•' Ontario's .government .. has• provided grants for 74' new homes •
for the aged,:25 'thousand new. hospital 'beds.. We have secured
Old Age Pensions for all at 70 and for the needy at 65.; Ontario.
is the first province in. Canada t_o-prro_Vide4lensions-fortheaotally
arge sum of -money will help bu%1d: new Sehoii ,hospitals, roe scT�,
brides community. cent es as id..other rvices. All this will "be
done at a saving of•about ..one-third of all the local tax bills,
2. Webelieveth :t--every--chip: in Ontario -has -an -equal -right to :`
free -education , nd that Ontarioshould have the1 finest schooling
in the country. In 1955,.your government will spend over $102
million on education, including' the' greatest school''' building
campaign m our history. •
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The spectacular achievements of the past'. three and a half
years have been accomplished with no new taxes -and with 'some
tax reductions. Ontario's.,µtaxes_are...the:.Jo_west in Canada.'
On June 91 I ask for your support .of,my government I urge
you—in your ownbest interests—to : elect the Progressive
Conservative candidate in your riding :.. for the pr. osperit
yang
progress of everyone in ,this -great province: Forward ONTARIO! •.
LESLIE M. FROST
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