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Williams family makes its mark on Canada
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Huron County, saying that he always
remembered the coat as being a
warm respite from the brutal local
winters.
Ivor was educated at Cranbrook
Public School, an experience he
remembers fondly.
The building, he says, was two
rooms, but only one was used as a
classroom. He remembers a number
of well-educated, successful pupils
making their way through the
school’s doors.
Ivor was among those successful
students, serving as the managing
editor of The London Free Press for
a number of years and becoming the
editor of The Regina Leader-Post in
1973 before retiring in 1988.
After retiring, Ivor served as a
contributing editor and regular
columnist for The Presbyterian
Record from 1989 to 2000. During
that time he also served as chair of
The Record’s committee for one
year.
Before Ivor began his work as one
of the country’s foremost journalists,
however, he served his country as a
fighter pilot in the Royal Canadian
Air Force during World War II.
Ivor was interviewed for The
Memory Project, in which he
recounted joining the Air Force the
day after he turned 18. Living with
his father William and mother Annie
in Tilbury, he travelled to Windsor in
order to enlist.
When he arrived in Windsor to
enlist, he found himself in front of a
man whose wedding his father had
presided over just days before.
The man told Ivor, “You’re old
enough, you’re smart enough – you
can be a pilot.”
In The Memory Project, Ivor
remembered his first flight. When
his instructor allowed him to fly solo
for the first time, Ivor said he
remembered shouting, cheering and
clapping his hands, happy to be in
the air by himself for the first time.
Ivor was stationed in Digby, a
northern community of Yorkshire in
England. He served with the 443
Squadron as a Spitfire pilot.
During his time as a pilot, Ivor
said one of the most harrowing
experiences he’d had was a mid-air
collision, something very few people
survived.
Ivor says he had flown the last
patrol at night on June 5, 1944 in
south England. He described the
experience as “the most fantastic
sight that I will ever see”. He had
flown a number of missions prior to
D-Day, but on June 6, 1944, he
assisted in patrolling Juno Beach,
warding off enemy fighters and
providing cover for ships, The
Memory Project states.
It wasn’t until years later that Ivor
would pass his father’s bearskin
coat onto his son, Garry, who would
then donate it in 2012 to the
National Presbyterian Museum,
where it now remains today.
The family still has roots in Huron
County. Ivor’s sister, Eluned
(Williams) McNair passed away at
Brussels’ Huronlea Home for the
Aged on June 20, 2014, just five
days short of her 100th birthday. She
and her husband Stuart had farmed
near Cranbrook until Stuart’s death
in 1972.
Eluned then moved into Brussels,
living in the same house in which
her mother and father lived during
their time in Brussels. Eluned left
behind a beloved daughter, Myra
Henry, and her husband Bill, who
now live in Goderich.
Born in Wales in 1914, Eluned had
been a teacher at Union School on
Cranbrook Road for a number of
years before the country schools
merged and she continued her
teaching career at Grey Central
Public School, now North Woods
Elementary School.
Her final resting place is now
Brussels Cemetery, just south of the
village.
Perhaps some familiar faces
Ivor Williams, son of Rev. William and Annie Williams, can be seen in this lovely, preserved
picture featuring pupils from the Cranbrook Public School. While the picture doesn’t have an
exact date, it is estimated to be between 80 and 85 years old. Ivor is the sixth student from the
left in the front row of the picture. Some other faces in the picture may also be familiar to
readers of The Citizen despite the picture’s age. (Photo courtesy of Ivor Williams)
Showing it off
Al Clarkson, site liaison for the National Presbyterian
Museum in Toronto, is seen here modelling Rev. William
Williams’ bearskin coat, which was donated to the museum
in 2012 by Williams’ grandson, Garry. The coat had
originally been purchased for Williams by his
Cranbrook/Ethel congregation in the late 1920s. (Photo
courtesy The National Presbyterian Museum)
See histories and
historic photographs
on the Huron History
section of our website
www.northhuron.on.ca
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