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Extracts of "Through The Years", 1995.
Manitoulin History & Genealogy.

January, 1995 - December, 1995


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135th Edition : January 1995
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Happy New Year wishes.
2. Indexes, subscription and information on "Through the Years".
3. New Years Desiderata by Max Ehrmann.
4. Poem: You Tell Me I Am Getting Old, by Anonymous.
Prophecies: Century Old Prophecy, by Mother Shipton.
5. Prophecies: Century Old Prophecy continued.
6. Article: One Solitary Life, by author unknown.
Article: Sunday Snowshoeing, 1910 -- Rev. J. Tate, Charles White.
7. Poem: author unknown.
8. Article: "Outarde" by Skip Gillham.
9. Article: "Outarde" by Skip Gillham continued.
Photo: of the Outarde, 1945.
Article: Gordon 1910 -- Carman Davidson, George Strain, Miss Verna Myles, Mrs. D. McColeman, Mrs. J.L Crawford, Miss Mae Beck, Mrs. Sam Hall, Mrs. Alex McLaren, Mr. Will Davidson, John Wilson, Miss Katie Campbell, Edna Beck, Ethel Strain, Bertha Smith.
10. Article: David Miller Crossed the Bar, 1899 -- son's of David Miller -- David, John, James and Joseph.
11. Article: David Miller Crossed the Bar continued -- Mrs. David.
12. Mrs. M.J. Stinson, Mrs. R.A. Johnson, Mrs. George Webster, Mrs. Sermon. Mrs. Jane Miller, Rev. Alex Danskin.
Article: Silverwater, 1910 -- Captain R.L. Graham, Mr. W. Priddle, Mr. W.H. Farthing, Mr. and Mrs. George Priddle, Mr. A.L. Kemp, Miss Gertrude Morris, Mr. Gillis, Mr. H. McKeen, Douglas Mitchell, Mrs. Thomas Kelly.
Article: South Tehkummah -- Mr. and Mrs. John McGauly, Mr. George Couiltis, M. Leeson, Miss Mabel Coultis, Mrs. W.H. Clarke, John Bowerman.
13. Article: Long Bay Lodge, photos submitted by Les Taylor -- John Kenneth McDonald.
Photo: John Kenneth McDonald.
Photo: Dr. Bruce McDonald.
14. Photo: Peggy McDonald.
Photo: Peggy McDonald and Les Taylor.
15. Photo: John (?) and Frank Paisley.
Article: Tehkummah News, 1910 -- Mr. and Mrs. William Newman, Sarah Newman, Miss C. Turnbull.
16. Prose: King Bruce and the Spider, by Eliza Cook.
17. Article: Providence Bay, 1910 -- Donald Blue, John Blue, Miss Hannah Jane Kay, Mr. Daniel Kay, Miss Margaret Blue, John Dewar, Mr. and Mrs. B. Allen, John Caddel, Mr. McLenon, Mr. Charters, Mr. M. Buck.
18. Article: Kagawong, 1910 -- Miss Oliver Graham, Mr. Michell, Jack Thompson, William Hilliard, Lottie Thompson, Miss Kate Graham, Mr. J. Newburn, Miss Laura Graham, Miss Stella Hilliard, Mr. J. Farquhar, Mr. Badgerwo, Mr. T. Boyd, Mr. J.D. Gordon, Mr. T. Gray, Harry Wadlow, Morley Wyman.
Article: Silverwater -- George Trick, Mr. McLaughlin, Mr. J.B. Rumley, Mr. Thomas Rumley, Mr. W.H. Farthing.
19. Article: Story of the Telephone.
20. Article: Story of the Telephone continued.
21. Article: Story of the Telephone continued.
Poem: Hugs, by Jill Wolf.
22. Article: Some Aerial Problems in 1909.
23. Article: Some Aerial Problems in 1909 continued.
24. Photo: Dr. Dais and Effie Becks with a customized 1928 Model A Ford.
25. Article: My Grandma, Ann Jane (Davis) Morrell, by Marjorie Merrylees -- Francis Davis, Ann Davis, Jane Davis, Foster Elnathan Morrell, Matilda Howie, Ammon Edgar, William Francis.
26. Article: My Grandma, Ann Jane (Davis) Morrell continued.
Photo: Grandma Morrell and Lizzie Anticknap.
Photo: Grandma Morrell and Marjorie Merrylees.
27. Various proverbs.
28. Article: Andrew Mitchell Carried Mail for 35 years, 1935 -- Elizabeth Campbell, Mr. F.G.R. Bradbury, Mrs. H. McLean, Mrs. T. Smeltzer, Mrs. R.O. Watson, Mrs. E. Hutchinson, Alex Mitchell, Mrs. M. Martin, Mr. Cockburn.
Notice: Died: Ida Jane Wismer, George Allan Morris.
Notice: Died: Leslie Witty, John Witty.
Notice: Born: Thomas Baker Lane.
Notice: Died: Charles Hurdle, Mr. Jack Campbell.
Notice: Died: Mrs. George Coutts.
Notice: Died: Emma Noble.
29. Notice: Died: Herbert Needham.
Article: Death of Mrs. Angus McKay (Esabella Wittie) -- Mr. and Mrs. John Wittie, Mr. and Mrs. John McKay, Thomas McKay, Burt McKay, Ray McKay, Louis McKay, William McKay, Russell McKay.
Article: J.A. Kinney was a local resident for 70 years -- John W. Kinney, James Kinney, Malina (Johnson) Kinney, Eliza Kinney, Helen Scott, Scott Kinney, James Kinney, Henrietta Kinney.
30. Article: J.A. Kinney was a local resident for 70 years continued.
Story: Patti and Wasp, 1907.
Article: Sports organized 1925 -- Mr. F.W. Major, J.H. Biehl, Dr. A.O. Hinds, George R. McRae, W.A. Smith, George Purvis.
31. Article: Vestry Meeting, 1910 -- Rev. John Tate, Mrs. Boyer, Judge Hewson, Harry Bull, A.E. Graham.
Article: Burpee News, 1909 -- Fred Noland, John Taylor, John Williams, Mr. Mountany, Frank Williams, Angus Matheson, Miss Dora Keown, John Morden, Miss Maud Ainslie, John Keown, Colin Campbell, George Cook, William Ainslie, Jack Williams, Mr. Crawford.
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Article: Carnarvon Women's Institute, 1909 -- Mrs. William Graham, Mrs. A. Caddel, Mrs. A. Palmer, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Cranston, Miss Amy Caddel, Mrs. Mackie, Mrs. Towbridge, Mrs. R.D. Hopkins.
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136th Edition : February 1995
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Photo: an old abandoned home, the primary topic of this edition. No family names have been attached to the photos of the homes.
2. Indexes.
3. Photo: of an abandoned home.
Poem: A Family Mansion.
4. Photo: (2) of abandoned homes.
5. Photo: of an abandoned home.
Story: Once a family mansion.
6. Story: Once a family mansion continued.
7. Story: Once a family mansion continued.
Photo: of an abandoned home.
8. Story: Once a family mansion continued.
Photo: (2) of an abandoned home.
9. Photo: (4) of an abandoned home.
10. Story: Once a family mansion continued.
Photo: of an abandoned home.
11. Story: Once a family mansion continued.
Photo: of an abandoned home.
12. Article: Tehkummah News, 1910 -- Mr. and Mrs. William Newman, Sarah Newman, Miss C. Turnbull.
13. Article: Patronize the Home Merchants.
14. Article: Patronize the Home Merchants continued.
Article: Fernlee, 1909 -- Captain Graham, W. Burns, M. Thornburn, Mrs. Myles, Miss Somerville, William Stoddart, John Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smyth.
15. Poem: False Economy.
Poem: Jack Sprat.
16. Article: Married: Myrtle Johnson & Robert James Gilroy -- Isaac Johnson, Rev. Alex R. Gibson, Miss Ethel McIntosh, Miss Marion Johnson, Miss Marjorie Gilroy, Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Armstrong.
Photo: Snow plane used by Dr. R.B. McQuay. Two Nevill boys pictured beside it.
17. Article: Body of Missing Woman Found, 1951 -- Miss Kate Tyson.
18. Article: Providence Bay, 1910 -- Mr. and Mrs. James King, Miss Eliza Ann Anderson, Jacob L. Hopkins, Rev. William Munro, Miss A.L. Bowerman, Albert Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. S. Sinclair, William J. Wedgerfield, Miss Mary McIvor, Russell Richings, Miss Maude Chisholm, George McDougall, William Kennedy, Rev. C.N. MacKenzie.
Notice: Born -- a son to Mr. and Mrs. A. Burns.
Article: Fernlee, 1910 -- George Priddle.
19. Article: Fernlee, 1910 continued -- George Trick, Rev. Mr. Fergusson, Mr. Gillis, John Kemp, James McKinley, James Fitzpatrick, James Fitz, Mr. J. Rumley, Frank Burns, William Carr, William Priddle.
Article: Gordon, 1910 -- Miss Lizzie Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. I. Bailey, Will Hall, George Strain Sr., John W. Best.
20. Copy of Service Handbook for 1936 Ford automobiles.
21. Valentine wishes from early 1900's.
22. Valentine wishes from early 1900's continued.
23. Article: A New Company for Honora, 1910 (Canadian Eatables Ltd.) -- Mr. M.W. DeLhorbe.
Article: Simpson, 1910 -- Gordon Simpson, Matthew Dugganos, and Ed Flett.
24. Article: Pervale, 1910 -- Allen Breathet, Dr. Johnston, Miss McLeod, Mrs. Anderson, Tim Roe, John Bowser, Miss Libby and Miss Bertha Bowser, Mr. Fergus Dawson.
Article: Wedding -- Mr. and Mrs. William Wright, Miss Mary Blackburn & Mr. J.J. Burnett, Rev. A.E. Owen, Miss Mary Brandow, Jacob Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. Burnett.
Article: Carnarvon Women's Institute, 1910 -- Mr. William Smith, Mrs. Sibblad, Mrs. Kirk, Mrs. Cranston, Mrs. F. Wagg, Janet Hodgson, M. Williamson, Bessie Elliot, Mrs. A.J. Wagg.
25. Article: Canadian Eatables Co. a Huge Swindle, 1910 -- Milton Worth DeLhorbe.
26. Article: Elizabeth Sims Passes -- Dave Sims, Eph Sims, Sidney Sims, Lily Sims, Elizabeth Sims, Percy Sims, Clarence Sims, Earl Sims, Norman Sims, Mrs. David (Viola) Spence, Mrs. Dave (Lola) Thomas, Mrs. Paul (Elva) Cress, Coleen Wigmore, Alfonso Martin, Mrs. Skelton, Rev. J. Renshaw.
Article: John Isaac Hembruff, 1950 -- Catherine McCulligh, Mrs. Harriet Hembruff, William Hembruff, Isabel, Ida, Alberta, Jane, Henry and William.
Notice: Died -- Elizabeth Emily Stock, wife of Arthur Runnalls.
27. Article: John W. VanEvery, 1950 wife Elizabeth Clarke (children: Blanche, Clarke, Dale, Jimmy, Don, Bill, Maud, Helen), Mrs. J. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Penford, Mrs. Sweezy, Jim Clarke and Milton Clarke, H. Falls, G. Bromley, J. Millman, W. Steele, N. McDonald, A. Wickett.
Article: Well Known Resident of Manitowaning Passes -- Robert J. Lewis, wife Ida McLeod, Miss Theo Lewis, Miss Kate Lewis.
Article: Top Bull of Show Arrives on Island, 1952 -- Mr. J.F. Davis, Mr. S.G. Bennett, Orion Aelick.
28. Article: Advisory Union, 1910 -- signed B.H. Turner and F.E. Titus.
Article: Mindemoya, 1910 -- Mrs. King, Ethel Love, Janet Hodgson, Mrs. Wyman, Mrs. Wagg, Mrs. W. Gordon, Mrs. Wm. Smith.
29. Article: Twenty-two, 1910.
Poem: Hugging is Healthy. Author unknown.
30. Photo: A winter log train.
31. Photo: the early Ford car. Model C, 1905 with Henry Ford and son Edsel.
Article: Tehkummah, 1910 -- Hugh Little, Alfred Haner, Mrs. Lily Lake Norton, Miss Cassie Russell, Mrs. Robert Busssell, Rev. A.A. Jenner, Miss Tilson, Miss F. Snow, Rev. Mr. Scott.
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Sheet music for "Roses of Picardy".
"Through the Years" subscription notice.

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137th Edition : March 1995
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Killarney celebrates 175 years. Photo of the Narrow Passage at Killarney.
2. Indexes, subscription and information on "Through the Years".
3. Article: on St. Patrick's Day.
4. Article: on St. Patrick's Day continued.
5. COVER PAGE -- Congratulations to Killarney.
6-28. Article: Killarney history.
29. Article: The Simcoe, by Skip Gillham.
30. Article: History of Honora, 1944. Written by Helen T. Haner. Mr. Marron, Mr. Herman, Mr. Collins, Mr. Hawke, John Hore, Bert Quin, Mr. Miller, Mr. Graham, Mr. Cadotte, David Hay, Mr. William Ferguson.
Photo: The docks at Manitowaning.
31. Article: W.R. Smyth Speaks, 1909.
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Article: Railway Wreck, 1907 -- J.E. Young, J. Hendrie, John D. Nadeau, J. Irvine, Thomas Prendergast, D. Lynch, H. Hyland, Thomas Ferrone, C. Labelle, Mr. Madigan, T. Maguire, Fireman Ball.
Article: Seventy Years of Eating. In that time a man consumes 95 tons of food and drink!

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138th Edition : April 1995
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Photo: The day of the freighter -- the Manitoulin coming into dockside.
2. Indexes, subscription and information on "Through the Years".
3. Photo: The hockey team -- Earl Nevills, Dr. Davis, Doug Wagg, Wally Wagg, Bill Hare, Pat Smith and Mike Smith.
4. Article: Tour No. 4, Lake Superior.
Article: Our Lost Sense, 1907.
5. Article: Germany Read for War, 1909.
6. Article: Meal Before Bedtime, 1909.
7. Article: The Atlantic.
Photo: of the Atlantic.
8. Poem: A Morning Prayer. By Ella W. Wilcox.
Article: Silverwater News, 1909 -- Mrs. George J. Priddle, Mrs. Ed Priddle, Miss Elma Edmonds, Mrs. John Rumley, Mr. B. Addison, Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Edmonds, Ernest Arthur Edmonds, Mr. E.W. Christian, Mrs. Wm. Clarke, Mrs. Ed Clarke, Mr. W.S. Cook, Mr. Cronkhite, Mr. Chas. Kemp.
9. Article: An Early Indian Village -- J. Crawford Young.
Photos: Teepee and native woman with a baby.
10. Article: Halley's Comet, 1910.
11. Poem: McDonald's Camp, unknown author -- Jack Bailey, Crum Hunt, Charlie McKinnon, Tom Shuler, McCutcheon, Jim McGill, Crawford, Bill Becks.
12. Article: Timbering Years Ago.
Photos: hauling in a load of wood from the bush with horses.
13. Photo: Ross Steele, Henry Williams and Neil Prentice sharpening their axes.
Photo: Timber loaded on a sleigh and pulled by a team of horses with Lawrence Morrison.
14. Letter: Cockburn Island, 1910.
Letter: of reply to the above -- Capt. Jas Purvis.
15. Letter continued -- Mr. R.C. Reid, Mayor E.J. Smith.
Poem: An Irish Lane, 1920.
Poem: Watching the Falling Snow, 1920.
16. Photo: The way it was, a mound of hay, submitted by Les Taylor.
17. Photo: On the farm, submitted by Les Taylor -- Harry Kennedy, John Taylor, Jean (Mrs. Neil Montgomery).
Article: Ice Lake, 1909 -- Joseph Smyth, Mr. Ed Deering, J.G. Wright, Miss Palmer, Harry Pidgeon, Andrew Robertson, William Hore, Neil Douglas, Charlie Wright.
18. Article: Fernlee, 1910 -- T. Rumley, Sam Cole, D. McMillian, R.L. Graham, Miss Emma Kemp, Mrs. Goerge H. Cook, Miss Annie McMillian, Mr. Dougall McGibbon, Mr. Chas. Hutton, Miss Margaret Edmonds, Mr. G.H. Cook.
Article: Few Trips Over Ice This Winter, 1935 -- Clarence Walker, George Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Buyers, Stan Buyers, William Ferguson, N.R. Wightman.
19. Article: Farming Years Ago.
Photo: Breaking the land -- two farmers with their teams of horses plow the land.
20. Photo: taken from behind a plow.
Photo: show several teams of horses pulling plows in a field.
21. Photo: What goes around, comes around -- farmer hauling a manure spreader with horses.
Photo: Prior to the manure spreader the farm spread manure on his fields with a pitch fork.
22. Photo: Farmers walking through a field with scythes used to harvest hay before machines.
Photo: Farmer with team of horses and a mower used to cut the hay.
23. Photo: Farmer sitting on machine being pulled by horses.
Photo: Farmers wielding pitch forks in the field.
24. Article: Police End Search for Sheshegwaning Man, 1953 -- Thomas Simon, Constable Ross Stenabaugh.
Article: Fatal Accident on McGregor Bay Ice. 1953 -- Lionel St. Jean, Edward Pandke, Ernest Roque.
Article: Missing Man Found, 1952 -- Arthur Robinson, Norman Middaugh, Mr. Bethel Bailey.
25. Article: Searchers Find Body of Camp Operator in Eight Feet of Water, 1953 -- Hugh Noland, Constable Ross Stenabaugh, W. Baker, Everett Armstrong, Dr. J.F. Bailey, Don Patrick, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Noland, Mrs. Ernest Moody, Mrs. George Thomas, Mrs. Norman Pickard, Mrs. Andrew Falls, Mrs. Everett Armstrong, George Mill, Earl Noland.
Article: Gordon, 1910 -- Miss May Beck, Mrs. George Willett, Mrs. Ainslie, Mrs. Alex McLaren, Mrs. Willard Hall.
26. Article: Gordon, 1910 continued -- George Morris, Robert Elliott, James Proctor, Willard Hall, Will Jeffkins.
Photo: a 1925 Rickenbacker car.
27. Photo: The Ocean House of Gore Bay.
28. Sheet music and lyrics to "Little Verses for Very Little People".
29. Article: The Late Isaac Johnson (wife, Jane Hall) -- William H. Johnson, James Johnson, Mrs. R.J. Armstrong, Mrs. E.G. White, Mrs. Neil McIntosh, Isaac Johnson Jr., Alfred Johnson, William Burns Sr., Robert Lewis, William Gilroy, David Beatty, Samuel Coburn, May Kinney.
Article: The Late Francis Johnston (wife, Sarah Neely) -- John Johnston.
30. Article: The Late Francis Johnston continued -- Rev. W. Cannon, John Hall, Thomas Pifer, David Beatty, Alex Aiken, Truman Wilson Dr., James Proctor, Mrs. Russell Noble, Miss Margaret Johnston, Clarence McKinley.
Article: Lorne Bailey Succumbs to Rifle Shot -- son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bailey.
Article: Mrs. Mary (Clinton) McDermid (husband, Duncan) -- Children: William, John, Colin, James, Melissa, May, Sadie, Janet. Mr. and Mrs. James Clinton. Rev. W.H. Vincer, Mr. and Mrs. Elford, Murray McDermid, Scott McDermid, Kenneth McDermid, George Gordon.
31. Advertisement: White Rose Service Station, A.V. Burns of Gore Bay.
Advertisement: Queen's Hotel, Little Current.
Advertisement: Hotel McGregor, W.H. McGregor Proprietor in Manitowaning.
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Advertisement: The New Klondike Home for travelers, -- W.F. Rivers proprietor, Nairn Centre.
Advertisement: Mutchmor's Stone Chopper, Providence Bay.
Advertisement: Pride of Algoma Beer and Soo Falls Beer, Sault Ste. Marie.

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139th Edition : May 1995
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Photo: of Canadian Tank in England.
2. Indexes, subscription and information on "Through the Years".
3. Article and Photo: Killed in Action.
4. Letter: from Douglas Wright of Gore Bay, who was killed in action.
5. Photo: depicts Admiral Stark, who has been Chief of the U.S. Navy since 1939. At left he is shown with Churchill and Roosevelt at the historic meeting at sea.
6. Poem: To the Boys of the SOO-SUDS, written by Merritt Strum.
7. Poem: To the Boys of the SOO-SUDS continued.
8-12. A story's told "Flying through Hell".
13. Photo: Hitler's mad urge to war -- Von Blomberg, von Fritsch, and Hitler.
14. Advertisement: request to purchase War Savings Certificates.
15. Notice: to Canada's industries in action at Britain's side.
16, 17. Numerous clippings from newspapers about the war.
18-21. Article: A Story of The Second World War, by Seaman Gunner, 1941.
22. Photo: pilot cranking an aircraft propeller.
23. Photo: King Edward inspecting troops.
Photo: Queen Elizabeth inspecting troops in Saskatoon.
24. Lyrics: to the song, "The Night has a Thousand Eyes".
Photo: Soldiers camouflaged from head to foot in the trenches.
25. Poem: To Lucasta, On Going To the War.
Photo: Royal Family Attending Divine Service at Balmoral Castle.
26. Article: The Little People's Burden, by Joseph Lister Rutledge.
27. Photo: Nazi shipping suffers under torpedoes.
28-30. Photos: of War.
31. Photo: of aircraft.
Article: Ten Hours to Britain.
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Words to the hymn "Abide With Me".

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140th Edition : June 1995
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Photo: of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Manitowaning.
2. Indexes, subscription and information on "Through the Years".
3. Article: St. Paul's Church in Manitowaning celebrates 150th anniversary -- Captain Anderson, Rev. Adam Elliot.
4-8. Story: Birth of the Establishment, by Miss Anderson, daughter of Capt. T.G. Anderson.
9. Photo: Ojibway Indian Douglas Sissenah ordained St. Luke's 1951 and Church of the Epiphany in 1953.
Photo: Reverand John Sanders, an Ojibway Indian ordained in 1876 and 1879.
10. Photo: Reverend Cannon Frederick Frost.
11-13. Story: Church of England on Manitoulin Island, written in 1933.
14-16. Story: Bishop Strachan's Visitation 1842.
17. Patent of Arms of Church of Algoma.
18-21. Article: Rev. Rowe's famous walk to Cockburn Island.
Story: Algoma Missionary News and Shingwauk Journal, April 1, 1881 -- by Rev. P.T. Rowe.
22-25. Story: History of St. Augustine's Church -- by Mrs. R.W. Stump.
26. Photo: The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi at Mindemoya.
27. Photo: Anglican Church at Silver Water.
28-30. Poem: Early Missionaries, by Rev. William Munro, missionary to the Manitoulin.
31. Photo: All Saints Church at Gore Bay.
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Lyrics: to "Crossing The Bar" by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

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141st Edition : July 1995
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Photo: Loading timber.
2. Indexes, subscription and information on "Through the Years".
3. Letter: Can You Help? -- Thomas Gain, Stephen Gain, Arthur Gain, Emma McTaggart, Ida McTaggart, Joseph McTaggart, Mary Eliza (Curtis) McTaggart.
Article: Loading Timber at Gore Bay.
4. Photo: Chicago Tribune, courtesy of Q & O Transportation, by Skip Gillham.
Story of the Chicago Tribune.
5. Story of the Chicago Tribune continued.
6. Story of the Chicago Tribune continued.
Photo: Chicago Tribune.
7. Schedule of Ferry Service from Tobermory to South Bay Mouth, for the season 1945.
8. Copy of an early map of the Great Lakes.
9-15. Story: Names in the North Channel, by Ron Dwelle.
16, 17. Photo: Red Mill of Little Current. Submitted by Calvin Vanzant.
18. Story: Names in the North Channel continued.
19. Photo: Steamer Winona, Captain Jas. Purvis, proprietor, Gore Bay.
20. Lyrics: to "How Many Times" by Thomas Lovell Beddoes.
21. Poem: The Butterfly's Funeral.
22. Poem: The Butterfly's Funeral continued.
From the Gore Bay High School Tattler, 1921 -- The Ten Commandments.
23. Photo: Iva Lucas, Lois Haner and Shirley Lucas.
Article: Growing up on the 10th Line, by Lois (Haner) Cooper -- Harvey and Mae Haner, Lenna Lewis, Pastor Ernest and wife Ruby Lucas, Gladys Sloss, Bill Clark, Edna Cranston, Emrson Lewis, Roy and Pearl Sloss.
24. Article: Growing up on the 10th Line continued -- Mr. Rollo Fraser, Jan McColeman, Patsy Patterson, Laura McColeman, Naomi Johnson, D.A. Patterson, Maude and Clifford Galbraith, Mrs. Fraser.
Photo: Violet Hartley, Mae Haner, Mr. Lucas, Iva and Shirley Lucas, Eunice Hartley, Lois Haner, Mr. Fraser and Barbara.
25. Article: The Skippen Settlement in Green Bay, by George Skippen, 1995 -- John Skippen, Elizabeth Ann Nichols (children: Ann Elizabeth, Eliza Cotton, Caroline, Mary, William, Anna Maria, John, Noah Cotton, Henry, Samuel, Frank, Alfred, Sarah, Ellen and Charles), Chief Waindubence, Jane Moore, Amelia McDonald, Clarence Cosby, Annie Bryan, Leslie Gammie, William Scott.
26. Article: The Skippen Settlement in Green Bay continued -- Leslie Gammie, Rebeccah Bayes, Tom Stringer.
Photo: John Elizabeth Skippen.
27. Article: The Skippen Settlement in Green Bay continued -- John Nevells, Roy Bayer, Henry Woolley, Don Holmes, William Idle, Leslie Wood, William Parkinson, Alvin Wood, Lina Gordon, Don Hughson, Hannah Theakston, Ross Morphet, Robert King, Eliza King, Sarah Dyer.
28. Advertisement: Saturday Meat Special at Meat Market. Phone 308-309.
Advertisement: Dr. J. Johnston of Gore Bay. Seeds etc.
Advertisement: Manitoulin Market, 1910 -- Eg. Butter per pound @ .21 cents.
29. Article: Ice Lake Resident Passes at Her Home, 1946 -- Miss Charlotte Nelson, Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, Mrs. William Wright, Mrs. John Donaldson, Robert Nelson, Joseph Nelson, William Nelson, James Nelson, Lydia Nelson, Mina (Mrs. Chas. Hore), Martha (Mrs. Wm. Hore), Mr. Bethel Bailey, Ivan and Lloyd Donaldson, Russell Hore, Arden Nelson, Calvin Nelson, James Brown.
Obituary: Alexander McKechie, 1946 -- Neil McKechie, John McKechie, Stuart McKechie, Thelma McKechie, Mr. P. Williamson, Mr. W. Williamson, Mr. Wm. Taylor, Mr. R. Cress, Mr. Wm. Hallett, Mr. O. Bond, Mrs. T. Williamson.
30. Died: Jeretta Best Wilson, Arthur White, Gertrude (Mrs. L.H.R. Wismer), Henrietta Wilson.
Died: Shirley May Bizzell, Jack and Lottie McArthur Bizzell.
Died: James Morden, wife Cornelia Louise Barnes, Louise (Mrs. Earl McGibbon), Marguerite (Mrs. Truman Wilson), Marie (Mrs. William Aelick), Robert Morden, James Morden, Rachel (Mrs. James Blackburn), Nellie (Mrs. Fred Carlson), Mrs. Carl Slomke, Ted Strain, Carl Smoke, Cecil Wismer, Wm. Johnston, Ray Johnston, Clayton Sloss.
Poem: Manitoulin Sunset. Submitted by John Prior.
31. Article: About Manitou-minis and other places. Submitted by John Prior.
Advertisment: George Rashid, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Little Current.
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Poem: Manitoulin, by Dot Lachance.
Poem: Squirrly, unknown author.
Advertisement: Dr. John Carruthers, Drugs, Stationery -- Little Current.

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142nd Edition : August 1995
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Photo: of horse and carriage stopped in from of Bob Jeffray's Store.
2. Indexes, subscription and information on "Through the Years".
3. Article: Peter White, by Skip Gillham.
4. Article: Peter White continued.
Article: New General Store Opens, 1947 -- Richard Harper, James Purvis.
5. Story: How Little Current got its name, by Frank A. Myers -- Father Louys Andre, John Burkitt, John Dew.
6. Story: How Little Current got its name continued -- Chief Assiginack, F.W. Major, Father J. Edward O'Flaherty.
7. Story: How Little Current got its name continued -- Father J. Brachet, Father Gerard Deschenes, Rev. Pierre Picton, Father Watrin.
Photo: Little Current in 1908.
8. Article: Barrie Island in the Early Years, memoirs of W.A. MacLean -- Hector MacLean, John McQuarrie.
Letter to Clara and Arthur Lane -- J.L Wismer. Signed W.A. MacLean.
9. Story: Early Days on Barrie Island -- Tom and Jack Latta. Signed W.A. MacLean.
10. Story: Settlers on Barrie Island, signed by W.A. MacLean -- John McLean, Jim Smale, Charles Greer Sr., Greer children: Charles, James, Thomas, William, Samuel, Oglar, Leonard, Oliver, Margaret and Charlotte. Others on the Island: Will Blackburn, Mary McCracken, Matthew Cole, Sam Cole, George Cole, Robert Lewis, Lewis Rob Allan, Eliza Vancise, Fred Ellis, Hannah Phalen, Sam Lane, John Lane, William Vancise Sr., William Vancise Jr., Martha Lane, Jack Allan, Tom McCracken, Mr. Zettler, Donald Griffith, Miss Edith Flanagain, Nelson Morden, Jim Morden, Russell McLean, George Coutts, John Jeffkins Sr.k, George Noble Sr., Harry Witty, Lizzie Coutts, George Witty, Jack Witty, Mr. Runnalls Sr., John Schoenblum, Jim Young, Tom Latta, Jack Latta, John Calback, Tom Witty, Robert Long, Albert Long, John Coutts, Jack Fraser, Robert Greenman, Stephen Morden Sr., John Jennings Jr. and John Jennings Sr.
11. Article: Man Hunt, by W.A. MacLean -- Jim McPhail, E.C. Jackson.
12. Article: The John McLean Family -- Hector McLean, Donlad McLean, Mr. Richmond, Miss Ellen Witty, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Witty, Miss Christine McPhail, Flora McCallum, John McCallum, Margaret McCallum, Annie McCallum, John McCallum, Flora McCallum, Hugh Mackay, John McLean, John Donnelly.
13. Article: The John McLean Family continued -- Mary Currie, William Archibald, John Jeffkins, Hector McLean, Thomas Greenman, William Mosher, Hugh McLean, Jim Fraser, Miss Mary Witty, Mr. and Mrs. John Witty, Mary Currie McLean, Mrs. Allen.
14. Article: The John McLean Family continued -- James Edward Fitzpatrick, Rev. Mr. Ross, James Gordon McLean, Kenneth John McLean, William Archibald McLean, Ernie Hollingshead.
15. Article: The John McLean Family continued -- Charlie Baker, Wm. Arnott, Miss Annie Mastin, Mr. H.F. Bole, Miss Jean Houston, Mr. Carl J. Olsen, Mrs. C. McConnell.
Poem: The Water Cycle.
16. Article: The John McLean Family -- Mr. R.R. Gamey.
Above followed by a poem tribute to John McLean, titled "in Loving Memory".
17. Story: Early Days on Barrie Island, a postscript to the biography of John McLean Jr., by W.A. McLean.
Story: The Uncles -- Hector McLean, John McLean, Hugh McLean, Mr. T. Allan and Eliza Vancise, Miss Christine McFadyen, Miss Katherine McPhail, John Calback, Hector Laghlan McLean.
18. Story: The Uncles continued -- Miss Ellen Witty, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Witty.
Story: Early Days on Barrie Island -- Mainie Blackstock.
Story: A Mistake!
19. Story: Some Notes on Early Neighbors -- Grandma Latta, mother of Tom, Jack, Sarah and Mary Ann Latta, Mr. William Eagle Rozell, Harry Noble, Mr. John Jennings Sr., Mr. Duncan McAlister.
20. Story: Disobedience -- Hugh McLean.
Story: And Its Consequences! -- Euphemia Smale.
Story: Notes on the Smale Family -- James Smale, Mrs. Agnes (Smale) Potter, Forest Douglas Potter, Mrs. Fanny (Smale) Sam Mack, Maggie and Dick Smale, Jim Smale, George Smale, Arnold Smale.
21. Story: Shipwreck.
Story: Explanation!
Story: An Engineering Job.
22. Story: An Engineering Job continued.
Story: Another Bear!
23. Story: A Horse Train -- Mr. Sam Lane.
Story: Evansville School -- Mr. John Jennings.
24. Story: Surprise! -- Willie McLean.
Story: An Ingenious Device -- Mr. Runnalls.
25. Story: An Accident -- John Lane, Robert Lane, John Jeffkins Sr., Bob and Alice McTaggart, Russell McLean.
Article: Business Men of Gore Bay in the 1880's and 1890's -- H.L. McLean, H.B. Hunt, R.J. Porter, Ben Brazener, E.C. Jackson, Jim Purvis, H.H. Holden.
26. Article: Business Men of Gore Bay in the 1880's and 1890's continued -- W.J. Trotter, W. Abrey, D.I. Millar, Charlie Brown, R.R. Mckessock, F.E. Titus, J.H. Beihl, Norman Buchanan, George Young, Jack Gibbs, W.H. Hurst, John Goodmurphy, Dan (Curley) Gills, Rev. Hugh McKay, Rev. J.L Robertson, John Petrie, Rev. McLeod, Rev. J.R. Sanderson, D. Bickel, Dave Bickle, W.H. Crosby, Archibald Bain McCallum, William McRae, Frank Wolfe, Walter McRae, Frank Wolfe, Walter Morden, John Mutchmor, Rev. John Byrnes, R.O. White, Will and Sam Jackson, W.H. Price Sr., Jim Mcintosh, W.H. Armstrong, W.J. Kerr, Gib McAlpine, D.B. MacRae, Sam Flanagan, Bill Baxter, Rev. J.K. MacGillivary, Fred Smith.
27. Story: Fun (carried over from page 26) -- Will, Sam and Oglar Greer, Rev. J.L Robertson.
Story: Champions -- George McCracken, Will MacLean, Wesley Mutchmor.
28. Story: Champions continued -- Oglar, Len and Oliver Greer, Henry and Arthur Runnalls, Harry and Johnston Noble, John and Will McLean, George McCracken, George Vancise, Richard Coutts, Ben Greenman, Harry Noble, Len Greer.
Story: My Signature. -- John MacLean.
Story: The School Teachers -- Miss Edith Todd, Mr. A.P. MacNabb, Miss Mary Fraser, Mr. John S. Hawkins, Miss McIlory, Miss Edith Flanagan, Mrs. Donald Griffith, Mr. Will Price, E.C. Drury, Mr. Jim Cain, Mr. J.D. Munro, Mr. Will Greer, Miss Jennie Fraser, Mr. Dan Burke, Mr. Alf Johnson, Miss Charlotte Greer.
29. Story: One on Bill.
Story: A Double Romance -- Arthur Gain, Miss Ida McTaggart, Mr. Stephen Gain.
Story: A Hot Seat! -- Hector McLean, Mr. Vancise.
30. Story: The Generation Gap.
Story: A Friend in Time of Need! -- Captain Fraser, John MacLean, William McRae.
31. Poem: A Good Creed. Author unknown.
Poem: Four Things. Author Henry Van Dyke.
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Photo: Late Tom Porter dressed up and sitting on his automobile's bumper.
2. Indexes, subscription and information on "Through the Years".
3. Story: Home making toilet soap in 1910.
4. Photo and Story: of Liquilassie by Skip Gillham.
5. Photo and Story: of Liquilassie by Skip Gillham continued.
6. Story: Ships of the Lakes, submitted by Lorin Byrnes.
7. Story: Ships of the Lakes continued.
Photo: A Shave in 1940, two-bit shave and a hair, cut.
8. Article: Billings S.S. No. 1, Kagawong -- Norine Cronk, Mr. Hagen, Stan Gordon Sr., Mrs (Nellie Griffth) Hilliard, Mr. Younge, Miss Munro, Miss Potts, Mr. Russell, Mr. Clark, Mr. Von, Miss Nellie, Miss Gamey, Mr. King (married Peari Carter), Miss Pace, Miss McLaughlin, Miss Elizabeth Graham (married Grant Rogers), Miss Pearl Turnbull, Mr. Lawrence Johnston, Miss Gloria Kulbeck, Mrs. Austin Pickard, Mrs. Violet McCutcheon, Mr. Jack Lewis, Miss Eakard, Miss Howell, Miss Carrie Head, Miss Hammond, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Phenex, Miss Smith, Miss Dorothy Nelson, Miss Tate, Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Norman Skippen, Mrs. Mamie Gordon, Mrs. Etta Douglas, Mrs. Jacquline Gordon, Mrs. Joyce McShane.
9. Article: Billings S.S. No. 1, Kagawong continued -- Mrs. Marion Turner, Mrs. Joyce McShane, Mrs. Marion Turner, Mrs. Helen Reid, Mr. E.G. Scott (married Ada Katherine Hilliard).
Article: Billings S.S. No. 2, Kagawong -- Moses Lloyd, William Baillie Sr., Miss McLeod, Eliza A. Scott, Emma Gilroy, Agnes B. Milligan, Margaret Edmonds, Nellie Carter, Florence Pearson (married Rev. R.D. Scott), Edith Noland, Sadie McDermid (married Ralph Wiber), E.M. Beck, Margaret Rumley, Orpha Bailey, Justine Foster, Lily Campbell, Clara Turnbull, Cecil Sinclair, Beryl Fell, Willis Buie, Eva Bailie, Ethel Putt, Muriel Gordon, Mary Stringer (married Jim Campbell), Marguerite Tustian, Helen Stringer, Ethel Gilroy, Margaret Watson, Marjorie Merrylees, Georgina Morphet, Helen Hilliard, Joy Clark, Etta Douglas.
10. Article: Island News in 1910 -- Mrs. John Warner, J.N. Waite, Mr. Wm. Kinney, Wm. Davidson, J.N. Waite, Mr. Alex Purvis, Miss Edith Hewson, Mr. R.A. Smith, Mr. Frank Carter, Mr. Lawson, Mat Irving, Frank Hubbart, Mr. J. Moriarty, Mrs. S. Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. James Foster, W. Jackson, John Hall, John Kinney, Mr. Hall, Mr. J. Mcdonald.
11. Article: Island News in 1910 continued -- Wm. Strain, Mr. and Mrs. George Young, S. Cronkhite, J.N. Waite, Norman Smith, Mrs. W.J. McKenzie, Miss M. Thompson, Dougall J. Campbell, Smith Bros., Mr. A.E. Dougherty, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wright, Mr. R.C. Oliver, W.L. Bryan, Mrs. D. Wright.
12. Article: Island News in 1910 continued -- Mrs. Thomas (nee Gilbart) Christian, J.R. McGregor.
Article: Wedding in Mills, 1910 -- Miss Ethel Maude Robinson & Wilson M. Bell, Wm. Robinson, Rev. Mr. Owen, Miss Lizzie Robinson, Mr. S.E. Dinsmore.
Notice: Manitoulin Market prices as of 1901.
13. Photo: The snow plow, 1938 -- Justin Anglin, Earl Nevills and Ross Johnson.
14. Poem: Sandfield The Modern Deserted Village, 1889. Author unknown.
15. Poem: The Wreck of the Hesperus. Author unknown.
16. Photos: Depicts homes built of long, long ago.
17. Article: Godon, 1910 -- Miss Olla Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Will Strain, Mr. and Mrs. Angus Matheson, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Woods, Mr. John Hall, Bert Battye, George Strain, Will Davidson.
18. Article: Complaints of passenger boats in 1910.
Article: A Need of the Day, 1910.
19. Article: Mord Island News, 1910 -- Mrs. Alex Mutchmor, Harry Mutchmor, R.R. Gamey, Mrs. McColeman, Mrs. (Dr.) Johnston, Mrs. M. Griffith, Mrs. George Weir, Mrs. James Vancise, Mr. J.A. McClarty, Mr. E.C. Jackson, F. Smith, Wm. Wildinson, R.R. McKessock, Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Smith, John Craig, M.W. Patterson, W & S Jackson, Wm. Willeton, Mrs. A.E. Owen, Mrs. B. Hunt, George McPhee, Mrs. High Barber, Harry Beihl, Sam Emery, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cole, Mr. M. Cole.
20. Photos: 1942 Mercury and 1941 Oldsmobile automobiles.
21. Photo: Some swimming beauties of 1944 with the latest in swimsuits.
22. Photo: More swimsuit clad women.
Story: A Sermon on the Hog.
Article: Howland Council, 1910 -- Morphet, Skippen, Heis, Gray, Peter Powell, F. Gray, Andrew Trudeau, Chas. Cosby, A. Bryan.
23. Article: Martha's memoirs a tribute to pioneer spirit -- Martha Robertson Whitfield, Ida Pickard, Mary Alice Jolin, Phyllis Whitfield May, Tom Bowser.
24. Article: Martha's memoirs a tribute to pioneer spirit continued -- Charles, Agnes, John, Martha, Billie and Susie Whitfield (?).
25. Article: Martha's memoirs a tribute to pioneer spirit continued.
Article: Billings Women's Institute, 1905 -- Mrs. John Foster, Mrs. Ab Thompson, Mrs. David Munro, Miss E. McKenzie, Miss A. Milligan, Mrs. Dougal Campbell, Miss Ida Tustian, Mrs. James Carter, Mrs. Archie Thompson, Miss Belle Munro, Miss M. Bailie, Mrs. Matt Bailie, Mrs. George Foster, Mrs. George Tustian, Miss K. Wiber, Mrs. F. Green, Mrs. Thomas Dickout, Mrs. John Greenfield, Miss Emma Tustian, Miss A. Thompson, Miss M. Thompson.
26. Article: The King is Dead, of King Edward VII, 1910.
27. Article: The King is Dead, of King Edward VII, 1910 continued.
28. Article and Photo: Bank of Montreal, Little Current in 1910, submitted by John Prior -- Fred W. Bell.
29. Article: Hints for Mothers in 1910.
Article: for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
30. Article: Dr. Williams' Pink Pills continued.
Article: Mail by Sleigh, 1910.
31. Photo: Down Memory Lane, submitted by John Prior -- Cyril Marshall, Jessie Cosby, Vera Wood, Ruth Ferguson, Joyce White, Betty Ferguson, Marion Ferguson, Neil Nevills, Max Ferguson, Ivan Stringer, Norman Wood, Jimmie Cosby, Wilhelimine Ferguson, Neil Ferguson, Stanley Cosby, Ronnie Stringer, Ralph Marshall, Eleanor Cosby, Mildred Cosby, Audrey Ferguson, Frances Ferguson, Bernice Wood, Thelma Nevills, Annabelle Skippen, Stuart Cosby, Lorne Wood, Larry Ferguson.
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Photo: S.S. No. 2 Billings Students -- Harold Green, Merele Dearing, Pearl Bailie, Billie Wiber, Helen Hilliard, Harold Ednie, Ivan McAnsh, Clifford McAnsh, Repha Dearing, George Foster, Geraldine Dearing, Carole McAnsh, Edith Bailie, Billie Bailie, Owen Campbell, Helen Foster, Maxine Boyd, Betty Baillie, David Munro.
Article: South Baymouth, 1910 -- Mr. Bailey, Mr. Young, Capt. Sloan, engineer Sisson.

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Title: Historical Glimpse into the Upper Georgian Bay -- North Channel Corridor.
2. Indexes, subscription and information on "Through the Years".
3-25. Story: Historical Glimpse into the Upper Georgian Bay -- North Channel Corridor, researched and compiled by Bruce Pitfield, Copper Cliff.
25-27. Story and Photos: of Manitoba by Skip Gillham.
28, 29. Story and Photos: Reminiscences of Bruce Mines, researched by Merritt Strum.
30. Photo: of the steamer Lady Elgin.
31. Story: The wreck of the Lady Elgin.
Advertisement: Druggist & Stationer, L.R. Hurst, Gore Bay.
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Little verses for very little people.

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Photo: Harold Purvis pauses for a picture while on leave during WWI, submitted by Harold Winter.
2. Indexes, subscription and information on "Through the Years".
3-5. Story: Canada's Military Prior to 1914.
6-11. The Story of the Horse.
12. Advertisement: Ferro Engines, Jaffray Bros., Gore Bay.
Article: Deep Seated Cough, cure in 5 hours -- 1910.
13. Photos: of covered sleighs being pulled by horse. Ches Burns of Gore Bay.
14. Article: Ice Lake, 1910 -- Hore's Mill, Edgar Palmer, Jack McArthur, Harry Hall, Mrs. Alex Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wright, and Herb Wright.
Article: Sheguiandah, 1910 -- Mr. E.M. Bradley.
15. Article: A Glimpse of History, submitted by John Prior -- Charles Moody, Mrs. Doreen Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. William Moody.
16, 17. Copy of Indian Land Sale Grant to Charles Moody, dated 1901.
18. Article: A Glimpse of History continued from page 15.
19. Article: A Glimpse of History continued -- Doreen Bryant, Jeanette Chambers.
20. Article: A Glimpse of History continued.
Photo: of Charles Moody.
21. Article: A Glimpse of History continued.
Article: Fernlee -- Sam Emery, George Priddle, L. Duncanson, Mr. Gills, Jim McKinley, D McGibbon, Mr. J. Rumley, George Cook, T. Robinson, H. McKeen, D. Mitchell, Mr. Jim Crawford.
22. Article: Bennett's Mill, 1910 -- Mr. Wylie, Mr. and Mrs. Angus McDonald, Mr. Lehman, Mr. Hugh Boyd Mr. Overfield, Mrs. J. McKechnie, Ed Leeson, Mrs. David Sagle, T. Overfield, Wm. Coe.
Article: A Good Cough Mixture.
23. Poem: The Deer Hunters, by Philip Turmaine.
24. Poem: The Deer Hunters, by Philip Turmaine continued.
Photo: Horses and farmer plowing the ground.
25. Advertisement: for 1941 Chevrolet trucks.
26. Advertisement: for 1942 Philco record player.
27. Article: Billings S.S. No.1 -- Kagawong -- Norine Cronk, Mr. Hagen, Mrs (Nellie Griffith) Hilliard.
Article: Teachers -- Billings S.S. No.1 -- Kagawong -- Mr. Young, Miss Eakard, Miss Munro, Miss Howell, Miss Tooke, Miss Carrie Head, Miss Potts, Miss Hammond, Mr. Russell, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Clark, Mr. Phenex, Mr. Von, Miss Nellie Giffith, Miss Smith, Miss Nellie Griffith, Miss Gamey, Miss Pace, Mr. Gilpin, Miss McLaughlin, Miss Elizabeth Graham, Miss Pearl Turnbull, Mr. Norman Skippen, Mr. Lawrence Johnston, Mrs. Mamie Gordon, Miss Gloria Kulbeck, Mrs. Etta Douglas, Mrs. Austin Pickard, Mrs. Violet McCurcheon, Mr. Jack Lewsi, Mr. Jack Lewis, Joyce McShane, Mrs. Marian Turner, Mrs. Jacqueline Gordon, Mrs. Helen Reid, E.G. Scott, Ada Katherine Hilliard.
28. Photo: dated Saturday, November 22, 1941 -- Norse Airmen Training in Canada.
29. Article: Honora, 1910 -- Mr. McPherson, B. Turner, C. Snow, R.A. Smith, J. Carter, W. Gordon, Mr. D. Hay, Mr. Pulforde, A. Land, H. Sheppard, Dr. Herriman, Mr. M.L. Davidson, Andy Lane.
Article: Ice Lake, 1910 -- Mr. and Mrs. George Young, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Snow, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Brown, Wm. Hore, Miss Waite, Jim Brown.
30. Article: Billings, 1910 -- Mrs. R. Wyman, Mrs. R. Tustian, Rev. Mr. Bannerman, Mrs. D. Campbell, Mrs. D. Munro, Mrs. John Greenfield, Mrs. John Foster, Miss Margaret Thompson, Miss Emma Tustian, Mrs. W. Wiber, Miss A. Carter, Miss Else Thompson, Mrs. George Tustian, Mr. Robert Rivet, Mr. Robert Pickard, Dr. Walker, Mrs. Wm. Bailey.
Article: Barrie Island, 1910 -- Miss Mary Mervyn, Mr. Sam Greer, Mrs. Jas. Vancise, Miss Edmonds, Mr. Harry Noble, Mr. Jas. Young, Mr. Wm. Davidson, Miss Maggie Johnston, Mrs. Russell Noble, Mr. Esley Eaton, Mr. W. Jeffkins.
Article: Gordon, 1910 -- Miss Ella Wilson, Mr. Merritt Davidson, Mr. Stewart Clarke, Geo. Willett, Mr. Will Davidson.
31. Article: Gordon, 1910 continued -- Roy Strain, Dr. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Martin.
Article: Carnarvon Women's Institute, 1910 -- Mrs. J. Wagg, Mrs. Caddle, Miss P. Hodgson, Miss M. Williamson, Mrs. W. Gordon.
Article: Spring Bay, 1910 -- Mr. George Cranston, Mr. Hurst, Mr. John Merrylees.
Article: South Tehkummah, 1910 -- Miss Vera Coultis, Mr. Jess Sloan, Captain Sloan, Frank Bowerman, Capt. Cole, Mr. T. Bonness, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. B.M. McAuly.
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Article: Providence Bay, 1910 -- Mr. Wismer, Mr. Burns, Mr. McNicol, Miss Blackie.
Article: Tehkummah, 1910 -- Mrs. John McKechnie, Mr. A. Chatwell, Mr. James Mortin, Mr. S. Gallagher, Miss Florence McNevin, Lily Snow, Mr. M. Gould, Miss Russell, Mr. Hurlburt.
Notice: Robert Brydges Dead, 1910 -- Mr. George Brydges.
Other: Dr. Brooks.
Other: Conductor Reynolds.

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Season's Greetings and a scene of winter in Gore Bay years ago.
2. Details about "Through the Years".
Article: Sunday Snow shoeing, 1910 -- Rev. J. Tate.
3. Letter of THANKS, and GOODBYE from W. John McQuarrie, Editor/Publisher. Includes writing about Ranald McQuarrie, Jack Merrylees.
4. Letter of THANKS, and GOODBYE from W. John McQuarrie, Editor/Publisher. Includes writing about Lorne McQuarrie.
5. Letter of THANKS, and GOODBYE from W. John McQuarrie, Editor/Publisher concluded.
Poem: by Robert Browning.
6. Photo: The Rev. Harry Alfred Sims.
7-10. Story: An Outline History of Manitoulin Island.
11. Photo: Nellie Ted Purvis, a little tug owned by Morley Purvis.
12. Photo: The Normac, a former Manitoulin Island freighter, passenger and auto ferry.
13. Article: Early Setter Passes Away, Alexander Purvis (wife Sarah Jane Dixon), 1945 -- children John, James, Harold, Jean (Mrs. A.O. Hinds), George, Leonard, and Nellie (Mrs. J.D. Graham. Siblings William, John, James, Mrs. J. Simpson and Mrs. G. Bond. Pallbearers: Fred Smith, A.E. Graham, J.H. Craig, M.R. Thorburn, W.J. Griffith, N. Buchanan, John Kinney, Howard and Gordon Dinsmore, Ivan and Clarence Purvis, Adam Casson and J.L. McKenzie.
14. Photo: of the Clarke Block and the Ocean House of Gore Bay.
15. Article: Mitschfibre, by Skip Gilham -- Capt. George Hindman.
16. Article: Distribution of Gifts in the 1830's.
17. Article: Distribution of Gifts in the 1830's continued.
18. Article: Distribution of Gifts in the 1830's continued.
Article: The Tug C.C. Martin Sinks -- Capt. and Mrs. George Vent, R. Metia, R. Hoop, E. Highie, Chas. Oliver.
19. Photo: Meredith Street in Gore Bay early 1900.
Photo: The Allen Home in Gore Bay -- Jessie (Langford) Allen, Elizabeth (Munce) Allen, Sam Allen.
20. Article: Webbwoods' War Efforts, WWI.
21. Article: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 119th Battalion, 1916 aboard the S.S. Metagama at Halifax -- Thomas Percival T. Rowland, Clarence Thomas Adams, James Rorison McLean, George Taylor Munro, Edmund Bradford Titus, Morley Arthur Currie, Brutus Bruce Donald, George Thomas R. FitzSimon, Ferdinand Napier Hardyman, Frank Lewis Mitchell, Robert Rowland Rennison, Charles Frederick Rothers, Valentine Maurice Stevenson, Thompson Spencer H. Stone, Kenneth Spencer Stover, Grant Hawkins Turner, John Hatherly Way, Harold Alexander Young, Clifford Edson Abrams, Reuben Ainslie, Walter Ernest Akey, Frederick Engle Albright, Wesley Alexander, George Wesley Allen, John Allen, Mandly Allen, Frederick Allhuson, Joseph Ambrose, John Anderson, Rodger Henry Anderson, John Fleming Armitt, George Edward Armstrong.
22. Article: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 119th Battalion, 1916 continued -- Harold Norton Armstrong, Alan Astie, Arthur John Atkinson, Joseph Atkinson, Lorenzo Badgero, John Jr. Badgerow, George Arthur Bailey, Hugh Bailey, John Bailey, William Mansell Ball, Melville Clayton Barber, Stanley Verna Barber, Harold Barkley, William Bartlett, William Henry Barton, Ewart MacQuarrie Bassingthwaite, Arthur James Baxter, James Baxter, Russel Wesley Bayles, George Lawrence Beatty, James Willis Beaty, John Joseph Beaucage, Victor Beaudry, Stanely Hall Beck, Aston John Bensley, Thomas Sellern Bergeron, George Earl Berry, James Ritchie Berry, Edward Biggings, William Henry Birks, James Henry Biron, Cyrus William Bishop, Samuel Blackburn, Jacob Bondy, Walter Harold Bookman, Charles Gilbert Booth, Ralph Bott, Hugh Reginald Brooks, Jacob Brouse, Stephen Easdale Brouse, Allan Brown, David Brown, George Atchison Brown, Harry Sydney Brown, John Charles Brown, Joseph Brown, Peter James Brucklebank, Wilbert Lawrence Bryan, Solomon Palmer Bryant, Harvey William Burns, William John Burns, Maurice Burnside, John Henry Burton.
23. Article: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 119th Battalion, 1916 continued -- James Albert Cameron, John Robb Cameron, Ronald John Cameron, Thomas Edward Cameron, Wilbert John Campbell, William Campbell, Walter John Campbell, William Campbell, Walter Earl Carr, William Thomas Carr, James Warren Carroll, Albert Edward Caulfield, William Henry Caulifield, Lewis McNab Chapman, Robert Alexander Chappell, Robert Alexander Chappell, Napoleon Charette, Charles Alfred R. Cheer, Stanley Chester, Clement Chevrette, Michael Chevrette, Harry Boyd Chisholm, Herman Chisholm, Charles Arthur Clark, John Thomas Clarke, Edwin Clements, James Jessup Clow, George Bertram Cockburn, Ernest Cole, William John Cole, Noble Robert Collins, Roy Mervin Collins, Norman Edgar Connor, Eurgene Contin, Napoleon Contin, William Henry Cooper, Benjamin Corbett, Joseph Edward F. Couillard, Harry Cox, Stuart Lorne Crawford, William Andrew Crawford, John Theodor Cruickshank, Oscar Cummiskey, Archie Alexander Currie, George Calvin Currie, Frank Daggett, Thomas Edward Daly, William Joseph Danis, Percy Daynard, Daniel James Delaney, William John Delaney, Sydney Dinsmore, Ross Howard Doan, Wellington Wesley W. Donald, Thomas Stirling Dorrance.
24. Article: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 119th Battalion, 1916 continued -- Thomas Allen Douglas, John Edward Downey, Edward Dubois, Telesphore Duchame, George William F. Dunn, John Dunn, Joseph Moise Dupont, William Thomas Eagle, Ross Eakett, John Samuel Edwards, Andrew Irvine Elder, Richard Harold Elgie, Ernest Lyle Elliott, Clarence Ellis, Nicholas England, Joseph Enosse, Wilbert Chency Evans, Eustache Jack Evenden, Charles Frank Everett, Omey Ferguson, William Howard Ferguson, John Henry Flynn, Joseph Fortin, Arthur Richards Foster, Richard George Foster, William Thomas Foster, Alexander Howell Fraser, Hugh Fraser, James Friel, John Friel, Edgar James Fulcher, Matthew Fullerton, Robert James Fyfe, Antoine Gabow, Alfred William C. Galley, William Gamache, John Roy Gamble, Russell Frederick Gatchell, Isaac George, James George, George Allan Germain, Noah Germain, Milburn Gibson, George Gordon, Ernest Edward, Duncan Gray, Elie Grimard, Clifford George Grose, Thomas Henry Gutcher, Frederick James Hadden, William Lawrence Hadden, George Ewart, Glenn Hallam.
25. Article: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 119th Battalion, 1916 continued -- Charles Hammond, Loftus Hammond, Wilbur Hand, Milford Earl Hanes, John Haney, William Arthur Haney, Rolla Ray Hannah, John Thomas Harrison, Russell Harrison, August John Hartung, George Ortan Hatten, John Elmer Hatten, Percy Hatten, Henry Hembruff, James Edward Higgins, Alfred Higgs, Harry Hogg, Ira Holmes, Clifford Thomas Honess, Sydney Ashley Hopper, Clarence Homor, Charles Houle, William Henry Houle, John Simpson Hughson, Clinton Alvin Hunter, Clarence Hurley, Frederick Hurley, Fraser Ingram, James Innis, Samuel Hemphill Irvine, Arden Irwin, Stanely James Jackson, Robert Taylor Jaffray, Howard James, John Samuel James, William James Jannison, Alexander Campbell Jeffrey, Joseph Jennings, Ray Jennings, Eric Blankford Johnson, Sydney Reed Johnson, Albert Johnston, David Augustus Johnston, Daniel Kay, George Wesley Kay, George Wesley Kay, Joseph Iram Kay, Robert John Kay, Robert John Kay Jr., William Kay, William James Keen, Carl Kerr.
26. Article: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 119th Battalion, 1916 continued -- Courtney Kinchesia, Elias King, George Blaise King, William John Kissick, Joseph Lajoie, David Lapine, Frank Larivere, Joseph Le Rouche, Adolphus Larue, John Thomas Leishman, Joseph Herve Lemieux, Orrin David Lewis, Alfred George Lizotte, Vernon Liddle, Peter Mark Linklater, Arthur Leslie Little, Claude Lockwood, William Logan, Edmon Lawrence Long, Benson Love, William Duncan Love, Donald Alexander MacDonald, John MacDonald, Edward Daniel MacDonald, John MacDonald, Edward Daniel MacIntyre, Kenneth MacIntyre, James Andrew Mack, Gesto Donald MacLennan, Archie MacNab, Daniel Bowler MacNab, Russell MacNeish, Michael Manitowah, George Mapes, Rouall Marenger, Edward Herbert Markle, Frederick Ernest Marks, Adam Scott Marshall, William Vernon Marshall, James Masson, David John Matheson, Robert Movor, Albert Edward Mayo, William Gordon McArthur, James Stewart McBain, Lynn McClelland, Roy McClelland, Arthur McDonald, Harry Eldon McDowell, Ross McFadden, Angus McFarlane, Harvey Eldred McIntyre, Neil NcKeachnie, Duncan Angus McKenzie, Bernard McKie.
27. Article: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 119th Battalion, 1916 continued -- John Andrew McKinley, Alexander McKinnon, Arthur McLain, John McLean, Thomas Malcolm McLean, William James McLeish, Vance McMeeken, Allan William McMillan, Duncan McPhee, Laughlin McPhee, William John McPhee, Oliver James McWatters, David Lloyd Millar, Charles Fisher Milligan, John Miron, Joseph Thomas Miron, William Miron, Frances Misishkotewe, Vincent Misishkotewe, William Robert Moggy, Albert Morton, Albert Edward V. Moss, Gilbert Mousseau, George Franklin Mudge, John Franklin Munro, Ernest Gordon Murphy, William McCauley Myles, George Thomas Nash, George Henry Nelson, Walter Newman, Thomas Nichois, Thomas Nighswander, Franklin Nighswander, Albert Alphonse Nolin, Desmond Gladstone O'Boyle, Dominic Odjig, Andrew Olmsted, John Norman Orford, Herbert Orr, Thomas Fitz Alvin Orr, William Arthur Orr, Charles Owen, Earl William Owen, George Palmer, Dwight Paquette, John Henry Parks, John Patterson, George Pearson, Andrew Peltier, Ignatius Peltier, Lawrence Peltier, Thomas Alfred Peltier, John Freeman Peters.
28. Article: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 119th Battalion, 1916 continued -- Patrick Pheasant, Walter Phillips, Claude Pichette, William Arthur P. Pidgeon, Phillip Pitawanakwat, Arthur Plant, Albert Ernest Powe, Edward Franklin Priddle, John Proctor, William James Proctor, Franklin Prouix, Harold Edward Purvis, John Michael Quinn, Robert James Reid, Thomas Charles Richards, William Richards, William John Richards, George Herbert Rielley, James Robert Rivers, Percy Rivers, John Cleveland Robinson, Leonard Robinson, Daniel James Rout, Edward Roy, Clifford Rumley, Lorne Wallace Rumley, Alexander Russell, Elwin Lawrence Russell, Ernest St. Michael, William John St. Michael, Stanley Livingston St. Sanderson, Herbert Saunders, James John Sayer, Walter Scott, William Clarence Scott, Arthur Moore Sharp, Richard David Shaughnessy, Thomas Jeremiah A. Shea, Francis Adolphus Sherlock, Roy Godfrey Shewfelt, Robert Sheis, Roy Watson Shoulty, Francis Lyle Sims, Wilfred Allan Sims, Frank Joseph Sinclair, Julian Sale Smedley, Herbert William Smith, John Wesley S tone, Joseph Edward Stone, Benjamin Stormes, Roy Stringer, James Swan, James Swan Sr.
29. Article: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 119th Battalion, 1916 continued -- John Richard Smith, Lorne Edmund Smith, Daniel Solomon, Edward Solomon, Charles Henry Spence, Samuel David Spence, William Spooner, Edward George Springgay, Charles Arnold Stewart, Robert Henry Swinn, John Patrick Tallon, Albert Taylor, James Taylor, Wesley Melbum Taylor, Percy Prescott Thomas, William Alexander Thompson, George Martin Thorburn, Anthony George Thurlow, Frank Tomlinson, Frank Tosse, Antoine Toulouse, William Richardson Traviss, William Trotter, John Turineack, Peter Cressville Turley, George Whitney Twigger, Joseph Vallenti, Frank Valley, Robert Ernst Vincent, Stone Lauritz Virene, Michael Wabanosse, Floyd Samuel Walker, Audis Washburn, Reginald C. Webster, John Lionel Wetmore, George Raymond White, William White, Frederick Job H. Whitehouse, Sydney Victor Wilding, Aiden Eslwood Wilkinson, Angus Dougall Wilson, Clarence Ronald Wilson, Robert Wilson, Thomas James Wright, Walter Wright and Harold Young.
30. Article: The Mississaugi Lighthouse.
31. Article: The Mississaugi Lighthouse continued -- Mr. Cullis, Mr. Robinson, Joe Sullivan, Mr. John Miller, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Ball, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Grant, Ken Grant.
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Article: The Mississaugi Lighthouse continued -- Ab Grant, D.N. (Joe) Sullivan, Jim VanEvery, Orace Bailey, Ches. Hazard, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Head, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace VanHorn, Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Joyce and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ives.
Photo: The Old Roman Catholic Church on Cockburn Island.


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