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 Grimsby Independent, 19 Oct 1950, p. 1,8     The entire Grimsby district was grievously shocked to hear of the tragic death of one of its most prominent citizens last Friday afternoon, when Carman D. Millyard died of injuries sustained when his car crashed into a tree on No. 8 Highway, 3 miles west of town. Alone in the …

 Grimsby Independent, 23 Nov 1950, p. 2     In September of 1912, Bruce Ross and Lloyd Phipps were out in the lake in a punt. Another boy, Willie Flannery, made a jump from the old piers for the boat and missed it. He injured himself in the jump and had sunk for the third time, drowning, when Ross …

 Grimsby Independent, 28 Sep 1950, p. 1,10     Former president of the Ontario Liberal Association and ex-MPP for Lincoln county, Archibald Judson Haines, died Sunday in Wellesley Hospital, Toronto. He had been ill for some weeks. He was 72. Mr. Haines was elected to the provincial legislature in 1937 and gained province-wide prominence when ...

 Grimsby Independent, 28 Sep 1950, p. 1     Fifteen-months-old Gordon Clark was killed almost instantly on Sunday, almost in full view of his mother, when the little tot came in contact with the front of a tractor being operated by his father. The father had just started the machine and moved a few feet, when Mrs. Clark missed …

 Grimsby Independent, 27 Jul 1950, p. 1,8     (Los Angeles Examiner) - George G. Young, 74, former general manager and publisher of the Los Angeles Examiner, died suddenly, July 6th, in Manhattan Beach, where he had lived since his retirement 12 years ago. Mr. Young had been in good health and active, entertaining Saturday night at his home, …

 Grimsby Independent, 17 Aug 1950, p. 1,12     Rushed to West Lincoln Memorial Hospital in a critical condition after being struck by a car driven by John H. Truscott of Vineland Station, Mrs. Russell Barlow, 49, of Hamilton, succumbed Sunday afternoon as a result of injuries sustained. The accident occurred Friday night on the Queen Elizabeth ...

 Grimsby Independent, 24 Aug 1950, p. 1,5     George Holmes, 49, of 59 Melrose Avenue South, Hamilton, was instantly killed, and his wife, Violet, and 14 year old son, George, were rushed to West Lincoln Memorial Hospital with serious injuries following an accident Sunday night, west of Grimsby. Driving west on the Queen Elizabeth Way at ...

 Grimsby Independent, 14 Sep 1950, p. 1,10     William Sharpe buried under brick and rubble when wall of kiln suddenly collapses - body uncovered within five minutes - Franklyn Loft and Jake Froese escape with injuries. William Sharpe, 46, of North Grimsby, was killed almost instantly, while two other employees of the Grimsby Brick and Tile ...

 Grimsby Independent, 16 Mar 1950, p. 1     Citizens of Grimsby and district were deeply grieved on Tuesday to hear of the death, at his residence on Depot Street, of ex-Mayor Henry Bull. Deceased gentleman had been at business as usual on Friday last, but that night suffered a seizure from which he never recovered. Ex-Mayor Bull was …

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 5 Jan 1950, p. 8. Date of Event: 30 Dec 1949     A widely known figure in the dry goods business in the Hamilton district and in western Ontario for many years, Frederick William Templin, of Grimsby Beach, died Friday in St. Peterburg, Fla. He was born in Fergus, Ont. Mr. Templin was a dry goods merchant in Kincardine, Ont. for 17 …

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 5 Jan 1950, p. 8. Date of Event: 3 Jan 1950     In failing health for some time, Elizabeth Mary Matthews, widow of the late W.P. Duck, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lottie Walker, Grassie, Ont., on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1950, in her 81st year. Born at Toronto, Ont. in 1869, daughter of the late Edward and Charolette …

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 12 Jan 1950, p. 4. Date of Event: 16 Jan 1948     In loving memory of Walter J. West, who passed away January 16th, 1948...Sadly missed by wife and family....

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 12 Jan 1950, p. 4. Date of Event: 9 Jan 1930     Holmes - In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Harry, who died at McCord, Saskatchewan, January 9th, 1930...Always remembered by Mother, Father, Sisters and Brother....

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 12 Jan 1950, p. 4. Date of Event: 11 Jan 1949     James Gowland - In loving memory of a dear husband, who passed away January 11th, 1949...Always remembered, Wife....

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 12 Jan 1950, p. 4. Date of Event: 8 Jan 1950     Miss Mildred Dixon, owner of El Rancho Casablanca, and Mr. William Holmes of Crystal Beach were united in marriage on Sunday by Rev. A.L. Griffith in a quiet ceremony. Mildred Dixon has recently sold her famous dining room to Mr. Cecil Day of Hamilton, who it is expected will take …

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 19 Jan 1950, p. 10. Date of Event: 17 Jan 1950     A resident of Grimsby Beach since 1946, William Furniss Clarke passed away Tuesday evening, January 17th, following a lingering illness. He is survived by his wife, Mildred. Deceased was born in England, and came to Montreal 50 years ago, where he was a mechanical engineer for many years. At the …

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 26 Jan 1950, p. 4. Date of Event: 20 Jan 1950     Percy Edward Fulford, South Grimsby Township, died suddenly at his home on Friday, January 20th. He was born in England 53 years ago, the elder son of Mrs. Emma Fricker Fulford and the late Edward Fulford. He came to Canada 40 years ago, resided in the Winona district for 7 …

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 26 Jan 1950, p. 5. Date of Event: Jan 1950     Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Prudhomme are happy to announce the arrival, by adoption, of their baby daughter, Muriel Paula....

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 26 Jan 1950, p. 5. Date of Event: Jan 1950     Mr. and Mrs. George West are happy to announce the arrival, by adoption, of their baby son, James Anthony....

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 2 Feb 1950, p. 1. Date of Event: 28 Jan 1950     Death came Saturday to John Friskin Glanville following an illness of some duration. He was in his 48th year. Although he had been a resident of Grimsby for only a short time, he had become well known and highly respected here, as he was throughout Hamilton, Toronto and the Niagara …