Peek at the Past

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A peek from the Town Crier’s Wednesday, March 21, 2007 issue – Pictured are the members of the Mildmay Midget Broomball Team after winning Gold at the Palmerston Co-ed Tourney. Back row (l-r): Greg Dally (Coach), Andrew Reinhart, Tim Grotenhuis, Derek Russwurm, Daniel Whale, Alisha Burgess, Bevan Weber (Coach). Front: Jason Weber, Brandon Dally, Barret Weber, Emily Brown, Jaclyn Seifried, Samantha Wilson, Sherryl Wilson (Coach).

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A peek from the Town Crier’s Friday, March 24, 1967 issue – Alice and Tommy Detzler pose behind the new bar at the Station Hotel in Mildmay. The Detzler’s held a public Open House to officially mark the completion of their interior renovations.     – Town Crier photo

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A peek from the Town Crier’s Friday, April 7, 1967 issue – The Mildmay Squirts are pictured as they receive their W.O.A.A. “D” Championship crests from W.O.A.A. official Milt Filsinger (bottom left).  The team took a victory ride around the Village of Mildmay on a fire truck to celebrate the win.  Brian Weiler was the team’s Coach and John Thompson, the Manager.   The team was holding a draw for a trip for two to New York to be able to purchase jackets marking their victory.       – Town Crier photo

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A peek from the Town Crier’s Friday, March 18, 1977 issue – The first “Beaver” group to be organized in this area is the one pictured above at Clifford. The Beaver movement is the newest addition to Scouting and is for boys from ages 5 to 7 years. Invested at  Clifford were: Back row- Anson Field, Dale Litt, Jeff Williams, Kevin Reinhart, Tony Dyksterhuis, Michael Koehler. Middle row- Steven Barrie, Danny Boelke, Ricky Hobelman, Mark Barrie.  Front row- Roger Pfeffer, Jeff Smith, Troy McHarg, Jeffery Camm, Sean Hefkey.  Absent for the photo was Robbie Zimmerman. Leaders for the group are Mrs. Gail Smith (left) and Mrs. Dianne Epworth (right).  – Town Crier photo

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A peek from the Town Crier’s Friday, March 10, 1967 issue – Mildmay-Carrick Centennial Queen, Miss Meredith Dickison, gestures to the bright Centennial roadside sign erected by the committee as a gentle reminder to be sure to attend the local celebrations being planned for the May holiday weekend, May 19th to 22nd. The committee did not spare a moment to make the event a memorable one and packed a tremendous amount of action in the 75 hours to celebrate Canada’s 100th birthday.    – Town Crier photo

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A peek from the Town Crier’s Tuesday, February 3, 1987 issue – Work had begun on the Village of Mildmay’s new Waterworks Pumphouse. The new building, located on Absalom Street West, replaced the small white building in the above photo. Wellington Construction Limited of Moorefield, Ontario were the general contractors for the project.  – Town Crier photo

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A peek from the Town Crier’s Wednesday, February 7, 2007 issue – The Mildmay Monarch Tyke 2 team travelled to Owen Sound to play a mini game between the 2nd and 3rd periods of a scheduled Owen Sound Attack game. The tykes were split into two teams to play the four-minute match.  Front (l-r): Landon Moore, Madison Hickling, Garret Kreager, Zach Girdler, Curtis Ruetz, Rhys Martin. Back row (l-r): Josh Henry, Carter Schaus, Kyle Durrer, Paige Fortney, Kristen Ruetz, Darren Ruetz.

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A peek from the Town Crier’s Tuesday, January 20, 1987 issue – An historic landmark in the Village of Mildmay was removed, ending an era that extended over a century of service to rural and urban residents. The Lobsinger Bros. Ltd. building located on Absalom Street, West, Mildmay, was demolished by a group of Mennonite men. The company was most famous for its Mildmay Lion Threshing Machines, but also made apple butter and cider during off-season.           – Town Crier photo

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A peek from the Town Crier’s Friday, February 24, 1967 issue – Four new members were recently enrolled in the Mildmay Brownie Pack. Local Commissioner Mrs. R.J. Creighton of Clifford was in charge of the enrolling ceremonies. Shown above with Mrs. Creighton (centre) are: (left to right) Christine Schuett, Cathy Strauss, Patti Haelzle and JoAnn Tangney.     – Town Crier photo

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A peek from the Town Crier’s Friday, January 21, 1977 issue – With the heavy snowfall the past while, meant that workers had to keep the Mildmay-Carrick Arena roof clear in accordance with an agreement with the Ministry or face complete closure of the building until proper repairs to the snowload strength of the arena arches are made. Board members have been keeping a close watch and like above, closed up the building until workers had the roof back in shape. A public meeting was scheduled and will likely decide the future of the local arena and hall.  (Note: At the time of this photo, the arena was where the Mildmay Medical Clinic is now located.) – Town Crier photo