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Lanthier, Ovila. Imprimeur. L'Orignal (Ont.), 25 octobre 1897 - Ottawa (Ont.), 10 mai 1944. Marié à Béatrice Desloges; père de Jeannine, Guy et Gilles. Fait ses études primaires tout en aidant son père aux divers travaux de la ferme. Institut des arts graphiques de Montréal, maître imprimeur, [191?]. Imprimerie nationale, Ottawa, [191?]-1929. Inventeur d'un système d'alarme pour les voies ferrées qu'il fait breveter : « Alarm Signals for Railroad Crossings and the Like ». Fonde sa propre imprimerie à Ottawa, Imprimerie Lanthier, [1929]-[1944]. Source : Dossiers administratifs CRCCF.

Dupuis, Albert. Résidant de Mattice (Ont.). Source : Dossiers administratifs CRCCF.

Savard, Pierre. Historien et professeur. Québec (Québec), 10 juin 1936 - Ottawa (Ont.), 4 octobre 1998. Séminaire de Québec, B.A., 1957. Université Laval : licence ès lettres (histoire), 1960; doctorat ès lettres (histoire), 1965. Université de Lyon (France), diplôme d'études supérieures (histoire), 1961. Université Laval : chargé de cours et professeur, 1961-1971; directeur du Département d'histoire, 1970-1971. Université d'Ottawa : professeur depuis 1972; directeur du Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française, 1973-1985; membre du collectif de chercheurs DOPELFO (Documents pédagogiques en langue française pour l'Ontario), 1979; directeur du Département d'histoire, 1985-1988. Gouvernement de l'Ontario, Conseil des arts de l'Ontario, président du Groupe d'étude sur les arts en Ontario français, 1977. Membre de plusieurs organismes : Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française, directeur, 1972-1975; Société des professeurs d'histoire du Québec, président fondateur; Conseil international des études canadiennes; Conseil d'administration de la Fondation d'études du Canada; The Multicultural History Society of Ontario; Société historique du Canada; Comité international d'historiens et de géographes de langue française, section québécoise; Conseil international des études canadiennes. Société des Dix, 1979; Société royale du Canada, 1975. Professeur de l'année, Faculté des arts, Université d'Ottawa, 1997. Publications : Jules-Paul Tardivel, la France et les États-Unis, 1851-1905, 1967 (prix Raymond-Casgrain); Jules-Paul Tardivel (textes choisis et présentés par Pierre Savard), 1969; Le Consulat général de France à Québec et à Montréal de 1859 à 1914, 1970; La Ville de Québec au miroir de la littérature, 1860-1900, 1971; Aspects du catholicisme canadien-français au XIXe siècle, 1980. En collab., Aspects de l'enseignement au Petit Séminaire de Québec (1765-1945), 1968; Cultiver sa différence - Rapport sur les arts dans la vie franco-ontarienne présenté au Conseil des arts de l'Ontario, 1977; François-Xavier Garneau, 1809-1866, 1978; La Voix de l'Ontario, 1913-1920, 1980; The Quebec and Acadian Diaspora in North America, 1982; Les Textes poétiques du Canada français 1606-1867, 12 vol., 1988-; Dictionnaire de l'Amérique française, 1988. Collaboration à plusieurs périodiques : Livres et auteurs québécois, Culture, Recherches sociographiques, Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française, Contact, Revue de l'Université d'Ottawa, Mémoires de la Société royale du Canada, Bulletin du Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française, Société canadienne d'histoire de l'Église, Revue d'histoire diplomatique, Cahiers des Dix. Sources : Dossiers administratifs CRCCF; Dictionnaire des auteurs de langue française en Amérique du Nord, p. 1226-1228.

Pouliot, Marie-Crescence. Mariée à Georges Bouchard, agronome, professeur, homme politique et auteur, le 24 août 1915. Sources : Dossiers administratifs CRCCF; Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires du Québec, tome II, p. 908.

The Director of Operations Division (DOD) was established as a division of Naval Service Headquarters in November 1940. Responsible to the Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, the new directorate was tasked with putting defence schemes into operation. The tasks of the new directorate included: the taking up, arming and commissioning of new ships for the service; the movements and operations of HMC ships, either separately or in conjunction with ships of the Royal Navy or other Dominion Navies; the distribution (both operational and seasonable) of the available force of the Royal Canadian Navy; the withdrawal from service of ships when necessary, for docking, refits, rearming, etc.; and the staff requirements necessary in construction, ordnance, torpedo armament, mines and depth charges, equipment generally, compasses, signal and W/T equipment, A/S equipment and hydrographic information.

Ronald Dodds was born in England and raised in Mount Vernon, Washington. He attended both the University of British Columbia and the University of Washington for journalism. Dodds also worked with the British United Press prior to the Second World War before enlisting in the RCAF in 1940. He trained as an observer and instructed in Canada before going overseas. After the war, he worked for Canadian Press until he was appointed as the RCAF’s Director of Public Relations in Ottawa. He served with this capacity until joining their Historical Section in 1961 and later the Directorate of History and Heritage with DND. He retired in 1976 and eventually passed away on March 25th 1994 at the age of 81.

No. 666 Squadron was originally an RCAF Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron formed during the Second World War. It was manned principally by Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) personnel. The Squadron was formed at RAF Andover, England, on 5 March 1945, in support of the 1st Canadian Army. The squadron operated under the overall command of No. 70 Group, RAF Fighter Command. Through the summer of 1945, the squadron was tasked with 'air taxi' duties in support of 1st and 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, as well as the #1 Canadian AGRA (Army Groups Royal Artillery). On 25 June, 666 Squadron moved from Hilversum to Apeldoorn, joining 664 Squadron and 665 Squadrons in that location, then under the overall command of the First Canadian Army. On October 31st, 1945, the No. 666 Squadron RCAF was disbanded in Apeldoorn.

The RCAF’s No. 664 “Air Observation Post” squadron was created in England during the Second World War. The main reason for its formation was to direct artillery fire from the air. The squadron was manned principally by the Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA), Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) personnel, along with select British artillery pilots to assist with squadron formation. In January 1945, the squadron was deployed to RAF Penshurst and then to the Netherlands in March 1945. After V-E Day on May 8, 1945, the squadron was tasked with flying mail and passengers for 1st Canadian Army. The squadron continued flying like duties for the Canadian Army Occupation Force (CAOF) until the spring of 1946. The squadron was disbanded at Bad Zwischenahn, Germany, on 31 May 1946.

Bean served as Councillor for Mississauga Ward 3, and later as Regional Chair, a position he served in for 12 years.

Brampton Meals on Wheels (BMOW) delivers fresh and frozen nutritious meals to clients in need within the City of Brampton.

Meals on Wheels originated in Great Britain during the Blitz; the destruction of so many homes resulted in the need for a roving food distribution service (overseen by the Women’s Volunteer Service for Civil Defence). Post-war home delivery started in Hertfordshire, England, in 1947.

In the spring of 1963 Brampton was the first recorded city in Canada to deliver meals to seniors in need. The program was supported by the local Soroptimist Club until 1973, at which time the Peel Memorial Hospital Auxiliary took over. In September 1974 funding from the City of Brampton was allocated to pay for office space and a co-ordinator, thus making BMOW an official non-profit organization. In 1975 BMOW came under the wing of the Region of Peel, moving into offices at Peel Manor (where it still resides today). BMOW was incorporated on June 6, 1985.

The number of meal deliveries has grown over the years, from 1,484 in 1975 to over 40,000 in 2010.

Lorena Beck (nee Myers) was trained as a commercial artist in Calgary and Toronto. She and husband Peter Beck were both photography enthusiasts, and both used Pentax Spotmatics with telezooms and wide angle lenses. Lorena had an additional interest of architecture, well represented in her photography. According to her husband, she was said to have a "photographic memory" for architecture, seeing buildings in the real world and knowing which books they were shown in.

Peter was also trained as an artist, and apprenticed as a commercial artist before the Second World War. As of 1958, Peter J. C. Beck was an Office and Records Supervisor at Orenda Engines.

The couple were joint-tenants near Inglewood as of June 1955, and Lorena has her married last name. As of 1951, he lived in Brampton with another AVRO employee.

Joseph Henry Hewson was born in 1856, the son of Elizabeth and Joseph Hewson. He married Mary Ann Purdy on April 22, 1890, in Port Hope, Ontario. They had three children during their marriage. He died of typhoid fever on October 30, 1902, in Belleville, Ontario, at the age of 45.

As of 1961, Birendra Narayan Chakraborty was the High Commission for India in Canada. As of 1965, he was the Indian Ambassador to the United Nations. From 1967 to 1976, he served as Governor of Haryana, a state in northern India.

The Ganaraska Rebekah Lodge was instituted on April 23, 1913 in Port Hope, Ontario.

Edward Thomas Hamley was a portrait photographer in Port Hope, Ontario.

F.W. Wilson was the editor and publisher of the Port Hope Guide from 1905-1929.