Tag: local people
50 Christmas Gift Baskets for Seniors
Wow – Millbrook certainly supports the community! These three valuable volunteers gather to load up for deliveries in our community. Pictured from left to right are Cathy McIntyre from Millbrook and Area Guiders, Ralph…
Centennial Voyageur Canoe Pageant Presentation
Last month, roughly one hundred visitors enjoyed an entertaining and informative evening hosted by the Cavan Millbrook Historical Society featuring Millbrook resident Glenn Fallis. The topic of the discussion was an historical event called…
A Name Not on the Cenotaph
There is a plaque along the west wall of St Thomas Anglican church in Millbrook “In loving memory of William Henry Bateson…. killed at Passchendaele Nov 6th, 1917”. His name is not on our…
Major Andrew Kim at Cenotaph in Kosovo
Andrew Kim grew up in Millbrook with his parents and two siblings. He was a typical teenager playing football at Holy Cross. His parents Min and Young Kim arrived in Canada many years ago…
Inspiring Youth of Today to be Leaders Tomorrow
Millbrook resident Dan Horner spends a great deal of time with young adults as a member of the Cadent Instructor Cadre (CIC). He is one of the CIC officers who are military members working…
Life @ 17
This month we spoke to a young woman whose family has lived in the community for generations. While most of this teenager’s peers are still in high school, she will be starting her second…
Unwilling Witness: Memoir Provides Evidence of Cultural Genocide
Last month, Ron Gosbee’s memoir about his experience as a student at St. Anne’s Residential School in northern Ontario was finally published, entitled No Escape: Witness to a Canadian Genocide. Writing this book as…
Who Was Harry Williams?
The Resource Room of the Millbrook Public Library is named in honour of Harry Williams. So, who was this fellow? The fine citizens of Millbrook may have thought the same thing as a dashing…
