SYKES o@ca.on.grey_county.hanover.the_post 2007-10-26 published
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Mary▼
Catherine▼ (née
BLACK)
Mary Catherine
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON, of Chesley, passed away at South Bruce
Grey Health Centre, Chesley on Monday, October 22, 2007 in her
89th year.
Loving mother of Jim and his wife Mary of Windsor; Joanne and
her husband Les
KINGSTON of R.R.#1, Dobbinton; Jack and his wife
Donna; Jill and her husband Bryan
CRAWFORD and Jerry and his
wife Theresa, all of Chesley.
She will be sadly missed by her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mary will be fondly remembered by her siblings, Eldon (Ella Mae)
BLACK of R.R.#3, Chesley, sister Alice
ALEXANDER of Toronto and
her sister-in-law Jean (Larry)
SYKES of Kitchener. Predeceased
by her husband Murray, brother John
BLACK, sister Isabel
NEWMAN
and her parents, John and Susan
(MacDONALD)
BLACK.
Visitation was held at Cameron Funeral Home, Chesley on Wednesday
from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A memorial service was held on Thursday,
October 25, 2007 at Geneva Presbyterian Church, Chesley at 2 p.m.
Interment in Chesley Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Chesley
Hospital Foundation or the charity of your choice would be appreciated
as expressions of sympathy.
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SYKES o@ca.on.grey_county.owen_sound.the_sun_times 2007-10-24 published
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON,
Mary▲
Catherine▲ (née
BLACK)
Of Chesley, passed away at South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Chesley
on Monday, October 22, 2007 in her 89th year. Loving mother of
Jim and his wife Mary of Windsor; Joanne and her husband Les
KINGSTON of R.R.#1 Dobbinton; Jack and his wife
Donna,
Jill and
her husband Bryan
CRAWFORD and Jerry and his wife
Theresa, all
of Chesley. She will be sadly missed by her many grandchildren
and great-grandchildren. Mary will be fondly remembered by her
siblings, Eldon (Ella Mae)
BLACK of R.R.#3 Chesley, sister Alice
ALEXANDER of Toronto and her sister-in-law Jean (Larry)
SYKES
of Kitchener. Predeceased by her husband Murray, brother John
BLACK, sister Isabel
NEWMAN and her parents, John and Susan
(MacDONALD)
BLACK.
Visitation will be held at Cameron Funeral Home, Chesley
on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A memorial service will be
held on Thursday, October 25, 2007 at Geneva Presbyterian Church,
Chesley at 2 p.m. Interment in Chesley Cemetery. Memorial donations
to the Chesley Hospital Foundation or the charity of your choice
would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
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SYKES o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-07-22 published
SHRIER rose in ranks of newspaper industry
By Dave SYKES,
Sun
Media,
Sun.,
July 22, 2007
Goderich -- No matter how successful he became in the newspaper
publishing industry, Robert (Bob) G.
SHRIER never compromised
the belief that success was a combination of a personal vision
and the development and dedication of a good staff.
The man who developed a thriving printing and publishing company
in rural Ontario from a personal dream to own his own newspaper,
SHRIER died in hospital here Monday after a brief illness. He
was 72.
Owner and publisher of the Goderich Signal-Star for more than
22 years, SHRIER and his former wife, Jocelyn (Jo) were well-known
and respected in the community and publishing business.
Born in Cambridge in 1935,
SHRIER showed the innate ability to
sell when he took a job as shoe salesperson at the age of 14 to
support the family through difficult times.
The family moved to Ottawa and
SHRIER landed a job at the Ottawa
Journal, a Thomson newspaper.
Working through many of the daily papers in the Thompson chain,
SHRIER became an effective sales manager, known for building
strong retail relationships and community ties wherever he worked.
In 1961, Goderich Signal-Star owner George
ELLIS placed a classified
ad in the Globe and Mail looking for a salesperson and newsman
to join the local community newspaper in a "small town where
future possibilities are excellent."
SHRIER answered the call to sell ads in the Signal-Star and he
doubled as a writer, mostly producing weekly sports-related columns.
By 1962, SHRIER had bought a 10 per cent interest in the paper.
Three years later, he finally realized a lifelong dream by buying
the Signal-Star.
"It takes more than vision and ambition,"
SHRIER said in an 1987
interview. "You have to have good people that will work with
you, not for you."
In 1966, SHRIER bought a printing press that propelled the company's
rapid growth.
Within a year, the company had acquired the Clinton News Record
and in 1969, the Kincardine News was purchased.
SHRIER believed newspapers were essential to the economic health
of communities.
"It is the duty of a newspaper to have the retailers of the community
use the newspaper as an advertising vehicle to keep the money
in the town and therefore, keep dollars in the town," he once
said.
While the publishing business was expanding, more than 20 community
newspapers in Western Ontario were being printed in Goderich.
By the time the
SHRIERs sold the business to the St. Catharines
Standard Ltd. in 1987, the company had grown to include publications
in Mitchell, Lucknow, Seaforth, Zurich-Grand Bend and Walkerton
and various specialty publications such as Focus and Leisure
Life tourist magazine.
A sought-after speaker, he published several books.
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