by Edith Cody-Rice
Left to right: Margaret Brunton, Dorothy Finner, Al Lunney, Jim Lowry, Ron Robertson, Paul Finner, Ian Paige, Ron Pettem
Mayors and reeves, both past and current turned out on a blustery Friday morning last week, to kick off the planting of 12 sugar maples at the Mississippi Mills Town Hall. The initiative grew out of the Communities in Bloom recommendation that MM adopt a tree policy and plant more trees. The trees honour past and current mayors and reeves of Mississippi Mills and the communities that comprise it. Officials honoured are
Dorothy Finner, Mayor of Almonte 1988 – 1997
Paul Finner, Mayor of Almonte 1998 – 2000
Ron Pettem, Mayor of Almonte 1978 – 1988, 2000 – 2003
William Gomme, Mayor of Almonte 1976 – 1978
Al Lunney, Mayor of Mississippi Mills 2003 – 2010
John Levi, Mayor of Mississippi Mills 2010 – present
Harry Barr, Reeve of Pakenham Township 1988 – 1997
Ian Paige, Reeve of Pakenham Township 1985 – 1988
Charlie Gillan, Reeve of Pakenham Township 1982 – 1985
Ralph Monette, Reeve of Pakenham Township 1976 – 1977
James Lowry, Reeve of Ramsay Township 1994 – 1997
Margaret (Duncan) Brunton, Reeve of Ramsay Township 1988 -1994
Ron Robertson, Reeve of Ramsay Township 1977 – 1979
Photo © Edith Cody-Rice 2012