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Note: First World War Military Information for: HUBLEY , LEWIS CLARENCE Regimental number: 1274511 Rank: GNR Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4571 - 28 Attestation paper: Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY) 11/05/1886 Halifax Mail Star Wednesday, March 11, 1953 RETIRING EMPLOYEE HONORED_Louis G. Hubley, a conductor and operator with the Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, Limited for 34 years, was honored yesterday on his retirement. In the above picture Mr. Hubley is shown with officials of the Transit Department of the company, at yesterday's presentation ceremony. From left to right are L. Currie Young, superintendent of the Transit Department, O. F. Publicover, assistant superintendent and Mr. Hubley (caption below photo) Louis G. Hubley, who has retired after serving with the Transit Department of Nova Scotia Light and Power Company, Limited, for 34 years, was honored by the firm and his fellow employees yesterday. In a brief ceremony at the Trolley Coach Terminal, Mr. Hubley was presented with a gift by Norman T. Smith, general manager of the company, on behalf of the Board of Directors. Mr. Hubley joined the staff of Nova Scotia Light and Power Company after his return home from overseas in 1919. At first he was a conductor on the old two-man cars and when the Birney trams were introducted in June of 1920, he became an operator. In 1949 he started driving a trolley coach, so that he has served the transit system of Halifax in three different types of vehicles. Born in Bridgewater in 1886, Mr. Hubley worked at various types of jobs_including hotel porter, truck driver, horse and team driver and merchant seaman. Finally he set up a bicycle repair shop in Halifax and remained in this business until he joined the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1914. Mr. Hubley was married in 1910 and is the father of six sons and three daughters. He is an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman. One of the best known operators Mr. Hubley is well-known to thousands of Haligonians who ride the trolley coaches. In Paying tribute to Mr. Hubley yesterday, L. Currie Young, Superintendent of the Transit department said, "he is a thorough gentleman, loyal and faithful with others and a great booster for the N. S. Light and Power Company. During the many years that he has served the City of Halifax he has endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact, and the present high stand which we hold in the transit industry in this country is due in great part of gentlemen of his calibre. The above newspaper article has his middle initial as "G." while in fact is was "C." for Clarence. Also his first name is spelled as "Louis" where it should be spelled as "Lewis" which is on his gravestone. The use of the spelling his first name as "Louis" may have come from his wife who was Acadian and may have used the French spelling. (James A. Hubley, grandson) Obituary for Louis C. Hubley Chronicle Herald, 4 February 1957 Louis C. Hubley, former city transit operator, died at the Victoria General hospital Sunday night. He was 71. Mr. Hubley, who joined the Nova Scotia Light and Power Company in 1919, served as an operator with three different systems of public transportation before he retired in 1953. Born in Bridgewater, May 11, 1886, Mr. Hubley joined the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1914. He is survived by his wife, Cecilia; six sons, Frank, James, George, Aubrey, Gerald and John, all of Halifax; two daughters, Nora (Mrs. Parker Russell), Paradise, and Agnes (Mrs. Murdock), Dartmouth. Mr. Hubley is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Blanche O'Connell, Mrs. Alfreda Kaiser, and Mrs. Jessie Fox, all of Halifax; 35 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. Mass from St. Joseph's church.
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