Editor’s note: This letter is addressed to municipal council.
Editor: I have been reading in the local news media about Bob Weedon and other notable people in our community who have had various parks, streets and such named after them in our communities.
With this in mind, I am wondering why the late Mel Crew has not had his name by now enshrined in post life for his many years of service, first with the City of Chatham council and then the Municipality of Chatham-Kent?
Mr. Crew was involved in many activities in this community, outside of his work life, from being actively involved in the churches he attended, to leading sing-a-longs at Christmas time for seniors’ Christmas parties, among the many things in which he was involved.
Mel was, I might add, also a family man. Mel would talk to anyone about municipal issues, regardless of their status or lack of it in the municipality.
It leads me to wonder, why by now, all these years after his passing away, that Mel Crew has not by now had something named after him, a park perhaps, so that people would know that for a period of time, Mel was not just a member of but a leader in our Chatham-Kent community.
Frank Doyle
Chatham
You are absolutely right, Mel was my uncle and he was a great and passionate man He did so much and over came meny hurdles, But Chatham and it’s hidden racism would not allow him to be honored. I was really surprised he did not receive recognition from Chathams so called black history committee. But if your not a Prince, I guess your history dosen’t matter.