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Cpl. Frank Broomfield Retires From OPP Force, 36 Years of Service, page 1

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‘farewell occasions for Pro- vincial nee ee Frank Bromfield of The veteran 2 OFP oft officer hail- ed another bade farewell to the force he has senved for a record 36 years, 8 | Fellow officers from around |the sprawling No. 9 OPP area [crowded into Belleville district head spokesman for the oc- D was district superintend- Mi cDougall, a oun force his ia RY was'a day of hail’ | JOINED IN 1929 (of OPP headquarters The Intelligencer: England in He joined the force in 1929 — bebaedbectasion a. about 300 men in all ranks. He served nearly 13 years as constable out transferred to ne ioe in 1942. Other transfe: to Welland and Tagerevile de- tachments. In 1947 the force vagal posted to Belleville, to take ange of the ‘commu- nication network, He has served in that post ever since, Knowing his beat has more}, than police significance for Cor- poral Bromfield. His prime interest has always been cece: I}cal music, Well known in trict music circles, a isa re ing member of Church choir, The. Bromfields, who live at 15 Gréenlawn Avenue, have one son— an Ontario Hydro engin- -|eer now at Kingston—and eee grandchildren, sepr lf “Bromfie a Cc ipl > Frank

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