Miss Anne Hopper,

only daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Hopper, of Hammetts, Woolsery, left for Toronto, Canada, just after Christmas, to join her brother (who has an appointment with Toronto Dominion Bank) and to seek a job as a dental nurse and receptionist.

Her brother, Richard, who was formerly with Bideford branch of Lloyds Bank Ltd emigrated three years ago. About two years ago he experienced a bank hold-up in course of which three customers were shot, one fatally. He promptly flung himself on the alarm bell.

Miss Hopper, who has been employed by Bideford dentist, Mr J G Cross, was formerly with Bideford branch of the Midland Bank, and with the Gazette office.

An Old Girl of Edgehill College, 27 year old Miss Hopper told the Gazette she had been thinking of emigrating for some time, especially since her brother had gone to Toronto.

Gazette article dated 3 January 1964