Lorne+Crescent

St. Albert 150th Anniversary Street Name Research Project    By: ||=  ||=  ||
 * = [[image:new_bobkats.jpg height="182"]] || Bertha Kennedy Catholic Community School  

*Lorne Akins was a wealthy farmer. *Lorne Akins was a builder, helped the City thrive, and he also helped St. Albert grow in size. ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">* The Akins family originally came from Arnprior, Ontario. ||  ||
 * = [[image:who.jpg height="71" align="center"]] ||< <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">* Lorne Cresent is named after Fredrick Lawrence Christopher Akins, also known as Lorne. ||  ||
 * = [[image:what.jpg width="60" height="69" align="center"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 29px;">*Lorne Akins paid for the opening of Lorne Akins Junior High School.
 * = [[image:where.jpg height="71" align="center"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">* Lorne Akins and his family lived on Sir Winston Churchill and Fairview Boulevard.
 * = [[image:when.jpg height="71" align="center"]] ||< <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Mr. Lorne Akins lived from 1891 to 1972 and lived to the age of 81. ||  ||
 * = [[image:why.jpg height="69" align="center"]] ||< <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">He was important because he was active in the construction of the first community buildings; very active business man in the development of St. Albert. ||  ||
 * =  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Lorne Akins had 6 children: three sons, Gordon, Jim and Fred and three daughters, Phyllis, Jean and Eileen. ||   ||