"Mr. Duncan McArthur, proprietor of the Bond Head garage, is a patient in York County Hospital, Newmarket, recovering from a brutal assault, committed in his garage last Friday night around 10 o'clock, when he was struck on the head and kicked about the body, before being robbed of his wallet." ...

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Canada.One warm evening in June 1939, the elementary school children and parents of West Gwillimbury drove to Alliston to see the Royal Couple on board the train as it passed through the little town. But the train did not stop and thousands of disappointed onlookers did not get a glimpse of the King and Queen. Engineer Harry Toman (brother-in-law of Herbert Bowles) was under instruction not to stop the Royal Train as it was late leaving the Toronto Station. At Midhurst, where 28 peoples were gathered, the train stopped to take on water supplies. King George VI stepped off the train to shake hands with the small group. One of those present was Edith Belfry, teacher of S.S. #9 Mount Pleasant. The Bradford High School students went by train to Toronto where they saw the Royal Couple riding in the Royal Car. The pupils had been given flags to wave and in some places the children put pennies on the railroad tracks.

Article features news on tenders for a new post office on the corner of John and Barrie Streets, Alliston's new town hall for its Centennial, and spending reports on neighbouring municipalities.

More than 100 delegates attended the district annual meeting of Simcoe South Women's Institutes last week at Alliston. Mrs. Russel Browning of Churchill headed the prize winners in the Log Book competition. Above are (left to right): Mrs. Gordon Mallion of Tottenham, who judged the entries, Mrs. Norman Baxter, Everett, third-prize winner, Mrs. Browning, and Mrs. William Sutherland, Bond Head, district history curator. This photo appeared in the Bradford Witness but is also from the Bradford Women's Institute Scrapbooks.

Jeffrey Barn, now a museum in Alliston.

Contains an index of titles in the George & Helen Jackson Heritage Room based on genealogical resources specific to Simcoe County, including specific sources on Tottenham, New Tecumseth, Alliston, and Oro Medonte. We also have a large section on Barrie and Innisfil history within the collection.