A sampler for creating an embroidered version of the Township of West Gwillimbury official crest. This crest design first came into use in approximately 1973. It includes a hand drawn picture of the crest with colour pallette and a samples of coloured threads to be used. Included with this sampler is information about the crest and the meanings behind the various aspects of it.

"Karen Brinkos had good reason to smile last Saturday. The attractive 19-year-old Bradford girl was chosen Harvest Queen at the first Harvest Festival held in the Ukrainian Cultural Centre on the weekend. Karen represented the Slovak peoples. Her parents, Mike and Julia Brinkos, won't learn about their daughter's achievement until they return from vacation in their native Czechoslovakia."

"The Toronto Telegram, now defunct, ran this week's photographs in the 1950s, showing the Holland Marsh harvest. Even then the marsh was prized for its productivity and the great opportunities for employment it provided. The photos are included in a collection at the Simcoe County Museum in Midhurst."

"'For the fun of it.' That's the reason Grade 9 student Sandra Smith gave as she and about 180 other young people from Bradford District High School (BDHS) pitched in last Wednesday to help six Holland Marsh farmers with the harvest. Sandra and her co-workers came to the rescue after hearing that many farmers are behind in their work because the wet summer and fall limited the use of heavy harvesting machinery. The students worked free of charge and earned the gratitude of the farmers, including Jack Van Es who asked some of them back on Saturday to work for pay. Walter Yarmoluk said the students harvested about $2,000 worth of onions for him, focusing mainly on land still too wet for machinery. Mr. Yarmoluk said he has never experienced such wet conditions in 32 years of farming, from 1938 to 1955 and from 1962 to the present. This year he lost three acres of carrots and two acres of beets because of the rain. The project had to be approved by the Simcoe County school board superintendent, according to Carrol Good, guidance teacher at BDHS. It was considered an emergency situation that is not likely to be repeated this year, she said."

Article features news on the Dr. Jim Evans leaving for the Congo for his missionary work, the discussion of a pipeline from Lake Simcoe to provide water, and new carrot and onion harvesters brought into the Marsh.

Summer harvest = four-horse team and binder. Grain harvest on the Lloyd farm with the binder in action. The row sheaves and the stooks are on the left.

Loading harvested lettuce on the marsh. If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.

"Mary Novosad uses an old wooden wheelbarrow to carry two bushels of potatoes from her garden in Bradford. This is a time of hard work as she and her husband, Steve, grow several types of vegetables behind their Morris Road home."

"Some of the queen contestants in the International Harvest Festival assembled on the weekend, representing many of the ethnic groups in the Bradford area. The festival is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, November 5 and 6. Front row: Penny Ackerman, Stella Balon, holding a Ukrainian doll, Shelley Rainey. Rear: Eileen Ferragine, Debbie Riffert, Phylomena Moniz, Michele Wierenga, and Oksana Luczka. Also entered are Karen Brinkos, Christine Jolivel, and an unnamed Canadian girl."