Description : Richard Tyrwhitt, Esq., son to the late William Tyrwhitt, Esq., to Emma, second daughter of Rev. George Whitaker, M.A., Provost of Trinity College, Toronto, who also performed the ceremony. The wedding took place at the chapel of Trinity College, Toronto.
Event Date : Friday, August 17, 1956 Event Type : Death
Description : Died suddenly at Toronto. Survived by his wife, dear son of Mary Jane and the late Adolph; brother of Sister Marie Reine, Mrs. May Sullivan and Adolph. Resting at F. Lynett Funeral Home, 3299 Dundas St. W. Funeral Monday to St. Basil's Church for mass at 9:15 a.m. Interment Lefroy, Ont.
Contains items relating to the transportation methods of Bradford's past. Headings include:
200th Anniversary of Yonge Street
Canals
Carrying Place
Early Transportation
Government Records
Highway 11
Highway 27
Highway 89
Highway 404
Old Plank Road/ Highway 88
Roads - General
Radial Railway
The Grand Trunk Railway
The Northern Railway
The Simcoe & Huron Railroads
Train Wrecks *Transport by Water
"Excessive Speed is Cause of Fatal Accident on Highway 11 William J. Lees, 28, of 612 Harvie Ave., Toronto, was instantly killed late Saturday afternoon when the car he was driving swerved off the highway south of Mr. Clarence Wood's gateway, snapped off a Hydro pole in the ditch, and threw the driver partly out of the right window..."
Two articles on the Historic day for the Holland Marsh and Village of Bradford:
"According to A.H. Wilford, publisher of Transport News, the plans for "Bradford Story," to-morrow, November 4, near completion and success. Marsh gardeners, business men, and highland farmers - everybody who calls Bradford their shopping centre, is invited to join in this big parade to Toronto and thus advertise their home town." ...
Also an invitation from Reeve Charles T.S. Evans to attend the same event.
"One exhibit which attracted a great deal of interest in last Thursday's parade was the huge melon tied on the front of Gordon Bateman's truck, which was being driven for Bradford Seed House. The melon, which weighed 115 pounds, was over five feet long and more than 1 foot in diameter. It was not grown here but was brought in by a traveller for seeds, selling to Bradford Seed House. This traveller informed that the melon is of the gourd variety and is known as the Zucca Melon. It is used to make Christmas peels and cherries. After the parade was over a policeman's whistle stopped the Bateman truck at Yonge and Queen and the officer halted traffic while he examined the melon, he being just as curious as many others watching the parade. The melon in shape and colour slightly resembles the vegetable marrow."