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Painting of the Tec-We-Gwill Hall in Newton Robinson painted by B. Edney.

Article on the South Simcoe Railway Heritage presentation by Tom Henry; the presentation promoted the importance of recognizing the steam train's achievements for Canada.

Just after celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, Treva Rowe and Earl Rowe, former lieutenant-governor, check the health of one of the apple trees in front of their Newton Robinson home. They were married at Newton Robinson United Church June 27, 1917, and had three children, Bill, Lennox, and Mrs. Jean Wadds. Mr. Rowe was a member of the Ontario Legislature for two years in the 1920s and then represented Dufferin-Simcoe in the House of Commons for almost 40 years. He was lieutenant-governor from 1963 to 1968. This photo appeared in the Bradford Witness and it is also in the Bradford Women's Institute Scrapbooks.

A newspaper article about the creation of the Gwen Taylor Memorial Library as a community library in Newtown Robinson. The library was conceived after the Newton Robinson branch of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library was closed.

"The Gwen Taylor Memorial Library is an example of what a community can achieve, when it pulls together. The community library in Newton Robinson was opened by residents of the hamlet, after the local branch of the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library was closed by the Library Board..."

Photograph and article accompanying Hon. Rowe's appointment to Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.

S. S. #10, Newton Robinson, 1937

Back Row l-r: Allan Houghton, Jim Lennox, Keith Noble, Teacher Miss Alma West, Roy Breedon, Ralph Houghton, Lawrence Copeland, Neil Mayor, Charlie Breedon
Middle Row l-r: Mary Lennox, [?], Jean Myers, Jean Edney, Velma Breedon, Isobel Lennox, Lennox Rowe, Stanley Copeland, Jim Breedon
Front Row l-r: Byron Mayor, Austin Wiggins, Keith Lewis, Jim Harrison, Lorne Lennox

S. S. # 10, Newton Robinson, 1958. Back Row: Teacher Mrs. Dorothy Hodgson, Sarah Parsons, Louise Ireland, Evelyn Connell, Joan Jarvis, Yvonne Jarvis, Karen Beeston, Irene Jackson, Paul Coborn, Jonathon Parsons, Maurice Jeffels, Ross Brown, Davids Parsons, Larry Halbert. Middle Row: Robert Connell, Roger Stewart, Marvin Chantler, Darlene Black, Jane Rowe, Gail Halbert, Peter Coborn, Ralph Ireland, Ken Jeffels, Billy Halbert, Scott Parsons, Roger Toast, Jim Roth. Front Row: Donna Stewart, Carolyn Halbert, Marilyn Houghton, Nancy Bell, Laird Hollingshead, John Poole, Eddy Roth, Unknown, Unknown, Helga Toast, Ruth Connell, Willie Parsons, Earl Rowe.

Photograph of the Tec-We-Gwil Institute float from Newton Robinson's Centennial Day parade.

Part of the Rob & Jean Keffer Centennial Year album.

Photograph of the Hi-C float from Newton Robinson's Centennial Day parade.

Part of the Rob & Jean Keffer Centennial Year album.