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Residents rescue Library

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..."

Bradford West Gwillimbury Times

Pinkerton School

Pinkerton School. Sarah Riley was the teacher. Back Row, left to right: Victoria Ross, Bobby Ellis, Earl McKinstry, Sheila Andrews, Sarah Riley (teacher). Front Row: Ruth Andrews, Ken Andrews (died in 1949), John ?, Robin ?, Gary Andrews. Absent: Alan Botham, Johnny Davis.

Fisher's Corners School

Fisher's Corners School, S.S. #7. Gladys Bell was the teacher. Back Row, left to right: Ruth Jackson, Mary Harrison, Ruth Morrison, Donald Arnold, David Harrison, Gladys Bell (teacher). Front Row: Ronald Morrison, Fred Arnold, Eleanor Jackson, Donald Harrison.

S.S. #14, Steele's Corners

S.S. #14, Steele's Corners. Teacher: Miss Maysil Williams, Beeton, Ont. Back Row, left to right: Dorothy Bell, Margaret Thorpe, Lyla Brown, Miss Williams, Marjorie Bell, Helen Ritchie, Charlie Cronan, Ewart Kneeshaw. Middle Row: Wilfred Kneeshaw, Edgar Bateman, Frank Bell, Bert Nesbitt, Alice Cronan, Lulu Kneeshaw, Elizabeth Cronan, Ruth Moriarty, Kathleen Silman, Hilda Silman. Front Row: Stanley Nesbitt, Leland Sturgeon, Cyril Hughes, Mitchell Bell, Edna Moriarty, Laura Kneeshaw, Erie Nesbitt, Eleanor Sawyer.