"The annual meeting of the Public Library was held in the Council Chamber on Friday evening. The attendance was small, as usual. The Treasurer, Mr. Jas. Driffill, presented his report, which showed that the receipts for the year were $354, and the expenditure $310.17, leaving a balance on hand of $44.37. ..."
Description : Died after two days illness from paralysis. Wife of H.S. Broughton, postmaster. Age: 49 years. Children are: Robert, druggist, Newmarket; Harry, a pharmacy student in Toronto; Jennie, who lives with an aunt in St. John's, Quebec; and Vida, Organist of the Methodist church, and Nellie, Organist of the Presbyterian church; both of Bradford. Interred at Mount Pleasant cemetery.
Event Date : Thursday, June 21, 1906 Event Type : Marriage
Description : Elizabeth (Bessie) Young, to Harry P. Broughton, of Sault Ste. Marie, son of Mr. H.S. Broughton, of Bradford. The wedding took place at the residence of the bride's parents, the Parsonage, Thornbury. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Joseph Young, father of the bride.
The Bradford Witness decided to release a series of articles from local townspeople on the history of certain events in Bradford and West Gwillimbury's time. This week, the history of the Bradford newspapers are the topic.
"The new Act respecting the regulations of Public Libraries calls for a meeting on the second Monday in January for the election of a Board of Directors. Accordingly a meeting of the members of the Bradford Public Library was recently held in Mr. T.W.W. Evans' office." ...
Article featuring the centennial anniversary of the Bradford Witness's merged partner, the South Simcoe News. "One hundred years ago, in 1865, the first issue of The South Simcoe News was published in Bradford and that is the centennial anniversary being marked by this issue of The Bradford Witness and South Simcoe News, but newspaper life in this town began before 1865."