Excerpts relating to Bond Head and Bradford Libraries from Angus Mowat's journal. Mowat was the first Inspector of Public Libraries for Ontario, a position he held from 1937 - 1960.
Sans titreEvent Date : Thursday, October 29, 1936
Event Type : Marriage
Municipality : Newtonbrook
Description : Ida, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. W. H. Day, to Raymond Smith, at Newtonbrook.
Sans titreEvent Date : Tuesday, November 24, 1953
Event Type : Death
Description : Died suddenly at Bradford. Beloved wife of the late Professor W. H. Day, and dear mother of Mrs. Earl Caughty (Stella), of St. Andrew's, N.B.; Mrs. R. C. Smith (Ida), of Weston; William N., Niagara Falls; Henry A., of Mimico. Resting at the T. Kilkenny & Son Funeral Home, Simcoe St., Bradford for service on Friday at 1 p.m. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph, on arrival of motors at 3:45 p.m.
Sans titre"Editor's note: with the new Bradford Public Library scheduled to hold Official Opening Ceremonies November 6, 1988, following is an article submitted by D. Cilipka on the library's past history in Bradford." ...
Sans titrePhotograph of Ida Day Smith, daughter of Professor W.H. Day and librarian of Bradford Public Library in 1936. She was also the daughter of Ethel Day, who took over the librarianship in 1936. Ida Day was the sole librarian after Mary Brown, and worked in a second floor room of T.W.W. Evans' law office. Once she married Raymond Smith in October of 1936, the couple moved away and Ida's mother, Ethel, took over the librarianship duties.
A newspaper article detailing the history of the Bradford Public Library.
Sans titrePhotograph of Bradford High School students in Room 4 & 5, 1927. The back of the photograph lists names of students and is signed by students in the photo.
Fourth Row (L-R): Aleta Gould, Eileen Haldane-Wilson, Gladys Sheldon, Margaret Neilly, Florence Clark, Bertha Collins, Grace Kingsley, Marion Kneeshaw, Lyall Hartman, Gladys Moriarty, Emily McDonald
Third Row (L-R): Anna O'Neil, Ida Day, Rae Green, Nella McLean, Peg Davey, E. J. Keenan, Aileen Nolan, Marion Evans, Margaret Keenan, Julia Norfolk, Marion George
Second Row (L-R): Brock Evans, Keith Armstrong, Ellis Pringle, Norman Collings, Oliver Gould
First Row (L-R): Aubrey Stewart, Willard Stewart, Oliver Connell, Joe Miller, Billy Willson, Bert Culbert
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