Mr. and Mrs. Orville Hughes are shown with some of the gifts they received last Saturday from their friends in honor of their 25th wedding anniversary. More than 450 persons attended the party held in the Bond Head Community Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Hughes were stunned at the turnout of friends. The popular couple was presented with a dining room suite, pole lamp, painting, and a chandelier.
This well preserved match safe, 9" long x 4 1/2" wide, with its Masonic symbols, was molded in Thomas Nelson's Foundry in Bond Head c. 1870. Marion McKibbon, his granddaughter, presently owns it.
Match near Alliston, where they served a special low-priced turkey dinner to almost 1,000 people daily.Fifty Bondheadians contributed voluntary help each day. Mrs. Earl Jessup looked after all the gravies, while Mrs. Jim Bateman made uncounted gallons of tea and coffee.