West Gwillimbury council has nominated Earl Rowe of Newton Robinson to receive one of the jubilee medals being minted by the federal government in recognition of Queen Elizabeth's 25 years on the throne. Mr. Rowe is a former MP and MPP and he was Ontario's lieutenant-governor from 1963 to 1968. Bradford council also recently nominated lawyer Charles Evans, former Warden of Simcoe County to receive a jubilee medal.
Back Row (l-r): Allan Metcalfe, Ralph Williams, Don Gunn, June Campbell, Muriel Meher, Betty Campbell. Front Row (l-r): Gordon Campbell, Lorne Herford, Zelpha-Ann Williams.
This is was the home of John MacDonald Campbell and his wife Edith Rose and is where they raised their nine children. This photo appeared in The Bradford Witness and South Simcoe News on June 8, 1983.
MPP Earl Rowe was in town last week to present certificates to lawyers Charles. T.S. Evans, and his brother, Brock Evans. The elder Evans was honored for the 60th anniversary of his call to the bar, and Brock Evans was honored on the occasion of his 52nd year of practice.
