Article features news and the history of Victoria Day, questions of creating a horticultural society in Bradford, county boundary issues, talk of a Centennial Park, and new copies of a historical map of Simcoe County and of York County obtained.
Article features news on strikes at Bradford's vegetable processing plants (Federal Farms and United Farms), including publicity in other papers, Bradford's image with the strike and lack of export.
Article features news on strikes at Toronto's Globe and Mail, the deal with John Zima's Luxury Homes Ltd and C.N. Rail off Dissette Street, and more news on garbage collection/ backyard burning.
Newspaper article from a Barrie newspaper about John William "Jack" Parks (1884-1983).
Jack was the son of Margaret Parks (nee Lee) (1851-1919) and Richard Parks (1854-1895). Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Graham (abt. 1825-1903).
