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Brass metal pin of the Township of West Gwillimbury's crest.

Sticker of the Township of West Gwillimbury Crest from the Bradford West Gwillimbury 25th anniversary of amalgamation display exhibit

A sampler for creating an embroidered version of the Township of West Gwillimbury official crest. This crest design first came into use in approximately 1973. It includes a hand drawn picture of the crest with colour pallette and a samples of coloured threads to be used. Included with this sampler is information about the crest and the meanings behind the various aspects of it.

Map of what West Gwillimbury looked like in approx. 1878.

The opening of the expanded Township of West Gwillimbury Municipal Offices. From left: Don and Madge Wood, Keith and Ella Langford, John and Marietta Fennell, Orville and Jean Hughes, Bob and Doris Sturgeon, and Girvin Sawyer and his wife.

Metal pin of the Township of West Gwillimbury's crest.

Two articles on the railway activity.
"Traffic on G.T.R.
Passenger traffic is so heavy on this division of the Grand Trunk that for the past ten days the Muskoka and Pacific Expresses have been sent through in two sections. From the 17th June to June 31st, 5,000 more passengers were carried over this division than for the corresponding period last year.

North West Excursions
The G.T.R. and C.P.R. will issue Farm Laborers' Excursion round trip tickets from all stations in ONtario via North Bay to Winnipeg and other points in Manitoba and Assinaboine territory on Aug. 22nd, for $28. Fare going $10. Tickets good till the 15th November. Special trains leave Toronto at 1.30p.m."

"To help solve the housing problem for the thousand or more people made homeless by the flood a trailer town is being planned.
Bradford Rotary Club members are in charge of this project and the objective is 100 trailer cabins to be located on the ball grounds. It is proposed to install showers and toilet facilities to serve this big trailer camp.
The search for a sufficient number of trailers is already underway."

A train pulling into the Bradford terminal of the GO line.