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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Canada.One warm evening in June 1939, the elementary school children and parents of West Gwillimbury drove to Alliston to see the Royal Couple on board the train as it passed through the little town. But the train did not stop and thousands of disappointed onlookers did not get a glimpse of the King and Queen. Engineer Harry Toman (brother-in-law of Herbert Bowles) was under instruction not to stop the Royal Train as it was late leaving the Toronto Station. At Midhurst, where 28 peoples were gathered, the train stopped to take on water supplies. King George VI stepped off the train to shake hands with the small group. One of those present was Edith Belfry, teacher of S.S. #9 Mount Pleasant. The Bradford High School students went by train to Toronto where they saw the Royal Couple riding in the Royal Car. The pupils had been given flags to wave and in some places the children put pennies on the railroad tracks.

A class photo for rooms 4 and 5 of Bradford District High School, from 1925.

S.S. #14

This photograph shows Miss A. Wierenga was Grades 1, 2, and 3 at the future site of the Springdale Christian School, built beside the Canal after Hurricane Hazel. This school was in use for almost 25 years, and later combined with the Holland Marsh District Christian School in Ansnorveld. The old school was later incorporated into the Church building.

Bradford High School Form 5.

S.S. #5, Bond Head Public School.
Back Row, left to right: Lucy Aitchison (teacher), Mildred Reynolds, Marion Burton, Alice Smith, Joyce Reynolds, Marguerite Dermott, Walter Reynolds, Wallace Reynolds, Stewart Reynolds, Douglas Reynolds.
Middle Row: Margaret Sutherland, Barbara Lockett, Doreen Higgs, Charlie Hansford, Bobby Higgs, Norman Harvey, Alan McLean, Gordon Brown, Donny Whiteside, Billy Higgs.
Front Row: Etta Whiteside, Gwen Geddes, ? Higgs, Billy Whiteside, Jimmy Beaton, Keith Reynolds, Joe Foran, Tom Whiteside, Jimmy Hipwell, Karl Reynolds.

Bond Head Public School, 1945-1946. Teacher was Mrs. Lylia Culbert.
Back Row, left to right: Lloyd Reynolds, Stewart Reynolds, Joe Reynolds, Jim Thompson, Art Preece, Wallace Reynolds, Peter Scanlon, Mrs. Lylia Culbert.
Middle Row: Alice Smith, Mildred Reynolds, Marion Burton, Ena Brown, Marie Wilson, Marguerite Dermott, Joyce Reynolds, Percy Scanlon, Walter Reynolds.
Front Row: Etta Whiteside, Mary Culbert, Margaret Sutherland, Norman Harvey, Donny Whiteside, Allan McLean, Doug Reynolds, Charles Hansford, Gordon Brown.

Bond Head Public School, 1945. Teacher was Lylia Bell (Mrs. Culbert).
Back Row: Wallace Reynolds, Art Preece, Marie Wilson, Stewart Reynolds, Jean Reynolds, John Preece, Wilma Hansford, Joe Reynolds, Mary Mellon, Jim Thompson, Gloria Duncan, Bud Brown, Lylia Bell (Mrs Culbert).
Middle Row: Mildred Reynolds, Joyce Reynolds, Alice Smith, Diane Duncan, Natalie Duncan, Margaret Sutherland, Ena Brown, Marguerite (Peggy) Dermott.
Front Row: Peter Scanlon, Lloyd Reynolds, Percy Scanlon, Walter Reynolds, Gordon Brown, Doug Reynolds, Don Whiteside.

Bond Head Public School. Teacher was Miss Taylor. Back of photo reads, "Mrs. Kathleen Watt, 1580 Bathurst St. Apt. 23, Toronto." Kathleen Smith Watt is in the back row. Annie Smith Tomlin is the fifth person from the left in the second row.

New Bond Head School, 1954.
Upper caption reads, "The New S.S. 5 West Gwillimbury building at Bond Head is a marked contrast with the old school, which can be seen behind at left. The old building was in continuous use for 80 years. In 1908, the roof blew off and had to be replaced with a new one. The new one-classroom school is of rug brick and has an aluminum roof and large windows all along the side facing the road. The first sod was turned on Thanksgiving Day and the new school, built by Contractor Wilfrid Halbert of Thornton, was moved into at the beginning of February. D.A. Lapp, public school inspector for South Simcoe, officially opened the building."