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Municipality : Toronto
Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : How do you keep six girls on the farm after they've seen T.O.? Well, you couldn't keep the Lee sisters away from Toronto General Hospital School of Nursing from 1947 to 1963. They followed each other through the school's hallowed halls to pursue a training that none of them regrets today. Over the weekend and continuing today, as the school's 1,100-strong alumni association celebrates its 100th anniversary in Toronto, the six have come from Canada and across the United States for a personal and pedagogical reunion. Once the two eldest sisters, Jean Moulding, now 65, and Charlotte Laubach, 63, set the pattern, it was hard for the others to break. But each had her own special reason for leaving the grind of their parent's farm in Bradford about 8 kilometres (5 miles) northwest of Newmarket. The youngest sister Barbara was only 5 when Jean left in 1947 for the bright lights and her three-year training. Like all her sisters, she says she'd do if all over again. For Margaret Evans teaching was her first choice but her mother pushed her to go to school, where she hated being the fifth sister there.

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Description : Some historians pore over dusty tomes and draw all their knowledge from archival materials. Joe Saint knows the history books, but he is also a repository of oral tradition, a collector of tales and reminiscences. He can put a family name and a face to practically every historic building in Bradford. Joe Saint is 81, a timespan that encompasses a lot of changes, a lot of experience. Taking a driving tour with Saint is like getting a glimpse into the rich tapestry of Bradford West Gwillimbury's past. The Village Inn has a history. Built in 1910 by W.D. Watson, as a grocery store, it remained a grocery store until the mid 1930s. Then Jack Pong transformed it into a Chinese Restaurant, and in 1937, bought a liquor licence. All of Ontario was "dry" by 1916, but in the 1930s, Mitch Hepburn lifted Prohibition and introduced "local option." Some communities stayed dry, some brought in the alcohol - Bradford was the only community between North York and Barrie that had a beer licence. Aurora, Richmond Hill, Newmarket, all stayed "dry" by local option. "There were just too many church people, and too many bootleggers," says Saint. "Bootlegging in those days was an honest profession" - considered to be better than going on welfare. The owner of The Queen's Hotel didn't have the funds to buy a licence. A group of potential customers, tired of dealing with the bootleggers, reportedly chipped in to help pay the fees. Several of the homes on John Street East, including numbers 28, 34 and 49, were "floated" across the river to their present location, when the mill in Amsterdam closed. Actually, the homes were transported in winter, when it was easier to haul them across the frozen surface, Saint says. "There's a lot of history in this town. Some of it's good, and some of it's not... I didn't tell you the juicy stuff," says Saint.

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Community : Innisfil
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Description : At Churchill was the Episopalian Church. Although, I was baptized in that church, or rather in the old plastered church, in my early days I didn't know much about it. Jennie (or Jimie) Mathers was the choir leader and was an exceptionally good singer. There used to be preaching in James Sloan's wagon shop on a Sunday evening. For seats they used wagon hubs set on end, with planks on top, and a small table for a pulpit. About two miles to the south, we had Zion Church, where the cemetery now is. The ministers came from Bradford. They never seemed to get a grip of the people as they should have, Bethel Towse was the leading factor at this place. The Presbyterian Church at Cherry Creek held services at half past ten in the forenoon. A large crowd of people came here to worship God. A man called Alex Johnson led the singing. There was no musical instrument in use. Some good preachers came here. The folk came mostly from the north, some in double buggies and some in wagons. There was no Presbyterian church was built at Churchill, the Cherry Creek appointment was soon closed. The Church was moved a little to the south and is now (1932) used for a restaurant and service station. Across the road and a little to the north, we come to the Methodist Church, a frame structure with clapboard and three windows on each side. The top of the windows were fan-Shaped before the church was built, they had services in the school house.

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Description : The latest crop statistics show that the total onion acreage in the Bradford and District Marshes was down, as was the potato acreage while the area of carrots and lettuce increase. The number of muck vegetable growers continue the steady downward trend of the last twenty years These statistics are compiled each year by the staff of the O.M.A.F. Dairy, Fruit and Vegetable Industries Inspection Branch in Bradford (commonly known as the Bradford Inspection Office). Judy Sturgeon and Barry Roberts would like to thank all of the growers for their cooperation. The onion acreage in Bradford was over 200 acres lower than in 1992, but there were 67 more acres of transplanted onions. This is not surprising, considering the disappointing onion year we had last year and the predictions that 1993 would be more the same. The area devoted to potatoes on muck soil was down by more than 200 acres as well. The carrot and lettuce acreage increased about 80 acres each to make up for some of the difference. The onion and carrot acreages have gone up and down during the past 8-10 years, but there are a few trends in some of the other crops that are revealed by the statistics. The celery acreage has dropped steadily since 1987 and there have been increases in oriental vegetables. There were approximately 228 acres of oriental vegetables in 1990; now the figure is 480 acres. The average farm size this year was 58 acres, but two thirds of the growers operated farms that were 50 acres or less.

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Description : A very successful re-union was held by the Bowles family on August 3, when about fifty members met at Bay View Park, Lake Simcoe. An interesting and pleasant time was had and it was decided to have an annual picnic. In addition to members of the Bowles family of Bradford, others were present from Pinkerton, St. Catharines, Mimico, Toronto, Ayening, Barrie, and Alliston.

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Description : A copy of the May 31, 1906 Bradford Witness owned by Rose Magloughlen, who inherited from her aunt, Florence Batchelor. Rose loaned the copy to the Historical Association, which had it copied and compiled in book format. The edition was written 102 years ago, when Bradford was almost 50 years old - but still had a population of only around 1,000. There were 4 churches, a public school and a high school, one policeman, and a whole variety of shopkeepers and service providers. Travel was by real horse power, and about this time, the wooden sidewalks in town were replaced with smooth cement - but you still had to dodge the puddles and muddy spots when crossing dirt streets on a rainy day. This "illustrated edition" of The Witness was special and expensive to print, because it not only told of the many business and professional offices and manufacturing works within the Town, it contained many pictures that had to be engraved prior to being printed. The editor, Mr. Edmund Garrett, wrote in his preamble, "It is hoped, however, that this number will possess vastly more interest than that of any publication ever gotten up in the village - interesting alike to present dwellers in our midst and to the thousands who have gone from us to dwell in other places." Even today, folks returning to Bradford to search for their roots are surprised to find a story and a picture of an earlier generation of their family in this publication - including information about Bradford's very first land developer, Letitia Magee. The book was out of print, but the Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History Association decided to reprint it as another reminder of the past, on the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Bradford. Copies are only $10 each.

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Description : Mr. Kenneth E. Kidd, the Curator of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, has been good enough to mention to me than an Indian burying ground was discovered in Bradford in 1902 on the property of John Stibbs, Baker. His property would be the one now occupied by the bake shop just north of Mr. Worfolk's barber shop. The ossuary was five and a half feet below the surface and slightly oval, measuring ten feet by eight and a half feet. It was estimated that there were between fifty and one hundred buried there. It was evidently of pre-European origin, having no relics indicating contact with the white man. In the Archaeological Report of 1907 the following reference was made to it: "In 1902 an oosuary was examined at Bradford, Simoce County, but when the spot was reached it was found that 'curio' seekers had almost destroyed the appearance of the place, wholly so, indeed, for any scientific purpose. A ghoulish craze seemed to have taken possession of many people in the village, so that in passing along its principal street skulls were seen on window-sills, while in not a few sitting-rooms they occupied prominent places on centre tables." Mr. Stibbs, the owner of the ground was anxious to have all the skills placed in the Provincial Museum, but not a single person showed any willingness to give up his gruesome specimen - that which he might show to his or her more rural visitors, especially ladies, and over which utterances might be bandied in solemn tones with deep-drawn sighs, while the speakers were fully of the belief that their made-to-order morallsings were the out-come of pure and undefiled religion! At least one man contemplated having the top of his skull sawn off to form an ink bottle stand!, Of course he meant his Indian skull.

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Description : Bradford's HOME HARDWARE marked its 'official' grand opening in their new building, Wednesday, April 20, 1988. The first 45 patrons through the double doors received a complimentary grab bag valued at between $15.00 and $20.00. Children were drawn to the fish pond where, with a little bit of co-ordination and luck, they left with a free goldfish. Mayor Bill dePeuter was on hand for the "chain cutting" ceremony. An estimated 1,500 visited the store and took advantage of the many in-store grand opening specials. Mr. Jim Schaefer has been owner/dealer of the Home Hardware franchise since the first store opened in Bradford, ten years ago. Jim is a fifth generation descendant in the hardware business. His wife, Elsa, and two children, Holly and Jim Jr. are working hard to keep the 'family business' tradition alive. The new premises, which encompasses an area of approximately 15,000 sq. ft. is located on Dissette Street across from the Bradford Car Wash. Complimenting the additional floor space (previous sq. footage 5,200) is a larger line of general hardware items, an extended line of Beautitone pains, bigger selection of bikes, a full range houseware and giftware items and a newly added Bath and Accessories Department, complete wth shower stalls, cupboards, etc. An additional 16 employees help to keep the store running smoothly. Extended hours have made the store more accessible to its patrons.

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Community : Innisfil
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Description : The INNISFIL Historical Society meets on the third Saturday of the month. The next meeting is on April 21st 2001. We meet at Knock Commujnity Centre 7756 10th Sideroad at the 9th Line, INNISFIL. Bill Warnica was the guest speaker in March. He spoke on the Myers family of INNISFIL. Before Stroud was called Victoria, it was Myer's Corners, named after the first to settle there, David Myers. The Myers were originally from an area know as Palatinate, now part of Rhineland-Pfaltz, part of Germany. Through the late 1600's and into the early 1700's, the Palatines were exposed to many hardships, decades of war and religious persecution. During the revolutionary wars, the Indians fought alongside the English in their fight with the Americans for their independence. One massacre occured about 1780, that devastated the community of German Flats, Killing many including Catherine Wolff's parents and grand parents. Catharine's grandmother was mistaken for dead and was scalped but survived and lived another 12 years. Catherine lived with the Wolever family until as a young woman she married Captain Myers. Captain Myers is listed as being charged with desertion on two occasions and appears to have gone off, leaving Catherine with three children. About 1806 George Frederick Hanning Werneke married the widow Catherine Wolfe.

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Description : Other than the sound of wind blowing off the bay, or the hum of traffic, the long-abondoned Allandale Train Station sits in silence. But at one time, the station was a hub of activity characterized by the roar of steam engines, the laughter of passengers and the clickety-clack of wheels. As a teenager growing up in the early 1920s, John Smith vividly remembers the hustle and bustle of the Allandale Station. Back then, the yards were busy 24 hours a day, with several passenger trains arriving and departing daily. To accommodate such high volumes, miles of tracks surrounded the station. A large coal field sat just east of what is now the Southshore
Community Centre. The Allandale Train Station opened in June 1905 at the estimated cost of about $45,000. As the "flagship" station of the Grand Trunk Railway, the building was designed to offer passengers the very latest in modern day comforts. The tastefully designed building, which combined contemporary railway architecture and Italian design elements was considered to be one of finest stations in the porvince. The curved station, which was later purchased by Canadian National Railways in 1919, consisted of three sections, the depot, the dining hall, and offices. Each building section is linked with a covered breezeway. In the early days, the ladies waiting room occupied the front of the depot. The charmingly decorated room with spacious bay windows offered passengers a commanding view of the waterfront. To give the female passengers more privacy, there was a curtained alcove which separated this room from the general waiting area. Fell, who started working in the restaurant at the age of 16, said the dining area was divided into two parts. A fine dining room, which was known as the finest place to eat in Barrie, occupied one side of the building, and sat about 60 people. Al Burns, a retired railroader with 43 years experience, remembers the first time, he laid eyes on the building. It was back in 1944 when he was 19. But what was once a beautiful landmark is now a waterfront eyesore. The station was vacated in the mid-1980s because of lack of use of train transportation.