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Bradford's Population

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Community : Bradford
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Description : Article shows breakdown of the population of Bradford in 1950 by age group, based on figures gathered by assessor F. Collings.

Don Semple Appointed Bradford Postmaster

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Community : Bradford
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Description : Donald Semple is appointed the new Bradford postmaster, effective December 1, 1950.

Former Local Principal Passes At Midland

  • CA BWGPL PH14736

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Community : Other - Bradford
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Description : Mr. J.H. Lukes, former principal of Bradford Public School, dies in Midland. Mr. Lukes was married to Leona Davey, a native of Bradford.

Kneeshaw, John Stetheam

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Community : Coulson's Hill
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Two Alliston Couples Die When Car Hits Tree

  • CA BWGPL PH14741

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Community : Alliston
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Description : Samuel and Mathilda McMaster and Roy and Merle Leslie, all of Alliston, died when their car hit a tree on No. 10 Simcoe County Road, three miles south of Alliston. Lloyd Gerrard of Aliston suffered a concussion and shock.

Defer Judgement As Trial Ends in Bank Robbery Case

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Description : The trial of Larry Shirley and Frank Watson, the two men charged with robbing the Bank of Commerce in Bradford, ends in Barrie. The two are remanded until February 27, when the judge will hand down his ruling. A third man, Leonard Jackson, is still at large.

Beard Growing Contest Begins

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Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Description : BRADFORD - Amid much wailing and knashing of teeth the beards of two prominent Bradford gentlemen were gently removed by master barber Joe Scotto last Wednesday.

Mayor Zyg Fenik and Councillor Bill DePeuter, who are challenging each other to a beard-growing contest in preparation for the town's 125th anniversary, took to the barber's chair.

It was the first time Mayor Fenik had been clean-shaven in five years.

In the case of Mr. DePeuter, a decade-old mustache fell to the floor in a flurry of whiskers. Although the contest didn't officially start until Monday, the two men were shaven Wednesday because Mr. DePeuter was going to Florida on vacation.

While there he'll get a signed certificate from the chief of police of the town where he's staying stating he was clean-shaven on March 1. Bradford Police Chief John Harrison arranged the international whisker inspection.

Ellen McKinzey and Diane Sturdy members of the Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S.) group were there to witness that the shaving was done fairly. The group will act as official judges for the contest when it winds up during the town's anniversary celebration from July 1 through 4.

A total of 19 Bradford-area men signed up for the contest Monday, Mrs. McKinzey said.

Included in the beard-growers are clerk-administrator Pat Storey (his mustache gone), Councillor Waldie Crossland (a veteran of the 100th anniversary contest) and arena manager Don Harrison (after much persuasion and outright threats).

First Telephones Installed in 1885

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Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Description : Bradford's telephone history began in 1885 when a telephone wire from Toronto to Newmarket was extended to Barrie through Bradford. That same year another line was built from Bradford to Alliston and Beeton. Gibson Cook was appointed local manager for the Bell Telephone Company and a tiny switchboard was installed in his store on Holland Street.

The telephone office was open for service from 8 a.m. on weekdays, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sundays and from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 to 4 p.m. on holidays.

Mr. Cook remained as agent until his death in 1891 when his son-in-law R.F. Green became manager.

Bradford's telephone exchange was destroyed by fire in 1892.

Telephone numbers were first assigned here in 1897. Bradford's telephones were removed in 1901 because of lack of subscribers. Telephone poles and lines remained in place, however, and in 1904 five persons subscribed for service. A new switchboard was installed and the line from Alliston to Bradford was made metallic, improving service considerably.

By 1905 the switchboard was inadequate and a new one had to be installed to accommodate new customers.

Poles on Main Street were removed in 1936 and plant was installed in underground conduits instead.

A minor disaster struck at Bradford's telephone system in June 1939 when a workman Bill Peachman, digging a ditch accidentally cut the telephone cable linking Bradford with Toronto and points south. A telephone crew worked all night to restore service.

Mr. R.F. Green remained in charge of the telephone office until 1932 more than forty year. Mr. G.G. Green was then placed in charge.

Mrs. J.E. Green took over the responsibility of local representative in 1938.

1957 saw the end of crank telephones in this area when instruments were cut over to dial operation. Dial equipment was housed in the Bell Telephone Company's new exchange on Holland Street.

All telephone numbers were changed coincident with the cutover and the exchange name PRospect 5 5 was assigned to Bradford subscribers.

Reeve Arthur Evans officially inaugurated the system by making the first call over the new equipment.

The 100th telephone was installed here in 1925.

The 500th telephone was installed in 1951, and the 1000th in 1957.

Bradford had 5,010 customers as of December 31, 1985.

This information is reprinted with permission of Bell Canada.

Local Lawyers Given Plaques by Province

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Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Description : Local Lawyers Given Plaques by Province

Prominent local lawyers Charles and Brock Evans were presented with plaques from the Ontario government by local MPP Earl Rowe.

Charles Evans was honored for his 60th anniversary of his call to the bar, and his brother Brock was similarly honored for his 52 years in practice.

The law firm on Holland Street has existed on its present site since 1894, when the Evans father T.W.W. Evans, opened his practice.

The elder Evans grew up on a farm about five miles from Bradford in West Gwillimbury. His mother was born and grew up in Bradford.

Both parents taught school in Bradford, and then moved to Toronto while Mr. Evans attended Osgoode Hall Law School.

Of their seven children, three of six boys became lawyers and the girl married a lawyer.

Charles Evans graduated Osgoode Hall in 1926 and joined his father's practice, at the time of the Holland Marsh Reclamation project.

Eventually, Brock Evans left his Toronto practice to join his brother and father in Bradford about 30 years ago.

Charles' sons Tom and then Bob later joined the firm, to bring to four the number of Evans' in the firm Evans and Evans.

Holland-Bradford Marshes

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Community : Bradford West Gwillimbury
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Description : Holland-Bradford Marshes

The Holland Marsh is perhaps the best known organic soil area in Ontario since it has been used for different purposes from the early days of settlement.

The Marsh is situated on the southern end of Lake Simcoe and was probably at one time, a bay extension of an ancient lake called "Algonquin". It is also the point at which the Holland River enters the Lake.

Part of the Holland River serves as a drainage channel for farms in the southern end of the Marsh.

History

The history of this marsh in short as as follows:

A glacial lake called Lake Algonquin covered the area about 10,000 years ago. The retreating glacier uncovered a lower outlet and at that time Lake Algonquin came to an end. The lake level dropped and left the Holland Marsh embayment dry.

As the land rose higher in the north than in the south, Lake Simcoe, which existed as a separate lake by this time, expanded and flooded the land south of Cook's Bay.

This flooding caused swampy conditions and the accumulation of organic matter such as muck and peat in the Marsh.

The organic accumulation varies from a few centimeters to as much as 27 meters and is underlain by fine sand, silt or clay.

The Marsh, approximately 3 km in width, extends 24 km inland from Cook's Bay.

The western border of the Marsh is mainly Schomberg clay, silt and sand deposits, whereas the eastern border is mainly till deposits (moulded mass of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders deposited by glaciers) with minor areas of Lake Algonquin sediments.

Drainage Schemes

Some 2900 ha (7200 acres) south and west of Highway 11 have been incorporated in the Holland Marsh Drainage Scheme constructed as diked areas under the Municipal Drainage Act, in the period 1925 to 1930.

Areas to the north of Highway 11 on each side of the river were developed later by private enterprise of individuals. Approximately nine or ten separate drainage systems have added another 1600 ha (4000 acres) of vegetable producing soil which is mainly between Highway 11 and Cook's Bay, some in the Cookstown area and some south-east of Alliston.

Abotu 800 ha (2000 acres) of the remaining peat and muck area have been or are being acquired by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources for a wildlife preservation area.

The scheme for draining the Marsh was promoted by Mr. W.H. Day, Professor of Physics at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, to address a group of itnerested people on marsh drainage in December, 1909.

Until this time, the area was only known as a "mere ditch, swarming with bullfrogs and water snakes" -- so John Gait, an agent for the Canada Company described it in 1825.

Professor Day tested the soil and became enthusiastic about the possibilities of growing vegetables on it and actively promoted the scheme to drain all of the area. The implementation of the project was slowed by years of political maneuvering and the economic hardships of World War I, but in 1930, the Project was completed.

In 1930, Professor Day also reported a profit of $27,000 on his first crop of 15 ha (37 acres) of vegetables.

In 1931, some Dutch settlers had come to the marsh and by their industrious labours had achieved greater success than most. The Canadian representative of the Netherlands Emigration Foundation, Mr. J.J. Snor, saw a chance here for the rehabilitation of Dutch immigrants who had failed elsewhere in Ontario.

In 1934, eighteen Dutch families on relief were moved to this location from Toronto-Hamilton area. Each family received $600.00 (to be shared equally by the federal and municipal governments). The sum of $475.00 was to be repaid eventually by each family. The Dutch government contributed the $200.00 portion which was due by the municipality, when it was unable to produce this amount.

These eighteen original families formed the nucleus of the first settlement in the Marsh and it was and still is called "Ansnorveldt". After the war, more immigrants from the Netherlands came to settle here as well as people from practically every country in Europe.

There are large groups of Hungarian, German, Polish, Czechoslovakian, Ukrainian, and Italian immigrants as well as Portugese, Chinese and Japanese nationalities making their living from growing Marsh vegetables.

Organic Soils - A Disappearing Resource

An organic soil such the one in the Holland-Bradford Marshes is usually called on a pear or muck soil. It is estimated the Canada has approximately 1.3 million km square (500,000 square miles) of organic soils or in other words for every 7 ha (17 acres) of mineral soil, there is on ha (2.47 acres) of organic soil in Canada.

In recent years, Canadians are becoming much more aware of the need to take stock of Canada's resources and to use them wisely.

Organic soils are one of many irreplaceable Canadian natural resources. These soils were formed by nature under conditions of poor drainage and flooding. There formation takes place where plant materials (reeds, sedges, cat tails, bullrushes, mosses, shrubs, trees etc) gradually decompose but accumulate faster than the natural processes of decay are able to proceed.

It takes nature about 500 years to produce 30 cm (one foot) of organic soil. However, as soon as organic soils are drained and reclaimed from nature's water bound grasp, the undeniable fact is, that these soils start to disappear.

This disappearance or subsidence, the gradual loss of surface elevation, has been a chronic problem wherever organic soils have been reclaimed for agriculture. It is a natural process, which cannot be stopped if these soils continue to be used to grow crops. The rate of subsidence for average conditions varies from 1.13 cm per year, depending on water and farm management practices.

Several factors influence the rate of subsidence. Included in this list are: Height of water table, Oxidation, Compaction, Burning, wind, and Water Erosion, Shrinkage and Dehydration.

The Holland-Bradford Marsh, through proper water and farm management has about 40 to 50 years left until most of the 90 to 120 cm of muck and peat will have disappeared.

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