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Gray, Ida Evelyn (nee Tindall) obituary
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Sunday, December 29, 1946
Event Type : Death
Description : Wife of Major Albert S. Gray and mother of A. Edgar Gray died in her Toronto home. She was born in West Gwillimbury to Ruben and Mrs Tindall of Bradford and taught at Bradford High School. Interment in Park Lawn cemetery.Additional information in The Bradford Witness, January 8, 1947 page 5.
Bond Head Public School, S.S. #5
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
S.S. #5, Bond Head Public School, class from 1948-1949.
Bradford Model School, 1877-1951
Part of WEGWHIST Collection
The Bradford Model School pictured was constructed in 1878 to replace a previous building destroyed by fire.
Mr. Frank Wood was the first principal in 1878.
It was established by Simcoe County Council for the training of teachers, and by 1907, 496 teachers were trained there.
Upon the discontinuance of Model training in Ontario, the building continued to be Bradford Public School until the new Bradford Public School was erected in 1951. The Model School was located east of the present school.
It consisted of three rooms downstairs, and two large ones upstairs. It was made of brick, and was heated by two coal furnaces.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Yearbooks from the Class of 1959/60 to the Class of 2012/13 for Bradford District High School, and of the 1998/99 year of Holy Trinity High School
Bradford District High School
First BDHS Yearbook Principal's Message
Part of Local History Collection
The principal's message found inside of the first published yearbook of Bradford District High School for the 1959-60 school year.
Bradford District High School
Part of Local History Collection
An editorial by Grade 13 student Barbara Saint, found inside of the first published yearbook of Bradford District High School for the 1959-60 school year.
Bradford District High School
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Friday, June 21, 1963
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Newmarket, Ont.
Description : Mr. Frank Kilkenny appeared to make good progress during the first few days following the accident which necessitated the amputation of part of his leg, and hope was extended that he might recover, although it was realized that he was still in a state of shock. The accident occurred on Saturday and by Thursday a change was noted and on Friday he passed away. Mr. Kilkenny was born and educated in Bradford and he took over the business of his father. In 1938 he celebrated the centennial of the Kilkenny funeral and furniture business in Bradford and continued in that business until his retirement, when his son continued with the furniture part of the business. He was secretary-treasurer of Bradford Public School Board for many years; was a member and past master of Simcoe Masonic Lodge No. 79 and he received a 50-year jewel from that Lodge recently in recognition of his long term of membership; a member of the Orange Order and the I.O.F., as well as a curler and lawn bowler. His church was the Presbyterian. Mr. Kilkenny was predeceased by his wife, the former Lila Neilly, in July, 1928. He is survived by one son, Keith, of Bradford, and one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Booth (Ruth) of Bradford; also five sisters, Mrs. Howard Carscadden (Bertha), Stayner; Mrs. D. E. McColl (Emily) and Mrs. T. H. Carter (Laura), Bradford; Mrs. George Atkinson (Helen), Mt. Albert, and Mrs. Lorne Arnold (Evelyn), Cookstown. Three sisters predeceased him, Mrs. Jewell (Clara), Mrs. Wm. Simpkin (Lulu) and Alma, who died in infancy. The private funeral was held on June 24 from the Lathangue-Kilkenny Funeral Home, with Rev. F. G. MacTavish conducting the funeral services. Interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.The pallbearers were Ralph Jewell, Fred Wilson, John Arnold, Wray Carscadden, R. H. Devereux, Art Lloyd.
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Bradford District HIgh School/ Essa Music Festival/ Township news
Part of Local History Collection
Article features news on the debt accrued from the building of Bradford District High School, Essa Township's Music Festival, a local resident's visit to England and wales (Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fuller and Anne Morris), and information from surrounding townships: Aurora will receive a new federal building, and King Twp established its police force.
Bradford Witness
Centennial Tree Planting at W. Gwillimbury Park by Grade 7 School Children
Part of Local History Collection
"A project planned by the Centennial Commission in preparation for 1967 is to have school children, across the country, participate in tree planting in the parks of Canada, and for this area arrangements were made to have this done at the new Holland Valley Conservation Authority park in West Gwillimbury, north of Bradford, on Friday last. The project was in charge of the Canadian Centennial Commission and the Conservation Authority, with the trees and officials who directed the officials who directed the work of planting, from the Department of Lands and Forests." ...
Bradford Witness
Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
Amsterdam S.S. #24
Either located on, or the picture was taken from Hwy #11.
Dorothy Cilipka