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The story of Squire Thomas Maconchy and how the town of Gilford came to be.

S.S. #16, Gilford Public School, 1937. Margaret Canning was the teacher. Back Row, left to right: Walter Gravestone, Jim McDonnell, Gerard Gibbons, Margaret Canning (teacher), Winnifred Neilly, Eileen Kneeshaw, Helen Porritt, Jane Bailey. Middle Row: Dorothy Bell, Marion Jackson, Joyce McDonnell, Marjorie Horsley, Betty Bedford, Norma Bell, Lillian Courtney, Ethel Todd. Front Row: Alan McDonnell, Harry Jackson, Floyd McDonnell, Sam Neilly, Bill Neilly. Note on back of photograph reads: "Frank and I were absent from this picture as we were sick with the chicken pox."

S.S. #16 Back Row (l-r): Teacher Mrs. Ethel Campbell, Nick Stam, Francis Sawyer, Ruth Simpson, Dianna Simpson, Art Stam, Carolyn Hughes, George Simpson, Debbie James. Third Row (l-r): Nancy Bell, Barbara Vanderpol, Patricia Vanderpol, Judy Neilly, Elsie Simpson, Mary Nesbitt, Louise Neilly, Brenda Hughes, Anne Sawyer, Jean Sawyer. Second Row (l-r): Robert Simpson, Gary Bell, George Stam, Bobbie Neilly, Eddie Russell, Ricky Townsend, Scott Neilly, Kenneth Simpson. Front Row (l-r): Shawn Simpson, Andrew Sandford, David Lee, Ronnie Russell, Tommy Townsend, Bobbie Kerr, Teddy Stam. "Five Grade Eight students, Doug Hughes, Jack Nesbitt, Joe Sawyer, John Stam and Arvid Allie attended Mount Pleasant School during this school year."

Audio of an interview with Sam Neilly. The interviewer is George Jackson. Sam and George discuss where Sam's friends and family lived in accordance with a map of Gilford they are looking at. See the Related Descriptions below for summary.

"On vacation in Alaska, Mr. and Mrs. Art Wright and their daughter, Susan, of Gilford pose beside a huge glacier. They took the trip on the Strand Cruise vessel, SS Veracruz, and sent the photo along to the Witness."

"Jean Sawyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Girvan Sawyer of Gilford, recently graduated from a bachelor of applied science degree from the college of family and the college of family and consumer studies at the University of Guelph."