The Bateman Family of Tecumseth Back: Mrs. J. Givens, Mrs. Joe orr (Edna), Hamilton, Mrs. R. Gould (Frankie), Mrs. John Gould (Ida), Mrs. A. Best (Mary Ann), William, Mrs. Ed Gould (Maud). Front: Mrs. James and Mrs. Bateman (Mary A)
Bateman home, on the 13th Line east of Highway 11. Owned as of 2007 by the Kirkup family. From left: Florence Almeda (Bateman) Sawyer, neighbour girl, Dora Bateman (Thorpe), Thomas Morwood Bateman in buggy holding his granddaughter Nelda (Sawyer) Evans, Ann Mabel Bateman.
The article accompanying this photograph gives a quick history of Bemrose Co. General Store, owned by the Bemrose brothers John and James. Their father, John, was a contractor and was well known in the town, a reputation which was passed down to the brothers. This store in the photograph was run by James Bemrose alone after his return to Bradford in 1901 in the former store of J.S. Boddy, and was in the same block as the Edmanson businesses on Holland Street (near 71 Holland St. East). James Bemrose was a member of the Masonic Order. This photograph was taken because he was part of Bradford's Model School Board, along with other board members.
"The town of Bradford bulged at the seams last week as an estimated 20,000 people jammed into the community to make an unprecedented success of the annual Bradford Salad Festival. From last Wednesday night, through Sunday, every event scheduled by the Salad Festival Committee surpassed organizers' highest hopes. Visitors and residents alike consumed hundreds of pounds of fresh salad, sliced their way through a ton of beef, sipped on soft drinks and other refreshments, danced til the wee hours of the morning, and generally paid tribute to the greatest growing area in Ontario."
