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Contains an index of titles in the George & Helen Jackson Heritage Room based on specific families and ethnicities to aid genealogical research in the Bradford and West Gwillimbury area.

Contains an index of titles in the George & Helen Jackson Heritage Room based on genealogical resources specific to Simcoe County, including specific sources on Tottenham, New Tecumseth, Alliston, and Oro Medonte. We also have a large section on Barrie and Innisfil history within the collection.

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Description : T.A. Pratt shares his memories of his school days, both attending and teaching. He recalls classmates Ernest Baker, Dan Collings, Billy Montgomery, and his teachers Miss Blakesley, Mr. O.J. Stevenson, and Miss McMullen. Also mentioned is one of his students, Frank Keaney, and Joan Compton and Tom Evans Jr., who had recently scored very well in graduation examinations. Pratt also takes time to reminisce about people he knows who had recently died: Clara Kilkenny, Hector Greig, and George Bannerman.

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Community : Bradford
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Description : An article describing Mr. Archer and his butcher shop.

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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.

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

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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.

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Community : Coulson's Hill
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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.

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Community : Other - Bradford
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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.