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"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."

Birthday card sent to Ella Adair by her brother Harry Brown who was serving in WWI at the time.

Event Date: August 10, 1935
Event Type: Death

Description: Suddenly, at Bradford on Saturday, August 10, 1935, Harold Leeds Blackwell, manager of the local branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce.

"No cause has yet been determined for a stubborn blaze which broke out in a house at 16 John Street East in Bradford last Tuesday.
The Bradford Fire Department was called out at about 4 pm to quell the blaze which broke out in a back apartment, occupied by Dick Gullinger.
Fire Chief Harold Boyd said the whole apartment was in flamed by the time the firefighters arrived on the scene, and there was no hope of saving it.
The back wall of the house was also badly damaged, and thick smoke made the rest of the house uninhabitable for the occupants of the other two apartments, John Faria Jr., and Louis Dasiba.
"It was a tough one to put out," Chief Boyd said, explaining there were many false ceilings in the old house which had to be torn away to get at the flames.
The chief estimated it took about three hours to put the fire out. The occupants managed to remove most of their belongings during the blaze, and there were no injuries. There has been no estimate of damage."

Event Date : Monday, December 01, 1902
Event Type : Death

Description : Age: 37th year. Brother of Miss Laura and J.S. Boddy.Died of a hemorrhage of the lungs. Interred at Mount Pleasant cemetery.

Photograph of the Bond Head Centennial Parade, featuring the Hi-C float depicting "Winter Fun 1867"

Part of Jean and Rob Keffer's centennial album

Bond Head Grade 8 graduation which took place in Canada's Centennial year. Reeve D. Arthur Evans presented diplomas to the graduates.

Part of Jean and Rob Keffer's centennial album

Photograph of the Bond Head Junior Choir on Centennial day. Mary Orr was the Choir Leader. Notice the centennial flag on the wall (same as flag in Related Descriptions).

Part of Jean and Rob Keffer's centennial album

Bond Head - looking east from the townline in 1868. The first store on the left is part of old Robinson Hotel. All the buildings from there past the buggies were burned in 1880.

A map of Bond Head in the 1960's, including the main residents, active churches, and lot designations of the town.