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Description : There comes a time with every project when the decision is made that this is the end. The first chapter of the History of West Gwillimbury - WEGWHIST project - is off to the printer, and we have 2 other chapters almost ready to send. We have other chapters that still need some work, but we will be using only material at hand. This means the end of our research. We thank the many who provided a story and pictures of their families, unfortunately that did not provide us with a story, and thus there will be no mention of them in the families chapter. The West Gwillimbury History project is a volunteer effort, involving a team with a variety of skills and talents who have written, photographed, organized, arrange, edited and prepared the book for the printer.

Fred and Ann Weening with eight of their nine children. Back Row, from left: Frank, Walter, Sid, John, Fred Sr. Front Row: Fred Jr., Peter, Peter, Trudy, Ann holding Andrew.

In Bradford Presbyterian, Marilyn M. Ritchie was wed to Gordon W. Compton.

John and Kathleen (Taylor) Harrison on their wedding day. If you have any additional information about this photo please contact the library at 905-775-3328.

Newly Weds - Allan and Lillian Crake.

Some of the hijinks at the annual Gay 60's Christmas party included a mock wedding in which reluctant groom Walter Lloyd (second from left), married the beautiful bride, Bea Dixon. A deonair Ben Steers (second from left) was best man, while Eva Wright (extreme left) resplendent in tuxedo was an usher.

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Description : A detailed article describing the marriage between George Evans Jackson and Jean Doris Kneeshaw.

Marooned cars, zig-zagged across Yonge St. at Fennell Corners, made it tough for snowplows. First through on stretch between Bradford and Barrie, bucked drifts and a 40-mph blizzard for more then eight hours. But Ontario's drifts are comparative molehills to Saskatchewan's mountains.

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Description : We Once Had A Fair

Forty-three years ago in Bradford the annual Bradford and West Gwillimbury fall fair was held, with horse races, livestock competitions, dances, and a midway.

The weather was almost perfect and the fair attracted crowds estimated at 3,000.

The celery harvest was under way that week as well, and Professor W.H. Day's 40 acres were described as an "animated hive of industry," with 250 men and boys harvesting the celery crop.

Twenty-nine years ago in Bradford a just-completed census put the population of the town at 1,373 an increase of 66 from the previous year.

A huge wasp's nest, measuring three feet long, was discovered in a barn at the rear of the Orange Hall.

The nest's construction was "like basket weaving, and is in lovely tones of fawn shade." The wasps were killed by "liberal applications of DDT."

Wayne Siervogel at 4 1/2 months. He was one of the babies whose delivery Mrs. Mae Fuller assisted with at Mrs. Fuller's Nursing Home.