VDOVJAK, Alzbeta (Betty) -- Suddenly at York County Hospital, Newmarket on Saturday, April 18, 1987. Alzbeta Vdovjak in her 77th year, beloved wife of the late Stefan, dear mother of Anne and her husband Miloslav Masin, Olga and her husband Peter David Lee. Loving grandmother of 9 grandchildren and their spouses and 4 great grandchildren. Friends called at Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, 30 Simcoe Street, Bradford. Service was held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Bradford on Monday at 4 p.m. Interment Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford.
COCHRANE (Gibbons) Isabelle peacefully at her home Stroudo [sic] on Sunday, May 17, 1987. Isabelle, beloved wife of Joseph Cochrane and the late Leo Gibbons. Loving mother of Kay and her husband Don Wise, Madeleine and her husband Scotty Kell, JoAnne and her husband David Sander, dear step mother of Helen and her husdand [sic] Barry Rowbotham, Donald and his wife Margaret, Beverly and his wife Evelyn. Dear grandmother of 23 grandchildren. Funeral service was held from the McKelvey Funeral Home, Barrie on Wednesday. Interment St. Paul's Anglican Cemetery, Innisville [sic].
Teen killed on Saturday. A Bradford teenager was killed in an accident early Saturday (Aug. 23) morning. Kelly Jo Moscrop, 17, was struck by a car at about 1 a.m. Ontario Provincial Police report he was running through traffic on the eastbound Highway 401 ramp, onto Highway 400 when he was hit.
"A new library for Bradford came one tiny step closer to reality last week when Fox Jones and Associates presented its first public report. The facility feasibility study, still in draft form, was presented at a public meeting last week (Aug 27). ..."
A newspaper article about a donation from the Bradford Lions Club to the Bradford Public Library for the construction of a new library at 100 Holland Court.
The article includes a photograph of (L-R): Bill de Peuter (Mayor), Eleanor Shero (Library Board Chairperson), Adrienne Price (Head Librarian), Anne Wagg (Chair of the Fundraising Committee), Mr. Learmouth (Lions Club), Hugh Holler (Lions Club Treasurer)
A newspaper article about fundraising to raise funds for a new Bradford Public Library at 100 Holland Court.
"SOME OF the resident of Mason street got together to issue a challenge to all streets in Bradford. They've raised the $250 necessary to purchase a specially-inscribed brick in the new library, in exchange for their donation. They challenge other streets to do the same thing, so the specially-designed wall will have bricks with most streets in town listed."
A newspaper article about fundraising to raise funds for a new Bradford Public Library at 100 Holland Court.
"A large crowd came out on Saturday to witness the initiation of the library fundraising committee's new sign...The brick wall signifies the group's major project, selling inscribed bricks for a special wall in the new building. The bricks sell for $250 each..."
A newspaper clipping about fundraising to raise funds for a new Bradford Public Library at 100 Holland Court. Included is a newspaper photograph of (L-R): George Breedon (Dept. Treasurer), Merle McKnight (Firefighter), Ted Bulpit (Dept. Fire Chief), Gord Church (Dept. Captain), Eleanor Sherbo (Library Board Chairperson)
"BRADFORD'S VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS rasided $1,500 for th Library Building Fund from an October draw, and made the presentation to library board chair..."
