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Photograph of parade participants, Patsy and Norm Bosomworth, from Newton Robinson's Centennial Day parade.

Part of the Rob & Jean Keffer Centennial Year album.

Photograph of the Hi-C float from Newton Robinson's Centennial Day parade.

Part of the Rob & Jean Keffer Centennial Year album.

Photograph of the Hi-C float from Newton Robinson's Centennial Day parade.

Part of the Rob & Jean Keffer Centennial Year album.

"At 2 p.m., on Saturday, October 7, a weekend which will long be remembered, began for the residents of Newton Robinson and the Newton Robinson community, when friends of former years came to celebrate the village's Pioneer Family Days.
The activities for the celebration were introduced with a parade, which assembled a Poole's garage, and was led by two pipers, Paul and Marilyn Moir of Cookstown, up the hill and into Lloyd Coburn's orchard, which was prepared in readiness for celebrating the occasion." ...

Newspaper article on the history of the home deliveryman, created by the Tecumseth & West Gwillimbury Historical Society

A map of Newton Robinson in 1860-1900.

Article on the South Simcoe Railway Heritage presentation by Tom Henry; the presentation promoted the importance of recognizing the steam train's achievements for Canada.

Stanley Copeland with his mother Myrtle (Bateman) Copeland in 1930.

Just after celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, Treva Rowe and Earl Rowe, former lieutenant-governor, check the health of one of the apple trees in front of their Newton Robinson home. They were married at Newton Robinson United Church June 27, 1917, and had three children, Bill, Lennox, and Mrs. Jean Wadds. Mr. Rowe was a member of the Ontario Legislature for two years in the 1920s and then represented Dufferin-Simcoe in the House of Commons for almost 40 years. He was lieutenant-governor from 1963 to 1968. This photo appeared in the Bradford Witness and it is also in the Bradford Women's Institute Scrapbooks.