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- 1957-07-31
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Programme for Bradford's Centennial events, held from Sunday August 4 to Wednesday, August 7, 1957.
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Programme for Bradford's Centennial events, held from Sunday August 4 to Wednesday, August 7, 1957.
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Article from October 25, 1900, describing the fair results. This article took up most of the front page of the paper.
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Firey Meteorite Seen By District Residents
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"The blazing meteorite which cut a fiery path over Eastern Canada and the United States on Saturday night, frightening or thrilling thousands of people, was seen by many residents of Bradford and district. Though your editors did not see it, from all reports it created an eerie feeling in those who were witness to its passing.
Dr. Peter Millman of the National Research Council , Ottawa, said the meteorite may have been a fragment of a planet that broke up millions of years ago and, if so, it probably had been orbiting the sun until it crashed through the earth's atmosphere."
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Newton Robinson's Centennial Celebration Successful Community Effort
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"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." ...
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Town honors nine fire fighters for 30 years' service
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"Lavish was the praise Monday night as approximately 200 Bradford residents gathered at the community centre to pay tribute to nine firefighters who have each given more than 30 years of service to the town..."
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