- CA BWGPL GJ-SB 76-PH26924
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- 1976
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Deputy Reeve Ken Wood is going places in his 1929 Peace Arrow. Mr. Wood has been invited to take his car along and participate in today's CNE opening."
George Jackson
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Part of George Jackson fonds
"Deputy Reeve Ken Wood is going places in his 1929 Peace Arrow. Mr. Wood has been invited to take his car along and participate in today's CNE opening."
George Jackson
Neilly, Alzada K. obituary - long
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Sunday, January 07, 1951
Event Type : Death
Description : A native of Cookstown, Ont., Miss Alzada K. Neilly passed away in her sleep at her place of residence in Toronto on January 7, 1951. Death was due to coronary thrombosis. ...
Bradford Witness
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Miss Patricia Wolfe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wolfe of Bradford, graduated from Women's College Hospital and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute [nursing division] June 2."
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Patricia M. Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wright, R.R. #2 Stroud, graduated June 2, 1975 from Women's College Hospital in association with Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and has accepted a position on staff of Toronto Western Hospital."
Peter John Winterkorn Graduate
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Peter John Winterkorn, 227 Church St., Bradford, was admitted to the Bachelor of Arts degree by the University of Toronto and the University of St. Michael's College Friday, June 18. The degree was conferred for an English specialist program in conjunction with a history minor program. Next year, Peter will complete a Bachelor of Education degree with the Faculty of Education of the University of Toronto."
George Jackson
Pringle - Ellis Wedding Announcement
Part of Vital Statistics
An newspaper article announcing the wedding of Mabel Maude Campbell Ellis, daughter of William Wilson Ellis and Jennie Sutherland Ellis to Walter Pringle in 1908. Libbie Campbell was bridesmaid.
Luanne Campbell Edwards
Part of Local History Collection
Description : "Reginald Kuzyk was 30 years old, and an employee of the department of Highways, back on October 15th, 1954, when Hurricane Hazel hit.
The storm brought torrential rains and flooding. Dams burst, and homes were swept away in the floods. A total of 81 people lost their lives in Ontario. The floodwaters had washed onions from Holland Marsh fields and heaped them on the highway in "gobs.... I never seen so many onions in one place. They were all over the ground, and everywhere." He also remembers seeing two homes, which had drifted on the floodwaters until they washed up next to the highway. By the time Hazel blew itself out, more than seven thousand acres of farmland on both sides of the 400 were under water, covered by a lake more than 7' deep in places.
George Sadovchuk's described the Marsh after Hurricane Hazel as "it was just a lake. It was very impressive to see all that water where once was viable land... I was just amazed at the destruction that took place."
Relief efforts brought the homeless into Bradford, to the Town Hall, where they were clothed and fed by volunteers. A total of 25 pumps took about 4 weeks to drain the fields, at a peak pumping 220,000 gallons per minute. But it would take months to clear the debris and repair the damage. Seventy families - 350 men, women and children - spent the winter that followed in a trailer park, set up by the Rotary Club on the site of the Bradford Arena.
The sky was appropriately grey, for Sunday's historic tour of the Holland Marsh. The tour not only commemorated the 200th Anniversary of Yonge Street, but also the 42nd anniversary of Hurricane Hazel."
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Richard S. Rak, 270 Simcoe Street, Bradford, graduated Friday, June 6th from York University's Faculty of Administrative Studies with his Bachelor of Arts [Honors Business Administration]. Richard has currently accepted a position with the Bank of Montreal in this area."
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau spoke to members of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association last Friday. He answered questions about the government's wage and price controls and threatened stiffer measures if the controls do not stop inflation. The press conference was held in the Royal York Hotel after Trudeau addressed a Rotary Club luncheon."
C.E. Jackson
Part of George Jackson fonds
"Susan Gilmore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gilmore of Lefroy, graduated May 30, at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto. Susan received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and will be working at a camp for crippled children this summer in Port Colborne."
George Jackson