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The Bradford Witness decided to release a series of articles from local townspeople on the history of certain events in Bradford and West Gwillimbury's time. This week, the history of the Bradford newspapers are the topic.

"To help solve the housing problem for the thousand or more people made homeless by the flood a trailer town is being planned.
Bradford Rotary Club members are in charge of this project and the objective is 100 trailer cabins to be located on the ball grounds. It is proposed to install showers and toilet facilities to serve this big trailer camp.
The search for a sufficient number of trailers is already underway."

Article features local news, such as the celebration of Canada's Centennial in Bradford, and Dorothy Cilipka's history of the Holland Marsh.

Article features news on Canada's Centennial celebrations, extra copies of the Bradford Witness, and recalling the fall fairs around the county. It also mentions the upcoming Ontario elections.

Article features news on Bradford's Centennial celebrations and the Bradford Witness's duty to report the news over the century.

Article features news and the history of Victoria Day, questions of creating a horticultural society in Bradford, county boundary issues, talk of a Centennial Park, and new copies of a historical map of Simcoe County and of York County obtained.

Article features news on strikes at Bradford's vegetable processing plants (Federal Farms and United Farms), including publicity in other papers, Bradford's image with the strike and lack of export.

Article features news on strikes at Toronto's Globe and Mail, the deal with John Zima's Luxury Homes Ltd and C.N. Rail off Dissette Street, and more news on garbage collection/ backyard burning.

Article features local news, such as the start of the Bradford and Holland Marsh horticultural season, the Lodge's Ladies Night at Bond Head, and news on the Earl Rowe dam, it also features the latest Ontario Legislature news about taxes.

Article features news on newspapers and opinions (via the Canadian flag debate), news on the Schomberg Agricultural Society annual fair, and historical information from a 1904 version of Toronto's Globe & Mail. It also features the purchase of Joseph Wolfe's farm on Hwy 88, and information on an extension of the 404.