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."
"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."
May 30, 1992 Marriage Mrs. Shirley Clubine, along with the memory of Ross Clubine, wishes to announce the marriage of daughter, Ruth Anne, to Arthur Szczokot, son of Mr. and Mrs Szczokot, Toronto, on May 30, 1992.
January 21, 1994 Obituaries RUTHERFORD Kathleen at Central Park Lodge, Albion Road, Rexdale on Friday January 21, 1994 Kathleen Ellis, in her 87th year, beloved wife of the late Laurence A. Rutherford, Toronto. Dear sister of the late MRs. Margaret Ellis Freyermuth, Muscatine, Iowa. Loving aunt of Janet and Tom Nestrud, Barrington Hills, Illinois; Charles and Barbara Freyermuth, Iowa City, Iowa and fondly remembered by her great nieces and nephews. Funeral Service [w]as held in the chapel of the Egan Funeral Home, 203 Queen St. South, (Hwy #50) Bolton. (905-857-2213) on Tuesday, January 25, 1994 at 4:30 p.m. followed by cremation.
Event Date : Monday, July 27, 1959 Event Type : Death
Description : At York County Hospital, Newmarket. Husband of Stephanie Semenuk. Father of George and James. Rested at the Lathangue-Kilkenny Funeral Home. Service at Trinity Anglican Church. Interment in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto.
Event Date : Monday, August 02, 1965 Event Type : Death Municipality : Newmarket, Ont.
Description : Died as the result of a car accident, of Toronto, formerly of Bradford, in her 18th year. Survived by her sister, Mrs. Olga Marie Styles. Funeral was held on Friday, August 6, from the Russian Orthodox Church in Toronto.
May 7, 1991 Death SAVILLE, John Harris (Jack) -- (live member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #286, Rexdale) at Humber Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, May 7, 1991. Jack Saville of Weston. Beloved husband of Berle [sic] Marett. Dear father of Jackie and her late husband Larry Johnson of Bradford, Margaret and her husband Gary McDermott of Vancouver, B.C. John and his wife Peggy Saville of Orange City, Iowa. Dear brother of Gordon Saville and Edith Smith. Dear grandfather of Wendy Lapp, Jay Johnson, Sean and Michel McDermott, Holly, Poppy and Megan Saville. Dear great grandfather of Ryan and Steven Lapp, Sarah and Andrew Johnson. Private family service was held at the Lathangue and Skwarchuk Funeral Home, 30 Simcoe St. Bradford. Followed by cremation. Donations to the Children's Wish Foundation, 1730 McPherson Ct., Unit #30, Pickering Ontario. L1W 3E6 would be appreciated.
Event Date : Friday, April 17, 1953 Event Type : Death
Description : Died at Toronto General Hospital. Dearly loved husband of Juliana Schmidt of Bradford, Ont., dear father of Mrs. L. H. Wyman (Katherine) and Carolyn. Rested at the Ryan & Odette Funeral Home, 1498 Dundas St. West (at Dufferin). Funeral, Monday at 9 a.m., to St. Patrick's Church, McCaul St., for requiem mass at 9:30. Interment McGann's Cemetery, Bradford.
