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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 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 Vital Statistics
Event Date : Sunday, June 13, 1943
Event Type : Death
Description : Son of Charles and Margaret Rees died at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Interment in St. John's Cemetery.
Bradford Witness
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Thursday, December 03, 1942
Event Type : Birth
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rees in Toronto.
Bradford Witness
Rail Passenger Service between Toronto - Barrie
Part of Local History Collection
CN Rail Passenger Service card noting the schedule of trains and rates between Toronto and Barrie. One side of the card is in French and the other is in English
Canadian National Rail
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
Porter, Florence Jeffs obituary (short)
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Sunday, November 19, 1950
Event Type : Death
Description : Died at Wellesley Hospital. Wife of the late Harry H. Porter, formerly of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Daughter of the late Edward Jeffs and Mary Driffill of Bond Head. Funeral on November 21 at the Funeral Chapel of Morley S. Bedford, 159 Eglinton Ave. W., Toronto. Private cremation the following morning. Interment in Prince Albert, Sask.
Bradford Witness
Porter, Florence Jeffs obituary
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Wednesday, November 15, 1950
Event Type : Death
Description : Former resident of Bond Head. Died in Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, at age 88 years, after an illness of two weeks. Married Harry H. Porter, of Prince Albert, Sask. in 1916. Mr. Porter died in 1927. No children. Survived by one sister, Joce (Mrs. H.T. Baycroft) of Aurora. Predeceased by two brothers H. Beverley, Compton B. and two sisters, Eva (Mrs. John P. Wilcox) and Lorena (Mrs. William D. Monkman). Interment in Colliston Cemetery in Prince Albert, Sask. More historical details in obituary in above issue of The Bradford Witness.
Bradford Witness
Pond, Kenneth Lawrence & Compton, Joan Frances
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Friday, August 19, 1955
Event Type : Marriage
Description : Joan Frances, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Compton of Bradford, to Kenneth Lawrence Pond of Toronto, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pond of Simcoe, Ont. The wedding took place at Bradford United Church. Rev. F. G. MacTavish officiated. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Norma Compton, as maid of honour, and Misses Marilyn Ritchie of Bradford and Shirley-Ann Deyell of North Bay, as bridesmaids. Mr. Murray Pond of Simcoe was his brother's groomsman and the ushers were the bride's brother, Mr. Gordon Compton, of Bradford, and the groom's brother-in-law, Mr. Robert Crofoot of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Pond, both of whom are graduates from Toronto University with the degree of B.A., will reside at 100 Sheppard Ave. E., Willowdale.
Bradford Witness
Picavet, Margaret Buysse death
Part of Vital Statistics
May 15, 1992
Death
PICAVET: Margaret (nee: Buysse) Suddenly at home on Friday, May 15, 1992 in her 80th year. Margaret, beloved wife of John. Loving mother of Fred, Walter and wife Sharon, Rudolf and wife Sheila, Marie and husband Wallace, Ronald and wife Joanne. Dear grandmother of Monique, Michael, Nicole, Sean and wife Paula, Kelly Anne, Sandra, Russell, Ryan, Kim, Michelle and Paul. The family will receive friends at Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Road from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Funeral services will take place at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 20th at St. Philip Neri Church, 2100 JaneStreet. Internment following at Beechwood Cemetery (Jane/Steeles).
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times