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- 1900-10-25
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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.
Bradford Witness
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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.
Bradford Witness
Trailer Town to be Established Here
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"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."
Bradford Witness
Hurricane Hazel - Bradford Witness
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Front page of the first Bradford Witness paper after the Holland Marsh flood due to Hurricane Hazel on October 15, 1954. See Related Descriptions below for individual stories of this edition.
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Ontario Premier Authorizes $100,000 Credit for Marsh
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"Immediate credit, to the extent of $100,000 by the Provincial Government, was promised by Premier Leslie Frost within a matter of minutes after his arrival by car to attend a meeting with the Holland Marsh Emergency Relief Committee, held in the Township of West GWillimbury municipal office on Monday. ..."
Bradford Witness
Mobile Houses Offered in Telegram to Witness
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"Toronto - The Canadian Mobile Home Association has announced an offer to provide more than two hundred mobile homes at cost price to victims of the Ontario flood. The C.M.H.A. has pulled its dealers from Winnipeg to Quebec City. Mobile homes can be made available on twenty-four hours' notice and hauled immediately to the stricken areas. ..."
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Dr. Jim Evans/ Lake Simcoe water/ Onion and carrot harvesters
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Article features news on the Dr. Jim Evans leaving for the Congo for his missionary work, the discussion of a pipeline from Lake Simcoe to provide water, and new carrot and onion harvesters brought into the Marsh.
Bradford Witness
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Article on a meeting by town council, highlighting the creation of a large processing plant for Bradford's vegetable growers to be built on Dissette Street (then called Doucette).
Bradford Witness
Community Support during the Aftermath of Hurricane Hazel
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"Feeding refugees:
Marsh refugees enjoy a hot meal in the Bradford town hall after their flight from the flooded Holland Marsh. Most spent the winter in an emergency trailer camp set up where the community centre stands today."
Bradford Witness
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Poster for the 2012 Carrotfest event on Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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Poster for the 2013 Carrotfest event on Saturday, August 17th, 2013
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library