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Description : Bradford Women's Institute now in 50th Year

A host of women in the Bradford area are members of the Women's Institute, an organization working for "Home and Country," its motto.

Mrs. Dan Celements heads the 25 member Bradford W.I. this year celebrating its 50th anniversary.

In days past this active group once raised $1,200 to furnish a room in York County Hospital. Secretary Mrs. Gordon Church notes Bradford members are getting older and not able to undertake such ambitious projects now. New members are always welcome, she says, and especially younger women, the greatest need of the branch.

In 1974, members heard excellent addresses on topics such as Unemployment Insurance and the care of lawns. Christmas boxes were prepared for residents at Simcoe Manor, Beeton and Martingale Villa.

Bond Head Women's Institute was instrumental in securing the warning light on Highway 27, at the dangerous hilltop at the north end of the the village, Mrs. Hulse Stoddart, the secretary reports.

The first library in Bond Head was started by the W.I. in Hipwell's store many years ago. This branch has donated furnishings, including pianos, to the community hall and stocked the kitchen with dishes and silver.

Dozens of teenage girls have benefitted from 4-H Homemaking Clubs sponsored by Bond Head W.I. and 20 have received provincial honors for the completion of 12 projects.

Mrs. William Reynolds is president of the 31-member branch organized 55 years ago.

On May 6 this Institute will be host to the South Simcoe convention known as the District Annual. Mrs. Sinclair Stevens will be the speaker.

Tec-We-Gwill W.I. draws members from two townships, West Gwillimbury and Tecumseth, as its name implies. President Mrs. Allan Orr lists its most ambitious project as a new furnace for Newton Robinson Hall installed in Centennial year.

This winter the branch sponsored a quilting course open to anyone in the area. A class of 37, many non-institute members, profited by the course.

Secretary Mrs. Milton Calder notes this branch sponsors an Austrian girl through the Canadian Save the Children's Fund and 4-H Clubs at home.

Tec-We-Gwill, which boasts 40 members celebrated its 25th anniversary three years ago.

Fisher's Corners, organized in 1921 still has an active charter member, Mrs. W.J. Hounsome. The 20-member group raises funds by opening food booths at auction sales. Recently, it presented stacking chairs to Newton Robinson Hall. Secretary Mrs. Ben Steers reports Don Jackson from the Children's Aif Society, Barrie, gave an educational address to them on "stress". Mrs. Clarence Noble is the president.

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Description : Mrs. Austin Zoeller, vice president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, speaking last Wednesday night at the 50th anniversary of Bradford Women's Institute said, "There is no other organization like the W.I. in the whole wide world."

She recalled the W.I. was born on tragedy - the death of a child from drinking impure milk. Mrs. Adelaide Hoodless, the founder of the W.I. was the mother of that child.

Mrs. Zoeller told how the secretary of the Farmer's Institute, Erland Lee at Stoney Creek, Ontario, promoted hearing a woman speaker against the wishes of his all-men organization.

Mrs. Hoodless, that speaker, made a dynamic speech. Lee told the men after if they believe it important to have an organization to learn how to feed their animals, then it was equally important their wives have an organization to educate themselves on how to feed their families.

And so the Women's Institute was organized in 1897 through the efforts of Mrs. Hoodless and Erland Lee.

Nutrition, at home and abroad still tops the many-facet program of the W.I. today, Mrs. Zoeller pointed out.

Ontario has just completed province-wide nutrition workshops. The Institutes of Ontario have educated nine girls in food preservation who are working in India; two mid-wives in Turkey and a nutrition project is going on in South Africa.

These and other projects for the developing countries are made possible from the interest on a $50,000 fund contributed to by all Ontario Institutes.

Mrs. Zoeller said information in the community Tweedsmuir History books completed by W.I. branches is the best obtainable anywhere. The histories are recognized by the Ministry of Education and used widely for research by students.

"No other organization is quite so flexible as the W.I.," the speaker said, "working not only in the field of nutrition and home economies, but in agriculture, immigration and citizenship as well.

"We are lucky women to be so strong and have so much to give in a collective way," Mrs. Zoeller said in conclusion.

This newspaper article is from the Bradford Womens Institute Scrapbooks.

The finishing touches being put on Bradford's new fire hall. This picture accompanied an article in the Bradford Gazette.

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Description : Firemen Handle A Call A Week
By John Slykhuis

The 23-man Bradford volunteer fire brigade handled 46 fire calls during 1976, Fire Chief Harold "Butch" Boyd reports.

That's almost one fire a week, and while most of those blazes were of the minor variety, they kept the men busy.

In addition to protecting Bradford and part of West Gwillimbury, the Bradford firemen also participate in one practice a week, every Monday evening.

The weekly drill includes fire extinguishing practice, movies, and lectures on new fire fighting techniques - all designed to keep the men abreast of the new technology.

The department is equipped with four trucks, a 1955 pumper truck, a 1969 pumper, a 1975 water truck, a 1969 rescue van, all crammed with the latest equipment including power packs, resuscitators, ladders and thousands of feet of hose.

Last year the men also acquired pager communicator units, eliminating the noisey fire alarm downtown and ensuring that every fireman gets the fire call.

Chief Boyd said that when someone detects a fire and calls the emergency number, 775-2121, a switchboard operator hooked into the pager system will immediately call the firemen.

According to Chief Boyd, one of the major causes of fired in Bradford is careless smoking and he urges families to "sit down and plan a route of escape when there is a fire."

He said not enough people plan for such an emergency, and therefore they needlessly endanger their lives.

He had a special message for Bradford residents who live in high rise apartment buildings.

If you detect fire, sound the alarm. If you are in your apartment and you hear the alarm, firs feel the hall door. If it is hot, don't open it.

If smoke begins to trickle under the door, stuff wet rags under it.

The chief said the most dangerous part of any fire is the smoke, which actually causes the majority of the fatalities.

In his 40-year career with the Bradford fire department, Harold Boyd has seen a lot of fired but he remember the February 1, 1959, blaze as the most severe.

"That was a rough one," the chief recalled. "It was so cold, we had to get buckets of hot water from housewives to thaw the equipment."

That fire destroyed the entire block of stores between Evans and Evans to the old Bank of Commerce building.

It took the men all afternoon and most of the night to extinguish it.

The Bradford fire department was well-equipped to handle that blaze, and now, 18 years later, Chief Boyd said, it is better equipped and trained than ever.

It's a comforting thought.

This article was found in the Bradford Womens Institute Scrapbooks.

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Description : Proud as Punch
By: Russ McLennan, P.R. Chairman

No, it's not just three pretty faces on the street! These three happy guys are modelling their new fire fighting gear that was received on January, 15, 1990 at a cost of $1,100 per man.

At the next fire accident, they will not all be dressed in the same attire as the price is too steep to clad them all at one time. As of June, 1990, the old suits will be obsolete and considered unsafe. The newly-designed suite must be in service by 1993. However, twenty-four firefighters' suits at $1,100 a crack, is a hefty bill for a small town to absorb.

Chief Bulpit decided to outfit Doug Woodcock as he attended the greatest number of fires last year with Ken and Garth a close second; all three always seemed outfitted with a scottpack on and hose in hand. As funds become available, all firefighters will, once again, be uniformly dressed.

While the firefighters would just love to show off their new premises immediately, Spring has been decided the "opportune" time to present the facilities to the town and township.

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Description : Tenders called for paving of Toronto-Barrie Highway (Highway 400).

Index of all Tweedsmuir Histories on microfilm.

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Description : Describes a letter written by Mr. George Harrison of Port Hope about his time in Bradford.

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Description : Describes the circumstances surrounding the death of Hendrick Verkuyl. Also contains information about his life.

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Description : Carl Melbourne becomes the third generation of his family to deliver the mail for R.R. 1 Bradford.