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Event Date : Wednesday, May 17, 1933
Event Type : Death

Pontiac, Mich., Wednesday, May 17th. Annie Wardell, aged 65 years, also her husband, Joseph Wardell, on May 20th, aged 72 years (formerly of Toronto). Funeral from Funeral Chapel of W. Speers, 2926 Dundas st. w., Toronto, Monday, May 22nd. Interment at Coulson's Hill cemetery.

Summary of an interview with Aida Catania in 1991. She is interviewed by Joe Saint, Irene Moriarty and an another interviewer. She discusses her family history and early life. See the Related Descriptions below for audio.

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."

"Joy Anne Kell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kell of Gilford, graduated from the Toronto Institute of Medical Technology as a respiratory technologist on September 17. Joy Anne has accepted a position with St. Joseph's Hospital in Guelph."

"Anne Everitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bev Everitt of Bradford, recently graduated from nursing course at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto."

"Janice Anne Masin, daughter of Miloslav and Anne Masin of Bradford, received a bachelor of applied arts degree in the secretarial science option. She graduated with honors on Thursday, June 2, at the spring convocation, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto. Janice is employed by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Toronto."

"Donald J. Gordon, son of Joseph and Jean Gordon of RR 2, Bradford, received his law degree at a special convocation ceremony March 29. He is a graduate of Bradford District High School, Queen's University and Queen's Law School at Kingston, and the bar admission course at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. He is now associated with Douglas A. Farr of Walkerton in the practice of law."

" Joyce Cairns, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Stanley Cairns of Bradford, graduated from the legal secretary's course this month at the spring convocation at Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology. She was accepted a position with Blake Cassells and Graydon at Commerce Court in Toronto."

"Bradford District High School has one Ontario Scholar this year: Cathy Lucas of RR 1, Lefroy, with an average of 80.2 per cent. Eighteen-year-old Cathy will go on to York University in the fall to study physical education and mathematics, but she said Monday that she hasn't made up her mind about what she wants to do when she graduates. Ontario scholars receive a $100 cheque to help defray the costs of expenses in university."

"Barbara Catherine Melbourne, 20, of Bradford has graduated from the Sheridan College School of Nursing. A total of 115 nurses will take part in the convocation ceremony at Glenforest Secondary School in Mississauga on Friday. Barbara completed a two-year course to acquire nursing registration."