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Part of Local History Collection
This collection of newspaper articles is based on the Office Window column from the Bradford Witness & South Simcoe Times. This column covers a variety of topics, from daily events to local history tidbits. They also give insight into the content of the newspapers, great for further research.
Currently, editions from the year 1964 are digitized.
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Horticultural Society/ Ontario Legislature/ Earl Rowe Dam
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Article features local news, such as the start of the Bradford and Holland Marsh horticultural season, the Lodge's Ladies Night at Bond Head, and news on the Earl Rowe dam, it also features the latest Ontario Legislature news about taxes.
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Canada's Centennial/ Historical Sites/ Bradford PUC
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Article features news about Canada's upcoming Centennial, including talk from Dr. Emerson on a historic site implemented in Bradford for the Huronia trail, and construction work on the Bradford PUC building.
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Centennial new/ Bradford Council
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Article features news about Canada's upcoming Centennial, and a reminder about the jobs and services provided by the Town's Industrial Committee and Council
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Victoria Day/ County Boundaries/ Centennial/ Historic artifacts
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Article features news and the history of Victoria Day, questions of creating a horticultural society in Bradford, county boundary issues, talk of a Centennial Park, and new copies of a historical map of Simcoe County and of York County obtained.
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Spring/ Municipal Laws/ Ontario Sales Tax
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Article features news on springtime water regulations, and idea for a main street revitalization, municipal laws, and the 1% increase for the Ontario Sales Tax
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Canadian Flag/ Schomberg Agricultural Society/ 404 Highway
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Article features news on newspapers and opinions (via the Canadian flag debate), news on the Schomberg Agricultural Society annual fair, and historical information from a 1904 version of Toronto's Globe & Mail. It also features the purchase of Joseph Wolfe's farm on Hwy 88, and information on an extension of the 404.
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Bradford District HIgh School/ Essa Music Festival/ Township news
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Article features news on the debt accrued from the building of Bradford District High School, Essa Township's Music Festival, a local resident's visit to England and wales (Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fuller and Anne Morris), and information from surrounding townships: Aurora will receive a new federal building, and King Twp established its police force.
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Garbage collection/ Centennial projects/ Old fire hall
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Article features news on garbage collection vs. depositing at a dump, the Centennial project of Canada and Bradford's chance at funding, Mrs. Viola MacMillan on a television show, and the old fire hall vacated for the Department of Public Works to take it over.
Bradford Witness
Office Window - Dr. Jim Evans/ Mike Kilkenny/ Centennial/ Garbage removal
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Article features news on garbage collection, the Centennial project of Canada and Bradford's chance at funding, Dr. Jim Evans being chosen for missionary work in the 'former Belgian Congo', and Mike Kilkenny drafted to baseball.
Bradford Witness