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Military History is recalled by Finding of Button

"While working in the flower-bed at the front of the bradford Presbyterian Church this summer, Mr. harvey Curry dug up a small object which turned out to be a button off a soldier's uniform. A little rubbing revealed the number "30" inside a raised circle on which was the word "Cambridge"
Local veterans being unable to identify it, Mr. Curry wrote to the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto and received the following reply:" ...

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Trinity Ang. Church history

Article about the history of the Trinity Anglican Church, written by its minister, Rev. E.R. Woolley.

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Deed to the Auld Kirk Property as Registered in 1837

This article was released in the same edition which described the unveiling of the Auld Kirk Cemetery plaque on August 24th, 1958. The history of the Auld Kirk was also compiled in this edition, which includes the Deed to the kirk's property, registered in 1837, displayed above.

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Looking Back Over the Century - Auld Kirk

"On Sunday, July 23rd, 1967, the Auld Kirk in Scotch Settlement will hold a centennial service. This church, for many years has been closed but on that day memories will be revived by the old and the not-so-old as they greet one another and talk about the past and the days when their parents and grandparents lived there. A few words about the Scotch Settlement, its two churches and the people of the community may recall something of the past." ...

Jessie Fraser MacLeod

Old Records and Books Should Be Preserved

Article on memory and physical presence of history/heritage in a community like Bradford. Based on the unveiling of the Auld Kirk cemetery plaque (see Related Description below) and Murray Faris' preservation of the Auld Kirk's records.

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Unveiling of the Auld Kirk Cemetery Plaque

Article on the Auld Kirk Cemetery plaque unveiling to take place the following Sunday, August 24th, 1958 at 2:30pm. Contains a brief history of the Auld Kirk and the Scotch Settlement.

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Lee, Edith May (nee. Phillips) obituary

Event Date : Sunday, January 05, 1941
Event Type : Death

Description (pg 4): Suddenly, at Bradford, on Sunday, January 5th, 1941, Edith May Phillips, beloved wife of S.R. Lee. The funeral took place from her late residence on Tuesday, January 7th at 2.30 o'clock to Trinity Church, Bradford, for service. Interment in Coulson's Hill cemetery.

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