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An article with the results from the Bradford High School Entrance Exam.

"Pupil.
Roland Garrett
Elmer Kneeshaw
John Faris
Thomas Sloane
Gertrude Kneeshaw
May Saint
Beatrice McLean
Harry Armstrong
James C. Smith
Percy Selby
Lenna Dedman
Howard Graham
Bert Harman
Wilfred Magee
Fred Collings
Alice King
Alice Holtorf
Philip Boddy
Florence Stibbs
Luella Kneeshaw
Helen Kiteley
Irene Gordon
DOnald McKay
Harry Fraser
Ferguson Sutherland
Lorenzo Harvey
Dorothy Tyrwhitt
Hattie Cobourn
Olive Bateman
Harry Manning
Rolson McAfee
Norman Steele"

The Bradford Model School pictured was constructed in 1878 to replace a previous building destroyed by fire.
Mr. Frank Wood was the first principal in 1878.
It was established by Simcoe County Council for the training of teachers, and by 1907, 496 teachers were trained there.
Upon the discontinuance of Model training in Ontario, the building continued to be Bradford Public School until the new Bradford Public School was erected in 1951. The Model School was located east of the present school.
It consisted of three rooms downstairs, and two large ones upstairs. It was made of brick, and was heated by two coal furnaces.

An old time postcard featuring Bradford Public School. This photo is from the Bradford Womens Institute Scrapbooks.

Bradford Public School, Room 5.

Teacher: Miss. Robinson
Back Row: Donald Wilson, unknown, Wilbert Curry, Tom Holly, Florie Rogers, Hilda Corrigan, Betty Semenuk, Isabel Hunter, Evelyn Lang, Verda Feegan, Helen Metcalf, Marjorie Seim and Mary Webb.

Second Row: Muriel Reeves, May Parks, Marjorie Bales, Jean Robinson, Lilly Bonn, Gladys Ogilvie, Ida Cavallo, Eleanor Collings, Eilleen Church, Carrie Stamper and Marian Church.

Front Row: Ken Seim, Harvey Aikens, Elwood James, unknown, Aubrey Belfrey, unknown, Art Hand, Bruno Cavallo, Joe Zampoloni, Frank Maurino and Eddy Stamper.

"After 31 years of teaching about 1,000 pupils at Bradford public school, Barbara Stewart is retiring at the end of this school year. It's a thought that brings a mixture of emotions for her. On one hand is the anticipation of doing the things she has been dreaming of for years: travelling extensively in winter and relaxing at her cottage in Minden in summer. On the other hand: "I'm going to miss the children," she admits, 'And the staff too. I have many good friends here. I retired as the organist last June. I guess you could say I'm tearing up all my roots...no, routines. I'm tearing up all my old routines.'Although she is leaving Bradford for good at the end of this school year, Miss Stewart has reassured her friends that she will be coming back often to visit."