A long tradition of newspapering
George Jackson
Bradford Witness
Publisher
Newspaper
Politician
Death
Commemoration
Announcement
South Simcoe News
Bradford Witness
Stewart McKenzie
Ina McKenzie
O. M. Seim
Gerry Barker
Nona Barker
"Stewart Scott McKenzie, a man who was a strong and active force in Bradford for more than 35 years as a politician and publisher for the Bradford Witness and South Simcoe News, died last week in York County Hospital in Newmarket, last Thursday following a short illness. Mr. McKenzie was born in the Village of Paisley in Bruce County where he grew up and was educated. The former publisher of the Witness has a long tradition in newspapering and was one of four sons born to a former publisher of the Paisley Advocate. Mr. McKenzie served in the Canadian Army during World War I. When he returned after the war he resumed his newspaper career and joined the production department of the old Detroit Times. In 1931, he and his wife Ina, also a native of Paisley, moved to Bradford and purchased the Bradford Witness and South Simcoe News from Publisher O.M. Seim. That began a career in this town that stretched over 35 years until the couple retired in 1968 following the sale of the Witness to Gerry and Nona Barker. Funeral services for the man who devoted so much of his life to his community were held on Saturday morning in the chapel of the Lathangue and Skwarchuk Funeral Home on Simcoe Street, in Bradford."
1975-06-25
Newspaper Article
http://archives.bradford.library.on.ca/long-tradition-of-newspapering
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http://archives.bradford.library.on.ca/bradford-west-gwillimbury-public-library-and-cultural-centre
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library Archives
Bradford
Simcoe County
Ontario
Bruce County
Paisley