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HCHS Textual Records collection: Files 3500 to 3916 File Events and celebrations
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McGeachie Conservation Area

This file contains newspaper articles about the donation of 358 acres of land to the Crowe Vally Conservation Authority by Jack and Ethel McGeachie in 1995. There is also correspondence between John Brett McGeachie, the Corporation of the Township of Limerick and the Hastings County Historical Society regarding the renaming request (denied) of Steenburg Lake in Tudor Township.

Intelligencer Time Capsule

The file contains a number of newspaper clippings from the 1930s about local residents and buildings. Also contains a piece of writing titled "The History of Friend Andrews told by Alexander Andrews (1959). The item is dated 20 January 1961 and is a genealogy of the Andrews family.

Norris Whitney Bridge

The file contains a number of newspaper articles and pictures about the construction of the Norris Whitney Bridge, also written remarks by Honourable James Snow, Minister of Transportation, at the Sod-Turning Ceremony for the Norris Whitney Bridge, 13 November 1980; copy of news release and fact sheet.

Symons Family

The file contains a number of items connected with the Symons Family:

  1. Labels from Symons' Ladies Store, Belleville
  2. Program from Annual Commencement Exercises Belleville High School 16 December 1921
  3. Copy of money order, London, England 27 November 1924 to Mrs. Clara A. Symons, Belleville
  4. Program from Annual Commencement Exercises Belleville High School 28 November 1924
  5. Envelope and card printed 1867-1927 Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Peony Plants from H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
  6. Letter from Susan Tweedsmuir, Elsfield Manor, Oxford, England dated 24 May 1943 addressed to Mr. Watson thanking Belleville Horticultural Society for vegetable seeds

National Thanksgiving program 1927

The file contains an order of service for the National Thanksgiving service held on the Armouries Lawn, Belleville, 3 July 1927 (Diamond Jubilee of Confederation) and a receipt dated 19 October 1880 for part payment by John McKenna on one Barrett Singer, signed by James Barrett.

Grand Trunk Railway - 150 years of railroading

The file contains a copy of the announcement flyer for the Hastings County Historical Society celebration of 150 years of railroading (including some information on the Railways of Belleville) along with a copy of the publication Outlook, Issue Number 216, April 2006 with the article "Belleville's Railroad Past Brought To Life".

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