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List of people who served in the Second World War from Point Anne, Ontario. The list is headed "St. John's Anglican Church - Point Anne", but includes Roman Catholic members of the community.

Names listed:
Gordon Akey
Ross Akey
Maxwell Akey
Morley Akey
Stanley Akey
Carl Rolluf
Harold Ellis
Keith Lloyd
Wsley Cummins
Elmo MacDonald
Ralph Winters
Roy Mayne
Harold Mayne
Kenneth Haynes
Elwood Haynes
Laurence Trawley
Jack Whitehead
Leaman Bradshaw
Nelson Burshaw
Kenneth Butler
William Guthrie
MacElrath Carter
Wallace Anderson
Donald File
James Welsh
Angus MacDonald
Frank Sedore
Charles Pringle
Joseph Pringle
Lois Carter
John Legate
Ralph Sedore
Charles Lloyd
Daniel Sweney
Geroge Tulk
Charles Jenkinson
George Reid
James Juby
Gordon Casselman
Marvin Maracle
Reginald Maracle
Garnet Maracle
Eric Groom
Lewis Williams
Leveine Sweet
William Akey
Robert Bailey
Russell Vollick
Murney Green
William Insley
Frank Insley
Leonard Sweet
Wilfred Twining
Stanley Lockwood
Perry Everett
Alexander Sero
Donald Maracle
Leonard Maracle
Jessie Tulk
Thomas Gilmour
Earl Deforge
Ray Gilmour
John Gilmour
Maurice Gilmour
Donald Gilmour
Arthur Genereux
William Williams
Laurence Bradshaw
Gordon Huck
John Hart
Andrew Bennett
Douglas Bennett
Vincent Mahar
Leo Mahar
Wrexford Gilmour
James Dunley
Jack MacDonald
Ted Stewart
June Deforge
Laurence Horwood
Ronald Wake
John Finlan
Albert Moorman
Leo Logue
Peter Maslo
Arthur Wilson
Earl Wilson
William Ellis
Esmond Ellis
Basil McKendrick

Green ashtray awarded at the Lucky Strikes Lanes in Deseronto, Ontario, for a bowling score of "320 & Over in 5-Pins".

The Lucky Strikes Lanes were at 358 Main Street, where Deseronto Public Library was later located.

Map of Hastings County, Ontario, with business directory information for Belleville, Deseronto, Frankford, Madoc, Shannonville, Stirling and Tweed in the right and left-hand panels.

Collection of materials accumulated by Lois Foster, including:
1) Plan M.106 of Huntingdon Township from the Ontario Department of Mines, showing lots, railways, and roads, c.1967
2) Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Quinte Branch) notes for a bus tour of Sidney Township, 16 September 1990
3) Pull-out guide for Sidney Bicentennial Events from 'In Touch With What's Happening', 1990
4) Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (Quinte Branch) notes for a tour of the village of Wooler, Ontario, 21 November 1993
5) Notes for a walking tour of west Trenton, Ontario, 16 March 1997
6) City of Trenton walking tour leaflet, c.1997
7) 'Hollywood North' flyer about the film industry in Trenton, c.1997
8) Photocopied plan of the village of Shannonville from a government map dated 1851 or 1857
9) Photocopied plan of Shannonville identifying lands within 999-year lease, September 1976
10) Printed 'Pioneer Country Tourist Guide', 1984
11) Bancroft & North Hastings travel guide, 1989
12) Algonquin Park, Bancroft, North Hastings tour guide, 1993
13) Highlands of Hastings Recreational Map, c.1995
14) Moira River Conservation Authority conservation areas map, c.1995
15) Printed reproduction of the Madoc Mercurty and North Riding News of 1886 (c.1996)

Photographs of members of the Winsor, Holgate and Searle families of Hastings County, Ontario and the Cannifton Mills of Charles Arthur Holgate.

This collection comprises:

• Five issues of Belleville High School 'Elevator', 1915-1918
• 'Portfolio of Canadian National Locomotives' printed by the Mika Studio, Belleville
• Copy of Lois Foster's research notes on the Bogart House, Bridge and John Streets, Belleville, c.1977
• 'Belleville Today' calendar for 1979, produced by the Belleville Art Association
• Original text for issues of 'Outlook', the Hastings County Historical Society newsletter, 1981-1984
• Katherine Mill's research notes on 52-56 West Moira Street, Belleville, 1988
• Text and images used for the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario walk in Dundas Street, 18 May 2003, with additional news clippings
• Text and images used for the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario driving tour of Sidney Township on 16 October 2011

Two certificates and a photograph relating to John Wesley Johnson, President and later Principal of the Ontario Commercial College (later called the Ontario Business College). The photograph is of the Mayor and Aldermen of Belleville, Ontario in the Jubilee year of 1887.

Two photographs, a colouring book, a Quinte Weekly News newspaper of 22 December 1987 and 'What's Happening' magazine November/December 1993. The publications have features on the 'Santa's Village' Christmas display of Bruce and Marjorie Nickle of Marsh Street, Belleville, Ontario, set up in memory of Billy Foster. One photograph shows a snow-covered toadstool house and two gnomes, the other shows the 'Santa's Workshop' structure made by students of the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf.

Flyers, newspaper clippings and choir photographs relating to activities at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Belleville, Ontario.

1. Photo of Lucinda Hill wiith her children (from left): Susan, Elizabeth and James, and her grand-daughter, Elsie (Elizabeth's daughter). Lucinda was born on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in around 1843, the daughter of Isaac and Catherine Hill and she married another Isaac Hill. By the time of the 1871 census she was a widow, living with her three children (Elizabeth, 10, James, 8 and Susan 5) in the household of her nephew, William Claus. Elsie was 15 at the time of the 1901 census, when she was living in Deseronto, Ontario with her mother and grandmother. In the photograph, she looks about five or six years old, which would date the portrait to around 1892. The photo was taken by Herbert A. Osborne, who was active in Deseronto in the mid-1890s. The image has damaged edges and is broken into two pieces.
2. Mounted photograph of the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer and the Manse in St. George Street, Deseronto, Ontario. Taken by James Fairbairn, photographer (born 1866) in around 1910.
3. Photo of Deseronto High School
4. Photo album – none of the images identified. Inscribed “To Lizzie from a little fried Weber Featherstonhaugh Deseronto Ont”
5. Bible
6. Bible
7. Martine’s Handbook of Etiquette
8. Common Sense in the Household
9. Searchlights or Light on Dark Corners
10. The Victory Readers Book I
11. Pocket Ready Reckoner
12. Photograph of Cyril W. Bird [married in Belleville 1891, evangelist – died in Africa, 12 Feb 1896]
13. Letter from James Hill to his sister, Susan Maracle, 1904
14. Various loose papers: permit to leave Canada for William Smith, 1918, Christmas Card, newspaper cuttings of marriages and obituaries; ‘In Memoriam” 1898 publication on the death of Frederick Sherwood Rathbun; instructions on removing afterbirth from cows[?]; marriage certificate for William Smith and Lydia Claus, 1902; stub of marriage certificate of David Powliss and Harriet Baptiste, 1917; embroidery reading “Thou Art my Hope”

Collection comprises the following items:

Maps

1. Plan of part of the Town of Deseronto, before 1898 (the Terra Cotta works are still standing), showing roads, railways, buildings and lot numbers for properties south of Dundas Street, east of College Street (which has no name on the map) and west of Boundary Road. The map is hand-coloured to show the blocks and railways.

2. Negative photocopy (in 4 parts) of a plan of Mill Point village, 1875

Volumes

3. Bank of Montreal account book for A.S. Valleau, Collector of Customs. 1901 March 26 – 1905 December 30. Includes six official Customs Canada cheques, one for the salary of Thomas Maloney.

4. Auditors’ Report, Financial Statement and Minutes and Bylaws for the year 1947, the Corporation of the County of Hastings

5. 1950 Municipal directory, Department of Municipal Affairs, Province of Ontario. Includes brief details on towns and villages. Mayor of Deseronto was R.K.Jackson, clerk Miss M.C. Maher, population 1,473.

6. Minutes of the Local Board of Health, 1920, May 14 - 1941, Nov 18. Includes loose papers – correspondence, some annual reports

7. ‘Record’, Local Board of Health minutes, 1942, February 23 – 1966, May 25, includes copies of correspondence and draft minutes

8. ‘Docket No. 2’ Court register, 1932, July 29- 1933, July 18, giving name of defendant, details of offence and outcome of hearing. Indexed by surname of defendant

9. Division Court judges’ list for sittings, 1933, July 26 – 1944, March 7, includes names of plaintiffs, defendants and garnishees, with the amount owed and a brief record of the outcome of each case.

10. County of Hastings report and statements, December 31, 1946, by Garrett D. C. Morton, certified General Accountant. Typescript auditor’s account.

11. Bound ‘Population Census’ summary, 1951-1953, showing number of individuals in each lot by age.

12. Bound ‘Population Census’ summary, 1954-1955, showing number of individuals in each lot by age.

13. Bound ‘Population Census’ summary, 1956-1964, showing number of individuals in each lot by age.

1. Plan of the Town of Deseronto, with lot numbers, 1931
2. File of correspondence labelled 'Police Court' containing letters relating to fines issued for speeding in Deseronto, 1950-1951
3. Printed copy of The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan broadcast by Mackenzie King on 17 December 1939

Items relating to Clifford Adair LeBlanc, of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.

1. Three photographs of Clifford Adair LeBlanc taken during the Second World War.
2. Two leave passes in LeBlanc's name from 1944 and 1951
3. Penknife and clip owned by LeBlanc
4. Legion medal for Past Offficer, Executive Committee - on back is "C. LeBlanc, BR. #414 1974-1975"

Two photographs:

1. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 155th O.S. Battalion at Barriefield, July 6, 1916 . A cropped version of the same image is available online here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/155th_Battalion%2C_Barriefield%2C_July_6%2C_1916._No._498_%28HS85-10-32556%29.jpg
2. Unidentified military unit standing on a large parade ground in an unnamed city, with a water tower in the background carrying an advertisement for Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. This image has been scanned and is available online at https://www.flickr.com/photos/cabhc/35460399302/

Minute book of the Canadian Order of Foresters, Court Quinte No. 1. The fraternal society met in Deseronto, Ontario. The minutes record applications for membership of the society, payments of bills and notes of people who addressed the group. There are some loose papers inside the volume, mainly applications for admission, with reports of character committees on the back.

Three mounted newspaper clippings with printed illustrations of Belleville institutions:

1. Deaf and Dumb Asylum, November 1870
2. Albert College, December 1870
3. Marchmont House, 1876

Also a reproduction of HC01468 (view of Bridge Street West in 1840). This item was originally donated to Glanmore National Historic Site by Edith Clapp in March 2015 (as 005.502.005).

Mounted photograph of a "Rexall Week" promotional window display at John Spottiswood McKeown's drugstore, 271 Front Street, Belleville, Ontario, c.1920. Photograph taken by Robert McCormick of Belleville. The display features a range of Rexall products, including: Liver Salts, Rubbing Oil, Baby Laxative, Rexall Orderlies, Celery & Iron Tonic, Beef Iron & Wine, Cherry Bark and Dyspepsia Tablets.

McKeown was born in Belleville in 1871. He was the son of John McKeown senior (a boot and shoe merchant) and Mary Bullen. He married Caroline (Carrie) Lingham on October 5th, 1898 and they had one daughter, Helen, born in 1901. In 1921 the family were living at 16 Alexander Street, Belleville, with a maid called Florence Parks.

McKeown's Drug Store was at this location in Front Street from c.1915 to the late 1960s, when it was taken over as The Coach Room, part of Woodley's Furs. This photograph was found by members of the Woodley family in the basement of the building.

Reports and publications relating to Northern Electric and their Belleville operation. Includes:

• 'Northern News', 14 Mar 1955
• Résumé for W. J. Needham Throop, 1965
• 'Look What's Going On in Belleville' publication, 26 October 1970
• 'Look What's Going On in Belleville' publication, 25 January 1971
• 'Northern Electric now...and the future' publication, 1974
• Proposal for Business Systems to assume responsibility for the office service function, 1980
• Suggestion Plan Manual for the Subscriber Switching Division, 28 January 1983
• Certificate of membership in the Telephone Pioneers of America for W. J. Needham Throop
• Nortel Belleville 50th Anniversary publication, 1997

Other items:

• Four postcards of the Ontario School for the Deaf; Front Street and United Empire Loyalists monument; Bay Bridge; Moira River, c.1940s
• Belleville McFarlands decal, 1959
• Promotional card for Dixie Inn Barbeque on Bridge Street West in Belleville, owned by George A. De Vuyst, c.1959
• Belleville-Trenton directory published by F & N Directories, 1962-1963

Negatives and photographs of activities and buildings at the Northern Electric plant on Sidney Street in Belleville, Ontario. These items were contained in a metal Kardex filing drawer. Headings on the file sleeves include:

• Erecting Gov. Towers [Negative 2019-055-001]
• Dismantling & Erecting N.E. Wooden Tower [Negatives 2019-055-002 to 2019-055-019 and print of negative 2019-055-017]
• Wave Guide Flexing Machine Built 1956 by N.E. Co Belleville [Negatives 2019-055-020 to 2019-055-078 and prints of negatives 2019-055-022, 2019-055-023, 2019-055-024, 2019-055-027, 2019-055-028, 2019-055-029, 2019-055-030 and 2019-055-047]
• City Fire Dept Demonstration 1955 [4 negatives including 2019-055-084 and 2019-055-085]
• Fire in Shopmen's Wash Rm. Partition. 1955 [5 negatives, 5 prints]
• Painting Chain Link Fences 1955 Contractor Carter & Son [2 negatives]
• Parking Lots 1951 [Includes negative 2019-055-089]
• Employee Infraction on City Parking Regulations 1955
• Car Parks 1955 [Negatives 2019-055-091 to 2019-055-093]
• Power House 1954 [11 negatives including 2019-055-094 and 2019-095]
  *Deterioration of 1947 Plant Roof Due to Negelcted Leak in Roof Membrane, 1955 [2 prints, 3 negatives]
• Deterioration in West Wall & South & North Corners of 1947 BLDG. Repointed Brickwork 1955 [30 prints, 32 negatives]
• Leaking Flashings [1 print]
• Slippage of Roof Material on 1951 Extension Saw Tooths Corrected 1955 By Application of S.I.S. Roofing. [3 prints, 3 negatives]
• 1951 Extension to Plant [44 prints, 106 negatives]
• Paint Shop Construction 1955 [13 prints, 20 negatives]
• Shop Partitions Designed & Built in Belleville Plant 1953 [4 prints, 7 negatives]
• Standard Benches Designed & Produced in Belleville Plant 1952 [1 print (labelled 'Sound Proof Booth'), 3 negatives]
• Moving Pacific Brake from CN Tracks to Belleville Plant [1 print, 4 negatives]
• 44 K.V. Substation Installation, 1954 [6 negatives]
• 1953 Fordson Tractor & Attachments [4 prints, negatives 2019-055-096 to 2019-055-103]
• Taken to Demonstrate Inefficient Material Handling [6 prints, 4 negatives]
• Warehouse 1954 [4 prints, 14 negatives including 2019-055-104 to 2019-055-106]
• Excavating for the 1951 Extension [16 prints, 3 negatives]

The collection contains 8 glass negatives depicting group portraits of men, women and children in farmland and indoor settings. There are also images of farmhouses.