- CA ON00156 TR/2828
- File
- 1956-1957
File contains 4 newspaper articles from 1956-1957 about the fund raising efforts and construction of the new Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 228 legion hall.
File contains 4 newspaper articles from 1956-1957 about the fund raising efforts and construction of the new Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 228 legion hall.
File contains an original Order of Service for the 97th Anniversary of the I.O.O.F. Stirling Lodge No. 239 dated Sunday, May 7th, 1916; along with 3 newspaper articles from 1956-57 about subsequent anniversary celebrations and presentations of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.)
File contains several newspaper articles regarding the 1956 centennial of the Stirling Masonic Lodge, No. 69, and the installation of officers in 1956 and 1957.
Stirling newspaper : Stirling News-Argus
File contains several issues of the Stirling News-Argus from 1956 and 1957. Also present are two manuscript receipts dated 1888 and 1930 and a printing order, 1922.
Stirling Sutcliffe Drug Store, 1914
File contains a printed, illustrated miniature 1914 calendar distributed by Reginald A Sutcliffe Patent Medicines and Stationery, Stirling, Ontario.
Stirling Minister, Rev. A. Packman
File contains 2 newspaper clippings regarding Reverend Arthur Packman, who left his post in Stirling, to be come an itinerant minister in beverage rooms in Toronto in 1960. Also contains a newspaper clipping entitled St. Paul's Notes by Reverend Packman.
Stirling St. Paul's United Church : financial reports
File contains printed booklets of annual financial statements for the Stirling Charge of the United Church of Canada for the following dates:
St. Paul's United Church, Stirling
Stirling Festival of Sacred Praise
File contains several newspaper articles concerning the 1957, 1959 and 1969 occurrences of the annual Stirling Festival of Sacred Praise, a competition of church and school choirs and individual performers.
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Stirling
File contains a Stirling News article dated 1 November 1956 commemorating the 102nd anniversary of the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Stirling. Also present is an Ontario Intelligencer article, 31 January 1959 concerning a farewell celebration in honour of Reverend Walker, departing pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.
Stirling Regular Baptist Church : Minister's salary account, 1892
File contains a manuscript accounting of cash and in-kind payment to Reverend E.W. Roughley, Stirling Regular Baptist Church, April-August 1892.
File contains a newspaper article dated 21 June 1956 concerning membership expansion of the Stirling Chamber of Commerce . Also present is a newspaper article about the 1957 annual meeting of the Stirling Chamber of Commerce and the organization of the 1958 Stirling centennial celebrations.
Stirling Horticultural Society
File contains an Ontario Intelligencer article, 26 June 1959, concerning the 1959 annual flower show organized by the Stirling Horticultural Society.
File contains 3 newspaper clippings regarding enrolments, and staffing at Stirling elementary schools and King George High School in 1957. Also contains a newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer, 2 October 1961 concerning the official opening of the Sidney-Rawdon District High School in Stirling.
File contains a photocopied printed pamphlet announcing the reopening of the Stirling High School for its fall 1888 session, the only high school in North Hastings in that period. Includes lists of programs and tuition rates.
File contains a newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer, 16 May 1957 concerning major fires in 1883 and 1908 which damaged and destroyed several businesses and homes in Stirling.
File contains a newspaper article from the Stirling News-Argus, 26 September 1957 concerning the events of the 1957 Stirling Fair, and an article from the Ontario Intelligencer, 21 September 1959 with photographs, concerning the 1959 Stirling fair and agricultural exhibits. Also present is an undated colour postcard reminder of an upcoming Stirling fair.
Stirling Fair : Letters Patent, 1861
File contains a one page printed completed letters patent form authorizing the establishment of semi-annual fairs in the Village of Stirling, issued by the Province of Canada, 15 November 1861.
Stirling Centennial Collection 1957-58
File contains 8 newspaper clippings on the preparations for and celebration of the 100th birthday of Stirling in 1958. Also includes a raffle ticket associated with the Centennial celebrations, two printed programmes, and a poster advertising events of August 3-6, 1858. Also present is a printed booklet entitled Stirling Centennial Souvenir, 1967 by Mrs. Ethel Luery and Mrs. Jessie Warren.
File contains two newspaper clippings regarding the celebration of Stirling's Centennial in 1958. Includes background on the early settlement of Rawdon Township ca. 1807 and the founding of Stirling. Also present is a mimeographed undated circular letter issued by the Hastings Historical Society, showing the cost of memberships possibly in the 1960s.
Stirling : Centennial historical notes
File contains photocopied excerpts of the Hastings County Directory, 1860-1861, 1864-1865 listing residents of Stirling by occupation, and property location. Includes a photocopied newspaper photograph with identifications, of the members of the Stirling Cheese Board for 1894. Also present are four newspaper clippings on miscellaneous aspects of Stirling's history including a history of Corner Block, Stirling by Mrs. Roy Bush.