- CA ON00156 TR/2814
- Item
- 1883-1908
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 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 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 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 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.
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.
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.
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 typed letters from 1964 to 1967 with a brief history on Ontario's early railways and mines in Hastings county. They also include some local family histories for the Chard family.
Stirling : census of village for incorporation, 1858
File contains a manuscript census of the village of Stirling, 14-15 December 1858, for the process of incorporation of the village. The census lists heads of households and number of members.
File contains miscellaneous newspaper clippings about citizens of Stirling, Ontario c.1961. Including, but not limited to; John Wesley Morrison, Thomas Allan Eggleton, Thomas Patterson, William James Montgomery, Ewart Samuel Bailey, Waldo E. Rosebush, Ivan Sine, Charles Thompson and, Edmund Allan Carleton.
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 Sutcliffe Drug Store, 1914
File contains a printed, illustrated miniature 1914 calendar distributed by Reginald A Sutcliffe Patent Medicines and Stationery, Stirling, Ontario.
Rawdon Township : Shamrock Cheese Company, Masonic activities
File contains an Ontario Intelligencer article, 20 July 1963 concerning improvements in plant facilities by the Shamrock Cheese Factory, Stirling, and several newspaper clippings concerning the history of Stirling in the period 1859-1871. Also present is a photocopied typescript extract from Historic Hastings regarding an excursion by residents to Belleville to Stirling to attend a festival by the Stirling Masonic Lodge, 15 June 1877.
Rawdon Township : Kingston's Cheese Factory, 1890
File contains a photocopied typescript history of the Kingston's Cheese Factory, which operated in Stirling from 1890 to 1946. Includes names of company presidents and cheesemakers.
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.
Stirling Horticultural Society
File contains an Ontario Intelligencer article, 26 June 1959, concerning the 1959 annual flower show organized by the Stirling Horticultural Society.
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.
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 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.
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.