The file contains a number of newspaper articles about local events and history of Shannonville. Included are 2 obituaries for 2 local residents; Lemuel E. Mills and J.F. "Ferg" MacFarlane.
File contains several newspaper clippings regarding local personalities in Trenton including, Major W.G Grant, operations officer of CFB Trenton: Allison Liversidge, winner of the Peterborough Kiwanis Music Festival; and former mayor Kenneth Couch and O.W. Larry, recipients of a Centennial year medal.
File contains a newspaper article entitled “Royal Canadian Mints Centennial Projects,” 18 February 1967, regarding Centennial coin sets produced in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the nation's founding.
File contains a typescript letter to Dorothy Sargent from J.R. Ellis, Mayor of the City of Belleville, commending Ms. Sargent's efforts on behalf of the Centennial Year celebrations and enclosing a printed certificate of recognition of service. Also present is a silhouette drawing from the St. Louis Fair, 1904 by E.J. Perry with the inscription on verso : J.T. Sargent.
File contains a typescript letter from Hon. John P. Robarts, 4 April 1967 commending the people of Thurlow Township on the production of a Centennial Year history.
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 a newspaper article concerning an electronic message board in use at Expo '67 Montreal, which was manufactured in Belleville by the Stewart-Warner Corporation.
File contains a copy of the "Railway Week Official Program -- Belleville, June 22-28, 1964", a newspaper article "CNR and City Plan Week-Long Railway Exhibit and Program and three copies of a booklet titled "Pioneer Railways of Central Ontario From the Past to the Present" written by William Michaud.
File contains two original booklets commemorating the centennial anniversary for: the Zion Hill School Section 1838-1938 and the Bethel-Zion United Church 1863-1963.
File contains a printed poster from the Quinte Skating and Tennis Club perfomance “TV on Ice, 1963” and a printed invitation to a dessert coffee party by the Quinte Figure Skating and Tennis Club, 10 June 1969. Also present are newspaper clippings regarding the March, 1960 annual Ice Review performance.
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.
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.
