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HCHS Textual Records collection: Files 1000 to 1499
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Frankford Council 1957

File contains newspaper clippings from 1956-1962 regarding Frankford municipal business, including: an advertisement to re-elect H. Willmott Rose as Reeve, the operations of the water system and sewage disposal, a fire that destroyed three stores in Frankford, and a new fire hall.

Frankford Hydro-Telephone 1956

File contains two newspaper clippings from 1956. The first clipping is about the Golden Jubilee of the Frankford Hydro Electric Power Commission. The second clipping is about a 19th anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. George Wanamaker to honour their public service in the Frankford office of the Austin-Wooler Telephone Company.

Frankford Residents

File contains an “In Loving Memory” card from the funeral of Mrs. Lucinda Bell (b. 1849 d. 1903) of Frankford. There are also newspaper clippings from 1956-1956 regarding the upcoming municipal election possibly seeing record vote, the re-election of H. Willmott Rose as Reeve, the obituary of Gerald William Dickson (b. 1878 d. 1957), an article about the death of former Frankford resident Major James Robert Lowery, and an article about a telegram sent from Queen Elizabeth to Mrs. John Bridget Barry who was celebrating her 100th birthday in 1959.

Gardiner, Rev. James, "Story of My Life"

File contains two copies of typescript extracts from an autobiography, “My Life-Story” by Rev. James Gardiner, D.C.L (b. 1818), written in 1897-1898. The extracts were made by Gerry Boyce in 1960.
Also contains article "When the 'Plain Speaker's' Type was Pied" by H. F. Gardiner, son of James, presented at the Ontario Historical Society in July 1922.

Ghost Story by J.J.B. Flint 1868

File contains a newspaper clipping printed in 1968, retelling ghost sightings reported in Belleville in the 1890s. There is also a copy of a newspaper clipping from 1880 about the launching of a catamaran (also called a double hulled yacht) that Tisdale built for Mr. J.J. B. Flint.

Girl Guides

File contains a printed booklet for the Quinte Area Girl Guide Association Gold Cord Certificate Presentation which took place on April 24, 1965. Also contains newspaper clippings concerning Girl Guide fundraising, awards and the opening of the Waupoos Girl Guide Camp in Prince Edward County in 1960.

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