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 a manuscript account of votes for the U.C.L & Sc. Soc. [possibly University College Literary and Scientific Society] for which W.N. Ponton acted as a scrutineer in 1877 and 1878.
File contains a typescript transcript of a presidential address by William Nisbet Ponton, President of the Ontario Associated Board of Trades, 24 February 1914, concerning economic indicators, development and investment in Ontario.
File contains a printed issue of The Quinte Foremen's Club News, Volume 2, no.5 (January, 1956) including executive meeting highlights. Also present is a newspaper clipping concerning the Foremen's Club sponsorship of the fourth annual YMCA-Laura Secord Easter Egg Hunt, March, 1959.
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 a printed booklet entitled Quintena : Golden Anniversary, May 1913-1963, which traces the history and lists executive officers of the Quintena Rebekah Lodge, #133, Belleville branch of the Rebekah Oddfellows.
File contains a a letter, dated 10-January-1964, from Sanborn Worthen, Archivist and Custodian, Canadian Railroad Historical Association, Quebec and addressed to Mr. Gerald Boyce, Hastings County Museum.
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.
File contains a newspaper article concerning a CNIB tribute to Maude [Mrs. Harry] Rollins who launched the White Cane Club in Belleville ca. 1950 in support of the visually impaired.
File contains a newspaper article titled "Organists Hold Panel on Wedding Music", dated 5-October-1959. The article reports on a panel discussion at the meeting of the Bay of Quinte branch of the Royal Canadian College of Organists, specifically about "Wedding Music".