Ruth Boyce is a resident of Cannifton, Ontario and a former volunteer with the Hastings County Historical Society.
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Five files of newspaper clippings, Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School yearbooks and ephemeral materials.
Donated in July 2007 by Ruth Calbury (Ruth Boyce's sister-in-law).
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Two copies of the official program for Railway Week in Belleville, Ontario (22-28 June 1964) and the special Railway Week supplement to the Intelligencer newspaper for 22 June 1964.
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File of newspaper clippings relating to local Belleville news.
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Scrapbook (bearing the name Ruth Calbury - probably Ruth's sister-in-law) of newspaper clippings relating to Belleville news, including:
* Kidnapping and murder of Thomas McNevin
* Bowler triplets
* Prince Edward Flying Club
* New CFB Trenton Hangar
* Fires in Belleville and Frankford
* Views from City Hall
* John F. Kennedy assassination
* Lenny Williamson architectural history articles
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Soil map of Hastings County (South sheet).
Transferred to Map Collection, 10 January 2017.
Moved to map collection: https://discover.cabhc.ca/soil-map-of-hastings-county-2
The cornerstone of Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School on Church Street in Belleville, Ontario, was laid on 5 October 1927. The school officially opened on 12 December 1928. The school closed its doors to students in 1992 and stood empty for twelve years. It was eventually demolished in 2004.
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Two editions of the Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School 'Elevator' publication:
* Easter 1931
* 1966-1967
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Various items, including:
* School report card from Queen Alexandra school for William Calbury (Ruth Boyce's brother), not dated
* Commercial gasoline licence ration book, 1945-1946
* Bata Shoe Company publication for Canada's International Trade Fair, 1948
* Programme for Frankford's Old Boys' and Girls' Reunion, 27 July - 1 August 1955
* Programme for the dedication of the Belleville Wesleyan Methodist Church on Everett Street, 20 November 1955
* 'Voice of the Bay of Quinte' CJBQ program schedules, October 1962
* Programme for the dedication of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Dixon Drive in Trenton, 4 April 1965