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Medicinal Recipe
Medicinal Recipe. Take little branches of ground hemlock, stew it and drink it for stomach cough., IHS3118
Meeting At Home Of Mrs. Trotter
Meeting of the W.I. at the home of Mrs. Hazel Trotter, March 1977. Left to Right: Mrs. Grace Kirby, Mrs. Eva Carter, Mrs. Florence Ley, Mrs. Hazel Trotter, Mrs. Olive Parker, Mrs. Irene Reain and with her back partly to camera, Mrs. Del. Evans.
Meeting Place And Library
Photo of the front door and exterior of the building that was used as a location for the library in Cookstown and as a meeting place for organizations such as the Legion. It was later used by the Cookstown Chamber of Commerce. The photo shows a white front door with an overhang over the stoop.
Mel Martin - Blacksmith
Photo of Mel Martin, local blacksmith, in front of his business in 1960. Standing on the left is Bruce Martin, with Allan Martin visible inside the shop. Mel sold the shop and moved to Barrie in 1966. This photo can also be found on page 104 of the Stroud Tweedsmuir History, volume 2., IHS3382-109A
Melville Cook Farm House
Melville Cook Farm House. From Stroud Tweedsmuir Histories, vol. 4., IHS3384-93A
Melville Mcfadden Et Al.
Ida McFadden, Clara (Kell) Goodfellow, Melville McFadden. Publisher of Cookstown Advocate. Disbanded 1953.
Members At A 1977 Meeting
Members at an Institute meeting in the Town Hall in 1977. Back Row - Mrs. Cave, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Carter Front Row - Mrs. Sharpe, Mrs. McKillican, Mrs. Hopper, and Mrs. Kirby.
Members In Mrs. Trotter'S Living Room
Mrs. Trotter's living room: L.to R. Mrs. S. Carter, Mrs. Mapes, Mrs. Monkman, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Cave, Mrs. French.
Members Of Bradford Women'S Institute
Members of the Bradford Women's Institute who put on a skit entitled "Meeting of 50 years ago" at the Cookstown Women's Institute 50th Anniversary celebration in 1951.
Members Of The Cookstown Agricultural Society
Group studio photo of the members of the Cookstown Agricultural Society at the turn of the century. The men are all dressed in suits and waistcoats and all but one have a moustache or beard. They are positioned in three rows, with the back row standing and the others seated. Pictured from left to right are: Lee Banting, Alex Morrison, W. Drennan, Dan Kidd, Thomas Arnold, and Dr. Alex MacKay. Centre row: Dan Ross, Bruce Scott, Joe Banting, and John Graham. Front row: James Coulter, J. Drennan, Henry Leadlay, and Treasurer C.H. Willoughby, 1903-05. The photo was taken by T.A. Adams, Photographer, of Cookstown.
Members Of The Order Of The Eastern Star
Group photograph of the members of the Order of the Eastern Star. Pictured from left to right, back row: Mrs. Annie Campbell, Mrs. Jessie Jackson, unknown, Mrs. Margery Cowan, Mrs. Joyce Kennedy, Mrs. Jessie Campbell, and Mrs. Dora Webb. Front row: Mrs. Helen (George) Malholland, Mrs. Minnie (Margery) Leonard, (Mrs. Sadie Green's mother), Mrs. Helen (Fred) Mulholland, Mr. William Campbell, Birdie Gordon (mother of Mrs. Lloyd Webb), Mrs. Jean Hand, and Mrs. Laura Shering. The group is dressed formally with the women in long dresses with corsages and the two men in suits. The photo was taken outdoors, in front of a house or building., IHS1570
Members Of The Tweedsmuir History Committee - 1974
Photo of Mrs. Alice Baker (left) and Mrs. Joan McLean (right), two members of the Cookstown Tweedsmuir History group. The photo was taken in someone's home as a stone wall and fireplace are visible in the background. Mrs. McLean is seated at a table with a typewriter in front of her, and a stack of papers can be seen behind the typewriter, in front of Mrs. Baker.
Members of the Big Sail Family
Photo of Paul, Jessie, and Charlotte Big Sail making woven baskets in the native tradition. In the photo, all three members are seated on the ground in front of a tent with the supplies for baskets in front of them. A small dog sits beside a finished basket. According to Mrs. F.W. Dallimore, the Big Sail family lived on the north half of lot 28, between concessions 11 and 12 and were known for their beautiful wares including baskets, small boats, handkerchief boxes, and hampers adorned with porcupine quills, grasses, and beadwork. The photo comes courtesy of Mrs. Ruby King of Scarborough. Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site., IHS3550
Memorial Dedication Service
Memorial dedication service in honour of Neil McBride. His wife Isobel and daughter and Jack Dinwoody whose grandparents were also buried in this cemetery.
Memorial To Private Henry Flay
157th Foresters, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), Innisfil Side, monument to Private Henry Flay. He was born in England in 1890 [monument lists dates as 1894] and he died on September 19, 1916 at Camp Borden of pneumonia [Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, note: listed as Harry Flay]. Buried at St. John's Cemetery, Cookstown. Born and lived in New Milton, Hampshire, England with his parents William Henry and Annie Elizabeth and one of four siblings. He was working as a milkman at that time and approximately aged 16. There is no clear date of immigration to Canada. [Source: www.ancestry.uk ] Flay enlisted with the CEF February 11, 1916 in Cookstown where he lived and worked as a farmer. Regimental number: 643476. He listed his date of birth as December 14th, 1890 and went by the name Harry, not Henry. [Source: Library and Archives Canada: Soldiers of the First World War ] His name can found commemorated in The Books of Remembrance WW1, page 86. Links: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=388863 http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/425426/FLAY,%20HARRY, IHS1770
Men And Team Of Horses
Men and team of horses by frame house. 2nd from left - John Beatty Jr. 3rd from left - Thomas Donnelly extreme right - Frank Beatty, IHS3371
Men In Parade
Dr. R.H. Leadlay and Mr. Henry Reed in back seat and Mr. John Houghton, Mr. Murray McDowell and Mr. Geoff Dawney in parade. Cookstown Centennial Celebration - page 10
Men Sitting On A Wall
Jack Couse, Tom Webb, Alexander Robinson, Frederick Clarkson, John Corrigan, Russel Chantler.
Men Vs. Ladies Baseball Teams
Picture post card of the Men's and the Ladies' baseball teams in Lefroy. The Ladies and 40's Baseball teams were organized in the summer of 1913. Norman King (not pictured) acted as Coach and Manager. In the photo the men are standing in the back row dressed in white shirts and ties, and the ladies are seated on the grass in white blouses, neckerchiefs, and long skirts. Pictured from left to right, back row: Charles McLennan, Frank Whan, Isaac Morton, Mr. Douse, Andice King, Mr. Forrester, Chris Grose, Irving Nelson, and Sam Todd. Middle row: Madeline Forrester, Della Wood, Helen King, and Mabel McLennan. Front row: Hazel Morton, Lillian Whan, Florence Beatty, Mabel Stewart, Fern Forrester, Tide Wood, Zella Reid (pitcher), Edith Wood (catcher), Jean McLean, and Henry Douse (mascot). This photo was taken in or about 1913, and the majority of the men were enlisted in the service. After each game someone a collection was taken for the Red Cross., IHS989
Men of the Gordon Family
Photo of the men of the Gordon family, taken in Innisfil Park at end of the 8th line in 1930. Pictured from left to right are: Lewis James "Lew" Gordon, George William Garfield "Garf" Gordon, Samuel "Sam" Gordon, Joseph Gordon, and Charles Edward "Charlie" Gordon. Joseph Gordon was the father of the other men pictured, and Garfield Gordon was the father of Norma Webb., IHS1569
Methodist Church
Methodist Church, Cookstown, before the fire of 1915. Note the back portion omitted when the new church was built, also the spire was left off. Note the gas light in the foreground of the picture.
Methodist Church
Photo of the Methodist Church in Stroud., IHS558
Methodist Church At Painswick
Photo of the Methodist Church in Painswick, with the school visible in the background., IHS88
Michael O'Connell
Uncle Michael O'Connell father's brother., IHS1790
Michael O'Connell
Picture of Michael O'Connell Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3432
Microfilm Camera
Microfilm camera at Simcoe County Archives.
Mildred Webb
Mildred, daughter of George Webb and Mary Ann Mathers - graduate of Royal Victoria Hospital Costumes, IHS2441
Military - Registration
Military Registration card for William Cowan 1918 Military Cowan, William, IHS3152
Milking A Cow
Mrs. Daniel Quantz milking a cow by hand. This chore was typically performed by women., IHS1416
Milking Cows In The Field
Two women milking cows in the open field formerly known as Wild Grassland where Soldiers Memorial Cemetery is now in Cookstown. Visible in the foreground is the first Episcopalian Church - now Anglican. The field was owned by Isaac Ferguson who donated the field to the church., IHS1755

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