IHS New Additions 2020
A collection of digitized records for items donated to the Innisfil Historical Society in 2020.
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- "Lively Farmsteads Now Ghosts of Past" Newspaper Article
- Scan of a newspaper clipping of an article written by Brian Baker for the Examiner about abandoned farmsteads in Simcoe County.
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- 1958/59 Rover Crew of the Boy Scouts
- Photo of the Rover Crew of the Boy Scouts from circa 1958-59. Rovers were the highest rank of the Boy Scout movement, aged approximately 18 to 19. According to donor Lawrence Cumming, those pictured from left to right, front row: Paul Campbell, Glen Harris, Rev. Gordon Wanless, and either Wayne or Clayton Ayres. Back row: Elmer Pratt, Scouter Wilf Cooper, unnamed District Commissioner, and Rover Leader Gordon Mason.
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- Attendees of the 2011 Bethesda School Reunion
- Photo taken during the Reunion held for Bethesda School S.S. #2 of Innisfil on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the Ivy Hall in Ivy, Ontario. Pictured from left to right, back row: Gladys Miller, Harry Squibb, Jean Moir, and one unknown. Front row: Audrey Miller, Josephine Nevils, and Marguerite Moir.
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- Bethesda School Reunion 2011 - Small Group Photo
- Photo taken during the Reunion held for Bethesda School S.S. #2 of Innisfil on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the Ivy Hall in Ivy, Ontario. Pictured from left to right, back row: Alvin McMaster, Mrs. Christine Peters (teacher), Bonnie Rainey, and Barb Cooke. Front row: Sandra Jones, Shirley Marling, Marie Hillock, Susan Graham, Dale Squibb, and Linda Fisher.
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- Bethesda School Reunion 2011 Attendees
- Photo taken during the Reunion held for Bethesda School S.S. #2 of Innisfil on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the Ivy Hall in Ivy, Ontario. Pictured from left to right: Sid Jones, Bob Roulston, Leonard Carr, Ross Parker, Ron Parker, and Rodd Coutts. Front row: Yvonne McMaster, Rita Rainey, Ann Ferrier, Karol Ann Coutts, and Vern Abrams.
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- Bethesda School Reunion 2011 Group Photo
- Photo taken during the Reunion held for Bethesda School S.S. #2 of Innisfil on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the Ivy Hall in Ivy, Ontario. Pictured from left to right, back row: Bob Armstrong, Jim Armstrong, Burt Marling, Maxine Rouston, Brian Coutts, Sharon Coutts, Glen Marling, Gayle Wheeler, two Thompson (first names unknown), Dave Marling, Don Rainey, Norma Cooke, and Murray McMaster. Front row: Yvonne McMaster, Grace Hindle, Gloria Hindle, Yvonne McCullough, Jean Cromie, and Linda Jones.
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- Bethesda School Reunion Program
- Printed program for the Bethesda School Students & Staff Reunion, which took place in the Ivy Orange Hall in Ivy, Ontario on 17 September 2011. The program is printed on fall foliage themed paper and features a black and white photo of the school building at the top. The rest of the program reads "2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Greeting & Welcome; 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Social time; Bring your pictures, memories & story's [sic] to share; Weather permitting - bring lawnchairs; 5:30 p.m. Cold Buffet; $10.00 per person; Please RSVP via email or phone by August 15th." It also includes the contact information for Don Roulston and Ernie Parker.
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- Bev Cochrane, Champion Brick Thrower
- Photo of Bev Cochrane, champion brick thrower, and an unidentified woman, champion rolling pin thrower, from the International Brick and Rolling Pin Throwing Competition held in Innisfil Park. The image was captured in an oversized, newspaper-like promotional guide called Adventures in Huronia featuring tourist highlights from throughout Simcoe County. The caption reads: "Bricks and rolling pins put Stroud, Ontario, on the world map once a year for the International Brick and Rolling Pin Throwing Contest in Innisfil Park. Hundreds of spectators come from all over to watch." The competition was held annually between four towns named Stroud in the United Kingdom, Australia, United States, and Canada.
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- Cedar Harbour - Lot 26 Subdivision Plan
- Image of a large format map of lot 26, concession 7 of Innisfil depicting numbered lots with some names of property owners filled in. The bottom right corner reads "Cedar Harbour: M.S. Boehm & Co. Limited Exclusive Selling Agents 168 Bay St. Toronto; Phone Adelaide 3216" typed, with a handwritten addendum reading "Con 7/Plan 668 Lot 40/41 (30 FINE) A.G. Ardagh Ontario Land Surveyor". The map is dated to 15 May 1972 and was packaged with a second map with more handwritten notations.
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- Dale and Harry Squibb - 2011 Bethesda School Reunion
- Photo taken of Dale Squibb and Harry Squibb during the Reunion held for Bethesda School S.S. #2 of Innisfil on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the Ivy Hall in Ivy, Ontario.
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- Dave Marling - 2011 Bethesda School Reunion
- Photo of Dave Marling the master of ceremonies at the 2011 reunion of Bethesda School S.S. #2 of Innisfil held on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the Ivy Hall in Ivy, Ontario.
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- Family Reunion Photo, 1935
- Group photo taken outdoors the Green/Webb/Whitehead/Tollcott family members taken in 1935 at the home of Flos and Clarence McCabe during a visit by the sister of Grandma Green in Connecticut. The people are identified as the following in the front row, left to right: Lloyd Green, Elmer Whitehead, Velma Whitehead, Sylvia Webb, Llyle Whitehead, Doris Webb (later Doris Emrick), and uncle Clarence McCabe. Back row: Aunt Flos McCabe (with young Jack McCabe in front of her), Aunt Dell Green, Grandpa Green, Uncle Frank Green, Aunt Berenice Webb, Roger Webb, Uncle George Whitehead, Aunt Jospehine Green, Aunt Alice Whitehead, Great Uncle Rol Tollcott, Great Aunt Emma Tollcott, (the tall young man), Uncle Ted Green/Philip Tollcott. [The identification has been recorded exactly as it was provided, which does not correspond with the order illustrated in the photo]. The photograph and information was provided by Doris Emrick (née Webb).
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- Fowl Supper Ticket
- Ticket for a fowl supper held at the Presbyterian Church in Stroud on Friday, 25 November, 1921. The ticket also notes that the cost for adults was 60 cents.
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- Grade 11 Class Photo from Lefroy Continuation School
- Group photo taken outdoors of the grade 11 class of the Lefroy Continuation School. The students and teacher have not been identified. The photo may have been taken in the 1930s or 1940s.
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- Group of Attendees at the 2011 Bethesda School Reunion
- Photo taken during the Reunion held for Bethesda School S.S. #2 of Innisfil on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the Ivy Hall in Ivy, Ontario. Pictured from left to right, back row: Ernie Parker, Don Roulston, Sid Jones, Roger Reive, and Harry Squibb. Front row: Duncan Coutts, Lois Ferrier, and Betty Roulston.
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- Harry Webb
- Photo of a young man identified as Harry Webb wearing a first World War uniform. He is seated on a wooden chair, one leg crossed over the other, with his hat on his knee. The photo was taken sometime between 1914 and 1919.
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- Hart's Service Station Calendar
- Complimentary calendar for 1942 from Hart's Service Station in Tyrone. The calendar consists of the image of a coloured painting at the top with the message "Complimentary of Hart's Service Station Tyrone, Ont. Phone Lefroy 19 ring 2" and a stack of small rectangular removable papers with each month's calendar stapled to it. Item donated by Dorothy Boyd.
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- Innisfil (Farmers') Credit Union Ltd.
- Colour photo of the Innisfil (Farmer's) Credit Union Ltd. Annual meeting, which took place on 6 April 1989. Those pictured are listed as the "April 24 1944 Charter Signers and Family Representatives". Those listed with brackets are noted as deceased charter signers whom the family member pictured represents, and those marked with asterisks are charter signers. Pictured from left to right, front row, seated: Blyth Black (W. Lennox Black), Lloyd Cumming*, Craig Hunter*, Frank Cowan*, and Lotte Cowan (Bruce Cowan). Back row, standing: Ross Wallace (Harold Wallace), Carolyn Benoit (C.M. Carscadden), Velma Sutton (Edgar Thompson), Donald Campbell (W.W. Campbell), Jack Lennox, Rev. Glen Burgomaster (Rev. A.B. Cathcart), Elsie Sproule (C.D. Sproule), Jacqueline Holbern (John Campbell), James Ross (Andrew R. Boyes), and John Goodfellow (Roy Goodfellow). The photo appears to have been taken inside the Stroud Library.
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- Innisfil Fire Station #3, May 1990
- Colour photo of the men of Innisfil Fire Station No. 3 (Stroud) posed outdoors in front of a fire engine in May 1990. Pictured from left to right, back row: Bruce Thompson, Laury Gregory, Norm Smurthwaite, Wayne Ayres, Gerry Grule, John Forbes, Chief Rose, Bob Wilson, Paul Corneau, Vern Ayres, Arnold Matheson, and Don Smurthwaite. Front row: Ted Jones, Garry Diceman, Brian Reynolds, Helmut Asmonn, Mark Robson, Tom Irving, and John Tomporowski. Photo donated by Suzanne Dobinson.
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- Innisfil Recreation & Business Directory (1 of 3)
- Innisfil Recreation & Business Directory compliments of the Innisfil Chamber of Commerce, which lists a variety of businesses and services in Innisfil. This image, the first of three, of the inside of the folded pamphlet contains a map of Innisfil labeled "Ontario's Playground All Seasons" surrounded by black and white images of various local businesses.