IHS New Additions 2020
A collection of digitized records for items donated to the Innisfil Historical Society in 2020.
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- Innisfil Recreation & Business Directory (2 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 second of three, shows the front cover of the folded pamphlet at the far right, also includes a description of Innisfil and what it offers, some images of sport and recreation, and a directory of snowmobiles, food stores, taxi service, tree service, and trucking. A handwritten note indicates that "the facilities underlined are those found in the Lefroy - Bell Ewart area."
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- Innisfil Recreation & Business Directory (3 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 third of three, lists a variety of business names and telephone numbers for the following: associations, antiques & second hand, banks & credit unions, blacksmith & hardware, builders & contractors, caterers, churches, communications, community halls & ice arenas, curling clubs, decorators painters & maintenance, electrical & refrigeration contractors, emergency, equipment & supplies, farms, farm feed, fuel oil, gravel, golf courses, greenhouses & nursery supplies, hairdressers & barbershops, insurance, marinas, marine equipment & sales, motels hotels & lodges, municipal offices, nursing homes, parks camps & recreation centres, plumbing & heating, rentals, restaurants & snack bars, services, and service stations & garages.
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- Innisfil Safety Patrollers
- Colour photo of a group of youths standing outside the Township of Innisfil Police Station wearing fall jackets and orange sashes and belts as part of the Innisfil Safety Patrol. In uniform at the far left, rear, is Constable Gary Vye. Donated by former Constable Gary Vye on 29 November 2018.
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- Innisfil Township Safety Patrol
- Colour photo of a group of youths wearing orange sashes and belts standing on a hill. A banner at the rear of the group reads "Innisfil Township Safety Patrol". No date given, though the photo appears to have been taken in the late 1970s or early 1980s. Constable Gary Vye stands in uniform near the front, far right. Donated on 29 November 2018 by former Constable Gary Vye.
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- Mabel and Rosannah Webb
- Studio portrait of Mabel Webb (left) and Rosannah Webb, who married Edward Webb taken circa 1917-1918. Mabel's hair is long and falling over her right shoulder, and she is wearing a white blouse. Mrs. Rosannah Webb is wearing a dark dress with her hair styled into a bun and wearing a pair of eyeglasses.
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- Maple Trees on the Greensides McMaster Farm
- Black and white photograph donated by Yvonne Kemp showing the maple trees lining the lane of the Greensides McMaster Farm on Concession 4 of Innisfil. This photo was taken looking up the lane.
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- Maple Trees on the Greensides McMaster Farm #2
- Black and white photograph donated by Yvonne Kemp showing the maple trees lining the lane of the Greensides McMaster Farm on Concession 4 of Innisfil. This photo was taken looking down the lane.
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- Miniature Rolling Pin
- Photograph of a miniature rolling pin designed to commemorate the International Rolling Pin Throwing Competition held in Stroud in 1962. The rolling pin has the following text written on it in reflective gold ink: "International Rolling Pin Throwing STROUD - CANADA 1962". The item was donated by owner May Watson in 2020. The item is approximately 7.75 inches/19.5 cm long and has red handles on either side. An annual brick throwing competition for men beginning in 1960 was held between two cities named Stroud, known for their brick-making industries, in Gloucestershire England and Oklahoma, U.S.A. In 1961 two additional locations named Stroud in Ontario, Canada, and New South Wales, Australia, were added to make it truly international, and in 1962 a rolling pin throwing competition was added for women to compete in.
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- Organizers of the Stroud School Reunion - August 2000
- Colour photo of the organizers of the Stroud School reunion held at the Stroud Curling Club on the ice surface in August 2000. Pictured from left to right are: Barbara Johnston, teacher; Doris Wice Gibbons, student; Allan Martin, student; Maggie Gibbins Kell, student; Lynda Wice Hughson, student; Donna Webb Rose, student; Lynda Campbell Griffith, student; Norma Givens Smurthwaite, student; Donna Fralick Wice, student; and Hazel Cowan, teacher. IHS #4533. Donated by Donna Wice.
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- Ottawa Safety Patroller Rally
- Colour photo taken at the Ottawa Safety Patroller Rally circa 1980 of a group of people standing in front of some trees. Included in the photo are Constable Gary Vye (in uniform), teacher Donna Wice of Innisfil Central, teacher Gail Sheridan (James) of Killarney Beach, teacher Brian Jones of Sunnybrae, teacher Judy Johnson of Goodfellow, and Reeve Grant Andrade. Names not given in order. Photo donated by former Constable Gary Vie on 29 November 2018.
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- Paddling on Simcoe Day
- Photo of a woman with white hair and glasses, likely Mary Wilson, admiring the paddling of a long canoe by numerous people in Lake Simcoe on Simcoe Day. The event occurred in Innisfil Beach Park in July 1979. Photo donated by Sue (Wilson) Jessop.
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- Plan of Subdivision of Broken Lot No. 26, Concession 7
- Image of a large format map of lot 26, concession 7 of Innisfil depicting numbered subdivided lots, with handwritten note and marginalia. It is marked as a certified copy of plan 668 registered in the Registry Office for the Registry Division of Simcoe '51', dated to 15 May 1972. It was packaged with a first map where the names of some property owners had been written into their respective lots.
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- Receipt Book of G.C. Allan, Clerk and Treasurer
- Image of the receipt book of G.C. Allan, Clerk and Treasurer of the Corporation of the Township of Innisfil in the 1950s. The Township office was located in Churchill at this time.
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- S.S. #11 Craigvale School Class Photo
- Class photo taken in 1893 outside of Craigvale School, S.S. #11 with teacher Ben Averill. Mr. Averill was raised and farmed on the south half of lot 18, concession 3 of Innisfil. Pictured in this photo from left to right, back row: Bill Howie, Stephen Tanner, Albert Robinson, George Neely, Tod Birnie, Fred Birnie, and Bob Howie. Second row from back: Allie Neely, Millie Lenard, Ida Birnie, Minnie Bond, Nellie Bond, Maggie Robinson, Aurarrie Johnson, and Martha Robinson. Third row from the back: Sam Gordon, Fred Robertson, Joe Brien, Bill Lawrence, teacher Ben Averill, Laura Howie, Dick Neely, and Alex Black. Front row: Lennox Black, Garfield Gordon, Lulu Quantz, Ida Robinson, Harry Birnie, and Ethel Johnson.
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- S.S. #2 Bethesda School
- Colour photo of the exterior of S.S. #2 Bethesda School, featuring a close-up photo in the bottom left corner of the stone reading "S.S. No. 2 Innisfil, 1917." The red brick building features white brick accents around the arched doorways as well as along the flat top edge of three central windows. The building is surrounded by evergreen trees.
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- Scott Sharp Newspaper Article
- Scan of a newspaper clipping of an article written by Brian Baker for the Examiner titled "Innisfil's Line 5 will miss rural 'anchorman' Scott Sharp". The term anchorman is used here to describe an unofficially but unanimously adopted "lead farmer" of an area. In the role Scott Sharp would be consulted for any major projects in the area, decide the order of threshing or other working bees, and settle fence disputes between farmers.
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- St. Paul's Anglican Church Honour Roll
- Typed "honour roll" or list of names of parishioners of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Innisfil who had served in World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). The list for WWI reads: Pte. Geo. W. Richardson, Pte. Harry Webb, Pte. Geo. Montgomery, Corp. Harry W. Lennox, Pte. Dalton W. Lennox, Sgt. Maj. R.E. Whitewood, Sapper Jus. Bertram Lang, Sydney L. Harding, Sgt. Maj. Wilfred Johnson, Pte. Ernest Hooper, Pte. Arthur Richardson, Pte. Geo. Frederick Barden, Pte. Albert Edward Allen, Pte. Herb Wilfred Purvis, Pte. Harold Knowles, Pte. John H. Richardson, Pte. Frank Warnica, Pte. Henry Dawson, Pte. Edward M. Hubbert, Pte. William J. Nightingale, Stoker George Hooper, Pte. Augustus O. Warnica, Pte. James Davey, Nursing Sister M. Bond, Pte. Roy Wice, Edward Stanton, James Harrington, Sapper E.E. Wonch, Capt. N.W. Rogers, and Nursing Sister Rebecca Carr. The list for WWII reads: Ernest Aikens, Douglas Arnold, Gladys Barber, Wallace Barber, Donald Beatty, Marie Beatty, Cecil Browning, Eric Browning, Ross Browning, Alex Bowman, Burton Carr, Gordon Fralick, Ferguson Fralick, George Green, Lloyd Green, Rex Guest, Ian Hutcheon, Burt Hunter, Allan Lennox, Jack Lennox M.D., Ralph Lennox, Llyle [sic] Lennox, Roy Lennox, John MacMillan, Carl Quantz, Kenneth Quantz, Ruth Quantz, Morris Reynolds, Lloyd Stinson, Walter Vaughan, William Vaughan, George Weatherall, Earl Warnica, Emerson Webb, George Webb, Gordon Webb, and Louis Webb.
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- Twin Calves on Farm at Churchill
- Newspaper clipping of a photo of two young children embracing twin calves with the following caption: "Three sets of twin calves have been born on the farm of Marshall Campbell at Churchill. Here two of the Campbell boys are seen with the most recent arrivals. All the calves are Ayreshires and it was only last Fall that Mr. Campbell started raising dairy cattle. (Examiner Photo)" The clipping likely came from the Barrie Examiner, though the date has not been included.
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- Webb Family Portrait
- Formal family portrait of the Webb family taken on Golden Wedding Day in approximately 1908. The description on the back of the photo reads: "Webb Family - Edward - Harry is son - Doris Daughter." Pictured from left to right, back row: Lott, Albert, George, Wellington, Thomas, and Herbert. Front row: Wesley, William, Ellen, Eliza, and Edward. William Thomas Webb was one of the early settlers of Innisfil and arrived in the Township at the age of eight. He married Elizabeth "Eliza" Herrell at age twenty-one, and they cleared and farmed the land on lot 21 concession 11 and had a total of eight sons and one daughter (listed above).
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- Webb/Carr Family Portrait
- Studio portrait of three women with a baby boy. They are identified as Grandmother Webb (left), Aunt Ellen Brown (centre), Sadie Carr (right), and the baby is Burton Carr. The photo was taken by Martin Studio in Barrie, Ontario.