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 Toronto Daily Star (1892-1971), 31 October 1923     The Toronto and Eastern Railway was built along Mary Street starting in 1913. Work was suspended during the First World War and resumed in 1923. The railway was never completed and the rails were torn up in 1927. It was intended to be a commuter railway from Toronto to Oshawa.

      Graydon M. Goodfellow was born at Toronto on January 9, 1891 and learned the printing trade from his father who moved to Whitby in 1903 to start the Whitby Keystone, a local newspaper. In 1909 Graydon Goodfellow entered McMaster University at Hamilton and after his graduation in 1913, he became …

      Spruce Villa was originally constructed in approximately 1872 at 734 Dundas Street West. It was a farmhouse owned by William Clendenan (1826-1906). Around 1918 this property was purchased by Mrs. W.H. Weddell. Mrs. Weddell gave it the name Spruce Villa for the line of spruce trees along the property. She …

      Sarah Elizabeth (Emmett) Oke was born at Whitby Township, on January 22, 1862 at Almonds in Whitby. She and Richard G. Okw were married at Whitby Township on September 28, 1892. She was Richard's second wife. She died at Whitby on August 13, 1936 and is buried at Union Cemetery, …

      Florence Helena McGillivray was born at Burnside Farm, 3rd Concession, Whitby Township, on March 1, 1864. In 1870 her family moved to "Inverlynn" house in Whitby. Miss McGillivray won two first prizes at the Bowmanville fair for water-color painting in 1881. She studied art at the Central Ontario School of …

      This picture was taken in front of the public school on the north side of Winchester Street, west of Simcoe Street. This photograph has been printed on page 9, "100 Years of Brooklin Schools". As well, the book notes that this is the "Senior Fourth Class 1921-1922".

      This picture was taken on the steps of the Brooklin Methodist Church at the south east corner of Mill Street (Cassels Road) and Princess Street. Classes were held in the Church basement and the Masonic Hall when the new school was being constructed in 1923. This photograph has been printed …

      This picture was taken on the steps of the Public and Continuation School at the south east corner of Highway 12 and Winchester Road. The Brooklin Public and Continuation School was built in 1923 and demolished in 1982.This photograph has been printed on page 11 of "100 Years of Brooklin …

      Whitby House Hotel location: 207 Dundas Street West.

      The two nurses' residences shown in this photograph were officially opened by Mrs. W.J. Hanna on August 15, 1923. They were called the "Lena Davis Home" and the "Naomi Barker Home" after nurses who died during the First World War. These buildings served as nurses' residences until a new residence …

      The barn was built in 1919 and destroyed by fire on November 4, 1976.

      A black and white photograph of the farm buildings at Ontario Hospital Whitby.

      A black and white photograph of the dairy barn at Ontario Hospital Whitby. This photo looks south from Victoria Street.

      A black and white photograph of the pig houses at Ontario Hospital Whitby.

      A black and white photograph of farm road looking north.

      A black and white photograph of the Power House at Ontario Hospital Whitby.

      A black and white photograph of the Ontario Hospital laundry building.

      A black and white photograph of the Women's Infirmary at the Ontario Hospital Whitby.

      A black and white photograph of two nurses standing in front of the nurses' residence holding a bouquet of flowers. Left to Right: Mary Hewitson and Frances Morrison

      From: Forty Years of Nursing Progress, 1920-1960, Ontario Hospital Alumnae Association 1960