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 Jim Rose, Oshawa Times, November 1961     Emilio Fernandez of Mexico, is presenting the Russell Reid Memorial Trophy to Roy Ormiston of Roybrook Farms, Brooklin, for first prize dry three year-old and second prize milking four year-old Holstein cow. Both cows are owned by Roy Ormiston. Left to right: Emilio Fernandez, Roy Ormiston, Unidentified, Unidentified. This picture …

 Times Gazette, Times Gazette, August 1946     This brick house on the south-west corner of Dundas and Athol Streets, was built in 1857 for Alexander C. Wilson (1826-1908), a painter. In August 1946, it became the Funeral Home for Stanley James Strowger. It is said that Mr. Strowger conducted only one funeral a year to keep his …

 Times Gazette, Times Gazette, August 1946     Stanley James Strowger opened a furniture store in the McMillian Block in 1941 and renovated the store in the summer of 1946. He also owned a funeral home at 215 Dundas Street East. Standing in front of the furniture store, left to right, are: William Ashbury (Refrigeration Service), Stanley James …

 The Oshawa Times, Oshawa Times, June 1967     The Ontario County Courthouse and Administration Building was built in 1963-64, and demolished in September, 2010. Ontario County Warden J. Sherman Scott and Oshawa Mayor Lyman A. Gifford laid the corner stone on November 28, 1963, and the building was opened on September 30, 1964 by Ontario Premier John P. …

 The Oshawa Times, Oshawa Times, April 1958     The new Ontario County Jail was built in 1957-58 and demolished in 2004 after the prisoners were moved to a new "Super Jail" in Lindsay. The jail was officially opened on June 19, 1958 by Hon. Ray Connell, Ontario Minister of Reform Institutions.

 The Oshawa Times, Oshawa Times, 1970     This building was built in 1959-60 and officially opened on November 4, 1960 by William K. Warrender, Ontario's Minister of Municipal Affairs. It was partially vacated by the Town of Whitby in 1973 and the upper floor was used by the Whitby Public Library. The Library took over the entire …

 The Oshawa Times, Oshawa Times, 2 November 1959     Whitby's first letter carrier service was inaugurated on November 2, 1959. Standing at the Whitby Post Office at 200 Dundas Street East, left to right, are: Kenneth Brown, William Skitteral, Keith Laundry, Gordon Wilde, Jerry Parson, William Vaughan and Harold Collins.

 The Oshawa Times, Oshawa Times, September 1964     The Ontario County Courthouse and Administrative Building was built in 1963-64, and demolished in September, 2010. Ontario County Warden J. Sherman Scott and Oshawa Mayor Lyman A. Gifford laid the corner stone on November 28, 1963 and the building was opened on September 30, 1964 by Ontario Premier John P. …

      MacCarl Hardware was located at 113 Brock Street South. Walter MacCarl worked as a clerk in the store when it was owned by Fred Maundrell. In 1927, MacCarl became a partner with then owner, W.A. Holliday. MacCarl purchased the store outright in 1939. After working as a clerk in the …

      Leslie Lamb was born on 22 January 1925 in Saint Helens, Lancashire, England to Daniel and Annie (Gilleeney) Lamb. They family lived on Marshalls Cross Road, and Leslie attended school around the corner at Robins Lane School. From the age of fifteen to eighteen, he served in the local cadets, …

      Scrapbook volume 1, page 63. Les Porter, Joe Holtom, Ivan Moore, Ford Moynes, Ivan Moore, Bill Whyte, Herb Hardy, Vern Courtemanche

      This card is part of a larger collection of World War II personnel clippings. The project began in 1944 at the Lindsay Library. The intent was to gather together as much information as possible on the military record and the service of people from the Town of Lindsay and the …