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one 35 Documents at county archives tell of pioneer New Lowell MlDHURSl Stalt Let ters ot the pioneer New Lowell firm Jacques and Hay Fur niture Company ranging lrom 1854 to 1875 were among items of the countys past indexed at Simcoe County archives which now may be viewed tor resear chpurposes lhis completed pltLt prowdes an excellent inSight in to one ol the largest inaiiulac tutig industries created and operated in 19th century tario said Peter Moran ar ChlVlSt The New Lowell branch was operated trorl Toronto The archives is always ready to accept documents ot historic interest to the county lor sale keeping and preservmg During the past year 100 donations ol such material were received 16 ENTLRY MAPS Simcoe County can now boast an extremely valuable collection ot 16th to zotli ccnr tury maps which we know will be calling card to researchers throughout North America said Mr Moran We were able to introduce this donation to the public with permission ol the donor earlier in the year Additional material has been received liom others and their continued support is ap preciaed he said he also have managed to convince an increasing number ol people to trust the archives Wllh thelr documents Last year the artbites was tortunate in receiving the benelits at two excellent 0p portunities tor outti Projects One group continued prevmus project 02 indexmg every ar ticle and advertisement ol the Centres meet on rink issue SlRtltl Barrie and Brad lord nieet today to dectde which rink represents Divismn lo ol the Ontario urling Association in playotl Jan in Elmvale against team from Division lolt The Winner at lilnivale thcn proceeds to lillsonburg to meet the Victors livislons ll 10 ll and 12 in the provincial playolr ts Barrie rink ol skip Bob Den ney deleated lilmvale luesday to qualilylorthetinal Bradlord deteated Stroud 95 Elmvale 74 and liiially Canadian Forces Base Borden 83 to step into dectding game with Barrie Barrie Northern Advance newspaper now complete trom 1847 to 1901 To our knowledge this 15 the only complete index ot any 19th Century Ontario newspaper said Mr Moran This index was necessary due to the very tragile condition ot the newspapers and has the ad vantage ot capturing on card intormation which might other wise have taken days ol tin productive reading to locate it was explained Headed by Reeve Ingram Amos ol Medonte the archives board in report to Simcoc ouiity told ol increased use ol the place by researchers during the past year ll nearly 300 researchers 74 per cent were lrom the county 18 per cent ol the others lroni ntario six per cent lroin the lls and two per cent ttolii other countries Among the research projects were the proposed updated history 01 the county economic and social development ot several communities in the county town of lenetangtiisliene Penetang road survey publication several articles and books lli honor 01 noted events and Ill dividuals lor example Mr bani lOl Dunlopw Steele and studies conducted by the ntzrio Institute lor Studies in Education PRESERVE RECORDS People have used local recor ds in order to contlrm the legality ol land ownership and some to establish the dates ol births marriages and deaths listed in past newspapers In this last instance we regret that the archieves collec tion of government records is not complete and we appeal to each townshlp and municipality to asstst in the ct tort to preserve these records said Mr Moran Other groups have been asSIsted in research projects during the past year Su Murdoch is the assistant irehiy ist leter Moran is now member ol national cont mittce and has been asked to speak at Fredericton NR next June llc has given lecr titres to dilterent groups in Sun soc County interested lll the historic past as well as up pearing in television series Subject llllltl ies prepared ltll littti used extensively by estitttiti tc were glad to we Inw llltllltlll given so much so llltlt was large Barrie 1266521 Owned Operated By BROWN YOUR VS LCENCEE lv rtlll Hli tllllll iiili ill oil lo lfll lll lll inn lti nt ilto ltlni It kviilitti llltil latch Iln lirtl llltlltllll ii ll lilo litllllllti ll tlii Hwil il Iii llliltl illt llilai limiliilc lll it linin Keno Fried chicken Grove Duckworth 315 Bayfield St 45 Essa Road Ask local store manager for Special New Years Party Prices 7265710 7267220 726250l Yh January mur volume of material in the indextng collection and it took con lhe archives section ol the siderable time to do thorough museum was opened 1n the tall archivist assistant lor time and sUc ccerled him little over two years ago 0t 1966 Norbert Moran lather ol Peter was the lirst county Peter was his LOOKING BACK iClAMVAlllL Stall Earl lrace began another term as reeve in Flos township 20 years ago With George McFadden deputy reeve Councillors then were Al Spence Frank Coughlin and Lorne Graham DISCOUNT you All MERCHANDISE TUESDAYS We are closed Mondays IF YOU SHOP NEW STORE HOURS BEGINNING JAN Monday Closed Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday LONG ACTIVE HlLLlA tStalt The Urillia and District Chamber of Commerce dates back to 1890 when Urillia was lumbering and carriage manufacturing town 01 about 4000 people Slaven was then mayor