Ramara Gazette
These are significantly historical articules submitted by our correspondants
NEW MARA HALL OPENS TUESDAY
The Daily Packet and Times
Monday, June 25, 1956
Census
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This information came from corespondance of Angus Martin (Lot 6 Con 3 Brechin–Ed Martin’s father) and shows the progressive nature of the farmers of Ramara township. The Ontario County young farmers were organized into clubs –much the same as the more popular 4H This was the Pork producers Club There was also a Junior Farmers Grain Club
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(The Depopulation of a Rural Area in Ontario County)
-J. M. Burns
Peterborough, Ontario
The following letter to the Editor, appeared in the Tuesday September 11, 1877, edition of the Globle.
The writer paints an interesting picture of farming in the Brechin area, however, it appears the purpose of the letter is to seek investors in a proposed mining operation to “make the region one of the richest in Canada”
Read on…
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This story sent in by Frances Laver
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The Orillia Packet & Times
Oct. 15, 1931
Submitted by Frances Laver
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As Captain John D. Glover, Adjutant of the 4th Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade, prepared to cross the Atlantic, as part of the 1st Contingent- he took a few moments to write the following letter to his parents.
Both Captain Glover and his brother Sergt. Norman Glover, were killed in action, in April 1915. (see Those who made the Supreme Sacrifice)
BY MRS. S. J. FURNISS
January 7, 1937
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The following is a list of Soldiers, who were POWs, in the Great War.The main camps for Canadians POWs were: Bischofswerda, Bokelah, Cellelager, Dulmen, Friedsberg, Giessen, Meschede, Minden, Scweidnitz, Sennelager, Soltau, Wittenburg, and Zossen.