Innisfil Historical Society

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: Selling Old-Fashioned Candy; Clara Goodfellow and Isabel Jacks selling old-fashioned candy while in costume at the community fair., IHS917

: Sergeant Louis Edward Cameron Monkman; Portrait of Louis E.C. Monkman, father of Don Monkman, in army uniform. He attested with the 13th Company of 76th Battalion for the First World War. Once in France, he was transferred to the 4th Battalion where he served in the trenches until he contracted rheumatic fever. He was then transferred to the Canadian Pay Office in London, was eventually promoted to Sergeant and became the Paymaster for the 4th Battalion., IHS1769

: Serpent Mounds on the 13th Line of Innisfil; Photo taken of the so-called "Serpent mounds" located on the 13th line of Innisfil, looking north from Concession 13, Lot 23. An entry in Bill Metcalfe's diary stored at the Simcoe County Archives provides further details about the discovery and investigation of this site. According to Harry Armstrong, the owner of a nearby farm, someone from the University of Toronto dug a trench across the mound. Harry Mayor worked on the project, and also uncovered an indigenous burial site near 25th Sideroad on the Smith half of Lot 25. The photo shows a split rail fence in a zig zag pattern with a serpentine shaped hill or mound dotted with tree stumps visible just behind the fence. The property on which the mounds are situated belonged to Archie McLean from 1858, who sold it to Stephan Howard in 1868. Howard lost the property on default mortgage when it was picked up by Willaim Metcalfe in 1876. Metcalfe sold to James and Agnes Carnochan in 1892, who also defaulted. In 1906 the Toronto Trust Company sold the property to John Irwin, who in turn sold in 1916 to Thomas Clark and Fanny Clark (née Christie), the daughter of William Mellis Christie who owned the Christie cookie company in Toronto. The Clarks remained in possession until 1978 when they sold to Dalkab Limited., IHS52

: Serving Beverages At The Innisfil Historical Society Fair; Innisfil Historical Society Fair, at the Old Warnica School, it was demolished in 1981. Left - Mrs. Robert Peppell Centre - Helen Wallace Right - Vera Nesle Robert Peppell (?) INNISFIL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, IHS2948

: Seventh Line Creek; Photo of the 7th Line Creek from the bridge on Lakeshore Road looking toward the lake around 1930. In 1990 the creek was filled with concrete. This image was also featured in the Innisfil Historical Society Publication "Skunks and Scholars" on page 27. The photo is surrounded by a decorative border., IHS3666, IHS4018

: Sewer Installation; Sewer Installation. Queen Street.

: Sewer Parts; Sewer parts being installed in field close to Railway Tracks between Victoria and Selby Streets.

: Sewer Project; Drain from sewer holding tank drains down sand hill road shown here. 14th concession of West Gwillimbury drains into Innisfil Creek.

: Sharp Family Photo; Portrait of Mr. George and Ellen (née Scott) Sharp with their son Scott at three years old. This photo was taken in King's Studio in Barrie in 1899., IHS900

: Sharpe Family; Studio portrait of the Sharpe Family. Pictured in the centre are Mr. John and Mrs. Nellie (née Gray) Sharpe with their children Kate (front left) who married W.D. Henry (first marriage), and Lizzie (front right) who married W.D. Henry (second marriage). In the back row from left to right are William (father of Zeta, Muriel, and Kaye), Ann who married Thomas Lucas, George (father of Scott), Mary (married Doc Patterson, the Allandale druggist), Matt (father of Telford and Winnifred), and Margaret (married Jack Gordon). Further information is available at the Document Centre at Knock. The women in the photo are all wearing long sleeved dark coloured dresses and the men are wearing dark wool suits. The Sharpe family came from Sligo, Ireland and were some of Innisfil's earliest pioneers. John and Nellie met in Rawdon, Quebec after both moving to Canada with their parents and together they moved to Innisfil in about 1843. They had twelve children and celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary. The original spelling of Sharp when the family came to Canada was without an E, but the E was added because it was considered fancier by John Sharpe's mother, Florence Ingham., IHS915

: Shed; Picture was taken by Joan Marshall of the shed on David Jack's farm. Roofed with hand made cedar shingles. The lady in the picture is Jean Warrington., IHS158

: Sheep Dipping; Sheep dipping at Alvin Wice's. Every spring after the sheep were clipped they were dipped in water solution with insecticide to kill the sheep ticks., IHS1846

: Sheep Shearing Contest Winner; Photo of Mr. Thomas S. Bowman (left) who won first prize in a sheep shearing contest. Also pictured are Mr Tinsdale (centre), and Mr. T. Hayes, auctioneer for the livestock sale of stars at the Royal Winter Fair., IHS2285

: Sheila Reive & Jessie Reive Grose; Black and white photo of Sheila Reive [left] with Jessie Reive Grose [right] standing in front of a Church St. house in Lefroy from approximately 1940. This photo was donated to the Innisfil Historical Society by Janice Mason.

: Sheila Reive at the Lefroy Post Office - 1952; Black and white photo of Sheila Reive (later Sheila Frid) working at the Lefroy Post Office in 1952. She is wearing a pleated plaid skirt and white long-sleeved blouse, holding several envelopes. A number of mail slots are visible in the background. Donated to the Innisfil Historical Society by daughter Janice Mason.

: Shell Gas Truck; Shell Gas Truck being pulled out of the ditch by Monty Sherring. From pg. 167 of Tweedsmuir History Vol II. Disasters, traffic accident, Business, store, Orange Hall, United Church., IHS3382-174A

: Shering'S Garage; Garage built in the 1920's, owned by Monty Shering. Cars in front of the premises were around (models of) 1927 or 1928, IHS2974

: Sherman And Sadie Todd Family; The Sherman Todd and Sadie (Warnica) Todd family. Picture taken at wedding of Albert Reynolds and Belle Warnica, Sept.10, 1949. Taken at home of Belle's parents, Burton Warnica and Helen (Ross) Warnica. L. to R. Frank Todd, Sherman Todd, Sadie Todd, Ethel Todd, Marjorie Todd., IHS1350

: Sherman And Sadie Todd'S Home; Home of Sherman and Sadie Todd., IHS1337

: Sherman Tank; Stacey and Scott Goheen climb on board the restored Sherman tank while their grandfather, veteran of WWII, Ernie Goheen looks out the opening., IHS4245

: Sherman and Sadietodd Wedding; Wedding Photo Sherman Todd and Sadie Warnica At the Home of the Bride's Parents, Fred and Ethel Warnica Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS1335

: Shipments From The Belle Ewart Ice Company; Photo of a train stationed in front of the Belle Ewart Ice Company storage house, which would have been loaded with large blocks of ice to be transported to Toronto or even some of the northern United States to be used in home ice boxes before refrigeration was available. Ice was stored in the houses year round in sawdust to prevent it from melting, and the tall grass and wildflowers visible in the foreground of the photo indicate that this shipment took place in the spring or summer. The train car nearest the left of the photo reads "Grand Trunk" and the car beside it reads "Canadian Northern", a rail line that merged with the Canadian National Railway (CN) in 1923., IHS307

: Shipping To Craigvale; Notice of shipping of one dozen champion Knife Grinding Machines by N. Ry. to Craigvale from The Sickle Grinding Machine Company of Toronto Further information is available at the Knock Heritage Site, IHS3105 B

: Sibling pilots to Passchendaele: Innisfil's military history is 'extraordinary'

: Side View Of Mrs. Burwell'S Home; Side view of Mrs. Burwell's Home.

: Silo Built By Willliam Pearson; Remains of a stone silo built by William Pearson, during the late 1890's or early 1900's, while he was contracting out as a stone mason. It is known that during this period he also built stone barn foundations, one of which was at St. Paul's on the farm which I knew as the Marquis farm., IHS4086

: Silver Wedding - Mr. & Mrs. R.A. Sutherland; Silver Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Sutherland. Robert Alexander Sutherland and his wife Elizabeth Jane (née Johnston) had eight children, all born on their family farm. Grandfather John Johnston cleared the farm - all but 5 acres out of 100 acres - until 1944, when sale took place. Jean (later Jean Hand) was youngest: 5 boys, 3 girls. Daughter Margaret (later Mrs. Andrew) lived in Maple (1976). Son Fraser married Bernice Margaret Jennet of Thornton (daughter of Miller and Elizabeth Jenett). Fraser and Bernice operated a dairy farm on the north half of lot 14, concession 9 before selling the farm in 1993 and retiring. They had four sons: Colin, John, Gordon, and Robert. Mrs. Jean Sutherland (born 29 October 1869) died on 8 October 1946, and Mr. Robert A. died in 1958. Pictured from left to right, back row: William, Donald, Agnes, Wilfred, and Margaret. Front row: Gordon, Mr. Robert A., Jean, Mrs. Sutherland (née Johnston), and Fraser., IHS40

: Silver Wedding - Mr. and Mrs. G. Kneeshaw; Left to right: Mrs. and Mrs. Fred Webb of St. Paul's on the Silver Wedding Day of their daughter Mrs. Gordon Kneeshaw (nee Lillian Webb) and Gordon Kneeshaw, September 21, 1965., IHS2585

: Silver Wedding Anniversary - John and Maidie Cowan; Sunnybrae Farm - 25th Wedding anniversary of John Cowan and Maidie Barclay Cowan. John Cowan's father William - 5th from left, 2nd row from front, bought farm from the Crown in 1860 Social events - Silver anniversary Costumes and clothing Buildings William Cowan, IHS3014

: Simcoe Area Officers Of The Women'S Institute; Thought to be the Simcoe Area Officers of the Women's Institute. Mrs. Gavin C. Allan was president of Simcoe South District on two occasions, also president of Churchill and Lefroy Women's Institute branches. Left to right: Mrs. Gavin C. Allan, Lefroy, Mrs. McPherson, Miss Carmichael, Mrs. Dunlop, Mrs. Hewitt, Mrs. A. McKay, Orillia, Mrs. Bell, Eady., IHS1479

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