Newspaper clipping about the early days of the telephone in Welland, written by George Sawle, as published in the Welland Tribune on February 23, 1957. Sawle includes personal reminisces in his history.
Newspaper clipping of a biography on the mayor of Port Colborne, Coleman Bagu. As an immigrant from Hungary he would go on to become mayor of Port Colborne in 25 years. From the February 6, 1964 edition of the Welland Tribune.
A newspaper article on Ross Beard's 400-square-foot mural being painted in the Lakeshore Catholic High School gymnasium. An art class of grade 11 and 12 students had been working on the mural with Beard.
Newspaper clipping about Bill Augustine retiring. He owned and operated a business of school buses in Port Colborne. From the June 29, 1989 edition of the Welland Tribune.
Colour photographic print showing a ship going under the Main Street Bridge in its twilight year operating on the Welland Canal, c. 1971. The name of the ship is Black Bay and it was of the Canada Steamship Lines.
A part of what looks to be a series of articles from the Tribune that consists of getting comments from residents about the street they live on. Ross Beard is one of the four residents of Merritt St. giving their opinions.