A peek from the Town Crier’s July 6, 1978 issue – Wall to Wall People Fill Mildmay Streets! The Crier camera was only able to catch this many people during the Tri-Celebration “Free” Midnight Street Dance. The event was staged following midnight on Sunday and an overwhelming amount of people turned out to dance to the music of “The Midnight Express”. The dance came to a close at about four in the morning. From all reports, everyone enjoyed the early morning dancing.  A parade from the new Recreation Complex started the night off.     – Town Crier photo

A peek from the Town Crier’s June 8, 1978 issue – From 1886 up to the present date, Carrick Camp Meetings were being held on the 10th Concession (about 4 miles east of Mildmay) on 4 acres purchased from the Joseph Losch farm. During the early part of the Camp’s history, people stayed in tents, cottages or rooms in the Boarding Hall for weeks at a time. The photo shows how sections of the tabernacle wall were once hinged to permit a crowd overflow to listen from outside.

This week’s photo dates back to the late 1940’s.  Pictured is the Confirmation class from St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Mildmay. Front (left to right): Audrey Yenssen, Ada Borth, Rev. Edgar E. Fisher (Pastor),  __________,  Gertrude Hill, Aleta Wiseman. Back: Norm Hossfeld, Alfred Schwichtenberg,  John Hafermehl, Harvey Lerch, Harvey Schaefer, Norman Borth, Robert Dickison.

A peek from the Town Crier’s Friday, May 31, 1968 issue – The $2,000 drainage project at the Mildmay Agricultural Park and Ball Park was completed. The project was sponsored by the Rotary Club with some financial help coming from the Councils of Mildmay and Carrick as well as the Agricultural Society. Top photo: Rotarian Herbert Weber is pictured with the tile machine. Tiles were laid in rows running east and west, approximately 25 feet from row to row. Bottom photo:  Volunteer Kenneth Schumacher was one of several to help fill up the tile lines with gravel.      – Town Crier photos

A peek from the Town Crier’s Friday, May 31, 1968 issue – Mrs. R.J. Creighton (left) presented a Gold Cord to two Clifford Girl Guides. Receiving the cords were Miss Dianne Murray (centre) and Miss Mary Wightman (right), both sixteen years of age. The Gold Cord is the highest honour in Guiding.  – Town Crier photo

A peek from the Town Crier’s May 20, 1998 issue – It was quite a sight to see a “wagon train” around this area! The group had just stopped for their evening meal and overnight stay at the Alf & Marion Seifried property on the 10th Concession of Carrick. – Town Crier photo

A peek from the Town Crier’s Wednesday, May 21, 2008 issue – A Mildmay landmark was dismantled very quickled on May 20, when some 50 Mennonite workers gathered at the site. The old building is presently owned by local jewellery businessman, David Wendt and a new structure was going to replace it.  The building has served a number of past owners, probably as a feed and grist mill for the longest period of time, owned and operated by such former residents as Eugene Schnurr, Norman Hossfeld and Earl Guse.        – Town Crier photo

A peek from the Town Crier’s May 6, 1998 issue – Bradley Kieffer of Teeswater was going to make sure “the big one” didn’t have the chance to get away with this big net!  He caught a 13 7/8” inch Rainbow Trout at the Teeswater Kinsmen  Annual Kids Fishing Derby.