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The Sons of Temperance was a men's brotherhood organization, promoting the temperance movement. New Brothers had to be nominated by the existing membership, and three other Brothers would investigate the nominee's life. The movement was founded in 1842, but the foundation and cessation of this chapter is unknown. Membership included William and Robert Pallett, of the fruit growing family.

Elsewhere in Toronto Township, nearby Burnhamthorpe had a hall on the southwest corner of what now is Dixie Rd and Burnhamthorpe Rd, from 1840 - 1874. The building was used for other purposes until 1927.

Via City of Toronto Archives:
Bolton Camp was founded in 1922 by the Neighbourhood Workers' Association to allow low-income children and mothers with small children to have a twelve-day holiday outside of the city during the summer. The site had originally been a fishing camp and was 4.5 km from Bolton, north-west of Toronto. It was affiliated with the Toronto Star Fresh Air Fund, and relied on donors for funding.

Over the years, more land was acquired, providing at its peak 4 separate camps serving 5,500 campers a year. Bolton Camp was rebuilt between 1968 and 1971, becoming the Bolton Outdoor Education and Conference Centre, operating year-round. In 1984, the Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh Family Life Lodge opened at the camp, providing life education programs for single mothers and family camp for refugee and new immigrant families. In 1991 the Adventure-Based Learning Centre was added.

In later years, lack of funding became a problem. In 1991, Toronto Family Service (as the NWA had been renamed) produced a strategic program review. The organization decided to sell the Bolton property. The camp closed in 1999. In 2000, 279 acres were sold to Toronto Montessori Schools, and ca. 60 to a development company, Camp Villas. Toronto Montessori Schools closed in 2005 for unknown reasons, leaving the buildings and land vacant.

The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) acquired 254 acres of the Bolton property in 2011. It is refurbishing the buildings and developing a plan for the site that will include "innovative programming with unique site activities related to food, recreation, health and wellness, arts and culture, and social innovation."

Later postcards by the company have the letters P E Co on a maple leaf, as a logo.

David J. Culham was born in 1942 in the Town of Collingwood, Ontario and was raised in Stayner. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sir Wilfred Laurier University in 1966 and a Master's degree in Geography and Planning from the University of Western Ontario in 1967. After graduation he began a teaching career in London, Ontario. Within three years he became an assistant department head in North York and two years later became a department head at Cawthra Secondary School in Mississauga. Culham's interest in local history increased with his move to Peel where the Culham family had been early settlers and business people. Culham was one of the longest serving councillors for Mississauga, spanning 1973-2000. As Regional Councillor he brought his ward and cities concerns to the regional level. He was first elected to Mississauga City Council from 1973-1976. Also during this period, he served on the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the Credit Valley Conservation Authority, the Peel Board of Health and numerous other committees. After losing the run for Mayor in 1976, he returned to the Board of Education at The Woodlands High School. He also operated two local businesses - a local sports shop and C.M.S. Equipment Limited. During this time, he served as Chairman for his community's Block Parent Program and as a citizen representative on the Mississauga Planning Committee. He was elected to Council again in 1980 and represented Ward 6 with approximately 100,000 people. David Culham is best known for a number of initiatives including the City of Mississauga's first official plan; the blue box recycling programme; and for a policy of dedication of valley land by developers in Mississauga to allow for the creation of a linear trail system and the preservation of the Credit River Valley. The City honoured him for his environmental preservation policies with the naming of the 15 km David J. Culham Trail. He also worked as a volunteer for the naturalization of parkland including extensive tree planting. His personal papers included in the fonds document his involvement in these and other issues during a period of rapid growth and development in the City of Mississauga.

Successor to a rough cast school on Chapel Street, the Alexander Street facility is known to have been open by 1856. Originally housing both elementary and secondary level students, Central Public and Grammar School became Central Public School in 1877, after the construction of Brampton High School. Even with the opening of additional schools, the facility repeatedly needs expansions to deal with overcrowding; the present structure dates to 1916. The school closed in the 1980s, was condemned, and then turned into a parks and recreation facility.

A variety of the mid-20th century public schools that replaced the site (Beatty-Fleming, Helen Wilson, and Agnes Taylor) were named for teachers from the facility. W. J. Fenton was also among the teaching staff.

Most postcards from this company cover Niagara Falls, Toronto, and Peterborough.

Sheffer photographed across Canada, for postcards published by Royal Specialty Sales and Lewis & Nugent Ltd. He predominantly worked in the mid-1970s, and was a photographer at least as early as the 1965 voter's list.

Royal Specialty Sales suggested in 2014 that Sheffer had died a few years earlier, according to the blog "The Intermediate Period".

His wife was Pauline Sheffer, and as of 1965, was living near Finch Avenue and Driftwood Avenue, at 21 Yellowstone Street.

Founded by David Lewis and Lou Posen as a "smallwares" company, according to their website in 2016, it remains a family business.