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vi Y,-\ . .-"41. C. BROWN -rhurgday, December}, 1913. BAKER READ, A CAKES, PASTRY ALMOND ICING ph%asE'z'.'e21"b' "s]6eE{5z .".Ii>"e`c;`}'2;r.; '52` 'z7{e" 'c1Tf}1' ON SUNDAY. % % A Rcruiting 9ampaig;| Chairmarr, Mayor` Craig; Vice- Chairn`ia'71, Judge Vance; Treasurer, Mr. A..Leslie; Messrs. J. D.aWisdoJm, T. T. Young, J r s H. B. Myers, Dr. Richardson, A. J. Sarjeant, T. Beecroft, Thos. Rogers, Wm Justice, J. E. Billingsly. * TELLTHE STORY on HisTwoYearsWith Canadian Army i11FranCe and of What Y.M.C.A. means totour Boys at the Front GRAND CPI-ERA House, BARRIE A onday, Dec.` 11, beginning at 8.15 -:_-:;.;. -._-.;:;:;:;:_.;,_. Ways and means of raising the required men for the 177th were discussed at length. . A list of eligibles in every municipality will be secured and. the needs 0" the _situation and the duty of every man towardsit will be plac- ed before them_ as strongly as possible. About `45 or 50 cm. cers, non cams. and men will be distributed among the different municipalities to help on the work. The campaign is expected to start next Monday. ` The work of the Military Y. A. wilg be e}/n- n'n1\A' I... CV1.-'.,'_1 (`IL _ 1 /T117 vsrurvunna MUSICAL PROGRAMME. LETTERS FRoMsoL g11l I did not see as much of the trench life as some of the, boys- saw` it, but the short time I was in was hot enough to satisfy any- one. When we first went in the Somme as reserves, we were put into an old German. trench, and we had the day toourselves, and -only for a few heavy sh`ells"co{n-. ing over it was very quiet, so-we' had `a _chance_ to wander q.b.out and see the old German posltion. -.__V _--_v . I did not get much chance of staying in France long, but while` I was there I saw a "lot of the country,-as we were marching day after day before we came to the Somme. I-saw Sid. Fawcett and my brother in the Ypres dis- trict and then I lost them, as we moved the -next day. I received` a.letter `from my brother, whol has come out of the Somme with- out a scratch he tells me. Faw- cett is with.him and quite well. The following interesting let.._ ter was received recently by Dr. Barber 'from_',`John 'Oakes, who was landscape gardener at Sim- coe Hall for three years and re- signed to go to the front after he had one brother killed` in the trenches. The Sid. Fawcett men- tioned in the letter was book- keeper at Simcoe Hall for a year- and a half. A Lodge Hospital, I .must -excuse the writing, as .1 Brentwood, Essex November 12th,] Dear Dr. Barber:--Your very] welcome letter to hand this morning, and I am trying to the] best of myahility to send you a few lines by return mail; You] have not the use of the right hand. I got a piece of shrapnel through the upper part of the right arm. The wound IS nealed but some of the nerves are dam- aged, and the ones the doctor calls the Flexo. (the ones that govern the ngers) are absolute-l ly useless at present. I therefore` have. the use of the arm to the wrist, but as there is no grip `in the hand it_.'1's useless. I am having electric massage, but it ment as yet. They tellme it will take some time before _it gets _right again. Otherwise. I am in splendid condition "and being well cared for inthe hospital here, which is a large residence turn- ed into a hospital by the V.A.D., and all the work is done by the ladies in the district." They are all splendid and always busy, and they do everything they can for our. cpmfort. One thing, weiare not allowed out of the grounds, so we do not get a chance to see the country. s T ' I does not make much improve-l Gel-`mans Great Bur-rowers LEAVE vouR MONEY AT HOME AND OIVIE 2 1116 u Please remember me to Mrs.l Barber and anyone who knows _me at the Hall, and thank. you very much for your welcome let- ter. I guess I shall come through safe to visit Allandale. _ ] Nearly all the chairmen of the sixteen divisions were present at the organization meeting of the Simcoe County Civilian Recruit- ing Committee`, held in Barrie last Thursday afternoon? V -.,.., . saw-. V -Jug-. I must not close my letter without saying something about the ewounded and the splendid way that they behave. You see them in all conditions on the hospital ship , but they have al_. ways a`-. smile and aeigarette in ltheir mouths.` We have a fellow here of a Cheshire regiment who has half of his jaw blown away. He says` he is going in the band when he goes back. There is al.. ways a joke `and a smile after the {half hour of torture each morn, me: ~ - `$&CIU$K T ZUZII ' Joh-n'-1'1't-hven of West. Essa, al ,much respected and well..to-do `farmer, died last week. He .fell from a load ofshay a few months ago and never fully recovered. No one can imagiilne what the Germalns have done who has not been on the ground. Some of the dugouts are 30 feet deep, with stoves, speaking tubes and spring beds, and one dugout has paper on the wall, while another one is large enough to hold half a batt- ' alien. They are coming in use-` ful `now for ou_r_ fellows. ! I Itwould be impossible to write about the wonderful things that are being done, but the cost has been heavy and it is not nished yet. I feel, myself, that Ihaveg just had a trip to the front line to see what it was like, got wounded and sent_ back as use- less. Anyway, I_ suppose they will "fix me up by spring, and then I `shall be back again and next time `I shall know what to expect. Y.~__`._ .l I, and sawoour artillery, I wondered what" it must be like where the shells dropped. I was soonito lknow, but I could not attempt to describe -it. I am afraid Dante s llnferno is. not a very good picture lof Hell compared with the Battle `of the Somme. 1'1 _----_1..: '1. _ :___ _ _ ,_,-1 n "v1{e'i1 i"n{s"fv&}{{ '{Ip' the line ' y;uvx_u:u5 we uu _uu1uU uaun ` There is lots to write about, now I am in England, but it is laborious work. with the left two of the Zeps brought `down in ames and it was a wonderful sight You could hear the peo- ple cheering for miles. Anyway, the boys in hospital smile, and ljust say we are still. winnng. ......-_._A ._-1 -1 Ihand. I must tell you that I saw I_'` am pleased to hear that ev- erything is progressing at the Hall. When we come back to Canada I shall` try and spend some time in Allandale, that is, providing we do _come back.- Thnnn :n In}.-. I-n Ac:-.34;-\ nl-`nut Era: mm: axnmmzn AIID sAfrunpAv`IvIonmua Fall Resultod Fgally kn` D.'.`tl.......... -1 11r--1 in His Honor Judge Vance was appointed -chairman of the com- mittee and J.-A. MacLaren, "sec- retary. As an executive the fol- lowing were named: Rev. C." W. Watch, Midland; D. Hopper, Cookstown; J. A. `Bell, New Low- -.II. 117 EXECUTIVE : V -.- ........,...3... vvoslus vv uouIsvu_`Ul 1 ucouug LU Iutoc JLIIIUJ jUI llle PTO} of thzs great servzce to our a men, overseas, on the transports and home camps. ~ . s A campaign will be startedoon Tuesday to raise funds for the promotion cm" 1.f'D fI I'I lY T91 39` Ililtlvntilun t\ `L A 1-- _._- - L _ __1 , the V Columbia before youmake yourchoice of any other macline. The Grafonela is designed to play all makes of records as it has the steel, bre and A the jewel point needle which requires no changing. GAHHETTS MUSIC STORE Be sure to examine You may secure one from $15.00 up to $650.00 ADMISSION FREE '1'1_\?.' *r'.".I1ia}I; E6ii31{g{~3oE "J "P. Downey, Orillia. The Warden also is ex-0f'cio a member of this committee. $20.00 Columbia Grafonola in your lihm this Xmas? Will there be a $145.00 Music on both sides You are welcome to call at our store and have them demon- strated. I Columbia Records 85c upi Extra. copies of the Examiner and Saturday Morning are on sale at the bookstores or this office. Three cents per copy. Page `Th:-oo XMAS CAKE All ready to put ori your. own cake . . . . -. . . .350. lb; Best, plain. or almond iced I and decorated . . .350. lb. We will` also_ice and de; corate your own `cake as you wish. ? l'hpIio'L_2_I,4I.__ .