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Lively contest for the conserve;-' . tive Nomination in West Sim- > coo Last. Thursday. .._ The _e.1ection. `of oic-ers was the rst order of business and was rushed through with con- 'siderable despatch. The new president is Neil McAr-thur of Nottawasaga; 1st 'vice-president, E. Jamieson, Nottawasaga; sec- retary, W. G. Mackay, Cooks; town; treasurer, Alex." jE ar1e Creemore. Robt. Steel of `Cree- `more, an old stalwart who has _spent much energy during his years of service for the Conserv- ative cause, was again made honf_ orary president. The selection of a candidate` .was the all-absorbing matter of business, `and the delegates were .plainly anxious to have this item of business concluded. Nine `nominees were named and each wa.s given opportunity to address . ,the meeting briefly. Three re- tired, leaving in the eld W. T. Allan and D. C. Barr of Colling- wood, A. J. F. Sullivan of Stay- Fner, Jas. Moore and R. G. Agnew I of Alliston and Dr, J. -J. D. Bant- _ ing of Gookstown. The first bal_ * lot showed Mr. Allan to be lead- 1 ing, with Jas. Moore a close sec- ond. The second ballot` increas- ed the vote of both these candid- ates, but the difference became greater as Mr. Allan s lead had . increased. The third ballot re.- sulted in Mr. Allan being made , the nominee, he` havinga plur- ality over the other candidates. . Mr. Moore madea good showing, ;his friends in the south of the E constituency having stuck stead- fastly to him. _On the result of ; the third ballot being announced Mr. R. G. Agnew complimented R the convention on its choice and ' Mr. Allan on the honor tendered him,~and moved that, the nomin- ' ation be made unanimous." The motion was secondedby Dr. J. J. D. Banting amid quite a" display of enthusiasm. sMr. Allan got an ovation when he appeared. He` briefly thanked the delegates for Thfe Barrie E 22 aminer `v-Saturday Morning I. A. MacLuen. Bditot W. C. Walls. Business Manage: !the honor they had conferred on Ihim and promised to prosecute an energetic campaign to win the seat "in case the` opposition put a` `candidate in the eld. ` !the candidate " ` Hon. ' I. B. _Lucas, Attorney , General, was present and while the ballot; were being counte-d addressed packed the hall. add.`-reslsed the meeting, having the audience, which Col. Currie also lost none of his old time vim and ' `fluency. W. A. Boys, M.P., and Alex . Ferguson, A.M'.P.P., were pjresent, `Mr. Boys contributing` tothe entertainment of the dele- gates in song.` The proceedings concluded just as the six o'clock bell rang. The delegates from} the north came down and went, back by special train. saga andollingwood appeared in large forces, North Nottawa- saga having a hundred men in its representation. - Nottawa- I . I per cent. 3. G. I. Results The following lists show the standing of the B.C.I. pupils as determined by the examinations which have been held for about` one day per month throughout the term. The pupils havebeen graded according` to the average percentage obtained in all the` subjects of the course. It might be noted that the standard re-` quired at the Departmental Ex-| aminations is an average of 60 I `The names in the following; lists are arranged throughout in! order of merit, and have been div- ided into four groups: No. 1-Those over 70 per. cent.` (The percentages are included in the case of those who made over. seventy-ve per cent). N_o. 2--T'hose" who made be- tween 60Aand 70 per cent. Nn `7l_'Fh1\en urhn m ado ha; W. A. Lowe ,& Son have added a new branch to their furniture business, that of upholstering. Mr. W. Noland, who conducted a repair shop `at. Charlotte and Berezy Sts., will look after the upholstering work. 34-tf Read the Adlet Golumn. ....,.,.. 4..w..,, ..,.,..wc.. s_,.-.- ---- .._s. ,_.__s__,.__._ , W _ "While we cannot help but be sobered and saddened by the thoughts of many brave men who have made the supreme sacrice on our behalf and of the millions who today are in. dire distress, we in Canada have much to be thankful for. VVe should be lled with gratitude for the measure of inaterial prosperitythat has been given us, for the noble manner in which thousands of Canada s sons have answered the call of freedom and jus- tice, for the unselfishness, kindliness,. co-operation and generosity which have been developed -among all classes and creeds as never before. In" a thousand Ways this spirit of mutual helpfulness and goodwill may be exercised, and the more we- cultivate .it the more we will truly enjoy what the Examiner and" Saturday Morn- ing wishes to all its I'eaderV_s'.--v El ylbappy Cllbristmas Christmas BARRIE, CANADA; DECEMBER 2:, l9I6 Merry Chr.istma_s, boys, where e er you be, - Fighting like men for ain countrie; Ohl boys, oh! boys, we feel you know How much we want our pride to show; ` How hearts at home just long to see The face_of their dear, brave laddie. But tho we w_ish and long and pray, That God will speed that seine sweet day, ` ,When war shall cease; for oh! how fain V We ll be to see you home again. This Christmas brings some happiness; You know the reason why, we guess. We know that you have done what s right, And that's what makes this Christmas bright; The hearts are sore with fear suppressed, . We know your sacrifice is blessed. - Our hands.are stretched across the sea, In spirit clasp them, dear laddie. We re glad, we re glad this Christmas morn,ii E en`tho we be with anguish torn; ` While we salute your vacant seat, Our tears are shed, your name repeat. a We're lad our faith is strong; we're sure. That G d_ will help. you to endure. If youin trench, should be this day, I Not racked with pain, we humbly pray; - ' If you are serving `with the eet, r `In spirit, boys, this day we'll meet. Oh!` boys, oh!- boys, we feel you know How much we want our love to show.'_ The Chi-istmas season isvagain with us, bearing its message o_f peace to the warring world. This peace may be delayedhut it will surely c0me-an enduring peace when liberty, righteous ness, fraternity and truth sha`l hold sway and the law 0f.might and greed with all its injustice and cruelty shall no more be per- mitted to plunge the world into the (maelstrom of war. This (`Ian-Iain-you `enoonn Anne nnf Anorvnv urifh if fhn inllv PO"... nxnxuuuu DU tlluugu only vv u; Lu xxnuv vnnu _...u-Iv-my- v--_ V This Christmas `season does not (carry with it. tliedolly roll- icking spirit" of many former` Yuletide days, but to thousands `will come" a deeper feeling of true happiness that comes to those who have felt the abiding satisfaction of service and sacrice for others._ Those to `whom thisexperience has come most deeply most `nearly approach the spirit of the first Christmas Day. 1-. , ,,,i 1-- _-1__..-.1 -..__1 .....J,J-......) L.-- Al-.n vthe following`: in; _ided I cent! i mm ';the of iseventy-ve Greetings To Canadian Heroes be-| No. 3--Those who m,ade`be`- tween 50 and 60 per cent. % Group 1--M. Justice (31), L. Quinlan (78), M. Malcolm (76). E. Gove (75), H. Turner. IN I No. A- 4--Tho'se who made less than 50 per cent. Form V- 'GVr;)i1`p \2'-`- I;.._E1'ar_r1:a_1'_c_>1'1-,' 0. Gal; Gbristma, 1916 lagher, L. MacMackon, R. Park-i house, N. DeHaI't. - i `If -r -I--,\ MacLaren, E. Barnhardt, -F. Evans. - ' Group 1-J. Shepard (77.4), E. Ambler (76.4), J. Boys (76.2), M. i\Varnica (76.-1'), Nader. (75.5), '11. McCann, M. Ross, E. Dobson, `F. McDonald, F. McMurchie. 3 | Group 4--C. Feilding, G. I Quinlan. - Form IVA- Group 2-C. Doran, L. Hall, H. [Ball, J. Hayes, A. Robertson, F. iHubbe1't,. B.. Stewart, P. Shrub- isole, M. Ball, E. McMaster. Copies Weekly Group. 3-A. Elrick, J. Keenan, F. Dyer, D. Myers, A. Bell, C. Jar_ imain. --- .p.. 1 `I uvv CarI', D. Beattie, H. Creswicke, J. kcockburn, F. Collins. | Form IVB- Group -1-P..+ Fowler and S". McIntyre (equal), J. Hambly, R. Sibbald, B. Wright, J. Scott. Group 2--K.`Stevenson,` J. No-| land, J. Warnica and G. Living- ston (equal), E. Speers, E. Chan- nen, W. Turner, M. Banting. I Group 3--E. Reynolds, E. Par- ker, R. McKever, L. Barwick, V. Strange, A.,Livingstone, V. Wice, TERMS-Slllflo copious cu. For union [in advance] ll.oo FIRE nasfnovan 53rd % Year. Of this Fine School only Walls ~ Remain-slnsurance of $53,350. I Cause of Fire is Unknown. The Barrie Collegiate Institute is in ruins. Fire broke out about eight o clock Monday night and _in three hours the building and contents were_ almost a total` loss. Spontaneous combustion in ,the supply of softpcoal is thought I by some to havecaused the re, but this is only a matter of con- jecture. When the firemen ar- rived, the coal bins in the south--i east corner of the basement were a seething mass of re and the : ames were breaking through in. `I to the room above. The ventila_ _ tor from the coal cellar formed a ue up_ which the ames shot with startling rapidity and when t;hey once' secured a hold in t-he attic, they swiftly crept along the I roof the fulllength of the build- ing. Had there been atre wall ` built up to the roof between the old and new sections, the pro-` gress of the flames would have been checked and there is little doubt that the new wing would have suffered only small damage. i As it was, the firemen had a dif. ` ficult situation to handle and they were, handicapped by a lack of pressure. As there is only a siX_inch main on Blake A St., there was not sufficient water. to give adequate pressure for the four lines which were required to properly fight the fire. \Vith three lines of hose, the pressure was very satisfactory, but the swiftness with which the fire spread rendered three lines in- suicient to cope with it. Shortly after nine o clock,_the roof of the gymnasium was lifted, as by an explosion, about two feet, then it sagged in the centre and col- lapsed, a mass of burning tim_ bers. About 9.20 the upper oor of the gymnasium went down with a crash. Less than five min- v utes before the roof fell, boys had - been in the gym. removing any articles that could be easily car. . ried away. Half an hour later a . big ledge at the roof over the . west. entrance, tumbled to the ground'all a blazing mass. . smashing, one line of hose and _ missing several firemen by less , than a yard. F. Moran, G. MacMack0n, R. Sproul, F. Touchette, A. Richard- son, 0. Sarjeant, W, Thompson. Group 4-R. Mizen, H. Milne, L. Sloan, V. Thompson, C. Bell, G. McDonald._ Form III-- `Group 1.---E. Crossland (78), R. Dunn (75), L. Campbell, M Morton, R. Gavanagh, D.` Otton. Group 2--R. McQuarrie, B. Partridge, G. Myers, C. Culross, R. Ingram, A. Simon, G. Rumble, P. Blackmore, F. Goodwin, K.` Lally, G. Firman. ` Group 3--.W. Flaherty, F. Goodfellow, 0. P219, N. Moran. \V. Jacobs, M. Reynolds, S Garvin, G. Braden. i Group 4-R. Guest, W. Tou- chette, M. Bell. Form 'IIA-- Group 1.--A. Ellis (87), M. Schmidt (85), G. Thompson (82), E. Pearsall (79), R. Brown (79), 1. Walker (77), B. Carruthers (77), D. Peacock, M. McKinley, M. Robertson, D. Guest, I. Minni_ kin, M. Dunnett. - ' (Continued on page 2.) 3500 { (V(V]c;r;-t'i`rV1'ued on page TBKRHIE COLLEGIATE/i Section 1 Pages I to 4 No. 5! w. 1'. ALLAVN won our I F on THIRD BALLOT (Alliston Herald)` i There was no show for the candidate from this end of the riding of West Simcoe for the \nomination of the Conservative GU08. party. The convention was held in Alliston Thursday last, and, after a big grist of nominees had been put up, balloting proceeded with ve names before the dole- gates. "Three ballots told the tale, Mr. Wm. T. Allan of (10113: ingwood being the sequ-el, and on` the announcement being made `a, motion carried to make the 0-hoice. unanimous, er_1tire'unanimit;y and much enthusias.111 being in -evid- The c-onvention, which was fheld in the opera? hall here, was} a denionslmation of pa1'.ty feeling? which, for a time when there is nothing particular at issue, was` _.'I _`I,`l, in some respects `remarkable. There was no lz51g'g`i11g in lling up the hall, the (lelegates who had foregat-he.1~ed during the: mm`nin;_2* filing` in as soon as the doors were opened at 1 rfclock. `MI . W.tT.- Allan, the president` of the ass0.c`iatior'1 in the riding", was in the chair and in his re- marks on calling the conventi-on to order referred to the break in of W. M. Lockhart and Hon. J._S. Duff, and theremoval from the eenstituency of John Mackay, the ranks caused by thedeaths| whom he characterized as the father "of the ass_0e_i.ation.