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Grippe. .His many friends wish to see hun aboutagain soon. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Lowest. Highest Ham Snow \C\ 4: TH E WEATH ER BARRIE FRUIT MARKET `18 30 30 3'1 39 42 24 CONFERENCE "aiini" 41 .47 4.0 53 60 48 37 Gofemment War Bonds, Municipal Bonds and Debentures O.17V 0.36 2.6 Constitute Safeg, Sgleabilitz, and Re ularlncome. To-`day these investments may be pur- chased at prices that will give returns approximately of 5%". 6% and 7%. ll yoii are not familiar with this form of investment Write, Phone I I2. or call on J . H. BENNETT. 5 7 Dunlop Street, Barrie. Ont., who will be pleased to furnish full information. `and transact your business Free of T `The Late James Pue "At. an early hour on Saturday rnot~ning, James Pue died at the home: of his son, Rev. J. A."Pue- Gilch1`iSt, Bracehridge, where_ he had gone some months ago to` spend the winter. Early in the! year he had a very bad attack of GI'lppe. . This was pretty well shaken off, when he caught an- otllvr cold yvhlch wxth a weakness of his heart proved fatal. Had he lived until July 30 next, Mr. Pue would have been 93 years old, and for a_ man of his years was qulte act1_ve, until the last l'ew IIIOIHRS, - . . -..-..-. .-. --..-.._ 1.-.... 1, 1'I V EL Superior . . . Investments 1'hu_rs;|ay, March 29, 1917. -The Late Robert Maw xeense to OBITIJARY. In loving memory of Lena Ger- trude Wilson, who departedvfrom this world on the Nineteenth Day of March-, 1917. Years will come and years will go But the form we loved so well, It has vanished from our home d How we miss her none can tell. Angels to their starry home Called the gem we could not keep, There she waits until we .come--` Little 'The1ma s gone [to sleep. `Gone to yonder happy home,. Sadlyround her bed we weep, Ann-ole Kathi nnvv ("I91-lino` nnn ` L UULLLJ LIUL IJUII VVU VVUUF, Angels bade our darling come, Little The1ma s gone` to sleep. PARENTS, SIS fE.R, BROTEER It s hard -to break the tendericovdi When love has bound the heart It s hard, so hard, to speak the word, ` We must forever part. Dearest. loved `one we have laid thee, In. thy peaceul grave's embrace But thy memory shall be clear, Tl"'|`| run can {H11 ho-Jvnnlrr `Pong Duh buy .I.u.UuIU auau uc UIUGL Till we see heavenly face. FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHER I Rosy cheeks have grown so pale, Ruby lips n-ow speak no words; Breath as soft as summer gale,l `Voice as sweet as warbling: birds, . V Oh! the sti1lness'all around! . Oh! the silence lone and deep! Tender ears can hear no sound, Little Thelma s gone to sleep.` CAVANAGrH---. At Minesing Sta- tion on` March 25, Marion. Atidrey,-daugrhter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gavanaghe, aged '6 months. MOORE--AT Thornton`, on Mar. 22, Frederick Moore, son of Geo. Moore, aged 29 years._ PUE--At the Home of his son, in Bracebridge, on Friday, Mar. 23, James Pue, in this 93rd. " year. ' . - A In loving rriemory of Margaret .T?11elma Muir, who died, March 29, 1916.` - ` I .__.....4-- Lay her playthings all away; She will never needvthem more Gone the sunlight of our day, Tlnnn 4-r. xynnnn vnvxlrlnru ohnhn i Ulttle TheIlma s'Go'ne to Sleep I \JUl1U ULIU Dblllllsllll U1 `UB1 LALUJ, XG0ne to yonder golden shore, Clasp her hands upon her breast While we gently round her weep, _ V Oh! the still and holy rest Little 'J.`helmaT s gone to sleep. _ Besides her husband, she is survived by :1 1-.rnthm- in Chicago and a b1-othelf and` sister in T0- I-onto. Barrie friends were sorry ,to hear of the death of Mrs. James Webster, which occurred at her- home -in Parkdale (1582 King St. West) last week, after a long illness. For a number of years_ Mrs. Webster was a resident of Barrie, and had a number of warm friends in town. About twenty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Webster went to Toronto, when Mr. Webster was succeeded, as Supt. of the Northern Division of the G.T.R., by "the late W. R. `1`i[I'm.._ ' A 4,. 1,, 1 I ,1 1' _ The late Mr. Edwards was `_the finest smger of a very muswal lfamily. When .in G;hatham he was conductor of the First Pres- xbyterian Choir. His voice was :1 a baritone of exceptional sweet- ness, ` with a `softness and slnoothness almost. a1to-like in quality. yet with` ample power- His brother, Justin B. Edwards at.t,mxdml the funeraljwhich took place in 'I`o1'ont.o yesterday. Maul, uu_t., uuu 101` several years he was chief accountant fur- the Erie &'Humn Ry., a posltmn he lheld until that road was abs0t'b'-- `ed by the Pere Marquette Ry. Leaving Chatham ' he took the !p0sition-of- aee0u11tant. for the Esturgeon Falls Pulp & Paper 00. "He also resided in the S00 for a `time, 1`etu1'niug tu '1`0r0nto nline years ago. At the time of Iis death he was accountant for-"the ;Overland Motor Co | Milo TA`:-I--~--'--~`~ *" I u v U1. Lauu J.Vl.U|:Ul.' UU. . | Mrs. Edwards, whose maiden {name was Miss Julia Cromptou, `died five years ago. Two sons survive. ' ` ' ' rn|___ 1.1 ~..- --- v v uu. 3' UCLA". - For someyears he carried on a stationery store where Beecroft & C0 s. bank is now located.` From Barrie he went. to Chat- ham, ()n_L., and for several \.V8.S (`,h'i0.f' at-.nru1niun4 {Um H... -..-v -Invv I-u I1: EUVVCVUU Edmund Herbert Edwards, old- est. sun of the` late James Ed- wards uf Barrie, died ve1'yun- expectedly in Toronto T on Monday at the homewol` his sister, ,Mrs. Belding. He was in his ~69th year. ' | _ nAn..n --A----- `-- The Late Colin 0. Lovering V Goldwater Planet -- Colin Campbell . Lovering, who was killed by the caving in of a grav- el pit on March 15 last, was born on August 22, 1878, at the home-_ stead of his father, the late_John Lovering, at.North `River, Match- edash township. -His early years Were spent on the farm and he `was educated at North River `school. As a young man he-`was foreman in the lumber camps of Messrs. W. J. and G. A. Lover- ing in the. vicinity of Hillsdale and Minesing. In 1902 he bought the homesteadfrom his. father and has lived there -ever since. In 1904 helmarried Miss lLyla Archer, eldest daughter of J. Archer, `of Tay. He is surviv_ ed by his wife, and ve children, -theeldest of whom is twelve years old. Mr. Lovering was ac- tive in municipal, church and educational affairs, having been. Assessor and Collector for the township -of Matchedash, on the committee of management of the local telephone system, a mem- ber of the official Board of the gMethodist church, prominent in ;League.work, and a school trus- ltee for several years. The` _I._.ate _\Nebster_ The Late E. I"-I.E;l-wards An "` ` V` \....,J 1'r-..L - IN MEMORIAM IN MEIVIORIAM Mi.ss Kirkpatrick spent sever-` al days last week with friends in Toronto. .'I'1L- IA`- __..`I..___ 1...:....... .1.` 1L.` l411IlUDo The Sterling Batik and Noah Grose have had their telephones installed in the "new places. Dnu \\Ty-n Flnrnnnlo nnrnh in IILCUGIIUU 1].]. bill`! LLUVV Lllclk/lam. Rev. Wm. Clements came in, on the morning train last Sun- day, preaching here as well as at Nantyr and Stroud, walking the return journey. ' 1'1o fninrurln nun n]nnonVH `A cnnl V1 #7 LIL JJIIJULILIIDIIIQ rllnhspite of the roads beingyin .a condition that made them `well `nigh impassable there was a large attendance at the funeral `whicl1 took place from the family `home, lot 15, con. 1, Flos, to Minesing cemetery, on` Sunday afternoon. Service was conduc- - ted in the church by Rev. H, Ber- nv. The pall-bearers were: Hy. ;Korf'.oot. Thos. Livingstone, I. Downey, W. Adams, Albert Or- .chard and Alfred Foyston. March 25-'-t);v-iI_12g- to the `bad! roads there was `no service'in `the Anglican Church on Sunday. . . . .Mrs. .R. Rennick returned on Friday after a Visit with her s0n,I Edgar, of Vespra. . . .'Some of our farmers have theirtrees tapped already in preparation for mak~ ing maple sugar . . . . ..Miss M. `Johnston and her father, of -Hamilton, are 0ceupyingD.Maw s house at the-tile yard, for the present . . . . . .' .Mrs; Thos. Lee is under the doctQr s care. hlllnal-d Llnlmen}. curds Bu:-ns.| plbaballb buurj VVGD D Gull. P _G. C. Allan is at the present time razing the ne old resi- Idence on the Allan homestead on the 5th con. as a nucleus for his home 011 Main St. in this village. _In 1836 the late Gavin Allan erected `this solid brick house, one of the first in Innisl Tp. The builder was apparently a man who lived ahead of the times. ` rn|._ cu.-...1:...... 11-..}- ......-1 1\T.-..-.1. mu: 1 Uuux 1.1 JUU.l_.1l.U_) . His friends are pleased to see B. T. Bateman in our village a- gain after his recent severe ill- ness. ` ' 1ur:_,, -r7:#1-,__v1_.,--1, -__An _'____, 1 |ILllJ,D\.7 1UDyUlLDlUlUo Vital Trombley of Belle Ewart is first to appear here with the 1917 auto. As `the dust is al- ready showing up on the streets the oil sprinkling "will be in or- der now. AI--- A.I-_.-_ -1`1-_ AL, (JUL l.1UVVo Alex. Adams _after the winter in the city has taken to the plough again. Most of the boys have pulled the .sh houses to land and shouldered the spears. Now for "the small boys and suckers. U1 lJ11|J!Ju l The late window trims of the local merchants are a credit to those responsible. rnf|r\r\n]'\1n17 n'P wnvnn` AU Mr. and Mrs. John Creonan threw open their suburban resi_ dence Monday evening to a. num_ ber of their friends. _A.ve1_~y [pleasant time was spent. I -1 ; F. Allnn in -3} {ho nvvnennf LJICLUQ Ill 11.11 11- I Ll\Ju 1'LJ|. Clllylllullb UL] Ul1\.i UIVJI The inconvenience. caused by coal scarcity is at an end, judg- ing from the plentiful supply onl the switch at present. Who has not decided that June is the pro._[ per month to put in Supplies? I Thn lllnhn n{' 1\/Inrxrlnn loaf Hod] 'w L1`he Globe 0 Monday lllklllllll Ill] IJLIU 111 OLIIJIJILL/O I St had the following under head of en-_ gagements :- ' 1`/In r\v\(l Nllno (1 `D Rnni n1'\1\n1`\ ----- '4 uuuuu 'x.uU tiijieceased was 64 years of age w'a114i was born" in'Etobicoke Tp. About 40 years ago his father :I1'm`ved to .Flos, and the remain- `U61 of his life was passed in the Viirirrity where he died. `In ad,- rdiiion to farming, he did an ex- :tensive business in brick and tile. .l.h':~ wife, whowas formerly Miss ;I\'la:.;`g'ie Bell (sister of the Misses (.Bell, Mary St., Barrie) survives vwith the following family; Dav- id of Orilfia, John of con. 8, Ves- pra. Wm., Albert and Phoebe at `home. He is also survived `by two sisters and one brother, Misses Hannah and Mary.MaW or Minesing and David Maw of` Utopia. His brother James died three months ago from heart failure. 1Ur_ 1ur,,, I A I gjuguuxuzxuo .-- Mr. and Mrs. C. P..MaeLennan of Lefroy {announce the engage- ment of their daughter, Mabel V., to Thomas `L. White of Bright-' well, Berks, Eng., the wedding to take place in April. T`/In rrnr` MFG . T111111 nnnn-an LLILC VVVJK/l\ LIIJJLQIUCI OII.l\A LQyl11QI - Wllat appeared in the distance as an advance, `detachment of Ring'ling"s Llircus turned out` to be u0thi11g`mu1'e than a dozen horses of the Belle `Ewart Ice Co. for shipment to the city. rl`l'I1\. i1\I)lkV\1'I\Y\;l\I \(l(\ {`ll')I`IL`!lll P117 Last week snow and sparrows; thls week pansles and roblns. \\'}-an-I 4.n.na-nnrl ;n `Mn rliolnnnn News from Neighboring Townships 5%: As Told by Our 'l'I'lE"BIlIBIE EXAMINER AND SATURDAY MORNING / UTOPIA LEFROY rand a valued worker therein. ilk [1 `ME. member of the Methodist chm-oh Possessed of many admirable Waits of character he enjoyed `cthe esteem of his `fellowmen. In politics he gave a steadfast a_nd intelligent support to the pI'1n- ciples of Liberalism. `I. x nniln A1` II...` ..,\'.-.,J,. L\4\:-v\rm :v| -_ A I Maw was a conslstent uv;;uu,v vvzuu 1.111.. au.l.l Lura. U. 11i11'l:. Consult P. J. Moran, . tin- smith. Barrie, about that eave- trou'g_hing' for your` ham or house. 12-14 MIDHURST Mar. 28-- Pte. Charles \Vill_ iams of Orillia spent a few days last week with_ friends here_... . The German measles have visit- ed thevillage once more and a number of people are confined to the house with them....The mail courier has not been able to get over all the mail route the past. two or three days owing to the condition of the `roads, but he gets to Barrie every day with the mail and back to Midhurst. with some difficulty, as the roads are in a terrible condition at present....The steam shovel at `the C..P.R. gravel pit is opera- number of men loading gravel, etc., which makes things more snow disappeared suddenly "dur- ing the few ne days we h'ad,_but the weather has turned colder a- gain with more snow . . . . ..`Pte. ting every day, employing a_ lively around Midhurst. . . . The- Willie Latter and Pte. Wallace Coutts of the.177th Bn., spent; the week-end with friendshere, . . . .Miss Alice Doran is spend- ing a few weeks` with friends in Barrie. V _Mar 26-:--1.3-0;-i-nevs-s.`--is, pretty well at a standstill owing to the condition of the roads . . . . ..St.l Patrick s Night Fair netted the Patriotic League a 1.`-Ltle over $50.00. . . .Miss M. Ellsmere and Miss M.-Spence of Toronto spent a few days` last week at their homes here. . . .L. Dales of Oril_ lia spent the week-end here. . . .. Born--to Mr. and Mrs. VVeymark, a daughter....Mr. and Mrs. J. Hart of Elrnvale spent a day re- cent]; withMr1.` and Mrs. C. Hart. Ila`-.. 13.. Mar. 28--Robt. Munroe and daughter of con. 7, Vespra, have moved here,having purchased the property formerly occupied and owned by the Arthurs . . . . .. P, Hook of Toronto is visiting here for a few days, Mrs. Hook being here for some time for her health. . . .A. Guest and friend of Toronto returned home `after visiting his mother. . .. Adolph Guest is home after spending the winter in Toronto; and is now. engaged cutting wood -as usual with his gasoline machine. . . L. .The recent thaw causeu surface water to get into a numberof wclls, p`utting some outof bus- iness}. . . .M1-5. Botham returned home on Sunday, after being in 'the R.` V. H. for two weeks. Neighbors sympathize with them in the loss of their little daugh- ter. . . .\Vhile Jas Middleton of Eclenvale was having his horse tied at the Post Office, it broke away makingfor home. but on account of the roads being bad and the snowdeep, he did not get far'until he got fast, break+ ing the cutter. rn..1.,. -..-..... -::..........-n.:...._ .... h'i:;k:3ju;JC`:1L1.I` ntinsmithing bre-l pairs to P. J. Moran, 58 Bayeld Street. 12-111 GRAlGl'lUR8'|"_ OUNDLES `Juan: I "I'm funeral took place 011' Monday afternoon frmn his late` 1-rsirlnn(-e to (7-11t,,I1rie_ r:m'r1et.e,ry. Services were taken by` Rev. Geo; A. I3:x'own and Rev. Neil Gamp-.l h_c':|i.. [ ` Mar. 26-Mrs. John Kelley is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Thos. Skelton of Corn .Hill. . .. Patrick Doran is on the sick list with La Winter bl.bII.Abl1l/\.zl.*'.l.l.L-.lG.VV, VVIIU IO \'l7l_y 111. . L . .Mrs. Harry O Gonnor and son George of Toronto are vis- iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Latimer. . . . . .Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cripps have arrived in the village after spending the in Orillia and Burk's Falls. . . . . -.Miss Jessie Davidson of Toronto is nursing. her moth- er, Mrs. Jas. Dayidson, who is ill. . . .Dan. Goulson. who has been visiting his parents. ' Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Coulson, left. last week for Lindsay. . . . . .Sam. Smith, who -has been awa-y for some time, returned home on Thursday to visit his mother and brothers. I l March 26-:.i;);.'gc(')r~ went to Allandale on Friday to see his daughLer-iI1-law, who is very ill. ` MPO unhvr n,n:\v\v\r\n > I\`l\tl VERNON JACKMAN, Stayner, Soc. JOHN SASO Banana saaaaa 5; NOW ()PEN OFFICERS ELECTED AT OLDER BOYS snurr onswn-cu eomww BANANAS Al\lGUS_ VIGO Etnbert Maw of (Jon. 1, Flos, die.T_s'uddenly from heart failure 121:: Friday afternoon; After dimmr hewent, out to do his clmrcs. As he did not return in .21 couple of hours his (laughter went out [to look for him and fouml him lying on the floor dean] about 4.30. -1l`\n,.nn......I ___._- r-I , A KMAN, JOHN S1\1AR'I', B. D. PAHTRIDGE, Collingwood, President. Bar-rice, Vice~Pres. For report of Conference see page 10. Also Oranges at 15c to 60 dozen. You have been paying 30c and 4.0.62. all winter for Bananas Expct to sell at 20c, 25c and 30: a Dozen. First Car Due To=day All Kinds of Vegetables on hand. Delivery to any part of town. PHONE 341 GU11: MART1N-- At 6- : Florence St... Toronto, on Mar. 24, 1917, a son to M1`. and Mrs. J. W . Mar- tin, fox-n'1erly of Clover Hill, Ont. SYPRANAGHAN -- On Saturday, Mar. 2/1. to 1\rII`._ and Mrs-. Robt. Stiranagrhan, Dalston. a son. TH()MAS--0n Saturday, L\Iarc-11 I 21, to Capt, and Mrs. Thomas, I a son. ' !Mh LYON-In"F(>;<;x1t0, Mar. 22, to Dr. and Mrs. Mortimer Lyon, 3. SOD . K A l'\."'V1\Y A 1 II I T11 ,' , PIA ugw unuuuuzso James Pue was `born in the! lounty oi`. Monaghan, Ireland., He mine to Canada when about; . live: years -old and lived in South Mouughan, near Rice Lake, until about 1857, when he moved to llartwright Tp. There he mar- .rier.l' Margaret Malcolm on `Mar. 31, 1858. Some time about 1868 he moved to Shanty Bay and set.tlec'l on a farm where he re. mained until he retired to Bar-, tl'i_e 18 years later and took up` his abode on Blake Street which luis been his borne ever since. `He had `no children but in `1889 `allowed the infant son of Henry Hihrhrist of Oro, now Rev. J. A. T uc--(iilchI'ist. His wife and one `luv-.il'ier', John of Belfort, Ont. -'_ him. He was at one tilm a member of the Barrie! -mwn council and took an active` "Jim.-1-est in the affairs of the- nmni<.~ipalityi until increasing age! vprmenterl. In politics he was a `staunch Liberal. He was a men)- her of St. Andrew's Church and ;a \'il'_V regular atteuclarit even tlmugrli for many years deafnessl` has prevented him from hearingl a wmy-cl of the service. He was an honest God-i`earing' man, a S[)f:t`lll'l(3l'l. of the.sturd_v and in- dllsAl,l'in1lS pjonrsers. to whose la.b- orse Canada of today owes so.-A s'mm-h. | I'll!` (3 , , ,