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I'('.',l'd.h1_VU: 111 .I-\JL\.Il.I.u\;u Conductor Wm. Hunt is now` running No. 45, Toronto to Bar- Ill 1 U1'Ull LU. Mi`s. A. R. Walker and Mrs. W. I Catlin went to Buffalo on Tues-1 I day for a short holiday. \17..-\.ll.-.1-.n F-an:n lr.nori ngwnn fr-nm `UH. 1111 a. C.-uuxu uuuuu . .7 Wallace Graighead came from Lindsay to spend the week-end with his family on Brock St. (`I 117 `h-.- ..`I....... .-nntn-nnrl n-n u_y. Robuex-t Wilson moved his gram- } ily to Midland `last Tuesday. .Mr.1 Wilson. has secured a good pus-I itinn there. it "I\ ,-,_4_,,_ _.e `I 1 ......-:1 lIlJl:l1(l:bl4 UL; &VJ.\ll.s\.avIc_yo Mrs. Geo. Overs received onj Saturday a German 'soldie1"s'j belt and other souvenirs from her son at the-.front-. \ uuc - II. ,, -(`V:.__A'I_ l JllllIl1lU\JI..l Llll I./uwuuuu. uuvy Mrs. W. Secor is the" hospital` and is nimkirmg` slow i but sure progress towards re-` covery from her recent, severe illness. . V 1 home from VVIIJII ll.lD JILLLIIIJ \Jl 54':-\I\o'au ~v- C. W. Poucher motored up from Toronto on Saturday and spent the week-end with his Iu.=n-. ily. n._L......1. \17:I....~.... -.-.nun.-I his -I-'4,-:n1 1 1 I11!) 11. l1llUl L`:- Mrs. E. .M..'Brunt0h of Hamil- ton was the guest of her sister, cottage on Monday. - 1:... r4...` n.......,. .....sn-tun:-I nu I ll`?/I. Clllll (LI: hllc/.;L\1LL .~ _I-Iallett was in the 'Six_t,_h Ward last. week-em_i renewing acqu aintances. `He returned to Hamilton on Saturday. ' `:17 m_,.. `L ._ __.. A .L'..A-`A CHEVROLET A FIVE PASSENGER TOURING QAR{ FOR HlREi Anywhere H. H. OTTON & son For Satisfactqry Se-1:viceT and Moderate Prices try A. Austin Lof Meaford is ' at Thos. Booth s, Innis- FIVE POINTS HARDWARE Our `Prices will Satisfy You; Everywhere I Greo. Phipps has moved` from _J_ohn.St. to Charles St-. A nrnn !......,..-..\..-. ` -CJ_`JIlll.lJhu nu unnunnuu -uu J. A. Cooper; G.T.R: reman, Baldwin St., is quite ill. `Il...YII'2II.~..\ uvvlrun. 117l\(`! .IJO.l.\.lVVJAA. run. Av \.1\`.J.uL1 .;.o Mrs.. Ed. _McMillan, who _ was visiting her `sister in Midland last week,_has returned home. 1'.1_.._--1- f\!rV.`-.nnn A4` rnnnnnln rie. ua.1 IIUIJIU uu .l.J1(.l4l.AJ\JL\a K) uuuu V. , Mrs. (Rev.) Watt `and famqly arrived on Friday evening to take up their abode in'A1landaie and win reside on Burton Ave. ~ 1 `nt,._ A 117-11--.. -4` WOOD . 110.0 Luuux Asuu ::\.nuuuo i Frank O Gonnor of Toronto spent over Sunday at his paren- tal home on Bradford Street. ` \ 117..;1 ~.....,:I I'...~..I-. W111 IUDIUU Uu. pun uuu `xiv. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Walker _of -Goldwater motored to Allandale `on Monday and spent the day lwith Mrs. Walker's father, James Ferguson, who was 84 years old `that day. ___u -4-.. `l\ .cv---..`n :...' nnnn v.:nn.- lxuuu LAENJ o . Conductor Dgsmall is running the new Muskoka _/train arriving at Barrie 12.25 pm. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from T0- ronto, and 2.05 pm. Monday, ' Wednesday and Friday from Musa koka Wharf. 1-: 1 Iv,:,I -,_,_ \___ __.___:_____`J I\\JI\u4 VV llllal Io Frank Hutchings has resigned his pfositionas brakeman. on the G.T'.R. and has accepted _a lucra- tive position in Hamilton. He left on Saturday morning fox: To- ronto to spend Sunday and then went to Hamilton, Monday morn- mg. .nM_u. f~._-L-;..... nfrn 1) 1..-....1..x Lira. r , V `Herb. Pyburn, G; T. R. brake- man, who was so seriously in- jured in the Orillia yards last winter, visited his sister, Mrs. Chas Cohourn, last-Week, His arm is stiff yet, but his ribs, which were broken, have healed up nicely. Herb . that he isl not through railroading yet. " V Unexpected Electrical Display There were some `exciting moments in power house during the tl1uii3iler.- storm last Saturday afl.ernoon.. Lightning striking` the power lines sent an extra heavy eliargis into tlievpovver house. Usually when this occurs it is picked up by the lightning 'a.r'rester, foi-ming a.n are which is carried up l.h,e arrester till it reaches a certain height and then. h~r-eaks without causing a.ny commotion. On `Saturday in- stead of following this ehiirse, the current jumped from the wire to the knife switches and insulator and ran up the wires to the ceil- ing where it was grounded. The jump of. the "current was accom- panied by a roaring noise and an intensely dazzling light that lled the. whole building. All _ the damage was one insulator put out of business and sore eyes for all the men in` the power house. The service was not out over five` minutes. Supt. Hare and several of the men were present whet the excitement, occurred, having just completed changing over one of `the circuits which had been `knocked out -by lightning a few minutes _previously. 41.... A.` o\`i\l\a\` nt\t\;'r\lV th electric light n1u:5.n.\.an\Ju _..y- \1 v l\J'I.I'.l`y 0 Someone on the street, seeing theillumination caused by the flash rang in an alarm, giving the remen some u(mecessar_v exer- cise'. . I posted my last letter to youla on Wednesday just before I wentls up the line on horse. The word will have reached you now and I 1 do'hope you'aren t worrying, as I am ..assured by the doctors and sister that all iswell and my pulse, temperature, etc., nearly ;_ normal. [was riding home again I1 and heard the shell whirr and,-Vi burst. Then _I felt a piece in my] back and chest._ I` got off my|I horse and fell. Five, or sixgoi` the boys jumped to help me, _the _ sergeant gave me somerpm and ` then I got my strength again. They. took me to the dressing sta- 7 tion and I stayed `there until ' morning and had _my wounds ` . dressed and came to`this hospi'-. ` r tal where I am and itis lovely, 7 they are all so good to me. I ex- pect to he on my way to England . `very soon. The piece went - through, .I think, and leaves my" left lung and side pretty painful andl also have a scrape on my neck but, God willing, I will he as fit` as evervsome day again. I get warm tea or cocoa as often as I want it and how ki-ndthe atten_ tion is! My clergyman wrote to a you for me Thursday.` Dear knows I may see Canada sooner than 5 ever`now'. The thing is "Have I L `done my bit? But I suppose so. `ll The following note to Mrs. Carson was written by Lieut.lLan- ley -on April 28: Your son was wounded on. the night of the 25th while takingiup ammunition. A piece of shrapnel hit him a.nd while the wound was very nasty, th'e doctor states that he will he 0. K.` On the morning of the 25th he passed through the clear- ing station and at that, time was quite as well-as could he expec- ted. ' In all probability he will spend_ the greater part of. the summer in England, but you need have no fear for his recovery. n ' visiting l St. Mrs. . `T7... --uuvv --V --..._ From a 1etter-written7. to-"his 1 brothers two days before he was wounded the following` extracts are taken :-.--This is just one mag- nicent day and makesf, me feel just _great and glad to " be alive with all my senses to be able to appreciate it} It is clear, sunny and warm andwe have a tent on a nice dry grassy church lawn, some class! We were inside the church (a ruined one) for a while `but got -out. Things are pretty interesting out here at present and I may possibly run across souvenirs as I have been over on what was Fritz s country `two weeks ago, but have never had the .opportunity of going into his ldugouts. Some of these dugouts are solid concrete and have two rooms, one below the other, the s first about thirty feet below the grou_nd and the next about ten feet. Our infantry go over and throw a bomb in the doorway and goocl-bye"`M_1`. Heiny, as we call our dearly beloved enemy the beastly Hun. Last night a Ger- man aviator flew down so low over our landvwe could see him sitting there and we fired air; craft machine guns, rifles and everything at him,.but the son-of_ a-gun got away. Just imagine, Harry. a few of our boys in the battery have been ring a German `gun back at them. It tires what we call whiz7.-bang shells, be- cause. they make a peculiar and uncomfortable noise. A `Bart-ieiteis Splendid Devotion No better example of the splen- did spirit which exists among the Canadiansoldiers who have ser- ved at the front, who have been wounded, and who have V spent several months in British hnspi- tals could possibly be found than is expressed in the letter which is printed herewith. This letter was written by a young Barrieite who went` overseas with one of the batteries, and was severely wounded, but not before he_ had distinguished himself in -action, for which he washonored by his King and awarded the muchcov- eted military medal. The letter fairlyphristled with true loyalty land devotion, and should be read by every young man in Barrie and in Canada who is eligible for mil- itary duty. In accordance with the wishes of the relatives of this soldier The Examiner refrains re- luctantly from vmentioni-ng his name. The letter is as follows; -...--..., 5--.. ..v. ....-.v...._...., A.r\Av \:\.\:- a course goes against. the grain. If I cannot, be in the middle of the fun_ I want to be right at home. If I were married or had people depending on me things would seem diferent. ' I think you will agree with me in this, Jack, and that I am only doing the right thing. There are lots of fellows here holding down 5 b0II1b-pI`~O0f jobs who have never: seen the line, but you don t wanti meto be one._of them, do you? I: realize fully that I am onlyone insignicant unitin a vast arJny,l but the spirit that actuates the! individual is the spirit of theg army, and it s up to us to do what; we canvwhole-heartedly while we are able. After eighteen months l service in France, I hope 1 am not afraid to. return there, . whether, as an officer or in the ranks. Keep i the old smile workingovertime, Jack, and in God s own good time I ll get back to Canada. with theg full consciousness that 1 have tried to do my best. I) The monthly packing was shipped Thursday, May 17th, and was as follows: 355 sets pyjam; r as, a hospital shirts, 19 ampu-_ tation dressings, 3 pillow cases, 12 vermin suits, 12 quilts, 18 property bags, 64 annel shirts, 9 hospital` suits, 3 pillows, 546 pairs socks, 39 amputation socks, 324 small kit--bags. Total value of shipment $843.52. The fol- lowing from the Township of Oro was included:--60 sets pyjamas, l2 shirts, 12 verrnin suits, 18 property bags, 3/; pairs socks. Value $97.20. The list of con- tributions will appear next week. The committee of Barrie ladies in charge of the Euchre in the Town Hall on Easter Monday gave this week to the Red Cross a cheque for $60.00. This gen- erous do_nation'wil1 fill forty kit bags and since these are urgently needed the cheque came at a most opportune time. The following ladies are to be congratulated on the successof the Euchre. Mrs. McMartin, Mrs. W. A. Boss, Mrs. D. M. Stewart, Mrs. B-. King,` Mrs. '11:... .._.._.__._---- -___. -1- man :`n av: .-. I.~JAA\1o The generous sum. of $32.50 was received from Mrs. W. Meh- er, Treasurer 0.1` the Women s Auxiliary of St. John s Church, Cookstown. ' .--a \a1\/\:4n\JIr .. Geo. Vickers gave the Treasuxul er_ this week $26.00, being per- centage sales at his store as ad- \ xv- I.A\J\z\AC ` Mr. Bakogeorge also sent in $5.00, as perce11t.age sales at. the Olympia Candy Works. Barrie Branch is indebted to Mr. Bake- george. forthe liberal terms given' the Society for I-efreshrnents after the Red Cross Cm1c'crt. Also to members of the S-nciety` who don- ated the money for refmshmen(._s. so that no money was `taken out of the funds. 1 |-\/ su- Shop C0mmittfeQ this week: -- Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Jackson; next week--Mrs'. Little, Mrs. Mac; Laren. * - 111 an. - 7 ._ M1-s_ Wm, Long, Burmn Ave.., is conned,.to her home th*:0u`-Eh il1ne_ss. ` n,._._ _1_......... :u Ir-\1\1Y\A uD`niT\ St. An_dre\v s Church. will have charge of the Shop Sat, May 26, and the following Saturday Col- llier St. Methorlict Church. Donations, Sat..,' May ~l9-`l0th Innisl, $3.00; 2 -loaves bread, 1 lb. butter, 1. qt fruit, 3% dozen eggs. 5th Line, Utopia, $2.65. Death.o'f Robert Blanshard Red Cross Notes "work thal, had been dmw, withmlt. scai'1'iIic1- on Ti'in Sl.., B.ur1,un, _`,Ave.`and other places. . 2' "The (_lmmnitt.c-e was p1`actic-_ lally uxnxninmus not to. buy at tscarier but. to allow $500 1'01" gthc irnp1*O\'mne11t of I)uul0p St.,' ggand l"m still of that 0pini4m,- ~_s1.at.ed I)opul;y Lowe. 1 Deputy Suulcs mcz1lled some ` . l I DUNLOP ST. REPAIRS Reeve Bennett, said the conlin-{ ued talk which accomplished no-; Ething made him sick and some of: ithose days he would quit fori `good. They should act instead `of talk. As the roller did not do tl1o_\v0I'k sat.isi`act.o1`il_v, why try; "it. again`? He didn t know any-j thing about :1 S(2{t1'lL`l' and none of the other inonihers soemecgl t0.l The first tliing to do wasto getl iirst-hand linowlodge of what the! machine would do. far as. the. `cost. was COI1(`(5I`n+`,cl, he did not` think that this would worry the; 'C0_unoil as they voted money for] all sorts of things when they 911.! inclined. -- . r1.._.......,'.' llllllltill. '.; Council went into 11<)n1mi% to consider the matter 1`uI'.th_1"f . . V Allsopp, agent. for `a compiiny which V makes scariiierys, gave sonm in1`m.'mat.i0n as l.Q,'11.he ma- chine, and Ald. Lang tdl how he had seen one ripping up streets in Detroit. . 1 u 11- n -,1. ..A . ,..\..J..-... .-..:lI Ill .lJl7l:l llbu AJdfH0rseld: "A scarie nu tear up Dunlop St.aJlxighL but after it is up you. ll require. hundreds ufloads of gravelto n R up. Now whaPs M gmng H) cost? - 7 i,,, 11...} ax-\A\r-t'\':I\l'\ BefO1`o you buy that machine you will have to get, something to draw it, as it weighs nnrcc tons. The roller wnn t, do much more than dra.\vVit,sel`f," said Ald. Clark. "1. , _:.n 'l\_-..l.r..-\ Qt llllltbh. John Armstrong is home again after several weeks absence in Toronto. 1--1.-- '.'n.......I.-inn nynnf On - Scervzeg from War As It Really Is." at Dreamland Wednesday am: Thursday, May 30 and 31. lJld.l.l\. 3 Ald. ~Th0mps0n said D11nl0p_St. had been rebuilt, sow-.1'al times and needed it again. If any great changes vvere anticip_at,ed, he re- commended a cmnent pa.vemen.t. as soon as pnssihlo, in which up- ini-on Deputy Lowe concurred. ` 1 . I .Aii;ki;F xnnnndod that a hyue shuuld be rnpajred as soon} as H appeared. I u -\17l\.-L ..L-\,.uul llxn rv11nnf;`11 fxf; 41,-`? ll a.|_._)pI"7u.1 nu . "\Vl1at about 1,110 qn:mt,iLy of? stones required 2'" aske.d- thei Mayor, but no one seom'u>,(_I t0| know. . nII`U \v . I `For about an hour the mem_I bhrs aired 1,114-.ir 0p.inions'un the subject, withm.1t. throwing` much .m=.W light. on it. Finally "it was; decided tn lean it nvnr for 21'` special 1nao.t,im2`, Hm Hem/e in the, memltimo. to ser-111'e infnrma.tim'1: (Continued from page 5.) -IE`-'Il'l.l`-lV {DISCUSSED [from sunm of me tuwns whom.-; ;D the s-m1rifi+er' ims honn used. "Enquiries Replying` to the Reeve, - Ala, 19 Brulhe1' said Um now pulice by~ ut, law would be ready shortly. )1)`, AM. [>21-vis .~`.i,:'tl,Pll that. John .Iur1es had roturnud f1'0mVthe T0- _ ` mntn lmspiml, with his eye saved a 3; and would mun be ready for wo1'1~.. 01. Ah]. ;('Jlax~k _-,umplai1`1<:d that the _,`Cl1arg-- of tifty cmxts fm` carting ,vv . yuhhish ml, ()1: yards was excess- "IVE; ' l ! I G I A'I..I 1):\nnnn A`/E |4vu. _ Repl_\jin;.;' In Al {Clark st.at.`-.d that iused for lhlshing 3 Six. [1 ,1,,I A hy-lu\\' providing for the saie ,0f pm` cent. beer will be prm ipared and submitted, c0n1`1nir..g ithe `sale Lu the .~:.La11dax'd hoteis, |0n the sugges1.im1 of the Reeve. S1 ,,_` , '1'UI'Ulllal). _ Mrs. John `Donaldson went to] Thornton` this week. 1'01-_ a short` holiday. mr..- n.-...- Dnnn-ncnn `nvnnt {nu v.- V--- Vwu, I - ~- 2 The Ma~y0r added that it xvzas `also done for the protection of young boys and as an ass'istan(;v;x, to the hotclmen'. "' -.__A:.... ,.4` AL: ILU L-[H3 uubululcu. - Upon the sug'g'es1,im1 of AM. Thompson, the regulations I-c+~ Igarding the closlruction `of trees infested with lwlarrk knot will hr, enforced. . '\ V11L-1 LL... `I-J.ll_lJl. UUU - Ben11eLt-Rogers-- That the Fire and Police Cornmittee ascer- tain if a:, more sat.isfact01'y system of tire `alarms could not be in.- stalled. The mover thought It. could be vastly improved at small cost, or the Bell Telephone Co. take it, over. 01-11 l C1a1'k---\\7isdon1 +-- Thai, l.'t;-e. Chief of .Pnlice be instructed in place a Slow Order Sign at the Bothwell corner. 1- 11 .|.J\.l|,'|.l V1 V: n \JIlL :.;un. I And mmther at the Iavr=, Points, advised Ald. Lennox. And at C}1ensn1an s 001-ner. _add:~.d ])oput.y Lowe. The trouble is we need hett, police supe1'vi'si0n over these people: nmtorists don`t. seem to realize pedestrians have any rights ; give the 0`icers .~`L0p Watches if necessaryand {:0 al`t.er them syst.ematir*ally, said the Reeve. ' . ..Iust l>el'ore a;ljrJu1'nn1ent, the Mayor stated that he was pro... p:11"ed to continue to devote his itimo to his municipal duties. but". [disliked being accused of atlenip-1'..- ing L0 at-1'_>g`aI,e rights to hiInsel..i:' iho had made a practice of con.-- lsulting his colleagues on ew.~r\ir [possible occasion. but did not in.- |te,n l to Suhmit quietly to 11Iil':L,ix* I01` olisl,i~nr.'tivc criticism. S.cvera| memlwrs assured l;.1.;.=, \Vm'ship that he would 1'ecnN.~: their undivided .~mm_mrt in am - thing he 1nig'_ht do far the town A ;wolf_are.V T I E l I In Iw.e1.% Only Ald. Pearce, Ala. at new hose is nm. 1;; sewers in Want uuuuu_y. . Mrs. Roy Ferguson `went to| Southampton -on Saturday to visit1 relatives. . A 117_._ T ._...... On unnnnnd ` l'el'dl.lVt:5. V _ Mrs. Wm. Long Sr. returned on Friday after a short. visit to Kleinburg; J _....l 1|/I -..-u Unnvuur T~I)lI\i]"(\`l`l ; nu-:x11uur5. , Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hamllton spent the week-end "with relatives _, in Toronto. ` ` n 117-11--.. A..:J'-1\"nn \l7