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Sun Life of Canada ---out J Phone 14i2. = "'18 w Di., Mg..'_V Q D.:J. LR`i'-%:`j__0`|? -~"-'--4-:-....%& :Canada s Greatest Life Insurance Co._ Now THREE Fla yours Your Family Your Business Your Future was so far across the -Atlantic.. i am writing th_is_ sitting on my vwnnl 115101116 |,|_],|,_ berth at 10. pm. The time chan- Ses` about half ,an hour each day. Thav Gav urn vnnnnlv. 4|..- ..I........... U u uuuuu uau/all uuur 68.011 day. They say we reach the.d_anger `zone tomorrow\or tonight, We have great confidence: in our gun- ner; It is said he can swingghis gun on a sub. ,a'nd.re in two see_ onds and it takes a su-b._30 sec- onds `to riseand submerge. All . the Signallers have been warned for duty tomorrow to goon watch for subs. We will be` supplied with glasses to watch with. May 10--I}1aV'e put in my time looking for submarines. We are on duty one? hour and off four `hours, It was a wild night. My first turn was to go on after dark from 10.30: to 11.30; But it was dark! My post is on the star- ;board side up near the stern. By this time the gwind was blowing pretty hard, the st.ern rising aa- ibout sixty feet and then go down about that far. The 235th -'.Bn. takes our place today and we go on again tomorrow. Tomorrow will be the day of the most dan- Ager they say. The sailors tell us we will see land by tomorrow night, the north coast of Ireland . There is a paper published on board and the news is pickedup by wireless. They had here one day that Russia had stopped ght- ing. I can t see why peopfe like travelling on the water. `Ill--- A4 117- 5 uu 1:110 vvaucu. l"'i~i$?"h_we are still sailing. land no land in sightyet. One of our poor boys started out on that long, long trail" this afternoon. He is an Elmvale boy, Pte. D. W. Kerr. He died just after dinner. Hewas sick only two days and death was due to acut.e tonsilitis. [There was another death on one of the other boats today. The flags. are all carried at half;mast when a death occurs. I didn t mention about us having -our life- belts on wherever we go on the boat. We can`t go down. for meals without a life_belt on. `We haven t seen any subs. yet. The destroyers haven t met us yet. We never travel in a straight course, but zig-zag all the time; .Mav 1R---Hm'n we at-p nn tho % .. rm: nnvoyn _'us1s,... _ Archaw it after` every npeal I IF 1:" ..-at, uunn IILILI May 13---Her'e we are on the water yet. thirteen days on the wate'r and I not seasick yet. Do you know. I was kind of disap- pointed. We saw land this morn- ing but the fog was so had that the ship had to stop. We had church service this morning. Friday` about seven o nIock little mosquito destr-o_vers -met us. They are great lTittle'boat.s, they fairly y. ' `II ... `II ._._ T -_.... A....___ LL` V..- ._, and! May 16_-Here I am_ again, this time -in Old England. at a place ten miles from Shorncliffe. We . 7--- .~;~ u-`-.,j.-~,..-~~-r,.~Y \ . , ~ . `.~. Tn: inhnm AIXI_l lIA Ann safunnnv Massimo- . `ore qeuxrantiriedewith ihe measles.-.` We }landed at Liverpool `Monday morning. `This`place is within four .hou1`s'~ run of the trenches, and I am told the big guns can hei heard here at night. A ' WriTti'ng to. his `brother, C.BelL of Graighurst on April 16, 'Pte. Harvey`Bell wrote of teVVimy.* Ridge ghting as follows:- -.. 1 n_....'. 1.-.... :.-. lhn {ndnnhoa fnr From `Pt; -. I-'l:iryey[ Bell V J 3 1 ruugu 115I1u1115 ac auuuvvuo Lhave been in the trenches for , six days;- We went up on Satur- - day,- April-7th, and spent Easter . `there and celebrated it `on Mon- , day in thehway of a big Canadian . victory, which you hajre no doubt . read about in the Toronto papers. !, It sure was some initiation fort: yours truly, but I got through iti` without a scratch. We were re- | lieved again thexfollowing Friday night. . We were in for--4days, witliouteither a wash or. a shave t and J practically no sleep, but I didn t mind it. ,.We were _ well fed, in fact I rather enjoyed ~ it for we drove Fritz out of one of his very strongest` points on the: whole. line. `From V our last` position, a shell hole on the top -of a captured hill, we could see for many miles behi_nd Fritz s line and could also see smoke rising fiom villages away in the distance, which evidently he was destroying before he left there. We ;could also watch. our troops advancing over level, open coun-. try without even. havingto rea shot or without any resistance. Just then we were relieved hy--- trdops and a welcome relief I assure you. We met troops go-. ing_ up to relieve our infantry battali_ons that were following the Germans. We gotback to our billets whiohare now huts about 9 o clock, feeling pretty tired and hungry and they gavgtus a good hot supper and anyone who want- ed it got. beer . The following day, Saturday, we were `taken over to the baths and each one got a good hot shower bath, andpall received clean new underwear, `shirts, socks and towel, so you see a fel- low is used pretty. good after coming out of the line and we are having apretty good rest and getting a chance to cleanup our clothes and uniforms.equipment, ries, guns, etc. Itiwas pretty muddy up the line, but we have 9V8I'.Vl~h'iIl8" caleaned up again. I carried a rie all the time, but di(ln__'t re a shot out of it. I could h3_V9 got, some pretty good souv- emrs. but I had pret[_v nearly an I could. carry. Out here one has to carry them and look after them for so long before he can get a chance to get them home. but I Will tP.V to get some before this thing is over. Oro Court of Revision and council The secondsitting of the Court of Revision was held on May 28 with all the members present... (1 ,1 n_,__ , I -._ . . . _ . , ~,J 1,. l`\ `Ill ....o ...o...-s.., ,,.uW-...._ S. p/t. Range '1 assessed to D. M. Stewart as owner andA.H. D. Jam- ies0n s name struck off; E Albert Smith's name substituted for Jno. Smith as owner of` Lot 14, SQ Davis St., Con. 1; Emma Black- m0re s name entered instead` of Robt. Blackmore as owner of W." pt. 25, con. 7; Pt. W. Pt. 1, con. l1,_assessed at `$75 taken from assessment of J. H. Cook and assessed `to Geo. McFarland as ownerat $100. Arthur Marshall assessed` as owner with John Marshall for S. W. 1,4 13,` con. 8. _AL _, 1_._._._......,-. There being no other business before the court, fonmotion of McKinley and McDu` the assess- ment. roll for the Township of 03-0 as now revised and amended was "adopted and the Court clos- ed. ` o /1 ' -I `ll Goun. Thompson reported that John Brandon, sheep valuator, had re-considered his resigna- tion and was willing" to` act until the end of the year. In nnnnfbdnnno with minutes nf LIKJLJ VCIO Jos. Packard, overseer Ridge _Road,,Division 2, appeared re a fgz*an't for his division. .On mo- tion of McKinley and Mc'Du` $25 `was granted. A ...._-...A.:...-.3..nn Ully Clllll `J1 UIl\J .x\fIAIl. I In accordance `with minutes of last meeting the council in the noon hour examined road line, con, 7 and 8, north of the Hall to G. R., and on motion of Thomp- son and Sdo t, in answer to .Strachan s petition, "$100 was- granted on condit_ion that the ex- pected Government expenditure of $150 is expended on this road as per statement of Deputy- Reeve. -I-\ I 1 ,_,__;___A 1-.g_`___ V739 BLl.&I-l.U\l\l- Apportioning of statute labor was taken` up and continued un- til 6.2O when `Council adjourned to meet on Thursday, 31st, at 10 The arlnvlleliv lneeting .(5f the .`.ent.1'e Simcoe Board of Ag:-icul_ t,_ure and the District. Women's Institute will he h_eld.gt Wasaga Beach on Thurs., June 14. T e business meetings of the day will begin at one o c1ock.` Farmers _'lll'ld' their wives are. urged to at- tend these-+meetings and at `the same time enjoy a very pleasant day s outing.`/' ` Council Meeting Farmers . Picnic H. J. T'IqDH01>E, clerk. Last week s All-ist0n.Herald had _the_following obituary notice of {Samuel McMann, father of Mrs. robt. Whiteside, Bargie. ' . ` ' ) _ The -death of Samuel` McMann, which took place at his homeon the.fourth line of Essa o"n_Satur- ;day, May 26,- removes one of the T {last of'theo`ri'ginal pioneers of 1 the township. Mr. McMann had ' been there for more than three- 4 quarters of. a century. Born in West Gwiklimbury in 1837 his fath_e_r- two years after his birth came over to Essa township and . purchased a farm on which stood `the primeval forest which had covered it for hundreds of years. 5 Here Samuel McMann `received this first impressions of life and it '. lwas here a few years later that -' he became acquainted with the " grim realities of life for when he V was but twelve years old` his fa-; , ther died leaving him and a youn- ` .ger brother the only support on . which their mother could put any dependence on a farm whichhad , a clearing no larger than was . `ample to insure enough potatoes 1 for-the winter s use. But Samuel McMann was determined; ener_ _ getic `and resourceful and at the g age of` thirteen or fourteen he had by hard experience become a man. And he succeeded, with the help of his brothers, in clear- ing the entire farm andputting _it under cultivation. One that farm today Thos._iWhiteside re- V sides. Later Samuel McMann helped to clear and bringvunder cultivation the farm on which he died. Mr. McMann was a speci- men ofa sturdy type of men who have now all but passed away. His strength was no greater than that of any other boy of his age, yet he succeeded: his resource was not more marked than that of other young fellows, yet it was equal to any emergency; though miles from a school he somehow -obtained the rudiments of an education . and _ became a man possessed of considerable knowledge; without capital he forged ahead and was able to spend his declining years in comfortable relaxation. In"186l he married Frances Cain, who ? shared his vicissitudes for more than half a century. She prede- 4 V ceased him eight. years ago. Mr. 3 p McMann was a man of sterling qilality, a staunch and true - ; friend and a cautious butsound ` K counsellor. For 65 years he had - been ,a member of `the Orange 3 Order and for even longer he had i been an uncompromising `Con- ` I servative. He was also a faith- L F11! and unwavering member of Pthe Methodist church and for 5 very many years was one of the foremost men in the church at Elm Grove. He is survived b_y a | family of eight daughters`and L one son: Mrs. -Josiah Hayes, Mrs. 3 T. J. Hoath and Mrs. R. B. Hoath in Saskatch_ewan: Mrs. Henry Whiteside. Alliston; Mrs. H. R. _' 'Whitesid.:e. Elm Grove: Mrs. t'Robt. Vvhiteside. Barrie; Mrs. ,_ John Vyalters. Ravana; Mrs. ,_ Robt. Farrar, in California: and _ Herbert.-McMann, on the home- f stead. extracts from a+letter' written by Pte. Clifford Ldckhart of the 177th Bn. to his mother: 117- `A94 Q` Tn]-1-r\ n `l'\C\A\cv Council met in Thornton, May. 21. All members present. The ollowing `accounts were passed or payment:--\Vm. Ad- ,-guns, work on northern division, $113.87; A. Turnbull, work. on 15th side road, $15; H. Culbert, filling washout, call. 11, $2.50; Wm. Elliott, lling washout, $5.- 75; Wm. Mayberry, rep. hill, $3; Rnbt. Hillock, rep. approaches to 5th line bridge, `$4; C. Corbett, rep. culvert, $2.50; H. Graham, rep. washout, con. 8, $1: Wm. Walker, rep. culvert and cedar, $15.03; H. Slight, .on account, $500; w. E. Stoddart, on acc., $50. ' ' 1| A ,,I, -A.I A.I cpuu. . An motion of Asaph and Ad- ams the following grants were made:--Herb. Norton, recruit, $10: D. Ki/ng, recruit, $10; T. T1.-uax, recruit, $10; Mrs. T. Car-` tor, for Pte; Carter`, $10: Thos.` Dunn, for Geo. Dunn, $10. Q M ved by Banting and Lowrie that the petition. of the G.T.R. submitted with the blue printehe accepted and the Company be notied by the clerkto that ef_ feet, and that the Company leave the new roadway in a nished condition, turnpiked, -g`ravelled and ditched in a proper manner for which we as a council` will deed over to the Company the or- iginal roadway in lieu of the lempany deeding, over the new portion to the township.--Car- ried. ,__,.`l 1.. __.___I. A], l Ililla Council adjourned to meet. at the call of the reev`e.T &"'II QII lint --wwv--- .\Vomen s Institxe, Minlesing, provisions; W. 1., Edenvale. pro; visions; W. 1., Dalston, beddin g;- Mrs. Sibbald, Barrie, clothing; Mrs. McIntyre, Barrie, clothing; Mrs. C. Taylor, Allandale, cloth- ing; Mrs. B. Smlth, Allkriaale, bedding" and clothing` Mrs.` E ; McPherson, Allandale, Hedding and fruit; Mrs. D. Arda_gh,V Bar- child`:-en .s Aid Donation s An Essa Pioneer V Essa council rie, `fruit; Mrs. Wm. Aird, Bar- 1-ie. $10; Town of Bradford, $25; a friend. Toronto, $10; Red Cross provision-s; J.. Vair s banquet, provisions and ice cream; Mr. Morrison, Allandale, high chair and baby sleigh. Creemore has not forgotten ug either. H`/eteran Soldier Honored U], IIIIU L I I van ---- v -o--U .0-Ovvlavb I We left St. John's, Monday, April 30, at 6 o'clock-. . It was pretty nearly as badleaving St. John's as it was leaving Barrie. A lot of t-he boys wereigiven box- es. The boys will never forget the people of St. John s. We arl. ' rived at_Halifax Tuesday noon; were rushed to the boat about 5 ` o elock. We drifted out into the harbour and anchored-ther.e.ti`ll Thursday night, May 3, and then, accompanied by three other boats and a cruiser, we started out to sea. Frank s battalion is on.the' boat opposite us. There are a- bout eighteen hundred soldiers aboard this. ship,,the Metagama, which is a fine boat. We are; travelling with all the comforts of civil life, nice clean berths four in each room. The meals are good, too. I never expected anything like this.. The routine of the boat has been: after break- fast. our battalion rails 11! for physical drill for an hour--that is for the ones that are n-ot sick. Then we have re drill, about-- well. in fact. you never cantell when the re alarm will sound. The last two afternoons `have been taken up with boxing. I saw awhale the other day. Today we sighted an old wooden tug. They didn't know what, it was and the Cruiser opened fire -on it and` destroyed it. I never realized it LLIC xuiuuary GULIIUI ILIUB. Born at Bermuda, West Indies, in 1838, the son of_a fatherlwho came of in Galway, Ire- land, family, Lieutenant-Colonel Lydon has had an interesting career. It is no wonder `thathis special outlet for activities lies in the military field; his tether was a soldier, and on the paternal side also his grandfather taught as a pri-vale under the Duke of Wellington when Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in 1815; on the maternal side his grandfather was -soldier military secretary. to the Iron Duke, and also took his part in the overthrow of" Napoleon. Both grandfathers fought through the Peninsu1a.'Wa.r. IIIIV- 1'.._:..I_ __.- -1... 1.- 5-1]- ..'|.-..L A..- 1-IIRTY-FIVE years work with the Cana- dian\ Pacic Railway Company and sixty-two years service in the military .forces of the British Empire have brought recognition and _honour to Fred. L. Lydon, `tor the well-known veteran his been ad-- vanced by the big transportation system. and he has been made a Lieutenant-Colonel by `the military authorities. 1).... -4. 11...........a.. 117-..: Ia-`Ra... in 1999 I-ha W 1 VIIII.I|1I 'VXle "We Irish are shy to talk about our experienoe's, said Lieutenant-Colonel Lydon in an interview, but I may say that it was in my blood to be a. soldier. In 1854, when I I was only fteen years of age, I began service ` in Eng nd with we Dorset Militia. At the time o the Indian Mutiny I volunteered for Iervice in the King's Royal Ries, remaining in this regiment from 1857 until 1866. I had not an opportunity of doing duty at the In- disn Mutiny. When the King s Own Ries were coming to Canada in 1861 I came with them; arriving on the 12th July. Afterwards I spent two years in Quebec, two in Montreal, and a little while in London, Ontario," 17---)-.. .__-1--_ .0 AI... ..._..J-..l..I 34..-`.- < meet them. I remember the time well. ' he GL1 I. Ill-LPU vvuxxc Au. JJvuuvu, vuuau Av, VHavlng spoken of the won erful develop- ment of the Dominion during `the last half century _Lieutenan`t-Colonel Lydon wen-t on to say that in 1866, when the Fenian: raided Oanadavhe was amongst those who went to Veaid, for the hardest march of my life was that which brought us into touch with the in-_ "35- 5- LYNN- vaders. We marched thirty-four miles -in n . _ - day. At Ridgeway and Fort Erie we-ca.ptured quite a number of the Feniann. who were,_bad1y. organized and did not offer a. vigorous resistance." 1.. l'\_..-_.L.._ aocc `hon `r\.` I-In-. napalm... n--`Q and hnnvng on-Ilnl-nn6_In_ ` `VIII! WCIU`_ua\.u_y _ yuan 106 an nu uvl. UILCI G vaevlvnx In December, 186;, he left theerexular anny and h:>;x1weMa`djutant-in- 5 otructor of the 28th Perth Battalion, serving two years with this unit. In: those days the employees of military age on thetrailway to` which he was 35%; tached, were volunteers under military control. He was an energetic; organizer_. _amongst' them. Later he came to Montreal and re-organizett the, 5th Royals. and was their adjutanut-instructor for many years. The 5th Royals" was the parent or the-present 5th Royal Higlanders. 1 `I889 Lieutenant-Colonel "Lydon broke new territory and organized two com panies of-"Scotch Highland Cadets. `This undertaking was most successful. for the companies gradually increased until there are now eight of them formed ' into one unit known as the Highland Cadet battalion. These are my children," proceeded the veteran. We gave eighty" to the South Africanwar, and to the present conflict wegave between four hundred and five himdred. 1 am still commander of the cadets. A (I .12.: ._.a ......|- ....'... ....--.;.o-:-'.n'\ Aid 1` h-u-.l>.o.u-nu-ul fV..1.\-`AI 1 ...I.._ an __-_~_ MVU uuuuucu. 1 nu: aunu Lvluulnuuvn us. L110 \.-uuvxn. _ "I did, no-t seek any promotion) said Lieutenant-Colonel Lydon. "I was`; `content to work as I had been _working.. but I had a letter from. Major-1 ~ General E. W. Wilson, dated March 26 of this year, telling me that I have been made a Lieutenant-Colonel on the retired list." He then produced 9. letter from Major-General W. E. I-Iodgins, of the Adjutant-Ge'nera1 s Office.- Ottawa, which stated`tha.t the promotion .was: A recognition of your long, taithfulsand valuable servicesto the militia, and which are much appreci- ated by us older men, who know what you have done" ' D . ...-..I..n I-nnuwlnnv gunk O rI{Qf{na'I1ohn'A vn1'I{nv-11 nnv-nnn 1'nuLAnn-.+ f1..1-_-I 8.1.80 uy 515 Ulucr Lucu, vvuu nuuvv wual. _\`Uu uavr uuur . Besides having such a distinguished military career Lieutenant-Colonel` Lydon has a good railway record. He has been in the General -Ti:-ket De- partmen-tpf the Canadian Pacic Railway for thirty-ve years. and he hm; l watched the company developvand spread its branches all over the world. The veterah railroad man under review was at the opening of the amt 1 general ptllr-0 at Place d'Armes. and during his icon-nection with the C. P. R. '.,h_as become widelv l:no'=.'r and deservedly popular with the public. 4. .'..a... .. 4....-nvw-u'nn Ini I 3nn-nnnn'4- ("Alma-an] Tvnlnn vwhnn An 6-1;... ......__:_._ -1 mrulllc VVI`JCn V I`-.la\\l'~ I \).l1\-I \A?4D_-I V'C\Il.J VUIJQAQL VI lloll LLIC lJL]IJ),][',, It "was a surprise to Lieutenan't-Colonel Lydon when, on the morning of March 31st, he was summoned to the ofce of Lord Ffhaughnessy, President of the Canadian Pacific Ra.iIwa_v. and was anmint-ed to assist on the fa- organizitig staff of the First Aid Branch of the czrmany. with olce in thy department of Mr. George Bury, Vice-President. This means con.sidersb`a advancement. It is a happy coincidence that two snlendid Lrecog-among uuqe at the sump t,ime_t_9 cx'ow`x_1.a.j1qr1g_|1if.e's`worthylabpqr; .I_:`_... . K 4 1 Merrill? & Hubbard Phone 1.68 ` Barrie .,;\ A \.; Thursday, Jqnb 7, -1911. T. T. Yiaung, Sec.-Tr-eas. Save _ Your Old Furniture Lookit Qver carefuily. Perhaps it s only the nish that has become scarred and Worn. You can x that in at jiffy You will be surprised how Vmnmcox. freshen: up old` elnin,_ tables, lamp stands, tend other furniture. It : a shame to throw these things away when Vu- mcor. will make them look like _new--and at such 1. small cost. Vuunool. in also ne for floor: and Tell us {vhnt you have to renish, and let us lhcw, you how inexpensive VIILNICOL really '-'wood"wL}II / -Flor and Varm;sIa ail; VERNICOL ' Bears the Sithatnra 0` I The i(indV`YoIIHav`e Alwaysought From Pte. 0||'ffolV'd l..ookh'art.2 C._A.$TQ.B IA '1j'9r_'1z_1_Knt andvchildren. Page Three ` `Get a package or the e1.1eW JUICY FRUIT : See what a joyous, laWsting% flavour ' has been, crowded in to give you a great, BIG 7 . 5 cent package of refreshment! PROTECT With an Ann:ua1IDivi- dead Pol-icy in:the