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s}ac'noN 1 PAGES 1 1'0 3 Ald. Wallwin was the only ob-I jec-tor. He referred to it as freak legislation, usurping the rights of the individual and a most abom- inable thing. ' ' Says New Blood Needed Ald. Wallwin wanted to know if all the usual cab licensee had been` taken out. He said he believed there i were more than two. cabs andfouri motor cars that carry passengers for] hire, when told by the Town Clerk! that that was-the number. I want'; I By-laws making Wednesday after- noon closing between May 1 and Sept. 30 compulsory on stores selling drygoods, millinery. gents furnish- imzs. hats. caps oreclo-thing were pass- ed by_the Town Council, Monday night. -Su'iciently signed _petitions having been presented asking for the halholiday, the Council had no op-i tion but to comply with the `Act. Council. Has Passed By-Law;! Another. Claim for ' Damages.- uuuvg vbullav xvul. vuuca a ung- ' A petition containing seven signa-i tures' -was received asking that a sewer be constructed _on Mary St., from Wellington St. to `Dalton St. f'l1'l_.. DAII 'l\..1....L......- (`I ....... ....I- LL VIII VU Cllllls Il\-III `JV! UV lJIIl\JlI IJIII The Bell Telephone" Company ask- ed permission to open the following streets for the purpose of stringing wires: Elizabeth, Toronto, Mary, Maple, Dunlop and Mulcaster. Four laneways were also included in th request. ` - 'l'_`L.. II 1I7.!`I..._'.. _-__._-A.__.__ A._.-__--.. Lcquuavo John H. Wilson, secretary-treasub er of the Victorian Order of Nurses, _ communicated with Council, asking for some decision on the request for a grant toward one year s expenses, and if the grant was refused request- ed reason for refusal; The matter was left over to the Finance Com- mittee. ` VVIUII vvullovl LUV Vb 1} :-UV: ' Concluding, the judgment read :-i ,The plaintiff is 58 years of age-and }was before the accident a healthy wo-I {man and able to? take care of her A household duties without any trouble. V her evidence and "the evidence of the I formed the opinion at thetrial from -doctor that she is a broken-down wo-. man due to the accident. St. The` petitioners consider the-walk a necessity for thesafety of_,,on_ei hundred school children who live west of Bradford St. between Victoria and Brock Sts., and who are forced to ;cross Bradford St. in `the face of |heavy traffic four times a day. A vuni-v'L:Aun nncul-n:u.:o.n. .-goons. n:a-can I RETURN ADDRESS ON LETTERS. VII XII. IIJJ VV3II\Q K I The accident occurred Mar. 16,3 1922, on Mississauga St. In front: [of the Dominion Stores the walk had! [been cleared but not in front of the `adjoining Chris. Moore store, where: iwater ran out upon the walk from a! ilane. There was a difference of about asix inches in the two levels on the, {sidewalk. The water running out on ;the sloping Walk made it very slip-f ipery and dangerous. His Honor; {Judge Vance, in his judgment, said; he was satised that this state of af-E fairs had existed for some time and` that the Town authorities knew of it. i [Leaving a walk in thatcondition His; ,Honor held to be gross negligence-.: iThe walk had been sanded; but with} the water running out on the walk; sanding was held to be insufficient; W... u'...I............J. -3 connnn .............l Ml auuunnns "sou uvnu vv The judgment of $2500 carries with it costs on Supreme Court scale} with counsel fee of $150. 3 l'|.._..`l.-.13.... LL- -:...l..........& .......l. to usual: l\rl\alI v. I The postal authorities have issued] notices to the public requesting that the name and address of the sender f a letter or of a parcel appear on he outside of the envelope or wrap- per. This ensures the return of the letter or parcel to the sender in case it is not called for or wrongly ad- dressed, and entails less handling by l i1-1;,,_ the _postal rnplojees who otherwise '- .would have _to_ send. it to the dead!_ E Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Pilkey has? fbeen awarded $2500 against the, }Town of O1"illia for a broken leg and |other injuries received from a fall! ion an icy walk. i 'l`Ln -....3J....L ......u.._...I `Inn. `IQ ` vvvunu anunvv V DIilAu- 5| [letter office 5; '()ttawa.' I I I {BAD RoAD`s RETARD SALE _ OF AUTOMOBILE LICENSES? ` Up to this week there were 370; : licenses issued for passenger cars-and : I59 licenses for trucks by W. Bell ' ilocal issvjer of licenses. The number .,lof licenses issued during the first, !four months of 1922 was greatly in5 `excess of [this year, which is mainly ;due to the late spring and the fact; ithat there is still considerable snow`; fonmany of the County roads. For` [1922 there were more than 3600 li-; jcenses issued by -Mr. Bell. Last Sat- lurday was the record-breaking day! `this year; 53 licenses were issued. 1 szsoo DAMAGES 5 AGAINST ORILLIA} Woman s Fall on Icy ' Stret! '_ Proves, Costly .to ' i " 'l:0wn.. f | !` Th`e treTas.urer s report showed ag lbalzmce of $10.15 on hand. V` I I As far as L:-.ague`standing is. cm-i cerned. the Baracas are winners of `the cup, but complaints have ben made that all their players do not come under the age limit. The pro- ..duction of certicates at the next meeting will decide whether the Bar-; acas are qualied to retain the cup gfor a second year,` having'_won it in 1193?` n . : ` Because John Dobson, manager `of the Baraca juniorteam in the Church Hockey League, failed" to produce serticates for his players-at a meet- ing of the executive of the League, held Thursday nightjjn the offices of `the Dept. of Agriculture, a motion. was passed to the effect that the cer-i -aicates of the players on both thei Baracn temn and St. Andrew's, the! 'unners-up, must be in the hands ofl "he i president, Dr. E. L. Brereton,, within one week. Following this,{ , mother meeting of the executive \vill| i >e held to award the _cup donated by! i Dr. Brereton. - A R V I. , A petition to put a culvert across Wellington St. and Maple Ave-,_ to take the water down Maple Ave., was received and referred to committee. The petition was signed by W. Sar- jeant. H. Callighen, W. T. H. Gilroy. ' A. W._ `Smith, W. A. Mcconkey and B. Lawrence. Ask. Walk on Bradford Another petition, signed by forty-_ T nine ratepayers, asked the construc- `on of a sidewalk on the west side M-`BradfordwSt.; extending `from the fdnee of Wales School to . Victoria , | CONGREGATIONAL concnar I A most enjoyable concert was held in the Congregational Church last; Thursday evening, under the auspices; of the Men s Business Committee.` `Although thechurch was not crowd-g ed, there was a good attendance. In the absence` of Rev. .W. Hipkin, who was attending a convention in Tor-l onto; T. T. Young occupied the chair. ! The collegiate orchestra was in at- I tendance. The following contributed to thegprogram: Songs. Geo. Fricker, Harry" Shannon, Harry Barron, Mr. Weller, Mr. Treend, Geo. Folster; solos, Mrs. Laidman, Miss Bremner, Miss McCallum, Miss Dobson, Miss M. Brown; recitations, Miss M. Part- ridge, Miss Edna Dudenhoffer; con- cert solo, Boyd M. Sylvester. gavunu Vuv yllv Luvvon . Judgment will be that the plain- tiffs claim is dismissed with costs and the defendant's counter `claim isl allowed with costs and interest at, five per cent. from the 5th day of i January, 1923. . I ' The pnocecds of tile concert went to the fund under the control of the `Men's Business Committee. ' --When` you think of travelling, think of Ma.Icomson s. `We will tie- ket y_ou'to any point by railway or steamship. V , ,1 ` 16-17c{ ' L91`, 1116 Inyvu vlnqlllo The idea was conceived to incor-i porate under the name `University', ] get a minister of the gospel to" sell,! ' - ` * * * then have plans` -most deceiving ones, in my opinion] '---articles from papersshowing meet- I ings of prominent citizens, and then follow it up with a very extensive` agreement and a well worked out,s_vs- tem of correspondence and notices to try to hold the purchaser. Mr. Wisdom made no payments and re-` pudiated the transaction after he] found out the facts; f I lL'I'__.!.._._ ___L __,2II I, , .I,,,. nt 1 I lvuu Va. I ! _.The part of Tuxedo Park which was being sold and apparently held! iby the University Estates Limited is} jabout three `miles from the city of `Winnipeg. Mr. Sarjeant, a very re- lliabgle witness from` Barrie, looked; `over the lands in the fall of.1912 andi lagain in 1916 and he says that it is `wild, vacant land; that there were} .110 {buildings and no sign of `any; ;buildings'; that there were a fewj {places where grading had _been done, ;and that there were no pavements; }and no sewers or any sign of any. {This condition also existed in 1918.; He also` says that the whole property; `was grown up in shrubbery. { I '11.! 1 . A It I 'I accept the evidence of Mr. and; `Mrs. Wisdom and Mr. Bruhton when? they state that Mr. McCoombe toldf ithem that there were sewers, side-i iwalks, pavements and buildings in| the University section of Tuxedo! `Park and that there was plenty off gmoney to make further improved merits. Highly - colored maps. and` lclippings from newspapers were pro- lduced. Mr. Wisdom had a right to believe the statements of Mr. Mc-E Coombe and did, and bought the lot[ lrelying upon them. "` * * I i who :l'An nvna nI\v\nn:11Atl {in :~nnnu 1 ,...-... ,..\.....e...;...-- - ; There was no reliable evidence! before me that the University has or} `had any intention of building on the! iground or near it. -I4s may be that; it.his- firm or the" company offered the} University lands and thatwas the` [end of it. . 11!! . nrrn I `-5 c u . u J vaua \.vu vcuunvu. i It was pointed out in the judgment; that John Henry McCoombe, whoi {sold to the defendant, was a ministert iof the gospel, carrying on special ;e\,{_z_1_ngelical work, That it was whilef gdonducting special revival services} in Barrie for three weeks that"he meti and became fairly well acquainted: iwith Mr. and Mrs. Wisdom. i 3 After referring t6 some of the-E `methods employed by Hubach & Co.,f a Winnipeg real estate rm that ap-g parently had a great deal to do withg the management of affairs, the judg-1 En/bent proceeded :- 1 umL...... ....... .... -.-1:_LI_ --'.:.r_..--i )6 116 BC LU 0 The request for. permission to er- ect signs 7 always causes discussion. Although J. H. McCaw was granted` permission to_ erect a sign over. the sidewalk in front of hisproperty at 34 Bayeld St.,_and the lWomen s Rest _Room, Dunlop St., received a similar grant, Ald. Wallwin remarked that some denite size of the_ sign should be submitted with the request. uuvllls VVV IIILIIICLUILD, `Aid. Byrne remarked that Town by- laws cover the -maximum size of signs that may be erected. A ....J...'L-._ L- _..A_ - ---1.._..L _-..-__ I In connection with the long agree-E gment executed, the` Judge found; emanye objectionable provisions andg `the opinion was expressed that a doc- ument of this kind would hardly have gbeen signed had there not been some; [special inuences at work in connec-, }tion.with.the matter. ' E As to the contention that plaintiffs x agent falsely and fradulently mis-z lrepresented many things material to! lthe agreement, _ the Judge said vhei lformed the opinion at the trial, after} seeing and hearing witnesses pres-E ent, and had not changed it since,} that defendant should succeed on; I Alithi. contention. g 1' -I . c a - His Honoi Judge _Vance this week ;handed out judgment in the case of [University Estates Limited vs. J. D._ lWisdom, an action to secure the bal-l lance of payments on certain lots ini Ra Winnipeg sub-"division." The nd- `ing was in favor of the defendant,} who also succeeded "in his counter} claim. `His Honor found that thef plaintiffs had no capacity to do bus- `iness in. Ontario and also that there; had been false and fraudulent mis-% representationsmade by J. H. Mc-Q Coombe, the agent who soldthe lots.:{ IJ. D. `Wisdom Wins`Suit over! - Deal in '~ Winnipeg , ` 7 `Real Estate. ' g .LcuAz\.v Iv ' ` W. N; Duff of the Canadian Na- gtional Railways headed the deputa- ltion. He stated that there were from :40O to 500 railroaders in Allandale land he thought there should be some| accommodation for sports, as the Ag- Iricultural Park is quite a distance from Allandale. F; Foster, president of the new association, outlined th plans which are `under way. ` ` Boys Getting Better ; -J. E. Morrison, principal of the |Prince of Wales School, said that the town was fortunate in having the Agricultural Park. `It served as a playground and would keep the child lren off the streets. He "urged that [something be done in Allandale for `a recreation park. The boys of our town today are much easier handled than fteen years ago because of the various organizations taking an inter- [est in them and to which the boys are , responding. -- A. . . - - - _-. - - i E. Shear, principal of the King Ed- 'ward-- School, _urged that something be done. There are 350 children in Allandale with no place to play in. '1 know that when a lacrosse team was organized `from the school I was [forced to take them to the adjoining `township to find a suitableplace for practice. 1 `LJ... 'I'I1..1'I-.._ _.e LL- nxrn -_...2_. 11:. up In I John Walker of the C.N.R. engin- eering department said that he did not think there would be any great cost in getting the ground into shape. ' He had taken levels, and blue prints of the site were presented to Council by him. i XTAAJAJ .0... Oz 17--.... awvcucu JUL nu _LCllD T. H. Horner, vice-president of the association, remarlgd that this pro- position should have been_ brought up twenty`-ve years ago, as there was no place for recreation in rWard Six. He also said the railroaders would do their part in placing the ground in shape and a park would greatly o 04:11.: a i" Ald.=*Wallwin--I think I will re- Hzract that. It might be so, but I will, iretract it. - ' ` 11! iv` 1-. nn A .1 Au on `O L "was a letter from .'the head of the. ```` Another Claims Damages On top of the writ. another claim; was received. Donald Ross, acting} for Mrs. Ida Handy of Vespra, asked; damages of-$250 for injuries sus-; tained on Mar. 27, when Mrs. Handy! fell into an area opening in front of l Powell & Co. s store, Dunlop St. The! cover of the opening, it is `alleged, was not put on properly, causing it. to tip when Mrs. Handy stepped on, it. She sustained serious bruises "and; suffered in other ways and, accord- ing` to the solicitor s claim, had been confined to her bed until a few days acre. The matter was referred to the Finance Committee. May Increase Tannery Staff The usual claim for refund of light account was received from the Barrie l Tanning Co,., the amount being! $98.36." Accompanying the statement` rm, who regretted that they were unable to employ the number: of men called for by the `agreement with the Town, owing to the unsettled business conditions, but he stated that they hoped to increase their sta still further this year. ('3 I`, Ifnnun EH 13I....L_J.'l. ' .L uvnna I Is this deputation coming from} {the Canadian National Railways or` Ethe ratepayers? queried Ald. ,Wall-i iwin. `-`It appears to me that itis`, lfrom the railway and the other gen- jtlemen are the suckers/'V he remark- !ed. V ` .1-1 Ail 1:9 I` o 1 nu ' v WI.think,A1d. `Wallwin should re- tract that word, declared Mayor `Little. - ' ` I | `Al vvnuo | I came over here as a citizen whoi [for thirty years has lived in Ward] Six. I did not know anything about! }this deputation until six o'clock to- might. I, however, take no offence at Aid. Wallwin s remar , stated E. Shear. i AI! 11-: --n u 149 .1: 1 up one E These gentlemen are as much in- gterested in the welfare of `Barrie as f_we-are._ I think that anthing for ;the coming youth is money well gspent, stated Deputy-Reeve Robert- ;son. ` .15 1 . .- u Q I You go so far, but not far} .enough. Let s be honest and straight-E Iforward. Does Ald. Byrne "intend to }convey to these gentlemen that the C0uncil_will spend $200 or $300? asked Ald. Wallwin. . 'Shouldn Hesitate Ald. Wallwin hasn't all the in- gformation required. stated A1d;! ?Byrne. I don't think we should Ehesitate in this. I would not be ad- .*verse to spending a certain amount !of money. The land has been there {many years without being put to any {special use. Allandale Ward is to have a recre-, ation park. Such was the decision reached by the Town Council at its {regular meeting, Monday night. A ideputation, `representing. officials of the Canadian National 'AthIetic As- sociation of Barrie Division and rate- {payers in Ward` Six, waited on the} fCouncil and urged that some grounds: _in Ward Six be utilized for a recre- Eation park. ' E` A16. was opposed to giv- ing any such grant. If we do this, ` fanyone who forms a baseball team fwill come to the Town for assistance. ] {I don't want to balk this, but would iit be politic to spend thousands. when jBar1-ie parks need it? We are not fjustied in granting 10% acres of fassessable land .without referring it` Eta the ratepayers. I - I ` The Council are the trustees for; gthe ratepayers and we are perfectly{ gjustiedin granting the use of land; jduring [term of office, retortedsf f Mayor Little. . T } i. ` - I 3 A plan to Set aside any portion of land for park purposes, the Mayor ;pointed out, would have to go before: ;the people in the form of a by-law, but, as the agents of the ratepayers; gthe Council could grant the use of ?any land during their term of office. Mayor Little stated that the land gsuggested on Holgate St., known asl ,the Burton Grove, had not been in! guse other than for pasture and it was gnot likely that it would be utilized} gfor many wears, and he thought thei iAthletic Association warranted in] ;spending a fair amount of money to put it in shape. M ` ! AI` our -u uuuna. Dllllll BULB` LIILIIIICL ulna Jclg I G. G. Moore, 57 Elizabeth` -St., asked permission to move a gasoline tank to `the edge of the sidewalk atr his place of business. The request was granted, the work to .be done under the supervision of the Board of Works- - . - -V V i !counci1 voE`sT1oo to Aid { Athletic Association in ` g the. Work. V. Needed for 25 Yqars A Subscribe for The Barrie Examiner and get all the news. $2.00 a year. gun: V4. uu uluvvxuvc uauuLC. Reserved seats for both nights are? now selling at Ma1comson s. The plan opened this morning and indic-E ations point to crowded houses at; both performances. Persons from; out of town may make reservationsl `by telephone. On account of thei lpurposes for which the Kiwaniansl will devote the money they make on; {the show, permission has been given to sell the tickets without the amuse- ment tax. I I I -1.` The list of diseases requiring quar- antine is increased to 15. It now in- cludes chicken pox, German measles, `whooping cough and mumps. `D..A..,.+:...... 1.-.... 1...... .......a. :_ u...l uva.vLwu 1 1 I \1I.ABOl.lOll|ILIl\4 ll`?!-l\l\L Ill BCVULGL nanca. | No changes are made in the regula-I tions concerning the bread-winne1-l 1 during quarantine. | ROADS IMPRSVING I The County roads are reported to} be in a fair condition except for a certain number of places where there is still considerable snow. The Provincial Highway from Barrie to! Toronto is in good condition except! at Stroud, where there is still some' snow and ice. I lessen the danger of children playing! on the streets. 7 1'1? 1-\ 1 I .u uywuanvno uuu uvvusvu lulu yxvyvololvllo Mr. Duff thanked the Council for the hearing they -had received, com - ing as it did on the rst day of Cour-I ltesy Week." ` o1nn A2) l".__..L_.I On a motion by Deputy-Reeve Rob- I ertson and seconded by Reeve Fisher the Council granted the Athletic As- sociation the use of grader and other assistance, consisting of time and ma- terial, to put the ground in shape, the expenditure not to exceed $100.` .propriet"6r of _Marshall s garage, who {tank across the street. U1. V7 V1 I850 ' A`similar avor Qvh granted to the 4 asked permission to move a gasoline 11-..--- YLLLI. ._-!_I I! N" ,-I 1, II Iuanuvv yuy usunscautau * I The entire show will be staged; `with special scenery and costumes, `all of an elaborate nature. 15, . Mom-: DISEASES 1:266:32 ! i TO BE QUARANTINED NOWE Under the new regulations of the; Provincial Department of Health,; lmanyz additions have been made to` the diseases for which notication is; |required. These now number 42 asg compared with about a dozen here-5 tofore. \Ill lulu Vl\a\3UDa ' `C. W. Poucher was also on the deputation butesaid he could say no- thihg other than urge the Council to take some action,_ as the other; speakers had covered the proposition. 1 `IA ... hum J-'I.u.n`l-AA L1... f`.........:I 3.... vvlnvvynlls vvusu (gnu Illuulyo ) Reductions have been made .in the quarantine period in several cases. KT.-. nine."-nae. ...... ........l.. .... LL- .......-.1.. After two weeks.-of strenuous re-E hearsals, the Kiwanis Club show, lThe Jollies of 1923, is ready for} the two performances next Monday: and Tuesday nights at the Grandi Opera House. Geo. L. Stevens, dir- ector for the Bren Company, of Chi-; cago, who is directing the show, has? `expressed himself as exceptionallyi well pleased with the ability of the} large cast assembled. He will be as-i sisted at the performances by a mus-5 ical director, sent from Chicago, to! direct the orchestra. i ;1vJ.Iu:c1.lI ucasuc. , I W. A. Boys, K.C., M.P., was e1-E xected patron at Friday's" meeting. ! `Other officers elected were: A. Hay, honorary president; Dr. Simpson, `president; W.AH. Kennedy, vice-pres- ident; A. C. Bricker, secretary; Fred; Marr, treasurer. The executive isi composed of AW. A. Turner, H. Tide-i man, 0; H. Beelby and D. W. Lennox. f vW. R. King, H. Tideman, C. H. Beelbyf land A. Sinclair compose the groundsi gcommittee. { 1...5 agony:-A Luau ycax. 1 | H. M. Lay and T. Stewart were? `appointed representatives to the `Northern League. i T A `DA... `[7 ('1 `II n _,, I I EKIWANIS MINSTREL I i snow NEXT wmcg !Promises `to be One of Big; Entertainment Events X `of Season. I I | I I I ,uw-an uvgvoo vuv ovavcw Mayor Little said Council should take some action regarding -gasoline pumping stations. I think theyare .` getting too numerous, he said. l 'l"I..'. _...u......4. S-.. ..........-..:-_ 1.. __ `holders of any cups, they expect to` yum. uuuuu - J I The club, which is a member of the Northern Lawn Bowling Association, plans a tournament towards the end of June,` which will be open to out-I tsiders. Although the club are not? I be before many months. It is_ also- the intention of` the -members to hold weekly tournaments for themse1ves. A... 1................ 1:2. _. _ f An honorary life membership in the club with all privileges was given to? . H. Seagram, in recognition of his! `very generous donation of the light-! ing system last year. 2 II `M 1'-.. ......A 117 m ru-___,,,., , .' iv-v..v.nn_y uuuxnauicuba LUI uIeHlSelVeS.i ! . i I . is now on a rm footing nancially` years, the Barrie Lawn Bowling Club; and many improvements are being` planned for the coming season._ At` a meeting in the Police Court Cham-l O bers, Friday evening, very gratify-1 ing reports were made. The presentj membership is fifty and the club officers plan a campaign to raise` the membership to seventy-_ve. Last] year an extensive lighting system was! installed and this year ditches around ' the greens will be made, which will, 3 put the lawns on a par with any ini ithe County. FIVE... ..l..l.. .'..-L:._L :_ _ ... I - -v } After an uphill fight for several l nun. (Continued on page 13) "$100 Aid Granted A concert will be given by St. :1. drew s choir, May 15, at which `ol. eridge-Tay!or s `beautiful cantata, Hiawatha s Wedding Feast, _ will he i rendered. 16: ; A box socialyand play will be held in the hall, Crown Hill, under aus- ipices St. James `Church, Apr. 25. Admission, 35 cents. Ladies with boxes free. . , 16c Bradford Horse Show, May 31-- .$15 is first prize for Heavy Draught: and Percheron teams; four prizes in all classes; all[prizes are cash and ribbons, no goods; prize list now ready. 0. M. Seim, Secretary, Brad- ford. 160 Bashful Mr. Bobbs, a play that keeps the audience in peals of laugh. ter, will be given in Grenfel Union Church, by Grenfel young people, on Friday, Apr. 27, at 8 p.m. Orchestra in attendance. Admission: Adults 50c, children 25c. 16 g The president was appointed as =delegate to the annual convention of` !the Ontario Council, with the Vice- jpresident as alternate. ; Dr. Lewis is President ! : Dr. W. A..Lewis was elected pres `ident for the current year; A. W. ,Goodfellow, first tvi'ce-president and |chairman of the Good Citizenship iCommittee; Dr. Turnbull, second ivice-president and chairman of the Public Health Committee; W. C. Walls, third vice-president and chair. man of the Recreation Committee; gJ.ohn H. Wilson, fourth vice-president and chairman of the Neighborhood isommittee; T. T. Young, secretaryw ! refsurer. :11 -r ccv . . lvn\..u.uu.cn\.L - X ! Rev. W. J. Watt was the retiring `president. He stated that owing to ;increased work he did not feel cap~ table of hanaling the presidency of :the Council. E Afternoon tea and sale of ,baking in St. Andrew s Pxfesbyterian Church, Saturday afternon; Apr. 28. 16-170 i Alexander 1\viacLaren, oVfVthe-P`ro- ivincial Council, stated that the Bar :rie Social Service Council should feel lcongratulated on the results attain. `ed during 1922. ~ | 1 Avoid Overlapping in Relief " i Mr. MacLaren urged. that the ineighborhood committee divide the gtown into. sections and inaugurate. {exchange lists for the benet of so- I istated that the Victorian Order nurse icieties giving relief, in order that" :there would be no overlapping. He- icould greatly assist in compiling the. list from the information gathered.` Qin her work. __`_`It should not be the- }object of the committee to give re glief just at Christmas time, but to ;give relief when necessary and at- :tempt to relieve the cause which 1' places the families in straightened }circumstances, he stated. The [speaker urged the recreation com` gmittee to get the municipality intem jested in playgrounds. In concluding-, fhe said thatthe Barrie Social Service, Council had a wonderful future. .~- W W I * ---- A I The Council received a_ -communi-i cation from her some time ago de--; amanding $500 as settlement for in-; juries sustained when she fell on the] icy sidewalk and fractured a wrist. The matter was referred to the Fin-g `take no action. A short time later ance Committee, which decided to a letter was received from Raden- s 7 -hurst & Hammond, solicitors for Mrs. i Travers-Bailey, requesting the Town's to make an offer for settlement. Thisi letter was referred to the Financei Committee, which again decided to" take noaction. The Town Solicitor} is to put "in the defence, which must ` be in within ten days or the action goes in favor of the plaintiff by de-[. fault. . ` run: -. The ZE}i1:l:es; Br;mc,h (;f'St.'Ge-ov1"g.e s IW. A., Allandale, are having after-. `noon tea in Memorial Hall, Friday, `Apr. 2?, from 4 to 7 p.m.. 16p. The Mackenzie King Liberal Club will hold a social` evening in the form {of a euchre party on Monday, Apr. '30, 'in Oddfellows Hall, 8 Vp.m. 16c Miss Emma King remarked that there should be more parental con-. .rol. In a couple of hundred years from now people will be examined gbefore they are allowed to become iparents, said Miss King. u? I a nu c V: M t:VhiznkuVr;a {~iiii.ave to was; that 1'ong'; -Yeplied Dr. Turnbull, f . . . -- - - . - I n ?sH-zcw. cussrs 1 son BACKWARD ! Special -c1_asses;vi_th special teach- iers for backia/ard children were urged `by the Social Service Council at the 'annual meeting held in the Council Chambers, last Friday. Dr. E. G. !'Turnbull made theysuggestion, which was`favored- by the.--meeting and re- ` sulted in .Dr. Turnbuliand Dr. A. '1`. !Little being authorized to approach :the Board ofv.Ed_ucation at its next meeting and laybefore them the pro- position. - - 7`l1L".. L- ..`I____-._-_1 ` -1. 21 1 , 1 I - I rvun vnvnnn The backwardfchildren could be llocated with__ the assistance of the &teachers and'by a`mental survey of _all'the children in`/the public schools. ]It. was _'nointed out; that it was the tducational system that was at fault iand not the children. Dr. Turnbull said that he had been approached by fmany mothers asking if something lof this nature Icould not be done: 3 In a large class, he said, "the back- gward child does nottreceive the op- gportunities of more individual tuition ithat he would in a special class. I 1'\ 117 v wvv . ...`..,---.. ..... -. i Rev. W. J7.WWatt referred to boys !who were backward and left school [at an early age,- which resulted in I . . gthem hangmg around street corners [until late at night. ?'"scia1 Servi diuncix "Favors ` . M_ental' 'Si1r vey of 1 Schools. 1% 1%; COMING EVENTS UIIIQV llllsllt VVCAD VIAK4 AILAIIILIULI L VVCIIIU ' to know whether our police are] `Johnny on the spot. Itis the duty} of the police and not my duty or the: duty of any other ratepayer to dog! the police to see` that they lookgafterj these things. It is time we igiyfused-} new blood into the force," he stated. ' _Writ Served on Town . j The Town now has a writ .on itsf hands. It was served on the Towni Clerk "a few days ago and was pre-3 sented at the Council meeting! Whether the Town will` defend it or; take other "means to effect a settle-z ment will be left for. the Town Sol-i icitor to decide; The writ is for $250 ; and costs. -Mrs. Florence Travers-W Bailey is the plaintiff. nu .-. .. . - . l