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$5! ice (in min JOHN GIBBINS THE BARRIB EXAMINER wood In the bush. . Geoz`ge P51:-r of Midland spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Parr. ` \ IIUIUU UL lV.ll'. uuu 1u.l'. KIUU. I`JlIIllUl.'. Max Hewitt has purchased the Minty farm which F. E. Fisher vacates this month. ' Miss Eva .Brant of Fersfusonvale spent last week-end with Miss Mar- garet Richardson . . Mr. and Mrs. H. Richardson attend- ed the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller at Waver1ey'on Monday.` T\/I've ihunn - whn 119: hnnn xriuifina (Too. laige tbr ..l 8.8t, week) Feb. 15-Mrs. Albert Bishop is :un`- der the doctor's care. V TEA 1'J'n'Iv\Iv\v `Ltovu Qt-\nC`4`vv vunnb at F; and i net (118 (l0CI0l"8 care. ' The Helping Hand Socjty Amet atl the home of ` Miss Gladys Harris on Thursday. Feb. 10. Quite a. number wer'e."present and they planned to hold a bazaar .in the future. L Dnnanil `I .To-3-Sn csnnvn G-nnnuo vuvlldn . uazuar -Ill I.L|_U .LU|.ul'U. Russell H his spent Sunday with friends in Al andale- l\\IIn a ruling`-gnu `navy: nnninvul` Lama :16 uwcuua Lu - :u1u.uuuu.-:.- Quite a number from around hereat. tended the dance last Friday night at the home of JohmMcBride. Everybody reports a good time. MFR "X7rn 'I"uv0In\r `la anrnnnrhof Inn}- . l'[JUl`LEl 8. 3000. E11118. I Mrs. Wm. Turley is somewhat bet-= _ter at the time of vwritimz. \ The `l'.nInn' Aid mat of +1 -nu hnnnn nf _l.Ul' Ell. L118 [$11116 U1 'W!'lLlHu The Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs. Fred. Harris on Wednesday. Feb. 9, with .a good attendance. 1 (lav-nnf Rlnlloai-an `hon-I fl-In rniaftnifiinnt U, wun _a. 5000 uttenuunce. Garnet McMa.ster had the misfortune to cut one foot` last week while cutting |wood in the bush. fInnv:an owns no 1u'm1.-....: ..-.....+ .1... II] J. Ul'UllLUo Mia Margaret Richardson is Spending some time in Toronto. A v||`II'lv'|`\\In AP lun uynuuna vnnn 'vvunnn_ SUHIU LIIHU Ill .lUl'UH|.Uo A number of the young men motor- ed to Guthrie on Saturday evening..to skate. T L A `Inna-A nnnuv n64-nvsn Q1-an nnunlannn A farge crowd attended the uchre and dance on Friday night. The prizes for. cards went` to Eva Ellsmere and Wallace Snider. ' A nu-{any an-lnuynl-dn nuu-.-n-\n- vivna nvnnvc` VV1.`1.l1l1U_ DIIIUBF. A ve'ry enjoyable evening was spent by the young people on Tuesdayat the home of M!-{and Mrs. Geo. Ellsmere. 'I:fo1.v TJ'o11vIf Inna: vuuunnhnnn 4-Fun 'IK{n+uv JULIII 1V.l1l1!':l' cu. VV|.Vl`lU,Y UH. LV1U1.Il.ld.,Y. Mrs. ,Gibson.` who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. James. left on Monday for her home in the West. Mu or-:11 Thfna `Dnlnnnnm;-1 and 117-, LU!` HUI.` IIUIHU 11! L116 VVCSL. Mr. and Mrs. Rutherford and Wil- fred Oades, who have been spending some time at their homes here. have also returned to.the prairie provinces. I 'NH9: Mnhnl Pinhnvdnnn `hna vnfn-rnn {H.151} l'ULul'llCU LU. LIIU [Jl'.ll.'1b' [J1'UVlIIUUo ' AMiss Mabel Richardson has returned [from a. visit in Toronto. 7 VHLA TIT A .-`.9 Q6 Tnlnnnh-. I'V'l..u.....I-. and. l.l'Ulll at VISIL Ill .l.Ul'UIlLUo ' The W.A. of St. John's Church met at the home of Mrs. T. C. Craig` on Wednesday last. A number. of new `members joined and the Dorcas work for this year was all distributed. 'l"hn funny-5:`! nf H-an `Info `Afr -`u tlnnv-an I01` [(113 year was an QISIEIDUIGQ. The funeral of the late M175. George McLean took place here, from Barrie on Mondgy. / A.iit't`1e'ir:l"was `spending her fifst night from home. As the darkness gathered she began to cry. The hos- tess asked,'"Are you homesick?" No," she answered, I'm heresick.T (T06 late for last week) February 15.-Miss Myrtle Snider visited over Sunday at the home of her uncle. Geo. Snider. `Mica maalncnn anon} Fhn urnnI.r-nn UHCIU, LIEU. annual`. MissVEag1eson spent the week-end `in Toronto. Mn- 1m..............o D:..1.......1.m... :. no...-.....n....... `AVE: EW K-IND. or SICKNESS ' CRAIGHURST V F. TYRRELL, Superintendent ROSS BLOCK. DUNLOP s TREET, BARRIE, ONT. !5?".` -. - 0.1 Barrie RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ntar[o Scholarship Matriculation, Solo Singing, Music, Art, Conversational - French emphasized. Outdoor Games and Sports. . HEALTH RECORD EXCELLENT. LIMITED NUMBERS. FOR PROSPECTUS APPLY TO PRINCIPALS "SAI.Al)A" Its superb avour satises. ivemnben Glollegem DR. TTl1`.1\T'FTAT. .Q(`_Y-T(TI _ `DAD (ETD! Q uscms letter. at unj- Just Drinli 'Expert advice ? Who knows more about the value of life insurance than a bereaved wife ? If you are tempted to postpone the taking `of ' adequate life insurance protection think twice and consult an expert. All too often husbands and wives in the heyday of life become blinded to the future by present flavorable circumstances and good health. This frequently results in one of life's greatest tragedies - mothers and children left alone to face a world they never knew. lt's all the more pitiable since life insurance protection can be secured so easily and at such low cost from The London Life. Ask her what life insurance means! .u .n. Example of Earning Power Series, 20 Year Term with special Inter- change Privilege. Age'5"' - -. 3 94.50 Age 35 - - $122.00 Age 45 - - $203.00 ' These extremely low remiumsare subject to substantia reduction by annual dividends. $_10,000 Ingurance LJJ.'l\l.l.\ ` a-tions). ` Oratory I nn . Fszw Feeds AT Ln can lratlon. partied period. ;ancel. ion` the nunmn tpply `at one 249 into Busi- I`. Olli- 132 oise days. 'ri-'iUnsbAY .& I-'E'IzUAnY 24. 1927. > rm ess.uon n n- KILLER iaha l -irrltatl 8 and no lxce stop laymg. To v kill the-lice, take the affected chicken py the legs and sprinkle the wder 1n the open feathers. IPRA LICE us.bnt.killIthe Ice. Aukyourdcaler. After illne's.:. To get luck to` your nor self take Ol.AJEN.' ~lt supplies perfect nourishment in the most palatable form known to the medical world. New on sale at ell Drugists-:$l.00 e jer. . Baton ahampoo anoint the acalp with Cuticura iatmant. let- ting it remain on over night when poaaibla. Than ahatnpoo with a auda oicuticura Soap aqd warm water. Rinaathoroughiye A clean. healthy Ialp uaaana good hair. . - - -,,g_ -n.u nnn,,_, CONVALESCENCE Cuticura Treatment Keeps The Hair `Healthy 1927. rd-cvaauvauraavua D G llll|aIvl7l' Ul- Afamily convenience does the joint` account demonstrate its value. All funds deposited are sub- ject to withdrawalxat any time by ` either of the persons ixwhose names ' the joint account is opened- In case `Cr )0 \U`9 i of the decease of one of the parties Fm holding a joint account. all money may be withdrawn -by the other. A ` A YEARS . joint savings account in the Standard - Bank is a real convenience where _ two people desire access to the same V funds. ` i - sTANDAPCi) BANK (Sit 'l'!A NADA 3l'|I\u\on- ---u_r-gv vac --q --. vv -----, ... ......'.,. ` h :3 df dlodh a.cuuu cu I: e x'.".w3k.'scr3ua:FuI|.a.I:.:'iIm3:i." "' \ _: .'.. "3; 7:::N71oA" 5' BARBIE BRANCH--R. R. White, Manager :-._-I_-_ -5 --J`;-J: In-ualk---l, F--I-LI--.6 l.l-_I.-.s. A JOINT SAVINGS ACCOUNT IS A . REAL CONVENIENCE ARTICULAREY as i matter {of ,fa_m_ily c.onvenie_nce the_ balmer Phone 481 ment 0., Ban-lo u -uvwu--cw 1 cu: vuwuvwvuuuu In January the W'or_kmen's Compen- sation Board awarded over half 3. mil- lion` dollars in benefits for,ind-ustrial accidents in this province. The total was $538,374.81. of which ,$461,933.52 was for compensation and $76,441.29 for medical aid` and hospital services. The figures are over $113,000 higher than in the same month in 1926. Dur- ing the month there were 6.2980 ac- cidents reported to the Board. which included 29 fatal cases. This is some- what lower than December. 1926, when there were 5,411 accidents reported, in- cluding 34 fatalities. In one case a. worker. while applying elt dressing was drawn into the pul-, y and kil1ed,.owing to the sweater he was wearing being caught on the line shaft; Another accident resulted in death by burning owing to handling gasoline in an unsafe`/Jnanner. Two other recent fatalities in industry were attributed to blood poisoning following very slight cuts. Scratches and cuts. no matter how slight, shouldbe promptly attended to . Two Scots were visiting a. London moving picture show where the enter- prising management served a. cupof tea`. and a biscuit free at 4`o'clock. At 5 p.m. one of them said: Well, Jock, -we've seen all the pictures now. What about goin oot? Aweel,,.Jo`ck said thoughtfully, "you can gang/if you like Georgie but; I'm stayin on to my sup- per. ` . ' ` I Luv IJUL'uc5'_ Ul. uuv pun llbanacpau , I - The Dufferin Trustees` and Rateuay-! ' ers' Association urge the Department oil `Education to so arrange the course of. study for `rural continuationschools as to take the full agricultural course as laid down in the vocational school act. _ Bribery, free meals and free trans- lportation are na ed in the particulars iof alleged corru t practices in the {municipal election in North Gwillim- gbury, filed by J. E. Hopkins, unsuc- pcesstul candidate. in connection with hisniotion to have the electi n of Chas. Wllloughby as reeve set asi e. I -van..- _.|_x_I. .l_ I...I.I.....\A tn `r|n11t\>unICf_ i church ebuuumg-.. . ! Exemptionswin Orillia. township 9.- emourit to $1,578,000, about double the `amount at taxable property This large |amount is caused by the 0ntario:Hos-B ipital and a. big electrical plant within [ the borders of the township. I . ._. _ I vs nn nu..___4.`.-...l ...-..I `I)n-nv\a11_ surance. . _ The chemical plant which has been in operation at '1`horn,bury for the past seventeen or eighteen years will short-` ly close down for good. The best of the machinery will be._ taken to South River. where the company has another plant running. and the remainder of it will be scrapped. The entire business must be disposed of in some way be- _ fore April `15. Eighteen or twenty men [will be thrown out of work. Shortage `of wood. withno prospect of improve- I ment in the future is given as the reag- Ison for closing down the Thornbury I business. - I Tam `I3 'I'.InfnkI-nnnn n Qonnnnv vunuilno` I DUHIHBHS. ' . Jas. F. Hutchinson. a farmer residin near New Lowell. was sentenced 0 Feb. 17 by Magitrate Hogg of Coiling- wood to thirty days in the county jail for attempted blackmail. He endeavor- ed to obtain $5,000 from Arthur E. Fansom, a neighbor. claiming that he had grossly insulted his daughter Vera. At the trial he admitted writing the letter and demanding` themoney. Vera was called by the `defence to prove-;|us- tification and appeared to be below normal mentally. She testified that Fansom touched the edge. of her dress. He tried to put his hand on my cloth- es. It was on the corner at Mather s store, New Lowell. It was on the street between seven and eight o'clock when it was commencing to get dark. It was: UULWUUII HUVUH. ltlkl Ullll. UUIUUK wuen it was commencing `to get dark. It was last year in October. I think. He just` touched the edge of my dyess. He did not touch me any place else. I just l stopped and spoke to mm." d apreuu Iuuaaurcu uh suuuvg LIV: any av tip. . _ ` ., The Ontario county road budget calls `for an expenditure of $65,800 on con- mtructlon. and maintenance of _county roads. 1 _` _ ` T ' ,A carcass of baby beet, aged 16 months.` recently purchased by an Or- ldressed. GI-nun]: I-up a larva nfnnn WES nu; butcher, weighed 760 pounds- . ./ `. ` (l!`988ed.' %. Struck by a. lar ston whih was ; hurled through the air by an explosion. =a~Penetang man named Oakley had a. leg broken in two places. ~ ` nu.- n..'-nu.. *n..1..u.. fjl.-nnsy nlvnninfa `U! 'Ul'Ul\Ull Ill UWU pluuvuo The ornua Public Library circul` ted 45, 891 books in 1926. Of thi num er 40,280` volumes were fiction. There are` |9,809 volumes in thelibrary. Il lJI.._Ah.. .....-.l...~ on-nnnuann fnr 1927i tar, bto rllllnc I 3.60:! Vuuuuua Ill Luv um.cu,y. ' M1dland's paving program for` 1927 will cost $122,500 of which the county will pay $12,000. The work is to be done on the local improvement basis. ` \v___-|-_ _I-_L_J \`mnA"a VII than n!"`Q 01'] L118 IUUIIL llllplruvvluvuu. uuwun Newly elected officers `of the Orillia. Board of '1`rade are: Pres., Geo. L. Guy; ,V1ce-Pres... W. M. Tupllng; Sec y.. Geo. E. Overend; Treas., D. A. McNa.b.' T The mnfarinl which OOmDOSed the "`McNab.` ` The material which comnosed .Elmgrove church has all been moved ?to Allieton where the P'resb.vter1an {congregation will erect" ,the1r new church `building-. I `E`.vvvn-\fInha- {vi KWWHHR. tnwnshln VV1H.Uu5|1u_y an Avwvv nun. wu--nu. { Fire. which is believed to have start- red in the basement immediately under 'the entrance, destroyed `the main sec- ltion of the new York.County Hospital] lat Newmarketon Feb. `14. The building was under construction and was to. have been opened in April. The loss is estimated at '$30.000 with $15,000 in- Surance. Tho nlnnrv-|'nn1 I-don? QR Lgw$&$nm$ww&w&mw '3; u1auuL.1 ru:.vva |I0X0I0l0I0X0I0B>!0I0I0It>I0I0X0I "V 0n!y.three lives were lost last, year on the Great Lakes as against twenty- Ione1n1926. . T. V. Tho Yllhrnnlu (`Ink (1! Mlinn l`fI"- -onem mzo. 9 The_ Kiwanis Club of Midland distri- : buted 2200 mute otmilk among school ,children during 1926. . T . I `nn .1` K7 I -Tin-via` nf nu-nun. dislocated .cnmu-en uurmg 1926. V I Dr. J. N. I-Iarv1e' of Orima. dislocated .his left shoulder wh1leAcurl1_ng in a .bonap1el at Peterborough. I Four rhnnfnrn hnvs recently matur- - ounaplel 8}. l:'8t8l.'D0l'Uug!l. ' Four Creerrfore boys recently captur- ed a- large mottled owl whose wings zpread measured 52 inches from t1p'to Um`, no! ruling I rlll,.wlth haul. I toes are e and I TTTTTW TT TTTTT1 I-"'% 4 5 DISTRICT NEWS COMPENSATION itmmuumv 1.. 1'--- ___._- LL- 11-v-.. _._____l_ rc _ _ , _ -_ WANTED MON EY S wonn-I LUUIK 5x'caL-51'u.uu\.:uuu1'eu. ` A service was conducted at the home of S. A. Morrison. on Tuesday afternoon by Dr. hMcAvoy, of Gale ,Presby'ter1an church. -assisted by Rev. C._ Cole. of the United Church. The funeral was held in Owen Sound on Tuesday from the home of her son- in-law. Sheriff Wilson, to Greenwood cemetery . Wlnrnl fhihiifn nlv-nrnaahrn nf nun-n- Wrote neu-Ii $75,000,000 Insurance " in Canada. in ,Yea.r. A_ record for solid.and substantial growth has been set by The London T}-fa Tvncols-nnvunn r`n=rviv\ns\Iv ~7 :4- uereau yunu UL U-II. III was vvvauuauo This enables the Com any to increase in 1927 its remarkab y high dividend scale to policyholders. . Thu nun-n'II1u any-vnan, thin in para. -UI':lUl.UI`y , . 1 Floral tributes, expressive _of sym- pathy, were sent. by the school board and pupils of the "high school,,the high school staff, the public school staff, and the Ladies Aid, of Gale Presby- tterian church. ` - ` - When her son. ST-A. Morrisonewas a member of the B.C.I. staff. Mrs. Morrison resided in` Barrie. EKUVVUII (ICE UUUII BUD Dy LLIC JJUIIUUII Life Insurance Company in-' that it has been doubling in size every four years on the average. In 1914 it had $30,850,000 of insurance in force "and this has grown until at the end of 1926 it was over $251,000,000. tor urch N0 and ; CTION 1 n.bI1\na \ UL LUQU III WGB UVUl.' $5111.]-y|lUU,VUVu 0 The new insurance, written in 1926 established the high water mark of $73,738,000. This huge volume was all written in Canada and is are- markable showing in view of the fact that the Company depends entirely upon its own field force for its bus- iness. The averagepolicy more than doubled in size in the past ten years. On invested assets, which are all 9:11 nun;-uunuinl-duvn no`-nun I-`us tin; o:`"i. {i:2c`{a1i?z`2"}.a'`$}2Z` iii: terest yiel of 6.71% was obtained. "I`lna nnnlnlnn Hun nmnnnv in nn1-nan`: scale W puuuyuuaucta. The `surplus earnings,.due to care- ful administration, sound invest- nnnndm aim ;-I a Cnvvhnokln -nnnvi-n-11-Av- .I. In uuuuluautuuuu, luv uuu us v cau- ments, and a favorable mortaiity `ex- perience are the largest in the history f the Company. The_ Company's Free urplus Dec. 31, 1926, was $4,291,- -0'00 in excess `of the requirements of the Dominion Insurance Act, after making full provision for prots ~to policyholders on the new increased scale. NIL- 7 ._J... T 23.9.. __-._..... -3 uuy, rev. 0, HI. ur.-:1` :1-nu year. The late Mrs. Morrison was born in Banff. Scotland. She was well educat- ed.. having attended ladies college in . her native land when a. young girl. She was married in 1857 and in 1869. just two years after Confederation, she` ca-me with her husband to Canada` and settled in. the bush in Grey Coun- ty. There they endured the hardships and privatlons of pioneer life. Before the advent of the public school in that district. Mrs. Morrison gathered to- gether the young girls of the neighbor- hood and instilled in them the rudi- ments of learning. She and her hus- band were very helpful in establishing a Presbyterian church there. Mr. Mor- rison was superintendent of the Sun- day School for many years, while Mrs. Morrison taught a class of `girls, Tn `IQQ1 thou rnfhvn fvnrn fnvrn HPA _.`v ALI-'_RED.'HOUGpHTON _ -Bradford Witness'--Alfred Houghton passed away at the home of his daugh- ter. Mrs. M. H. .West. on Sunday, Feb. 13, in his 74th year.,He had been bed- fast only twopweeks with pleurisy and heart trouble, and the end came very peacegully. The deceased was `born in _I-Iampshire. ,England, and came to Canada in 1870 when he was seventeen years of age, the family comprising his parents `and twelve `children. The late Mr. . I-Ioughton's life in. Canada was spentin` farming in West Gwillimbury and Tecumseth. He never had a liking for public life but was always active in church and school ,work. His life partner, Ellen Meher. survives him with ten sons and daughters. namely. `Rev. Samuel G. of Pen Yan. N.Y.. Robt. G. of Barrie,` Mrs. M. H. West of the Scotch Settlement-. Will. of Regina. Sask..' Norman of Daysiand, Alta... El- gar of Bradford, Frank on the `home farm at Newton Robinson. Chas. of Hamilton , Mrs. W. Jessop and Mrs. Hy.AI-Iarvey of Fisher's Corner. There are twenty-two grandchildren. One brother and three sisters also survive. `namely, Samuel of Alliston, Mrs. Wm. Sheppard of Barrie. Mrs. Wm. Bain of Toronto and Mrs. David McWaters 0t 1).. Iunnvlnh I I I I. UFUIILU all! Painswlck. UVIIII vuruuvv , John Gibbins, a life-long resident of Innisfil, died on Feb. .13. at his home. on which hewas born in 1844. He had always iived on the same lot except for a short time when. as a. boy, he lived with his grandparents .0n the thir- teenth concession. The late MI`. Gib- bins had always been a farmer. He was deeply interested in the welfare of the community. but had never sought b [lot 11. con. 11, Innisfi1..the_ same lot public office. He was a membereof the United Church anda Conservative in `politics. Some years ago, he was con- lnected with the Patrons of Industr.V ifor a time. His wife died in 1913 and he .is survived by three sisters, Mrs. E. Reynolds, Toronto: Mrs. John Curry. Penetang, and Mrs. Jno. Pratt, Stroud; `one daughter, Mrs. Fred Pratt. Vespra:_ andseven sons. Ed. N. Gibbins/and Wm. J. Gibbins in Saskatchewan. Jas- per, Haileybury: Char1es,, Toronto: Robert, Barrie, and Allan and Herbert at home. The funeral took nlace on Feb. 16, service being held in St. James United Church. Stroud. and burial in Stroud cemetery. The minis- ter, Rev. ,Jas. Brown. took his text from the first two versesof the nine- tieth psalm and spoke of the splendid example. of the deceased and his love Ifor his home and family. The.-wall-1 bearers were: B. J. Thompson, Ashford Warnica. Chas. Minnikin. Wm. Lock- hart. John Hurst and Wm. Hunter. A large number of floral offerings were received indicating the esteem in which' the late Mr. Gibbins was held. I nuunwn we wu-_u- - u - - u U` u Elmira Si:nei~)'. i V-Following an illness of three month Mrs. Cecelia Selkirk Morrison. mother . of S. A. Morrison, principal of the high school, passed away here-on Sun- day, Feb. 6, in her 94th year. : "'I`hn Inna Mr: Mnrrlnnn mac: hnv-n in ID. 11. .l\'.lUl`1`lSUll. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mccaslim, of Meyronne, Sask. and Mrs. Wilson of Owen Sound: and `three sons. Dr. Morrison of Sudbury; Alex. Morrison of Salt Lake City. and S. A. Morrison of Elmira. She leaves also a. number of-grandchildren an four great-grandchildren. A nnrulnn nine nnnnnfn 4:!` +111: #308. acute. - - The London Life's program of offering `_`guaranteed -low cost in- surhnce in no `small sense is respon- sible for its outstandingly splendid records. .` - T . 8c Awon t get it. young Jllu ` ` "'I`,hat's_all right, m1 ster.fMa.ybe` you 1V.I.Ul'l'.lSUll Ll1.u.','llL 11 1:13.55 U1. 511183 In 1891 they retired from farm life and went to Hanover. where they lived until 1900. For the past 20 years she has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Morrison. I QHA {as uuumtyfuvn Luv Onvn nuumhnnn I` u-vuvvu w--cu-uw: Want to take 7a "chance `on an auto- mobile, mister? Only a. dollar." , But I don't want an` automobile, youngman. . . "'l`hnf'n 1: rich} 1-nlnfnr Mnvhn vnn Agw unuutuu . Tgia&$&&&wwmmm&& LONDON LIFBSETS RECORD MRS. C. SE,LK|RK_ MORRISON A LONG _`cHANcE OBITUARY