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35"?!` I _----- ...-.... -vv- ...-.-.-3.v.... | The cost of remodelling thel Barr and Twiss store for the Douglas Drug Store is given as; $350. Cd\U=PUIUllo Deputy-Reeve Jarvis, who mov- ed the motion to include Ald. Tyrer on the Board, said he did so in the interests of the town, inas- much as Ald. Tyrer had much ex- perience on public works and had much leisure time on -his hands. lillltlllo Inasmuch as Ald. Moran is al- ready a member of this commit- tee, the addition of Ald. Tyrer make: two from Ward Four, which is a departure in itself. / on Saturday forenoon, Feb. 4, while John Bell and his helper were out looking after the stock Mr. Bell happened to notice smoke issuing from underthe eaves of his dwell- ing which is not far from his barn. He and the man rushed over only to find it so filled with smoke that it `was with great difficulty they saved a little bedding, and personal cloth- lng including a. fur coat. There was `no one in the house at the time as `In an`! Ileana n1nn4\ at-unlgn ORA Ald. Tyrer said he would not accept the position unless it was the unanimous wish of the council and when the vote was called for there was not one dissenting hand raised. `I ..........`L .. A`I.l `II ........ 2.. -1 H0 U118 H1 ([16 HUUI9 UJ. LUU LHLIU 53 Mr. Bell lives alone. Besides the loss of all his household furniture and most of .his wearing apparel he lost $540 in hills which he intend- ed to deposit that morning in the bank in tayner but the road was` so soft he postponed doing so. The hired man, who is a son of Gilbert NOTTAWASAGA FARMER LOSES HOUSE AND CASH MANUFAc"fiJRERs Mm To The M an In Busine S5 for Himself IV D 3` Iain-lo Remember, Life Insurance is an asset which in case of death can immediately and automatically be converted into cash-one hundred cents on the dollar! `L disaster. Intime of difficulty Life Insurance can be made to help in many ways. Your policy strengthens your capital resources during life and main tains those same resources should you be suddenly taken away. In times of nancial stress- should aelversity swoop down from an apparently clear sky your policy will act as ashock absorber. REPAREDNESS forestalls disaster. In time of dicultv Narne.. HEAD OFFICE TORONTO, CANADA BRANCH OFFlCE-Bank of Toronto Bldg.. Barrio. Ont. _ F. C. MARSHALL-Distr-ict Manaqer. W. J. WALKER. Special Rnnresenf.-ztuva C. E. DUTCHER, Agent, Elmvale. A. E. CULHAM, Agent, Stayner. -.a - I would like to kdow -nwrclabooc Life .b'L1vsViVr,1ess. Kindly forward your booklet Bridging the Gap." INSURANCE COMPANY McQueen, also lost a small sum 0f'su1`z1nce on the building and con- money. There was about $1500 in- tents.--St:1yno1' Sun. BARBIE BRANCH - - I. R. Diet, Manage THORNTON BRANCH ' - M. C. Wigle. Manager 33; Lyerlal MACLAREN, FLETCHER 8: Co. INVESTMENT BANKERS 704 Canadian Pacific Building, Toronto. Robert Sydney Fletcher. Gordon G. 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Grose, Dealerand Ilisufibulor 112.114 BRADFO.RD%$T.A 5 PHONIV.-'. 21}RES.1011W 'rusc%AuAnIA%N ____ V The Cabin Class and Third Class aa- oommodatlon not a can-respondlugly high standard on all chess steamers. ssyourlooal steamship aunt orwritusn A_..__.- -- A solid slab of wood, cut to V size and shape, couldn't be any ghter tting than a floor of Seaman-Kent hardwood. Tha& s why dust can't 7 work through . . . . why cold in winter and heat in summer are both kept out. 1; Ball Planing Mill Co. Ltd. BARRIE Thursday. February 16./1928. Eula! cgmlogt Q11 A Mi T:'nuT1rm{- 2 Round ! Hull] actor. CANADlzhLi s5vuc. UNIS E886 O! nanuung uuunu: uuyuuu. ever before experienced in any low-priced cars. 4 Full-sized roomy bodies of excep- tionalneness. Smartness and beauty of line and color that set the pace for -the industry. -`~* V Dependabilitvand long life that re- sult from a precision of manufac- ture totallv unknown in the build- ing of any. other low-priced car. The inevitably superior results of A. A-` n1......l..- Standardized Qua]; 7 F 7 . - kt ONLY in Chrvsler 52" at its new low prices of $870 up- wards can you buy these qualities. Characteristic Chrysler speed and dash, usable with complete com- fort because of unrivaled engine and riding smoothness. Ease of handling nanlike anything ,_n L- -..- nuroun anneal in 31117 . -BVU|.I.'I'_` QHRYSLIR FDR ,. [This :3; the secondvweekly man!!- man: of J. H. Bennett's My 50` Years In Barrie. delivered -recently before the Women : Canadian Club.` Editor] ' . X4- -...-.... ALA-A Qtvkln Iuluvo J Fltty years ago, among those who lived `near the site otthe Gas Works were William Saunders, a-provincial land surveyor and Jona.than'Lane. well known to old-timers. Retracins my steps along Collier St. (south side) we find the Victoria Hotel, then George Seniors wagon shop and the home or John Alexander.-'1 Crown "Lands Agent.-On the front corner Mr. Archer hada lot and liv- ed in a little house painted like a checker board, back nearthe stable belonging to Dr. Morton's place. Fol- lowing east Joe Johnston, 9. bailiff.-A lived. also icharl`-es and Leander Sanders. down Sampson Street. Nearby was Marrin s Store, an ex- tensive husiness,.and there were al- so a number of small frame houses. Nearby 3. colored gentleman named Johnson. a very respectable man, lived. Tlierewere very` few colored people in Barrie t~hen.,Next came the homes of Mr. Weaymouth and Dr. Mecausland, dentist. who mar- ried a Miss Bell, also Thomas Fox Davies, editor and proprietor of the newspaper. "The Spirit of the Age." A family by the name of Lisle lived rm rhn north side of Louisa A family Dy U18 name Ul. uian: uvcu on the north side of Street, also Michael Reardon. Then coming further along -Dunlop St.. you came to the house where Mr. Tiffin used to live, which was. built by Sheriff Smith -and afterwards occupied` by iA'rchie lThomson,! lumberman from Angus. Next there` was the house where Mr. Strathyi used to live. where later Mr. Irwin conducted a private school. On the lake side was a woollen mill, con-* ducted by Joseph Graham and Robert Lount. the tannery by. Andrew Graham. who also car-; ried on a large boot and shoe, manufacturing business. There was. very little machinery used in those} days. most of the work being donel by hfllld. Then you came to Dr. Ardng'h`s house and on the south side there were a few houses oc- cupied by different people. Next was a little plaster houseoccupled by Dave Venevery, who kept a liv-I ery stable and ran the stage to Penerana. afterwnrds occupied by \V. M. Nicholson and Mrs. Milne. As you wniked along` you saw the Com-- mercinl Hotel which was run by a Mr. Fraser. Then you turned up the street and there were a couple of houses or so, one of them occupied, by the `Meldruins and another by some of the Ardagh family and some of the Boys family. Next on Dunlop St. was the site where Dr. Morton's! house now is. a little one-storey house occupied -by Dr. Pass, the pioneer doctor of Barrie. On the south side was at small building where a nephew of his had a drug store. I think my father started business in this building. An old lady by the name of Butt lived there afterwards. As you continued on- the north. Capt. AWalker' house, afterwards Jludge Ardaghks. came a- long and a house where the 'I`r-evel- yan family lived. Then as you walk- ed up Mulcaster `St. on the south- east corner you had the old fire hall. or course the equipment was very different from that of today but it was well looked after by one Sib- bald in charge. `They had an old hand engine and they called for volunteers to break her down at LE8! ronto MY50 YEARS IN 15sXRR1E J. H. BENNETT A AH ca f. o. 5. Windsor, Ontario, in- clu my standard factory cquipment _ H (freight and taxes cxcra). Am; itv of engineering `and manufaco curing which produces the Chrysler: of higher price.--62," 72 and 112 11.13. Imperial 80." There` you have the smart New Chrvsler S 2-~which, at its new low dues and sensational values, Vpub ic preference acclaim: as more than ever the greatest car in the low-priced eld. See this A ` A . . _ -`.1: an.-In `Ann Q A`--un:\nQ_ III In: lUW'pI. u.cu ucmuo vs: uuu great car and ask for a demon- -banb: not Sensational New Low Prices _ Coue,`870;Roadster (with runiirle seat) 870; Touring, 3870; Two- door Sedan `S80; Fourdoor Sedan, `930; beLuxe Coupe (with ~ rumbll mu) `930; DeLuxe Sedan 01900. % ` = vice. '3 When I was `describing Dunlop St. 1 before. `I got down to the south side 5. near Mulcaster St. and there you saw " John 'Carley s boat building shop on 1 the lake shore. and a house that the Binghams lived in. later occu- pied by J. Bailey. Then there was the Advance" office, next door to the Examiner, for some time. On the north side of Dunlop St.. coming west. George -Lane had a building on the corner and Mrs. Tollen kept a candy store that the boys all lik- ed. Mr. Neill had a shoe shop there and then there was a dry goods store, kept by John Stritch. Brad- ley and Henderson, auctioneers from Toronto, also held auction sales there. Next came the Queen's Ho- tel. as it was known in those days, a. rough-cast two-storey structure 1 kept by Mrs. *Bing;ham, managed by 3 Mr. Johnson, brother of the late T. Johnson, and later by Alfred 1, Arnall. Coming along further in that I` block on the north side, you came 3 to Graver's hardware store. 3 Sweeny s shoe store. and that 31 brought you to the Barrie `Hotel. I which was run by the Faraghers 'and_ 3 afterwards by John 'Mc'VVatt. lln 3 those days a private house stood ': back where !Hubbard's hardware : store is and some of the Faragher 1 family lived in it. Then there was I Locke's dry good store. and the first 3 post office when Alfr-ed Lane and 1-John MoWatt were postmasters. ~. Then a. house stood back from the street approached by a. fence and gates where Dr. Morton first lo- - cated on coming to Barrie. after- - wards moving to Dr. Pass place, al- ready recorded. nn +hn nnilfh aim: nf `hnnlnn Q1`. One of Barrie s earliest news- papermen, who was a member of The Examiner staff about 30 years ago. Reference is made to him by Mr. Bennett in his reminiscences. Elmer pno 481 ngnb reauy -I`UUUl'Ut'u. On the south side of Dunlap St. starting west from Mulcaster St.: on the corner was a store owned and occupied by `Fred O'Brien, and a. little farther along. the Fraser Ho- tel. Sam B1:-Lkely had a. carpenter urca, j vice. ` `X71! Wires, which gave very good ser- ` -ulna A Piox3g_o:_r_ Printer 'rHc_>s. FOX DAVIES `shop there. Between those Aplaces down by the lake the steamer "Ida. Burton" was built and launched. Sailing vessels plied the lake carry- ing lime stone from Lake Conchi- ching, the best of which were The Queen (-Capt. McCullough), The St. George (1Capt.VJohneon). Couchiching of Rama. Lucilla Bacon and Sarah Jame Harris. John McGuirk had lime `kilns back of the Catholic church Before the construction of the rail- way to Orlllia, in the summer time the Cariel1a" and the "Ida. Bur- ton" ran to Washago from Barrie and Orillia. Another steamer was the Emily May which ran from Belle Ewart to Orillia. ' Innnavn -'I'.l'nnl and (Wu: I-n1Hr'Hncru D8115 JEWHFL LU \Jl.'lll1'd. Fraser's `Hotel and the buildings down there were all burned down and rebuilt by Henry Buys, and they were again burned a few years afterwards. and the present bund- lngs were.-built at that time. .... - _-_L ..1L._.. .......g. .0 -n\......._..v_ .-gag n -- v -~...~ _. _--_.- -----v. If you went along west of Fraser's Hotel there was a platform erected there. where the bus stopped. In those days the trains `did not come into Barrie, they ran only to Allan- dale. Everybody had to go by stage to Allandale. However, competition was so keen as to where the bus should stop, among the hotelkeepers, that they arranged to have the plat- form erected, and then people could go to whatever hotel they Wished, and that ended the strife. .....~. u..-.- V...-...... ...-... ...---- -Then there was the old ASplrit of The Age" office where the laundry is. and then you came along to where the Jeweller and saddler are now. Mr. Cunio, an Italian, -had a barber shop; he `died two or three years ago in Walkerton. And there was nothing further along there until you came to a harness shop of E. Bemrose, a flour and feed store built by Thomas Robinson of Mid- hurst. afterwards Gazette office. There was no station then but there was a building down back of there occupied by Mr. -Powell, and nothing much else until you came to the wharf and the old Government store-house. I have a picture I will show you of the steamer "Beaver after she was dismantled. The boys had a great time going over the old steamer and taking spikes and souvenirs out of her, and selling them. The old boat gave good ser- vice ln her time. Than (Nun 614;; ;..-..4...... -3! f'\.-..... nu: and o 828 VLUU Ill `JICX LllllCn Then on the corner of Owen and Collier Sts. there was the post of- fice. which was moved there when James Edwards was postmaster. The office now occupied by Mr. Stewart, barrister. was the first Bank of Upper Canada, and Mr. Lally was the first nmnager. I shou!d have mentioned that one of the earliest pnstmasters was Jona- than Lane. who xvns succeeded by his son. Alfred Lzme and John Mc- `Watt. fV.l..~ ..n..A. A... 4.1.. ~,\..J.l- ._2.1_ -5 . u. .u..\.. --.. nu-.4. vvulv uuanauu Now walking up `Collier St.. 'the house where Dr. Lewis -now lives. was erected by Mr. Weir and rebuilt by Dr. Hamilton and it was as show- My decorated in those days as it is today. Back on the bill was the Methodist parsonage and further along. David Morrow s place and a cooper shop of Fosters on the end of the hill. mknt ...-...a an L1... 4..."... 1...\..2.-_1 1.1.- VV(l|:Lu Going east on the south side of Collier St. from Owen. The present building` was e_rected by Jonathan Lane and Snmg. Baxter for a post office. Jas. Edwards was after- wards postmaster and lived -here. Next was Sam ~B 'xter's t'1ilm` shop and private school taught by his daughter. Parker from Vespra - erected the grist mill and Geo. Ash- |t0n, \Va1ter Pass and John `Morrow kept store there. Harry Boys erected some stores there which with a later fire hall, were burned `v - W. 1 amew. McCoy takes. all the risk-`-Read this ironclad guarantee. If after taking 4 sixty cent boxes of Mc- , Coy s Tablets or 2 One Dollar boxs, any thin, underweight man or woman doesn't gain at least 5 pounds and feel complete- ly satised with the marked im- provement in health--your drug- gist is authorized to returh the purchase price. .AaI.r 1'\an-union T310110" Q4-no-n n10 UL LHU 1111]. That part of the town behind the hill from Bayfield` St. to up past where the English church is and as far as the market had only one house in it, "where Sergeant McKen- zie lived, at the corner of Owen and McDonald Sts. It was not exactly a. swamp but it was always flooded, and in the winter many of the peo- ple used to skate and curl there, and in the spring when the water disappeared it was used as a pas- ture and sometimes as a circus ground. Eventually it was drained and men by the name of \Valker & Thomas, contractors here. built most of the houses. They curled on that land back of the hill. There was a little outlet which used to run down Bayfield St. After it was drained it went dry for a great many years until they had a flood which washed it out. J. Ul'UllLUo Miss Reynolds returned to Toron- to on Monday after a week at her home here on account of her father's illness. Mr. Reynolds is now im- proving. 1\r1'vc: T. Rn:-inc` cnnnf an four rtnvcl TELLS SKINNY MEN HOW TO GAIN WEIGHT |Money Back if You Don tl If that at chested man whose ribs are almost bursting through his skin doesn t try to make him- self look like a real man, no one else will. TIT`.-Ac. nnuv manta nu vuvnvnnvn -nnnrlu 111 l3Cll'1'1U \'\ 1LLl LICIUHUE. Mrs. A. Fallowfield was in Elm- vale on Saturday. Nfva 1\Y T-Tna-hnu urn: `I-urn-nu fnnnn I 6!- Ian` Vblltf UH :mLu1'uuy. Mrs. N. Hodglns was home from Allemvood for the Week-end. "Mr... rum: ml ..- 1:) t_1-11:..c.... ..a ILIIUIIVVUULI LU1` LIIC VVUUR\'UllU- `Mr. and Mrs. B. Hollister of Penetang called on relatives here last week. Otlifn n nnrnhnr frnv-n ham: nH-and- J'l~5|. H CUIS- Quite a number from here attend- ed the hockey match in Barrie on Monday night. VV*hen Gregory Pressy, -70 years old, a. widower for 21 years, trump- ed Mrs. `Henry Leismestre s ace in a. game of euchre at a church party in St. Louis, Mo., a disagreement arose that led to friendship and then to marriage. Mrs. Pressy is 80 years old. C136 W111 When any man -or woman needs more weight they ought to `be told that the greatest of all esh build- ers is Mc'Coy s Cod Liver Extract Tablets. IA'-fI.'.-- .:...1.-...' -11 4.1.... ..:...1.- 'D.m.l P UIUIIIBU I-ll'lUUo Ask Douglas Drug Store, 0;-I any good `druggist. Fzfb. 13-James 4 Toronto last week. Norman Hodgins to spend a month \\ 'Dn1I-racxvunfnn $VUIlll(1ll 1.. 1 Palmerston. Leslie Spr Toronto. `1\.fl an `ID Ace }.U.U\'ll|5o Mrs. L. Spring spent a few days in Barrie with friends. `fun A `E|n11nn-BIAIA -nan I... 111.... I Tl-ll name `EXAMINER ll 3!. H,Ull. Spring : Ho WYEVALE be continued) "spent left with few on `Monday relatives at visited days in in $2,000 TO REMODEL 3 DUNLOP STREET STORE! Permits totalling $2,750 Were: issued by Building Inspector; Shuter during January. The larg- est permit was taken out on the last day of the month, -that for` $2,000 by Tony Caruso for alter- ations to the Moore store on the north side of Dunlop St., which he. recently purchased. W. Rusk is the contractor. 7111-- __.--_ _-._L...._J...-- ._ .1. ....- KIIUJ. C: i When the proposal was made to 3 add Alderman -Tyrer s name to] the Board of Works at last week s council meeting Deputy- Reeve Knight, the chairman of this committee, suggested that as the- Board of Works was already the largest and therefore the most unwieldy of all committees, Coun- cil might complete the joke by tak- ing everybody `in. Only two or three remained without, he ex- plained. Personally he had no ob- jection to Ald. Tyrer. It was the principle to which he was taking exception. Tic-n14-v_I)ao1n. Tasty-e nsn ~nnrn7_ UIIC DUIIUL OILLUL 0 The same contractor is at pre- sent making alterations to the front of his garage and making al showroom at Cumberland and. Essa Road. The cost is given as $2`O. T} 'LTnp.4-inn- `Ann `l.-u~.:H- .-. nu zpauu. I A. D. Hastings has built a ver- andah at 74 Sanford west. It is 6! by 10 feet on cement piers, the`! front and roof shingled. ' rrn A V1` .1 I BARRIE BOARD or WORKS LIKE TORONTO STREET CARS} It looks as though Barrie koard of Works is like the_ Toronto street cars--a1ways room for onei more. | T`lY1__ L1`, __,,_._ _, ,1 ,,_,, ,,,, 1 J I