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Barrie Examiner, 22 Mar 1928, p. 7

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D uuuu DWI: VLUGIU WI vauzuo VI cu: M: 82365 to 83695. All prices are f.o.b. factory. Taxes extra BEACH `W41-BU From left to right the players are: skip; Dr. D. C. Harvie, i n to. attended the concerts given TVA` fa Miss Irene Crone enjoyed Sunday in Penetang. - 8 Mrs. Jos. MoDermott is in "I`oron- d to for a shortgvisit. , . H. `W. Ritchie -spent a few days in Toronto last week. Roy I-Ioughton enjoyed Saturday at his home in Barrie. '1`. R. Mccaw was in Toronto this week for a few days. Miss Inez Parks spent the week- end at her home at.Aiianda1e. Miss `Margaret -Stone spent rSat- urday with Pheipston friends. Miss Nettie Hopkins returned home after a. month in Barrie. f i Dr. W. L. Ty-rer is spending a. few days with his parents in Barrie. Archie Train attended the Imper- ial `Oil Company's convention held in Oriliia. last week. `Raymond "Player. while in` '1`oroxg- Y Paderewski and Kreisler. Pauerewmu uuu n........... ` Mrs. S. Kerr and Miss `Margaret Kerr spent at day last week with Mrs. J. H. Macaw. Barrie. Rev. John Gibson of Hlllsdale addressed the Presbyterian Young People's Gulld on Monday evening. Little One Taken I The infant daughter of Mr. and ' Mrs. Lorne Draper was laid to rest j in Elmvale cemetery on "Monday at- E ternoon. Scout News ` The regular scout meeting was ` held in the school playroom on . Tuesday. Dr. D. C. Harvie and Alex. * McAuley in charge. Rev. A. Rlntoul ` 0! the Boy Scout Committee gave a. talk on the scout promise. Competi- i two games were enjoyed by all. St. Patrick Concert and Party A delightful concert and party was held in -the Community Hall. Grassland. on `Friday evening and was well attended. Music was tur- nlshed by the Crossland orchestra and a. program given consisting of ..m.. mnitatlons and a. couple of good dialogues. Thos. E. Smith oc-. ` oupied the chair. After lunch a` saoupge 0! hours dancing was en- oye . Pioneer Laid to Rest `The late James Paterson of Bar- rie. a pioneer of Flos. passed away athis home in -Barrie after a short illness. The tuneral took place on arrival of the noon train, Saturday. Interment took place -in Elmvale cemetery and service was conducted at the grave `by the members of Cor- onation Masonic Lodge. He leaves to mourn his loss besides the family, one sister. Mrs. C. 8. Burton of Elm- I vale. - T _ lnntltuta social Evemng g&xmw&&mm&w&m&} I Institute Social Evening The Elmvale `Women's Institute held it social -evening on Friday. March 16. in the Parish Hall, when ......m1mm: and `their families. num- March`16. the '1-'arisn nun, wuuu members and `their bering about -one hundred, were present and enjoyed an evening of progressive euchre. Prizes we-re won by Miss Bea Ritchie and Mr. Archer while Amy Beonting and Francis [Burton carried off the children's prizes. Splendid music was furnish- ed by Misses Mildred Graham and Dorcas I-Iouden and _Dr. lcurrie. Harry Baker and Russell Houden. After lunch a. couple of hours` danc- u.... man mioved bringing to a. close `ed to '0. lunch a couple or hours uu.'uu- ing was enjoyed bringing a most enjoyable affair. . curlers Annual Meeting zlxbout titty members of the Elm- va e Curling Club met in the Parish 5 Hall on Monday evening for the 1 wind-up of the season's business 1 and election of officers. Despite the . short season it was one of the best in the club's history. Much good sport was enjoyed and keen compe- tition in the local bonspiel played. The first part of the program was the presentation of prizes to `the winners of the first two bonspiels. The Thompson Cup, was present- ~E. 'Dutcher. skip of the winning rink. while the .McCarthy Cup was presented to James Pat- terson. skip of this year`s winners. The last `bontspiel played was be- tween the President's and Vice- Pres'ldent s srroups for the oysters. This `bonspiel created a great deal of fun and interest as the teams were turned around. the leads acting as skips. 'l`he result was a victory for the Vice-`Presidents group by the close margin of one point. The losers were game sports and provid- ed an oyster supper for all hands at the annual meeting which was greatly enjoyed. V |'l`hn.n1'flce1`s for 1928-29 are as greatly emoyeu. "'1`he.otf!cers to11ows:--I-Ion. Pram. A. C. Bishop: Pres.. R. M. Black: Vice"-Pres" Dr. D. `C. Harvie: -Seo',v.-"l`reas..` J. T. Foster; Chaplain. Rev. A. IR-lntoul. mt 1: urm-mn. who has been presi- Foster: Ichapiam. new. A. LIVUILUUI. . `H. R. Warren. who has presi- dent .tor thetpast three years. re- signed this year and was tendered a. hearty vote of thanks for the very efficient manner in which he con- ducted the affairs of the Club dur- ing his term of office. A nnnnln nf rinks of local curlers lug` his term or ortzce. A couple of -rinks of usually attend some of the outside bonspiels and this year for the` first time (brought home someoof the prizes. Jas. Patterson's rink won the second prize` in the Primary at the Midland bonsplel and brought home the blankets. with the following rink: -Rev. W. C. Stulbbs, P. 5. Gray, Herb. Fleming, Jgmes Patterson lulzh. ` " I HI nvnluuvv I run-nu u On Wednesday evening. March 14. the choir of St. John's -United Church presented their may entitled The Romance Hunters" in the Par- ish Hail whichrwas filled to capac- 7"`! l'I.Bl`U. \ (skip). ll :33 116145 vvsuwtr vv-Va tolovvu -- __.....- y. . . Music was furnished during the evening `by Buster Langman on the accordion. 8. piano duet by Mrs. Will. White and Velma Beardsaii. Raymond Player` sang` `a. pleasing duet. Solos by Vance Rintoui and Buster Langman were also enjoyed, :.~I-Iuyiters. was wen given, the ama.-: Between acts Mrs. E. Thompson and * The tfhree-`act pYay,"'I`he Romance, Thunday. March 22, ms. |]v ` The Romance Hunters" --- n 3.4. ___-..l_._ `Inna TOOKTHOMPSON `cup WI` Ilbuvuu w-- V-.. wars W. Hill; vice skip; C. E. Dutcher, lead; W. T. Baker, second. (continued from page six) and David -Culham, who also intro- duced many improved methods of farming and the improvement of farms by tree planting. -- , ,L _-n .......1. :. T4`,:hn-nyn1n Ia-THIS Uy ucc yauuyuugu It was not all work in Edenvale in `those early days. There are 1 many who will still recall the old- time dances with Jimmie Rupert on the violin and Dan Keeley or Ed. Ludlow to call the dances. There `are many who will smile as they recall the sporting elds and the early football teams and the jolly times and games with teams from Minesing and other places. , There are also those who will re- member the pleasant evenings at the old temperan-ce hall, the sing- ing school or the lodge meetings Z and the keen debates. -,_LLI -__ __.. QIIVI UIIU I I V V I Q u v ~ w : w -: Among the early settlers per- - haps John Bensen left as deep im- 1 pressions on the minds of the Ed- envaleyouths as any other person. i Born and educated in England, he was for a time employed in the British Foreign office. Was also a member of several good clubs. 1 He came to Canada with his par- ents and married a daughter of Thos. Robinson, of Midhurst, and later settled on a farm at Eden- vale. He was fond of music, a keen and fair debater, a lover of `good literature. He associated more with the young people who benefited by his experiences and , Edenvale old boys and girls look back to the happy evenings spent in the old hall where they learned - to debate the questions of the day under the careful eye of Mr. Ben-. , .-Au sen. Another of the early settlers who played an important part? in the lives of the young people of Edenvale was Robert Richardson _. ...........:...J......l.u.6- AG 4-kn Qnvuinv maenvaxe was nuueru nwuazuauu as superintendent of the Sunday schools. He was seldom absent from a meeting if health permit- ted him to attend. in]... A.....A. ....N? 1-.nAo-n Inna ,\IIl'H`l'-h+ tea mm '50 EEEBIIQ. _ The first self-binder was brought to the farm of J. Bensen by Jas. Crawford of Minesing. They had cut about seven acres when thel teur actors all doing their parts ` w-ell. Mr. and Mrs. Allbert `Spring as ` Cindy and Rufus" were real enter- tainers. The cast was as follows:-- Amanda Almen, who has social ambition. Emma Foster: Margaret Berry. her niece, Nina -Miller; Susan VV111iams. Margaret's friend. Gladys Benrdsall: Nancy Reed. a school- mate. romantically incl-ined. Mrs. M. Beardsall; Kezis. Vreeland, who likes to be on hand. Mrs. F. Bishop; Mrs. Bedran. who always is on hand. Verona Usher: Liza Stefbblns. the village gossip, -Mrs. W. White; Cin- Au Dnnxxrn Amnndn'q nnlnred maid. village gosslp, ~lV1!`S. W. Wrute; uln- dy Brown. Amanda's colored maid, Mrs. A. Spring; two school girls. Jean Christie and Velma. -Beardsall; ' Enoch Westewel. /who hopes to marry Amanda. Vance Rintoul; Jim Harrison. who hopes to marry Mar- garet. Roy -I-Ioughton; Howard Van- ter. who hopes to marry Margaret, Raymond Player: Hen Bush, who hopes to marry Nancy. Dick Rob- bins: Clem. Wicks, who suffers from a sense of humor. J. D. Smart; Ru- fus Green, Cindy's Ibeau, Albert `Spring. . ` Miunns`: .Tnm1 Christie and Velma. `spring. Misses Jean Christie and Velma. FBeardsai-I on behalf of the choir presented Mi-ss Flogence Manning with a. bouquet of roses as a. slight token of appreciation of her services as coach for the play. Misses Leola. Dean and Irene Knapp dressed as Miss Canada acted as ushers. Wk you and buy an inn: lube buy for -manna. G1! a " Z:1`c."u3.';'.a`a'. .`. :%..'1 :.r:::' .m :.7;`;::g:.t . Go: a P". 3.`L .`."'r`.1... Tubl. Cost: `NORMAN M. MARSHALL, 4 GP 11!"? ._9.' " nmuncc. cm a "ur". Pun Gum Tuba. Com mm :1: mail and van THE BAR}!!! IXAIIINII eoa_Tcosuo99'0 }g_,{G_Mo%oR5 F'""'s""" Since the announcement of the new "GP" Gum Cushioned Tire, thousands of. motorists through- out the Dominion have equipped their cars with this toughest of all tires. It's new because it's cushioned between the cord `layers with Pure Gum bands which absorb the shocks and prevent chang of one layer against another. When -these. super tires go -n ____ 41.--- 4. .. 4.- n`a1r Van nanr -nn mnrn fnr U115 fdyl '.sl.I.l.I. GIIVBLLUCO vvoov-a up-cw-av. -.-:-_ -__-- O- on your car they go on to stay. You pay no more for Gum Cushioned Tires and you get cushioned stability found in no other make. Ask your "GP" dealer. w VV lllppi Elnuus vw v V vs. ~ . 96$, reater value than ';7'-'5""", 3*` efore. '~ Whzppet machine -broke down. It was on a Saturday afternoon and the ma- chine was to remain in the eld until Monday. Sunday morning found most of the boys in the eld sitting around the binder. The carefully tied sheaves and clean- cut stubble appealed to the boys also the fact that cutting grain with the old. hand cradles was al- most a. thing of the'past. -4-.._u. 'L........l..4. 3,. +1, most 8. 13111115 U1. New yuan Charles Bennett brought in the rst steam threshing machine. There are at least four or five 9ld_ Edenvale boys who will recall threshing peas at John Culham's. Some of us had just gone to see the machine work. Get your forks, shouted Charlie Bennett`, and lend a hand at the pea stack. Billie Graham of Barriewas feed- ing the machine with `Dave Patchell assisting. We started, Billie roar- ed at us to com-e on with the peas. Well the stack was soon threshed and there were eight youths wet- ter and wiser for the experience. Ederivale had one of the first Wo- man's `Institutes in the County of Simcoe and in no other section is ; the institute more rmly establish- ; ed or playing a -greaterpart in the _ real life of the people. ~-~ - ..1.......... In; quad-.1. The lowesf fully FUNK LILV VI. vuv gnaw`-.-. It is always-a pleasure to return to the old home settlement, and grasp the hand of the tried and trusted friends of the early days. It's a real handclasp with friend- ship -"behind it, while the flash of the eye speaks of the joys of days gone by. my-:1-. `self Binder J \ by. First `Self Binder Of the old guard of the earliest settlers only four remain: Messrs. James Dixon, James Rupert and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Robinson who have passed the sixty-rst year of married life. All four are in their eighty-fourth or fifth year of age and residing on the farms they cleared out of the virgin forest. There are a good number of the children of the earliest settlers who live on the homesteads around Edenvale. Also several of the ear- ly settlers who came in a few years later than the above named four. To all of them let us raise our hats. They gave their best and you have only to follow the Blue Water Highway west from Minesing across the valley to see the results. They don't receive medals, they get more; they get our love and kind- est wishes for a happy evening to their lives in the homes they have built up and the country they have can n An `\nI|I!""1I1 uuub up Gnu uuu ' made beautiful. WITIQIIV VI CI I u w I ` -u Cricket, like many or the other popular games in England, original- ly hailed from the east. It came to England from France in the Mid- dle Ages. and the name itself is de- rived from the French word, cri- quet." which means on the continent the stick used in the game or bowls. Examiner adlets are great sales- men. and they work for little pay. 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