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Ni$%13t....9h` `i an rV{\1 1' l`(`LV Boys Jersey Suits, some one color, some two colors, t ages 2 to 8 _\'ea1's. enlur-5, I The great n 11 wu, the Inna IISLH. The boys 1'-roux North Simcoe are : Hm've,v .\-t*kinson. Stayner; Sheldon Wvalkor, Leo Hughes and Stewart Bmrd. Orilliaz Cli'fford l'*`ai1rl. Nenison Jones and Fred Rwmney, Victoria I'IZll')()l', and I-I`0\\'zu`d Gra11un1, Se- I`. ...I..o J ll 1| Fa (la 1-1 :1 111) 0 l`, l)1`i_L;'h'I . like and the A Scottish fooubuller was as `bald as a. billiard ball, bmt nmnagetl Ito keep it concealed by means of a cap] and wig. In one Iumtch. however, asi ,9 |..- _ A n n .-.nn+a inn]: :1 rnR-hn1 W15. 1|) Uuu u.uuu..u. lluvvvv-, ..... one of his op-ponents took a red-hot shot ant the goal, Wiggly" got his head in the way of the ball and the wig and amp were knocked off. When the rst player saw the re- sulxt or his shot he `seemed thumder- struck for a. moment, and then ex- claimed: (mid heavens! I've` sualped the man 1" H\\'l I`) .\l .\ R K l<}'l`l NG COURSE READ THE ADVE`R'1`ISEMEAN"I`S.l General Mefchant LEFROY, ONT. Grain - Seed - Cos Rea] Estate. Money to Loan. Season s Greetings 1'l1(s `(I10 SC;\l.I I~}l)" MEN S SWEATER COATS AT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT . In union and all W001, nice; (.-.0101'i11g, and\ the prices are .1'ig11 r.`. $2.50, $5.00, $7.00, 01! M e n s V- Neck Sweat- ers Plain Black, Navy with Green trim- a- - a med, Cardinal with Green and VVh1te trixmned. This s.\\'oato1- is e.\'tra Value at $4.50. Boys W001 Sweater in Pullm'01' and '.'~7.\Yc('1{ s`r}'1os. Easy ,pri(-ed : Boys Fine A11 Wool Sweaters, but- ton on the shcmldm-. and button up ' the fm11`r, with hml (-ollur, nice col- 01's. E2153 priced : You should see our Ladies Sweater Coats, ni<-9 m11go of st_\'1(-s. Easy pric-ed : l .E(,"l'0l{ IS lH'}.\lE.\lBlI{El) A numlber of the niembers of Mark's chnxch, East Oro, met mt the home of -.\Ins. J. W . Clarke on Thurs- day evening last and presented the rector, Rev. C. R. Spencer, with a well fiilled purse, together with a lame basket of good to their Cllristinas cheer. presented the, organi:~:nt Willi :1 twini- tifnl set of l~`erench i\'or_v. .\ most enjovzthle evening was spent. I DGl'l things to add: They also l l l l I .u. Iv yuan uuu .....,....,-_.. .\l'r. Hi1l:iard .\lill-a.rd, who has been associated with Mr. J. Steele {LS barber for several years and whc has made many friends here. has sold out his share of the business and has purchased another stand in \V'l1iI:h_v, where he will move at once. .\Ir. .\lin11iard will be :.:rezuly missed by the paddling tT1".1ter11.i.t_v, as he has been one of the most ex- ezmoeists in this part 01' Sim- coe. In the summer M1922 he captured the silver shield for pro- lir:iene_\' in the nove-lty raee:~: held} during the sninnne-r and came second! in the Slllf4'l(`S. Besides these he also: secured several minor trophies and} I e e 1 I I i u 1 has been instrumental in keeping uplg an interest in aquatic sports. I 1 Babies White Wool Jackets, Pink and Blue h-ilnmotl, done up in nice Xmas l)ox(`-s. Special . . . . . . ..$2.25 $3.50, $4.00, $4.50. $5.00, $6.00, $7.00, $8.00. $8.50. 50, $4.50, 00, $6.00, 00, $7.50, $10.00 THIS STORE WILL BE OPEN FRIDAY, SATUR- DAY AND MONDAY NIGHTS UNTIL 10 P.M. JUST 3 MORE SHOP- PING DAYS BEFORE XMAS $1.95, $2.00, $2.25, [$2.50, $2.75 $1.60, $1.25, $1.60, $1.85; $2.48 Special Price $2.95 THURSDAY, DECEMBER '26,` 19237 What Boys L1ke HENRY FORD NOT CANDIDATE FOR. l`RESlIDEN"l`IAL HONORS A system ol awards for heroic ` conduct - acts of outstanding cour- age and devotion to duty -- has been inaugurated by the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Eight awards were made recentlv coverim: the i I Detroit, Mich., Dec. 19.-DecIa~r- in}: that -he believed the United States sure with C001-idge," Henry Fond. automobile manufacturer, whose name has been men.tioned as a. possible candidate for Rreeident in 1924, declared here to-day that he would not oppose President Coolsidge. Mr. Ford pointed out that a presi- dential election was reputed to have :1 dist.ui'.hing effect. on business con- ditions. but there was no reason why bu:-ziness shou-id be disttmbed, He said further tthat he did not -believe the President should be required to take any of his time 041' strength for uni"! nr nnlitinnl C8iII1Da`iEll. 4 \_1 `E take 01 ms Lune ur 3L1`t:n5uu '.m,\' soul of political cmmpaigu. Bryson's Xmas Cake, lclng d;eco`i%_`.V:' ated. 45 per lb. " The mild weather here during t.he last few dvaya is |r.;e11era1 all over Canada. A wlamm Iwave struck Northern Ontzmlo and bhe texmpemture nose to 44 above, At Winutpeg the thermometer stand: fan` above zero and the river_ is still open. At Regina on, Tuesday the mercury stood at 3`9v_ above. ' In Eastern Oa1vad.a wdnter weamher `has been prevuzmlng e.\'pex'len'ced for the last two: weeks but the mild wave fs travellig c that way. MILD \Vl+}.~\']`HER IS GENERAL` Company 01 Canada. mgm awards < were made recently covering ` years 1921 and 1922. The record dis- ' closes some incidents of remarkable ` heroism and resource in the face of gent danger. To cite only, two of Il.l'!\2- John Joseph Cnrmody. cable eplicer, was working away at the foot 1 of a high telephone pole in Kingston 3 short time ago, when happening to glance upwards he saw a fellow em- ployee at the top of the pole lose his bglance and begin a. long fall of S'|.`R() l'D '1' l`}l.l*}I HON I9 ('0. For \vin~te1' moxvths. t .u1'n-I house, celmml. .'\;ppl_\' 173 0 St. Phone 227. Ige---Coa.I heamer, winth oven. ..,m,n+:nn Pr-ir-o $10. An- e---U0a.l neamer, Will-ll condition. Price $10. Ross St. Phone 572. MISS WILLERS `*3: . B.-\l{l{ll<] BU:-i1.\'l<}SS COLLEGE | Monday and '1`ln1rsd:1,v. 7.30-9.30 Two year old ram and E ram lambs. all well bred. .a1ie, ;\1Jan'da1e. 42-1` --A two-seated cutter, also of heavy harness, never Illiam Stewart, Lot 22, espra (1\Iundre11 1~`arm). -I WANTED TO LET 2'7 Essa St. house and large lot St.,, Barrie. Apply on \\'.-\ NT ED A. Purvis, '1`:-0415111-ex-. Goa]; * 1 ' NEW DISPLAY OF m Late Fall andwinter Hats-` l . -Mr. E. I-I`a.1'1'is is moving this week from Essa St. to Holgaute St. Mr. and Mns. F. Gosney and little son Bert spent Tuesday i-n Toronto. ` r,,- 117 11:11 c`....`l'.'.....l C0 in ii. sun DEM. cpcuu LLIL-7uu_y u. .v..........` Mrs. W. Hill, Samfvovrd St.. is 'un-` proving slowly from her recent ill- HDQQ ness. M1`. C. Marsha.l~1 is paying a visit this week to friends in B11I`fa-.1*o and Clevelrand. _ "I`L` xv Qmnh rnhII'n0d on Tues-I l Cleveland. Hrs. W . Smith returned on Tues- `day last from a. visit with friends I in "I`o1on=t0. NY:-Q n \Tnnm'iDI' retm-11ed on ' U1 1 UK Ul1`|U. Hrs. R. ;\Ionc1`ie{ ret 'l`uesda}' imst from :1 }t'1'iendus in Chatnham. -- . v\...1,1:.._.. :5 nhi; 1 I'1e1|u.s In uuauua-nu. .\II'. A. Paddison is 21bie_ to be out again aafter a spell of .sickur:ss lust- ing avbouL three weeks. -- W .14.. ......,.o:..... (.9 Ohm r: T A _o1' Mr. and Mrs. J. Webb. 11); uvuuuu uuct: lVC\,|\-v. The 1'egu1`a1' meet`.-n_2; of the G.I.A.` was held on 1`hnrsd~a,\' last in the L.0.L. Hall. Bu1't'on Awe. Mrs. .-\1`1u\n Ingrzvm and children of Monl,real are visitiing at the -home ~- 7...- L-.. ...-.1 41"` M1 4 .~. h in [01 NJ`. uuu `Jun. .1. n vuu Mr. R. Davis has retm'ned to his home in Toronto after spending a few days as the guest of Mr. -and |.\Irs. W. McLea1'y, CLum.be.n1and SL. ._u.;A.. ...c \r... and nu V. .\l!'S. \\`. :\'1l:14t-:a1,v, \JLI4uuuI.-rnu The little dzuighter of M1`. and Mrs. A. Greenside, who underwent an operation for zLppen'dicitis at the; R.V`. Hosipit-al recently, is doing well and is expected home shontly. N. "v 1 u,-an nu: 17aq Q} lanu IS e.\pt:\:LI:u uuluc anu--t._-. Rev. VV. J. W-att, of Essa St. Rev. J. i\IcEwen, ovf Hillisdale. last `` Bresbyteriau church, exchanged with Sunday and preached the anniver- sary services in that place, Mr. Mc- Ewen taking charge here. Mr. A. Fieethaum l.\I1dL`I`\~i."3ilt a s1.igrh't operation on Wednes-:ia,\v' for the reinoval of a portion of the cwrtiage of the nose, which had been troubling him for some time, caus- ing a stoppage of the air passage. He is back at business again this 1 week. . f\n q..m1m- lncf Hm dean: nr-,m1-rred is now being shown at Allandale Millinery IRENE COLLINS i L.cun:Lcn.v . . 1 Miss Frances Jones`. who has ., iin China and is now on furlough, [spent Sund-a_\' as the guest of .\Ir. -|and Mrs. J. .\'1ra1'1'ou'. Holly. On '.Sundz1_v afternoon she gave an in- {tere-sring talk on her wozk St. `George's Sunday School, exhibited 21 nlunber of curios brought from the Orient. A very enjoyzLbl,e box social xvas held on Tuesday night in the L.O.L. Hall. .-Vllundale, under the auspices E 9 {LI [1 Not` the Young Baritons. -\ good egcrowd was present, attracted no ldowbt. by the novel means of ad- h; vertising used. A live jazz` band ml marched from Barrie to ;\1r1and'a1e at ,_i T p.n1. and served up 21 uliscellzmeous E pro.:1`zun of popular ``1nusic." ..... .. .....,.n.I\I.. 1\v~n.-`3v\'u' n nnonv, lakbcsred ve _\'ezLrs as a 111issiox1a:';-'= and a`.so` I r week. On Sunday last the death occu-rred of the infant daughvten` -of M1`. and Mrs. A. Asquith at. their home on Ct1.mbe1`1and St. She was just one week old and though e\'e1'_vthing pos- sible, including a. slight opemtioii. was done to pxolong her life, she 1 failed to rally. Interment took place ion Monday in the Barrie ['n`ion| . I I-I\I`-iI\'l'\I'l' thirty feet to the ground. Carmody had onl an instant to decide what to do. auging the line of (ii ht with all the skill of an oldtime aseball catcher, he braced himself to receive the full impact of the falling body. l Themanstruck squarelyonCarmody s . back with the result that instead of ` being killed he received only minor 7 injuries. Carmody was himself only sli htly hurt. nmcis Bartholomew Wood. cable slightly nun. Francis Bartholomew Wood, aplicer. was working on the top of a. pole at Ottawa, when a companion on another pole ei hty feet away, ` called to him that e was about to ' faint! `"'l`lru-nnr nnnv-coll nvnr Hun nnu- .\ very protable e\'e11i115.'.'s enter! tainment "2115 given on .\Ionda_\' night! at the re:.:11i21r'111eeIin_L_r 01' the Youn:.;' People's League 01 Burton .-\\`e. .\Iethodist church. .\11 interesting; talk, ililusnated by xnups, on the subject of the journey of the Israelivt-s was given by Mr. J. E. Morrison, pzincipal of West Ward .\[0rr'ison, pri1t'ci:paJ1 01' King Ge0r:.e school. A splendid reading was} <.:i\'en by Miss N. Uiller and solos byl Mr. .\I. Weider and Dr. Bizxkely. | ALLANDALE tamtz Throw_ yourself over the pension wu-e", shouted Wood, Moncef retm'11e ' If mu. Punln .. v. Ll|'l'llC'\;l UH | visiit with sweek Bryson s Xmas Cake, icing decor- ated. 45c per lb. C01-setiere for Spin-elln Corsets `fol Barrie and Allmldale A meeting Wiill be held in the { Orange Hall, C1'a.igva;1e, on Fridz-..y, Dec. 28, to complete organizartion o.t' the Shroud Co.1mnun=ity Band. All intevrested are asked to attend. Several studems attending the Ontario College or Pl1amnac_v were successful in passing the junior year exlam1i~na.ti0ns. .A\'mon g them were Miss Doris Robemson, Miss Ethl |C1'0ss1and and I"1'ed Morren. ld,i11I))el1|I. OI Lne UU1l1El' Oil. .v1uu ist Sunday School was held evening. An excellenvt program`. 1)1'ovided, while Santa Claus peiised good cheer to all his lowers. ""-*--* -" I The annual Christmas tree enter-\ tzLiume11nt. of the Collier SI. Meuhood- :..o a..nA.u- Q:-hnnl mam ho:-Id 1n..=`.t be there in a jiffy!" He was as good as his word. The sick man was unconscious and hanging limp across the wire, but Wood. no other help being available. was able single- handed to fasten a to e about him and to lower him 3 ely from his perilous perch. Then applying first aid, he soon brought his companion back to consciousness. Thu nfhnr nwnrda Innda-Vurnrn lnv . ___. This evening :1 banquet for all the short course pupils is being held in the Prince of Wales school. Azfter the suppeir a musical progmzimiie will be pm on. The Boys and Girls` Literary Society is in change of the p1'oceedings. -v DECK I0 COIISCIOUSIIBBS. The other awards madewere for deeds equally pralseworthy. They were chiey to operators who con- tinued at their switchboards in the face of advancing tire and ood. An handsomely engraved certicate. with a substantial present in the shape of silverware or gold timepiece ac- companied each award. A mum-her of auto accidemts have occured in the past week on account of the slippery condi'ti~on of nhe roads. On Su11day evening a. car slip-ped down the bank at Raikeks crossing and was badly wrecked. On Wed-nesdlzuy evening an auto` '~i'ound its wa`_v into a ditch near Crown Hill. Though the cars-in both cases were badly smashed, the occunpants were uninjured. 1 ~ To have a 1'1`-aictured skull and not lknow ii for three weeks was the uh"- luswal experience or R. 1VIack'ie, of 5'Toi'.onto, who pawticipated in Uhe 1 I` 5I'ug4b_\' ga,n1(-: between Upper Canada` ,i_Co1lege and B21`I`l`ie Collegiate on '.iThank. r_1`a_\', when .\Ior1e.v l1:Li\'ingsU0n was injured. During -I the game ;\Ia.ckie received a severe iblow, the .eiTeci. nil` which was 10' 0jte111porzu'ily daze him. T.he inju1v_\' I was not painful and he continued ! playing. Suibsequc-,nt1.y he `took pant; (~'i`\ turn I'nsrh\' nitended (:01-i As the municipal elections dvva.-w near there is considerable street talkl ms to who will constitute the 1924 Council. M-a.yor Little, H. ` G. Rolbentson and Du. L. J. Simpson are prom-inently mentioned as pmobabley candidsates for Mayor. For Reeve 0. .B. Patterson, Wan. Rus-k and W. A. Lowe have been mentioned. For De.puty-Reeves and Councillors there are u nunmlber of names, but nomina- tion night will tell. anted-Boarding places, light ousekeeping rooms and places to_ orvk for board. Phone 445. | * ! i 1 l 5 i playllig. u`~DSe([uenu,\' uu -mun punt; in two rugby games. attended col-i lege, and othevwiise acted n.s 3. per- fectly noun-al person. A series of Severn headaches wznmed `him thzrl something was wrong, and on ex- zmnination by a doctor the injury was discovered. Mackie is extremely fontunaxle. Such an injury when not attended iInI11(?(l'i`Z1Jt1_\' is usu>alIy folmved by a. funeral. HORSE l l{|C.\I(S LEG IN I".-\l.I. ON Sl.|l l Ia`RY RO.~\D\\':\Y i In the last, two 01' three d-a._\'s Ihie! slip-pe1'y condition of the I`Oa.dS has icnused :1 number or mino.i' accidents {to horses which have not been sharp gahod. On \\`ednesd'ay amernoon, ;howe.ver, a more serious one oc- IScan1~on fell while conning down |Bay-eld street M11 and broke one oi iis hind legs. .v\t`.te1' ineffec`tua1 ef- sforts had been made to get it on its [feet, the horse was shot. D0 S.\l.\l.l. "|`|1l?{(iS \Vl2`.l.l.," \\';\S 'I.`l`}.\"l` 01*` l?.E\'. .\lcEWl4}N I t E i Rev. VV. J. `VaU., Allandale, and ;Rev. J. 1\IwcE-wen, Hiilsdale, exc!mng- {ed puhpits last Suiiday. ` At the evening service Rev. McEAwen based his sermon on the theme that we ninst do smiall things well to zLcr'.mn- gpish higher things. Talaing` the gstnry of Moaman, the co\mmam1e1'- } in-chief of the Syrian army, and who i I was a leper, the sn0u.ke1' showed +`im.o whim N -.unmnn was m-mid and gwas 1 leper, IHU .suuu.1\e1' .suu\v::u {than while Numuan was proud and [great. he was willing, to do 3, seem- lingly small act to gain a great end. LOCALS The Northern Advance HUU` last turn 4- d is: 1701- (`H|{l.S'.T.\[.-\S HELD `AT Th e 111 e mt 11 girls on 1 0 nu-r Home Saturdays at 6 Char- lotte Street. 1;), p '1\wo buy 0? Dy L118 Jlllllul pupua. Comedy of Errors," by were given in splendid pants were well taken deal of enjoynnenvt deri by both the audience an themselves. The pri derland" Stewawt, A `Mm'ie1 M Ma.rjo1'ie Mina Mar LIIUIUEUIVCB. prizlclupals in "Alice in Won- were: Alisa; Z\I'z11'g;211`et Alice in Wonderland; .\'liss McA1'i.=e, lvlml H .\llss Creswicke. Ma1'c'l1 Huare; Miss Mlamaret Morris. Dormouse; Miss Hi-Ida Bacon, King of H'ea1'l~s; '.\liss C. M-orris, Queen 0!` I-Ieurls; L\`Ii`SS Ma;1'y l\1or1"Ls, Knave of I-Ieanbs; Miss Charlomte Craig. VV.hi'Le Razblbiwt. and Misses Gladys Leslie and Betty Creswicke, J umynnen. _ - ` . MERRY CHI-ICIST/WA8 5.. :0 v , ~ -yuuygu./zeuu:..a;:uz2.r..m:s.a.:|::mus.-2:::.-r.ur:.os:ur -.7.ur-..-a-.:;\r-,a.ur-.7.<;! 92:7-it W. J. Blair, of Pmovost, . \1It;(l.. has been chosen as leader of the Con- servaztive party in Alberta. Mr. Blair has had cons`1\der.a.b1e exper- ience in the business and political world. He was 9. clvlil engineer at Cobalt for seven years. then he went west, where he took up Ban-m-`mg and made a. success of it. In 1917 he was elected to the House of Com- lIlOI.|So `; 1.. ._-..-_.....`. UWU plugla, by the jun nn me warn W ' . ,"-{.2 TRY ONE OF THESE SUITS ON YOUR BOY *7:-V Easy Priced : $3.25, $3.50, $4.00 and $6.00. You should see those suits. They are great value. I All accounts due the Stroud Tele-I phone Company must be paid be.fm'e'. Dec. 31st. as the books will be closed after that date and put in` the aud~it01's' hands. . u- 0 vu,,,_,,____,_,_ MEN S TIES PUT UP IN XMAS BOXES Men s Silk and Knitted _Four-n- -l.a1.:.:.vvvu. Hand '. qaulit_\'. . 1)1-iced : 390, E 631 An `.he annual Christ` mt held by the O s on Wednesd-a_v proved a very d 0 plays, Alice in tho. inninr 'nnT Men s Silk Ties, }: ," 500, 750, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. in nice Xmas boxes, nice qual- ity. Easy ]_n'i(-ed: at 50c and 75c. Men s I-Iook-On Ties, black and (:0|01'0d, 11i(-0 patterns. I*3z1s' p1'i<-ed 50c. Men s Brushed Wool and Plain Knit Mufflers. 143213)` 1n-ices : ' $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 Men s Silk scarfs. Ni A4101-s. Special value : er) nn mo 05 :0 an SR9 75 3:3, nut junior v :1! 14`.v-vr [.-\S EX'l`I9R'l`:\lIV ()\'l*}NDl*}N .1. vvua. --. Ties,- 11'u-0 "I3 . ,. .- Christmas e11teI*ta'i11,- Ovenden College nesd-ay evening. Dec., decided success.` nice Wonder1\an`d." )1` `pupil-s. 'V\nd `.v-vnr: " hv Hap snninns. Good hard I11'Z1D1f:` at $30.00 perl M. Also fou1'-I`-oot maple in the! round at $15.00 per cord. If youl have only :1 small lot co-operate with your nei_:hbo1' and load a car at_ . your nea1`est station. When apply-[ ing state approxhuate estimate of} what you have. .-\.pp1y i ` G. w. L. Hicklingz. Box 1906, vB:u'rie. Phone 970\\'.E l\L`ll it`ll'u derived ce and th $2.00, $2.25, $2.50, $2.75 pun. HA .'l`:\ I NM l<}l\"'I` )l*}N l(,`:()L|4l(il 5. uuu y the se style. and a dun-.1! 6`.-1 nu u 511:` ed from the auto 1] 0 `I I 1s1`_\'10 : t of 1110111`. You .l1 like 11}:- quality of the fabric and the good \\'a_\' the suit is made. A. KIRKPATRICK: