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Action to Recover? '.Dismisseg_b_y Judge; UWH UUbl.B F`. A. Hammond appeared for the plaintiff and Harris and Keachie of Toronto for the defendants. I Juclge Vance dismiased an action; in the Suprome Court on Tu<>s(l21)', April 28, brought by Richard D1'n1',\' nf` n!Iv'v~io nxr-zinc! ("hnI`InQ T1 \TPnn11. On Monday night or early Tues- day morning some braixiless night marauder tlirow a stone and broke a. large plate glass in the winrlow of the Olympia Candy \Vox'l(s. The stone must have been ll1lll'lO(l with force, as it made a dent on the casing wihetre it struck and glanced up, breaking the lower part of the glass. Niszht \\'atclnnan Davis says it niwust have been (lone after one o'clock Tuesrlay morn-in.:. What the motive was for such a thing is hard `to say. Trays of chocolates in the window near the opening were not dlstux`-bed. The police have been working on the case, but so far their are no developments. DEATH OF BOY WAS DUE TO ACCIDENT] ~Ju1 y Attaches N 0 Blame To V ..Anyo11c for Death of Dave McDouga11. m..a'm <;L.~\s.'s"\\1x1)o\v OF omr.\u>m 1m0m:.\' ny sroxm V01. Lxxl. N0. 11. W. A. Lowe & Son have a full line of Staumon's Semni- I`nLmmed "Wall Paper. @bJe Nuratitb em Zmmmtm "the chips, declared twelve-year-o1d n:u.\t-: null 2!. clean 10[. Evidence concerning the building by-l'aw-vs was given by A. VV. Smith. There was nothing in the by-law re lat.in~g to the wrecking of a build- ing. Provision was made for the safety of pedestrians where a build- in.g'is being erected. In connection with the lane in which the unfor- tunate boy was crushed a search had been made .in the registry oice and it was found that the lane was private property. Taxes have been collected on these lanes and they are not recognized as public lanes. Allex. Cleland was recalled and said that his impression was that it was a. public lane. He had been told that when he was purchasing the property. "VVe had pelmniwion to pick up` (Comtinued on page four) Last Fniday was Boys Day at the K-iwanis Cltnb luncheon, and p1'uc- tically eVe1'_v nlentber present had a boy as guest. The speaker of the day was Mr. J. P. Ha.gern1:1n, of T0- ronto Central Y..\I.C.A., who is well known to 1112111) boys and older` people throughout the Province. While ms address was to the boys, there were many points of interest to every Kiwanian. His subject was In P-osirtion to Score, and vividly he pictured the playehs at a hockey gzmne getting into position to score. From this he drew the lesson that boys must get into position to score in the game of life. r:!..,.v:..._ -.c-._-._-_ -..-_ ...-J_ -Lw Feeling reference was made Iby the speaker to the passing out of the boy who was being hel.ped to get in position to score by the Ksiwanis Cluib. Thait boy was greatly priv- ileged, said Mr. Hageniiian. From reports he had heard while in town, the boy was responding and was heading in the right direction. The aims and ideals of Kiwanis is to serve and if that motive has taken hold of the men, and there was evi- dence that it had taken hold of the Kiixvanians of Barrie, then it will take hold of the boys. An ideal is a xed purpose by which you can steer your life," said Henry Van- Dyke, and that is what we want our` boys to have. It` the men will live up to Kiwanis ideals there is no fear for the boys. The boys will get the vision of the men. Put the` boys on their honor and see how? `this country will change. vnI.- .._.._1.A.. s...1`.._-:. A1,, 1,, The C.N.R. have started work on 1`ep1acing the eighty-vpound rails now in use by hund1`ed-(pound rails between Barrie and Hawwkestxone. ",, . nu ..-...~...... ........v .....u 4..LL|.vVu\\.>JL'\JAJ\.- Mr. A. B. Thomas has sold the cruising launch Edna, which has been in the past so popular with the _vIou11g people when EL picnic was planned. She has been purc`1zLsed by :1 pzu't.y in Huileybury and was shipped north on Wednesday. BOYSARE GUESTS AT ; [ KIWANIS LUNCHEON; S_p10ndidAdd1'eSs by J. I ]*[ug01'1na11 011 Problonls Of the Boy. Th e 51) eak er u..u,..,,\.. endorsed the boy scout move-.ment and commended it to the Kiwanis Club. The first and last law of the scout movement was that scouts must be clean in thought. in word and in deed. If our boys will take that as their _:.:nide we will have :1 new type of b0_\'s. It is E). _::reat p1'iv`i1ege for boys to have men as pals and the spirit of fel- lowship has an inuence that is far reaching. uul uueutle. The pmmptness and etciency of the Barrie Fire Depart.men:t is in- deed a crediyt and an asset to our, town. `ran... -...._-. A4. .1_. ..... --..,,......u.. .v. ..-.1 wuunx... S. M. Beach was members` and his prize went to A. G. km. J. B. Barr was booster boys and his prize went to John Lay. n.. 1-\_.2_a,__ -1-._,,.___,, II\ll . ._..._y. On Friday afternoon nearly all the members of the Kiwanis Club attended the funeral of Dave Mac- Dougnaall, who was one of the boys taken in charge by the club. Fred Otzton, who had been Kbwanian Daddy to the boy, speaks ln high- est terms of the response made by Dave, and his untimely end is keen- l-y felt by all members of the club. EALIt`L1La Dr. VV. C. Little stated that he was called about six o'clock, having been told -that a building had fallen on David .\IcDouga11. Exzunining him after he had been freed he found evidence of a f1'act:urer1 skull, this conclusion drawn from the bleeding roin `the nose, ears and mouth, and severe contusion of the chest. m1...+ I... 1....1 ..,.u.: u_- 1_._:u,u,_-, .,,,- In connection with the recent fire` at 66 Bayeld St., when the sur- noundinsg buziildings were th\rea-ten- ed, the work of the re brigade in conning the fire to the one build- ing has been appreciztted. The fol- lowing letter, which speaks for it- self, was received this week by Chief Shrwbs : Barrie Fire Department, Jas. Shrubsdie. Dear si1---In apptreciation of your very effective efforts in holding in check the re so close to us, we have much pleasure in sending you our cheque. Tho hr-nmmnfnnca and nFF.nnnnu- I\ `THE iS.>\LVATIO.\' .-\R.\lY The local corps has lzuinclicrl their Self-Denial Campaign, the objective being $1,000.00. It is hoped that the townspeople and citizens will come to our hebp as in previous years. m..- .._.__-.,c_ , .....J. The Salvation ,\Imn_v is doing a \vondo1't'11I work everywhere. It `.{i\'C`S cotlrage and hope to the out- cast and goes to t.he sinners in the street. It helps those who want to help then1. out of the slough of evil associamiolxs and wrong liv- ing. It helps those who are unable to hehp tlmmselves. It also pro- vides iI1SUJt1l>ti0I1S suitable for the needs of those requiring such help. These are nmnzmged with etciency and economy. Y-ou can also help others by denying younselr of some small thing dulring the campaign and giving it to the Salvation Army. :\ l'Pl{l<}(.` l'.~\ TED '01 K K OF BAR R-IE FIR-E {DE l .~\RT.\lE NT IVLl~ Youns very t:r.uly, The Ball Planing Mill Co., Ltd. .T T) DA!` any-2 Qnn _ I"v-an c uau rrauluxg A1111 `J0-, LID J. D. Rodgers, Sec.-T1'ea.s. > rxrp hv H19 r-huh Hum! booster . McLe1- ' for the y Master Finding Ed. Hollinger, proprietor of the Cdassic hot-3.1, guilty of hav- ing liquor in hiixs posse.ssion, Magis- trate Jeffs on Friday ned him $250 and costs, in all $264, and sentenced lrim to two n1ont.h.s' im- prisomniemt. Jannes Havenson, K.C., of Toronto, acting for Hollinger, has appealed the case and $2,000 cog- nizance has been giiven. The charge was laid by Prov. Constable Rich, under instructions from District In- spector Hughes. A...\-_.1:.... 4- L1... _.-.-_1-____ _c 1-.:._ l.'lll'.`3|,- That he had sold the building two weeks before the accident occurred to Chas. W. Robinson, but ux-etained the land, was the statement of Alex. Cleland, owner of the property 011 which the tragedy occurred. The building was of frame construction, he stated, two storeys in height. The a.gI`eeen1ent was that Robinson would take away the building and leave him a clean lot. T4`:-{Hanan nnnn.-\...-.:...-.. at... I....:v,::.... _.,..v..-. --...,:,..-.... According to the evidence of Dis- triot Inspec.t'o1' Hughesp he, with Prov. Const.va.b1e Rtich and Gardner, raided the Classic hotel wbout 9.20 We.dnesdzL_v evening, April 16. As they a.pp1`oached the door someone was looking out of the window, but nothing nrore was seen of him. He entered mhe bar, while Rich and Gardner went down into the cellar.` .~'\s he was going in behind the bar I-Io`11in.:er gxwbbed 11. bottle from unrlnl-no.-1H1 lha nn:1nfnv- and no uuLv.:n!:u `mu: uul, wuuu ruuu uuu went underneath the counter and as Htiglies tried to catch him he t_hrew the bottle over the bar, where it smashed on the oor. Rich and G-a1'dner, hearing the crash, hurried upstairs. All three smelt and tasted the uid on the oor and agreed that it was liquor. Hughes held a llighted match to the uid and a blue flzmne was noticed. \V:tness judged that the bottle would have been about halt 1'-ull ot` l-iquior. He took 21 small qua.ntit_\' of the liquor and had it tested at Knox Collegeg, To- ronto, where it was found to contain '. 1.70] nu-ru-.0 nun .-itn (`1nu.o:v.n.~n An.-2;)/o p1uuL ap1|LL5. L;uuvL1uuu1g the Search ve glasses sn1el1:in:.7, stx`ongl~_\ of liquor were found sit`t~i`n`g upside down on 21 shelf behind the bar. No liquor was found in mhe cellar, but some wine was located in -the kitchen. /`I ... -.~.. .... {Two MONTHS, $250, , FOR BREACH 0.T.A.; Of`fi(-mrs Found Liquor In Classic Hotel ;- Case Appealed. C`onsta.b1es Rich and Gardner cor- n kn~ \`lI\`lC ll. VVUQ IUUIIU lU UUll`Lil.lLl proof spirits. Conltinuing nrnh vn srlnezznq mnnzino Barrie, `Ontario, Thursday, May 1-,` !1924 utu auuress on "L118 '1'111`ee mums." Taking his text from King I., 8-57-60, The Lord Our God `be with us as He was with our fathers. . .. That all the people of the eartlh may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else, the speaker re- ` ferred to Oddifellowsliip, not as `:1 sub- stitute for the Cln-istian church. but rather an oul.g:,rowth of the church. In every phase of its ritual and be-- liefs its carries the high idealism of the Christian church into practtice. While the roots oi` the W01'1d Odd- fellowship disva-ppears in the depths of an'tiquit_v, Oddfellowslrip in Ainerica. dates back to the year 1819. High ideals and an endeavor to serve, protect and care for the needy and the orphans has always chatracterized niemmers of the Order. 'T`h1: fhvnn Hnlsn .~ Inn .-.-nxknv Ar cuuIuL'Lu1'1zL`ll l1l(`lllll)(`I`S Ol H10 UI`(1E, l`. The three links is the s_v1nl)ol of the Order. Its inner n1eanin5.; is the gt'o\vi1ig Clli1I`L0tGl` and tl1e outer nieaiiing that which binds together. As link is joined to link, so in- dividuals are lnrouglrt togetlier for common service. Friendsliip, Love and Truth are the guilding stars, so the ideals are high. In the lI1lilll'1t0l`_\' degree there is that which calls forth the knowledge of God. The Lord God be with us as He was with ur fathers, is our prayer, thus king the past and the present to- her. We are dependent on the .1, and we should recognize the v"ta.ge that has been handed down us. We.co1ild not be what we wiithout our forefathers, and we if-y the men who sacriced that might make greater progress. S is the first link`, The plaintiff sought to prove that the property was increased in value by reason of the amount he had ex- pended on it and that his claim therefore should take preference -over that of the mortgagors. The defendants, on the other hand. claimed that the property was not 'benetted to any extent and than their claim took precedence. The case was dismissed. each to pay his i own costs. 1.` A Tlrurnvnnnal nnnnnwnzl (nu Okn The 105th anniversary of the founding of the Independent Order of Odd-fellows was btingly observed by Barrie Lodge No. 63 and Beaver Rebekah Lodge No. 190 on Sunday eveniinig, when they attended divine service at Collier S't. .\Iethod>ist church. The nienlibers of both lodges turned out in large nuinibers and they were an-guiemted by visit- ing brethren froni .-\lIiist.on, Geeks- Lown and other points. Headed by the B.C.I. band, the Ocldfellows and Rebekahs marched from the Temple to the Collliier St. church, where Rev. H. E. Wellwood gave a splen- did address on The Three Links. Tnlriinn him` fn\-+ Fnnnn Ifinnr T ui5uL Luwiu: :._I`ii.L;`l` pl'Uf, l'BSS. the first link. he second link represents sue- 'on. Every generation is linked ether, and to every man and eration is given a limited work d limited time in which to per- 111 that work. Our days work is ort---what will our record show ? e must be better than our fathers o be as good as our fathers. We hzwe their experience to build on. Progress is the safe foundation and succession should always speltl pro- gress. Life was made for efont, and progress means problems. Pro- Eress is e\0luii0n and change, but it makes for better men and women. An increasing purpose ever runs thron_;l1 life, ur5.;in.: us on to 21 full- `(`I`,2ll'1(i more complete conception `of life's purpose. 1'nH\' ie thn Hxivnl Hui: \T'n nun UL 1-1165 j_)Ll1 pUU. l nity is the third link. We are (lehtors to our fatliers but we must work for those who come after us. thus linlcing the past, the. present and the future. It is not sufciont thalt. we live for ourselves, but rather for our fellowmen. Odd- fellowship is a world-wide brother- hood. A hundred and live _\'e-ars ago it startotl with ve mevmrbers. To- [lily there are over 3,000,()00 mem- bers, scattered :1.ll over the world, `with the ideal ot'ser\'ice ever before tlmm, and i ineuns of l)ringi115.: the messa.ze of h1m1z1nit_\' to the lives and liearts of millions. It is well to re:`.li7.e. lio\\"over, that the high ideals of Oddtellowship emin- ates from the Clinistian church, the mother of all t'rzuternities. and no Inns-1 nan kn n 1nn v\r\i! nn.-.6 -unuvx |0ddfe]1o\\'s and Rebekahs Observe AnniVe1'sa1'y Of Order. UIULJIUI U1 ill] ll'1lAH:`I`Illll`. S, EUIU. llU man can be a 100 per cent. mem- hpr without being a member of the Chnistian church. We must not ex- clude G-od. Too often we live at the back of our soul house, so far away from the door thzut we do not hear Christ at the front door. There is [L tendt-may to get away from the word of God and to exclude Christ from our soul house. Lt is only by taking Christ into our lsives that we can accom.p1is'h our purpose in life. Qannnizfl Inncin rnnrlnrnrl Wu H-In }l.0.0.F. SERVICE AT . COLLIER ST. CHURCH; |Jd.ll iLUUUUl._|_J1lBll ULll' 1lul7[JUL`. Ill JLLC. Special music rendered by the choir under the direction. of Percy Hoadley was much appreciated. After the sefv-ice the Oddfeiiovws and Rebel:-abs marched back to the lodge rooms, where :1 vote of thanks was tendered to Rev. H. E. Wenilwood for the able address given. J. F. McLean, of Aliliston, the newly ap- pointed D.D.G.~.\I. For this district, was present and coxnipliinienated the Barrie lodges for the fine turnout. A vote of thixnks was also tendered .\Tr. Sylvester and members of the B.C.I. band for their assistance. A (`-OR-RE(`v I`IO`.\' In last week's issue :1 slight error crept in in the report of the acci- dont no Herbert Cznrley. It was stated thmt Jack Vail` was driving the truck that struck the child. Smce then it has been learned that the truck wa.s diriven by another per- son, Gerald Green. The imformaltion should have stated that Mr. Van` was the owner of the truck and in it at the time of the aloolden-t, but that it was driven -by Gerald Green. I The rst will ever led and proved in Simcoe County was the will of George A. Darlmnan, a negro, accorddnlg to the records kept in the Registry Oice. Darlmnan, who was well named, lived in Oro, and in his will beqiieastlied his property, con- sisting of lot 15, concession 2, Oro, to his wife and two sons, who were to hold it join~tl~y. The will, which was written in 1841 and duly wit- nessed, was proved befvore Senator Glowan. George Love was the regis- trar at that time. Thou.gh the paper is faded and yellow in appearance and the` ink also sligvhitly dimuned, it is still clearly visible, the writing being in a large owing hand. As he was unable to write, Darkinan made his marl: beside his signature. Full Houses G-root Local A1'tis rs, and E\'c1'_\'0110 Satised. Anfter delainberaiting for fort min- utes the cox'oner's jury imrpanelled to inquire into the death of David MrcDovuga1l decided yesterd`a._v after- noon (Wevdnesdaiy) that he had come to his death by an accident and that no blame was a,ttached to anyone in connection with it. Thn nrlinn rnnrl . I-rm... n....:.: The Kiwanis Club of Barrie put it over big on 'Dhursday and Friday evenings last when the Minstrel Serenade and Musical Comedy staged under the direction or Doc Curb- tree" drew lull houses. The enter- tainment was conceded by all who heard it to be a real treat and only favorable comments are heard. The Kiwtanis Club, and particularly the Entervtaintmen-t Connnittee, of which G. Oliver Cameron is chairnian, are to be congratulated on the success of the performance. The Minstrel Serenade, Act I., opened with a gorgeous .st.age set- ting in Melodyland, with G. Oliver Cameron as King, vwit.h his txides, Court Jesters, Court Balladisats and Court Serenaders. New and catchy songs were sting and witty sayings by the jes-ters kept `things lively. Bill Hayes, Arthur Wildtulall, Lawr- ence Reeve, Jack Monlmran, Jack Cooper, Bill Cnasig, Glen Slesser, Walter Cooper, Cliff Brown, George l*`ricker, Harry Barron, Mat. Lowrie and Ernie Ryan all contributed songs. The entire company of thirty male voices gave several choruses, which were much ap- preciated. 'T`.hn eannnrl nrlf urn: 0: n-nna|'n-:1 PAUL COUREOR IS (OVl.'}RX()ll B;\NTING'S FIRST GUEST \ Paul Coureor. hailing frmn Mon- treal, will not t1"a.-mp the high-wa_ws, like the couriens of old, for another 30 days at least, that being; the sen- tence for vag1'anc)' he received at the hands of l\Iz1g'Lst1`21-te Jeffs in the police court on Wednesday xnm'n- ing. Coureor enjoys the dislinciion of being Governnor Ban`ting s first guest since he has taken up the duties of jail governor. KIWANIS MINSTREL { % snow BIG success; [IL v:uLu.u:\A. The second act. was a musical comedy, .-\1uice, Where Ant 'I`hou, a cleverly built combination of song, (lance and comedy. Among the p1"in- cipal characters were Miss Mabel Chee.=,.man. Miss Guida Burton, Miss kit Kennedy, Mart. Lowrie, Jack Cooper, Cliff. Graham and H. '\Vm`d- Innn "Who cn(Yn enlnrr nu.-1 nan-_ man. The stage setting and per- formance was all that. could be de- sired. .\I`a1'ga1'et Meeking, Vary Frederick, I\Im'ga1`ot, Coul`ter and Isabel McLean as frirtation girls did their parts well. There was also a chorus of wildovwel` girls t'11zpt udd- `ed to the setting. t\JUUL)l1l, \al`ll1. \Jld.llil|ll ztuu 11. \Vil1'U' The music for tthe pert"o1`mauce was 4i\'(->u by :1 local orchesrtra, with .\h'. I la1'd_v at the piano, and was all that could be desired. The produc- gtion was st.zL:.:0(1 and equipped by Harrington _-'\da.ms (Inc.) of Fos- torla. Ohio, with Prof. W. 13. Leon- ard in c.l1ta1'ge. The pro:-eds will be used by tnhe l\"iwa.nis Club for the benet of ttndevpvivileged children` in and around Bm'1"ie. ` London, Aipuil 30.---D~r. W. E. Gallie, of Toronto, to-daiy delivered the first of -the series of I-Ilunterian lecttures beore the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. The sub- ject of the lectures 2s The Use of Living Sutlures. In the majority of operrati-ons, Dr. Gxallie smid, the sur- geon uses catgut or silk thread in sewing the timues together. In many cases, however. of wounds of tendons and ligaments, and of `lange hernias. these ma.ter1a.ts are unsatis- factory as they fail to hold the tis- sues together perm.-.uent1y. This difIicu has been overcome by sub- stituting for catgut and silk, st.it.ch~ es made at the time of the operation from the patient himselt`. These stitches have all the aclvalitages of catxgut and silk with the adtluitional one. that they continue to live ex- actly as before the operation. \Vhere gaps in tendons or ligamexits must be bridtgecl, or where the openings of large hernias must he closed. the stitches of living tissue are woven mnrnaa flan n-an nu in I-hn Any-nu'nn AF NEGRO FILED FIRST \\"ILL TO BE PROVED IN SIMCOE hlLIl:HL`.\ U1 1l\'Hl_L`. ll-`blll: ilI'B \\"U\'(:`Il across the gap as in the darning of a stocking. In this way the open- ings can be closeo peunxranently by strong living material. The method is of the greatest value in the cure of lange hetrmims, particularly those that have recurred aster a `previous ovpemtion, and of any hernia occur- ring at or after middle life. R. U :19. G.-\LLIlC Dl'}l.I\'l*`.RS FIRST H['N'I`ERL\N Ll*}C I.`['RE| u11'_yU11u 111 (:U1111e(:l10n Wltn it. The nding read: That David l\I`cDoug-all came to his death by an accident by the falling of part of a building at 66 Bayelid St. while being wrecked on mpri-1 23, and no blame i.s amachod to airyone. We would recommend that the Town -Council amend the present building by~laws to govern the w1'eclain7g of buildings and that all wrecking be {lone under the supervision of a town oicial. We would also call the attention of Council to build- ings which are now dangerous to the pmblic and which sh.ouv1d be -wrecked or put into repair. The jury reaching this decision was: Jas. Dotligall, chairni-an; E. S. Lally, L. I. Vair, Gilbert Vvebb, \V. H. Stone, Charles Lowe, R. L. Jay, E`. \\'ise'n1an and H. E. .\IcCuIlouvgh. Nine witnesses gave evidence. Chief Case. called first, _::z1\'e evi- dence to locate the scene of the ac- nirlnnf AMATEUR ATHLETE? E ASSOCIATION HERE . At a well attended and representa.- tive ga.therinlg of the business and plnofessional men of Barrie on Wed- nesd-ay evening it was decided to organize an Aamateur Athletic As- sociation. The object of the organ- ization is to have all the various . lines of sport controlled by one executive. While each body will have its own otcers and direct its own activities, the one executive will have general supcrvisioii and con- trol all expenditures. } \ Upwards of one hundred gathered at a banquet in the Oddvf'e1low s din- ing hall on Vvednesday evening as the result of the activities of a com- mittee appointed a few weeks ago. when a metinig was called to discuss SDC)'etiI1`g activities for -the stmmier. It was felt that something should be done to encourage and direct the younger boys along the lines of good clean sport. The business and pro- fessional men responded and show- ed by their presence am: enthusiasm that they are behind the sporting movement. 7T`n nnn q- 1111` tlun __4v'n\-`Ar. AB -ll... u.ppuuLu:u ; President, G-. F. Doyle; lrst Vice- President. Dr. L. J. Simpson; 2nd Vice-President, E. Shear; Secretary, J. D. :\Li1ne; Asst. Secx`etar_v, F. Goodfellyow; Treasurer, A. F. A. Malcomson; Executive Committee. C. E. VVi11ows, DELMOH Wlxite, E. J. B_v1`11e, VV. N. Duff, D. J. Reburn. "I"h::o nfr-nu-2 u'ou`n t:nTnr-fad hv 9 Djlllb, \/V. LV. JJLlll, JJ. J. ILUUUIH. These ofcers were selected by a nominatinug cmmnittee consisting of W. C. \Va11s, G. O. 0a,n1eron, E. J. Byrne, E. Shem`, G. D. Hubbard, and a.pp1'o\'ed by all present. hr ,Tn:n1p: T. T-Tu1sr'hp.r: nf "|`.n1`nnfn, uuu ':LIp[)l'U\'ULl U) 21.11 [)l`Es3\:'llL. Dr. Jraxmes L. Hngl1es. of 'I`oronto, who was 51::-Iv,-rl as the speaker of the evening, was unable to be pres- ent. The colmllimee were not noti- ed until too late to make any other arrangements. Tn hie n:nnn-Inn` rnmnrlrs hr 'Ltl1 i.LLl.5UUJUJ..|.l.?J. In his opening remarks, Dr. Simpson, cliaiinnziii, stated that the banquet had been arranged to bring the men of the town together to dis- cuss sport and give i.t an impetus. to get the men behind the teams that represent. the town. ha,-st year Barrie won the r:h-annppioniship of the South Simcoe Baseball League. While some of the towns around Barrie might laugh at a team win- ning the South Siuncoe Lezugue, he atssured them that a. teann must `play- real ball to come out on top in the local circuit. lrll\1'l\I' r`wvtn:n- nnnn--nOn`|nOn:l F` `[3 O1'ga11izatio11 to C`-onh'01 All Sports ; G. F. Doyle Is Presiclcnt. lllUVCUlC1ll,- To earn out the x-rishes of the meeting Lhe 1`o11`owing o1ce1`s were appointed : `Du-cmian+ ('1. 1.` T'\nv`ln- 1c+ \7n'u-n- lUUi:I.l L'l-ICUIL. Muayor Craig congratulated G. F. Doyle on the endezwors he has put Eonth in fostering sport since he has come to town. We are very for- tunate in hvaving .\Ir. Doyele talcve the initiative in developing spent in our town. the speaker remarked. T`hn nnnwrrninn H1-xf hon Hnnn An- LUWH, L111`! Sptfdliel` l`dlH'clI li8U. The committee that has been en- deaxering to put sport on a sound basis feel that their efforts are be- /ru,__4s_.,.,s ,,, __, ,- . L`. \\ l:C`|H'd.ll uuu .~ cident. T\u- TTY (1 `I :aL`l,. The regular `meeting of the \\'.C.T.U. will `be held on Monday. ;\I=a,\' 5, at 3.30 pum., at the home of Miss King, Poyntz St. n,_ _ , __ .. _,, ,.- 1-. u _.. .....,,, -_...D, -v_....... ..... The a11nive1`sz11`y services of C01- lier St. Alewlhodist churcli will be held next Sunday, May 4. Rev. E. C1`0ssle_vIIun`ter, B.A., of North Bay, will preacll at 11 11.111. and 7 pmi. Special sermons. The choir, assisted by the ;\IezLl`on`d Male Quar- tetle, will render some very clmice music at both mo1'nin:.; and evening m'vir\AI:, The annual commencement of the Barrie Collegiate will be held on Satiili-day night, May 3. and Momlay, nsight, May 5, when the students will present She1'idan's play, "The Rivzrl-s, a. comedy of the 'period 1800 AD. There are eight scenes and those taking part lmve been pract=icin_z; for some time. Judging from the may tickets are selling there will be 21. mil house both nights. Scholarships won during tl1e`pas;t year and meda.ls for the winners in the recent oratorical con- tests will be presented. also the field day pnizes. The proceeds will go to- wards the Collegiate-band. which is making such a. line showing, \V. :1. BOYS l`Rl`}SE.\"1`S \I ET1'l.`ION1 On Monday in the House of Coau- mons VV. A. Boys presented a peti- tion from 163 depositors of the Home Bank in the town of Ailiston, asking for indeinnication for their losses. He also presented pebitions rom meunbers of St. Paul's church, Vic- toria Harbor; from memibers `of the Presb_V1teria,n church, C01diw>a'ter, and from `m-amxbers of the Pres by`.terJ.an chunmli, Orillia, against the passing of the bin to incorporate the United Church and asking for the safe- giuamdninig of those opposed 1'0 the provisions of the bill. wurua uue uoueg=1ate~ba.nd. W1 making fine showing. .-\N.\'UAL (0.\l.`-lE.\'(":E.\lFu\"I` OF` BARRIF} COLLIEGIATE Announcements ., A\1h ...w.. .......v. \.......u Iunv (Continued on page four) .'\4})lll .20, Ul'Ul.l5llL U_\ j.\.lL'll'zLl'U .lJl'lll.\ of Bzxrrie i1_`.'. Z1iI]ST. Charles H. .\IcD0n- ald of Innisiil under the )Iechz1nics`} and \\'zLge Earners Lien Act for $528.29 for mzuerial supplied and w,o1'k done by the plaintiff before November 20, 1923. . n . 7,: -n :7 Eight Pages .uuv\....u\_. ..V, J.u-n(1- A. G. .\1'da_::h, John 13. Harris, "I`o1'on:t.o; XV. Harris & 00., Ltd.. To- ronto; John Deer .\I`f_<.:. 00., Ltd., Welland, and Business Prin`Lin_: Co., Toronto, were also de1'endax1Ls, hold- `mg mort:.rages on the propelrty own- ed by C. H. .\IcDona1d. nn._ ..1..:._.:n- ,......_\..s A- .......... A|...A