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`out-JV |.-||\, UVALML ~VLAI-Altlllll UL UloX\llI`t'. Vllc `bus line over as a municipal pro- _...v 1\osi-ti_on,. cli>o11ating the service that shouhl be given. M-.r. Huxtable was prepa.1'ed to improve lis service to retain the sole license. In: 1 . Gas Vendors Must Pay $25 License ; New J itney VVants License. (my, dun. .'..a, u_ u. VA. 4.... ........._,._,._. bands, moon1i_2'ht.s, lucky spots. etc.? 15 amd 25 cents. i The auction sale at Roevcj Jewelry Store o`e-rs :1 rare oppor-i tuni-`._\' t.o buy from their high-gradei stock gt your own price. No rc~se1'\'.>. I`w~o sales daily, 3 p.m. and 8 p.~*.., for a few days only. A large represcn-tation of Simcon-I Council attended a meeting` at Mid-i land on Tuesday to discuss the ex-' tension of the Provincial Higiiiway in the County. The meeting endorsed 3 highway from Baa-rie, through Elmvsailc, to Penetang and Midland, ComingEvents ____ c<..4,...-. -. T-.. nn - _ (Continued on page ve) Eltbgyh` A jute Owinvgto the big increase in the assessment, Orillia town is seriously ,"considening' separating" from the County. Under the new equalization Onillia is assessed $6,629,567, the old assessment being $3,789,250. Last year OriI1i~z1 paid to the county $26,000 and it is expected that the amo-unt this year will be around $35,000. It is claimed that that the town does not get the benet it .~:hc`uhl, and the town council is busy at present getting infmmntion about `other towns in the Province that have separated from the counties. 1).......,. ..`._N I..'I.. :`_._n. ,, a 1 B:n'1'ie Initermediates demonsrt1'atc ,conclrusive.>1y here last niglit that they will be strong` conitcnders for the local g'i'ou.p -Li-tle by defeaxting the Camp Bordon team by (Sta 1. Bar- rie and Orillia are now tied for rsat plwcc with 4 wins and 1 decfeat each. Co-lilimgwood is night behind with 2 wins and 1 loss * rru I01 1 i vvullu sun: .I. uzao. Tzhe game, which was ratvher rag- _;'(:d in spots due to the sot ice, was watched by a Large crowd of fans, drawn by the good brand of hockey displayed by the locals in their last few games. The intemnediates started with little support and with very few optimists as to their proszpects. They went down to defeat in their first. game, but with a lot of pluck came back and won the next four. 'I`ho_\' are impmving steadily and are now c.ountn on by immy to win out in th e gro-up. D......:,. ..L.`..L".I A_._1__ :_ n I BARREE HES EVEN | CHANCE FEE TITLE ._}.V01. LXXIV. N0. 48. ! I `and had ..\'('.`S:2lOll di ` not show much in the way nvas kept bottled up in their end o-f . . . V ..- ,_,..,-\.,,. Barrie started early in the gum scored three goals before the first period ended. The next of _e;oo(l nockey. One goal was scored, leicl lifting in an easy one from rig.-;ht wing`. In the last ten min of the final stanza Barrie thc`rink by a. ve-man arttack, but broke away to score twice. The game ended in a hectic scramble with four aviators on the attack and two of the winged-B men serving: pena=lties. Keais was the only visitor to score in the last peniod. Reid scored on a pass from the corner by Powell, after the latter had sta.g'ed a spectacular lone rush. It was the p1'et.tiest; bit of combination work of the evening. The final tzuly was shoved in by Armstrong when Reid -passed the rubber from behind the not: into 21 mix-up in front. The seo1'ing* in the first period was done by Reid, Armstrong and Powell. \xr....n... ,.: _.M:..u .._ ,__a_: , uuvx, .:\.y:.-.ruu\.\| .lL\Jlll mu: \.uuuhLI:b. Bar1'io was hit just as hard as Orildia by the new equalization, the nmv z1sse.~\=.mex1t being $6,091,824 compared with $3,636,573 before The matter of separation is a big question and has been talked of in Barrie also. "I)<-W211 (E11111) ]:301'dv11 (3 to 1;; lilzwv Good C`l1a11<-(2 10 } \\'in ]L)i.s`1`1'i(-1`. u_y .u.\.su, :\L1ua'uLung, uuu I'r0WJ'l. Worthy of special mention was] the stellar game put up by Tuck in goail. He stopped many hot (liives and while the breaks were with him at time:<, he was very cool and effec- tive in the many scrambles around the nets. Reid turned in :1 ne frame, scoring three goals and back- checking consistently. Annstrong and Powell also featured. Vair, on the relief, took many hard bumps and checked well. Ha" _, was one of the fnstrist men 071 the ice and plziywl :1 hard ;:a.me for the losers. `l)......:A IV, 1 In 1 u n ~- ORILLIA IS `CONSIDERING SEPARATING FROM COUNTY I .....\..., - vvI\.AA uuu nuznu, .3`u`u:n, 1Jl'U'\Vll jzmul Vail`. '21 `) M e -- on L c awe ; C m, B0 1 n G 1, `VI F n 1 (Ir.-foncv, Hzu'din_;' and V:1nV1iet; centre, Can`-I~Iz11'-1'is; Wing's. Donley rand Hunut; subs, Keais and Work- rn n n i Rev. R. M. Hanna of Elmvale has `given notice that he has accpted the cadvl from Thornbury and M6.'f0I`d. He wilil be inducted about Febnuary 18th, accodring to the provisional ar- rangeanmta made at the Presbytery . l.. vb .....,~'|- _. .. .. Au.|A\| ,.;uu<: IUL Bzu`1'ie---Goznl, Tuck; < men and I\'or,Io_v; centre, \vin;2':=, Powell and Reid; 5 `,,,1 x7,,:,, h-fvrur----H:u`ohl Mdtchc-ll. ACCEPTS CALL . . y . . u . .u.\.yu.b. C. D. HL1`bb21l'(l spoke to the peti-5 himself and other tion siganetl by gasolin-e ven(lo>1~s of the town, asking that the $25 tax \_scinde(l. The vendors with their pumps on the main street, he . _ not supply 25 per cent. of the tiown (lemaml. The big` sellers (lid not pay " cent on their pumps. was uinfa.i.r of the town to put such a tax on the pumps after lmving given licenses to the owners. T.he harclware merclmnts and gm~ag;e men ".)pai(l large busine&= `.z1.\'es on rentals. I A1,! T......... ....!.I LL..J. 41., I-.,_ on pumps be re-' i It` _., nun uuc . and ' defence, Si-. -, ArnLs't.ron.g'; sfubs, Brown I Walter Cooper, a negro fromi Colrlingrwood, was found guilty in the County Court on Monday 01' committing acts of g'ro.ss indecency} towards Earl Wilson, a colored bo_v,i 17 years of age. Judge Vance, who} heard the case in ca.me.ra, remanded` Cooper bill Saturday for jutlgment. Cooper es`ta.b`lished a strong` alibi, -but the last witness called in his de- fence, a negro also, who had gone back on the Crown, clinched the case! ,1'or the prosecution. A furtlier clmrge of a similar nature was laid a_;'aiin-st Cooper from evidence ad- duced ut the trial on Monday. It will be l102l)'(l on Feb. 23rd. I Church Property Commission ` Considers Property Disputes} In the presence of a packed Court` House the Onfcaliiio Ch-urch Property" Cmnmissi-on sail: in Barrie on Fridsa.-yl: and considered the property dispulfes at Wyevaile, Guathrie, Stroud, Nico- ` ston, Allisnton and Bond Head.` Juchgmenft was reserved in the nnon-l conecuzwe-nts applxicu-tioms for a. new! vote at Wyevale, or joint u1=age of! the Guthrie United church, for the` ownership of the United church ati Stroud and Kn-ox church, A1'1iston.` In all these judgrneqit will be given! on Friday or Sa.1;L1rday in Toronto. r1V1_,_ rV.\-._,.._..:..e..._.. _.._._.. ._.._._..-.,,1 -1 With the President s side in the - lead by 19 points, with 21 single game to play, in the annual Presi- dent-Vice-President games of the Bar- rie Curling Glwb, W. Turner, the losing vice, tendered the club a ban- quet in the We|11ingxton Hotel on Tuesday nwght. About ty cunlers attended the meeting`, which was presided over by the President, Dr. W. A. Lewsi. Speeches were given by A. Brownrlee, A. Hay and J. -Gx. Scott. E. Cod-ling` pleased with 21] song and W. Craig` rendered a hum- orous readngx. The loser. Mr."Tunn- er, capped the af fa.ir with 21 story. { NEGRO FOUND GUILTY ON A I SERIOUS CRIMINAL CHARGE! .,.. -..\..._, ........ \..._, M,..,.....,. The Co-mmissio-n was composed of I John D. Falconubridwgc, K.C., of To- r-outo (cI1air1~man); Wm. H. Ward-- rope, I{.C., of Hamilton, and R. S.` Ca.sasoJs, K.C., of Toronto. Counsel we-re Norman M-acclonnell of liinwgs-I ton for the co~nt.inuin_L,-,' P1'e.`~:`bytc1'izn1 ohm'oh s. i11te1`eI.9t.3, and G. W. Mason and A. VV-hite'h0a.(I of '1`-oronto forl the United churoh s cause. i 7 .1 `H u v mu. uu-ux,-.4 unnunullo puuau. | In the Wyevale case the non-con-I currenrts proltested irregularities in the vote, and asked the Cmunissioni to declare the result of the vote, or} 1to reco~mmen(l that :1 new vote bel taken. The charge had entered in-1 to a compenvaative scheme wit31 the` Methodists in M18. The two com- lmunieant robls had been kept sep- urwtely in a s i.ng'le book. There were 54 Presbyterian members on the roll and 31 1\'Ie'bhod`ists. When the vote was taken the 1\Iethodisbs were al- lowed to vote on the question, and 1:15 a result the anti-unionists re- 'fr2Lined from vovtinug, c1Ia.'iming that' I the whole proceedure was ilegal. The vote was 51 to 0 in favor of Evidence was given by Mr. `G. H. Murdock, representative elder of the cong'reg`aition and poll clerk in the vetting`, t.h21t 54 Presbyterians were eligible to vote. Of these, 28 had voted in favor of union. Of the re- maining 26, ve persons who were ng'ain;~1t union could not have voted because of absence or l:l`lIlOSS. 1 .\`ou'nm:n Richie, called on behalf `of the applicants, told of_a. pe-tiion sig.-`ned by 28 Presbyt.erian.s :Lskin::' that :1 vote be taken. These had all been :1;ra'i~ns1t union, but some had been influenced in favor of union Inter, presaumably by Rev. Mc.Don-ald, who had followed up those who took the pert;irtio.n around to the people. The xvitness had not voted because he though-t the vote wasililegal, and that he would be a(lmi otinrp: its legal- ity if he (lid so. Cross-exmninecl, the witness admittml that two of those who had signed the petition for a. vote had la-berr avsked that their rnames be wi:t.h.dra.wn. Mir. John. Smirth gave evidernce -thiat he had not vdted for reasons similartolir. LOSING VICE-PRESIDENT I BANQUETS FELLOW CURLERS 1, Owing to a. `lengthy discussion in" :"~ aommi-ttee of the whole as to whether the town by-lxaw taxiing each gaso- line pump on to-wn property $25 a year should be rescinded or not, and whehhier a license should be given F. Banunex`-man to operate an addi- tional jitncy between Barrie and Afl1n an(l'a;le, it` was barely an hour of midnigiht when the town coruneil ad- journed on Monday n-igvht. No (Le- cision was made 1'eg'a1' the ;_=;1'znn"t- ` _ in~_g' of an zu1.r1.i`tionial jivtney license, `i but the petition for the rescindin-g of the by-law -taxing; the gasoline vemlors for their pumps was refused. My '1` D l _T......L-l.I,. .....-..- I 1.- .T1l(1g1n0n r Gi\'(`11 this \Vcek End 011 Disp11"r(>s at \Vye- vale, G11 r111'i0, Stroud and A111s`r011 ; Bond Head .\T0n-C011<-u1'1'0n1 s Get 5-Year Lease of CI11n'(:h `Barrie, Ontario, Thursday, January 121, 1926 .` , I Capt. and .VIrs. Johnson of Mm !SaI1v`ation Army and their talemed ifumicly, Bert, Gord%on and Evelyn,_ }re'1Ide.1'ed :1 ploasingr mulsicale in the` lsaalvation Army Citnclel last Thurs- `(I-ay nig'ht. The Citadel was pack0:L: The p1'~0g'1'a.mmc included two ins*..ru-, me;nta1 quzu'tobto;<, two piano duets by Gordon and Mrs. Johnson, a piano` `solo by Bert, nlialogjues by the fam- ily-, a comet duct by Bert and Mrs. Jo-lfmson, two vocal solos and two re- ciblatior1s by Capt . Johnson, 21 voczvl solo by Evelyn and a p,uitzu' selection by; Gordon. ! I Mr. Macd=o'nne1~1 argued that the `vote was invalid and that the Com- `I113-_";i;()!1 should order a new one. The Unrfdnitn would join in the recom- mendaltion were 'they not acfraid of i the outcome. A` I . Dhe Sailvation Army Oitadel was! crowded on Sunday even-ing for the! farewell sc~n'icr.s of Capt. an-I Mrs. Johnson and family, who left this (T-hursda-y) morr:i`ng' for Midland. Speeches were given by W. C. Hun- ter, Sgt. Major Goodyear, Y.P. Sgt.- Major Miles, Mrs. Dart and Mrs.-i Hirlehey. A111 spoke in the hvighestl terms of the work done by Capt. and Mrs. Johnson, who in their brief stay here have cleared up all the [debt `a/ctzxched to the Corps and spent over $300 in improving the Army quarters. Capt. and Mrs. Johnson both spoke farewell `mes-. sages. I `Chairman Falcon-bridge pointed Ioufc that the proper remedy of the anti-u.niom'sbs worwld have been to `vote, poll :1 big enough vote to carry ithe church out of union, exdlusive `of the Method-ists, and then com- pbain. As it was, the Presbyiterians `were in the unfortunate difficulrty that the Commission could only (le- clare the vote invznlid and recom- imoml a"n1othea'. They would s:tiJ`1 be Iin the same position .then. I 'l\l.n nn. . n . . . ~ A -..u,.,1 L... `.h`I'.. 1,r__..._ Mr. Mason sttarbed that it was ovi- (lentt that there was 3. v0.3; small ::.nti-unlon minority or they would have taken the course suggested by C-hzvirman Falconbridge. Ev-dently, however, they had seen there was no hope and had refrainerl from voting ._ .. 1..`..L. ........ ,... \ .....-.. . .L__ PLEASING MUSICALE PUT ON BY FAMILY OF FIVE` l Commnls-sioner C-assels held, how- ir.-ver, that the PresAbyteri4a.ms might Ihave divided differently had they alone been voting` on the question. [People always fe]-1 in line with a lbig: body of t`ha:t nature. It was na- tural and human for people to want {to join the cause that was sure of I...-........... - .......; 9.,-.m.u.. Iuucu. . N The case presemfcd by Mr. Mason [was that if all the 2vn1:i-union'is:ts had voted the result would still have been in favor of u-nion. l n .. -\,Au\|\IL-J J.UL Inlllill 1JLlllII}J-3 VVELD l\'.'J..Ll.`IL'K|- Mr. T. R. H-umtable appeared be- fore the co`u>nici:l and zLppea.led for protectio-n firorm competition. He was the o1'ig'i.nator of the local bus service. His app1ica,tioln in 1918 for protection in the form of a franchise had been refused. None of the op- position thrrz had come in had 'amounted to .:-,nythin;:. Most of his /`.comv petitors had tr-`ven service (llurinug; rush hour ! ,7 Ir. returns were good. M` ..{i......m had given the only decent competiton, but had quit andsold out to him. Mr. Hux- table said his was the only business in Barrie with no protection. Busi- ness men hado a wall $250 higth around them. As protection Mr.. Hruxtable asked the council to adopt the policy of the Leg;is1ature, which she elimin-ate rivalry and the break- ing of tr-Jfc rules w-itho-ut g'rz1n'ting; zmny concern a franchise, __e;ave only one man a license over a certain route. In giving that license the Government made the concern run on a sche(lule and bring: the service up to meet the demand. There was also t.he other solution of taking the ' ...`I ....... Hluuv Hun nun... nri .. .......... FAREWELL SERVXCE AT 5.A. TO CAPT. AND MRS. JOHNSON .,- .. ...... AK/p)\II.LL\a\(n .. ..... . -... would place this small minority in a pc-siffon to riisv.'=A,pt the commlmity far time to coma). It would retard th-.> cause of Cmi-'5 and wwlrl open up sore that would -take a long time I to heal. v .' -- u. u 11 I-n reply Mr. Macdonnell said that xis friemd had enlarged on the (lanp;c~1- of keeping the matter open. The community would not be (lis- rupfed, hm; would be entevtaim-:l b_V| a new campaign. Any litle r.{'r-r- ienco could be settler] happily after- |ward.~!. J udgrmont was 1'e~s=.-wed. 1 n -\v- 1 . u...._,....... In the nc-.\:~t cause, Nicol`sLon, the only point in the Cookstown, Fir:-`c I'3s;~v:1 ..ud Nicolsiton chhztrge to go i.n:o union, zvsked for its s"nare of n1aa1se in Cookstown. The p1'opo1'tion m which Nicolston had com1'ibutt:v(1 to the pu.I'c}un. of the mzmse in 1918 had been 27 per cam. Txhe p1-cseni indebtcdxntvss a_;`ainst `..hc- mamse was $520. 111 -u-.u- 4- In . u .,u._.,. -Wm. Ra0ibi<`n'S'O I1 of Toronto, who had built. the manse 12 yearrs 114:0, gave evidence that the contract price had been $2,000. Sdmce rbhen a furnace, waltenw-omks and burn had L--.` ....)_I_.) `I7. ....J:...._L.\.1 L'L...L. .... uuuun cu.mA\n.|. LAC uc-uuuovvs.u uuuv Gnu cording to present values the mnmse was woth /1*. $4,200. V .. .~-... -..-\ Lununnru vvuw\,.uvvau.... All u u uuvunl beem Jxiai. . He estngamlui Eat ac- {BARRIE TEACHERS mm B. M? EJBANQUET I `sax years, se1*v1'ng' 0 important commirttc< two years he has b Roads and Br.i(l=g'es. A ...\.....4 ALL ,. -...,...\.., ...... .1...uh-.;. Among others who are spoken of as Isikely to seek the Warden :s c`11a~Eu- |a.re Reeve J. H. Wibson -of Vespra, Reeve C. C. Beggr of Co`u1in=gwood, Reeve E. J. Lambont of Staynen`, [aml Reeve Ed. Dutton of Victoria | Harbor. A~fte~1' a lengthy, and, at times,` personal discussion of the matter in committee, the council by a vote of 8 to 7 tleiferred `who matter till the` next meeting. ; F` T\ I'_I.w11L....,l -....1.,. 4... L`... ....L: ' I Mr. A. J. Salrjeazn-t, the retiring ichairman of the Board of Education, was chcuiirrnan, and briey explained the nature of the g`aItherin~g'. This was an age of co-operaxtion and it was felt t1h:at by the teachers and the Board meeting thus in a social way they would be brroughrt inrto closer touch with one amother and under- stand each other better. Mr. Sar- jezmt paid hrigh tribute -to the teach- ers of Barrie schools, am! the citi- zens of the town hiad just reason to feel proud of theiir eicency and of their wonth in the community. To M-r. Fred Niarr, the efcieinxt secretary of the Board for the last 26 years, fell the honor of toast- maszter, a task which he very axbiy >'r\n1-"I\nv\\-\`n:] A494,... 41... ;,...~; 1.- L1... '........-.u.., u .u...-u nun.u Au. v\.n_v wuA_v pe1'formn`e(1. After the toast to the King`, `Dr. W. Ric`har(l`sm1 propose-d "the toast to our Co1m1?c1'y, in which he referred to the vast extent of Canada aml her resources, but the greautest asset was our boys and girls. Coupled \-with this toast were the names of H. J. Heath and J. S. Morrow. Mr. Heath in pamt re- ferred to the vast extent of our counntry. When we conrsider the ex- tent of some of the Europeam coun- tries and their polpulvation and power, Cam-ada could have a. popu- I-rn`!:`I\IV\ A-L` Ann nnn nnn .....,....1.\ ITIL- -I T1118 rst session of the 1926 County Council meeitis on Tuesday ynerdt. The rst; order of business will be tlhe election of a Ward-em, and there are i-seve-rwl a;swpi,nanIt.s. Reeve G. L. Davis of Essa has an- nounced that he wi1 1 be a eonltender. Reeve Davis has ennjoyefi the con- of the ratepayers of Essa for the last nine yeaizs and has been a inemsber of the County Co'u-nciil for serving` on" several of the commiutte-es. For the -lad; been chairman of I11 . ... ! A very plea-sant even-in-5: was spent by the teachers of Ban-io schools, a number of ex-teachers, aml fahe members of the Board of Etlucation and their wives and husbands on Friday evern`in\g last at a banquet in the hall of the American Hotel. Covers were laid for over one 11und`1`c_2`(.1 and a bounuti-fu.1 re.pa;s't was served. 11 . -.- N 01 p erf orvme (1. I LLA &...\.~.L L. 1.I\1vvL4 wtulnuuu wuuuu ucuvxz a yu'y`u' lamilorn of 400,000,000 people. The main thing, however, wa.s to hldld. high, lofty ideals and to innstil those icleals in the boys and girls of Can- cuda. Mr. Mourrow refe1'1'ed to some of the tlhinwgs that make our coun/ try great, the beauty and gvmndeuxr of our mou:nlt.a1in,s, our fernile p1'ai.1`.ies, our great 1-ivens, wthere hy~ duo is being; Llevelopod, our placid lakes, our vast mines, where everv known minenal is found, our tranquil forests, ourr bvaeing climate, and hzwdy pionee-rs. Canlacla possesses two of the meatost .t.11an'sIpo1~ba.tion systems in the world, and with a chzuin of lakes, t.'h1'o~u_2'h which the greyhounds of the ocean will soon be passiinw. These all make our coun- try _Q`1'eat, but our g'l`()Z1tC`.'s": assets are :he peaceful hormes, v.r`:1r_vre fond par- ents rem` their ch`?llren. I ICOUNTY :COUNClL MEETS ON 5 THURSDAY, JANUARY 26thi ` . ;1 loas2111`r E\'on1115.,' Spcnf at ` -r I - n n \Vln (`o-()pm'a1'1011 IS S1'1'<~.11g't'l1o11o(1. l;1e toast to the Ex-'I`cA21churs \v:1s p1-.opo:~'el by In`spo~ctor J. L. Garvin. There were three c]a.sses -of e.\ -teach- ers, he said. Ii1': th-ouse whose work was in'te1'1'upt.e by deah. Among: t}1-11$ clam the n`a.me`s of the late J. M. I-Iunrter, T. H. Redditrt and T. T. Younp: were mermioned. Second, t.h`o`se who were allowed to n-ish their Wonk armd were now enj(nying a w.eIIJ1-evamn;e(l rest. In this class the .._.__,._ .2 11,. A 11 ............. uu. um... Al-0 :.;u._v uwu Avxsao ;. Kin-Q; were mentioned. The third chass were those who left the pmfes- sion to become rbhe servants of man. 1:1,, A vr I 11- -I1 1- Q} 7 I Keep Saturday, Jan. 23, open for` sale of baking` and afternoon tea by the Ladies Aid of Collie-tr St. United ch urch . Victorian Order o;zv;;;;;; `H ad Very Successful Year v;A. 4.. All! uunu uAAo\) 1.1- liypornde-d to the `boast. Mr. 1r`...L'......l ........ Iona .. `Inc; a - '7' hair. fnuv) ll ........ .. ..... l..... .|.J.`\l`;31.IlL'Llu Unforturnzttely, owing to the dis- zgzrz-ea.ble wezrt-her, the avtitendanlce at the annual lncetinng` was I1`0`t as large a_s would o`t~herwise have been, but t.nwose who zutvtended were _g`reatly im- I)1'i`C\S(.`(1 willtllx the repolrts of the ycar`s, work presented. Dhe presi- dent, Mr. A. F. A. Mr-alcoumson, pre- s.'i(le(l and reviewed the _Vcar"s Wonk. Specia-1 t.rib'ute was paid to the lzulies of the town for the splevndlid work done, by which the organiza- /tion was able to carry on. Public liealvtli nursing` was absosutelly neces- sary now and it was the duty of the citizens to see that the poor get pro-v per care. The baby clinics and edu- cational work of the nurse a.-lone fully justied tihe exisntcunee of the or.g`aniza.tsion in Barrie. The nurse had (lone splendi-d work and more of the citizens should rtake an intere: in the V.O.N. work. The report of the treasurer, pre- sented by Mr. F. Hammontl, .show- ed tl1=a.t there was a balance on hand` at the first of the year of $62.00. Fees ctotlectetl by the murse amount- ed to $628.25, amid with membership fees of over $500.00, a cheque or- $180.00 from Ovenden Co~1l1eg'e, a cheque for $150.00 from the I.O.D.E., and $113.28 from a rum- age sale held by the liadie=s, togerther with :-1 grant of $300.00 from the town council, the year closed wrirhh a small ballance o-n hand. The treas- urer pointed out tli-at. only by stridt economy and generous drotnuartioms from Oveondaen Co1>Ie~g'e and the I.O.D.E. was it possible to nance the organ-ization. tn` .. .. !Rep0rts at `Annual Meeting I Prove Necessity for Such Wo1'I<. The report of Nurse Munro of the V.O.N., Barrie Branch., at the an- nvuzvl meeting; off that organization held on Mxomleay evening`, fully justi- evs the need 0-f a public heaxllh nurse in Barrie. A total of 3607 visits were mwde by the nurse dur- rI\nIg' the year. Of these 1862 were nursing Visits, 1092 chinlcl welfare, 144 pre-narhal, 160 social service, etc. During` the year 71 ohild wel- fare clinics were 110111, at whi-ch 553_ bu'bi`es were presenmt. Besides this, the nurse gave grorurp talks to moth- ers, atte-mled 48 co-mnexmewt cases and att;e.n(le all T.B. diagnostic c1inics in the RV. Hos.pi't~a1. TTnt`nubu..-...o..... ,.......... L- 4.1-- .I:_ Tuhe repolvt of the sec pre- sented by M. D. MJo1`rixson, showed- that the executive had been active, n1eehing`s being` hed every mnonsth, with the e.\:cerption of J uv1'y. The in- crea-sed interest and symparthy to. wards the work W -ELS notiicenablle. Re-A ference was made to the loss of two valued menmbevs du`1'in=g' the year, Mr. T. T. Young`, who was called to his xxewaml, and Mr. J. H. Wilson, who removed from town. h... A -r I`! I! an IAl\l A\'lA|r\I'V\./\( .u.v\uu uuvvu Rev. A. J. G. Cavscadden., presi- dent of the MiAni.s't.enira1 Association, spoke briey and conzgrarbuvaited the oicevs and executive on the splen- (hid mpoxvts and the nurse on the (Continued on page three) The acci-(lenhal explosion of an an- cent muzzle-loadiung shot gun last Sunday blew the elbow off nline~ year-old Lewis Robi-nson, son of Mn-. and Mrs. Oliffortl Robinson. The- boy was brought to the Royal Vic- tsoria Hospital, where it was found that the greater part of the bone in l the upper arm had been shot away. lVIi1:acwlo.usly the main nerve serv- ring the wrist and ngers was saved, and while the boy s elibow will never 1,- Ar an L2..- 1. ...H. ....-.m - BOY `HAS ELBOW `SHATTERED BY OLD MUZZLE /LOADER Don .t forget the play, Nothing .to Do, on F'xi(la_v night, Jan. 22, `in, Unbed church, Stroud, by the young} people of the church. If you can't laugh, don t come. Keep the date of Feb. 19 for mystery booth, sale of homemade baking and afternoon tea, 5.-'iven by the Ladies Aid of Bu1.`,on Ave. church in the school room at 3 pm. There never was and never will` be a betrter Carnivad in the Barrie rink than the one to be held on Fri-F day, Jam. 22, by K. of M.S. Reverse L-...I.. unnnnliuxvlafu In:-L-v cnnfc r-H` 5 M1`. and Mrs. Robinson, who live near COLWGH Si`alti0I'l, were spending the day with friends at 1\/Iidhunstl` M1`. Robinson had been cutting` wood in the bush and was in bhe habit of keeping` his old niuzzle-lo-21-.lc:1by him to shoot rabbits. He had` left it under a wood pile and on Sunday, fearing" a thaw while he was away, he had told his boys, Lew?s. and Russel, to bring it home. He ih- \ structed them to remove the caps `as. soon as they got the gun. Appar- ently the boys did so, but later got: into an argument and replaced`: them. After the accident, R1mseI,, aged 11, wth great presence of mind," ` summoned aid` and had his bmthni-3 I, ___,1; L .v n \aAL\| nun. mu. nu; a uuuuw wnu ucvul. be of use to him, he may regain the use of the hand. I _ '5'-nn_r.rh+ n .f.'hv Eu I hmniMY' iinmwlintelir; Eight Pages . .u mu '\. uu.u.u...~. -u.\l;.`, uu Acuuam. )l"" 2-: Ald. Jarvis said that the \'en who had installed their pumps after the -tax had been put; on had no rig`ht to ask that it be taken o". He was in favor oi discriminatin-f.-f be- tween ha.nLware merchan:t.s zmd others. ' lf'V _,,L,',,,, J ithy .S`erviceWf1nd `Gas I Discussed At Town Council }