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There are many and varied types of assurance and insurance. A savings account assures the depositor of an active reserve that can be had on instant demand in an emergency. A savings account assures nancial stability and security against market risks. Open a savings account with this Bank and benet from the assurance such an account will give you. THE CANADIAN BANK A OF COMMERCE mmssumwca or v w;v.uLuJ. a nun mile 01 the Day and;- he cut a portage to the shore, hencef the name. The land aroound Mid-5` land was very poor and settlers de-i pended more on jobbing. shing and hunting. The coming of the railway` was a shor:.-lived boon to the set- tlers and they woke up one morn-` ing to nd themselves rich. T-he Mid- - land Land Company, with the presi- dent of the Hidlland Railway as the; ruling spirit, secured most of the! available land in and about the vil-I lage. The railway was built through' the village around the foot of the; bay and the station built on the land eompany s property, nearly hall` a mile from the village, to the dis-: gust and inconvenience of the in; habitants. A new president of thc5 tailway Co. however, saw the error zznd built a new depot in the vil-{I lage. In 1871 Thos. Gladstone settled in Midland and erected a small; store, and the next year was ap-' pointed postmzzstei`. H. H. Cook` ;~;tarted a milll in 1872, with 21 ca-', paeity of 20,000,000 feet of lumbei go qpuqnn 'l'uvn nflanv I\1illL~ 1\1.~I\ I .- 5`! lpuuny UL U,UUU,UUU .LL`(:`L Oi ll1n1DC1y `a. season. Two other nulls also` 4-anullalltl In 1870 the only human habitation` on `idle site of Midland were the log cabins of Jabez Dobson Richard` Murphy. and Thos. Hartley. The' first : was a man by the name; of Buchanan, about 1835. His} claim subsequently passed to Dob-` son. The bay on which Midland is: SitLIrfu`..ed was originally known at-` Mund_v s Bay, named after the 1'st' civilian who settled in Penetang-, uishene. His farm extended to wimhin a half mile of the bay and; nortaxre to tho _q.`hm~.:. lnhnal ... nu. m.-uuuvcu UJ. an ueurls. uA.u uu.L.ul/cu.'_y post, me property hav- ` mg been surrendered by the British Mr. Clarke in his address did 1101 to the Canadian Government on thelitressb m.%mn`..`ty campflign f1i| abandonment of -the post. The in-` Ome 93 at`n' not I` at (3 Wm ' stitution had accommodation for 222 `i b`e1itt1ing then? .b.ut wither mged ` boys and had Protestant and Ron1ai11`tha`t m"e mdwldual interest bc Catholic chapels and chaplains andlltaken` If each perSn became en eicliencf. schools. They made thei1:thed Over. which he. She cfmld own boots, shoes, clothing, and culti-:d "1 bau`=1fY3 their own b.Ck' vated a Large farm, rm-Sing fo0d_iyard or 1awn_ 11: would b_e amazlng s-tufl s. It cost about $100,000, ex-gwhalf wuld take place In 3' m' elusive of ttings and furnish-ings. lm`}`mty' . . . . In 1870 Penetanguishene was a: Let S unfte In beautlfymg Our thriving and prosperous village of` homes and bring beauty to the com- I ' J! ` ,, H . some 1,200, exclusive of the Re-jmumty 531d the 5p"ak'9r bmadse fommtory It was a port of ent1.yiia:fte1' all, flowers are really bottled : ' - :1 ,- , . - and the mills expomed about 30,000 _Iup sunshine. In conclusion he co.n- . 000 1-eet of lumber annuiallv. Thelnlended 3'a1'dCnl"g 35 3 1105195 : as Population was chiey of.F1'e11ch-l'e'l 1 as `3 means to bcautlfy `ml Canadian nationality and Romanhme5- Catholic religion. A heal`-t3:_voteAofV thanks wast ex- Illjl 1 - _..-..-.. _. vv v ---.uu,vvVV\-|o `I In 1875 Penetanguishene was in-! corpomted as a village, With Dr. P. H. Spohn as the first reeve. Coun- illors were F. W. Je ers. A. Charle-I bods, H. Miarchilvdorn and M. J. Mulndy, with W. J. Keating as clerk.- In 1858 the Government es-tablis-hedf a juvenile prison on the site of the- old Inilitary post, the property hav- Gnvm-n.mm1+ .n.n +1....` um abUl'L`S were Dougm: up by civil-` inns, but the vessels remained un sold, and four_of them sunk in thc bay. In 1830 the Government open- ed EL portage between the Indian stations at Orillia and Coldwahel on the Goldwater River, which empties into Gloucester Bay at Waubz1,u- shene, and this route was used from then until the building of the North- ern Railway to Cnllingwood. Tn 197: 'DmM+..----:J--~ v I south of the settlement. Among them were Arthur Crawford and Robt. Jeffs. In 1832 the post was abandoned by the IILELVY and all the vessels and naval stores offered for sale at auction. The vessels includ- ed the Tecumseth, schooner, 175 tons; Newash, brigantine, 1'75 tons; Bee, g'unboa;t., 41 tons, Wasp, gunboart, 41 tons; Mos- quito, gunboat, 31 tons; three bat- teaux, .a cutter and a whale boat. These, with the exception of the Tecumseth and the Newash, had ' been built at Penetanguishene, as well as a small gunboat the Midas." The stores were bought by civil- vessels rnmninarl nu as 'LiIl(3 Supply aepon 01 me post. The only civilians in Pc,netang- uishene in 1818 were the families of Asher Mundav and Robt. Smith, both of whom had little stores or canteens for the troops at N0ttawa- saga, and followed the troops. About 1825 a party of traders ar rived from Drummond Island, who in View of the anticipated surrender of that place to the Americans, ac,- cepted an offer from the British Government to give them each 20 acres of land on or in the vici1.iL_\' of Penetsanguishene Bay. Among: these xvere .\ndrr=w and Geo. Mit- chell and Wm. Simpson who were accompanied by a continguenl. of French-Canadians. Andrew Mit- chel] .=tzmted. the itst sttore, but Simpson soon returned to Lowei Canada. In 1828 Drummond l: was su1'1'0ndrrerl by the .'-\ine1'I(::1n.< and the militziry post abandoned, the occupants being transferred to Penetanguishene. Ac r'. n`l\7 nu 1910-90 cnrnn en!-Hrn-:1 - DELI. 2.` Donald Bell reported briey the. _(late of the annual meeting of the _}Barrie Juniors Blurrie Junior Farm- } ers and Barrie Junior Institute, which will be held in the board _ room of the agricultural office on _ l Szutiu1'day, March 21st. In Tiny township, Lafontajne was the main village. It was a purely French sccttlieinent, with several hun- dred inhabitants. Tiny was survey- ed about 1822 by an engineer named Gpotzman and Tay the year before by one Cewett. Up tilli 1850 little was known of the interior of Tiny, while in Tay less than 500 acres were under cultivation. With the coming of the railways both town- ShiI)S madn rzlnirl 'nl'ntrw=: TTY-Hnv cUHl1n}2',' or me railways both ships made rapid progress. Under the first openation of the Municipal Act in 1850, Samuel` Fraser was i reeve of the United townships. On separation of the townships in 1869, Samuel Fraser was the first reeve of Tay, and Geo. Clark the first ireeve of Tiny. TOSSOI`OnJi`.in 5111!` 'T`nn11nnan+'In nud- . umzu-gm-(1 mem some years later. I IN-ssczvton and St.u1'g`eon Bay were important centres in Tay in the early days, where 1a1`p,`e mills oper-] ated. The po1'ta1:,'e cut from Orillia to CV01`-d\VZLi.01` in 1830 was later con- t.inu<:d to Sturgeon BI21.y, where docks and 21 storehouse were erected and it became the north end of the chief po1't.zLp:e between Lakes Ontario and Huron. Y 'T`:..... A.._.__._L:,, v 1 ; ululuby. a} us unite in beautifying f` _}muni`ty, said speaker, ylafter _'up elmended hobby, _lwe~lol ,i'homes. | hearty vote of |tendied to Mr. Clarke by Mr. R. D. `Coutts and Mr. Sewart Bell. Mr. J. |A. ;\IacL-aren, president of lhe Hor- Ibicultural Society, introduced Mr i`Cla1'ke and presided over the meet- ying. The program included musical inumbers by members of the Barrie Juniors as follows: VOC*Z1l solo by ;Miss Helen Hawtornre, and a two `pant chorus by the following: Helen -F'ishe1'. Bessie Kennedy, Marjorie `Ye-ates, Phyllis McLea_n, Helen Haw- torne, Ross Kennedy and Donald `. Bell. TWA-.n1,l 13.1` n-- ' ` ` ` ` lc Coming down to Orrillia, the speak- 'l_ er told about the famous Johnston n gjaatclens. His pictures showed a ne n exa.mp=le of landscape gardening. He `Q also touched on beauty spots in `L: Cullingwood, Owen Sound, Walker- ton, Fergus, Guelph, Kitc'hene1'. L_ ' Gait, Belleville and Ottawa. I The speaker recommended the iplaniting of trees to change the ap- . *_"peama.nce of home and community - ' -surroundings. Every time you ',plant a tree or shrub you add to the ; .' H beauty and value of your place, he I} said. He also urged clearing up yards of all tin cans and gambiage. ' since the first step in beautication ` ,'is the uemoval of all debris. ' My m.....1.,. :.. 1..-- , 1- `-- cuvu OI 1'1ny. Tossoromtio and Tecumseth next. 111_gJl\V'a)'S OI me north. Mr. Clarke urged his audience `to. protect the forests and all wild; Iloivers, and when walking through` the woods pick with 2nodemtion. |He also urged the proitection of birds. Tuhere is nothing buslier in the garden than a hrttlve wnen, Who ca}-1'les away millions of ~insects, he lsaad. \`Vlll.L'l1 El. 111JuLz11`)' post; was eSDlDl.lSh- ed. In 1817 a military and naval post was established at Penetang- uishene Bay. The force at first con- sisted of about a dozen sailors un- der a naval oicer, and some twenty marines under Lieut. Caldwell. The next year the marines were sent elsewhere and their place taken by troops tinder Lieut. Kent. They built log barracks and the celebrated Red Store was erected and used as mhe supply depot of the post. The rmlv r-ivilirmz in pCnn1'nnn. (Continued from page one\ The ncxt point of innteresrt covered by the speaker was the Ha1iburton- M(us-ko_ka-Parry Sound district, the hardwood section of Ontario. There is no spot in the province so beauti- ful as this is in the autumn when. nature takes a hand and does a bit} of painting. It is a g`a.`1'dIC11 well worth protecting and one will travel a Tong way before he `\VJ1`1 see such beauty as can be seen along the' highways of the north. `Mr (.1m~L-n mm.,.,I 1.:.. ....A:.-.-- L- I LOVELY ONTARIO ? GARDEEIS VIEWED Sequel to :a. row in the Midland rellief office, Robt. Bugg was placed ,on suspended sentence for one year by Magistrate Col. Bick. Bugg ad- mitted losing his rtemper and using: obscene language in the relief office and threatening to assault an em- ployee Who objected to his conduct. The McGibbon sawmill at Penetang .is to open soon and will operate day and night and give wimdv mn- nlnvrnnnf. +.n I:Yf.v n1o'n ' All municipal oices in CoL1Iing- wood are on the market due `to a motion passed by council asking for applications for the positions of town clerk, treasurer, rtax collector and scavanger. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Gouett,l of Victoria Harbor, celebrated their! diamond wedding anniversary on Sunday_ Feb. 23rd. I Convicted of stealing a quantity of scrap aluminum, lead and copper from the J. T. Payette plan-t, Albert Lepage, 18_ of Pcnetang, Was sen- tenced /00 one month s imprison- ment and his brother Peter, 23, 01` Midland. fn fwn n1nnH1<, muxu. 2lI`(1 ms Dl 0T.I101` re Midland, to two months. According to the auditors report of the township of Nottawasaga, the receipts for 1935 Were` placed at $94,877.15 and the expenditures -211 $91,511.46 leaving a bank balance of $3,360.69 on the year s opera- tions. .-:11 Dr. C. S. Wainwright was re- elected president of the Orillia Lib- eral Ass=ocia.tion for the second con- lsecutive term at the annual meeting [of that organization last week. fellballgullllie. As carly as 1819-20 some settlers had located along the m11itar_v road,` uuy uuu xugwu auu gxvu ployment to sixty men. `C.onsta.b1e Sidney Barraclough, of the York County police, has been highly commended for the work in the recent clean-up of Newmarket and district robberies. An e'or1: is ;being made to have him stationed inl I N ewmarkert. D. A. Vancise reeve of Nottawa- saga, has been elected president 01 the Omurio Association of Iiura] Municipalities. ' Edgar J. Evans. reeve of West Gwillimbury, was elected a. director. _Ex-Warden Isaac Scott celebvarted his 71st birthday on Tuesday, Feb. 21st, at his home in Creemqre. I I .j.._. ` Jack Barker, of Br-en-twood, was I removed -to Br.1rrie hospital last `week when his arm was severely cud fby a circular saw. .A_mput,ation wa _vlater found necessary. Mr. Barker was cutting wood for his uncle when P19 accidentally fell on the saw. 1* Abouut 1,500 delegates from Grand Orange Lodge 01 (jntaric West. will convene in Midland from March 16:}: to 20-th. As a move to check all questlon- able cases, the Orillias reli-ef boar-' have decided to require all relief recdpments to re-apply and register to remain on the lists. liiistrici` News] ...,..,.. uvnnafj nu.-.\. u.u uu llddltlollalWfllrl1:l-lge deck [Ennis court. The Lido deck extends to the smrn of the sum. 19.16 sc'n<.=(lul~s for the Empress of Austr.'.li:L. in addition to the West Indivs season of five crulses, le.'.1viuq Nmv York in .T:u1uary, February. Mzxrcll, and April, p:'ovidr= For :1 number of Scundlnavlaln and So1u.hern cruise;-1 during the summer. To provide additional comfort luring the months the Empress` of` :\.U.fw'l.l':1llZ`.'S mzssemzers will smund in frnninnl fm'nnnr'2fnr-nu .mmmnm.1 vnnH`:IHr.v\ in 'hnin~ nrnvirln _~,.,u.,..Um uni.-_.; uurmg me summer, To pmvme additional coxnfori luring months the Empress` nasserxgers will spend in tropical tmrlmrtmlres. additioral venti`.z-.ticn'.1 is being provided for. R1ti3rn:m'|s are be-ing` added to a number of the hr-drnnms. . '.':u. lit-um-0.5:. of Australia's West Indies crilisn. riv>y):n't.1l1`4`s from` N"-w Yrwk will be January 23rd. -- ':-;i `.2i.n, Februan-y 29i1., ';\l':u'cl1 21:.L, uml .A`;_r~il 9Lh.z`m-cl-lllsesrzf 18 days, 16 days, and 10 days "`Queen s Rangersto open up Yonge .St. from York to Holland Landing, eu ld.I1(1111t1'K.S. Penetanguishene, meaning shin- ing sands, or shore, is delightfully situated on the shore of one of the most picturesque bodies of inland waters on the American Continent. We rst know of it in the Second Period, when a number of oicers visited it under the direction of Governor S:in1c-o.e, who devised a scheme to open up a wagon road to connect Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. In following out this plan he put the rcgimen-t known as the which was accomplished in 1796. The proposed route lay thence by water to Kempenfeldt, just east 01 Barrie, and a direct line from there to Penetanguishene Bay. Supplies. were rtaken over this route to the Northwest Government posts, being packed on beasts of burden in the summer time. The road was not used in winter, as there was no post proper at Penetanguishcne Bay, beutteaux simply meeting the supply trains at the shore. This route was abandoned however, about 1812, fol one via Willow Creek and the Not- tawasaga River, at the mouth 01 which a military post establish- ed. Tn 1217 $1 n1ilif,sn~v nrarl Y|'1`l,").I /Q /i rupluz ahnw a. merry to-1 p:=.1't,_v. n. before-dinner gathering ru the r.n~.=~\\' s.'~31tr.r deck, and a The following: form ihe di2`cc`to1' ate of the -Coldwater full fair for 1936: C. O. Spence, G. S. McRae, W. G. Irvine, Wm. VVoods Mrs. M. Epllett, Mrs. R. S. Sheppard, Mrs W. J. Sheppard, Mrs. R. B. Bellamy, Geo. Balkwell, C. VV. Robinson_ Wm Borrow, Fred Woods, Geo. Barr and Mrs. C. M. Robinson. Adolph Hitler says that he does not think that the rotten institu- ton known as par1iament'becomes batter by women being` in it, but on the contra. , woman is d1'ag'r.rcd from her pedestial by it. It might do Adolph good to visit this con- tinent and say the same thing to our Amcrican and Canadian women. He Would surely become a wiser man very speedily. | I Germany is considering a plan for national photgraphic archives by which the state would take four pm-turcs of every citlzen, at the ages of six, sixteen, twenty and thi1*t_v years. This plan has not yet been oiciay adopted. 01101`. Last Sunday the handsome Inibtle church on ~Co'1lie1' St., erected by the congregation of Christ Church, Re- formed Episcopal, was opened by the pzistor, Rev. Wm. Barnes. The building itself is a gem, in the form of a cross, and -has :21 seating capac- ity of 400. The contractor for the whole was Mr. Geo. Bzulll; for the mason work, Robt. Orr; for painting and decorating`, Geo. Dudley; for hezwing; and gas, John Plaxton. The cost was about `$7,000, and only $2,700 remains unpaid. ut:-ep. . We received an offer from Dauchy & Co., Advt. agents, of New York the other day; it was for 5 inches space top of column next reading ` 1:12Lt':e~1', changed quarterly, $18 less agents commission of 25 per cent puyabilxi in wood or metal type_ ink, or anything else in the line. Oui oreman saw the $18 on the paper and he and three other hands struck for higher wages, but when the sheet vvvaxs handed them to read and they saw $18 for 5-inch space at top of column next reading maxtter less agents comn1'Lssdon of 25 per cent., and then what was left to be taken out in prin:`.e.1's material, the four men dropped their heads and wept, they passed around -the hat to raise money for a post card to reject the offer. T.narl- G......J.... n... 1.__.J--..., `sun .p;._'.u pm` zullllllll. At a. meeting of the Bicycle Club on Tuesday evening, a Collllllibtct was appointed to interview the town council and urge the nishing` of thv bicycle track in` the Ag'ricu`ltura`1 Park by May 24th. guru]-,]v \vnQ D chi-1'nrrHLrn Ann um.) mu_yuu: ureum 1u_ Lne Ag`1'1cu1r,u1'a1 Sunday was 2. sp1'ing'like day and the streams down some of the s-treets reminded one of the break ing up 01' the fountains of the great (leap. `Mn vnr-n:xvo1] 0111 nH~`nu -9..-... 1`\.`....V... The part of Simcoe County com-' prising the townships of Tiny and Tay, in which are situated Penetang- uishene and Midland, is a landmark in history, whose early experiences are long since dim memoirs of mis- sionaries who bore the banner of the Cross from French monasteries to forests primeval to the Western Hemisphere and made this section a link in the chain of civilizing, chris- tianizing and subduing inuences, giving -to France a vast Empire in the new world. Just as the influ ence of those missionaries was be- gining to make itself feL:. among the Huron Indians, the Irquois in- cursions in 1649 changed the whole picture. Disinantled and crumbling forts and the remains of ruined stockades even yet tell the tale oi departed glory. For nearly two hundred years after this the peace of the region remained unbroken and forests again grew over thc scenes of past life and ac-tdviity, leav 1 mg a. condition as primeval as be fore, with the exception of scatter- ed landmarks. Dnnmm .... .-.1.,..... .1 . - At a meeting of the School Board on Monday evening, the contract was let to Walter Pa1't1'idge for the delivery of '45 cords of 4-foot hard- Wood at $2.25 per cord, and Mrs: Wrillers was engaged as teacher at the Central School at a\sala1'y 01 $225 per annum. A1`. a Pnnn1*'lhrr tr? +l~..\ D:nvvn`r\ fI..;. Days 3 Yore FIFTY YEARS AGO B1*itain s Posatmaster-Genera1 has announced denitely tliat the British Broadeasing Corporation has been auuthorized to arrange for complete installation of both the Baird and Marconi systems of television, and it is expected that first test trans- missions will be made next March in . T.rn1rinn HLIBSIUHS 1 London. Mrs. R. G. Lee, of Orillia, charg- ed with permitting` her grocery StOI`(' to remain open Wednesday after- noons in contraventioii of a by-law, was acquitted in court by Ma.g,*ist1'ate Col. Bick. Because the legality of the compulsory Wuednesday half- holiday has been the subject of much comroversy, W. G. Bin:;han1_ acting for the town, will register zm.appcal from the magist1'ate s decision. , people in this section of the British Empire, as it did to people all ovei the world, `to hear King Edward V|I`II. speaking on Sunday. It wa, 3 an opportune time, as citizens gath u ered to Worship, and most protesrtani . churches had radio receiving sets in stallled in the churches. His Maje;~ty ~ spoke slowly, distinctly, and could be heard without rliiculty. The greater part of his message was de voted to the memory of his beloved father. He pointed out that he was better known as the Prince 01 Wales and as a man who during tlu war and since had an opportuliity 01 coming near to his people. While he was now speaking as the King, he was still the samp man. His Ma- jesty pledged himself to niaintain his devotion to his pe0p1e s interests and expressed the hope that all lzis subjec-ts might be worthy of the heritage that was theirs. Science made it possib-lle for IVVOMAN IS ACQUITTED I OF VIOLATING BY-LAW ua1_\' UJ. vuny WCQK. The heavy snowl'a1Ts and pick up of business on the r:1.i1wa_vs have been a boon to our comrades fur lioughed from rajlwzxy service, as nearly all have had a turn at their accustomed work this wivnLe1'. Whv 1.9 1 -H151`: uvlsnn urn n.. L118 lVl.D.A but crcdlt frn-V en:-an`. Sidelights on the Early 1 History of Simcoe County (By Ack Emma) Ar1`a11g'c~1ncnts are being; made for` a parrade to the citadel on the bun- day 01' Vimy Week. I`]1D '|-mgnvxr cnnxul-'..'n?_~ nu.) .-.:..1. .... THE KING'S MESSAGE LEGION NOTES Pge Tm-eo ___ THURSDAY, MARCH 5_ 1936. `-_*_..-xm-,~.-u--r-----~----j o TOTAL ASSETS O_\/ER $5oo,ooo,ooo