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Q?` ()'ve.1'1apping of Services and E Interferellce in Industry Wrong. | UIIIBU I145 EXISLEIICE`. For some time there has been idwiiculty at Chris-tie St. Hospital. Class 1 men, those drawing: a. pen-- sion and a salary,_ get their traims-V portation paid, also with board, wh-i`e class 2, -those drawing a small pension with no salary have to pay their own transportation and board, and may be discharged `any time. Arrang'ements, however, have now I (Continued on page four) POPULATION OF 4? V BARRIE NOW 8123 Tnm-0:130 01 69 Over 1935; Assessmom` $5,473,755}; Down $3,576. .--nu pupuzuuun I.` up u_\ .1. Lulu ENE .. -.~'.-ma-111 'r;_\.' $2.955. In w:::T xix 110 population is S 11355 than -' year M30 and the lSS(.`SSImCnt $1,3Rn less. The dmr nnnnlntinn ie 900 nnm- 3 Louis E. .\'ic-holls, 461 Pa1'1iu.nemt ISt., Toronto, was vn-ed $10 and costs {of $3.75 in police court yesterday lmorning on a charge of reckless 'driving. Nicholls failed to appear in court, but the case was proceeded with. The accused crashed over the lcurb at tafhe Buron Ave. corner on Nov. 28th and tore down the Essa Road Presbyterian Church sign. He failed to stop or report the accident, `but on eyewitness obtained` the li- cense number of the car. \2u.','o zmu me assosszmcnc .)'1,;5r less. The dog populatlon Is 209, com- pzxrtd with 204 in. 1935. ' ! According to the returns of the !a.s`S1f`SSh1ent roll, just completed. Dhe population of Barrie is 8,123, com- pared with 8,054 a year ago, or an `iI](`]`(`Z1S( nf G9, T1111 frnfnl ">::;.n:,- pupuiuuon 01 xvziru one nas increas- ed by 37, but the asses-sment is downv by $2,240. In ward two the population is up by 52, but the as- sessment is down by $_11,310. In ward three the population is up 15 `and `due as. -~'n1e11tv incrc:se(i by i$10,T00. In \\'z11`d four the popula- ,tion declined by 32, but the assess- ment is up by $5,540. In\v:11'd ve lthe popu`.ation is up by 5. and the l_`~")`\'-'. 1. nv Q`) (1711 in u-. lpcucu WMII o,UU4& 2!. year EKG, 0!` an inc1'ease of 69. The t*ota1":;==ess- iment is $5,472,753, with exemptions 501:` $709,035 for local improvemenms lony. Last year the total assess- `qnent was $5,-168,48-'1, with exemp- `lions of $701,100. The actual as- .=:-. t.l1m'e1 o1'e, is $3,576 below 1935. Of 1119 assessmcnt, $45,000 is for .<('l1ool ]`)l1)`} )0SCS only. ll. ii l1`Ilr>rnv fn nnfn H1,-.x.+ flu: Mn` .<<-noon purposes omy. It is i11te1`evst\in;.r, to note th=a..+,. the population of word one has i11creas- Spsgrnont S: Anwn kw 51:11 run T K1"W ANIS MEETING Railway Decit Sapping Life Blood of Country; Major Problem. i.`~`vn-\'i<:e `is/Absolutely Free ' to All Returned Men and I Dependents. 1 Established Eight Pages Wiif 1847 Prime I\Iini. zmnouncod in the I",..-u.-nnn- H: .7 n\n V_o1. X0. Niii. CIovernm<%-3%?I`1ts Carlda Cost 900 Millions a Year Oldest Paper in the County Baldwin Home of istcr Stank-_v Bri'.i. mornin,-` that King: had z;}n'.ic:'.t~(l the - ::cc(-:~`.~`i0n of the Duko \.'I nu... r.r2 bz %t'itbe1:'1t Abhmwe ':'(.-ed K Kenzie, Allisrton, and Harry Stain-| `ton, New Lowell, were placed 7th. l The Grain Club, team composed of- ` Lorne Dickinson S,ta_vne1', and Frank Gtiffen, Creemore, won 4th place in grain judging. These. boys were given a free trip to Guelph and had their lodging and meals provided by the Ontario Aignwicultural College. In addition each of the six members -}won $2 in prize money. They were ` `lacconipaniod by F. A: Lashley, agri- '/AItural rep1'esentat.1ve for South j Siimcoe. I`u1..:L.:4.,. .._ A. _______ J, , I l,.lH. 'I`.he1-e was a total of $60 offered {in the bar`ey and potato classes and the Simcoe boys won. $32.50 of this amount. u-_v Zulu glV8S empioyment. If we are to bring about recovery, then we must free indust-1-_v from government in't(.`1'f())'(5nC(`, because every new move on the part of governments toward bu1'owucrac_\' is 21 blow at the irxdividualisit-ic system, which is the mainstay of democracy. Jndustrial progzress is prejudiced every time a government inicts fresh legisllation upo-n. industry and it certainly diiscourages the initiative of the producer and manufacturer. (Continued on page three\ Two Junior Potato Club teams and one Grain Club team it/0k part in the judging conutest held in connec- tion. with the fair. Roy Patton, Cmemore, zvnd Gwant Jackson, Bally-R croy, won 5-th p1:1cr*, and Drury Mc- Kenzie, Stain-i `ton. Lowel`. were nlm-mi 7+1: I lal:.'1'1ll`5. ` In: is the intetntion to erect a lodge on the propexity as soon as possible, where visitors can be ac- commodated and Girl Guides- and perhlarps other organizations can camp, as the Scouts use it on`_v about! -two weeks in the year. P1-esidelnrt Geo. McConkey an nounced that at the last executive- meeting of 'the Kiawnis Club it` was decided to donate $200 to the Boy ;Scouts Assxociation toward the pur- chase of this property. The Boy Scouts in Barrie have co-operated .w'i>th the Kiwanis Club in various :ways amd this donation is in ap- preciation of the ne spirit always shown by the Scouts. PSIMCDEJUNIURS ! AT wmrms FAIR, R Exhibitors from Simcoe County, p1_1rticuIa1`]_\' the Juniors, made a ne showing` at the Ontario Provi-nciail Winter Fail` at Guelph, Dec. 1st to i31'd inclusive. l A . . . . , I Tn Hlnn n~..,... n...n.... ..AL.A-~ ` DLH. In the potato section, eight Sim-I coe boys were in_ the money and :were placed as follows: Jack Burke, Alliston, 3rd; Evertt Horne, Hawke- stone, 4th; Wilfred Halbert, .`-\`.lis- ton, 5th; Gordon McC1'acken, Ever- ett, 6t!h; Maurice Darby, Waverley, 7th; Francis Burke, `A111-St40'1]`, 10th; ,Ha1'r_\ S'ta.inton, New Lowell, 11th, 'and Doy.1,t:las Mc-Leod, Hawkestone, 12th. l 'T`l"\`I)\ .....i .. #--I--J -l` "" "` |-)1'u 1I1C`.uS1V. E In the junior grain section, the Nottawasaga Boys Grain Club had four enltries of O.A.C. No. 21 bar- ley, placed as follows: Bill Cherry, Lisle, lrst; Gordon. McA1't;l1u1`, Stay-, lner, 3rd; Bil`. Dowling, Creemore, 5th, and Albert Lennox, Oreemore, 6th. Y 41., ....L..4.- .___l_:__, - u` ~- DWHICOC. Exhibits in every department of the fair were of sple-ndid quality and despite the dry season experienced by farmers of this district, Bil`. Cherry, L-isle, was able to make an outstand- ing win in 0.A.-C. No. 21 barley in `the senior secrtion. There were 21 entries in the open barley class and Bill won third place, the first prize going; to D. L. Scott, Ci/t-_V View, in Eastern Ontario, who is considered the champion bar`e_\' growers of On- tario, having won the $500 mzrlting prize at the Royal Wi-nter Flair mm Barrie` Boy Scouts Association, an- nounced at Kiwiamis Monday night t a ~tra.ct of 100 acres of nricely wooded Inad had been purchased fol a permanent camp grounds. The property is near the N-ottawvasaga `Bay in Tiny township. It is a.r. idea`. location and there is plenntty oi timber for the Scouts to practice a1'= kinds of woodcraft. The property was purchased from Mr. J. F. Wild- man, who is giving most reasonable term-s. ` Tm :_ L1... :._L-L!~-~ J. T. Simpson, president of the` I ucuuu, nu I)]`]Z(`.` run we n .\('2lI'S In In thr- (`la. J. Splaced -1t] Ition, W. I (3th place 1 TITD f\I I ma EDWARD vm : ABDICATES mnorgg I Y I I i l 4 4 = Shohthorns _\n-an. In SUCCUSSIOH. Certied H. Gien, placed -1th, and in the Alfalfa sec- tion, J. Bellamy, Al`iston. won in 21 ('l2lS'F of 16 entries. Tho only live stock .=how'n by S`in1<-oe County came from the herd of Murphy Bros. Orillia. Their plzxcml well up in the Doo`e_v Potato Elmvale, was ; vzxrious classes. . ----- I 1 St. .\Iar_v s young people enter- 1t:Liiw(l the _\4'oun;,-v people of the l l1`r,-lp. p1ll'lS'l1 21.1 their 1-<:;ulm' nw(t.in_u' in the l\'. of C. Hull Tucs- jday nl_L'.'llL Follo\vii1'g` 21 short busi- m-.<.< mt.-~tin`;:, in \\'l'll(`}1 it was decid- ed to edit a weekly paper, games were played. Lunch followed by dancing concluded the evening's ac- tivities. 3 I I I A charge of speeding against` Herbert Phelps, of Elmvale. on Nov. ,27h, was dismissed in poice court {yesterday morning, when the police could not denitely say he was ex- qceedimz the limit. J. R. Boys de-! femded. | !BOYS SCOUTS ASSOCIATION PURCHASES CAMP SITE SPEEDING CHARGE DISIWISSED ST. MARY'S Y.P. ENTERTAIN `ulw l-}i}_;' Share of Prizns at P1'm'i114.-iul Show Hold in Guelph ])ec. 1-3. ztvum: won the $000 nrzrlting Royal Wi-n.ter Fair trvvo \ Sll(`(`P.QQinY1 Good home `ig-hting docs wonders towards keepi11g' our vision normal, and still ,2-'roat.er wonders in helping an alread_V defective vision. It is conducive to comfort, too, for un- der proper lighting` conditions we feel more relaxed, more rested, less nervou.< and therefore a greart dea`. happier. Stude'mt*s nd that school work becomes easier and study hours] are shortened when they work under a light which measures up `do thei standard prescribed by competent |(.')`<'. specialists. . l Tn unirifinn in -.1 hhnuu vn-vu~-in-uli asqunmzs ana Ir0WI1S. ! -Lastly, good home lighting` is real economy, for it means that we must discard the enemies which somemimes steal half of the useful light we are paying for. (LC!-. 'O}n' governments in Canada, in- c"uding' the Dominion GOVe1'nment,] nine provicial governvments and over 4,000 municipal governments, are cositinng` the tmtpayers $900,000,000 per year; this appalling sum to :_:o\'e1~n only 10,000,000 people. Our U11hH(` dh nnw nvnnrulc lnunvus o1 vne 0: Phillips was both counts. verdict a t'er liberation. D1.l.l:a... ..... I` Ix.-_u-.~x_-.-,uL b'ptiL`l2tllSLS. : In oadidtion to all these practic-.11 `advan-tag'es, bextter light is one of the greatest beauty helps ever dis- covered. Homes look more attrac- tive when. Well lighted, and faces are be't'te1` looking` when relieved of I :squints and frowns. l .T.2sf.lv 0-nnd T-nnrnn rurrhnnr u'c r." An Honor to Serve on Jury Says Judge Moon: Drismissing -the Grand Jury, which had returned Trwo true bills in the .two criminal cases of the Genemfl Sessions of the Peace. Judge Jas. B`. `Moon, Parry Sound, stated it should be 1ooked upon as an honor to !serve on juries. He referred to the request of several jurors to be ex- cused and said that only the judge in -session hmd `aha power to excuse thmn and nnlv nn tho aw-nnmlc n{ Ill LHU Iilnllly. True bills \vm'e brougrhit in a'g'ain.s'1 Herbert Phillips, Cl1Z11`j. ,`f?(l with the thet` of chickens on Jan. 18th and having in. his possession or retainiing mi-ilk cans, the property of City Dairy Flzwnis, New Lowell, and against W. H. 'I`1`e.,r;'an'/.a, Orillia, on L1 cl1zu'g'(e of thefvt of chattels in the hands of the baili` la` Coldwaiter. `,1-lling urea Fnnnzl n.n4 n-niltxv A11 conve-mer. A committee to look ater he operation of the rink was formed from volumteers as follows: Eric Le- Gear, Albert Taylor, Harry Harker, Donald Blogg, Geo Poucher, Oswald Blogg`, Kenneth McCabe, Herb. [Smith and Charlie Walker. 'T"1.n.u.. n... 00 `ma.-uL.,..... J .+L.'.. `DHIPUII 21110 unurue VVHIKBT. 'I'-l1en'o are 38 members in `this! club now and things point to a very interesting season. The two col- legviate gymmasiums are used each Friday might for baskeitball, volley- ball, g'ymna.s- tics and wrestling; a discussion group is held each Sun day night and business is cleared each Monday evening. x-quum. U1 .~t:vt:ru.1 _|LU'Ul'. LU UK) ex- them and only on the grounds of i1`noss of the juror or serious illness in the family. 'l`u-nn I-'11.. "an... L...` ]lUUI'2lIlDI'.. Phil-`jps was charged with the theft of chickeuns to the value of less than $25 from Geo. Falconer, Sunnridlazle. Frank Hammond, K.C., defended the accused and F. G. Evans, KC., acted for the Crown. Wnlvnllnv tnld nf' nr:in.n- 11?: 1-mn. nvmis, l\Lz., actea I01` une urown. I Falconer told of ndnimg: his hen: coop broken into and of following: the tracks of a man to the road on the morning` of J.arn. 191th. Va`len~ tine, living on the townline between Brenutwood and Glexnczmrn, stated that Phillips, who had a room in` the upsitairs of his home, came home on the night in question with a bag of chickens on his back, and that on several occasions he brought two nzzrt 21 time down to be cooked. Vallenftinie claimed that he never lhelpcd consume any of the chickens. On iihn cor-nnd nrn1nIh fl1r- (TI-nurn ;_.'.*0\'e1'I1 0I1l_\' 1U,UUU,UUU people. Our public debt now exceeds $7_.0'00,0`00,000, or the equivalent of $3,500 for every householder in Canada. It is not only the .cost of government-s which has to be reck- oned with, but: we are faced annu-:u1- ly with ten parliaments enacting more legislation and control of busi- ness so that! to-day we have p:overn- m-nt. inv:-.<-ion of private enterprise and excessive taxation whereby all ambition and initiative is being kill- ed. Much of the work done by our provincial governmenuts is a duplica- tion of Work done by the Federal ='.overnmen`t, and it is .3: question as (10 whether our interests 'mig*ht be "better served through one central "#`1'E)'Tlh'1PY`l'i .. Th? ?n'n\rinnis:l (rnvn.1'h_ 01 "ITIOOHSIIITIC." Phiilips dLm'ed all knowledge 01 `these and the charge was n-ot push- ed. He admittited paying" the penalty of moonshining one other occas~ ions, but started that he had served his time, pazid the pemalty and did ! 3: -tnhink it should be held argainsill I . HOCKEY CIUD OI Zl..6'l. The meertimsg opened wih an hour `I and W half _of euchre. A gentIeman s ` handkerchief was given as first prize and was won by Clarence . Danvers. `f\l,.,..... ..l....L,\.l ..nu.,. nu 4-`...1.l...un . ' ua.uv~ers . _ `Oicers elected were as followszi -Presidenlt, Donald Blogg; Vice-Pre-si- .` ,dent, Seymour Johnson; Secretary. ; Charlie Wiatlke-1'; Treasurer, Dave 3 Hutchjngs. To this executive will _` be added hhe captains of hockey, ` basketball, gymnastics and the social I l`.OTlVP'n|P'f`_ VllUl[)L'(l COYISUIUC EULV OI UFIC CHICKCTIS. l On the second counm the Crown -failed to prove its case against the nccussed. Constable Robinson, at Lhrst time sxtmionccl at Collingwood. \'i. the Phillips` residence and; bcczxmv .+uspi(rou.< when he saw zxl milk can. He was later taken to :1; bush and three other cams were sl1own him. 'l`hey were produced inl court :md identied as the property of the City Dairy Farms, New` Lowell. They were in a blackened ` conditions due to the manufacture of moonshine. TJn`|Hn4- IlrT1I:nt1 an 1pm..-..u1n.l..... -4 I At the regular business mee\t.ing [of the Young Men s Club of the Y.'M.C.A. Monday night, officers were elected for 1937. The meeting also decided that the club wou`.d take over and operate for the season the C.N.R.A. rink on the tennis courts. The report on the recent public euchre showed a net return to the hockey club of $21.37. The mpprtimsr nnsmpd uxih an hmrr 1 True Hills in Two Criminal Cases ; Phillips ]1`011nd Nof Gruilty. MYH f\l ADVANTAGES OF BETTER LIGHTING r" YOUNG MEN'S CLUB TO I OPERATE a1m< THIS wmnaal Barrie, Ontario, Thursday, December 10, 1936 u>:L,w1' aosrvcu L.nI'0u;n one central ggvernnient. The provincial. govern- .nent;< have reached out for so much power and auitho1'it_v that they are; rapidly out.strippin_L-; the revenue they can rc-ason|2.ubl_v collect to sup~ port: their myriad activi-t,ie.<. It should also be noted that over $100,- 000,000 has been loaned by the Federal Government to the four weste1'n pro\`ince.< to meet their ob-i li,<:art'ions:. G1overnme.n:ts do not build, a n2Ltion-4;. nation is built by the individual, who thr0uf_"h his faith ini himself and country creates indus- try and gives employment. lf wt: art: in hr-intr uhnuf I-at-ruvnv-V JEUHTT x21` LI0l(1\VZl`lO1'. found not guilty on the jury returning: a twenty minutes de-` .` Not only in actions is Mrs. Gif- 7; :ford much younger than her years, 7 .burt also in reading and kn-ittinggi 5 Jgwhic11 she does without the aid of. 3.` lasses, and in takiumg long motor` xjrips. S11e stalt-ed that her favorite? 3 `xiasrtirne was motloring. She told ofi ' [making a trip through the nvonthernl - ,a!tes and no maxbte-r how many~ = `I iles were travelled in a day, it: did I l , ot tire her. She would make thel v Hip again to-mor1'o-w if she could} ' at some one to take her, she de-' ."o_-`lav-.:d, Descended from pioneers, born in fcastle to the late Alfred Gifford on Newcastle, Durham County, Nov. 7,` 1844, herself a pioneer, Mrs , ifford told of the marny hardships Iof her early life. Married in. New- _Ap1"i1 8it:h, they left for the Georgizin `Bay district, traveI:l'i`nIg` to A11andale' and Ciollingwood by rail and then _embIarrking` on the bay, coming to`: Land at Meaford. In St. Vincent` izowtnuship, from virg-in forest they` hewed out a home and raised their: -'5-.-nn-3117 ' ~ ! Luann-JAJ o Dhi~s grand old lady when asked her ideas on the present day youth- and their habits, started it was none: 0-f her business what they did or the Way they acted. She was denitely not in favor of beverage rooms or of consuming in any manner. `told of taking` early youth and never in her long: lifetime had she wan-io(l from it. The only wearing apparel of the younger generation which irl<.~' 312-.<. IG;i ord s sense of propriety the wearing` of shorts by young Womefn..' v-. .. She; the pledge in her I Four sons, four dz|u_<:hter.<, nianyi grand children and seventeon g1-eatl lg1:andchi]dren hnzwe the blood of` pioneers coursing throng`-h their ,veins. The daug'hters are Dr. Retta 5 Gi ord-Kilborn, recently re't'u1-nod - medical missionary from the China eld, now residing in Toronto; Mrs. W. J. Pascoe, Niagara Falls; Mrs. Barul Montagu, Syracuse, N.Y., and `Mrs. J. O. Scythes, Barrie, with g'- Ymnl she is at present residing. `3:.h`e sons `are `A. B. Gi"ord, Mea- ford; W. A. Giff-ord, Moosejaw Sask; H. E. Gifford, Lockpor.t,' .N.Y., and WaI~tIe~r Gif ford, Kirkland Lake. I T: I With visitors present from Ori`,1ia-,: Alliston, Cooksbown and Toronto` Royal Black Preceptory, Allandalej Royal Black Preceptory inhtziatedi four new members on Monday mnightu The ceremony was co~nuducted by Deputy Grand Master Sir Kni'ghm W.I H. Dznwson, of Toronto, assisted by members of the visitting preceptories.` Arnn`i(':aIt'inn:. nf tan mnrn r-mm-Ii. UL rcccneu Ell lf,` UEXE Hl`.'CDlHg. i' The Deputy Grand Master urged all Black I{1mi,.>,'}1s to uphold the t1'a4 j] d `.ions of the O1'2\11.g`(- Order in _2'ht- I1 .'.'u:; for ttlhe public school suppo1 te1`si5 :.-against t-he d(-mands of the separate.2 schools. The Hvpburn `G;overnment`t had provoked 21 1`e`.ig'i0us issue int passing` the amen-dmenlt: to the As- 1 sessment Act. i 5 Mrs. Mary Gifford, one of Ba1'1'ic s oldest citizens, last week celebrated -her 9`2'nnd birthday art the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. 0. Scythes,; -Bay-eld St. Having lived during the reign of four sovereigns, she is. Ioth to discuss the present constitu-[ itiogal cxisis ot\her than to say that it was d.isgusting. I 1\Y...+ .....1.. :.. ....:........ :. 1m.... nu` - IIIUIIIUUIE U1 UILC vmnuulg [Jl'UC!1pLUl'lBS." App_`.icaJt1'ons. of ten more caJndi- dates were accepted, and they will be recened at the next ma-eting. 'l`hr~ Dnnwtv Grand Mm:f'm- nwrml Midland s big ski jump near the` town cost about $900. It is fty feet high and the slope runs 75`, feet. The adventurous sports lover; ies through the air for over 100 feet: before `zmding' on the ground. ' Captain W. C. C. Innes, chairman at! the Commercial Bureau of Can- ada, Inc., gave a forceful talk on. Canada s national problems and sug- gestled solutions at Kiwanis on Mon- day night. The Commerci'aIl Bureau of Canada was incorporated in 1925 by a number of pub`ic-s'pirited citi- zens who felt that a great educa- tional work was necessary -to bring to the realization of the people the necessity of solving Canada s out- standing national problems. The -Bureau is non-poliwtical and embna-ces in its membership some of the best known men in Canada. (`.9-r\+n$n Ihhnn .In...1. ...:n. ;L- c-1 : `CONSERVATIVE win 1 m EAST HASTINGS Dr. Harold E. Welsh, Conse1'va-j tive, ,won out in East Hl; ,`.\`, be-1 I I `mg conceded the seem; at nine o c1ock ` lasit ndght by an unofcia`. majority of 1,258 over Dr. Harold Boyce, Liberal. The East Hastings by- 'election was one of the bitteresi. fought elections staged for many 2.; year. Premier Hepburn, with prac- ; tically every member of his cabinet.` and every speaker of note in 111.? gwove1wnmen.t, have been v:nnpin, in? the riding for ihree weeks. I1"L. ..,A II .1 u 1 - . i Iynnn A1\AlII'L'. JUL k'lllL'Y.J \VCCl\D- The votc polled w;'..< the l1,~_:\'ir`:'1f {in the hist'ory of thv ri(lin{4'. both` `sidr-.< working: hard from when the `po`l.~' opc-nt-d Lil] thuy (']0.~`C(1 at snvr-`n |o'clo(-k. Dr. Boyce pollcd a bi): votc | in his home to\vn; but p1`21c t'ica]l_v ` 'v~\re1'5' other centre grave Dr. Welsvh :1 `majonity. Both purtivs' had m",`.dl'." elabom-be preparations for a ce]ebra- j tions, and the Conservatives carriedi it out. while the Libe1'a`.s soup:h`l their homes. BLACK KNIGHTS ENTERTAIN OFFICERS OF GRAND LODGE` I ............ ... 5 W Premier Hepburn blzmms the re-| ligious issue as` the cause of Dr. Boyce s defeat. It was an issue and ` will be am issue in the next renew] Ielection, but `the Premier himself is llrosponsible for that. IKE:-:N AND ALERT ON I NINETY-SECOND BIRTHDAY: u/ V1 It was borne home on: visiting the : ditferenlt rooms of the house, upstairs , and down, which have been converted into studios for the different depart- j`me'nts, that tlhis Art, Centre was A .more like a litle hive with the bees` , lkniowing what. they wanted to do and qlgoing srttraight to it. Right there gland then the idea struck home- tithese chi`.dre_n are not only being H darug'ht creation of things beautiful, _'buiJ also initiative and industry. ;Nevevr during 1;h(.- time spent was, `,there an insttructor that put a line gbo a sketch, :1 hand no a model, or e`picked up a mullet to sncish a. wood V carving. The children asked ques- 5;tio-ns and were given instructions, rlbut they did the work ilhemselvus, Jizmd proted by 'r.l1<:ir inistzzkes. , ` 'T`>l'1r> lwnvu nnzl (Vivi: nninn-hurl 4`1~nn,l ' Olirisrtmas is coming and so uncel '.;a~g,1a1i11- the Kiwanis Club is busy` _ planning and preparing to visit the ;!unde1'privleged'chi`ldren of the town f_iI1 the role of Santa. Last year 165 I `parcels conitairnving clo*tihin:g, toys, 3 lfruit; and candies were distributed to fi5l51 children, who probably would` llnot have -been remembered on ; Chvrlstmas Day. I m H10OHSI]iIi'.." .l' ` V ;and co.~t;~-., amour.-.Sn,-: $134.25, 31` ;1'J' uouyt , 5 The c11a1~;:<;- was having` 1 purchased Lhroagh :1 Q I I vendor. D...-T-,1. .. `... [*1-`LNED $100.00 0.-xv CHARGE ,i 01- ILLEGAL POSSESSION muuwn men in uanaaa. | Captain Innes deaht with the fol-i lowing problems: Too Much Govern- .ment and the Overlapping and Dup-} (?`ic1art,ion of Governmental Se2'vices;~ `The Duplication of Income Taxes;j Public Ownership; The Railway Probfem; B1'it.i.' ;\"o1'th America Act. -u... ,......,....4...,`_4_, 5,, n , 1 - I of the school of art rece~n'tIy start'ed in town witeh the purpose of interest- `ing the young folk in creati-nvg work in pottery, sketching, painting, wood carvnug, metal work and mode1`.ing from clay. The A11: Centre-, as it has been called by the youthful stu- dents, hla-s been operaiting for the nast six weeks. Evm-v Ratrnwiav Little is known U0 Barrie citizensl I WHE ART CENTRE i I snmnnms NEW] To provide the necessary funds land supp`:ies this year a show was i given `do school children` at the Roxy Theatre last Monday arfternoon, -to which the price of admission was a toy from each boy or girl. The Boy {Scouts are now busy as he gnomes" frepairing and paintilngz; -Uhese toys in order to mlzuke some kiddie happy. On Saturday, Dec. 19th, a tag day is being held under the direction of l'the Kiwanis Princesses. The pub- ilic, it is hoped, will greet these Princesses and their assistants gen- ierously and cordia`ly. Then the iusulall N-ew Year s Eve dance and `frolic should provide a surplus to be iused in the Christmas cheer activity. . urn lmnrv-r\n-\1P u. r.------A V n E We bespeak the support of the ,public of Barrie for Itihe Kiwanis ;CIub in this one of the truly admir~ :zvb]e phases of their work. uu-..\,; en. un vAu_y. U.!'.'.'l, IIJZXS D8311 uperzllwng Ior Une past _six weeks. _ Every Saturday! imorn_ing' -some_ 25 young piilel ,1-ang'1n;r from sxx to seventeexm years, wend their way to th(: t'\Vo-;~`t01'(_\'! hougw at 19 Ross St. for their w<:<-k- Iy lesson. n nfI1wI:nv n1n1-nhur +v1nn AI], l_`y 163501]. On Saturday morning the Ad- vzmce paid a call to the thriving` '(-entre, iamd as is probably the case `with many people, it was a won- `of six years could do in the way of Sl(CtCllll l\_, painting" or modelling` in iclay. Stantlingz in front of an easel, !\\'l`|llCl1 had been made in the wood lsitsood a `it/ule girl with lon-g golden `curls, six years old they said, start- ling; out to draw the outline of a `house. The next time we chanced .to look the house was completed. ;T1'ue, the ouutlinied wavered hero =1`. gllttle and there a little, but denite- was ready to continue by painting, it. .dcr to the caller what u _voung`.-tel`. `carvin_: department by a brother,, 'ly in was a house, and the litrtle miss i X `Yo11n;: .P<>opl<= Lo;12'ning A11 ; of (,`r0ati11g' ',l`h1ngs I ~ L I Beautlfll. I {soon wsnjrlg qz per cent. | _ A charge of having in a public` place was dropped. J. R. Boys, forl `the defence, agreed to a p`ea oi g-uilcty to the first charge if the seccmd was dropped and the min- imum ne of $100 was imposed. `illl [Jl'OI]il(3U D_\' Ln(:1)` HTISEHKCS. ; = The boys and _"i1'].\ min;:~`ed free-j ily in all phases of the different sec- Vtians. We saw pgjx-Is 1'ashioning' book ;onds in `she wod czu'vin2' depzwtment, 'makin;: b1-Lu-ztlrts out of bronze in? M19 metal work, and boys making: masks in `.`}m clay and .~;kr:tching' and paxinti~nvg. 'J`]w_\' xvi-re 0ng:'o.~'se(l in; heir e orL.~, and if tlwy 1'-zilod in` one tlhingz. they \\'zu1*. Inn-k for more` :Com,I:1uL-d oz: ;::~u:<- four) . I I 1 4 I \ U[Hl0I'. | Pzu'kc)'. u 1'<~. of .\'s_w Low:-1},` \\`21sr:11')'c-~'t on Lhw pm-n1i.=(*.< of his` his brother E1-ne.=.'L at G`encz1im by P1'ovin(-in] Constables Gibson and Dobson. The oicers approached the |`cn1' in which Parker was sibtinzg` and rbegan a search. "The accused put; Iup a fight. and got awa_v, but was `recaptured. While he was free he] `tossed .22 botmle away, but it wasl found unbroken and full of moo.nr soon tesninp; 42 per cent. l A (`.}1;H`n':.\ nil havino` in 2 ~nn1\11'n K OHHHUII.` `ll .\ Edwzlrd VIII. throne and the nf \/n.J. ...- fl. 1Legion_ Service Bureau Doing Much for Veterans Cecil Parker, arrested on Nov. _27.1lh when a search of his person ,ro\'(-aled him io be In p: ession oi `mnnn. '7 ~ ` KIWANIS CHRISTMAS CHEER H1 C111 [U . 2'! _\"*.~'tr-1`dz\.j.'.; ;' liquor not, $_"0vc1'nn1em I memuers oI'Lne Legion or not. The Service Bureau is called up- on no deal with pensions claims or pensions complaints of every mature and from July, 1930, to March, 1936, no less than 21,223 cases were dealt with and 4,684 pension claims were established in Canada. Commuted Pensions Following` demobilization. and up to 1920, there were many returned men .g1'an~ t'ed small pensions, ve or `ten per cent. disability, and given. the option of a lump sum, which a. large number accepted. As years ,went by these men found that the . |disa.b:il'it_v from which they suffered `became more IZl`g'g`I'2l\"ZltiI l,`. ,', but they `could not get any further awistance. In 1930 through the efforts of the Legion Service Bureau, the Pen Act was changed and these commute- ed cases were reinstated and the pen- lsions restored on a new nating. [This was a Godsend to many vet- gerans and kept them from groinvg on relief and losing` their self-respect. i Tina Ant w=.:rnrmf.inn- xvidnxvc nan- auu moon: nne pactures. The Canadian Legion, said Com- nande Robinson, was organized in 1926, and in 1926 there were less than 20 branches in Ontario. To- day there are 250 branches, al' ac- rhive, while in the Dominion.~t:l1ere are some 1,450 branches. From the end of the war till 1926 there were mlavn-y organizations tr_vi~nq2; to cope with the problems of the relturned men, and 1-ecogfnizingr the necessity of solving; individual cases, the Leg iown entered in a comprehensive way the eld of service work, to help and advise returned men. There is the `Dominion, Headquarters Service Bur- eau at Ottawia-, but branches were opened in the various provinces. In Ontario there are bra-n-che;~: in Toronto, London and Windsor. The services of the bureau are avariliauble Without any charg,-`e what- ever to all mz-sm'\'ir-n Innn and um. avwlualuut WHJIOLIL any cnarg,-`e what- ever to all ex-se1'vice men and W0- rrienv and ttiheir dependents, whether members of'the Legion not. The m \xim=- R111-nnn 4: nnllnzl l1n_ The work of the 0:I1ltc3FI'i0 Vetterans Serviice Bureau was reviewed in an enlighrtsening talk by Comrade A. A. Robinson, of the Adjustment Oice, Toronltuo, at a Legiornv meeting in the ll.-egiornx Hal`. last Friday night. Wlilflh comrades present from branch- es in the district, the hall was Well lled. Following Comrade Robin- sonis talk, the comrades preseunlt en joyed moving pictures of the Vimy unveihinag by Comrade Prissick, of Toromto, who was on the pilgriniage and took the pictures. The Canadian Tmtrinn unirl (`mu \'_".lt:1 EUIU IUSHIK H1911` S(.`lI`1'SpeCE. The Act 1'es1)ect-ing- widows pen- sions was also chanlszed in 1930. Before that when a pension-er died .his widow ce:-used (lrawlmz -.1 pemion. This was 1'es`t.o1'ed and ten months back pension. paid, $600. If the Legion Service Bu1'ez.u had accom- plished nothing else but this, it jusv tied its existence. I L1,... mm 4:.~~.,. LA..- 1..... 1...... Lt has p1-ob:1h]_\' been known tog Premier .:1ld\vin for .=0n1 d:1_\'.< that King` Edward had (it-cidod to abdi- ('u1.(`, but )1)`. Bumwin wuntml the King to con. wt-H the stnp ho \vz1.< talcinsr. It \\'a.~` :1 hard choice to make. I-tx was :1 . i?`on\' Um? led }\'i1$Ffd\\'-'11! to this w"hin elev 1 months after his ac on. It xvfis the choice hrtwevn chi` .r upt the thought of marrying a woman,, who. :1:-(-"din_<: to the cons1i1ut.ion,| could -120` be crownc-(I Q1z and R'i\"ir',tz up the throne of the Em- pire. , .