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ELMVALE-- ..u. u uuu-.15. There were about twenty boys at the meeting. The Sea Gulls had a full patrol. One new recruit join- ed at this meeting. ..,.....-_ \a\l ....a.... About 15 years ago We were |`.ivi:1g in another town, a long way from here. The house next door caught re and two children were burned to death that time," she said. `burned to death. HAL , WITH `THE 'oy Scouts THIkD;ARRlE (By BILL THOMPSON) n run-n4-{nu `In.-`L I`l...\.-A.... . (By BILL LOWE) In.-mA n . . A . . A . ....... .LL.. 1 FIRST BARRIE Page Seven -vyuu-.,\.. W. W. Collins, of Toronto. was bound in the sum of $100 to ap- pear in court next week on :1 char2't.- of fraud. Constztble .\I('(`:1l1um :11`- rested this man for obtaining: goods `.0 the value of $3.89 from Mrs.` "I will not be without Gnstronox. the wonder stomach powder. us I sleep so good now. Bofore t:\kin',: it, I usml to get up more tired than going to bed. I was on :1 milk liet for xveeks diet but nmv I eat everything." Mrs. M. M.. Piedmont. Que. Get relief in two minutes with Gus- tronox. Try it nnd prnve it. (,5 News of Our Neighbors |II~I\ nun:-gun II-Ill,- hms-mlso thoirfoetwc1'e11ap1)y . . . they bought their shoes from Walltxxvel. Keep a sunny-side up . . . continue your smart ways . . . do business with Ba1'1'ie s Lead- ing Shoe Store. HAPPY . . . And All The People V\-'ere (AS CLEANED FROM THE COIUMNS OF OUR CONTEMPORAPJES) nv Q D D 11 "'n0'.1 ' ~ `ought < ~`r~.`; '.neuding to count make a few was j.1`oin2' `.0 deal l'_L..lVl V 111.12.?` Mr. Harry Rowley put Elmvale on the map when his picture ap- peared in to-day's Globe and Mail, with the remarkable feat of balanc-I ing ve bililard balls one on top? of each other. k i t costs was im- C. Taylor, of North Gwillimbury, under false pretense. t"1A....1.J T_`[......1..-. an.) 1'J.~~`|.. {`n11n IAIIUCL .I.aL.3I: pl. cwcucc. Gerald Howke and Hugh Gxallie. ,bot'h of Toronto, were ned $10 land costs for speeding. i C. W. Foderingham, of Toronto, paid $10 and costs for having no oper-ator s license. ORANC-EVlLLE-- Thirteen is often considered an funlucky number, but Shelburne curlers do not think so. Last Thursday they invited Orangeville cu1'1e1'.< up for a friendly game. S. H. Rutledge took a rink up in the afternoon and was beaten by 13 to 5. J. J. Smith and R. A. Marshall skipped two rinks Thursday night and each was beaten by 13 to 9. Three 13 wins--who dares say now that 13 is unlucky. 2 `, CREEMORE- Percy A. Ne , Reeve of Notta- `jrency operation while attending ihe Simcoe County Council session in Barrie in January, returned to his home near Singhampton on Thurs- day, 11th inst Mr. Neil` has had a `good result so far as his operation is concerned, but unfortunately he developed plebitis in his leg which will delay his ultimate recovery for several weeks. The treatment for `this trouble which, in plain lan- guage, is a blood oot, absolute ..-.A I... Lf\A wasaga, who underwent an emer- ` STAYNER-- Active in the Stuyner for many ! lium `home on Cedar municipal _vea1's, life of Mr. Wil- I-lawkins pu.<;~'e(l Zl.\VZ1_\' at his St., Stziyner, on Tue. evening`, Feb. 21st. Mr. l*Iu\\'kin.< wa.~: well known in this comniunity, where he had operated a fail-;: bu.:ines.s for many years. He took an active interesf in the municipal life of ihe town zwcl had served for several terms ber as `.-:` 21 INCH]- amd latex- l'rom publin of the town council reeve. He retired loilice :1 few years ago. % ALLISTON-- Mr. Jack Derbyshire, manager of the Diamond Casket Company, is rej.:rettin_-: the loss of two ngers from his left hand sustained last Wedne.<(1a_\' afternoon while operat- ingq` a saw in the factory. Mr. De1`b_\'Sl1l1`e was cutting wood with the circular saw, one with a 22-inch` blade, when the wood kicked back` :md threw the hand onto the teeth of the saw. In :1 trice. the ngers were severed. Rushed to Stevenson Memorial Hospital, Mr. Derbyshire had his wounds dressed and return-` ed home. His hand is now minus; uthe fore and third ngers. The little nger is badly lacerate'd, but the second nger and thumb were undamaged. I t On Friday evening a number of `friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Johnston to bid them farewell on! the eve of their departure to reside at Minesing. The evening was spen in cards and other games. we I Alliston Council has decided to <'01Ic(`t nverdue business taxes in the] 58 Dunlop St. Black and Brown Velvet FUR TRIMMED Walkwel GOLOSHES most` effective manner. If, after one demand for these amounts, some 01 which are long past due, the money is not forthcoming, suit will be en- tered in the division court Without delay. ORILLIA-- An anonymous letter signed byl The Black Hand, it was revealed to-day, has been received by Mayor Harry Pack. rn1._ _'I-_....__.,L -..,_.I_1__ __,2,,. , 1 .... .._, ;.uA.u- I The document, crudely printed in lead pencil, came through the mail to the mayor s office a few days ' ago, it was revealed. The, mayor did not immediately make the let- ter public because he Wanted to see if there were any repercussions. In the upper corner of the letter it ,-zirried a wierd picture of ablack hand and underneath in printed letters a warning was printed that he had better be careful because he was being kept under surveillance - by watchful eyes. TL. ........... ....!,1 L- .12.! .._L L._ u v vv ArvvALJ.uA \._y van . The mayor said he did not turn the letter over to the police depart- ment and was inclined to make light .-.6` :4 HT `~1n:v1`r :4. um- :.....L ,......4 L- `.1.- '>osed. XXI wnnu uuu nuq nu...-uuu vv unuux, u5uI. of it. I think it was just sent to me by some practical joker, he re- marked. The letter was not the first anon- ymous warning` letter received by an Orillia chief magistrate. Three years ago J. B. Johnston, then mayor, received a threatening let- ter, while it is also recalled that several years ago John Good re- ceived an unsigned letter threaten- ing his life when he was the head lof the town council. I {Melted Supphires And}=Rock Make } Glass `fInvisible ._ _ . ,. _____ New Y0l'l(.--SE1])pl1l1`er? and quartz, heated until they become vapors, cont o1'dinz11'_\' 5.-`lass so that it be- ,come.~nuln1os`.. completely transparent and invisible. The melted 2`em.< and rock make lthe . coatin_r.r yet discovered, :it \\':1.< announced to- | Invisible glass. a discovery an- innunced two months ago simultan- 1 1 . ..... .=imultan eou. by the General Electric Com- ipzmy and by the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technoloyzy, is the most srpectacular advance in use of glass in scientic history. rm. lIP\r\LI\rJ 4.. ..._.._...-., ... .xu.nuu\, umu.u_V. ` The coated _r:las.< transmits more `than 99 per cent. of light, against 92 per cent. for the best untreated `glass. No ligrht Q11 be seen to re- flect. from this lmed glass. Thous- ands of commercial uses are in `prospect as soon as a permanent `lm is assured. ` To-day's announcement, made by `C. Hawiey Ca1'twri_i:ht and A. Francis Turner, of the M.I.T., to the American Physical Society, ap- pears to solve the making` of a lm that will stick. L ,. . . navy n In nuun. In the original discoveries these. ' 1 Phone 1060 The Barrie Advance NEWMARKI-ZT-- Three Girls Burned To Death As Fire Sweeps 0rill_ia_ Home Father Forcibly Held from! Dashing Into Blazing House to Save Daughters. Ori11ia.-Three sisters were burn-` ed to death Tuesday night and av brother barely escaped with his life! when re, of unexplafned origin, swept through their two-storey frame home here. The dead, `daughters of Cecil Mc-l Laughlin, Orillia barber, are: Lor-, r:aine, 15; Audrey, 14, and Mar-3 _]0l`_V, ten. E A,........1:...... 1... A......1.J n/r..`r ........LI:.. 2 COULD HARDLY BREATHE They answered me, but they didn t come. I waited, and yelled again. Again they answered me. Still they didn't come. The smoke was getting so bad I could hardly breathe. The heat was awful. I yelled a third time. They -d-idn t ..v....".w. W. -5 .11 T ..,...1.l_n. ..;._..J _,...u.u ~ vuuu uuuuu u. ;u.\._y '\.AL\AAl.U answer me at all. I couldn't stand the smoke and heat any longer. I jumped out of the window and lit in the snow, about 15 feet below. ,\......u ;..u 1..:.. ..;J,._.. :_ `.1... 1.-..-- morning and we were all in bed, he explained. The girls were all sleeping in one room, and I was alone in another. Lorraine called out that she smelled smoke. I got up and went to go down the stairs to see what was the matter. `Smoke and re blazed up at me. I couldn't even get near the bottom of the' stairs. I went back up and yelled to the girls to all come to mother's room. I went there myself and waited by the window for them. 'They didn t come. I yelled to them to hurry. The re was get- ting worse. I .. . .,..... ....... , It was around 1 o clock in the 1 ua. mu. uuuvv, uuuuu LU Lccv uclvvvn Arnold told his story in the house of a neighbor, Mrs. Donald McAr- thur. He sat miserably in a chair in the living room, his bare feet hunched up on the seat beside him, his sister Audrey's blue coat around his shoulders and his sister Lor- raine s red coat spread over his knees. Mistaking them for his own in the smoky darkness of his home, he had grabbed them up just be- fore he jumped and taken them with him. n. -711 .. - Jung, -.\,u. According to Arnold McLaughlin, 17, brother of the dead girls, their} parents were visiting friends in ai far corner of the town when thei re broke out. 1 14 :11 - .1, I unu- snow I ran up the street until I saw a man walking along, Arnold said. I told him that our house was on re and that my sisters were in it. He ran away to turn in an alarm. I went back to the house and yelled for Lorraine, for Mar- jory and for Audrey. They didn t answer. I was still standing there when the re truck arrived. The. house was all ablaze, with re and{ sparks shooting out of the roof.._ Mrs. McArthur took me in. ! , I 1 After I had crawled out of the ` two men used evaporation their glass, while General `used a dipping method. Despite the unfavourable weather conditions of Sunday evening, the town hall was more than half full to hear the splendid concert by Bandmaster Moore's \'ewm:1rl ` Citizens Band, and to enjoy a love- T_v sing-song. Reeve Fred Lundy made a ver_v capable chairman. The silver collection for the Wm. Spence fund amounted to twenty-, five dollars and fty-two cents, for which the band boys wish to ex- press their thanks. it I! 1` 4 ;4.u. ..u\.4;nuuu-4. uvuu. nu. nu . The re reels had arrived and Phone 1412 for Appointment 'Sp'ring.'. When hearts beat faster and heads are youthful, more charming for Spring. lighter . . . and more captivating! when your Hair can be so expressive of your Spring mood! Wear it high on top or low in time when your appearance counts back,_ in ringlets or in-between . thing with Few cases appeared before .\Iz1;;'-g istrate Woodliffe this week, and`; court was adjourned within fifteen , . I m mutes. I I -. u 1-. n 1\ In u 1 1 I` T - V " w t'- ` STUDIO MISS E. STEEN, Proprietress to coat Electric I A bright, gay, romantic season is at hanl Iewelle Beauty STUDIO ./ '"|5or SPRING. Cw A New Seasori ,.___, / ANew Coiffure it! It's Spring, you know. l the re was at its height before` the blaze had been carried, reach- ed the scene. Distraught, almost hysterical with grief, he attempted _to rush into the furnace that was %his home, and was prevented from !doing so only by Fireman Milton McKenzie, who seized the grief- stricken parent by the arms and dragged him away from the blaz- . P.C. Peevers. . Cecil Mlc`Laugh1in, to whom word of \ i 1 `| ing house and turned him over to E I . So violently did he struggle ini {Peevers grasp that for awhile it ilooked as though he might succeed` }in breaking away, but a number: of Ttownsfolk, gathered to watch the; blaze, surrounded the struggling; pair and effectively hemmed MC-3 Laughlin in. ` Through some oversight, remen were not immediately inforzned 011' their arrival of the fact that there were three children in the burning ab-nun!-nun As it turned out, it did not real- ly matter, Deputy Chief A1 Woods` said" afterwards. The children were dead long before we arrived. They must have been. he place was a roaring furnace. Just the same, as soon as we were told we` ran up a ladder to the window of the bedroom in which they were and sent up a man. The room was full of re. It was not until we had played a hose on the room that we were able to see the bodes of the three little girls. Marjory, the youngest, was on the bed; Lorraine was kneeling beside it, her head resting on the coverlets or what was left of them, and Audrey was lying `on the oor at the foot of the bed. We got them out as soon as we could. I structure. AuA1Auvv\7c Jack Rog,-'e1's, of Bradford, plead-5 ed Quilt) to a charfze of failing` :0. re2*iste1' his car. Constable Mount testied that he stopped this car in I\'e\vmarket on Saturday night be-i cause there was only one headlight on and no tail light. The accused ha" no ownehzhip card. Two nights Eater Ro,2'ers had gone to the oice1"s home with the II--`hi< i'c;w:ii1'e: . and! his ownership card. I`n_..._.... ....!.l Ll...` . .V.R.. We were all in bed when the re broke out next door, said Mrs. McArthur. Our dog `Perky started to bark. We didn t think anything of it at first. But he kept on bark- ing. Then we heard Arnold yell. We jumped out of bed and went to the window. It was too late to do] anythin-g. The place was a roaring; furnace. Mrs. McA1'thur recalls, as a coin-' cidence, that this is her second ex- perience in living next door to a house in which persons have. been PARADE OF VIOLENT STRUGGLE u -up cuuunuu I It-II1 u\4IInIVII- IVIVIVI I \II\ An lntermztionat Duily Newsfmer It records for you the world's clean. constructive doings. The Momtor does not explalt crime or sensation; neither does it. ignore them. but dean: correctlvely with them. Features for busy men and n1} the family. mcludimr the XVI-n'rlv Mao: 71nA Rnnolnn -. uu L uuuu: cvcly uay uuxuugu Tl-i"E.;I"Cv`i-i`f`E.ISTJIL.'6:`N SCIENCE MONITOR Au ldifornztfinannl IW..`I.. .'\7.u...1...).,.- but b mcluding the WL-elzly Magazine Sermon. The Christian Sclpnce Publishing Society one, Norway Street. Boston. Massachuse 1 year $12.00 6 month $6.00 3 rncnths 53.00 Wednesday issue. including ?.{a:znz1ne Section: 1 year 3 ......-.e...,. \av!A\AD Rogers said that "11 the car, he \\':\.< m . keep it. If he cuum dollars on it he .it back in. , A ne of $10 and .4_._...) -V_-- _ --w- -`---v will come to your home every day through LIE? ljnle-5'.-IAxI e-nu-xunr AAl\LIl-Iron THE W 0RLD S GOOD but do some- This is one Look more 20 Owen St. Barrie rie Scouts held their meeting at 7.30. Jack Coleman and Vernon Walker were in charge of the meet- `ing. First we had inspection of pockets and buttons. The winners were the Lions Patrol, after which Bill Needham broke the ag. Scout- .master Coleman gave instructions {on signs which every scout should know. Then We had a game call- 'ed Skin the Rubber. It was very iexciting and the scouts enjoyed it `J-I} .l..JuJ J.l\J VV ` On Tuesday evening the 1st Bar- `ivery much. This was followed by _|Patrol Corners to discuss many things. Instructions on signalling lwere given by the Scoutmaster, 'wl\ile Vernon Walker gave instruc- '!tions in knot tieing. Bill I\'eedham ipassed his automobile badge and Williamson was presented with |his cooking badge. Then we had ag down by Bill Needham, after * which we had dismissal in the boy scout way. \..., u;uu ;.;1.\/uL\1>J\ILV} The meeting last Thursday night opened with ag break by Don Mills. Scouts silence followed. `Then came inspection, with the Chipmunks and Squirrels being co- w'Lnners.. Patrol corners were then held, in which attendance and dues ......_.. 1.4--.. n,---,,,I nn ......... .. L4|/A.\lA \-vLu\..I.o vvcxc uucu were taken. Several fellows tried their scouts pace, and Ernest Alex- ander was the only lad to get it. l'\nm 1.....- 1:'....,...L A1..-.-...,:.... .....: nu; nag sun: uuA_y Lau LU gun lb. Two boys, Ernest Alexander and Gordon Coutts, were invested in the presence of the whole troop. They went to the Squirrel and the Sea Gull Patrols, respectively. Our Scoutmaster handed two of the patrol leaders their buttonhole badges, and several boys received their `four-year stars. This was followed by a rough game of Brit- ish Bulldog. r'r\L...... ......... ..L_..; L__,,.,1 , 1 MESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1939.