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Qn 18563Ihe Bank of Torontobpened branch At the time the Bankltselt was avlng opened its doors on Church office in Barrie Ontario only three months old 11 Street in Toronto on July of the same year Barrie was the third branch of the Bank to be put into operation Today The TorontoDominion Bank has network otioo branches across Canadaas well as oftices in New York City and London England It is Canada fourth largest bank and this year is marking its 100th con inuous year of bank ing service to the Canadian people The TorontoDominion Bank was created by an amalgamation of The Eankof To ronto and The Dominion Bank on February 1955 The Barrie branch has pla yed an important part in the growth and progress of the Bank throughout virtually the entire century of operations as managers here have gone agement at the head office Several of the men who served on to positions of senior man John Lamb manager in Barrie from 1901 to 1905 later served successively as Geheral ManagerPresldent and Chairman of the Board His suc cessor here from 1905 to 1909 11 Henwood later became General Manager The longstanding relatlo nshlp between the Town of Barrie and the Bank was recognized in 1051 by the presents tion of painting to the Mo yors office by Vanstone then President of The Bank of Toronto and now Chairman of the Board of the TorontoDo minion complete list of the men who have served as Manager of the Barrie branch since its inceptionls as follows Oct l856WD Ardogh 1857John Burnslde 1857Angus Russell February IBEBJames Smith February 1870D Campbell lBBilvJ Strathy August lfi95M Atklnson September1901J Lamb June 1905H Henwood March 19090 Latimer June l911W Stratton July lollH AxSims June 198911 Nettleton November l953H Little Site of Oldest Branch BARRIETBOOM TOW From TheBank of Toronto Staff Magazine1953 If there should be prize for the branch which has seen the most changes in anytown we humbly submit that Barrie would cop the shekels hands down For up and down Dunlap our main stre which hasnot been changed has not succeeded to other ha etthere is hardly building and scarcely business which nds by purchase will or merger rr nu plate During that time the since the Banks first outoftown branch opened here in 1856 Rcally Spread out gt Since those days when our main street was just wide dirt road Barrie has spread out along the shores of Lake Simcoes sparkling Kompenfclt Bay up the bywoys now become highways to point where we have trading area of over 40000 eople population weih ove 8000 town net retail salesirom over 200 outlets exceeding $15 millions annually and plantslproducing upwards of $12 millions per year it is safe to say that more people have passed through Barrie going to more places than anyother centre in Canada with the possible exception of Niagara Falls And we are happy to say many of thebest of these have stoppedand stayed Many ThingsTo Many People Barrie is many things to many people To holiday seekers the junction offltwo majorhighways is Barries famed Five Points the springboard to countless northern lakes and Georgian Bay To old soldiers of two world warsit will always be remember ed as retreat from Camp Bor Vden that deser of sand canvss shacks and lie ing runways 12 miles out oftown To some of these it is theQuecns Hotel Min eis Point and Valleys Taxi and the Town Hall but to the more fortunate Barrie is the home of countless kind people who so graciously open thei doorsito servicemen fro all over the British Empire For neighbor ing Camp Borden was the tempor my base of nearly half mill men in khaki pndblue one of the biggest srmy installations and pilot training schools in the Bri tish Empire The Campis still heavily populated and now has its own schools storoeand perm anentresidences for ser cs per sonnei Always Done Well Here The BankIof Toronto has al ways done well in Barriefdespite very old but albeit well ovaicd buildingyand stiff compet ition from three other banks This successvis probably due to the combination pin number ai and long standing association with good businessmen clever man ligament and we like to feel goodservice At one time Barrie eat Mr John tomb who was fo owed as manager byaforincr VicePresident and General Man ager Mr Harvey Henwood it La mer was here too and so was Sims both of whom will beremembered many present manager Net ticton was hills in 1010 and came back as manager inJune 1939 after serving at other branches and Head Office Solid Business Foundation The solid foundation of the business at Barrie Branch was laid many years ago stance the Town of Barrie has been acontinuous customer of the branch since MESsomewhat of record The County of Sim cue second largest in Ontario has been customerfor over 50 years Underhills Limited shoe manufacturers and Barrio Tanning Ltd are both very old connections During the years new business has been added so that thebranch now enjoys diversified and well roundedout clientelewhich might be class iiied as municipal industrial re tail andfarming supported by substantial savings business re quiring four tellers Railway Baby Barrie Was branch which might be called railwaybaby when it was decided to pm Can adas first railway line through from Toronto to gt Collingwood Barrie wasuthe principolpolnt en route The Bank financed part of the venture so branch was established here it just so hap pened that the railway started 1853and in 1853 the banks firs years ofbusiness so we became as managed by aformerPzes Our For in invorahiejnctors good location at one of Barries Five Points the first branch outside of Toron to and the only office withyiho exception of Toronto Main First At Five Points Summer and winter travellers will know Barr Tambiyn Store located at the aforementioned highways juncti That was where the Bankofloronto first opened in town in 1914 the branch moved one block down Dunlop Street toth corner of Owen the site identified in the above pictures as Hendersons Hardware Store Across from us is the Post Office and invfront of it is constant reminder that we are well established vintovvn drinking fountaindonated to the citizens of Barrie by the Bank in 1891 Behind the Post Office is the railway station and beyond that lies Kempenfelt Bay thespot where Commodore Ro his tour of the GreatvLaltes sys tom and after whomour town was named Graduates 01 Bar rie Branch willkuowwe have ladymn of Canadas veryie And some willt re mbersee ing in Robert Rplcys column Believe It or Not the amenf our former Mayor Gra surname is Mayor Acc trhditional cus ording to or He now up at one of the most attractive Motels in the usteastofmowh the Howeverth roni 1t alongwhich you omfortsbly or you can st 11 from Toronto to visit Weare bapp to say that like many other been Vi ma by of towiil VbaL ers youknow ouiwii ai welcome at he domain of our good memenjiuss Nettieto THE TQRONTODOMINION BANK ac qulred completely new look both inside and out in the past year witha remodelling Job which took thebestpart of 1955 to com in the old post offlceidirectiy across Dun lop Street The new front shown here is 1856 at Dunlop dClapperton Streets large drug store now occupies the old site bert BarrieJapdcd in 1828during amilton one is swell mark Barrie ity at ank operated tor right bankth Taihblyns of creamcolored stone Poorwaysmnd firm lettering above arein green trim and there is brown speckled stonework Vbe ow th 90 windows of the managers office tends for considerable nk ex spice up 0w Street an Picture From Fred Grants 1101891 THE BANK or T0 sented drlnking fountain to of Barrieand District and it famillaran Welcome spot at office square whichJs to become Pred Grantzsquare when legislation Blnce Barrie an proudlybo nateLiié sign in thewindow of thefirst vnenneirsonhnsnnwanesrona as it building Bank of Toronto wasin 1875 This is now pres Dominion building in 1945 RONTO pre the citizens has the old post this fountain is completed tohaving ent Toronto ellers Limit Barrie History files ed bought the adjoining property and re Made Five Years Ago fillingiceremony iorthéSe Reprinted from The Barrie Examiner 1351 The strik gly beautiful portrait Post office Square in Winter ARCA was presented to the Town of Barrie from The Bank of To route by the president Van stone Eoblndale Inn Thursday eVening Mr Vanstolie presented the ture to Her Worship Mayor Mar jorie Hamilton who accepted it on behalf of the wn Smith re and treasurer for over 30 years was head table guest and spoke briefly He voiced apprec for the long andfriendly relations which had always existedbetween The Bank of Toronto and the TownafBarrie Mr Vanstone was introduced byFred Stevenson manager of Allsndale branch The presidents would like for sayfirst ho happy Mrs Vanstooe and are to have the opportunity of meeting informally the officials of the Townof Barrie and their wives as well as some spirited citizens The picture which is being presented tonight depicts the close relationship which has existed manyyears betwee the Town Barrie and the Bank of T0lt rontothe Post Office in the fore front and tbeBankiof Toronto in the background Your town and our bank have as ii were grown side by side Wé wer lished in 1855 and our Toronto tract from book ofgwhich pn derstand there are only six or Adah Present ad Fliture by HKSmlth published in justa hundred year ago on fl rrie County 01 uatfidet tb lfenipenfelt ful shee wato painted by Thomas Mitchell ed town clerk remarks were impart as follows of your public existenceCam olalioll Parliail lo lhehwn oifBarrIe Magnet published here and therUpper Canada Bank has an agency The county offices are kept in the town and the jail for the county situated here That the residents intthat day had real estate problems too is evidenced by VMr Smiths further comment the opposite bank of bay presents an almost unbroken front of densejforest there being but two or three clearings jto be range of erai very sombre ue 0n endeavo ng ghborhoodcont uing nsuch ve state there beio lya ee cutdown sincewe first visited thelocaiitymore than sev ago wewere trimmed to non residents who would not sell rent athjg prices thuspreveht ingt set lenient of the country denily The progress which hssbeen made by 13 nice is indeed arked Whenw openedhere the popu tioh was some 1500 Today over 13000 The assess swoon today it approacbes ih $8000000merk Your business dist is secondito none fact have heard some ofour head office men soy that the reason th do not call onrldr Nettleton on theirWait Mus people of barrio during two world warswill 11 soon be forgotten and manyioVCanadlanso er car ried with him overseas in niories ndness and hospit ie in training at my modestly ave remarkedprev Barrie was the third have made progress be branch opened and the capital at that time was £27400 todavae have 24 branches with capital and Surplus of $21670000 Prev iously our representation has been confined to Ontario Quebec the Prairies and British Columbia but last year wemade our first step into the Maritimes opening at Halifax in September On March of this year senior memberpf carstaff will setsail for England to become the first permsn nt representative of the bankrin the British Isles He will have his headquartersin London So you see large oak room has grown from the small acorn that we planted here 95 years ago addition to being tberan the town and county we unher close association of have always been proud Lamb who we manager 190105 be me succes resident succeeded him 1009 becaln client thinkthat record is parallel ina at least in the Bank of Toronto NURSE SHORTAGE REPORTED BY HEALnwNir lySimcoe County Health Dru presentlyexperiencinga shortage of nurses Inits monthly report the unit shows sh rtone nursing supervisor urse in Alliston and two nurses in Barrie in addition the unit has had five resignations To help offset this shortage three nurses arrived fromthe naive of Toronto bursary course public health nursing eases reported in August Nine suspected cases polio were reported Only one casecan Ali consider as nomparalytic Theothers othe presentgare suspect only ause noconfirmation has been had they are be as regarded as nonparalytic poliog suspects and and onth DUMP STREET muons onranio egreport pointed out that here werefsw communicable dis Ccaroners dury Clears Tottenham Driver at Orillia Orillia Packét and Times Ancoroners jury meeting at Orillia to inquire into the death of Hendrik deBoer on Sept 10 Aiiroiirght in verdict of accidental ea Thegjury absolved Fred Bolton of Tottenham driver of dairy truck whichstri1ck down the eld erly farmer of any blame in the accident and also brought in recommendation that bicycles be used only in the daylight hon Mr deBoer was killed at 620 oclock in the morning while ing his bicycle on Highway 12 about halfmile west of Warm ster He was on his wayzto his farm to beginthe days work Evidence was en to bsta thefact that the bicycle was with out lights Police said the en star system was in the off no switch of sufficient strength to make it impossible for it tohave been turned off accidentally accident Fred Bolton saidhe was driving Tottcnham Creamery uck on milk pickup ute At isolation precautions have been imposed General grades in milk samples were improved over the previous month total of 10 shippers werevshut off during themonth for continued low grades warnings were issued to mothers Yisits were made to those shutoff moved the small store the bank 22 feet of frontage tion and was triggered by spring VIn his evidencevconcerning the and the finestpiire driiikingwaterln éanada is of added value It wasr finished iiijCentennigi Year 1953 Herois the present manager of TorontoDominion BankHarveyJ Little rleftrwithfi Russell blettletonright retired manager since 1958 atthofountaln FIVem nex doorfleaving Picture From Fred Grants Barrie History files the ime of the accident he was traveling at between 45 and 48 miles an hour Hesaid that he was blinded by lights of an on coming car and had not seen the cyolist on the road ahead until just before the oncoming car pass cd him At that instant he saw the form of man loom up ahead both right side of theroad Almost at the samemoment he heardthe impact ashis trucksright fender crashed into the figure He had notseen the bicycle at all heem phasized but only the form of man ahead of him The inquest was presided over by Coroner Dr Baillie Crovm Attorney Thompson presented the evidenc The jury was composed of Ernest Banbury fore an Robert Calverley haipb Haw ns Jack Co eiandaud Man he Drive carefully Henry Mothersinlaw are press ious and faulty cooling regarded as one major factor in low grade milk Improper car of lkin rhacbi swas another=