Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 27 Feb 1961, p. 36

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Hamill FalseilSidrt Telephones Blessomed The introduction 01 the tele phone in Barrie lot onto talee atart It wan the year inl lowtn ml the invention oi the telephone by Alexander Gra ham Bell that the librarian at the Mechanics institute in Bar rle Preney tried to ar range telephone demonstra lion in the community aPlans soon ballooned into Grand leldcyphngic Exhibition Uniortunat ere appear be some doubt that the exhibi tion ever oiflcial record at ita presenta tlen Sutuequent correspondence on ille indicates that interest in Mr Belle invention was not apparently very great in the Barrie area at thin time Mr Pressy who had been ap pointed agent in the area tor the telephone moved to Chatilam abortly alter and new agent Clark wu appointed in 1878 lo the early yearn oi the tele phone associates of the inth or developed interest in the talk ing box throughout Canada and the Unith States by arranging demonstrations at its capabilit lu These sometime took on took plane men no exchanzewuestahllalndlnthe Lakesimeoeounmlmiivueot ntthatlimewukADou¢le nJewelleronDnnlopStrut Thatyurmlonudlotaneellne we built tron Newmarket to Bardehyway ot Bradfordth involven maehinalngouomll uttwlreonpolee TRAVEL ARRANGE Arrangements the aspects of fullfledged ev going or at nnlertalm mm lea speedlee recit ation and range STILL GREECE Like many at the major in ventlons which have revolution ized mnne way at lilo however the telephone in thou early days was looked on by many with euepicianhy other as ecientilie toy and by etill other as gimmick which nobody in Ilia rilht mind would invest in major reorganization of the telephone busineu took place in men when the Bell Telephou Company at Canada was arm ed The inetrumenta inva had or some years been living in the United State and he was joined in nm by his father The telephone company in the linin Id States formerly the Nation al Bell Telephone Company changed its name to the Amer ican Bell Telephone Company in 1880 and ehortly after its Can adian subsidiary the Bell lele phone 0er ad wan to edimam an N3 Alt CquNnADIAN no at Bell of Can ada haa attained ita independ ence train the American com pany and is now 93 per cent owned by Canadians Finns for linking Barrie tn the outside world by telephone were brewing in the early 1000s but it wasnt until 1885 that an Office HERTZ RENTACAROR TRUCK BARR lllll no TCA CUNARDV CPR 32 its 39 EE see Eg 35 hi is EE ES 53 Ea MENTS ANYWHERE weAre Privileged to Handle the Indus ltries of Barrie lnAll Their Travel BOAC AMERICAN AIRLINES GUIDED Touns SERVICE Daily Weekly Monthly Annual Bosis IE TRAVEL SERVICE AND ItENTACAR mine to DUNLOP 51 WAY many III the title local Manager an extent that several Thee1m mounting nilmammalian E5 Eat ii 25 EE Eie or iii nnoqnlzssmewnn BARRIE lIARRYTMIIRDOCK ram mmnom sr Featuring WHEEL ALIGNMENT WHEEL aauncme SHOCK ABSORBER SERVICE COMPLETE FRONT END SUSPEN SION OVERHAUL ITS SPRING cnacnUP TIME ITS TIMETO $55 HARRYfMliRDOCK 27 TORONTO ST PA 82202 nanny Mtnmocn PA 66414 30 YEARSOFPROGRESS Keeping IPaece wil rnrencclr and Garage 317Penetang Right from the start passengers of Greer Transportalion Cam pany have enioyed the finest obtainable motor coach irayel We hone consréntly improving our transportation facilities we are assuring our patrons of the ultimate in comfort and convenience TRAN Sgty Barrie spamon cam

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