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H 2-B/urner 3`-Buurner ' 4-Burner $12.00` % s15.oo~ $13.00` Double Oven, $3.50` It will pay you to see these stoves bcfolfe buying.` B. McLEAN, Dealer Op. Silncoe Hotel -.-_-._ I % Excuse Me M`C|aU' lpgoving. He reports that the! hospital treatment he w_as re-| ceiving'was the very best. On April 25 he wrote that his back was still very sore and pretty: painful at times. rm". h.m4.-m ..-m'4:nn. mam l>l'nn \ VUL1l1Ll(7l_l 111 bill Dy11l(), 1lLlV\'\_;vL:l IILI is- a little better but I-regret) to say he is still in at Very critical condition. You may rest. `assured that he is now in veny capable hands and receives every possible care` and attention. ~ 1\A_ T__LL-_. /`1___l....'-\.. -...L... .\l,.,.| ya'1I1`l1l_o:_:l]3h3cT5;U:{rr'iting from the same hospital -on April 18 said:- !PLe. J. (1. Graham is severely xvbunded in the spine, however he iir. n lil6ln Inr.l nn `lnnl I -n'nn-uni` fn _ Pte. Luther Grahafm, who also went overwith the 157th but did not get across to France owing to . illness, writing from Witley Camp} `on April 29th said: One of the `boys had a letter from one of the fellows who went over in the draft `with Clifford and who came through the Vimy Ridge fight with-outa scratch. He saidthe morning they got orders to. Stand To the Barrie boys were! there" on thejuinp and went over the trenches like so many tigers, therebeing not the slightest/hes- 1.-.lu'r.v. ruwx `Inn 1r\ns~rx` AP nnvv f\"` Pte. Albert Fraser-and Pte. Clifford Graham tell -how they were Wounded-Western Officer describes how Vimy Ridge was Won- Pte. Roy Blackstock saw hundreds ofdun prisoners at Vimy Ridge From Pte. Albert Fraser `pgoving. the pm 191.3531. Writing to his mg. l10_s'pita_l treatu'1en_L re- ther, Mrs. J1`10. Fraser, Perry St, 91V_1118 W38 VBPY beSt_- from a hospital in Cardiff, Wal- ADP 25 WI`0t 1118 back es, descriljres his injuries as f01_- W3? SW1 Veffy DPOUY lows:- tunes. A 7.--. P\ 1.-,.-.. ..~.m- 4 u,.+ `mm . Thr Dnntnr writing` from the | Capt. W. A. Child, a Western officer, gives the following par- ticulars of the Vimy Ridge en- gagement:--_ ~ Ar: nvnlnnnlinn `kn 5a5U1uUu.u . An explanation of` the taking of so" many prisoners by the Canadians was given by Capt. 'Child. Those German units in the position which the division, lincluding his battalion, were or- Wicldss, Valveless, Blue Flame. `Automatic ~eing not the slightest.` hes- on the part of any of Vimy Ridge Was \Mon the! in up _ | rggrcy. This pontinued, until the ,nd of the ' engagement, and pen. ` l . implements had dm`ed\..to.;take were just `about to 110. l' i.e`Ve.df` by ifresh'.`tr.o'op,s when]! the ',i`Igtense~ barrage which. `the Gan_ad~Iana,r.ti11very kept up for i`our"days wasbegun. Conse- quently, the, Huns who were due `for `a spell atthe rear, were trap- ped, being -unable to make their Way back owing to the continu- -ous hail of shells, and their lin- esyof com.1nunication` were also cut oil`. _ _` Within half an hour after, the barrage was begun, Capt; Child said, the `Hu'.ns came streaming in from all directions; hands up, waving handkerehiefs and call- on gth`eir Kamerads for _. many "of th prisoners taken were half starved, snatching gerly at bully beef and hard cuits, once they were putin the The Vimy Ridge engagement was started by the artillery, whose V_vork.C.a t. Child describ-r ed as magniieent. After the barrage had been in progress for some time, the divisions went into line and took up their pos- 1 re IS-1: l x i ` l itions in the jumping--off trench-| es.` Shortly after ve o clock` on the`~ morning 7-following Easter Sunday, the wire entanglements in No Man s'_Land" were cut, and then the tanks lumbered in- to action, the infantry following as soon as these death-dea1ing made the re- quired` advance. In sleet and . rain, with-`out. great-coats. the ` Canadians charged. What they accomplished. is now a matter of history. ~4-. ' " `"01.-nnv knin-orlo rnarln `H'Q nh_ i I i 1 1 Illsuwy. ~ . Every brigade made its ob- jective, Capt. Childyproudly nar_ rated. Not only that, but, \vi_tl1_ out exception, they gained their positions before `the time set for the yaccomplishment of the deed. And while a lot of the Fritzies laid down, they gave us just a- hout as warm a time as you would want to see. They poured their 5.9 shells into our ranks at a rate that cost thel-ife U1 many a gallant fellow. But there was `never a grouch; never a.. kick. The boys were seasoned, for they put. in one of the worst winters imaginable, and they were well `fed. Pte. Roy S. Blackstock, who was a melnber of the 157th Bn. band, but was t1'aI1sf'e.rred _to an- m,1w1* battalion, xvrote to his 1'a.t.her., G. W. Blackstock`, on Apr. 12, as follows :- _ 7 I_--.- 1,.,....,. .last two weeks. 1 was hit in the Just, a few lines to let you! The D00_t0I` know I am safe. but I have been through-,quite a bit of pain this|1?te- ,C- GI`: wounded III small of the back with shrapnel li\tt_le hett and it has left me two dandy hf; IS Still holes on each side of my spine. C0d1t10"-_ Y9` I can t make out how on earth it 18 I10` missed my kidneys and spine, h3hdSahd1`909 but anyhow the doctors and nur; 0 atteh ses call me the ..Canadi`an>with Llll/hQI` nine lives. I also got slight WI1t0V91Wlth Wounds in the arm and leg. My 10t89t` ' pocket case, which I had in my 111TleSS._WI`,ltlI18" left pocket, got cut through with ADPI1 shrapnel and my cigarette` caseh0YS lett got a hole throughit, so you see f`3,0WS W110 W3 I had a lucky escape. I-had one,W1th G1101`d_ `operation `in France, and the th_1`0U8"h shrapnel they took out of. .my `V1th'0_U*~3 501`? back I am going to send as a m01'h1T1g they souvenir. that is, as soon as I Stand th` -can walk arou.nd.= There is no there theil need to worry, as I am in a dan; "3 U3h9h3S 1,1 dy hospital and getting looked h31f9'h31f18 D0` after ne. You might remember lltat"-ll}, me to anybody who enquires af- th9m- - ter me. I got hit on the night of -- the 18th. . a `How I From Pta. Clifford Graham 0~?`e`}t,' gV,`;'eSA', Writing fromtwimereaux-'Hos- ti pital. France, on April 19, Pte. Clifford Graham, so.n of Mr. and explanat. Mrs. Jos. Graham, Penetang St., stated that he was wounded in wa the back with shrapnel. VVhilelChild. Those the -wound was exceedingly pain-- v ful, he said he was gradually im_ including 1 '10, (13 .ll)l|\IV\u. [ Dear Father:-- I have been isending quite a few eld cards- home lately for I knew how an- .Xi-ousayou would all be when you would read the news -of the great "battle and t.l1e advance the Cana- dians have Vmade. Being in the hand, however, 1 escaped taking talion did not" go up to the line at rst"bu't were kept In the support and went up at intervals as work_l `Jig parties. However, they are 13.3`.--.`?V up the line as a ghting unit aEgg,,d 1 believe made a successful aivaiice this morning having only a few casualties. We (the band) are a short -distance behind the line "and are being used on var. -ious fatigue work.` We may he [called on at any time, though, to !go up as a salvage party. V ---,-'I_`Ar n..;.,.r.,-In I gun lpart in the great drive. ()ur"hat- bu up u-.: u .,\.,.....,C.. r--- -_,. The"peop'le of Ganada,_I sup- pose, -are lled with pride and admiration at. the work which the boys have accoinpljshed and they . certainly have good reason to be `proud. April 9 was a gallant day and one long to be remembered in the history ofanada. It was n_o easy task they had to per- form." Anyone who has been up -within sight -of'Vimy Ridge knows ' what diffi-cult ground they had to go over. When I was up the line about, three weeks ago we could see the objective that had to be ; reached and it sure was bad ground to make an advance over. The French had tried twicetto take it, but had lost heavily both times This was in the earlier stages of the war and since then Vimy Ridge had been left. in the hands of the Hun. This gave him time to prepare for any future attack. and I, believe he was pre- pared as far asit was possible for him to be. He had moved up his guns and ammunition and had ifortied his lines to such a degree that. he though"t nothing could break through. But he (proved too weak to hold back the Canadians. For weeks there has been great talk about the big of fensive, yet none , of us knew exactly when it would start. The day before (on Easter Sunday) our battalion moved up to a vii- lage from which we could get a good view of the ground, a.nd al_ though we were not close enough to see the infantry advance, yet we had a good view of the artil- lery re. That `night we went, to bed knowing we would be awak_ ened by the noiseuofthe big guns wl1en_the advance `started. Of course there was a bombardment . all through the night, as had been the ,`case -for some days previous. However, it geached its greatest intensity at the critical moment (5-30 am'.)._ Right on the second .our thousands of guns massed behind our lines opened up-a most terric bombardment. There was no more sleep for us. ` TI crawled out "of our bivouac to watch what.-was going on. It was Just breakingdaylight and a light rain was beginning to fall. ' The flashing of the guns lit up the sky for a mile around. It was a sight I shall never forget. Fritzie was sending up his star shells as ` he usually does when our artil-- lery opensup and he expects us to pull off a little raid. However, .` such a one as this. he did not ex- From Pte. R. S.) Rlackstock A. ` I k. ,` . TIIIE -BARBIE EXAMINER IND `SITUBDA-Y MORNING `peat. He had not seen anything like it before, not evenat the Sp.IIu11e light. We waited anxious- ly for reports of how the` boys were doingybut hadnfl: long to wait. A 1'ew hours later` the pris- oners began to pour t.hro1._1gh on their way to the receiving eages.g ties, hut in bunches of 'l50~and 200.- Every few minutes 3: bunch like this would come down the mall guarded by not more than . half a dozen of our lads wit.h x- ed bayonets. I think they would have marched along ju`sl. the. same without any guard for they` seemed to be glad that their days of lighting were over. We went down to see them_in their cages ` and they seemed ax happy enough bunch. Quite a number of them ; could speak` good English and lwhen asked how long they `thought the war was going to tlast, they would say the end would the this summer. However they ewouldn t say which ' side they `thought would win. We know though,. without them telling us. The wounded, too, were coming down the road and although our lcasualties were not as heavy as -expected, still the anibulanees [were kept busy. There were l quite a few walking cases, those i'l`l|ey came, not in tens or twen- who had been dressed further up" V and had been able to walk out. . .1*`ritzie s wounded received just as l good attention as our own. In one , ease I saw one of our wounded X arm in arm with a wounded Ger- : maiihelping him across a ditch. , Also in the cages where the pris_ : oners were, our men were seen ' tll1'()\\ ing` cans of bully beef, _ bread, el_c., in, at them. They were not long-"H1 eating it up. 1 I-I5 A I_` -\Vill Mayes, Arthur Feltis, George '1)uunn1\nnn Aln flnnnh nnr] onv\1n llllb lllllb ru Gunning, u, up. b I would like to tell you a lot more news about the great vic-' tory but no doubt you have read it a.ll in the papers. By the way, if you have saved any of the pap- ers sendone along. .VVe seldom get papers here. The advance is still going on and every hour brings in good reports, both of tlieartillery and infantry, and We are all hoping that the work a- cliieved by the gallant Canadian boys will add greatly in shorten- ing the war. A -' I was talking to Jack Scott a- gain today and he is well. -Also saw some of the 87th and they` said their band was not up the. line this time. I saw Tom. `and '\'\ lll Mayes, AI'LIlUI' JJUILIS, ueurge Purchase, AlexIGooch and some, others of the boys on their way up the line;-the night before the advance. They all looked fine and -were in good spirits. Shall be on the lookout for their bn. when it comes out. Must stopl for tonight it is pretty'lat.e andl we `l'1z1v(.- a trip to make in the- morning. i I 6 Another of the native born sons of Ellpyale Village has made the supreme sacrice, in the per- son of Gunner. Oscar Kerr, third son of Mr. and Mrs. David H. Kerr. He was admitted to hospi- tal in Boulogne, I<`rance, on April 21st, and passed away on April 28th, another martyr to the cause of liberty and justioe._ ' Gunner Kerr enlisted Sept. 8, 19.15. in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery ,in Toronto anal The Late Gunner Oscar Kerr ` trained at Kingston for a few months. He had just passed his seventeenth birthday about three months when he enlisted, so was not 19 years of age when he died. His battery H sailed 'for England about the 22nd of December, 1915. He was only in Shorncliffe `a short time when he took pleurisy and pneumonia and spent nearly t.hree months in hospitals and convalescent homes. On Dec. 3rd, 1916, he left for lr`ranc.e with the 1st Reserve Ra.tter_V; of Field Ar- tillery and on Jan. -1 th. while talc- ing a message to heatl`q`uarters his horse was shot under him, falling` s on him andhurting him inward- ly, causing him to spend three more weeks in the hosp_it.al. He then again went. to France and was admitted to the 8th British Red Cross Hospital in`Boulogne. France, on April 2tst., sn.rtUuSI_V ill and suf'fering"` from gunshot wounds in both legs, and passed awayApril 28th. `Dn{v'nnn nnliafinnv r`1.~.n..n.. Tfnnn (.IuVV(/I4`, Jltllll F-/\)lJllu Before enlisting. Gunner Kerr was employed in the office of the Elmvale Lance, where he proved himself a steady, intelligent, and reliable workman. He -had a bright and'cheer_v disposition and was quite popular with all classes oi the village . A memorial ser_ v'ce- in his honor was held .in the .Elmvale Presbyterian Church o_n Sunday evening,-May 6th.` `Read the Adlet (Goh'11.nn. Thursday, may 24, 1311;: , The gures given by the finan- cial statement of the County of Simcoe for 1916 are "interesting. They show that during 1916 $402,292.94 was received by Way of grants, loans, levies and a number of minor methods, while, with the exception of $16,472.88, lall was expended. In other words I _ the county council through its .expensive machinery, gathered` from the municipalities a. very large amount of mon.-`y,l but to turn around and pay it out, or. to put it another way, it did-l over just what the municipalities` and tl_1e province might. have done, without its help and at a costl that would have been less by` many hundreds of dollars. The maintenance of offices, officials,` and the county council costs! [thousands of dollars, municipal government by county council a- lone being responsible for $4,464.30, while municipal salar- ies swallow $4,400 more. , The maintenance of county property \cost $1,756.48, roads and bridges] are the most complete line of summer footwear ever made. The Fleet Foot trademark ges on shoes for every summer need-for work and play-for men, women and chiPdren. ` Ask your dealer tq show you the Fleet Feet Iine-- you ll nd.exactIy"iuhat you want--and thepricea - I ' I I _ I -I , , _ ,,, ,,l'_- I If n W co ---uvuyvwvwwwvy `are a half, a thi J '25.? 'e".;.;}."'i.;ss,"'t'I}}.}I}:.i;zi,`. 0 attractive leather boots would cost. L.W'here the Money Goes SUMMER SHOES fm:SPORT CLOTHES 45502::/nil {js1>oKr $110125` That s the vogue, this year -1_-- to have one s shoes in harmony with the sport suit, or outing skirt and sweater. required $7,821.83, while. the Clerk ofsthe Peace got $864.76 and "the Crown Attorney $1,328.43 and the Sheriff -$18,772.88 from this source. Current loans took $155,000, while education neces- sitated the return to the munici- palities of the following amounts on account of higher education: Barrie, $4,170.42; Collingwood, $3,318.70-; Orillia, $2,022; Brad- ford $1,984.14`; Midland, $1,045.32 and $18,723.29 for public schools... ]The inspectionof schools cost i$4,l95.95 forsalaries and the `continuation classes $4,227.87, lwhile `a number of smaller items itook about 351800 .more. Good" ]roads are chargedwith $52,907.17 while `miscellaneous, whatever that, may include. is placed at $49,293.49.-- Gollingwood Bulle-- gtln. `moaned, Altered and nopan-ed. mss ll. moxamuu I ` 58 Small 81 ... Ban-lo. WITH FURS! Page Three OIL cook STO VES Merrill & Hubbard I'm too busy deliveringv cars to Write ad s about them but the shop is always open---`if I'm, not there leave your order on the deskf`and I 11 do my best to deliver a car to you by June lt. ' Don dt neglect ordering, do it dto-day \ . 1' ading, fancy work and `the hildren if you have a MoC1_a'ry s Florence. \_This is a time-giving stove, because it needs no watch- ing. Height of ame never varies of itself. Properly `adjusted, with ` plentiful oil supply, it will do its - work untendeg for an hour or two . if desired. ' FLORENCE J