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oo, it proves the speak- 1: the world is full of er we see it or not. e s mind has to labor autiful images of Dun- s, that, too, is but in the recognized philoso- ings of value must be Mr. Hayden thought. get back to Dunsany's g at things and make ain itsbeautye and its takes his title not from the Yorkshire city of that name, but from Bradford in Shrop- shire. Lady Bradford was a member of the Lumley family. whose descent can be traced `-back to one of the Anglo-Saxon kings. * ' H cuu an at-eput.-n uuulu 5. ' An illustrated lecture will be given in the Presbyterian Church on Friday evening. Jack Parks left on Monday for Carnduff. Siisk., where he\Will spend the summer. Ml` nnxuln I-nnv-nannOnl:un\ A` `Lil 'U........ uaaI\., w-nun: uc wngb upeuu vue summer. Mr. Cowle. representative of the House of Hobberlin (t-ailors to Canadian gentle- men). will be at Fishe'r s store on Apr. 5. Come and leave your order. uu._y un ucr umuc. I H. T. Rankin has sold his residence to `Mrs. John Graham. Y.....l__ II--- -1.` `l'|,,L . -I ' (Rev.) Miller of Vancouver. B.C.. who has spent the winter with her broth- ers, Robt. and Wm. Ramsay, left on Mo'n- day for her home. 1! "I" 'D....l.:... L..- ,.._I.I 1.:_ __.,:_u_,, LVLlDo uuuu UI`U.ll`21lll . Jord~an May f Banks spent the week- end at Stephen ould's. ` An Gllucc.-..o...l ln..o...... ...:n 1... ..:-..... :._ __-_.-_..- UJ .-a.-auvnn. avatar. I It was.-decided by Mr. Durant that Con~; litinenteal Motors would build the poweri ;plants for the four-cylinder model. Early! I in November a contract was closed with Continental Motors for a. minimum of 100.-i 000 motors, to be built according" to spec-I icat' ns of Durant engineers. This is; ;'state to be the largest single transaction! !in automobile equipment ever 'negotiated.} i`involvi'nge__`between $12,000,000 and, 815,-] ' 000.000. . " Auula UI an IHUUUID. The Durant Motor Company of Canada, L_trl.. was organized with a capital of $3.-l l 000.000. The principal plant is at Leaside, l iOnt. Quantity production at the Canada; i works is planned for 19224 delivery. Be-i Etween` 12,000 and 15.000 cars are to bei ;turned out the rstyear. The first carl ; from the Leaside plant is expected to be onl i the market `by March. `I922. ;txon. T, I ' The Lansing and Oakland plants will be devoted entirely to the making of Durant I Fours of all models. VPI..- h..___; "_L__ n,, ,, 9 r- $5.00 Pr. 5509 Br- ~ Auwclcu. 9 No less remarkable than the accomplish! ments at the Long Island City `plant has .been the achievement of Durant Motor Company of Michigan at Lansing. wherel `in the course of seven mciths one of the! finest automobile plants in the world, with 1 a capacity of 250" cars a day,` was erected. ; equipped -and the first car turned out. The ;Lansing plant is now in, quantity produc- . tion. ' .4--u. ! tion. rnl unuua an HR: ztuvu SHOW. I-V In addition to, the Long Island plant. manufacturing centres were established at Muncie. Ind.; Lansing. Mich.; Toronto.| i0nt.. and Oakland. Oal. By distributing from factories scattered all around the country freight charges are to be materially ! lowered. KY- I-_,, ,,,,, I` 11 .1 .1 . ment of automobiles in the history of the VVGB UCIUE Ill-lllllllulllctln ` The rst ocean-to-ocean tramload ship- imotor car industry was -made from the `Long Island wonks on December 6. The} ldestination of the train was Oakland. ._.Cal.. iand thirty large freight cars composed the 1oz_1d. One hundred and fty. Durant tour- ing cars were carried, ray total weight of 350,000 pounds. Five railroads sped the shipment across the continent and the !freight charge was $20.000. A few days ago It was `announced that these ocean-to- _ ocean trainload shipments will be continued at ten-day intervals until the Oakland plant is in production, and the year s efforts were l crowned on December 30 with a single trainload shipment `of 100 freight cars con- ltaining 500 automobiles for the Earle C.` l I Anthony Company. of California, the larg- est shipment of automobiles ever made to. a. retail dealer. The value of this train-l load was $335,500. `A certied check for this amount is one of the interesting ex- hibits at the auto show. 'I'._ .._I..I2LZ-,. L 1 1 u la a. Lcau uuequzucu Ill -automotive `nlstory.| Coincident with this sales acl1ievement.| the production side was not -being neglected. The Long Island City plant speedily swungi ;into aetivity after turnin'7g out the first! model. By the `middle of November a. pro- du ction rate of fty to sixty cars -a day was being maintained. . ' the demand. The putting across 6.7 a new car in` a big way in such a short time `is 21 feat unequaled in -automotive `history. 'COinCidPnf thi salon uh,'I;nl'nn\nnf I The ` `Y3 r'I'\I 1.`. 1 be giV ~uEws`or cooxsrowu represntative of The Barrie Examiner in Cookstown is George Phompson. News items for Cookstown and nrhanonf nnnn!-v-u `I~'It)11 INS 1; Oouncillo: pe, I, Day. LEF ROY uua wcmx. auu wm mute charge of millinery` department this. season. ..-...._, vu vvuunnpouaj. JJCUUH-5,60 was 3 DID` ther of the late Mrs. Jon han Reiney.` The W-.M.S. of the'Methodist Church gave a Calendar Tea on Tuesday evening. --Leave your order early for spring implements, with Rankin. Miss Stalker of Blyth returned to town this week. and will take charge of Fisher's millinerv denartment tl-n ........... The remains of the late Mr. Poole, who died at_Beeton, were buried at Lewis cem- etery on Wednesday. Deceased was bro- ther of the Info Mm L-m..,m..... n-:_--. - ulc uucwl` 5 CEIC. I I cocny 011 W eunesuay. Uec Jon the`1! [gave `J ea Min _Q4...Il..... -4` nI--u. _ unuy Mr. fiankin has commenced work on his new house on the" property which was for- merly occupied by tahe pump shop. ' H. J. Armntrnnnr nf ninlrnr 1-7;" :0 ....J.... IHUIIJ uuuupxcu Uy U118 pump Snop. H. J. Armstrong of Clover Hill is under the doctor s' care. rm..- _-_.-:_, yr .` 1 . -- _ - --A. E. Patterson, Allandale, district representative for Heintzman dz Co. xiianos. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Clark, who have been spending the winter with the latter's par- ents, Mr. and -Mrs.` W. R. C-hantler, left this Week for their home, in Adanac, Sask. Lorne Davidson of the fourth line, In- nisl, made a canvas of the town on Sat- iurd-ay to ascertain the .prospects_ of running l 8. M. p....i,:- Ln M.--M--~J = $00 Pr. Miss Mabel Apperly is 'te':a<,-`hing at Ross` school this week, owing to the teacher, Miss Hazel Goodwin, -being ill. Tnnnn M unw-nu AC Mun]- ....... .. ..:..:.__ A Jxaacl uuuuwxu, -uemg Ill. Isaac Murray of Maple was -a` visitor at lDavid Marwood's last week. ' A van. --- -~ l People will ride and the vehicle mustl lbe supplied. - People will Buy motor cars` {just as they will buy stoves, refr_igerat,ors.`l lsewing machines. pianos. watches. cloeks.l lfurniture. clothing, `boots, and shoes, and? I motor cars will be supplied as required byl people who_know. how." ' ` ' I . .,.-u--uua - 1 l There is no such thing as a saturation} I I point." was his` `blunt rebuttal. There 3 might come such a thing as temporary ov- l l l erproduction. Which, in the motor car 'bus- liness. as in every other line. will require. ladjustment should it arrive, but the ideal ithat -we will eventually reach the point i where it will be impossible to sell a vehicle gthat furnishes quick and economical trans- portation. either in its present or some lmodied form. is ridiculous. ' The newest business venture of this won- der-working'ma.n has been no exception to the rule. Durant Motors, Inc.. had its birth at a time when the automobile trade; was feeling distinctly b1ue." There was` talk of the "saturation point" having been greached. - I | The next business depression _came in 1 1910 and 1911. During` that -period he or- ! ganized the Chevrolet Company and started manufacturing in 1912. By 1916 Chevrolet Motor Company had assets" of 397274.713. Following the panic of 1907. when many business men were in dire nancialistraits. [Durant had sufficient capital to buy out the Cadillac} Company. the Oldsmobile Company. the Oakland Motor Car Company and Northway Motors. In 1908 -he united Hfhese companies with the original Buick '!Company to form General Moto"s Corpor- ation . -, . . . W _ . . . V . In , The Durant display at the automobile 5-how bears living testimony to the truly wonderful -accomplishment of Durant Mo- tors, Inc., in the short space of a year. It is signicant that the feat -has `been ac-i complished in what is considered an `foff" year in the automobile industry. That dharacteristic of Wm. C. Durant. His` greatest achievements have been made in times of -business depression. i 1),__:_._:_,_ L1. 1_,. 2 Beginning his business career in the car- riage manufacturing industry, he secured control of the Buick Automobile Company in 1904. At the time just sixteen machines had `been produced bearing the Buick name. In 1907 came a business panic with its subsequent period of depression. Yet in that year he was able to put back into ltfhe Buick `plant a million dollars out of the previous _three years earnings. He put i on 9. rm foundation the company that was later to be the backbone of General Motors Conporation. '3 . _. a . -....._ I , 7--- V- --.......~ uI\4rrA\.L)\JJlllla The condence felt in Wm. C. Durant's integrity by the automobile manufacturing trade is reflected in the action of Ross W. Judson. president of Continental Motors. last April that :9. mutually satisfactory con- {Upon the verbal assurance of Mr. Durant tract could be eventually arrived at. Con- tinental-Motors inyested $700,000 in tools and special equipment necessary to exped- ite production. ` ' | In: '\ @155 El M_9ffatt;P|um|}erand Heater Phone 531 NO TIN-HORN TINNERS Sole ageiit for Hg.-la Furnaces BRAUNDS3 DR9.< :>T9RE ,,v _ -_-:- wet`: Made frem Pure Coco and Olive Oils This excellent. soap will not smart or injure the most deli- cate skin, lathers freely, and is `nicely perfumed. 4 CAKES - 44 -.--__ Office, 10.12 Owen st WE ARE OFFERING A HIGH-CLASS TOILET SOAP Styles at this shop, but tinners who know how- to turn out sheet metal work of any kind that will give the greatest satis- faction under the hardest kind of service. Our tin and sheet. metal products have been used" in daily service for years and have proved their merit. Ask us for _estimates. Can You Beat This? SPECIAL PRICES ON snomzmnc R. M. McCQNKEY 16` Our Meats give _ Satisfaction COME HERE CAKES ' ---AT- Page Five " 95 own, .111: I recently 4 Rev. 5 pulpit in ening, in Tho 1-u a.Lu.U.n. lrtflll cuueu OII FIH5, EHCTUOOH. Joseph Orchard of New Liskeard spent the week-end _under the parental roof. ` n uuzu V can an uuuuumb. A wedding of great interest to the pen- _ ple of this vicinity took place in Toronto last Saturday afternoon when Miss Daisy Smy, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wan. Smy, became the bride of Mr. Lyle Arnold of.Barrie. rThe wishes of their friends here -are that they may enjoy a long -and happy married life. They intendtaking up resid- ence in Barrie. John Campbell "find his sister. Mrs. Car- ter, are moving to Barrie this week. having sold their farm to James Muir, Jr. S. Martin of-Angus occupied -the the Union Church on Sunday evl exchange with the pastor. The hockeyists were somewhat disap- pointed to have the game with the Barriell Y.M.`C.A. team called 'o this afternoon. Inannhu n....l......a .: 1.1--.. 12.1.. .._._L s. Wismer introduced Mrs. Laidman favored with a solo, with Miss e piano. Mrs. Stewart man moved a vote of conclusion of-the re- as presented to Mr, rs. Wismer, president Mar. 20,--I.-eight-on Choppel has return- ed to this neighborhood for the summer. M;il '1`!-unur Inna ant--..-snJ L- Lr-~ cu m bum uurgu'u0rnO0(l 101` rue I Miss S. E. Tracy has returnedto her home here after spending the winter with relatives at Midhurst. A ......!..I2..._ -1` -.r- ,, _..__- -__., ..---- ---- 1 Mar. 2l.-On Monday evening. Mar. 13. a goodly company -gathered at the home of Lot Munro to meet his brother, Robert J. Munro. of Killem. Alberta. who has spent the winter visiting friends and relatives in Ontario. In spite of the bad roads` nearly fty people were present. After `several hours spent in a social manner with games and music, refreshments`, in the form of sandwiches, cake a-nd.co'ee were served. C. M. Hickling then prowosed a toast `to Mr, Munro, which was heartily responded to by He s a jolly good fellow." Mr. Munro replied in a =humorous little speech. in which he made reference to the many changes that have taken place on the Sev-, enth Line since he left it some eleven years I -ago. A number of others were then calledi on for contributions to the impromptu pro- gramme. Eitel Bishop niade a decided h t with -his monologue on Bachelors." The gathering broke up at -an early morning hour. all well -pleased with the delightful `evening and expressing the hope th:v.t_ they might see Bob egain in the not too distant future. He left the following day for his home in Killam _ ' lul/UIC. nu lull in Killam. i&*$%$*&%%$&&**%+%%**&&%% SEVENTH LINE. VESPRA +3 ` THORNTON "av `)1 Jv\ Ila...-1.... .... ....._ _._ on 1 - ._ 0. R. RUSK, 0ph.D. A:-4-----mg up.- 99 Dunlop St. Phono- Banfie - . 143 Graduate Canadian Ophthalmic: College, Toronto I \ ARTEST WORK- DNABLET EVERY" )T T OO uvuwfvuu. uvvp uuzvwu 1611375, for example, that are eicient to the very edges and look better while they make youlee better and more easily. . WE WOULD REMIND OUR CUSTOMERS OF THE CLOSE APPROACH, OF EASTER V You should be ready,for that occasion witlya New Suit. Let us know your requirements, in time and we will have it ready. t'!IlAI\A|lI'I-II.-'i!Il\ Isiilrsa r.II\t\|m 15415 An Irn You. should hgve glasses that give your eyes a wide range/of vision--our deep curved lenses, Frnv nvul-nvn +1\n4- nun -Qg3..-L EF?.$FF'aY Am.i|16 I \ I'\I"_l KIT`: I'\I I11 /`I Y(""l`I\I ` j u - j It is not enoug to wear 0 ' 0 I X You will find a 'great'saving'i1_1 buying your Groceries here at these remarkable prices: ' ` Thursday, March 23; 1922 Cowan s Cocoa . . . . .. 15:: lb. Best Rice . . . . . . . . . .. `we Alb. A Tapioca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8: lb. Corn Flakes . . . . . . . . 10: pikg. Silw.-1' Gloss_ Starch 2 pkgl. 25 Easifirst Shortening, 5-lb. -pail . . . . . . . . . 18c 11:. Maple Leaf Lard, 5-lb. pail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 lb. Forced out of Business by an exhorbitant rent increase, I am compelled to dispose of my "entire stock of high-grade Groceries by May 1st; ' " T. N. HOBLEY ..; SELHNG GUT PPOSITE OFFICE SQR. GUARAN'f"l:i`l.i:l")"l'3'l`.-l.1.l:3Sv;H"l?'l`!'(3W$:1o.oo up orrom-:1"msf Take advantage of th-ese real` Mon 1 CASH DELIVERY WNMNG A good assortment to choose from gicy uumcb. 4 - Congratulations will soon `be in order fori the eighty-nst birthday of one. of, our gen- ` ial and venerable citizens, in the person of Alexander Culbert; -He was born at ,.Gory, Tyrone, I-reland, `being the son of Jonathan and Margaret (Drummond) Cul- bert. His christian name was a compli- ment to his mother s'father, Alexander Drummond, who `was a cloth merchant there. Mr. Culbert left home when a youth of nineteen, having heard the call of this new country. So imperious was the cal],- indeed, that nothing would induce him _to- remain in his native land -and even -his fa- ther s oe r to `buy him a farm-equal in all respects to his own Wm unheeded. So he made -his way across` the -Atlantic, return: ing, however,` after seven years had elapsed to pay a promised visit to his` people. Culbcrt has many relatives on -this side of JJCILIUI James Hindle and his abl a$istant, Frank Sinclair, -have returned from `Tor- onto, bringing with, them 9. ne team of grey -horses. r`l\I1lIllIn`II` J nan... .L.. 3.. ....-l-.. f-.. IIUVVIJ U11 1. utauuy '5lLCl'Jl\K Il. Mr. -and Mrs. Herb Thompson and littlt: l son spent the week-end with friends in Barrie. ' _ I I'......_._ 1`r:_.II- ,.___l l - II- uuuuuvlc urauuu ll-I10 neg. JIICIXGIIZIE. The W. A. of St. Jude s Church punpose having a quilting in the basement of the chum}: on Tuesday afternoon. "Mar. 28, at one-thirty. All ladies of the congrega- tion are requested to be present.- Migc 7innH'n:r' Rho:-nu n.anlnh.A ...:LL LL- vluu an: `lcqucaucu W Lu: [)l't`,5DI:.' ' Miss Winnifred Sharpe assisted with the programme at -the Calendar Tea in Cooks- town on Tuesday afternoon. " T M!` -nnrl MIG Ark Tknnxuvxann an,` 1:6-LI- [Limited numbem. Term opens Mar. 30th. IJIIUIHIII a 1 Miss Marguerite Grose gave a St. Pat- _rick s party to about thirty of her young fpiendg last Friday -evening. The prizes for . e\f guessing contest were won 'by_ Miss Cba otte Mason and Reg.` McKenzie. Th A nf Q1` In:-ln a f`}unuJ. nnnnn .... 'LIII 30 E Beeton, Il!__ Vlll-6!; luau X`T".lay. - ' Samuel Hall of Beeton was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Givens last Thurs- day. I M... IL! f`..`k...... :_ ..:..1L:___ 1-,,:-,, . - uau uuu wuu:-u_ isepv ner a week In bed. I Gordon_ How paid a. brief visit to `this village [last Friday. 7 Qasmllnl Hall A` Donn... ...m. I... .....-..L In vuc uuuun :9 care. I Mrs. T. Wright has recovered from the bad cold which kept her a week in bed. l (`uni-Ann I-Iain nub} n I-...:..l ..:..: L- ;L:_ uuca uulu some OI M18 I8l'InS 'nereabouts.l _ Mrs..'I`hos. Allen and Mrs. D. Clarke of the seventh concesion of Innisl are both `in the doctor s care. II... VI` 1IY_2 __L L `I, I` * luvlvcu CM; I!lgLR'l'l. ll_l me 'aIBerIl00n._ Purnell W. Carr writes from the Private Pavilionof the Toronto General Hospital thathe is doing well` since his recent oper- ation there. 2 ' ` `_ Dr. Horton is kept going night and day. There is no particularly seriogs illness to report. but a good deal of grippe. tonsilitisl and other similar complaints. . ` ` I `H117 id tknlnn an-ml :r\ --u-:1 ------ auu uuucr amulur compxalnrs. Baled hay IS `being sent in good quan- tities from some of the farms -hex-eabouts.' MFR Annn nnrl Minn h r--`-- >3 ,u.uca_y uuun ul LUYUIILO. V --A. E. Patterson. All-andale. district} representative for Heintzman &_Co. pianos. Rev. R. .E. Mortonv of Elmvale will [preach in the Methodist Church here on 1 Sunday morning and evening` next. when, special offerings will be received f9x'/mis- sions. A similar-offering will als be re- ceived at Egbert in the -afternoon., `Pun-nnll W l",o.-.~ `IVIV:`l\;! 42...... `L- ~n,,s ,_-_,-.. .... unu\IuLuI-\I| ul ;u:auyu:1`y. Neville Janlavieson gave -an excellent `ad- dress at the F armers Club last Friday ev- ening "on the University course `which he: lately took in Toronto. l __A II` `D..4s.......... An , 1 n lay, March 23, 1922 Luayo ' ` Congr!a.t.u|at1ons to our esteemed towns- jman. Rev. R. H. Somerville, M.`A., on'his ielection as Moderator of Presbytery. Nam-Illa Iun\;ncAn ......... .-._ __-~II nuul-. Lure`. U. nnams, Mr, Dqnnelly is_ reported to have sold his house on Barrie street to T. W. Maw. Mr. iMaw'expects to move -about the first of Mav. LVIUVV May. J. R. Hodgson of Sbouville is renewing old acquaintance in our village. Mr. Hod- gins is one of Thornton s old boys who have made good and his many friends are pleased to see him and learn that he is improving in health -after a yoalr s illness Mrs. D. A. Adams spent several days last week with her sister. Mrs. D. Blevins, I Midland. 11--.; n|,,,s'.' :- i AVlIlllIlll(I- ' , Lloyd Blevih of Midland is visiting his Iaunt. Mrs. D. Adams, M. n........n-. :.. .___-_.,,I A - Mrs. Coburn is visiting friends in Ieetnn. . ' Beehive Syrup, 2-lb. tin. . .20: Firfe Assorted `Chocolates ` . . . . . . 39 11). Washing- Soap. . 4 Inn 25: Welch s Grape Jam. . . . 19 tin Imperial Jelly Powder __--`.'---. Vang`, - vvv nun. . . . . . . . ..3pkgs.25c Quaker\Rolled Oat:-5., 25 pkg; Best red `Alaska Salmon MEN'S` FURNISHINGS `MERCHANT TAILOR \ `1o2.DUNLOP_S'l'. e PL: % Entartg I" Money`-Savers unuaw menu auvcnsyguc Iurue nyng DC!- ward the syzl-the betwyxt Andrewe Corbett, Richard Cornewaylle/and Richard Newport on those partyee, and Robert Forster, Ro- ger -Wylstone and Henrye Harryson on` thother partyee, wyttnessythe that wee the seyd Robert, Roger and Henry do by theese presentes confesse and bynd oure- selvys to save and keepd unstollen, unsolde and unembesellyd three bellys at these presens remaynymge within the steeple `ofe Tongge and _.in wytness hereoff we have putte\oure handes the yere and day -above seyd." It may be added that the living of Tonga-`is in -vhegift of the uncle of Vim _ count Lsscelles, the Earl of Br'_adford, who 5 A resident of our town, who is familiar with the midlands of England, suppliesthe 3 following information regarding the dis- F3 trict to which Princess Mary and her hus- , band wen-t immedi y after the wedding ` in Westminster Abbe . Shifral, anciently called Idsall, is -a beautifully quaint old town with `many interesting examples of ' black and white t-imbered `houses dating " from centuries zbygone. The _old parish .church is visited by crowds of tourists in ' ' the Summer season, -and its monuments are of much interest. There is one to a native v of Shifrall named William _Wakeley. who ; was born in 1590 and lived -unt-il 1714. I He lived in the reigns of eight kings and queens. ,Another memorial is to Mary ' Y-ates, who was buried Aug. 7, 1776, aged ' 127 years. ,She'walked to London just ` after the re of 1666, was hearty- and ', strong at- 120 years and married a third . husband at 92! =Another and still more 6 famous churchwithin easy reach of Wes- ; ton Park, where the honeymoon was spent, I is that of. Tong, which was immortalizled '1 by GharlesJDic`kens. The costly sculpture with which this ancient fame `is lled, much 1 of which dates from the Middle Ages, has 4 ` proved -too tempting -for relic-hunting` Am- 1 ' ericans. Formerly the church was open 1 to all who cared to visit it; now permission ust be secured `and the visitor must be 1 accompanied through the `building by the sexton. This Worthy, however. is steeped in the history of -the place` and an enthus- iast withal, so that his comments add very 1 materially to the We of those whom i I .4 he conducts among L monuments. Up- on these are many quai inscriptions; and p the dhurch owns a number of odd docu- ` ments. One of these, dealing with three bells,.reveals the arbitrary spelling of the period :-"I'ongge, 25 May. 7 Edward VI. This byll indentyd made the }D(Vth of May in thrvijth yere of the reygne of oure moste dread aoveraygne lorde Kyng Ed- ward thin. nvahlzlnn lhnhmmrf. Am-hum. (`Ankara- l the Atlantic who bear the iurnanie of both ,his father a.ml.moth`er. The most note~ worthy of those on the Drummond side was the late Dr._ W..H. Drummond. whose poems in the pleasant. broken English of the French habitant have given delight to thousands. His brother. John Culbert. once owned the land "where the Beeton House of Industry is now located. It was lin Innisl that Mr. Culbert foixnd his wife, who/passed away some years ago. Mm. Culbert was Sarah Jane, daughter of John Scroggie. who also hailed from the Emerald Isle. With -memoris going back to his ear- liestechildhood, and which recall the ower- ing flax and the workers at the linen loom, Mr. Culbert is passing life's evening in his comfortable `home here. where the atten- tions of a devoted son and daughter are generous and unremitting. ` amca uuau Ul. 1"vUbll U1 1 per cent. Inasmuch as the New York su~bsidiz;ry. of I Durant Motors, Inc, cgvers less than ones "quarter of the entire territory exclusive of l Canada','Mr. Leahy estimates that 140.000} cars will be needed `by next July to meet UL. 1666. WED DIJUUIIIBU. ' ` The volume of business represented Ibyi these sales washpproxiniatelv $31.00(_'.000. - Yet is was negotiated fr,om the Long, Island; o'ice without "the assistance of a single; traveling representative. The total selling: expense was $'l5.416.94, or an equivalent [sales cost of 1'-20th of 1 per cent. Tnueinunni-n on Han Rhuu vnnl) uni-mi.-I3...-.. ..t'i ncw .I.Ull\ uvumtra`. - Contracts with dealers for sales territory started `about September 1. By October 22 Mr. Leahy `had signed contracts with; deposits and shipping orders for 24,817; Durant four-cylinder automobiles and 6.02-5i six-cylinder cars, a total `of 30.842 machines. 5 Delivery from November 1, 1921, to`July 31. 1922. was specied. 3 Tho vninnnn nf ikuuinn,-m uu-..`..........L...l 'L-.Vj `cars were sold amounting to $150,000 and! -Vl'c'`|l I.-nus. ` l During 1the first three days over I. -,000\ people visifetl the Durant show room :9: inspect the new car. and this at a time of, the year when interest in automobiles was! at a low ebb. In that short space of time applications-for the right bovsell the car were received from more than a hundred New York dealers. {1-._4..__;_, ._,24, ,l I r n .- -. I mum nwmu uuuzc Iuy uurant MOI-Om. .lI!c. M. B. Leahy was appointed sales manager of the Durant Motor Company of New_ York. Ihc._. in `May. 1921. A sales organ-I izntion was built up in less than two] % months, and on.August 4. the first Durant car was placed on exhibition in New York City. The announcenient of the new car had been given wide circulation `in news- paper advertising columns. The result was: startling. nu.-inn M... cm; 41...... .I...... -..-.. u.- nrin , uuu cvuursu uu: uuruulv car as It now BXISDS. I By July the rst car was ready for in-.' spection` at the Longlsland plant. There is. no record of any `other automobile com- pany getting into actual production in such a short time. I g_____________ __ _ _ H .1 I - 1 Convrsational French ports. ' ' a. auuur uum. U Surprisin_g as was the mechanical aspect ,of the undertaking. it -`hardly surpasses the [sales record made -by Durant Motors. Inc. M R Inn}-nr Inna onnn:w-.4-npl r\n`r\n ................ LQCI CHUCK Pl I350 \ January. 1921. perhaps the worst month lin the business depression period, saw the sbc-ginning of the new company. William-1 C. Durant, a `pioneer in the automotivel eld and the directing genius behind the` Buick. Cadillac. Chevrolet. Oakland and! l Oldsmobile compania, had severed -his con-` lnection with the General M-otbrs Corpora- ltion, of which he was the originator. It was the common report that he would take a long vacation. Just how Mri Durant made use of that vacation? is shown by xsubsequent events. . ! I T-an nvrnulp n` pl....1....:..... LL- .--7" A--- `n`luLIA`U\||JUIll' CVClI|. . I The work of designing the new car was immediately started at the experiment de- partment of Long Island City plant. Ex- perienced ongineers pooled their knowledge `and evolved the Durant car as it now exists. l Ru Inlur {Ln G-mt ...... ....... ....;..-l__ 1-- 2.. l Lilli: From the germ of an idea in the mind of one man to quantity production of a new automobile in less than twelve months: is the new fecord established by this won- der enterprise. " IAYIIIVOIIIV 1001 n....L....... L]... ....__L ._;--.LL \ In a year of stanling events for the auto- mobile industry none has ' been more spectacular than the nae of Durant Motors, Inc. ' A" '7__ __ ;I, F WONDERS OE ORGANIZATION AND PRODUC'flON WORKED BY W. C. MONTHS `THE BARRIE EXAMINIER ziai ii: 3.65 `Pr. 7.00 Pr. suvvv an vuc Lulbl/IIUI` Ul CD011; a Slte 101' Va new coilegiaise,` an the ratepayers are not very keen on_taking on `heavy expenditure just "now. Orillia has orgaiiized 9. hisforical society with the following oicers: Hon. Pres., J.` H. Hammid; Rres., Dr. Herriman; 13$ Vice-Pres" C. H_.,Hnln! Qml Vi:-n_Dwm a. u.. unuuupggu; nres., U1 . uemman; Vice-Pres., C. H. `Hale; 2nd Vice-Pres., Mrs. F. G. Evans; Secy., Mim S. E. Car- michael; Tre_as., Mrs. A. B. Thompson; Editor, Mrs. Wm. Thomson; Curator, J. B. Henderson; Councillors, Miss Tu-pling. M. B. Tudhoo. I. Dav- - Collingwood Board"of Education is going slow in the matter of choosing site for H. DEW cD"EQiR`f.9' an fhn rafannunua n-A --A` A1150, WUU I5 seriously ".1. A large crowd -attended the playlet! I Can't Aord It," given by some of the -members of the Strand Methodist Church here on Fx-iday night. The prtlceeds were 890, t:wo~thirds of which goes to the.churcb here . BUIC- Robert Beatty of .Gormley spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. John Beat- tv. ". nun: -,vv uluc. DRIER. -A. E. Patte n, Allzmdale. distrit representative for eintzman & Co. pianos. Miss Annie Jacks visited her sister. Mrs. \D.vM_ilIer, Utopia. , I Mm `W I`. M..n..n.....1. :- :_ 13---: 7. ,`u. :u_1uer_. uwpra. Mrs. W. c. Mcixllorugh is in Barrie at the home of her `brother-in-law, T. Hast- ings, who is seriously ill. A Int-an nu-nuul .nu.....l...l LL- ..I___I_; H1 piusiumiiig iavurumy since ms operation. Walter Ledgerwood, having brought father s body from the West for interment here, is visiting some of his one-time neigh- bots. 1IUl5o Will Allan, who has `been spending some time this.-winter with his father, James Allan of Barrie. visited relatives -here over l the week-end before leaving for his home near Wilkie. Sask. ` A D I')_;4-____ Au 1 u -- - -I N Mar. 21.-Lucs Noble. is reported to be progressing favorably since his operation. l Walter Ledmanunm-i "Having -1-mnnnkt Mn ..[;e`3;e;