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H. .-J. . 0. .W. fpuUy`A\CUvc . J. Frank Jaclison .W. O. Partridge .J. F. Craig G. Roberton McMartin Williams R. King Byrne . Wiles E. J. W. R E. T s, G. Underhill V R. A. `M. I. J. D. Tyrer DeHart B. Holmes l Wisdom :`vv'.' BS11- ..o. Williams 7-`A- Mnwnhn Ater Potter and Robt. Wray (acc.) ADJALA A Reeve-Thos. Goodeve; Councillors--Jas. Ronan, :Geo1-ge Patterson, J. C. Doyle, Alex. Ward, ~----` -- ---A 1o\ __ :771ieff_ T !'\`D. - . } uaunay . 1` A W. R. King '.'D\.'u, u 0 V (Continued Qfge 13 U. IJ. VV llllillllb J. F. Craig W. A. Lowe A W. R. Wiles W. Etichardson `I3..- Seconded by J. L. Williams .7 `I3 IV-...._ a.,p. ufagg `Evan saw an... ....... ..a --- --_._- _- . LPW9 There was a fair: attendance, and Y; %'.VX`le; . EW. A. Boys, the chairman, expressed; ' 1 ar 5" his pleasure at the interest being} -`shown. In the old days, they used[ - S_ G_ Underh-in !to specialize on /such gatherings, real- 1 T iizing that itwas a good thing for the 5 J. W. Parrish 1 people to come together and hear ; Wm_Huntel. ipublic questions discussed. - ' T. Pearce Honest Criticism Good , `Honest criticism is good for the: 0. Williams !municipality, good for the candidate}; gvvi 11:63 good for the matter in hand, saidk - 9 , 'ithe Mayor in opening his address 'J' Mcmartm and honest criticism is usually wel-3 . 5 d." . .a 13 `I 13-.....` LL_._1_!..... LL. f\1I\n+mb E. J. Byrne J. McMartin 0. Williams 9. Williams A `1\1\1n` .m.a..v-x--_ I In Medonte; the. only "contest is, ez-end, who held the office for 1922. C and John Bell. The '-other members for the reeveship, between` Geo. Ov-i ! of this year's council were re-elected, as follows: Deputy-Reeve, Chas. Sul- livan; Councillors, Clifford Devitt, Thos. Wyley, Clarence Buchanan.`, ' ORILLIA TP. Reeve Jermey has been re-elected by acclamation. For Deputy-Reeve, Jay Walker is being opposed by Wm. Johnston. For the council there are six candidates, as follows: Jas. Haw-g kins, Wm. Blackwell, Wm, Elliott * Wm. Lawrence, Harry Cox and Man-l V ford Horne. .____. _._. .......-a. -`-u 305001`-U U. W Iuuuuo R. A.`DeHart FD `I 7....'l...o G..B. McLean J. Shrubsole W. Rusk S. G. Underhill H. J. Twiss E. T. Tyrer E. T. Tyrer fl. IJULLG IV- T. Keeley `D T} l\ \T W. 0. Partridge T J. F. Craig . i i W. O. Partridge Alex. Cowan W. R. Wiles 1 . neexey .B. D. O'Neill BARRIE KIWANIANS MAKE KIDDIES HAPPY a dull Christmas for many children `in and around. Barrie was made a `joyous one by the Barrie Kiwanis `Club. __. . -. - -A .. . What would probably have been` ` The Kiwanians displayed their us- ual initiative when on Christmas eve they delivered more than one hun- dred and thirty parcels for the kid- dies. The parcels, besides useful gifts, contained toys, candies sand ! nuts. ' l 1 Three big hampers were also dis-| '3 patched to soldier settlers at Hawke-| lstorze and Dalston. The hampers gt-ontained clothing and fbodstuffs for thewhole family. The names of the needy families were obtained through `Kiwanian Beverly Hay of London: iwho asked the Barrie Club to take ;care of `\them. Avnvn .. \1-un`rI A `WEST. GWILLIMBURY This township returned its council -by acclamation, as follows: Reeve, W. E. Rowe; Councillors, J. D. Neil- ly, W. T. Grant, W. J.` Houn-some, I -Ed. Kneeshaw. Others who were nominated but did not qualify were: W. J. Steele, Frank Thompson, Paul R. West, Ed- gar Evans, all for reeve. Arthur Free- man, Clarence Wood and Harry Wil- .son, for councillors. (\1|v\V\YI'I'\ A 1' 1:! y blnvnnn L11, Lvuu nnnnnn a.v L v a n V ; ; . v 1IiIlAAvIln) I k '!to deliver on Christmas eve. i I I The committee of ladies in charge Eof the purchasing was composed of ;Mrs. E. G. Turnbull, Mrs. F. H. Hurl- IT iburt, Mrs. G. 0. Cameron, Mrs.` W.3;} EH. Kennedy, Mrs. A. Patterson andil !Mrs. G. D. Hubbard. 1 E 'H. E. Jory (chairman), D. Quin-? an, W. R. King, A. G. MacLe11an; }and W. C. Walls constituted the: Christmas Cheer committee and theIf_ ;distribution of the parcels was ]ook- 3` led after by the members of the'C1ub. 1 1 1 1 ( MAYOR AND ckrrlcsi 31-lEA RD ONPLATFORME R. Huxtab1_an_dVA1d-. Byrne ' _ Exchange Compliments ;` ' ` With His Worship. i1 , Some rather warm interchanges`; ',of personalities between Mayor Lit-E tle on the one hand and Ald. Byrne} ;and T. R. Huxtable on the other! {featured the public meeting which; ifollowed the municipal nominations_.| }held in the Town Hall, Friday night: Litt1e attention was paid to the! questions to be passed upon by the] Iratepaye1's_ on Jan. 1st, it being un- gderstood that these would be discuss- I `Led at the-meeting on Dec. 29..- ,4 -` I ,, ,,_.li I UUlllC\.l- iv After thanking the electors for ?support. given him in the" past, the ]Mayor briefly referred to the town si {enviable nancial condition. quotinglg }the auditors report for 1921 in thist- lconnection. Outside school debt, thei idebenture debt is only $56.000, al imere bagatelle for a town like Bar- irie and in comparison with the debt? lof neighboring towns. He pointed!` `out that the Council controls only! ;about 4% mills; This year, notwith-: llstanding the fact that the County; gtook $1800 more than was expected iwhen the levy was ma the ratei had been reduced and the ar closed 3 ilwith a credit balance of $5180. `There had been about $1400 more received this year owing to increase; in assessment. The soldiers mem- orial was now all paid for. .1 4.- I 1 I m 1 uxnan Wan anvvv son. lawns`. -.,-. ' The Council had endeavored to- formulate a plan for street improve-l ment, following along lines adopted in other municipalities. They went into it with the Provincial Govern- ment and got to a certain stage when great objections were raised by some of the ratepayers, so-it was thought wise to postpone action and submit the question to the people. V--- __' LL - ......u.J-inn A-F lull`; \!lnI\?IVl\lll vv v--V r'-r-w. I Touching `upon the question of garbage collection, the Mayor said their estimates were based upon one {collection a week in the residential isections and two in the business dis- *tricts, and for such a service they? did not consider the estimate too high. `an nnnnunnnrd +1194 . +l1~rnna'h mgn. He announced that through the efforts of Mr. Bennett there would be a considerable improvement in street lighting in the business sections with- out any additional cost to the town. 1- ,__-,_ -r:.u.1- _..:.l `I... uuu-vnv-nu. uvuu V v--- -- In conclusion, Mayor Little said he ` had tried to do his work fearlessly" E and honestly. If he erred it was his 1 judgment, even though he knew that ' many differed from, him. A Barrie s Road Problem ' Reeve. - Fisher pointed out that I Barrie had more through roads than any other town in the country, and these roads all carry exceptionally heavy wear because of all the traffic from the" south having to pass through Barrie before radiating to Camp Borden, Collingwood, Mid- _ land, Orillia, etc. This was one ar- ' gument they had put up to the Hon. " F.) C. Biggs and had succeeded 'in No. 52 _ l:I\II|' Av- v'--.---- sUNiiBALE Reeve---James Martin, Jos. Spicy- er and Herbert Barker. ' l"_--.. -2II...._ T:`"n-n 5 TI III! IIIKXII . . Vac WAC$` mu: KILLS :`;eg:7vE1;1__(>_F Moron cen R. Brownne Victim of `Head-on -Collision in ` V Heavy Fog. , . % While motoring from Barrie to London to spend Christmas `with his wife s father, Cecil Brownlee of El- izabeth St., Barrie, was. so` seriously injured when he crashed ih`to' a team of horses near Woodstock,-: at six `o clock Saturday evening, that he [died an hour later. His `wife, who Iwas a passenger in the car, escaped injury. ,They left Ba1jrie_ at nine o c1oc4k that morning and proceeded without mishap of any kind until within a mile of Woodstock, where the fatality occurred. , u f'I'VL....... ......-. Ii Inna-9-as -I-`Ann n} hn fin-in llyllc .I.auauu.y v\avuL:\.uo I There was a heavy fog at the time of the accident and apparently Mr. B1-ownlee did.not notice the ap- I,-proaching team and_ wagon; driven iby Herbert Zinn of Innerkip. The car hit the outt head-on, the two '!horses being forced to either side of. ithe car. The tongue of the wagon ismashed the windshield and struck .Mr. Brownlee a terric blow under ';his chin, causing the frlcttxie at the ibase of the -skull which proved fatal. n,-_,__ -1. _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ M _ _,,, ,.:,1 ,,,,,] `D2158 01 but: -Shun WHIUII pnuvcu .1aI.aA. Zinn at once summoned _aid and Qhad the injured man . rmbved to hwoodstock General" Hos'pi_ta1." Dr. K1'upp was called, but Mr." B1-ownlee ';did not rally," dying without regain- Eing consciousness. . _ _ 1 .m1..,\ .I..:...... `.1: +1-... mom cfnfn `ha 9 lug Cuuscluuancaa. ! The driver "of the teem stated he gturned outto the left to pass a bug- " igy, when he observed :the~ lights of xa car. He thought he "had time !enough to;pass the buggy before the {car reached him. However, `the col- Hision took place before he could get Eback on the right side ofthe road. rnL.- ---. --..... `L....J`I-. .:,.'..,.,.,..,,,a ;...4, !_uacn Uu but: rlguu mu: u.L `talc Lvuu. i The caxywas badly damaged, but ';the hors9s_ were not injuredf ' '1'..- cu-3nd-:-an `Lac! Lnn n 1-he-(InY|I~ AF fl/UL`, ll.U.lD"3_ Wcxc uuu xuJuu.uu. The victim had been a resident of iBarrie for the past seven years, cov- Eering this district for the ;Mc_Cormick {Manufacturing Co. of Londcjn. Mr. }Brownlee had been in the employ of ;the McCormicks for the past nine !years. The rst two years he trav- ielled in the Western Provinces in tho iinterestspf the rm. Prior to join` ;ing the McCormick Manufacturing |Co., he served some time with the {Bell Telephone Co. at London. 'I'`..... ........n anon on Duns-r:v\`t\1| `Iron LJCII LCICPIIUJKC \JUo (Lu L4\I uuuuu n. ` Two years ago Mr. Brpwnlee was |hr_1arrie'd to Miss EmmaVKidner, aftey {which he took up residzence, in. Dr. Jam'ieson s house, Elizabeth St. Prior_ to his marriage, M'1".*B1-ownlee Eresided at the Simcoe House. He was 32 'years old. A mar'1'of ne ;physique and great good nature, ` .1e I . . {made frlends wherever he went. I 1 1 ,, nus , ___ All `I-.. -__. er anu neruuru DIl.'lLclo Councillors--William Mansbridge, Thos. Bates, R. E. Baycroft, Donald Buie, Gordon Moir, David Davidson, John Buie, Jr., John A. Porter and M. McBride. V llllauc J.LIuIAua vvnausuvys llc vvua--u | The deceased was well known in glocal church circles, having been a fmember of Collier St. Methodist {Church since he was stationed here. At the time of his death he was a Imember of the Quarterly Board of the church and was also a member ,of a number of committees. Mrs. iBrownlee has been a valued member. `of the choir. . ; '~ Mr. Brownlee was a member of the I.0.0.F. at London. I',,AL [I/BIC 1-\J-\.l-1.`: any LJVAIIAVAI. The funeral was held from the res- idence of his father-in"-law, William ;Kidner, 604 York St.. London, Mon- iday afternoon, 'when the services `were conducted by Rev. Mr. Garbutt i` of Dundas Centre Methodist--Church. nterment was made at Bothwell, `Ont. `Darcy Gauley and C. W. Flynn `were piesent as representatives of 5|C ol1ie1~ St. Methodist Church. TI-_-__..I, _ l K/UIIICX KJL. JVlCl'Il\l\JlDD \JlIlJILlla ] Besides his widow, Mr. Brownlee {is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Brownlee, one ,brother, Del- *bert. and one sister, Fleta Brownlee of Shetland. 9,11, 0 AI,-,_ I UL LJIIC ItlRll\lJ I This tragedy, following other re- cent suddendeaths. as it did, cast a `shadow over the Christmas season. ! - T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T1` 1% gxgggouncmalys & -nan uuu\nl`I 1-n:n:nn|Ivu| ucuw per vvurug uuuuuulu non. -?'x x<>x>x<>xox- >1->xox<>xoxoxox<'i Only Two Days Left Only twodays left--On Saturday |.of this week, Dec. 30, we will close our big holiday and Christmas sale. At commencement of sale, we said this would be a big sale and a big sale it has been. Many thanks to the purchasing public who have `made it `such a wonderful success. And now . for the last days, yes, "the last two days. If they are not the biggest `and best days of the whole sale the fault will not be ours. Since Christ- mas we have gone through ounstock and putout all broken lines at away- down prices. See our show window . and bargain tables. Anticipate your ,- future needs, andsave, save, by buy- ing on Friday and Saturday, the last two days of this sale of surprises. Come early these last days to avoid the afternoon rush. Sale closes on * .Saturda,v/Dec. 30-The W. C. Hun- * ter Clothing Co., Barrie. 52c 1. _ _ . _ . _ . _ -. _--.------ ...A $ 2 cents per word; minimum 25:. II! ; tmmmmmmmm a.m.nmmmm& getting him to take over two addi- tional blocks on Blake St. at a sav- ,1 Anr AAA 1, 1'I_,.__, _ L-_.__ LVLC U18`: I-IA IIAV O Geo. Culham, named for reeve, did not qualify, nor did J. M. Huth, Har- - ry Lawrence and Robt. Legate_ for councillors. FLOS Reve-'1`. E. Smith, limos Train. Deputy--Philip A. Coughlin, Jos- eph Drysdale. ` 7-...-- 1\--u-Au Ann IIIWIIIGI IILUBDD VII JJIUIILL KJUI ID (0 Usov` ing of $35,000 to Barrie. The town has a big proposition on its hands in its roads, and Reeve Fisher claimed that his Iargeexperience in busines affairs would be valuable to the town in this connection. ` _._.., 1(I\ UIIID \o\Illll\JV |Il\lllo 0 (Continuedjon page 1_2)_ A7 45 comes _. 3;`. CFO] ail. J uuunvu ! Counciilors--Jan1es Dawson Ans. ley, Marshall Langman, Robt. Martin `and Wm. F. Scott. , A-`A " " ""6120 Reeve--Donald McKinley, Walter Thompson. A 'I\..uu1J-cw Dnnuvo Mu `rnompson. Deputy-Reeve--F. `H. Ball, M. Ma- honey and John A. McDutY..1 mt- mI...........-m tuna Iun nnm-inated Fl0101011!l01"1"11'L'l"rv.L-w a nail Wynn" mhmlnn 258. ' 2 Mcommc EVEN'l'wSW.` noney arm aonn A. uu:uuu..._ Mr. Thompson was also nominated for deputy-reeve and Mr. Mahoney and Mr. McDufE for councillors. V IN 7 _,D_._.` I IIIIVI dill: bvnvazunn av. cw..-------_-. Councillors--Herbert J. Crawford, James W. Crawford, I. H. Luck and 7 H1 If-Il -L.... ;IlClllU vvo \II.cnvva. I. T. Me-Mahon. ms per Wnru; nuuuuuua nan. i3$ww%w&&&&&$i] _ Don't forget the dance, New Year's night, Oddfellows` Temple, ` Collier St, under auspiceslI.O.V0.FL and Re- -1-..1... - 59,. WIN , uuu` bekahs. * bw----we j----v--v '5` b 2 cents per word; minimum 250. `I! mmmmmmmm MMMMMMMM gim&&&&&%&w&&ma VMEDONTE SECTION 1 7 PAGES 1 TO 4 3'54 oomasrs ARE KEEN IN SOME TQWNSHIPS" BARRlE S XMAS MAIL % BIGGEST P. o. HAS am) The Christxnas_ mail -handled mi this post office was undoubtedly the largest we have ever experienced, remarked Postmaster Thompson `Crew to The Examiner following the ` holiday. ~ ' H11?` Lnv\:nr` vnnrn flnnn 1 K i IIUIIUH a WR: handled more than 15,000 letters and 32 bags of parcels Christ- mas `morning, and all that had arriv- ed on the midnight trains. ` V u117...L_.....l..... .-....: rm........:.... -4: 1.',..+ Eu un hut: uuulugul, uaaun. ,` Wednesday and Thursday of last week "we sent out at least 130 bags of mail. Since-I have been an of-I cial here I cannot remember when weehandled so much mail at one time. It would have been necessary to have an extra.` staff if we had made an at- tempt to keep an accurate count of [the mail handled, he concluded. ` ' XMAS CHEER Dxsrmnun-:0 1 BY ST. GEORGES SOCIETY I For over a quarter of a` century lthe local St. George's Society has brightened many homes-by its dis"- tribution of Christmas cheer. This veai with the $170 collected in cash `and goods. the committee was en- :ablecl toll forty-one splendid ham- pers. which found their way to needy .ones on `Saturday and Monday and. lneedless to say, were received with In-eat gratitude. The number requir- ing this attention was somewhat smaller than in former years. i. 'f\I, , ' _--_..-_:LL-._ -.. ..L.........- -4-' J-L3,. iovR5ooBnms1 j ; ATPOULTRY SHOW; Sllliultl` uxau In LULIIICL ycaaa. V The committee in charge` of this 'very laudable. work were Dr. Little.` V. `Knight (Pres), H. A. Sims. (Secy.) and H. C. Channen ('l`reas.).: !Anoth_er Success is Scored;` Many Fine Specimens 1 A. Are Shown. ' i -The third annual poultry show. which closed at the Town Hall today, was declared the most successful in `the history of the Barrie Poultry As- ,so<-iation. The quality of the birds !was much superior than at previous ll exhibitions, and the. exhibits much larger. l . .. .-. - u ,,3.)-'__;. -1! 4.]... A- Lively Race in F105, Oro and " lnnistil; Threefor Reeve T in Sunnidale. : lanwzsu | I A. C. Bricker, president of the As-T isociation, remarked thgt he was well ;pleased with the show as tosize and { quality `and complimented those who ;had given` their time 50 make it- a Success. '52.`... | SUCCCSS. I A Richard Oke of London~,- the'chief ` .judge, stated that as far as he could `remember the -quality of. the birds in `all but one department was superior [to '1ast.year.- Although the Wyan-I {dotte class is good, it `is not equal to last year s exhibit, remarked the veteran judge. A T A `[J..L..'|.unnu aAnmao1nu_franuI1r- v cu-:1 an J uu.5c ` A. Hutchinson, secretary-treasuv er, stated that the show wasa bigger success than he anticipated. Last year there was not the interest in the show as the year previous, but this year the exhibitors came back dou- ibly strong, resulting in the best ex- zhibition we have yet experienced. . an I , ELI. Ff\t\ I IIIIIIVIIIIQ vv 1 The';e_nt1jies totalled 440, with so birds exhibited. The judging was completed Wednesday night. In the majority of departments the honors were. pretty well divided. W. J. Crompton, however, came back for his second big win, and "captured the majority of [prizes in the Wyandotte clais. ` '\ -LA._._.1-..-- -1. `LA Lane 11761!` noitwvuy .,-- v-_r____, . class. , The attendance at the show was good. There was little friction through the awards. In only one in- stance. was the judge's award ques- tioned and that apparently through .a misunderstanding. "IL. _&:_!_1.. .-J... manna unnnv|n:"I`A }! Inlsunuersbuuuuig. The officials who were responsible for the success of the exhibition are: A. C. Bricker, President;.D. M. Mit- chell, Vice-President; .A. Hutchinson, Secy.-Treas.; Chas. Kelly, Supt. ' Those on the Executive Committee are: J. H. Wilson, A. G. Walker, W. H. Tooth, Chas. Kelly, A.iF. A. Mal- H1501!- The Show and Cooping Committee `was composed of Chas. Kelly,j'W. J. Crompton, W. Patterson, A. M. Mar- shall, D. Mitchell, W. J. Johnston. IIIL- :.-J_- -.-an. D3n`|nnA nirn D. Mitchell, W. J. Johnston. The judge was Richard Oke, with A. C. Bricker as assistant. (Continued on page 9). ucnenanu. Deputy-Reeve:-W. H. Martin, G. C. Allan. i ` Councillors--Geo. Leslie, Geo. Ar- nold, S. H. Reynolds, R. D. Henry, Thos. Q00}: and Vital M. Trombley. ESSA C T Essa s legislators for 1923 were re- turned without a contest, the nomin- ations being as follows:- '!)........ n: 1'.` Davis: I nu-nnnand * A V ' Returns by a`c-clamationsAare_-les- numerous in the townships for, this municipal elections. Among those `and Medohte (except the reeve). lucky enough to get in this way are- the councils in Essa, Tiny, Vespra Tossorontio, Adjala, West Gwil`lim- bury, Tecumseth (except the reeve) .4 INNISFIL * I Reeve-D. H. Coleman, VR. A. Sutherland. L 15 _____L__ '11 - ---..` TIT `U `Ila-196:1: (1 auons uemg an LUIIUWE-1` Reeve--Ge6. L; Davis, proposed by J. J. D. Banting, seconded by R. Adams. Dr. Banting withdrew in fa- vor of Mr. Davis. 7'\----- l'.....14u- nu-nncv \'Ul' U1 1.7115. LlGVlo - Deputy-Reve V--- Charles_Denney. proposed by R. L. Lowrie, seconded by A. W. Morris. n........:n...... ,, 1 .-.1". W. ._Tn11nAf_f-_ D) A. W. Luuu.xa. .Councillors - John W. - Jennett. proposed by L. R. Arnold, seconded by David McCann; Ernest Morrison. proposed b,v~ W. L. Dunn, seconded by W. N." Murphy; Norman Cox- worth, proposed by Jas. A. Lennox: .se_conded by R. L. Lowrie. d 59th Year` 1%. R.HuxfI{BEoPPos1Nc JOHN LITTLE 1 1 IN BARRIE MAYORALTY CONTEST, 192.3% I The Kiwanians wives on the com-! gmitteesare deserving of much credit! - ' ,,, - . . Efor the manner in which they select! S` Fish and Rusk for Reeve L` Frank H1 and fed the various "articles and Darceledi `- `H_ C,_ Robertson for, Sec (Ed Deputy; Oliver Patterson lthem irirreadiness for the Kiwaniansg [N BAj{l{ll:; MAIURALII LUNIILDI, t1:u.sr'"' " . . _ - r `r is _F1rst - Deputy, S}x Aldermen and Four School . charge; | ` - TI'llStCSfAT Returned by Acclamation. ' tof of; `Mrs. F}. G. Turnbull. Mrs. F. H. Hurl- 1 Although there were sixt) -four-llout the tvorries of an election cam- nominations for the twenty-one_seat-sipaign. Similar. good luck fell to 1` to be lled in the Barrie munic}ipa'!,J. Byrne and Chas. Lower as alder-9 race for 1923, a majority of t esc'men in Ward II, W. O. McKinnon. failed to qualify and so twelve of land W. A. Miller in Ward III, A. E.l the candidates were returned with- lwhitby and W. R. Wiles in Ward. V. out opposition. A good deal of in- Geo. C. Coles is again a candidate in` -terest was taken in the proceedingslward I, and this division is also be-`EC `on Friday night and there were some _ ing contested by three new-comers ; 5 lsurprises. At first it looked as though ;in municipal matters, viz., A. C. `r = Mayor Little would get a third _te_rm`Bricker, W. J. Bell and M. B... without a contest, but in replying to_Holmes. W. 0. Partridge is oncegl an attack on his administration mademore in the eld for Ward IV,',ex- by T. R. Huxtable, he threw down [ Ald. Tyrer and Dr. Wallwin- also be`- the gauntlet to his critic, who there: ;ing on the ballot. In Ward VI the is upondecided to take the Mayor s',two 1922 men are seeking re-elec-' dare. Next day he qualied fo1'.:'t-ion, with W.-J. Gracey also desirous`; lthe mayoralty race, adding a feature rof representing the Railway Ward. 1 to the card for Jan. 1st that has putl J. H. Bennett is again returned tol considerable zip into the election {the Public Utilities Board, while the? events. Reeve Fisher and First De- four members of the Board of Edu- puty Rusk are waging a lively battle 3 cation also are" in the acclamationi for the reeveship. while `Ald. Liclass. Tom Brown succeds`Dr.' V.E` Frank Hill and H. G. Robertson are E A. Hart, who retired from the Board. ll energetically pursuing the hunt fori Thpynoniinations made last Friday votes for second deputy. `Oliver B. lnight are as given below, the names, ; Patterson, who moved up to the first [of those in `the eld "or elected ap-E] deputy class, gets his new seat with lpearing in capitals. . ; I u 5 UUIILV lJ.I.l..l.1Jl`J nun- William Lowe . . . . . . John F. Craig . . . . . . J. Frank Jackson . . . , Herbe G. Robertson `M Samue J. Fisher . . . : V George B. McLean .. TH6J1_X's'i'z:HUxTABLE JOHN LITTL . .. . . 1`lT21I2..-.. T .\..._ _ clamation at the nomination meeting held in the Midhurst town hall, Dec. auu unuuua-u. .\-..n..~,-.,. ---V --_~-,, . ,.Innisl has a lively contest on for every seat. Oro, too,_ is promised plenty of excitement, J. Walter Thompson opposing D.`McKinlay. and three, including ex-Reeve F. H. Ball, being after the deput_v s chair. 3 Certain charges made on nomination day have given added keenness to the contest. Ex-Warden Train is up against T. E. Smith in Flos, with P.l` A. Coughlin trying conclusions; with Jos. Drysdale for deputy. Sunnidale furnishes a three-cornered contest `H. Barker running against the two old opponents, James Martin and Jos. ; Spicher. Nottawasaga furnishes a` surprise in the dropping out of Ed.. Jamieson, who was spoken of for the] 1923 wardenship. James Jardine and-Geo. Glover are ghting it out for the reeveship. In-Tay, Levi Tay- lor and Chas. Gratrix are again up aerainst each other for the reeve s' chair. with Leslie Archer and Robert Rose as the deputy aspirants. Mat- chodash has a' ght for the presiding position but couldn't get enough men to qualify to fill, the council. In Te-` cumseth Thos. Fleming and Cyrus Dunham are contesting the reeveship. V ESPRA The iRec-ve and Councillors of Ves-I pra were returned to `office by ac- 22. - ru, _,, `IY_LJ.Z._ -...... .........-usonpl nus` SAMUEL J. FISHER WILLIAM RUSK . . . 1`l1:I`l2_..- A T A---A VV .I..I.JLll.l'LLVI. 1\ LI DJl_L William A. Lowe John F. Craig OLIVER B. PATTERSON Edward J. Byrne . . . . . . . Herbert G. Robertson . C HERBERT G. ROBERTSO~1:I".`.- L. FRANK HILL .. . . . . . . . .. I'1I.....'I.... TIT Dnuunlunu .I.numu..~.s 1. Iluzuluuxc . William C. Walls . . . . . u I`IVl'lJ'.Vl\. IIIJJIJ . u . Eharles W. Poucher . Edward J. Byrne .. . Wilfred 0. McKinnon Thomas R. Huxtable 1111113-... I` 1`n..1I.. WILLIAM BELL ._ . . . . . . . ALVIN C. BRICKER . . . . GEORGE C. COLES . MAITLAND B. HOLMES A 1_--.._.:.... lA ..r`|....-I... Reeve--C.yrus Dtinham and Thos- Fleming. _ ` N ' Deputy-Reeve-l3a`n-y Jebb (acc_) Councillo1;s-W.V J. Jackson, W31- LVLALLMALVU D. .I..I.u.ua.u Alexander McCuaig .. Thomas R. Huxtable . . ' 'n'__...`I..I 'n-.........4. bnnnuno 1.`. Ln: "Jun. . . . . . William Bell ; . . . . . . . . . . John Dougall . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward T. Tyrer . . . . . . . . . Andrew F. A. Malcomson .. 1 - ....... D 'I'|:ui:un' I2 runes Luuunaa .l\n LLUAUOIM 7Harold Dyment .. EDWARD J.4BYRNE . CHARLES F. LOWER ur.'n:....... 12-11 - WILFRED O;~/McKINNON 7...`: WILLIAM A. MILLER ..... .. 1.1_I...-...`I 7 ""1:-nuns: AHQFCW 1.`. 1. Aucucvlnavu James B. Dougall . . . . . . . VVIIJLJIIIUL fl. us;-snag...- Edward T. Tyrer . . . . . . Reuben Webb . . . . . . . . James B. Dougall . . EDWARD '1'. TYRER . . . . .. WILFRED o. PARTRIDGE HENRY WALLWIN IIYII..... VF G6-no--`cu. 1112].` IV 1 VV 11111 VV LL` - William T. Stewart . . . Richard J. Wolfenden ALBERT E. WHITBY WILLIAM R. WILES . . 'IL......... Dnnnnn 'Fh`3`x``"e'c".. Wilfred Knowles . Albert Paddison . JOHN MARSHALL CHARLES W. POUCHER . WILLIAM J. GRACEY fl'\L-........ `D--uunn 6.1. . . Chas. Wattie was nominated as reeve and Chas. Harris, deputy- reeve, but both declined to allow their names to stand. `l VV LIJLJLJIHL on \lJ.v41 Thomas Pearce . . . nu v-av- JOHN H. BENNETT T` THOMAS BROWN . . . . .. WILLIAM RICHARDSON WILLIAM R. KING . ._ . . . JOHN D. WISDOM . . . . . Ewart L. Brereton . . . . . . Archie H. Goodall . . . . . . . Samuel Blackmore . . . . . . . Albert J. Sarjeant . . , . . . . Candidte -..--A... -5 -m ;]f0t%%Elll its 1Rea_bers jfar anb ?1HearLEhe Jarrie lziantiner '(|1%li%sbe5 % Cb'l?0l1&Jb_o11t 1923 1bealth, 1baplJi%8$ anb [Dress perity in Qiooble (measure CANADA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23,1922. 'l_`ECUM$ETH u..-Uia_. _I_I-j Kill-ilk More than forty were present, but! the meeting.was- one of the quietest: in the history of the township.` J. ! W.` -Orchard. acted as cha-irman. _ T -. 1 -- .-. . 1 I -5: ' 'i~s 13,'n?yf1ie5"' J . . . . . . . .S. G. Underhill \ . . . . . . . . J. Frank Jackson .. . . .` .E. J. Byrne . . . . . . . . ..R. J. Sprott Secohd Deputy-Reeve |n-ur 1' 'm_......1- `I ....1..u.n Aldermen Ward 1 . . . . . . . . H. G. Robertson . . . . . .R.`A. DeHart .V . . . . . . . G. Robertson . . . . . ./. . J. Shrubsole . . . . . . . . . Alex. Cowan . . . .T . . .Albert Hirlehey . . . . . . . . .J. J. Moore Aldermen Ward 2 ..a.'...:.;.;.;."`v.;;;.;";* I ` I. . . . . . . . .A1ex. Cowan J F Craig :13 . . . . . . L. Frank Hill R. A DeHart . . . . . . . . . H. G. Robertson R. J. S rott . . . . . . . . .Jas.' McMartin J. A. acLaren . . . . . . . . .J. Shrubsole J. F. Murphy Aldermen Ward 5 t . . . . . . . . . Alex. Cowan . . . . . . . . . S. Blackmore i - - - . . . . . . W. R. Wiles - - . . . . . . .W. A. Boys . . . . . . . . . S. N. Hurst - ldermen Ward 6 _. a . . . . . . . Thomas C. Royce S. Blackmore . . . . . . . . Thomas C. Royce S. Blackmore . . . . . . . . .J. D. Wisdom - _E. Pugh . . . . . W Rusk H. G. Robertson er '& A Light `Commissioner _ . . . . . '. . .' . H. G. Robertson W. R. King Board of Education 9`! iccunouwg Rn _ )Ju ` fl - - . . .....A1ex.`--Cowan ' . W. R. King ; - . . . . . .W. Richardson S. G. Underhill R. King J.F.Craig G. Robertson ` J. F. Jackson R. King J.F.Jackson . . . . . . . J. F. Jackson Tyrer In `D Vino . . . . . ...U. Wnuams . . . . . ...John Marshall \ . . . . . . ..J. F. Jackson . . . . . ..J. T. Dougall . . . . . . . .J. T. Dougall . . . . . . . .J. F. `Jackson _ Aldermen Ward 3 - A -1-\1_ ;__ Mayor Reeve -Jy- Proposed. by 7 J. `Shrubsolq _ . Cowan `"117 13.11 o {It'll- .W. 0. Partridge G. Underhill .G. B. McLean . .J. Shrubsole .T. R. Huxtable . TB. Dougall .` . B. McLean `. . J. Byrne . S. G. Underhill " S. G. Underhill Alex. Cowan T. R. Huxtable T. R. Huxtable 9 '\.In vlniaaso --,-V Those who will be at the helm of the towns}iip's `affairs for 1923 arezi Alex-.` Wilson. Reeve; Grant. Km -_lDP. Deputy-Reeve';_Ch_as. .Mille_z:.,.` James Doran and Albert; Orchard '1 Councillors. V I 'll'YHI'\ f\\YfI