Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 29 Mar 1923, p. 6

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. nu. VAUIIIIIJJ Ul. lllq camping grot{1h_ci?'_T'o-ssibly. The B.C.I. property 18' an old landmark and should be preserved as` such. `Let the Kiwanis and kindred as- sociations get together and foster a move- ment for a school on this property and thereby receive the admiration of those who are not transient. _ tr , vvcuu wuu uizve oeen sleeping. However, ; this will give notice that a mivement is on ; foot to urge the building of a school 0 n the property set aside for educational pur- I poses. vWe Build" is` the motto of the I Kiwanis and it would be avrnore worthy { object to seek the betterment of the future ` men and women of Barrie than look "to lthe entertaining of American tourists or any other kind of tourist by providing them I with a camping ground at the expense of the municipality. Would tourists build up Barrie? No. Would tourists reduce our p taxes? No. ' Woulcftourists purchase much A -goods from the storekeepers of -Barrie? ; Possibly. Would tourist be a nuisance to 1 those living in the vicinity of thz camping 1 ground`? Possibly. is 3 K_iwa.nis_and . ......!..L!-.._ H vuc mm uuu go _w uentral school. What | -;_a bitter winter we have experienced and when we know that `boys and girls 7, 9 an 10 years of age have had over a mile to trudge through the snow to go to school, we wonder if the trustees have been"sleep- ing. Possibly it is.the residents of East Ward who have been sleeping. However, will Izive nnfinn Hugo a m m....\....a :-. -- I in ma mast mm or the Town. -They cannot" `by then most` vivid imagination class the lKing George school in this category, in fact the conditions at ,this school are such l that about 50% of the children residing in I the East End go `to Central School. What `-8 bitter wintmc um lannh nv.\....:......-..I -..J - I I1 Barrie, March 21', 1923. .1 umne Db. . I Surely the Trustees must know the urg-` ent necessity of an up-to-date graded school ` in` the East Exgd of" the Town. -They cannot"! 1 bv the most ` vivid inlntnnnn ..1..... L- _____ _.-.,..,. Id. `nu. JJUIIIIJ l.'JAGllIllll :l'; Dear Sir :--As a resident of East Ward, I, with many others, strongly protest againgt the resolution passed by the Bo/ard of Schobl Trustees concerning the 13.0.1`. property on The Editor of The Barrie Examier: n--- oz... ` --- ! LETTERS TO THE Emron Yours truly, Herbert A. Jarvis. wuuu. ` The outbuildings on the farm of Jolin - Lombard, West Gwillimbury, occupied by ` Mn. Foran, were burned on Wednesday morning, March 21. Mr. Foran `had 10.. fa" hogs, 3 head of cattle and some imple- ` meats burned, Mr. Lombard had about $1,500 insuran'ce on the buildings. _King township has again gone back to the old statute labor system of road making. The necessary -bylaw was passed at a spe- cial meeting of the"coun_cil held on the 3rd inst. Nearly thirty years ago the township abandoned the old system and commuted their statute labor, but after a time they went back to their first love. Later the ex. periment` was again tried but there were A I7`-I j_I eter Stevenson, who has been wi`h the Departxxlmt of Game _ and Fish, in the Parliament Buildings, Toronto, for several years. `has been appointed to succeed the hte Captain Fleming as Game Warden at ` `Orillia. He is Scotch `by. birth and\a Pres - byterian. ' `= . , 7: "N... ....sL..:l.1:... _, -0 - - - -' ,, ._. --- .....w-.7-uuuu muuuus puxpubt. l`he inachinei'y and factory building of The Maple Leaf Hosiery Co.. Bracebridge. _ have been secured by Geo. W. Ecclestone 5 and Geo. Tennant and there is a likelihood `hat the plant may be running again short- lY- ' ' : * Last week a valuable horse belonging to C. Mickie`-.&, Sun, of Gravenhurst. was killed in the railway yard at Bracebridge by `a eight engine. The horse was fri;'_htsened nd swung around onto the track,`just as the eng'.ne-`came ulong._ . Even -after the addition of .3300 for an additional 200 ligh s, Orillia will be paying nearly $21000` less for street -lighting than before the war. In 1914 $5,361.41 was paid for street-i lighting. The rate per 100 watt lamp has been reduced fi'oni $12 to s4_ l `North"'Bay will spend $35,000 to build- a six to ;n addition to the Collegiate in ha-t town during the coming summer; It is possible that part of the addition will be used for vocational training purposes. Pl1n Inn.-J\3.V....... ..._J t- . I ,__.._-.a run. - a y u uunnvlg Wullu Engineer Starr figuies out that hid Or- illia been compelled to generate its power by steam instead of water it would have cost the town at least $150,000 more in 1922. , -1u....u....n ._. , I o;u,uuv.ua. Epworth Leaguers `from Meaford Collingwood recently held a debate pfivate vs. public ownership. Meaford, holding -public control, won. ' `I11, xuuacuu uunug I.-L16 PMBE W111 er. ' The, Beeton citxzens who conduct an an- .nual Ki`ng s birthday celebration in that town,` have ag balance in their treasury `of $1,192.69. . ., . -_ qulllca u:5agu.ug nyuro POWCF. __`__ ` Owen Sound Board, of Education has granted $125 to the Agricultural Society to encour ejxhibits by-children. ` 'ppnnn Infna hum ...... .... ....I_I "'34,; - cqxuutu. qcasuzuns ny~cm1aren. _ } 'Peope letting tans run on cold nights has caused a senous shortage of water, in Alliston during the past win 'l`hn.Rnntnn n:+:...m. vnkn ......A..-L __ W yu vvuc 111511 auuuul. . Midlandpays its assessor 81500 a year. A motion to increase this by $15 a month was beaten in Council. ~ A .......I...._ -1: t-__1__, , A - was _ucuu:u ul uuuncu. A number of farmers on the Penetaug Road,v.near Midtand, have been making en- quiries regagding Hyliro power. Owen Smmd Rum-A nf I.`.l.....,.:.... L..- -_-r. Midland Board of Eiihation let con- tracts'amount-ing to $48,807 for additions to the high school. M;.n....a........ :.- ..-_----_ ---an F. N. Merritt of:Kes-wick has sold over 400 bushbls of beans from his 1922 crop. has trm-.fs`nmnnn9.ina- in SAQQIV1 4-,... ...:.x:.:-__ gwwwwwwwwwwwma : plsrmcr NEWS :xF`|I<>X<>X<>X4>X<>I0I<>I0X0X0I<>X0X0I<>I* __- .. ..-. Avuvv av "N(`);th-`-"Bay A div `an m nAAtL:. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR 181 Toronto St., Barrie Estimates furnished Good work at reasonable prices "Phone 698 u1ca1Ul'u anu a on up- uucc uaya, cuuuuencmg lfcll 29. Mr. "Calvin is known to theatregoers throughout the Dominio for numerous big portrayals, put his begt and perhaps his most memorable was that of Postie in the famous Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush," in which he tqired for a- number of seasons. Strangely enough, this company was under the management of Ernest Ship- man, who was then a theatrical manager. _ In ."Glengarr_v School Days." Mr. Col- vin has the part of Senator Baird, the,up- right politician who -ghts tenaciously a- gainst the passage of` a bill which aims to revoke all the homestead-rights in Glens Igarny County. =; / ~ William Calvin charecter Actor in Glen-/I ` garry School Days I William Calvin, well-known and beloved,` for his many enduring performances on the! _ legitimate stage in Barrie, has one ofthe most important roles in Glengarry School Days-`--Ernest Shipman s all` Canadian made film'version of Ralph Connor's cel- ebrated novel, which comes -to the Grand for` three days, commencing March 29. ' MI . "Calvin In lznnurn kn LL....A...-_._-~- ` ,. ting says a Mr. Knight of Grey township hours, ayarded the_plaint.iff $291. I U l1I7l'UUI_U a 1-eport`. from Goderich high court sit- . `entered `an action `against a Mr. Anderson. 5 aeodsman, of Fdrt William, fo7 damages to` his farm from -wild mustard. The plain- tiff in 1921 purchased clover seed, supposed to be of the highest government grade, -from the defendant.-~During_ that year 60 acres became infested with mustard. The plain- tiff claimed under examination that it- would take twenty years to destroy the. weed. The jury, after being out nearly two Peterboro. . .. A _____ A` vnv noun-uuzuy lUl' Lue UIll8l'l0 cnamp1ou- ship. Also won the District cup for dis- trfct 12, the Orillia-Lindsay cup, the Oril-I lia-Barrie cup, the Orillia-Gravenhurst cup, 3 theeGreat West Life cup. The only cup." competition lost during tlfe season was to ! gV;7 an .. ..- uuvulg It auuueu. _ I Orillia curlers had a very successful sea-| s6n. They won_ the Tankard Shield for the` championship of group seven, and reached, the semi-finals for the Ontario champion-l Shh). Wbn th nif nun {nu tun uuu um uuuubry Ill pioneer aays. 3 A fine specimen of lynx, weighing about? 18 pounds, was killed by a farmer named_' Hoover, in a bush near Ravenshoe, a short. distance east of Newmarket Wednesday. Mr. Hoover was out with his shotgun hunting _ rabbits `nd saw the lynx, which he thought 3 was a racoon, on the limb of a tree. I-Iei brought it to the town for the purpose of? having it stuffed. I willin ......l...... L....l .. _,-_-. M `F ` llfi still tllose who opposed the innovation and " as a result they have returned to the sys tem which was in vogue generally through- out the country in pioneer days. . . . . I A fine Sm-'-mmnn nf hmv umu.l...... ..L....41 juvv ' Jszirrie l{ElDENTl`AL scHooL-_roa GIRLS Scholarship Matriculation, Solo Singing, Music, Art, Con` r . emphasized. Outdoor games and sports. Health record excellent, . ' P;_ n, , A full fruited, generously lled loaf with a real ' raisin avor. Every Bite 2: Delight T "' "-'*"*"-`||%lI--aI--aura... venbe Cfollge Ssirrie RE1nr-zn-rmsnun hforl Prospectus `apply to Principals Iljn---nn:... \v'IItHl|V Conversational French 28.11195 and nnnrtn THURSDAY, gmnca 29. 1923 limited numen. nta_rtg BARRIE SHO The -above illustrati Cushion Sole Shoe Co. 2 `ttfrers, Wholesalers and -of shoes manufactured head `comprises fty-six has four travellers on th .-as Victoria, B.C. At p Perhaps they may yet b Edward Decker, died after suffering hours. C. W. ROBINSON _. ....-.-a `/1 Modern `l)w.t}x<~!- ` equipment. cificic-r Call or write for i T. VV. \VAUCH()Y F1 THURSDAY, MAE iness \-. f'r~i' \JBARRi _1_31_Jsx1s:1e..a;< a ~ Mnde by McLARENS Hamilton and Winn Insist on McLAREN'S, INVI1` JELLY POW Most people pr because it is digest, and "()9 with a full, juic avor. It is easy to ma desserts with `A EN S INVIN :1` e.liyVP;)wder.' e No Trouble to Get Him _ into the Bathroom if it_-is_ e'qqipped with mud- ern ttib, wash basin, etc. The trouble "will be to get him out. `Seriously, a mod- . em bathroom tends to fre- quent" bathing, and you know what that means: to health. Why n t have `such , a throom? e will gladly .give"fyou gures that will . prove you can `well afford w the expense. T A. Moffatt, Plumber aiidziter THE CANADIA1 as LIMITED. "Well wot->724 I A Sixteen Dierenr V One package s eight peopl 1'l"S `QR 1?)1LE1r Children anv: ups always ` tlie- pleasure` 4 v ough trainim: At all Grocer PRE-`PAI SOLD AT 109 OFF OUR WAGONS and at all stores A&\I\I]I"I L Barrie, () 72. of frnm hi sous AGENT FOR HECLA FURI;1ACES'1 Phone 531 % _Oice, 10-12 owen st.` BRYSON S SUN MAID R`A1s1N LOAF

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