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Rev.`S.' M. Beach Preaiches to Local Lodges on ' Annivers`ary. CIRCULATION V .9375 _PIEsIF that thisior any kindredsociety is beneted by its members being'.de- voutchurch-goers. I was asked a ; few weeks ago if I believed in lodges 3 and secret societies that I believedevery man and two- and I replied man should be a member of at least six societies. Whenasked for an ex- planation, I replied that quite a few ' never attend the House of God ex- * cept when the lodge parades ~to_ * church and by this means they might ' get to church at least six times dur- r ing the year. I don t say that church attendance will take a man to hea- : ` ven, but I would like to emphasize ` that membership in a secret society 2 * will not take a man to heaven either. The man or woman who tries to live up to the ideals of an Odd -`Fellow or Rebekah will have athard time if they do not take Christ into their lives. It is only as you take Jesus Christ into your life that your society can /be an organization that will lift up humanity. You have high aims, you have noble ambitions, but you got them from Jesus. Take Him out of your work and I venture to say it will crumble and decay in 'a year. An Odd Fellow lodge without_Christ would be_ like a nurseryman trying to raise a beautiful `ower by paying all attention to the stem and neglecting ' the roots. You have made a cov- enant with one another, a .covenant of helpfulness. but Ipray you make 9 `nmmmn-.+ m:+'l.. 11...: ~ A..1. 11:... 2-1.- Plans are well under way to hold` a Boys Work Conference for Sim- coe County and partseof Grey, Du"- erin and Muskoka on Friday, `Satur- day and Sunday, Oct. 5, 6 and 7. A large number of Tuxis boys from the district are expected to attend. Fa1'me;'s are paying from $40 to` $50 a month and board. for experi- ;enced hands, while inexperienced Emen draw about $30_and board. I Allan Hutchinson,. District Ag'ri-E cultural Representative, reports that} there is still a considerable shortage: of farm labor. iHe.estimates that[ 2.00 orimore good men could be plac- ed on Simcoe County farms. Very` few men _are coming out of the cities to farm jobs. ' _ v ...-v.... -~.- up-nuns-vnuu 1 iMr Richardson, representing. the 3Forestry Branch, was taken over the proposed reforestation plots by De-n nuty-Reeve` Allan, and expressed himself as being well pleased with the sites. The site on the Provincial Highway, he said. is- ideal for the planting of pine trees. . This inform- ation was laid before the Township Council by Deputy-Reeve Allan at ithe Council meeting held in Allan- Idale on Monday of this week. i l In .a . 4- ' _ At the request "of the Innisl `Township Council, _ the Forestry Branch of the -Provincial Government will [plant ve acres of trees on the corner of the seventh line and the !Provincial Highway and ve acresl lat the Innisl Park. Five acres on 'the Provincial Highways was pur~ chased by the Council for $100. The Council will `also look after the trees and erect suitable fences to protect them. _The Forestry Branch will` send a surveyor to map out the park! It is the intention of the Council tol ;plant more trees at a later date and` 'also to prepare grounds for athletics. M IREFORESTATION IN 1 INNISFIL PLANNED, Plot on C011. 7 as` Well "in Township Park to be Planted; . Appoini:a--i";-)T;.`kc;'Eiharge of the` -Famous Huntsvill Band for ! LL- n__.,,_,, SHORTAGE OF FARM LABOR BOYS WORK CONFERENCE __._., V. .___v ..-v-- (Connued on page 2)- "FRANK S. WELSMAN cxunavavlltc J." the Summer. sou. Yea:- BARRIE,` There are three outstanding words in" the I.0.0.F. constitution. One is benevolence. A man may feel he has qualications but if he is close and narrow and penurious he is bet- ter outsider Another key-word in this society is fellowship, butsuppose a person is of a retiring-nature and feels embarrassed in meeting others or shrinks from responsibility,-would it not be a_ kindness to marka ballot against such? The third ideal is truth. This is an exceedingly broads word. but it surel_v.means truthful- ness and honestj. If a person has ` not, these qualications, how can he ' be expected to measure up when i taken into the lodge ? 361 ............ . _.....-1.1 1.- .12--.. 215 IIC aancu. ` Mr. _Brown divided his subject into three `parts: .1. `1`he present situa- tion, 2. How it came about. 3. The line of duty from this time on. M0,, 1 -Rev.VW. G. Brown Before beginning his address, Rev. W..G. Brown of Red Deer, Alberta, paid brief tribute to the late Rev. ' Dr. McLeod and the late Rev. Dr. Findlay for the friendship and guid- ance of whom '-he _had always been grateful. He also expressed his ap- preciation of the action of the min- ister and Session in granting the use of the church. In some places. this had been denied, as if those opposing Union were rebels and outlaws. As this is the greatest question that has arisen in the life of our people, where can it be` more ttingly dis- cussed than in the house of prayer? he asked. Even if the bill is passed} by parlia- ment, which he regarded as very im- probable, the speakerbelieved that there would still be a very active body of Presbyterians, over 400 con- gregations having given a vote against Union. I Among the reasons for asking` an- other vote are that many men who werevoverseas had nouchance to vote, that over 100,000 new members have been added -since the question was last submitted and that the people have had no opportunity to express an opinion on the concrete termshof the bill. Dealing with the course (oil the `As- sembly, "the speaker said the first blunder was made after the rst vote iin not trying to educate the 49,000 {minority ofthat time so that they `might be brought in with the 113,- .000. The second blunder was, he said, to throw the second vote upon the" peoplepwhen they were torn by the war. The Unionists had a vision that less qompetition would be bene-V cial, butwwhen they -found their scheme of organic union impractic- able because the people would not 0 agree to it, another blunder was made in trying to force it through. nlinh \II I The speaker maintained that the, 'Presbyterian women were excluded fronia voice in the matter. Under the Barrier Act, passed in 1697, a] woman has not a whisper regarding] what shall become of .-the church or! _her fathers and in whichrher children are brought up,. he declared. The! question is decided entirely by elders` {and ministers of the church courts }in which not a woman has a voice.' 9 Dr. Nelson said he did not believe? lthe proposed bill would ever pass.l Already all sorts of amendments were being asked to; make it less; hard. ` ~ 1 1. I believe, he said, a scheme of practical union could have been built; up that would have carried practic-I ally all the Presbyterian church with} Git,` but they insist en organic union! ---that we must give up even ouri 1 name. Rev. Dr. S. -Bannks Nelson of Ham-I ilton was, the first speaker. It was not, he said, a pleasant thing to speak `on such a. controversial subject, but controversy was not detrimental to '.christianity, which had `thrived throughout the ages on controversy. The;Presbyterian church was born in a controversy between episcopacy and democracy. Several times had the churchbeen split and always for conscientious reasons. He said the General Assembly had provoked the` people into conscientious protest. . I . ur I 1- no 1 01 - ..l Now, I do not know all the his-i tory of your society, but I find froml the constitution that it has three great principles, namely, benevol- ence. fellowship and truth. I cannot ' go back to the beginnings of it, but I nd it was founded in Americain 1819 and for one hundred and four years it has functioned as a society of helpfulness in America. Your so- ciety differs from the church in this respect-the church goes to _the down-and-out as well asto the moral man; it seeks to reform them and make disciples of them. A fraternal society has certain ideals and it sel- ects only those it deems worthy. of ` its secrets and mysteries. a chance to select those with whom you make the covenant` that binds Odd Fellows together. The weakness . of many societies lies` in the fact that they are not careful enough in the selection of membership. No `lodge should admit a member simply be- cause he was recommended by a friend or because he has a friend in court. He must have qualities pe- culiar to the-ideals of the society. You have - in ANT!-UNION _VIEW_S C J Mr. Hay presided over Thur`sda,v night s gathering, which Rev. G. A. Brown opened with devotional exer- cises. 9-. In us u `On -9. Arguments Advanced For and Against This Much-Discussedi Measure at Two Meetings Held in St. Andrew s ' Church; Lively Interest` in Matter. Tresbyterians of Barrie andvicinity had an" opportunity during the past week of hearing both sides of the much-debated question of Church, Union. The Session of St. Andrew's having consented to both parties using the church for meetings, those opposed to Union held `forth on Thursday night and those favoring the measure presented their views on Monday. There was a good audience at both meetings, some attend- _ing_from outside the town. The views of those opposed to Union were set forth by Rev. .`Dr.4 S. Banks Nelson`of Knox Church, Hamilton, and Rev. W. G.` Brown of Red Deer, Alberta, while the _case for Union was presented by Rev. H.'J. Pritchard of North Broadview Church, Rev. Dr. Turnbull of High Park Church and John J. Gibson, manager of the Chartered Trust and Executor Co., all of Toronto. A - cnuncn umonmews mssmn 1 av smxzns mom BOTIISIIIESI CANADA, frnunsmw, MAY 3,1923. aw-an-_y uccu cuecoeu." With reference to the argument that the church would be disrupted, the speaker contended that the seces- sion of A the small party that might stay would not be anything like as serious as the disruption of 3000 co- operative congregations that would be broken into separate units if the, Assembly reversed its decision. In many cases these have beenvtogether for ten years and even property has been combined upon the strength of the `Union declarations. He main- tained that those who supported .the Church in its declaration for Union ' were more to be considered than A ` those who refused to be reconciled.}j A _, Mr. Gibson said he could not con- Z ceive of the General Assembly re- . fusing to put the Union measure in- ~ to effect. As there is to. be Union. : he urged that the Presbyterian 1 church should go into it'whole-heart- 1 edly and enthusiastically, helping to i 1 1 form the great united church needed to solve the problems of Canada. The growing West, he believed, would tax the resources of_ all the J Protestant churches of Canada to pro _'de adequately for its needs and thevgest could be accomplished by g unite effort under one leadership; , (Continued on pagell) 1 wvll-3|-IUHB puucy I01" ten years Def that. Upon the declaration of churches much co-operation has ready been effected." 11734.1. ---2---~ - ' " fl... ...uJuuuy aux" UIHOII. ' I V l With reference to the Assembly's "original agreement that there mustl Zlbe practically unanimous action, ` `the speaker declared that hope of `;`this had to be abandoned because of M the organized opposition of the An- tis making unanimity impossible, I In 1916 there were 12 to 15 Un-l ion charges. Today, said the! speaker, there are under union, co-| operation, affiliation or delimitation`! of territory 1245 charges or 3000' preaching units which are united to! stay though-they have denomination- al affiliations for the present. As reasons why another` votel' -` should not be taken, Mr. Pritchardf` offered the following: (1) The ques-H - tion has been settled constitutionally l 3 by the Church_ courts. (2) This de- I cision has been announced to the - other denominations and action has i . been taken thereon. (3) Many Pres-[1 byterians now in Union charges , 'would be disfranchised. (4) The t Antis have not agreed to abide by l , the result of another vote. . ' 1 Mr. Gibson . A J, J. Gibson, a former elder of St. Andrew s Church. was the nextil speaker. In opening, he briefly re-'5 viewed the history of the movement 1 from 1903 to the present time. Thel` proposed bill had aroused much dis- cussion and the criticisms had shown c where some improvements might well I 1 be made. The Union Committee has 'v referred several points back in order that the bill might Be made as ac- f ceptable as possible. Union, he said, has been the declared policy of the Church since 1912; and the conscious policy for ten years before e that. IT:-mu Hm .l....`l......L:-- -I A - A l ! VI vs \. LV\a\JL\1cu l I Replying to the contention that thei `church courts did not represent the; lponular mind, he maintained that the] `elders as chosen representatives do; represent the laity. In the 1916 vote! there were only two Presbyteries in Canada Where -the elders did not give la majority for Union._ 1 1 117. ;-1. ....`...._`_.._ 1 .. - -A - v urvunvn 9- ~ first part of his address to showing . the feeling throughout Canada as in- Rev. H. J. Pritchard devoted thel: dicated by the voting in the Church courts. As far as the West was con- cerned, he pointed out "that the Al- berta Synod was 33 to 28 for and Saskatchewan 93 to 15 for, while in Manitoba only 2 voted contra. In, 26 Presbyteries west of the Lakes, .only` 63 votes were against Union, lout of a possible 1046. Red Deer}. .was the only Presbytery to vote against Union and 13 were unanim- nous. 51 out of 54 Presbyteries in; Canada voted for Union. those[ Ia2`a"inst beingVBarrie, Red Deer and} Hamilton. 21 out of 51 were un-3 Eanimous and out of 2536 members! [of Presbytery only 224 contra votes? `Iwere recorded. ` I 'n___I__:_,, . " v The Great Covenant was the; subject of a special sermon deliveredi by Rev. S. M. Beach to the members of- Barrie L3dge 1.0.0.1`. and B,eave:~ Lodge of Rebekahs, in Burton Ave. Methodist Church lastsunday even- ing, on the occasion of the one\hun-' dred and fourth anniversary of the founding of Odd Fellowship. More _ than 50 Rebekahs and 75 Odd Fel- lows paraded for the service. - = I The Uhionist meeting, Monday` night, was opened by Rev. Geo. A; Brown, who read a passage of scrip-I I I ' THE CASE FOR UNION. ture and led in prayer. A. W. Smith, as chairman, then took charge and after a few remarks introduced the speakers. T)... Y? 1` 15 'A,1, I I 1 1 .-n ; _--7..-.n-vnvnx, Va. 0116 o-operation al- ,.,I H `E132 4.41311!-lllUl\lllo A permanent successor to Mr. lClarke will not be chosen until later n the summer. Many applications have been received, but time is need- ed to ensure the selection of someone with the necessary ability and per- sonality to keep the standard of the hand up to its attainment under Mr. Clarke's leadership. This Mr. Shaw _,_ . in l`n4'n1iVn*:hnp' Ln --3 nuannllliil c This arrangement has been made `possible through the kindness of Col. 'A. E. Gooderham, president of the Academy, and his board of directors. Mr. Welsman will return to Toronto afterthe band has completed its en- gagement at the Canadian National Exhibition. Frank S. Welsman, mu`s1cal dir- ector of the Canadian Academy of Music, Tor to, and for thirteen sea- sons direct of the Toronto Sym- phony Orchestra, which he founded, has accepted`the conductorship of the Anglo-Canadian Concert Band for the summer and commenced his duties on May 1. Mr. Welsman s family will come up in the early summer. ` ` F. s. WELSMAN 1'6 coNDUc1' FAMOUS HUNTSVILLE BAND V , `iv, v_... ..-- ...... JQQAAAIIL vuuula. I The next meeting of the; executive committee will be held in November, lyvhen plans for next year s league lwill be dealt with. .vn..u u 5uuu unuucucc UVCI sue noys.I [Dr. Brereton also asked the executive `to consider the advisability of having all players passed by an advisory board and the question of allowing 1 0. H. A. players on the junior teams.| .l fl'\L_ __. I - Included in the suggestions is one clause asking that responsible men be in charge of each team in order to maintain the proper standards and .exert a good inuence over the boys. Dr, RrDYn+nh'n1en nabnd H... ..--....--A-:--- -r-v -- -_. It is argued that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link; that a. lodge is only as strong as its weakest member: but this is scarcely true. When the weak link is discoxiered. it is removed and the strong links bound together in a strong chain. A society is judged in several ways. It is judged by its ideals, its constitu- tion and its power to see that mem- bers "live up to its constitution. The society that will do the better, things is the society that gradually weeds out its unworthy members after-giv- ing them a fair trial. _ ' l _ W- _-_,... . Ann yuaxu. ` I Dr. Brereton stated that if the !League came under the direction of `the Sunday Schools he wanted it con- fducted consistently with Sunday I School standards. When the cup was `presented, one of the regulations was that" the players be able to produce certicates showing an attendance at Sunday School of 75 per cent. during {the year. Vanna `y Dill o In order that similar trouble will not be experienced next year, Dr. E. L. Brereton, donor of the cup and lpresident of the League, presented a [list of suggestions to be considered jfor_next year's play. Among them `are whether the League will come ,under the heading of Sunday School_, Church, "Town or under the supervis-; ,ion of the Boys Work Board. I 'l'\,, ;~ -= I The Baracas were winners` of the `cup in 1922 and were defending it lthis year. -I-_ `___`__ A'__, 9 on . 1 . an- W. J. ~Walker represented the Bar-' acas and expressed his regret at their! ginability to produce certicates. In iorder to be consistent with Sunday {School standards, Dalton White mov- {ed that the, team with the "next high- lest standing which could conform Ivxhith the rules be given possession of {the cup for this year. St. Andrew s, `the runners-up, qualied except for one player who subbed in only` part] `of the first game. V ; I Not being `able to produce certi- cates for their players showing Sun-' Iday School attendance of not less than 75 per cent._ the Baraca hockey ,team forfeited` the Brereton`Cup to leSt. Andrew's at a meeting of the ex- ecutive of the Sunday School Hockey League, held in the` offices of the De- lpartment of Agriculture last Friday !night. I %`s'r. ANDREWS TAKE ` BRERETON TROPHY] Cup Awarded coRi1nners-Up; Baracas;Fai1ed in S. S.- I Attendance. 1 A. c. GARDEN I ] . ]Former Barrie Man Chosen as`/One 3 of the Conservative Candidates , in Hamilton. No. 18 ' , ..\...;,uc. n.u.cruuuu D88 servea. 156 Monday evening, May 7, Townline : W.M.S. concert, Orange Hall, Thorn-- _ ton. Rev. and Mrs. Beecroft Grav- enhurst; T. J. Williams, Barrie, and , other splendid talent. Admission, 40c and 20c. 18c Don t forget the box social. and ` concert by Young People's Club. in . schoolhouse, Crown Hill, Thursday, ; May 10, commencing 8 p.m. Miss M Jean Hickling. elocutionist; Sills or- chestra and other musical talent. Ad- mission, 25c and 15c, ladies- with boxes free. Allboxesito sell at 60c. Help the Blind Bridge and euchre at Odd Fellows Temple, Collier St., Wednesday, May 9, at 3,p.m., under auspices I.O.D.E. Total proceeds to Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Anvonc wishing to make up a table, phone 175. Tickets 50c. Contributions gratefully received from those who do not play cards and may be left at H. J. Buchanan's store or with Miss . Creswicke Bank of Toronto. 18c .... J\I|II|3 nun. .. I` Mr. Beach said he was not a mem-E1 ber of the I.0.0.F.,` but he had lived_ ` with Odd Fellows, had worked with 1. them and had been dealing with them 51 for years. lVi> have read your con-11 stitution_," he said,"`and I find it has I high aimsaand worthy ideals. If I 1 were asked to define your society. I t would say that it is a group of men: I and women who have entered into a L` great covenant to assist one another 8 and help make the world a little bet- ( ter for people to live in? Met supper by Wo_men s Guild of St. George's Church, Allandale, on Thursday, May 17. Good concert. Tickets 50c. 19c Don't forget the sale of homemade baking and candy, Collier St. Meth- odist S. S., next Saturday afternoon, May 5, auspices girls of the Epworth League. Afternoon tea served. 18c Mhavv .\.......2_.. 'Il_- '9 |""- unsal _vv;aLa agu. Previous to the establishment of the first high school in Bradford. there was a small grammar school on the Anglican glebe, west of Brad- ford, about a mile north of Middle- ton. The late Lieut.-Col. Tyrwhitt was a student at this old glebe school as were the celebrated Osler family from Bond Head for a time. Finally this glebe school got too small and fell into disrepair, so this seat of learning was moved to Bradford. 'cAuas run we total cost 110 to $8000 for the four-roomed building. Today school, construction averages fully $8000 a room. It"was this building which was destroyed last Friday. There was no debt on the school. the debentures having been paid off sev- eral years ago. Du nnnnn `on 4... AL. I 1 1- I - ` - uuvx. 9119 I I..laBUB- ` In the matter of res, `Bradford ' High School has had a 'very unfor- f tunate and unique -experience this being the third time for the`. school - to be laid in ashes. About 1875, the` - rst school was laid low by the re- end. On that occasion, too, the _ classes were moved to the Town Hall ; and while being thus occupied the latter building was partly_;.blown down by a big Windstorm. ` At the time of this catastrophe, there were some 28 students in the hall and as they were making their escape a y- ing beam struck Alex, Wood, a bro- ther of Ex-Warden Wm. Wood. ori~\ the back of the neck and killed him. ` For the second time this, High School was consumed by fire in Jan- uary. 1892. A new building was er- ected the same year, the contractor being Georgeestewart, a bricklayer who lived south of Barrie. His or- iginal ` contract was for -$7000, but extras ran the total cost to $8000 fnv fhno f:\n~.- -..-\n.......) L-__IJ:,, n-I 1 I352. E MEIOMING EVENTS `$54554 w - u u A nun uvnasaunlvo VV\}L\4 ucuuxuycu. ,The destroyed building had four clss-rooms. There are three teach- ers on the staff and the prineipal is JE. J. Keenan, B.A., a brotherpf J. .G. and W. R. Keenan of Barri.e..' On `the roll this term there are abdut 90 students, of whom 75 -per cent. are from outside the village. .. The Town Hall is being tted up .to` accommo- [date the classes. - '1 " 4 A _.' I A The cause is- unknown. Although there was a little re in the-furnace, the blaze did not originate. there. Apparently it began in a back room in the basement. One report was that a motorist travelling througli about 3.30 or 3.45 noticed the blaze and gave the alarm; another stated that'the re was first seen by some people living near by. A citizen who r helped to ring the rebell and then proceeded to the re told"'I`he Ex- aminer that the ames by that time were bursting out of the windows and roof. He-estimated that the re ' must have been going over half an . hour before the re bell rang. Both thehand engine and the steam en- ` gine were brought into play, but the am'es had such a start; that it was impossible to check them. . A couple of hours later all that remained was three walls, the east wall having M tumbled. From the wreck the only salvage would be some bricks-that V might be used for interioriwork in a new building. In addition to the desks and other furnishings , quite a number of books belonging to teach- ers and students were destroyed. "I"l\n Anal-vu-nu! `I-.u:I.11...... `L...`I 1---- @B_radford High School was. com- pletely destroyed by fire" _o_n`._'Frida-y inorning, Apr. -27, together_9;vith_ all its contents. The loss is estimated at frofn $25,000 to $30,000 and the insurance amounts to $10,000. nu t-- Totally Destroyed `by Fire for the Third Time; - Cause Unknown.` BRADFORD Loses rrs HIGH `SCHOOL Al\1J\lL VICKI ID! In the GreatcWar the women of Great Britain and her colonies show- ed the calibre of their endurance. pluck and heroism. They won the, war because they got under the load] that was impossible for man to carry alone. If they are capable of all these things, sure-;l_v they are just as capable as` then `to deal with the prob- lems with. which such organizations as yours deal. V` ` ' ll - D__._L ,-:_IV I_, - - ' l f PAGES"1'_,'l'0 8 kin ha ` ,_,,._.-__ ___ 7.-- --y-u-av. In opening his sermon, Mr. Beach `said that he wished to welcome the two branches of the Odd Fellows Or- der. I am glad to see the ladies have an organization where they can occasionally burn the midnight oil while father is at home minding the baby. Too often in the past mother has had to do most of the church ' work, while father had gone to the lodge rooms to do the banqueting. Today we have a different order of things. Women are coming to the place God intended they should ll. They are taking their places on boards of education; they are sitting in council chambers and can be found in legislative halls. Today they are wielding the ballot and one of the first things they did was to strike-a death blow at the most dead- ly enemy of the home, namely, the _ liquor traffic. - cu ... 1.1.- 1-1..--.. 1n_,_ n. `-