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mid- ch a this. ities. -su <:c&1-:s_sn`-`Uzi. BRIDGE A ,| 'l,-.3J.._ ;__ JOHN R. LAMB No; 5} | 16 Mass, ICREEMOREM D. % PAYS $400 FINES; L sou) NARCOTICS `Dr. J. A. Smith Pleads Guilty ` to Selling to Woman I . from Shelburne. CASE QHEARD 1-N BARRIE Pleading guilty to charges of `sell- ing narcotic drugs and failing to keep `records of sales as required by the Narcotic Drugs Act, Dr. J. A. Smith of Creemore was given the minimum fine of $200 on each charge in police court _on Wednesday morning. The case was heard by Magistrate Jeffs in the illness and at the request of Magistrate_ Hogg of Collingwood. The information ~was`laid by Detect- `ive-Constable Ralph of the R.C.M.P. and Donald Ross represented the De- partment. 1111.. _.11_-_._. -'I......... ..-.... \.......A an the supplying of morphine by the de- ' fendant to a woman, Cora Webster of Shelburne, and covered a period from Aug. 1 to Dec. 31. Dr. Smith admitted the charge and pleaded ig-. P31 Ulllull U0 The selling charge was based on norance of the law. He stated that when he practised in Shelburne over twenty years ago this woman was an addict, at that time procuring mor- phine from the drug stores, which some years later refused to give her any more. Seven years ago the Mag- istrate and Reeve of Shelburne asked him to give her morphine because her craving for the drug made her vio- lent. He acceded to their request and after moving to Creemore over four" years ago he continued to sup- ply her at times. When the present Act was passed about three years ago, Dr. Smith stated',`.he received a form on whiclrhe was asked to state if he had any addicts. He lled in this woman s name and returned the form. He heard no more about it and never saw an inspector until re- cently. He stated that this woman is the only one to whom he ever gave drugs and he did not know he was transgressing the law. He did not make any money out of it because ' she rarely paid him. As evidence of n his goo_d faith, he stated that he sent ~ the morphine through the post office l and insured the parcels. __L__.._ ;.L_ `Il_..2.. ullu lllLJ\4L\4\J vanu row . V y . -4. In imposing sentence, the Magis- trate stated that there had been vi- olation of the law on two counts and the Act gave him no alternative but to impose a ne of $200 on each charge. l:'.X%-ALD. HILL IS; A APPOINTED As `ROAD I-`OREMAN TWO BOYS ARE FINED $10 FOR COMMON ASSAULT When the charge of indecent as- sault preferred against Howard Kin- sella and Gordon Binney was called in police court on Tuesday m >rning', T. W. W. Evans of Brad'):w:wl, 5 '7 Crown Attorney, stated that :1`-'te1 L amining the Crown witnesses he was satised that the facts did not war- rant so serious a charge and it was amended to one of common assault. Both boys pleaded guilty and were ned $10 and costs each. No evid- ence was taken and Magistrate Je"s, in imposing sentence, stated that he was not in a position to comment other than to say that the case was evidently more serious than an or- dinary common assault "and if it were in his power to give a more severe , sentence he would do so. Euchre party at Craighurst Hall, Friday, Feb. 12, in aid of Public Lib- --- 5c r'r1aay, ren. 1'4, 111 alu U1 Iuuuu una- rary. 5c Sale homemade baking, Trinity Parish Hall, Saturday afternoon `-~~-`- e wwwmwmwwwwwwwwwg I .v. 7|` 3c per word; minimum 500. m" mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm V`l010E'L".B"L< mm wwwn-wwrn QOMING EVENTS - ..:.... .-'u....Ao -nlnlnnnrn Kn M UK` VVUI. Ll , Ill llllllllllll V: w deep 7`, 'X0X0X0X<>I0X<>X< K014 >I0X<>X0X0X<>`I<>'(4 All 5` _ -11 \;nuu1.cu an \JLuu, .-...u.- V... - Central United S. S. Anniversary`, l Sunday, Feb. 21, Rev. G.- E. Coulter of Burton Ave. will occupy pulpit both morning and evening. Don't -.:... ......a.`.;+.. 'l"Im `l?nn`hnw s: Tclnd Ex-Aid. L. Frank Hill was appoint - ed town foreman `at there ular meeting of the 'l_`ow_n--1 Counci, `on 7 Monday night. His salary. is to be 100 for the months of February and arch and $112 a .month thereafter, There were eight applications for the position and they were taken u by Council in committee-of-the-w ole, the consequent discussion occupyin / the major portion of the evening an __ rolonging the meeting to 11.80ip.m. 3 pi his was the most important item of business to come before Council. It had been expected that the question of jitney licenses would be settled but the matter was again deferred owing to some doubt as to who wants '5 the license and intends to operate the = jitney. At the instance of the re- presentatives, the contract between I the town and John Ley for "snow- plowing in Ward I was cancelled. In his application for the position of townforeman, Mr. Hill stated that he had had considerable experience in the construction. of sewers and sidewalks, having, worked both for 1 himself and other contractors, and he claimed tohave made a success in his own business and also as a fore- man. Mr. Hill admitted that he needs more experience in `pipe-laying and lumbing inspection and stated that e purposes- engagin`g"`competent in- structorsat his `own expense in order to qualify himself for the position. As a resident and stockholder in the town he felt that he has an equal in- terest with the members of Council in the affairs of the` town. Hestited that if his application were accepted he would expect to meet all the mem- bers of Council for .the urpose of- arriving at a definite un` erstanding and a working agreement. He asked for a yearly contract with the priv- ilege of cancellation at thirty days notice by either partyfor reasonable were:- Jos. T. Cavanagh, $1200 a year; Wm. Smith, $100 a month; S. C. Chatten,'$1260 a gear; Egerton H. Johnson, $90 a mont ; G. D. McLean, $80 a month; Jas.- W. Marks, $100 a 1 1 month; E. Shuter, no salary` men- 1 E E tioned. _ `Before Council went into commit- tee-of-the-whole, the spectators, most of whom had a personal -interest in the matters under discussion, were asked to withdraw T. R. Huxtable challenged the right of the `Council to exclude the public but Mayor Craig held that proceedings in committee- of-the-whole were as private as those of the committee meetings. . Who Wants Jitney License? When the question of granting a I jitney. license to Floyd, Bannerman _ came up, it developed that the ap- . plicant does not own a bus,/butthat - when ap lying for a license he in- tended.i successful, to urchase one from Harold Ayerst. everal mem- bers stated that Ayerst had informed them that he was going to apply for a license and run the bus, himself. His application,` however,` had not come in, `nor had Bannerman s appli- cation been -withdrawn. Council. therefore deferred . action for two weeks, hoping to get the question straightened out in the meantime- Ward I Snowplowing , A motion introduced by Ald. Jarvis and Bricker that the contract with John Ley for snowplowing in Ward I be cancelled . forthwith occasioned considerable discussion. 'Stating that the question of snowplowing is one of `great concern in Ward Ii`-Aid. Jar- vis `declared that the wor has not - .---..i-. .........+:..n1mvlv af. 23,. eight o'clock: Admission 25c and 1301",!) mornlng 8110 eveluug. uuu to miss cantata, The Rainbow s End "and musical programme. under direc- tion Misa J. Bryson. Tuesdav. Feb. 15. a 5c 3 SECTION 1 ;\GES_l TO 34 :11 Q Nd Acnou ma JITNEYS VEight App1ican ts for the Job; Ward 1 Snow Contract ` Cancelled. % L V C1_lB}3l`S1L`%1E<;`N {_% 3A|uu1-:, CANADA, 1'Hul3sbAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1926 the question or 8Il0WpAuwus5 ..., .,--- great in I .Ald. declared the woric been done properly, particularly af- ter the last two snow storms, and he gave a number of instances of failure and neglect. There had been num- erous complaints both to the Alder- --.-.. .....a clan to the Mayor angi the End There nan oeen .......- men and also to the Mayor and the ' Chairman of the Board of Works. Since Mr. Ley won't do what is wanted, we should cancel his {con- tract, he said. `_`The service is ab- ominable and we shouldn't have to stand. for it." . Ald. Bricker -stated that he had gone over the Ward and found con-, itions as described by Aid.` Jarvis. Afte r-goin over the ground, hewas convinced at Mr. Ley either did not care or did not want to to the work. If you cancel the- contract tonight who will do the work? asked Reeve Lowe, who added that he had spoken to Sc.ott s about/it `and they would not handle it. ' . _ . mm..:.. 1.... -`hnnn hrewinz for aweelt Ttj-1-: Read VTho_%.E.7u.hlina: and 8.f1l- thef , ` # focal pad district `new:-82:00 a you - This has :been brewing a-week and Reeve- Lowe lmowsg as mu_ch about it as I do,. re lied Ald. Jervis. "There are men in ard I who have teams and would be glad to do the. work. It will be done if I liave to get `out and do it myself.. Depu ty-Reeve . Byrne` .-suggested that Ley be given a we_ek s notice -_.. :1 .......a:+:..... aunt imnrove in `VII VI-Iv -a---- V.` -e __ Deputy-Reheve Byrne suggestged a week's 'not1.9e and if conditions do not Improve m that timesthe contract might then be cancelled. - ~ _ "`If Ald. Jarvis assures Counc thathe will get someone to do the work," I will support him? said Reeve Lowe; I don't care whether ou support me or not," retorted ` old. Jarvis. A You arechaiivmanh -of the Board of Works and it's up to you_ to at a man. Scott his-not" the` only man >7 :1 town who-cau.ddo,\_the work. (conttmfneagoa *'ph8"Ov'_7) f Laws Barrie Old Boy, now President of the ! Crown Life Insurance Co., whose re- port fortg1925 recorded the biggest ` year in the Company's history. I uuuu J Examiner. Totnl Earnings of the Plant for I925 Amount to 6 $60,416.06. ELEOTIIIG LIGHT 1 sunrws, $9193, Barrie s Electric Light De artment shows a surplus forv1925 of 9193.71, a little less than the record surplus of $9258.55 in 1924 but a great deal higher than that of any previous year. 5 Earnings showed an increase all along theline. Domestic. lighting was $373.54 more, commercial light- ing was $1466.65 more, power $308.- 91 more and street lighting showed an increase of $454.66. Power pur- chased amounted to $1237.13. -L -1-____._ - L-..`- uuaauu asuuuuvvu vv Ky-Lluvucunuu While the statement shows a bank overdraft of over $12,000, this is. more than covered by the surplus and securities to the value of over $11,- 000. The statement is unaudited as yet and it does not take into account the thirteenth power `bill, which will amount to about $2000. Receipts and Disbursements Receipts- . Domestic light . . .~ . . . . . . . $28522.53 Cormercial light . . . . . . . . 13500.86 Power. .-I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13049.12 Rural power . . . . . . . . 78.38 Street lighting . . . . . . . . . . 4582.66- Supplies.. 682.51 o-_......._-?__-._ Disbursements- _ . M Power purchased . . . . . . . .$ Sub-station [maintenance ,. Distribution system maince. Meter maintenance . . . . . . Street lighting maintenance O"ice.. . . . . .. Undistributed . . ; . . . . Truck .. .' . . . . . . . . Debentures . . . . . . . . . , . . Interest . . . ;, . . . . . . . . . Depreciation (estimated) , Surplus for 1925 . . . . . . . . ` (`EDGE Vb) lacuna ----cw - `Assets-- Lands and `buildings . .. Sub-station equipment . Distribution system . .. Underground . . . . Transformers , . . . . . -. . . Meters.. . . . . nu..- -:. 'I:...`I.+:nn- nnninmn: .lVl.BliI':l.'B - o . . . 0 a Street lighting equip Street lighting ornai Utility . . . . . . . . . . . Old plant . . . . . . . . .. Accounts receivable Securities .. Supplies . . . . . . . . . Supplies, accts. rece er Liabi1ities-- Debentures ungitid .. e- .. `Accounts .paya Bank overdraft . . . . 'Reserves- '- Debentures paid .. Doubtful acounts . Depreciation .. `Surplus .. . . . . .. Sumlps f0l'-1925 1'ux1s AND TRAIL nmcaas % V Hqm SUCCESSFUL; CONCLAVE -: Phgne your new} itejna to The ntnnngnn V A very successful conclave of Tux- is and Trail Ranger groups was held on Monday evening in Collier `St. Sunday School room. It had been ex- pected - that. Ronald. Fredenburg, Premier of the Older Boys Parlia-, ment, would be present and address the conclave but hemissed the train =.. n-........+e.., and John Weldon, local, nient, would be present anu auuxeaa hemissed in Toronto and John Weldon, local, member of "Parliament, substituted with an explanatory address on the Boy Parliament and the bond cam-. naign,' of % which _Barrie s share is A4nr `Supper was `served to over one. hundred boys, after which there was a short programme with A. G, Mac- Lellan presiding. Devotional exer- cises were led by Rev. A. D. -Cornett and there was a sing-song led by, Chester. Carson. with Frank Dutchero at the piano. The group contest was won by the .Y-da-`V_Vake_s.'a A vote of. thanks :to.-the ladies who\provide LL- -nnnnf i A. Sf` fhaiiks .'tor the ladies Wn0`pr0V1ueu the supper` was moved by Rev. J. G. Carscadden end seconded by T. Harley. e _ .. Examiner Adlets are. great sales: 7:_ne'q `and they wfo1-kr for little `page? F . -4`: Q I1k Assets and Liabi1itiZ' 2, in var- ? the g. r. somans. 7 dings ."......$1419s.21 uipment 5615.98 Vstem 40207.33 69941.35 - 16207.0-1 '.'.IICIIIII 29520.14; equipment 5321.09 ornamental 6437.19 . . . . . . ` 900.00 .. .. . . . . .. 41407.61 .vabl3e . . 9586.63 . . . . . . . . 11120.55 . . . . . .. 1340.99 $f253o4}5.23 $60416.06' .$38466.83 _. 78.70 9. 1965.33 4 130.98 :e 1035.74 3916.90 646.11 603.38 3035.44 157.20 1135.74 59193.71 $253045_.23 $6041A6.06 . 64419.41 . 750.00 ,. 32243.40 i .l07242.47 .. 9193.71 . $225-80.59 QHU1 QR p'aU'oU.ua 3771.36 12844.29 Counps. Scott; Dutton and Coombs Named; Several Mem- A ber-s-Object to the,Body as Unnecessaryaand ,Addin'g Expense; Act Makes Commission Obligatory. A Council Approves Midland Highway and Also Plan for Game Preset?/e in Matchedash. No Action on Equalization. 3 3: 1 Several important matters were dealt with by the County Council at the January session, which closed with a midnight session last Friday night. Among them were appoint- ment of a road commission, approval of the plan to ask the Department. of Highways to designate the Mill Road from Barrie to Midland and one from Midland to Orillia, and also of a plan fathered by Wm`. Finlayson, M.P.P., to set aside" 26,000 acres of Crown lands in "Matchedash Township as a ame preserve and bird sanctuary. The two latter questions will be sent to the Provincial Government for ac- tion. In addition to these and other matters, there was more than the us- ual amount of routine business. The Property Committee referred the uestion of building a residence for the turnkey to the Council as a whole and it was decided to take no action at the present time. The_ represent- atives of the town'of Orillia waited on the Equalization Committee, re- questing. a reconsideration of their equalized assessment. No action was taken in the matter, the Committee advisin the deputation that if,` in June, t e town of Orillia still feels that an injustice has been done, the matter might then be reopened. -3 6-`an mnnudnn `I70 Q 5 I _v i 4 1 'i6iisToMMIss|ou or THREE A J APPOINTED BY GOIJHTYOOIINGII. llllalacg uuuv van.-a an`. .`..,r....... The .closing- of the `session was marked by an entente-cordiale, which may be customary in the counties bordering on the province of Quebec but was decidedly new for Simcoe. Deputy-Reeve Asselin of Tiny, the only French-speaking member of- the Council, sang La Marseillaise, af- ter which `the members sang God Save .the King. _-:__: ._ ...1.:..1.. ....-.3 D5 V U Jallu 1.3.1115: The road commission which was appointed, in compliance with the regulations of the Department of "Highways, after a long. discussion, is to be composed of Couns. Scott, Coombs and Dutton, representing the centre, south and north of the County respectively. The commissioners will receive` $6.00 per day without mile - age. The matter was left until the nal session and was discussed in open council.` Opposition to the com- mission was based largely on the fear that the commissioners would take from the hands of the representatives -1 L1... 4...........-.`l.:ng 4-`Ina rlnniuinn an in trom me nanus 01. one 1'Upl.'I:al:uvauvca of the townships the decision as to what work would be done. It was` also '--felt that members of Council know little `about the condition of the roads beyond their own municipal-. ities and that, consequently, the` work would not be done as well by the commission as under the present sys- tem. T (1-..- .Qun:n1n1-nun A-P Quunn-irlnln fha tern. Coun. -Spicher of . Sunnidale, the most vigorous opponent -of the com- mission, expressed, as did all who spoke, implicit condence in the ad- ministration of the County roads by the Engineer. Mr. Spicher felt that under theroad commission the work would not be done any better, and probably not as well, as it is now. Under the present system each reeve i and deputy-reeve keeps in touch with the requirements in his own township and confers with the Engineer. Mr. Spicher doubted if it would be poss- ible for a commission composed of, three members to be as well inform-- ed `as the reeves are. . Reeve` 'Car1ton of Beeton. who also I I0 ea as we reeves are. I Reeve"Car1ton Beeton, who 4 [opposed the commission, stated that he did not Want anyone from the north or centre, or even _the south, of the County to dictate the road pol- icy_ in hisvillage. Coun. A. H. Wil- son saw no increased efficiency; ra-- ther the reverse and increased cost to the -County, Coun. Arnold.a1so mns or ORILLIA wms SPlEL PRIMARY FROM REV. J. s. suonm; % Iaxcrrmc nmsn Score15i to14 in gn Extra` End; Roy P. -Merrick and W. H. Kennedy Get 3rd and 4th; S, Meredith takes Con- ` , solation, with D. Nolan of Bradford 2nd. Forty-two ` Rinks_tin"_ Competition. Curling Conditions Excellent. - In one of the most exciting nishes ever seen here in a Primary nal, Ed. Hinds of Orillia defeated Rev. J. S. Shortt of the Barrie Thistles last night 15 to 14 in an extra end, thus ca'rry1'ng'o first honors in Bar- rie s seventh annual bonspiel. The Hinds brothers started off with a 2 and at-- the end of the third were 5 -to the good. Then the ~ABa1_-rieites steadied down and counted 10 in four ends. At the end of the twelfth` It. `-a1.....u- 1nnu,A u-n >h1`lf. his anar- ends. At the end 01 me Uweuui - Mr. 'Shortt was .4 up,-but his quar- 1 tette took aslump in the next end 9 and the Orillia. men counted 5`, put- f ting them on in the lead. In the : fourteenth, , d. Hinds lay three I when Mr. Shortt came to play his!` 4 last rock. `By a beautiful draw he]? pulled in to the tee,` just touching; the centre Orillia stone. So close` were the two stones that it was im- possible to say which was shot. Amid | great .'excitement, the measure was ~ brougft forth and when it showed` the " arrie rock closest-athoufh not _ by more than `one-eighth of an nch-- , a heartycheer went up from the big gal1ery___whicl1,, had `followed the con- test with eager interest from end to `end. Thie_..let the score a tie and -an `extra end was played, yielding -.-.; the necessa_ry,._:,onn'ter for the mill- ` Liihl.-; ~ '.F..*|!'E out an-u-1..;.-- I.um :N+Ir:j,` fh spoke along-- similar lines in oppos- .ition.A It was felt bysome that the regulation is not, mandatory and Coun. --McLeod suggested that the delegates to the Good Roads C9nven- tion take the matter up with the De- partment. . Appointment Obligatory Co_un._ Scott, chairman ._ of the Roads and Bridges Committee, stated that when the matter, was rst brought to his attention at the Nova ember session, he was not convinced that the appointment of a road com- mission was either necessary or ad-. vantageous, but he had gone into the matter carefully and was satised. that they had no choice_ in the matter. He had written to R. C. Muir, Chief Engineer of County Highways, asking him if the regulations made the ap- .pointment of a road commission ob- ligatory and Mr. Muir s reply, which Mr. Scott read, stated emphatically that,the,_County Council must appoint the commission and advised that it be attended to as soon as possible, if not already done. n ._;_-_ -n__.._._ __.1 1ur..n.-...-... .....:...4....a %% [E + EXAMINER (OIL wuug uvnnvu Couns. Byrne and McCuaig pointed l ou't thatin ve clauses of the Act re- ferring -to the commission the word shall is used, which clearly makes the appointment imperative. Conn. Byrne scouted_the'1dea of going to the Department, stating thatit would make the Council appear ridiculous. Couns. I. K. Brown, Tom, Templeman and McKnight also favored appoint- ing a road commission.. AL_,, 1.1;- .1...:_:_.. n. ..........:...4.' $1.... Ills KI: &\ll\A \v\l lllllllllllll I ' After the decision to appoint" the road commission had been reached, the names of Couns. Scott, Coombs, Dutton, A. A. Cunningham, Drys- dale, McLeod, Jebb and Spicher were proposed. Only the rst four allow- ed their names to stand and on a vote Coun. Dutton was namedover Coun. Cunningham to `represent the north-l ern part of the County. ,___L-L_..__ ..--'..- 'L......J K11 Chin IIQILU \IJ- vaay vvuuvgu Two deputations -were heard by Council on Thursday-, one with re- gard to a proposal to request the De-_ partment of Highways to designate a Provincial Highway, starting in_ Barrie at the Five Points and contin-` uing up the Mill Road through Elm-` vale to a line between the tenth and eleventh concessions `of Tiny, _thence ' easterly to Howe s Corners on the Penetang'g_gRoad, with a road to Pene- tang, from Howe s `Corners to `Mid- land, and thence through Victoria Harbor, Waubaushene and Coldwater to` Orillia. - 1 A_L_'___ UU \ll. 11 The` other. deputation was from Waubaushene asking assistance from the County to the extent of $5000 II! for abridge across the channel from J the, village to Duck Bay. Both .re- ` quests were granted and by motion it was decided that "the members of Council should go `(at their own ex- . pense) to Toronto in a body to press for the Highway. Forf`Midland Highway H ( W. Finlayson, M.P.P., was the. chief spokesman for the deputation ` from Tiny, Tay, Flos, Medonte, Elm- vale, Penetang, Coldwater, Midland _ and Orillia with-regard to the High- . way.. Mr. Finlayson reviewed the situation with regard to Midland and Penetang which have been at logger- `heads for some time; one wanting the Mill Road improved and the other! favoring the Penetang Road. At a' . recent meeting in Midland, however, . the question was discussed thorough- ._ ly and the decision arrived at that. - the route mentioned was the most (Continued on page 11) { -to 11, the lazter having the; same . third. rink as this year while C. McConkey- led for Hinds and L. Kearns played LL- `Du:-noun unvn~3..nn1 Mr. tmra. In the Primary` semi-nal, Mr. Shortt by a garrison nish beat Hun- ter Kennedy 10 to 9. With one end ` 0 play Kennedy was 3 to the_ good,- but the Thistle quartette piled up the- 4 necessary to win in the nal frame. Merrick came very near beating Hinds in the semi-nal, scoring 3 in the last two ends and nishing 8 `to s . 9. Playing off to decide where the third and fourth prizes should, go, Merrick beat Kennedy by 13 to ll, . scoring_2 on the last end. I VF}... 'I"lnal-`Inc maa the heat SIIOWQ sconngz on tne lush um. I The Thistles made the best show- :ing in the history of the club, both {the District Cup skips getting into `the semi-nals, and one of them al- most winning the nal. Both rinks had some very stiff games and fuily `deserved what they got. ' T IITL- lV........`I.-.1--fan -Run` Inna nnm- aeserveu _WnaE 1l.1Uy gun. The Consolation nal was com- paratively easy going for Meredith against Nolan of Bradford. -Selwyn counted 4 in the first and always had Nolan beat Downey. of Orillia Hos-` pitalin the" semi-nal by 8 to 7, get-' ting 2 on the last end, Cecil George of Orillia defaulted to Meredith and `wen_t_home with fourth prize. -- Ad `:1 good margin, nishing 19 to`10. (C9n;|.i-I'\V!: et*|i(`0iI 1:) way;--v -`C 1-,----- Former Barrie bank manager, who has made a marked success as Gen- eral Manager of the Bank of Toronto and was recently appointed Vice- President. 'wAnnu mms | % GIVES BANQEIET1 Councillors and Others Join in Pleasant Time at H Festive Board. . Members of the County Council, County officials, former members and friends attended the inaugural ban- quet given last Thursday night by Warden Geo. L. Davis, and joined in congratulating him on his elevation to the most important position in the gift of the County Council. The blizzard which raged during the day no doubt prevented several guests from being present and the absence of ex-Wardens H. W. Carter, Wm. Wood and D. McKinlay was noted. There was the usual toast list, pre- sided over by County Treasurer D. H. lColeman, interspersed with songs led by ex-Warden C. H. Eplett and Coun. Ed. Dutton, with Gordon Stev- enson at the piano, and a so-lo in French `by Coun. Asselin, and after the speeches the guests were enter- tained by the McCormick Bros. of - Toronto, who gave a number of clev- . er magical illusions. "Fl-an unobnru morn warned hv the 1 i \ magical luuswns. The speakers were warned by the toastmaster -to abbreviate their re- marks because of the entertainment which was to follow and as a result` brevity characterized all the speeches. -r. n in L, LL, 1-; AA L1... TIT.-u.Jn~n a ULCVLDJ Dlllhllhvvusauvu sag. ...-v ...rv-----... It fell to the lot of the Warden s colleague in Council, Deputy-Reeve Chas. Denney of Essa, to propose the toast to the Warden. In doing so, Mr. Denney stated that the election of Mr. Davis made him as proud as though he had received the honor himself, and he was sure that the Council had made no mistake in their choice. He also spoke of the splen- did service rendered to the County | by the officials. My n;.m' rnnlxrlno `hrieflv. thank- by the omciais. Mr. Davis, replying briefly, thank- ed his colleagues for the honor they had bestowed on him. He had ac- ,cepted the responsibilities of office, the stated, and he believed that with the help of the members and officials 1926 would be a successful year for the County. DunI\v\I\a:V\l +111: `I-nnuf `(Th9 `Parlia-g the County. ` Proposing the toast, The Par1ia-- ments of Canada, County Clerk J. (Continued on page 4) iBARRlE PRESBYIERY SUSTAINS TWO CALLS Three calls were dealt with at a special meeting of Barrie Presbytery heldin St. Andrew s Church on Tues- day and two of these were sustained. 7 A 'II'nI`Avuv-in`! 11111 hag T\,__ uay uuu uwu uJ. vucnu viva. Rev. J. A. McConnell, "51}3`"1's 1 been serving Knox -Church, Brace- bridge, as stated supply for the past ` six months, was unammously `called ` by that congregation. Presbytery sustained the call and the settlement will be made on Feb. 16, Rev. J. S. Shortt and Rev. Neil Campbell to be in charge. A hearty call came from Bala and Port Carling in favor of M. C. Heslip, a student at Knox College, who has been supplying there during the sum- mer. This call was left in abeyance'- until Mr. Heslip is licensed. A new | church is to be built at Bala this year. , Tottenham, Beeton and Schomberg presented a unanimous call to Rev. W. A. `Cranston of Tansley, offering a salary of $2200, free manse and` customary` holidays. The call was , sustained and willlbe forwarded to ,. Hamilton Presbytery. ' -- -----3--J L1.`-`L `kn nauunwu I Luau; uc; J . ` Intimation was received that the Bradford charge had also decided tel call Mr. Cranston, but the call was; not ready, as themoderator had no opportunity to meet the congrega- tions before this. meeting. If this call comes forward it will be consid- _...-.I .... I|.f`k `IR can Uuluca LULWGJ ered on Feb. 16. - D\J\u\rl.`uJuI' vu ac-`--`- A very successful bridge :0 raise funds for purchasing a piano forythe Golf -Club was held at D. M. Stewart s on Tuesday evening. Over $60 was` realized. ' `l'\...J..- I-In; n11Ah':n Mpg Qtgwgrt pr_esenr.ea `D0 uurs. ulguzun as U.\1.u.u-/ spoon for lowrmg the score the most in the bronz division. 'YI'I3....-... 1;` Flag` nuzgg ' uyppgg ,_ reanzea. . V During the evening, Mrs. Stewart presented to Mrs. Dignam a C.G.L.U., ......m -Fnr Inwai `up the score Lailis, Miss Elsie Raikes, Mrs. J. B. McPhee, `Mis Rita Lount; men, H. H. 9 II.....`..!.'.Ip-4 `H A -n|- `||"hrI `l'I`I`l`!l|-- m me Dr0n_ze,u1v1:uuu. _ Wmners of the` pr1zes' were :- Ladies, Elsie Raikes, Mrs. J. B. It..1:n..- -Mina `Rib: T.mInf.: `men- H- H. bet, I Mcl-'nee, `M189 Inca uuuuu; lucu, .u.. u. H. A. Sims; hidden num-- A 'M'nn`l .n1-an, '