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I HE + BARRIE`. +E.XAMlNE1R Elected Chairman No. 8. T16 PK an-:s `RENT ARNIOURIES 11-` FERGUSON Is To smx HERE Committee Takes Steps to Accommodate I Big Crowd Wllab UL LIIC yuuup. Mr. Robertson stated that he had written the Premier for a de- nite answer as to whether or not he was coming to Barrie for the Grand Lodge meeting. It was im- portant that the committee should |know well in advance, he said, as it was felt that Central Church, already engaged, would be much too small . mL- __._.._._..L .'.....l,. ,.L` L1... n..........n LUU muuu. The current issue of the Orange Sentinel indicates that Hon. Mr. Ferguson is coming` here and sizes up the situation huslyz urna 0 LL , n,.,-.:..-:-1 my n.nn\. LlA\4I.I\-n~n\J-n -...V... The meeting of the Provincial Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario West which will be held at Barrie next month promises to be one of the largest and most interesting Orange gatherings ever held in this Province. It would not be sur- prising to see well on to a thous- and delegates there. At least it is to be hoped that every one of the eight hundred lodges in that jur- isdiction will be represented. The change in. educational regulations has properly excited the deepest interest among the members of the Order generally. .\:4.,... ,1: ..... ,.,.:..m. ...:41. nm on. Le uruer gt:I1t:1'uuy. After disagreeing with the ac- tion taken by some lodges The Sentinel proceeds: tun +1..:- nnv\ Ln ,.m...,m+nA o+ Hm DCIILIHUI IIIUUUUUD. All this can be corrected at the meeting of the Grand Lodge in Barrie. The members of the Leg`- islation Committee. whose report. is condemned by many lodges, will be present to defend their action. It is reported that the Prime Min- ister will be there also. and it is to be hoped that Past Grand Mas- ter Scott will be in attendance. On the other side, there will he the Grand Master of Ontario. (Turn to page ve. Please) on his tatners sine uuvvvu ..... .. farm in Ves ra over eighty year ago and on is mother's side, the Gardners, a like feet was perform- ed in Oro, but Morley is the ilrst Livingston on record to sit in a municipal council. He landed there with both feet last January elections, being nosed out for ret place by only eleven votes by his formerxschool chum, Ald. Charlie Lowe, in Ward Four. However, Morley did not have the services of a seasoned campaigner as did Ald. Lowe in his father and that makes.al1 the difference in the world. The Livingstone originally came` from Scotland, rst settled in Que- i.-- -......a.... "A later came to m&maw%&%%%%w&g :11: COMING EVENTS %m&m%mm%&%%%mmm ua._y ulsuua, uaanuu U auu I, at: u p.m. in the Town Hall, Barrie. Adults 50c. children 25c. 8b They're coming! On Monday, March 19,1928, Ye Olde Tyme Village Quartette. They have ap- peared at the Canadian National Exhibition for six consecutive years. Music lovers will certainly enjoy this high class'entertain- ment. Central United Church. Admission 50c, under the auspices of Crusaders Young Men's Club. 8b Department of Marine and Fish- eries. V `I ; _'_ ._..J_.._L--J L`L_L ___`L_,, .1 It is understood that when the offender was asked by an official to take out a license he became indignant and replied that he would do so when the Department cleared the air of static and other interference. Prosecution follow- ed. ' SECTION 1 PAGES 1 T0 8 2 . _the Scotland, nrst setueq III ....e-, bee province and later Slmcoe. Morley doesn't remember much about it for he is now only- twent -seven. He himself was born :1 Vespra Township, on the 10th concession, and received _his earl education at Minesing. At B. . I. he was-very active in ath- letics, so active "in fact that Prin- cipal Girdwood told him he would never get his matricula ion but he did. Now that -Morl y is an alderman and a business man this latter is something of a standing iolfe between him and his former Ermcipal. Hockey and rush were is two favorite sports. e.was four years on Barr-ie s Junior 0. t: A r....... ..n..n such hockey jurn; his tvfvo sports. new. H. A. team when uch hockey lum- infaries as Tex." White, `Bud" Fisher, Leighton Emma; Jack Armstrong and others were wear- ing "Colt eweatera in those days. H15 athletic endeavors came to a sudden termination in the tall at Blunphiul Sketch of Pub Man of the Community Advertise 1h The Examiner &LET S GET ACQUAINTED Public. P1-qyfouional and Business Inunity Told for Examiner Reader: -No. 8. ALLANDALE} BAND IS AI-`TE~R GRANT Large Deputation Waits on Council in Support of M Request A deputation of some thirty re- nresentative citizens of Ward Six (Allandale) waited `on Town Council `Monday evening in sup- port of a request for a municipal grant for the Allandale Citizens Band made to council some time ago and which had been hanging A... 1+ urn: cant to the Finance GEU Clllu VVII fire. It was Committee. 1.......1. h Uommutee. - Frank Dobson was the rst spokesman. Organized in Septem- ber last, he said, the band now had a membership of forty, with 3. weekly turnout of twenty-eight to practice, most of the players awning their own instruments. Mr. Dobson corrected an impres- sion that the band was sponsored by any lodge or organization. He referred to the reply which had been received that the $1,000 al- lotted for band purposes was needed by the Barrie Band. The Allandale Band had now reached the stage in its growth when it needed money. Quite a_number of youths were receiving a musical education and it was important that it be not interrupted. `Many of the boys were in their teens, he said, and they found it very in- convenient to come to `Barrie to lpractice. _ An._...I..`I.. ..:4-{an-nu Ianvn n hvide Mayor Mc'Cuaig, speaking for Council, promised earnest consid- eration of the request. His Wore ship commented that the large de-`A putation bespoke a keen interest in band affairs in Allandale, a _:A.....d.:n.-. I-us urn: nhld t0 Seef 1923, however, when in a rugby game he sufferqd an injury to his left` arm which has since proven l----InAnhn+. permanent. Alderman Livingston is agen- eral favorite among his friends and was so with his school mates. He always had, in fact, a hanker- ing, for school and when it came time to choose a wife it was. a school -teacher, Miss Kinnell, whom he married only recently.` Altogether 1927-28 were momen- tousyears for him. _ , an-..-.3. nnn't 1191!) but 2'0 -a- {SOUS YBETS I01` nun. `, Barrie can't help but go head," Aid. Livingston told The Examiner enthusiastically. This '~ `A --AAA A`lI`\+ VIIADID` rrfshacmcr COSTS ; . `CITIZEN 'umr?suM% in Dana aalt Ill. :sua.uuu.u., situation he'was pleased to On the 15th of February the sub-collector of National Rev- enue laid an information against a Barrie citizen under the In- come War Tax.Act. 1917. Chapter 28. Section 1, for failing to make returns for income as required bythe Dept. He was fined $25, the minimum, by Magistrate Jetts last Friday. The penalty is from $25 to $500. There was a plea of guilty. It was brought out that return must be made whether the citizen is assessable or not, or in other words, no mat- ter-what his income may be. In this case the offender was not liable for federal income tax. The fine was paid. Kamlner Ell vuuuunwuav-.., . ._ -- 7('rum to page eight, pleae l wmcn naa uccu Hanging was sent to the A.-- 65th Year. MEETS DEATH IN TRYING TO BOARD ;MOVlN TRAIN Dies Follbwing Amputa- tion--Was Native of England Popular Young Phelpston Man s Tragic. % - End Alverdict of accidental death with no blame attached to anyone was returned Monday afternoon by the coroner's jury inquiring in- to, the death of "Victor Fisher, young Phelpston farm hand, who died in Royal Victoria Hospital last Saturday morning` as a result of injuries received -the evening previous when he attem ted to board a moving train at P elpston ...a...L:..... .....I van 4-hvnnnu undar th board movmg tram at nmpawu statlon and was thrown under the wheels. 7 0 L_...__._L_.... !. W uccm. An unusual circumstance in connection with the fataiity is that Fisher tried to board a coach on which the vestibule door had been closed and` which was.im- possible of entering. Whether or not deceased appreciated this fact was not brought out at the inquest and may never be known. The ac- cident happened at 8.3.0 pm. and the. injured man. reached R. V. Hospital" at 11.30 being brought from Phelpston on a freight train. His left leg had been practically severed and none of the witnesses examined were prepared to state just how much blood he had lost, other than that it was a great amount." v - "` L..I . _L 75 (`lily llll II! Suzette Toner, a student at B. ' C. I., and who had alighted from p the evening train, returning to her home, was the only eye wit- ness. She was standing on the platform when she saw the young man, whom she knew personally, come running from behind the station. I watched him try to catch the last door on the first coach next to the bagga a car, witness .said. He seeme to slip and fall under the wheels. I cov- ered my eyes and shrieked. Soon there were quite a number a- round. Miss Toner said that the spot where the young man tried to bord the train was slippery. It was about ten paces from the north end of the "platform. Per- sonally She would not attempt to board a movin train under the conditions, alt ough she could give _no'estimate of the speed -of the train. It was going too fast, she said. oo 0` -n__ Agegl-.. UIIC \3DIrl\I| James H, Donnelly, station agent at Phlpston for 20 years, was at the young man s side in a few minutes and told of summon- iqg Dr. Kearns, who rendered first _.._i ._LL-...1...I L1...` uau4nn in Dr. Kearns, who rendered nrst ai and attended the youngman gftieli he had been brought 0 the 0 e . . - It 9 1 .1. 9 .--.- A vvna tllK\r\a\I uuvn ituov ----_-__ He kept :21` ing, "0 my, (5 AA is my leg Off? hat s the trouble? What ll I do? I'll bleed to death if that bleeding is not stopped Mr. Donnelly said.` He disagreeci with Miss Toner as to the slippery con- dition of the station platformg ._n. _. .-_.4.. ....._.. ma-nah He was just a gay young man without a thought, said Mr. Don- nelly, who told of deceased only a few nights previous come rush- ing into the station just as a hockey special moved out for Bar- rie, asking him_ (Mr. Donnellz-) for the loan of has overshoes as a had left his at thehotel where he boarded. Witness said be under- stood that on the night of the fa-. tality deceased had returned to the hotel for his gloves, otherwise he would have been in plenty of and Drs. Turnbull and Kearns al- so gave evidence. Deceased died from shock and hemorrhages, they said. He had made no statement prior to his death. time. . Kenneth McLennan, conductor, - n.. fr (4 tum- ......_ IIU Incl! Mr. Donnelly said the injured man was quite conscious at all times and Dr. Kearns said he was consciou right up to the time he was placed under the anesthetic. :41`!-, i_,..-A .....--.L... lIf\ kaho f\ uni! ]pl'lUl' DU lll_B ucnuuo Coroner Dr. W) 0. Little pre- sided. and those on the jury were R. J. Gamble, J. A. Buchanan, S. N. Hurst, Wm. Livin ston, Chas. Moffatt, Ed. Shuter, . F. Stone, John Mccorkindale, G. S. Webb. 0 FL _I._ ._L ___ ____ I-U4-Uawuvw vv II vvvvvv -- Victor Fisher was an English- man about 24 years of age coming to this country about 8 ears ago and stayin mostly with_ is sister, Mrs. Josep Braithwaite, but since her death about a iear ago had been staying with at er friends`in the township. He was a `jovial k` d f fellow very gentle nly, in o d, 11111` well mannere and had we the esteem of every one. He was cer- tainly a. general favorite ,with the ladies, as he was yer fond of dancing and one of the est at this around here. His parents are in England, but he has one other sis- ter, who recently married James Slavin of the 5th con. Victor will 1.- ...:.......1 1... . lanai-. n"'~f1'lAl1l'I_ The"~.{:{i{'e"r7"1=1?xpo:i' E3; respondent makes the following reference to deceased: . 93-; _u__1_ '15iEz1NnUs1NEss% ' SECTION QUICKLY NIPLPQIQ IN BUD SIEVHX OI the am C011. Vnzbur Wu: be missed by a host of friends. His entiemaniy characteristics .won in: many friends all of whom extend their 9 mpathy to the remainin sister, rs. Slavin, and other re atives. The remains were brought up in train on Sat- urday evenmg . an taken to the home of his sister. The funeral was heid on Monday at 9 mm. to mac NIGI-1'1` CANADA: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1923. nus NEXTMOVE IS | TOWN cquncnxsl Dept. of I-Ii-gT1;rn`ys Answers Resolution on Snow- _ plowing | Referring to a motion passed at the last meeting of the Town Council asking the Provincial Dept. of Highways to leave more snow on the highway so as to maintain sleighingg for farmers the department has replied, in effect, that it must continue as at pre- sent or discontinue snowplowing altogether. ~ u!_. -_..I_.. L- -..-....L- LL.` nanny- utvvsu nnnn n. n ``In order to operate the snow- plow," the letter states, it is nec- essary that the nose of this plow be kept about four inches above the road surface. If this is not done the plow will gradually raise through the snow and the truck will be unable to get sufficient traction to operate. It would therefore appear to be a question of operating the plow under pre- sent conditions, or simply keeping the road o-pen for sleigh traffic.i `L_ `_LL-.. AJAQ `-`\n` An Anna I\l UIIV &\lQQ\A vrvu av- ..-`-e.- -__._ The letter adds that on some of` the lls south of Barrie very little snow remained on the pavement and that this melts with the Vrst thaw, leaving the road bare and that this condition would exist re- gardless of whether the plow was operated or not. The Dept. asks for a further ex- ression of opinion from Council. he letter went to committee. the R. C. cemetery here where his body was placed to rest. Notwith- standing the blizzard raging at the | time a large attendance was pre-I sent indicating`;that he had many friends who held him in very high `esteem. The pall-bearers`were: M. Kelly, -R. Robbins, D. Marley, Jas. 12-11 `l n`Inm Iluxmu and `Ros-nan-(I Old Man Winter Steadies Away! To Long Grind, Says . ICE FORMS SLOWLY Only Inch and Hall is Made on I Buy in Five Zero Days | T hrce Business Places Su er--Damage is $3,590 A NARROW ESCAPE Family of Ralph -Johnson Flee in Night Attire i 'Huu:'s A NEW wmr % To PUT up CHICKEN Contrary to general impression ice is not being made on Kem- penfeldt `Bay as fast as one would imagine. Despite five straight days of zero weather, with the mercury dipping to ten -below, the ice `being harvested today is only slightly over an inch thicker than it was a week ago today. The trouble is the heavy snowfall. A great white blanket has covered the bay many inches thick, much faster than it can be removed, and is keeping the ice from forming. Ordinarily, with little or no snow and with weather such as has pre- vailed for the past five days, one inch of ice would form every 24 hours. IIIL- -nAonInI9 non. nfnnaihfl . ISBN) , `IL. nuuuxuzs, U. Lucuacy, uau. Kelly, John Hayes and Bernard Mulroy. Chicken -has been `known to be put up in various ways but a. popular young matron of Barrie introduced something absolutely new. last week. It was this way. ____-- _I.- -5.. Ian. non KAI`? UW- l_CBI. vvvwna as was 6000.: u..,,. `In a hurry she ran her car out '0! the garage and hurried off to nu an engagement . Having pick- ed up a friend she drove down town. Coming into the brightly lighted area, she noticed a man, with a broad smile on his face. signalling her to stop. Thinking ' that she had a flat tire, she pull- ed up and- got out or the car. As she did so the man, with a s'til1 broader grin. pointed not to a wheel but to t-he top or the car. Imagine the fair driver- s surprise when her eyes rested upon a big dressed chicken reposing on a platter in plain view "on top 0: her sedan. Ina flash she remem- bered an unwanted use to which she had put the vehicle. Room being lackingin `the refrigerator, she placed the platter containing ? the bi-rd out on the car in the garage so that it -would be kept cold. In her rush to carry out her engagement she entirely forgot the temporary use to which she had put her automobile. She had driven over two miles before the unusual decoration on -her car was noticed. And the platter was one of her very best! But it es- caped without a crack. \v..... L1..- Qnlnvhn nf Ohm 11:11!) in Look Ot:t For a Wintry March 1:93:11 Weatlher Prophet Hints lira. l vThe snowfall and attending blizzerds have also seriously in- terfered with harvesting. The snow on Tuesday completely blocked the ice channel and only eight cars were loaded as com- ared with the average thirty-six. esterday operations` were en- tirely suspended. -Sunday morning. at. 8-. .o clock it was 10., below zero, while on the following Tuesday it was 8 below at the same hour/,f accord- ing; to W.` H.` Buttery, "Barrie s Dominion weather se`rjvice_;,repre- sentative. ` ? `I.. 'D&&Auv kaa`+n+n ."l| nrno. SEHUHDIVC. I Mr. "Buttery hesitates -to prog- nosticate as to March. Judging the weatherman on performances of past years and that of the past week, he looks for a cold-, wintery` March. This opinion, he says, is! `not based. on any terrestrial or celestiai information he may have, but simply I forecast based on` cupuu wuuuun. a. vanity`): Now the friends of the lady in question are enquiring of her if it is true that the newest way to serve chicken is a la. sedan". The first re of any conse- i quence to occur in Barrie in months broke out in the Brett Block, corner of Maple Ave. and Elizabeth. Sts., early Monday morning and before it was brought under control three busi- ness places had been damaged and some $3,500 damage done. Luck- ily the blizzard which had radged the day previous had subsi ed, otherwise the extent of the fire might easily have attained much larger proportions. Kerr's barber shop, under which `the blaze is thought to have started from de- fective wiring, suffered most heav- ily from re while 'Cowie & Co. s fancy goods store and Jarvis fruit store, on either side, had their stocks more or less damaged by smoke and water. Rescued. From Apartment An a artment above, occupied by Ralp Johnson, sustained heav- ier damage than didthe ground floor stores, the ames leaping quickly, the space between the partitions serving as a draught. About 1.45 a.m. Mr. Johnson was awakened with a'cho\king sensa- tion. He smelled smoke and on turning on the lights found his bedroom filled with it. He gave the alarm and with his wife` and son they attempted to make their escape down the stairway, but were unable to, so dense was the smoke. They climbed out a win- dow, scantily clad, onto a snow- covered flat roof and from there were rescued by remen. Mr.- Johnson considers he and his fam- ily very fortunate in making their escape. They were all asleep and. a few minutes longer and .all might quite easily have been suf- focated. --~ A- - -1 LL- -J-nun: annll` LAD IS INJURED 5 And. Axe Wielder is Now` Charged With Crim- inal Offence The unusual spectacle of a full] grown man cutting down a treel while a boy was perched on its up- I per branches, a performance` which was repeated several times just to give the boy a thrill, but! the last time with grave results,] was brought to light in policel court Monday afternoon when; Frank W. Hegan, who felled the! trees, was charged with unlaw-` fully inicting grievous bodily` harm to Lachlan Oxford, nine-! year-old boy. It was the Oxford boy who received a severe gash over his left eye when he landed with the last tree on a pile of logs. The wound required sixteen` stit- ches to close, the doctor testied, and the boy will carry the scar for the balance of his life. The court s judgment was reserved until Sat- urday next. - 'l`}-in nllnnarl n#onnn uvoe nnmmif- lCut Trees Down with Bay }Aloft, Just to Give a Thrill; iBelle Ewart Man Prosecuted Unusual Case- is Aired Before Magistrate Jeffs I uruuy ucau... The alleged offence was commit- ted on December 29 last at Belle Ewart and has apparently agitat- ed that neighborhood considerably sin-ce, dividing the populace into, rival camps, both of which were well represented at the trial. It was intimated by defence counsel that attempts were made to get damages from accused and that a civil action was in the offing andl that an attempt was being madei to lay a groundwork for it in pol-i ice court. 1-_ -_.1 ___L_1`I-- ..... ....1 ...-_1..1.'...1..L..l ICU UUU1ln Incidentally several sidelights` on life at Belle Ewart cropped up] during the evidence.` Altogether! it was one of the most unusual cases ever heard in a local court. Lachlan Oxford, aged nine, in] the Senior Primer grade at school,} was not required to take the oath: owing to his youth. He said oni the 29th of December he was inl `the bush with his playmates, Jack` Whan, Eugene Tremblay and his~ sister, Patricia. It was in the! morning and they had gone tog ilook at their snares. The witness! climbed a tree about three or four linches in diameter. ` (`I____-_.:_I_. _L_-L, J L, Il ,,, IIIDIICD Ill Kllllllcllclo ` Mr. Creswicke objected to Mrs.- Oxford nodding her head to her young son in the witness box and requested that she take a seat fur-l ther` removed and not to look at` the boy. ml... 1`... :4 1.... ..i:..,.1.....a ..L....+. uuc uu_y. The boy said he climbed about` nine feet up the tree. All of a sudden Mr. Hegan cut the tree down. He fell with the tree and _sustained head wounds. A scar above the left eye bore testimony of a severe cut. He went home lwith his face and clothes covered [with blood and a doctor was sent for, arriving in twenty minutes. The..wound required fourteen stit- ches and the doctor had since been 1 back six times. The boy was out! of school for a time. I .... - , I C'UUUO JIFL ll .I.Vo Weather in the northwest, al- ong-the -Mackenzie Valley and the Yukon , has averaged 13 degrees below the mean normal tempera- ture, Mr. Buttery "states. In the northeast, ,Ungava and the Lab- rador Coast, it has been 16 de- grees above the normal mean tem- perature. Barrie, in the Geor- 'gian Bay district, is between the two and the disturbances from the south. Therefore our sudden changes and our delightful and much lvaried climate. . fBW minutes l0IlgB1' nu .uu Owners of the stores affected! are high in their praise of they good work of the remen. The uilding is a frame one and high- ly inflammable, dry as tinder. A hole in the oor near the electric heater in the barber shop leads to the conclusion that wires leading. to it may have been the cause of. the re. - . All the basement and the cor- ner store were occupied by Ald. H. A. Jarvis, who in cold weather is in the. habit of sleeping on the gremises to keep the fire going, e having large supplies of per- ishable produce in stock. How- ever, he was in this instance spendin the week-end at his home. he damage shows that the tire burned rhpst ercely just ""----' ---`---A on Tnvui: Her` Big practice. Allandale citizens have a pride in their band which had made a splendid impression on the ublic appearances they had a ready made, `Mr. Dobson concluded. Reeve 'Creswicke asked Mr. Dobson if the money was required for general band purposes or for the salary of a leader. Mr. Dob- son replied that it was needed for both. Answering further questions he said the bandrnaster was at pre- sent being paid $5 a week. Con- siderable money had already been raised by public subscription but little more could be expected from this source this summer. Mr. Dob- son hesitated to name the sum re- quested but said they had fully ex- pected at leasta quarter and per- haps ` a third of the $1,000 set aside by council for band pur- poses. . `I ---.._ 'II'nu(`11o;lI' enn-nl(i`n0' fnr what happened other years under similar conditions. He agrees that few winters have provided such upsetting weather, but now thinks the Old Fellow has straight- ened away to the long grind and that we may expect winter wea- ther, with few exceptions, until about April 10. - ' nfnufhnv in #15:: nnsd-1nnna+ o1- THE MYSTERY BAGS WERE IN BIG DEMAND Mystery always has a strong appeal. `It proved so in the case of the Mystery Bags ad- vertised by the Douglas Drug Store in last week's Examiner. Over the week-end 350 cus- tomers carried away these bags from this rm s new store in accordance with the special offer. nfII1_-..- _._-_ \._:,___,_ _A....-. v..-.- `There was, however, no my- stery as to how the people came to take advantage of the offer. Enquiries from custom- ers showed that over ninety per cent. visited the store be- cause they had read the advt. in The Examiner. ` -Onc'e more it is demonstrat- ed that the quickest, and the cheapest, way to reach the people of Barrie and district is through the columns of this widely circulated newspaper. __--_ -v- - ..--...,. (Turn to 'page seven, please) Advertise in The Examiner ' REV. M. J. WEDLOCK A native of Barrie, who has been honored with the chairmanship of Newmarket High School Board] ' for 1928. l Rev. Father Matthew J. Wed- lock, the newly appointed Chair- man of the Newmarket High School Board, is a native of Bar- rie, Ont., where his early educa- tion was received in the Separate 'School and Collegiate Institute of lthat Town, afterwards graduating from St. Michael s College, Toron- to, in 1902. On the completion of a four-year course in the Grand [Seminary, Montreal, he was or- ldained in December 1905. Since . 1914 he has been a citizen of New- lmarket, where he is popular with `people of all classes and creeds `and has been identied with the [social and philanthropic organiza- ltions of the Town. Father Wedlock has been a con- ltinuous member of the High School Board ever since his ap- Ipointment to this Parish, and was {honored with the Chairmanship of `the Board during the first three years of his residence here so that ithis is his second term--Era. VUU IIIIUU was most around where Mr. Jarvis had his bed, the oor, ceiling and parti- tion being destroyed. It was the hotest corner of the -re, but for- tunately Mr. Jarvis was not there. EE. A. HILLS IS PRESENTED Ewmn CLUB BAG, ADDRESS l E. A. Hills was presented with a club bag and an address by the lstaff of the Barrie Gas Co. at the [office last Monday on the eve of `his departure for Toronto, to which city he is moving shortly. The address was read by Miss Kao Weaymouth and the presentation made by Andrew Fraser, foreman of the plant. Mr. Hills was com- pletely taken by surprise and re- plied feelingly. During his four years with the company here Mr. Hills has always enjoyed the re- spect and loyalty of his staff and his departure is not only regret-' ted by them but by citizens gen- erally. I 111-.1 I` ff! I 1 - """"' I { With the Town taking over the plant on March 1st the office and sales room on Owen St. will be closed. Miss Weaymouth also goes to A Toronto to take a position with the accounting De- partment of the "Canada Life. `novs MAKE SUCCESS IN SELLING BONDS LIGHT, WATER AND GAS COMMISSION NEW NAME I Barrie boys more than doubled their objective in the sale of bonds to provide funds for carrying on the activities of the Ontario Boys Work `Board. Starting out with an objective of $100, they sold. $227, which is $28 more than last .year. Ronald Hardy of St. An- drew's topped the list with $52, thus winning the gold medal. 1 Silver medals were won by: Jack Smith, Walter Coutts, Chas. Newfcon and Dimick Brown; bronze medals by: Melville Rob- ertson, Edward Shortt, Ross Turnbull, Arthur Coleman, Gor- don Jamieson, Elliott Reynolds, Jim Weldon, Russell Herriman, George Robertson and John Mor- | ri_son. It is now the Light, Water and Gas Commission of Barrie, if you please. In a letter to the Town Council the Commission reported having held its rst meeting since the gas plant was formally taken over and of having agreed to oper- ate it and to pay half the expenses incurred in connection with the report on the Barrie Gas Co. last December, made by the Hydro Electric Engineers. The state- ment attached showed an expen- diture of $242.68,__of which the commission agreed to pay half, or $121.34. ` For failing` to take out a radio license upon installing a radio re- ceiving set Wesley Wallwin was on Saturday morning ned $5 and costs. The ne was paid. This ac- tion was instituted by the Inspec- tor of Radio Telegraphs under the DIDN'T HAVE LICENSE FOR RADIO; FINED $5.00 .ICv------~- Although the baby of the family in one respect, at least, Alderman Morley W. Livingston is doing the pioneering tor a. fam- ily of pioneers. His rancliparents his father s side ewe out a L... :. xx... nver eisrhtv years