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Avery eetletectory year wee review- ed, the annual meeting ot st. `An- drew : Church. held in the lecture room`. Wednesday night, Jan. 23. with Alex. Oowm nreaidinn, W : of 1?.eceipt-s" ' Agnes Oowan Auxiliary ....... ..-.3 230.93 Sunday school ....................... 368.88 Young People ; Society .......... .. 71.03 Choir ............... ...... ..' ................ .. 113.09 Women ; Missionary Society 888.38 Ladies Aid ................. ..... .. 1011.18 `Bible class .......................... .. -so.a3_ King's Workers M13.` Band 54.00 General Fund .......................... .. 8709.49. Missions (by envelope) ........ .. 2139.82 Special for new stop in organ 050.00 Benevolent Fund .................. 80.27 V\aauonuvUI:I uvuuvwu ' Q&lgUCUeUV I . Omcers Elected The four managers whose term ex- pired in 1928 were re-elected. These are Alex. Oowan. Jae. McMartln, Wm. Rainrord and Carroll Love. Donald F. Macnaren and John H. Mccawe were added to the Board. 1lIl..-..__ 4u-......a;A.-- In.....'.. 031.... BI IlIlVU3IU QIIU II`: HIDLUUUIIO w'1`rustees-Wm. Game, ` D. H. Mac- Laren. Robt. Bell, H. E. Jory and Jas. Patton. '- ~ 'I`reasurer-Wm. Rainford. Congregational Secretary-Gordon Longman. Afuditors-J. W. Ness and` G. M. Stevenson. X-......-_-Ll-.--1 ..... --.L_Ll-._ -nn $11,575.50 or which $8,298.30 wssior missions. Mr. Shortt said that it was very crstiryinsto him as chairman oi the` Budget committee or Presbytery to know thata. sum exceeding the amount asked from St. Andrew'sha.d been forwarded to the Genera1t'1`rea.s- urer oi the Church before Dec. 81. 5fa:`e"`c3'x;Ea`%ee_ayrn King. G. D. Hubbard and Dr. Brereton. H1-n-.-L--- Q11... Iigill- '\ I! ll.` (Balances deducted) Manna. ll Ross BLOCK; DuNLoP's'mEzi', BARRIE, om: $11,575.50 ?IIlK UIVCIUI V It was decided to hold a congrega- tional social, free of charge, on the Monday following the anniversary next month. Principal Eakin of Knox College is expected to preach at the anniversary. L ' _ P1` - A The Session in its report paid tri- Dlltl to the faithful work done in the various departments and to `the am spirit of co-operation prevailing in the congregation. During the year there were as additions to the mem- bership roll while the removals `by death and certificate numbered 21. `At the close 0! 1928 the roll showed 492 members and 252 families. The Sun- day School has 260 children of whom 87 are on the cradle roll. Givings Increased The Board of Managers reported that contributions as a. whole again showed an increase over the `previous year. Givihgs by envelope were $57.91 greater, and total givings to the gen- eral fund $748.70 ahead of 1927. Mis- alone givinge by envelope were $118.56 better than last year, making a total increase in givings, to missions and general fund. or $865.26. 'I'hI'Innah I-kg m-.1-...u.1 -....a-a.--.-- -A Votes of thanks were given also to the Ladies Aid for its work in reduc- ing the debt, to the choir~ror its high- ly emcient services and to other or- ganizations. TO Inna Annfa +3 `knit! A nnvuahcnntun `mum! on LOAN Bonn BUT HOPES TO ENTER POLITICS AGAIN urran `Upon request oi the Government, I-Ion.li.0.Druryhasacceptedapart time appointment as commissioner on the1"edera1FarmLoanBoard. Inan interview carried in the Ottawa Cit- izen on Friday that paper said: . g-___;_____ - O-_ _;, Acceptance of the appointment on the [Board by Hon.'Mr. Drury will not in any way prejudice his participation in active political aairs. "I am very enthusiastic as to the Farm Loan Board," Mr. Drury observ- ed. "The Board has a really construc- tive wcrk to periorm and I feel grati- ned that Hon. Mr. Robb has asked me to assist in the launching of the nnuin unnub I\' an-nuns: Ilnlp anemia 13 dial terms the congregation s high. appreciation of the ministry of `Rev. J. B. Shortt. In support of the motion reference was also made to the great esteem and affection which the con- gregation have for their minister. -n-A__ 4; ;I_. .h _-, TU III UII9 C1$IIVL5IIJ. V\lI UIIU Board's work. or course, it's only a part-time Job as far as I am concern- ed, involving - possibly two or three meetings a month. I hope to re-enter active political life this time in the Federal arena." Mr. Drury unsuccessfully contested North Simcoe constituency in the last general election. -` quvxuuvv. Duncan McArthur, a. 90-year-old pi- oneer or sunnidale township, passed a- John Mttive-rrxey, late * (I-rntvntsville, has been appointed leader of Meaford band. He is an expert comet soloist. _-- _- -- ;; , ___g ._.u, 'Wbl9hWl auuu, UL 119000.20. Through the splendid assistance or the Ladies Aid, the debt on the organ has been reduced to $1,800 and funds are available for a further payment of 8200 in February. When this is paid the total liabilities of the con- negation will be $1,600 for the organ and $8,700 for the Memorial School. Hng L;-L-I ..-l__.I A-.. .II ---V U51 Go Meaford's harbor improvement plans call for an elevator on the old site, new breakwater and dredging to cost $180,000. Tnvuunvu IKAAIIIOI-\IIu n O_unnu_nh-I nil- W`1;'a`:e1:;J1:i:lg"e"s`:zt;"eae?;' improvements last year cost $74,367, of which the government "is to pay $23,452. ,__L_-_1Iu- _ _ L_ g_____ xi. engages: Zwlaof ma; ; pipe organ to Trinity church, Huntsville, has also arranged for its perpetual VCUQU IV XXIII` C7390 . It took $1,350 to run Meaford Pub Inc Library last year. E 3 Ilnnu AC fhunnlb `Ia fhn Vanni ' ICU KIWI `iv JGKQI H. O. Moody or Dundalk is the new warden of Grey county. Grey county treasurer reported a decit of $1,500 for 1928. Illhnvul nklnunun hang Egan urinal-I *uvuuav U6 vagvvv luvs Midland sh1pyards.;:;;/`e been given {contract for another freighter. "`{;&;.Is3;.7 a1;n;;;;e?.;en; `.5? ages on the streets is reported from Aurora. XVI` 93` I911 V` CIVVQUVVD VICIU shipped tram Meaford in three days last week. 4 ' H. W. Carter or Tecumseth is selling out his farm stock and will reside in Bradford. E. S. Brown, Clerk of Victoria Har- bor, tell on the street and broke a bone in one or his legs. B-nu -A`Iuu-lulu-Ala awaai Cvvennntvnvnnnfe '$ome wmorcloants have suffered loss through forged orders presented by three youngsters. , -p__n-___,___ _ -4; --,__,;___nu. Owen Sound's are loss was only $13,070 during 1938. ' 74- nals Q1 ORA n nun IIAACAI-A Duh- S1`. ANDREWS H;Ts smnv cnowm .1`-I-`II mam: uusnu DISTRICT NEWS usuzscuvn, .pa.ao, .l.V.l.1'b'. 1.1. A. D'llEIleI" land, grant towards _Women s Rest Room, $15. ` . By-lawsappointing Wm. J. Cole and Geo. G. Johnston, auditors, A. A. Arm- strong 9. member .of the Board of Health, Herbert Fieldhouse, Geo. G. Young and John R. Wilson, Sanitary Inspectors, J. Wesley Orchard, School Attendance Officer and Geo. W. Craw- ford Assessor, were given their three readings and passed. "l"'hn `Rnnvn `noun!-n `Donna and rn....I- Lcautusb uuu pa.b'b'BQ. The Reeve, Deputy Reeve and Clerk were appointed a. committee to wait on the various departments, in con- nection with the `various requisitions filed with the Ontario Government. I-I-In... n.......-n -.1.-______ ..---. nu... umov wauuwzav \JUVUl.lI.LuCLllI. The Council adjourned to meet on Feb. 4, at 10 "am. A n nnnmma n1....1.. Rowan--So yougvere present when Einstein was hit by an automobile and had both arms broken. What did he say? ('I..'I..-.-. (11.; _.._-._s` L, _ - - "'c'ohen-vat coul~ couldn't say notin. wwu out: naccvt: Lu bile CI1a1l'. Communications were read from:- D. H. Coleman, County Treasurer, en- closing receipt for County Rates 1928, and also account for hospital fees for indigent patients, Ontario Good Roads Association and Ontario Municipal As- sociation, re becoming members. Geo. W. Crawford applied for the position of assessor. The following accounts were passed: D. Ferguson, wood for indigents, $10; D. H. Coleman, hospitalfees indigent, $27.13; Municipal World, six copies for Council and Clerk, $6; A. E. Rich- ardson, refund taxes, error in assess- ment, $10; A. A. Smith, supplies for indigents, $7.98; Mrs. R. A. Suther- land 01'!) hf. fnnvo rc innnnn 7!! 'DA...J- van; 4. J cane . That the whole contents of the said report be rescinded and that the in- surance against accidents. on the coun- ty road system be placed with the Globe Indemnity Co. and that the County. treasurer pay the premium up- on receipt of the policy. $3,293} Raised for Missions ; . Total Givings, $11,575; X 492mMembers. % VESPRA COUNCIIZ E1-:c;1Ns OPERATIONS FOR 1929 Vespra. Council elect, viz.:-James Doran, Reeve, Albert Ford, Deputy- Reeve, Roy N. Hickling, Walter Dow- ney and Daniel McLean, Councillors, filed their declarations of office on the 14th inst. and took their seats, with the Reeve in the chair. (inn-nnnninni-Inna vvvnun ...-....J 42...... Behind the curtains of the County Council stage last week an interesting battle was fought between two insur- ance companies and their supporters. The commission which would go to the respective agents, one in Bradford and one in Barrie, amounting to about $75 a year, provided one of the highlights of the controversy. 'f`In`n n_`r\kn `r....'I-........:L-- r-1.. ._.1_.--1. COMMITTEE DOES A RIGHT-ABOUT-FACE V. nun. yuan nu. v v UL a_y Th`e Globe Indemnity Co., which now carries road and sidewalk acci- dent insurance of about 20 Simcoe municipalities, including the county itself, lost the rst round of the bat- tle. The committee recommended that this insurance for 1929 be placed with Law, Union and Rock Insurance Co. This report was turned back by coun- cil to the committee for reconsidera- tion and the battle behind the cur- tain was resumed, the insurance com- panies having emissaries on the 5. u........ 1 The rst report was referred back on Wednesday and on Thursday the com- mittee did a right-about-face when it recommended as follows, the report carrying. `"`l"`1an'(- Fla -v1n;.`l.. .......4.-..4... -1: 1.1.- --:_1 The late Mr-. Moodie held pastorates in Montreal, Schreiber and Mount Pleasant. In 1921 he went to Graven- hurst and established the Muskoka Lakes Silver-Black Fox Farm. Dur- ing the Church Union controversy he took an active part in the cause of the Presbyterians. He was ever an ardent supporter of the temperance movement. He was a graduate of Queen's, McGil1 and Harvard Univer- sities. 1-!__..__.I__.I_- __ 1:, , u _ 1 , - _ - _ .- DA ulna. Surviving the late Mr. Moodie are Mrs. N. J. Maddock, Mrs. H. Mathews and n can `l1`-unnnl- .-.11 in I'1'I....A...&.. Rev. R. T. Moodie, of Gravenhurst, who was injured in an automobile ac- cident near Churchill last summer when a. bee ying into the car caused the driver to lose control, died at Gra- venhurst on Jan. 21. He never fully recovered from the effects of the ac- cident. Mr. Moodie labored from 1896 to 1905 in the Inland Mission eld of China. He was forced to come back from China, due to ill health. .su..n.u. 41. U. J.u.(w\Au.u\4n, J.Vl..I.D- 11. LVLCIIJ and a son, Ernest, all in Toronto.` my yvy v cw -av vnov QVLVIIIUL INA $UIIUU`t Ehe total rised for all purposes was FORMER MISSIONARY DIES AT GRAVENHURST , -__ ......v..... r. u... uuuuu u. The Highways Dept. are advertising for tenders for grading and culverts on that section of the Provincial High- way from Midland to Waverley. This work was largely done on that section of the road from Waverley to Sam-in last season so that the road should be completed this summer through to Elmvale. - yuuu uuA_y upaxu 1.1.1 p1LLCD. R. C. Kearns, who has conducted a grocery business in Beeton for the past ve and a half years, has disposed of his business interests there to John Coey of Bond Head, who is now in possession." `IA'.l`l.....I -_._1 1-u:-__-, _ Cu! . .- yvuuuuu nun: 0 Midland and Simcoe Elevator Co., Midland, distributed a very acceptable New Year s gift to their staff in the shape of a life insurance policy of $1,000 each upon which the company will pay the annual premiums. rn1._ v-v_1,s,,, - - way. at his home in the seventh con- cession on Jan. 13. Rev. A. J. Patstone of Westfield, N.B., is to succeed Rev. T. G. Mc- Gonigle as rector of the Anglican church at Newmarket. - " l\)*l'|-.lI'I_ .___I O7--- A-- "` vaamavvil uu IJCVVLIIGIECI-1- T. J. O Reilly and James O R.ei11y, brothers, of Midland, died last week within a few hours. Another brother `died in Flint, Mich., Jan. 8. A Thorah township man, a defend- ant in a case, collapsed. from heart failure in Orillia police court and had to be taken to the hospital. -__v ---_`...-.._. A deputation from the municipali- ties immediately interested is to ask the Minister of Highways for the im- provement of Atherley Road. r\_.2II.1 - g , v Orlllia Agricultural .ociety made an even break last year It spent $1,101.- 81 on attractions, $693.04 on working e xpenses (in addition to salaries) and paid only $918 in prizes. D I`. `Wont-nu u-flan has .........l..-L...1 .. FIGURE rt oUi' `X. B. COUTTS, Clerk Thudlio J|huary81, 19 ---- He The Bell Telephone Company and its nancial policy MACLAREN, FLETCHER 8: C _ INVESTMENT BANKERS 704 Canadian Pacific Building, Toronto, Robert Sydney Fletcher. Gordon G. M-acLaren. GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL CORPOINSATION BONDS The present policy of the company safeguards fu- ture expansion of the telephone system by retaining support of reli- able investors. and promotes the national interest of Canadians in Canadian development. THE management does not favor any change in its policy, because: 1. the record of the company's policy in efficiently fulfilling the obligations to both users and OWE- ers justifies its continuance. 2. if,'however, the financial policy of public utility companies is to be fixed by parliament it should be made applicable to all such companies rather than to single out one company which does not deserve special restrictions. A test of this is the actual experience of a share- holder who bought Bell Telephone stock on the mar- ket fifteen years ago at $145 and has since taken advantage of every opportunity to buy new shares as they have been offered. His annual return today, on the money he has paid for his shares, is less than seven per cent. To be exact it is 6.9 per cent. F given authority by parliament, the Bell Tele- I phone Company will issue new shares of stock over a period of years, at intervals and in amounts depending on the expansion required to serve public demand. The new shares will be offered for purchase by shareholders and the price will depend on the man- agement's judgment of conditions. This method is the exact procedure by which the company has built the present telephone system in Ontario and Quebec. In forty-eight years the telephone company has nei- ther suggested nor received a government subsidy. In forty-eight years it has never split its stock, nor issued shares that were not fully paid for at par or more. And this service has been given at low cost. The rates paid by telephone subscribers in Ontario and Quebec _are the lowest in the world for comparable service. The Board of Railway Commissioners has officially acknowledged that they are more reason- able than other rates in Canada. The 15,300 owners of the system receive a fair re- turn, but not more than a fair return. The com- pany s policy has handed out no melons nor extra dividends. N choosing and following this financial policy the management of the company has had con-' stantly in mind the double obligation of those who operate a public utility. There is, first, the obligation to the users of the telephone system to give them proper service at low- est possible cost. And, secondly, there is the obliga- tion to the owners to protect their property and pay them a fair return on the money they advance to build the system. These two obligations have been scrupulously ful- filled. Service has been given by steadily extending the system from a few hundred telephones in 1880 to oyer 700,000 now in use. The company is spending over $27,000,000 this year to extend and improve the system further and has made plans to spend over $120,000,000 in the next five years. In forty-eight years it has never been exploited for the benefit of either individuals or groups, although it is now one of the largest institutions in the country. a change in policy is not in the national interest; .it -means that Canadian investors will be attracted to put their money into numerous American utility companies with which the telephone company is now competing for new capital and where it is the recognized practice to offer new" shares to stockholders. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED has met double obligation in the national interest F. M.__TYIgRgs:LL,_ M Superintendent 3% XI 33' ' 3. IQII BK Tfjj K `XXIX Adj ? UV V WLIFUIIQ Congregational Representative on Music Committee, Walter Turton. Services Appreciated A very hearty vote of thanks was tendered Wm. Rainford for his effici- ent discharge of the duties of treasur- er. In addition he had acted as en- veiope secretary without remuneration`. Another resolution exprened in cor-