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Harold F. Ritchie, Summer Oro Resident, Heads Coy. Of World Wide Expanse` Hf lIl(`l\'I_v \ uu buzzer on hn. yet. pu'k.~` and then app(`m`.\ I\AlPI\t ; huh: Il=~`.llR:n.V ux :- His 1m`xnur_v other busim` which porhn KPH.` Ihx` trm he ncvumplx the p'.\pulm~ nnnnn unolv l`L|lllU|l.\ bake: hi which thankftl menu`. with th otllex` 11 (`me kn He can and :|\\' ..,.,. `svii; nu. lllifx` the ` hit: ` lma L \J?IIIn\.IIn||n. e is a group of mN1---mntcr the Ritchie C0n1pan_v-~cmr.r.- - Aclantlc on their way to the ' faced he-ad ofnre in Mccnul v will pans another group re- ;. ::\.....-H-u. r\H~mw.- urn I-nm_ .l5lll('b.\ w rha nu M-nnnu n||Umu;L 5I'ruy H. 5`. Others are mm- Argcntino. Sm/m'nl ju5L arrivrd from vonLrr>llm'. C. M. - broad seas. 1'eL1u`n- days. Hr. motors much. however. whirh take.'; him into the open air. and his other recreation is fishing. Raised at Little Current Mr. Ritvhie is of Srocch-Irish parentage. Srotch predominating. His father i ; Scotch and his mother of S~>t':h-Iri:-.h d4? 'Cent. He was raised at Lime Current in Maniboulln Island. where his parents still reside. and \'.'ll(`l".` his brother. Morland Ritchie. 01` whnm he speaks with evident. pridr` 11.1 thn best-knIwvn man in Northern Onlai`i'>. (")lld1l(`l- ; a general bnsin4=.=.:. The lll.' of the boys and girls of Little Current is unique. Mr. Rib- rhio a'.:r-rt:-. Many have stepped into the world and made ronslderable pro- gl'(`.'i'~2. In a l,o'xn whivh was frozen up fmni the end or Derember until the fir:.t, of May. the only enjoyment:~ werv driving a rl0g-t.5-am. sleigh-rim inez and skating. and the boys and girls. had time for introspection and (`Ol1.=i(l.l'lllE the pnssibllities of enter- in: the broad world and becoming lni.:irw:;:; or professional men and wo- vnnn Busy Executive Visits Office Occasionally Between Business Trips, Then ls Off Again. Recently Worked 112 Hours in One Week. Once Drove Dog-Team on Manitoulin Island Lvllbltf L/ullruu In parent: brother. <'ond11ct.r; 2 1 ..u.:.. ... . ,...o.. JQHV mm. The idem: of a selling 0rgani7.al.im1 value in Mr. Rltcllie bevause he used [0 :.m- mm drive in 25 miles in the winlrr to soil merchandise in I..lt,t.le Currmit. and he often wondered why one man did not sell many lines. In hir: pinnvr-rincz days. Mr. Ritchie found 6| ....nm.- .-mnmm. tn hnvn n nwrchmit HHICXIKIEIIII, Win) In L input-_\' Grand `Must 1:`-trim Nu 9, A,F I J MCKNIGHT nl tnuh uni xvhn lx Duxmdaik Old Homv Wvck NEWS OF ELMVALE \vm}:1s{ . `hp ` LI \. HAROLD F. RITCHIE `A`-`:` . Car Overturns On `N _`_`- _`Z Wet Road Injuring ` AN 5 Mrs. Roberts, Toronto; `Mrs. T. A. Foster, MISS ueua rup- }tm' and Norman V/onlner of Toronto :\vm'r- tlw guests of Miss E. Foster on 1 nu .1 - [The following sketch of Harold F`. Ritchie by J. H. Turnpenny in the Star Weekly. will interest. many Ex amlner readers. pax`ti<`n1arl_v as Mr. Ritchie is now one of Or0's numer- ous summer residents. having pur- chased last year the Colonel Peuchen property on the Shanty Bay road a- bout three miles east or `Barrie. Tlhi". is one of the finest summer proper- ties on Kcmpenfeldt Bay.~Editor of The Examinexnl - 1-... :...-_.1 \...:1..u..... 6..-0 nrt Dvunnn |LT? |l:l WHY -UH dun xvu.-. r ;I.nndon visited at the 11` |Jnhn MvAnloy. re(`ent1_v. . ..,_, . 1 ,- "l3AlA!_I*E, {:ANADA, 'muRsDA?, JUU1 23,1931 T. A. Foster, Miss Della Fos- ,u m,`.....,,.x uh-.n1nm nf Tm-rmm COMING EVENTS MOTER ROAD1 \lN SIMCOE Is! ;KlNG S HlGHWAY\ [Section fr:)m Midland to Orillia Added to System BY ORDER-lN-COUNClL ' (Midland Free Press) General satisfaction will be felt in Midland` and the locality when lt is known that the Ontario Government have authorized the taking over of the road from Midland to Orlllia as `part of the Kings Highway system. 'I3he `Hon. Mr. Finlayson advises us |lhat an ~urde1'~in-council was passed last week taking over this road as part of the provincial highway sys- l ram ' tem. The road from `Penetang to Midland has already; been paved, and there are pavements through Victoria Harbor and Goldwater and also a pavement in -Port McNic0ll. all of which have been built on the fifty-fifty `basis by the county and the government. Now the thlrtv miles from Orillia to Mid- land has been added to the provincial system. and the Department of High- ways will take over the road some time during the summer. Thu n':1ml nmcedure is for the De- will be let. and me gran: uuu mam. of the road established. ....1 nmnoina i: for this to rem LIIC lAlI|Ill|l\.l .. A low broad building jllst, on Queen in Mccaul St. houses the mad ofrivr: and executive of Harold 1"` Ritrhir: and Company. Limited. Deep, widv windows overlnok the busy thorough- fare near the heart, of 'I'oront'). but the eyes of this organization through he nerve systeni" of R gI0b(*-enCirr`1ing ............u, .-.1 H.-.,.~mh nnim-v; lnnk 1m'>n BI'R.\'l.\'( G.-\\`()LI.\'F. ROAKED L (`z\'[`T.\lL\". ROY Y": Bl'R.\'F.l) _ ... /`I , .__.:4 .. 11 in! `mg U to way 1` . \` 9 his :_x_....... rvwb, P `Strange Disailpezlrclllce 1 Boy Told in Holly Historyh 1NgTRum9Ng Kidn:ppe:l_l;:l)?e:ou::d by }';;;;;;;.;*;; ..;;{;;;`3 [N gwlmmlm; Kidnappedjli ZDevoured | Bear? Story of Early Days I Interesting Facts Pioneer Times That Vicinity The t':>l1owing historical sketch of the Holly neighsborhood was prepared for the Holly Women's Institute by its Historical Research Committee which is composed of Mrs. H. Lough- eed. Mrs. A. Little and Mrs. '1`. Wiley. L523 than a hundred rears ago the territory. Extending frrm Allandale to the ninth line was a dense I:rest3 where Indians roamed and wild `ill- imals penetrated its =o1ltud's3. com- monly known then. a; The `Seven- Mile Bush." Gradually this spell was broken when courageous settlers ",`8lTlE to malte their abodes. Their hard:hip.= . 3:0 u: x\':)uld Ream almost lll`-3."Zll`ab1`. L yet they bore them `patiently and en- -ljoyed their life in its primitive ctsite. - /\1\' v1\ nln _,.,,... . .. ... _, _, Perhap; the [1161 I0 xenture -um this vicinity was Thomas Lmmliecd. who was born in Ireland in 1799. and Cam`: to Canada in `I842. Laler, h 1814. he located where now staixdz live present L011ghcs`d homestead. It is rt`- lated that `Mr. Lougheecl often var- rlecl` a bushel of wheat m his back to the grist mill at Bradford and re-. turned xvlth the T10-,u`. William Campbell. also of Irish par- entage. was another early settler of the county. coming in "1839 to lot `2. Can. 12. Innlsfil. \vl1<.~1'9 his grandson. Charles Campbrll. now rr.=idrs. Turnn: `Rrnwn who wa: born in` Charles uampnrll. now 1'r.~Iu James Brown. who was born in England, settled here in `I858 and took up farmlng. He was later poslmnsts-1` and dealer in mervlmrldise at Holly. nu...-In: T\u.m~ nun-nrl In T in SEVEN-TVITILE. BUSH . I he system 01 a gi'.)IJL`-<:n',ux lung network of rhranrih offices. look upon street. scenes in many rlimes. see slant-eyed coolies patiering by pulling quaint, richsnhaws. Latin; in SOUHI and Central America smoking dark- coiored cigarettes. native Hawaiians in their isles in the Pacifiv`. dt-bonnir Frenchmen. Engllshmtrn passing with the free swing of a walking race. hustling Ami.-rirans. energ<*L'u'. inde- pendent Canadians. n-u........ .. ,. -...m.n nf rnr*lI-~nlH.(`i` E314; KARMVAI. I or KIWANEANS 1 NEXT P:'!0NDAY% %Annu.'-11 Even! to Raise: I 1 \ Funds fur Club's Work > 1 I I l , Kiwanis zITr1Hsmt;1;ctor Says \ Still Room for Many More i Barrie ha: a good .~han':e 0! captur- nsr the C01 hralw trophy in the 09!` ` ..- A D u...-!.- luau K -"uvor\$I: COCHRANE TROPHY ~ <`1:x:':v`: to arrange wuu I\ th" rzmdions attached rd. and Hm; get read'y to !. All yumd swhnmers of vl arm slmnld get in much an `....a Orv fur vhpw valu- SECTION 1 PAGES 1 TO 6 1'!`2l`dYll 1`! H19 AI- 1n": d?partI.1re this thnn it has affil- zwl Lifr Saving 50- clux 4-|ac:n: urn n:\\\` No. 30 IF!` [U uzuu:-. u.. in: h1sIruz`t0r en- : . Club when that wided to tondllm nming classma in 110 is a gradu- -v nf 'Y`nrnI\Qz1 and ,.- .. There a grow eyes of mg the window St. They 2 turnimz to Europe. mg up from thr I branch mamxgors j the Orient. The t I-lenninsz. is on the It mg home from Aust Hr-rrx in '1"m`rmf'> I UH` H"rllIl 01 um. "P vhampionships s- L: 21190 51 qua11 l"I')I` and the Ki- nvv made no bet,- Mr flu` Barrie. nmplmsized that wiszlhlz` for the :1- I.1fr- Saving So- .. k--nnryn rn win I . xx Ill 1 ~.'u|C up `vi:.s` tlw tests. r('zu1m' life-smu m a weekly meet. . .1 . 1\I\ (Kind- l`.\!'K bu wu.-u~ ming July '19. n p1'epara11on b Hm lmzt F`r\- _V {U pus` :::~- . while the :1- pzualng swun- usavlng to-41;. '< available Ln` mum (I|v\}` \ r >V`lHH, ou- rnnze n1=.*dnl- to pass sev- mhlln H19 :1- r (`;)N(`l*IRT cru um |\'1 liar knot 1) black eyebru -0 nI\ Ind. U1 nu uuuu. \\'h1ch have :11 .. nhrl I His \'C\l(`(` L: 5! and when he` \\'z\ his se:'rsta11\' {F01 ha nnnrnlv hxlix; \