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Capital and Reserve Total Assets 80 Dunlop St. "SEE OUR. wnmow DISPLAY 1AAj0`V`*m "WV wnkxs J. Frank Jackson Vol. LXVIL, N0. 52. Near :1 century ago, That a proeacher stood, tho of noble blood, Telling the fallen and low Of a Saviour s love and :1 ho me above. And :1 peace that all might know. All crowded around to listen: _'.l.`hey wept at the wondrous love Thzdi cou_1d whsh their sins an d receive them i 5 His spotless mansions abovc-- While slow thru` the crowd, :1 lady proud, Her gilded cl1a1'iut drove. ;\Iuko room, cried the haughty outrider, You are closing the Kig s highway; My lady is late, aid their Majestics wait, Give way, good people, I pray. The preacher heard and his soul was stirri And he cried to the rider, Nay. vnavsnn-van vn nannvnAI\J| Twas' 1'n Elxe broad ,1{ing s'11ig1lVV9~Y, His eye like the liglltuing Ila shes; His voice like a trumpet rings: Your grand fete days, and your fashions and Are all but 1fe1'lshi1|g things.` ' Tis the King s highway, zmd`I hold it today In the name. of the King of Kings. Then--bending his gaze on the lady And marking` her sot ? eye fall- Aud now, in His name, :1 sale I. 13 And bids for this Tait lady g-4111. Who will purchase the \vho1e--her 1 Coronet, jewels am] all? License No. MAKER OF PORTRAITS `Tllun nut slmkc the Devil h01 \\'ith :\ quiet OF CANADA $3,400,0LD $|30,000.0GD `Phone 303 `" i`\'vl1ol(7s"n1nc 1'C-ndozvous for lfellows, lnut I doubt if you cvmi.-l qei: sufficient money to nmintnin i`. |-v[EllYltCllaTlC`C would be quite an Eitom. Unless assistance could be ob- : `mined from the Tmvn Council T van` `much doubt if it could be kept :10- Einu. I ._. .- . .. `.V0Y1f-" ' JRINTY scuomas 1 SPEND HAPPY nmal , _7,7, , Thu 311111101`, Lmtertainlnent and }C]11'ist111:1s tree, in connection wim ;'T`1'inity C}1111'c11 911nd.'1y School, held llaret Fxiiday, was most ~3uccessf11I. ;'1`he schE)1:11's s:1t.down to an excel- ?1(.-nt supper, xvlxic-11 was much en- ljoycd, nnrl then an evening of rol- ilicking fun was entered 1113011. Caf- iols and songs were sung, 1'et-itations iand dialo;;*11os g'i'.'en_ and an instru- mc-ntal duet p1a_vc-d by two `of the ! scholars. Several Promieiht Ttizens of Barriet = Express their Approval of the I Imhway, " "=:d Scheme I 1 The Advance is able fo rrivo the gopmions of several other g0nt`-m?n fwpnn the subject. I The Christmas tree was the cause of most of the excitement. In the -eirses of the evening telegram ing his whereabouts. He was sup- ` posed to be coming to Barrie from the North Pole, but he miist have got lost, as at one time he was in I iW0l.1i(1 arrive from Santa Claus, giv- i I I . China, at another in Afnica, then in 'sunny France and merrie England; !but finally he found his way and landed at Shanty Bay. In :1 short time he was in Trinity schoolroom, throwing pn.rcels down the chimney. Santa. Claus vims represented by Mr. George Vickers, and the teachers ` assisted him in distributing presents from the tree. The lady teachers` were indefatigable in looking after the wants of the youngsters at sup- per. {- .~.;.:".hI I??;@?@E Y.F?E..A. stirred, ways, proclaim, bady and soul, - .]_)1(.'L1Slu _ A WAR MEMGRMLI `I Mr. Ross, Prineipail of the Colle- ignfe Iiistimtez T run tliorong,-'l1ly i n _ ;al3sol11fel_\' no question about it, a Y. E.\I.C.;\. is the finest tliing a town lean hzi`\'c and especially in :1 town iof this size. It is needed more than loin a large city, where there are ;l other attractions. It is :1 great lthin_' for parents to know there is in Y..\T.C.A., because they liow with ;whom their boys are associatingr, in- gstesul of roaming` the streets. It {would require :1 liberal 2'r:mt from mg;t11c Town Council to finance it, he- u2_-: ;eau.=_e you would not like to snpporl: `it and then have it fizzle out. 1'.` i i nor-oral with the iclc-:1. "'[`hc-re is . 1' but the (lifT1c11lty woulrl be In main- l ;`.layor Sprott: No iloubt if i'r iC0l1l(l be financed it would be a good \vm' memorial. It n1ig'ht n )1`, he :1 rlEl'Cir:n1t matter to liuild :1 `.xi'..\I.C.i\., lain it after it was built. not :1 large number of young man living; away from liomo, like they -have in Orillia, or large empl0ye}'s v. of laihom, who might be willing; to im:1l<.` up any deficit. It mi<:ht he nininluincd if people wc-tiinl sinh sorilvo so much :1 _\'cm'_, n< thr~_v do to tho c-lmrches; but they mi2'l1t not be wi llin_: to J6 tlmt. I think the scheme :1 good one if it could he {in- ....,....1 H 1 XVO h:1\'e ` 1 Dr. E. L. Brereton: I think the 'lsupro1ne need of a town is a Y.1\I. ' iC..-\.. and if :1 lnemmial is going to ' gbo 91'!-("co-`I, it could not take a more I practical and useful form. I am _quite in syn1p.'\lh_v \\'3{h the pro-1 ;posa1. I Rev. H. D. Raymond: U:ulou:):- I edly it would be a good thing for the town and I should say very Inc-edod. It would do it gx.'(.-ai` Jeal of good and leave an in1pi'cs's:o-~. on the rising generation without a. doubt. There is no use in -U113 worl-1 Iogislating that people in-.i~3% not do this or that unless you put something in their place. ll` there are places for good or ill l.m.'3 will take to the good place first. Mr. Raymond added that such a. proposal was made some time ago, but not s.U.fficio11t money was 5.'or'Lht:mning. Now the war was over it \VLl3 quite possible that something be done. -.1ii~_;ht much HGME, SWEE"." EEGME FOR BARREE ErE.!3RC2ES BARRIE. ONTARIO, THURSDAY DEC. 26th, 1918. 1 Several War Veterans Have Arrived During the Week The (k-li5.>:ht.=. of 1Tome_, sweet home are being c.\:periem-ed by sev- eral Barrie h01`0cs, who have ar1'i\'ed during the past week. Last Friday Jack Rogers, Allan Ing'1':1m and Vin- cent Lynch Were given :1 warm re- ception. The remnants of the old Barrie band turned out and Mayor lSprott was on the platform to '01-- lcome them. During the week another return- ed soldier named Lyons and Corp. Fraser came home. Sergt. Sander- son, whose home is at Midhurst, is another returned hero. He is one of lthe manyflcanadian soldiers who have murreid English girls and he intends in June to go to England to bring home his bride. He speaks in the highest terms of Blighty, and says it is his intention to go there later on to live. James Gilchrist, son of Ronald Gilchrist, o[:"Guthrie, arrived in Bar- rie on Friday. He enlisted in Sas- kntr-hc-.va.n early in the War and spent some time in France, where he was badly wounded in the Mp. ' (`.m'n, T?`.rnn:l- nnrr 11-nu in D~|\-:5 |lL\ nun Ill-ILII.) wt Cnrp. Ernest las` week and W i W" - e reporter store. `.'e is a M nvn.1' Bellovillc, ' 19.14.. le was ' Rh. IV\ItILA\IC|l Ill LIEU 1111'. 1: Curr was in Barrie `Was soon by an Ad .` in Mr. 1VIn.\'\vo1"'9 [L native of Bancroft , where he enlisicd in 5 wounded at Lange- 1 march through the hip and t-11'-an;-_:h the left arm. He is one of the very pluckiest, as he ran away from hos- pital before he was disc-.h:11'.r_{;e:l and reported himself at his battcsz-y at the front. He went into ztctimi at once and stayed with his lmL'n:-x'y_aix1- til June 9, 1.916, when he had both legs blown off close to the thiglls, by :1. 4.5 shell. Tlmt was in the battle of Ypres. N0twill1.<:tnnr.lin-; this misfortune_he is very cheerful nml says he can get upstairs well with his \V;o0(l(=n lugs, if" there happens to be a rail. ::mChristmas 7 Candies I The schedules for the winter have been arranged by the O.H.A. as under. I In the Intcrmed'mtes, Barrie is m group 9. r~ -1 I ('1`I 1, (1-111-.. D'1 ~- Convener--J. A Gibb, Co11ing- Wood. Meet at Barrie, `C1?)'S-3Co1ling'wood, Barrie and` Midland. The Juniors are in group 11. Convener-Clarence S. Dyment,| Barrie. Meet at Barrie. ` ru 1 1-n__1.~_,,1 13-..-.- 01..-.--` 1 l)Ual'1'll5. JIIUUII an JJKLLALC. | Clu-hs-'Bradford, Barrie, Stayner, Collingwood. b Jan. 3--Collingwoocl at Sfuyner. Jan. 6--Bradford at Barrie. \ Jan. 9-Barrie at Collingwood. l Jan. 10-Sta.yner at Bradford. ` Jan. 14-4Stnyner at Bradford. Jan. 14-=Barrie at Stayner. Jan. 14---Col1ingwood at Bradford. Jan. 17--~St9.yner at Collingwood. Jan. 20-Bradford at Stayner. Jan. 22-Collingwootl at Barrie. Jan. 27--Stayncr at Barrie. Jan. ?.7.--Bradford at Collingwood. Jan. 31--Barrie at Bradfcfrd. Frnnk Foyston, the brminnt MinI:sing hockey forward, is spoken of as likely to captain this vs-.m"s In-ena Hockey Club fa-am `in the W. I-I.L. He is with fun '.R..2\-.'|7'.. in To-- mnto. nus I1 uuu. ` ` V . . . . . . . . ?RESf AMER ENG REE VE E.'%RY ` WW3 I Santa Claus is making this his Jxeadquartcrs, `why not make it -yours`! HOCKEY u`-. u uuuxuu \.u_ uuu\u1U1uGLD. They know what :1 convenient. safe and profitable form of invest- \\\l .... ....\.;.-unguu, uuu nu`; Hut UUV` ernment had to sell bonds. Every point and feature of Victory Bonds was illustrated and described before and during the camp:1ign--iu a(l\`e1'tisements. No urgzument was overlooked. No selling point was neglected. nu .. - .. . N -. V -n.D-\,uu.\.u. Th-e result is that Canadians today are a nation of bondholders. 'I__._ I,,_ _ I 1 ....... u.. um In.-ulu-.: an.` uuuu uLl_\'cL".-31 Before the stupeiidons uiuouiit of :1-`6T6,000_.000 worth 01.` })0!14i.~l could be sold to our Canadian people in three weeks" :1 most thorough and e.\'haus- tive oaiiipaigii of edueatimi was ne- cessary, and this Ci1I]1p:1i'_;'11 was car- ried th1'o11;_;'h by z1d\'ei'(i.~:in;__;' in the public pm-mas. `The p0\\'ei' of the printed word never had at more con- vincing demonstration. By 1I1L`:'xl1S of the pi-ii:l.e:_1 \\'o1'd_. through the medium of z1d\'ei'tisc- ments in the press of our oiintry, the Czmudizin peopie were made to know what bonds are, the nature of thei1"se`curity, their attraictiveness as an investment, and why the Gov- n..n.n....l. l....1 L._ ....n L-..1 uuu-yuan-.u :1) 1.1.1533 .'uu-.-1'u::L1:`,;. Before the war o11c-ha1f of one per cent. of our people bought bonds. Now quite twelve and one-112111 per cent. of our people are bond buyers! Rnfnw-n Hun chunnn/i.\n- .... ..... ..L Au Before the war, bond bu_ve1's were marked men. In number they were 40,000 in March, 1917-this is shown by the number of purchasers .01? the Government \Var Loan of that date. `F. in the autumn 01' the same year, their number increased twenty Lim es-to 820,000! This was the number purchasing` the Victory Loan, 1917. Last month--No\'em~ her, l91S-over 1,000,000 persons purchased the Victory Loan, 101.8! rnllnan urnn.ln#'..'l ..,.,...H. .......r l.:uLuLAu.a\.\L nut: vLL'.l/U1) uuuu, 1111.0. These wonderful results were ac- complished by Press Advertising. `[2,,[-nun +1.,-{ `xvqyu .\nn_LnI(-` n-I-' .\..,. QVENDEN PUPELS 0} ? FOR EGLEEAYSE tCsive Entertainment of Scenes V i from The Lay of The Last Minstrel THE {*AiVNA:1pN% 01: %,s:a;1ira:Gg . Ovondcn College clusmt its (`ln'i.' 5 mas term with a \'er_v .`.e1ig'hH'nl on` 3 tertainxnont given by the pupi1<. The juniors opened the p1'o_;:';m12m' the Last Minstrel, while each in turn recited the verses describing the scene represented in the 1`r:m:u. `with scenes from Sc0tt s "Lay of VFI... .-u-.-..&-.-.1... -won-\2Vt\ I\v\ n .-.L.nn..Zn..~ ........ ..., ..,,.L.,e...w The curtain rose on :1 elia1'ining' tableau in the Iramie oi` all the little in which the Lady of l?-raiilcwiue. actors. It was a tleliglitftil scene lwith her -son and (l:1~.l`_"lll(.`1', lH"l" knights,>sq11ires_ foresters and pages, told who they were. They closed their part of the exitertaiinneut by singing \'-:-ry sweet old~1.`a.sl1io11e songs, quite in keeping with their pretty costumes. Julius Caesar, up to the assassination, was acted by the `seniors. Owing to the inI"lueu7.:\ the original Brutus was unable to net, but was replaced at only thre:-. gays notice and no rehearsals with the other actors, bi Miss Rhoda Bird. Miss Bird was unable to leave Toronto till the day of the en- tertainment because of an examina- tion at the Univehity that very afternoon. She arrived only just in time to dress for her part. The other actors did not allow the fact: ;that they had had no rehearsals with -!the new Brutus to spoil the plav. lCassius. Caesar, Anthony and the -others all did their parts with en-nl; ` feeling. The seniors at the end` of the play showed their nnpreniwtirm 01 their old snhoolfellow s willing- ness to help them out hy_,-igivin'r lire" good nlncmrs for ":T.is_s`j`. Rhoda Bird, An nttrtmtiwi o"""'.`"rw"' in- r.:mdu'r-.in1' the Fiarvs vi ""-'-' "'* "had hecn n-35' ted '.`v " -vv-v" ~ . was presented to the 72 .. .=-nu-r `P The success of \'ielor_v Loan, 10.1.8 and the knowledge which C:1umli:m:= now possess of bonds are a st1'ai_ght clutllenge to the man who (loul)h= the power of the printed word, i; the forln of advertise1nents, to sell ).;oods-and this applies not to banal..- alone, but to the goods YOU are in` (crested in selling. . ..._ 1.... ..u..,....k_-,.. . . will rank as one oifthclxloslm-- I1l:`.l`1(i1bl0 and c1"L'icieu1 publicit_\fcz1m- 1::xi`___-n.-5 0.\'ex' un(lcrl:a1 in any coun- 11 _\" and Mr. J. 1]". (.h1ud_\`, Vice- Ch-.1i1'n1u11 0L the Z~'.`111lL' somxuittcv said: "I have been scHiu_ bonds for- ;1 long time, but I nL=\'e1' L'ound it so easy to sell them as :11 this Limo. The reason is the splendid work 111: press has dune. I take off my hat to the press of Canada. .... a `guru J---at/LI.A\.\L AUDLAL LID L115 surest and spuediust method by which :1 man's reason can be influ- enced and directed. The Minister of l<`inunce :Lc1u1ow- ledges this._ His own words are: "The wumk-x'1'uls11ccL-ss oi` Llm Loan was due in large 1ucz1sm'e tn 1];ei1' (1110 pruss 01' Cu mad-.1) sp1cn~ did and u11li1'ing efforts during` the \\'lmlc oi.` the C:n11p:1ig11." M1 . 1-}. R. \\"uod_, Uhzlirnmn of the I>o.vui11i,-11 lxcr.:uli\'c L`umn1i11ue hm`- iltg o`.'oL'si_-_;;I1'n 05 the uzuupuigvl to 1'ui='c \'i<:to1'_v Lu:u1_, i15)lta', said " . . . T220 pm-.s.s pu";1i,-it_~.' c;unp:1ig;n ,. - ,, I - v - ment bonds are. Instead of one mam in two hundred owning bonds, now one Czmz1di;m in cight-1neu, wo" men and child1'cn-owns :3. GOV-l/11` ment Security. 'l"l.:.~ 1......-\l.\L.. :......~r`..-....x-'~ .u.u.un. LJKJLLILLIJ. This complete trz111sfo1'u1ation in the 1x:1tiona1 mind and habits was brought about by advertising in the press of the nation. Press adver- tising` has justified itself as the nu ~ `:- proceeds of the entertainment will be given to the War Veterans Club fund. arm. AIR FORCE V POPULAR IN CANADA I Heaps of Candies for Santa lClausf Everything to Make the Christmas} Season 3. Delight at Prices the Lowest for Candy That's Right. `BOXES FOR YOUR LADY AND STOCKINGS FOR YOUR BABY. ; ra .-. l .Ti1l_j'e Vance, c.l1:1i1'n1au of the Barrie conmiittcc, who had oliarge `of local rceruit'in_<:, has received the fol- lowing letter from Brig.-Gen.I-Ioare, _rone1'al oll`ic*01' commanding the Royal Air Force in Caimda: IIoadquai'te1's, Royal Air Force, Toronto, Canada. To Judge G. M. Vance. Chairman, S111)-Coniinittoe, R.A.F., Barrie, Ont.: I have been constantly informed. by my Officers in cl1m'ge of recruit- ing of the sterling service you have rendered in connection with recruit- ing for the Royal Air Force in Canada. I wish to take this oppor- tunity of thanking you for your aid and congratulating you upon the splendid results achieved through your efforts. -r ...:..1. -1-.. 4... ...... n...a. :4. ....,.. ;...a~ '_Barrie Committee Thanked for their Efforts on Behalf ' of Recruiting \Jn 4.w.;..,, Brigadier-General, -Commanding L Royal Air Force, Canada. Names of the _co1imittee--Judge Vance (chairman); Judge Wiam'e;34_ S1?`-rift` Harvey, Alex. LesIic,AJ. Mac~Laren, H. B. Myers, `(score-,:' Wary). . . ` _,u... c1.LuLuD- A I wish also to say that it was not until Civilian Recruiting Committees were organized throughout Canada than a-sufficient supply of cadets was ensured, and the success of our efforts in establishing training guaranteed. v-.. ...:n 1.. :..L.....,...4.,.A 4'.` 1,........- $1.50 per annum. Single copies 3!: 5--ux uuuuuu. You will be interested fr) know- that we have sent overseas 2538 trained pilots, while we have 552 in. Canada, who have completed their- training. These figures are consid- ered very remarkable in England. Yours very sincerely, C. HOARE, D_!..-.I2-.._f1-_.._-l ['1 .... ......1.`.... x.-11;.` oi," the most ru- . public-it_\f cam- rn \'icc lulbbalou I We have pretty Christmas Boxes` ' `of Bon Bons, or Stockings full of Candy.