Page Six Northern Advance Patronie Home A. W. Smith, Treasurer, Town of Bemrie. 7 Amount: Prices and Goad Workmanship Quality The Best 96.25 96 .50 96.75 97.00 97.25 97.50 i for ever: !!T1 le 111111` the Cana somethin and revi: Ever guest at and tells should 11 ingncss b1'iv11_.-; it it in his ;.. job give /'5 suiciem Sick Alvin H HEGH ` Stron severe . 1'e.~:idem Manda: sult; th: l extra 1: In-int] P (By Ack Emma) Don t fo1'g'ut the cuchre party in the Leg-L011 Hall on Fviday, Jan. .17. Lunch and _L,"(!0(I prizes. Play starts at 8.30. Be on time or you will luwo :1 Imncliczzp. DH`; Han nnnr +n\'nn\mr nf iihn l1uV"C J1-'.1ll(llClLp. Pirty the poor taxpayer of the U.S..~\. The .-\me1'ican Leg,-`ion. Vet- orns of Forei_9:n Wars and Diis:1l)l Vet-.5 lizwc combinde and the pr, sure was too g;1`e.'Lt. The Bonus Bill \V'LlS p:'..s~'c(l .l_\y :1 vote of suiliehnt; .~ to ,|us'i. about preclude the possi- bility of 21 veto. One billion dolla1's, when found, \vill be divided aiiioiigsl thi'ec- and one-half ntiilion men who i wore the unii'o1'm in 1917-18. 'l`l1i.=. will not include pensions 2111*-owl" bo- in_g' paid for wars tlatiiixs; bllffli to 1812. Here We had nearly six hun- dred tliousamrl in uniform 19].-'1-18, znbouwt two-thirds of them serving oveisezis. Annually when the bud~ giut comes down at howl goes up when iity odd million is 1'equi1'ed ifol` pensions. administmtion hospi- tals, etc. Pensions in the C.E.F. are for disability only. The bonus pro- vides nearl,'y three hundred dollars every man called to the colors. .Ti`Ig man in the street who thinks `the Canadian Legion is always znfuter something should compare the two revise his opinion. 17:7-Ln` nni-i.r-n hmv nmrlv everv and revlse ms oplnlon. notice how nearly every a. Legion function gets up tells what he thinks the veterans have and expresses his will- to do all in his power to to pass, and when he nds his power to give some one a gives it to some one who has suicienvt money to live on. e:..1.- pm-.,.rl.n_.T R Rnhhette and sutcient to uvc on. Pzu'ad~e-J. R. Bobbette and Hammer. WIND KEEPS LOCAL FIRE BRIGADE BUSY Strong: winds accompanied by weathrzr necessitated local .residents to stoke up their res on [Monday and Tuesday, with the re- that chimneys had to bear an iextra burden. The unusually strong wind created too much draug'h`c in several uwes and was the cause of three chimney res in the two days. Mnmlmr mrwnin` the remen were (lays. Monday morning the called to the home of W. Poole, 12 Grenville St., Allandale, and again in the afternoon to 88 John St. At 0 _2..m. Tuesday they were also sum- 'moned to the home of Dave Miller, 102 Bayeld St. I .......... #1.,` Gian nvnc nnn. LUA Lhl um In all three cases the re was con- ned to the chimney, caused by overheated ues, but fortunzxtely no damuy;e resulted in any case. uu_) ux. STATEMENTS CONCERT BIL'L. % CHEQUE BOOKS NOTE HEADS SHIPPING BILLS SALES COUPONS CHURCH FORMS LEGION NOTES The N orther Avance (gm ws sid1ights {m_ the Early? 1 of Histmy ofS1mcoe County , E. V. Mall y rm-`-d $10 in Orillia Dolice court for, E. Mallory, Bredin, was fined $10 in 'O1'i11ia police for so f1'ig`hteni11g a horse tlmt it haul` to be dc-s-Lroyed. He crashed into Hnn -xninml \\vHh :1 truck. ` Save B! &PreJna%%Ji12 to be ues-Lroyeu. nu the animal with :1 truck. The Counties of Grey and Bruce have joined forces to form :1 Gwy- Bruce tourist o1'gu11izu.tio11. An ex- Lensive v.dvc1'Li:'ing cun1p:iiig;n, which wi1.1 be (long mostly by puinphlcts, is plzmnud. l;he ' Brm Mr. William 1-iienry Biulger, Chulham Collegiate, has been en- 3101- guged to take over the duties of About thg Lime of uh.- principul of Pellelaiiig High School. `mom. of the An_:!;lo-.'~\m 2'1: ' 13.12, a l21*i`.'i.~;h stow.-liou.-' A recent; m.irdnig'l1:t re de.<'L2.'oyed ; was 0s`.`rLbli:~herl in .}:'.22ir:, the fine burn of M1 . Fred .`ui.u.~..~:o;1,]`Lhe D";-.'cl St. (lock 1 l\'IL.donIte township. 'i`he l):;1 n \'\'2l-`"'`l`,-K: ..u;,-plies V.` cor Killed \\"1lil :2 l:u.~;.;'e quu.ntiL_\' 01` Ifcetl.` F;-g~n._ ;;_\]];~_;1{1 ` ,1";E}1_.L- The stock \'\'llS all szv.-`e witli L11; ft: 2211: ; x";`.i))]`,'.:"; '..;, e.\:ception of one call`. "iii- mu; *,,1]1ow ` u !.- \`.'l' - star-ted wlicii .\1u~. .~\Ll:m::;o:i L;-'.p'._)eil 1~,_ ;- ` 1,, whilg doing the chores, 111).-.L.11:.',' 2'. ii:-': I`J0t`u*." ' - lantern. po.<.L~; on L;:.~u`.-_` `HIKP I'I'I'lV`[]!\_ Five losses in Orillia during the` ye-211' 1935 amounted to $55,197, as compared with $76,049 in 1934, it . was stated in the annual report of! Flre Chief J05. Blacker. While official gures are not avail- ; able, it has been estinlated that the 1 cost of relief in Orillia for last year ; was close to $90,000. Of unis` amount, $15,000 was given out inl cash. The Federal and Provincial` Governments assume two-thirds ofi the cost. ` ---' ' 1: Miss Agnes Ma-cph.a.i~1, M.P.,\ hast: gone to Louisiana, where she \Vi11`l] speak for the National Student Fcd-`=,- L`l`:L`Li0n of America at the Univer-11 sity of Louisiana,, Bolton Roup;e,;] and will go as far south as Da11as,|_1 Texas, speaking for the fedc1`ution."i] Births and deaths s11ov.v:_-d an in-` crease in 1\'I idlz'.nd last year as com-`, pared with the year before. The; g11res given by the town clerk fort 1935 showed 207 briths, 115 dweath and 43 marriage. In 1934 there; were 196 births, 122 deaths and 35 n\ -.n-1`?nn'n: : .-\.t a mee~tin_Q' held last week, the butchers of Orillia agreed to close} their store on Wedn-esda afternoons.` They have thus joined the grocers in ` _the weekly lmlf-holiday. Although excise receipts were $62-L49 higher, the total of cust-oms and excise receipts in llidland 12151. ` month were $1,085 lower than for the corresponding` December in 1934. In December, 1935, $8,145.62 was collected in customs and $4,454.19 in excise. In December, 1934, the gures were customs $9,855.65 and L-gcise '%h,829.79. (Advance File, Jun. 1-1. 1886) i The xvczlthcr has been i\ntense1y` cold for some days; 31 below our '1`ucrsd21y. Ii:-nrr ("ham W, Knrv 11:1: hr-`N1 IOCIS mgger man an ox ovur lb. 'i'1\1`c-e thousand logs have been. drawn by the boys at Sh-icltls camp om`: and :1 half miles and driven two miles down stream in one week. Who can beat this ? 'l`hn G.-e.+ rlv-ruin rd Hun `nu-ininvv J, UL"h\lily. Li:-ut. Chas. 5;:.1'/.ett('e(l Cuptzlil 35-th Ba.t/calion. Dnwiuul urn-u OU`bll Di1-bUiLllUIl- ` Revival services are being con-E ducted every night in Collier St. Mztlxoxlist Church. Rev. J. W. .\11-: ms` is the pastor. , A local l.)l1l.Cl{Sl1lltl1 the other (layi t/.:.(l and finished six shoes on :11 (`,()il]>l(.` of l1or. in 35 minutes, `undl feels bigger than an ox ove1' it. ~ 'l'l1vr-n H1nn<:1n(l ln0'.`~: l1:1V(* lH`(*i1c who can 0ea.L nms .' The first draw of the 'p1`in1z1ry competzion for the Ontmwio 'I`:mk:11`d was played at the rink in Bu1'1'ie on ]`u(:s(1:L_\' between Orilliu and Church`- ill clubs and was won by Orillia by nine points. . 'I`1m Adv-,-mr-n 1-rmnr+.or at the 1111]: nme poims. The Advance reporter at the `..n1 y ball last week noted a few 01 the dresses worn. Mrs. A. Lloyd `wore a black lace dress. owers and gold ornament; Mrs. Beatty, black Jdress and feathers; Mrs. Freeman, black dress. gold ornament, natural flowers; Mrs. Jas. Sanford, black silk (lress, black ornaments; Mrs. i`."-'V:1tt, garnet silk dress_ gold orn- Mc'V/att, garnet silk dress, lace trim- nm:,.:s; 1`.liss Bennett, pale pink dress, gold ornaments; Miss Cotter, . black lace dress, natural flowezs; Miss Freeman, cream dress, crimson flowers; swandown ornaments; Mrs. Pepler, white embroidered dress and train; Miss Brurton, white lorne dress, sil- ver ornaments; Mrs. Shanacy, cream veiling dress, gold ornament; Mrs. J. T. Lennox. black velvet dress with train, owers and gold orna- ments. Miss Meelcing, white dress. ` Twenrty-ve appucaamons mr unul age pension were granted to resi-; dents of Simcoe County during the! month of December by the Ontario Old Age Pension Commission at Queen's Park. Toronto. Against Phi: `r.hm'n were three deaths, making Park. Toronbo. Agalxlzu this there were a net increase of twenty-rbwo in the county list. Days of Yore Twenty-ve applications for old` cm mmqznn were granted resi-: FIFTY YEARS AGO TOWN 015' BXRRIE TAXES FOR 1936 . Chas. F. Spry has been Cuptzlin of No. 1 Company, +.h1Hnn for` xz1(l Ito 33` Barr we townsh, CV. is link( towngsh xich 1319 militar taxngui: 1;h1'ou_g' 01 _L_"ian 1 mc~11t. Barrie, being situated in the township of Vespra, its early history linked up with `the history of that towngship and dates back to the year 1319, though prior to" that yeur a mi1it2u'_V mad, known as the Pene- taxnguisliene Road, had been cut 'th1'oug`h from Kempenfeldt to Geor- Bay by the British Go"u1`n- ru 1 nn 1` ,)O.~`.LS 011 \1i.'U.'_,l<|;1 1..-J, nu .dk: Huron. Tn 1825 8' b`1'u11kli11 laml(.-d in Barrie unnl-n 4n Han T\Tn-WHA pn1n 1 Barrie and Vespra Township I.1sne on ooam the "Royal L1l'.'U`._`4l.'. `, The demand for lots in Barrie soon exceeded the supply, and Kem- ;penfe1(lt was soon fo1`;~::_1ken. With many settlers coming into the dis- itrict, stores, dwellings and hotels soon sprang up. W. Sanford was _among the rst me1'chants. `then :Caldwell and Ross. Within a few `months after the survey of the town "John Bingham erected a hotel on the site of the present Ford g-ar- `1':1f.',`C; Richard Kearney erected rm- other of he-~\\'n lofts further down the .-strtzet, While :1 third was built by '1"hrif`-; Meldrum at the east end. On Christmas Day,, 1833, the frame for :1 new store for Ur. Sanford was raised near \Vl10I`G the Queen's Hotel now stands. The post office wus established in this store. with Mr. Szxnford as postmaster. Among `,the early business men were F. lO Brien, T. D .McConke_v, H. R. A. `Boys and a Mr. Chantler. ' vm. I'\ :~r.4-lnrnnvf +,.rn_I nf \7n:rn-n :l)'0_VS Una 21 W11`. L/IlilIll:l!.1'. ! The settlement of Vespra town- aship proceeded slowly. The Sunni- lzlule Road had been cut througrh {from Barrie to Brentwood about 51825 by the Drurys of Oro and `i:\lex. Walker, and a mill for SZ1\\_'ll1g` 5-`and _Q'I`lStll1fZ", was erected on Willow [11 Creek between the 41th and 5th con- ce: which was ope1'ale by C`-eoigzre Oliver, John and Thos. Mniv. Among settlers who took up land in Vespm and Oro about this time were 1_iE Drury, on the 2nd conces- t sion; the Blonroes Whi~teus, l{enny, :1 W nlwin and M\cD-onald, along the Iline between the Grth and 7th conces- vlsion; -Dennis l\'Ia1'ti.n, John l{ell._\~` :,1{zmd Dudley Root on the 10f.h. la: dl the north pzzrt of the township `.`.'(:0 ,ltl1'eRiclm1'd:~on, Williams, Sn;-z1tl1.~'. Robt. Leadley and others. 11 . . . . I '1`]nn v-+ vnlm-mu: znrvwnz In K;0DT/. lJCil(1ll`)' Elllu UbIlL`1'b'. The rst religious services in Vespra were held in the cabin of Peter White on the Pe11eta11gLiisl1e1ie Road. A few years later 21 109: n1e;et;ing' place was erected on his farm. The first mission was start- ed by the Episcopalians with Rev. Mr. Ar(la_g'h in clmrgre. The first school house was built on lot 10, concession 1, where Wm. Crae, the pioner 1):1d`21go;r11L\~, taught for some years. With +1". ndvnnf. of mumcmal With the advent of mumcxpal g'overmnent in 1841, Vespra, at tnat time the senior township of the municipal union of V-espm, Flos and Sunnidale, elected the following` to the council board: Jonathan Lane, Jonathon Sissions, Miles Kenny. When she tripped during: the recess period inFe1'nda1eschoo1 yard on Monday afternoon. Bertty Dow- son, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. WaLte.r Dowson, of Ferndale, suifered a fractured leg. The little Order Your Stationery Business F __olms and Counter Check Books In Barrie Wm '""r}'uI1/I JANUARY 24 and 25 4--11 - LL Tickets, Fares. Transit Limits and Information from Agents "mac QANADIAN NATIONAL '}If5iiaEKE6' T0 Port Huron - $4.11 Fllnt - - - 55.4! $8.50 Durand - - - $5.84 Excursion Tickets also sold to Windsor and Detroit January 24 . .__J r_.-..........a:.... t..,.... A,.....l.. -r ___.:____:._____________:__ ROUND TRIP RAIL TRAVEL BARGAINS :_,_ _-_ n I lr IIUII Inununu uuav ..w.- .- ....._-_. _..V , -_,,,_ Information from Agents Llnjli QII3l Auu vu \,u.\.u' \lA. -..\. -..-.\,.......,3... tish vft-zrxvards moved was postmaster for Com~,_,,;nCe_ also gewcd :1s.rcc\~`e can \,x;M of Barme was mcon __.C 01. (gcpog luge. T. D. 1\IcCoI 1855; David M0110` [Hopkins in 1357, Cd hag 1858, T. D. .V1cC m .1311 1855) to 18GB zm W,-_ 7 {"864 to 186$). .'.`:..1} :.:l`:1`.'L-3` In 1870 B.'i" 1}m1_1 LL, the of .1 {mi} 9,, 1. Simpson as 1n.~~i 2: M-,,1 U])I)n!_' The facllitics fu ~- 1 a,n the cz11 1_v (izzys |Pv-inr to 1920 21 5 3, 2131')` \\.I.L}~ \ THURSDAY, JANUARY 16. 1936. Stephen Bishop and Samuel Lamont. At the first meeting` Mr. Lame was elected reeve. The affairs of Barrie were administred by this body, as well of those of the townships above named. Mr. Lane first lived at liempenfeldt, where he followed his trade as tailor and subsequently car- ried on 1'arming* on the \ espm side of the P011Ct21l1,','ulSl1Lne l .o-ad. He moved into Barrie and postmaster for many `"11`s. He served as rceve. in 18:): 5-1 when Barrie i11co1'po1`u1ed as 21 vil- l\IcConkoy \\':i.~ 1'r:z:x'. in 1855; ;\l`o1'2'o\v.in ISM}; H<;m';.' llobt. `.5imp. in L4 )1cConk(-_\' :`-.;;'.m in 1 l~;(3} and X. D. .\i'd::~;i1 _; 1804 ism. Q ]S7() l3:n'i"i-- vial.-'; .3.-.'.'u.i to l ,1}. ;- .-I` . ~ _. A . #'~- 1`nlv l l I LllK/ u.__,u.c_. . - J . . ,. 1:3. :.~;:;_\o:`. The for r.::c.'i1?:.: l).t,"~i_~ ,n early law: wer-; not {he hut. Prior to 1920 schooner Lr;-.vers-.Ll Lake Simcoe, owned by a family of Johnsons at }lol`lan(l Landing. In 1932 a joint stock company of half- pay army oicer built a craft call- ed the "Sir John Colborne at Hol- land Landing.-;. The first trip from Holland Landing to Barrie took a full week, a day or two of which was spent in forcing the narrows at the mouth of Cook s Bay. Pro- c-eding along the south shore, calls were made at Jackson s Point and Beaver-ton. When the craft tried to make Orillia she could not pass the narrows at Lake Gouchiclung. A day was employed replenishing her fuel, but for want of a safe land- ing. the fuel had to be brought off shore in small boats. Continuing her course westwart along the shore, halts were made at the cabin of every settler, as they were nearly all shareholders in the enterprise, and being` of very congenial disposi- tion, were only too eager to cele- brate the advent of steam navigation on Lake Simcoe. `.1 :4 -A.-,. n ,,,_ __|,___,) ___ -I-\I -Saul...---.- v-- .- Amounts $10.00 $25.00 $50.00 $100.00 $48.75 337.5%} 16-31 Cost . . . . .$9.75 $24.38 1-14 . . . . . . . . . . . 9.78 24.44 15-28 . . . . . . . . .. 9.80 24.50 1-15 . . . . . . . . .. 9.83 24.57 16-31 . . . . . . . . .. 9.85 24.63 1-15 . . . . . . . . .. 9.88 24.69 16-30 . . . . . . . . .. 9.90 24.75 48.88 49.00 49.13 49.25 49.38 49.50 97.75 98.00 98.25 98.50 98.75 99.00 Ull L.4ull`\L? >JlJll\.UCa In 1853 Barrie. was placed in communication with the frontier by the construction of the Ontario. Sim coe and Huron Railway to Allan- dale. The county had taken stock in the enterprise to the amount of 50,000, om condition of which was that the road should be construct-ed to Barrie. The failure of the com- pany to extend the line from Allan- dzilc to Barrie for some _\'ears re- sulted in expens 'e litigmion and much `L11`1p1(:C-.:'.`.11i;11CSS. Ainnnrv 1'.i1r- , l(i\'F1ht1Q'L`S f.`Z1l`1,V `DVD- mtlcn L1111)l(:ii:'. .iLLIlt::5. Among the ad\'anta;_;;cs early pro- vided by the residents of Barrie for their intellectual culture were edu- cational facilities, secular and spirit- ual. The first :;chool l1ou. \\"a..~: built in 18236 on the sit; still occu- pied by Victoria School. As ez.1'1}'as 1835 the Episcopalians built a frame church east of the Court House. The Methodists followed with a chapel soon afterwards, and the Presbyterians about the same time. In 18:35 the Roman Catholics erected the edice later used as a Sc-parate School, with Father Janot, later made Bishop of North-Western Canada as resident priest. The county gaol was erected in 1842 and the Court House in 1843, and re- modelled in 1877. '[`I\\ ninnnav 11 ,x\' north Of modelled in 18" The pioneer 11.1w.-`papa north of Toronto 'w'.i.-: rst issued in Barrie on August 7th, 1847," under the name of the Barrie Magnet" by Thos. F. Davis_ the nc-cessary equip- ment being brou_<.):ht here by oxcart from Toronto. In 1852 the name was elmnged to the Northern .-\d- Vance. Lilld has continued under that name since. In 1851 the Herald was e; by Mr. (later Hon.) J.:s. Patton. After three years it was taken over by a joint stock comi)an_\' and ".he name Ci111!`1fICLi to the Spirit of the Age, but after five years gave up. In 1363 the l<}.\'aminer was estxtblishcd by a joint :i.O(`i{ com- pany under the 1i1:ii1:i3:eii1e11t of Win. Nicholson, who subsequently assum- ed the ownership as a "Reform jour- nal. The (iazotte was first issued in 1867 by Mann & 'R.icha1'dson, and .e .... .. sold to N. King`. The n f\'orthern Advance was the organ of the. Conservative pa1*t_\', while the Examiner and Gazette were con- I trolled by the Liberals. ` Tn Hm late 70's considerable _j_. ., BARRIE In II\I\vI-- - --- Liberals. In the late 70 s building: xvzxsr done in Barrie, which included the `Town Hall at a cost of $820,000, the High School in the east end, costing: $7000; St. Mary s Church had been erected in 1872 at a cost. of $10,000. A Model ,School was conducted in the `Central School and two p1'ima1`_v schools erected. one in the east end and one `*1 the west end. In spite of these heavy expenditures, the financial status of Barrie was satisfactory and in 1879 lihe debenture debt was but $72,500, twenty thoustmd of which was for shools and other imp1'ovemen`rs. -Next week the townships of Innis- l and Essa will be taken up. girl was playing: it: the yard with the other children `ten the accident occurred. Dr. Lewis had her re- moved to the hospital, where. she was treated for a severe fracttlre of the left leg between the knee and ankle. JANUQEY 25 ....A :.nIuH-, $4.1 0 $5.45 $5.80 ENVELOPES SHIPPING TAGS TICKETS INVOICE FORE`/LS CALLING CARDS LEDGER LEAVES CARDBOARD SIGNS LETTERHEADS SALE BILLS GUMMED LABEL8 BUSINESS CARDS SYMPATHY CARDS LEDGERS BUSINESS FORMS 16-31 . 1-14: 15-28 V 1-15 . 16-31 1-15 t\1\I\ All Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention--Phone 53 THE