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_ W` . Gus sales for the `ear We 3287300 feet as: against 1.88640 {feet for the previous year ax d 3` `number of accounts at Dece.W_`f 31st, 1938, stood at 167 as agai 185 at December 31, 1937. Re Waterworks Department Operating resugts for the y show a reduction 11 water rates $1,429.69. $700.00 `off this red _ tion is accounted for by sales _lwater to a highway contractor ti . previous year and the balance weather conditions. _. n \ (.'OIl`.`S LU ialllu. | \, Re Gas Depz ' be noted of 1:1` gating: acc |ment that, opertinpz pro 1:, `- ture.'~_I and inter ' $4120.26 was shown. (Please turn to page ve) any. \.v.u......v..... (Please turn to page ve) -Eight Pagc the 13th Power Bill 211 WEIR: _886400 the vnkn UH: Qber an-L Pius XII. an ;11`tis: who has A\IV ,.~.. Hl'*.'{.`.\` \".)\.H\_. u precedent the Roman which he is next Demo- -Ln 1" Q Ashton `To Probe Death Mrs. Pinkerton Tuesdny_`_Eve `Coroner's Jury to I-Iearl ` Many Witnesses in Fatal! Accident Case. ! BUS DRIVER CHARGED! Under the direction of -Chief! Coroner, Dr. W. A. Lewis, an in- ,quest will be conducted at the police court chambers, Tuesday even- ing at 8.15, into the death of Mrs. Winnifred Pinkerton, aged 37, of Orillia, who was killed on Monday, January 2,a short distance south of] Painswick, when the car in which`, she was a passenger collided with a northbound Danforth Coach Lines: bus driven by Michael Mahoney, 42, of 57 Secord Ave., Toronto. Mahoney, charged with manslaught- er, and at present released on bail, will appear before Magistrate Comp-i ton Jeffs in police court here Wed nesduy, March 8. w 7 7.-. ,. :...-....,..: M.-.~l V01. XCIII. X0. 1. I1t:n`uu_v, AVACILLAA uo . J Five persons were injured. Mrs. `Pinkerton fatally, when the Pinker-` VnI'\ 1:011` (I1-ivnn `nv H19, 1'\l]. OEJ `Pinkerton fatally, when the r1imei--- ton car, driven by the husband of; the deceased, C1`ZlSliC(l into the fend-i er of the bus. Mahoney, -driver of 'the bus ca1'r_\'ing thirty studeiits from Upper Czmadu College toi Hunt..=\'ille for 21 skiing` party, is re, ported to have stated that the vision! was poor at the spot due to the. lame amount of snow being turned out by the plow ahead. 1 Some fteen witnesses have been`; . and will tesiify before the co1'one1"s jury in what will un-~, tloubtezlly be 21 len'g;th_\' >'(.`. on! Tuesdz1_\' evening. l Horiiculimral Society Would almprovown [Seek Cooperation of Coun-; oil in Erection of Flower Boulevard 011 Mulcaster St.-Rose Garden at Post Ofce. ! __ .\Iembe1':< of the Horticultural So- ;ciet_v are starting` out this scar with :1 denite czmlpaign for town im- provement zml beautication that wil . leave its mark for years to come, provi(1ed the town council is prepared to co-operate . .\ rlomltzltion comnrised of Fhos. `p1`epa1'e(1 to co-operzue . A deputation comprised .\icC211`1'0ll, president; G. C. Bl'0'\'l:I and M. .-\. Adamson appeared be fore council Monday evening with a proposed plan for the beautica-`, `tion of .\Iulcaste1' SI., :1 section of` the town that is viewed by an avier-i age of 2,800 people each week whoi ti'ansi`(-1' at the local bus station and who spend a few minutes in Barrie. 'l`hr=, nermie view one of the`, who spend few mmutes m Da1`1`u:.i l`he.~:o people the \\'m'.~t sections of the town, stated ;.\lr. .\iv(`a1~ro':l in presenting to coun- " El nl:m.4_ for the erection of a l)()L1]Q\';n`| ,_l0\\`n the middle of Hul- cz1. St. in whicli \\'0ul(l be plant-l e llowc1';< and . i H1211 ill 11 VCTY short time would pre;~:ent '4 l711llU- `ful picture to \`i. zuul to\`7Il5f'0lk " alike. creating.-' :1 l'aVorablu impi'L`>`-I sion of l )m'rie as H (le. place! to resi(le. | \r.. n,.r~.,....,.n -_-m.-..-mend llmf tho A. J. Tuck, Second-Hand Dealer, Fined $20 for Rev 1 ceiving Goods from Min-N ! ors. re. I Mr. .`lcC':1rrol'l : that the 1 work could be accompli. as zxi relief project. the town to do the] .11e(-e.<. (llf_L'l11`.!' of pavement, l1 nncl curbingx, at which point the llort`culturz1l Society would take= clu1r_:e. Necessity of an early de-! :_-i:Enn in the matter was urged in order that, if acceptable, sp1`iii;;-f plzin'.in3_~; could commence in April.` iSome steps wil`. be taken by the So-' lk`lC`t_\' to improve the appearance of ` .\lulL-zister St. below Dunlop, which` is now in an unsightly condition. The Horticultural Society also con-!_ , , I Boys 51TcTLSTent to Jail 5 [Because of LQc_a{Business: Personalities N `Today's News I believe I have sent almost a'= score of boys to the ln(lu. School simply because they knew`, lthat there '11s 21 place in Barrie` 'where they could dispose of .goods.1 I believe there are some in the In-' (lustrial School right now who would never have been there bu? for the fact that they knew there was a place locally where they could make such deals. I` ,7... LL. A.-my.-\.-n-`Ir vnnn hvl sucn Gems. , , ' Such Was the C01m`nY1t made bY'|am``tig in "11 t $24-25: be`ldon t know whether it ever did me! M`9agistrate Compton Jes in police in`; found gl1i1tY- Tuck W35 1`eP1`e"any good or not, said George 001111`: Saturday morning in passim: Sented by D 17- MCCUME K-C- and Latimer, of Angus, who celebrated sentence upon Arthur J. Tuck, local J. R. Boys conducted the prosecu-l}-.13 birthday on Friday, with hie second-hand dealer, who was charg-' tion for the town. (Please turn to page ve) ` (Please turn to page ve) _i"he L571; and Short of I ti Y Early Sunday morning; thieves: glsmashed their way into the Super-: j'test Service Station, Blake St., opei--i _ ated by Messrs. Corbett and Tom-` llinson, by b1'eaki11'g;_ the glass in the. Li door and unfas`.en1ng' a Yale lock. _ In l`211]> zlCkil1f. ,' the ofce, they made away with two -dollars in cliangzei l`_ from the cash 1`eg'iste1', a pair of t_ t1'ouse1'.< and a (lriver s permit. _, While part. of the gang was busily 5 eng'a_e'ed inside, the man who rc- k,m;iined in the car broke open two ` [Jl1m})n' and e.\:tmcted about 20 AV \-.|-'~ " "Hr. .. -;\1:I1f\ igrrhiand Elmvale Garages. gEntere1d Trio__'!'}\ieves Police Stop Car Near Coll.` lingwood and Fire at Men\ Who Make Good Their: Escape. $ hu1`1'ied1_'E :Bo'dt stated that I y::1.~toli11c. it I 1'obhei'_\' and _inotic~d. , i The same gziiig of three men are i `I the trio which ',q'a1'a.es in Elmx o'clock Sunday !_away with a cash i OJ -- V... while nu I did not occur at the time that there had been the police were broke `ale morning`. 1`ep:iste1', Rlzike int about :nv:11c '0 huh :1 not four I\\'0 makin_:v; radio. 0 .\i.-.. J.`2UUa On Saturday, Feb. 18, Tuck was? alleged to have accepted a toaster. {and electric heater from two young;-II 1 B'.u'1'ie boys, aged twelve and four- . ,`|teen years, in exchange for which! e'he gave them a thirty-l;wo rifle. The ;_'articles had been taken from the! -`home of one of the boys without d'knowledge of his parents, and the e deal was allegedly made xvlthout the} alnecessary consent of persons of re- .3 K quired age. rn....1. uvvnn Annzl Q00 unrl r-n:`l*: mu. V... .... I/1l\rl| Uvwu .2-`a.< and .L`21Hon.< of gasoline. '| Hllpr-1-` Boklt. C.\ .H. di.~,\p21tche':, 1-etu."ni11_ from work about 12.45 'u,m_, ;*,;)ti(-ed a num jump into 21' E ]{1]'ge ,;e`;m which had been }`.::2`ke-I {at the puxnpg, ,:md drive the ca`.-. ,`hu1'1'iedl_" ea.<~`. milkf 31 M1`-Z Ihnhu .~n4.n,l n...4. `...u..u.u .u n 3-)" cunnnr/I; Eu,r:enio C`z1rdina1 Pacelli, who on Thursday was eI<=r*to`*. Pope Piu. XII. on the third ballot of the rst day 01' the <`n1u;`i:1'.'L".< \-.,;t':n_. v I` . _ ,.I '~ ` `---nv '1 nvnr-nrlnnf 4 1,. . . . . . 1 e. wnth recemngr goods from m1nors' `contra1'_\' to town by-law number` * 1403. n . 1 'f'\,I, 1h m_.AI_ .._.._ Iecently Robeii Wodlow, Alton, lll., was 21, and no one could deny that he is jxrown up. He is, in fact, ,2'1'o\\'11 1'a1'tl1er up than any oiher man in 1ne'licall1isto1`_\', 8 feet 8!: inches to be specc. He now \\'eigh.~: 491 pounds.. Besides the diniinutive photog`1'aphe1', Fred Bc:`ttomei', he looks even bi5;5_>-er than he actually is, which is v\`nru`-1- :n- n~nr\IIn4]1 SECOND CAR STOLEN fit` I1U\V \\'ClgIl.`.' 1211 Bottomer, plenty big` enough. lllcccxaly LUIIBCIIU u; gun uvnnu -..-4. ; u I don't know what liquor tastes Tuck W85 ned $20 and C0St5: like, and I never smoked--but I 'am0\111tln8` t0 011 be` don me repre- any ,_.__I..,.L...J 4.1.... -n.,...nnu, 1 - u-,,.1,_1._. _.. 1':\..:.:I.... ...:.L 1...`. _:___- Barrie, Ontario, Tuesday, March 7, 1935- (Please turn to page ve) ylttage Ransacked ;*sc1-ml Children Drini< 1,322 Bottles Milk in Fgliimary * R. s. ..\u;c,.-, ciSi'r`mz-sr `-.ef~t413e| '1 Child Welfare Committee of the" 3 Barrie Lions. Club, Friday night re- ? ported thaf 15,76-1 bottles of milk |l`.2l`.'C been made available to Barriex {school children since Dec. 5, when the project was comment.-ell. Dur- iing 20 school days in Februzn'_v i7,371 bottles of milk were distri- bl buted. Lzxu I a .. .- in the h `m"' of (':1tholi- (`.hu1'ch. of the '2r`2nd Pope. LIONS CLUB PROVDED 15,764 BOTTLES MILK SINCE DEC. I W 5th. ` 7".9E'S W {Ce}-hratebs L100th Bigaday The summer residence of Canon Cody, Kempenfeldt Hill, Shanty Bay road,` was broken into some time during the week by a lone thief, who, as record- ed by the marks in the snow, left a car parked at the high- way, and t-ramped through the bush to the residence, where he forced entry and ransacked the entire interior. Police are in- vestigating, but believe that little_ of value could have been taken as most of the contents of the house, except the furni- ture, have been removed by the nuynnr `NEVER SMOKED NOR IMBIBED, ' SAYS GEORGE LATIMER, BUT DOESN'T KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR '1 LONG LIFE. (Please turn to page ve) 295 PAIRS SHOES game Will Be Struck James Smith, Mary St., former Sanitary lnspector for the town of Barrie, a.pcpea.red `before council Monday evening with the request that his application receive consider- ation by council for a similar posi- tion now advertised. I Q4-n+:mr +1-m+ ha `mad 2]] the 11E(`.P.S-" 't1on a(1Vel`tlSe(l. ; Stating that he ha-d all the neces-`~ ; sary qualications for the position, ` -Mr. Smith reminded council that he had carried out his duties faithfully . when employed in the capacity of] sanitary inspector a few years ago, and assured the same type of ser- vice if given the opportunity to act again. | .__.--.._ . l\lwI-Hr`-I-1~I\ He is rcporle`. to `no cratic candidzne for P1'e. \Jl'I"4El\ "l\\al.4l AAALI ronto St., of $50 for lot 8 on Mary , St. upon which he proposes to erect ` a. house to the Value of at least . two thousand dollars, was accepted . by council on condition that Mr. . Bishop erect a house as above with-'3 in a period of one year. V \ Offer of D. E. Bishop, 125 To- ` INJURY REPORTED Mrs. A. Mcliee notied council! by letter that she slipped and fell on the ice on Owen St. on Wedne`~: `day, injurin_-2' her neck and hip. vvrnnw 1 Ann`;-xv AA.4n\ uunuvnnuy | I 1 Mr. Tuck submitted a price of three dn`.lars per table for siipply-I ing` folding` benches for the market` tables and repairing- the present table tops to t. Members of (-0 cil felt tha: the sample bench sub- mitted was too light and requested| that committee secure nrices on` similar benches made from inch and a. quarter material with strap hinges. ` '1. | THANKS TENDERED ir ' A letter of thanks was received t Ifrom Mr. Mark Robinson, We11ing`- 1` ton St., exp1`e:<; appreciation fof the service rc1(ie1'ed by L112 board!` of works in c1ea1'in_u; snow from 'the1`-5 . for the funeral of Mrs. Rob-g mson. A number of new suits for t. local police force will be order from \':11`iou.= local C10t:l1lO1`S on 1 quest of the chief of police. WANT HEAVIER BENCHES I ` Bradford St. Accident Aired In Council Ald. Clark Would Have Prince of Wales School Children Dismissed in, Body to Avoid Accidents. ` The suggestion that the Prince of Wales School children be released in a body under the direction of the teacl1e1';~: at school closing` hours each_(lz1_\' wagx: zx by .-\l(le1'man Clark at council meeting: .\Ion(lu_\` (\v~r\Iw . 111! ! e\'enm_gr. _ ` I We had :1 near fatal ac1c1'(l.ent inezu` this school 3 week ago 1' 1-1:1a_\'. 0 Are the police gzivinr: attention to the 1 Ischools ? Could we not ask the. Board of Education to give some assistance in having the school` cleared in 21 body by the staff? I u.:..1, H 1|vnI11I` kc `n'nr\r] I1n:inn:: fn t J'J'OU.l'(l 0'1 1L(lll(.'il[lUIl LU `,',1vt: euluu in school Jthink it would be '_g'ood business to them to do that, said Alder- x11z{T.`-.C..131`k- n,.....,.' \IacLa1'en .'~.:tated that -last; Eouncil Notes , ,_,_, former chief of the general staff of the Canadian militia. who was 51.: '-.-M05. by Major-Gen. T. V. Anderson as Chier of Staff last November. is ]czx\"':.;: the Can- adian Militia in 21 few weeks af- ter completing: an impaction of the military districts in the Dom- Crnn 1Wuter:rao$}%&lVIakes M;1;}7__ 1 `lge Gas Plant Loses It Electric Light Not Available Bill Returned A net prot from the Wa.te1'work.~' f Department of 33,27-1.416 and an ope)-z1tin_2' loss for t.he glas p`1zmt of ` $655.57 was revealed in a letter submitted to the council .\Iom .a_\' evening` by W. M. Sal L1`. m:1n:1:;er of the Public Utilities. An item- ized nzmciul statement accompan| ied the letter, which read as fol-` lows : A. W .Smith, Esq., Town Clerk and Treasurer, Barrie, Ont. 'I\ 1: re -.1 A ,1-,,, .,1 V,,I I Dear Mr. Smith-As directed by ` the Commission, I am enclosing n- _ ancial statements of the Gas De-,_ partment and Waterworks Depart- ment for the year ending December ` 31, 1938. The statement for the Electric Light Department will fol- uzu.'- ... . Reeve SEEKS PO$lTl0N OFFER ACCEPTED T1 Y`) : -1. _ -- 1 ACCOUNT REFUSED 1 1.-. (Please 1".:3n to Dam? ve) \._.j._ is lZ11`K. | e '\I`acLa1'en -last; Maj.-Gen. E. C. _Special_l_VI__eeting `V. Statement? Until 131211; by `i:Iyd1~i<(>`.`; of` mvq n1` r-r\ the ordered ,. an 1-,. Economy Program to be Followed in Eifort to Re- lieve Burden of Munici- pal Taxation. ESTIMATES RECORDED Assurance by His Worship Mayor H. G. Robertson that there will be a reduction in the Barrie mill rate ` for 1939 will come as welcome news to overburdened taxpayers. How much the reduction will be, the mayor was not prepared to say, and lthe lamountlwill not be -deterinined uiiti counci meets again in special `session Thursday evening to arrive /at a denite gure. Some mem- bers, more inclined to hazard a guess than the mayor, guessed that the reduction inigh-t reach two mills, : while others felt that if council was E able to lop off one mill this year it t would be about the limit. Until 1 after Thursday. `night, however, when some additional gures are 'lllli1(l a\`ai1zible`,nothing deillnite will ` I kn l.-n nnvvi IIIIHUL`, il\':lllU be known. ,_,,-I `UU l\|lU\'\rll. . Council strug*g`le(l through gures lfrom eight o c1ock until nearly mid- ni;:ht. Monday evening`, adding; 21 few Idollars on here and as often as poa- iysible whittling; a few dollars o" `there, in or-ier to arrive at :1 bu(l:.,-'ct _that would allow saving-;s and reduc- tions without. sacricing necessary .n\-uh-n Harry I... Hopkins i`_L'l" 1_\ u: yuamunu. ; .-\pp1'opriations set apart by Fin- `ance Chairman J. M. Mills with up- proval of council are listed, with` amounts for corresponding'_ -depart- lmen`s in 1938: f;Z5bbe;s Flee iAmid Bullets llCo11ingwood Y1 ` I Stolen Auto Crashes Into Police Car Placed Across Road Near Gollingwood; 1| Three Escape into Bush. Co11ing\\`ood--~Runnixrp: full tilt in- to a police car which had been plac- ml n+ nn mmle across the road as a `to ponce Cal` Wmcn nuu uuen plau- ed at an angle across bawicade, three robbers jumped from xheir stolen auto following.-; the crash and escaped amid 21 hail of bullets, ezu'l_\' Sunday morning.. n \-m-nuinn- n nhnnrz mull fvnm morning.. On receiving` a phone call from P.C. Peters at Elmvale at 3 a.m., that three men were headed \\'e.~:t in a large sedan reported stolen in Toronto, Police Constable I\'orman Sheehy and Special Constable Archie `Thompson, of Co1lin_L'woo(l, took up `:1 position seven miles east of Col- `lin;:\vood at the intersection of |lll_L ,'h\\':1_\' N0. 26 and what is known at VVa.`~:a_qa Beach as the black road," paralleling the beach proper. (nnumlilo Rhnnlnr nlm-ml his: car 1`0l(1," 1):11`a1iei1ng Lne UL`.'d.L'H proper. Constable Sheeh_\~' placed his car on an angle across the road, with the iig.-ht.< out. When the suspects `approached, he . on the 1 lights and moved out in front to the rig.-;l1t. The driver, on` seeing; the two officers`, piled his machine into the parked car in an effort to dis- lodge it and esgape, but the impact `threw his car off the road. It yistruck a zelepohne pole and went 'into the deep snow against a fence. i (Please turn to page five) low as soon as comes to hand. `\ _ - Department '_ from the oper~ acco nt ef the I?epz11`t- Dent that heme as a 3.041 ago an pro. excludmg deben- tures. "t payments ,f $420.26 was shown, the results .1r the year 1938 show . rreSPdmg - . r f operatlngr loss of $65:\)`.`3&- (`Jug ;-v_1]nu fnv Q4-an Year were Czu1a(liu1