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ie | \ ) i : 5 ' fs \ { 4 y 4 i 4 \ x \ eS oe 1 { Se s mention little CIRCULATION THIS WEEK 56th Year w. ¢. 'J. A. MacLAREN, Editor WALLS, Manager AY, JULY 17, 1919. Single Copies 4 cents $1.50 Por Year (in advance) SECTION 1 PAGES 1 TO 4 No. 29 REMINISCENCES OF SPORTS IN BARRIE Former Citizen Writes Inter- estingly of Early Days-- Old Names Recalled. An article on the early day: Medical Men Meet The seventh of the Cou 2 aben Was hel Victoria Hospit Raval on duly 10 doctors of (he County sent, regpl ration, miltees annual ly of Simeoe Medical About 49 of meeting din the al, Barrie, the were pre- The morning was taken up by meetings-o! and @ demonstration of} come of bieveling 1 appeared) x Ray work on the new appar in un issue of guner Pe-) vtus rerenily installed "in the cently, which has brought forth/hacpiial by Mr. Fenner of the an interesting Teter from Mr. neral il, Vorante. Mr nd Grant, now of The Colonist! tenner is an expert and bis dem- Victoria, B.C, and a former Bats |onstration was very interesting viete, Mr. Grant has alwayslang insted to the fs a maintained a live interest in Bar-| jj. Inewlentally he eompli- of reminis- me and nis letter cences of former sporting ever and the early participants is re- prodnesd helaw:-- To the Edito Deur Sir until very r the pleasur paper, ax an absence fron aminer, nae tine past, | Jhad not i ot reading a Basrix "the old town" of something like 44 es onatnrally leaves a fellow Loft out of howith people now residing who hase! largely taken the place in the community of my fernier asse fates, and one mame is pretty sas any other. Hut ve feund oy wich the 1 may pleasure in reading two ou the of the or elg-timer de® de represen Vity Ps You w fion me as former helped to sporting others!" have and v nisrenees of st whe hides limeelf one Hille of yeu and whose HL ANNES fof geod enough to men punkins" in] seme times as an athlete that | the are keop Ba on map--but "there Some, like myself, had considerable { tolls experiences in far wrated parts the world simee our kid days, will readily admit that nu matter how impor-! fof Toronto. creat attention and interest mented the hespita plete and up-to-date partment, Luncheon was Hospital by the and thelr delieate atte ed zest fo the appetite. The afternoon nd the reading of pe members ehi titled * Disease, H. BL was by with and proved alot the n owe very i dental ay 2 oslides under Visteyvaf Dr, Tovell, a ronto. Dr MeCalium of Pe prosenlative on othe ia wie Mewi present a amt veneral xf Very spec VYhe felfewing off elected Persatent, 1 Collinawoads fst Vi Bovd, Cobdwas ind Dr. Pickard. Cheretutl, Pres. De. Jolin Brow served in nursing staff, session of the association eyent was an address en- Phe Inter-Relationship of present + which was illustrated by! fop this dis- eof the late sessian of the nits come X-Ray de- the niion add- com papers t The Anderson, listened to nstructive doctors of for this the sup Iso of To Thernbury Comned of und gave business a meetings} rors ow rel Mekay, | Pres. Dr Vive Py rd Viee- na. Orillia tant these later-day affairs mght|Sec'y.Treas., Dr. Arnall, Barrie, prove, they were insiznifiecnt in- -- ue ty a BespOnst his Nigfevents, surely Donald 1 think syear-olds ors sed tu n ser, the Allandale shoemaker, aseume when we dug up or (WO cas nquat (0 any of them. And a ee" duck Moore _ of John street was! ie A ruptmodious cimubues a 100 and 220.yard sprinter whe | ai fee to have a reughehouse 8A unbeatable, and whe in 1R9t a . e PME HOGS Sith Sulliva eld the team with the lacrosse juveniles of NI" Sullivan pet un Bl that villawe. Whom, we. were |Championghipetthe worldinrun) sumetines surprised to find, w sprouting whiskers, -- Lacrosse sure Was some game those day and the ginks who could survive the lambasting longest were de- clared the winners. Them were! the days of real sport all right, | all right. Of course in this con- nection it would be bighly im- proper to Say anything regarding the apples we used to swipe from the farmers on the return trip home Your ¢orrespondent, however, has left out several of the real in- stars of former tines, For stance: Cricket in Barrie an without Pete Moore as wie! keeper and Fred Smith as long- slop, like reporting "Uncle Yom's Cabin" and forgetting to Va and Marks the fuwyer, In Inevosse, Harry Maun- | alvell outsh Phére | were others igie King, Bill Moore, Fi pIntyre, Chuck now Judge' Gunn, Quin Burns, Pill and Dave Hartley, Ern Gregg, Harry and Chris Greatrix, Bill, Ed and Frank Butterfield, Billy Yodd, Tom (P Moore, Fred Manning-- and till another, Frank Vansickle, the real "bad man" of the game, who had a reputation to live up to, and lived up to it too: for every opposing player took a poke at Van--if he didn't see 'im first. It wasn't Fred Macey, of the Grand Rapids, Mich., furniture firm, who played lacrosse, but of another family entirely . Macey, a plasterer who lived away out-in Bayfield street --a little sawed-off speed artist, who found it more expedient to slide under his check than to pass him, The writer, a couple of years ago, had a very pleasant chat of those times witht Mr. Macey in Van- couver, where he has been a suc- cessfal contractor for the past 25 years, and incidentially whose son was one of the Mann Cup ning and jumping. In the of student think pondent should have a names: James and Je Walter and -- Fred George Scroggie, Char Hi and Harr Farmer, Bev enson, Charlie Denver, Jim Harry and Jim McKee, iate Institute list ur corres. dided some ye Garvin, Rremner, lie Lawr Thompson, Doug Milner, Fred Stev- F McLean (a railway man when T met him in and Will biz Harper, Jack Me- Lean, Ainslie and Arthur Ardagh, Reg. Morton, Tom Ba rrett. Lig. ouri Moran, Herb. Strong, George rsity, John wv erado State Uni Andy. MeCarth Neil Campbell, W neath, Joo Arthur Tom Brownlee, Tom Frank Mason, Charlie Power, Donald Ross. th Hagar Alex. ter President of Col- , Denve' Mori Hastings, Neill, Dick ough some of these may not have heen of the particular ¢! wonder where they all T trust 1 still may pleasure of reading f ticles of the old Barrie by your but) wh; confine h the prairies? There dreds of Parrie olu-t ident in B.C., and as Vi Vancouver are due s mentioned. 1 are now? have. the urther ar- times in correspondent | imself to are hun- imers res- ictoria and for a very rapid and extensive grogvth, with the Pacifie Ocean traffie coming forward through the opening of the Panama Canal, this number will be considerably augmented. Next to meeting these old friends personally, it's interest- ing to learn of their whereabouts; and until I make my contemplat- ed trip to dig.up any remaining in Barrie, there are several, I able pleasure in learnt doings through the n old friends of whom consider- garden -- NEW MANAGER WORTHY CITIZEN Mr. Cross' Successor Active, Public Spirited Citizen at Walkerton. "é Although Barrié is losing in ) Cross a citizen who has. proven himself very active for. the promotion of the eommun- ity's welfare, it is apparently gaining another public-spirited gentleman in his suecessor. The following highly appreciative refe to Mr, Lay appeared in last week's Walkerton Telescope. "Perhaps Bruce County has no more public-spirited citizen, ve one who has devoted more time and energy freely to serving the community than Mr. H. M. Lay, Manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. And when it was learnod this week that he is being transferred ia the managership at Barrie, our citizens felt not only a sense of personal loss but a realization that his removal will leave a great gap in sume of the leading pubhe organiza- ions of this town and county, Few, however, can appreciate the extent of Mr, Lay's service fo the publie, Suffice it to say that in three organizations alone he has done as much work as many wen do fora living. In the handling of the Br County Patriotie Fund durmg the four years of the war he pla and experience f posal of the Suc ning their monthiy allowances to be: tween siX and) seven hundred soldiers' dependents {hrouwhout the County The administration penses at Oltawa ameunted to perceent Mr Lay's ex. penses were one-eighth of one percent, Tt as doubtful whether this rit was equalled an if |A. R. GIRDWOOD PRINCIPAL B.C. I. Salary Raised to $2300-Board Refuses to Pass Coal Ac- count for $757.30. Mr. A. R. Girdwood, of Parry Sound. was at Monday evening' meeting of the Board of Educa- tion. appointed Principal of the Barrie Collegiate, at a salary of %2300, to fill Lhe vacaney caused the resignation of Principal Ross. Mr. Girdwood appeared before 'the Road, and later, after dis¢ussing the matter in com- miffee, Trustees Stephens and Fisher moved that his application be approved, 'Chere were ten ap- plicants for the vacancy. Miss I., A. Smithson, of Bow- Teanville, wax appointed Classical teacher to fill [he vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss I. K. Cowan. Her salary will be $1400. Mayor Sprott's invitation to take part in the Peace Day cele- bration was accepted and anrange- ments were later made for the Board tu be represented in the parade, The resignation of A. M. Me- Lachlan of the teaching staff of the Central School was accepted Mr. Meharhlan wrote saying he had secured a position in Ayr al a greater salary than he could fever hope fo get in Barrie. Inspector Garvin recommended tain transters of feachers im public schools te equalize and this was left for the Management Committee to deal with, after conferring with the principals Inferior Coal? Some discussion was foxtheom- ing when the account of Sarjeant & Co. for 8757.30 for coal sép- phed {he public sehools and Col- legiate Institute, was presented place in Canada. 'The work has|{hy the Finance Committee, wen roming along quietly and] prustee Channen enquired if eMieently without fuss o* ihe coal was taken direct - fram feathers and perhaps no one has had a proper-conception of the extort pf the unselfish rendered by the untiring County Secrefary Seeretary-Treas- rer of the Brace County pital, Mr. Lay has been the guid Ing spirit of that institution f a number of years. As Chair man of the High School Board he has taken a thorough and in- felligent interest in the welfare of the School. In Knox Churety as teacher of the Adult Bible Class and member of the B. of Managers, for some Lime as Chairman, his place will be hard to fill, Other -- organizations which have claimed a share of his attention and suppor! are the Curling Club, Bowling Club and Horticultural Society. A great lover of flowers he has made then a hobby and his sweet pea has heen one of the town's finest beauty 5. AL 'Toronto Exhibition sw peas have won high premiums for several years. Mr, Lay got his first banking experience here, coming to Walkerton as q junior clerk in 1888, ieht years later he was here relieving for a month or so, Again in 1909 he returned for a third time after managerial experience at Dawson City, Yukon, and at other points to take the local managership. hank manager Mr. Lay has had the confidence and good-will of the public, And as a citizen, while not running after popular- ity, he has won the respect and high esteem of all classes by his genuine, solid worth, Though regretting the loss of so worthy a citizen. all are glad to see Mr. Lay's splendid ability and faith- ful service recognized by well- merited promotion. No less than her husband, Mrs. Lay, though restricted in her activities by home ties, showed herself pub] spirited. Her warm interest in the Hospital Aid, and in Patriotic service Hos ing of their ewspapers. Yours truly, FRED GRANT 1016 Princess Ave., | Victoria, B.C. lacrosse champions. In rowing, besides the May Brothers, there were the Neill brothers, Farquharson and Dut- July 4, 1919. Referendum Enum The following have jerators been ap- ton and Levi Carley. A year ago|pointed enumerators for Simcoc I spent an evening «with George|County for the coming referen- May in Calgary, and was more}dum: Arthur Jary,. Craighurst, than interested in his collection] for Centre Simcoe; Daniel G. Mc- of prizes for racing at Barrie in 4882 and thereabouts. , In tobsing the caber and weight Curdy, Tottenham, Simcoe; Ray Coleman, for 'West Simcoe. for South Cookstown, work, as well as her charming Personality, will always be re- membered by her large circle of friends here. Mrs. Lay is a grand-daughter of William Lyon Mackenzie and a_ sister of the Hon, W. I.. Mackenzie King. Cit- izens of every class and_creed will unite in wishing "Mr. and Mrs. Lay and family success and godspeed. | vie --Young, Tender Roast Beef, shoulder-blade and rib; 25 cents per Ib; boiling and stewing beef, 20 cts. tb. Bingham & Son, Blizabeth St, , 28-31p m the sheds. Chair- s, of the Property and Supply Committee, stated that be had not UO. K'd this account. He had mvestigated a complaint made by the caretaker that in- }ferior coal, containing much dust, had been delivered, He under- stood that the dusty coal from the sheds had been put in the bottom of the dump wagons and good coal on top, Mr. Lennox had admitted that coal from the sheds was delivered fo keep the teanis busy, as. all leams could not load at the car at the same time, Finance Chairman King point- ed out that the stipulation had been that nothing but good coal, delivered from the cars, was to be supplied. and characterized the delivery of dusty coal. from ithe sheds as unfair to the other dealers who had formerly had contracts, unfair to the Board. and not a fair practice by the contractors, 'Trustee Fisher inspection of all coal the Board. A motion by Trustees King and Goodfellow ruled the account out until a satisfactory explanation is forthcoming from the contrac- tors, the ear ar fry man Stephe advocated the furnished New B. Principal Mr. Girdwoody the new B.C.1. Principal, is an honor graduate in mathematics and he holds cer- tificates of cadet instruction and elementary physical culture. He was principal of North Bay High School for seven years, having heen appointed to that position after serving as assistant for two years. He left North Bay to take up other work in Montreal, but went back to teaching in 1913- 14, as head of the department of mathematics and physics at St. Catharines Collegiate. For the past five years he has been prin- cipal of Parry Sound High School. His salary at Parry Sound has been 82090 for the past year and would have been raised to 82200 next year. Inspector Levan's re- port on Mr. Girdwood's work at Parry Sound is most compliment- ary and the Board there thought the report so good that they had it read at a meeting oftheir local Board of Trade. He is a married man, 38 years of age, and has had sixteen years' experience, three as assistant and thirteen as principal. He is a Methodist. In Secretary Marr's absence on holidays, H. Grasett acted as secretary. Fire By-Law The Ontario Fire Marshall has suggested a bylaw for the Pre- vention of Fires, and at last 'Vhursday's special meating of Town Council this was consider- ed and finally left over for adop- tion at a later mecting after some revision is made in it. There are some provisions in this pro- posed bylaw which will cause considerable comment among business men, * Article 4 states that no waste paper, straw. shavings, execelsior or other inflammable rubbish shall be allowed to accumulate in any buildings, yards or all except that such materials m be stored in a fireproof room provided with fire doors, or in vevered metal receptacles: if such materials are not stored in such fireproof rooms or re- Jeeptacles, thay shall be removed or destroyed at the close of each business day. This article would affect many business houses in Barrie. Article 4 says that no person shail kindle, maintain or assist in maintaining amy bonfire or other exposed fire for burning rubbish or for any other purpose, in fire limit "A." without having first obtained a permit from the ief of Police. Article 9 makes it obligatory for the owner or occupant of any building to have flues and chim- neys swept before October ist in each year, Gasoline, Oils, ete. age of coal oil, ele., and provides that not more than five barrels of coal oil, petroleum, kerosene or other similar oils, nor more than five gallons of any erude oil, naptha, benzoline, gasoline, henzine or other similar com- bustible and dangerous fluids shall he kep! at any one time ex- cept in an outside underground tank, or unless the building in which it ix placed is 100 feet from any other building. This rlanse shall ngt~apply to -bnitd= ings whieh have heen\heretofore sperially erected for the storage of eral oil. Not more than ten empty coal oil barrels may he kept in or around any building. Artiele 3 states that the sale of gasoline in quantities of one gallon or less is prohibited ex- cept in cans painted red and con- spieuously labelled soline." Article 4 is of interest to tailors, clothes cleaners, etc. It says "sponging," i.e. the removal of dirt, grease. ete., by the local application of inflammable liquids as applied by tailors and others is prohibited unless car- ried an throngh the application of such inflammable liquids from an automatically closing safety can of not more than one quart capacity. and sponging with sueh liquids from or in open cans or vessels shall be a misdemeanor. 'There are many other provis- ions in this bylaw and business men would do well to look it over and stale their views to civie representatives before bylaw is passed. the Barrle Bowlers Won Allan Cup A Barrie quartette of bowlers mposed of P. Glark, W. A. Turner, A. D. Simon and C, Beel- by, won the Allen Cup at Colling- wood last Thursday, and the handsome piece of plate has been on view in Geo, Vickers' window. The Rarrie rink in turn defeated Collingwood, Meaford, Grand Valloy, Allandale (Walker's rink: and fitally Dr. Campbell's rink from Bradford, winning out by one shot on an extra end. The tournament held on Wed- nesday and Thursday attracted twenty rinks to the "Shipyard Town, and the hospitality of the Collingwood bowlers was such that every visitor had an enjoy- able time. Meaford won the Currie Cup and Owen Sound the McKay Cup. B.C.1. Art Prizes Prizes for the best art book in cach form of the B.C.I, were Section UT deals with the stor- |; théir | SSS SE 1919 TAX RATE "TWO MILLS LOWER Council's Estimates Presented --County Rate Drops Over Three Mills. As foreshadowed in last week's Examiner, the tax rate of 35 milla was adopled at the special meet-- ing of the Town Council last Thursday evening, this being reduction of 2 mills under last. year's rate, The total assess-- ment, for everything but s: oola, is $3,648,426, while the asseas-- ment for Collegiate fhetitute is £3,70 for public schools and for R. C. Separate: 1918 to 5.4, mills, public school rate remains at 9.6 mills, and Separate SchooB remains at 7 mills, The County rate has dropped from &.4 to 5 mills, due to the culling off of patriotic grants, andy where we last year contributed $30,043.68 to the County, we have only $18,242.13 to pay this year. The general rate of 8 mills js but three-tenths of a mill increase, which is very favorable considering wages and « increased st of materials. Thrown From Bicycle Junior On Thursday evening MeCarthy, son of M 'arthy while riding ab field St, hill, He was ¢: a hand-saw. and while swinging out fo avoid a stone, the point of the saw canght the spokes and mmed back upon the mud > guard which was pressed down sharply into the tire. This brought the front wheel to am abrupt stop and threw the hing wheel completely 0 Junior going head first on the hard road. He struck on the right side of his forehead, making a bad cut and causing such severe coneus-- sion that he was unconscious for. over two hours. Miss Crew, who happened to he passing, rendered: first aid and had him removed to the home of bis aunt, Miss MeCarthy, where nledical aid was soon to hand, Had the blow beem a little closer to the centre of his forehead, it is Said that it might have fatally injured him. As it is he is not likely to suffer serious effects from his mis-- War Veterans Moving The Barrie G. W. V. A. expect to move at the first of next week to their new rooms over Brown and Cos. store, opposite the Bar- rie Inn. There are five welle lizhted rooms in the apartment, all repainted and decorated, and more commodious and comfor- table club quarters will thus be available for 'the meibers. Two more billiard tables will be in- stalled and a canteen of which members of the ¢ will be able to purchase cigars ettes, tobaceo, soft drinks, ete, at the low rates usually sold in soldiers' canteens, A campaign for enlarging {he launched, the Any the Membership is to be and it is hoped to present list before veteran wishing to join Association shoul corsull retary Kendall, Customs 0 or President 1 Morren. double fall. Buy Made-in-Canada Goods The Canadian Trade Commis-- sion has a wide-extended under-- taking to promote expansion of Dominion after-war trade. Ab return to pre-war standards can-- not meet our need. Our war debé in four years has run up to near~ ly 81,500,000,000. The interest payment on this will demand the most alert business gifts of the people. The whole hearted. sup port given by the women of Can= ada, singly or through their or- ganizations, to food control ant jotherwar work, showed howgreatt presented by Trustee Stephens, MaglLaren, Richardson and Mi These were awarded as follows: Form IV., Miss Muriel Nelson: Form III, Miss Guida Burton; Form IIA; Miss Mar- jorie Laidman; Form IA, Miss| Grace Beattie: Form IB, Miss Ruth Grant. Honorable mention: Form II, Miss Gladys Srigley; Form I., Aubrey Urry, Helen Ross, Doug- las Beatty, Hazel Craig. their collective influence coul& be. For the immediate future women should influence all pur-- chases for the home to be of Canadian-made goods and pro- ducts. This will give employ= ment to returned soldiers and to many thousands whe were form. erly in munition-making and other war work. Public Holiday in Barrie om Saturday--Peace Day. a Ba ale (Continued on page 3.). |. 5 4