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WITH WHICH IS AMALGAMATED------_ : 9675 COPIES! tiie BARRIE SATURDAY MORNING CIRCULATION SECTION 1 12 PAGES - THIS, WEEK PAGES 1 TO 4 t _ | af J. A. MacLAREN, Editor Single Copies 4 cents 56th Year W. €. WALLS, Manager BARRIE, CANADA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1919. $1.50 Por Year (in advance) No. 32 ; --------- = -- \ BIG CELEBRATION TRINITY CHURCH --_|NEW VOTERS ¢ SERVICE FOR ' HOW COOKSTOWN GOT COOKSTOWN AT COOKSTOWN Ta NAME WAR MEMORIAL NUMBER 1925 HONOR ROLL WAR HEROES \ -- covkatewa. ia ens Of the = ("Greater love hath no man than ! : aidest communities in the ona: . ir Rousing Welcome to Returned |! voiinern part. of simece ||{Rebuilding of Organ and Suit- |Referendum Enumerators Add||| 'his, that a man lay down his lie l!|Cookstown Holds Impressive \ Men. -- Good Sports and|}} County, and its history dates able Tablet---Quebec Minis-| Many Names. -- 4110 El- : Thanksgiving and Memorial Banquet. anne - a eeniweh ta ter Named for Vicar. igible to Vote in Barrid. ae weaned. Meeting. With open arms and enthus- |}f [clcOne nay say the history Ata fajrly well attended meet-} 'The enumeration of the voters Pte. John Daker - A very revere Ie | of Gookstown goes back te . Sige 1 z i nment Ple. Harold Bassingthwaite ¥Y reverent, solemn an@ jax characteristic of the com 1 the conung of the first of ff]ins of "he Vestry of Trinity] for the new Ontario Geverninen Pte, W. R. Coleman impressive union service of } tunity which has given so much the pioneer settlers of Essa, Chureh, on Monday evening, the |tists was completed in Barrie last Pte. George Cot land thanksgiving for peace was held to the Country's cause both i} Tait ang Tecumseth. The #{{special committee appointed somo] week, and many new voters will Pte. Clastace Labeerem on Sunday night last by the loyal manhenl and in substance, Cooks: first of these pioneers to {{]time ago ta report on the selec-|pe entilled to poll their first vote Sel Lorne Corbet, little town of Cookstown, over a town formally welcomed heme ll oie in «said tobe jff{tion of a sucee: at the temperance referendum, Pte. § Draper thousand relatives and friends of and banquetted her returned | 1 Course Tinwoody and Ths, |]}H. D. Raymond, recommende which, it is said, will be brought Cpl. 4. C. but overseas men being present with sedier dads on Monday. The Tif, wl bent their |}[Rev. Mr. Beverley, viear of Trin Joy towards the end of Septem- Liew F. Duff the returned men. When con. weather was all that coutd be le- TH pamitins up the ald "ear |[fity Church, Quebee Cily, for the]ber. The new lists show a total Fie, Dicken scription came into force not a sured Uissrcrad nent a now Yonge |ffvaeaney. The V adopted |uf approximately 4110 persons Pte. H. Flay nian was conseripted in Caoks- ine Gpwards of Thevisant ff Street from) Muddy York |f} the repert ant the Char entitled to vel in Barrie as com- Pte. Win, Fraser town. Every eligible man in the the Pe splerid i Torani early in the [[/ mittee was instructed to lay the |pared with 2185 in the municipal Ple: Alfred ¢ place had volunteered and gone . ner a nitels on alter hefore the Bishop of To-|yoters' list ' befor ree 5 summer nf 1828. These ma ry Ple. Alex. Gooch nefore, a record to boast about. be disverniite--amk Qi an neers huill-a shanty ia-||{rento for bis ratification This total is made up as ple ae ea He Of the many gathered together Interestine spat Vii the bush. whieh they called me meeting the Mem-|follows in the different wards of Ple. F. Lowrie for this outward show of thank. . feed boner, and fellow. home uitil further progress lommiltee announced that}the fown and the number of Set. W. J. Moir fulness and praise, hardly one R Ship everywhere on evidence roukd be made. their nearest at the next fing on the (8th)veters on the municipal voters McDonald tut must have had some one near diay was one of historne mt neighbors being fully five Wlinst.. th recommend that |list for the current year is] MeMaster and dear to remember, aad ame Tene tee be remembers] Wines distant in the sires [the memucial take the form of |eiven for purpses of compart. - THe vetariaatand wid HAELSA au: ithe iecinlination formally {{| 'en ef Bond Head. Reshuildinyg af t ie onKen and an on: Seuiiminall Rate Pte Gordon Nevils well as the additional seats ar SIGHH vin MAN wftlee Tuenyplenat vont states that |[/ placing of Ay {hereon willl 'Lat 8 Pte, Albert Prince ranged in front where a union t non} ae ee La y family came next the names of the fallen i pat "in Pte. W. J, Pierneigie choir led the singing assisted by of the vitkae. Coat. Canph after the Dinwandy's and [}/and all those who have enliste: eae Pie. Frank Rankin Miss Coleman at the piano. A (haceee OM. 1. tent the Tni's, and they were |}{fram the congregation, Taste see Ple Hilyard Rainey number of bright-faced, alert i Teale hel Aeon sibly the first family on |[fare now considerable funds | toos | Pte. Jas, Sutherland lads in the uniform of the Boy ransnderable space to « Innisfil side. About |[favatlable for the project, and it 793 Pte. Archie Smith « | Scouts occupied one side of the ' a ae neA comloned bof 880. William Perry built f[fis thonght this will be the most ' m2 | Pte, Walter Thomas enclosure, while row after row ora nation andi[p Me first tavern in Cooks. [[fsuitable form the memorial ran [6 +... ++ +. ++ 3 Pte. E. Taggart of automobiles, full of worship= ' \ tae the feawn on the Innisfil earner, ke Dias Pte. Jas. Wilkinson pers, were parked in semi-circles Renard Aa tat arttcall, anid thiigagrave Ihe acHlement as . behind the' platform, Rev. Wak SHehRSSUT proved. te and thigzave the rmen fins a nee (Two other names were read rm. Rev. Wale ahaa tha i eagle at "Perry's Wl tor aurora, a 7-1 score in the] ,, The rnumerat 'iele their lista{{] out. by "Dr. Banting at |[|ter Creswick, rector of Cooks- epual that fin Gainers: Later aman Wil jay favor being a good in- suds Foes, ineut io. the hier Cookstown on Sunday {]jtown, announced the order of where upwards of (a0 men have ff ™med Dison kept a tavern faction of the game. Dr. Davis, | in athe eee "| evening which we were |[|Service from a raised platform ? ene fruit, dliee GoannInis let ang the place of Shelburne, a former resilent | Enumeraten, A. lary. of unable to procure.) in the centre, on which were fieht im the Ping shalt, and {} ktown as "Dixon's Corners of and player on I am, um- ive to get the wack idons| seated the 'several ininisters. ne commanity furnished sinarter ff @ffer das hostelry, {pived the game to the satisfac. the specified time. Many jf] "1am the resurrection und the fife |}/@*sisting with the service, A. Soldiers, more genial companions hame was.relained for same [cin of ay, omen Bl found shut up and/|| S#ith the Lord; he that believeth in |[/Number of hymns were heartily braver fiebting men. than has |ff ¥! ni it is reedrded This left Alliston and Cooks. [homes were found sh a Pants ||| me though he' were deed, yet shall || joined in by all present, also Cookstown, | qj that considerable contro lion and Aurora and fvy im the [ie ecupants a ei he live." Psalm 46, the Apostles Creed, The nate of sadness for and much heated |] enu-finals, and it was long after oneal ae ae pat every eiorey and the Lord's The (hose why will never return was |] areument prevailed before Wi tive oelock before they com- ne ae pit ii ie ' hem persons | eaplnenaeniacatas lesson was read -by Rev. Mr. ~ of alfagether abse put thos the name vkslown was enced, yet there was nod te pe AS Possible. Any ORS Cumming, and a heartfelt, earn \ mien tt iva ee ha the ff Cate suonted in ABET. Woe ort ataae compen ft tat thoic "names have |Adéreee to. Gookstown'Weterane CGT™mNE, ANd 8 Heartfel, earn \ sia canadlation tha ip we Rugh Dinwoody a decendant . . peen tefl a fo the Tae, Re] The open-air concert in the|peace offered up by Rev. J. W. y Eee eee oe thee ep at the earlier Dirwooty, {fle iliston won from Cookstown |Ti@ht to appeal to the Judge. lavening was as big a success ae 'otten, The sermon was preach. veme penally in the most herme|f} Santed the community Hpyo-1 and dey defeated Aurora.| Many interesting, and some-|the other features of the day,Jed by Capt. the Rev. E.R. J, ' dea hunutuble manner. They,|| named "Newlewn NewDliss." I In the finals Alliston and Ivy {times highly amusing, incidents |the selections by the bands being |Biges, By U., chaplain of a S ~ died' for. honor, fer country, for place in Ireland, the played until dark with the seore {are Tecorded by the enumerators.|interspersed by songs by Harvey Cavalry Brigade in France, and , theveredtest uate ihe world tas of his forefathers; but Wa ie 4 all. and divided first and{S® Much canvassing has heen [Lloyd and other features. Short |late of the Canadian Engineers seen. Thirty-four of these! ly Ferguson favored WH corund money, Likewise dark-|J0ne in former contests between adganeses were given by Rev. ".|Lraining Corps, Camp Seaford, fellows sleep in honored |] another Gellic mame, Ret oeee eee erate Conta. [the liquor and: temperance in |G. MeGonigie and Alex. Ferguson, | his text being "But thanks be'to ves. In Flanders 'and mane hill fown from finishing and third |'erests, that many people were of |M.P., and Dr. J. J. D. Banting} God, which giveth us the victory DES Kikbe ISD BheGe GE Wountle: Thomas Cooke, who was Hl hoy was divided between them,|{2@ opinion that the enumerator |read the following address: through our Lord Jesus Christ." more bear th ' Nie dha as divided between them, | 00 4p tor heriag Gi ji eh : The celebration was a big su he pioneer settler of the In Class B. Cookstown Juniors, |ihe two factions and. weauid/To our Returned Men, Capt. Biggs first expressed his cesssin every way and was a! wrthern plat of Tee mets by tallying 4 runs in the last|{0® !wo factions, an 'woul | Gentlemen:--The citizens of |8*atification at being asked to Wortty expression of thankful. | eremes ta nave solved the Winnings on an eeror, won wal (StemP! an argumont on thelcanksiown and vicinity are in| SPeak to the gathering as he hat Pp. cace t * vexed qnestion in a way to . o merits of the "dry" or "wet" form 1 se 7 " been originally chaplain to the ness for prace and a most hearty ' from Hillsdale by a score of 3 A ded pleased to have you with} , Public welcome to the returned if] suit himself, and thus he Hj ooo) Co game was well con.|°f leistation. Others would tell itnem as their guests today, and| 76th haltalion, with which 'so . settled sti f th * a { they were|y ; B in. ¢ in ays of G . galdiers ettled the destiny of the teated up (o the last innings. This feaerurrater iat hey ee I take pleasure in extending to/!"@Ny of the boys uf Cookstown name of the village which in later years was to hecome cane of the busiest of the early-day trading centres of the southern part of the you a hearty weleome. Red joined up. He then went on The records of -your manly,|'@ speak of the attitude of the - The Parade One of the features of the di was the parade at 12.30, Led J Trustee €, H. Campbell and Dr. left Pinkerton as Cookstown | and wished their vole xo record. Juniors' opponent for the Class|4 there and then. While in ' anly. | mn che B money, the latter winning out.(Come. few instances reticence (ONRECOUS and heroic services, all int thes Pieris wapione suit 5 . _ a reticence 'noth here and across the sea, are|*!! in their hearts were deeply The Banquet was shown by young ladies (and | euch we foel we are not boastful|Teligious and had learned that from Ivy, Thornton and Alliston ~ furnished continuous music, and several clowns furnished fun for the hundreds of spectators along the streets. The Girl Guides, under Mrs. Creswick, their captain, about 20 in number, presented a fine firs! village lots, and = the yame "stuck"--so we have the pretty village of Cooks- | town, situated in the heart of.one of the finest-agricul- tural sections in Ontario, and a community which has quet to the returned men, given in the evening. Thé old drill hall was tastily decorated, and with the long tables fairly groaning under their loads of the |}most tempting edibles, the feast was one fit for royalty. Cooks- voters were anxious to have their names appear on the lists. County U. F. 0. Convention A County U. F. O. Convention will-be held in the Opera House, Barrie, Thursday, Aug. 14, at moved, and difficulties overcome, jyou men failed not in your duty, proving to the world that the sons of this young Dominion aré like their sires of old, made of the right kind of metal, loyal to Banting the qd Auded d r Pa rettaly Toke te county. Mr. Cooke hada |! phe tadies of Cookstown, head. |some nider ones, too) in regard when we say no better soldiers|!¢ Was "not by might, nor by: . cars and several highly-creuit.|{f Man of the village made and /eq py energetic committees from|to admitting that they had |SRe" we say King's uniform,| Power, but by My spirit" 'that: able floats. Three brass bands-- ||| Nefistered in the name ef Hi the three churches, were respon- age, theland although many hardships| Victory had been won. And that: Cooke's Town," sold the jl! sible. for the success of the han- new women iad to he endured, obstacles re-;@S the message he brought. to them at home, the army behind the army, the men who had in. creased the production of food as their share in "The Great War." Giod won the war; to Him be the lory given. As the men gather. ed for a few words of prayer from the proud record of having the core. furnished possibly _ more men for the different town ladies have been most/p.m. and 8 p.m. (new time), At men, we are proud of you,|!@ chaplain, commending their energctic in looking after their |these meetings a County organiz-land we feel with the new order | lives to the care of God before bovs at the front, and in their |ation will be offected, the advis-| of things just ushered in upon|®!ng "over the top" they knew appearaneo, Each Guide, dressed in white, wore a bright colored saeh, with the word "Welcome," and band about the head bearing [jf branches of te. saree im final public effort they excelled {ability of nominating candidates |us, Victory for the Allies, Peace |!2at whatever might hefall each the sign "Victor: They were||} the war per head of poputa- II| themselves. Tables extended the|for the Legislature will be dis- for the World, and the Brother-|0P€ uf them, we would ultimate H most attractive. tion than any community in [ltength of the hall, two of them|cussed, and live stock shipping |hood of Man more firmly cement-|!¥ Win the war. The men never Canada. being reserved for the returned {and other features of the farmers' jed--wa enter the Reconstruction|Wavered from that conviction, men and their wives and parents.]movement will he taken up.|Poriod believing that the com.|@Md on those days of duly, 1918, \ ees | Olor tables were for the general | Speake J. J. Morrison, Secy.|mercial and industrial interests pen fo those at home it seemed Sa tibnm: Dublie, and such was the rush|U.F.0.: F. 8. Fulthorp. Mgr. offof our Dominion will widen o t.{{hat disaster was imminent, and Had aspirations for a place OA lfor these that great as had been|U.F.O. Live Stock Branch" and New industries will spring up |the word came through tu them Torouto pro-ieague team, e. for{ the Preparation, the accommada-|othors. All farmers (whether |ihat will enable ue 2 be fair} "Stand fast." your hovs in the ed to have lost his tae Hite oon was insufficient for the{members of clubs or not) and competitors in the markets of|front line "stood fast," but they bate sears ee Nits off! crowd which waited to be served. |all ladies interested in this work|the world, thereby reaping a rich |New. and you know, that nothing Bolton -- Kelly, Norton, Gee,|., Invitations had been sent to|are invited. It, is of vital im- reward for our labors, and as one|Pul the grace of God held that thin Henderson, Hawkins, "Cameron, | 300 of the veterans, their par- portance to the welfare of the writer has put it, "Take our place |/!N¢ against the Germans, "Not by Wallis, Robinson, Pilson, ents and wives, and these return-|farmers' movement that this/in the sun." Therefore too much | Might, but by the Spirit of God Ivy--T. Banting e, [.. Jonnett{®¢ men were representative of {Convention be well attended, praise cannot be given to you ila they "stand fast. Some of ss, Dyer p, W. Banting 3b and p,{S0M4 of the fighting battalions men that made these things them will not come back. 'Thirty. r . Sennett If, F. Banting rf, F. who played an important part in Field Crop Competition possible, 'our of your dear lads of Cooks~ of the parts of the Empire. Lennox 2b, M, Boyd th, H, Bant_|&ll the big shows on the Western] R. E. Mortimer, of Honeywood,| Had the Hun been victorious, |!own lie under the poppies over Baseball Tournament ing ef. (J. Hatton ran for Bant- | font. | . judged the Field Competition in all would have been changed. Law|there in Flanders' fields. Surely Arriving at 'the Agricultural! ing', The committees of'the churches| oats. The winners were:-- and order would have been 'rod we may commend them to God's ys Seoufs 6f Alliston and Cookstown, about 40 -- strong, were led by Seoutmaster Monk man and Nev. W. Creswick, Among the many decorated cars fhe "Peare™ car was most de- serving of special mention. It carried a hanner in front with the word "Peace" upon it, and contained 'a lady handsomely dressed to represent the Goddess of Peace. Another handsome : float carried a bevy of young ladies each representative of one » Boy y 8: i fl loving care and mercy, ppayi Park, the Raseball Tournament| Cookstown won by 42-6 from| Were a8 follows: 1st--J. L. Black, Stroud. ed into chaos, liberty and frei Sor erey, praying was commenced, and the keen in-| Alliston Seniors in the third| English Chureh--Mrs. w.| 2nd--Thos. G. Scythes, Thorn-|om would have been strangers ant Ehowing Bat in His grac- terest in this form of. sport in| ame of Class A. The crowd was|Oreswick, Miss' Sylva Coleman,|ton. in our Land, so to speak. But Hie teeethe ac will continue South Simeoe was evident from|thoroughly warmed up to the|Miss Margaret Thompson. 3rd---W. L. Russell, Midhurst. |@ won, thanks to the God of All nce aoe 'and meee in His the huge crowd that all afternoon|same hy this time and {Qe fans| Preshyterian -- Mrs. Henry| 4th--R. F. Carscadden, Edgar. Nations, for we verily' believe He rns ihe aa eer till they surged round the two diamonds|did their work with much zest,|Couse, Mrs. Gollop, Mrs. R. J.| 5th--R. N. Hickling, Vespra, {Was on our side, and not as Ger- © His everlasting King- where cath ere'| 'ne i i 6th--F, J. 'Frankom, Mi st{many would have the world be-/om. And to you who have come where the various games were/not forgetting Umpire Weir, of| McAfee. J. Frankom, Midhurs lieve when she placed on every |hack to the arms of loving father, played, Newmarket. when! they felt like] Methodist--Mrs, Al in-} 7th--A. A. Garvin, Midhurst. mt ' = H i 7 Eleven teams competed in allleriticising his judgment. Cooks-|son, Mes Teed - Soldier's equipment, "Gott Mitt poner ae or Phile., matmed #§ for prizes to the value of|town proved much the better| Cocper, ' " Bush Fires in Tiny Resemen wale Te amolls Bo | you, the army hebind the some " $265. team in this game, and towards Not Bush: fires have done a tre- | mer a »|who * ig In the first game of Class A|the last tallied several on inex- ota of the Day mendous amount of qaind, "abe Devil Urges Us On, | who had to remain at home, men, : damage fi . nv {for surely the crimes committed|¥es and women, too, the word [neeugnout ae ae of Tiny |. her men, and sanctioned by| Still comes through "stand fast." during the past month. In many | ihoir officers could only emanate|9ne can rejoice with you over competition, Hillsdale was snow-|onsable errors. The teams: The gate receipts of about $700 'ed under by Alliston, the score| Cookstown--O, Arnold c, A. ie ne the spent heing "umpty-umpty" to a sparse|Kidd 1b. A. Couse 2b, Coleman : Rg icc eenee Ot S have pa' ; three Tuns"for the Pilisaaettos. dh, Taylor ss, Jebb of, L. Arnold|£00d work in the ticket office. | Places and large tracts, of each [fom such an evil adviser. Tn loved ones safely home, because Ivy and Bolton fhet for: the|rf, Baker If, Hopper p. The motor car was legion in|tand have been destroyed to-/<Pite of all their evil power, Vic-Jone's own son came safely freorid game, and some Snterest-| Alliston--Rose If, "Evans 2b, |number. Some 125 were "parked| gether with fences and in some| OTF. i8 ours, and we face the| through, but to all of us for the ing ball was furnished the sper-|Gardner ¢, Lawrence 3b, Goyle|in the park," and fully as many|canes builds, future with the brightest hope | future welfare and the future up- . ators before Ivy finished with| ss, Green ib, Graham ef, Me-|Mmore were left in other parts of ee and belief that the Autocracy of}{ifting of this fair Canada of 42 runs to Bolton's 4. Hawkins,|Clnsky pf, Foran p. the town, E. A. Harris is building a new|Sermany has received its death|curs, the clarion call is "stand @ one-time spit-ball twirler who| 'Tottenham proved no match (Continued on page 9.) greenhouse 114 feet long. (Continued on Page /3) (Continued on page 2.)