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Page Two. __. THE BARRIE SAMA dT TTT Successful Men_ Always Saved They were: thrifty. They were shrewd enough to see that the habit of saving meant the strengthening of-- character. With the money saved they were able to take advantage of opportunities as they arose. Resolve today to open a Savings Account in this Bank. THE Bank of Nova Scotia * Pald-ep Capital - - # 700,000 JUBILEE YEAR OF ORO S. S. ASSOCN. | Interesting Details of Early Years--Thos. E. Ross Made Life Member. A large and) enthussastic convention in connection with the Sabbath Schools of Oro was held in Central Church on May 31, it being the jubilee of the orgamization and formation of the Oro § Assoris tion, In the year 187 R. Craw ford of Leis illumaon of Hawkestone, MeIntosh of Rugby, and many others waded upon the Rev das. Ferguson, the minister of Knox Church, with "the request that be call a meeting of -- the 8. officera and teachers ty cowuder the wdvisability of organizing a Sibbath School Association for the township. A meeting wus culled st Knox Church in February, +1870, when it wax unanimously resolved that an as sociation be formed, to be known ss the "Oro Subbath School Association."" and | § that the object should be "to hold con. ventions in the township for the purpose of awakening a deeper interest in S. 8. work, for -liffusing u better knowledge of the moat approved and efficient methods of conducting Sunday Schookk and devis ing means for Sunday School' extension jn the township." 'The following officers were appointed for the first convention, which was hel] in Bethssids Church, Ed gar, June 10, 1870--- Pres., Rev. J. G. Sanderson; Viee-Presicents, Rev. H, Har ris and Rev, W, A, Johnston; Secy.-Trens., Rey. Jas. Ferguson; Committee, Mesix, J. Btecle, J, Williamson, R. Crawford D. A G MACLELLAN M | Ferguson, Wm. Melntosh, G. Locke, Jon [Johnstone and D. Carmichuel. Two sesions were held from 1.30 to 4.30, and from 6 to 8. The program of this fiat convention ss outlined by |committee was fully carried out as fol- lows: The address of welcome was given by the president, the pastor of the church. Then followed "Discussion on the Quali- fication of Sabbath School Teachers," led hy Rev, Dr. Gray of Orillis. A lesson on Biblical Geography was given by Mr. For- rester. The use of the blackboard in 8.8. teaching was introduced by Dr. Gray and many present took part. '*Temperance in the Sabbath School,"" by Dr. Mark of Orillia, "How shall we retain the older scholare in the "ed by Rev. Dr Mungro Fraser, Barrie. The time allotted to each speaker was ten minutes in intro: ducing his subject and five minutes to each «ubsequent speaker in the discussion, Offering was taken up for the work of the Awnciation Lunch was «erved by the Tidiee of Betbwuida Church between the sessions, i The following year the convention met in Knox Church. A vel large audience sembled and the program was 4 lengthy fe and miuch appreciated by the Associa in. Mr. Forrester led this meeting on "The Gad Coming from Conventions" -- us breaking down the walls of sectarianism and promoting s spirit of unity amongst christian workere--a better understanding of the work by the interchange of ideas and methods employed in the schools re: presented by these workers. Temperarce wan kept prominent before all the conventions and we find "Bands of Hope" snd temperance pledges intro: duced in many of the schools as seen from the reports submitted, Ministers were ex: pected to preach on temperance on certain Sabbaths during the year and 60 create @ sentiment for temperance in the home. PROCLAMATION WHEREAS a resolution was passed by the Municipal Council of the Town of Barrie on May 17th, 1920, in- structing the Mayor to proclaim Tuesday, June 22nd, 1920, a Public Holiday, now, therefore, in compliance with said resolution I hereby proclaim Tuesday, June 22, 1920 A Public Holiday and do call upon ail citizens of the Town of Barrie to observe the above-named day as such,'for the purpose of joining in a Civic Celebration to give a united and hearty welcome to Simcoe County's Veterans of the Great War and to the Old Girls and Boys of the Town. itizens are respectfully requested to co-operate * All ci with: the Committee having charge of the Celebration by suitably decorating their homes and places of busi- ness in honor of visitors coming into the Town. Dated at Barrie, June 10th, R. J. SPROTT, Mayor 1920. GOD SAVE THE KING 'BANK OF BARRIE, June 2nd, 1920. TAXES FOR 1920 TOWN OF BARRIE The first instalment of taxes is due and payable at the on or before "e+ . JUNE 25th - Discount of One per cent. on amount of second instal. ment allowed if taxes are paid in full on or before above date. Avoid rush by not waiting till the last day. TORONTO A. W. SMITH, Tv Ly OBITUARY EEE BBEESEEE Death of Mrs. J. Ne Hobley's Father 'The death occurred on Friday, June 4, after a few hours' illness, of Matthew Deans, president of M. & M. A. Deans Sprucedale, in his 85th year. te Mr. Deans was of Scotch descent, being born Glasgow, and came to Crnada st an age with his parenta, who settlleon a farm near Paris, Ont. He- became one of Ontario's pioucer lun. bermen, having started his first mill ty-three years ago at Dublin, Ont wens for a number of years 'located wich and also at Waverley, Sprucedale bout thirty-five years ago. He was of a kind and genial dispositio an active member of the Presbyteri: Church, 8 Liberal in politics, and a mem. ber of 'the Masonic Order. His first wife predeceased him in 1914. He married again and in survived by his widow. two sons, M. Allan of Orillia and James D. of Sprucedale. and two daugh: tera, Mrs. (Rev.) W. J. Stewart of Re- gina and Mre, John N. Hobley of Barrie. Interment took place at Paris, Ont. Judge Vance Bereaved On Sunday Judge Vance was called to Millbrook owing to the illness of bis fa- ther, William Vance, postmaster there for Bifty' years. Mr. Vance passed away Mon- day after a brief illness, aged 80 years. He was one of the prominent residents of Millbrook. He studied in the old Normal School in Toronto in 1866 under Dr. Sem. ple, and taught school for a few years. He also was a grocer in Millbrook for some time. He and his late brother. Rob- ert, were prominent in Agricultural Society and Farmers' Institute interests. He was also a leader among the laymeg of the Church of England. 'He is survived by bis wife, two sons. Judge Vance of Barrie and J, Arthur Vance |of Winnipeg, Western agent of the Wilson- aol Lytle Vinegar Company, and four daugh- ters, Mrs. A. T. Elliott of Fort Erie, Mre Colling, wife of the Inspector of Public |Schools of North Hastings, and Mimex Al- lie and Lottie, at home. 'The funeral took place on Wedneday [to St. John's Cemetery, Cavan, |ebureh and community The good work done st these conventions in the earlier | | years of the Sabbath School work wus evidently the reason why the Township af Oro became "bone dry" some ten years ago. The seed sowing had its effect. | "At the recent convention Rev. N. Camp: bell gave a niost intereating report of the yrowth and development of the work dur. ing ull these years --the introducing of some of the recent methods in the prose- cuting of the work aa outlined by the best exnert mien of the church. More re cently Missions was nisde ao live question and it was found at this year's convention that all the Sabbath Schools that report ed had contributed for Missions during the past year. While no one of the schools had reoched the standard of efficiency, yet some of them atood very high snd it may be that m another year thin coveted |standard shall be reached by some of the schools, A long list of the namex of thoxe smoe ated with the work of the Sabbath School was read--sbout 200 names--showing that the Suhbath School had the sympathy and support of the best men in the congre gutions, and while the noble band of tex chera und officers have not their names 'on these records, yet we know it is due to their faithfulness to duty that we owe the success of the Sabbath Schools and very lurgely the accessions to the member ship) of the churches, The following with many othera, have been most prominent in the work of those earlier years snd up to a few years sgo: Hon, Chas, Drury, JR. Crawford, J. Williamson, Wm. Melo tosh, J, Steele, Jas, Roberiwon, Jas. Ross. Jas. Ball, Wm. Horne, Richard Anderson, Wm. Mitchell (who was the efficient sec: retary for many years), Geo, Tudhope, R. Mercalf, Chas. Hickling, 8. Pearsall. 0. M. Doane, H. F. Jory' John Hardie. J. W. Brow oung, R. Y. Williams T. H. MeMaton, Geo. Anderson (who was president at the 25th anniverwary beld in Central Church', Geo. Caston. Wm. Crox: all, Thor, Hart, Wm. McNabb. These are but a few of the representative men who were slways found in the Sabbath Schools of their time, Many of these have gone away from us, but the influence of their life and work goes on. The ministers could always be depended on at convention tinre--not only the min- isters in the township but those from Bar- rie and Orillia. The names of Canon Green, Dr. Gray and Dr. Grant and that of H.' Cooke are found on the records for many years, From Barrie, Dr. Fraser, Dr. McLeod and the ministers of the other churches, all took part, and to their ripe echolarship and their wise and godly lead- ership was due in a large messure the pro- Btable time enjoyed by the large numbers who attended. There was no break in these conventions for fifty years. The minutes have been carefully preserved and the secretaries have kept neat and sccur- ate accounts of the meetings. The 'addresees at the 1920 convention were given by Rev. Mr. Knighton of Ed- gar, Capt. McGillivray of Orillis, who brought greetings from his school and town to the convention, and the Rev. W. P. Fletcher of the Ontario 8. 8, Associa- tion, One of the pleasing features of the meeting was a report of the Teen-Age Clubs formed weccee ie the ae a rad Dorothy Campbell, given a2 Mies Catherine ge Binet of Guth, tie and that of Central by Mine HL Wall 'Teen- Boys' Clubs. The shot 'of Central Church furnished the music and oe four selections which y the Iadjen of the Bap- sof the Bae se \ . EXAMINER OE Thursday, June. 17, 1920 DEVLIN & MURCHISON Great Clearing Sale of Men's and Young Men' s Suits PRICES ON ALL SUITS REDUCED These are Suits that have been good sellers at their regular prices. The size range has become broken and is the reason of the reduced prices. "For Men are two- and three-button semi and conservative models with regular pockets. The materials in these Suits are fine Tweeds and Worsteds. For the young men we have the belted model, the waistline, the two-button double-breasted, and the two- button form-fitting sack. Some madels have slash pockets and some patch poc- kets, but all are made from good materials and are linéd throughout with good lin- ings. They are made in a factory where only*first-class clothing is made. Shades to be chosen from--Navy Blue, Greys, and Browns. Navy Blue Serge, very fine twill, made in the waistline, 2-button form-fitting or 3-button conservative sack. Were_priced at $38.00. ..... Sale Price $34.75 Young Men's Dark Tweed Suits, made in the belted model, with patch Hockels sizes 34 and 35 only. Were $22.50. . Sale Price $17.50 Young Men's Dark Grey Homespiin 2-piece Suits, made inthe waistline model or the Norfolk model, sizes 35 to 39. Were $35.00. Sale Price $30.00 Young Men's Brown Tweed Suits, made in 2-button form-fitting style, 2-piece only, sizes 36 to 40. Were $35.00s «os os ames os os Prices $28.00 and $30.00 Young Men's Waistline or Belted Mode! 3-piece Suits, some have slash pockets, some patch pockets, trous- ers with cuff. Were $35.00. .... Sale Price $29.75 Young Men's Waistline Suits, made from the highest grade of Worsted Cloth and trimmed with the best of linings, sizes 36 to 40. Were sold at $40.00. I . Sale Price $34.75 A few only odd Suits s left over from last season and the season hefore. - Sale Prices $15.00 to $25.00 Devlin & Murchison 'VENETIAN MOON' (Now being featured by all orchestras) This new Fox Trot with the xylophone carrying 2 most pleasi ielod; 2 most pleasing melody in perfect ehythm, resultein nn Rowe of Washington Square" also a Fox Trot is on the opposite side and both are played by the famous Van Eps' Trio. "Hie Mastes's Voice" Record 216147 Popular "His Master's Voice" Dance Numbers: Karavan--For Trot Coleman's Orchestra ' a My Cuban Dream--For Tro! Coleman's Orchestra Woon My Baby Sees At Me--Ghe-siep Hens 14-BS--Ooe Billy Marray's Nilody Bes foes Trot Tumbie ls~One-Step Hants Sochaes} anes y* (Ob N--Fox Trot ily Memar's Maley Mes augue, Mystery--Fox Trot Allon 10-inch double-sided $1.00 } 216080 Don't fail to hear them at Any "His Master's Voice" dealers Mensfoctared by 4 ill '| i iI a vet | ~ | | | | { | n t 0