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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1924
Page
13
April 22 report notes seeding beginning at City Dairy Farm while townsfolk host visitors for Easter. Local teachers depart for homes, Gospels meetings draw strong turnout, and church groups hold fundraisers and social events. Several residents return from Toronto and other towns for the holiday.
A busy Easter weekend brings numerous visits and countryside trips. Residents from Orillia Toronto Barrie and Lebanon join families in Hawkesstone for holidays and weddings while staff and students return home from school duties. Walker Joslin departs for Midland to begin his steamer wheelsman role for the season.
Burdette Long of Toronto visits family for Easter as do Miss Ella Coughlin Miss Lor etta Marley Harold Ryther Francis Stone and Thos Coughlin. A baseball club is organized in K C Hall with plans for a league including Saurin Hillsdale Minesing Phelpston and possibly Elmvale. A social and dance fundraiser will follow.
Montreal merchant Mr E Bouthillier reports Dreco restored his appetite and digestion after overseas service. He credits the herbal tonic with weight gain and quick recovery, noting it contains no mercury or habit forming drugs. Dreco is distributed in Barrie and Allandale by Patterson's Drug Stores.
Among Easter visitors were Mrs Hurst of Clarksburg Mr and Mrs Galbraith and children of Orillia Miss Bessie Lauder and Miss Mary Cassidy of Toronto. Edward Kerridge injured while sawing wood and in Orillia Memorial Hospital for treatment. Earnhardts back home after winter with daughters in Alliston. Kissick in Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie hopes for recovery. Ernest Fenn home from England to visit grandmother Mrs Barnhardat. Mary McLean visited Dalston. Wm Shellswell of Craighurst visited daughter Mrs Geo Patterson. Women’s Institute met at Mrs Jos Cockburn’s for April with plans for summer sewing and events. Current Events by Mrs Geo Kissick. Mrs Whittaker invited Institute to annual business meeting Wed May 14 at 2. Robt Thompson improving after illness. Onwego Club’s last Edgar meeting April 16 with debate on wealth and crime. affirmative won. Next meeting at Alvin and Mrs Taylor’s home Weenesday April 23.
Miss Walker of No 15 Orillia hosts Easter holiday visitors including Howard Beath Birdie Healey Percy Healy Goldie Healy Frank Hunter and Mrs Roy Hurst and children. Edward Kerridge suffered a buzz saw accident last Thursday the belt struck his right eye and doctors removed it. he is improving at Orillia Hospital.
The advertisement argues Chevrolet is the most economical transport, cheaper per car mile and overall than rail, train, or trolley. It cites owners’ surveys claiming 30 miles per gallon of gas and over 1300 miles per gallon of oil, and promotes GMAC deferred payments and a Superior Chevrolet offer.
Ice on the lake clears signaling spring. Torontonian visitors include Mr. Miller the Harrisses and others. Miss Whan stays in Toronto while Mrs. Whan visits Queensville. The Baptist church thanks A Kirkpatrick for Easter lilies. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chappel on the birth of a son.
Lorne Culham spent Easter holidays at home. Jessie Parks of Collingwood visited cousin Mamie McNabb. Mary Dixon visited over Sunday. Mrs A Maw visited Barrie Ed Elliott of Bowmanville visited his brother Stephen. Ann MacArthur visited Port Elgin. Melvin Fralick hired with Albert Dixon for summer. Jno Sinclair and girls stayed with Albert Dixon family. Herbert Maw home from Orillia Collegiate for Easter. Harry Giffen family drove to Orangeville for weekend visit. Dance at George Beeton's last Friday was a success. Ruby Martin on sick list.
All wish her a speedy recovery. Miss Martin remains in Collingwood hospital awaiting an appendicitis operation. Mrs Ken Giffen spent Easter at home. Miss Lillian Earley visited Beeton during Eastertide. Wm McNabb spent the weekend with friends in Elmvale. Archie McNabb visiting here. Some Edenvale Flats fishermen had operations interrupted by a game warden. Zeeman Rupert of Barrie visiting son Roy and his father. Mrs R H Miles is on the sick list.
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