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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
1
The Women's Auxiliary of RVH hosts a sale featuring work by members, candies and ice cream on Tuesday December 10 from 8 to 10 pm at Town Hall. A High Tea runs 5:30 to 7:30 pm priced at 25c with music and speeches afterward. Entry to the hall is 10 cents.
Executors of the late Wm Robinson offer a Sunnidale Townshi farm two miles from Stayner for sale. The 234 acre property features 174 acres in cultivation with wells and a spring, two dwelling houses, barns, and outbuildings. 4 acres of orchard, good fencing, and proximity to schools churches and a market. For terms inquire Thomas Bur Stayner, administrator.
The local page notes a band will play at the rink tonight the Brace of Patridges show canceled due to illness. It promotes Xmas perfumes at Woods drug store and lists varied items from island notices to charity drives and an upcoming Christmas event at Town Hall with a 25 cent high tea to aid the Hospital.
Town Council debated renewing Barrie Gas Co franchise and granting exclusive gas rights, while ward-system debate and bylaw on elections were postponed. Fire hall, sewer, and public grants featured, with medical and civic matters, including a suggested trained engineer to operate the fire engine and a $100 grant to the Centre Simcoe Agricultural Society deferred for interview.
At a meeting of the Curling Club Mr Grasett presented a handsome cup for annual single rink competition. Feral members thanked the club. cup visible in H G Robertson's window. Grasett and McNiven named tankard skips. LeRo and Coffey to solicit subscriptions for a bonspiel. Club to rent rink on last year’s terms if roof is repaired and join the Northern League. Tea blends offered at 25c 35c 45c and 5c. Hosley Bros.
Seven Markham Checker Club representatives played a return match with the home team at the Public Library starting 6 p m and ending 2 a m the score showing a very even contest. A supper was served at the American Hotel and speeches followed by Mr Fleming Canada’s veteran checker player spoke at length on games and future matches. Miss Alice Grose and Mr Jac Dyment wed at St George Church Owen Sound with reception at Comely House and a C P R express departure for New York. gifts included silver pieces and special Xmas photos at Keenan’s studio.
Kr G C Caston surveys Barrie Winter Fair potential, outlining export readiness of Barrie poultry for British markets. He details fattening methods, dry plucking, and crating with formalin, noting 5 lb dressed birds fetch 15 to 17 cents per lb and that Rocks and Wyandottes lead demand. The piece urges support from Agricultural Society and Farmers Institute to build a first rate fat stock show.
Mrs Jessie Elder visits Hensall friends while Henry Sewrey departs on a Newfoundland business trip. Miss Webb returns from Toronto as others tour Ottawa and Victoria. Kingston’s E Newton Jory visits kin, while Mrs J Churchill heads to Victoria to visit a daughter. Various relatives head to Toronto Port Dover Great Falls and beyond. local medical moves and a soprano performance close the week with praise.
The Collier Street Methodist church held a Thanksgiving Night event drawing hundreds to a school-room supper and a church concert by noted artists. Yorks hire Tom W Carter of Toronto wowed crowds with encores while Arthur Blight and Mazel Kingham impressed with vocal solos. The evening benefited from strong committee work and featured a lively program. 1000 dressed hogs wanted for November and December by Brown and Co, Barrie.
A. B. Culloden was found dead in a lane leading to his northwest town house. He had been missing days, likely died from exposure after a weak spell. Coroner ruled no inquest. He was a former real estate and insurance man with no local relatives. a Toronto niece, Mrs. Cecil Smith, is noted.
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