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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
7
A nostalgic verse recalling "old times in the country" with rustic scenes of trains, violets, neighbors knitting, whippoorwill calls, and the music of a sweetheart's words. The speaker cherishes country life as the best memory shared by family and friends.
The Barrie District Convention of the W M S of the Methodist church met at Coldwater on November 30 with Mrs F L Brown presiding. Fifty ladies from Auxiliaries Circles and Bands reported on a productive year and papers on Building for the Future Our Duty to the Stranger and Our Spiritual Equipment for Missionary Work were read. Canada’s share in the Worlds Tasks pageant by Orillia was well received and officers for the coming year were elected. An invitation to hold the next Convention in Orillia was accepted.
Antique bracelets and gar nets gain favor as women adopt new accessories and colored laces in green brown blue and peach. Belgian teachers arrive in New York to study child hygiene and education. Eleven Englishwomen join 12 total to practise law on equal terms with men. The National Hairdressers Association shifts stance on bobbed hair urging puffed styles for women over twenty, while observers note the paradox of youth perception.
Miss Phoebe Elizabeth Hardy wed Frank Harris Chappell of Toronto on Wednesday December 6 at the bride’s home Kil arney Beach Lefroy. Rev J B Stevenson officiated. Attendants included Maudie Atkinson and Madeline Gibbons. The couple departed for Toronto after a reception and will reside there.
The Executive Board of the C. A. Shelter thanks supporters for December gifts as winter raises giving and a baby in need awaits placement. Numerous groups and individuals donate items from pies and sandwiches to bread, milk, fruit, vegetables, quilts, dresses, and clothing.
A brief market notice lists bakery items and produce including baked cakes pies chicken and batch sells. Names mentioned include Mrs Robins Mrs Devlin Mr Shaw and F D Cancilla with quantities such as 24 dozen bananas and candles priced at $1. W J Justice serves as Secretary.
A meeting in Orillia discussed the Community Nurse's work led by Mrs. Robson and Miss Owen with praise from Miss Seeler for school health gains. Infant death rates declined from 108 in 1917 to 55 by late 1922, with births rising in recent years. Leaders urged continuation, noting humanitarian and economic value of the nurse program. The report also references a separate value note on U.S. salvation assets and liabilities.
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