Debenture bylaw approvals widen sewer funding plan
Barrie council at a special meeting passed fourteen by laws for debenture borrowings to fund sewer construction in the local improvement program totaling 16 000 over 15 years at 5 percent interest. Consolidated into one by law the expenditures cover streets including Charlotte Mary Holgate Maple Mulcaster Sophia Owen North Eccles Perry Essa Thompson Sanford Florence and Charles streets. Polling sites and clerks were set for the New Year municipal election and a nomination meeting is scheduled for December 22. Mayor Holden denies accusations of county funded gravel payments and defends his record citing county road work overseer support.
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Barrie
Charlotte St
Mary St
Holgate St
Maple Ave
Mulcaster and
Sophia
Owen and North Sts
Eccles and Perry Sts
Essa St
Thompson St
Sanford St
Florence St
Charles St
Henry Foreman
Collingwood
Holden
Cooper
Barrie Kiwanis Club Plans January Ladies Night
Dr Hincks discusses early child assessment and character building as a national effort to place youths in suitable vocations. Officers for 1923 are re elected, with a Ladies Night luncheon replacing noon meal and a musical program to boost club spirit. Banting and Simpson guest as the warden lauds the Barrie Club.
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Hincks
Barrie
Alec. MacLaren
George
Mission Circle Bazaar Nets 140 For Church Fund
The Mission Circle of Collier St Methodist Church held a successful bazaar in Sunday School rooms on Saturday afternoon. Decorated with Christmas symbols chrysanthemums red and green ribbons and red berries the sale offered homemade candy fancy work and various items. Tea service by young circle members under Miss Gussie Caldwell Miss Love and Mrs Russell. An orchestra of BCI students provided music. Proceeds totaled 140.
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Collier St. Methodist Church
Gussie Caldwell
Love
Russell
B.C.I
Central Methodist Bazaar Nets Over 160 Dollars
The Ladies Aid of Central Methodist Church held a Friday bazaar in the Sunday School rooms. Shoppers bought homemade baking candy and fancy work while a tea service operated in the afternoon. The event netted over 160 dollars.
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Central Methodist Bazaar
Central Methodist Church
Promotion Exams Planned for January at Public Schools
The Board of Education met briefly at Victoria School. It proposed promotion examinations at end of January for all classes to junior third and for seniors who failed June exams. Also discussed were maps for Barrie schools and concerns about boilers at Victoria and Allandale schools. High School grants were listed for Simcoe County schools with Collingwood pending improvements.
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Board of Education
Victoria School
Geo. Dawson
Stittsville
O’connell Map Co
Barrie
Jas. Lavery
Victoria
Allandale
Department of Education
Simcoe
Orillias
Collingwood
Archie McLean Buys Perry Street House from Ernest Thompson
Archie McLean of Thornton has purchased the house on Perry Street that was formerly owned by Ernest Thompson. The transfer swaps ownership and secures McLean as the new resident of the Perry Street property.
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Archie McLean
Thornton
Perry St
Ernest Thompson
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Mission Circle
Prince of Wales
Miss Train
King Edward School
King George School
Hinds. Bros
Pure Food Grocery
Elizabeth St
Collier St. Methhodist Church
Lee
Devlin
McCall Magazine
Ary Serge
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