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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
1
West Nicomen Dyking District debentures offered at 5 percent yield with 20 year term. Details and fall particulars available on application. Hunter and Boorman, financial agents, 107308 Rogers Big Vandours, Christmas Sunday December 18.
A collage of small ads offers steamship tickets at The Examiner office, notices of lost items including money, a Pearl ring, a nine month old dog named Dot, and a two year old red and white steer. Also included are strays and rewards, a country store to let near Barrie, and a seven room brick house for sale on Elizabeth Street with modern conveniences in Barrie.
Situations vacant notice advertises an energetic real estate salesman position by WELLER SECURITIES CORPORATION at 47 Beott St Toronto Ontario. Also promotes a new brick seven room house on Toronto St near Rows Street with features including pressed brick fireplace oak floors sliding doors pantry attic and completion by end of March. Apply to W. D. MIN NIKIN builder and owner Elizabeth St Phone 431.
For sale to wind up Stewart McCracoken estate three farms in Esea township totaling about 100 acres with buildings and about 180 acres bush. Sold en bloc or separately to satisfy purchasers. For particulars apply to Mrs James Stewart Angus P.O. or Creswicke & Co Barristers Barrie Ont 43-52.
A new brick house on Mary Street offering ten rooms and a fine reception hall. Features include plastered sun room, two brick fireplaces, extensive storage spaces, oak floors, three piece bath, toilet and sink in basement, wired for electric, hot air heat, verandah and balcony to be completed by New Year. Apply to builder owner W D Minnikin Elizabeth Street Barrie.
Thomas Gray died at home of his daughter Mrs Clutton in Barrie in his 76th year after a year of declining health. He trained as a carpenter under Alexander Graham and later ran a substantial contracting business. Survived by his son and daughter Ald. W. J. Gray and Mrs Clutton. mourned by friends and neighbors.
A bustling column lists Christmas shoppers in Barrie with J Johnson Jeweller and Walter Urry offering traps and hunting supplies. Moore Armstrongs stocks holiday goods as J H Bennett issues election cards. A Baptist church Christmas event is planned for December 22 with toys and hockey skates touted for gifts. A school note mentions teaching next Friday, while Frank Dillott dies after surgery. Barrie Milling Co promotes flour savings and a business scholarship offer from Barrie Business College.
Weyburn officials last week heard from Postmaster Harry McGowan who urged the town council to approve new postal arrangements. He said the changes would please longtime residents and improve service, emphasizing benefits to the local community.
Personal notes recount visits by C HL Robertson and Gordon D Comant of Oshawa to H B Myers, Miss May Sanders of New York visiting Miss Martha Hunter, and a brief farewell to Miss Tate amid choir festivities at St Andrew's Church. The late Mrs Grasett, long Simcoe resident, remembered for faith and service, left a large family.
Farmers and Acticultura are invited to a meeting at the Dominion Grange Hall on Friday December 19 at 8 PM to discuss co operation between Eastern and Western Canada with addresses from Canadian Council of Agriculture and Grain Growers Grain Company of the West. An elocutionary contest will follow at Allandale Presbyterian Church with several young participants and notable speakers.
Small surplus shown, though statement shows slight deficit. Alderman Tyrer absent as 1913 council met. engineer fees and sewer costs listed, Bradford Street, Agricultural Park culvert, and local improvements discussed. Town records, expenditures, and a surplus of 302.79 noted. council notes streets work and pending election remarks.
At Monday night’s Town Council meeting the Board of Works reported strong activity across sewer, plumbing, and building departments. Building permits reached 170,635 dollars, up 78,073 from last year, with several sewer projects underway including Frances Street and Ross and Wellington Street sewers facing costly conditions. Plumbing permits valued at 28,296 dollars, up 171.52 from 1912. Dunlop and Brewer work expected to finish this week. Local Option meeting planned for Thursday evening at the Opera House with speakers from Orillia and Newmarket.
Town Council and municipal officials, plus Press guests, dined at the Iroquois restaurant for an informal gathering hosted by Mayor Cowan. The toast focused on Our Municipal Institutions and the town’s veterans, with praise for long service and careful administration.
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