Christmas Travel and Train Woes in Barrie District
Christmas travel swelled Barrie Division traffic as extra trains ferried passengers and mail. A Toronto bound express carried a heavy liquor load from Montreal amid delays caused by insufficient rolling stock. A collision near Holland River left one auto wrecked after a crossing incident with Train No 43 under conductor Flanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ation
Toronto
Montreal
Ontario
Charles Archer
Stratford
Bradford
Flanders
Barrie
Family Christmas Visitors and Local Obituary Highlight Isle
Toronto visitor Miss Irene Moran and siblings Pauline Bernard F Corrigan from Guelph and others spent Christmas here with local friends. Pte J Friel trains in Toronto. Dr Jas Ryther of Cleveland and Dr W J Loftus of St Catharines join holiday gatherings. John Shanahan, longtime blacksmith and farmer, dies at 70 leaving a wife and nine children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Moran
Toronto
Leo
Pauline Bernard
F. Corrigan
Guelph
Eileen Hayes
Chicago
Pte
J. Friel
Pres
Loftus and
Kelly
Anastasia
Iranaius Hayes
Cobalt
W. J. Loftus
St. Catherines
Jas. Ryther
Cleveland
Amanda
Margery Ryther
John Shanahan
Shanahan
Medonte
Mount St. Louis
Flos
Phelpston
Thomas
John
Ligouria
Gerald and
Jerome
Board endorses new power agreement with rate reductions
Opinion lauds temporary classrooms for college courses and a proposed power deal. It explains that provincial ownership of the Big Chute plant could lower rates for Barrie by five to fifteen percent, with municipalities sharing profits and thirty years to full ownership, while addressing concerns about guarantees and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Commission
Simcoe Power Co
Provincial Commission
Hydro
Barrie
H. P
H.P
Funeral details for local residents noted
A funeral service for Mrs. A Toner and Misses Ellie and Lillie, of Fergusonvale and Phelpston, was held on Saturday December 23 with pallbearers consisting of four sons and two sons-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Coughlin
Phelpston
A. Toner
Fergusonvale
Ellie
Lillie
McCann Couple Lead Meeting Proceeds Total $24.80
Mr and Mrs H McCann with Rev J A Leece presiding. The event raised twenty four dollars eighty cents in receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. McCann
J. A. Leece
Christmas Donations and Community Notes in Utopia
Utopia reports continued Red Cross gifts with seven dollars from the Fifth Line and seventeen dollars twenty five cents from Auxiliary donations for two months since reorganization. Christmas visits are noted for several residents and a successful Methodist Church Xmas Tree Entertainment highlighted by schoolchildren and teachers Miss Gugins and Miss Bell. Local supporters from Guelph and Beeton also helped with program contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
W. Dempster
W. Dempster, Jr
Barrie
D. J. Miller
Lefroy
C. Dobson
R. Ross
Pte
E. Gugins
Beeton
L. McLean
Ivy
B. Miller
T. Jones
Oshawa
W. Jones
W. Bell
EB. Gugins
H. Harris
Guelph
Sheridan
E. Ellis
Local Holiday Notes From Midhurst Slack in Open Shop Dates
Miss Lizzie Monteith and Grace Philpott visit relatives in Midhurst and Allaniston and Gasport with grandchildren and grandparents. The blacksmith shop will be open only on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday in January and February. The Town Hall tea and concert Dec 20 drew large crowds and nearly 37 dollars. John B. Gill dies in Barrie on Christmas morning. interment set for Dec 27. Several residents spent Christmas with friends in Edgar and Barrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Monteith
Ralph, Sask
Cecil Cameron
Alliston
A. Cochrane
Grace Philpott
Gasport
N.Y
G. Frankland
Albert Pearsall
Oro Station
Perry Gill
Toronto
8. Gill
John B. Gill
Barrie
Jno. Finlay
Midhurst
P. Doran
Miss Alice
Edgar
J. Orok
Holiday Visitors and Sleigh Ride Plans
Miss Roberta Lawrance of Toronto spent the holidays at home. Mrs. Markle hosts Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hughes, with Miss Zora Scott from Toronto also visiting. Lieut Guthrie and Capt Russell Bell visited the family. Miss Myra Cain is home for the holidays. The Methodist and Presbyterian Sabbath Schools plan a sleigh ride to Creemore on Wednesday with a supper afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Lawrence
Toronto
Margaret
Joan Carter
Manitoulin Island
Robt. Carter
J. K. Hughes
Markle
Zora Scott
Lieut. Guthrie
Capt
Russell Bell
Pifer, Sr
Brantford
F. E. Henderson
Leslie
Myra Cain
Methodist
Presbyterian
Creemore
Neil MacNiven Seeks Deputy Reeveship in Oro Township
The nominee Neil MacNiven declares candidacy for the Deputy Reeveship of Oro Township for 1917 asking for votes and influence in a concise political notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oro Township
Neil Macniven
Barrie Markets Grain and Farm Goods Prices Listed
Market sheet shows a range of prices for wheat buckwheat oats rye and barley with several crops and livestock items. Notable figures include flour Ontario nine seventy five to ten dollars, Manitoba flour ten twenty-five, bran per ton thirty two, shorts per ton thirty six, and various animal products from hides to wool priced across cents per pound or per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayao Sicien Eieuphesore
Ontario
Manitoba
Holiday visits brighten Anten Mills area
ANTEN MILLS December 27. Mr and Mrs Gece Peacock spent the holiday with friends in Barrie. W Craighead and Master D Arcy Craighead of Midland spent the week end at Thomas Coffey s. W McLaughlin of Sturgeon Falls and Pte Harold McLaughlin of the 177th Bn spent Xmas at home. Miss Mae Coughlin of Haileybury is home on a visit. The Binnie and Dickie families and Porter Scott of Toronto spent the holiday with relatives. Miss Clara Carson of Toronto came home for the week end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gece. Peacock
Barrie
W. Craighead
D’arcy Craighead
Midland
Porter Scott
Toronto
Clara Carson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marguerite Clayton
Bryant Washburn
Helen Gibson
Helen
Caffredy
Rose Melville
Sis Hopkins
Enoch Arden
Florence LaBadie
Ennyson
Frisco
The
Allandale
Irailway Ward
Frank McGuirk
Clarence Bothwell
Walter Patterson
Merrill & Hubbard
Board of Education
Craig
R.J. Sprott
H. G. Robertson
New
Lowell
Barrie Markets
Anten Mills
Albert J
Sarjeant
Albert E. Stapleton
Rogers
Ward IV
Albert E. Lennox
Wim. Adamson
Wm. Lang
Minard
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