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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
7
Readers are urged to send letters to soldiers via The Examiner and Saturday Morning. Postage is one cent to England and two cents to France. Extra copies are available from the office or bookstores at three cents each.
A wartime message from D. H. MacLaren describes 200 garments shipped to Secours National and funds raised for the French War Orphans and hospital supplies. He thanks Mrs. Guilfoyle and local groups, notes camp life at Bramshott in England, and extends holiday appreciation to Barrie Field Comforts Society and supporters.
Mrs. Stewart gratefully acknowledges gifts of 20 dollars and 66 pairs of socks from local institutes and clubs. 490 pairs were packed in a box sent on the 16th with the rest by mail. Groups aiding include Stroud Women's Institute Holly Girls' Sewing Circle Collegiate Institute Guthrie Girls' Sewing Circle and the L A A Allandale. Letters from trenches and 157th men show ongoing need for warm socks.
Letter from Lt-Col MacLaren 157th Bramshott Camp thanks Barrie Field Comforts Society for a £12 gift for cigarettes and sweets for men overseas. Officers plan a Christmas dinner and gifts for front line troops. socks distributed to Barrie and other battalions, with shortages noted.
Vancouver Island tours are praised as a premier motorist destination with Victoria as the entry point. Readers learn about the inner harbor, Parliament buildings, James Bay embankment, and the broad highway network linking Victoria to Alberni. Frederick Wagner describes the island as a paradise for motorists with hotels, hospitality, and dramatic coastal and mountainous scenery attracting visitors from across the region.
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