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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
1
Applications for Barric Town at 1008 seek regulatory approvals and permit actions. Local authorities announce initial intake, required documents, and deadlines for submissions and hearings. Community stakeholders are urged to review criteria and engage during the public notice period.
The Ontario Tankard matches the Slo here Jan 23 and private sale of household furniture mark a busy period. Bargains in carpets at Park's and new goods clearance at Sarjeant & King's follow Irwin's retirement sale. Local socials include the R V Hospital auxiliary parlor event and a lecture by Rev McGonigle. New operations and hospital cases feature Miss Alice White and James McVeigh, with shipping of cattle and produce, plus a hockey exhibition by Orillia players.
In the High Court of Justice an auction is planned at Simcoe for a farm with a frame house 76x20 and a wood-shed. It details terms and a related property near Hebrasry with a kitchen area mentioned. The description is fragmentary but indicates sale of real estate and adjacent structures.
Local society notices list visits by Frances Scott to Peterborough, Miss Bradburn in Peterboro with the Spry family, Mrs. Sidsworth from Vancouver arriving yesterday, and many others visiting relatives in Collingwood Meaford Oshawa and Penetanguishene. Ontario officials appoint new K Os and Church leaders visit Inity church. District L Q O L officers elected with Horafield as W.M. and related posts.
Mount Clemens Michigan promotes its mineral waters as a year round health resort. Testimonies claim high cure rates for rheumatism and related ailments with 75 percent of rheumatics cured and 90 percent benefited. J D McDonald of Toronto offers a descriptive booklet. The Barria Horticultural and Town Improvement Society held its annual meeting in Police Court Chambers. Officers elected for 1908 include President J H Bennett and Vice Presidents Geo Vickers and J M Bothwell. Financial report praised. two flower shows planned.
Frank Veigh presented his travel talk The Canada of Today at Association Hall under YMCA auspices drawing a full audience. He traced routes from Ontario to the West and Rockies with Alpine Club Canada imagery, highlighting mountain climbing dangers and scenic allure.
Local council debated various items including a dead birch removal, a plan to connect Trent Valley Canal with Georgian Bay via Notta River, and awaiting survey results from Kempenfeldt to Georgian Bay. Council discussed licenses, park improvements, sewer plans for Wards 5 and 6, and proposed salary and enforcement changes.
The Ora Agricultural Society held its annual meeting on January 20 with a large turnout. The year’s business was satisfactory and the balance on hand stood at $95.11. George Ross was elected President with DT as first vice president and Seores as second vice president.
Two obituaries detail deaths in the area. Mrs Joseph Rolland of Sophia Street died after a lingering illness, aged about 80, leaving a husband and no children, with burial in Orillia. Diana Kester, born Diana White in Pickering Township, died at her son-in-law Edward Williams’s home in Owen Street at age 80, with funeral at Union Cemetery conducted by Dr. Ockley. she leaves two daughters and two sons.
An untimely death occurred on Saturday at the residence on Bradford Street. Lydia Hinds Kearns, in her 88th year, had suffered a long illness finally succumbing to bronchitis and heart failure after a month of sickness. A lifelong Barrie resident, she was active in the Catholic Church. She married James Kearns eleven years ago and leaves four young children. She was daughter of Edward and Lydia Hinds. Funeral services were at St Mary’s Church with burial at the Catholic Cemetery, Dean Egan and Rev Finnegan officiating.
John Lynn died Thursday from a complication. He was born in 1834 at Holland Landing to English parents and lived in Churchill, Caurchill, and Toronto before settling in this town in September. Survived by wife Catherine Tyrer, five children, two brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held at Ebenezer and Bradford with Rev. J F Ockley and Rev. Scott presiding.
The Fios and Vespra Plowmen Association held its second annual meeting at Crossland on January 16. After general business, officers were elected: President A. Hickling, Vice President B. Anderson, Secretary-Treasurer E. Allsopp. Regular business and reports concluded the session.
The Gravenhurst Banner reports Rev Harold G King is appointed to the Be Pale So parish, as it builds an arch and funds the rectory at 1200 dollars. It notes his successful era since Easter 1908 and his popularity, while detailing a fire aftermath and a local business owner defending his reputation amid legal threats.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Himter Bros and Phe Cloutign with unclear context. No clear event or names for a fuller summary.
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