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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 24, 1924
Page
15
July 26 garden party at Big Cedar Point Club House with 3 PM start. Admission 50 cents, children 25 cents, 80 cents. Local notices report visits, illness, examinations and summer cottage activity across Lefroy and surrounding towns with multiple residents and visitors named.
July reports show KNOCK and Miss Ruby Hamilton staying with uncle Isaac Allen while families from Toronto visit S. H. Reynolds and J. Walt's. Several locals and visitors from Toronto, Collingwood and Peoria spend Sundays and weekends at homes of Walt, Connell, Reynolds, Bowman, and others, with multiple family trips and calls noted.
Miss Mabel and Master Harry Walker visit their uncle John Walker while Miss Clara Luck recovers in Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie. Central Sunday School held a July 15 picnic in Oro Station with ideal weather and strong donations. The town's strawberry festival on town hall grounds drew high praise with performances by Wee Sandy and Flora MacDonald. Rev Jones chaired. nearby ministers aided with remarks. The WMS met July 9 at Mrs Alex Currie with 18 present. August meeting at Mrs H Fletcher’s. The Study Book topic was The Island Beautiful and Mark was read for an engaging session. A social hour followed with an informal lunch.
Midhurst notes list visits by Mr and Mrs Harvey Spence and family to Stayner and other locals. Toronto residents, Barrie guests, and Mimico Beach travelers are noted. A garden party at Craighurst is announced for July 31 on Rectory grounds.
Local notes report a well attended Union Sunday School picnic held in Orillia last Thursday. Congratulations go to Hilda Beardsall and Gladys Shaughnessy on passing entrance exams. Farmers are haying and crops look good. Several residents and visitors are mentioned including Birdie Healey, Miss Jones, Fred Carson, Ed Garrett, Mrs Bligh, and Dr Gallagher en route to Vancouver for a dental convention. The Ladies Aid plans a meeting at Mrs James McLean’s home.
Dr and Mrs Scott visited Lake Simcoe friends on Sunday. Irene Bird of Omemee visits Mrs F Leeson. Gertie Cooper spent Sunday at Lake Simcoe. McClelland of Toronto visited Geo Neilly. Jno McKay Stayner spent weekend with F Evans. Barrie visitors with Mrs Campbell. Eldon Neilly and sister Alzada toured Muskoka lakes. Multiple families holidaying with locals. A quiet wedding July 22: Mrs Jnc Bateman married Robt McDonald. Women’s Institute picnicked at Killarney Beach. Cookstown exam results list top honors and passes for centre entrants. St Johns garden party praised for crowds and refreshments.
Miss Hill of Orillia visits Jas Hills and many Toronto visitors tour Wasaga Beach and Elmvale. Local accidents, bank appointment, church schedules, and haying plus Wasaga Woodland Balmy Orr Lake tourism boost Elmvale merchants as summer crowds rise. Miss Lylia Hill earns ATCM honors after Toronto Conservatory exam success.
Miss Lowie Ellicott of Tor onto visits at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Cunningham of Toronto spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cunningham. Ivy junior ball team tied Baxter juniors 4 to 4 at the school picnic. Mrs. Grennis of Toronto visits daughter Mrs. W. Elliott. Burns Church choir sang Sunday evening in the church here. Mrs. Stubbington of Toronto visits her mother Mrs. J. Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McKnight Sr. returned home after a week with their sons in Toronto.
Friday evening August 1 offers a program featuring James Fox humorist Mamie G Mason L McConkey and others with duets mandolin Highland fling dance and a six piece Gilheeney orchestra. Concert runs 8 to 10 pm followed by dancing 10 to 12 pm admission 50 cents concert and dance 15 cents for pupils cloakroom parking refreshment booth and ventilation noted.
Local column lists Miss Mary Spencer visiting friends in Beeton and Miss Ethel Matthews vacationing at Miss Mary Paton of Hamilton. Many residents from Barrie and surrounding areas are visiting relatives in Thornton and nearby communities. A poultry culling demonstration is set for July 31 at Neville Jamieson’s, with invitations extended to all interested.
Mr and Mrs Barker and daughter Violet of Barrie visited Frank Robinson's for a few days. Grace Nelson of Cookstown visits aunt J Nelson for a week. Marjory Reid Lillian Broley Mina Constable pass entrance exams. Olive Hunter of Candles visits cousin Tena Irving. Mary Pollock stays in Cookstown. Second annual garden party of the Big Cedar Association at their Club House Big Cedar.
A doctor questions the maid about Miss Bluebelle’s doze amid visits, asking if she took siesta, powders, or pills. The maid admits confusion over Latin terms while the doctor presses for details of her rest and treatment.
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