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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 24, 1924
Page
9
Neil Shaw longtime Angus resident dies at home on Monday July 21 leaving a wife four daughters and three sons. Many local residents are mentioned visiting relatives attending events and noting various area updates including accidents exams and picnics with several families named.
July events include visits by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stainton and Miss Jennet Stainton of Toronto to Harry Stainton, Miss Massie Horsburg arriving home from Toronto, and Mrs. Jno. Murray hosting guests. Eleven of thirteen Angus entrance candidates succeeded, applauding Miss Gilmore for tutoring twenty-one pupils.
Farmers busy haying around Angus Flats. Miss Edna Brown of Niagara Falls visits her Aunt Mrs. Wm Adams. Mrs J Cochran and Mrs H Turnbull visit Mrs James Davidson. Vera Davidson Susie and Annie Shaughnessy pass entrance exams. A group from the area spent July 12 in Orillia. Large crowd at Alex McKinnon farm stock sale.
Craighurst July notes report visits across Gravenhurst Toronto Rochester and Sudbury. A barn fire destroyed G C Caston’s outbuildings after a residence car and packing equipment burned. J H Robinson starts as Sterling Bank manager in Orangeville. Community social honors E H Brown with a gold watch and a local meeting with speeches.
Bond Head reports include K Cummings vacationing with his uncle in Hamilton and Mrs. Thos Lyons at the funeral of Wm Robb of Brussels. A Tecumseth Highth Line softball win over Bond Head locals occurred, Union Sunday School picnic faced rain delays, and Mrs Adam Bannerman died after a five day illness at Big Cedar Point. Burial was in the Presbyterian cemetery July 23 with Rev. Wm aig officiating.
Rev Shantz spoke on missions in the Mennonite church during a Sunday service. Several visitors and locals are mentioned visiting from nearby towns with trips to Bayville Muskoka and Toronto. A garden party at F Hawton featured a cool damp evening and commendable tea service. No local paper this week due to printer Jas Peattie’s vacation at the Beach.
The village greets visitors and friends with a sequence of callers. Mr and Mrs Thomas White of Orillia spent a day with Mrs James Hart. Miss Annie Brooks of Toronto visited her brother Willie. James McGill sold his farm to Thomas Atkinson and plans moving in December. Families from Hamilton Toronto Walkerville Prince Albert and others visited locally over recent days.
Residents report visitors from Aurora Toronto Fort William Belleville Barrie New Lowell Owen Sound and Ottawa. Local activities include a Ladies' Aid meeting an Anglican ice cream social and a softball win over a Midhurst Candles combined team.
July 21 notices show a service next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock in the Presbyterian church. Various locals including Mrs. Clark of Toronto and families from Barrie Thornton and Toronto visited church or friends recently. The Arnold and Jennett families feature in travel, health updates, and new business openings.
MINESING STATION July 22 Miss Vera McLean has returned home after spending a few days in Alliston. Mr and Mrs W Gostick and son Arthur are visiting friends here for a couple of weeks before going to the city where they intend making their home. Albert and Fred Teasdale of Barrie motored to the Beach on Sunday Mrs Joyce and children accompanying them. On Sunday three car loads from Allandale passed through here. Two passed another car and the third trying to pass got on the grass and over turned into the ditch on its side. Fortunately none of the occupants were injured but badly frightened and the car a bit damaged. Art McKee Jr of Camp Borden visited at his home over Sunday. Mrs T Pattenden visited her daughter Mrs Humphrey of Barrie one day this week. Mrs Frank Orchard and children of Toronto called at the home of M Orchard last week. G Tracy and W Gostick motored with a number of friends to Collingwood on Sunday.
Mrs Chas McCarthy Sr remains under a doctor's care but hopes remain for recovery. Mrs W Allan hosts visitors from Toronto and Saskatoon including Vera Sewell and Miss Marguerite Allan. Will Flannigan, Miss Fern Scott, and visits by Mr and Mrs Will Seymour are noted. The Ladies Aid plans a July 24 garden party at the Methodist church grounds. Hafing is the order of the day and crops are up to average after a late spring.
Guthrie notes list Miss G Bryson returning to the city after a vacation and Miss Phemie Lyall coming home from Ottawa and Toronto. Miss Martha Bartholomew spent a week at Geneva Park and Miss Maggie and Kate Graham holidayed in Guthrie. Mr and Mrs John M Gilchrist and son Stewart visited Collingwood. The girls club met July 18 at Mrs A G Muir with twenty one members, sharing singing a lunch and a talk by Laura Lyall on home nursing. A baking sale was planned for Shanty Bay. The next meeting will be at Miss Grace Campbell’s home.
Miss Zelma Murray visits Miss Quantz of Delhi. Evah Leigh visits relatives in Uxbridge. A Ladies' Aid garden party of United Church was a success. Mrs Fred Leigh and son and Susan Gallagher toured Toronto. The Forths, Mucklestons, and Stone family visit relatives. Beach trip to Wasaga Beach noted.
The St Andrew's Church women hosted a successful garden party at Wilson Miller's home on July 10 with performances by Wee Flora and Sandy McDonald from Hamilton, reader Wanda Bowman of Barrie, and musicians Geo Crawford Priddle and Allen Bell. Rev C Graham Jones chaired, and thanks were given to the Miller family for hosting.
Anten Mills July 21 locals report various visitors and relatives visiting residents here. Mrs Geo Lewis and son from Toronto stay with A H Wilson. Mrs P Samuto and three children from Toronto visit Mrs Thos Fleming. W J McLaughlin of Espanola visits at home. Mrs Black of Hamilton renews acquaintances. Ae M Coughlin visits Detroit. Mr and Mrs R W Dickey of Toronto spend holidays with relatives here.
July 21 entries report Jas Brunskill’s short stay in Cooksville. Miss Maud Ford of Grenfel vacationing with Aunt Mrs Tracey Seret and Mrs Wibberly’s Camp Borden family at Jas Griffin’s home. Mrs Hall of King City visits her father Wm Tiffin. Corps Geo Hobson of Camp Borden targets a Sunday visit.
An aunt of Mrs John W Davis the Democratic presidential hopeful’s wife told a reporter she would reveal anything she knew about Mr Davis but warned she would kill anyone who printed her picture.
Miss Lawson of Barrie and Miss Le Beath visit Mrs Wesley Caldwell while Mrs Jamieson returns from Vermont. Miss Lena Patterson stays with her aunt Mrs Geo Coutts of Bradford. The Gray sisters Estelle and Elsie of Barrie holiday with relatives here. Entrance results show 29 candidates, 19 passed, 8 of them students of Mr Best, one with honors. named passers include Ernest Ash, Helen Cockburn, Wallace Cockburn, Mary Ferguson, Netta Lees, Donald McLean, Harry Slesser, and Rena Thompson.
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