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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
12
In Barrie on May 31 a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carpenter. In Barrie on June 2 a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Dodd. In Eccles Street Hilton on June 4 a son to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill. In Allandale on June 4 a son to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill. In Barrie on June 7 a son to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Riderr.
Notices report deaths in Oro and Barrie areas with ages and burial info. Annie Eliza Gilchrist 51 years 9 months, Janie Hodges 34, Thomas Albert Partridge 56, Carolina Vrooman 65, with Strathroy interment listed.
Gladys M Bacon daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Bacon wed Frank Butterfield second son of Mr and Mrs Wm Butterfield of Orillia formerly of Barrie in a ceremony conducted by Rev A F McKenzie in Toronto on May 16 1917.
Robert Tricker and family express gratitude to friends for kindness and sympathy shown during their recent bereavement.
Annie Eliza Caldwell born. wife of Duncan Gilchrist who died five years ago. After a prolonged illness she died June 1 in her 52nd year. Survived by five daughters. Deepest sympathy offered to the family.
W A Lowe and Son offer Maple Leaf paints and Fla glaze touted as best on the market.
Dr Thomas J Henry of Detroit visited his father Thomas Henry. Elmvale residents Simpson and Currie and Mrs. Sharpe from Hamilton were guests of Thornton friends. A quiet wedding joined Jennie Culbert and Wesley N Brooks at the Parsonage. Memorial services, Bible Society talks, and a China missionary address filled June events. The Temperance Hall program featured Miss Standen and a May bale summary announced sewing circle needs for June.
June 6 telegram notes sympathy for Mrs. Thos Partridge and family after Mr Partridge's death. W Partridge of Barrie visits locally. Mrs Wice improves yet remains bedbound with rheumatism. Methodist League plans an ice cream social June 20. Wm Rinehart's young daughter broke an elbow on the way home from school.
June reports include Mrs Fleming visiting Col lingwood with daughter Mrs Alfred Thompson and the Shaw and Elliott families visiting Elmgrove friends. Mr Bruce shows slow improvement. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Dutton on a son and to Mr and Mrs Wilfred Brolley on a daughter. Mrs Lennox of Ivy visits Egbert. Spring sale notice from W A Lowe and Son Elizabeth Street.
Thomas Albert Partridge died suddenly from a heart paralysis at his sister’s home 106 Mulcaster Street on Friday June 1. He was born November 20 1860 and lived in Oro before retiring to Barrie area. Survived by wife Ettie Bertram, one son, two daughters, four brothers Joseph Warton and Charles of Barrie John B. of Regina, two sisters Mrs Lang Powassan and Frances M Barrie. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm with services at home and graveside at Dalston conducted by Revs H Moore Carr and Stevenson. Floral tributes noted.
May was marked by cool spells and short warm intervals. Temperatures ranged 74 highest and 30 lowest with a mean of 47, down 5 degrees from average. Rainfall 1.78 inches below two thirds of average. snow covered ground on May 2 and 3 totaling 1 inch, with flurries through May 24.
The seven months old son of Mr and Mrs Ed Cavanagh was operated on last week for intestinal obstruction. The operation was serious but the child passed through successfully and is recovering well.
Local residents are listed with appearances and travels including visits to Millbrook Oshawa Toronto Kingston and Sturgeon Falls. The piece notes engagements pregnancies graduations and a knighthood for Sir John Aird while detailing community visits by Sergt Vair and other residents.
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