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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
12
Public auction to sell Lot 19, Second Concession, Oro Township Simcoe County for 100 acres, clay loam soil, house and barn, sale June 10 1922 at Barrie Inn. 10 percent down, balance in 30 days. Stewart and Stewart representors.
Walter Black left for his Ralph Sask home Monday after two weeks with friends here. Mac and Wm Andross of Toronto spent the weekend at their home. Miss Mary Cochrane motored from Toronto for the weekend. Margaret Fieldhouse of Toronto spent the weekend at her home. James Pierce Jr of MacTier visited. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Boyce were guests in Dalston Sunday. Mrs. John Finlay of Toronto visits Mrs. James Chegwin who is ill. Mrs. Harold Mandley returns to Toronto after three weeks with her parents. Roy McCracken of Craighurst visited. Mrs. Russell Handy has returned from Barrie hospital. Charles Williams of Toronto visits James Spence. Mrs. F Henry operated on in Barrie hospital and doing as well. F J Adams night operator at C P R station bought a new Ford. R Lytton H Spence and M Wattie motor to Toronto and elsewhere Tuesday.
June weekend visits include Dr F Davis and wife with baby in town plus Mr and Mrs Boyd Davis of Lakefield and Carrol Lennox family from Vancouver. A Thornton death closes with funeral at Presbyterian Church for Robert Keown Sr aged 76, mourned by wife and four children. Orange Order brethren and band members lead processional.
Neighbors and United Church friends gathered May 26 to bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Downey and their daughter Mrs Rev H Roe who are moving to Barrie. An address and chairs were presented in appreciation of their neighborhood and church work. Delegates joined from Allandale for a Sunday School convention with hospitality. Murray Ronald of Hensall visits. Louis White returns from Great Lakes sailing. John Chapman sustains a finger injury aboard. J Fleming of Oshawa visited. Reading ads is urged.
Notice under the Trustee Act requests all creditors of the estate of Joseph A. McMaster farmer of Essa Township Simcoe County who died about May 13 1922 to send their claims to the undersigned by June 17 1922. Executors will distribute assets to those entitled and will not be responsible for unclaimed claims. Donald Ross Executors Solicitor Barrie Ontario. Dated May 29 1922.
Executors of the estate of the late Noah Gilchrist offer for sale at Barrie Hotel on June 24 1922 at 1 pm parts of lots eight and nine south side Charlotte Street Barrie described in Jesse Tomlinson to Noah Gilchrist conveyance 16698 brick and cement cottage 10 percent down balance in 30 days reserve bid Solicitor Donald Ross details at sale Ontario May 29 1922.
Barrie Union Cemetery Board warns lot owners to pay overdue assessments from 1913 onward to avoid liens against lots. Unpaid 1913 1929 figures overdue. 1929 payments due by July 1. Rates are $2 per year for one lot and $1 for each additional lot. half-lot rates also listed. Endowment option offers perpetual care to eliminate further charges.
Weekend visits and homecomings feature Crown Hill sister visits Toronto guests from Mrs Melville Ford and Miss Lavina McWaters. Local events include the Bible Class meeting at Mrs Tyndale and an ice cream social after the Stroud versus Holly league baseball game to raise funds for the team.
June notes list J Foley of Toronto and families from Lefroy Barrie and Esso Station as guests at James Torpey’s home. Jas Pattenden returns to George Plowright, Florine Knapp heads to Port Stanton for summer. O McKee visits Tomlinson brothers. workers continue road work on the eighth line.
Mrs. W. J. Miller spends days in Egbert this week. Mrs. Clarence Arnold visited home over the weekend. Many Utopia residents attended Robert Keown's funeral at Ivy. Miss E. Maley visits sister Mrs. Sproule. Mrs. J. H. Bell traveled to Alliston. A large group from here attended Creemore sports on June 3.
The June schedule lists the Women’s Institute annual meeting in Orange Hall on Monday at 2.30 with Miss Ethel Chapman as afternoon speaker, and a district session at the Methodist Church on Saturday at 2.30. Sunday School anniversary services at the Methodist Church featured Rev. H. E. Wellwood and a $75 fundraising objective. A recital by Miss Winnifred Sharp and a performance by students at Orange Hall followed, with thanks extended to Mr. Blackmore and Mr. Arnold. Local society notes include church and ministerial happenings, banana joke at the Rectory, and upcoming Masonic and Sunday School activities.
Mrs Lawson of St Catharines visits sister Mrs Walker. Miss Tena Wendh travels to Markham. Miss Ethel Baker of Cookstown visits Miss Della Mayes. Mr and Mrs Angus Warnica of Stroud visit Scott Sharp. Robert Walker is reported very ill. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Will Rogers on the birth of a son.
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