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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
1
Barrie Music Store promotes Heintzman & Co pianos noting over 60 years of expertise and Canadian-made supremacy. Four pianos from the Barrie showroom, including a Baby Grand and Upright Grand, are showcased for Professor Fletcher’s chorus concert at the Grand Opera House on June 10 with Miss Francesca Heinrichs to perform.
Montrose Warm plans and a large Barn foundation outline town sessions and a Toronto trip. Observers report a boxing of community events from concerts and weddings to church picnics and a Congregational Strawberry Festival. Police cases touch liquor interdiction and a ship trial trip to Owen Sound.
Congregants of St Andrew's Church host a social to honor Rev Dr McLeod on his twenty fifth year as pastor. Local nurse graduates Mary Patten Smith and McCuagh from Barrie receive awards at Toronto General Hospital. Marriages and visits from Barrie and Calgary figures noted, with Cranberry Litle and Forsyth wedding in Calgary and Cambridge news of David Little and son visiting from Boston area.
A lengthy note urges a yearly break from work for rest and recreation. Big Bay Point gains appeal with the Peninsula Park Hotel reopen under Toronto management after renovations including a stone foundation and rebuilt verandahs. The 65 room hotel will feature an expert chef and a wharf under construction with daily yacht trips linking Port Shanty Bay and Barrie. (Continued on Page Bi)
At Monday night’s Town Council meeting the by law to close privy pits was voted down after debate. The council approved a 15 horsepower electric motor for the stone crusher and discussed sewer and drainage improvements on Wellington and High streets. Finance reports were read. one claim for sheep killed was rejected. tenders for a cement culvert and park fencing were approved, and a public meeting schedule set for Ward 6.
The County Court session led by Judges Ardagh and Wilmer included a grand jury addressing criminal cases such as theft of horse and wagon, robbing a man, and damages claims. Naturalisation of Moses Spring noted. rail extension and regional growth discussed. Town artesian wells at John Street reach 670 gallons per minute combined, with a total 346,000 gallons pumped Tuesday.
A noted Canadian pianist Franc Heinrich, renowned in North America and Europe, is slated to play at the Festival Chorus concert at the Opera House on Tuesday June 2. Prime soprano Mia Leonore Kennedy will sing four pieces, including an operatic aria, thrilling audiences with English songs and classic numbers. The report also notes a potential dispute over sewer costs in Clapperton Street after the 1890 flood, with property owners asked to contribute under Local Improvements Act, and possible council action to recover costs. A Dominion Day celebration is planned in Barrie with industrial committee talks on advertising the town to manufacturers and up to 100 dollars set aside for advertising. The clerk may request the minister relocate the Central Prison to Strathallan property, and the Board of Works will consider a law to install a cement curb along front boulevards in the tax plan.
An old classified style notice from Barrie Music Store lists Ay F Garrett as proprietor and promotes butter eggs cream and cream for butter making. It mentions delivery at oceamery or local stations and invites readers to write for particulars with a date range 28-46 and signed BRYA THOMAS.
Entries for the Horticultural and Town Improvement Society lawn contest must be submitted by June 15 to Secretary J A MacLaren. There is no entry fee beyond the one dollar membership in the society.
In Allandale on June 4 a son was born to Mr. and Mrs Ba Stephenson. In Calgary at the Presbyterian Church by Rev J A Clark Gwendolen Rogerson of Barrie Ont to Archibald R Forsyth of Killam Alberta son of Mr and Mrs John Forsyth Barrie Ont. Died Burgess in Barrie on May 1 aged 91. Jacob Moses Hall aged 75 years death noted in Thnissily on Stine 8.
The Gipsy Hawking mission at the Baptist Church draws large morning and evening audiences. Evening services were impressive with many awaiting the after service. a vast afternoon gathering appealed for an earnest appeal. Meetings continue through the week at eight nightly, with Wednesday and holiday sessions for youth. Saturday hosts an open air service, and Sunday will be the mission’s final day with a concluding address at the Y.M.C.A. Hall.
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