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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
8
A vintage Moore's advertisement extols Oxford and low shoe styles for summer. It highlights ladies and men's footwear including white canvas oxfords, sea island duck bluchers, patent cultivors, Gibson ties, and various leather and canvas options with special prices ranging from $1.25 to $4.00.
Rail schedule fragment lists daily No. 50 to Toronto at 4.05 am and No. 44 mixed to Allandale at 9.35 am, plus No. 66 and 64 to Toronto with 1.1 pm and 5.2 pm departures. Northbound No. 6d to North Bay at 2 am and No. 49 to North Bay at 4.55 am, with additional trains to Collingwood Penetang Muskoka and Parry Sound and various local endpoints.
Visitors Saturday afternoon and evening June 23 may view a vast exhibit of horses and ponies at Cole Brothers United Shows in Barrie. The display features Normans, Arabians, jumpers, Kentucky thwart, Shetlands, ponies, and other high grade stock with uniformed attendants ensuring safety. The Presbyterian General Assembly voted in favor of church union.
Town Council met in the mayor's absence with Alderman Watt presiding. Absentees included Aldermen Garden Stephens and Cowan. Communications from Ratepayers urged sidewalk repairs on Market north east side and accused police of laxity enforcing town by-laws. Citizens complained of tearing up the Mary Street walk and sought a hospital crossing and new east side Ross Street walk. The B C L Board sought $500 levy for salaries. Reports noted finances and bids, plus street repairs using 1906 debenture funds. Councillors debated private walks, church crossings, and tree removals, with motions on cement crossings, board of works actions, and use of planked walks. Meeting adjourned at 9:30.
Council met June 15 with full attendance. A residents petition on statute labor was read. Reeve and Clerk to push By law No 464 confirmation. County-Township to share gravel pit costs. Grants approved for road and railing work and ditch-dog repairs not to exceed 40. C.P.R. notified of dangerous road. Claims approved for school and side lines work totaling 131.25. Adjourned to July 10 at 10 a.m.
The Court met June 15 by adjournment with all members present. Minutes were read and confirmed. Appeals from the last meeting were considered and reduced assessments listed for Ball, Sneath, Harris, Smith, Fieldhouse, Sutton, Leadlay, Harrison, Bell, Potter and Son, Dunn, Ed Gregg, Graftam, Cook, Sheard, Wood, and Carson. The session closed with the assessment roll proceeding to the Court of Revision for passage and fur close.
Funeral rites for Rev J Pitt Lewis, late rector of Grace Church, Toronto, were held Saturday afternoon with the remains in state before interment at St James Cemetery. Bishop Sweatman and clergy led a solemn service as crowds filled the draped church, with mourners including brothers David and TL Lewis and nephew O L Lewis.
There is strong demand for the illustrated examiner. Copies have been mailed to Canada the United States England Ireland Scotland Germany South Africa and Australia. People use this method to inform distant friends how the town is progressing with ready mailings priced at ten cents each.
A quiet June wedding occurred at West Lawn residence of the Edwardses with Ruby Adelle Edwards marrying Sutherland Steele of Toronto. Rev Dr McLeod officiated. bride wore a white silk dress with tulle veil. a pearl and diamond ring as the groom’s gift. Bridesmaid Edythe Edythe wore white habitus silk with pink carnations. Groomsman Dr Orok. guests limited to relatives and close friends. The couple departed for Muskoka by noon, receiving gifts including a sterling tea set and a silver soup tureen from the International Harvester Co staff. Another ceremony saw Bertha A. Dickey wed Phos O’Rourke at the bride’s Bayfield Street home. Nettie Dickey bridesmaid. Gifts included a pearl crescent brooch, a gold bracelet, and a silver cake dish. The couple plan a trip to Poronitay and Buffalo and will reside at 7 Sophia Street. A shorter wedding at Trinity Church Rectory joined John Lambie and Mrs Barrie Herbert of Barrie, officiated by Rev Dan Reiner. bride wore cream satin with Valenciennes lace and a white picture hat, carrying white roses.
On Tuesday June 13 at the residence of Mr and Mrs M Wooding in Guelph, their daughter Alice married Walter Fisher. Rev F C Keam performed the ceremony at 3 pm. The bride wore a blue basket cloth suit and white trimmed hat. The couple planned a wedding trip to Ottawa after the ceremony.
A hone wedding at the bride s parents home MacKenzie Street Galt unites Miss Margaret George Torrance daughter of Mr and Mrs Talbot Warren Torrance with Mr William Morgan Reeves Fleming of Byng Inlet in the drawing room chapel setting. Relatives from Toronto Chicago Detroit Buffalo Ann Arbor Bayfield Allandale Woodstock Collingwood and others attend a floral altar ceremony with the bride aided by Miss Louise Campbell. Guests toast the couple and view wedding gifts before departure.
The couple plans to reside in Byng Inlet after a honeymoon. The bride led the first nursing graduates at Royal Victoria Hospital and has since practiced in town and nearby communities, building a steady professional record since her diploma.
FE Wallach, long affiliated with Sizela as a "honan ostrich," underwent surgery at City Hospital, Minnéavoliy last week. Surgeons removed fifty nails, several glass pieces, and five items from his stomach. doctors expect a full recovery.
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