Mrs Beatty of Toronto Reports on French War Relief Efforts
Mrs Beatty of Toronto spoke in Barrie about her July trip to France to study civilian conditions and the Secours National drive. She urged local support, noted large refugee needs, and praised Canadian volunteers and American aid, highlighting Verdun shortages and Paris hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatty
Toronto
Barrie
France
New
Carnegie Library
The
Secours National
D. M. Stewart
Lille
Lloyd George
Lady McKenzie
the Secours National
King St. West
Union Bank
S. N
Ontario
Germany
Switzerland
Paris
Verdun
Seine
Over recruitment blamed in Fergus Ayr districts
The speaker says some districts are over recruited with too many enlistments at Fergus and Ayr. Wealthy farmers valued at $30,000 or more threatened to withhold farm work without adequate labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus and
Ayr
Water and Light Commission Approves New 1000 GPM Pump
The Water and Light Commission awarded a contract for an electrically driven DeLaval Turbine Pump with 1000 gallons per minute capacity to be installed at the water works. It will be placed south of existing pumps without hindering their operation and should pay for itself in two to three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone
Elizabeth St
Bruce
J. A. Brown
Montreal
Barrie
Central Energy Service
Central
Itate
Collingwood
Thompson Real Estate Deals Include Barrie Properties
W. C. Thompson recently sold a Bradford Street house to Grand Trunk employee Wm. Goddard and a Blake Street house to Barrie resident W. J. McIntyre. He also sold McIntyre's house and two acres on Penetang Street in Barrie.
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W. C. Thompson
Bradford St
Wm. Goddard
Grand Trunk
Blake St
W. J. McIntyre
Barrie
Mr. Thompson
Penetang Street
Proceeds Total Eighty Dollars From Concert Gifts
Field Comforts contributes ten dollars to the concert proceeds increasing the total to one hundred sixty dollars. An anonymous donor sent two dollars to Mrs. Stewart stating the admission fee was too small.
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Stewart
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Shorncliffe
Sergt
Roy Kerfoot
England
Scotland
Roy Houston
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Eddie Arrol
Queen’s
Roy
London
Clyde Shearn
Shorncliffe Station
Haymarket
Union Jack Club
Victoria League Club
Folkestone
Kingsway
Windermere
Duke St
Annex
Madame Tussaud & Sons Waxworks
Shoe and Leather Journal
W.B. Hamilton Shoe Co
Childs & Hamilton
W. B. Hamilton, Son & Co
W. B. Hamilton Shoe Co., Limited
W. A. Griffiths
Ont
Canada
W. B. Hamilton Shoe Co
W. D. Griffiths, Jr
John Griffiths
W. D. Griffiths
Mrs. Pankhurst
Sylvia
Prince of Wales
Napoleon
King Street East
Kleinburg
Meaford
Orillia
Penetang
Midland
Mmany
Owen Sound
E Porter
Water & Light Commission
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