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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
16
Mild cheese to Sept make fresh rolled oats six pounds Jewel shortening prints Fresh lard in prints Barrie Creamery Butter. Standard Corn two tins 25 Wise Baking Powder pound tins 23c Seeded Raisins 15 oz. pkg 24c 25c 19c 22c Potatoes per peck 16c.
The residence of Dr. Roy Tyrer in Hillsdale was wrecked by a Friday morning fire from an unknown cause. The brick house was reduced to walls with little salvageable contents. insurance fell short of half the loss. E. T. Tyrer traveled to Hillsdale to assist. Mrs. Roy Tyrer and the children reside with E. H. Tyrer family.
Stayner townspeople awoke to a double murder suicide event with Thomas Watson and his wife found dead in their home. A seven year old son and a two month old infant survived as physicians and police prepared for a coroner’s inquest amid motives and family strain whispered by friends.
Chas Scott of Sunnidale stood trial before Magistrate Compton Jeffs at Stayner on a sheep stealing charge. The dog dragging a sheepskin from an earth bank led to the case, but Mr. Scott was found not guilty. The skin matched a missing Shropshire ewe reported by John Black on Nov. 11. Crown prosecutor J R Cotter presented the case.
Barrie Oddfellows and Rebekah Lodges held a Masquerade Hop in the town hall on St Patrick’s night. A large crowd attended with about half in costume, many in green. Music by Henderson’s Orchestra of Toronto. Prizes awarded by Mayor Little for best and comic costumes, withjuvenile winners Miss Fraser and Miss Johnson.
The Barrie Examiner notes a new distributor appointed for Durant cars covering South and West Simcoe and portions of York Peel Dufferin and Grey with headquarters in Barrie. The article promises a detailed description on page five and mentions Sutcliffe's stock sale and local shopping nudges. It also carries a letter from Dr Robi S Milbee of Milwaukee urging a Barrie High School 1891 reunion and praising the teachers and alumni.
Dr D H Macdougall King brother of Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King and Mrs H M Lay of Barrie died in Denver Colorado after a long illness linked to tuberculosis and muscular atrophy. He served in the South African War and later wrote The Battle with Tuberculosis and How to Win It. He leaves a wife and two sons. burial will be private in Toronto.
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