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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
4
Steaitway Ward updates list residents moving to Innisfil St Thornbury Edmonton and Lindsay plus visits to Toronto Hamilton Buffalo London Orillia Stouffville Bracebridge and Syracuse. Notable moves include Allan Brunton completing pharmacy studies and Wallace Craighead relocating with work on the Midland Lindsay line.
The Barrie Planing Mill on the corner of Sophia and Mary Streets advertises sash doors frames flooring ceilings mouldings water troughs tanks and more. It stocks rough and dressed lumber BC shingles and prepared roofing and offers wood turning kiln drying and prompt dressing. Contact THOS ROGERS at office 163 or residence 359.
Local ads note Maple Leaf paints and Fla glaze praised as top products from W. A. Lowe & Son.
Flour reduced by $1.00 per barrel at Fisher's Mill, the tenth day brings total drop of $1.80. Mr. Fisher aims to keep flour and feed affordable while quality and output rise, urging new customers to try his product.
E. T. McConkey paid 100.70 to Wm. Cartheart of Innisfil for a three year old sow weighing 720 pounds. Cartheart recalled paying less for a good team of horses in days past as he recounted the transaction to The Examiner.
Thornton May 29 report from the Methodist Church notes visits by Rev F J Dunlop Rev R H Somerville and J W Henry in Toronto. Local visitors include Mrs John Patterson and Miss Rose Ayerst. Children’s Day and Sunday School events honor Mr Richard Power who has led the Thornton Sunday School for thirty three years.
Stroud notes report Miss Maym? Mathers of Toronto spent over Sunday with cousin Miss Rowena Black. Toronto visitors Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Latimer and daughter Leona spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Latimer. Laura Wright visited Lefroy friends. Alvin Webb was seriously wounded recently. Toronto residents Mr. and Mrs. H. McDonald spent over Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. Rogers. Green of Dundalk attended Mrs. Montgomery's funeral. Margaret Barclay spent over the weekend with her parents. Margaret J. McConkey returned home after three months with sister Mrs. R. M. Ness in Barrie. EK. T. McConkey and family motored to Orillia last Sunday. James Eddington family motored from Toronto to spend over Sunday with niece Mrs. Gibbons.
J Shepard paid 15.75 dollars per cwt for the hog car he shipped yesterday.
Orillia’s Reeve Duncan McNabb died at his home 270 Moffatt Street on Monday morning May 21 after a pneumonia illness. Born in Islay Scotland he came to Canada at age ten and moved to Orillia thirty five years ago. He previously served as deputy Reeve in 1894 and led the town’s market committee with steadfast service.
An elderly wartime column suggests a practical kitchen tip from the home front. It advises pressing butter through a potato ricer as the first step to creaming it, promising time savings and a smooth result. The item blends domestic guidance with wartime everyday life.
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