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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
5
News from Cookstown and nearby areas includes visits by Toronto residents, weddings in Toronto, and church events. Local notices mention illness, funerals, a women's missionary meeting, a Crusade Tea, and school fair prize winners at Ivy School.
In Aurora and Cookstown, two weddings are reported. Miss Muriel Georg ia Bruce wed Donald Milton MacGregor at the Methodist Church with family ties and regional service noted. A later Duff East ceremony united Ellen Muriel East and Dr John Henry Duff, with details of attire and attendants.
Oct 3 report notes Tona McCracken's recovery at home after hospital care. Alf White and Miss Fagan wed Sept 28 in Toronto, honeymooning in Michigan. Elmvale Fair attendance noted. Craighurst gains residents Nelles. Mrs Lindsay of Los Angeles buried beside Rev John Lindsay. Sterling Bank manager A H Walker visits, praises local branch. Craighurst public school gears for Fair Day in Oro Town Hall amid rain. Zelma Johnston and Sidney Cox wed Sept 28 in Anglican Church. couple to England for their wedding trip.
Mr and Mrs Ivan Grose motored to a on Saturday and returned Monday bringing home Miss Annie Jacks. Mrs Fields and child of Niagara spent days with sister Mrs Ross Sheldon. Miss Sadie Smith visiting at John Sturgeon near Coulson Hill. Mrs Lila Crowe rented furnished house in Barrie for winter. Mrs C P McLennan spent weekend at Lakefield with daughter Rev T L White. White inducted pastor of Lakefield Baptist Church by Peterboro Association. examination tests praised. Newmarket Fair attendees listed. Donald Crawford fell from a tree and broke an arm. South morning train now due 20 minutes later. A Canning and B Morris building additions. G James building a garage. Miss Minnie Woods returned to Dalston after month with brother Fred. Mr and Mrs C Keyes visited mother Mrs D McCullough. John Coulter and wife returned to city after summer here.
Mr and Mrs Holmes of Toronto visited their son by car. Miss Rose Smith of The Glen Mitchell Square visits sister Mrs L Currie. Mr and Mrs R Kearns of Orillia with friends called on relatives. Rev G H Knighton assists in induction in Toronto. Walter Thompson pioneers tractor use in area. Miss Mary Ellen Jeffries and Joseph Aubrey Bertram wed at St Peter's Cobourg with Canon F J Sawers officiating. Groom to reside in Toronto. The Bertram family link to Oro is noted.
Mrs Alf Martin returns from Toronto visits. Blythe McConkey of Toronto stays with his parents. Miss McKinley of Toronto visits her sister Mrs A W Green. Miss Margaret J McConkey in Orillia with Chester McConkey. Mrs F Clark and family return to Toronto after visiting Miss Maud Clark and J Clark. Mrs Elizabeth Ness and Wilda visit before returning to Toronto. Mrs Thos Mullen of Bellewort visits her mother. Mrs Bert McConkey of Allandale visits sister Mrs Geo Neely. Mrs Banting of Ivy visits nephew W Lennox Black.
Miss Frankie Bowles of Bradford visited Mrs. Cyrus Smith this week while Chas Medcraft was in the city last week. Bethesda hosted School Fair attendees from Stroud and celebrated Bethesda Methodist Church anniversary services on Oct 2 led by Rev E T Douglas. Churchill Presbyterian Church choir provided music. Miss Gertie Cooper and Miss Chantler of Cookstown visited Mrs G Smith. Irving Nelson attended Elmvale Fair.
The Business College held a successful wiener and marshmallow roast last Wednesday with over eighty attendees. Miss Gordon resumes duties. many new and returning students began Monday. several attended Elm Vale Fair. Howard Beath starts at GTR offices in Allandale. Mr Stevenson lectured on modern business methods to students.
Miss Annie Patterson of Edgar was the winner of the two first prizes given for the best loaf of homemade bread at Oro Fair.
Oct 3 reports Mr and Mrs W Jones of Barrie visiting Mr and Mrs D Davidson and local turnout at the Conservative convention in Stayner and the UFO on Saturday. Mrs T McKinnon is in critical condition. Stella Desjardine, in Orillia hospital with diphtheria, improving. E B Howard dies after a year teaching here and serving as Sunday School superintendent. Remains go to Lynden for burial. Mrs Howard receives community sympathy.
Last Friday a severe wind and rain storm blew doors from barns and uprooted trees nearing a tornado. Union Church anniversary is set for October 30. The bachelors supper and local fairs attract townsfolk while Miss Lily Middleton returns home. Colds and la grippe are common as potato diggers pick a poorer yield than 1920.
Mr Davis of Barrie will take over the long vacant blacksmith shop once run by Mr Andrews who retired years ago. Neighbors note the move fills a local need as the building has been unused for years.
Notice states articles were stolen from Chas. G. Bowyer’s property in Vespra. Court trespassers will be severely dealt with. Rev Fr Heydon, transferred to Fairbank parish Toronto, was greeted with a purse and parishioners’ address before leaving.
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