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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 25, 1923
Page
8
Mission at Trinity Church October 24 to 28 led by Rev Dyson Hague rector of Church of the Epiphany Toronto. Evening services include Bible study and sermons, with Holy Communion Sunday morning and evening prayers. Schedule lists times for October 24 8 p m 25 26 4 p m 27 4 p m 28 8 30 a m 11 a m 7 p m.
Mr Gilree returns home from the West and Mrs Shaw of Tottenham visits relatives in Beeton. The Methodist Sunday School program is set for next week. The Thornton Home Makers Club meets Oct 30 in St Jude's Sunday School room. A silver jubilee brings visitors from Toronto Alliston Cookstown Stroud and Barrie.
Allandale residents and visitors are described in brief items. Poey C Alberteon, Mrs McNiven, and Mrs Scanlon visit Toronto. depot master Humphrey resumes duty. engineers depart for Gravenhurst. church groups plan events. winter weather and a snow delay near Cochrane noted. a touring car overturn near Allandale causes no injuries.
The message calls on workers to join or renew subscriptions next week as business remains slow. It notes no local Y representative will attend the International Transportation Conference in St Louis from November 15 to 18, with Ontario allotted five delegates.
The Diocesan Mission with St George’s Anglican Church Allandale began with opening services at St Paul’s Innisfil on Tuesday at 8 pm. Holy Communion was held at 8:30 am Wednesday and Thursday. evening mission services followed at St George’s at 8 pm. The Lord Bishop of the Diocese leads. the mission continues Friday with special Sunday services including a 7 pm sermon.
Work this week on a new brick vestry at St George s Anglican Church cost about 800 dollars. The structure matches the church interior and connects via a doorway. W Rusk oversaw the project which includes hardwood floors, modern amenities, and will provide extra choir accommodation.
Barrie representatives Geo Goring Arthur Jay Ernest Warde and Ben Baer returned from the A.Y.P.A. convention in London held October 18 to 21. The conference stressed leadership in youth work with speakers including F Bowden Rev Captain J F Turper and Bernard Snell. Welcome addresses were given at Cronyn Hall with honors from Very Rev L H Tucker and the London mayor.
The Allandale Methodist church marked its fifty year history with sermons by Rev. Mr. Wilson and Rev. S. M. Beach. Highlights included a bank offering surpassing the $850 target, baptisms, anniversary tea, and retrospectives on the church’s growth from its 1873 founding and 1895 rebuilt edifice.
Toronto observers note the 21 year history of the A.Y.P. A. organized in London. This year the group gathered in a coming of age convention marked by a banquet Friday evening at the YMCA.
The death occurred October 18 of three year old Harry Hussey a ward of the Children’s Aid Society. Funeral October 19 from Minnikin’s funeral parlors with Rev. E T Douglas officiating. Burial in Barrie cemetery. J W Lainson of Allandale died October 20 in Toronto aged 72. A brick manufacturer born in England, he was active Methodist choir leader at Scarlet Plains Church. widow and 9 children survive him.
A partial listing identifies several reverends including Jos Young J W Church hill John Bedford A J Paul J S Humphrey Mr Starr C W Reynolds A E Owen and S M Beach. The names appear among a larger church leadership section.
Farmer Andrew Nichols of Mill Road four miles north of Barrie died at home on October 22 after a period of poor health. Funeral from the family residence on October 24 with the Union church Minesing pastor officiating. He is survived by his widow and one daughter.
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