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Event Date : Thursday, August 12, 1948
Event Type : Birth

Description : A daughter to Mr and Mrs G.A. Geddes of Barrie at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie.

Event Date : Thursday, November 03, 1949
Event Type : Birth

Description : At Royal Victoria Hospital, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Geddes, R.R. 4, Barrie.

Event Date : Thursday, May 21, 1953
Event Type : Death

Description : The knowledge that Mrs. Gordon S. Faris was so seriously ill that hope was not extended for her recovery was only exceeded in sorrow and sympathy among the members of her family and her friends, by her passing at Deep River Hospital on Thursday, May 21. Mrs. Faris had been moved to the nearby hospital a few weeks before her death. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Moore of Queensville, as Kathleen Moore she taught in the High Schools of Penetanguishene and Aurora, and later, when teaching on Barrie Collegiate staff, she met and married Gordon S. Faris about sixteen years ago, while the latter was employed at the Eugenia Power Plant of the Ontario Hydro Commission. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Barrie and from there to Brampton where Mr. Faris was superintendent and where they resided for a number of years. From Brampton they were transferred to Toronto and later to Des Joachims, when Mr. Faris was made the first superintendent of that plant. Mrs. Faris made a full share of contribution to Mr. Faris' successful career, a success which resulted from his ability and conscientious fulfilment of duty. Equally conscientious, and amply qualified by virtue of her ability and educational training, Mrs. Faris was a willing, energetic and capable leader in all deserving projects in the communities in which they resided. Her most devoted energy was given in the interests of her church and especially in its missionary work. While residing in Brampton she was much in demand as a speaker at W.M.S., W.A. and farm group meetings. To the new settlement of Rolphton, at the Des Joachims plant, she took this enthusiasm and unselfish willingness to serve. She loved the life in that new village and an indication of her interests there was recorded in these columns two weeks ago in the story of the opening of the Rolphton Community Church.Mrs. Faris is survived by her husband, Gordon S. Faris of Rolphton (formerly of Maple Farm, Scotch Settlement), and their two children, Mary Lou, 13, and Paul, 11; one sister, Mrs. Sydney Thompson (Irene) of Queensville; and one brother, J. Dan Moore, of Georgetown. In their great loss the bereaved family have the sincerest sympathy of a wide circle of friends.The funeral was held on Monday afternoon from the Strasler Funeral Home, Queensville, and interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford. The services were conducted by Rev. E. Warren of Queensville, assisted by Rev. Hugh Shannon of Hawkstone and formerly of Queensville who is a personal friend of Mr. and Mrs. Faris, and by Rev. E. C. McLarnon of Bradford. The pallbearers were four friends, Ronald Sennett, William Burkholder and Terry Doane of Queensville, and William Hillaby of Newmarket; and two cousins, Morley Bedford and Sydney Gourlay of Toronto.

Event Date : Saturday, August 29, 1953
Event Type : Birth

Description : At Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, a daughter to Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Copeland, Newton Robinson.

Event Date : Thursday, December 30, 1954
Event Type : Birth

Description : At Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Copeland.

Event Date : Saturday, May 14, 1955
Event Type : Marriage

Description : Phyllis Mae, daughter of Mrs. Hunt and the late Albert Hunt of Bradford, to William Myron MacPherson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie MacPherson of Pugwash, N.S. The wedding took place in Barrie. Rev. Muir officiated.

Event Date : Saturday, May 17, 1958
Event Type : Marriage

Description : Jacqueline, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Tait of Shanty Bay, to Thomas Benjamin, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Collings of Bradford. The wedding took place at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Barrie. Rev. J. Ferguson officiated. Miss Beverley Douglas of London was maid of honour and the bridesmaids were the bride's sister, Miss Joan Tait, and the groom's sister, Miss Mary Jane Collings. Alastair Sinclair of Newmarket, and formerly of Bradford, was groomsman, and the ushers were also school friends of the groom, Paul Smith of Bradford, George Jackson of Toronto and formerly of Bradford, and Donald Richardson of London. Mr. and Mrs. Collings will reside in London, Ont., the groom having been appointed assistant engineer for Middlesex County.

Event Date : Wednesday, November 25, 1959
Event Type : Death

Description : In the hospital at Ottawa, in her 79th year. Wife of the late Compton Jeffs. Mother of Mrs. John M. Robinson (Vivienne), Ottawa. Rested at the Pethick Funeral Home, 127 Bayfield St., Barrie. Service in the chapel. Interment in Barrie Union Cemetery. *Obituary on page two of November 4, 1959

Event Date : Friday, May 10, 1963
Event Type : Death

Description : Suddenly at his home, 260 Codrington St., Barrie, on Friday, May 10, 1963, Samuel G. Noble, beloved husband of Mary Ida Noble, dear father of Ruth (Mrs. J. Milligan) of Beeton and Keith of Bradford. Dear grandfather of Jimmy and Bobby Milligan, Douglas, Ronnie and Barbara Noble. Loving brother of Anne Kerr of Dearbourne, Michigan. Rested at the Jennett Funeral Home, Barrie. Funeral service Monday, May 13, at 2:30 p.m. Interment Barrie Union Cemetery.

Event Date : Thursday, May 14, 1964
Event Type : Death

Description : Funeral services were held in Barrie for John Watson Rowe, 74, brother of Lieutenant-Governor Earl Rowe, who died in Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, Thursday. He leaves his wife, the former Elsie Pearl Mumberson Bates, a sister, Mrs. Mary Lennox of Toronto. Another brother, Russell, died three years ago.