THE LATE MR A. J. BARR.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 66, 22 March 1929, Page 4

THE LATE MR A. J. BARR.

"STRATFORD will be a different place without Arthur John Barr". These words, uttered with deep feeling> by Rev. Canon J. h. A. Kayll at" Holy Trinity Church yesteHday, were an echo of the thoughts of the hundreds of people who followed to the grave side the mortal remains 01 Sfr Barr and paid sileuft tribute to the memory of a citizen who was loved and admired by all* those who knew him. The large number who attended the funeral provided ehv quent testimony of the: great esteem in Which Mr: Barr'was rightly held, for surely Stratford! boasted of nrt more worthy citizen. His place will 1,6 indeed' hard to fill for men possessing all the qualities with which he was endowed arc rare. Capable t 0 a degree ho had the attributes of .kindness, understanding and sympatic and his enthusiasm for any cause with width bo was identified was unbounded. As Ctoon Kayll said Mr Barr was devoid) of personal ambition, his reward lay in work well done, and many instances there were, in which the deceased gentleman laboured hard, without any hcjpe or wish for perdnal OM, because he believed that what he was doing was lui . the benefit, of the community m some former another. Everyone who know Mr Barr admired him and held him in high regard, but those who were brought into close contact with him knew him as a loyal friend, an

true gentleman, whoso every action waS governed by the highest! of motives To his sorrowing widow and family the sympathy of the commu£ it y will bo extended, and m then lour of grief it may ho comforting hen, io know that their loved one who has gone to his rest, lived a noble life which was n shium& ample to all.