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%'st0lI! Tools ;%Recovereci By 3 Local C_a)enter ......,,... 3 Drivers -.1 yAvuu.nu. MUST be educated, and . if they will not be so educated, stihey must be forced to use care in the vicinity of the schools, the report states. uuwuuun 1 In addition to poiiceing`, the com- .miti.`ee recommends intensive safety education in the schools, par1;icu1arl_\' Council Members Absent ~...u. ILA \.u.up-cu: a\.\.uLu. Some other places such os Co- bou1'g`,'I`ilIsonburg, etc., a.re plan- ning the transportation of all school children to Toronto, but the local Board felt positively weak at the very thought of such an undertak- mg. I 'l'\I........ 2,, ._ _._,.3l.,`I,`1,, .1 ...b. There is a possibility that the Mayor may proclaim Monday, May 22, a. public (holiday for the town as :2. whole, although this has not yet been denitely established. In! will be dealt with at the next meaning (Please turn to page four) VALUED AT $100,` CHEST OF . TOOLS FOUND IN LOOT AT 1 SHLACK OF ORILLIA DISTRICT BURGLAR. Ernest Evans, iC.N.R. c-zirpenter, Adelaide iSt., whose home was enter- ed last June and a kit of carpenter's _too`l`s valued aw`! one hundred dollars `stolen, is counting himself most for- tunate to-daiy in being; in po.4.session `lof the entire lot zLg'ain afver re- claiming them at Orillin. where they \'.'Cl`0 held by police. I` The tools were l'OC0\'Cl'C(1 in an iunprecodented clean-up and re- covery of stolen articles from many :pz1rt.s of '.`he tlistrict when police '.<\'.'0opc(l down 1'ec<,-ntl_\' upon the lslmck of J. Blartin, 7 miles south of lOrillia. l\Izu'tin, who faced numer- ;ous charges of burglary, was sen glC'll(`C(] to 7 _\'cz11'.< in l\'in;:.~*ton puni- 'Leniz1i'_\'. {tar them after t1he_\' got Huh iother member volunteere |thc rest of he members In heads in complete accord. On-.,. ,\4L.... .\l....-. We can all :1'o)'d to ';'i\`(: f1'I'L`[..' he beat that we have, because in 2'i\'in5,-' it we h:1\'c ii doubl_V.-- l,.'enj`.:min Franklin. l -Sponsored by Barrie branch, Can- adian Legion, Grene '\\'zu' Veterans,` helui their zmnual Vimy church par-' ade to ,Iir.~`L B...p.i. Church Suttday morning` when the tev. John .\Ic- Gil]iClltld_\', mini. of the church and chaplain 01' the local b1'unch.'k had c='.1zx1;:e 01' the . Iiz11'1'ir:. Cit,i'/.en.~" llund left .he put"-ale. It is 1'1ttin_u` that at I`Iz1. tints: we .~h0ul think of the 1{e. io1:,{ 1`.:'Ni113_-' in mind tlmse who \\':.-re 101". on there. th-A ))-L!'(- `mlti the 1-tun Road the .-\d\'unce ('1z1.~'sied.'~,x. (Please turn to page four) ' 0.`he1'e, an- voluntee1'ed,zmd alf : nodded their .I..A... n... ._.I Twelve Pages ..-.. ...~ ...,,....- its:-111'. .~ween`.od .~::1nb01icz1l of I'Iz1.~:Lcr time," he continuL-.'., and 1'e1'u1'1n:d m the way the .~:01(Iic1`.~= before Vimv "ad been coup:- up in tum1.'.-1: ..... . . . A .. III. .,. ..,_...L, U . b0_\'onI pluin.<. .~'_\'mbo1i(':11 new day. ll,. ...1 .v... Ix .'.i('1`. `.`.``I'(' .: ' .\ mw 1:`..- uskcn the 1 1 u GLARING HEADLIGHTS BLAMED! FOR ACCIDENT ON BLAKE ST. SATURDAY NIGHT. Wagon Demolished Ward Cole lniured When Struck by Car Ward Cole, Bayeld St., suffered! from shock and `:1 general .shaking* up as a result of an accident at 9.30` p.m. Saturday evening` on Blake St., when the xmgon on which he was riding was s~`.`ruck bgv a car driven by Harvey Wilson, 6 Market Square (Please turn to page four) { ..\ ..p.u.m.x;u I1 (lawn. whin-1) iua-1w ks `lope, :m-ri :1 new life." I`l\'cn the ca szxid th . BARBIE - ADVA .110 pz1.1'zx.ie. I: that at time xk of ion, :1 those \\'u1'e ~ p.'i1'o la,-_;'~ boa L1 ..i of the 1..i1'ul b 1'01`. ".z1comb.<. t1`00p.~` `And L...I .. ... {The Last Straw Alliston Editor ,Pusses After *,Brief Illness FREDERICK B. ELLIOTT WAS` NEWSPAP-ERMAN NEARLY A HALF CENTURY-LED ACTIVE LIFE IN COMMUNITY. Alliston.-A_fter nearly thya-If a! century of active newspaper work` in which he gained countless friendsl Frederick Baxter Elliott, edimbr and, pub1'isher of the Alliston Herald, died`. suddenly at his home Sunday, aged: .64. He had been ill for two weeks.- 1 r\ . `.|I,, 7111:.-n_| ' ` 130111121 D0]dhl_\' i S111'\'i\'ix1g are his wife, before 1'iu_-.-;e, and one d'z1ug`11te1`, El.-\\'i.<, of .-\lli.~'ton. `U1. 11: neon uuuxn. -.u ;.v.. vvvv uuuuuu .. -. Born at Fenwick, Ont, Mr. Elliott had enterezd the newspaper business us a youngster and at the age of 21' `established the Burlington Gazette.` - He later took over the Cobden Sun and after selling it purchased` he 1 Alliston Herald in 1911. I , I Toronto Executive With- draws Charges Against Barrie Man---Takes Him Out to Breakfast---Pays"|. Costs. | For nearliy 30 years he has beeni: active in any orga.ni.zation or projecti which he felt indicated a. betterment; of his community or any condition in it. He was as widely connectrted with this municipa.lity s various 50-` cieties, clubs, and enterprises as any- citizen. ` :G'reorge Givens. E11route to: L Market, Suffers Fractur- ' ed Hip when Stepping Directly in Path of On- coming Car. E He was a strong; member of thej 131;:-sonic Order and a. staunch Con-] . He was a cha.r1`er mem-; [her 01' that .-\llL~:Lon Lions Club z1n(H i\\'..x.s uhis _\`L-zu".~,I president of the .-\l-! ;l.~1 l":.xi1' Bozml. I This snowfall, commented Cliff Carley, waterfront custod- ian, as he cast a weather eye out .L_ D__L_ ;L:- .___.__:...,_ u:,, Flanae Eian 39 Years n Age Hit by h-iarist Ian, an m; yuan .. ..e........ ..,.. ....- over the Bay this morning, is the last straw." Even the fowl: of the air are disgusted said Cliff, looking even more disgust- ed than a fowl. And the strang- est thing happened, he contin- ued. As l was taking a look over the Bay this morning, I heard a large flock of wild geese. I saw them coming in a big V flying low and then just as the leader saw the snow piled high on the Post Office t0wer,_ he turned tail and fled south a- gain with all the rest of the flock close on his heels." ....... , .1 In-pr 11- I . 9 ;.u..vl,u.u.. dawns` E life member. l 5 really take it. `Helen. George Givens` Grenville S:'., Al- `landulc, within ten years of reaching` `the hundred mark, having recently celebrated his nineticth birtliday, de-- monstrzxied on `Saturday last that, to use a common expression, he can Mr. Given, enroute to the Barrie ket on his arm, stopped 21!` the corn- er of Burton Ave. to board the bus. ~On seeing the bus approaching, he ` stepped hurriedly off the curb in the path of an oncoming eastbound car three daughters. Shirley, Jean and Humxzm, according to wit- (Please turn to page four) from First Co-operative Packersl lAd., performed admirabf-_\' on the lien Soble amateur hour on Suiitlzw and were heard with pleasure by hundreds of Barrie citizens. who lis-I tened in the musical strains ofl the orchestra told the story of a un.\ Ivvu. I. Io market with a ba5-.little pig from happy farmiy-urd days] to a side of delicious bacon. We had` a. splendid time and en- joyed getting an insight into the` workings of a broadcasving station,l Clrarrlie McMartin told the Advance` 1 driven by Albert H. Huffman, of:tp-dlay. The Copaco orchestra does no ` Orillia, who was accompanied by hisknow as yet how they rated tor [popularity on the program, but! with Barrie friends they can be assured they were tops. I IIUUA Ln-lac vu nu: uvvun "That." said Cliff, "is what I call the last straw. Even the \.n.vl\:.2, .......7, mm .......,....... (As? ....., The cllullenge to democracy in the He belonged to Wesley United worlud was ably discussed by Dr. A. Church and the Stevenson Memorial 3- B1390 Ki`3-.13 0 M"da)' .H0spi,_a1 Board of which he was a`:night. The Rome-Ber1"in-Tokio Axis `l:J'f\ .,....1.,.-. xic nn idlu :h-n-.\rn- If. N n rpnl School Board Plan; Protection fg wall |.nnI- .3... ..-...... ._.-._ .77- geese have changed their minds about this country, and yet some people persist in claiming that a goose hasn't any brains. You can't tell me after what I saw this morning, said Cliff. x . who was 3 her ma1'- [ I\I1'.<. LOi.`I Throughout Canada 1'o(lay there are thousands upon thousands of vyoung people, some of them ap- proachin_r.r the age when they can no longer be considered young, who would welcome the opportunity to be- 3 `come self-s~uppom`.ing, to establish < homes of their own to commence L0 ( make their mark in the world on a ( sound basis through. the medium of 1 a. steady position` yet who rigmtfully t refrain from taking such a step with the odds so heavily agiadnst them. Reasonable assurance of steady em-l ployment would result in thousandslh 01' these young` people uniting in mar- I` mange, necessitating llihe setting uplf of homes of their own with all that|` such a step entails. The creating 0; |' these new homes in the land woulvrf mean increased einployment in ev-_` ery phase of indus'.`ry. Yet the cycle` lis stopped` becraruse of fear of reason- `able financial security. . I` ' `Such 2. condition 15 unfortunatell in the extreme. The more so with 1 the realization that in Caannada, the 1 5 land of opportunity, positively no` steps are being taken to effect '3. remedy. While the youth of the land longs for the opportunity or an Ihonest dary`s toil, the members they Lnhave elected to handle the affairs of :,'.*he countvy and to study ways and slmeans of b1'ingimg;. opportunity for ithonest livelihood to the masses con- litinue to exigzxge in quibbling and per- lllsonalities at the N2ul`ion s capital. N01 . ione constructive thought directed to- 1 I 1 4 Ehe last, ten Imotor 1'o21 Hmes opcm,-zi Radio `.v:21k.< xx ';Challenge to Democracy i Discussed at Kiwanis` `,Dr. A. J. Brace, Resident l" I of China for 25 Years, 3 Addresses Kiwanians and | Their Wives on Vital \ Subject. isix Little Pigs {Make Hit on Radio I Under `Jhe direction of Clmrlosi lM('.\Iux'li11, the Six Little Pigs" ` [lien ~und ilhundreds . a -:little `to l (1111 1 l....-... ... ...,...., W ..-_.....,.. ... l I I Dr. B-1-ace spenti 2;) years xn `China as Y..\I.C..-\. .sec1'et-ury and le'LCr.l`1(.`l , and is 21 kn-en sundexmt of `world u'ui1'.<. The wan" J21-pun 1.: |\\ 2l_4'il1f.." in (`M1111 is the most un-5 !1-i.:11`co11.< \\'ur in the \vm'ld .< hi. iAnd if Japan .-ucc-eud.~ in c0m1ue1`in"l .I'l. ' ,.,) J ...Zl 1... l'.. Accuser Tums Host As Teipot Tempest Stgbsides P __w.___ _____- ...,,.... -.... -..,...., -..-.... -....... ...-.. . us no ldlc dream; It is a reall 3I.h1'e21L to libel-. _v as we know it. 1'\.. `(7....,.. ...,\ -).'. ..n..... 3.. I Married or single ? That w a various applicants for the position Barrie when 8 selected young men cently. A splendid group of youn and thirty years of age, all but 0 A few dropped the hint that if a however, that this condition would move over from the single" to tl the opportunity of steady employn to support a home was suggested I: ual single bliss, a condition which, was not accepted with relish. Barrie, O11tario, Tuesday, April 11, 1939 The ` puoplu. uu (Plt'd.~'O o|A\.` . 1' succ } Lhc \\'m'l _\'cllow peri L,'l1i11c.~`c ; John Chi- nuinc Lihl-i.-L F0rgQt_ten Youth lmw been built zmd air `. tln'm1:;`11<)m the z-nu1m'_\'. :m- uni1`_\`in;.-" the dialect.-' turn to page four) :m- n pczu'o-lo\'in_;`i 11-Shck and his \\'iJ'-Ji [.~'Liz1n.< z1n:i their nnel `:2. uniLe(i China. lnl rs 188,000 1niIc.~' of I` '?" A tempest in a teapot blew itself] out and good humor sailed smiling-` ly over the calm waters in police court this morning. The accuser, in the person. of William S. Gibson, president of the National Cellu- lose Company of Canada, Limited, Toronto, and a resident of 104 Park Road. Rosedale, not only forgtawe William J. Henry. of lBarrie, for his transgression (if any) but withdrew charges of common assault and drunk and disorderly com:luct-and paid` the costs of the court amount- ing to $4.75. D . ..,.,...l.....4. I`2L..-.. .n.\..u..l :-v\ T).-uculnl FRONT PAGE I V nu gun-\`u\.. H, be fan.-ed with ` EDITORIAL was one of the questions asked the 1 of policeman for the town of 1 appeared before the council re- Ing manhood, between twenty-ve one or two had to answer single. 1 steady position was in the offing, I soon be remedied and they would the double" column. Lack of Vment which would enable them by some as the reason for contin- n, it could reasonably be gathered ward the ztlevizwion: of our youth ` problem has found birth in the pres- ent session of the house. Is it any wonder that the youth of Ca-naila, . at this late date, is prepared to ac- . cept with a gnan of salt the pomp- ours and empty squawkmgs of so- > caller leaders whose chief concern -I would appe-an` to be the paving of ' the way for their return to feast for anovt'her term on the fat of the land. I The time for same, constructive `thinking on the part of youth has :more than arrived. A-nu we are not suggesting _for a moment that there `|need be any turnin.g' from the pres- I ent form of democratic government. ,1-..`.L. ' ' ... If\l~ .... .................A...> ...... LULAII. U; .......,........ 5.,........-... Whm; is required is government more democratic in every sense of 5 the word` an elected body imbued` `with a sincere vdesire to be of ser- i vice to others rather than service to themselves and We parby. Party elllas played. far too prominent a part l in the affairs of Canada. VVhet.l1er ; the awakening come through the or- . ganiz:;Vtion of a Leadership League, ( `or however, it is no*.' too soon for 1 youth to begin to study the ways J 1 ( I. 1 and means of their salvation, to weed out the shamsters and blufferze and `U0 take a denite part in the : next election in placing` at the head of this land of promise, if not op ` - portunity, such a group of purpose- - ful."forcefu"L\ individuals,asthis gen- ` 1 eration has not had the privllege of - wi-'.`ne.~,1sing at the helm. l Miss Olga Brownlee rendered with ` `much expression and pathos the Eas- ` ter 5010 Man of Sorrows. by 'Steinel. I`he choir, led by Mr. Ed- lmuxbd` Hardy, saang` very beautifully Yea. Though I Walk, by Sullivan. ` The organ volurwavy, pluayed by Mr. Hardy, was He Was Destpised, from the Messiah. ` [Church Service Well Attended `Good Fridiy_ 41n,`\J\lI.lIA|1l\JJla , The .::c1'vice \\1;;.~: conducted by Rev.` llun`, of Mldllllld` who delivered 11 \`e1'_\' stirring setrmon dealing with lChrist on the Cross. Rev. Doe led an p1'u_\`er with Dr. S1101 2' reading the [Scripture and Rev. Cooper pronounc- ling the benediction. 1r- r\I n 1 u 1 ..< 4115 ML! up-x-ave President Gibson arrived in Barrie a week ago to-day via Grey Coach bus. 111 the hallway of the hotel be- tween the Grey Coach otce and the hotel proper, Mr. Henry atlegedlvy in an 2*.-ttempvu to soothe the feelings '01` the little lad, aged 8, who was missing his father, who had gone in- side, W:-.5 offering the youngster a dime when -Uhe irate father appear- ed on the scene and demanded 3. hurried` explanation. `One word led to another and the charges follow- ed after President Gaibso-n is alleged to have given Cubitt-Nicho1s_ ager of the local Grey Coach term- inal, considerable abuse over the matter, of which Mr. Cubitt-Nichols was entirely unaware, and which did not take place in the Grey Coach oice nor in Mr. Cubitt-Nichols pres- ence. President Gibson wrote the Grey Coach Lines oiciials` telling in no uncemain terms of the treatment in Barrie. He gave the local police 41, going over and consulted a local lawyenr, laying the charges against Henry, charges which he was appar- ently very pleased to withdraw when he had time for reectlon. I `J I l 1]13.I1- ' . jwins Battle N .-\. large c0ng`1`cgation attended the! [Good lridu._\` Community Service] which \\'us held in St. Andrew s `Church on April` 7th, under me Min- isterial A.-sociation. i . '. u . II n singlehanded last week against an army comprised of a step ladder, a pot of paint ,_a string of stove pipes and a stove. Mr. Mlills was engaged in painting the kitchen ceiling when the ladder on which he was standing took a sudden lurch, upsetting the slave and spilling the pipes and pain} over the painter. Fortunately, when Mr. MHIS un- tangled himself from the mess he was all in one piece, having lost nolhing and being the bet- ter off by one application of hastily applied paint and soot. What Mr Mifls said, if any- thing. was not reported. (Minesing; Slvation, Advance Correspondence) Fred Mills, of Minesing Sta- tion, won a hard-fought battle {steps Will Be Taken To EL , Saieguajd Yong Lives iNot for.Nuught `Spend Double On Armament Earl R013 Urges `SHOULD BE SPENDING TWO I DOLLARS ON ARMAMENTS WHERE NOW SPENDING ONE, HON. EARL ROWE TELLS BAR- IRWE V`ETERlANS AT ANNUAL I BANQUET. . .... .. ...... -v. ..\..u.\.u..u.. -A11d so, after paying the costs` of the court, the president took the` accused out` to b1'eakfast-and every- body .~:mi1ed broadly. Dnw\~:n Ln H... I`P\ J.\..LA. ,.......2..,....J Canada should be spending two dollars for a1'mu~ments where she is now spending one, said Hon. Earl` Rowe, ad-dressing a large gathering? {If (11-n-.1? \7\T-an vntnunnn LA... 'I.....` ........, ..uvun,.:_<.u5 a mugs 5auu:nug of Great War veterans here lasi` evening :2:-t the annual Vimty ban- quet, sponsored by Barrie Branch, No. 147, Canadian Legion. nu, The toa.stn1-zi~ster was Donald Glid- don, p1'esidenL of the local branch,` and` Rev. John McGil1icuddy, chap- lain of the bnanch, gave the toast to the Fallen Comrades, which wasl tfollowed by two minutes silence`: Walter Perkins oicialted at the piano for a sin'g-song of the old war- time. songs ,and vocal solos were of-h feted by Andrew Orchard . | ` Believe it or not, the town of [l3arrie is a veritabletarsenal. Some three hundred 1'e\'ol\'cr.<, p1'ope1'_v of` private citizens, h::1.ve been registered` to dame according to Chief of Police Alex. Stewztrt. Some co1YL-ctions of: `as liigii as :1 dozen autoimitics owne< .' .., 1_.,___ 1 ,, u 1i ii News that the boys and g'irl.< uf! `Barrie will be interested in \va;~2 cre-l ated by the Board of liducutionl `Monday evening, when the Board de- clared Monday, I\I:L_V 22, in. school holiday in honour of Their Mlajestit.-s visit to Toronto. The suggestion hat the Board provide tn:1.nspor'.a- tion for school children to Toronto almost overwhelmed the Board. ... ..-4:4. u.) u uuuuu GLKUUIID-XLILD U\\`llU'xi >- by gun fanciers have been reco1'ded'5 at the police ollice, mhile other col-Ec lections of half 2L dozen z11'e not un-lo common. A ne oi` fxly dollars is:{ the penalty imposetl on nn_\'on-ft found guilty 01' hzu-bouring a revol- ver not p1-operly 1-e:;i.~:te1`e(l. . l It would be 21 tremendous prob- lem lo transport all the school chil- dlren in B to Toronto that day and the highways will be terribly `rowded/` one member said. Transporting them would be no- thing compared to trying` 'to look af- - I I When the Empire is threatened l Canada is t1`hrea~tened, and I see very little diierencett between a neutral Canada and -a. part of the United' States of America, Sazljd Mr. Rowe. I believe he Empire is ready 129-; day, but will be even better prepar-| ed to-marrow, so that the longer war is let`: off now the less possibil-' ity there is of a war. ' i300 Revolv; |Registere:!:i-Iere Annual Vimy Church Parade Held Stirglay I \ .-\dverti.~:in_;-' is. an exp0n.-ive pro- position to the man who does not 11(1- l\'e1'ti.~:c.-\\']1it s \Vit. Education Ed: P}oc_laims A young Barrie lady, looking out ver the snow covered ground this morning and listen- ing to the probabilities for still more wintry. weather` penned the following pertinent lines: 'I"L_ _,_-_LL_.. K _ _ . _ __L .v..v..-..5 I.-. . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . .. The weather forecast seems to say That winter snow is here to stay. But just the same we surey know That God has sent this fluffy snow For some kind. deeper, un- known reason; Than just to make it out of sm}ii"i-iiiaay May 22 !Enforcement Traffic Regu- | .1atio.ns Seen as Major Need Safety Training, Co-operation also Essen- tial. Protection of school children in crossing streets going to and from school is very much the concern of `the Board of Education, it was re- ivealed in a report submitted to that ibodxy last night by Trustee Frank `Do-bson, chairman of the Manage- ment Committec. Furthermore, the Board, in the unanimous acceptance ;and.' approval of the report, has com- iniit/.`ed itself to take some denite 'action along the lines suggested to `see that protection is af forded school chil(h'en on the higliwuys and streets 01' mhis town. `I11 -1 While the coiiiliiittee appointed to bring in l`OE:0l11l]`lGll(l'2ltl0l'lS is not in favor of '2lu(.l0}_)tillg` some suggestions that have been made, such as making sdhool caretakers responsible, ap- pointing schoolboy patrols, etc., for reasons ouitllined, it; is in favor of en- forcing certain traffic regulations such as were recommended editorial- ly in the Advance of March 21, where iii` \\'v`.lS suggested that rigid con- ltrol of motorists in school zones `through the rigid enforcement of re- 'stricted speed limits would go a. long way in solving this diflicult and Sdangerous problem. T\.. .... 1I 1TOn\ L,. ._.)._,..,L_,u -u.,.. v ......u.u uAvsA\AA-y . lar1*ie, he was no doubt convinced is not such a terrible, unhospitalable town after all.