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Tn ,...a......_... i The great Canadian National Ex- hibition opens its gates this week and the .cun:e.nt of enthusiasm run- ning through all .the preparations 01 the two weeks program is marlzed. -Elthere is.l.it.L1e doubt that Wnen the surplus chalked up and another year :35 over, rzhere will be another `of achievement written into the long "'I'h'-I Times ! the law 1': head before passed ! One of England s outstandin military bands has been importe __ .'[`he Band of His Majesty s military bands has been Importeu . . . The Majesty's Royal Marines. Also the famed Dagenham Girls Bagpipe Band. The world has been combed to bringyouthenestentertainment, the latest rsgprvels of science, the drama of f feign lands, and the glamour of world-wide industrial companies. It s the biggest annual show of its kind on earth! Advance ticket sale: 171 Bay St... WA. 2226; Moodey a,90 King St. West. EL. 1098. The council met on the 7th in- nant, as per adjournment. with all he members present. and the reeve An, .I_,... ToR0n . \ `I Auc. ` g5 19 9 -- ...L'. UI1 lhn W Doors open 4 p.m. and 1 Everyone holding an ad n1-' anvnrsl LEAVE TORONTO (Bay at Dundas) 10.00 P.M. (Standard Time) DIXIE will be held in the former A. PRESENTS THE GREATEST PPE 106 DUNLOP STREET 2 Doors East of Queen's Hotel DIYIF r~nnnwr'r Prnn, Fact N9. 4 lit DBIIIB S ueaul 1'1 9 TOBACCO swan: I Olympia Ice Cream is all good. too, no rind to throw away! And the taste! You'll be delighted with its rich, full goodness . authentically awored, no imitations! 34 Dunlop Street At Barrie s Leadi n g MEN'S FURNISHINGS 5.va.vwso-v 4. `.7 .._v.._ -,_ - .v STYLES AND FABRICS OF NEWEST DESIGNS AND COLOURS SEE OUR RANGE OF TIES. SOCKS, SHIRTS AND SPORT CLOTHES . DIXlE S IJUUIVS ILRISL UI ECUUUIID IIU DIXIE CORBETT, Prop. vjV> Annual Flower Show Barrie Horticultural Society _- nu:....|...n. Ch-ant, 1 SELECTION IN TO\VN TOBACCO SHOP AND BILLIARD PARLOR. -1- - BARBIE - ADVANCE r---**1* _._ _._.____--- Barrie, Ontario, Thursday, August 24: 1939 , -._._-. `v .\A Twelve Pages LZlIhl8u--J 5 - > -, J 8 11.111. Admission, Adults 15c, Children 10c ling adult ticket will have chance of receiving one of several beautiful attendance prizes. -#--- OLYMPIA 7 _ DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY A DI CHAS. LOWER The ENERGY iound in 1 Quart oi ICE CREAM Is Equal to That in 1:222 Watermelon! & P. Store, Elizabeth Street, on - 9 didn't 1IiLegra.u:. uc wvuuu -...... -... , ' of the picture altogether during the I day or appear like a close-up with , ario relation of conversation or man- AUG` 16"` To sum 9"` her to the business in hand. Where :: REDUCED S Charlie? became a byword between RETURN 2' departments. Office routine, pressure FARE of business or the boss" had little fncludes . sway over his roving spirit. The one Exhibion Admfssfon `individual he obeyed implicitly was and Coach Trunslertound from the auditor: Who had Once been Terminal inside ihe srcvndh around the Horn on a tramp. 7 He hadn't been with us more than a few weeks before I discovered him on watch" at the information desk BARRIE PHONE 32 ,deep in a book. He volunteered the subject matter, Studies in Naviga- CH tion," and proudly displayed worked- out diagrams and problems. Here `was the undertow, I thought, oi cational schools, $17.01 for Canlplchal-1ie's eorts. I-Borden county pupils, making a -preparing to join the navy -_;n 1 total general levy of $8,076.15 and asked jokingly ::r,?::1.99 for high and continuation] No, sir! rm going to have an pmposesf Samuel Nlcolsonloutt of my own and trade between led an amdavn re Sheep kmed byithe islands in the Pacic. My uncle , .. , ,, ,_ _K,_,__ ' - "n n lnf formation at dog. The following acocunts were pass-' Vol. X0111. Nu. Power Commission, light for ha,l1,'i $4.35; R. C. Peacock, supplies relief, ` $8.00; Coles 6: Powell, meat relief. ` $2.50; M. L. Chantler, supplies relief $10.00; Harold Bell, supplies re1ie_f $23.99; Road voucher No. 5 and 5a, $1,550.60; Grand & Toy, 100 arrears of taxes ledger sheets, $4.00; H. G. Robertson, disinfectants, 85c; Dr W. C. Little, phone calls to Torontc hospital, $1.54; D. H. Coleman, hos- pital account, indigents, $11.45; Sam- ! uel Nicolson, 4 sheep killed, 5 in- ' jured, damage to ock, $54.00. 71`. 1-... ...n.... rriuon their three vvuuaiu u. iu.a..:u.... -..vv.-... =,.._~ !. \age dump, $18.60; Hydro-Electricn _|u1r:u, ucuuaac vu uvuu, .,...-.c... By-laws were given their three readings and passed xing annual charge for street lighting at Mine- sing at $2.25 per unit; regulating the speed limit to thirty miles per hour in the hamlets of Craighurst, Cundles and Minesing, and for xing the county rate at 5.6 mills, township rate 2.5 mills, high and continuation school ate at 2.5 mills, general school rate 5.9 mills and trustee special. rates as per requisitions from the` various sections. ! .. , -- --v_.-......-.x L- ....nno- no V cu Luua a\.uwvu..v. The council adojurned to 1 o'clock pm. on Monday. 1939. lg Cold storage lockers are increas-|h Iingly used by families to keep meatsig fruits and vegetables frozen for a`h number of months, or even up to'a two years. 'i; A New York physician tells 0110 working with three neighbors to clear a city 101: of ragweed. and he suggests that hay fever victims could} do a-good deal in such ways to rid `,- A canal 1 to link the will enable 1 the North E .... .. 5.... themselves .\.. Y William H. Mason. covering garb-l ,, mun nn. L1uA.~n,t."lnnh-in: up. .4. .........- ...._,... V\[ -._ of their misery. being built. by Germany; 3 Danube and Main Rivers! 5 boats to carry goods from` Sea. to the Black. E . FIVE POINTS rvnn MFR. Barrie 3:. ; meet ` at : Sept. 4. 1 I read in the paper to-day about a banker who lives a model banker's 1 life fifty weeks of the year and dur- ing the remaining two-his holidays -he dons his rig and becomes 5 professional clown. It made me think of Charlie. Charlie was our ofce boy, by no means an ordinary one. The only trouble with Charlie, as an olc boy, was that he was too distinct from his environment. He simply didn't integrate. `He would fade out i,;_....... ...1+.-..mn.m~ rlnrina the '|[ lloutt '.'the `does that and he picks up a. lot. "But, chee, you sure have to know ;some. I`ve studied a lot and as soon -[as I knew enough to get my licensc CE and save up enough money, I m leav- 1,' ing for California. Kinda lonely life E, they say, but I don't mind--I like E. being by myself way our. on the f `water and having to make port.] \ in i 8 3 __________ Ontario, | Toward vacation time \'e noticed `Charlie working harder than usual. 'And-to my secret surprise-he turn- ed up at the end of the week. u-r L....I .. ......-.11 H.-..-ma" 1-\n nnnnnnr--1 \-\-I ..,, ... ..... .... .. .... ..--.-. I I had a swell time, he announc- ed. Hitch-hiked all over Long Is- gland . . . slept in farmers barns . . `cooked my own grub . . . carried a collapsible stove . . . you ought to: try it some time . . . all you need` is a sack and everything goes in it" He expatiated: I met a swell guy- too . . . had a yawl on Oyster Bay That's where Teddy Roosevelt used to live. You oughta hear the birds` out there. And the trees! Chee.i it's beautiful! I love the country!` Hot, too. but I didn t mind. That, `fellow with the boat lent, it to me! `for a whole day when he found out! `I knew how to handle one. Guess. [he 1nust've trusted me. Ran into ai `squall, foo, but we made port. Had: L... n From then on Charlie announced` his arrival at our door by whistles ` imitative of various birds all rolled" iinto one. But the sea ever held ` 'sway. When the addressograph kept `him pinned down for more than half 'an hour at a time, he would burst` 'into song and above the "kerplunk" `of the machine would ring: l "Oh, the salt of the sea for me The spray of the ocean breeze . ." i Not long after vacation it was inoticeable how well dressed he 1ook-i `ed. Umph! ejaculated the boss, ';"getting ready to ask for a. raise. lms spotless blue shirts, his neatly `|tied cravats. his blond hair slicker! `than ever, made us all suspir:ious| `But it wasn't a raise. He had a lgirl. ..r-u-,.- ,q....~.. ....mn 1ur..r- 1 11A nru1_ bu; Chee, she's swell, Mrs. J., he con- I clecl. Not like most girls. I ne'.eriV knew anything about how to dress,C or how to L211}; 01' zinything about; lmanners till I met her. she's mak- it `mg me stick to my job. We go 5 to a sketching class at night and write plays together. Wrote one the other day about a fellow who start-,9 ed sketching and made good as an,` | illustrator. 1 .. AI , . .5 , _ u__ ;-.,_..._.__.__.....I I auuau uu.u.. About that time the Governmenth offered to train young men for the` 1 merchant marine. Chaflie put in t his application and got a swell" re- 1 commendation from the boss. Every- ` one from the manager down was glad Charlie was going to get his chance. ` unnuuyu. But, coming in from lunch earlier than usual one day I found him sitting clejectedly in front of a silent machine. p.,1:,,., L- .1-.. nu--- ;Vespru_`.ouncil .uuy.;..n.. I-Iow're you feeling to-day, Char- lie ?" I tried to open talk gently. . A u w v -11 .. YI.! I.l...!.. 1:1... box us. Well--you see, I'd kinda like to talk to you, Mrs. J. You see" (the blue eyes were tearfully earnest), I've got an awful thing to decide. `I can't ask her to marry me be- cause---well, you know, I'd want to go to sea. I just couldn't stick it ;. uu.u vv vtlwnn nu... D~..-..-_,. Wasugu Beach Peeping 3 I Tom l`in_n1ly Caught A Peeping Tom," who admitted he was the man that dodged a. hail of shotgun pellets red by Turk Broda, Maple Lea: hockey star, a few weeks ago while looking through 2. window, was arrested at Wasaga u.-. v-...1:.... Auvv vvvwnnu av u--...- -..-.__a ___-_, , Beach Saturday night by Police Chief W. Downer. ,,__,,u-.. ..-L....1 :... L1...-. \.uur:.I. VV . LlUVvA1k.L. Making ms regular patrol in the area where the Peeping Tom" had been terrorizing women, Chief Dow1_1- ~- ~-A-- ---- st-A mu... ..o-n...-nun in uccu mun.-; uuug. wuuu...., V.....- _...... er came upon the man standing in the pouring rain and looking through a window at the Pickwick cabins. Taken completely by surprise,'the man submitted to arrest without a struggle and was lodged in the Col- lingwood gaol. rru..- ........ n '.)n_unn~n_n`lr-I forrnhnn lu15WUUu 5a.uL. The man, a. 39-year-old farmhand of the district, readily admitted he had made a practice or looking through the windows of summer cot- ` tages and cabins i.n the district dur- ing the past two months. His ac- ` tions had terrorized scores of women. He also confessed that a local man put two bullets in his arm two years ago for a. similar offense. He dis- played the scars on his right shoulder to prove his statement. A,,.,.:-__-_x ._u.-..i. +1. . Dvnn in:-E- auuuxucx uu pnuu. u... .............y..... Questioned about the Broda inci- dent, the farm hand admitted he was the man who had to dodge the ying lead that the hockey star pep- pered at an intruder that nigh}; `The pellets just whistled past In; `ear/ he told police. -. -.._ .......:.......A that ~..:o-`M H-m` stant, the in the chair. `Cal, 11:; LUALA puny. Police are convinced that with the ! arrest of the man they have com- pletely cleared up the mystery of 1 the prowler who nightly alarmed ! summer tourists and residents by his appearances at their windows. He admitted he was the man respon- ~ sible for over a. score of complaints. but denied he was the intruder seen at Oakview Beach. He told police his activities were conned to Was- ` aga Beach. nn..:..c 1'\Au.nn-.- ovnlpl Irhn rn-ace Hunt 1-;Cha.nging Lhone Linesii` 1;: clear confession of all his activities that covered the past, three months `in the area, the omcer said. my um uungvuu av , u v and yet; I can t leave her. She s too , ne a g'i1'l--not the kind that would r!1eL a fellow down. Even if she had , '21 job and I don t want her to work 1`. . . but going away so long at a.` I time it s not fair!" "Many seamen have homes and rlwives," I tried to console him. Why 5: don't you let, her decide that ?" '-\ n-.-..., .... .. ,1 4:...-.Hu nwnn-rs-`lap! nn . as Chief Downer told the press that the problem of the "Peeping Tom or Wasaga Beach had been cleared Or. a A.u.u.uA:. u1-~r.. ....... .....u:n-no nnnlrn I: uu. uuu4,.u.~..J ... ...-.... .. ...... -. Nine miles of pole line between` [Cookstown and Alliston will be re- `constructed, and about two miles will be relocated owing to the widen- ing of the highway. rrw1..\ ;\11:..+.-w.1:um.-an Hy-an nri I-ml | The Bell Telephone Company 11 {just started the reconstruction a ;relocation of the long distance 111 . between Cookstown and Alliston a `between Alliston and Everett, I l cording to A. A. Smith, manager `the company in this district. x1-:.... ....:1..,. no` vu-do lino hnhnc 1:15 an mu. Aaabanvvuugu The Alliston-Everett line will be abandoned and special arrangements '|have been made to re-route this cir- lcuit through joint use of the exist- iing Canadian National Telegraph Ipole line. mu- ...,...v. :'|-\r\11`r` kn nnrnv-\1nfI!" yu;-4 uuv. The work should be about the end of October. uuu u _yuu um um. u-.u..,.. ......... . Misery and dignity struggled. the boyish face. I`m afraid sh say no." , t 0 O t i 1 Communications were read from Mesrs. Alex. Hadden re 14th line award drain; Messrs. M. K .Seadon re rails taken from roadway; J. T Simpson, county clerk, advising that four patients had been admitted to the R.V. Hospital, Barrie, as indigent patients from Vespra, and copy 01 clerk's letter disputing liability in one case; Treasurer of Ontario, en- closing a cheque for $90.19, direct relief for April, and $37. 94 for May; J. T. Simpson, county clerk, advis~ ing that the county would require $2010.00 for road purposes, $6030.06 for general purposes, $19.14 for vo- I l ' After a few weeks of gloom Charlie `cheered up and began to settle down to work. His private pigeonhola! Thowever, began to accumulate pic- . `Lures of boats of all kinds, exquisite- ly mounted in color and thumb- tacked on the inside of his privatei uigeonhole. Home or boat 2" I `wondered. ___. .1-.. -r _..._._ tun. 1-u`-u. W ULAHCL bu. .. Then one day I rang for hint : To my surprise a. dark-haired 1103 appeared. I m Steve." he said. Where's Charlie ?" I asked. Char1ies' gone-before I came." he explained. Slipped his moorings. I thought. I never found out whether he had 3 gone to sea. or anchored to his gh:1.`* If he did the latter, I hope he imi- ` hates the banker and slips away t:n~ sea for a couple of weeks every yeaxj -and then makes port. He'll have[ \ completed ! she'll ! -Lu-`u.\n__' ux -tun. -Ann. V ` Vougm-,_ `With 1zu1zdtLians brightening a little AU 7 \` 9 for 1`.he.armers of the country, fair 2 ' \ 5 girl dirumzrs ante anticipating a larger h , "1 ` \ 3 `attendance than ever from the rural Gaoncl: i3m<:m:n Ewooo A.{I-Iuanna my tn areas and an increase in the enLries_ Pmd"t e"e"' "Ma" y yam-am: the various agricultural events. 1 11' 1-5 mmesting t `ev mv matWou1dn't the Canadian National Ex- ~ - 2 at NEW Yolk they are happy to have hibition directors feel blue if their -`-W- 3 5335` ammdailce 05 52v000- attendance slipped down to that for Slot machine gambling is likely to become soon a topic of strong con- versations in and `around the At- torney-Genera1`s office at Queen's Park. There may be repercussions in the Legislature 2. little later on. I-\___. .. .`,~.-.....'\.1... ...m.....v.-n-Mn] M-o- V quarters as well as adults-anc1 while nu A.n-5:-nu-cu--. u .--u--~ _.....-- . From 3. Ieputabiz tommercial Lra.- veller, it was learned this week that litterally hundreds of these machines_ are being operated quite openly` throughout Ontario with little op- position from police authorities. He_ reports that yo1.u1gste1-.s in their early teens put in their nickels, dimes and adults are looking on i r\-_ a.\_......_ .....I._ _..n and h.hnfnF| ill LEAVE BARRIE (Dunlop and Mulcaster Sts.) 8.20 A.M. nuuua (LLI4 Avussuab IJJ-A4 For those who are not initiated, it should be explained that the slot- machine is a clevine by \vhich you put in your money and pull a lever. ' You may get nothing back; you may get back three coins, or eight, or, if you are very lucky ,a jackpot," which often reaches a total of sev- eral do11a.rs. It is a straight gamble along principles as those of the roulette wheel. The organization behind these ma- chines has planted units in practical- - 13' every summer resort throughout the province. In an area close LO one of the smaller Muskoka Lakes - there are five operating on the coun- ters of small refreshment stands You can see them being played irom the main road skirting the lake. Out on the highway, two or three miles ; -..wa_\'., time is another `$101 machine operated in. plain view of provincial` 5' policemen who patrol the road. I r~....~,. .. .in..-.nr.n nf Rho Inn ix %.'I'rend__0! vAIwuAAavAA u-....~ r_w-- Such a deance -of bound to come to a many more days have As T1115 column predicted some weeks ago, um question of wbezhex or not Canada should lower the Lars against. immigration is becoming a very live one. Laces}. public man to. ' reintroduce the subject is C. L. Bur- fwn oi ?the Robert, Simpson Com-i pany. .He believes that one of the ` solutions. Lo Canada's dimculties is a larger population. And his views were no sooner published than At.- ` tome_y-General Conant. `backed him uy. . Then at the Icaxxadfam Institute" `on Economics and .P.o1itics being held -I !at. Orillia, G. Raymond Booth, escx'e- _tary of the Canadian National Com- imittee on Reiugees, urged the ap- pointment. of a non-partisan and re- _,presentat.ive migration board with the responsibility of inviting up Lo 200.000 .refugees to Canada xvithin _ the next twelve months. an u.I. .m..u. vvwun. Within a few years Canada would be under a system 01` Government more c1u.,.-x_y xesembling Fascism than Democracy."-~.B. K. Sandwell, of To- ronm Saturday night. a AA`7p~_ - .. `'uvr\r\-\ clan I~I'l1D1 I Luuuu 5.341-IJhLl\|uJ Jsllblbl/n "You are sueriug from the cruel brutal, narrow competitive system was obtains throughout, the coun- t:ry."-A. W. Roebuck. M.P.P., ad- dressing retail cleaners. :.___v .. .1`- _.,..x: A _ n m A II"Il"Q\` u.u.no4.u5 xlauuuu. \..u.o....-.4. And as the radio announcer might` 1533', these opinions expressed are `those of the individual only. t with complaiilts prevalent that certain towns and villages in On- tario maintain traps for unwary motorists, general relief will be felt by the annouimement of Attorney- General Conant that a ne\v experi- mental higluvay patrol scheme has been adopted. The province will be /zoned in .r,hree dirst1'icts-western, central ..and eastern. A specially qualied provincial patrol olcei with the rank of sergeant is ap- u -..._ -`nu. gun I .....r,........ "A- poinmd no .the ixnmediate supervis- ory control and direction of each. {By this change it is hoped to en- sure that a maximuxn of time is spent in the actual patrol 01' the highways. I an... ........a. n...-..-.rn.~... Nlnrinnnl Tickets and Information DUNLOP AND MULCASTER STS.,