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Office can of Circulation AUTHOIIIED 86th YeorwNo 62 The First Column Shop Talk It Is an old axiom in thi new paper panic that no pilililicr nccdi expect many bouquets for 501110 thing well wlittcn or spccinl SLl vice to the community Editors go for $390le wondering if anyone has read certain illlAlrs or ncwsl itcnis lhl assumpzion is tliall everything has fligfl all llghm llowcwr liltlt is no dolbt about ltrldClSllipbitlltlii no matter how Slight mistaki Clcl ps in or Some unintentional ovclsiclil has bccn made SOlilc one always points iii out Imagine Jlil gt1lllltt lilldl plcaSurc the other day wlicn tllii ncwspilpcr got two compllnicnts young tlnsincss man said The Ex lniincr is gclting litlltl cvcry wcck Toronto IiZitll ixplcs5 cd tlit sonic StllllllltlllS ui brich thrill of elation was SillltWllllt 1cm pcicd liowciii by llll tcrsc Cillll Will of zinotlii ltilclil who point7 out that llc Spotth two lllltS of type upsldc down in the last is suc lIowcvcr lust lo liiini our road cls liplilnfltilt on local develop liltlllk we might illvote low lllltjl of this column to sonn of on plans At last the front lllcc llzlsi bccn llllfti1ltl lhl Hlllt niontllsl our white collar stall have bccill Iltiilldtll in by scaffolding on the front and temporary stzliiwzlys at the north sidc whiCli managed fol shut out lot of air and light lliltl fortunately 1111 public kcpl ntlinitl llllll way in with adlcts sull scriptions printing orders and 01 ll cctcra All this woodwork has no 1W rmmwd and flIKIJVIIRIIIY WESTMAN l2 and Yvonne Chandelier 11 is oncc again exposed to tch lostldCk hair bum in laumh Square llowcvci there still remains thc final covering to be put on the front and when that is done ivc llopc our office renovat ing program which began nearly one ycnr ago will have been coili craft swamped in Lake Simcoc Barrie Examiner To an open house in the near fulurcl when the public will be invited to inspect our new offices and the printing plant which is now one of the most liptodzltc in Canada 10 community of this size Further mbrc equipment is plan ncd for our plant Milch loflO was made of the headline mach This WWII The Barn Emlnl 1m at the Ex which was own or will provide an uptOtlicminutc from Brooklyn Ur large mam news broadcast on the results 013 politan paper Actually The Ex the school dcbcntilrc vote being amiiicr has on the way big nowlheld lOday The broadClSl Will bel latest model Blue Streak ordered commenced at 715 pm and will be some timC ago and we hope to eHover CKBB at 1230 on your radio sit here very soon Although ofldlil POST OFFICI DEPAITIDIT OTTAWA Othcr two girls were burned and suffered shock lulpcd save soldich from amp Borden lProvide School Vote1 Results Over CKBB wide but will ghaye to use 4115 gaged itrsbme cdmpetitiori for different make it will do nearly as yiiucli in the way of type setting as Mczlhewxwamrwi will arrive inBarric not by air but by railroad slower and less spectacular but more within our limited resources Another nounccment regarding press equip ment must await later developl incnts which are still indefinite Two brothers who got their start in the printing trade in The Barrie Examiner plant solnc years ago have been doing fine job pub lishing their own papers Davis Earl is publisher of the Gore Bay Recorder on Manitoulin Island and Davis Bill is the ownereditor of the Elmira Signet Last Week The Signet turnedrout 16 pages and we must compliment Bill on an excellent effort This special Fail edition was the largest in history for Elmira Memorial arenas seem to be springing up all over the country Reading through newspapers oflprove debentures to the extent oflbeen magStrate for the St few yearsinandzonJulyrl he was ap pointed Judge of the Family Court at that various towns of Ontario we noticet that in almost every case there is talk of articial ice plants to supplement their new buildings which are costing anywhere from $40000 to $150000 Proponents of ice plants point out they only cost from $23000 to $28000 They seem to forget about very im portant item known as overhead Arenas equipped with plants soon nd that it costs somewhere be tween $50 and $60 day in over head most of which is for power water staff egg We have noticed some rather small communities tillking Of ice plants sOme infact 739 planning on installation They rshoul tthey must get substantial and steady revenue from their territory because ex pehses dont stop once the plant itself is paid off Recently launched at Coiling wood Canadas largest Heighten the CSLs Hochelaga is 640 feet long and 67 feet wide At that width she will not be ableto pass through the Canadian locks at Sault Ste Marie which are 60 feet Arneiican canals Several other Canadian freighters are in the same class The sister ship of the Hochelaga is nearing completion at Midland and will be launChod in the near future Port MoNicoIliend ColdWaterEf Second hand pumper from theTor onto Fire Department The Port won but by the simple expedient of outbiddin the neighboring Sim coc County lllage Goldwater bid $1000 after members of the brigade visitedvToronto and inspected the pumper It was suggested Toronto wanted$1500 Port Mchcoll came in with bid of $1250 and got the pumper Several peoplg have drawn our attention to an item on the editorial page of The TorontODailyStai lncase you missed it We reprint sameheret How tiredBarrle peo ple must be of seeingtheirmaln anvill be available by 730 pm The is known Chairman Gable Chuck Britnell Ken Johnson is The information will be gathered by tliccdltorial staff of The Barrio Mworkingyiawoopemtle iLh WSmith returning Officer The polls will be closed at pm and it is cxpcclcd the first returns program will be broadcast from thel town hall Arrangements have been made tel have members ofthc school board spcak after the result of the vote will be on hand to explain what steps will be taken to get the build ing projects under way if the votcl is favorable If the ratepayegs vote against the school debenture issue Mr Gable will explain what steps the school board may take to meet the situation In order to makecertain that all the results will be known The Bar rie Examiner programWillbe on the airfat least until pm Today the property holders are being asked to approve or disapl $675000 JPhe money wouldbe used to build lZroOm school on Tor onto street and another 12 room School on Codrington street The presenthictoria school now over 80years old has been con demned and the school board has an opportunity to sell this property to the Dominion government for new post office and government building Duringhe past few days several leading citizens have spoken over the radio stationand all have re commended the proposalesput fer ward by the school board Donald ErMacLaren KC former mayor in urging support of the vote emphasized that the school tax rate had gone up in recent years but it had not increased to Amid the stately pines of picl turesque Angus Community Park Branch 499 of the Canadian Leg ion Eon Labor Day presented its first carnivalvand field day With the weather ideal in the Sheltered grove opposite thelforestry plant some 0000pe0p1e turned out dur ing afternoon and evening for the sports games and daricirig Angus Legionnaires hope to make this an annual event Their immediate objective is to raise funds for permanent outdoor skating area and summer sports field for box lacrosse This is to be located in the community park just north of the Legion Hall and Will befor the youth of Angus The executive of Branch 499 whichwas formed only several months ago had charge of Mon days program Pat Johnston is president VicePresidents are Chuck Milne GeorgeKinton and treasurer and Stuart secretary They were enthusiastically branch membership Robertson ably and aided by the SpeCial wmdsrbf Praise fgshoiild street choked with traffic eviery be directed the Women Aux summer And how tired motorists ust be offencountertngwarrle in 01 am With 1T0 AS BICOMO CLA IAIL Boat Explosion and Fire Show injury Jack Wcstnlan Both girls escaped Aug 17 when their Named Kings Counsel GORDON FOSTER of Barrie has been appointed Kings Coun sel Mr Foster former super intendent 0f the Childrens Aid Society of Simcoe County has which was established time He makes his home in Bar rie and conducts court throughout the district The appointment was announced by Hon Dana Porterl Attorney General the same extent as the general taxi rate Home and school club spoke of the responsibility parents had towardsl their children VC Howard Naphtalig managing director of the Simcoe county childrens aid society referred to the effect that poorschool sur made in the field 70 Injures JANET WlISTllIANagc scvcnwas also burned She was near the front of the float when it cxplotl oil and she was enveloped in flames Janet was confined to the hospital for fcw days but ls making good recovery Ciiiliiiliillis FIELD CROP corrosion The following is the placing crop competi tion oats conducted by the Oro Agricultural Society Ernest Crawford and sons 93 Geo Kirkpatrick 92 Victor Ross 91 Kenneth Gilchrist 90 Norman Stoddarf 89 Gordon Clark and sons 88 Seymour Hutchinson 84 Smith Campbell 82 Gordon Bid wcll 80 David Smith 78 Gerald Ego 77 Orton Crawford 761910 rcd Clark 75 John Woodrow 74 Ernest Coatcs 73 Isaac Shaw JiidgcFrank Marritt Kbswick LATE IN SEASON BABY FAWN DOES WELL WITH BOTTLE Last week farmer in Innis fll township found young fawn in the woods and because the mother was not in sight the animal was taken into care Tile fawn which was only day old was later given into the custody of William Stew art Brookdalc Park Barrie The baby is fed regularly with the aid of nipple and an ordinary babys bottle Two bottles of milk are necessary at each feeding and the nipples dont last very long because the baby has sharp teeth Mr Stewart said it is very unusual for fawn to be born this late in the seasonf doe usually gives birth to young in April May or June COMING EVENTS gt Bingo Loyal True Blue Hall High St Barrie Friday Sept 815 pm 6163 Relopening dance at Cookstown Pavilion Friday Sept to Don Gilkes and his orchestra 61tfb Rummage sale Trinity Parish HallSaturday October auspices roundings had on the behaviour of Trinity Doors open am children Turn to page six please 808 OF wait SOFTBALL There were eight teamsin thellamfers anlcounter softball tournament which from one until eight oclOck Chuck Milne was convenerRoya1 Canadian School of Infantry Camp Borden won first money beating Supply and Transport Camp vBor den 114 sin the final First rotindji results Lisle defeat ed Angus 71 ST defeated stayl ner 124 RCS ofIliminatedl Grenfel 13X DepocRCAF Angus defeated Barrie Legion 52 Second round ST defeated Lisle 31 RCS of defeated 13X In playoff for third money Lisle defeated 13x 30 CRAWFORD HORSESHOETSTAR The Minesing veteran Ells worthCrawford remains the un disputed star of horseshoe pitcha tag This tournament attracted no less than 32 entriesrincluding ex perts frilm Snyder Essa arid Utopia butEll Crawford topl ped them all He tookthe singlesl eyent handily gbelitiita Nobes of Stayrier in the at andftlien McFadd 01 wnx ed the xwas 62b Dance at Baxter Friday Sept to the music of Paxtons or chestra Dancing from 930 to 130 Btfth Mixed dancing at Pine Crest every Friday night to Ross Ronald andhis orchestra Admission 50 cents 48tfbl Dance at Shanty Bay Hall every Wednesday night Stroud Moun Admission 50c Lunch K29ffbT Monday Sept 112 815 pm aus pices Ladies priZes Dance Craighurst Hall under auspices of Womens Institute Friday Sept 92 Adults sion 50cLunch counter 6213 Dance Guthrie Community Hall air conditioned Friday Sept Music by Stgroud Mountaineers 62p Admission 50c Lun0h counter 62p Dancing every Friday night Beeton Community Memorial Re creation Hall to Norm Burling and His Kings Monaco pm to 100 am 33tfbT Egbert United Church anniver sary will be held on Sept 11 Ser vice at 730 pm Rev Mc Tnvish of Bradford to be the speaker 61629 Barri dance every Wednesday night at Joe Nobles new barn at Bond HeadiMusic of Don Gilkes orchestrsGocd oor lunch coun ter Admission 50c01detlme ll modernvdencing 43tfb Canada and the United Statesa study fancied neighborhood is the subject chpsenlvby Louis BlakeDulf 101 thfonlng meeting of Barrie tCanadian Club on Tues day tt130gln7the Libraryf Hall clam 62640ch Birigo Lgiori Hall Owen St Auxiliary Good Community 142 MAIHELLE IlANllELIIZIL age nItH was the most seven1y llurn rd of thrrc pirsons injured She is still confined to thc Royal Vic toria Hospital IAfK WIZSTMAN of lolicndal was hurled into the air when his boat cxplodcd at Dclancys wharf Barrie on Sept When he fell into the flaming deck hc immed iately reached through the blaze and rcscllctl Janet Westmaii and Marcello Chandelier Mr West nians right arm was severely burntll and his eyebrows were singed off lTllAlN KILLS BOY AGE TWO CAMP BURDEN son of Mr and Mrs Hender son 173 Roxborough West Toronto was killed by CNR train at CampE Borden Friday party of 100 army personnel was looking for the boy when the fatal ity was reported The little boy with his mother was visiting at the home of LtCol Houghton About 930 am the boy was missing and search party was organized It was 1130 am that the accident occurred The boy had wandered over half mile from the home and he must have become tired and he lay down on the railway tracks to rest line St Allandalc saw the form on the tracks Although Mr Potts could not distinguish that it was the body of boy he applied the brakes and the train screeched to stop However it was too late and the boy was struck apparent ly without being awakened The boy was nephew of Mrs Houghton Col Houghton was en route to England at the time of the accident Prov Cons Byles of Bar rie investigatedthe fatality and Dr Frank Shannon of Churchill lwas the coroner WHERE TO VOTE Today Thursday Sept the public school supporters of Barrie are voting on debenture issue of $675000 ers vote in favor of the bylaw the school board will proceed with plans to build two new schools The polls were opened at 10 am today For those who have not yet voted the polls will be open until oclock this evening The following are the polling placesr Ward OneMrs Freemans house 27 Charlotte St Ward TwoLibrary Hall Mul caster St entrance Ward ThreeOddfellows Hall Collier St Ward FourCommunity House Tdronto Sta Ward FiveMrs house 136 Bradford St Ward SixOrange Hall Burton Ave The property holders are being asked to vote yes or no on the de benture issue If the ratepayers support the bylaw the town council willcon sider the result of the vote later this month The school board has obtained two sites of five or six acres each one site is on Toronto St north of Wellington and the other site is on Codrington eastof St Vin cerrt The school board has been con ducting negotiations with the Dom rinlonlgovernment for the sale 01 the present Victoria school site If the bylaw today is apprDVedVic toria school will be sold for the purpose of providing site for new post mince and Dominion government building Armstrongs THE BARRlE EXAMINER BARRIE ONTARIO CANADA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER i949 ABC Nil PAID 7357 AS OF MARCH 1949 Three Persons Near Government Dock at Barrie Section lwPages to Twico Weekly MONDAY and THURSDAY AN EXPLOSION ROCKICI this 20foot launch and fire guttcd the firm bout Ticar tlic govcrnnicnt dock at Barrio Saturday afternoon Allan iillcspic Wors Icy Stllurricis scin examining the wrcckugc Two girls wcnt to thc hospital with screw burns Sccn Explosion RciCmkS llcstman 12 ll blast Beverley dock chairs ed bill ttncc others csczlpcd scr lous injury Saturday Iwhit an explosion laulicll and if was Vtltiptd lll flamcs itlllllttl ll Dcloncys wharf lllt foot of leyficld $1 Belliic lllc two most scvcicly lllJllltd were tilkcn to the Royall Vlllll Hospital whom they wore confing cd for low days John Wcslinail of Tollcndal wasl hurlch into lllC air by the blast When hc came down he fcll into afternoon rocde thcir instantly cu Tllc accident Two clilldrcn tclc scvcrcly bilrn on the lcll iri Yvonni liuiillclitr 11 and Beverley 0th of whom were unhurl by the is liolllliig the ruins of one of the IlAItltIIC EXAMINER PHOTO oat Two Children Burned which ltllitd uncontrolled for 15 lllillllltSlll spit of the efforts of volunteers will fire extinguishers Mr Wcsiillan had taken the launch from Orlllia to his home at Tollindal on the south shore of KciTlpliiclli Day Before setting out for Barrie With the four chil dren lilr Wcstman hsz tossed sonic lilc bells info the boat These too were lost in the flames which instantly cnvclopcd the boat The launch had crossed Kcmpcn fcldt Bay and was taken into DP lancys dock Ilitlc the engine the aming wreckagd and much was checked over and the gasoline TwoycarOld Brian Henderson search Engineer Henry Potts Carol If the property hold cd through the inferno to laughl Chandelier agciline Mr iiiali tosscd the two children to the nearby dock and then jumpch to safety himself The other two children in the boat were Bcvcrlcy Westnian age twelve and Yvonne Chandelier age clcvcn The two older girlsl had been at the rear of the 26foot launch Although bounced olfl their seats by the explosion they were far enough away from thci flames to scramble to safety bcl fore being burned CHARLES GRIFFIN is again chair man of the farmers day program which will be held in Barrie on Thursday Sept 15 Mr Griffin is deputy reeve of Barrie and he is lst vicepresident of the chamber of commerce which sponsors this annual event It was he who ori ginally suggested and promoted this big annual event man had his right arm badly burn cycbrows were singed off Weekend HppeningsReported In Mondays Barrie Examiner Owing to the LaborDay holiday there was no Monday issue on September However The Barrie Examiner will be issued next IMonday September 12 ill the early afternoon Among thcifeaturc articles will be detailed report of the result of the school debenture vote in Barrie 0n the sports pages will be detailed accounts of the senTOr softball playoffs and other important games There will also be an account of the golf finals at the Barrie country club course The hockey Seai son is also approaching and the latest news at the arena will be re orted There will also be details about coming events such as farmers day on September 15 Barrie fall fair on September 27 and 28 fall plowing matches throughout the district and other events Of district interest Womens features will include reports of recent weddings and other social gatherings The usual district news will be reported with items sent in by more than 50 correspondents throughout Simcoe county For survey of weekend happeningsviii the caurty town and sur rounding districtrcad Mondays issue of The Barrie Examiner Seed Potato Furnished Cottage Built During Lunch new sort of prefabricated house which can be built and furnished in two hours is capturing interest in Britain ltrhas been invented by New Zealand engineer Maj Collett Belt inoifdertosolve the problem of housing mobile labor The invent calls the portable home Terra pin after the turtle with itshouse onits back Inyited rbcently to have lunch with theinventor at an inn near London journalists were shown grassy space nearby and told By the time we have had lunch house will hnvn been erected and furnishcdpirthafspot When the newspaper men left the inn after lunch there was the furnished house withlounge two bedrooms and kitchen tted with sink and radiators The beds in cluding babys cbt were also made carpets were on the oor and there wereleasy chalrs tables and electric light All thiswas done in little under two hours by only The North Simcoe Seed Potato Growers Clooperative held its annual meeting at the Elmvale parish hall on Monday evening Sept been acting as an association for several years and charter of incorporation was ob tainedlast fall The president lvMorris Darby opened the meeting with warm welcome to members and visitors He was enthusiastic about the pro gress made during the year and stressed the need for continued ef fort to keep the cooperativehead ed in the right direction WWhiteside districtvisuper visor of the potato certification service andstaff were commend ed on the good work done to as sist the seed potato growers The agricultural representative Stewart Page and Evans manager of the New York State Seed Potato Caloperative were al so thanked heartily tor the help given to the North Simcoe organ ization during the year Cuppagc secretarymari six men ALL SHOULD HELP The two younger girls were the most sevcrely burned iMr WestI cd his face Was scorched and his lWhO mOk ithrce Camp Borden soldiers whose The launch valued at $1500 was thoroughly guith by the flames This organization has this annual meetihg was the first since the tank was filled by CharliW tor Janet age seven and MarcellclAPkm W651l McAllSln had just turned from the fuel pump Wcstman stepped on the staitcr and there was an explosion like bomb Several persons who were uptown quar icr mile away heard the explosion and hurried to the dock Among those who rushed in with fire extinguishers wcre Charlie McAuslan and Ross Smith Others nearby also gave aid William Delaney hastened to send in fire alarm The fire brigade arrived land had to lay line across the lmain lines of the CN railway tiacks John Westman was the man part in the rescue of craft had gone under during storm on August 17 casion Shortly before the boating acci dent Albert Colioe stepfather of John Wcstman suffered painful iaccident While driving some posts lat hishome at Tollendal he had the fingers of his left hand smash ed It required 18 stitches to mend the injuries Mr Colioc was being attended by doctor of the Simcoe medical group when the same doctor was called toattcnd to those who had been burned Another physician left for the boat explosion and Mr Cohoe did not learn until later that his own grandchildren had been involved ALLISTON TAX RATE With budget of $5128783 the town of Alliston has fixed its tax rate at 61 mills which is 10rnil higher than for 1948 TRY AN EXAMINV Eu wm AD coop necessary to increase the handling charges 0n seed potatoes during the year from five to eight cents per bag with theresult thatthe Cooperative was able to report 11 surplus of cash On hand or over $1000 The financial statement was audited by Bacon Orillia and on motion by Spencra and Hubert Brunelle the state ment was adopted at the annual meeting The highlight of theceveningvwas an address by 11 Evans munN New York State SeedPQj tato Ctroperative Inc Mr Evans complimentary as to the progress made bythe 100 ager was quite ative to date He stated the was possible brand seed for the simple reason that to date it had beeribetl isfaction to the growers stressed the fact however this favorable position Two other soldicrs were drowned on that oc Sale Lona no 143 Carloads First Year to sell Nomimcdc graded andws giving Milena Any communityrsuch as Virden needs the healthful recreationpro vided by summer sports All too frequently this Work falls on the shoulders of affew willing workers while the majority of players simply make use of the facilities provided jVIRDEN Man impairADVANCE agenpresented the audited finali cial statement and the report of business done during theyearigln addition to local sales which iwerc assisted duringdhe year theCo operative handled ill carloads of seem as carloads going to New York three to 301310 nudgtwoi be ing sold Optarici It had been