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Barrie Examiner, 17 Oct 1949, p. 1

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$0353 Milli One Section40935 tea new neon run an not enter earnm on ONTARio ABARRlE Alfifpfifocrossi i7 943 vmv WWV Its simple matter to get commodation for fun to be going to The rst Column Notes lln News ny exciton sanctum are Every time there is re which faked lives there ue writers who express amazement that re cantaweep so quickly and do so much damBe in such short time if some of those persons could attend sure even an ordinary house the they would change their ideas and there after would probably express amazement whenever person es capes from fire In almost any home or any public building even sircalled reproof structures there is enough inammable material to devastate thepremlnes in few minutes it few small sticks are enough to heat an entire house overnight how much heat is gener ated by dozen wooden chairs blazlng without hindrance from check drafts if fire started in any enact score of buildings in Barrie dozens of lives could be lost if there was no prompt alarm and no orderly exit It is only the fact that most people are careful with cigarettes and fires most of the time that prevents disasters SightSeeing Bean Some people do more travelling than others and among those in the former class is William Stewarts beer The live ly young bru and hls two rac coon plsymat met tens of thous ands of people while at the Can adian National Exhibition To have an opportunity to meet thousands more the playful trio went to Brant County last week where they attended the inter national Plowing Matcb Residents of Barrie and district who would like to get bears eye view of Flow Match may the CNE and Brookdale visit Mr Park Watch that BellTrap The city newspapers had stories last week about bear being seen at Oriliia There are heals in the vicinity of Barrie too and some have been seen in Vespra in recent weeks Local hunters Have bear traps set but at the present time To pro tect humans from walking into the tremendous ops thin wires have been strung up If you are walking in the bush anda strand of wire catches you across the warts chestwatch Vyour step bear trap really hurts Heartless Humans Among un kind individuals wc would place high on the list the person who takes tiny kitten far from home andlsets it out alone If kit ten must be disposed of it isnt necessary to loave it alone and In ounce or two of chloroform and put the innocent pet gt quietly to sleep in small box And stinger of warm milk could be given be fore the endless sleep Christmas again On these warm sunny days it doesnt seem quite right to be thinking of Christmas But evergreen trees are being cut by the thousands and they are al ready being shipped throughBar rie on their way south Chritmas comes in the month after next 1030s there was aisoiigWhich con taiped the lines Bananas are cheaper nows the timer to buy When purchasing some bananasxt 18 Cents pound the other dliy shopper remarked they were only seven cents pound few years ago Yes andIgwasmxk mg for centsan hbur at at time rejoined the clerk More Parking Space Barrie is to have more parking vineters in stalled and no doubt thgre will be mild outcry from someof the merchants and business men at JASPER PARK LODGE was the scene of the annual Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association ConVention this year This famous restart in the Canadian Rockies con sists of series of bungalows along the shore of The Barrie Convention Speaker of Lao Beauvert During the convention western barbecue was staged for the benefl of the newspapermen and Walls writes about that feature and others in this issue Hopkinsbalid3 Bananas are Cheaper In the Unfaile Matched Against th Rockies summitsuccumbs By KEN wALLs The Alberta Division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association having one of the finest locations on the continent at Jasper Park Lodu for the 30th annual convention of the nat ional body made sure that the program was in keeping with the venue William Dmyer editor ingSept 1214 planned of The Wetnsklwin Times was convention chairman and the subject must have taken great deal of his time for some months past so well was the gather There was only one flaw Soc+ beautiful is Jasper many of the delegates from all parts of Canadas 10 provinces did not attend all the businesb sessions This was pity because there were some excellent technical add as by outstanding notificationgirlI subjeiiits of gpr an even Wit the weather solute iridthescneryiun surpassed it was easy to understand why the golf course the swimming pool the trails and Lac Beauvert beautiful green weresuch attrac tions However no one seemed to miss thedinners or the latices when Len Hopkins and his orchestra from 0t Itawas Chateau Laurierheld forth adieteran musician Ottawa Toronto Wastaga Beach and Barrie was particularly happy about the amth melodic rhythm of the They told us they rather enjoyed beeaurelthey always had alarge appreciative audience It was nights when npt more than half dozen couples were on the floor althoughihe Lodge was at full capabity 01650 all the time were allowed to share the ballroom for dancing and there was so much fun thatwas the popular evening throughr the season Almost the en tire shuntJasper were university students nearly all from the East increase of traffic in thetowwthe councillors arebeing hard preSSed to provide par1cm the same time led and do businc Section School Days schoolbgain ma boiid page while at rigsomevac to is to shop business we dutylitrabe iii from benderBritish Columbia Tll ktnff from management to bushre Wte vermhuxlns at Jasper Tliey are always specially chosen by the ONE hotels department Naturally thcre palwayen bl waiting est summer Doolitt openPublishers were nice ng staffersall the time can but we Margaret playingfor the newspaper crowd strange to hear that during the two Sunimer months there Weremany on Wednesday nights the staff evening withthe speaker being Carl Nickle bf Calgary publisher of Daily Oil Bulletin AS you might gather oil has become the great topic of businessin Alberta the main reason why Edmonton is to day the boom city of Canada al Examiner iifiibibrii om December 1516 1711 The first regular meeting of ih Barrie Art Club was heldoh Thursday evening Oct 13 at in were present Most of the business centred around the evening art class iii the Barrie Collegiate which thc club has decided to sponsor Mrs Mdrshall Miss Steele and Gordon Reeve were appointed as model and still life committee to look after the hiring of models and arrangements of groups for the art class Mrs Bowman reported on still lift the progress made in arranging fog on exhibition this Fall Presenf plans call for holding this in or Collegiate Auditorium on Dec 16 and 11 The balance of the evening wt spent in the study of recent wo My Valvesmy busy day and done1byclub members TW Mit fortunateiy Monday was reasonably earlyto bed All phones rang atl am to summonmost everyone to what they called wakeup breakfast sponsored by the Can adian Bankers Association Our good friend Vernon Knowles of Montreal former managing editor of The Toronto Daily Star was not at Jasper but his aSsistant as direc tor of public relations Jack Sand ersonformerly of Thornhill was on the job and we got off to wonderful start Most of the delegates agreed that Tuesday morning was the most beneficial of all from business standpoint The pub lichen were divided into four groups ofcirculation so that common problemsoould be dis cusscd in an informal way and rebommendations presented to the national body of som 600 newspapers from Newfoun edat these forums and the dis cheli led in giving an analysis of about25 paintings nearly all of which had been made in the Bar rie ara This proved both inter esting and instructive as it gave all the local painters an opportun FOUND BY HUNTERS or My Livingston and Harold THC while Oll hunting tut Albert Heathfield of Shanty Bay was elected president of the Ram Friday morning brought down piece of wutherbub penfeidt Players at an organization EmmaDelegates StudyPlow Match on equipment that ind appar ently been released on bal loan by the us Army Signal Corps They tried to shoot the unit out of spruce tree without sueceu me anally Mr Living ston climbed the tree and was able to reach the equipment which was hanging from small parachute The mechanism which weighed about six pounds in cluding batteries was labelled Badimnde Modulator Serial 6022 and It was also labelled US Army Sign Corps Tram lnlttcr it ind originally been suspended from rubber bul loon The balloon had broken and tiny red paper parachute eased the gadget down into meeting in the Community House at Barrie last Thursday evening The Kempenfeldt Players has been established as result of an amalgamation of the Barrie Drama Club and the Kempenfeldt Summer Theatre Other officers elected at the meeting last Thursday were vice president Vera Hawkins secretary Marian Gilbert treasurer Ruth Maley publicity chairman Pat Hathaway of Guthrie Membership was renewed in the Ontario Drama League and the club members are planning to pro duce one play before Christmas lMcmbcrship is open to anyone in Barrie and district interested in drama Plans for the first production will be made at meeting to be held V0 miles north next Thursday evening at the home Mldhmitu of the vicepresident 138 Dunlap in addition to the Signal Street Corps transmitter Mr Living ston and Mr Todd also gottwo which have Passing through the Panama partridge from the Atlantic to the been Canal dressed and put into cold storage locker Pacific one travels from west to ast fe The Mistakes On The Back Page EWin Pair of Passes On page eight you will find The Back Page This new feature in the Monday edition of The Examiner will appear Methods By SIMPKIN Those who attended the plow match on Thursday must have thought by the time they got their cars parked and had spent from two to four hours in the line mov ing few car lengths at time from the outskirts of Brantford on that the whole world was trying tot get to the match Among those seen in the line were many with Barrie cars including some of the county committee members who were spending most of the week there in order to ascertain just what would be needed next year in Simcoe County where it is expect ed that the crowds may consider ably excccd those attending this year One of the matters the Simcoe 60 ii GIFFIN virus nun so AT sic PLOW Tait 5016 line oi plucdntlnnchuof the International twine Match in Brant CM Int in the palatal divi sion he won 3ch and all to die valued as won third price on Tuesday by tractor event Murray Jelly of Bradford Ind Donald McNabh of smut placed 8th in an intercom Junior tractor else on Saturn idunndmneeuhawirdln the class of 30 Allan Motion and Gordon Olden Millet delegation will take to the county mum plum 0L council is recommendation that some considerable improvements be made on the county road that leads from the highway at Alliston south to the farms chosen for this match There is narrow bridge with very dangerous approach and railway crossing thattis crossed with bump of some ten to twelve feet Both of these Would be dangerous to the heavy traffic that will be using this road which is the main artery to the match There are some township roads leading to the 27 highway that will also need improvements The traic congestion which ex isted at the Burford match will have to be eliminated was the opinion of the committee members Donald Home of Orillla wou $10 in tricycle type tractr3 class Others who did well were Russell and Bert MW of Mlneslng Mr Campbell of Churchill Mervyn much of Mincslng who plowed with horses banquet given by the city of Brent ford which was postponed until Saturday so that the final results could be known There were many who did not wait over The picials and council dele gates were invited to banquet put on in the United Church in Burford Friday night This was intended to catch some of those when they met at the Headquarters who could not wait over until Satv weekly during the next few months We know you will like this feature The following business firms of Barrie Cottys Cleaners Emms Electric Farrells Sporting Goods Harris Motors Limited ohrlstons Hardware Chick Sandler Mens Wear Smith Furniture and Walk wel Shoe Stores have inserted advertising designed for your reading interest Some of the ads are of the comic nature some offer specialsale prices while others offer good sound advice in Certain lines of mere handise and service And as an added feature weekly contest will be held The Examiner printers have deliberately made few mistak es in the ads on The Back Page and you the reading public are invited to find these errors When you have located the errors write the correct spellings of the words on piece of paper and mail it along with your name and address to Find the Mistakes co The Barrie Examiner Limited Barrie draw will be held and the senders of the first two correct letters drawn will each receive either two passes to the Barrie Flycrs home gameagainst Gait Black Hawks on Friday night Oct 28 or four passes to any theatre in town Turn to The Babk Page alldbee thistirrielyaevermlng and While there try and find the mistakes Four Vehicles Involved In Crash at St Pauls ity to benet from learning each others problems Applications are still being ac cepted from anyone interested in art Those wishing to join the evening class in the collegiate should apply before 730 pm on Tuesday evenings those wishing to join the club should do so at their next meeting on Thursday Oct 27 at pm or arrange with some member to have their name en teredon the club roll Last Thursday afternoon there was an accident on Highway 11 near St Pauls with four vehicles involved Property damage to alledover $500 but no person was hurt vehicle driven by Georgell Noon of St Pauls was turning off the highway into his lane second vehicle driven by Wil liam Duncan of Innisfii slowed down to avoid the Noon auto Preliminary Plans 2evesti NewiIPublic School Siifltildiiitifiililiiiti Approved by Board oxour Foams Chairman for the Class Orie group over 2000 circulation was Preliminary plans for the new public school to be built on Cod ltions were erred to the property committee th authority to ll the Bob Moore of Slivift Current Sas rlngton street were vdiseussed at wagging Alfred Harris is chair none other than this correspondent Turn to page four please Rotary Entertains Teachers Pupils Trophy Presented The Rotary Club of Barrie elite tained thepriricipals andtwo menu srunroromauruaipn wedl bersof rthe trackand eld team tom each of the publicgschoolsiand tMarys Separate School at in clieorlon lindencot 13 convention the ans $273 kaitchewan audathe secretory was the meeting ofthe public school board last Thursdayevening The plans were studied and will be sent back to the architects Coon and Sell for detailed plans and specications to be prepared Page and Sleeieyarchitects for the new public scho to bebuilt on Toronto street life proceeding withspecicatioiis and Chairman gchildren from outside thetown at Gable saidfit was expected tenders wouldgbe iczdled for by the endoffthe year Finance reportdlsiwas presented hyRev Sinclair DD ch irfnan ofinance The accounts totalled no 07095 Accou salariesfat 950sal man of the property committee On motion Vof Trustees George Cadogan and Charles Newton the secretary was asked to write to the town clerk ortown assessor asking for list of the town properties indicatingwhether or not the taxes were going to the supportcf the public schools It was reported there were four ytending the town schools and the secretary was asked to notify the parents of these children that they could no longer be accommodated the town schools motipll cf Trustees Dobson deogan the property commit was authorized to order stok forKing Edward School from Sarieant Company providing ompapy can assurethe beard at Service man third vehicle driven by Derwin of Sherbourne St Toronto was struck by fourth vehicle driven by Reginald Sparks Bloor St Toronto The Derwin vehi cle was pushed into the Duncan auto The greatest damage was to the Sparks car about $400 The Noon auto was untouched of the match where they gathered previous to starting for home Most had to get back on Friday evening and did not wait for the Santa Claus Parade Barrie November Santa Claus is coming to town on Tuesday Nov 22 giant Christmas parade will be held in Barrie and St Nick with Prancer and Dancer and all his other rein deer and helpers will be here tol see the children of Barrie And Santa will bring many of his friends with him The Old Lady1 inkthaei SDORFOBUI aiddlve tyBac is Chidemllmr Motheecogu intheBox and many other favor ite charac ers all depicted on mas sive and ally colored floats will be shown In the parade there will be 16 large floats and number of small ones all accentuating the Christ mas spirit To pass point re quires more than an hour because of the length of this great parade In actual length the string of floats and bands and clowns stretches for several city blocks Prov Cons Harold Wheeler invesw Commencing atthe Fair Grounds tigated dl Additional VON Canvassers Listed When the names of the VON can vassers were published in last Thursdays issue of The Barrie Ex aminer there were few names not available at the time the news paper went to press In one section of Ward 4Mrs Laurie is the captain and the following are the canvassers Mrs Gray Mrs Harry Young Mrs COutts Mrs Chris tie Mrs Fraieigh Crowe Mrs Perkins Mrs Read Mrs Empke Miss Miller Mrs Twiss Mrs Gable Mrs Wright Mrs Ough Mrs McNabb Mrs Hancock Mrs Harold Scott Mrs Robert Chittick In Ward the name of Mrs George Caldwell should also have been included inblthe list published Thursday WATCH EOUR FIREARMS This is the time of the year the chap who enjoys huntingvgets out his old firearms buys himself licensefand goes out either to shoot wiidgame or himselfa The amount of hunting accidents in this country is appalling gELMWOOD Mani HERALD 6gt LaWAnmiuo WOMEN on Essa Road at 130 pm the par ade will move east along Essa Road toBradford and along the Jtigh way to Elizabeth St following along there to Dunlop St and urday night The match had to be extended the extra day owing to rain on Wednesday which com Turn to page eight please WWN Womens Hospital Aid Penny Sole will Close Tuesday October 25 The Womens Hospital Aid Pen ny Sale which has been running in Barrie for the past three months33 comes to an end Oct 25 at Sfpm The aws for the 21 rizes will ingddatuomr House Anyone having tickets to deposit may do so at CraigsMens Wear from Oct 19 toOct 24 Money raised from this project all goes to the HospitalAids Auto clave fund thence to theTown Hall At meeting of the retail mer chants committee of tbekchamberf of commerce on Tuesda night Chairman Jacobi an several other members of the committee drafted plans for the event It is hoped that the school chil dren of Barrie and district will be able tolseetthe parade NearlyZOO Schools Now Receive Of County Library Readers in rural areas in Slmcoe County have already read abOut 15000 more books this year than they had read at this time last year Last year the circulation wa590090 bOOkS the highest cir culation in any established county library in Ontario In presenting report onthe years work at the annual meeting ofthe SimcoeCounty Library Co operative Miss Elsie Dunnpneiw county librarian gave the credit for the years progress to the li brary board and Miss Audrey Gray former librarian Although havelzben in the come curios Fowl supportand dance Hall Phelpston Wednesday oet roszh 19 Everybody Welcome Dance at Shanty Bay Hall nesday Lunch bar 50c Tuesday Oct 25 8pm 74b Grenfel fowt supperW calla Oct Ill Slipper 530 program Admissio eountyonly two months 1am very muchximpressed by The county spirit which is so evidenthere and certainly not seen to thensarrie ex tent in other localities Where have worked The cooperation which exists among the various cpuntyagencies is remarkable Ai ready my work has been made ex Itrerriely pleasant and certainly There will be Youth forcible Rally in Central umteclcliureil

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