Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 9 May 1958, p. 1

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Sine inst 79 YegrNo 54 mm Lionsnun 0F ilillVthi COURSE milcam speaker th may suppermec Lions Club was John Riekct representative of the Ontario Safety Leagues Training in stitute in Toronto Introduecd by Lion Ed Myers he gave summary oflhc sys teni adopted by the institute seriesrol courses in driving and traffic education with Professor Campbell who is not only pr essor of education but also director of driver education of the State Teachers College State University of New York The course is iven in ser of lectures with the next dated from June 1958 and the main driving and trafi ed cation for secondary school teachers by an additional teachers training cdursc on giving us ctionand so course forinstruetors in high schools and outlined vsuch instruction as 30 hours in class eight hours behind the wheel 16 hours wat ching Therearejour elements involved in progress oftuitio ill habits good knowledge and good attitude Skill is On Board of New Association applied on the icked up inpracticc only and ails for coordination in nerves and muscles Accident Drill The speaker also gave some idea of action in an accident or preceding it if possible put the feet up from the floor as that is where jamming occurs Release the brake if you cannot avoid striking pedestrian be cause if trce wheeling the car will cause sless injury to the victim if prostrate In generaLthe average teen ager does less driifmg than the father and is times more it able to have accidents than dad said the speaker Interesting Film interesting film was shown giving incidents ot the days driving with our different ages in drivers and with some tense moments and tight situations In comment followingr one member remarked that the driv ing instruction course might prove of morevalue to the stu dent that somc of the subjects in the sébool systems of today verypieasing event follow ing the program was the pres entation of $500 cheque to the club from the Ladiesi Auxiliary by CiarenreCorbet to be swimming pool concert ra mg on the big project $65000 nnd it was arrabged to ss Artists conception of how Rotary Si clent Loqnj Fund Has Helped Six any airman Loan port on the tund to the climb at the regular meeting on Thursday Founded two years ago the scheme has met with the approval of many he es and is at present being studied by anothcrorgan nation in town who are consider in setting up msimilar fund It is principally fihancedv by the club members although it has been assisted by generous dona tions from outside lnthe twoyears it has been operatingthe fund has assisted six students and it is hoped it will 1115 la to help two or three more this fall Regulations governing the fund details about the scheme are avail able at each of the collegiatcs Roiarians were informed that the St John Ambulance drive sponsored by the club had brought in so far $1793 and it wasex peeted that last years figure of $2200would be reached before the pceount was finally closed Directmail donations from Orillia had amounted to $442 Guest of the club was Gilbert Moreau student at St Josephs School1 whowas this year ch en by Barrie Rotary to fly to Ottawa this weekend to take part in the fAdventure Citizenship sponsored by the Ottawa Romryv Club This annual project draws togetheryoung students from across Canada hold bingo every second club Eht Lion Charles Agnew made helpful donation toward the bin go success by offering the trans portation of tablcs andequip hichv comes ment some of from Camp Borden wontyOne pars in lindsayWreck lQliNTDSAY la empty cars ofa UNR freight jun ed from thei rails near here and jacknifed into artangled mass of wreckage early Wednesday No one was injured but ONE officials said litwouidyheat least ashours befor theline is cleared at the harmtaut antics isaorganizat gt was asaga Cloudy and Cool WiiH Fresh nd The week has been mostly sunny maul mumshy fims tiate with rain in some areas clock The publi are ordialiy invited to be present for nual inspection and displa SquadronLeadex Oates DFM Commanding Officer will be in charge of Lhevthree flights on parade Following the inspec tion there Will he distribution of awards and demonstration by the cadets of some of their train ing program It was announced thatadvertis ersVrental of Rotaritmhenches this year would be flat rate of 335 The bench committee are getting busy on this project an those advertisers who wish to renew their rental will retain preference of site great challeng ation In erplanatlon of the proposed discontinuance of centain CNR trains between Toronto andOr iliia Edey superintendent of this division said that studies were being made on all regions of the system acrosscanada seeking solution to the problem of un profitabie senvices porfant phas of these surveys calls for an examination of the potential trach on tho linethe weighing of economic factors to timermine whethe or not the railway would hedustified in changing time schedules subst ituting ditferenttype of service such as diesel locomotive power or lightweight se ropeiled airs curtailing nonessential operations in an area or therabandooment of the line enemy Study Insofar as passengerrservicebei tween Toronto Barrie and or illia is concerned studies extend ing over the past two years lead to the conclusionthatrto many traina are being operated the yolurne oftraflfic available Over this route under present schedules there aretwo daily trains two trains daily except Sunday and an additional train to operate every Saturday from June to August 30 gt Southbound from Oriilia ther isa ilytrai dailyercep Mono wrongs an salon 5ch halo copy 20 Ragessnares Secti The village of Wasaga in cooperatlon with the Georgian Bay Development Association petitioned the Ontario Gov eminent to take over the sand beach at Wnsaga and de velop it into park at cost which would be in the neigh borhood or million dollars The brief had also the support or the Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce which estimates that nearly two million people will visit the bench this year because of the increased publicity done by thechamber The sponsors of the brief ask ed only that the property now owned bythe Crown should he developed as park area They asked nothing tor the village which has population of 550 people Atthe present time the beach is rented from the provin cial government by the village at $25 per year Because of its expanse and proximity to Tomato the beach is holidayrcglon to well over million people each summer Three roads feed into the area the number of trains nd arranging the routepf Friday train to serve public convenience during heavy weekend traffic in the summer The proposal is to discontinue train No 45 which leavesloronto at 50 pan Daylight Time for Or No 43 would be operated out of Toronto at 530pnn DST on Fridays betwee une 27 and August 29 through Barrie and Orillia to North Bay Southbound No 42 out of Ban rieat 800 can and due at Toronto at 955 am daily except Sunday and Mon would be can celled No 148 Sunday only vtrain would be cancelled as it is duplicated by No 156 Substitllte Trucks Express traffic on thetrains to be discontinued isvery light but study of the situation indicates that highway servicewould be desirable for express between Aurarn Newmarket and Bradford and should the train cancellations he made the railway proposes to substitute trucks for the handling of expressbetween those points All other stations will be conven iently and adequately serviced through the handling of the pic on the remaini train Sim ay anextra everySaturday gt and every Sunday and twin addi tional trains from Barrieone daily except sunday and Monday and the other Sunday night train during the some period June result of the surveys recommendation has beenmade to the railrivay management that economififie efvf by reducing and of these two are totally in adequate causing delays of many hours over the last two miles of the approach Lack Facilities Sanitary facilities forwthc 20 000 people each weekend con sists of one washroom main tained by the village of Was aga Policing of the area is done by the provincial police who have undertaken to provide adequate policing for flat fee of $7000 perv year from the vil lage There is no supervised or or ganized parking facilities pro vided with the result that can park all over the fine beach constituting hazard to the many pedestrians and bothers There are no boat fat ties pro on for recreationaiv activ report from Dr director of he Health Ilnit states swimming purposes this purity of the water is adequate The re port comments on the difficulty of providing adequate washroom accommodation for the vast crowds that come to the beach and suggests that adjacent muo icipalities might assume some of the burden The problem of waste disposal is also overwhelming because there is no land available for waste material Dr Scott con siders that municipal sewage plant is the only lanswer and suggests it is rnatter that should have the immediate at tention of the Water Resources Commission The health unitreport states that water supply to thearea uis from deep wells which produce water fit for human consump tion However there are num ber of shallow sandpoint wells and the water from these cavinnot be considered suitabiea for hu man consumption Speulic kécomméndntlons Specific recommendations giv en inthe brief are that the bridge at the eastern end over he Nottawasagaw be wld aned the Snnnidaiehoad en trance to the area be hard toppéd and that survey should he made of rthebeachfrontage for long range transp rtation plan 0n the matter of sanitation the report recommendsthat ac commodation provided id be sufficient to handle 20000 people pcrday at pea capac fihe brief also asksthat fac ities be provided to make th Nottawasaga River mouth able throughoutm 50 that dockcge space be pro ded within the sheltered area river itself for boats caped and planned bathing playgrounds ng cilities andwashrooms properi interspersed Stron vent tragedies that too ev lives in l955 Charles Proctor cier aga village said that Wealth rcrowda had becomesso the beach lation was Parade Rally Midland day Rev Bruce Lardie Carm Professor of History and Music at Mount Carmel College Niag Falls will be the princi speak er atthe third annua Family Rosary parade and rally to he hel at VLittlolIlake Ball 1Park Midland Sunday afternoon Mothers May The parade will ea St garets Church at Parishioners lron1 th of Midland Penetang Perkinsiieid ort McNic pecteditojtake part along W1 representation from th Knigb of Columbus councils of Barrie and Tottenham depicting the five Joyful Mysteries the Rosary and sixth floatrepresentingtha generaldhenie ofthe para EThel epa rounding parishes The In Bugle Band will accompan parade which will be mid superv of the Huronia cil of th Knights of Col

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