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W13 WEEKS ISSUE 6975 Copies 81 St YearNo 49 iBCI Commencement Exercises Here Crowd Auditorium Both Nightsf Fight for Freedom 1k Activities of Men ma Wanna in the NuAmyir hm Einuivi Lt Bury itiroy Rccupciatin From Illness Mediterranean Area Lt liar ty foizzte eyed froa the ldl rt ni lrlmw Tuzaulm lubILc liela Lt iilroy Rite to they szt jam the it lite end Lin around England tJ ltrzaw loztEE ier thanwk dance IIirrc wini di ll Dyanht idem Allen ll 541 1mmill lurvis lZ NilICN OM Wink ioiI aimea iio to Rome wizli What the pe inky GK calls Linked Gin and Azit toiec 111l=ilry Im llicn up to lrasizizeno aile Mac we tntt IClttltt province and 1iein CKWL $2 to Iiinpoll and Florence then iftfillncil Fridjvni the iotliic Line tip the coast of the fur LCM Adriane wa llhnini Lllit my Sh ection when evacuated Regular and Hwnym allcxpcne tour Ive had lo ofAMihc mk fan on the trip too Of eourSe you mmf 12ve to put tip with the mid un pleasniitiicss lit the easiest thing in the World to learn is to hit the ditch without IlfIllIlillJ more than our dignity and that not very ball ly lIntering Home with taw first troops was tnsation which has to be experienced to be rcalizl and appreciated wvv ll Ilrca It ti A15 41 1210 en ce ltatiuk li Xe ii than 1111 it vili it tun the tttii illicit gt laje flu dance iiti ia directed 1w lute Farmersoi the District Banquet Kivvenis Club Members of Barrie Kiwanis fliih tboiit 70 stronr had unique ineeliiig this week when they were From Barrie GOOI euriis trom Ertl9vp guests of flu fitiiiins of the dishing Toronto Idlurd 152lCldUlatiWat turkey dinner anda well llTiTake NCO 1i arens ran eeer liftniilton 02 liieh St that their llmbkdiindnlwiml p10Almmi ieorgze Murphy and lioy Long urs lin lownship llall on older son Pilot Officer John lerris whn escaped tioin the llaiiit aol Nomi mlm 00 DHMM November 17 were captured last Hamilton had arrived in the United 5mm ld is iliiiis tffl1llitflllll1llflltlitfltltillisilll15 nitiht near Toronto The tawa and thence home on furlough Church MN Ht mum hp dwitwo ouths dioit totlie home of p0 ammo lr gunner Im 4101 mi dun mt in normal and asked if they might overseas in September 1043 as ff lum her garage to repair flat tire merit in the programme from stat sergeant and was commissioned in10 mm ilie notified lotest Illll polite lflnglandv implewd 37 01mm paw1 When the police entered the gar llomll 131115 Willi an RAF lltlfllin Ailnd11313 liitt one of the youths attacked mg Squadron rccmnb ariit biieu tiia octe an them with the iron but the two lCldl farn or was cliairinii indE constables soon overpowered the iii Fl NCCdIIEm Prisoner Ofitxpldlmd mum ttwo escapees after short scuffle distiict had enjoyed the hospitality and the assistance given by thei C1 N0 llld been 5mg had been stolen from Milton Walk 50 of and Mm win Need lhllllll0tglll1d ffliis iiiIi er 131 Scott ltoad York Township hani of Wynard Susie isnow hornet JNWI In Hm cur wow law 11L moni to aim 01tltti 01 illdpljihAlfierfldny 1lilillhjchtrtionsiesixriisiblefor arranging this tittlk CxltlS each containing eight rirletxesivvmtid delrlicol worvkgd gcwongcr and most of which 10 gallons of gasoline There lSll on The Baltic Gazette and in Elm de Simiangc orcl105103 mm 50 mm Of humm Llommb Vale before going to me West the Barrie IithllllS lub weteh liliirplty and Long cscapcdfrom Some of the older lacrosse fans the C9um comm 10 19V05llli Barrie at the same time as William will probably remember him CWElls 0f VCSPlilv lmllfll Om Ftiiwlcy But Frawley returned to lL Needhain was shot down on Sunmdfllo F105 Burl Agllcululf 111101 11 few dtllb 10101 Of 1118 two occasions was prisoner of SOCICW 010 ASIIQUIUIRII 59Clown accord He had reached Tor war for month and recaptured Cllv Federation of Agriculture 5110 onto and his mother persuaded him the Americans in Normandy C00 County War Services AsSoCii he should return and she drove him When first shot out of action he Plowmcnvi A50mlu Mllk Elfdllcel id Ilarrie lie was given corporal mariang to glide to his home port ASS0CH Buttic Junior littt Cull punishment Murphy and Long are but the second time plane Gml and SWHIO Clubs F110 13103 still in thc costody of Toronto po caught re and he Smelt bumslof the farmers also included the CC before he could get away from his 1Dle$0milllVCS 0f 10 0991 or A2 ship and parachute to the ground CUHUIC Have you renewed your subscrip Wliile chuting down he was shot Turn to page eight please ltion by the enemy After landing lie rw ran from his plane but was caught Youthful Escapees Pilot Officer Jack Hamilton isioii in 1000 Mr Doug ill continued AR EXA on cw BARRtE ONTRio CANADA mousew DECEMBEfl Mil JAMESDOUGALL AT 86 RETIRES FROM UTILITIES Arena 11 TOWN COUNCIL TO HAVE NINE NEW ALDERMEN lit lni Sinclair semiit ltlllllf MINE Section lches Bylaw iassed Sinclair 1945 Mayor With ewAlderme PETER SINCLAIR iBARRIE To GET TO OCCUPY MAYORS ARTIFICIAL ICE CHAIR JAN l945 VOTE 1057162 by deli run Si no lionali Fl lo lllI ulftia lot ltltlillttllJl nature lite lt lUllrv llte vote was Sincl iaclaariz till Buchanan unupie in that the three candidate were placed in the teary at had been on an acelaniatioir for the office lien on iioiitiitioi night No other 1t lhere lein tolililtllllvll the conth for llcpiiy Reeve and lo than 900 otcs separated the tlirm candidates when the final itoant was made Alvl liariie liristie won out with comfort able majority defeating Aid 11 lloinzheett and former Deputy illeeve William iarncr The tilt in this office lilllil ha imeillcee headed the poll in liic was ntrodieed to Harrie in lUlllJitntds hilt trailed iii two opport lle relath that tia litiu service lent in Ward Six and the advance was not very ieilahle in he tall poli years and sit the teaia generatoriarncrz 733 Louuhecd 743 tttlllputent i1gt rtiaed for aw Ward One provided the most in during llslllllllt ill Tile 1Ciwtircst in the election for aldermen Mr Iltltllilll said it fnls 101 illtlvith five candidates competing for CHEF lllztlitl It lliflotitttt Milt lovingly taxi on tho Council Aid this etiiiiiiiiiiiit btLAHW ill Cttillflrant Mayor headed the poll with llllmll llilfl Silililllt tz flia comfortable lcadand newcomer 700 how igtittli llllllll 103 Clifford llrown won out over three the had CW tl llrfdotlic candidates liiird on the list ever Barrie eou MUfltd lililiwas Clement Vlitgill Alderman rating and is now up to 1000 hoiSC it Leishinaii who had been mu tlgtlllll in this ward only few Turn to page eight please it JAMES ll DOIUALI lileeted chairman of toniiris inontlis lost his seat on the council by finishing tip in fourth place and Job iunstone trailed the poll in Ward Two three candidates all newcomers to municipal pol itics contested the two seats Currie headed the poll and Byriic was in second place ithony Decarie ran third Frank Craigr was an easy winner in Ward Three Edwin Wilson BARBIE LIONS OBSERVE Bill ANNIVERSARY TllC 13 illllllClUll Ur Cllitiitl iiosiiigr out Robinson bv Olilv Night was celebrated liednesday it ioteg chm Robertsn We Vetting NDV 29 he mcFlbiliiiii fourth place All four candidates of the Barrie Lions Club and their in ward Three were new in mo ladies enjoyed chicken dinner in imumcipal eld the club room Dr Laurie 13th president presided over the happy occasion President Laurie recounted that he had been present at the Charter Harris in Ward Four got Turn to page eight please no order in tundivide in iirislle The count was Christie 913A An every one of polliitI tllli The voting for Filayor rather TOWN COUNCIL OF BARRIE 1945 The llarriiiwloiin onnell for this pill he MayorPeter hiiirlair ltccveieorxe llurk Deputy llrrveliarlix HPf iGirl Working in Cote iAftcr om Cost Proprietors $2000 11 lhrortgil chargi laid by =pector Empire of the Dept of la Ward IVJ Harris bor lutal ltnliltllllllf propriety Ross owaii Jr ngeloff paid fine of $10 Ward ilsopp his guilt carts of $10 on conviction llart Ward louelier llLl rtliur lugli Aldermen Ward Liruiit ford Brown Ward furrir Bynit Ward III1 13 Craig in Wilson Maior iif it am on Nov Ll ihix does not StClll to have been vitiiiiclntt defiance of the lawl aid Crown Attorney Hammond lr iigelolf stated that the young tlady had been waiting for friend land in the meantime had served an active service mart with coffee in an iitorview with Tr $150 FINE FOR eiy inclrely ppceiite uppwrtcrn lOpERATING Mayor Mocharen Says The Best of Luck To His Successor In behalf in the te zirrliess of the re and their support were gratifying To Mr Sinclair offer are hear ty congratulations in the caaipaign void of personalities wish hizn by 1l mpgumbhiuli best ofluck in 1015 and can esarelmlWI 01 local mzm ltdl hint of my cooperation and mi Ilugcmld alllculcdbcf9wi lance in all matters for the good tfimasimm Jens 5ida3 mpmi the Town at any time he may dellng mam mm keeping Comm gm mcmn Enron gaining house at the rear 01 thc Penny Arcade Elizabeth SM 11c pleaded guilty and after heard ing was fined $130 with costs of $11 Sgt Wilkinson of the squad who was assisted by Detccvcs chgott Have you read this weeks Cia flcds 45th 11 tor having waitress employed afl iGiMiiiG HOUSE toS Gcnniliari lS NAMED co RCAFllOtlDEN it illoll ll ll HARVEY it lltAI it Ililt It ll in us illash Stlttatiron ill llt oillj lii and turn till it inatiiiz Ottiec gt cn turnip lltl in win to Sea Isluni ltonwalir HT tlte filmiienfiry lilll Train Scinml IEie fullotiita lutlllfl hint at nrai Ilyui Schml lrentnn Stunniaiuii Squadron oza mrit ilai tiiially Cultf lijili In itttihiz In 1911 iT Harvey wa lraii oti filitlLt ltltl court posted Command or at tho Cori iapointcd piatnoti was Chief 171 it start with the nander and then Ctiiiiiiiidiitr Officer KY tto Group Captain which iiiliiinjl he held prior to lllgt appmntnieii Camp Borden GC lfarvey lltl littlltttl great change in Camp Borden Iiice the early days of the war Aldrouuh the hangars and air field are much the vsaate the fine new buildings sports field and parade lllili Itllltllll other things are ltCiti llllli Not lso much the lxCAl Station but the 1mm Libby dud um mt hddiArmy Area surprised him by the laid the charge after securing defl byGcrinans who chasedhim in car He wastakenlto hospital but Heavy Snowfall Heralds night 13 years ago and he referred lathe scrvice the club has aev Patterson Turkey Farm before going there his captor an 18yearold German soldier band aged his wounds In the enemy hospital as prisoner of war he experienced fewdiscomforts but that was all forgotten when the Americans to captured number of Canadians and Americans who were in hos pital for treatment before they could be sent to the Reich Dur Is Largest In Ontario of 18000 eggs The period of in cttbzitioris 23 days During the busiest time of the hatching sea son in the spring Mr and Mrs Pat tcrson and their two sons work from five oclock in the morningr often until midnight With capacity for breeding more than 100000 young turkeys per year theA Patterson Tur key Ranch just four miles north west of Barrie is one of the larg cst turkey ranches in the Domiti ion of Canada litiite information by laying bet Llilllt$ of the change he told The spoke of the Lions drcns War Victims Fund as theI eomplishcd over the years He British Chil major activity of the Barrie Club at the present time and stated that $600 has already been raised for this project Among those who brought greet ingsto the Lions on their anniver sary Were Les Chittick president Arrival of BARRIE vs rucx DECISION RESERVED Judge rllarrvieiinCounty Court last Wednesday morning reserved his decision in dis One of the heaviest early winter lSllOWSiOllllS in years struck this dis ing Winter trict last week and residents of Bar rie and this county awoke Friday interning to feel the full grip of King Winter stiff wind piled the snowdnifts high and streets Examiner When he was at lZlorden or mace homhem in 19191tierc was nothing but fen with the accused The small bills leuzilitffl buildings sand plaias and used in payment were checked by we the serial numbers and later were found in his possession together iwith list of the odds in series of races as found in city daily and racing journal John Woods defence pressed himself keenly about flying Wonderful jobin prewar days de veloping pilots who formed re WlmCl serve badly needed at the outbieak The new co or srrs ex clubs and declared the had done piitc in which the Town of Bare sought an injunction gainst Tuck Bayfield Sta of the Kiwanis Club and Miss Ethel Crossland president of the Soroptiinists and wads 0de for Sever contended that his client had been thours Meetings and qtlierucvcnts had to be postponed on account ofiand pasvmcgijng merely com ing the first three days after his capture FL Ncedhhm was in six hospitals and he sald this shows In addition to the 1000 breedingr liens raised on the Patterson ranch of war lie is not well acquainted with Between January and July of each your lens of tliottsandswfbaby tutkeys are shipped from this farm they also raise about 1000 birds represent ing another establishment youhow fast the Jerries were ad FL Needliam joined Force in July 1941 the Air to all parts of Canada from the for the Thanksgiving market and 1000 for the Christmas to forbid liimcarrying on his secondhand business Boys was counsel for theplain Horace Boyle proposed toast to Lions International and Dr eg gun plz blocked roads tinission on the amount taken and COUHlb Ensigiccr Ted J01 reAplaced with him by telephone for Ported that 30 Of all county roads friends Actual commission shown Barrie as yet but hopes to know the town better root He feels that cooperation between civilian centres The threestorey henhouse on mark the Patterson ranch is 100 feet by B03 in 1929 tiff The Judge dismissed count todst to the ladiesawas proposed by Ed Norman and he mentioned that 10 blOClied The roads were Pillpirtlic evidence for that day was ticularly bad to the west and north oniy $249 he pointed out It is mmmmmi portant and necessary Mr Patterson bcgarrraising tur keys iii 1929 hcn he got Some lbroadbreast bronze birds from Turn to page eight please vv 30 feet and accommodates 1000 31 Freehcuc Wm of Belgium breeding hens These birds pro letter from Belgium MTS duce enough eggs to engage nine Broom Cundlesr her son Pte electric incubators with capacity Bill Frechette who has been ov erseas year Writes in part Well here am again Wereout for week or twos rest now we are living in houses while were out Docs itever feel good to sleep in bed after three months insliti is raining out tonight so Im in by the fire and taking it easy It is not home Mom but to soldier sure feels good got the parce youl were telling incabout Tell Mrs Knapp lureeeivcdthat gum from tlieCiiniileSjLadles Institute It wasreally appreciated guy Who goes out with Canadian gum has Vthe whole country following him Have you heariiabout the new 10 bet bombs the Jerries are using Hes dropped quite afiew around here Youeant even hear them coming until they hit Ill sure be glad whenuyv fget thisthing cleaned up So long for now Billt gt Three Sims Overseas Mis Roe 189 Hayfield VSt has had word thzither tvvo sons Lt Roe and Pte Leonard Roe are serving overSezisf They are broth ers of LCpl Roe who was wounded in Italy Sept 28 being his second Wounding DaimFWWfIm Defence Department spokes man said that A27 Canadian Re PATTERSON TURKEY RANCH ONE 0FILARGEST iN CANADA $31 03mph Centralsaskatchewan More turkeys are hatched on this farm four miles from Barrie hnshm milled to Camp Borden than many other hatchery in the Dominion The building at the top He said it was in line With the shows where the birds which are rats by thePattersons for breeding previouslyannounced P0119 01 are housed Centre is one of the olice dogsljtvhlighnwarns of the consolidatingtreintng cehtres approach of wild animals while turkeys are on the creme roosts at Iurntopage eightpleasc night And the bottomshows flock ofturkeys on the range to the meeting witha iniddlevaged ladywho enter ed into the fun and was presented with writing set for her cooper atibn When Conductor Lowe on tlieyhad acked 50 ditt bans Mrs Arthur Pugh president of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Lions re plied to the toast and invited the wives of ncivmcmbers of the club to join with theother ladies new member Rolph Recsec druggist was initiated by past presi dents Bill Garner and Bill Bell During the CiliCIiilllllllClli pro gram Charlie Low won draw and was presented with aimwun duetors hat and an undersized tunic life was hidden to meet the 825ilillll and bring back aludy He later returned tered the room carrying the ladys crelaim by Tuck against the 10000 damages BulleiLof Toronto appeared as counsel for the accused COMING EVENTS DanecTBrcntwood llall Friday Decemberti Willoughbys orches tra 49p Bingo every Friday night in Le gion llall Owen St 030 sharp 15 games 35c 43tfb Hawkcstonc Sunday Sclioolsup pernnd Christmas tree Dec 15 pm Admission 40c and 200 49b Oro RedCrosiiiiits will hold their annual meeting in the Guthrie United CliurcliDec11 at pm suit case he was followed by CNll pbliccptah Fullerton who add ed extra mirth to the proceedings by offering to arrest the Lien for impersonating railway conductor More incrriment Was added to the evening Wllll quiz contest conducted by Jack Howey and contest put on by Tony Saso in which five of the men werestrip ped to the waist andtheir wives who had been sent into ran adjoin ing romp were called in 10 dress them The evening was concluded with card games and plant was ruffled to raise money for Lions British Childrcnfs VWar Victims Fund The lovelyflowers which had been in use as table decorations weregiven All members invited to attend 49b Eastern Star Christmas dance Stroud Friday December 22 Mul liollands orchestra Admission 25c Luiich counter Dobr prize Patriotic purposes 49b Dance at Orange Hall Ivy Fri day Dec 15 auspiccsEcdcration of Agriculture Beattys Orchestra Admission 40c lunch ineluded Door prize and lucky spot 49b Dance Friday Dec Hawke stone Hall sponsoredby Oro Fed oration Of Agriculture and Oro Red Cross Proceeds for wounded sol diers ovtnseas Admission 3504849p Womens Canadian Club Thurs day December 14 at 830 pm in the tibrziry Hll4MUSlCtllfplO gram by Mrs Foley Miss Doris Borden away and Mrs Rynard of Orillia won the large bouquet at the head table Among the guests were LinCol and Mrs Mitchell of AlO Camp Ray Doolittle 3rd viceu president ofOrillia Lions andMrs Doolittle and Mr and Mrs Latent ville Barrie Kearns and Mr LIA Arnold Carol singing andirofreslimeiits 4915 AS llOUSEWIFEv SEES IT Housevifes interpretation of the military term fcombined opera tions The rest of the family pitchingnn and helping with the dishes of Alliston Between Sunnidale and Stayner on Friday there were more than 200 cars and trucks lined up behind heavy drifts that com pletely immobilized traffic Thursday night some soldiers from Camp Borden attended dance at Crecmore and when their car got stuck in the snow they had walk of nearly 10 miles back to camp Bishop Beverley was to have at tended service at Ivy last Friday but he could notbe present owing to the condition of the roads Slin ilarly with missionary rally in Barrie missionary from India was to have come here from Owen Souhdbut the snowplow couldnot get through and he had becnfot lowing the snowplow all day The meeting hr Collier Street United Church was called Off Friday was alsoto have been the annual field day for the Simeoe County potato growers but the event waspoistponed because it was impossible for most of the farmers to reach Barrie Busscs were behind schedule all day Friday and the roads were very heavy from Barrie to Midland and from Orilliagto thaga However the stormsubsided Sat urday and township county and provincial snowplows got to work clearing the main roads for traf fic Practically all roads were passable by Monday morning LinBarrieicgradenvorkcL011 the main streets all day Sunday and the snow loader removed lion lreds of tons of snow to make the streetssafer for traffic The officialvsnowfall recorded at the Camp Borden meteorological office last week was 20 inches ruler measuring of the snowfall in Batrie on the level ground was nine inches NiiiiOMMNY is CONSIDERINL11LANT 1N lfAltltlll difficult in these times said Mr Woods to have broad enough perspective in regard to gambling in general when so much of it is being done everywhere for charity and yet furthering the gambling instinct llmjyorship agreed with this statement and remarked Quite of ten havc children of tender age coming to my door Selling draw tickets for charityilf they are brought up in that atmosphere what can we expect lieincscntatrves of an ind trial concern were in Barrie tw1cc this week and they are expected back again Friday They are meet ing with Dudley manager of the Chamber of Commerce Morrison President MayorD Sinclair This willie second company that isconsidcring estab Read and use Exdmlnchlassiedsvmunity Murray Champiogereford The Ontario Provincial Winter Effie111111111 Angus steerweiuhv Fair which was held in Toronto iiig 770 lbs which brought 3001ier lastweek ended with the selling of cattle Saturday morning Dec Of particular interest to the peoplevof SimcoeCounty was the showing by the Simcoe County Boys Calf Clubs of foursteers in competitionwith the best Senior breeders in Ontario he champion Hereford steer was shown by Murray Warnica son of Mr and Mrs Warniea of PaiiiswickThe weight of the chant plea was 770 lbs It was bought by the First CitOperative Packers of Baritieeatwlc per 1b Another prizewinning Shorthorn Packers Another Simcoe County Boys owned by Neville Jainieson lliorii ton This steer was entered in the Siincoe County BoysCaH Cluband showa at the Provincial Fair by young Toronto junior Bob Palmer who spent the summer onMr Jani iesons farm Altogtlicr there were 151 entries and foul our Sticoo County boys to win prizes and one to win the 11 ltIaclEreli and illjieleetl Club entry was Shortliorn stedr steer weighing 750 1135 was shown by Donald Gethons son oer and Mrs Daniel Gethons and grandson of Morrison Thornton This steer brought 25 per 1b live weight and was bought bytheFirst Co Operative Packers Donald Bone Tliornton son of Mr and Mis ElwoodBone showed County canbc proud of The First CoOperative Packers liope to be able to exhibit these young steers this coming Saturday if suitable place in town eanbe fouiidand later this prize beet may be available as Christinasheetto the Barrie public from Barrie mer lishing branch plant in illlSCOTtl lb This was bought by Canada championship ofnawbrecriseso atems thing that all of the people of this