Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 30 Jul 1959, p. 17

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on Emit Examiner monsoon more in sacrum érsdm an mom ungnurrs TAKE unfinisan xsncrscs tJWS emu mini mint wm coon urn swuu Local Lads Find Army Life IS 31133 GUNNERY and tank work the course Loader is James gilsdn Bill Noble leaning down to whisper in Fergusons OTHER DAYS other weap ons nooper rcrruit Ken Hus band leii holds on Enfidd rifle with long hiyonet made in 1362 Paul Fordhas the faithiul Lee Eniield which served British and Canadian forces during the last war and hearsvthegdate 1944 Lou rie Barron has the new FN rifle adopted by NATO ln 1957 WEfloNsdre part ofthe ing the new FN rifle are Don Bill Mulligan linesup the hasiciwork of the course 115 Hodges ondErie Adamswhlle iaithiul Bren gun brealand plain haugherty has Am hurting you No sergeant ught to be Im standing on your hair old hat stuif perhaps fervour veteran readers but to as boys from Barrie North and Central Colleginies theso hallowed epi grams represent something new perhaps zcsilul in their lives The boys members at the cadet units attached to the colleglntcs are on sevenweek recruit training course at Barrio Arm oury And they really are get ting training course with all the duties pleasant and other uvnlved in army li Onc exception the lads li at home The Grey and Simone Forest ers have operated two previous 4summcr training schemes both at Owen Sound This isthe first year thcyhavo setup in Bar rie and instructors are irom the OwenSound squadron of rosters ia men able to devote seven weeks oi the summer to cadet training rSure enough they areleducntionallsts Com mending the operation Cap tai Graham Pu schoolteach er econd Lieutenant Jim Boyle has just finished Grade 13 Ser geant Barry 111ch is vocation These three clamp down iirmly on the trainees address each other by rank and run the whole show in strict military stylc Oliduty they live in Bor rio cook at the Armouryend combine the oilicers nod ser uennts mess happily The recruits having heed lected there were more appli cunts than vacancies start by learning basic items such as drill weapon training licld erait map reading military law and what the Army calls gen eral military training and or ganizatlon Phase two brings in civil dav iencc work This includes valuv dhlc everyday subjech like first aid rescue wireless and traffic control Special subjects mclud gun nery ond tank training Once week the bays don Armysupplied sports dress and playgemes The unit is divided into teams throughout the courso to encourage com petitive spirit Organized teem games are soccer basebéll volleyball and basketball After the sports period the unit goes oil to lnnisfil township or swim in Lake Simcoe where oi course water saiety preeau us are stringent both as tr are special training later in gt ear acts as creweommandot Pratt undgunner John Fer ing from Waterlo Colleg and or nracenl reas our commit CQmmerce Worship Which Does Council Favor PARKING PROBLEMS do not contrary to general opinion concern only the driver They are asource of worry to our city others also Whereas the private cit izen merely seeks for small space where he can put his 1959 battleship tora few minutes hours or days while he goestor pack otfismokes haircut or flight to Europe hoping while he is away chepolice will not gt tag him city council has to think about mattersu The other matters include views of storekeepers who exercise an influence on council far more powerful than imere votes question of convenience to citizens and moneyspending visitors and traffic tieups Occasion ally the Ontario government represented by its various uheads such as HighWays or Planning and Development CIVILDEFENCE is part of steps in and says something pertinent nuthorative and frequently in nvenient The city isnow racing twin parking problem and it is interesting to notiuethe diflerent weysin which éach facet is treated Aldermen are apparently willingto go to some inconvenience and spendtax money to allow commercial building to go up on park without assur ance of adequate parking Al the same time they are con Vsiderihgj bylaw change which would require new churches to providea parking space foreach six seats in thebuilding against 10 seats now The park threatened lsthai strip of greenery betweén Jackson Motorsand Lakeview Dairy Barrie Chamber of Commerce wants council to erect modernistic building and lease it to the ohamberfor the cost or the recruit training Learoing to actual building less costot public washrooms1he site goes foriree PEDBOSAL is that employees in the building should park ct the rear the place assuming Jacksons will give right or Way Visitors will have to park on Dunlap Street No suggestion here that the Chamber or any body elsefshould provide space let each six seats or whatever factor applies in structure or this typz Indeed one hears council is going to spend money on taking away trees on Dunlop and making angle parking Nobody has made an official estimate yet but figures mooted around Barrie go as high as $25000 Now back to the churches Most or all Barrie aldennen go to church Sundays so they are reasonably conversant with the parking Situation It is certain downtown churches are surround ed during hours of worship by blocks or parked car WSTEAD 0F IREJOICING at this alderman worry that tire may occur in this iiiea and the fire truckmay be unable to reach the outbreak because of perked curs They argue new churches should bérequired to provide parkingspace They admit it will not soiv th downtown problem It isworthlnoting that one olvthe worst parkln lems in the citypceurs outside thechurch withjh gest poijking lot Itappeers the congijegiztio regnr riot as an ornament It is alsoworth ngtin suggestion the bolts areparked in the st 11 go Perhaps council could think about chang lower stretcherarc from dock leit Larry Shepherd Andy blan in the sun David McNabb patient John Mur Grayend Richard Burton

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