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mmran To smmsoon ro Dissection JHistorY Fails To Wrecker By JIM GARNER Examiner Stall Reverie Yet another piece of Slrncoe County history has fallen to the Wreckers The former division court budding post and tele graph ifficc nt Cinighurst is to day being torn dowa and will remain only as memory among the older inhabitants of the vil The stout frame building its plaster was so hard it needed an axe to break it is unnamed in any official history This may be the first and last time it will be recorded in any formal chronicle WALLS FIRM Today Robert Graves who rents the farm on which the building has stood during the creation of todays county is re moving the rotting roof timbers But other parts of the sructure the walls and frame are as good as when they were first put up by John Cra See this pine not knot in said Mr Greaves He is piling much of the trnber and will likely use it again for farm building He has lived in the farmhouse adjoining the old court house for nearly in years tenant of Miss Mary Craig oi Worsley Street Barrie The Craigs after whom the village wa named have owned the old building during ts roo year history John Craig lirst erected it as an oilicc back in the days when local folk good pioneers and sturdy farmers knew how to use plow better than pen So they came to Joanreig son of the first Thomas Craig who had settled in the area in 1820 Later the building was used as fifth division courthouse and John Craig became its first clerk He held the oifice until 1371 when he died and his son Abra ham succeeded him On Abra hams dath in 1512 Thomas Craig Craig became di isinn court clerk until the court ceased to be held in 1956 Thomas Craig Craig still lives in house op posite the old building although he had not held court in it for many years justicewas latterly dispensed in the Craigiiurst com munity hall The name Thomas Craig is firm tradition in Craighurst The one living the house opposite the old budding has son and grandson of that name and heir the fourth to be so named who has lived on the Craig property since 1820 making six genera tionsin all The family came from West moreland in thefar north of England TELEGRAPH namesake of the present owner Mar Craig later Mrs Cooper operated telegraph in the buildingformony years Then messages were olvg Just lollip slowernote or PA sszoi orCnllitthaCfflee minnow srsvrusou INSURANCE usseltlementof NOTES ly 1G3 STACEYRED CLASSES Following what had been thoushthy the board members the seating of the pupils of theareait was found that these did not not meet with the approval of the teacher who could not gree to allowing the classes they would finally be in charge to be moved to other schools pending th completion of the new Strand building It was finally decided to adopt stag geredclass arrangement Corn moncing next weekvtliere will be five teachers at the Strand school Some classes vrlllhc gln at 830 am and continue with one re other class will assemble lnthe some rooms whichwillcarry on until 430 pm This will require the hiring at an additional teacher and making use of the spare teach cr illrs Johnston whom the board had engaged pending the new rooms being used These additional rooms are expected to be ready for use early in October TURN DOWN MUSEUM Following the request that the Township of lnnlsfil coir tribute the sum of five cents per person on the basiclpopu hum of the township toward Tris nunme swoon FORIA CENTURY by wire and taken norththy horseback She also ran post office there This week Mr Grooves was able to salvage the original night letter slot from the wall Before modern transportation fourvhorse teams drew the mail from Barrie through Craighurst to Penetong via the present Highway 93 with change of horsesat Hillsdale few miles to the south at Crown Hilllived and live the Drurys ofwhoin Ernest Charis Drury has lately announced his intention of retiring as county court clerk at the end of this year Rumois have it be will write more history Perhaps he will be ahleto weave into his chronicles the tale oi Craighurst the Craigs who founded it and the old court house they built to serve their county Boardyiears ii Precedent parent with an old but pressing problem came up be fore Barrie Public School Board at its first meeting of the new session Wednesday only to his 12qu denied He said he had been orced to live in the country fo reasons of convenience butdid not want to move his children from the city school they were attending He did not wishto dentthe country school he added but his mildren would lose aiot of ground there and he wondered if there was any chance of him paying extra taxes and sending HuRoN Barrie suntnae tween awn at in lASI SIIO 20y cAHoo THE FOR TH it dilldren to school in the LY it was possihlehe might soon move back to the city he said Board member Snel vgrovo said they had W75 such requests year This is one of the reasons people live in the city he said George Longstalie secretary of the board sdld where the par ents lived was considered the home of the child and Noel Stephenson added the board had absolutely no choice but to turn down his request Chairman Jack Macharen said the board was sympathetic and they appreciated the problem but they had had to turn down 150 such applicatigns Ewe grant this we shall be creating dangerous prece dent said Mr Stephenson ar commnice Reg Welliam representing Barrie Chamber of Commerce was attending the Ontario Cham her nvanrnrncrce Executive An nual Meeting in Big Chief Lodge Orillia Friday and today pom wm Wm NIsuiNgi FERGUSON REID 114 Mulcester st we remain it arise snowmc Poutnoon continua echnlcolor PLUE coma CARTOON mam ctosssf arson TONIGHT To ouanANv FilIENDS We thank you foreverstuccéssrtul Season haveeridenvoured to make the theatre or been dent and omitteous staff will to serve you We will looklforwnrd to Blv ace opera by averyefflcv iseelri youiill next the upkeep of museum in Alliston which his nlrcidy been started lnnlsfll Council instructed the clerk to write the secretary that the munich ality was not interested in museum in that part of the county it was felt that the county museum in Barrie is now sufficient for this part oi area muom armor The proposal of the township roads department to change the angle of the Thunder bridge on Tollendal road so the the bridge would beconsiderably shortened and that new type oi construction be installed so that the old loose planktop would be eliminated has ac cording to the local railway of ficials licensent to CM head office invilllonlreal for oonslrv crntlon Mr Cowan also asked that the railway bring someof the level crossingson hte 10th side road up to standard as new road work and widening of the driving surface granites Alone crossings dangerous for traffic liewill meet the dlvisiopsl sup crintendenton the matter CHANGE DATE Because of the School Fair in lonisfil falling on Sept 16 which the one set for the iMPEliiill TheHound Baskervilles out council meeting council will move tbelr meet ing on one day until the 17th Countiilagree lb rlorln L20 ddunui sourhof nth line sing tracks Thiswill be closed offiso that all traffic crosslng thenflwsy will go over the 8th line erodes which will be rotected by electric signals esouthbonnd traffic will use the cutoff on the west side of the railway tracks Council also agreed accept its share of the construction and the in stallation and mlintsinsnce the newrsignal protection noes aawang The owners of unlicensed dogs have been sent notice that they have untu Sept 25 to come in to get their licence or the police will he handed sumdions to serve under the newdog ilcenco bylaw Two hundred unpaid licences are still to be obtained and the col lector of these assessor Robert Sproulc says they must come tactheytflco Ind get thomor JOHN HOOD businessman in Greenlore for Myeers John Hood az died nlesdaynt the General and Marine Hospital in Coiling wood Funeral service was held at St Andrews Presbyterian Church and burial was at Cree morc Union Cemetery Mr Hood was variously village fun eral director clerk and reeve and was in both theinsuraneve and furniture business TALKING DOG Special attraction at the Dr angevlllo fall Fair is to he talking dog which is said to add count subtract and catch Firm man This is the Canadian Pacific Bailweys 75th year of naviga tion on the upper lakes routes wlth sister ships Asslnibola and Keewatln hosed ntj Port Mc Nlcoiltha only remaining pass lraa ssruansr liaisonswoiker Shortage 6030 Tracks Missing Plane Within Minutes in the around server Corps can help in peace as well as in war was practic ally demonstrated to the Gear igian Bay area Wednesday night Cessna aircralt had left IRouyn Quebec for Collingw isnd at pm RCA re the plane believed to be miss ing round Dbscrver Corps George Chandler was notiled and he alerted posts at Midland and Pcnelang Air Search Rescue was on standby Enquiry in the vicinity of Col lingwood indicated that man at Thornbnry owned Cessna aircraft Further enquiries sug gmd that the plane had lnndlt ed at Wlarton Phone call to Wiarton was negative Tho owner of the aircraft was apparently an executive of plant at Thornhury and so Mr Chandler got in touch with the night solo at the plant and through them withlnnother cx ecutive who informed him that the company had several planes RCAF supplied the identifica tion letters of th missing plane and it was idcn ied as one of the company ircraft One more phone call estab lished that the owner of the plan had in fact landed in Call lngwood but had failed to notify ILocrLsND GENERAL eager ships operating on nfised schedule from Lake Huron illilltglgh the Soo to the Lake en ms TRIPLETS One of the cows owned by George Synuott and Son of RE Stayner gave birth to triplet calves recently The cow Durham has also raised three sets of twins URGES MUSEUM At the recent annual meeting of Wosagn Beachchamher oi Commercehhlrs Helen Gillies urged the rebuilding of Old Fort Nottawasaga ot the site near tha0xbow Siic suggested campaign to promote its estab lishment asa museum now rumca array The farm of Norman EBar beret Derby Township abou eight miles from Owen Soun willbethnsileoithelfifllln 0i Notice RCA control Within minutes of Alr Search iterate being called out team work on the part Ground Observer Cox had traced the missingaka fernstlonal Plowing Maldi it was announced recently1lhe Barber farm was thoslte of the international blotch in 1911 This years match will be on Land at Dundes near Hamilton and will be opened by Premier Leslie Frost ANNIVERSARY Anniversary services will he held Sunday at Hawhestona Unl ted Church at ilorn and 730 pm The speaker in the mon nlng will be Elev Douglsl Muir of Brucehrldgc and in theeven lng Rev Fred Hewitt Orlllla GRAND 0H DPRY The Grand Ole Opry famous country music group comes to Orlllia Community Centre to night dance ollows the two hour stage show which starts at eight oclock moasr mam One of the largest trains ever assembled in Canada paged through Aliandolc last week The CNE freight hauled by four diesel locomotives had 105 emp ty cars it was calculated that the train was 25 cars short of two miles long am CADETS HOLD PARADE Barrie Air Cadets willhold their first parade Monday Sept 14 at Barrie Armoqu Boys it years of age and over have been invited to attend the par ade at 730 pm anqu anuéarronv LONDONCPA total of 550 subjects ranging from nuclear engineering to rabbitkeeping are to be taught in London county Hits Tobacco cmp roseslo cm The quality and quantity of Ontarios tablets crop has been affected this year by serious shortage of workers Chsrlu Heath secretary of the Ontario Flue aired Tobacco growers Association said lrh slur Henlhvoald in an interview the yield per acre wlll un doubtedly be below last years ylcldof 1500 pounds Himdt managero the National Employment Service at Slincoc said 500 men are needed in the SimooeDelhlTillsonhnrg area PRESTIGE THISEMBLEM coololuonlouoeol identifies your wnchE wiioli SPONSORS firms cl prestige in the husinu and civic life of yon community For intonation can PA 56303 nouuoainouunnouuuunuouuhe council evening classes this fall Adventures of Mon wruss wan Aroon Lupin Plus FOXIESrT GIRL PARIS can sing