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Thus It Was Dear Reader nnminu cm Editor Through John Miliward 44 Donald street Barrie who in turn received them from Wilfridlovers of Hamilton we have been perusing two letters writ mmnxempenmrrfissfinm Both were written to Mr Lavers paternal great grandmother Ellis in Yealmpton near Plymouth England by her brother William Mann Their yellowed pages give an interesting insight into life in thisarea more than century ago Here are some excerpts from one of them Kempenfelt Near Barrie My Dear sister January 15 1848 young man going from this part to England tomorrow morning and knowing the expense of postage induces me to set down to write you once more Since the receipt of your letter my dear Betsy we have been thinking it would be great deal better for you andyour family to come out to can add feel certain it would be to your advantage Your girls would soon get comfortably married and settled in life Caleb could take farm or further more purchase one of your own The impression hi my mind is that you would never regret it If you take this advice and come out write on receipt of this and will endeavor to seek out farm for you have been thinking also just now that it would be considerably to your advantage as Lady Elgin the Wife of our Governor General Lord El gin is niece to Lady Buttlet who would no doubt send with you strong recommendations DOMESTIC TONE No doubt the dread of crossing the great Atlantic is dreadful in anticipation but then it is only like taking dose of medicine unpleasant for few hours but gives domestic tone to our constitution What is surprising to me is that thousands more of the industrial and teeming population of England groaning under heavy rents and burdensome taxat ion with the great competition of productive ia bour dont leave This one ends with Believe Me To Be Your Affect Brother Wm Mann Irater at the age of 60 Mr Mann becomes some what more flowery when he writes from Barrie in 1856 After an effusive opening which in these days would seem bit much he comments Nothing more would offer me so much felicity as to see the place that gave me birth If the Lord should so spare my life within two years anticipate the happiness of seeing you all but at present am immersed in Business that should have to give up great deal beiore could be spared to visit my native land have been engaged in building house for my son who iscarrylng on mercantile business which will cost me £400 although business this summer dull has been exceedingly on the whole my three children are doing well in business and their character islrreprdach able but amsorryeto say only one my daughter lives in the practicable enjoyment of religion but our prayers are daily ascending the throne of grace on this behalf and Idont despair ocmeeting them in heaven LIKE GENTLEMAN Wm Stevens has arrived back from England He Barriefs Rotary Club Is Hosting Convention By szuu Marian Enminer Managing Editor The Barrie Rotary Club host at District 701 Conference bani held at Honey Harbour this week end is crosssccuon of the business community of thiscity its 55 members include school principal newspaper editor dodors insurance ngcols real tor nursery man tire retailer Ind distributor an accountant and number of other businesses or profession This group of men meets regu larly once week for the specific purpose of promoting the ideals of Rotary within their own spheres of influence and within the community inwbich they live Thus Ideals are briefly sum med up in the phrase Servlcs Above Self The theme of the oonferenc follows this line too Your personal program in Ro tary equals service above self FOR 13 YEARS The clubs history of commun ity servlm during the 13 years of its existence is something of which the members can be iusii fiabiy proud The club has pro sentedan ambulance to the lo cal St John Ambulance Brigade and was largely instrumental in getting this unit established it has helped in many ways with the progress of the Barrie and District Association for Retard ed Children and still has two club members loosely connected with the work of this association The club has donated wading pools in two parks for the smal ler children and provided lights for tennis courts in one park This year the group completed tennis court in one of the new est city parks Strabane Pork it has nlso provided track and few years back Ihe club do lded to found cordon loan fund it was decided that this should be entirely the respom Iibiliiy of club members and to this end the fund for the pro ject it built up by yearly donn tions from club members No money raised from the commun afurioay ageay TEE BARKER EXAMINER SATURDAY SEPT 24 mo THE MUSIC CORNER By TIM LLEWELLYN fly is used in the fund although number of voluntary donations from outside the membership has helped to augment the money available to aid students is that lh terest on his loan while be is net ually engaged in studies Tho interest which is the minimum is applied after he or she has completed the course DOOLEY GREEK is pictur ed here It the recent Progres slvo Conservative convenilm in BorricAlong with many other Barrio Rotarinns the district governor takes an active part Then each August Civic Holl day the club runs chicken barbecue at St Vincent Park near the shore of Lake Simcoe One thousand halves of chicken are barebcued in the open rain or shine served compch with This is iob which involves all the members who are not away on holiday YEARLY PROJECTS Each year the Barrie Rotary Club takes on one community project and as far as possible the nature of this project is such that it is not continuing liabil ity to the club in this way it aftcra palCollegiate VMoney for these community propects is raised in two ways twn ways which have grown to be unusual evean within the community Just before Christ mas each year the club organ izcs radio auction Through the goodwill of local merchants who donate articles to be auc tinned the group raises between $1000 to $1000 in this manner I5 feilehe group can be of great er service to the community over the years No projects however are an nual affairs One is the giving of number of hampers to needy families at Christmas time and this is done in cooperation with other service clubs and the Sal vation Army The second is the helping of students in need to further their education FOR THE LIFE OF ME by Robert Briscoe Vhen Robert Brlscoe was el ected the first Jewish Lord Ma yor of Dublin it was the culmin ation of life spent in the ser vice of his country As young man he fought for Irelands lode pendence as member of the Fianna Elrconn the youth org anization that trained boys for the lrlsh Republican Army Lat er he went to Germany and as the notorious Capinin Swift collected arms and ammunition which were shipped back to ire innd under the noses of the Brit ish blockade After the civu war he became member of the Dali the irish parliament serving under Prime Minister Mr de Valera He help ed the Zionist movement by rais ing funds for the famous coffin ships that smuggled thousands of Jews lnto Palestine when they were being persecuted by the anis An usual autobiography packed wlth adventure bright with humor and warm with tho Isitfory of truly happy family THE SILENT TRAVELLER IN DUBLIN By Chloris Yer Chiang Yee the Chinese paint er scholar philosopher and tra veller twice paid visits to his friends Lord and Lady Loogford who run the Gate Theatre in Dublin This book is an account of the mwa hours he spent wandering around the city It is not guidebook but collecC tlon of discoveries and odd infor mation about Dublin its customs and people intermingled With Chinese stories As an Asiatic looking at West crn civilization he reminds the reader that there can be other points of view than his own about places and matters he has never thought of accepting in the familiar terms Greatly enhanc AT BARBIE LIBRARY Ireland And The Irish hls drawings and paintings of people and places in Dublin LONELY IS THE LEE Robert Glbblngl erhis is record of journey in Ireland taken by the irish artist Robert Glbblngs He travelled by boat downthe river lee often pitching tent for the night on the river bank Sometimes he stayed at an inn and this is where he collected wealth of legends and folklore by meeting and talking to the local inhabi tants As usual with this writer his great love of birds animals and nature is shown in his many excellent wood engravings throu ghout the book HIMSELF AND by Anne ONeillEma While studying Irish folklore at Columbia University the au thor an American woman met and married an Irishman whom she calls Himself As wife of the head of the Clan ONeill Barna she found herself living in large chilly hbuse 40 miles from Dublin This isla delightfully humorous account of her efforts to make the house livable and to unden stand the peculiarities of her Irish friends and neighbors THE LAND THAT ISNT THERE by Leonard Wibberley Nineyearold Kevins query Daddy why are you an Irish man was all the excuse the author needed for trip to ire land with Kevin and his sister Tricia aged seven For two nionlhs they iivedln Galway village and made fast friends with their warm and welcoming Irish neighbors Theywentfo race and an amateur music festival and learned about fairies folk medicine ghosts and gypsles This is remarkably vivid pic ture of Ireland told with Wib berleys famous wit keen ob ing the charm of the book are servation and understanding of is countrymen busy serving the community nul Ilde their normal sphere of no tivity At the present time the membership includes two city nldcrmcn snd in lhevpast the clubhaa been proud to have one of its members serve as mayor in civic life Examiner Photo DISTRICT GOVERNOR achievement of the club is to have one of its members serve on district governor Doolcy Greer is founder mem ber of thefiume club one of four still with the club andil ihls yeor serving as district and the meals are woman to service for Barrio Rotury Club With the honor of provid ing the distria governor dis tinction which comes not too of ten to the some club goes the necessity of acting as hosts at moforthcomlng convention Fel low Rotoiluns will be judging the local club oath strength of the hiccust weekend conversational French introduced in Oshawa public schools two years ago have been dropped be cause of shortage of bilingual teachers Only bye grade six classes were receiving the in slrucliou peofelt Symphony Hall and lit ilo blnckcoltcd figure strides to the rostrum baton clutched in his hot hand the house light will be dimming on very dliYcrcnt arena load of locals in fact the arrival of Simcoc County Symphony Orchestra will predict coincide with the doc laration of Barrie as Metro area new attitude fresh made do vie will sweep this neck of thewooda No sooner will the first music stand be set up than Dan Mmer will be asked to leave town and new spot on TV iletrcal With Dixmiri or maybe Schoenberg Serenade wilirtskc er place one will drop in present policy of two rock roll moulis per hour and substitute program ming which will please pop lov ers only in that it will dilute the daily mixture of Brahms Beet hoven and Stravinsky with an oc casional Viennese Waltz KAIKA moans Groups will sit on the hotel unique feature of the scheme borrower pays no in outstanding loan Individual members are also But perhaps the greatest This is yet another challenge The Village Voice and enacting Kafka sequences fortlieir own amusement and come morket day the record stores will fill with pupaltown enthusiasm won dering whether Glenns latest has been released yet Gard Roach will set up nice WMimi5sidellnrhlrllfFtililf els for the Sundaysfternoon con certs and Jackson Motor ads will my FRENCH CLASS sound something like tbLs OSHAWA CF Classes in And remember the full benel of Mussorgskys Nighl On Bare Mountain is only ac quired when it is heard holds Fordso come over and sit in on one of our CBL cancells and see what we mean PIANIST POLITICO Bookstoru will cancel out on paperbacks and start selling sheet music Art Evans Bill Gearing and Jerry Coughlin will all take piano lasons Glassy by 10 of Leonard Bernstein will beam from store windows and the Grey Cup game will be abruptly faded out as list eners switch to hear the first of the NY Metropolitan Opera Com panys performances which OK BB will pipe in specially Eldon free when the opera or ballet comes to Toronto The Barrie Fairs show will be discreetly forgotten all effigy of Attila Galamb will be burned at City Hall andlnslead small chamber music outfit working outof Hillsdale will combine with the Simone Symphony Orchestra for three hour concert One of the featured pieces will be locally written work re arrangement of To Be Farm IMPERIAL sar MON runs Added Feature me wonpanm womanin color IRISH INDEPENDENT DIVE with EXPERTS Reliable Goods No Cut Prices Free Instruction Wbéo the bud fails on Kemi steps reading exlrocls from her no Greer wlli charter buses for err Epy transposed into the If lone scale and slated for harp bass horn flute mm cowbell and cello Mayor Kiosk will be the firs citizen to buy derby tho lukn box industry will be forced un derground All night poetry readings will be instituted at Odd FBUOWI HnlL Brendan Behan and the Gov ernor General will Jointly open museum of modern art out on Cundlcs and The Barrio Examin or will start syndicatlng is new column by Brooks Atldnron STAYNEII METHOD performance of Caldwells Tobecco Rond will be cancelled out under pressure from the On aria Censor Board but the in nlsfil Drama School and Stay oer Method Acting Class will combine to form llieatm club and will show Osbornesm Entertainer without fear of to percussion Groupswill be heard ringing rousing Canadian songs long in to the night numbers like Land Of Hope And Glory and The Battle Hymn of The Republic and the spirit the knowhow the atmosphere of city life here will get our city the title San Fran clsco of Lake simcoe would go on and describe the application to have UN headquar lers moved here well weve lost the police coiie havent wef and the difficult in knowing ex actly where to build the 1965 Olympic Village but someone just called up Apparently the collegiate band just slid by iiflucls Point on iL deluxe floating concert plat form and dig that Water Music Al wonder should take the oi the subway or streetcar IRY AN EXAMINER WANT PHONE FA 2414 LAST TIMES Feature Ar 136 325 520 725 935 JOSEPH lEVlliE rnvn ALL THE SUSPENSE ALL THE EXCITEMENT YOU HAVE EVER SEEN JOHN FORDS mu colon RGEAN Runner moon rib mu llliiilitllihiilii ADULT 0N ran semamocanm ADULT ALFRED HiTCHCOCKSa dial for Murder raanARNER aRost WARNERCOLOR WMILLANDGRACEKELLYROBERTCUMMINGS max mean Feature At 825 FAMOUS PLAYERS reruns JOHN MILLS beer BuoHHOLz mrnoochNo HAYLEY MILLS starred in Walt Disneys Pollyanna EDRO EQUIPMENT LTD 58 COLLIER PA 84521 OPENING Fleurelle School of Dance downs airflow John Cooper tells me that John and Thomas still live in rather unhappy manner He sastohnrw told him of Thomas treatment toward him Oh what amelancholy dispositionto harbouretowards each otherinold age How little they must read the world of Godrandrpray for Brotherly Love How does Johanna get on hear Bobt Travers ls still the some poor dreamer He must indeed drink of the bitter cup And how is Betsy and how doth the children treat her wish she was here with me She should never need house or habitation while lived All can say is live to God pray much dailyhear the writings of the spirit and that God who has fed you and me over all ourlife long will never leave us nor ever forsake us this is the only consolation left me daily hungerlng to be filled more and more the satisfactory writings of the spirit May God bless you is the sincere prayer of yourde Bro Wm Mann Bing hey for the days of polite correspondence An vvpu ayJravexnjoyedtheseoiferings erv yCn Hs remote fineceiirlou DINNER nnuc The BIG RED ROOSTER RESTAURANT Offers Friendly atmosphere and Superb Food which makes entertaining pleasure for Hosts and Guests alike Banquet privileges available Limited reservations tor Fall Banquets Parties etc now open gt Classes Will commence WEDNESDAY OCTOBER ForI Informotlon and Registration Full gt PA 61667 900am oopmMoN=Tom COME IN SEE Us IHON ELMVALE 136 Miss Fleurerrols Regional Di THE BIG RED ROOSTER RA cogcsiiiotionclzboncin onemileSouthof Elmvale on Hwy 211 humanism Theme