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we HEWvWVuAumdb iiiui Twin tinfir no we as INDEPENDENT server Serving THE TOWN OF BARBIE AND COUNTY OF SIMCOE Since l864 3th YeahNo 39 Roof Joists Placed in Position on New Post Office Buildin it hill Ii MID mu an anwwwwm ROOF JOISTS for the new post office northwest corner of Collier and Owen Streets were being placed inposition this week and Work forged ahead on the project which it is anticipated may be completed before the end of the year Workmen are seen above placing the ll joists The steelwork has now been finished and it is ex Newesl Fashions lor YOUnger Set Modelled in GardenSelling Home And School Show Most Successful Whats new for the younger set for Spring 1954 Mothers and few fathers crowded Codrington School Auditorium on Wednesday evening to find out and to gain few fashion pointers for both boys and girls One of the big features of the third annual Codrington Home and School Association Spring Fashion Revue on Wednesday evening was the equal emphasis on styles for the youngest males as well as for the very young females Mrs Charles Agnew and the committee in charge could be well pleased with the success of the faéhion show presented under the auspices of the Home and School Even the standing room in the auditorium was filled with visitors who had come to see the popular annual show and this years fash ion parade was agreed to be one of the best yet presented by the association The young models walked down remp that fathers of the home and school association had helped to erect from an Easter Time stage setting arranged by MrsWil liam Farquhar andMrs ii Page two of the mothers The auditorium stage had become spring garden with daffodils pot tedplants trellis and garden furniture providing setting and plants and Easter bunnies border ing the edge of the stage Mrs Farquhar was commentator throughout the show andymusical hccpmpaniment was provided at the pianovby Mrs Holloway At intermission several young dancers from the Barrie Dancing Academy presented entertainment under the direction of their teach er Miss Terry Johnson Young Models The young models in the show were Linda Farquhar Wayne Mandley Bryan Curtis Rosemary Bannerman Susan Brandon Wayne Spearn Ronald Bone Bev erley Hickey Beverley Agnew Brian Kelly Michael Oaks Ulle Lenhsuis Gary McLeaming Laurie Brandon Lewis Kelly Richard Black Vance Brown Danny Page Jim Page and Gary Powell Spring coat and hat sets all weather coats for the older girl subsoils school dresses for spring jeans cowboy outfit dressup wear for young men of all ages party dresses and all types of clothing for the young age group on every occasion were featured in the third annual show This yearalso footwear was emphasiz ed and each outfit was shown with shoes to match or blend with the costume and suit the mood few of the very young models were shy as they came on stage and faced sea of faces but for the most part the youngsters dis played poise and grace the twns an exact copy of the professional models air Even the boys seemed to enjoy showing theirfinery to the audience Spring Coats Among the coats modelled for the young ladies or elementary school age was an attractive belted model of wool material With small fleck the front double breasted and thebaek was styled with one pleat The warm blue shade made the coat suitable to be worn into the late fall red felt hat completed the ensemble smarttwogpicce outfit was fashioned in firm wool and cotton material trimmed with taffeta and styled with two pleats in the front and one in the back Also all ready for spring was another young model in fine green check ed tweed ensemblc with pretty gored back and smart pointed collar trimmed with brown silk braid The matching hat was also trimmed with brown ribbon complete the picture the very young miss was in lbrown houndstooth check the coat styled with fittedback and full skirt and trimmed with brown velvet collar and pockets matching One of the models shown furl it building at the pected that the brick work ASpeeialSpeakersw will start within few days The twostorey building which will house the various fed eral government offices in town will have stone frontage on Collier Street with red brick trimming The front of the building will embody 20 hat and little gloves completed the outfit subteen coat in blue had doublebreasted front and full back with deep cuffs the collar and cuffs lined with taffeta With the coat the young model were natural straw hat and gloVes Another coat for this age group was of woven wool with full back styled on round yoke It had belt that tied and the coat looked smart Also without belt with its red leather trimming and contrasting red straw hat Springcoats for little girls also featured other unusual touches for Spring 1954 such as pretty plaid taffeta trim The older girls coat was often allweather one model in checked material shown for fair weather with smart straw hats and in shades like rust with green accessories Boys Styles The ideal companion for little girl in her new spring outfit was the little boy all dressed up in his Easter finery One Vof the very youngest models appeared in new spring coat in brown and white houndstooth check smaflly tailored with brown velvet collar and brown velvet pocket trim with half belt across the back that made set with little girls coat in matching material Another sportswear grey flannels white shirt and red blazer with bow he like Dads The shirt was complete miniature right to its Windsor collar and cuff links Another smartly dressed young man were neat navy flannel blazer with man tailoring with grey trousers inflannel worsted and awhite broadcloth shirt and smart tie An ideal outfit for spring was in three pieces consisting of jodh purs jacket and roller hat that could be worn up or turned down Made of suede this costume was absolutely washable smart pharl gray topper for little boys was doublebreasted with flap pockets and pleat down the back half belt fasten ed with matching buttons The tiny model wore matching hat and underneath the coat was grey viyella and gabardine suit This was one of the Sunday best suits shown in the show Another in grey cotton and rayon was shown by small model and heavy linenlike materialappeared in this type of outfit Grownup suits were modelled by some of the older boys inythe dressup outfitfor as young man was styled like adult windows in its design Examlner Photos by Favcro Prospect Today Continued Cold With Strong Wind Although Wednesday was slightly milder it was tempor ary and prospects are for con tinued cold today with strong west wind Temperatures have been lower this week than last with high of 42 and low of 10 and it was fairly mild early this morning Bay ice is al most intact except around edges and creeks and fisher menare still operating farther east towardthe lake Temperatures were High Low March 28 42 28 March 29 32 15 March 30 29 10 March 31 20 IL April l5 lSchoOl Bdard Asks For suggestions Name of School The Barrie Public school Board is interested in having citizens suggest names for the new six room school to be located just north of and including the former Newton Park Tenders are now being calledfor the new building and during Eas fter week tenders will be consider ed by the board and the contract will be awarded Trustees John Dobson ahd Mrs Ivan Clemmens were named as committee to bring in re commendation for the name of the new school Suggestions may be mailed to the school board secretarytreasur er George LonlgsltaLfife at Hlchrest school newest designs and colors with twobutton singlebreasted jacket with three patch pockets and rear centre vent combining with highly styled pants The outfit was in worsted material in the new splash weave pattern and had an extra pair of trousers in con trasting shade The young mans shirt had Windsor collar and French cuffs with cuff links Smart allweather wear for an eightyearold boy was grey trench coat style topcoat of show erproof gabardine with zipin lining belt and storm collar for Turnto page two please Navy League Tag Day Will Be Held Here on Saturday The annual Navy League tag day will be held in Barrie this Saturday April convened by the Barrie Navy League branch Arrangements for the tag day will be under the chair manship of Charles Wilson Owen Street program of youth training is being conducted by the Navy League of Canada in towns and cities throughout the country it is operated through the Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps sponsored by the Navy League Ashore and afloat the Navy League provides welfare ser vices to the men of the sea as well Funds are needed for these purposes To Address Cancer Society Meeting As April is Cancer Month throughout the United States and Canada it is hoped that great deal of interest will be taken in the forthcoming meeting of the Barrie and District Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society on Wed nesday evening April in St Josephs Auditorium The speaker at that time will be Mrs Russell Fraser of Toronto and Mrs Purvls of Unionville who recently addressed meeting of district Women here will also attend and spook Mrs Fraser has been convener of dressings for the Toronto branch of the society for number of years She is well acquainted with all of the service work which is carried on not only in Toronto but throughout many of the units in the province and is particularly qualified to give an interesting and enthusiastic message to the local group She will deal primarily with campaign but more with services to be cxpectcd from the womens committee of the society Those who attended the prev iousunieeting of womens groups will remember Mrs Purvis as an excellent speaker She too has shown veryactive interest in the Toronto branch for number of yearspanticularly in the promotion of trend teas She is the vice president of the Richmond Hill and District Unit The special meeting of the local unit called by the president McCarroll begins at eight oclock on Wednesday evening All or ganizations are invited to attend and it is hoped that every organi zation in the town and district will be represented BARRlE ONTARIO CANADA FRlDAY APRIL 1954 ma WWWMWM thump Examiner Hem csm By the For Office Goodrian emu CWNA Hemline end Audit lumu circulation MONDAY wabuzsoAY and FRlDAY single copy Pageszhree Sections Annexation Approved By Board Vespra Residents Now In Town According To Decision Given Although Barrie Town Council asked the OntariolMum lclpal Board for permlssion to annex 165 acres of Vespra Township with an assessed alue of around $4000 the Board has ruled that Barrie will also have to annex some of the adjoinlng property which will make the overall assessment up to about $140000 As result of the Boards deci sion which became effective yes tcrday April all that part of Vespra lying between Tiffin Street Ann Street and the south easterly limit of Highway 400 is now part of Barrie The news of the Boards ruling was released yesterday by Barrandnclcrlclreasurcrnm The move will involve popu lation of about 200 representing about 70 properties It also marks the end of agita tion for annexation by number of residents in the area which has been going on for about four years Representations were made to Barrie Town Council in 1951 for annexation Council agreed and passed the necessary bylaw in June of that year but when it went before the Ontario Municipal Board it did not receive much support from council and it was thrown out by the Board Other applications for annexa lion came in but Barrie did not feel at that time that it required the ground but as time went by it became evident that the town was going to need additional land for industrial purposes and meetings were held between the councils of Barrie and Vespra The discussions centred around the 165 acres which made up the old Wright farm and it was agreed by both councils that this land would be annexed for industrial purposes This annexation however was agreed to with the understanding that no further annexation in this area would be consldered before 1955 It was further agrecdwthat all taxes from this property would go to Vespra for 1953 and 1954 However these agreements wore made on the assumption that the 165 acres would be annexed and it is not clear yet what the posi tion will be now that the Board has made its decision that the surrounding properties which have large assessment value will have to be included in the annexa tion So far as the Town of Barrie is concerned it means that it will haveto tprdvide such services as police fire schools street lighting welfare and probably sewers to this area When the discussions were go ing on about the annexation of the 15 acres some residents in the area asked Town Council if this meant that they would come into the town and they were informed that they would not continue taking our money for nothing The town council wants the Wright farm for development as commercial property They want us to agree to the annexation now and then to resubmit our appli cation for annexation in about two years We will not agree with this plan As far as we are concerned the meat in the sandwich that is the residents and property Own ers on the north side of Tiffin Street we will not agree to any annexation unless we are includ ed Jheyimmcdiatc1y wrote dimcl to the Ontario Municipal Board stating We the residents of the north side of Tlffin Street have pctilioned for years now for an nexation to the Town of Barrie Vcspra Township has voted against this The main consideration from their point of view appears to be loss of revenue to the township in the form of taxes Our previous petitions to be taken into the Town of Barrio have all been rejected Now we find that Vespra Township has agreed to permit the annexation of the comparatively low tax revenue Wright farm to the Town of Barrie As you can see this would sand wich us in between two portions of the town and makes it perfectly obvious that the township is try ing to retain us so that they can Barrie Examiner Publishing Farm Pregress Report Farm Progress Report will be published one Week from today Friday April by The Bari1e Examiner in con junction with the Simcoe County Federation of Agricul ture Through the efforts of Cecil Chappell secretary of the Federation and the contribut ing authors The Examiner will present very compre hensive picture of thefarm conditions at the present time Circulated with the regular Friday edlllon the Farm Pro gress Report will be of para mount interest to farmers and also to businessmen selling products to the farm it ReportBed Shortage At Royal Victoria Hospital More Acute Than Before Newllnit Opened The fact that the bed shortage at the Royal Victoria Hos counts of the current and previous pital has been even more acute in the past six months than years Walled $291052 01 9415 it was before the new unit was opened was revealed in the report of the superintendent Miss Helen Shanahan pre sented at the annual meeting of the corporation on Tuesday eVening in the municipal chambers The number of admissions in 1953 was 3665 while the number of operations was 3109 and the patient days totalled 36285 The number of Xrays was 5833 and the number of birthsvat the hos pital was 918 The new obstetrical floor has re lieved the overcrowding of moth ers and babies stated the superin tendent and she described the childrens ward as Godsend The number of children treated during the past year has been amazing she remarked These two departments have been relief to the nursing staff but the rest of the hospital has not improved as flair as available beds are concern Financial Picture The year 1953 saw first complete year of operation for the hospital after completion of the expansion program and financially the result was most gratifying the annual meeting was told by the treasurer of the board of trustees Robertson The considerable changes in the hospitals financial situation reflected tits enlarged capacity he commented Revenues for 1953 increased by $101782 over 1952 and reflected the increased number of patients and patient days But this increase also reflected larger county grant and higher per diem rev enuefor indigents because of the Royal Victorias change in status to class hospital and partic ularly much higher provincial grants because of the increaSe in authorized public ward beds Expenditures as might be ex pected also showed considerable increases in most departments but in some such as power plant and dietary this increase was not near ly as marked as might have been expected He felt hat this un doubtedly reflected economies resulting from the increase in effi ciency of the plant and employees due to new equipment and improv ed working facilities In laundry and linen expense there wasac tually decrease compared with 1952 As result of the above declared Mr Robertson the revenue ac count showed surplus of $11788 before depreciation as compared with deficit of $13780 in 1952 It is estimated that the hospitals loss on indigent patients which it was ableto absorb was approx imately $7000 The collection of patients ac cent of the total charges to patients for the year At the end of 1952 the hospital had balance of $19761 of accum ulated nonliquidating items This balance was adjusted during 1953 by grants received from Barrie Essa Innisfil and Vespraamount ing Vto $15200 threequarters of the special provincial grant amounting to $3823 and the 1953 revenue surplus leaving credit balance of $11050 Out of this came the 1953 net capital expend itures leaving credit balance on Dec31 1953 of $1766 The balance sheet showed an ln crease in working capital of $21 532 as compared with Dec 31 1952 Working capital at Dec 31 1953 amounted to $26094 The very Turn to page two please set 1HARRISLEAVESHEliE FOR POSTINGTO MT FOREST AS DISTRICT SERGEANT AT HQ Ilhe announcement has just been maed that Sglt Harris who has been in charge of hire Barrie municipal detachment of the OPP since 1951 has been transferred to Mount Forest Regional Head quarters No as district sergeant Corporal Morley Wright in charge of the Orillia detachment will replace Sgt Harris here as acting sergeant in charge The transfer is efifective April Sgt Harris was born In Cam bridge England and was raised in Gilt0rd Surrey As young man he signed up with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police came to Canada and joined the force at Regina During seven years sec vice with the Mounties he saw duty in many places in British Columbia Ahberta and Northern Manitoba In 1927 he left the RCMP and joined the OntarioProvincial Pol ice in Toronto later being assign Turn to page we please soc nAiuus letter ended with plea We ask only that justice be done and that our request for an nexation to the Town of Barrie be granted Earl Richardson clerk of Vespra Township said that there would be population of about 200 in that area 150 of them adults That could be called the cream of the township in that area he added The land that Barrie wanted for industrial purposes would have an assessment of about $4000 Instead of that the Muni cipal Board has taken in the whole area and this has an assessment of about $140000 which is quite conslderation to Vespra Instead of affecting perhaps four or five properties this deci sion affects an entire district and those people had no warning or reason to anticipate that they might be put into the Town of Barrie When the hearing on the an nexation was held in Barrie the people who did not want to be annexed did not bother going up to state their case because they naturally felt that as it was the 165 acres for industrial purpoaes there was no question of them be ing taken into the town The decision of the Board means that those people who were opposed to coming into Barrie have not been given chance to sayanything about it lDom 00an The Lost Column Scrapings Of Bucket nyscorrv TAYLOR After the last piece of epic prose which inflicted on my readers one particular friend of mine re marked You certainly scraped the bottom of the bucket to write that column Now am not going to argue on that point All have to say is that there was only one thing wrong with my friends pronounce mentit was premature Its for this column that Im really scraplt ing Its really funny business writ ing column Ilhere are times when you can just sit down at typewriter and be immediately inspired Then there are the occasions which every writer dreads when he sits down and looks at his typewniter and theres just blank piece of paper staring him in the face after hours and hours of thought Strange as it may seem to the armchair cnitics it can be fairly difficult finding something that you can just sit down and write about People seem to think that writing column is just matter of taking few minutes and dash ing off anything Frequently it is just anything dash off but it is even difficult to be rotten col umnistI know Often writer will get an idea few days before he is due to write his column and he can knock fairly decent column into shape He can approach it in two lays Either he will Mite on one theme or liewill fill up with odd pieces of news or something There are all kinds of little things that could go to make up column For instance might start talking about how my young ster is the best looking redhead in town but somebody else would probably slant arguing with me and Oh well lifes shout enough without that Then of course might go on and fill in with little detail about trip made down to HMCS York with navy type the other evening and of some of the people we met or even how when some body said there was fire of seine kind in the building rather blase wardroom type commented Such pity We just opened our new extension But it would be pretty difficult to expand that theme or even discuss how my companion or should say navi gator dnove into oneWay street blocked all the traffic and had var ious people running around shout ing Its oneway street you jerk As matter of iaot when think of how dillflicuht the whole thing is guess better not bo even trying to start writing col umn