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1959 INBilBBlE First By JIM GARNER Examlner Staff Reporter Twelve months have elapsed since rocket burlt at the Can adian General Electric plant put the city of Barrie into orbit New Years Day 1959 saw parade move through the streets of Canadas newest city to the arena gt The following day City Doy Mayor Willard liinzie was sworn in by Ontario Premier Leslie Frost at Barrie North Collegiate More than 500 people went to see the ceremony making the inaugural meeting one of the best attended council sessions eidr held in Barrie indeed the number of citizens who have attended subsequent regular meetings of Barrie coun cil other than for specific pur poses is virtually nil Amid the joy of greeting the new status Barrie residents were conscious of shadow By becoming independent the city had had to leave the County of Simcoe Negotlaiions would be necessary to divide up the joint assets it would he necessA ary to make arrangements to carry on county services sup plied to Barrie No committees chaired by Barrie Alderman Lester Cooke and laxWarden Arthur Evans met and diseovcred they could ignore the bitterness which had first affected the altitude of the county The committees negoti aied rapidly and amicably and came to satisfactory agree ment in about ten months They persuaded the Ontario govern ment to hand nut to the county 596000 tothe Ity 323000 to help out this years finances ANNEXATION gt The beginning of the year saw the physical area of Barrie ex tended to twice theformer size by annexation from adjoining townships Residents who had not previously lived in city now did so They did not ap preciate the change as tax rates were in most cases nearly doubled while the standard of service throughout tho year has remained much the same One of the early hassles city council gut into was with the Public School Board when it recommended the erection of multipnrposo building for King Edward Schnnl Aliandale The board accepted the recommen dation taking it that City Coun cil were asking them to spend the money on it Council backed down when the board talked money and it took series of meetings before the two decided the multipurpose room was an educational nec essity Cost to lhe taxpayers about $50000 When the present citycouncil took office firm of masterplan ners was still preparing an oili cia plan to take care of Barries needs and growth Today the plan is still not adopted Latest estimates are it will take six months to get the plan into law Included are zoning and traffic arteries THORNY PROBLEM One of the tlinrniest problem was over Wellington Street Early in the year Alderman Charles Wilson wrote the plan ning consultanm giving his views on traffic arteries Although his letter was never publiclyre leased he gave copiesto £ch fellowmembers of cltyioouncil while more copies were made available from the Planning Boaid Alderman Wilsons views on Wellington Street are simple keep it residential The con sultants agreed with him Mdermaanooke did not He charged the icttérwrittogwas an improper action and asked themayor so to rule Mayor Kinziedid so But nobody has ever explained how council members action which is con trary to neither law nor cus tom ean he improper BATTLE CONTINUED Althoughthe Mayors ruling Hmpealed temporarily to subdue Alderman Wilson the Battle of Wellington LET EM STEW just going to let you stewlio your own grease form erVictoria Harbour reeve Flor ence Beicher told ratepayérs early this week when she an nounced she would not run this year Reeve Ernest Cadeau was returned for his th reeve by acclamatio INAUGURAL MEETING Bradford officially becomes town Jan First council meet ing under town status will be held MondayvJ in the Memo Centre or Arthur Evans the reeveand puty reeve and members of the cotton havern vited the pub to be present iire hesdsofnearby municipalities boardsfand com Mossay vrsrrs et continued loci AND GENERAL Year City Was Turbulent One through the year Village Dev elopments seeking to erect shopping plaza at Anna Street and Highway 100 persuaded council there was commitment to open Wellington Street to give access to the plaza from the east of the city Royal Victoria Hospital pro tested this would prevent north wards expansion The hospital board neatly out manoeuvred council by annexing the property over which Wellington Street would run behindrbcsccoes battle of legal argument began and is still taking place Board and council are negotiating $500000 BRIDGE And wasnt it ohllging of the Department of Highways to erect this halfmillion dollar bridge at time when the roads lead ing to it were impassable and populatedto the north at leastby the tiniest handful of people The approaches to the Bridge That Goes Nowhere still await paving although railroad crossing between Main and Anne streets at least maku it possible to travel acfoss Barrie and into Vesprn township when good weir ther makes Ihe roads passable Street That Wasnt There also received public notice dur ing the year Simone Cow and Allandale Lumber jointly occu pied land which officially be longed to the city and was an unused street They offered to purchase the land from the city and drove hard bargain on price and terms Back briefly to oouotyéouncil Here James Patton reeva of Noitawasaga Township secured the wardenshlp from George Lisk of Tecumseth after several tries But fate had one of its ironies in store for him After proving ore of the coun tys most popular and efficient wardens Mr Patron suffered serious heart attack in Novem her and retired from politics One sitting member of County Council died during the year He was Charles Kennedy reeve of Collingwond And former councillor Garfield Case also of Collingwood died in Toronto hospital Budget time came around in March and from parts south came ominous reports of eight rriill hikes in the tax rate Ris ing education costs were said responsible for theincreases TITANIC STRUGGLE But the countyheld its rate and had enough left over to pay cash for the newbuildiog now going up Barrle city council had titanic struggle to hold its rate even selling off police cars hilt held 71 mills Anew feature introduced into the Barrie budget this year was $11000 or so for the industrial Commission Commissioner Er nie Eirrnann Toronto real es tate operator was hired and to pidly found himself announcing new industrial developments Three companies Hill Universal Coolers and Canadian Tampax began building in Bar rie alongside lligbway 400 The Examiner sprung the news of new factoryat Auiston for Sal adaShirriffHorsey much to the ire of the local newspaper which had maintaioed selfimposed censorship Thegreatest single day for the county was July when Queen ElizabathJI and Prince Philip paid formal visits to Pen etang Midland and Oriliia On blazing hot day county coun cillors wearing stiff shirts and suits stood on toe dock at Pen etang to welcomeher Warden Patton presenteda history pf the countygand the mayors of Penetang Midland Drillia and Barrie all werepreseoted Half the population of the county lined the streets of the three towns to greet theRoyal couple Earlier GovernorGeneral Vio cent Massey visited Barrie and was great hit withthe school children when he stood them all loMemorial Square and granted holiday He did the same for missions withinthe city Prom inent political figures and local business heads The meeting 730 pm at City Hall is open to the public FIRST MEET MONDAY lVespra Township council will hold an inaugural meeting at 11 em Monday in be followed by lunch The council will meet at Minesing N0 occasaoit No successor has yet been an nouoced for the Hon Drury who earlier this year an oouncedhls retirement or county court clerk and registrar of the supreme court Ileiz expected to grilntinue until the solar nonmnir appointment the student at Camp Borden schools in fine summer swimming attracted some attention There were drownings in the county but iheafficiul beaches were kept sale by vigilant supervision Bar riebarbor committee dumped enough sand at the foot of John soo Street to prudifce anew beach lengththe only usable one in the city Barrie Lions Club still canvass ed for the monry to build swimming pool The city recom mended next yesrscouncll to pay out grant to the project The public works program dls appointed many citizens No permanent paving was done The curb program was not complet ed Sidewalks stacked up 12 month backlog Tho cleanvtlic bay program was slow getting off the mark and the Ontario Water Resour ces Commission had difficulty obtaining contractor to build the new interceptor sewer DECISIONS DECISIONS Canadian National Railways offered an old steam locomw five for use as monument City council accepted but dis covered it would cost money to construct hose and move the engine Reiutfflnt to give up the idea more reluctnnt to spend money they put the pro ject off for another year BarrlePuhllc Utilities Com mission decided to enlarge the citys water system They brought in another well and have made plans to construct another reservoir to hold one and half million gallons Barrie also found itself notso free from the county Annexa tion made it that part of the city was within the Nottawasaga watershed consequently Barrie was forced into shotgun wed ding in the Nottawasaga Coo servatlon Authority Some stir was caused in coun ty council when it was revealed the County Roads Committee had sent five members with wives to the Canadian Good Reads Con vention in Vancouver But the electors happily returned the some men to office except in many cases across the county there was not sufficient compe tition to cause an election one major upset was the de feat of Reeve William Peacock of Essa by his own deputy Mer vyn Denney Hydro Capacity Hiked In 1959 OTTAWA CPlCanada added areeord 2508000 horsepower to its hydroelectric generating ca pacity in 1959 boosting total ca pacity to 24804040 hosepower The record year exceeded the 1953 high of 2405040 hosepower the national resourdes depart ment reported today Quebec led all the provinces in new development installing 53am horsepower of new capac The countrys biggest new velopmcnt however was the 675000 horsepower provided by nine units of the Robert Saundersst Lawrence geoeriat ing station built by Ontario Hy droElectric Power Commission Broposes Icebox For Nuclear Waste MONTREAL CP AMont real scientist has proposed giant icebox that no one will want to raid bombsblasted vault in Antarctica to hold the worlds radioactive wastes Dr Josephsternberg of the University ofMontrealsaid the icebox idea seems to be the best way to get ridof dangerous ra dioactive wastes thatcould day stunt industrial growth The bombs will be buried in ice 70 feet deep for over 30000 years said Dr Steroberg in an interview heforelea for the World Health Organization meet ing in Geneva next week He is Canada only delegate lo Barrie Willard Kinzle down ed his two opponents for the office of Mayor collecting four times as many votes as them Veteran alderman Hambly retired at 79 The result of lame Beachs first slimmer election was upheld in county court by new judge Montana The however may be contested la highcrcourt The actual beach became government respon slbility during the year Iew To Address Christian Group Alfred Wiener of Guelph will addrcs the Barrie Christ ian Business Mens Committee monthly dinner meeting in Guthrie Community Hall 630 pm Jan 12 ltfr Wiener was born of Jewish parents in Frankfort Germany At the time of Hit lers purge he was private lec rotary to large commercial firm In his search for truth he studied philosophy Coming from family of musicians he studied music In Hitlerl con centration camp Buchenwald he had religious experlinice Today he is laboring among his people in Ontario as hand of theBihle Research Society world wide ministry to Jew and Gentile All men are in vited to this meeting with special invitation to men in Hawkestone Oro Shanty Bay Guthrie area says correspond ing secretary Wilton Creed Yecir Oi Growth At Camp Borden by ramin xoitcox Examiner Construction dimlltarlu visit and expansion Wad Cm Borden activities for 1951th ed below are some of these hap penings which have addedaven greater statue to the famed mil itary base TbefsceoftheArmybuewu changed considerably as nine new buildlnsriocluding July lor Ranks Club Command Medical Equipment Depot skat ing rink nursinfi sisterr quart ers SODman men hall Ann moored Corps Sergeants Meal Silurian Medical Corps School and 40vehicle Infantry Depot were started and by thread of this year were rusth toward completion The $250000 indoor rkatink rink is expected to be opened shortly The entire building project is civilian undertaking with two contracting companies emplor lag all local labor Aftor completion the buildings will be handed over to the Army ready for use PRIMATE VISITS His Grace Archbishop Ray of Qdebec Primate of Canada and Bishop Ordinary of the Armed Forces visited the ECAF ata tion Feb 23 and 7A celebrated high mass then went on to the Army side later that week Poul llIathieu AssociateDe puty Minister of National De fence opened the new Camp Bor den High School Mardi 25 The laroom school opened in first year with an enrolment of 240 students April marked the 35th ao niversary of the formation of the RCAF and theday was ecle brated lnfl big MAP One Fatal Traffic Accident Matted Past Year In Barrie PoliceChief Edward Tsdilr bait said today Barrie can look back on fairly quiet year INVESTMENT cnlirs rawford Co Ltd 80 Duoiop St PA Bmi Net earnings of $1713230 eq ual 99 cents share on the 1737 72 sharesoutstandiogaro reported by famous piayeraCan adian Corp Limited for the nine months ended October 1959 This com ares with net of $2004170 or $120 share for the first nine months last year Earnings figures include pro fit from sale of fixed assets amounting to $248049 for the period underreview and $116 273 for the 1958 period Indicated net income the third quarter equalled 86 cents share against 41 cents in the 1958 third quarter Fitzgibbons president at tributes the decline in this years profits chiefly to weaker box office quality of the motion plct ures available this year This same condition has pre vailed in the first few weeks of the fourth quarter he states al though outlook is for arbeiter flow of attractions starting with the Christmas period The Companys payTV instal lation in Etobicnke suburb of Toronto is making good pro gress and studio demonstrations will be possible this month he says The Company holds the Canadian Telemeter franchise Famous Players has joined with group of businessmen at Port Arthur Ontario to form Lakehead Videnn Liniitedwblch expects to have community antenna system in operation by spring It will be engineered to accommodate telemeter at lot er date The same company is making application to operate also in FortWilliarn gt In London Ontario London TV Cable Service Limited in whichFamous Players has fifty per cent interest expects its community antenna system to be in operation early in the new year BARBIE orsrnrcr cnnrnmgconnaowra EVENING CLASSES EllieOpening Forwinfer Term January 5th 730 Mdlflonal negotiiiionr win he Accepted on The Following subletu English For New Canadian Bookkeepins uni Twilil Folk and Square Dancing Interior Decorating Metal Working Motor Mechanics sewing Woodworking Typing and business Machines eicopdiicled two nights each week on Tues feeyof $300 wl $100 return for New Caoa ans araprovlded without charge on rat iconicrooms insomnia In the city itself the year was marked by one fatality one dar ing $20000 armed robbery and two incidents that will long be remembered by citizens of bar rfe as miraculous escapes schooluius full of collegiate boundchildren careeoed down Hayfield Street through two busy intersections the Five Points over CNIt rall tracks and into Kempeofelt Buy No one was killed no other vehicle was concerned but the accident did serve to alartthe city to the possible result of such an accident month later July trac tortrailer finished by knocking hole in The Examiner bulld lng alter the same downhill run The robbery at Dominion Store where manger Ernest Mason and his family were held at gun point in their Vancouver Street home while two hooded thieves took the keys to the store was the biggest crime of the citys year Twenty thousand dollars were stolen never caught young girl killed at Bay iieI dand Grove street interseelt tion was the dtys one 1950 la tality In the county February was one of the years worst months On the night of February ll Bradfords business section was gutted in $500000 eighthour blazeand Mioets Point moth er rescued her three children from their blazing house Two soldiers and civilian died when truckcar collision strewed Highway 90 with blood and wreckage near Angus Nov 11 Just 11 days later two Allis ton couples were killed as they returned from party along countyroad 10 south of Alliston Their car skidded into tree New Lowell man and wo man burned to death in their car justsouth of New Lowell lune 14 Four died as result of train car collisions three on CNH tracks between here and Orillib at Oro one when his tractor railer was sliced in half near Bradford flftfkMf WW LLWIN ELECTRIC The thieves were Camp Borden considered the birthplace of the Air Force WARM WmOME Governor Gazer1 Vincent Hu on his viritld to Simone Coun In esco through Camp Borden May is Commander of the Camp Brig Pur vee He toured thebaac through the afternoon and found the base withits hundreds of flu waving school children waiting with warm reception team of four rlflunen loft Comp Borden June ioto com pete in the annual Comorrwealth Rifle matches nt hisloy Eng land The quartet inchde Staff Sergeant McKay Major EL Harnptont$td Rowell and Corporal Puldy Petty Officers from the Royal Yacht Britannia came to Camp Bordur June as guests of the Camp The as offloarr were let ed by the Headquarters Sergeants Mesa and then taken on men ornble tour of the base The Yachtwasatthotirneiniob onto harbor while Her Malesty and Prince Philip were touring Ontario European Air Cadets in Can ada on reciprocal visit arrived in Camp Borden Augtut for tour The young airmen from the Ul Netherlands Sweden Nor way and Denmark praised the Canadian hospitality BEAT YANKS The American Rifle teuri from Fort Benning Georgia came to BordenSept for competition with the Canadian shooters but couldnt rustle up the skill to beat the Canucka Premier Leslie Frost paid quick visit to Camp where he sentimentallzed about the old days he spent there in train ing while an officer in the Grey and Slmcoe Foresters The Prem iar also visited the high school where he wasan immediate hit with the youngsters NATURAL GAS In gusting wind Brigadier Purves turned on valve and lit flarewbich heralded the arrival of natural gas at the Camp Oct 16 PMQs and Army faculties will all benefit from the installation completed early next year scar Station changed hands october no as Group Captain West handed tho reins of command over to 60 It Hil ton in ceremony at thebase The 55 10 groundtoqround guided antitank missile tested in the Sahara by the French under went teating at Camp Borden throughout thesummer it was disclosed Nov it The Weapon with an effective range of one mile and flight speed of slightly better than 000 miles per hour has not yet been adopted by the Canadian Amiy But the Defence Department in Ottawa intimated that the odor tion of this weapon into the Army ranks might be forthcom ing if the winter teats held in the Canadian north country prov ed successful ranikurn mamas monsoon one it NEWSOlBARRIEY f3 truss nova neuron Director NEW YEAR Dear Master for this coming your Just one request bring do not pray for happiness urtth thing ask to understand IV Thou leadcat me ask Teach me to do thing that plouth Thee rwut to know my guiding voice To walkjwith Thee each day Door garter make me Iwift to or And ready to obey And thus the year now begin happy agarg villi bedo am ust to The thing that pleaseth Thee Author Unknown Pierre Bertonlr accused of many things but none can claim that he leaves one neutral He may instil adnuratlonor dislike support or revolt but be lure gets us going doesnt be Well he got me little rattled by recently labelling the 1050s as the sick decade guess we have to give the man his dueand there is lot to be said for ids point of view Surely sick sick sick has become constantly usedde scriptive phrase in the past few years Slck greeting cards have caught the eye and one of the best examples found was tender valentine carda sket chy red outline of heart on the coveraloog with the words To wonderful person In stdea careful inspection reveal ed tWo barely visible words Please forward Humor was pretty sick too Mommy mommy Im going round In circles Quiet brat or Ill nall your other foot to the floor Mommy mom my dont want to go to Eng landl Shut up and keep swimming wish could claim that the field of music didnt support his thesis too but in an era when it wasnt styllsn if one could clearly understand more than four words in row refutal weakens When one could make out four words or so thats all there wereKookie lead me your comb for instance Beat booame more lrnportaot than word or sound and extremists created world of their own soon to be known as the Beiit Generation SOMETHING MORE As we complete year and decade though think the ef forts of the human race have added up to quantity and qual ity which can be described in more positive tenor than sick rmxan SUSPENDED SEATTLE CPlFred Creigh ton Spokane Comet defenceman who took swing at referee Bill Papp during Western Hockey League game at Edmonton Tues for more information There has been more purposequ neu laour endeavors than this suggests This epoch has been labelled as too conservatle conventional on the one hand then some groups were criticized tordarlngtotiunnewcbdlathe seardi for selfexpression and answer to human destiny or for reacting unconvenuonalty throughthelackofalmownway You know all of are striv ing for answers and as individ uals we all use different meth ods and choose different In Lions What is right for one be quite wrong for another Mr Bartons real aim is not to set himselfor any otherbu mhn beingas God to direct our lira but rather to challenge ill to evaluate and ireevaluate then act on broader understand tog He is not telling us how or what to think but persisting that we DO think We are held finally account able for our words and actions to our God and as we look for ward to the New Year hope we find help in the poem which hoods this article andthe one below which is credited to botdse Haskins and was quoted by King George VI And said to the man who stood at the gate of the year leo me light that may tread safely into the unlmown And he replied Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God That shall be to you better than light and safer than known way PROGRAM SPOTS Campnlgri Donon special thanks to the donors in our llni anoial campaign More returns are still coming in and we ax peot in short order to be able to report the resultr and the pripr lties which have been set in vesting this money for the pleas are and growth of the peoplerof Barrio if Dehnteenor Girls in Grad es and are reminded that this special program planned specially for them will begin on Friday Jan 15 Early registra tion would help to make the first evening of program mud more successful Would you please register at the office by Thursday Jan 147 Thanks Ladies Keep Fit Remember galsl Enrolment is Wednesday Jan 13 at Oakley Park public school starting at pm You can avoid the rush by signing pp ahead of time at the lQ Call in Gym Centres Hillcrest CodA rington and Oakley Park and copper work at the all begin again Saturday Jan So do the art classes at the HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERY ONE FOR THAT LITTLE EXTRA IN SERVICE KRAMER day night Wednesday was given an indefinite jension morons anuran itsnndrrrd St Denis sneiiRos gt Winter Work Program During the winter months is therbest time to get thelsmall jobs dorio inside die home andnenls Sheard is just the placeto go At Denis Sheard all the material is available to do the job Denis Sheard will do the complete job himself or will supply the materials to you if you are DebtYourself man You may finance your job or materials cashier nooMs Nowiablreiimeofyearlohavr that recreation room put in the basemem or the old one done over in the most Vmodern and notedate styles Denis Sheard will be glad to do this lob for you You may have this put on finance plan with Denis mo in in tI laLlll HARDWARE and TOOLS We stock line or building mater lais for the dadoyour self man And all ma irircireu those extra cupboards cupaoanps What ismore annoyingthon lack of captioni1 wage in the kltdren This is the time of year to have installed 13 Sheard will gt do the complete dob or supply you witfrtha nodes im Medals ml ll PRINTS rooms 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