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gnuen qv Two sections Pages GROUP CAPTAIN RIWEST CD Offic ér CommandingRCAF Station Camp Bord en places wreath atthe Cenotaph cere mony yesterday commemorating the Battle of Britain Led by the RCAF Trumpet Band three flights from Camp Borden and the VMemorial Service held at the Soldiers Monument Waverley on Sunday Many re oWnships of Fins Tiny sldents of the fou Troy and Medbnt attended which was conducted bythe Rev Franck EerIW Glaser of the United Church Waverley an Rev St bbs retired Anglican ministe hung Rev Areno to the er Victoria Harbour Presbyterian Church ve the sermon and took as his text What mean these stones with special reference to those who had given their lives in the Battleof Britain Members of local bran ches of the Canadian Legion attended with the service Color Parties harles Car Barrie Driver lloliccll10terg Ajl7yearold Barr driver Tbacker won the first carrel billty trial sponsored by Barrie Police yesterday with no loss of marks woman iven Helen was placed There were 37 entries received and competitors came from Osh awa Toronto and Paris Leaving Barrie Arena grounds the drivers covered 397mile roadcourse with the of ro te card which they Trlal course was one hour and three minutes and along the route there were 14check points and bid den speed trap The latter caugh out two competitors who beat th limit by one mile and four miles per hour respectively While obi servers werestrick in checking traf iolations such as failing to give nals or the wrong signal only 27 such violations were re corded gt loli Chief Edward Tschirhart said he was Every pleased with the success of event the first of its kind held here Bradfordr Brian Keast gtNamcs of Winners The first 10 competitors virere as knownThacher Barrier Ernest Cheredaryk Oshawa Alan Read ingOshawa Helen Walt Barrie Rudy Gerhardt Toronto rJack lletherington Barrieinrry Rooke Barrie Larry Simon Barrie CarlvMagson Barrie Tire change singlwnded Lao ry Rooke Brad Barrie nd normal procedurevof bed of delegates gathering peri dlcnl ifh com Tire chahge tits sey and Harold Howie Don Douglas Prlz Donors Prizes wer given growe Co Ltd Westernafireand Auto Supply French Motors Torgis Automotive Ltd Sinclair Sunoco Service Sta tion hollsiand Simpson Shelloii Su dale Road Gilbooly FinoScr vi to Ion Highway 27 Provin cial ire Company Ltd Willow Creek White Rose Service Station Graves Supertast Service Station ackso Mptors Harts Garage played through the service Barrie Air cadets marched from Barrie Cenotaph for the wreath lay lng Following this His Worship Mayor El don Greer took the solute as the contingent marched to church ivcro and the Midland Brass Band Navilio arneit TASKER GRANr HAS GRAND CHAMPION EWE the and list of the 1953 CNE Agriculture Show there is one Grand Champion inthe live stockelasses from Simcoe County He is Tasker Grant of Stayner who took the award in Sheep Suffolk Downswith fClashbenny Grand Champion Ewc Halwlg Motors woman finalp got Bill Hart M19 where fire Mucousdunno artsmonuments of Discuss Community Chest With Local Groups At Community House on Mon day evening Sept 10 special committee of Barrie Chamber of Commerce metwith represents tivcs oflocal organizations con ccmed to discuss the recommend ation of having Community Chest or similar organization set up to conduct united appeal for funds for 1957 to take the place of individual campaixns as has been the practice by the various organizations in the put Hugh Gibson chairman of the special committee stated that this United Appeal for funds has worked out exceptionally well in other communities and could sec no reason why such set up would not be favorably accepted and very successful in Barrie Following the many questions and answersregsrding the gen eral procedure and operation of United Appeal all represent atives at the meeting approved the recommended plan In order that local represent atives can take the matter up with their respective headquart ers motion was unanimously passed that the possible partic ipating agencies in Community Fund appeal be requested to ad vise the Barrie Chamber of Com merce not later than Oct 1958 whether or not they approve in principle of such an appeal and to submit statement showing the amount of funds raised an nually for the last three years and their proposed budget for 1957 Representatives at the meeting were Cancer Society Charles Newton Graydon Kohl Red Cross Soci Parsons Ellis Mrs Gable VONLWllf Rldley Mrs Ncil Laurie CNIB Art Pugh Murdoc Johns Ambulance Mrs Hood Boy Scouts Association Din ty Moore Retarded Children Mrs Gable roomy lls Marchgaof Dimes 10 Wins cheste Special Committee the Chambenof Commerce Hugh glbson Griffin Page eb ham 1ch Man on Charge Negligence After three hours delibera tion laman jury acquitted Gil bert Givens 26 Holland Landing on charge of criminal negli gence at Simcoe CountyvAsslzes here on Friday The charge arose out of an ac cident near Bond Head on High way onFriday July 27 in which Leonard Ruby 11 of Kit chener was killed In discharging the accused His Lordship Mr Justice Kelly intim ated that hezwas very fortunate man and hoped that he would be more careful in the future gtGiv ens is married and has one child He has been driving trucks for over three years TWO WEEKEND CALL Barrie citizens continue to show the results of good training on the part of the firechief and his bri gade Naturally their fingers arecrossed but overtire week7 end only two calls came in One on Saturday to Allandaie false alarm and another on Sunday at 1045 to 52 Worsley Street to Smith and Wel Two Drivers Hort BARRIE QNTARIO CANADA MONDA Barrioyygouncil Meet Oro Twp On AnnexdhOn Headed by BeeveWiilsrd Kin ic delegation from Barrie Town Council that am Council at the township hall Friday night The purpose was to place before the township the full facts of Barries proposed annexation plans Those forming the delegation from Barrie were Reeve Willard Klnzic Deputy Reeve Murray Mills Alderman Paddison Town Clerk Ben Siraughan and Tress urcr Walter Glgg Reeve Kinzle detailed the plan of annexation with particular ref erence to approximately 600 acres within Oro Township He drew attention to the special features of the plan such as the straight boundary lines taking in both the good and bad land and the pro posai to fix the boundary 150 feet beyond the road line to eliminate the vexstlous connecting links The Town of Jamie would have is assume any debentures out standing on schools which were taken in the area and farms would continue to be assessed as farms so long as they were used for that purpose While the mill rate might be little higher thanvths township rate thore are provi sions in the gt0ntario Municipal Act for allowing fOr services not received For example lfthcro was no garbage collectionand this accounts for about three mills inr Barrieallowance could be made on the tax bill Another important point brought out was that the township kept the per capitagrant from the province furthe five years following annexation The per grgota grant in the township is SEPTEMBER l7 1956 rum revmun £WMALIAJH nunu chunmo Bflltlef Oi Britain MarkedBy Simple in observance of Battle of Bid RCAF Station Camp Borden together with the Barrie Air Ca dets and headed by theRCAF Barrie Arena to the Cenotaph for the laying of wreaths Fol lowing thls ceremony His Worship Mayor Eldon Greer took the salute as the contingent marched to services at St Marys Church and Central United Church Wreaths were laid by representl atives of the ECAF the Observer Corps the BarrioAirCadcts tho Armi the Barrie Branch of The Canadian Legion and the Town Council Group Captan West CD placed the Air Force Wreath and later attended the service at Central United Church Services At Bases At RCAF Station Camp Bor dcn there was full parade and Drum Head Service attended by branches of the Canadian Legion in Angus andAlliston RCAF Ed gar also hcld special morning service to mark the occasion The Crucial Time June 1940 found the world ex pecting the German Forces to launch an invasion against Bri lain Alleffectlve ground opposi Armand Joseph Marion marriedof Barrie was sentenced by His Lordship Mr JusticeHeliy on Friday toutwo years less one year definite and one year indefin ite lve strokes of the strap for indecent assault The prison er had been arraignedon charge of rape with second count of indecent assault lzmsn Jury had acquitted him on file rape charge but found him guilty of indecent assault Plea For Lenlcncy Addressing His Lordship delt fence counsel Livingston pleaded for leniency nnd suggestlt ed that the conduct of the com TwoCar collision 0n HighvVay 27 Drivers of twocars were seri ously injured in sideswipe coll ision on Highway 27about eight mflesmtheJateJriday nigh Taken tosfioyal Victoria Hospital with indeterminate in juries werehladelaine Sovey 42 in car gave little trouble rrie Man Receives as unnatural immoral and most tion in Northwest Europe had plainant had not been too dis crete Further she was 248 and the defendant was Mrs Flora Mario the mother testified that Armand had always been good son He was at pre sent assisting his father in his business and they were faoiily of six sons and four daughters of which Armand was the eldest His wife Mrs Joyce Marion also testified thatthey had been married two years and theirmar rlage would continue whatever the consequences Later on hearing the sentence she broke down and left the court room TheCrownpressed for sub stantial sentence arguing that it badgtbeen brutslassault Bevolting Crime In passing sentence His Lord ship told the prisoner that he had been found guilty of heinous and revolting crimcn You are fortunate you are not found guilty of the more serious charge His Lordship classed the crime indecent He was of the opinion thatthelncidentmigbtbere garded as an assault experience personsv found guii of the major crime on far less evidence thanthis in the last 10 days tain Sunday three flights from Trumpet Band marched from been criishcd by the Germans The Luftwaffe was in possession of airfleldswlthin one hundred miles of Britain crescent of ports stretching fromNorway to Cherbourg was under Gennan control concentration of forces to be used in the invasion of Bri tain had been commenced immed iately after the fali of France on June 17 Thc Germans were con fident of their ability tnvpossass Britain One obstacle remained Noinvasion could succccd unless Germany commanded the air over the narrow seas andovef Britain in July 10 commenced the Ger man allcmpt to gain control of the British skies Three Phases The Battle of Britain had three distinct phases The first phase lasted from July 10 to August 18 with the heaviest action coming During this period the Luftwaffe attempted fognin control of the approaches to Britain by attacking coastal shipping harbors airfields air craft factories and radar installa tions However the Luftwaffe suffered so heavily it the hands of Fighter Command that this off and alull ensued lasting from August 19 to August 23 Having failed in their first at tempt to subdue BritalI the Lil waffe changed its at cs andie sorted to heavy daylight hombing raids with the bombers having heavy fighter escort It was in this second phase of the Battle that the first RCAF squadron joined the action 401 Squadron RCAF under com mand of 511 now GC MscNab engaged the enemy for the hfirst time on August 26 Urge Students work Beyond Grade Levels report presented th ltlec nical Research Council th Ir three day meeting at Baystaus Dodg whichended on Sunday urged that students of abovelaver dge capabilities should be encour aged to do work beyopd their grade levels Students of unu al ability should be urged tDJDl shop clubs in addition to scie and camera clubs The meeting was attendedrby WmnchdoisiFTF ronto Hamilton Guelph Brock ville St Catharines LondonrWel land Brantford Kitchener and Sault Ste Marie understood that considera of Midland and Leonard Archer 197Elmvaleu do and au 37 trounced the affair cnecking only M10 chairman phase of the Battle wasbroken No later AWhite of Hamilton Cenotaph LCercmony phase of the hbattle were fought on Sept 15 when It became ap parent that the major strength of the Luftwaffe had been broken Uie record of No Squadron bclt tween Augustzfl and the end of the second phase on Sept 27 is typical of the defence put up by Fighter Command Under SL MacNab No destroyed 30 an my aircraft with an additional eight probablcs anw 35 damaged During the period the squad ron lost 16 aircraft with three pilots Flos Edwards Co bourg JPaitérson Halifax and Smitlier London killed and ten wounded The activities of September 27 show the nalufc of the action Be tween 0900 hours and 1600 hours with 13 pilots available the squad ron fiew26 sprties in three pa trols engaging enemy aircraft destroying seven confirmed and one probable and damaging seven The Battle Won The third phase of the Battle of Britain lasted from Sept 28 to Oct 31 and was an attempt by the Germanshaving failed to achievetheir goal by bombing to blast the Commonwealth Air Forcés out of the sky by using swarms of fighters and fighter bombers By oéléber 31 it was evident that tha Battle of Britain hadbesn won and that Britain would be free of invasionfor at least anothervyear THErBhllle Britain was one of the great victories of British history but the price of victory was high in Westminster Abbey is window dedicated to the memorytot eifaw ATCan sdians are listed among those who died that freedom might live lass Door Broken to Bits When LadyIRushed crucial engagementsin this Just before 3oclock Friday afv ternoon when young married lady living in Barrie walked up to tbaplaie glass door of Robin son amongst 31 DunlapEast she evidently did not notice the wordIfPull on the steel frame and when she pushed on the han ht Ell purpose chat at theytlme she very fortun ately received only few scratr ches on one hand hmething similar happened about one month ago at the dehope per led right into the do The fir lestrictions now make it compulsory at ail doors in places of usinessppen out and that seem tQbe the reasonfor both break