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Barrie Examiner, 17 Aug 1967, p. 3

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GIL SAMPSON TIMOTHY HICKS Ontario Scholarship Winners Double Last Year In Barrie Ten Barrie high school students have won Ontario scholarship rewards in the final Grade de partmehtal examinations to be written in the province This is twice the number that received these awards last year Heading their schools were Joanne Garvey of Barrie District CentratCotlogiate with an aver age of at per cent for seven papers writt highest in the Barrie distrl Douglas Stuart oi North Col legiate averagedno7 per cent to lead students at that sdiool Both Joanne and Doug will go to University of Waterloo to take honors mathematics Joanne en tered Central Collegiate after graduating from St Josephs High School last year She was active in me debating ohm Her future plans are vague at pres ent but she sold definitely dont plan to take up teadiing Joannas highm mHIiKSJV Mn 96 in Math and Physics Her lowest was at in English She commented rn very grate ful to my teachers HONORS Douglas who will take the honors maths cooperative pro gram plans to enter teaching career upon graduation from the University of Waterloo ld like to be professor if can make it he said Dougzname to Norm Cellos Iaic from Halibtlrioh Highlands Secondary School three years ago He was active in the mock parliament and the com puter club at school He com mented like all my teachers but one hes not had both school leaders are busy with summer jobs Joanne is twiiiress while Doug is farm helper We other students from Ceri tral and six from North Colleg late rounded out the roll for the coveted $400 scholarships other honor students at Cen tral were Anita Johnston and Catharina Vegmao Remaining scholarship winners at North Collegiate were Char lotte Bigelow Dwglas Cant Timothy Hicks David Murphy Gilbert Sampson and Fred Veeuerria Ramsay superintendent of secondary schools said We arevery pleased with the re sults This is the largest num ber of scholarship winners we have had in several years Both schools did very well Commenting on the removal of the Grade 13 departmental examination systun he said Educators around the province have been anxious to have this changed for several years it will free the educational system to do things we should have done long ago am pleased to see it end Beginning next year the 600 high riots the province will set th ownrinat examinations eliminating the controversial de partmental examinations Abolition of the departmental examinations will have reper cussions down to the kindergar ten level variety of foctors includtng willingness at the teaching profession to use the freedoms presented by the do emphasis on uamloations will affect the speed at which diang es are made ONTARIO INVENTION Grade 13 was almost purely an Ontario invention Critim said teachers became obsessed with making sure their students pass ed Course outlines were fol lowed rigidly with abolition schools and teachers will be freer to permit area studies Greater study in depth should result The teacher can now judge the student not lust on his examwriting ability but also on his verbal workresearch activ ity and various other factors Universities which previously based entrance registrareats onr Grade 13 results will now judge students on their career at school plus their scores on new set of achievement and aptitude tests These tests at tempt to measure achievement in physics English and mathe matics As standarih for admittance to university rose higher Grade is turned into psychological barrier for many students Charge Man 23 In Fatal Mishap MID LA ND Ont OP Jarnes Walter McBain 23 of Lively 0nt was ch ged Wednesday with careless driv ing and with failing to leave half the road clear in headon collision Sat in which three persons were killed Cheryl Stephenson 19 Gwen File 25 and her son Bruce all of Sudbury were killed All were passengers in the Mcliain vehicle WANNA WEGMAN Search Underviray For tinned Man men one believed armed with who escaped from Camp Hendrie late on Wednes pistol day evening The two men are believed have left the camp minimu security institution about miles northwest of Harris to soles auto Leaves Trail Of Chaos trail of chaos wu left downtown Barrie at noon on Wednesday by youth attempt ing to make getaway in stolen car The youth wa spotted taking car belonging to Mrs leln Pratt from the front of Joannas Coffee Shop at Collier Street Racing away from here he hit two girls crossing Collier Street in front of the Post Office then went out of control at the corner of Collier and Owen meets bouncing off the ride of Cindens Pharmacy demolishing con crete bench and ending up smashed into the side of park ed ear One of the girls Mary Walker it of 68 Owen St was lulled in Royal Victoria Hospital for broken leg She was struck as she crossed in the pedestrian crosswalk in front of the Post Nice Hand who was ac companylng her Diane Gifiio 15 of Waidiogton St East narrowly missed being struck by the same car The parked car was owned by Glen Garwood of Duniop St and had about $400 dam age The stolen car which was owned by litrs Pratt had bout $2200 damage theyouth who believed to have taken the car had cup of coffee in the restaurant be fore taking the car He was spot led by William Pratt wlln yelled at him but was unable to stop hlrn He went about block and half before missing the corner and hitting the budding California youth Edward Lustre 17 of E1 Cajun Cali fornia was treated for three bro ken ribs in connection with this incident He is currently being held at the Simcoe County Jail and is scheduled tolappear in Barrie Magistrates Court next tutoecriMSday on charge of car Additional ctiorgea are pend Coiinty Ektends Clerk Applicants been received applications have been extended to noon Tuesday Sept 12it was worded to Fred Hunter cou clerk who has given notice his retirement at the end of year Before his oppointrn ofTecurnreth liarrie residents set water consumption record in July of but they werent even close this July The Public Utilities Commis sion reports people had drunk bodied in or sprinkled minnow gallons less this July than the Months Welfare While some applications have the position of county at is pounced from the county office Applications should be for to tutu Min Hunter was recve Below Budget oost 525539 of uhinh the countys share was $10358 it was shown by reports just released for There were 14m who receiv ed aid of which 313 were listed anv as cmpioyebte recipients lnclud big 52 heads of families of 136 single persons only it were listedas emloyable Most persons on welfare were nty dependents However there were of 274 heads of families whore the ceived aid within the county ent during the month The monthly budget was some 55031 below the budget County welfare during luno CITY NEWS TILE BARR EXAMINER THURSDAY AUGUST 17 IWI Water Consumption Reduced Utilities Commission Reports record 100015500 gallons of last year Coan for the other months of the year including the rainy June was up an av erage of whom gallons Roger Tomlioson in charge of the waterworks says the first part of July is usually the peak period More people are home their Que reason for large amount of water used in June despite the rain appears tube that the month for thewaterworks nine from the 24th to the 24th The rain at the end of June tbeo affected water consumption for the month of July More rain less lawn watering June was the heaviest month from the wateruse standpoint 92144300 gallons wereused nlnrch was the iowest use month this year 7ionsoo gal lons were consinned The five pumping stations in the city are capable of supply ing more than 7000000 gallons of water day so there is lit tle danger of running out of water pumping facilities in the near future few contrasts between Cant adian newspapers with great er emphasis on national news and English weekly papers which concentrate on commun ity news were illustrated in an interview on Wednesday with Luetchford of Londim Eng land now visiting Barrie Canadians shouldhe much to better informed on national and international events than people in ariiaj Mr menarche said Canadians have much larger Police are searching for two papers in sheer bulk as well as gentfinefigmegvggmg deanm having much more news than coveralls boots and carrying kit bags One of the escapees has been identified as Ronald limitation to years of age He is six feet tali weighs 165 pounds dark floinipiexioombazell eyes black or notee wihla tattoo on gland the left arm He doesnt speak any English The second escapee has been identified as Jean Dupont 22 years of age He is five feet weighs 141 pounds medium complexion 10 inches tall blue eyes and brown hair with brown safety English papas it all depends of course on whether or not Canadi all ol the material that pre sented to them be added Mr Luetchford la the manag ing director of the Hornet Press in Bamct suburb of tendon Dubbed 113 ers three papers which are larg ely identical the Potters Bar Press the Fincbiey News and the Barnet Press with com bined circiiiation of 29000 fourth paper which is complet ely different the Chesbunt and thham Telegraph has circulati 10000 copies lo the weekly papers we have to concentrate on local news Mr Luetchford said There are no stories used from news seivioa and no syndiizt ed mittoat Only very rarely do we use anything that would be called feature story and even then it is written by our own staff and about our own unmet For this reason the editorial the Conservatives the Earty and the Liberals he said Wed even report the Communist Partyif they ever dailies we dont have any sen held meeting in our district Although British papers have the same general proportion of ads to news copy as Canadian mg jmm consisting of papers about $5 per cent ads and 35 per cent news they dont have the same number of full page food store ads as the Can adian papers it seems that help wanted it ads and ads for motor cars for sale form the biggest portion of our ads Mr Luetchfnrd said Being local paper we depend grear deal on classified ndver tising om our own area The competition of eommerc Stead mede in Wat01 in television in Great Britain is having avery serious affect Jill because the WW 89 on British newspapers To meet this challenge the newspapers are trying to convince advertis ers that ads in the paper are needed tosupplement the ads run on television Were trying to sell the im we age of local weekly paper that ties around the housa week and is picked up and read several times instead of lost seen once for few seconds such as television he said We dont decry television but were tfti not express political viewpoints but provide equal coverage for all political events in their area gt all of Barrie Examiner with our re Emma porters nihilism about 70 to The helmet Press have staff of eight reporters and publishes about 44 pages per week The no pages per week in contrast to our national nationalism in our papers Mr Luetehford said There is compulsory train three year apprenticeship which includes classes at the Technical Schools The subjects taken include the principles of municipal government typing shorthand English and similar topics he said Journalism in Britain be cause of programs sunblas these is beginning to establish itself as recognized profes on ln It is vtuvy strongltyuoionized shortage of reporters everyone gets much more than the beam union pay rate he said wyearold reporter who lin isbed his apprenticeship at 21 would be receiving about $34 to per week Hed pay about drop in addition to another $2 per week for health insurance unemployment insurance and pension contributions ln colitrast between Britain to sell the idea of link advert cements in the local and cama however press to supplement the televis ion coverage Anotherdifference between Luetchford said he would pre fer living in Canada There issornueh morefree Sm per week ohthls in taxes ID if he was married with no chil STOLEN CAR INJURED TWO GIRLS BEFORE HITTING COLLIER ST STORE AND PARKED CAR Gavt Survey Shows Need For Senior Citizens Homes bounding to Aid Her soyx lat survey into semor cl ns housing in Home completed with its replies in dicates definite need survey three years ago showed that so persons were quatifled for the housing Complete results at the survey should be ready before the next meeting or City CounctiScpt ii no team of four persons mak ing the survey vsitod those who Cyclist Hit Said Critical Margaret Koopmaos 11year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Koopmane was struck by car while cycling on the 13th line County road at 525 pm Wednesday and thrown over the vehicle Rushed to the intensive care ward of Royal Victoria HospiV tat she was said tohnva head lnluries The driver of the ve hiele was Richard Holloway of RE Harrie Don Koopmans father of the injured girl is local distributor for Oils and well known in the district The girl is still in critical con dition this morning Police are continuing their investigation London Publisher Contrasts British Canadian Papers even utilize our out first receivmg permission from the government But when asked about moving to Canada ltlr Duetchford said he was too old to consider move now This is his third visit to Canada having been here in tow and 1964 During this trip he has visited Montreal and Expo 67 Calgary the Canadian Rockies Seattle Vancouver Los Angola Chicago and Toronto on 12week trip rag EXAltflNEE wave ans PHONE newt Because uouoiuuiirits an orrrrn ittllo Insurance RISKS Absiainers insurance protection costs test If you are nondrinker itwitipayyouto compare Abstainers rates wrth your present rates today Call WIB MALLORY ll CRESWICKE 7286100 BAIIIUE respiuldcd ot teat once and fol lowed up with phone call or made two visits Add Hersey feels that once people see the housing in oper ation two or three timcs as many as replied to tire original questionnaire will apply He said that be and the other members of council were doing all they possibly could to establish the housing The problem is that provin cial officials are not permitted to more than new land pric es and they want to locate in side city said aid Hersey Ho is hopeful that site at the corner of Burton Ave and Bayvlew will be approved by tho and of thomontn We fix Sunday dinner seven daysa Week =g= Take it from the Colonel Kentucky Fried Chicken is finger lickin good Take some home today The service is sudden By the box complete dinner pieces tender tasty chicken plus all the trimmins Its banquet in box $135 By the bucket family special for to people 14 srKeiilucky Fried Chicken $395 darn here be said lm against the creasing regarneniation of 13 ish life by the government getting new so that ant Pituic riiiitrs Now that summers hereget out of your house to eat Picnic tables ready made are the answer Pick up twoone for the cottage and one for your houseflaiiintoday mg og me Ema puss gm angry and Gamma new asiiamttr lNlliRAlitt of papers es 25 per cent ers is the amount of staff relt of the staff oi the paper in eluted to do the same amount contrast Canadian pop usu of work ally have oriiy 20 pet ent of it seems as 101 Canadian the newspaper staff in the writ papers run on far less pastin lng departments ne he said presume that Because they are local papers people here not work that much the Barn Press newspapers do harder Juz wood Production Custom WoodWorkIng Complete Design it nge in All Fine Veneers By the barrel 21 pieces of Colonel sander5 secret recipe chicken 5525 noun 0kICk¢IIo BESTIIIIIIIIIIT IttSDunlopS East STEP UP TO arunNirunn eaarnnooias ouncuaw Mandate 7266283 VISITING PUBLISHER LUETCHFORD no WITH EXAMINER GENERAL 49 Elna Rd MANAGER WILLIAM TELFER left IANID PUBLISHERW WALLSJrlghi iISrv

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