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Barrie Examiner, 17 May 1968, p. 5

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These school patrollers from lnnlsiii township joined Barrie students Thursday on trip lNltiSiIl STUDENTS HAVE FOR OTTliWIi to Ottawa for three day school patrollers Jamboree They will tour the Parliament Buildings Royal Canadian Early Barrie Scenes Mint and the National Museum They will also see the residence of the General governor County Property Sale Listed For Discussion Report from the county pnr perty committee Iiid education al live committee are listed on the agenda tor the regular meeting of Sirncoe Increase Likely In Sunnidale Tax SUNNIDALE COR NEES Staff White Sunnidaie tax rate wont be set until Llano fig ures already made available in dicates tax increase in like 1y perhaps more than six mills it was learned at the municipal niflce There may be some discussion of tho tar outlook but the rate wont be set at the next regu meeting on header June because all the figures wont be ready But there in good chance of the complete rates be ing set at special meeting lat er in the month spokesman said We alreadyehava been ad vised the school rate will be up said the spokesman who said it was indicated taxpayers will pay another six man to ward Sunnldale taxes last year were held fairly close to the 1966 fig ures Reeve Lloyd Pridham heads the council and the mem bers are Martin Bayer Wesley Bates Edmund Oiiham an Duncan McCort APogue is clerk treasurer County council here in Barrie on Tuesday May 11 The property conunitiee headed by Nnuallaay Deputy Reeve Edgar Orrrie has been considering proposals to after some of the county buildings lor sale The conunittee also is ex pected to make recommenda tion concerning county negotla tions with the Ontario govcm meat concerning justice admin istration buildings since the pro Vince has ammed responsibil ity for all justice department costs including the county jail Setting up at i3 wards tar election of trustee for the new in member county board also will be discussed The consulta tive committees report is on pectcd to draw attention to re nuircmcnts oi the school amend ments requiring such action by June The city of Banta has been awarded thrcc members while Separate School suppor ters will have two nun SITUATION Appointments to the Emrr gencytlllensum Organization following the resignations ofthe coordinator hay Atkinson no deputy co ordinator Bernard Harrisalso will be given at Ientlon Mr Atkinson resigned to beam manager of the ilur onia Regional Tourist Associa tion with an office inthe county building Mr Harris has accept ed appointment as chiel of pole ice tar Penctanguishene report on progress made in massessiag which has riarted at Kimmie Tottenham and other places also is anticipated Cookstown Reeve inuis Monk man is chairman of county as seamen The alien oi Orilllas move to become city on January 1969 also may be discussed Rea presentaiivcs of the remaining at municipalities are interested in how this might alfect the overall county budget In future Orlillas county levies or this year amounted close to $500 000 Substantial sums are re turned on the way ol rebates or grants Other reports will includ2wel tare costs county home matters and budget standing To Show Antiques At Midhurst Hall hliDHURSl tSiaif It wood en butter bowl more than cen tury old will be among antiques on display at lilidhurst hall Sat urday alternoon The occasion will be corn munity auction for the purpose oi raising funds for hiidhurst recreation purposes The ball will be open in the morningto acccpt more donations oi ar ticles Besides the butter bowl ar ticles given so tar include black lsmiths tongs wool winder bed Warmer sod irons two furrow plows and acuttcr DISTRICT Nbplwdrih NEWS IDEPARTMENII stone Shown At Archives Ioychangée Recalled By Retired Phonean itllDiiUiiSl Stall Phoio graphs of Dunlap and Baylield street scenes of Barrie taken during the gay 905 have been receiving special attention in special display at the archives of Simcne County museum You can see the great change which has taken place in Barrie said Norbert Moran archivist calling attention to the frame buildings in the ear lier stores andgrnvel roads Another photograph showed flapperton and Dunlap street on following llood on June 12 1890 caused by cloud burst Damage was considerable said Mr Moran stating there were records at the archives telling more about it The cloudburst was allowed by itbavy windstormwhlch swept thritugh the town leaving dev astation 1353 TRAIN The first train to arrive at Allandnle station on October 11 um was depleted in another pictureit was recorded the my son has been quite change but we have still found plenty to do in clearing out old wornout equipment and outermaterial said Earl Rel retired superintendent of ivy Thornton Limited Mr Reid whowiil he Elton June was with the telephone company for 53 years 11 months and three days when he retired Telephone Company with the cutover to the Bell com pany last December Thelasl switchboard and other old equip inent have been removed from the Reid home the telephone Rehange and eadqnamrs served well for yearsalsnhave all gone Such wail phones may hes at one of the areas last rurai phone companies for years The field home also was the ost office for years but this too has given way to progress The lvlehornton area today is served with modern dial tele phones and calls are operated from exchanges at Barrie Base Borden and Conkstown The mail is no longer deliver to post olfice at Ivy In stead it is leit hox service ioca main intersection of the com munity Mrs field was thelast postmistress for lvy Mr Reid was found loading wire and other material on Jntnk at the side of his house when interviewed Mrs Reid was busy with ng machlne in side mehou have see manychang es since started with the phone said Mt Reid as he compan picked up anotherpiece of dis partied wire and ed it on the truck it was back in thehurse and hugs era who ihecompany was started used to it myself said the long tim manager superintendent mai tenance man and operator At draw wagon with equipme in reply to said he well remembers hearing his late lather William Reidand others talk about none company was first formed 1W9 waa was interested he said Early phone rates were just year Mr Reid carefully plac questions Mr Reid the lust ahoy butl first train reached Barrie sinI tion dismantled few years ago in 1565 An woo sawmill at Waubaue shone was shown in another photograph which called atten tion to the sawmill era ol the county 1515 picture at Bar rie city hall showed it as brick building before it was re modelled We have added to our books too said Mr ilioran stating Leslie Frosts Fighting Men the story of the men at the Simone Foresters in the First World War was among the latest Memoirs of Drury Farmer Premie hasreceiv ed special attenti om recent visitors to the ar ves All For Beaver Hat Hunt ers History and The Visible Past ware among other books which were given special dis play ADD TO DOCUMENTS We are adding to our docu ments and records all the Mt Reid recalled it was much colder in the early days when he had to work outside during the winter replacing lines When youhave atruc yo in the cab and get warm like the old swttchbaard wall telephones and other equipment was all gone it telephonesrwhich the Sirncoe County museum WEEKEN ro any nuts Fanuwus iuovtnx Dustinllofinaln Katherine Rona ty show andavoid the lineup klns MATINEE sarunoav AIlSents so color ahow Donrl open quite contrast now not tohave time said Mr Moran stating he had received number of documents from Oriilia towo ship to add to interesting old as sessment papers from Vcspra Essa and other townships Newspahers telling about asters and events of historic importance are stanity sought The archives already has numerous such papers with reports of fires which destroyed large sections of Drilila Brad ford and Alliston in the past The story of the iB9i flood in Barrie is told in an old Barrie Examiner There are some references to Allistons Sir Frederick Enni ing co discoverer of insulin Commander Elmes Steele first member of Parliament trom Simone and others photograph or General John Graves Slmcoe first governor of Upper Canda who named Lake Simcoe in memory of his father has been given prom inent place The picture was donated by Mrs Milton Simp son of Beeton War Mr field as mechanic in the Royal nag Corps His photograph collection showed jseveral in uniform and also steam locomotiveCPR station Essastation olhy gave ueho per day vice on the sud board lea We handlediire and other emergency years he said ting it was to respond to emergencies Chief pioneer promoters of IEiIltal phonercompa Nottawasaga Authority park pond is extend new swimming area is armed on the west side This was THE BARBIE EXAMINER FRIDAY MAY 17 Legion To Aid Swimming Area NEW LOWELL SiamWhen Conservation possible 13655 The swimmingarea will be roped of in safety zones sandy beach is planned for the area water control project the 137 acre park located opposite through fund raising drive supported by the New bowell branch of the ltoyal Canadian Legion for whichrGeorge Duff was campaign chairman The sum of $664 was raised for the purpose Drain off from Coates Creek site or new conserva tion dam has watered the new pond Stumps are to be remov ed from the water area and more drain oil then made Old Mill road was financed with 7spercent grant from the provincial government and 25 per cent from the 28 mun icipalities in the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation area with Sunnidale paying hail the latter Reeve Lloyd Pridham of Sunni dale is chairman ofrthe conser vation authority which has its headquarters at nearby Sunni dale Corners in the municipal over the itay Pillow Joggers BARIE HURONA DRIVEIN THEATRE ilaindttoar your haartnui lflfllmm fins inuorsoous SHEB WOOLEY PAULBRINEGAR muumnhilmtn minimalism IItlhnlinaial and You ravonrrn eoUNm autumn srhns Slreetér Davis Lonzo at Oscar Grandpa Jones Giaseriirothera Lois Johnson lliiloua Butram Stoney 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