Mil CtiBiTilICIlOLSLOOKS BACK Everything Changed Even Barrie Hotels By HARVEY BLACKSTOCK Ontario went dry Alter it went This is the ninth in series oi articles about iiarrie iron IBM in the present This in stalment deals with the recoil ections oL Montague WhitNb shots one at the towns early bolci proprietors ltir Cubtt Nichols was not new to the hotel business when he came to Barrie and bought the Clarkson Hotel 50 years ago At the age at 38 he had operat ed hotel on the Lake at Bay and another in Emsdnlc when he took over the Clark son it was still the horse und buggy days and the hotel had stable at the back that would accommodate 50 horses It was two storey stable and at onesido there was big ramp going up to the second storcy No otlter place in Bar rie had ramp going up to stables in the top at second storey buiilding CHANGED ltir CubltsNichuls says The corner has changed consider ably thrc the service station is now was livery stable and two stores One piece repaired buggies lie recalls They had some lively horses on the tire cn ginc Cumming Scott used to live back or where The Examiner is now Ito used to cut ice on the boy in the winter and bring it right into Dorrie on an over head device They lost some good horses on the lake The company still has the name Scott Company It was established in loot When Itlr CubitNichols took over the Clnrksun Hotel there was large dining room Every Saturday they used to feed more than ten people tall cotirse meal cost 25 cents He recalls We used to have barber Tom llicltiauus in the hotel lie charged 25 cents for haircut and 10 cents tor to shave Even the outside of the hotel has changed considerably in ap pearance There usedto be veranda supported by wooden posts PULL DOWN POSTS itir CnbitNlchols sold They used to tie their horses to the posts and every once in while the horses would knock the posts down Then in tons we put brick pillars up Speaking oi the veranda Mr CubitNichols daugilcr lliasie recalls it wasa grand old ver anda to watch all the parades from He said the American Hotel had veranda all the way around 0n the Clarkson it was just on the trout Mr CubitNichols said he un derstood the Clarkaon Hotel was tamed altettha man who built When he took over there was bar to the hotel in tact there was always bat until its Averaga Stork Yield units is Preterm and stocks 61 Common lfldfllifllil 25 billile Laurentide Financ at Corp Ltd The company is giving Class and shareholders oi record Oct the right to pur chase one new Class share at $1250 ior each tour now held Offering involves 307090 shares and expires Oct 30 Bell Telephone Co at Can ada Shareholders of record on Sept ta will be given the right to purchase one share at $39 for eacbdz sharesnow held Rights will expire Oct 23 and shares will sell ex rights Sept it Rights were posted ior trad ing Sept and will be mailed to shareholders on or about Sept 27 The Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co Ltd The company has declared an initial quarterly dividend of 25 cents per Class an share payable Nave labor is 1962 to shareholders at record Oct to Calgary and Edmonton Corp Ltd Companys not income for the second half of 1962 will be higher titan the $917133 or so cents per share earned in the second hali oi not and not in come tor the full year will be moderately above that ior all oi 1961 reports President Crotaau Superior oil Co San Francisco has made no oiier iormnliyor iniormally to andE Corp but has acquired shares on the open market Pre sent holdings approximate 25 pcreentioi the and Corp outstandin shares easyPlayers Canadian Corpf LtdFor the six months ended Juno 30 1962 net income amtiuntedto $17031li6 or so centsper share against $952460 or 55ceata for the comparable tori period Net pincome and share earrilngsretlect proilt on sale oi fixed assets in the 1962 first hail of $8413 and in the 1061 period of 3270 This mounted to to cents porsbare TQRONTO sroerrxcunuor PLYNN Bl DWI0P ST EAST Statistlat Summary iortthuk Endiltl Sept Avcnaoi rratoa 401 sot BULLETIN BRIEFS daily Scheduled woman wnonseo dry we had one Saturday night to get rid oi oil the stock he recalls And we were ult ing it as lost as possible lle said in those days there was draught brandy and draught rum They came in kegs the same as beer does now The draught beer used to be pumped up with uhlcyclc pump and the bar was open oontinlt uously twin are till it pm lie thinks there was less drunkenness than there is now He believes the main reason is that in those days ev cryonc had to stand up to the bar There were no seats When man began to get drunk it would be apparent to others even it he didnt tool it him soil But today man can sit and drink and because he is sitting down he doesnt tool it when he begins to get too much He said theyd take in $10 day WOMEN ALLOWED it was permissible tor wo man to Come into the bar but never saw one enter he said lie recalls upstairs and have drink brought up to her 0n the days of the Fair used to get special constable to come up irom Orillio We never had any trouble it was just precautionary measure We had an indian list in the hotel but never had any pict uresoi the men on it There was always lots oi help until the war broke out Some tellows would get drunk and be good company while they were drunk litter the dry period re iuscd to take out licence and then in 1935 rented it he sold ilir CabliNichols does not drink htmseli He says am in my eightyninth year and have never taken drink since grew up The reason ior that is that when went to boarding school in England they gave or beer to drink and it made me sick ive never touched it since in the early days the main entertainment was the movie and Mrs Beatty had themovi to house on Dunlop Street He said TheOpcra House was where Hammonds store is now on Collier Street During the time it was nin ning the Itlarks Brothers at stock company used to stay at the Claritsan when the company was playingat the Opera House He has many recollections bout the changing face of the town thn he came here it was all swamp where Moyor Motel isnow He said liierc were no dai ries There was band stand where the library is today Year Ago r4 seat 410 Mil an 517 and cents ivaly Quebec Telephone Ilic Com pany has declared as¢mian nuai dividend of so cents per common share payable Octrts to shareholders at recordSep it Dividend is now on $120 annual basis compared with the previous $110 year reports President Jacques Brilliant Denison Mines Limited is vloiieting to cents share for at least 50percont oi the out standing t8tii000 shar or Westburne oil Co Ltd Otter expires Oct 1062 per share respect Power Corp at Canada Ltd The company reports breakup value at its common stock at Aug 31 1952 was $98 per share compared with $92 atJuly 31 and $83 at the fiscal yearend June 30 Total market value at Aug at was 602623000 Canadian BreWeries LtdTho company has offered to purchase at $86 per share all shares oi Western Canada Breweries Ltd it does not now own Canadian Breweries already owns 705 per cent of issued stock Otter is not binding unless 90 per cent oi the stoekvis deposited by Oct ill British American Oll Co Ltd The company reports it now owns more than 51 percent ot others For amen in his eightyninth the outstanding commonshares of Superior Propane Ltd Trans Mountain Pipe Line Co The company reports throughput in August averaged 177930 bbls throughput ior September is estimatedat 207 000 bbls daily up it 340 per cent trom the actual August lume ran Ore Consumption During the first seven months at 1062 Canadassteei mills used 4475 205 tons of iron ore up its per cent tram the 4009021 tons con sumcd during the corresponding pertodoi toot gt is 0a the northwest corner of Mulcqu and Dunlop was iltlie grocery store Lain on across rein that was nr nae Mr Vampottcr owned the garage lien used to lit on the beach and Mr Vampatter rig ged up device with which he could flick switch and give them all an electric shock Behind where Woolworlha is now there was ahamess shop The Vcspro Hotel was part at where ioblawa is now Mr CubttNichoIs remembers when there was stone fence around the old post oitice which was in Memorial Square When they pulled that down they put clock up on the Post Oitlce he recalls The present City Hall is the old Market Building be said lie recalls the blgmarkots there used to he on Saturdays it lasted Irom to am till 10 oclock at night Outside they sold wood and hay and inside the women would have their stands and sell almost every thing here used to be shoe factory and tannery and thats about all the factories there were The apartment house at the junction at Kempenielt Drive and Dunle Street used to be brewery Mr CubltNlchols said Alter cars came into vague and the horses stopped coming we made five separate garage to rent upstairs in the stable and machine shop downstairs TOLL BELLS Ho recalls Mr Realty used to tell the belt on the Fire Hall iour times day it rang at am 11 noon 1pm and l7 itinrys Church used to ring bell too He said ch used to have two good steamboats going up to Orlllia and they went to Jacksons Point remember once man drowned otter he tell all the boat He was good swimmer too used to be good swim mer but got cramp in my leg in the water once and never went back in be said Scanning Mitchells Business Directory ior Barrie tastes which lists Andertoa and Brother proprietors of the Fair view Brewery Mr CubitNichols said remember the Fairvtew Brewery Emsiey owned it Where the Dangerfield Motors is now was flour mill Beside the flour mill were three second hand stores They were run by Smith Corkindale and Stone be said good articles too bought some lovely chairsirom them lot 55 eaï¬h They were made at solid In WELL READ Speaking oi second hand stores he said We had one old tellow who ran second hand store and he was always in trouble with the police Eutle used to spend his spara time reading law books and whenever they took him to court he would win his case He would buy anything and he put up some good arguments in court But they got him at last he said Mr CubitNicliols paid $120 year taxes on his house 20 years ago Today his taxes are more than three times that be said He believes that Barrie should not have become city when it did and that since it has be come city it has tried to go aphoad too fast He says some of this isre cted ia the congested down town area with its lack oi park ing spaceb The small shop keepers down town lose lot at business be cause there no place to park and people with cars are forced lie recallsTheythudsome to go to the shopping piazas where there is ample paring space And he doesnt think the park ing meters solve anything He thinks many of the boys and girls of tod nt have as much respectior older people aswhenjhowas id He expresses it this way When was boy kids had respectior older people But 3now some of them will push on old man out of the way to get by was one of iamiiygitio children and Dad liédtowpay for the 10 of us and wealt want to boarding school He malls thatit was about 12 or 15 yearsago when he first noticed that many children began to get flippant and to show lack oi consideration for year Mr CubltNichots is in reasonably good physical health of cane ills mind and sense of humor NEW HOME SEE Barries most exciting New Home no French Provincial Styling on OIIAWAY AVE at CURRIE BuiitBy under construction although he walks with the aid momsAli CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD Exrtonv Aggro cARsoN PA satin CLARKsON HOTEL IN THE coop OLD DAY Invents Machine VANCOUVER CP Bril ishbom inventor has developed equipment he hopes will revolts tlonize the mechanics and eco nomics 0itiearching for oil It is seismic detector or geophone its key unit vlbro lion recorder sold to be 10000 times as sensitive as conven tional equipment ior pinpointing rock layers Dr Lemonbos been working on itrior eight years He tagiviag it the lost proving experiments and hopes ior pro duction by the end oi 1962 Asa commercial venture the electroalc detectorcalled Pac mlcwould be produced by Pa cilic Research and Develop ment Company llrm in which Dr Lemon holds partnership witnJohn Brooke oi West Vancouver Like all seismic detectors Pacmtc oï¬ratcs by sending vibration pulaa into the earth and recording echoes from rock layers From number oi re cordings at dliierent spots geological map oi the rock zones can be built up However while conventional selsrrdc surveys need 15 or more men and costly drilling operations the Paemic can be operated by two menirqm truck The results at conventional testing need exhaustive onaly sis but Pacmic is said to give extremely accurate results iully interpreted at the site and time at the test Most seismic surveys use dy namite to provide the vibration necessary to be recorded from thousands of feet underground but Paemic has been tested to depths of 11000 ieot using only mallet tila powderxchargu ess than an ounce placcd two ieet undergmund As wcll as eliminating the time ior processing results mica actual ground opera tion would be three to tour times as fast as conventional surveys In action it is located over the spot to be tested and se ies of impulses is sent from irvc to seven spots on circle 100 to Iioyords in radius ei titer with the mallet or with small powder charge The blow or explosion aeti votes radio transmitter which sets geophone and recorder lnoperaiion picking up the brations in the earth and con verting them into ink waves on special iilm tape While none of the echoes can be identified tram the backI ground or rubblsh impulses on single tape comparison of the tapes irom one test reveals coincident lines or what are known as inphaselintervalsf as keen as that at prac ttolng lawyer When the interviewwas fin leave he said Well this has been an interesting talk about the old diiys and then with twinkle in his eyeho added even if you were half an hour Men lie was correct on botheounts earn Its email For Proton Courteous Delivery service Call iALLANDALE LUMBER FUEL Company Ltd 49 Essa Rd 5531 sooner ished and was preparing to To Detect Oil Deposits In Rock Layers Pacmlc was tested against an oil well drill hole in BCs Fra ser Valley and located strata in depth oi more than 0000 feet with maximum deviation oi 30 feet rpm the drill results mother tests in the Fraser Valley and the Turner Valley oi Alberta it has located strata down to i0900 ieet with even smaller error The detector is so sensitive in tact that it can detect the vibration at match dropping 30 ieet away Dr Lemon says thl is the do Dunlop St East Church Sundéy Sept at aml UNirstEAve THE oARRir ARMOUth A1 to am MARCH 10 CENdTAPHAT MEMORIAL SQUARE THEN IN GROUPS ro sr MARYS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND iRiNtrv ANGLICAN CHURCH SPONSORED BY WING No44i RCAPAsstiAnoN TOM ANDERSON llFE ASSURANCE C9 LD 24A ClapparionSl NEsaur rnOMPsoN AND COMPANY LIMITED PA aim RAY FOLtIOTTS SERVlCE STATION itJS Burton Ave first transistorlted reinnix uan with such 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