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The Tod residence at Marlon Crcsccnt was one of hundreds in Barrie which was suitably dccoratcd or the Christmas scasonxThe iamily not only had lights in front of the house but had the back yard ablaze with iioodlights and thrcc Christmas trees dec orated with multicolured LIGHTS DECORATIONS BliiGijiTEN CHRISTMAS lights in the glow of the Hood lights lawns and flamingos could be soon Iliving fairy land look to the yard Exam iner Photo CITY NEWS BAN EXAAHXER ImEBAY DECEBER Damage City police invatinied three auto accidents Saturday which resulted in total of $1450 dam age and one minor injury car driven by Kenneth Wil liam Waunch of RR Ban rio received 8000 damage when it went out of control as he was proceeding south on Bayview Dr at 310 am The roads were alip WY The car went into the west ditch then across the road into the east ditch up the bank struck hydro pole and came to rest on the lawn pl 125 Bay vtow Dr Consl William Johnson lnver tigated tvrocar accident at the in torsection o1 Remy and Perle tang streets at 915 Saturday morning rewitcd in $400 damage car operated by Erin Dag ncault In of 189 Grove St attempted to make it loft turn onto Pennang irom Berczy St but skidded on the slippery roads and struck car driven by Zol tnn Kiss 35 of 151 Berczy St Kirk Crawford 14 of Smiha Foils received abump on the $1450 In Accidents head after car operated by Lloyd Crawford 33 of ore Star tion skidded into another auto on Dunlap at at Eccles St The accident occurred at 11 gm The other car we driIen Wayne Charles Bondi 11 of Ncwmarket IdConst Torn Bookey investigat 01mm police forcesva gen erally pleased with the quiet boi idny weekend few minor ac cldanta were all that were re ported from police in Alliston lnnlsm Eirnvala and Stayuer lunisitl township pollen report quiet weekend An officer des crich this as true to form for the area Coast Short of Elmvale OPP described the Christmas weekend as quite fortunate with only two minor accidents and no other occurrences of note OPP in Stayncr had nothing unusual to report for very quiet two days minor accidents were ii that were reported by Alliston OPP for the weekend with no other occurrences SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL irst Months Eventful JAN Barrles first child of the New Year was born at am Michelle Sturgesaa pound lsounce baby was born at Royal Victoria Hospital the second child oi lir and airs David Sturgcss of 10 Wellington St West Meanwhile city councils both get chief Aid Roberts said the city should hold up funds for the 54000000 RVH add ition because the lowest tender tor the project contained $140 000 mathematical error in favor oi the contractor and the has pitnl board decided to accept it and give 111 contractor Emery Engineering Ltd of Barrie the money lost through the mistake Emery made the error by da ducting the sale tax twice in its mtimates the hospital was told JAN The second lowest bidder on the RVH addition con tract RobertsonYates Ltd of Hamilton made public his tion to the proceduru used warding the contract and said he would file his nhjcction with the RVH board at directors Bidson the 10storoy addition were opened Dec 15 The error in Emerys was ly thereafter ed the Ontan Hospital Services Commission which has theyiinal say in such matters and was ad4 vised to correct thamistake HONORARY CHAIRMAN Roberta Bobbie Rosenlcid Canadas woman athlete oi the haifrccntury and former dcntwas named bon orary cba man of the Barrie Winter Carnivat She was honor ed at testimonial dinner in Barrie Feb 1o She was sports columnist tb the Toronto Globe and Ma for20 years JAN it was announced toils that Venture Companies scnu groups for boys between the ages oi 114 and 10 would be formed because it was felt there was too much difference in the age at thinking of boys in the traditional scout troops Re golar troo have boys between 11 and 18 cars of age Mayor Cookejnaspeecb during the hrst council meeting scnvcrcd short human contact end of Barrie hi the year said he believed the time had name or the city to prepare for further annexation oi surrounding land it should cum plolc amalgamation ol parks and recreation services renew cl forts to bring College of Ap plicd Arts and Technology to Barrie and adopt new dogcon trol regulations and facilities He also proposed regional govern ment study for Simcoc County GARBAGE BURNER The Ontario Municipal Board following hearing in Barrie ro scrvcd judgment on city ap plication to locate tccpc garbage burner to landfill am in the northwest part oi the city It was amounted that the value at construction reached an allvtime high during 1966 The years total ol $7557700 was more than 5210000011 above the 1965 total JAN Robert Noxon in his first speccb since he was named leader of the Ontario Liberal Party called on supporters to return Clear Grit Reform Party as their centennial pro Speaking in Barrio to joint meeting of service club audio ubIlCmcetihgratll crest Pu in School ML Nixon said the Liberals wouldnt turn the province upsidedown and shakeitLbutiwill bring about reA forms Some rélornrshe men tioncd were fairer expropriation lows and the appointment of an ombudsman along with changing the tax burden so the castrated uoation would not hear so heav ily on landowners Jan 11 The Board 01 Direc tors of Royal Victoria Hospital after litre our debate do clded toawar the contra for $4000000 addition to the hosp to Emery Engineering and CM tracting Ltd by totivote An objection from the second lowest bidder RobertsonYates Ltd oiHamiltnn was thrown out by the board $150000 addition comprising 40000 square feet was opened at the Mansfield Denman Gen plant in the west erni Ltd Co FLUORIDATION MN 16 George ltlacitay Reeve ol Oro Tupi was install all us the 109th Warden oi the County of Simon during cere monics held in the County Coun cil chambers in Barrie lie was elected by acclamatlon alter the other nominees withdrow iu lav or of him JAN 20 Ed Gouge of Barrio originator of scheme whereby students would camp outside Montreal while Expo61 was on denied reports that the plan was in trouble He said that bout 10000 students irom across the Dominion would make the trip Original plan was to ac commodate about 100000 students in tents near Montreal but tho final location was near St Hil nire about 19 miles from the city where the students would cally ncw type o1 school for the Atlantian section oi Barrie NEW SCHOOL The school dcsgned to commodateteamtench isc culardomcd inncrb di live large touching areas ads projecting from it Each teaching area will be large on ough or three classes The managing direb or of the Ontario Housing poratiou opened the second nuol Barrio Home Show at to Barrie Armoury Suter sold Barrie was city with very big heart JAN Specille orders from the Ontorin Hospital Services Commission stated that JANv Board oi Dlrctors of Royal Vic toria Hospital would not he ni stay in chaictttype accommoda tion JAN 22 The Ontario hlunic lpoi Board rejected Earrles an llcatlon to build anincinerato the northwest part 01th city saying the plan was pre mature and would best be de land use pattern of that section of the city is determined At the time of Barrledldrnothave tanofficial land use plan but consultants had been retained to prepzre cided that fluoridation vote wouldrha held in the citthlnrch 20 included on the ballot would be three questions regarding the makeup at city council They werezshouldcouncii be elected at largeacross the city instead 01 by the present ward system Should counCiibe reduced from the presentlaaldermmtoeigbt and should the council term be increased from two to three laycd until the attire one City council years petition demanding Note on fluoridation was seven names short of the 10 per cent of tar required to makethe petition binding butcotmciirdecidedrto 711 include the question on the bal lot anyway JAN The Barrie Public SchoolBoardgavenpproval for architects to go ahead pare detailed plans for rad was reelected preai lowed to correct $140000 er run in the tender of Emery Engt incering and Contracting Ltd for the addition toRVH The commission ruled that Emerys original tender price should be the only one consider The hospital board decided to award the contract to the Barrie firm at the original tender price $3 $8419 JAMWMLABarrie szYMCA nncuuced laps to initiate major captnl campaign for $225000 to retire the debt of $150000 on the crginlslbuiidlng and complete original building adding two more clubrooms and installing equipment needed to finish thcbullding nérenmuuuster Paul Hellyer speaking at the Barrie Chamber of Commerce annual meetinggredlcted unlflmtion of thaarm setvase would be sue cessful At the meeting Mayor Cook adrninisteredtheoath of office to incoming chamber incoming chain pre aident president Bruce on FEB The Barrie Public tiiltlesVComrnlssion learned that worir was to begin within 10 days on 65000squnre foot discount shopping centre just beyond the city limits westoiBIylieid St in Vespra The projict building for Tower Department Store and Food City outletwcs logo ahead even though PUG turned down requestto apply nt of the Barrie Agricultural Society An innislil Twp couple Mr and Mrs Ea Arm strong who run lloppy Cabins on Highlwnryin trio miles south with the weekend receipts irom their service stationtourist coon bun ideasEarly in themorning of the allowing dpy two innillil thp man Vin at Plthaanflanndrcbatgad him with armed robbery The former lunisfilresldéiat was or re in Toronto following timer to bed diobhed workers walked off the Job at the Canadian Ganeraqulectrio Co udcplnnt on Bradford St About 8500 worker to Ontario atruck against thecompunythe United Electrical Radio and Machine ericn want ran 1117am ruryr yearold brunette was Winter ur bite on avian uri loymotd Col wwcrotmed ordinary1 or be ilditi tanrwhich Wouldinclude 1gbt760 at of tho beardgrowing contest were held as part of fourhour flow at the Barrio Arena Satur ty evening HUGE CARNIVAL it was estimated that 50000 people witnessed the carnival events on the hay Weeks of care tlJi grooming by Bart lonkers of Barrie won him the beardgrow ing championship and 3100 Flag polc stter Elli Harris spent 45 andahall hours in the air near the bays Thu snowmobile cham pionship was won for the sccoud your in row by Sudburya Lion el Beauiieu FEB 23 Joseph McLean 20 GIVE GIFTS AT HOSPITAL Mn Stu member of the Royal Victoria Hospital Junior Auxiliary helps bright en airbtmal for Shawn Walsh one oi several children who had to stay in hospital Christ mas Devi Stockings full oi toys were dhtributed in the chlld ren as an annual gesture by the junior auxiliary tExamin er Photo Ivy Friends Honor Retiring Operators By BRIAN BAKER Three hundred and fifty friends and subscribers imm the ivy Thornton area and surrounding districts crammed Ivy Orange Hall to honor Mr and Mrs Earl Reid operators of the IvyThorn ton telephom until its take over by the Bell Telephone Com pany recently with presenta tion and an evening of entertain ment in recognition of their long yoars oi faithful service to the two Corrmtmitiea The Raids were presented wilh purse of several hundred dol lars in contributions They were also presented with substantial pension bought by the ivyThorn Toronto alias Vincent litmnnf was sentenced to eight years in penitentiary for beating and rob blng inletoperator 55yearold Earl Armstrong oi lunisiil Charges against arecond man were withdrawn becamtof in sufficient evidence FEB 15 Drilling snow driven by winds gusting up to 55 miles an hour caused as car pileup on Highway 400 and an estimated 100 other accidents in the area over the weekend re suiting in damage in excess of an amass mishaps werecauseTbyWind driven snow which sometimea cutyislbillty to zero Therawerg no fatal accidents and few scr ious njurlrs FEB 214Fbllowing reminded of new contract the three waelr strike oi 760 workers of the Canadlan General Electric Ltdhtrriozplantratumed their jobs with general wage increase of 105 per cent over threeyear term MARCH Harvey Lainson 31yearold clergyman man no was nopposEdin test the next provtncial election in Simcba Centrator the Social Creditlirty He told delegates tothe nomination meetingothat new look provincial yer programs are aimed at victory am but predicted ulna this year MARCH 13 Oshawa Wholesale confirmed tbat1a 60000 square foot shopping centrewould he opened in the fall just outside the city limits on the west side of Hayfield St in Vespra Tom in this initial enhancement Osh awn Wholesale said the stores would be Foodcltyltood market and EIteray Departme Store Later it was announced thatthedeparuneotutora would be Towers outlet MARCH Fame residents maintained the status guo wben they turned down all four ques tions onlllewltyvfirstreieren co lashFluoridation oi lic water supply was de by slightly more thequestion yearterm instead was beaten down sixto one whether there should be eight aidesmen instead 15 5b was defeated byssovotea and er to elect 000 voter Only81percant of eligible voters wepttothe polls former lead it on told barrio audience that the Aer in Vleti III has enabled the tree nation recommendation irom counell cl tomnont itteclli to am Warn mrtyummhm roommates me amend 1mm ti insur lira to brainy valved annutomobilezsndr struckby aldElwood Ship isSt in Allisto Damage to the carewaa esti mated at $300 by Coast Dome Insley whoinvestlguted Sheridan owner pig said it was worthmti The accident curred tit concession otTEasaTwp one quarter mile north oi 15 Side mg gtAnodlerncfitdent Saturday in by more than Weatherman ton Tele hone Company and oth er cons derations SPECIAL SONG Entertainment for the evening was provided by students oi ivy Public School in the form oi plays instrumental music and singing and by the first grade an excellent square dance per formance number of songs in cluding one composed by her es pecially for and about the Relds were sung by Mrs Gordon Burke Thornton and an ad dress was given by Mrs George Holt also of Thornton Au address was given by Bev Jennett ivy recounting the loud years or faithful service given by three generations of the Reid Hands Barrie Sunny Skies Cold Temps Ten degree temperatures and three inches oi snowgreeted liar rle residents on Boxing Day Monday evening storm that started with freezing rain and soon was followed by covering blanket mado driving in the Road Mishap Few In Area on Barri port relatively quiet Christmas weekend on the hlghwayr in spite of poor driving conditions much of the tim The most demos occidertha terms of property damage tin one year old registered Yorkshire boarwaa idlled Sut urday at 045 pm aiterlt canoperrted otfl We car atsou so of Sunnldple Rd AndRoy lfe smith of rotor colitdednt the Marathon 01 Highwa 09 Jim Mortley estimated damage atvfls to dagI Accldon or 00 ind min at atson city and surrounding districts hazardous Snow plough and sanders were on the job all night trying to keep main arteries clear City and provincial police re storm last Christmas dump ed live inches of snow on Barrie Snowfiurrles and snowsquails were predicted for today in the The weather office in Toronto reported that ordy half an inch of is envy snowfall was in sight for today Wednesday In northern Ontario it will be cloudy and cold tod uy with cloudy skies haatore forWed Steal Pool cue Jenifer rm Automo the AL twosec Foolcue and case valued aims were stolen from carowned by David Beach which was parkedon Dunlap St in tho downbrwn urea Monday night reported the loss pair also taken Damagawal uumgted at $120 car operated byiltinurica urinary of Toronto after am guard rail oar 11va andclligbwaym Coast John Bean investigated southernparteolv tha provincep snow fell in the Toronto district family in operating the best and5 cheapest telephone service in Canada ltir lennelt gave brief his tory telling how ltlr Reids fath er the late William Reid was installed as operator of the sys tem in 191 when there were only 90 customers and eight cir cuits Earl was engaged by the company in 1916 and he took over full responsibilities of op orator upon tho death of his father in 1926 Mr Reid was married in 1901 since which time he has been helped by his Wife Dorothy and later by his children Allan oi Peterborough Ruth now Mrs Alien Eyres Shirley St Barrie and Brian still at home The three genero tious have rendered st years of continuous service An indication of the immen sity of the task undertaken by tho Reids may be realized by the fact that under them the ivyThornton Telephone system has grown from ninety subscrib ers served by eight circuits in 191 to 340 subscribers served by 33 circuits and six direct lines to Farris in 1967 said Mr Jen net TRY EXAltiINER WANT ADS PHONE 728Alt ruunsnitt Barrie Minor skin gloves valued f1 were Hockey Assoc Either with without sh rthand and filing on PLAN 10 tom our new finHESDItYflANUAKY nun wsnns ONTO Illil assbeginning day January 196 eady for better job thgood of Mn This courle 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