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Barrie Examiner, 23 Jun 1967, p. 3

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Eight Teams In Litterchase ii mmfimmfiys sagajigs W47 SERGEANT Alex McGetrick of Banie City Po lice puts the finishing touches STAFF Local teams entered in what has been billed as Canadas first litterchase are busy preparing their barrels for tomorrow ht ter gathering competition Eight teams have signed up for the event designed to focus attention on the problem of lit ter and how to eliminate it The teams meet at Queens Park tomorrow at 930 am to have their decanted litter bar rels judged They will then be given supply of garbage bags Team captains will draw lots to see in which part of the city they will gather litter At 10 em trucks will tilt the bands to central point in each locaA tiou By 1130 the teams will be back in the central locations from where the barrels and bags of litter will be transportt ed to Memorial Square After all have assembled at the square they will parade down Dunlop Street and up to Queens Park where the number on the barrel being entered by the police department in to morrows litucrchaso of bags of litter collected by each team will be tallied Mayor Lcs Cooke will pmscnt the captain of the winning team with the IAttemhase Mpfty The female mascot which each foam is supposed to have will be deuteron Miss Littcrchnso 196 prize will be awarded the best decorated barrel Refreshments will he served after the judging Members of the winning team and their wives will be treated to dinner comlt plimean of The Continental Inn The iitterchase competition is sponsored by the Canadian Tour ist Association and the Barrie Chamber of Commerce Barrie was selected by the Canadian Tourist Association as model city in its Keep Dan ada Beautiful program Each team is to be composed of eight men Among the teams entered are Rotary club City police City alderman the Jaycees and CK VRCKBB Sifncoe County Council will be asked to make decision on recommendation concerning third county home for the elder ly at its sessions slated for Mes day and Wednesday June 27 and 28 at the county buildings here It ivill iie the first sessions of county council since April special committee headed by Reeve Alfred Cage of Pene tang has been studying the mat fer Other members include De puty Reeve John Reedy of Port McNicoll Reeve Earl Brown of Beeton Reeve Mel McKean of Collingwood Deputy Reeve Eu gene Smith of Essa and the warden George MacKay of Oro Sites at Creemore Stayner and Coilingwood were inspected Present homes are located at Penetanguishene and Breton High cost of building mater ials was cited as the chief rea son for delaying action when the matterwasbroughtim oyoar ago and reports around the newly indicate thus is still difference of opinion on the mat ter The average cost per resi dent in the present home is Will Decide on 3rd County Home over $30 per week Some of the residents pay their own way or partially so while the provincial government pays substantial part of the cost with only relatively small percentage fal ling on the county An alternate proposal that the county endorse plan to assist in paying the cast of boarding the elderly in private homes was made earlier and report may be brought in on this as poor The countys 1967 levy showed only $33350 against the cost of upkeep of Simcoe Manor at Bee ton and $30700 for Georgian Manor at Penetang This was only fraction of the full cost of operating these homes room rotors MONTREAL CF Agricul ture department quotations Eggs Average weight price wholesale to retail in one dozen cartons extra large 450 large 409 Amediurn 336 Asmall 262 Few Job Openings Listed In Weekly Report From Manpower The Canada Manpower Cen Lre in Barrie this week lists few employment categories in which jobs are now available Fiveopportimities for men are listed and one for women Minesing Woman Contest Winner Mrs Pearl Bigham of RR Minesing is winner of this weeks Night on the Town contest The contest featured weekly in The Examiner consists of Jetters scattered through ser les of advertisements from which readers are invited to form the name of the business featured during the week With her answer of Barrie Sea Foods Mrs Bighorn will win hair style compliments of tltubys Beauty Salon one ladys casual dress and one mans suit cleaned by Cottyr Quality Cleaners Sauna baths compli ments of Daines Sauna Bath free evening transportation by Allandale Taxi C0 dinner at Barrie Sea Foods Restaurant entertainment at the Queens Hotel and two steaks compli ments of and Food Market Angus General job opportunities male Tire repairmanfor road service and shop repairs of pas seoger and commercial tires Some experience and chauff euro licence required Televi sion servicemanto make house calls replacing tubes and parts Ability to meet the pub if as well as basic know ledge of electronics is necess ary Stationary engineersec ondclass with maintenance ex perience to operate induirial boiler room Cleanup manto maintain work areas and offi ces of an automotive shop mature person with chauffeuro licencewill also assist in the used our reconditioning shop General job opportunitiesfe male Secretary for local government office with small staff farm background and familiarity with townships and communities in the area would be an asset Permanent em ployment will be offered wo man who is proficient in gen eral office practices Anyone wishing further infor mation regarding any of these positions should apply to the Canada Manpower Centre 32A Dunlop Street West Barrio Any person seeking employment should contact the office home THE BARRIE EXAMINER FRIDAY JUNE 1367 Eight Complete Lifesavmg Course At Borne Eight persons last night sue ccssfully completed senior YMCA lifesaving course at the Barrie YINYWCA pool They were Heather Camp bell Jim Orr Lance Miran Jane Cunni nghnm Graeme Rodgman Betty Williams Gun lhcr Wellnhofer and Bruce Smith Charles Cunningham and lo anne McCurdy conducted the course The examiner was Mrs Evelyn Mosher Margaret Drnry recently con ducted Royal Life Saving So ciety Broom Medallion course at the The following passed the course Ted and Charlotte Bige low Art and Carol Martin Bri an and Joy Frost Gunther Well nhofer Bruce Smith Dave Boyd Evelyn Masher Betty Williams and Jim Orr Bronze Bars were awarded the following Elaine Blgelow Helen Vcllnhofer and Charles Cunningham The examiner was Mike Mcrcredi of Base Borden Iinb Stephens physical direc tor of the reports that three times as many persons com pleted lifesaving courses this year compared with last year Also twice as many persons registered for beginners sons In other news applications are still being accepted for Camp SnoYlio the day camp which will be run by the Barrie YMYWCA this summer Two Charged With Thelt routine check by innislil Police last night resulted in man and two youths charged wilh theft over $50 Constables Aurel Dorian and Bay Bridge stopped car and truck on the 0th Concession of Innisfil Township and found three outboard motors The mo tors arc believed stolen from the Alcona Beach area To appear in Barrie Magi strates Court June 29 are Car man Patrick 24 and brothers Valter 19 and Robert Henry to All three are from Toronto compete in international radio controlled model boat races in Toronto this weekend The Barrie group mu will include Frank Jolliffe Allan Blakeiy Art Smith and Run Melrose last year won five tro phies at the competition in their first season of racing Interest in radio controlled model boats was sparked by de monstrations held ot the Can adian National Exihibilion boat show two years ago Three Bar rie modellers got together to con strunt electric powered water craft From the beginning the club has grown to 15 members and has developed an interest in the faster gasolinepowered hydro plana which now predominate in the club Ages of members range from no upward with many in their mid305 basically the same group also meet to fly radio controlled model aircraft COMPETITIONS Corrrpetitions are held under regulations sanctioned by the Great Lakes Mpdel ant Assoc iation and include timed one sixtcentlt of mile dragtraces timed quartetvmile oval runs and quartermile oval races in whine up to four radiocontrolled boats compete Boats of the Barrie group are capable of speeds of between lo and 15 miles hour the equivalent of lscale boat travelling betwoen miles per hour TIIE NANNIE COLLEGIATE Bond which will play prom incnt role in Barries Domin ion Dao celebrations has been invited to play in Ottawa June £6 for the Parliament Hill ser Police Report Two Accidents City police answered com plaints ranging from the scroedring lo counterfeit cornn cy yesterday but report no scr ious disturbances and only two minor accidents They were called to Johnson Beach to deal with undue molar cycle noise but found all quiet when they arrived Officers put out fire that had been icft burning on the beach and re ported that the washrooms had been entered and left in very unsanitary condition second noise complaint came from Letitia Strch res idcnt who heard tires scrccch ing and dogs barking and sus pected pmwlers might be in the area no bill believed to he coun terfcit was turned in to police yaterday RON MELROSE MAKES ADJUSTMENTS TO MODEL HYDROFLANE our To Compete In International Meet The Barrie Model Marine Club will send four competitors to record for these gasoline power ed hydroplanes is slightly over 50 miles per hour At these speeds the boats are tremend ously exacting to operate Each year between three and five GirlEBA sanctioned races are held Last year the Barrie club won total of nine trophies in theme competitions its memA bers entered Ron Melrose an employee of Garnets Hobbies in Barrie is unofficially the head of the club having firsthand knowledge and access to necessary equipment Any decisions and expenses in curred however are by mutuol agreement of club members Costs of the hobby especially at the high speed stage reached by the Barrie modellers is high for the newcomer with com petitive gaspowered hydro plane costing from $250 up The major part of the cost is due to the radio control units which consist of transmitter receiver and servo equipment Priea for this equipment alone start at abmit solo and can run to $150 or more The boats themselves are about three feet long and made of onecighth inrle plywood POWER UNITS Power carries from converted model aircraft engines which normally run from so to 40 cu hie ind disploewlcnt although they can range from 09 to 60 ilae motors are set up with unique homemade water cool ing system to prevent overheat in the closed boats HES ies of concerts Eighty band members will make the trip Fisher director on nounccd today The young musicians will be billotted for two nights at the residences at ktflcton University at the of the Centennial Conunission 111a Parliament Hill Concerts were planned lost year for the purpose of drawing top amaleur perform ing units from across Canada to the capital city Ottawa BULED ACCIDENTAL is simmerlong attraction for tourist and thrse per formances give the Parlia ment Buildings along vith the changing ot the guard fess this air The group wii travel via Greer busses and will re Farmhand Is Blamed or Oro Barn Fire 17yearold Toronto farm hand was responsible for an ac cidcntal fire which destroyed on Oro Township barn Tuesday night provineiol police revealed today Ronald Edward Lee of Tor onto was employod as summer help at the farm of Miss Bar bara Lloyd on the 9th conces sion of Oro Township Lee investigation revealed lit match to find some kittens in the barn The match burns ed down to his fingers and it dropped in an of dry straw An example of the great pow er required to drive diese boats at high speeds was cited by Mr Meirose when he said motor the size of the one in my boat 40 cubic inch could fly mo del aircraft with sixfont wing span at speetk of 00 or 90 miles per hour Persons interested in getting into the radio controlled boot field are urged by Mr Melrosc to start with small inexpen sive kit and work from there Most newcomers try to jump in at the level of experienced modellers and become discour aged by problems and high mu UNLIMITED IFloga or Flog Polel bnw Low Prices XG cotton 3300 nylon snoo pen evenings 020 diaeont on poles FLAGS UNLIMITED Miles south of Berri on 27 Thornton Ont most The Custom Flag disturbed amount police do the back of Dean Myers Ltd on The boy unsuccessfully tried to stamp out the fire before run ning from the barn No charges have resulted from the incident although Lee at first attempted to release him self from any blame by telling his employers that he had heard someone in the barn just before it caught fire The fire resulted in an esti mated $15 loss The Lloyd are instred for $8000 Over 40 horses lodged in the barn for the night were saved but ill chickens in few kittens and quantity of valuable equip ment was destroyed Lee was described as being nied that he was in need of psychiatric help He has great love for animals said Constable Ernie BondI who together with an official of the Fire Marshale office was in charge of the in vestigotion Following disagreement week earlier Lee left the farm Shortly afterwards Miss Lloyd who runs riding school at the form found bridle was miss ing Tar Ignites No Injuries Mon heating pot of tar at Bradford Street this morning applied too much heat causing the tar to ignite There were no injuries and damage was slight Barrie Fire Department an swered the call at 1141 pm The men iiiere working on the roof of the building Propane was used for heating the tar Police were contacted and Lee ubs stopptxi en route to Town to The bridle however was not in his possession and is still missing Leo later phoned the Lloyds and asked for his job back He was rehired Sunday Coast Bond explained that the youth was not charged be cause there was no intent in his actions He didnt interfere with pol ice work by telling false story because an investigation would have been held anyway Const Bond added The Guthrie Fire Department responded quickly to the tire cnllhut was powerless to pre vent the quickly spreading blaze due to lack of water Lee is presently staying with an uncle in Barrie riding show which was to have been held at the farm Sunday has been postponed for one week Is YOUR rv DRIVING vou CRAZY Just call ADVANCE IV VACUUM SERVICE NEW USED TV SETS 1416 Mulcoster 1268643 turn next Tuesday The wide iey acclaimed band will play twice in Barrie July Con certs will be held at the com ers of Dunlap and Owen Sis from to pm and again followrig the parade Will Increase Price Of Bread TORONTO tCPl General Bakeries Ltd and Canada Bread Co Thursday followed the lead of Christies Bread by announcing increases in the price of bread General Bakeries said it is raising its prices to the same extent Christies announced last weektwo cents on the large loaf one cent on the small Canndo Bread is raising its price by one cent on large loaf Spokesmcn at Weston Bak eries Ltd and Sleinhergs Foods Ltd said prices are being stu died while Wonder Bread Ltd said there has been no increase planned yet The current suggested retail price of bread is 28 cents for the large loaf and 24 for the small The Christies increase is al foctive Monday whiie Generol Bakeries and Canada Bread prices will rise July it Over 13000 Ontario Alberto and Manitoba NONDRINKERS SAVE MONEY ON AUTO INSURANCE Can you qualify Ifyou nre nondrinker it will pay you to compare Abstainers rates with your present rates today Coil WIBI MALLORY ll CRESWICKE 7286I00 BARBIE amour msuruurr Mum Makers like That is if you like an easy whisky if so you should have no difficulty liking Star Where things get difficult is in making awhisky this good itmeans selecting whiskies from our five distilleries across Canada only Seagrams has by the way Then blending and reblending them to get Stars easy taste is itworth all the trouble Easy foryou to find out 551ar£usy whisky

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