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IN BARBIE DISTRICT Read Top During The Past Year The City of Barrie experi enccd an eventful year during 1961 Perhaps the top story of the lzmonth period concerned the reaction of council to no tempts to build new auditor ium for Barrie District Central Collegiate Other top news stories con cerned the election of Les Cooke as the citys chic magistrate the laying of the first murder charge in the city in five years rezoning squabble between council and businessmen over the location of proposed motel ncar Highway 400 freak rain storm which caused flooding and extensive property damage in the city lengthy power in tcrruption which cost local firms money and certainly inconvcm fenced thousands of houses holders day to day listing of all of the major news items of Barrie and district during 1961 pre pared by the staff of The Ex aminer follows JANUARY Citys first 1961 baby was daughter born to air and Mrs Guilfoyle who ar rived at 1108 January Supreme Court Grand Jury blasted facilities at County Jail Clifford Lochhart named chairman of Barrie District Collegiate Board Announce plans for $750000 plant of Imperial Eastman tCanada Limited Announcement of appoint ment of Ray Atkinson as Civil Defence Coordinator County approved road budg et of $448474 George Bouchcy named as president of local Liberal Association Official opening of the Bar rieSimcoe Shopping Plaza FEBRUARY MacLaren was elected to the presidency of the Bar rie Chamber of Commerce JoAnne Garner was named Winter Carnival Queen 11 The Barrie Winter Carnival officially opened 14 Barrie businessman Robinson died 10 20 Council okd Northgate Shop ping Plan upected to cost 300000 22 Barrie businessman Rodgers died Council indicated approval of zmill tax increase MARCH Fire guts Dunlap St pre raises of and GSurplus Store O1 Rowe elected president of the local Progressive Conv servative Association 14 Stage presentation Spring Thaw opened here 18 Barrie Skating Club present cd its 9th Annual Ice Show 27 ONE Inaugurated piggy back service In Barri 27 Council reverses decision in respect to Northgatc Shop ping Plaza APRIL District Collegiate Board sets record budget of was 000 Barrie police start round the clock radar patrols Council okd city budget of $2760128 Official opening of the Barrie Shopping Plaza Ice is out fime 933 am Knthern Hare dials 5er rot Civil Defence warning number in error City Engineer Aldersey resigns his position Alderman Hersey warded Barrie Community Award for outstanding ser vice to city Nineteen cadets taint during North Collegiate inspection OPP Constable George Ur auick attempts to get home made plane off the ground JUNE Food poisoning strikes half of people attending OES ban quet at Strnud 51nnistil votes to stay dry Record no vote in store and liquor lounge vote Council gives approval to $138911 server expenditure Grand Jury again criticizes conditions and accommoda at County Jail Earrics new fluorescent street lighting officially turn ed on by Mayor Kinzie Council rescind cement con tract given to Harold Martin II Sheppard retires after teaching for 30 years at Bar ric Central Collegiate Reverend David lieevo in ducted as pastor of Burton Ave Unith Church Rev erend 11 Trimble to Wes ley United Church Iondou Ontario JULY Toronto skin diver missing on dive of Shanty Bay Dock No Toronto men killed in level crossing accident at Oro Station Divers body found by Wil liam Garner Canadian Head Office of Im pcrial Eastman moves to Barrie Crippling Ziahour failure hits Bnme Brickthrowing contest held at Stroud Sandy Cove bit by freak twister which damaged cot tages lifen charged with fraud in housing repair deal Order probe of city tender ing procedures AUGUST 0m Township Council re fuses auditorium proposals for Central Collegiate Two soldiers from Camp Borden killed in Highway 27 car crash Police Chief Ed Tschlrhaxt warns of increased incidence of indecent assaults Chamber of Commerce spon sors annual Pony Show Announcement made of new Woolworth Department store for Boyfield St power 21 City Council votes in favor of 1100seal auditorium at Collegiate 22 Sixteenyearold Barrio girl is raped assaulted 20Earries Lions Community Swimming Pool is opened 28 Barrie hit by cloudburst Extensive damage done to stores homes Winnipeg Blue Bombers Voted Top Aggregationp By JACK SULLIVAN Canadian Press Sports Editor TORONTO CPLThe profes sionals finally received recogni tion from the countrys sports editors and broadcasters in the 27th annual Canadian Press yearend poll when they rated Winnipeg Blue Bombers the out standing Canadian team of 1961 And they iced the cake Friday night for the pros by voting the Winnipeg Hamilton Grey Cup football final won by Blue Bomb ers 2114 as their biggest thrill and the TigerCats as the come back heroes of the year Last week the pros lost out to teenaged amateurs in the balloting for the outstanding male and female athletes These went to 18yearold Bruce Kidd of Tomato rising world star in middledistance running and to Mary Stewart 16yearold world champion swimmer from Vancouver Additionally Kidd swept the honors as the outstanding ath lete male or female WIN BY BIG MARGIN But there was no doubt about the professionals supremacy in the outstanding team thrill and comeback categories of the 10 question ballot They won each by wide margins The selectors were asked by GP to name the three outstand ing teamsany sport profes sional or amateur in order and the Blue Bombers won by thumping margin Computed would want in the way of thrills on 1124 basis for the first three places they compiled 175 points and firstplace vote from 52 of the 78 who cast bai lots Nine others put them down as second choice and one gave them thirdvcholce vote Second place and practically out of sight of the Bombers were Trail Smoke Eaters who won the world amateur hockey championship by edging Czech oslovakia in the 12day tourna ment at Geneva Smoke Eaters received only 69 points The TigerCats who raced from lastplace Eastern Conference finish in 1960 to No this year were third with 39 points MENTION OTHERS Seventeen other teams rep resenting pro and amateur hockey and football lacrosse curling basketball soccer row ing and shooting were men tioned The Dec Grey Cup final the first overtime game in the cups 52yearhistory had just about everything sport observer Haircuts 75 Saturdays $100 Barber GLIFFS BARBER SHOP as Kssa nun Across from Allnndllle Hdwe Suitable for manufacturing storage or re fail and wholesale sales reasonable per square foot rate for any portion of build ing Heated Sprinklered Elevator Apply KINZIE PA 676501 The Grey Cup was tied 1414 after regulation time and after the Bombers came up with gametying touchdown in the fi nal five minutes Quarterback Kenny Ploen won it in the sec ond 10ltminuie overtime period when he dashed over for an 18yard touchdown Comeback honorsfor indivllt dual or teamwent to Tiger Cats by thumping majority LEAFS TO DEATH WARSAW Reuters 4W yearold Warsaw journalist un der arrest on suspicion of no tivities endangering Polish state security jumped to his death from sixthfloor window while his apartment was being searched it was learned Wed nesday The journalist Heuryk Holland was in the apartment while it was being searched by police Bring our Bathroom Stories 30 District Collegiate Board submits new auditorium pro posals reduces cost SEPTEMBER Council takes temporary ac tion to solve dangerous trafv ficpcdestrian problem at Wellington Ross Sunnidnto intersection Arrest Barrie police off in connection with Collegiate theft Barrie Fall Fair Annual opens Reunion of 157th and 117th Battalions Foresters Associ ation 72 Sentence Barrie policeman to four months on theft charge 25 Young wife 15 diarged with murder of husband OCTOBER Plaque ls unveiled commem orating Fort Willow 65teei St property owners object to plans for apart ment blocks Commit lnAyearold girl on noncapital murder count City Council hears request for rtezoning to allow $500 000 motel to be built near Highway 400 and Dunlop St West Council revokes building per mit of Steel St apartment builder DeVilblss Canada Limited employees out on strike Buildcr defies council con tinues to erect apartment bifildings Universal Cooler Company employees go on strike City Council agrees to ask for vote date on Liquor plebiscite City Council approves re zoning plan to allow High way 400 mote NOVEMBER 4Exarnincr Outdoors eol umnist Wally Smith found dead 13 Air raid sirens sound in Barrie as Exercise Tocsin is held nationally 24 City Alderman Wil liams dies 80 Nomination night held for Council PUC and Pubtio School Board DECEMBER Les Cooke and James Hart qualify for election as may Cochrane is elected Reeve of Innisfii Township over Charles Sprouts Area north of Barrie hard hit by flinch snowfalL Alderman Les Cooke wins Mayoralty race in Barrie Santa Claus arrives right on schedule Lorne Jackson disclosed as builderowner of proposed motel near 400 Airman is killed in spectac ular cartrain smash at Thunder Bridge INSURANCE QUALITY WITH ECONOMY PROTECTION IS OUR PRODUCT SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS BENTLEY so PA use 11 Collier st Suite AMERICAN CANADIAN MADE FIRST OUALITY BATHROOM ENSEMBLE INCLUDES It recess bathtub 10 17 luvotory basin Forward trap toilet Closet Seat and cover me canons muss ranomen WHITE SET ONLY Plumbing Department Second Floor Supplies Building $0 259 INNISFIL ST STANDARD Tub filter Waste and Overflow no ping and drain centre at fallout sll5ttl 11 3A3 EXAMINER SATURDAY DEC 1314 Urges Care In Drinking Over Holiday Barrie and Ontario Provin cial Police said today they do not anticipate unusual trouble from New Years celebrants this Weekend There have been no serious accidean in the area since the long weekend started Both agencies will operate at regular strength No extra men or cars will be patrolling the town or highways But Barrie police chief Ed Tshirhart Well change our tactics little Chief Tschirhart implied that the drinking driver had better be carelul over the holiday as the force would be acting on the slightest susplclnn of such offence Provincial Police wont put on extra men saying that the heaviest traffic rush on the highways came last night But we will make some shift chan ges to accommodate the heli day traffic one staff sergeant said He added that the OFF do not expect serious trouble however All citizens who will be party ing over the weekend should bear in mind this well known maxim police advised if they are to insure the safety of themselves and other innocent people Everyone has heard If you drive dont drink it you drink dont drivel Business Brisk lit The Market Cool weather did not affect attendance at the market this morning and business was good Chickens extra large were selling at 40 to 45 cents pound and smaller sizes from as to 38 cents Potatm were 25 to 30 cents basket and $150 per bag other vegetables were plentiful Bornebalred dainties sold well and were in great variety from fancy tart and cakes to bread TWO CHARGED IN EC NELSON BC CF Two more Sons of Freedom Doukbo bors have been charged in con nection with acts of terrorism in the Kootenaya of interior British Columbia John Perepel kin chairman of the radical groups fraternal council was charged Wednesday with con spiracy in connection with fires set last summer Paul Im aeff was charged with posses aion of uplosives continuous war is being waged every day against in sects rodents weeds and other enemies of man which come under the general term of pests In the front line of this battle are tho mem bers of the Ontario Pest Con LDCAT AND GENERAL JOINT KIWANIS The two local Kiwanis clubs Barrie and Kempcnfclt Bay will meet jointly for luncheon on mesday at 1215 pm at Community House Their rcgu lar meeting day is Monday but when holiday occurs nchango is necessary INCORPORATE HOTEL Recent Issue of Ontario Gab ette lists the incorporation as 11 private company of the Ar lington Hotel tCollingwoodt Ll mited Mr and Mrs Jack Panich of Etobicoke and David Bruce Black solicitor of Tor BORDEN MAN lil lESl CONTROL MEET trot Association who met for their annual short course at the Ontario Agricultural Col lege thisweek The delega tion from the Armed Services from the left included Sgt McCall Ottawa W0 Croucher Ottawa SSgt onto are named in the letters patent as principal sharehold EIS BRADFORD LIONS Their honorary member llon Earl Rowe of Newton Ilob inson MP for DufferinSimcoe will visit Bradford Lions Club on Monday Jan ii 115 speaker for the annual New Canadians Night at Riverview Inn GRAIN STORAGE RECORD Nine cargo lake vessels are berthed at Midland and live at the CPRS Port McNicoll eleva tor this wintcr The 14 ships Um Taylor Montreal W0 Griffiths Camp Bor den Pilot Officer Erun eau Montreal W0 Harn ilton Trenton and Prof 12 Ozburn of the faculty of the Ontario Agricultural Col iege have an alltime record graln storage of 9584151 bushels An ice breaker and government lightship are also at Midland The two CPR passenger ships Assiniboia and Keewatin are at Port McNicoll until spring sailing time CONSTRUCTION LTD Barrie Dont Make Move Until You Call HERIZ All Moving Conve FRIDG and STOVE CARTS Moving Blankets and LARGE New Moving VANS and STAKE TRUCKS AND TRAVEL nces Su BARRIE RENTACAR 102 Dunlap St Free Parking In Rear WE JOIN INEXTENDING OUR VERYBEST WISHES TO YOU SERVIG lied PA 66474 As the Old Ybsr strife and The New Year comes to five pause to review 1961 and preview 1562 rememberlng your friend ship and hoping Weeon 93mm to Ihefuture too PA 66531 smnnlnaauam AND aTAFe mementoss