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MASON FOR 50 YEARS Black of Stmud re ceives medal from his son Norman Blythe Black com munorating 50 years mem bership in the Masonic Order Minerva Lodge 30 Father joined the lodge in 1911 was master in 1918 and tialed his son into lodge in 1951 Spelunkers Look COUNTY BATE For District By COLLINS Did you ever go spclunk tng Spelunking tried to fit the word into some familiar bracket but it was useless What in the world is that was talking to George Elliott of Lisle and he quickly upbrin ed what the term meant and then invited me to go spelunk ing with him George is civilian foreman at the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School at Camp Borden Be is an ardent sportsman and conservationist and natural result of his outdoor activity is deep interest in such things as archaeology glncial geoloy and speleology to mention few Spoieology as George further explained is the science oi cave study and spclunker is the col loquial term for those who are interested in this work George wanted me to accompanny him along portion of the Niagara Escarpment about 10 miles west of Camp Burden FAMOUS CAVES There are many areas in the world where there are famous caves Mammoth Caves in Ken tucky is one Evidently the limestone formation of the es carpment is similar to these areas and there is always the possibility that the escarpment has intensive underground cav ems yet undiscovered Glacial action and the formation of large glacial lakes in the area may have formed caves Some geologists suspect that an ex tremely large river flowed through this area in eons of time past before the Great Lakes came into existence and this river which they dubbed the Laurentian could have erod ed channels in the soft rocks of the escarpment and these could remain to this day as caves The caves near Collingtvood in dicate that there may be others in the escarpment George told me all this as we drove out to the escarpment the next morning complete with haversack lunches thermos of hot coffee ropes flashlights maps camera and compass We parked and headed across the fields where we could see the rocky face of the escarp ment rising sheer above the dark evergreens and the gaunt limbs of the birches The snow was up to our knees and the walking was difficult but there was worse to come This might be termed George told me when we reached the base of the rock formation It towered ahoue us 75 to 100 feel some of it over hanging dangerously For some reason it has broken away from the main body of rock He pointed across the valley to wards the opposite upsweep of earth and rock FIND HOLES What do we look for now that we are here asked Holes fissures in the rocks George told me as he moved ahead and followed scramb ling over the roclrfall As we moved along the base of the clitfwe found many holes and openings but they were in use as dens for wild animals Finch ly we found narrow opening in the rock and it led inwards for about 40 feet George inch ed into the opening and moved deeper into the earth watch ed from the outside He was not able to go all the way be cause the passageway became too narrow but with the light from his flashlight he could see that the opening curved but what was beyond that it was impossible to tell Not long af ter that as slid over large snowcovered rock got jam med in hole George had to help me out The light of our flashlights was lost in the dark depth of this hole and piece of rock which George broke from the facing and dropped in the hole rattled downward un til the sound was lost By this time was ready to ANCIENT ART Finely worked silverware was being created by artisans in am dent Greece and Rome Caves GEORGE ELLIOTT cry quits but George who is an exinfautry man could have kept on indefinitely We ate our lunch and then retraced our steps back to the car had spent very interesting and in formative morning and made arrangements with George to go back again and do some more spelunking MAY BE CUT Simcoe County taxpayers can expect some relief in this years budget It is anticipated that the county tax rate will he re duced by half mill says John McDonald of Oril lia warden of the county years rate totalled 118 mills of which seven mills was the general as smsment 33 for roads and one mill for hospitals Councils finance commit tee under Reeve Ken Gilles pie of mo is hammering out final details of the bud get to be presented to coun cil when it reconvene Feb Things are going very well and we hope to have good budget Mr McDon ald said today Police Investigate BreakIn And Theft At Stroud Market Innisfil police are Investigat ing hreaklin at an IGA store in Stroud where thieves smash ed through glass door and made off with 100 cartons of cigarettes Jack Young manager said nothing else had been taken oltboufli the store was full of Etoceries and meats Ontario Provincial Police ar rived at the store minutes after Mr Young had discovered the breakin shortly before mid night Found at the scene was an iron crowbar which police said Clovers Require Calcium By STEWART PAGE Agricultural Repmentative North Simone We have discussed briefly the way in which fertilizer recom mendations are made along with comments as to the need for the major fertilizer ele ments nitrogen phosphorus and potassium In this talk we will discuss soil acidity the need for agri cultural limestone on many farms and the general require ments for good land use While not normally referred to as fertilizers calcium and magnesium are just as essenlt tial for plant growth as nitro gen phosphorus and potassium and deficiency of calcium and mamaium results in an acid soil and weak growth Clovers in particular require plenty of calcium in the soil soil acidity is reported on the soil test report under pH SOII Reaction pH reading of 70 is neutral above 70 is alkahne and below 70 slightly to strongly acid pH of 65 to 75 is favorable for the grow th ofmost crops with slight ly acid soil with pH of 60 to 65 being preferred for potatoes soil with pH rating of 50 or lower and calcium rating of low minus may indicate dif ficulty in growing clovers or getting adequate response from any fertilizer applied an the other hand very alkaline soil may contain an excess of cal cium and tend to tie up the phosphorus in the soil in very slowly soluble form Agricultural limestone is lime stone rock ground to an ap proved iineness from limestone or domestic limestone the lat ter containing both calcium and magnesium Agricultural lime stone where needed is usually applied at around two tons per acre the summer or fail proL ceding seeding down to clovers subsidy of around $225 to $250 per ton to offset part of the freight or trucking charges is available on application to your agricultural office and on receipt of paid bills We estimate that onequarter of our farm lands in North Simcoe need oinwill soon need agricultural limestoueu Potato growers however should guard In Soil against using much if any lime stone as too much may ser iously increase scab soil test is most reliable guide as to the need for agricultural limestone Commercial fertilizer alone will not grow good crop In the production of most farm crops we depend on the natural fertility of the soil to supply the major part of the plant food required and count on added fertilizer to correct deficiencies and often to increase yield bove the normal capacity of the soil This can only he profitable if we have need or market at satisfactory price for the extra production or if the cost per unit can be reduced by the extra yield per acre The use of commercial fertil izer is not substitute for good fanning the reason being that to give good results fertilizer de pends on favourable soil condi tions to become available to the growing crop These favourable conditions in the main are Adequate soil moisture since plants live on liquid diet well aerated soil not com pacted or waterlogged satisfactory soil tempera ture for the crop in be grown At suitable pli level or soil re action for the type of crops grown Freedom from fertilityrob bing weeds BARRIE BRANCH iCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING Speaker Dr Margery King Director of Education and Training of CMHA BARRIE LIBRARY HALL Tuesday January Sorta 81pm EVERYONE CQIlDIALLY INVITED terdny defence counsel Gordon Show among these seven Exhausted Girl Wins Acquittal lireday ordeal aided for Lydia Crawford yesterday when lzmsn supreme court jury found her not guilty of the mun der of her husband John howl ford Mrs Crawford who had sat quietly throughout the lengthy trial in the prisoners box seemed too exhausted to show any immediate reaction to the favourable verdict Her parents Mr and Mrs Edward Leonard of Toronto re acted violently tn the jury de cision which freed their daugh ter TURNS PALE Mr Leonard turned pale covered his face with his hands and appeared about to faint Mrs Leonard broke into tears Tension had mounted in the packed courtroom and had reached peak when die jury returned its verdict after almost three hours of deliberation llrs Crawford left the court house with her parents almost immediately after the verdict and mnniiged to smile for pholt tographers when she posed with her tamer and mother in the lobby of the building During the fiveday trial the jury had listened to evidence from 30 witnesses to for the prosecution and 14 for the de fence in his address to the jury yes Will Attend Meet For The Blind Miss Josephine Green prest dent of Borries Club 60 for the blind will be delegate to the annual conference of the Can adian Council of the Blind 0n tario division scheduled for Lake Joseph Camp Muskoka June 1113 The Barrio clubs first meet lng of the new year also decid ed to sent If competitors to the Ontario white cane bowling tournament in Hamilton on Feb was probably the instrument used to smash the glam from one of the double plate glass doors Mr Young said cigarettes are easy to market adding that he knew of instances where stolen cigarettes had myster iously found their way into cigarette machines carpenter had to be called to board up the hole in the door hlchirk asked for verdict of not guilty on the grounds of selfdefence and said that John Crawford had died while vio lently attacking his wife Mr Mclurk portrayed Mrs Crawford as young woman who had passed from childhood to womanhood with no period of girlhood in between lie said she had married at 16 immedi ately after leaving high school and had borne two children in three years KICKED SLAPPED Mrs Crawford la is expect ing third child in April During the trial defence wit nessa had testified to numer ous occasions when her husband Jack had beaten slapped and kicked his wife Mrs Crawford testified that on the night of her husbands death he had come home late from trip downtown and pro ceeded to beat her with the cast on his injured hand She told the court that she was ter rified and had picked up the kitchen knife to scare him She admitted stabbing her husband but said that she had not in tendedto injure him only scare him Mr Justice Morand commended the jury ior Its work and told them that they could not be criticized for their verdict Central United Raises $52500 Barries United Church raised $52500 last year more than third of which was received by the building fund report to the annual con gregational meeting showed that 320233 was subscribed to the building fund The was mens association raised wow Chairman of the meeting Rev Cecil Brenn said the last phase of the building plan removal of the manse will be carried out this year The meeting decided to send Mr and Mrs Lloyd Strachon to Brazil for missionary work and recommended that Ross Gilroy be candidate for the ministry SESSION REPORTS The session report revealed 63 baptisms last year record and that 30 families had trans ferred to Willowdale United Church Mr Brenn conducted the election of new officers Elect ed to the Committee of Stew ards were Mrs Gill ham Douglas Beckett Russel Emcs Lawrence Wiggins Wil liam Barry Harold Wallwin Merrill Bernhardt Elected to the session were Harry Sies sor Joseph Walton Jack Pol lock John Mdllc Orval Ter ry Harold Ayerst Walter Thompson John Garner Ross Bertram Bert Allen Edson che and Ronald McFadden The resolutions committee tendered vote of thanks to the minister and his wife for their services during the past year and also to the leaders of boards committees and organ izations to all who helped to make the year success HIGHLIGHT Another highlight of the year Perhaps theres future Benny Goodman or Artie WOULD BUILD BLUENOSE HALIFAX CPJ Another step in movement started last year to build replica of the famous racing schooner Eluelt nose was taken Friday with the formation of the Schooner Blue nose Society by businessmen from Halifax and Lunenliurg NS The society hopes to raise funds for the replica cost of which is estimated at $150000 to $200300 CAMPBELL LTD Furniture Moving and Storage Commercial Warehousing Agents for North American Van LinEs PA 66555 young clarinetists members oftlie Barrie junior hand They have just finished reg ular weekly practice Back row from the left Jim Webb 10 Rosemary Robson 14 Myrna Congdon 11 Ellen Hunter 12 Front row Phyl lis Bentley Murray Foster 11 Bobby Wilson 10 INTRODUCING Edam flagging Glasses MAICO Newllifivclarity New Exciting Dram New Bizudvantngcs get FREE eonKtETmiro MAICO HEARING SERVICE 850 Yongo St Toronto WA 42317 had been the introduction of the United Church Observer Family plan to the congrega tion of Central This meant that families were now receiv ing the magazine at halfprice and that it was going into the home of many people where it had never been read before The following announcements were made Admission of now members to the session Sun day Jon 28 at the morning service the inaugural meeting of the offlcial board on Mon day Jan 29 at 730 pm the Installation of new members of the Committee of Stewards on Sunday Feb at 11 iim he inaugural meeting of Simcoo Presbytery United Church W0 men at Central United Church on Wednesday Feb nt pm and pm Insurance Agents Sponsor Award The DriverofThellionth award is sponsored by the Bar rie and District insurance Agents Association The award for December was presented to Harvey Baldwin ot the Barrie Fire Department by Mal comson representative of the association FESTIVAL ADIUDICATOB Murray Edwards producer of Songs Of My People and other CBC shows will adjudicate at the 7th annual Georgian Bay Drama Festi val for Secondary Schools in Midland February 15 Is and 17 Ten schools will be com peting each presenting one act play Mr Edwards will be required to select the best allround play and present the Orillln Packet and Times trophy He will also select the best Canadian play and present the CFOR trophy The best director will receive the Judge Stewart trophy and the best visual presenta tion the Barrie Examiner trophy The best actor and actress and the best aupporh ing actor and acress will be chosen by Mr Edwards as well Collegiates entering plays this your thelargest number since the fativnl his gnu are Barrie Collingwood Bradford Stayner Cnmp Bor den Midland Gravenhurstfl Parry Sound and Park Street and ODCVI of Orillin Private Blood Bank Charged With Supplying Stale Blood NEW YORK APlA private blood bank operator was in dictcd Thursdoy on charges of distributing stnle human blood to 92 hospitals lie was said by authorities to have $500000 year at the risk of hu man life Federal officials did not dls close whether the stale blood labelled as fresh actualy had harmed any of those receiving it in transfusions The unused blood was tracked down and destroyed in Washington AttorneyGen Alliston Panelists Discuss Influences InTheir Careers ALLISTON Special pan el discussion on Why Choose My Career was the highlight of public school Home and School Association meeting Taldng part were Sydney Owen principal of Banting Memorial High School John Lewis hardware merchant John Darling lawyer Kenneth Crows printer John ilughson dentist and Miss Margaret King social worker Questions asked were what influenced you in your choice of career at what age did you make up your mind about car eer how can we keep our children interested in school Panelists gave their back ground of education and the manner in which they had reached their chosen fields Only two members stated they had made up their mind while in their early teens The other four speakers said their careers were the result of previous oc cupations or they had decided upon special vocation after receiving advanced educational opportunities Some men members of the panel had been in the armed services during the second world warand did not complete their education until afterwards It was at this stage of their develop and malntain good cision as to what they wanted to do In speaking of keeping chil dren of today interested in edu cation panelists felt that the main thing parents could do was home environment where edult cation had definite place in planning They felt there is need for proper atmosphere for study and assistance in how to study from the parents It was stressed that many homes today are too noisy with TV radio record players tele phones and other forms of dis tractions as compared with homes of previous generations Many young people it was stated are loath to return to school after summer holidays when they have been working and making good money and this influences them to quit school and neglect further edu cation Parents it was suggested should use their influence to help such students to budget wisely when working rather than to spend foolishly and put too much emphasis on material things The panel was thanked by the chairman and lunch was serv ed by the mothers of the stu dents lives that they bad made dc LAuNnRvTRAY SPECIFICATIONS Length to iris with stand Welabt 255 lbs oouatE TRAY SINGLE TRAY sucrLrasnm $18185 $1385 PLUMBING DEPARTMENT SECOND FLOOIt ernl Robert Kennedy said the indictment against 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