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ANNUAL QUILT RUG FAIR SPONSORED BY SIMCOE ARTS CRAFTS ASSOC Large Expansion Program Is Sparked By Board Education is fastexpanding business and educators from the are kept busy handling the pro blems of Increased enrollm at and increased costs The Barrie and District Col legiate Board is no exception The board which administers Central Collegiate and North Collegiate in Barrie last year finalized plans for at 51425900 expansion project for Central Collegiate BIG PROBLEM This project which will ad vocational wing and on 1100 seat auditorium to Central was one of the biggest problemsl which faced the board year conflict arose between the Barrie and the Township coun cils represented on the board as to the size of the proposed last auditorium Eatrte proposed 1600 seat auditorium and the townships asked for no particul ar seating capacity but specif ied that the project should not cost more than $250000 exclud ing land costs of $54000 After several months of nego tiation plans were approved for 1100 seat scaleddown auditorv mm The vocational wing which will cost more than 31000000 will be paid for largely by govern ment grant It is hoped that the vacation EVEN at wing will be in operation by September of this year but iis depends upon the rate of onstruction The Barrie and District Col legiate Board is composed of 16 members representing Barrie lnnisfii Vespro Orb and Sunni dalc Townships the public school board the epa rate school board and Slmcoe Coun ty Members are appointed for three year terms in the case of Barrie uud from one to two years in the case of the town ships PERSONNEL The 1961 board was chaired by Clifford Lockhart of Innisfil Township By profession ranks of the board members included eight farmers two dentists two merchants clergyman an in surance man and hairdresser in the calendar year 1961 the board administered budget of $9761l0 Major items were debentures 5154000 salaries $626516 transportation $75000 The board leases fleet of 21 school trusses Daytoduy admiastrative wo of the board is handled Burtonsecretarytreasur er and business administrator Bowman principal of Cen tral and Hamilton prin cipnl of North have between them staff of at teachers an increase of five over 1960 Enrollment at Central Colleg ate at the beginning of the cur rent term was i005 and at North Collegiate the enrollment figure was 1109 By next September the board expects an expansion in enmi lment of about 100 pupils be tween the two schools which may require the hiring of ad ditional teachers In expectation of completion of the vocational wing at Cen tral the board has hired David Darhyahire as technical dir actor and he will begin hia duties in the summer of this year SALLYS SALLIES Dmt believe all it we dame they spade any com hearsay LOUISE coucr Director Eimroe County Community And netmuo Service The past year has brought number of changes changes which we feel indicate growth and progress We are now cal led the Simcoe County Com munity and Recreation Services The reason for this is that members of our various Board and Committees thought that Recreation alone did not ad equately describe what we were doing Naturally we are concerned with helping people to develop activities and programs which will he recreative and will give them enjoyment These take in the whole range of spontaneous and physical activities arts and crafts adult education and ser vice projects in order to make these possible however needs to be organization within valves considerable effort the coordination of groups and the fostering of leadership co operation nnd provision of ap propriate facilities We are working with people to accomp llsh this We hope our new name will explain our deeper function more clearly NEW MEMBER Another change has been the addition of new staff memo or Mr Floyd Grieshach no tivo of Simcoe County Many of our rural people will remem ber him as field man and then as director on the Board of the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture or later as no tionnl secretary of the Farm Radio Forum from 1950 to 1958 Although Floyd has only been with us for the past few months he has already added breadth and strength to our work Again the Federation of Agriculture has shown its inter est inthe development of educ ation for community living by supporting our Boards plan to bring Floyd back to the County We are grateful for the grant received from your Cooperative Activities Committee for this purpose Many small communities in Simcoe County organized swim ming classes day camps and playgrounds this past summer We were drawn in to help with these in various ways from direct supervision of staff and and consultative service Alto gether close to 3500 children were enrolled in summer boli day activities organized by 36 community committees Quite number of these programs achi Ltitilt intros nrnnnm Whats the important difference beryleon our business and other office equipment suppliers Mostly its The service SERVICE is the HEART OF OUR BUSINESS We offer every vital facility nec essary To individuals and corpor afions to equip and run Their of fices smoothly and efficiently Every sale large or small is back ed with The type of personal service Thai makes dealing with us thrifty and pleasant Dont take our vvord forir come in or phone orncs FURNITURE DICTAthG EQUIPMENT STATIONERY DUPLICATORS Simcoe Business Machines 59 DUNLOPSIREET wesr PAH4824 the community itself This tn programto leadership traini eved high degree of cooper Recreation Plans Cover Wide Range atiou our community groups An especially good ex ample of this was the day camp organlud by the Barrie and District Retarded Childrens Its Ioclation in which the or rte YMYWCA the Barrle Recrea tion Committee and the Simeoe County Community and Recre ation Service all took different rcrpondbllitfci Thirteen child ren from Barrie and District attended and had wonderful holiday experience Leadership Training whit ooncemed with various activitiu or skilil boo stressed the grow th of understanding and cru tive ways of working with pa oplc Drama group organization and social recreation workshop have been held Courses for summer leader extended over period of two or three dayl several hockey coaching clinics have been organized to assist there who give training to youngsters in minor leagu es throughout the Country We appreciate the cooperation of Community Programmes Branch in providing financial assistance andor leadership for these training projects Arts and crafts meetings clas ses and Countywide Art Ex hibit have brought together mnnl people of like interests and creative ability We are pleased to not the development of more activity in this field in the local community One example is the Blue Moon tain Arts and Crafts group which now has close to 50 members rural and urban from the northwestern part of the County Among the other interestin events which have claimed our staffs attention this year we the Annual Youth Conference Flpfianco Fish worked with um ttee young pla which planned this subcesesoful day of discussion and funl or ganization of womens Physical Fitness Classes and assists to the Volunteer Services Com mittee of the Canadian Mental Health Association in planning social evenings for men in the Maximum Security Ward at the mental hospital in Penetangulsh ene Visits to Farm Forums Wom ens institute and Home and School groups have been part of our oornmtttmnta We appre ciate meeting your requem for material inflate and other help for your auction and nodal evenings are pleased to note that within the int few month tho Rural Life Committee of the Barrie Bowling Academy SATEE BARR EXAMINER TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21 Simone County Federation oi Agriculture has been taking another look at itself With the many change in the rural com munity today this is timely to order that its work in the adult education and com munity life field might it and Relaxation for the depth and significance Floyd Grfubach bar was loan of the motion of this Committee He also participated in the Prov winch Folk School hold It Can on Park Lake Coucblchinz in October It which ARDA we ltttdied FOLKS 0F BARRIE for Over YEARS We offer the most modern equip ment for your bowling pleastno and are constantly striving to warm prayesslve development Barrie Bowling Academy When Webb opened his doors to the public he hadgonemaior thought for the success of this business highest quality at fair prices Throughout the years itwas proven how right hewas The business pros pered and has continued to do so Extensive changes were made in 1950 to look after the ever increasing need for quality watch clock jewellery and miscellaneous repairs The only daughter Dorothy Mrs Wieder has been with her father in the business since leaving school and continues withrher Husband Michael Wieder For the finest quality diamonds watches and jewellery its Webbs Jewel any wenns WEIRY Esta Road PA 82267