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Fred Grant Dies Barrtes revered unofficial tottan had Grant paged away early yesterday moirang at the age at Mrs era Nursing Home Bayfield Street Hs health had been db FRED GRANT WITH HIS BOOK COLLECTION LOCAL AND GENERAL BEETON CLUB The clubs of theBeeton area have been organized for 1962 4H clubs organized were the beef calf dairy calf swine gain potato and tractol club Total membership in the var ious clubs is over 90 and suc cessful year in club work in the Beeton area is anticipated Boys and girls may still join these clubs by contacting club leader or the Ontario depart ment of agriculture in Alliston LIONS MEETING Barrie Lions Club will eelc brate Chamber of Commerce Week at meeting tomorrow night Speakers will include Ralph Snolgrnve president of Ralph Snclgrovc Broadcasting Ltd POSTPONE DINNER campaign dinner of the Community Concert Association which was to have been held tonight has been postponed to May 14 it was announced to day acneran Joidan Ahercromble of Ban rie was elected first vice prcsident of the Electrical Con tractors Association of Ontario at the associatlonr annual con vention over the weekend The convention was held at Prud hommes near St Catharines and was attended by various segments of the electrical in dustry Prior to his electionas first vicepresident Mr Aber crombie had served as second vicepresident and as director of area seven the Georgian Bay area for the association SIIORTHORN SALE The Simone County Shortliorn breeders held their annual spring sale at Barrie Fair Grounds Thursday William Crawford of Oro sold bull to Lyall Gray Goldwater for $500 Bulls through this sale averaged $366 with most pure chases being made by Simcoa County farmers Association Previews Book Published By County Council By HELEN GILLIES WASAGA BEACH Special preview of new book be ing published by Simcoe County Council this year was shown to members of Huronia Historic Sites and Tourist Association at meeting of that association held at Nancy Villa Vnsaga Beach Monday April This book in tabloid magazine form will replace the earlier History of Simcoe County Writing is In story form prepared by professional writer Adelaide Leitch Mrs Leitch has illus trated the book with many pictures of the county all pho tographed recently SGT FRASER Barrie llirman Is Promoted Air Force Headquarters an nounces hat CpL William Fraser Barrie has been pro muted to sergeant sergeant Fraser has served at stations in Ontario Saskat cheWan and Yukon Territory prior to his transfer to RCAF Station Chatham where he is employed as cook He is married to the former Marie Yvette Vincent whose parents reside in Chatham They have two children Evelyn and Michel Sergeant and Mrs Frascl are well known for their activities hi scouting and guiding Albert Calvert president of Hurnnia presided and announ ced the date of the annual meeting to be held in Port MnNicoll This will be din ner meeting in the Legion Hall following the business meeting and election of officers Guest speaker will be Hon Bryan Cathcart ster of Travel and Publicity This meeting is open to the public and it is hoped there will be good attendance of resort operators As items on the agenda were dealt with Ross Coward asked if the MidlandPenetang area of the county was not receiv ing more attention than other parts Mr Calvert answered that the association could only deal with projects brought to their attention by various mun icipalities and very few of these projects had been sent in in spite of several letters asking for same This is one reason more resort operators should attend the annual meet ing The Ontario Government is providing funds for develop ment of the area why do more taxpayers not avail them selves of these facilities leaflet describing the Winter ama at Penetang was shown as an illustration of the kind of publicity the association can provide for any event taking place in the area Helen Gillies reported on pro gress being made on the Not tawasaga Project as undertak en by Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce It is hoped the old Fort will he reconstruct ed on the original site in time for the centennial celebration District ICCs Elect President KITCHENEB OP Jack Hahn member of the Kit chenerWaterloo Junior Cham her of Commerce was elected Sunday president of the Ontario District JCC clubs Some 90 re rcsentatives of District clus from Gait Guelph Stratford Mitchell Durham and Owen Sound at tended the meeting at which the Stratfold club was voted the most outstanding of the district Cancer Victim Meets Engineer saw PEDRO Calif fAPJu lie Maland is in an oxygen tent in hospital dying of cancer Sunday night the tiny blonde blueeyed girl looked up and smile of recognition lighted her face Engineer Bill was standing there offering her one of the tralnmans caps he uses on the childrens television show he has in Los Angeies had to put the cap under the oxygen tent so she could touch it said engineer Bill Stutla She said Thank you and smiled Julies doctor says that when she was two years old she fell down and began to hemorrhage They found she had cancer ous tumor on her kidney The kidney was removed then but eight months later the can cer had spread to her lungs wa the end is not far off said the doctor Julie had 150 may and cobalt treatments and we had fair success for more than year Now it ap pears incurable Julies parents Irwin and Pat Maland have three other daugh ters Julie doesnt really know whats happening in her world of needles doctors nurses But the doctors do One sai Til walk straighter path and be better man because met person braver than ciininx for the plat to years and be was handicapped in that time by poor hearing but until eight mantis ago he had maintained an own room in private house in Warsley Stroetand was familiar figure downtown and es pedally in the summer when he spent afternoons sitting in Bay view Park watching the aha in some of his home towngin we the oldest living nativeborn son of Barrie He returned to his hometown in laid to live after nearly so years absence He had retired from uwkratvictona BC in i930 on his printers un ion pmsion Mr Grant was one of this towns best athletes of the 75 years ago era and later played lacrosse as professional in Toronto New York and Pacific Coast citiu He was prmter by trade which he learned in our years on the staff of The Barrie Examiner But he is best known by later generations for the series of articles he wrote about Barrie in the early days Mon 01 the material for The Ex amlncrs Barrie Centennial sou venir edition in July 1953 was compiled from Mr Grantscol loctlon of mWfi articles and picturs WILLED T0 LIBRARY it is understood that Mr Grants collection of books and pictures have been willed to Bar rie Public Library together with bequest oi sevelai thousand dollars tones that they are pre served aod made avfilable for all to read or study Ten years ago technimans from Ottawa came to Barrie and microfilmcd the material for the Domin lon Archives in recent years Mr Grant had offers 1mm both Queens and University of Wes tern Ontario to purchase his col lection of writings and picturm for their libraries Mrs Grant the former Annie Laina Chapman whom he mar ried in Victoria died on Oct ImJllhere were no children The remains were cremated and the asth will be interred with her husbands body in Barrie Union Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon following service at Collier Street United Church at two oclock The body is present ly resting at Pethicks Rmeral Parlor in memory of his mother he had installed stained glass win dow several years ago in the church It was in this church the earlier building then Meth odist that he was baptized 94 years ago Mr Grant donated the clock on the front of Barrie City Hall when the building was renovat ed in 1946 city street has been named after him He was AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION Have your automatic mus mission repaired by quail fled mechanics You may also nmnca all work and parts hen MOTORS asijynolu st nA Iona stalmch Liberal in political VIERS BORN HERE IN 1858 Frederick William Grant was born in Barrie on December 11 1368 of English and Scottish an cfilry and he attended public and high school here He was good scholar and fine athlete as boy it was not until 1885 that he made his first real as sociation with newspaper work which was to continue for over 60 years He was employed as printers devil apprentice for timeat the plant of The Barrie Gazette but soon joined the staff of The Barrie Examiner where he served for four years OFF TO SEE WORLD Young lred Grant saved his money and with 3100 in his poo ket took the train to Toronto and got job mfll The Daily Globe and joined the Internationlt al Typographical Union As youth he played various sports including ice hockey on the bay and in theold Mary Street rink football and use ball but especially lacrosse The town in the 133305 boasted fine lacrosse team one of which won the world championship Mt played for the Bar ri team which competed against senior tearm from Tor onto Hamilton Oraugcvllie and other plans He continued oc tively in the game in Tomato but in 1892 wm hired to Victoria to play for fee of $100 game and also worked nsa printcr The Daily Colonist and Times He even spent short time working in Juneau Alaska Those were days when printers saw the world by moving from place to place and worked for time to make enough money for another trip STEAMSIIIP PRINTER In 1893 Fred Grant left British Columbia by steamer for San Francisco and worked in that city for while until he found that there was an opening as ships printer on the SS Austra lin and his water voyages took him to Honolulu and Australia He played lacrosse at one time with the Pacific Athletic Club team in California all players being Canadians Their athletic instructor was none other than James Corbett before he be came heavyweight boxing cham pion of the world by beating John Sullivan AT CHICAGO FAIR The muchAtnavellcd young printer and lacrosse player from the town of Barrie Ontario then set his Sights on attending bhe Chicago Worlds Fair and his journey to the shores of Lake Michigan included stops to earn money at various midwatem United States looalitim one of which was at Salt Lake City Utah where he worked for Mormon newspaper One of the PRESCRIPTIONS Wa you lwm riv up is prompt courteous service Ask your doctorabout our pharmacy next time he writes prescription or you Prescriptluna plckcahp and deltvercd cm of charge cusorus PHARMACY Danton PA 35959 It culuer st PA 66431 Your NEW TELEPHONEVBOOK Wlllbe printed soon EXTRA LISTINGS at little cost make It ansler for people to find you IN BUSINESSI Uae extra listings to show other firm names for your businessto associate your name and residence mephona number with your firm nameor to show afterhour numbers for you and your key employees AT HOME Other members of the family and relatives xoomers or boarders would benefit directory Please be sure to check your directory right away For changes and addition call our Business Dfiice without delay INE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA from having their names listed in the telephone 4am on ffltPulllOB many gperiencu he told of on tr near Cim mama Kama which was bold up by rabbtas but the pmecgera were not touched Chicago Mr Grant wor ed for The Daily News where the foreman was Garlic Pear cu who learned his trade at the old Barrie Northern Advance Fred Grants other was then foreman of the weekly paper whldl competed with the mom that and the Gazettes One of his earliest recollectlom was of his fadnr taking him to watch the Queens Plate horse race being in in Barrie in 1873 on the track which Is now the general area of Mansfield Rubber Wzst Bend imperial Eastman and other local industries SETTLED DOWN IN EC Having packed enough travel and experience Into his younger years Mr Grant tinaib decided to return to British Columbia and he settled down at Victoria for 35 years printer on the Colonist staff He married there Mr and Mrs Grant lived happy quiet life on Princm Street where their home was always kept benutificd with flow ers and garden Also he worked on hisiemnrk able collection of plotura and stories of the early days of Bar rie and began to send to The Ex aminer weekly articles about thi community iii the moon which his brilliant memory re tained in addition to this ho membl ed every bit of lnfmnation he came across in clippings from newspapers and periodicals which concerned Barilo Simcoa Colmty and the many notable people who originated here and went on to distinction in some field of music sport or Science His more than 65 books con tain some 15000 pidm of Barrie life and thousands of ar ticles It is expected that that will be available very soon for pmlsal by interested citizens It Barrie Public Library Society Planning CleanUp Drive Barrie Horticultural Society will hold its annual cicanvup drive from April 73 to May it was announced at the last meeting Members were told that tho societys membership campaign When will the Ice break up Many fishermen are just waiting for it to go but for these boys few square feet of clear water are sufficient The scene was Government Wharf yesterday Examiner Photo ls well underway and the target is 1000 members film was shown giving de4 tails of the buying planting and core of roses Earrles civic flower Another film showed the test ing of new flyAkili on dairy farm This flykilll is also very effective against mosquitoes Next meeting of the Horticul tural Society will be held May and will be panel discus sion put on by the Vespra Bor ticuttural Society The Canadian Cancer Society has 880707 members the num ber of people who contributed to their campaign last year WAITING IMPllTIENTLY HARRIS FLOWERS Visit our mod em downtown map and let our expcdcnb ed nun help you with your le ion meter flower and plantr Guaranteed Flowan by Wire Service Prompt Cantu Deliver Phone PA moi Irlllzs wrn sprclllis LEAN MEATY LOIN PORK 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