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lclude growing of Dog control planning and lire protection highlighted the discussion at busy session GUTHME Isms While Wednesdays stormy weather was termed the worst in more than 20 years by Al Hawkins here Alex Graham 83 said he could vividly remember more dramatic Windstorm Winds on Wednesday blow mow up in gusts which reduced visibility to almost nilat some places on Highway 11 and on various 0m roads Guthrie Shanty Bayand Best sdtools were closed becatse of mad conditions CARRIED mu ROOF can remember wind twister which fitted the steel not of the old Guthrie rink and carried parts of 1L dorm to the Ridge Road other parts were found near the 6th Concession said Mr Graham life long resident of 0m who lives near Guthrie Presbyterian hurthr VESPRll COUNCIL in ausr session of Vesnra township council at ltfidhurst Reeve Wellington Dobson left asks clerk Earl RecclllsWindTwister Lifting Guthrie Rink vesting barley at the time when suddenly he noticed skies dark ening wind twister not unlike water whirlpool came winding into the vicinity and practical ly dflnollshcd the Guthrie rink Only the legs of the old wood stove were left he recalled stating it was the most unusual weather situation he had ever SEMI N0 CASUALTIES Fortunately there were no casualties but damage was heavy Mr rGraham reviewed old clippings which establish ed this freak storm occurred on August 13 1914 No it wasnt Friday the Guthrie old timer added as if anticipating the next question Large elm treesnear the rink were hit by debris which shear ed some of their branches The wonder of it all was that it didnt do more damage Mr Graham said he was har Alliston Io Adjust Electric Rates 309111 is AILISTON Staff For the first time in 51 years Alliston hydro customers will have rates adjusted starting from April it was announced by the Allis ton public utilities commission Even though the new hydro rates show an increase there has been considerable con stant and successful effort to prevent the spiralling of the costs said novice telling of the new rate structure narns motion We share your feeling about the constant increase in costs Crop Bulletins Now Av New crop bulletins are now available to district armers at the North Simcoe Agricultural office in Barrie it was announc ed by Alan Scott agricultur al representative These include 1969 field crop recommendations the 1969 guide to chemical weed control and the 1969 corn performance trials As well we have two pamph lets produced in conjunction with the recent farm ser les Mr Scott stated iPanvel lit Vespra To Talk Flowers mucous Staff panel discussion on flower cultivation will be held at meeting of Vespra Horticulture Society ar ranged for Tuesday Feb 18 Plans also are expected to he discussed for the spring home baking tea and plant show planned at St Peters Anglican church here on Monday May 19 Summer flower and vegetable show has been planned for Tues day August 19 Mrs Foyston of Mlneslng heads the horticultural society with Cyril Jackson and Gordon Eeswethcrick vice presidents Mrs Shelp secretary Mrs Discrtreasurer and Mrs Ferris corresponding secetary The panel discussion will in gladiolf and geramums SIPS BLOOD Scientists disoovere that the tiny ground finch feed yentmting the witiskinof much larger bird and sippin the blood unable said Mr Graham stating that that for years has been affecting just about every commodity the notice added stating this in cluded such things as power lin es transformer stations and vast range of electrical equipment Thats why short of perform ing the impossible wehave con stantly been striving to main be tain high level of service with out giving anvinch to inflationary pressures We have more than held the line for 15 years In fact the last change in 1954 was reduclt on in rates Electricity will continue to be One of the latter pamphlets deals with moneyyhandling as it pertains to farmers and the sec ond deals with the processing and handling of grain iorlive stock The bulletins were mail ed to members ofthe North Simcoe Soil and Crop Improve ment Association and are avail able on request to any other farmers interested Farm record books are also available at the agricultural of fice Richard Farion assistant agricultural representative has summaries to Guelph for num ber of farmers and he iswork ing on other books received more recently We would be glad to help anyone set up record book for the 1969 year stated Mr Scott explaining it features handy expenses and receipts sec tion as well as an inventory sec on DANCE 10 the lmpressions SAT NIGHT AT Plutcutsr iCouples Only For table reSsrvations Phanei cent Minimum monthly bill vfll five member elected board These include nor William Boyes and Mayor forwarded farm record book Richardson vicentrc to read fire report Deputy Reeve Carl Daron is making notcsiEx aminer Photo anyone who witnessed the un usral event would never forget it One of Oros best known resi dents Mr Graham was town ship assessor for years before his retirement years old In January 10 have seen many winter storms in my time but nothing compared to that August wind twister he concluded Al Hawkins who operates service station here not far from the Graham farm and home remarked Wednesdays stormwas bad enough when re ference was made to the 1934 twister It was the worse have scen since came here in 1995 he remarked Numerous motorists and transport drivers stopped at his place and other nearby service stations during the most reecnt storm because of the poor visibility on the highwaY household bargain said the notice explaining the new rate structure features the principle of is diminishing unit cost for greater use of electricity BASIS OF RATES Alter April 1I the charge will 29 cents per kilowatt hour for the first50 KWH of con sumption and then 15 cents for the nextrznfl The charge for the next KWH for customers with hydro approved elcciric water heaters will be at the rate of For all additional kilowatt hours the rate is to be one be $2 for householders Commercial customers and in dustrial users also will be af fected by rate adjustments The new rate structure for lt Sr office ioria street The Alliston public utilities commission is made up of Emie 11 Jack Anderson Frank OCon He was 95 nor on Thursday announch here are bcln made by 812 AItEA PRESIDENT meeting while other reports are vltc presidents ltfrs Kenneth Skelton ofColllnlwcod and hits rotary airs Eric Norman of Zion Jubilee branch in Notice wssagrunodreumrer lttlsIuhn Belloi Collingwood The 1969 area meeting was held at Dunedin when Mrs Du mcnd was circled to succeed Mrs George Bell of Duntman Mrs Frank Drillingcr of Zion is the public relations officer Fire Ilrotectionk Good 111 lilliston ALLISTON Stall Allistuns 20mcmbcr volunteeruirc bri gadc headed by Harold Par sons has been ircqucntly come mended for its tirelighting scr vices in Alliston and vicinity The tirechic succeeded wu department late lost your At thc some time William Eendcll replaced Charlie Collins as see retary Jim lluntcr vasrprornot cd to captain and Ambrose lfcydon to lieutenant History of the fire brigade as presently organized goes back to 1906 The fire hull is lo cated next to the municipal hall on Church street in the central part of town There Is good wa ter pressure or fire hydrants and the converters include Mrs Victor Stephenson of Crecmore oragriculiurc and Canadian in dustries Mrs Roy McArthur of Jacks Lake for citizenshio educ It of Clearv torical re search and current events and lifts Frank Giffcn of Dunedin for home economics and health warriors aloe LArchie Duckwdrthmf Angina still enjoys snowmobiling at 04 years oleagc Onevrecent trip took him from his Centre St home to Angus Park where he George McCa urtao cotowvu my mom AWPM 1mm Pfiouucmn Julia consul syameAT arso run so mu PLAYING UNTIL sarunoav ONLY nu melturn Mireille ravavlsmm uniacorns helps mainlai me skating rink and Her romance gt with three men isnt bold adventure in level canines snail PETEREINCH newly nnnnn the ar WeStSiTmCQe WI To Meet InryMay SMYNER tStatf Simone Wa Womens Institutes will hold their area meetim at Stay stay shit was Pmlutu nfary amnng stoyner branch for the spring gaiheringslhc county two day convention will be held at Strnud on Wednesday and Thursday bet and 30 and Simone West will be rcpresent cd Mrs Joseph Dumond oi Sum 11in will be giving her re port as area presidentto the expected to be presented by Don chnessy oi Duntmon see he llom Bayes as head of the messages from the six area the county Pmsrorsnnlu meetings for Womens institutls of the county Tentative date forSimece East meeting has been set for ihmdayK May 13 with Orillta the pinbany location Sirocco Kempeorelt are meeting will be held It Qafg hurst on fluusday May 15 while Simone South meeting is slated iorBceton on Wednes day May 21 Waubaushene has on chosen as the site for Simcoe North gathering on cflfilgllflllsflnfifilt Simone Cchtli branches meet outlines ing community hall on Thurs day May 29 Mrs Douglas Day of New Lowell is county wide presi dcnt who is expected In aticnd all these meetings or scnd re prrsentatives 67th ANNIVERSARY This year will mark the 67th anniversary year for West Sim coc Womens Institute which was organized tn rm when Mrs Webster of Cree morc helped to form four branches These were atCiec morc Nottowa Duntroon and Singhampton During the years from 1912 to 1919 branches were formed at Alliston Stayner Dunedin and Maple Valley The district annual at 1921 which was held otstaynervhad 11 branches represented and minutes of the time showed membership of 322 Pine Tree Womens institute of Dunedin was formed In 1929 BRADFORD Stqu ma jor recreation centre for Erad fold and district the Bradford District Memorial Community Centre will mark the completion ofvlz yuan of activity later in the year Arproud accomplishment of 1957 the year of Bradfords ccn tennlal celebration as an inter poratcd municipality the centre includes line artificial ice hoc key rink and also an excellent curling rink The South Simcoe hockey league which now has teams from Stsvud Thornton Plan Recreation lit Toileriham TlOlTENHAM Staff liecA reauon cormnittee in the Village had busy year in 1960 and current attention is being given to race plans With its picturesque pond and recreation grounds Tottenham has good recreational facilities for summer activities The pond has been the Mlle of aquatic programs which have proved of particular interest New developmen in extended subdivisions hassr dressmer otr tenham familiesand there are more youngsters around who are Mrs Gordon wilbe in diam of molutions and greet log are expected to be given by the county president Mm Douglas Day of New towel and presidents in The Stayner meeting still be the first of series of area Bradford Recreation Centre Has Served Area12 Years Mr Evans resigned following his is grandson of Gibson Cook top scams or Elmvaiec leading scoring threats all season Edwards rates Examiner Photo Guthrie Praised By Businessman GUNME Staff fWe fin hibrirnpieusznr place Iolt nice neighborly community said rAIVIfl Hawkins wellknow service station operator who he resided here nearly quarte of century coo County practically oil it life 1945 quite tieup he remarked old Hawkins now of Gananoque was onetime Orlllia basebal star With Its community centre ties for Oro residents Ivy and hretto plays its gamos at the Bradford arena Thedaacre park lot around the centre hasonc of Simcoe Countys best softball diamonds well equipped with modern floodv lights and hieaolwrs It was centennial project in commemor ation of Canadas 100th birthday Bradford became anincorpor ated village in 1357 with Thomas Drilfill the first Neva eleoted He assumed office in January that The oorrimunlto became town Jan 1960 with Arthur Evans now MP for Centre Simcoe the first mayor The present incumbent Mayor Jose cph Magani become mayor when election to the Ontario legislature in September 1960 and has coir tinned in office since Reeve of Bradford nice Stewart is now serving hlsuth year on council his ninth as reeve He is county chairman of finance andadministration Deputy Reeve Fred look pioneer Bradford grain dealer USED 10 VOLCANOES Residents of Innzarote one of fflierCanary Islands became so accustomed to volcanic emp tions in the 18th century that expected to participate in the 1969 programs IMPERIAL Isl rlanualoun ilxthdm hand tactically madcer PM stainkaolin Samoang um suraatmmusta VMattHeirn TheWrccking Crew asihmrrmmuswwu mammals natunhhmllmw was finmmew new they danced at fiestas by the ligh vo Inc fires snowmo AT pm and 915 pm gt€ among the Georgian Bay intermediate leagues top snipers Ed wards Is also softball star pitcher for Elmialel 1m Eleorgian Bay league finalists native of Lake St George ltIr Hawkins has llvcdln Sim He recalled development of golf clubsvat lake St George area andthen added There have been quite few changes here too since came here in v1 The garageman sold the storm of couple of days ago was the worse he has seen since coming to Guthrie1t created cousin of Mr Hawkins liar skaung rink school and churA chcs Guthrie isthe centre of considerable diversified activi steering committee which has done considerable initial work in an endeavor to get the moves ment started Iheinterest shown has given risetu hopes that the movement will be process renown2= 2nd Recordlireuking Week ing department shows that In nisfl portation last year cost$62682 INNlSPIl NOTES Township Had Year For 00115 Arnport tabled for the build bad record year lust past he total value of building permits issued amounted to $5 069l$0 for Permit and 237 buildings The building inspector in his summary stated there were three times the amount o1 work for Inspections and sinr liar demand for plumbing inspec tions not to mention the in creased demand for office ad ministration Thts makes it for perfive for fulltime assistant in the township SUBDIVISION ROADS In report tabled by the pub lic works committee it was stat ed that Ihey recommendcd as suming of all subdivision roads to which the township had title The recommendation followed the report or lilcCorrnlck and ltaolrin the consulting engineers not also agrees with the sug gestions from the local depart artment engineer John Ittoffcit The effective date is suggested as June 1959 This means that allrroadslnv the township Wiil now be included RECORLWEND TECHNOLOGIST The publlcworks committee also recommended that the lowli shlp make application to the principal of Ryerson Institute for permission to interview students due to graduate from the course for technologists with municipal option with View to taking technologist onto the staff If engaged such person would be employed to assist Rood Super sor Iohn Cowan and for other duties which may be assigned by council ROAD LINE The verbal offer or Harrla clerk Ben Straughan on behalf of the city to rent machine paint and operator at the rate of $10 per hour for the painting lines on township roads has been recommended as accepted Educational costs will be in creased from 365331100 in 1968 to 884875100 for 1969 if the bud get proposed by the township ts accepted In tul hy the county board Salaries for 1968 were $396763 and for 1969 the amount of $457852 will he requested Books and resources equipment for last year cost 10116 and requested for 1969 is $100000 Libraries for 1968 cost £143900 while estimated cost for 1969 is 510000 including the additional materials required in the resour ces centres Plant operation and maintenance salaries for 1969 cost $70205whlla this is esti mated for 1969 at $76115 Trans teaming Problem Is Siayner Topic Mrs McLean heads Aim ofthe group is to assist STAYNER Staff An open meeting to form Stayncr dis trict branch of the Canadian As sociation for Children with Learn ing Disabilities has been arrang ed tor Stayoer Collegiate audi toriumon Wednesday Feb 12 Record traction and for the year ahead would be $69140 There seem to be some doubt it sufficient room will be available for full kinder garten programs in the new term even with the now addi tion RAISE SURPRISE We had visit from Room and Mrs Joseph Coehnne an they passed through here on their way back north We told him ofteraiseinralary that had been proposed by the finance committee and asked if he was expecting this It had been men tioned Mr Cochran said but he did not know the extenL lIe staledho had attended over $50 meetings last year Including funerals where he felt the head of the township should be pm cut The new monthly salary and expenses will cover all nine trons at which thé rcave should be In attendance except alien dance at the police commlssion once month for which an lowanee of 25 our meeting is made which included Mr and Itfrs William Peacock at stroud stated theyahadhad ranvenior able time but found the folks in the motor camp at which they stayed rather unfriendly and not associating with strangers They are calling on various Innlsfil ites who the know re itin in Florida BARRIEIIE 0N STREET While walking on Central Ave inSt Petershurg We heard hall from passerby and met Gordon Wiggins of Barrie We had chat about the snow back home with more expected He will be in Florida till mid April with inshore winds and hot sun the sea bathing has been delightlul for the past couple of weeks That Is one benefit of the Gull Coast com pared with the colder water of this Atlantic WATER SKIERS hm HALIFAX 6P The Cause dlan Water ski Association will hold its annual meeting here Feb spokesman for the group said Wednesday LEAD DttPOEIANi On tonnage basis land is the fitiorlda filth mm important Dont MI The SPONSORED KY GERMANCANADIAN CLUB HARRIS INC Admission Members $200 NonMembers $50 at EMBASSY HALL Everyone Welcome children with learntug problems mamasadmin Inns will arrange to havcnur ran helps during an Ontario $arbadwtryoummpunch for stanmeyounedabcosthl Antigua papaya supplier the an ifyoure in 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