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THIS WEEKS ISSUE 7950 Copies AUTHORIZED SKOID CU IAIL WXAMNEE 70 DIPL OTTAA 85th YearNo 24 HOUSE 0F HITS IRST BEST IN BARBIE THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY CONTINUOUS SHOW SAT 230 pm KATHARINE HEPBURNr tWAlIlER EVE SHOWS THUR FRI 8c pm becausc never before has there been more romantic story to tall or such lovely songs to tell it with PAUL ENliElD PLUS FOX MOVIETONI NEWS COLUMBIA PICTURES presentsx GINGER THUR FRI SAT Mat Sat 230 pm lairrural MoNDAYfJQ TUESDAY WE MATCwEuzaorle Filivcsriiucii italicsstuck owl llllltl IRllltfll yllllll RYAN llUliH BlAlIlilUtli Illil Rttllllllfll EtltltlItttlIt Mon Tue Wed Mat Wed At 230 pm Eve Shows 655 49 pmI Pius other Screen Treats Musical Color Cartoon llliii 111 Pacets Mm ENTERTAINMENT momma WM 4am ARTHUR tUBIN lotsasedttiru Untied Arum Eve Showsrhurarrl sari sar7ss4opmII DNEIspAY Nosv innateENTERTAINMENT snowsrand840pm unlitEltoluov SHOWING ones oiItLYI II EsougEVEchIAT saoqmu swmrwzmi AT is 161w innit fianceditty JttlEi tEVEl and BARRIEONTARIO CANADA THURSDAY JUNE 10 1948 Students Barrie Schools The second annual Festival Con cert staged by the Barrie Schools attracted crowd of over 1600 to the Barrie Arena on Wednesday June The performance was under the direction of Lloyd Iufford who is an Associate in Music of Trinity College London England The decorations and all special effects were combined for full and en ujoyablc evening Some 600 elmentary and second ary school pupils took part mm the theme of the program was Nation Commonwealth and IZiiipire The students followed the course of Canadas story iii song and dance The Barrie Collegiate Concert Band under ttic direction of Fisher BA opened with pre Iildc founded on old English COIIII try tunes This was followed by Swansea Town Cloudy flanks Ill Love My Love and Fanta sia on the Dargason The massed choir including pup ils of grades VI VII VIII and IX of Prince of Wales Victoria King Edward and King George Schools and thcCollcgiate coin bincd for rendition of The Commonwealth with music adap ted from the prelude to the 40th Parallel by Vaughan Williams score of young Indian braves from Prince of Wales School staged an Indian Hunters Dance with musical effects by Ted Hutchings oboe Bill Blain and Paul Irwin drums The lighting was particu larly effective for this number and an Indian teepce at one corner of the dance floor added an authentic note The dance was followed by the choirs rendition of Christmas carol translated from the Indian words of Brebcuf The concert band played lovely rondo Canadian Ski Trail to introduce the rstwhite settlers the French The choir followed with the delightful En Roulant Ma Boule while group of Vic toria School pupils did an appro priate dance Illustrating the sailing of the English to the new world there werenaval tunes while uniformed cadets of RCSCC Kempcnfclt marched to the square and per formed brief drill The colonists English Scotch and Irish had part in the pro gram The old EnglishI Sumer lIs Icumen In was sung and the bupils of King Edward School per forntbd English folk dances Fol lowing treble chorus in theIBIue Bells of Seoltlahdtiand Wi Hundred Pipers some pupils of Victoria School did Ia colorful Scottish reel In bright costumes trimmed with green pupils of Prince of Wales School performed an Irish dance The new Canadians contributed to the program withan Alsatian lkhsong Danish dance and Finlandia the tone poem byJan Sibelius rThfsn umWWthh is becoming almost as popular on this continent as in its native Finland was given soul stirring perform ance by the BCI Concert Band and the full chorus Following Canadian number there were several musical selec tions from the United States Paul Blanchard baritone soloist in Water Boy was heard in clear and deep tones as the Glee Club sang this well knewn Negro work song The girls choir sang Migh tyLakA Rose and the next num ber Dry Bones was one of the most popularof the entire even ing Sung by the Collegiate Glee Club this modern American piece in the style of rhythmical spiri tual delighted the huge audience apd the singers were brought back for an encore The unique sound effectswere an important part of this distinctive number The Concert Band then favored with medley of Cole Porter favorites The music festival on June2 was theerrst opportunity foLcitizensJoheacthe band in concert since therreturned from Detroit where they had represent ed Canada ateaimusic conference The band selections were warmly received by the audience The full chorus presented songs well loved across Canada includ ing such numbers as Home on the Range and When You and Were Young Maggie rural revel was done to the tune of The SurreyI With the Fringe on Tap sduare dance by King Edward School pupils and special effects of VictOrla School boys and girls were prespnted WhlIe the music was being played featurefof the number was the introduction or real surrey dcawnby an almosthuman horse and bearinggIa handsome young couple of they gaynineties Thef orchestra from the ColIegiateVBand also took part in thisnumber The ties or empire were ex pressed when thengull chorus and band joined in iforvaivvibrant in terpgetation of Sir Edward Elgars Land of Hope and Glory Bill Day of the Collegiate G1eeCIub was applauded for his singing of gt dances Smith of the staff the solo verses The outstanding program was concluded with the entire audience joining the bandand chorus in Canada In addition to Mr Tufford who directed the entire program and Mr Fisher who led the band there were several others Who contribut ed much to the mustcrof the even ing Piano accompanists were Bell principal of Prince of Wales School and Miss Smith BA of the BCI staff Marion Lam bert agrade VI pupil was the races artist for the Scottish real one Perkins or grade VIII Was the plsulstt9r= the auish music the dances the lighting thel Annual Festival Concert Colorfully Entertaining VERANDAH SHEARED on 184 BRADFORD BY AUTO TUESDAY At am Tuesday car travelling north on Bradford 5L went out of control and swerved to the left and drove over the lawn and sheared off the verandah of Jacobs 184 Bradford Street When the auto was removed the verandah was left heap of broken lumber scattered over the lawn Ilt was raining and the high way Was slippery at the time The accident was investigated by Prov ionsltonald Oxner and the driver of the car was Arthur Reid of Thornton lBill Day Tenor Soloist With BCI Concert Band Weber Vals Trieste June I3 at Queens Park The Barrie Collegiate Band inmil Twilight Concert in Queens Park Sunday Evening June 13 will pre sent the following program Vespers hymn Cruger Ilobiil Ilood Suite Cuizon at In Sherwood lb Maid Marian tel March of the Bowmen Romance Rubinstein with Bill Hinton as trumpet soloist Caprice dc Nanette from Petite Suite dc Concert by Coleridge Taylor Symphonic paraphrase on Smoke Gets in your Eyes by Kern Polka from Scliwanda the Bag piper Weinbergcr Excerpt from The Student Prince Kornberg Finlaiidia taiicpoem by Sibelius Selection of Songs by Cole Ported Bill Day will be tenor soloist with the Band High of 82 Recorded Last Thursday June The thermometerreached high of 82 degrees last Thursday but the nights have continued comparativer cool heavy fall of rain was re corded on Tuesday this week Tem peratures were HIGH 82 80 58 70 69 60 I70 LOW 44 54 42 33 43 50 51 Julie June June June June June June BettylElliott Win Free Flying Time Aero Club Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Barrie Wing of the Simcoe County Aero Club was held on May 25at theCommunity Houswfor June Social committee of the fol lowing was appointed Norma Bar toIAIpdrey Pynn Shirley Copping ChrisSpanis and Don Johnson The halfhour free flying time was won by Betty Elliott This is draw held at each regular meeting The next meeting will be on Tuesday June 29 Last Tuesday evening gay crowd of aero club members enjoyed an evening of dancing at Minets Point Recorded Music Program Enjoyed at Library Hall Next ConcertrJuneI8f wonderful program of record ed music was presented by the Barrie Public Library Board at the LibraryHaII last Friday even ing another in the series arrang ed by Harold Cusden Careful arrangement has pro duced selections of wide variety in mood tempo and instruments tionso that withsuchacross sectionpartatleast of ones in dividual musicalappetite is satis fied The program with commentar ies byMiss LilaMcPheeI included the following Leonare Overture No Beethoven Claire de Lune Debussy Warsaw Concerto Ad dinsell rScherzo from Midsum mer Nights DreamtMendeIssohm Roumanian Rhapsody Enesco GIriegs Concerto inhuA Minor Die Fledermaus Overture Strauss Impromptu in Flat Schubert Nocturne in Flat Major Cho pin Konzersituck in Minor Finlandia Sibelius An addedffeatiJreontheeven ing wasthe playing of orecord manufactured underythe new Full Frequency Range Recording pro cess This type of reproduction with its keen sensitivity and full scaleIrangeils looked upon as the successor to the kindTnoivin use The next program of recorded musicis to be held in theIBarrie Librgry Hall at 830 pm on June 13 and ltisrplanned to ipclude several vocal numbers of Prince of WalesSchool con ducted the performance of the A1 satian folk song All teachers co operated andnmbifg those who as sisted in producing the program were Miss Doris Kearns and Miss Phyllis Johnson 61 King Edward School and MrsiiG Smith 01 Prince of Wales School Tfie special lighting was by Lambert andIA1exMeKinnpn With Jack Butler Bill Cobrtney and Jack Agnew misting The entire concertwas managed by the Barrie Kiwanis Club with AgScott Iand AJManison as committee charmer tSibelius if GE vors ON UNION AT PLANT JUNE 16 Subject to acceptance by the Ontario Labor Relations Board the vote in Barrie Works CGE will boaheld next Wednesday morning the plant Committee met Mr Middleton from sad lice GE and Mr Mitchin son Karrie Works Manager Tursday afternoon to draw up has arrangements for the vote The lnion ommlttee was Bro Woody takes Bro Archie Irvine Sister Olive Cole Bro Hob rasbitn and Sister Ruby Batters from the Executive Bro Ilud Knapp of the Nego tiating Committee and assisted by Jean Leslie and Phil Knihhs The ommittceand the Com pany agreed that the vote should he held at the earliest date possible and June I16 was chosen as the first day on which the Government Labor Olli cer would be able to be present in Barrie Local IWorking Conditions Good At Bride Works of CGE In connection With employment conditions at the CGE The Harrie Ilxalilincr recently dlsctissed the matter with Johny Mitchinson Works manager Mr Illitchinson stated that the average takehome pay per inan III the Ilarric plant in March this year was $437H week For thc women the average takehome pay was $2778 These rates were for fiveday work week of 44 hours and the manager said they compared very favorably villi rates in other CGII plants where they were organized with UICIIO unions Futhermorc wage rates and Wage increases are published on plant bulletin board so that employees are fully aware of plantpolicy in this respect Ihc CGE manager declared that employees at the Barrie Works had gained the full benefit of any wage increases granted to UECIOI union employees in other CGE plants including an increase of 10 cents an hour across the board last year Furthermore Mr Mitch inson said the Barrie employees would continue to get the benefit of increases granted to workers in other CGE plants In establishing wage irates in Barrie when the CGE plant was opened in January of 1946 the plant officials made survey of other industrial plants in the muni cipality Rates were established equal to or higher than others for comparable work There is slight differential be tween Barrie and Toronto wage rates on acconut of the fact that Barrie docsInot have the advantage of convenient supplies right at hand therefore it costs more to bring suppliesto the Barrie Works However the manager points out that this is more than offset by the advantages ofIIiving in commun ity likevBaFrie While the Barrie CGE wage rates are as high or higher than those in other local industrial plants there are other considerations COMING EVENTS Keep June29 for Dalston gart den party and strawberry festi val 24b Bingo LOL Hall Elizabeth St Monday June14I 815 pm auS pices LOBA 1129 24b 7WStrawberryfestivaIrrAngusnitf ed Church Tuesday June 29 An nouncement later 24b Afternoon tea Friday June 18 at home of Mrs Kelcey 24 Gran ville St 36 pm auspices 39 Club 2425b lSundayJune 20 decoration of graves in Grenfel CemEtery at 230 Memorial service in church pm DST 24p Afterngcn tea at ECAC Qiiiceis Mess Camp Borden by Protestant Ladies Guild WednesdayfiJune 16 Admission 25c 24b Kiwanis Auxiliary annual tea and home baking sale at home of Mrs Craig 55 Peel St June 2336 pm Tickets25c 2425b tactics 75 out the entire district June I5 is Deadline For Registering Fields Seed Potato Inspection The deadline for flaking appli cation to have fluid registered for inspection as seed potatoes in next Tuesday June 13 Harold Whiteside of the Doiiuiiion Seed potato ctrtiftcatioil branch has already received scores of applications and he be lieves the acreage III year In 1047 there Were approximate Iv 1000 acrcs bf potatoes lil Slin coc County registered for seed and approxrmatcly 1800 arrcs through whlch cxw tends north to Sudbury HOTEL BURNS omplctely destroyed bv the early Saturday morning was the 2froom iiamc Ilouse one of the most modern hotels on WasagalI Beach It was valued at 525000 Read Examiner Classifieds PROVINCIAL POLICE RADIO OPENS HERE When Commissioner William Stringer opens the new provin cial police radio station at Bar rte this afternoon it will he the seventh provincial police district to be equipped with radio Technicians have been here for several weeks installing and testing equipment and it is now ready to go into operationa throughout the entire district 70x has jurisdiction The radio system will permit direct communication between the police headquarters at Bar rie and some 30 police cruisers in the area over which Inspector Richard whichMr Mitchinson points out have been provided for the cin ployecs In addition to the convenient fiveday work week the employees are given eight statutory holidays With pay every year Employees with one year service get one weeks holiday with pay those with five years get two weeks with pay and those with 25 years get three weeks holiday with payl The CGE has also made group life insurance plan available to employees as well as retirement pension schemeI suggestion system in the plant offers bonuses toworkers who make timesaving and moneysac lug suggestions At the plant splendid recrea tion 100111 has been provided for the employees and the company contributes approximatiin $1500 year to the social club nurse is on duty in the plant to care for any illness or minor injury There is also aballidiamondvadjaeent to the plant which is available for employees and friends The company pays for an em ployeencwspaper which is distriy hated to all workers every week and carries pictures and news of employees Mr Mitchinsonsaid that one of the main reasons the CGE had de cided to establish plant at Barrie was in the nature of an experiment He indicated the idea was to make thesmaller plant big happy fam ily where all the workers would know each other and all would have an opportunity to be on friendlyterms with the manager In fostering this idea of friendli ness Mr Mitchinson has always been willing to assist the employ ees with their personal problems Just last weekhe personally ar ranged forsix employees to go to Toronto to make blood donations for fellow worker From time to timethe CGE manager has spent countless hours in efforts to assist his employees and their familiessI IFRENCHISEED POTATOES During 194748 France produced enough seed potatoes to supply domestic requirements and now proposes exporting surplus seed to Belgium and Italy YI Ladies 50 TABLESMAYBE RESERVED AT NO EXTRA CHARGE PHONE 4702 MINETS POINT Reservation only kept tilllft oclock ask the doorman SNAPPY MUSIC BY THE RAMBLERS litPIECE ORCHESTRA NOTICEThelavilionmay be rented any afternoon front to oclock for card parties or social gatherings Th6 Pavioit ts open evfery ironic pm to midnixht day for younconyentence his listrict Section 3Pages 15 to 20 IMPERIAL ++++++ THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Brand New Pictures Dale Evans Warren Douglas Janet will be ammo ireim miu to Martin Grant Withers Adele Marc IN The Trespasser Showing on The Same Program William Elliott Bobby Blake Bob Steele Alice Fleming Peggy Stewart IN Sheriff of RedwoodValley MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY AL OLSON in The IIeart of New York with MADGE EVANS FRANK MORGAN 2ND FEATURE HIT BING CROSBY in The Roadto Hollywood with LUIS ALBERNI ANN CHRISTYf DICK TEWART ALICE ADAIR KATHERINE Harold Forster Plumber Opens at New Location 107 Dunlop St Barrie Harold Forster plumber mark ed the opening of his new Ioeal tion at 107 Dunlop St by three clay open house on June and when many took the ap portunity of visiting the new premises The large showroom and office at the rear have been redecorated in pale blue Three large baskets of flowers expressed the compli ments of the Hamilton Plumbing Co of Hamilton Hudson Plumb ing Toronto and the Harris Flow cr Shop here With the display of plumbing fixtures etc was mIetal hot water boiler cut in half length wise to show corrosion of the steel In contrast was similar size section of John Inglis glass Iined boiler showing the rust proof conuction andalso the in sulation Mr Forster came here from To ronto over acwo years ago and has built up successful business in that time He is also active with the CanadianLegionp being veteranof the last war and the WARD MATTY KEMP Breaking and Entering Charge Against Moore Frederick GordonMoore 33 was caught in the Barrie Cafe at 330 ram last Thursday and charged with breakingI and entering The arrest was made by Prov Cons Jones and Prov Cons Oxner after tip by local citizen When taken by police Moore had 12 packages IofI cigarettes in his pockets few nights pre viously the same cafe had been broken into and the cash register was carried away and $130 was found in the yard of the Ball Plan ing Mill Joseph Murdoch proprietor of the cafe told police thatMoore had been employed by him until the day prior to the first robbery Moore has denied any knowledge of the theft of the cash register with $130 Lions Club and has found time to raiser tropicalfishianchbirdsas hobby on an extensive scale Davison has beenoffice man ager for the firm for some time For storage the basement takes in the area beneath three stores with rear entrance at the back Lucky Star Dance Pavilion ono BEACH Dancing Every Saturday SKIP HINSONS SNAPPY ORCHESTRA hnpoiiani Notice if The Doctorsfoffices inIBarrle will be closedaturday afternoons duringIJune July August and September In aTnui Friday addition to being closed Sundays Holidays after 12noon Wednesdays and Saturday evenings Emergencies will be takencare of at all times IoLiEiSENloEtrioslsElilEsff if Antler WdhsdaviJune seem