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ncction mental capacity Buttoday iodds the mostiipbriant building THIS WEEKS ISSUE 8025 Copies AUINORIHD AS SICOND ClASS HAIL IO DEPL OTTAWA IIIIIIII VIINISIICII MACKENZIE KING is seen lrcrc as he 1ch this country to attend mccting of omlnllnwcalth Irimc lllllristcrs ilr Elig lalrd Illme Minister King is now ill in London OAC Prefessors Speak County Library Meeting chlcscntatlvcs from all parts of tho county attclrdcd gcncral lucctmg of lhc Slrncoc County Ill brary ooplialll hcld in Trinity lalisil Ilall at llarric on Thursday tllllllll ctobci The spcakcrs vcrc lrof Ill Drillrlmond arid Prof Norilran lligli both of tho Ontario Agricultural College at iuclph Chairman of tho gathcring was Mrs hlblrtagll lccds civic wclcoml was cxtcndcd by Mayor irant Mayor and Donald Doll plcsidcnt of tlic ltcdcration of Ag riculturc spokc of the close con bclwccn the Valuation and tho ollnty Library Miss Audrey Gray county librar ian presented her annualreport details of which arc published in allothcr columnof this issue ll spcakcrs wcrc introduced by Stcwart Page member of the County Library board Ill his introductory remarks Prof Drllmmond rcfcrrcd to Mr Page as an unusual and unique leader and he landed the part this agri cultural rcprcscnlativc has had in building up Simeoe County as loader in rural work lrof Drummond said he wished to lend moral support to the work of the County Library suppose the essence of libraries and read ing and library boards and the work of the boards is after all that it serves very important pur pose he declared He spoke of the great number of skcptics who wcre backward in coming forward with things that didnt make the headlines The speaker said those who were full time educators had their days and nightswhen they wondered what progress they were making But he added the thing that kept them going was thefact that they occasionally came across people who reallydid pay attention to something that was said and life in such community was altered to that extent We cannot afford not to become informed said Prof Drummond That is necessary so long as we rellOlllSCIVCS democracy The speaker warned against pay ing too much attention to science We have had in this century alone two of the greatestcalamitiesthat have ever befallen human beings The two world wars were sympto matic of decaying ciVilization even in this that we call Christen dom Referring to 50 years ago the speaker said education then was restricted to those who had the he added we have come to time when education should be given to Veverybodyregardless of their men tal capacity The mere fact of making edu cation general may jvery well havn variety of results It may very well mean we have to simplify and provide fare thatsuitsthecus tomer v7 Prof Drummond spoke of three ways of obtaining educationby observing by listening and by reading On any college campus by all is the library He then told he the students at the UniVersity II0mCIADIIIlallCBSIIOD Ochberl 15 and 16 line for all hour to inquire about book He felt it was healthy sign that of officials wcrc rais ing moncy to cxtclrd the library facilllics livcn lhc lliost blasc skcptics arc realizing that unlcss thoy havc happincss life is not worth while he said lrol Drunnrrond rclatcd how his father had hircd man to do the chorcs so he would have tllc tilllc to rcad in thc cvciiirrgs In conclusion thc spcakcr said hc would bc lost without his books and he colrrmcndcd the fact thatva ollnty Library made reading available to thosc in thc rural areas IVROF IIIGII Thc sccond spcakel of the even ing Irol Norman Iligh rcfcrred to the habit of reading and related it to living He recalled summarizing state ment with words of the following effect The mark of the difference between an educated man and an uneducated man was the ability to read He added that man with the ability to read could become educated It lid not always fol low hc said that an educated man knew how to react Prof High recalled tiltsfour years when he had taught at rural school and he said one of the most distressing thoughts was the lack of library facilitiesV He commend ed this fcature of the County Ll brary This speaker mentioned surveys that had been taken in connection with the education of farmers It was found that the educated farm ers were 10 years ahead in their hay crop methods and 20 years ahead in their farm management results Sometimes in mechanization We lose sight of the fact that one of the advantagesis to give farm peo ple more time for other thingshe declared He felt there was large field for reading of type which would lend courage to farmers It might be scientic reading orVit might be other types Prof High was glad to see the County Library wasworking with other institutions and in the schools Concluding his address he said there was challenge to expand reading The speakers were thanked by Fred Hunter Reeve of Tecumseth Township and the evening was con cluded with refreshments being served Midhurst School Winner SImcoe County Contest Grounds Improvement Midhurst School was the winner of the Simeoe County school ground improvementecontest which was held this year The award was made on the basis of the levl Shelswell elling Of the grounds thathadbeen carried out and general plans for further improvements Robert Boyd isthe principal of this school and Miss Lois Faris is also on thetaflglfheteechers were gfatly assisted by the home and school clulffnibers of which helped with the work and also Toronto sometimes had to stand in raised money for the project DIAL 4424 113432j Ontario lcxhibit at the Fair Alish Gordon Giffn of Minesing Tractor sbd those who hadnot of Thornton BARRIE ONTARIO CANADA THURSDAY OCTOBER l4 l9ib Gordon Bidwell Champion Potato Grower North Simeoe Seventy Seed Growers Finish lollr ficld crop competitions in lsccd potatoLs were conducted this lycal ill North Srlncoe the 0m competition with 14 members com pleting the project Barrie compcti tion with til members Lafontainc Junior competition with 13 Illtnl bers and the Lafontaine senior competition with 24 members total of 70 completions in all The orrlpetitions were conducted un der the auspices of the local Agri cultural Socicty and under the supervision of the agricultural re prcscirtativc and ii WWhitcsidc district inspector Dominion sced potato ccitification service Each conipctition was llrrritcd to certi ficd sccd growers all mcmbcrs planting or lA seed of Katali dill Chippewa or Irish iCobblcr variety All fields were scored twice during the summer for free dom froirl discasc and insects and cultural practiccs in addition they were scored at digging timc for total yield yield of marketable seed and quality of tubers Also further score wasmade on the The scoring of these 70 competition fields was done by the summer staff of the lotato service Cuppagc Scott and It IICIIIICI Brown Dalston and Edilbcrt Des roches Lafonlainc assisted ilr ob taining the yield scores Seventyfive dollars or5more prize money is being awarded to the competitors ill each colnpcti tiolii $5000 this coming frolrr the Ontario Department of Agri culture in cachucasc the balance bcing paid by the agricultural so ciety concerned The champions for the four competitions with scores obtained out of possible 400 points are as follows Oro CompotitionGordon well Shanty Bay 382 points 359 Barrie CompctitionWilfrid Mur fihy Barrie No 3595 points re scrvc Garfield Coulson Utopia No 351 flcial total yield of 535 bushels per acre The four highest yields in all competitions carnc from Oro Township Arthur llobbs Shanty Bay obtaining 141 bushclsmpr acre and Earl Iailrdrr Shanty Bay 410 bushels per acre Bruce Watson llariic RR 0b talncd thc high yield in the Bar rlc cormxtitiou with 10 bushels per acre Wilfrid Murphy second high with 102 buslrcls larflcld Colilson third With 383 bushels and Max Craig Ilarrlc RR with 377 bushcls lhc Lafolltallrc yields were not so high this your due to=thc ex tcndcdullollght throughout most of the summer Martial Marchlldon lcd the junior competition ill yield with 328 bushols Clermont Brun Cllc With 310 busllcls and Etlilbcrt Dcsrocllcs with 312 bushels In the Irfontalnc scniol competition Patrick Robitallle led wilir 360 brlshcls Rogcr Bruncllc with 358 bushels Jos Marchildon with 328 bushels and Alex Dcsrochcs with 326 bushels lwclvc others in the four corn mspcctionlpctitions exceeded 300 bushels an fortification acrc thc yicld for thc majority of Chas the competitors being between 200 Munay 300 bushels which is 111 115011 vcry good yield in seed potato competition FALL WHEAT AND SPRING GRAIN OlIIIIiIIIIONS Isaac Spcers Thornton RR captured top honors ill the keenly contested fall wheat competition of the Barrie district while Eugene Smith Utopia RR obtained the high score in the combined oats arid barley competition Harold Ilickling Barrie RR won top honors on the exhibit of fall Bld wheat Dawsons Golden Chaff var icty at the Barrie Fall Fair with 59 Arthur 0P1 Shanty 133 Hunter Russell Midhurst VLafontainc Junior CompetitionH Frank Marritt of Keswick andG Martial Marchildon Penetang No 3495 points reserve Doriste Desroclres Penetang No 3455 Lafontaine Senior Competition Martial Brunelle Penetang No 353 points reserve Jos Marchildon Penetang No 349 The detailed list of standing in the loczll competitions is included elsewhere in this report Gordon BidWell with an official total yield of 745 bushels per acre obtained the highest yield by substantial margin being nearly 200 bushels per acre above his closest competitor Harold Wright also of Shanty Bay Auntie South with an of ject Match Held Oct Farmof Neville Jamieson Thornton Mervyn Fralick of Minesing was judged the best jolnter plourman and Jack Campbell of Churchill was judged the best tractor plow manVat the annual South Simeoe Plowing Match held on the farm of Neville Jamieson at Thornton on Wednesday October Hundreds of spectators were pre sent throughout the afternoon and the highway waslined on both sides with cars In the evenirg the ladies of the community served banquet in the Sunday School roomlot the Angli can Churehg The prizes were pre sented at the banquet PRIZE WINNERS Jointer plowsod openMervyn Fralick of Minesing also best crown Ross Marquisof Little Bri tain alSo best finish Bill Van eise of Stayner Allan Vancise of Stayner Carl Timbers OLAurora ulterplowrsod boys under 20 also crown and finish er ofBarrieV VV Jointer plow stubble openBert of Cookstown also crown and finish Frank Cowan of Thornton VJointer plow stubble those who had not previously won first prizeMel Cunningham of Them tonalso crownanddnish Char Bill Hunt Bruce Rentner if Collingwood les Spencer of ThorntanJames Orr EiderDonald Sawyer of Church of Thornton Tractor stubble boys 20 andun derGraydon Giffen crown nish Tractor sod openJack Camp bell Of Churchill crown and previdusly won rst or secondv Allan McNabb of Minesing crown and nish KeithChantler ofVAl liston Tractor stubble agels and under Donald McNabb of Strand Vcrown and nish James Peacook of Thornton Tractor stubble boys and girls 14 and underDonald Sawyer of Churchill nish Eleanor Cowzfn of Thornton crown B111 Peacock Tractor sodLeonard Stroud crownand finish Carscadden of Strodd HORSE SHOW The winners in the horse show were all from the Thornton dis trict and were in the following or derCharles Spencer James Orr Mel Cunningham and JohnCald well Best going team in sodCalvin Trumbley of Thornton Best go ing teamin stubbleHoward Coop er of Cooktown Robert Campbell of Churchill president of the association was chairman for the banquet The Green of The public schools in North Inr nisfil provide free dental service forVtheir pupils and they also pro were free milkjfor all their pupils These projectsare authorized by the Ontario Departmentiof Educa tion and North Innisfilds theonly section in the Inspectorate of Scott to provide such services fdr the pupils It cost the school area board $378 to provide milk for the pupils lastyearu One township Flos provides free dental service but there is no such service in Barrie or any of the other sections in this Inspec torate 3gt CAUGHT AT MONTREAL George Brousseau age 52 who was wanted at Barrieon two charg es of forging cheques several weeks ago has been captured at Montreal Severalaliases were usedin dif ferent parts of Ontario andwhile 1here he claimed to bera sewing machine salesman From one mer chant he obtained $35 and from an other he got $45 Shag 10 VALW THE BARRlE EX 85th YGOFMNO 42 IIqu GENERAL IIICRAR DURIN IS SIY IN BRISSIIIA laid wrcalr at the tomb of the unknown soldlcr allow saluting at llrlr tourll llll his illill Mal ll Ottawa and lLllltltlllillltn of llt Iltlililtl rllly llt tlrc background Thanks to Garrett The Ex aminer has received smallhand bill advertising bargain transpor tation on the steamer LEnterprise Thebiggest bargain was fare of Ten cents from Barrie to Big Bay Point From Barrie toVJacksonSV Point at distance of 20 miles by boat the charge for adultswas 20 cents foradults and 10 cents for children For the round trip the cost for adults would be only due cent mile The little bill is said to be one of number that came off the roof of the tbwn hall The bill was headed Steamer Enterprise and contained the fol lowing information commencing Wednesday Aug 3the year not stated this Steam 31111111109119311 uterineseared Ilairi Agricultural Society Pall Wheat and Spring Grain Iield Crop Contests 1948 Awards AMINER Section 27 rPoges to 16 gBradfordWRoysl Farm Tractor Operators Novel Roade0 Contest lirzw lilatifolti lluior lillllmis lit of fllll 300 points thr llri lll rriln irzotsl Roadwo ilrrlli the following in inlmiolr tllr thr annual that ck of 11 131 Donald Sillltsllr Iillttft llilltlll on vll ll Iin lndi ll lltlllilllllll Janos lca 1111 or 111 lf ldrriol larlilcrs llll iula llactol Roadco bl Bradford Land to llt llll lilrl lvc licld in 1310 iiigalr Ilali Jessop and 11111114 was organizcrl by Norman Krill child tlltaclllll 1195+ larldsay of thc corrrilllllrrty pro Flank Klll iltl Neilly and Gor irilillr ol tho llllpaltrlrcirt of doll Itlll Til othlxl three teams llli zllll Iloyd ashlly agl rri orlier Allislxlil Ivy and tllll vprwwrilatlcl it was 5103311 tllllllllllll by III1 of tho lllllllllttltlil of public sailiy of tin lillligtil of ioiozitu March at HUTv11 llvton Ill Keith gtolzl of Bradford 138 10 Mil mi thaliiord ill SaarNtsilly ll ti 1E1I Ira tdvll lr uric prcscrtrcd il liaihillvl it lhllnton on the IIllIll 41 Itlllltlil hiltll ii llrilior hilliizcla tllllllltlrll Er la oyhill cilialllra lilrIlIEblilirizttl tiail Two Autos Paddy Dunn Hlll lilc tailor and lllltl llriv and backle tltlllt of olzstacil and points vclo i1tlltltl lllt thc lilil Ilit lllllgt lill pl otcl Trio cars wrc involvld in an iltllllrfll on llrlhwaf 2027 at the top oi lalill Dunns llrll north of rilllts vtil lolil Ktl llt vllllls uclc Barrio last Friday cvcrring backlli up along wllrti lfllt tof llyry lrullck of Mincslng bad start lllcrr thoy vlic drivcu gt10 ml llt car and it was struck through Hillt of narrow passagcs Ill tho rcar by car driven by Leo lllttd lll flags which topplcll ovcr aitlcl of Toronto The Mincsing winii ailrick lllalr gtttlltlttl actration ovcr one llaccli oil llll ccirtlc of cacllillt tlallll was bucklt of uulci Ally lic car was 1930 model and icihy llltltlllll of lltl clutch or lllc othci was lllIlH ltlltllllll column splashld watci andl Wtl lalllagcd to sllclg Ill thliit LUlttl against such that it would cost as icli for re mm pairs as it Would cost to have them It was growing dark by flu lino roplamd tVllls contrast was lipishctl but build3 ltm OILR Stewart Alleninade tttl ot spcctators lllicd thc clicloal llll illvlstlgatlorl Ilrl throughout tho altcrrrooii to Jill1 ltlllt thosklll of sonic drivcrs and Your lllllllllll ordcr with the Vlltlllt at tho ltflltlllllt in which lntllll livrrniricr will receive care1 Vothols found tlrclllsclvcs lful attention and good service Roth cars an extent ll llc lrllrol llrc city llc shoer ltllilt USO ll LANA DIAN ARMY lllfllfl rlrovJIWI t0H0Y0W46V0000V0W no 000 IAILORIIDJIOMEASIRE Priced from $3975 lARlIIIlIS IN STOCK READY WHILE YOU WAIT mmko Boat Travel outtake was Pepulai cts to BigBay Barrie at 130 pm for Big Bay to Jacksons Point 20eV children getting FINj IVIVMWS VV ALL SIZES AND STYLES SUITS from $3600 first place in the 01113 and barley All Wtlfftllmlh llfljj rolooins $2050 to 5300 VERCOATS from $2893 ll lbt 1010 it LX re Standing Nalnc alld Addrcss Scoro MoncyV snII 139 $495 Tile fields in both competitions Warm Murphy Ilarlic Rh 3311 $12001 PAM WIM Mrsf AN 01 WEAR were inspected and scored by larficld Toulson Utopia RR livl ltlfltll VV IlW Spence Iiltthllt 330 tillll DUNLOP 51 BARRIE Gray Dominion seed inspector Frank lilphick Utopia RR llollV Barrie was the judge at the Bar Francis Shanahan llarric RR 100 rie Fair ti Max Craig Barrio RR flout ll Given below is the detailed Bruce Watson Barrio 1111 50 standing in the two competitions Morris Darby Wavcrley 400 VV 100 points being allowed for El Itcx Watson llarric RR 311 perfect field score and 50 points 10 Eugene Smith Utopia RR 3111 VV for the exhibit of half bushel of 11 Spurgcon Brown Illlrrvalc 37001 With our staff of SIX thm ls always cleaned seed at the fair Several V12 Clarcncc II Smith Utopia RR 20th someone in our OfficC who can dis of the growers who obtained 13 Totals Watson Barrie RR 2001 VV very goodfield score were unable hi Coutts Barrio RR filo 55 30 ISIWUICC Fromm wlth to make an exhibit at the fair 15 Geo Sheffield Barrie RRl 200 you with the result that they placed 10 Lorne Handy Barrie RR 200 VVV lower than they would otherwise17 Loughred Barrio RR 20 11 have done had they been able to 18 Allan Brown Barrie RR 200 complete both sections of the pro 19 Brown Barrie lift 200 AWARDS 41 Dunlop St INSURANCE AGENCY Dial 3735 0R0 FIELD CROP COMPETITION IN SIJIJIL POTATOES 1948 Total Prize Standing Name arid Addrcss Scorc Molicyl Gordon Bidwcll Shanty Bay an 3112 $1300i Arthlrr Hobbs Shanty Bay 350 12001 Harold Wright Shanty Bay RR 3425 1100 op Orton Crawford OlO Station 3321 1000 Mary Cuppage Coldwatcr RR 3335 900 McKay Son ColdatelVVRR 3205 800 St George Horne Hawkestone RR 3015 700 gnzg 32813 waeggclcfgply Everett Horne Hawkestone RR 288 500V Earl Lauder Shanty Bay 287 mauve and Secrelaytrasulcrl10 Jerry Coffey Foxmcad RR 200 Of MTS Clarence Corbett wallert golyngy 0f Ellmesmgv 11 Manley Teskey Coldwatcr RR presiden te ntario owmens 12 Wesley Storey Oro Station 212 SSPdflion this year tended 13 Lorne McKay Coulson 1885 pen Dally from qm to pm mVltallon to all to attend the In14 Jos Naughton Foxmcad RR 187 Sundays from Chm IO pm ternational Plowlng Match to be lV held at Lindsay He also announc FINAL AWARDS IN FALL wnnAT 1948 ed that plans were under way for Field Exhibit Total prim le lgsoslntemagona MatCh to be Standing Name and Address Score Score Score Money eld in imcoe oun Isaac Speers Thornton RR 93 4a 138 $1200 Reeve Clifford Lockhart extend Clarence Smith Utopia 1111 87 41 131 1000 and our dehcmus home COOked ham ed welcome Von behalf of the 31Harold Hickling Barrie RR 8112 49 130 900 Squchhesl French fnes hamburgers Townsmp 0f Inmsm and 5mg song FerristCundles 80 48 128 800 was led by Charles Henry of Thorn Eugene Smith Utopia 1112 8011 41 12715 700 COFFEE 5c CUP ton and also by Norman LmdsaY Esten Davis Utopia 84 41 125 600 of the commitle Programs branch Cecil Speers Thornton RR 79 43 122 500 0f the Ohm Department of Edu Lloyd Cumming Stroud 37 119 400 809 Brown Barrie 11121 22 30 111 300 William Clark former interna 10 Jennett Ivy 0011 0012 300 honal Champlonl gave the IVIJdgeVVSll Louis Truax Angus RR 8312 8312 3001 remarkde 31505901 0f 111511113 12 Charles Newtgnh Barrie 83 83 300 109151811138 member of the13 LynnRussell Midhurst 8212 8212 300 Canadian Plowmens tcam 14 Robert Sproule Strolld an 81 31 300 JUNIOR WINNERS 15 Frank Elphiek Utopia RR 78 78 300 7W Thethreeuwinnerjntheihomq 16 Maw Minesing 76 76 300 plowing contest ofthe Junior Far mers of soujh Simeoe were FINAL AWARDS VIN OATS AND BARLVEVY1948 WITH LAST YEAR nounced as follows Jacki Campbell FIGId Lxmblt TOlal Prize TOPCOAT of Chuchillyonald McNabbr of Standing Name and Address Score Score Score MoneyOV rim vsllroud and Verrol Bowman of Eugene Smith Utopia RR 00 47 137 $120 ssfayner Hunter Russell Midhurst 82 40 131 1000 DRY CLEANED 11 11 133 mm were best lowed land 14 or limes 091 Ulnar Walter Forbes Barrie RR 73 40 115 700 ill youngest boy and gir1Elean0r Jennet Ivy 86 86 000 VV VV Campbell dau hter of the resi Ralph Robertson Stroud 80 80 500 gt demand Donad Sawyen LBanting Thornton RR 79 70 40 Be dYV deamfg Yes We McCanVn Utopia 76 76 300 Because wrth Sanltone the 10 Weston CochraneThornton 74 300 bett rk Flee Dental Serynce 11 Cyril Cook Allandale 72 300 OfDFYCleafg AnidVVFrnee MilkVVGiven 12V John HamblyV Bradfprd V7V1 300 clothesare cleanerfabrrchV VV gt greca ture allikenewfeell North Innlsfll Pupils wepay carlulpttentiori to alliniportam details tdo loose buttons tightened lenor repairs done FREEI Getallyourclothes readyfor fall with our better drycleam ingVPhone us right awayl ing the season bet een Barrie and Orilliacalling at ig Bay Point eachway Fare to Big Bay Point 15 cents for adults children 10 cts Fare t0 Orillia 35c children 20c Boat leaves wharf at 930 amV Allan dale at 945 Saturday tripsBoat to leave Point leave Barrie again at +pm fogiacksons Point returning at pm calling at Big Bay Point each wa Fare to Big Bay Point 101 ml IISII chn IN PRODUCTS DYEING andREPK Froin black coal tar are obtained over 8000 kinds of dyes many of CLEANING briehtcnlnrst 08131111le St