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THIS WEEKS ISSUE 7900 Copies AUYHORIIED A3 SECOND CLASS IML IO DEPT OTTAWA Contest for Council Sunnidale Township Four Seek Thr Seats There will be an election in Sunni ale Township for three council seats Reeve Everton Lawr nee and Deputy Reeve James Buie were given acclamati us at the nominations ln New Lowell last Monday Abne seat one of the present three councillors Brockwetl wn will attempt to un Horace Gilpin and Johnliolt Rawn was an unsuccessful can didate in the election one year ago Polling will take place next Monday Jan George Rogers Douglas Day and Wilfred Davidson were given acclamations to the township school area board Norman Max well member of the 1948 board was nominated but withdrew lll favor of Mr Davidson George Culham and Russell Thompson are the other board members They wweiewelcctcdlastyeacfor two years William Grant is the secretarytrcasurer Clrk Herbert Barker was chairman for the nomination meet ing which filled the township hall ty financing also important inat ters such as assessment county health and the juvenile court plan which was voted down 3025 During the war the county raised large sum although it was not so big when considered it was spread over the various municipal ities he stated That sum $175 000 is heldin Vietory Bonds THE +BARRIE1+ 85th YearNO 53 COMPLAINTS During the month of November there were 544 sanitary investiga tions carried out by the staff of the Suncoe County Health Unit In the monthly report prepared by Dr Scott the investiga tions were itemized as follows routine 250 complaintsi spectal 41 followup 174 Further statistical details in coli nection with the sanitary investi gations follow water supplies 47 food shops restaurants 10 baker ies privies 13 septic tanks 55 plumbing 14 libtcls fl drainage 36 housing 53 funeral homes 11 schools 70 refuse disposal 28 corri niunicablc disease 15 locker plants pest control 11 In addition to the above items Dr Garrick veterinarian made assures better borrowing rate for the county Several of the large towns thought this should be split up now and returned believe the bonds should be used to stabil to capacity number having toize the mill rate not to go over stand at the rear Nominations opened at one oclock and iii an hour the follow ing names had been placed before the meeting ReeveC Lawrence William Grant James Buic Deputy RccvcJamcs Buie William Grant Brockwell CouncillorsHorace Gilpin John Holt Brockwell John Calder William Seymour Aanr Rawn John Barker REEVE LAWRENCE Completing his first term as four mills although it is not likely to come into effect this year Givmgl some figures pertaining to Sunnidale the recvc said the county levy was 78 mills which raised $1407352 Schools took 89 mills$1702200 Centre Sunnidale drain debenture was $64243 The Beach levy for garbage lights etc was eight mills$558815 That made total of $3852870 collected by the township for various scr viccs and the county rate The township rate of 10 mills was up 31 and amounted to about $19250 reeve Lawrence explained in Total tax roll was $57210 The some detail various items of coun RENOVATIONS BEING MADE For MARKET There was no doubt but what the real Christmas market had him to page eignt please ExWarden Patterson Given Travelling Bog ExWardcn George Patterson of Port McNicoll was presented with Gladstone travelling bag by his frieifds among the county council tors and county officials in cere mony at the court house in Barrie on December 22 Christmas rather than on the day on Which it had been called The Christmas rush had died down or entered brief lull by Thursday as ithad alLover town Winnm Further alterations had been made to the market building dur ing the week Fortr new doors faced on Mulcaster Street with double door for the customers and tworsidc doors into the vendors section The counters on either side of the room could stand com parison with those in any nearby restaurant with their neat metal trimmed black masonite tops and underlying shelves Apparently all the turkeys in the district had been on View the pre ceding Saturday and geese pre dorrrinateurthescene onhursday The centre table which on Satur day had been heaped with fur keys was heaped with geese and few chickens They were sells ing at 65 cents pound and ranged in weight from to 12 pounds Chickens remained at 55 cents pound There were even three rare goose eggsfor sale at 10 cents apiece and duck wings were being sold Homemade baking ifeaturing butter and raisin tartsand some deliciouslooking cinnamon buns was quite plentiful Handmade socks Sold at $2 pair mittens at 90 cents and mens gloves at $150 Eggs were 50 55 and 60 cents dozen Christmas table centre pieces with red and green candles were going quickly Vegetables hardly showed at all =Meg ell Attended The 11948 Council of the Township of Vspra will enjoy another year in their respectiveoffices At the nomination been on mg Saturday before Thevetei=ancouncrllonisresign ing from municipal affairs and will sail for trip to his native Scot land on January County treasurer HColeman acted as chairman for the occasion and an addremWas readbyicouni ty clerk Simpson Reeve Evans KC of Bradford made the presentation and Judge Harvie also spoke tAnather Case of Palio the foliowinnvcstrgutionstmrl producers 124 dairies 35 slaughter houses raw milk samples 170 pasteurized milk samples 15 Each municipality has been zip prohclied by letter regarding the approval of restaurants by the health unit before any license is granted by the municipality to the operators CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Radiant Living The Chamber welcomes Dr Ilcr bcrt Suteliffe and Mrs Edna Moyer of Hamilton who are conducting special 10day training coursc at Robindale Inn to members of the International Sutcliffe Schools of Radiant Living Dr Sutcliffc who founded the movement some 25 years ago in England is instructing 30 mem bers of his group many of whom are instructors taking refresher course Chamber Officers for 1949 The Chambers election commiti tee under the chairmanship of 91 Morrison MBE is complet ing its work of preparing nom ination slate to be presented dur bc made TTNcwMaigrardb 79W Greetings are extended to Corson who has taken over as St In Health Unit Report Five Chest Clinics Held oneimore gscigfpoliomyelitis was reported to the Signcoe County Health Unit last month This was from Orillia Township The statistical report prepared by Dr Scott for November also listed five cases of scarlet fev er were reported as follows chicken pox 58 measles whooping cough undulant fever DrScott has pointed out that with such diseases as measles the health unit is getting only scatter ed reports Over the months sys tem of gathering statistics for all communicable diseases is being built up However it will be some time before these gures will rep resent 100 coverage In the meantime all the nurses in the health unit are assisting in every way possible to obtain the necessary information The local medical practitioners haVe been cooperating by making their infor meetingbn Monday afternoon held at Midhurst Township Hall all members receiVedi acclamations They are Reeve Earl Richardson Deputy Reeve Roy Hickling Councillors Don aldBellr Walter Forbesand Qarmsn 91321162 Parker presided over the meeting at whicha large crowd attended Theyroom was filled to capacity as the residents of Ves pra voiced theiropions in what gt wastermed as the pOplpsineef mg EarlRichardsongin his address reviewed theiexpenditures during the passing year greatly the high cost of hospitaliza tion and the grantto the Childrens He emphasized to see the councils choice of building In reference tothetaxes Mr Richardson recalled the One mill being addedwhich he said could haVejbeen1eft off as found out later However it hadwleftf stir plus of about $1500 inithe treasI ury which is gbbd thing when times are prosperous heconclud ed RoyN Hickllng as second speak ararnr he stressed fer wheniwe get into t1piesof depression this is going to be altremtmdous load Richardson also expressed 31113 desire for juvenile and fam ily court in the county Hestatr ed it would cost approximately $7000and shewed how valuable it would be with illustrations It was broughtbefore the counr tycouncil last year the reeve stated but it was turned down by close vote would liketov scedt brought to another vote He showed the people one of thernajorxitems accomplished by the1948 council in the contith 91101 building for the storing of=Itheir road machinery throushs outithejwinterg He pointed out heprlce as in the neighborhood 000 and hoped thei ancients er ofthe afternoon touclf on the subjects roads and bridges having Served on that committee in the county council He admit eted lot of moneyrhad been spent but stressedrthat most of the money had been spent on bridges with definite eye to the future Next year he hoped to see more roads added to the county system In regards to the health unit Mr Hickling saidhe recently call ed Dr Scott director of the health unit and found that 10 schools in their district had been visited regularly These visits Mr Hicklinsaid are more of preventative scheme than cure He spoke strongly on the Chil drens Aid Society in expressing it was the mostimportant society otsnLJienointed out that at certain date theyhad 567 children He is married and he and Mrs We t91199399r3 9199 so Evans have four sons nation known tLthediealthmnit During the month of November the public health nurses made 1175 visits Following are the nurse visits itemized infants 158 preschool children 59 school 344 adults 37 mothersrduring maternal cycle 60 Other communicable diseases pediculosis 21 skin conditioh of school children tuberculosis pat ients and suspects and contacts 109 venereal disease acute communi cable diseases 80 orthOpaedics 27 others 29 those visited but not taken under care 26 organizational visits 51 errands 30 not home 107 others 23 grand total 1175 New families contacted during the month 373 Seventeen child health confer ences were held during themonth in fobr Centrcsjnthe county Those attending thg conferences included 212infants and 20 preschool child ren rand xrayed following work in the schools yia children excluded by the principal Loriskin conditions 42 for Midi culosis 41 for acute communicable diseases 21 EVANS of Bradford was included in the list of 134 Kings Counsel names recently announced by Attorney General Leslie Black well Charles Evans is in law partnership with his father Evans and he has served as Reeve of Bradford for seven years Finishing touches are put on the christeningv cake for the infant Son of Princess Elizabeth and tilt PUDD of llarlcsden London the top of the cake whose ingredients weighing were provided by the Girl Guides of Australia royal pareiits wedding cake was saved for the child in the manner of tradition Duke of Edinburgh by IRENE silver cradle and bahv adorn about 30 pounds The top tier of the birth of their first No Electionfin Essa Twp Return Five Councillors Trustees Win Acclamation There will be no electionsin Essa Township this year The Slmlsmtd Thornton 0W Reeve deputyreeve three cOunclllors and three school trus UM Admlssmn 00 tees were returned to officeby acclamation on nomination ingrtlieeclectionrdttheoniiual meets dayy9M0ndaYvr Decemberivi log in January The preliminary nomination slate will be nailed to all members early next month to Louis Truax of Angus was reelected reeve by acclama tion and Wood of Alliston was reelected deputyreeve permit addmonal nominations The three councillors returned to office were John Wesley Cochrane of Thornton Gorge Wilkinson of Alliston and Wil Item Peacock of ThOriitiorif Truman Flatt of COOszitowrn Hom er McMann of Alliston and Thomas Wilkinson of Angus were manage of Club 79 on Elizabeth reelected to the public school board for term of two years relling 110901 213 01 The nominations were held in the not exactly fair because although Ofange Hall at Ivy The hall was therqwas no proof in certain parts fairlywell filled with crowd of of the municipality the sheep were being killed by wol This year the council had raised $875 in dog tax and had spent $205350 for sheep bonus The recve stated that no body could finance circumstances Othei expenditures such as hos pitalization dental care for school t0 the ratepayers his rst yeill children and educational costs were ones over which the council had In speaking of his own munici no control pallty MnTruax said that he had come to the nominations rather dis appointed HiS COURCH had set OUT lsession of the county council told this year to try to come out 01089 the ratepayers that the biggest ex penditure of county funds was the Childrens Aid Society which re ceived the abnormal grant of $80 000 He considered this great deal of anney spent on looking after tliectiildren of the county In speaking of the defeat of the request fora Juvenile and Family Court at the November session he added that he had been in favor of it inthe hope that it would cut down the cost of the Childrens Aid Society Mr Truaxreported that he had placed the matter of priming the county road from Angus to highway 89 with coat of asphalt in the hands of the county road com mittee It would be dealt with at the January session WOOD Wood deputyreeve foly Jewell1T1uaxHepoke of the higher cost of everything anddi particulaf education fIt appears to welt over ratepayers The nominations were open between and oclock in the afternoon Norman Coxworth township clerk was returning Officer LOUIS TRUAX Louis Truax as first speaker of the afternoonEmadehis report under those 38 reevc Mr Truax in reporting on the business carried on at the last to level and their financial state ment reported deficit of $523859 an amount similar to that of last year The 1948 council had set aside two sums of money at the beginning of One had been to take care of bridges and the other for roads They had been forced to divert some of the money set aside for bridges on which 80 of the amount spent was returnable to roads on which only 55 of the amount spent was returnableThis diverting of funds had been caused by shortage of materials and the council had only spent $830822 on bridges which was less than half the amount which had been levied He said that the council would attempt to spend more money on bridges this year as he considered it good business to spend money in their year Five chest clinics were conduct ed and 165 persons were examined In addition to assisting with the school medical work the public healthnursingstaficompletedthe atormto bring 112 128919 Mr Truax reported that the Annual inspections 2204 special THREE AIRMEN GET ICY BATH IN OTTAWA Tiiiee airmen narrowly escapiitl death in the Nottawasaga ltivei the third melt before Christmas Driving toe1d BilllLL lion Camp Borden about on Wed ilesday they hit the highwayoel the narrow undue The Community Hall at StrOud was filled and many were standing in the rear of the hall fill over the Nodawasaga lillil lheir car pluiitcd ocer the 20foot en biinkiiicnt and splashed iilo thc liltl If the auto had continued anoth il car length it would have been in 23 ltkl of rushing uiter As it was the car settled in water to the 1in but the three occupants were able to climb out and wade zislqtrsti through the icyi lltillillizltllills at the conclusion of wo litheir remarks Some others wore invited to the platform and toi lspeak even though they wch not waters The iiiver of the car William Yagei told police he left the road to avoid stiikmg bus on the narrow bridge The iiv il vi gt WSWHHHS 1m Cm Tn hum clutad 1x littc has Henry Gto ltossell and Gerald Ycliiiatc hullil of the RCA After climbing out of the trees iiig iiver the three airmen hailed passing taxi which took them to their homes at Miners Point The car was later hauled out of like river and was found to be damagcd to the extent of few hundred dollars Irov Cons Don ald Weston investigated COMING EVENTS Dance at Baxter Friday Dec lift to the music of Paxtons ori chestra Daifcing from 930 to 130 Dance Orange llall Ivy Wed XAMlNER BARRIE ONTARIO CANADA THURSDAY DECEMBER 30 1918 Christening false for Royal Prince 73 SANITARY Section lPoges to Innisl Election For Deputy Reeve And Councillors By Innisfil ratepayers turned out in large numbers on Monday afternoon Dec 27 to attend the annual nomination meeting The entry of woman into the municipal life of the Torm ship may have accounted for some of the attendance There was an unusual number of candidates nominated for all seats including the school boards Some of these were on the list merely for the purpose of express tlieir views on the Aaffairs of the township and vithdrew their among those nominated These iii lohiiston MLA and William Chas llcnry enlivened the pro ceedings with on of his customary stories lie was sure he could 11011 give the incoming council anv ad vice Mr Johnston MLA assured the gathering there was nothing poli tical about his being present and that he was ready to render service to members of any political group He assured them there need be no delay about getting street lighting when the proper procedure was completed Ilc would see to it William Warnica told of the Iftitfbgproblems of the hiin school area board which would seen be re EJau 12 auspices 10L 450 Admisl lsioli 50c Lunch counter Stroudf Mountaineers orchestra 45tfb Slltittfl New Years Eve dancel gfrolic Novelties Music Stroud Mountaineers Institute quired to provide more classrooms with another township coining iii to the area Any mistakes we have made we have not found out yet he cori Auspiccs WOmens chided Aid of Ilall Fund 521p Dance Thornton Orange Hall lNew Years Eve Friday Dec 31 The list of nominations were as follows For ReeveClifford Lockhart DURING 1948 For Deputy ReevevRobt Eldi acclamationl Dalton Banting 53b Frank Bcatty Todd Euchre and dance Gilford Hall Friday Dec 31 New Years Eve lCards 815 pm Prizes Lunchkeyrfwithdrewi provided Admission 50c 5253p Grand opening Lefroy SkatingI Arcna Saturday Jan 1949 730 pm Admission 10c Public school children 5c Skating each Tiles day Thursday and Saturday even ridge Allan Todd Blythe McCon For CouncilAllan Todd with drew Bruce Cowan Sproulc Thos Reivc McMastcr Thus Glioiina Forrrrscmmvoard Area itllwoiportgd to County Treasurer ings Good music Everybody wcltto be elcctediHarvey Ralston COIIIC Skating parties arranged by withdrew Harry Todd with 531bldrweh Jos Raincy acclamation $41600 Winter Maintenance 167 Miles Roads in Simcoe County Until the snowstorm last Thurs day Simcoc County had spcnt less than $ITOOOOn snow remOValc0n trastcd with almost $10000 for No vember and December one year ago to permit some of the reeves to attend theNovember County coun cil session The storms continued throughout the weeks to the end of the year This year there had been only two or three light falls of snow until December 23 County Engineer Jones re ports that snow removal and win for maintenance on 267 miles of county roads has cost approximate ly $37000 for 1948 This gure in cludes snowplow operations set ting up and taking down snow fence and shovelling The handling of the snow fence is large item because the grand total rolls out to 40 miles In addition to the $37000 anoth er $4000 was spent on sanding the county roads The winter maintenance budget omes out of total194tt county oad budget of $250000 The quar er million dollars is obtained with inspec ions er in spections 487 repeat inspections 236 rst aid or dressings 139 class room inspections for acute com municable diseases 30 vision tests 1253 hearing tests 16 number of Turkey andnum Puddin Missing from the Menu For Radiant Livingld Breaking away from the normal threemealsaday routine they eat lightly but at frequent intervals Starting with lemon juice then orange juice with an egg yolk for breakfast they progLeSSijQA car rot sandwich at midmorning LuncheOnis saladmade from 10 to 12 fresh vegetables with nuts and cheese There is midafternoon snack of tea and cookies and the main meal oflthe day oclock It consists ofvegetable soup and three vegetables with either meat fish orpotatoes The days gastronomic activities con clude withacup of tea early the evening Far from faddists the Radiant Living members approach food combining foods to achieve regulated balance Gen erally they strive for diet con taining fourfifths fruits and vege with the remaining one flfth consisting of protein foods and starches although it is con ceded that additional meat fish eggs and cheese are necessary for certain classes engaged in manual labornce L1 council are becoming more and more squeezed into corner tak that some had to be done about it The council had c0nsid ered raising the dog tax but it was The usual Christmas trimmings weremissing this Robindale Inn kitchens of tuykeyiiand plum pudding the emphasis was on pitrus fruit rid fresh vegetables This drastic change in Chef ris Ambrosefs catering stylewas brought about by the International Sutcliffe SchoOls of Radiant Living which is cOnducting specialflti day trainingscliOOI at the Inn Thirty members from the Unit ed States and Canada are meeting to practice the dietary principles and study food science psychology oft everyday life cosmology under the direction of Dr Herbert Sutcliffe the founder ofvthe schools Mr and MrsH Horn of Clapperton Street are the only Barrie members year from the Instead juices Mort is taken at six and psycho science by of the Radiant They joined Living in Londgp England 13 years ago andrhave continued their contact movement tables through bra Toronto One feature of the school is the low protein diet that has been ar ranged for the members Lug to Dncutcliffe it provides alL the food necessary for developing DrHerbert Sutcliffexis slight itTurp to page four please riches in Hamilton and Accord 119911111 Pod 000 from the province Bridges and culverts accounted Turn to page five please for $33500 of the 1948 budgetkwith $26000 for the North River Bridge which was mmpleted near Cold water Dust laying with calcium chlorJ ide cost $12000 and laying of 25 000 cubic yards of crushed gravel 116000 from thecounty and $134 first to be called influx of new residents and tour Joel Prosscr fwithdrewJohn Web ster facclnmatlon William John ston lwnhdrcwr Don Beatty withdrew For School Board Area two to be electedtRoy Goodiellow Frank Cowan There were two nominations for chairman of the meetingG Al Ian nominated by Blythe McCon key and John Samuels nominated Jarnica member of the high school area board for Iiiiiisfil by Claude Pearce Before vote could be taken Mr Samuels with drew REEVE LOCKHART Reeve Clifford Lockhart the mentioned the ists to the township also the num erous honors won by ratepayers special mention being given to Cliff Carscaddcn and Sproule for their Yorkshire hogs 10 Misses Reynolds Huddlestone and Banting of the nursing profession and to the Stroud hockey team who won the junior championship last year Referring to expenditures he felt that the roads department should be dealt with by the deputy Turn to page six please HUiiiiiiimi 45 WOLVES Chester Andross of Midhurst has shot six wolves in the past years land Robert Greenwell of Severn Bridge has collected bounty On COOK pwwck Mrs Annieitive wolves taken in Simcoe Coun ty The total riiimber of wolves Coleman by Christmas of this year was 45 The bountics at $25 each totalled $1125 The county pays $15 of the bounty and the other $10 is paid by the province few of the townships pay anadditional $5 According to months the wolves were taken as follows January February March 10 April May August September October November 10December In order to claim the bounty tory for easing the burden of sum each wolf must be over three mer maintenance and it also pro months There are many wolves vides dustfree surface folr the entire season Going into 1949 the county has the same equipment for providing In 1947 the county snowplows were out clearing roads in order winter service on the roads as was tfiiraaghout the northern pain SimcoerCounty Last week two wereshot in the vicinity of Orr Lake used one year ago Stationed at Colemanthis year was shot by Barrie is heavy caterpillar trac LCoburn of Beeton It was large fourwheeldrive truck is stationed at Beeton There is tdr and one power grader specimen of 70 pounds but it was not taken in Simcoe County tMr Coburn shot this animal inth power motor grader at MidlandiParry Sound district land another at Dunedin The county also hires equipment from the Cook Construction Com pany which includes two snow blowers and six trucks equipped with plows James Patton Reeve of Nottai 01 Canadian Wheat Is Sold tolndia The Canadian Wheat Board re cently announced the sale of 300 000 long tons to India Shipment is wasagar has been Chairman 0f the to be made over period extend county road committee during mg to July of hext year India 1948 The other three members has eiso purchased 100000 tons of have been warden wall Mlddle wheat from Australia in addition tony Reeve John Woodrow of 0m to about 670000 tons which Were and Reeve Boyd Miller 0f Madonte agreed to under an earlierxcontract Woodrow recllo re Campbell amine The five 1948 members ofOro Township Councilhave been given an acclamation to servelagain in 1949 as follows Reeve John WoodrowDeputy Smith Campbell councillors AndrewBartholomew Lloyd Scottilbrrnanstoddart About 75 persons attended the annual nomination eeting cost $25000 during this past year in the towshiphalllastMondayafternoon Only 10 miles of county roads are paved In the spring and early summer of 1948 some $41000 was spent on asphalt priming for approximately 50miles of county roads This treatment has beenfound satisfac woman Former councillor Tudhopre spoke briefly and commented on the work of the 1948 council posal Speaking tothe members of school area board he said the people pr Shanty Bay thought one teacher could not handle the work for ieight grades with more than 50 pupils We feel that thethreat of communism is so terrific that nothing is more important than our teaching He suggested the former United Chgrch could be rented or bought and altered for use as scgool We in Shanty Bay will 10 with pleasure on board that will act on this emer gncy the road Mternpceiving the nominatio WBTudhopemasap chairman for the meeting and he called on the 1948 counbmm Rev Mr Richards of Shanty Bay also spoke Addressing some re marks to the council he said We dontlike to clutterup our road sidethh tincans butnither do we like totravel 12 miles over un plowed roads to dump He sug gested getting small piece of land near Shanty Bay for garbage dis Robert Storey said it was waste of money to put gravel on the roads and lthenmadev it into the ditoh 1173 suggested the gravel should be gradedjto the centre of REEVEKWOODROW Reeve John Woodrow told of hisiyvork onjhe countymoad come mitteesiH also noted that the crops hadvbeen geod and While there had beena bumper crop of potatoes theprice waslow Hesaid there would heaonly halt as much calcium On theicounty roads next year because it was beg coming hard toget The reeve refeiredzto thefact that the cOunty had turneddovm proposal to control the Batting of timber The connty hadplso turned downa planfor the intro duction of juvenile and court Oro Count hdmdephs for abridgeto be builtf 1948 thiswould be the firstp ec 1949 The steel had been Weve put over 7000 yards gravel on the roads me new furnace has been the 11311 He told of work don the African Church have been 31933 0191 The largest wolf reported to