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twimmmi lt AN INDEPENDENT NEWEIAPEI Sewing Eih Yen2 000 The First Column Second Half 3Century Siartsi By KENNETH WALLS Second Half cntury Starts into the last two its hard to get un derway again because this type the back shop gazing out the south window as the trampulled in from Walls safely home 1951 went together with prcctsion and despatch Paper to bed Wed nesday pm and the boys were off to root the Flyers to victory over the Bills while your correspondent at Robindale Thursday morning came early but it was lovely day caught all malls and only one news boy quit But Friday We got back to the realities of what is quaintly known as nice placid business printing and publishing First item on the program was discovery that in one if otir leading advertisers food prices figure five type piccc had fallen out of the faint some thcrcby lowering the price of saus ages from 57 to cents per pound where on the way to the press Now to the printing department where we found that set of bills announcing political rally had been run off without the PLACE or DATE XXXX Good job they were not for the Tories The Last Straw To cap off caccful winter day we found that someone left the back door open and two young ladies from the city had without interruption completely canvassed the plant staff for MAC AZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS Goodness gracious if they want to read they can always read this paper Getting Down To Business To the more serious side of trade and commerce we are ulate Eric Wilson editor of The Stayner Sun in the early 30s who has been appointed advertising director of The Montreal Daily Star and Family Herald and Weekly Star Former officer with the Grey and Simcoe Foresters he was man ager of The Stars Toronto office He served with distinction in the Army and came back from over seas with the rank of lieutenant colonel In 1946 he Was appointed The County of Simcoe Since 1863 Uh have when nuts look handling have marketing Stewart lotus products little butter Aiiiionte such their meeting llall animal oininuntty Afiit was li ices Support legislature ever through the federation As an example of its operation the north and then delcgation ltt Clltd lllt liN 0f llll Plitt Slit over with the truck to load inelth family baggage and Ljl he mmicame on the market achieved butter when margarine Otherwise lthere would have been calaim ltous result for butter producers And so To weL hm 155m of Mr Stewart was very much concerned and that with prices feed freight was he warned its no to farm people 100th for retiring Tom McCarmii lNTHlAN as for the first limo in weeks weILODGE WM markets rumors assistance continut id present Regarding in it not to iCOR WILLIAM STEWART glad to conglal stalled as Worshipful Master of was Corinthian Lodge No 96 AF AM at an impressivelceremony on Wednesday evening December 27 St Johnis Night Rw Bro Lower was in charge of the in assistcd by Grand Past stallation RW Bro was Wilson Junior Warden and other for several years prior to the war Masters of the Lodge in the stallation and investiturc other officers The 1951 officers of Corinthian Lodge arc WM Wor Bro Member Clan Wnkliu at Canada CWNA and Audit Bureau of Cireutnmn lMaikeiing legislation fiessing Problem Facing Ontario Farmer jlalion ov which they control llifil and the third year for this It Arthur column of bits and pieces barring past president of the Ontario Fed the odd weekly omission including eration of Agriculture told meni Ebtlb of the Sinico ounty led eratroii at writer pounding calls for different in lltllttll ltllllllqut than editorials Buck Thursday afternoon that the from quiet New Years weekend culture at Lake Bernard and the firstlutte of the most important pIeLtS Iplcasaiit surprise was the boys from Of to tt that is lit suggested pro tl let imai led ttititittgt that the that local tiitlillJtlgt of parliament beciiiic fully ae qualified with what thl iibsnfv on West in giaiii meant iii thi ltilllll Aceomplishing llnity llii ledeiatioii of Agriculture stated Mr Stewart in his remarks to the gathering had iittllilltllisllttl unity among fariii people at lil international and national level asf well as local and ttiliillltlllll level It is uniting the east and egtl of aiiada There was al ways cling of tension there and the federationl has been able to break it down to large ex tent and cause them to speak thietigli lll federation llll one voice We should be proud of our unity and the part we are taking in the international field Mr Stewart drew his listeners attntion to the recognition that iliirn In nativ iwo nieasw lTribute Paid iTo the late iRev Geo Morrison Tribute was paid to the late llcv lGeorge Morrison of Wyevale at the annual meeting of the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture in Guthrie Community llall on Thursday afternoon Jan Al Former countv president Ray Longhced requested minutes sil ence in his memory from the over 250 farm delegates at the meeting Mr Loughccd on behalf of fellow federation members recalled the former secretarys immeasurable contribution to the Federation and other organizations in the coun ty His farsighted good judg ment and driving pen and his energy pushed many tasks through to their logical conclusions llis ex ample and inspiration will be be fore as for long time Our llives are richer and fuller because the was among us Rev Mr Morrison was for some years secretary of the County Fed eration of Agriculture During most of the period he also served as director of the Community Life Training Institute NM Jail Escopee Surrenders at Police Station Ivor Vavasour who escaped from Barrie police jail Wednesday 40 minutes after he was sentenced to eight months in reformatory walk ed into the police station Friday just the same back in Mayor Petes Spring Summer and Autumn We being kept running the year round closed down the meters until summer crowds jam the streets and assistant advancingmanager atIStcwart Wor 13m head office in Montreal Twol months ago Allan Wilgar brother Gazette Beeton World fromd Cook First knew Ken when he was at Creemore then when he ran linotype at Midland and was the star pitcher for the Midland base ball team From Midland he went to Palmerston and then served overseas in the Air Force On re tum he worked at $13de recently had been wlth Chalmers Press in Elora Parking Meters Remember all the fuss we had about parking meters whether to install or fore stall here This paner even edit Orialized agin em But we got em days But we just have em in the close em down for the Winter months Not so Oiillfa Theyre new up thatawaythem newfangled penny snatchers orlllia meters are so we wont be shopping in Qril lia this Winter Midland also has Spring The Free Prss Herald or was it The County Herald vsaidl editorially Their primary purpose is to keep traffic moving when only secondarily to makemoriey Rural residents shppplngin Mid land and Penetang thlsWinter will not be bothered byll8vln toig pennies out of their pockets with ifreezing fingers Aw has been misnamed Only one Dutch ffamily has ever lived there and they moved intla ouple of months ago The village of 200 just off Highway 11 south of Bradford was named afterMajor Daniel Holland companion of General James Wolfe gt George Storey we orthein Quelibcr he Jus do pamplemous nt get lempnfel er Roy Kightley SW Bro Harold Swit zer JW Bro Sid Money Chap of Warren Wilgar of Barrie was lain Bro Fred Crowe treasurer appointed to the position of adver WBm tising director of The Montreal Bro EluertonB SD Bro ro IG Bro Fred Smith SS Bro Getting Closer To Home We we Lorne Whiting JS Bro Clayton come to the ranks of publishers in FOX Tyler Em HeIIEhey 13 Of Simcoe County an aid friend Ken Wor Bro Sinclair Carleton who has purchased The Thomas McCarroll Honored At Banquet on His Retirement Introduwccawmwes Fred Morren secretary Caldwell Kerr TAiMoCA81OLL Retiring branch manager Thomas Toronto where he engaged for MCCarroll Was honored and new ested to learnithnt HollandLanditig our one pigs Recently l5yearsas partner in the jWeb Mi at llhnquetwof imperial Life Insurance Company officals and staff Wednesday even ing Jan at Robindale fInp Among the 1guests were several prominent Barriecitizens who have church and service club come with Mr McCarrolI Chairman wasR Wood assist ant general manager of the com pany Also from head office inTo young businessman anLtown digop rontotwere Parker president ped in and peesedout cigars to and Raul Dubar superintendent of the front office men He was agtagenClS new father This is strange American cits Probably we should change zliot udghas the 10 Mr McCallmlde said right idea In theme erl newpapa is alwayspresn dlrwith cigars am treated Hlsgin the servrce of The1m FRIENDS AND REPAIR Si iWHS introduced In1937 he joined The Imperial Life asibranch manager at Barrie Here his combination of homespun philosophy plus aggressive managel merit and hard workWon for him conspicuous success ctions Fatker Mr Parker made presentation Today we Ei marking the re irement after 13 very active years peripl Life of Tom McCarroll as Barrie branch Now Home To And if Born inMeafordMay 10 1885 ing in Tom McCarroll formbny years op us for crated drug store in that terri would tory He also sold insurance on parttime basis Later he came to anagggf marked by many outstanding achievements One or the most not able was in1946 when11 members of Barrie branch qualified for the corppanyjecorivontion at Banff afternoon and gave himself up He had pleaded guilty to assault and attempted robbery of Miss Irene Collins operator of ladies wear store at Allandalc He now faces charge of escaping from custody He tore hole in wire screen to escape through win dow of the cell block below the court room in the municipal build ing FRANKfiizgnovEs Wu GATHERED AT QUEEN PARK LEGISLATURE Toronto recently the Ontario Older Boys Parliament went through proceedings of their 30th annual session The youths discussed chiefly the relationship of young men to the tense international situation and consumption of 31101 Their ages range from 16 to 21 years Members are elected alc ONrAnio CANADA MONDAY Papers Files Mirror Lust Era Barrie Was frontier Town At After perusing dusty files of The Northern Advance forerun ner of The Barrie Examiner Mike Collins of Angus came up with the following engross ing tale of years end in the Barrie of almost 100 years ago By MIKE COLLINS The wind blew shrilly down the main street 3mm against the false fronted stores Two shawlcowled women huddled in the lee of one of the stores and gossiped Nellie has the most darling par ty dress one of them gushed Its white silk net The hoop skirt is flounced and frilled and all caught up withpink bows Atrthat mo ment two bearded horsemen clat tered past and the womans reply was lost in the noise The men dis mounted further up the street and hurried into the Empire Saloon Isnt the war terrible The wo mens talk had changed TOdays paper said the British may have to evacuate their troops or those mad uSsiansJuilLkLfbemll There was great deal of noise up the street as several men came out of the saloon The ladies cast apprehensive glances up the street at the noisy group of lumberjacks Well must hurry on home Millie Happy New Year to you and the family The other womanweturn store to do her shopping Board Sidewalks This was young raw town on the frontier swarming with eager settlers lumbcrjacks and men out to make fast thing in lumber or whatever other means that offered English shillings and pennies flown cd freely over the counters of the many business places in town and constant and very often motley crew flowed up and down the board sidewalks both in summer and win tei The name of this frontier town in Upper Canada was Barrie and the time was New Years Eve 1856 The main street at that time was lgenerally lined with false fronted buildings and buildings of brick were not much in evidence in fact shanties lined part of the main street The same street was quagmire of mud both in the spring and fall and in the summertime the dust hung in choking pail over every JANUARY 953i Pllltttttl Examiner Young Legislators at Queens Park Provide Full Ceremony in Boys Parliament Opening easy to blow ones self up cows to take over the main thing to the general cleanliness Cut lrecs For Masts Aim outed as Secord Chis Mia In Pull Olttie DebIlttcnl Ottawa ew Years ed the greeting and went into the These iiewfanglcd coaloil lamps to and from the Old Country and were not to be trusted it was so Canada cost eight pence or one shilling and two pence The marrel Farmers who lived near the small lite day was the in mt gave town supplied the town folk with HHL milk Nevertheless despite this service great many of the people in town had um own COWS ItibuildinU the railroad would be paid Hikim 35 Critical con was 11 common $ng 01 held or Barrie51ml indushv was hunbel dition for almost 24 hours and will or export to Europe and at that date England was buying all the tallest trees in the county as masts for the Royal Navy pipe tobacco which cost one shilling friends you drove over to the and three pence or they smoknd Saturday to visit Mr Corkans place or walked The telephone big blHCk Clglsw was as yet undreamed of Letters contact with world it also caused consternation amongst sober Citizens as they won dered how and when the cost of outside land thcse invasions didnt add any Mcn smoked When you wanted to chat with Turn to page two please KETS lJNJCERTAiN FAnM OMAR STABILIZEDWHHREM Although the farm professiondy through the threat appeared to be resting upon an un certaiii future at the end of 1949 thing Summer brought another with the loss of the British con pestharmeLceaming houseflies facts the year 1956 can be con tCoikan ate what =ell ere tdinners of war am sorry to say reported Secre Chappcll to the delegates from all parts tary Cecil MONDAY AND THURSDAY Copy $300 Year l2 Page Two Sections tron various Protestant Sunday School Trail Ranger and luxis groups throughout the province Toronto Mayor McCallttm assumed the role LientenantGovernor for the session Here with the speaker on the throne Patti Bitzer Minister of Conference addresses the House lBorrie Couple 1856jVictims of lFood Poisoning Mr add Mrs Cecil Cotkan of 86 liceles Street had narrow escape over the New Years holiday weekend when both were victims of severe food poisoning Mr not be completely recovered for another week or so The couple were travelling north by car to McKellar about miles past Parry Sound last mother for the weekend Thcir two small children were in the car with them The family stop ivenhurst on Sat urday evening and Mr and Mrs they believe to have been poisonous meat Their When they continued their trip both were attacked by violent sickness and were forced to stop the car seven times before reach ing the outskirts of There were board sideWalks along the main street and hitching rails to tie the teams and saddle horses to Sufficient light in the short dark Bruce Cowon Heads County Bruce Cowan of Stroud deputy reeve of Innisfil Township is new presidenof the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture He suc ceeds George Lisk of Beeton1950 president Other members of the newcoun ty executive elected at the 10th an nual meeting held at Guthrie Com munity Hall on Thursdayafternoorr Jan are Eugene Smith of Utopia lst viccpresident rand Emil Nei pin of Weraie 2nd vicepresident Directors for 1951 are asfollows Simcoe Centre Joseph Dyer 6f Elmvale Earl Parnell of Saurin fIn cold statistics the progress of res The year before TomaSsum Bell of Eady and Manford Horne ed management the total paid bus iness for the year in Barrie was $89507 In1946 git hit high of $193192420 times as much In five of those 13 years the total pro ductidn has been close to or has exceeded $llimillions per year As result the insurance in force for the same periodincreased from $3600000 to ovrsla millions fThe13year Vperibd has been ancFTIunter Russell ofg Midliurst Cleatview and Carman Court of of Forest Home noon with turkey dinner served to 122 by the Guthrie Womens In stitute under the supervision of Mrs Melville Hastings Approxi mately 250 delegates wetre present for the afternoon program SicheWest Lorne Atkinson of Collingiyood Simcoe South Lloyd Cumming of Stroud John rF Hughespf Churchill Murray Farts of Cookstowin and Clarence Mc Guire of Dunkerron Simcoe East thebranch isreected in two figr Percy Brmage 0f Clghtomlames WI Serves Dinner The annual meeting opened at gt Head table guests at the banquet were introduced by federation sec retary Cecil Chappell They in cluded Mr and Mrs George Lisk Mr and Mrs Bruce Cowan Mr and Mrs Stewart Mrs Stewart Page Miss Louise Culley Mr and Turn to Page simplease Mrs Joseph Leahey Mr and Mrs George Constable and Francis and Mr and Mrs Chappel Miss Fern Hampel of the county before and after meeting and during hey and George Constable spoke briefly at the dinner urging mem lat Craigs Mens Wear Member bers to support the federation pro ship cards are not itransferable grams FederaiiOn of Agriculture under the auspices pvaigquy lBeattys Orchestra Lunch serve Admission 50c 2b The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Stroud Tele phone Co Ltd will be heldin lthe Community Hall Stroud on Wednesday Jan 17 1951at pin for the election of directors and nation COWAN sidered very sticcessful one for the farm people of Simcoe County as well as those in other parts of Canada Past president George Dominion Government Lisk of the Simcoe County Fed days of winter was always pm leration of Agriculture was echoed blemr but the people of Barrielin his above statement by otherl relied on tallow candies for light members of the executive andlfe board of directors at the annual meeting in Guthrie on Thursday The federation was able to re port that the situation had gradw ally righted itself to the where markets more stabilized The situation has improved part COMING EVENTS Annual meeting Innisfil Farmers Credit Union Friday evening Jan 12 Stroud Hall Speaker Visitors welcome 2p Dancing every Saturday night Masonic Temple 17 Owen suetii lsponsvoredr by Barrie Boxing Club undermanagement of Orv Dash 96tfb Cardsand dance in Lefroy Coin munity Hall Friday January 12 other business 9942b LOL 3055 are holding iteuchre at New Lowell Hall Wednesday Jan to at 830 1pm Good prizes Special prize cured shoulder pork Admission 50c lunch free 2p Old Tyme and Modern Dance every Wednesday Friday and Sat Keith McRuer Iurdaynight at Club 79 Admission 50c sstrb Womens CanadianiClub annual dinner meeting Trinity Parish recreationservice ledla singsong Hall Tuesday January 16 630 the afternoon pm Speaker Miss Ethel Chap the banquet man Members may obtain din Federation fieldmanJoseph Lea ner tickets up until Jan 10 from any member of the executive or 12b lcounty We have through the effortsof ithe Federation of Agriculture tceived some assurance from our that economy of agriculture will iprotected added Mr Lisk During the past year the county deration was hampered to some extent by lack of nances due to the fact that it was the first full year when it was carry on its program without some DOintnancial assistance from the De are considerably partment of University Extension at Toronto University The class program had been revised Turn to page two pleasei compelled night Hias Seen over40 Nominat WILLIAM McARTHUR 93 nomination meetingsclleitcudedjo re arrived Latgthe 195D1meetin before retikementfMr greeted in dlrfori reielecliion Mr Corkan nally collapsed and his wife was able to go for help doctor was called from Parry Sound andthey were idshed to the general hospital there for treatment stomach pump was used on them throughout the night One other person in Gravenhutst Hospital was reported asla victim Health authorities at Bracebridgc picked up the meat for inspection The Corkan family left Parry SoundatAfour oclock Monday af ternoon but both the mother and father are on milk and soup diets as yet Mr Corkan operates the Barrie Spring Service on Gowan Streelrf brought the number mom asseSSor cArtbnr Seventh Line and has lived in resides with Mrs McAittihuei iii hon cabin He is being who did not stan