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ion in 1051 The County of Simcoe INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Serving Since 1863 sih Yeoiblo WNA and Anat larch Establish Fruit And Vegetable Prediction inspection Service gMonih Ahead rt 000 1110 First Column Joseph fiiititt li thf litutm fiis and iii gtptLlO Iiil ILIIizi illl by llll Ltl IIJL ttltllll iii Member Clan Weenies of Catso By KEN if WALLS Busy Week Saturday was one of the lovclicst days of the Winter Clear bright sunshine not cold little show day to be outdoors if LVcr So for January has been Iiiildcr than average and with coir ftuzl branch of tin liitaiio Ilcpciil iiiciil of igiiculluio tits job to Illlil gindv inspections of flailgt2 and cgctaulcs llllllilittl diicczs distubutuh and stores of the district He will aim piondc iii iiloiiiii is pi retail sidctably less snow than normal so 11 MHW lll slUMlb Mill Wll that all roads are open and people Sinners Can get about the county quite cas This week iill be busy Ill Barrie as the Council of the County of Simcoe gathcis for the first ses lt is 106 years ago that Mr Alciliim iiiivcd iii Barin his Monday present he is Iliilkiliil hi licaiiiiuzirtcis at the ofltcv of llitlil Wliltcstdc Ili ipcctor of seed potato ccitilicatioii UUHU COMIC hill r51 Willing for the Dominion Department 111 ill this town lriiiic interest in the Agriculture iii liti litiss Block opening session will be the election 415 mummi mpum of new warden and six reeves havr indicated they are likely to stand These include James llart of Barrie Clifford Lockhart of In Iiisfil George Shepherd of CIcc Arlliiir Downer of Tiny and Wilbdirl Reed of Orillia Township This af tcrnoon We shall know who has been selected by the 10 members of the council for the chief IiiagIs more llugh Johnston of IIlllllili1nu has bcfoic coming to llairic of lives native of iaiigcvillc winre he was in the fruit llllll5 until biing appoiiitcd an inspector in lilt Marsh area last Siliilllltl Merliiia had liccii inspector lll is still residing in Uraiigcvillc The new inspccctor is not uti ing town wial soul of the Count of sum familiar with the Barrie district oe Miners in Barrie linie Maga zine Jim ll 1951 in its Miscellany lit was lilSO stationed 11L Newfound column imsv cishl carried the fol land and in Halifax with the near lowing item In Kind In Barrie during mu Ont four miners were arrested for is in 01 mgpmm has mi 355mg wummm momy they bud yet been dcfiiiitclv established but received in payment for stolen will cover most of North Simcoe vcr This was the first time we realized Barrie was in the mining Jolt Check with police disclosed no knowledgc of any such crime licre Time no doubt got Barrie mixed up with some northern niiii Then writers probably consider anywhere north of Toronto in the gold belt and Barrie is lo Examiner Ad Get Results Across Ocean ed in Vcnt Harrie Ilxamincr advertise 0d ttblitcityf tli ii man meals are effective at great dis l0 uui lanccs as well as locally Boyd Barrie real estate agent is convinced Mr Boyd informed The ix amincr that he received let for last week from man in London England asking him to find house near Barrie for the man and his family who are coming to Canada The Londoner stated he had seen sccn Mr Boyds advertisement in The Barrie llxaniincr Mr Boyd says this is not the first time his advertisement in The Examiner has brought lct tcrs from distant places few months ago he received an as signment via letterfrom Sas katchewan As Tile Barrie Examiner Secs It We may be going out on limb but make the following prediction based 011 information by local ex port on figures Many of the fig ure skaters of the summer skating school were heard from at Christ mas by their friends in town among whom was Marlene Morcnz winner of the Badglcy Progress Trophy and who has just finishch second in the junior ladics singles championship Long distance calls were received Christmas Eve from Osborne Colson and also Donald Laws who is practising faithfully for the US championships card was received from Donald Tobin who was here at the first summer 1951 school in 1940 and was last years runnerup in the Canadian chain pionships For the benefit of Mr Henry of The Telegram we wish to go on record as prophesy lng on this date Jan 15 that the same Donald Tobin will be the next senior mens figure skating cham pion of Canada and most probably also will win the pairs and dancing honors as well when the champion ships arc held at Vancouver Feb 010 First of Year Boncrs We were not the only paper to have troubles getting the yearoff right Others had the After New Years fog Dont feel so badly after reading through some of the exchanges in the first 1951 issue Our old cohort George Cadogan at Durham Chron icle managed to check off several dandics just in time Dave PhilippS at Stayncr Sun had his lead edi torial last week with the heading Ouchf Then he proceeded to tell of his bad start which we hasten to assure him was not unique in Ithreescat council journalism this year Dave says We sure got off to bad start in First we broke our platen Then we were late with the Then someone got hold of press paper an old mailing list so last weeksI paper went to old addresses sus pended subscribers and some never even got the paper To top it all we made couple of bad errors in the Nottawasaga election results Our sympathies Dave old boy Guest Speaker Another thing you dont see in this newspaper in the news columns at any rate un less it sneaks by editor or proofer is the term zguest spgakeri There Just Isnt such creature in proper terminology The correct usage is fmain speaker or principal speak er if there happens to be more than one If there is just one speaker then thats what he is the speak er It is presumed titat 7177a per son has been asked to speak at some function then he isva gusli and thereis no need totack on the ex tra Word1 Knife and Fork League Albng about thisttimcof year theTaverage newspaper reporter gets bit fcd up with the banquet circuit and the regular meetings whichrequire al most nightly attendance to cover the field properly This commences in September and doesnt let up Imv til June By that time at least three of usin this department will haveysat through several hundred assorted guest speakers ever we sometimes get kick out of the chairman or personassigned to introduce the speaker who of ten proceeds like thls Ladlbs and gentlemen the man am going to introduce to you needs no introduc tion he is so well known And then lieproceeds to take up most of the speakers How Dexter McCracken Wilkinson Chosen Angus Election Saturday was election day in Angus Out of 387 persons eligible to vote only 198 cast ballots Six men were in the running for the Only one mem ber of last years members Arthur Wilkinson was reclccted Standing of the candidates was as follows George Dexter 103 John McCrackcn 99 Arthur Wilkinson 88 Those defeatedat the polls were William Gibbs 77 Edward Holland 74 Charles Milne 35 The latter two were on last years council notable work of the 1950 coun cil was their bylaw restricting the building of cabins in Angus They also were responsible for the street names of the village being proper Iy displayed and in the next few weeksAngus will reap the benefits of another of their projects street lighting The new councillors were not available for comment Saturday evening on whatr they hoped to achieve during the coming year HM Collins time with an intro duction Maybe Im inst crabby this week ther has changed since the forego ing wasWritten Blizzard on Sun day and today we are buried under snow again Olph for pet lt of CIIEUIEIJIIS iFailing to obtain caiididatc Inspired Service to Uro Agri cultural Society of Irwin Ii Mc Mahon llawkcstonc who is retir ing after 10 years as secretary of the group was prime factor in success of the society over the years Agricultural Representative Stewart Page said at the soci etys annual dinner Friday at Township Hall About 150 people were present lat the dinner which was held this year with the special purpose of honoring Mr and Mrs McMahon Served Agriculture Not only has his service been to the society but to the Township of Oro and to agriculture in gen eral Mr Page said pointing out that Mr McMahon has had the honor of being elected president of the Ontario Fairs Association No one could have worked through the hectic days of prepar ation for fall fair with the calm ness and efficiency as did Mr Mc Mahon Proof of his work is the remarkable growth of the Oro Fair The Oro Suciety has come closer than most to the goal of agricultural society workagri cultural and community develop mentand Irwin McMahon has been guiding spirit in its pro gress Mr Page also cited Mrs McMa ihon for her patience in aiding her husband She has been ready to answer the many callsito her home and help in any wayshe could with the work of the society The retiring secretary was pre Farm Boy Has Deer for Pet ON NEW YEARS DAY eightyearold Ted Hall looked out Month mornlnx HOW the wea through window of his home near Wyevale and saw the fanrilydog Sport tussling with young buckdeer Ted and his father rescued the deerwandsince thenTed hasvhad Rud Ont Liberal Leader Addres ONTARIO LIBERAL LEADL WALTER THOMSON Kf is shown with Mr and Mrs hm mm 51 mm Ross Ilcattie at Crceniore after he address llis vifc ed the annual meeting of the Dillillili Simcoe Liberal Assortiatioii last Wednesday Ihmmg Nd Um Um you Mi them at the next provillttlltl elections tho the RCAF station at Camp Ilordcii during the war from Illll to illiii Mlt THOMSON is shown above chatting after the meeting with Mrs Shepherd BARRIE ONTARIO CANADA MONOG7 JANUARY 5731 Clio Ilium Examiner Auditorled as Second Ci Mali the Foal Ollie Dcautmcnt Ottawa MONDAY AND THURSDAY 5c Copy $300 Your 10 PC1ng rriTwo Sections clear an clfor to represent wiguny wife of the ses DufferinSimcoe Convention Population of Barrie Up 71 cr ordiiig to figures compiled it the offlct of louii lilerk 12 Burton population of liar no increased l950 by 71 smut lest increase since 1944 hell liliciais oi 0uilerinSimcoe ggiSlili Seek Ontario Candidate the increase is 100 The figure for 1330 is 12901 for 1919 12833 There were ntIlJli decreases in several years during the 1030s but the towns population has Maiiland New President Nothing has been iciulilillislieti tor the people oi Ontario isiiice George Drew made his infamous tpoint promises of 1943 declared lalier Ihomson KC new provincial Lib incnibcrs decided to hold another nomin ation meeting in month Mr Beattie was obviously the choice of the iiieeliiig buttm lllllllk Ulllllllc Ullllllrllll 1g mm declined to let his name stand It was made from 111311 to 11110 when the figure jumped It ill The total for 19413 10313 liHl 11330 1918 11080 Cosf Bi Living Bonus Plan for PUC Employees II llobcilsoii was reglccicd cliaiiiiiaii This is Mr ltolicitsoiis sixth consecutive year as chairman and his llllli year as member of twould be made to get him to Zlllliililil ball iIl piiysicini who itligttllttllllif 1111 piguiiis ill pl llusitioiii Al mwriurii iimm in live Was viioscii ililltiilllli flitinn tioii for 1931 illil coinpictc lil til llllltl5 tillilli iiliititislilu Mono Moliiiiir Adiala lmuniwII Essa Well Attended Meeting ICU lilitlltli ii iliiitl ii Ell IIAILP lfiZlilti pitsalvo Iiudni yiiAIZIillil tumbled laitiiiid lollingwood Zed tic illill Illtilt1ll lllliitll lhiwinz li ognv lt ciiiisivi lissoioiitio li iigiit it shrinkmi Siiutii ll illil xviiiii Lt llsi Atijriia liizizi iiml Alina shown increases in all other oral leader speaking at reciiiore last iednesday afternoon Nlb bllllt he 01 at llll convention of tllt IilltIiziSllliiot association bo It was Illl first convention oi the provinciai Liberal group Largcst increase since then in four years Six were nominated to contest the next Ont ario election but all withdrew necessitating another inectiiig on Feb Riding Iflctr cover for the iiiiiiig mums Altllliitii hit igwood Jamis ILlilgtILl Stayncr lttliilllt lcoigc Aliisliii iiian Ar iiui liiii lira Ford liiitiitliiiliz ii Wilton Kyli Hmkloan No1iii ll it NTllfntxnxiLLn lossorontxo larl Stephens iltli iiilliitv change his mind and Miss Rose 56 recmOrc reeve Mrs Flynn car itill thanked rcclcctioii lic commission Stewart serving his fourth is viccciiairiiian and chair Unit of Illiiilltl On taking thi chair Mr Robert the Iiicmbcrs for his In welcoming Her Worship hc complimented her on oliiiigwooiii Sltiynci lttlllllll Allistoir llltiltll Tottcnhani iiid iiiicillc ii lriuiiisoii iiiirotliiccd li llviiiid ti iictniiiiiili Mayor of hurii5cxiiliq hiznxiil alicndy sciccl cc the Liberal candidate for thc liitciiiSinioc iidiiig Ill lllt lttXi tcricial li McCulloch Wall Ross Ilcattic Iiiiss livallic Siilil tiiuiiiltiiii young farmer outlined pionan ilttlttl for organizing Illl riding and the Illitliil endeavored to hate iiiiid Hi mid llmm and forceful of Mr itiivlgtilli being the first lady to sit on the accept llic nomination illll tic dc coinnnssioih which was just cut clincd lintis iioiiiiiiatcu who rc rhi ii Ilirllilb hell burkm ifs 301 ypmg may and 110 My out of provincial darkiirss aiidluill closrly following The items of most importance arlicuiarly to the staff were the idoptioii of costofliving bonus iaii and sick benefit plan both plans developed by the lIydro lilcctric iowcr Coin iiission of Ontario The immediate cxult of thc costofliving plan is an increase of five per cent effec tive twill be made every six months af Jan Futurc adjustments for Oct 1930 if the cost of living debts to it total nch shows rise or fall of six points Accounts considered doubtful were iuthorizcd to be written off to bad of $7937 for the be gtillCgtLli in the next election iiilll lhointon AliAllister iraydoii Kohl and Dr Maillaiui WWII iNilm Jim Colhngwood icoigc Shepherd 97 llllllUH was thanked by Rev ll Cuiric Sttiyiicr Rccvc of iicpioii and Carl Stcpii cits Rccvi illcirlUSSUIitlillU Libcialisiii stands in Illt ltlllll oi the road Mr Thomson said iiot situlkiiiit iii the bushes at the left like the Cl or backed tip to lilt wall at lhc right like Illt onsci ll undcrstood that lit the com ing weeks prior to thc Iicxt con vcnlioii an effort will it made to have Mr iiiattic reconsider his or iginal decision Turn to page two please Annual Week of Prayer Banquet Honors Irwin McMahon FairiBaiiholoinw president fol ccived bouquet of flowers from jMib William Scott an honorary idiicetor sinjec 1021 Chairiiiaif of the dinner Andrew the ipast two Eyeairs handed over the llattcr portion of the event to Vic itor floss Oro Station who was elected president at business meeting held prior to the dinner Marie Honorary Director Welcoming those present and iii off to the eixtcnt of $5757 and $2195 electric department and $3107 for the waterworks Offsctting these 1101mm dcms previously mtcn Si apt Strachan cliaiiiiiaii of the Barric and District Minis tcrial Association has announced the annual Week of Prayer ser vices which commence Wednes day evening in St Andrews lics for the two departments respective ly were reported collected during the year The sale of Victory bonds from time to time as required to meet payments on the new office and substation was authorized for three consecutive evenings Theme speaker lli RttVnDl Cross Icy Hunter of Trinity United Church Toronto will be Ruling The Spirit siting tcd Wright of Trinity Anglican Church and Rev Luck of First Bap byierian Church and will continue list sign for health reasons on the ad er spoke to the committee on the own thesis which he had prepared mittee reported on material pur IRWIN McMAHON seated with an engraved silver tray by John Walker director since 1911 and Mrs McMahon rc WRobinson Acting Chairman Centre Simcoe Kenneth Robinson has con sealed to carry onin thecapacity of chairman of the Centre Simcoe branch of the county Childrens Aid Society until the 1951 appoinl ments are made Mr Robinson replaces Sr Capt Strachan of the Saivationi Army who has been forced to rc vice of his doctor At the Tuesday January meeting of the branch Mr Robinson was prevailed upon to accept temporary appointment Seek New Quarters The serious problem of locating new accommodation for the Barrie branch office was the subject of lengthy discussion at theJanuary meeting An enquiring committee of Mrs Ci SteWait Mrs MacPhersorr andthe aeting chair man have been appointeddo inves tigate all possible sources Theyi committee is empowered to take whateveraction felt necessary toi assure that appropriate office ace commodation satisfactory in site locationand approved by the social workersivill be located with all possible speed Terry OBrien senior social work Responsibility of Foster Parents subject which he dealt with in an instructive and enlightening manner The material used in Mr OBriens talk Was taken from his for his post graduatedegree of master of social work Mrs Hook of the clothing com chases and articles made with the observation that Work had tapered off slightly but that the ladies groups and organ izations who had always been so helpful were now prepared to com mence work again on clothing ar ticles being handled be ready to open early April and the Codringtbn building board lights are not large enough covering complete opening For CALIFORNIA troducing Mr lichahoii Mr Bar LEAVE lliolomcw said the place Oro Fair Mr and Mrs Russ Londry lcfl holds in the province is due maiii yesterday on motor trip to Cal ly to Mr McMahons efforts He ifornia They plan to be away expressed regret that the secre about two months and will be re tary found it necessary to retire turning by West Coast route for health reasons Mr Bartholo Their journey to California will mew said he took great pleasure be made across country and they ill annollllcillg that Mr McMahon expect to stop off for few days has been made an honorary dir in St Louis Missouri cctor Mr McMahon said the Oro Fair liaslhcid its high place among fairs Dancing every Saturday night in the province because it never 13 hi Masonic Temple 17 Owen Street sponsored by Barrie Boxing Club lost sight of those objectives for which an agricultural society stands Its been very happy associa tion for me There has never been one word of discord always per under management of Orv Dash 96tfb Old Tyme and iModern Dance every Wednesday Friday and Sat urday night at Club 79 Admission 500 86tfb fcct harmony father for their help and also cited Dont forget the skating party Township Clerk Tudhope He has been my right arm Turn to page two please He paid tribute to his wife and Saturday January 20 at Minesing rink Lunch counter 4b Modern and old tymc dancing at Edgar Hall Friday night Jan 19 Music by the Merry Four Lunch counter 451 LOL No 3055 is holding euchre in New Lowell Hall Jan 17 at 830 pm Good prizes also special prize 4b Brunch CAS Seek Mental Health Clinic Mrs Stewart reporting on the special projects committee whose objective this year is men tal health clinic fOr the county 531 that investigations and enquir ies ad already been instituted She added that she was having an in terview with Dr Griffin during the week to obtain further information andsuggestions regarding the ac tion that should be taken Mrs Fry gave the workers report for the month of December pointing out many changes but very little difference in the case load Admission 50c Lunch free future meetings it was decided to revert to evening meetings in place of the 1950 dinner meetings They will be held in the branch offices on Collier Street on the second Tuesday of each month and commence at 730 pm Mrs Stewart was congratulated on her appointment to the county board of directors CAS which had taken place that afternoon The meetingadjourned at 920 pm will Following discussion regarding PUBLIC SCHOOLS By SPRING Progress report on the construction of the Killerestand Codrington Street schools was presented to BarriedPuinc School Board an by 01in Dobson chairman of the new buildings committee Itis believed the Hillcrest school will bvaune Concerning Hillcrest Trustee DobSon reported the plaster con tract was complete except for touchingup Canopies on black Concerning Codrington Mr IJobJ son said the plastering contractor was on hand and the lath contract or was expected that day The floor contractor is completing the floors in halls and Washooms Don Emery who has the general contract was to advise the board in severaIAdays when definite opening dates could be announced to cover COntact boxes because the change in acoustic ceiling dimen srons resulted in the canopies not The cement enamel contractor is Iiesday be Andrews Church Rev Car dcr Church and Rev Essa The topic will be God sing at the service Assisting in the service on Wed cvciiing January 17 will Rev James Ferguson of SI of Avenue United Mtiir of Presbyterian Church From GodTo Andrews choir will Burton Road St Services Begin Wednesday As III the service will be Rcv ii Lewis of Coliicr Street Ulllr Church Rev chcncici Cliurciu Trinity Anglican Church choir will provide music for the evening The iiiiai service will be held on Friday evening January 19 and the topic will be Christ the Ab solute Necessity Central United Church choir will sing and assist ing in the service will be Sr Capt Strachan of the Salvation Army Rev Bcwcil of Central Church Rev NewtonSmith of St Georges Anglican Church All the services are to be held in St Andrews Church commend On Thuisdayrcvcning the topic ing each evening at eight oclock The Simcoe County Library Co operative will ask the County Couri Counly Library to Ask Council For Special Bookmobile Grunt ord as favoringthe purchase of bookmobile for distribution of 611 at its January SESSi0niviiich tbooks in Simcoe County The mal opens today at two oclock for ter was left in the hands of the special grant to finance the pur EXPECT COMPLETE year the purchase ofo van iii Aug ty The librarylboard is includii inwits financialestimate for the ust The special graplrequested will be over and above the regular grant for maintenance and book purchases and will be for the amount of$1500 in 1951 and $500 in 1952 towardvfinancing the pur chase over twoyear period The OntarioDepaItment of Education will match such vgiantdoliai for dollar toward the purchase The purchase price will approximate $4000 In the abovqpicture Librarian Elsie Dunn is pictured with 1950 Warden Benson and Librar ian Roberta Wilson in front of the Wentworth County bookmobile which Was demonstrated to the 1950 council at its November session and board to look into the matter when finances became available Follow ing this directive the board has been studying the bookmobile prob lem during the past year Seven counties Use Seven out of 11 county libraries in Ontario had invested almost $4000 each for bookmobile Tor day the Vans are built usually on oneton truckrchassis and are about feethlong The shelving in side holds 1200 books Just as in library there is acharging desk Chain and bulletin boards for dis playing back jackets Bookmobile calls are made every four months to libraries Similar calls are made at depositstations and school loans would be made in the same manner Since Simcoe County is so large and the library staff small only part of the school distribution would be attemptedby bookvan during the first year of service on handand has marked the halls precmjstmasg in preparation for applying cement enamel The woodwork contractor has not been able to supply suf ficient material and has stated that he was not allowed to start until 10 days after the plastering was Irisuraucc Schedule Considerable discussion place concerning the took insurance schedule for the Barrie public schools motion was passed auth orizing the finance committee to place the fire insurance for 1951 in to the county library cooperative at its general meeting The Simcoe County Library Board feels that in terms of ser vice the county cannot afford to do without bookmobile As far back as the 1949 general meeting of the cooperative it was resolved Bookmobile Service means that the local librarian plqne with members of the sponsoring cg completed Turn to page ve please that the gathering would go onrec