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AN LYDEPENDKKT NEWMW Serving rue TOWN or minute AND coum or SIMCOE Since I864 I88th YeorNo 51 Disaster Casualty is we we WM SUPERINTENDENT Moreth of the Barrie St John Arbulzmce Brigade was disaster casualty in the real istic demonstration presented at the annual inspection Friday evening Mrs Burnside and Miss BettyElliott of the nursing division administer aid to the victim who is supposedly suffering from bad cut under the eye At right are Mrs Cronyri OBE provincial superintendent The First Column How Distant Is Far Away By IGEORGE HILL Theres one thing about this col umn style that appeals so strongly to reporter and that is the won derful sense of freedom in choos ing subject The sky is the limit or rather the height of imagination Since childhood it has been mystery as to why we havent found out just how distant far is Here we are held on to this little old hunkamud by Mr Newtons not Charlies gravita tionthats another one of them there thingswith little belt of oxygen to keep the spark of life fluttering whirling around at over 1000 miles an hour for 24 hoursa day Theres different part of the sky above us dayand night and seasonal That sky is the wall and mighty big barrier but mile is it Digressing bit Scotty and in the brief time at oir disposal cas ually discuss the more serious sub jects of life not so heavy as food costs or housing but rambling be yond the mundane sphere With the sky in mind and out of blue sky asked Scotty Where does space end He wasnt even startled but looking at me rumm atively for moment answered my query in true Hielan fishion byl aSking another Whaire does it stair he said picked up note book very deliberately andwas awa out the house Rather non plussed for the moment coont ed the question oritby consuming that space wouldIstartfrom here the point of discussion Pursuing the linoof thought with no hope of ever catching up with it looked in the dictionary and found that space is Exterh inonI considered independently of anything which iitmay contain That Seemed very concisgbuthke friend MauricerIBeatly who is analyticallyminded iefusad to let the matter drop and referredto the encyclopedia erry That tolj six pageso three colorim width concluding with an apologyforlack of bom plete coverage Hand referred the reader to nine variousirvriters and their books Theatres urine wenLaepressing so dismissingthat angle of the in quest interviewedgone ofthe collegebred members of our staff whti brushed thequestlon=aside by saying tank was very difficult to explain which up Quite er severity of the past winter was be which advised See Psychology unepslonGeom EXTENSIVE coumvrkooeAM Wamshw your your of the St John Ambulance yew John Ambulance Nurse MM we l2 Sabre Jets Over Town May 14 Worlds Fastest OTTAWA May 5People in the Barrie area will have an opportunity to see the RLAIs speedy Sabre jetfighter on Wednesday May LI it was an nuunccd today by Air Force Headquarters Twelve Sabres from No 413 Squadron Bagotville Quebec led by the commanding officer Squadron Leader Doug Lind say DFC will fly over Barrie at approximately 918 3111 The flypast which will ln cludc other cities in Eastern ninth is designed to give Canadians living away from RCAF bases an opportunity to we the jets in action the E186 Sabre is the front linc fighter now being used in Korea and by the RCA in England and is the official holder of the worlds record ith speed of 670 miles an hour Community rigade Mrs Anderson provincial nursing officer and Mrs Fred Eplett local am bulance officer The local brigade showed in its demonstration what it would be able to do if disaster occurred in or near the Barrie district simulating actual emergency conditions $100000 ON ROAD PROJECTS WEATHERADVANCES SCHEMES An extensive maintenance and constructibn programfor Simcoe County is being contemplated at the presenttime and it is likely that expenditureon construction alone as visuall ized by the County Road Committee will amount to some where in the region of $100000 according to Jones county engineer During 1952 $540006 will be spent The county share of this total will be $255000 while there mainder will be provided by ltpro vincial government subsidy Under legislation enacted for the Province of Ontario last year it is anticipated that the towns andIvil tages in the county wilLreceive ap proximately $43000in the way of grants and compensation for main tenance expenditure Mr Jones said that while the low thermal their expenditure of $27000 on snow plowing was above thatof the preview year There was deep frost penetration in the roadbeds coursing greaf deal of surface eruptions when the spring weather followed Thiswas parti cularly so on the gravel roads which had not been constructed We are contemplating prime treating about 75 milesof gravel road and using approximately 450 tons of calcium chloride for dust preveTion explained This is usually not applied until the latter part of May but we are attempting to ob tain early shipment due to the the county engineer unusual spring conditions During the year there will be in the neighborhood of 70000 yards of gravel applied to various locations and it isvproposed to build ma chinerygarage at Beeton for the storage of sriow plowsy and road construction units The cost will CNIBfTas Dav Sets Record Convener Milka Sar to the Barrie mm but reports thattheCInadian Manual 111 stitute forthe Blind to day on Sammy wiis very sucoessful is believed tohave set record total ot$888wasv raised Min canvass of the downtown and occidental areas it town About 100 taggers worked Wheat the day under 13 monom Auxiliary Headquarters was so cute within old or denim ibe Ladies Auxiliary tome LionsGlob which =Wd Miami Gary was to thank 50c announcer REDSHIELD APPEAL BEGINS HERE MAY 12 The Red Shield Appeal will commence in Barrie on Mon day May 12 oneweek after the national campaign gets under way states Arthur Harrison local chairman Considerable progress has been made in organizing the drive with the Venture Club being in charge of camaSSing for Wards and The Busi ness and Profemional Womens Club will handle Ward 111 Mrs Barbara Wheeler Ward IV Beta Sigm Phi Ward and the Ladies Auxiliary to Barrie Branch 141 Canadian Legion will look after ward VI As previously announced the Life Underwriters Asociation have charge of the business section and Harold Dare will call on industry The campaign objective of $3800 is the same as 1951 New Radio Alarm For Midland Firemen WITED JONES be between $12000 and $15000 Tlrerewill be no new bridges built but it is intendedto construct four concrete culverts at variouspoints The usualweed destruction pro Midland refighters are to have new warning system Midland Council authorized the purchase of transmitter base station for the fire hall and 23 re pf As rsuccessful campaign week under Concert Drive Was Sellout Barrio Community Concert Matron has sold out its mem 911 for the 193353 season announced at the close zn week on Saturday of the ity Roxy BARRIE ONTARlO CANADA MONDAY MAY I952 ti Uhrillttrrie Examiner Airmand We can Ian the on Department Ottawa recited by St member Class Cwttl and Audrt lumen of Common DAMAGE ASSESSED $20000 PAINTINGS ANTIQUES LOST spark from rubbish fire nearby was belieVed responsible for blaze which destroyed tin 520000 chroy summer home of William Millur Toronto architect Saturday afternoon The damage included paintings and antiques valued at $1000 The lakeside fire started in the garage which stands about 100 feet from the house but Ll strong wind carried the flamesi to the nineroomed house and in short time it was burning from end to end was unoccupied at the time Efforts of neighbors who formed bucket brigade were volunteers manade to save it JdrhhmbulonceSlages Disaster Demonstration Annual Inspection Provincial Commissioner LtCol inn Sinclair DSO OBE MC found the demonstration presented by the St John Ambulance Brigade of EBrrrric at its annual inspection on Friday evening littlc more excit 5centres he has recently visited in IL of Ear dalurduy afternoon the seating Theatre mg than in most of the other Ontario The local nursing division and brigade tried to Show in small way what they would be able to do should disaster occur in or near the Barrie district The annual inspection by tho 50 WWW II he held 3th provincial commissioner the pro WmDILlMI 50 0ULivincial superintendent Mrs and the campaign ended Cronyn OBE and Mrs It An Saiurfiuy evening the CXCCLIllVCdcr$0n provincial nursing officer ti the board of directors met took place in Trinity Parish Hall Albert KOUARSUH CommunfThirtecn members of the Barrie Concert lClJlCCRWUVL from nursing division under their super York to cnooc the artists intendem Mm Hood were titc coming season Itrf duopianists LES Alfred and Herbert Tcltschik iu had tome seasons of solidly iltvuiZLLI tours The furnous English Boyd Neel Uichcstra making its first tour of lino United States and Canada in ftnc autumn of 1932 will give the sccond concert Barrie is one of orlrifanous orchestra will playing in its tour of principal rcilics of the continent Consisting 21 players17 strings two places and two hornsit spectalizcs lin works for chamber orchestra and the larger ensembles ranging from Bach to modems For the third program of the season the singing group The vCarolcrs now in its second suc iccssful tour appcar lac only small centres where the bei of the country Willi on parade and two members of the lln first concert Will be given ambulance brigade under 5UPL1inl by The lcltschzks extremely brill tandem Moreton The two broth Duplicating emergency condil tions the local brigade set up inf darkness with the aid of flash lights registration depot first aid jcquipmcnt and hospital Pan iticnts were brigade members and volunteers from the audience who were treated for burned arm 15 transferred to beds ITlLll dislocated thumb cut eye hermit injury broken rib shock and hemorrhage from varicose veins The hospital section was reserved for more serious cases and men of the brigade carried disaster cas ualties in on stretchers to DC For the annual inspection the were in semiuniform withl black berets and ties and whitei shirts The members of the nursing division were in their full nursing uniform with grey dresses and white veils and aprons Members of the nursing division on parade Friday evening were Mrs Fred Eplett ambulance oi ficer Mrs Walter Malllicking ser geant Miss Betty Elliott secre tary Mrs Ernest Lackie Mrs Mor ris Logan Mrs Lillian Bowdery Mrs Elaine Corby Mrs Muriel Pfrimmer Mrs Evelyn McKee Mrs Marion Sclwood Miss Pearl Sheppard Mrs Isabel Smith and MONDAY WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY 5c single copy l2 Poges Two Sections FIRE DESTROYS LEFROY Home At Canadian Club of no avail in saving the building but they did manage toi prevent flames spreading to nearby homes The Miller boat house containing three boats also caught alight but the aw CHARLES WOODSWOTK editor of the Ottawa Citizen who will be speaker at the annual meet ing of the Womens Canadian Club being held in the Sunday School room at St Andrews Church to morrow evening His topic will be Can Food Keep Pace With Popu lotion An outstanding authority and commentator on international a1 fairs Mr Woodsworth frequently broadcasts over the CBC and often does the Weekend News review of international happenings Dur ing the war years 194446 he was in India Ceylon and Singapore at itached to the staff of the British Ministry of Information Festival Governor Mrs Burnside Men on parade were Ralph Cong don secretary and Charles Law rence All the men and women of the brigade took part in the demonstra tion Lunch was served at the close of the evening NO ourugr FOR MEAT STOCKS EFFECT or CATTLE EPIDEMIC COUNTY FARMERS PROBLEM Facing uncertainty as to where they can find an outlet for their stocks following the closedown of the American mar mule quartet with a5 ket due to the Canadian footondmouth epidemic farmers Soprano Soloist it consists of SOi in Simcoe County are becoming alarmed over the meat sur prano Penny Perry baritone Jon iathan Wilson tenors Leo Bern Easchc and Russell Homer and bass lbaritone Eric Carlson Each has ldone individual recital work and all have been soloists with Fred EWaring on radio and television Their unique liquintets for the entire group trios duets selections for male quartet and solo spots The booking of all the artists is subject of confirmation from New York result of the extremely the chairmanship of Miss Margaret Sinclair the membership in the llocal association is now closed lAnyone not now member who iwould like to be put on the wait ing list for the 195354 season is asked to write to Mrs Rob Iertson 54 Maple Ave program includes gt This was the view expressed by Stewart Page agricultural repre sentative for North Simcoe in summary of the present position in farming So far as crops are concernedl however theposition is favorable with reported figure of only five per cent of winter crops having been killed off due to the excess sive cold snow and ice The average damage from this source is normally twice as much at least and arises from the crops being smothered and not getting the lnecessary air for their growth The crops which have come through safely are in very good condition although at present growth is slow due to the cold dry weather Whether the frost which settled in during last Thursday night might do any damage remains to be seen leeivers which will be placed inFavorable momYe conditions and the homes bf the towns volunteer remen Cost of the new alarm system which has been under considera tion for some time will be $3144 tically all farms 80 installed heat however will undoubtedly bring them along satisfactorily But this is still critical stage In contrast to former years prac ihad greater suc cess with their Inew seedings of Provincial Commissioner Inspects St JohnIAmbuIancIe gram will be carried out with chemicals as in former years Ncw units ofeqtiipment for road construction and maintenance have already been ptuchased and de livered at cool of approximately $43000 The new stock consists caterpillar motor grader at crawlertractor with bulldozer artJ tached and tyre Mon trucks learnt ofthe Ladies Auxiliary The Zirm Presbyterian Ladies Aid haveepostponedtbe sale of home baking and teat which was to have taken place collar 51 Regular monthly meeting Sim coe County Aquarium Sooiety will be held in Community House on Wednesday Mex at pm All sh handlers welcome 51 Flax mere Condensate by St Marks Young People Midland etCraighiirstaCOmmunity Hall on FridayMay it 830 pm Adults 5152 Wednesday pighlsetlub mile 558m Dancing Puovfuotar cormssromu or co evenlnsyphats mentors fansmclah use one mem of the be John Ambulbnce Brigade of Barrie litre cemmis sioner whogwasprecent for annual in by Parish on Friday tiers of the nursing diVisl ISptlcthIt at plus which is consequently building up clover and grasses for hay and pasture They have had larger yields and the total acreage is considerably above average So far this springseeding is con cerned progress has been steady but many farmers have still to fin ish their grain seeding of oats and barley In the low lying water farms most of this workhas yet to be carried out On thelwhole however roughly half of the seed ing in the county has been corn plerecL Little workls being done yet on tobacco farms and most of this is preparing the land The only cul tivatirm going on meantier is in respect of greenhouse plank Corn and most potato crops are ahead of average Soil Record Book Proves Valuable Mr Page rmly behaves that more than 90 of the real work of soil conservation in Ontario will be done by farmers Consequean he is happy that an idea he devel oped in collaboration with Prof Bryden of the Guelph OAC has been adopted by the Department of BOY STEWART president and general manager 01 Barrie Tanning Limited who last week at Saint John NB was elected Governor of the Dominion Drama Festival Mr Stewart is chairman of the Central Ontario Drama League His farm and residence is on the 13th of fontsftl Big Bay Point Road Locales in Barrie ROBERT BRUCE CUMMINGson of Andrew Curnmm Glenview former reeve of Vespra who as sumed control on April of the farm unplement business formerly operated by Parker and Hannah at 30 Sophia St West Barrie Bruce was born in Veepra at tended Cundles public school and Barrie Collegiate He attended On tario Agricultural College Guelph for two years and holds an as Agriculture for use in its extension sedate diploma work on soil improvement and con servation The idea is rather oddly loose leaf ledger scientific approach to soil improvementsas to any oth er subjectmust be barked on ac curate and detailed records Few farmers have tithe for eittensive notemaking modem Mr Page Tum to page two pleaset PRIZE BICYCtE DAMAGED fer cArt Only one weekogo Bobbie Raid Eldest the nursing division erlntendenirof the Barrie at left In the background Elliott brigade sacrum Mexico has newspaper delivrymoute was highly delighted youngster For three years manager or Kinghaven Farms owned by Tory at in York Township He willicontmue aIsII dealer fob MasseyHarris glNew Holland and PedianPeople and being assisted totalizing HowardAHannah 76 Min bin 12 36 Wellington Streetwtto when he Won the pain bicycle awarded by The Barriemaminec to the boy adding neurosurgery