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W. O. 1\`cKinnon Returned! 0 As Fai1:"3oarc1 Head :.j_. .j_____j_...... , VVUUIKI uulu U I. H. Luci` Reeve of Oro Town- ship, who Spisored the suggestioii. stated that the are many people offering` to dohe work of munici- pal emp10.V0e5 ~1- salaries often not ' more than ha-those paid to the present occupa: of the po.`~:ition.~r. Mr. Luck Claied that those of- ferimr to take on tax collectors jobs. eniUe91'llcle1'icaland other responsible Positis were attempt- ing to oust thoswvho were giving" satisfactory Work GOOD MAN 'ORTH PAY A good SETVQ is worth his hire, said Mr. Lu "and I believe that many of `11931 -`ho are offerinfz to do jobs Cheaphwould not oe Competellt to handklie work. Not! the general run, bi some of the taxp<'1.\'e1`S feel that 2 cheaper man could do as well aSe fairly-paid (Please turn to $9 eight) : e.._?j-- Vo1.XCII. No. 47. 25c Admission Plqed fori 1939-New Pr(ct Un,l dertaken-Tota1 _Decit! $3,228.95-Look .1-wardl With Condence. } (Please turn to page eight) W. 0. McKinnon, 193s.eSident ` of the Barrie Exhibitionras re` elected president for 193 the annual meeting of the .-\g11tum1 Society held in the Polk court chamber on Friday. Vice-Idents; elected: B. B. Warnica and qvan; Secretary-Treasurer, A. lFe]t_ Directors: E. Smith, W. &_ren_ on W F. Knnnndv. D. vs .IJH.'t:Ul.U1b- u. .m......, u. ._ren_ mm, W. G. Kennedy, D. E Jennett, Ed. Carr, S. Cari 0: Po--~:-vnn F` T .n\\'n VV VIZ`! JBHIIBLL, nu. uuu, u. uuu. U_ Cameron, C. Lowe, W. .\Ia1(on_ f R. .G. Norman, E. Coates, 0.`w_ man, M. .Parker and R. E. k t Honorary presidents are: HJ. I `G Gardiner, Hon. P. M. D 5 Hon. Dr. L. J. Simpson, Dunc-,~. ,l McCuaig, K.C., M.P.; Hon. W}i!( Gasoline Stolen Committees Appoined by County ggftncil FOLLOWING ARE THE STAND- ING COMMITEES APPOINTED} BY COUNTY COUNCIL FOR? THE 1939 SESSIONS: l George Banting, who polled a. tie: vote with former reeve Frank Hig- ginson in the original election held in Essa Township this year, thus commencing a chain of circum- stances which led up to a second election on Monday, was declared Reeve of the Township when the votes were counted Monday even- ing, having nosed former Reeve Hig- ginson out of municipal politics by a mere ve votes in the most keen- ly contested election this township has ever witnessed. Over fteen hundred votes were drawn to the polls over roads that were piled deep with drifts in Sunday s storm, but which were hurriedly made pas- sable by the use of snow plows early Monday morning. 7.. 1.1.... ........:...._ n1....4.:.... 1-..-.4-`.. L11. Finance--Counci1lors Cunningham, Miller, Brack, Barker, Coombs,.' Thompson, Brawley, Middleton, Der-l mott, Higginson, Evans, Livingston, Lawrence, Dutton, Benson, Gratrix, Patterson, Cumming, Tudhope, J. IGrant, Simpson, Wilson, Robinson, Reynolds, Borrow, E. Miller, Scran- nage, H. Grant, Mills and Drink- I water. -v-1 .- A -n ,, n".\____._ I W uucx . I Education-Council1ors 'Evans, Higginson, Middleton, Barr, Barker, Dermott, Cumming, Coombs, Lawr- ence, Thompson, Patterson, Cun- ningham, Dutton, Brack, Curry Benson, MacLaren, Livingstone, Wil- son, Reynolds, Borrow, Apperlfy, J. Grant, Robinson, Tudhope, Drinkwateiz Asselin, E. Miller, Oliver! and Ii-win. 1-; 1 1 1-. -1 n_____-:I1.._-I (un.| ;x nun. Roads and Bridges-Council1ors Toner, Barr, Spicher, Dermott, E\'an.<=, Coombs, Patterson, Cunning- ham, Lawrence, Thompson, McMa9- `tor. Cumming`, Dutton, Hartman, ;C'm-1'3 , .\'efT, Livingzstone, Luck, Bor- Uow. Sc:-annag`e, J. Grant, Robinson, i\IiI1m' and .-\ppe1'l_\'. /TH...`/-.,. 1......- 4- .... ..:.-..'L.4-\ ]Chicken Thief Gets Six Months Additional Indeterminate; Period of 6 Months also? Handed Out in W. GWi1- ] limbury Case. Six months denite and six `months indenite in the Ontario Reformatory was the sentence met- ed out by Magistrate Compton Jeffs [in police court Saturday morning to Fred Wakeeld, charged with the , theft of 25 Barred Rock pullets, the lproperty of Douglas Kirkup, West ` Gwillimbury farmer. : A .... .....l ....L.. ..... and ,-`nu nAv\ I I uuu uuuu Auuuya | A letter of appreciation of the [splendid service rendered the Board was ordered sent to Thos. Scythes, who resigned. .\In..........L .... ..L.L........a. 1...! kn ... ; Rowe, I }I\U\vc, n. u. 1711511, u. [no uucynr lune llayor H. G. Robertson and IR. A. Sutherland. Honorary direc- !tors: W. H. Martin, V. S. Hambly Ezmd John Yeates 1 . , - .9_,, ,3 11,- & Accused, who appeared -for sen- tence following a previous hearing at which he conducted his own de- fence, was represented by John F. _. `..\ I ` u w llllllllll-IL _y AGE. IIICL . W I Record Vote Polled in Sec- ond Municipal Election-- Banting 759, Higginson 754--Counci1, J ennett, H. Banting and I-`laugh. wuu uzmgucu Although an attempt had been made to secure a change of dates "or the Rz11'1*ie Fair, the president `pointed out stiff opposition was pre- 'sented by Elmvale, representatives who felt that they had estab- lished their date by priority and should not be encroached upon by larger fairs. Fair dates were set for September 18, 19, 20 and 21. A .1..._..... :. A.~........... v\\~:tIn A-m 1Ul ucpuzunucs Lu, Lu, ..v Lanna ..... A change in; admisison price for the coming fair is being ..co'1tem- plated by the Board. An advance sale of tickets at ve for one dol- lar with a 25c admission during fair {days is under consideration. 1:: ,;,-____-.1 _ _ _ _ __ _;...LA.\ Local and Provincial Police are investigating theft of gas- oline from two local and dis- trict pump: on the night of Januuy 18, when 20 gallons of gaeoline were taken from I pump belonging to Harry Os- bourne, Burton Ave. A similar theft occurred at Painswick when six gallons .05 gasoline were stolen from the pump at Johnston ; general store. rn unu .11;yx;L:_\. (Please turn to page eight) (Please turn to page eight) .' I5 UIIUCL UUIIQIUCLGUIVIII (Continued on page eight) .j:.__.::.._-- i W. H. Wright, R. A. Steph 111.10. [T f` Tlnknuknnuu nvuz: `Hold Up Pair Plead Guiity, | i Tg_Be Senggpggd Wednesday; All Admit Shell Service Station Robbery, Also Armed Robbery at Scar- boro. The charge, robbery while armed. The plea, Guilty. Such was the situation confronting police magis- fistrate Compton Jeffs when three young men, Clifford Peterkin, Frank Hook and H. Gillson, all of Toronto,` !appeared in court here on Saturday George Sturman of the Shell Service I Station, Bmdford and Elizabeth Sts., `on the night of November 8, 1938. ,,1_. .._L......J .. .....:'lL.. charged with the armed hold-up eff` Cally AVLUIIQQJ Allullllluo In the previous election both ginson and Banting polled 568 votesl but at the election on Monday both increased their poll by almost two hundred votes apiece, Banting poll- ing 759 to win and Higginson re- ceiving just ve less, or 754, to lose a hard fou',r:l1t battle which will necessitate him giving up his seatl on the County Council which he oc- cupiedr during the January sessions. I luu LIN: Illbllh UL AVLIVCAILUVJ. .1, 4.512151- Each man also registered a guilty plea to a second cha1',g'e of arme-tl 1'obbe1`_\' at Scarboro where they ad- mitted holdin.g' up Gordon Persson at 21 Godrich Oil Service Station and tz1l fteen dollars at gun T_!'n..:..... ....Ln..n.l Han? nlnn I-Inn Q. yuuun | Having` entered their plea, the 3 each througrh separate Counsel, threw themse1ve.< upon the mercy of the court with the request that as light a sentence as possible be meted out `and that in the 1)zL'~J: of sentence `the mag-Vi. see t to avoid the words Kin;:ston Penetentiary and substitute in their stead, the words Ontaiio lIel'orm:1tor_v. ` At the conclusion of evidence, which included considerable character evidence, Magistrate Jeffs iecline to pass sentence immediately, but re- manded the three for sentence until Wednesday morning, January 25. 1.. 1.:. ...l......1.,. ;. 41.... ...-.....-.nA kn vv I:uuCnua._y IIAULJIIIIB, uuuuau_y In his remarks to the accused be- uu. . fore dismissing; the Court, Magistrate Jeffs pointed out that when two or more parties join together for a common purpose, each are princi- pals and because one has a gun in his hand and another has not, does not affect the degree of guilt. In such cases, each is guilty. Fourteen years in Kingston Penitentiary and the lash, was the n1a.\'3imum pen- alty for such an offence the i\Iz;5.,"- istrate pointed out. um1.:.. 2- 1,,` .....4. .`..........I lIl\(Vl\ H nnunuuu. yunnnuuu vuu. This is a most unusal case, he `commented. Character evidence `given went far beyond that usually brought in and places me in a very difficult position to give judgement at this time without discrimination. I shall not attempt to do so, but will remand these three men in cust- ody until Wednesday morning, Jan- uary 25. I'1........... Cu .... .. GLn1l Gnu.-Inn ucug nu. George Sturman, Shell Service Station employee, told his story of the hold-up on the morning in ques- tion. Of how he was approached by -G-illson who pointed a revolver] from his hip and ordered him to get in there, indicating the wash room. He obeyed the command to hand over his changer and thirteen dollars in bills. He was command- ed to open the safe, he testied, but on informing the hold-up men that] he did not know the combination, they did not press further. He re- mained in the wash room where they told him to stay for about four minutes and then rushed` out and called the police. They were -Guilty ! That one word from the lips of Justice Dudley Holmes at six-fteen Tuesday evening, sent an electric shock throughout the County Court Roon1 and two men, John Ains- worth, of Orillia, and Mike Rodell, Toronto, wilted` in the prisoner's box as if struck with a whip. It brought to a close a hard fought battle of two days duration, in which Rodell and Ainsworth, charged with breaking and entering and theft by night in connection with the attempted` robbery of the safe of Ze11er s Iimited, containing $2,800.00 on the night of December 19th. ' non!` nu. -A. .-- __- lowing the trial. \lAA kl: uuyyu uv uh cult U_V UUQDILU JJUIIIICD. An appeal is denitely being contemplated, Defence Counsel John F. Woods told the Advance when questioned fol- .5 . . u .u nluvuvnvdlo Smiling and condent, as witness after witnew appeared to establish an alibi for them, Rodell and Ain-s\v01`th presented a sorry picture when their hopes were dashed by the verdict of Justice Holmes. Tears of women relatives and` friends owed freely as the prisoners Were rushed off to jail to z1w:.1it sentence on a date to be set by Justice Holmes. NA... nu.-.....I .- .J..1:...:;.._1._ 1.-.-_,, , . u . 1 on -n ..v vu- Identied by S. Bakogeorge and Grant Moncrief `in a police court line-up as the men they had seen jump into a car and drive away, leaving the safe to fall to the roadway, the two were arrested in Welland a few days later and returned to Bar- rie, where they received preliminary hearing before Police Mag- istrate Compton Jelfs and elected trial in; County Court. Sev- eral witnexes, including the Wife of John Ainsworth, called by Defence Counsel, John F. Woods, testified that Ainsworth was in Orillia and Rodell in his boarding house in Toronto on the night in question. G....1....... -...,l ,.._..x:J..._;. Barrie, 01:tario, Tuesday, January 24, 1939 George Banting Essa Reeve, Deieatsjl-ligginson by 5 Votes Gliliyl "Pirates Have Secret Lair the same men who had bought and! paid `for gas earlier in the evening,| lsturman testified. [ Gordon Persson, service stationi attentlant at Sparbo1'o, also testified in connection with the hold-up at that point on the same evening`. Gillson and Hook entered the door and it was Gillson who brandished the gun with the exclamation, This is serious; give us the money; we mean business, Persson testied. He handed out the money as re- quested, about fteen dollars, and upon assuring` the robbers that he could not open: the safe, was told to remain in the wash mm. vs. .~.xp-.. ..... wu .\..-nun. un mu. vvuau Lvnu. Detective Sgt. McA1lister, of To- ronto, presented statements signed by Peterkin and Gillson in which they admitted the hold-ups in com- pany with Frank Hook. Peterkin, who had been a steady employee of the City Dairy for some years, gave himself up to the police after allegedly worrying over the rob- bery for some days, during which, he stated, he lost forty pounds in weight. Arrest of the other two men followed. u-wu uuuvvcu. Two revolvers, one allegedly used by Gillson, and another one of larger calibre, located` on a beam in the residence of Frank Hook, were produced in court. Only the one gun was used in the hold-ups, it was testied. 1 1 s `Former Barrie Boy [Heads Passenger Club I vw uh: uvu vuuuun Peterkin` had had no previous police record, it was stated by the Crown, while Gil`son and Hook had been in trouble on previous occas- C. Donald Kelcey, Barrie boy and frequent visitor here, was elected president of the Toronto Passenger Club at its annual meeting and elec- tion of oicers in the Roof Garden Iat the Royal York last week. The Passenger -Club embraces all travel lines with offices in Toronto. `Mr. Kelcey left Barrie in 1914 and has resided in Toronto since the war. He will be recalled to his friends here as Socks Kelcey. Four juveniles, charged with breaking and entering a home on Bayeld St. and carrying off a quantity of furnishings to a. sort of pirates lair in the cel- lar of an abandoned shack on the outskirts of the town, will Simcoe County Rate Reduced One Mill `x.-.u.. nu--.4. -u=u.u no nwyunncu hm have held the secret to a mysterious entrance to their den which they occupied on Saturdays. A number of army ries, minus bolts, were picked up in the den, which contained a replace and some crude cooking utensils. -..... -......... ..- `(I .-u. nvvv u, nun appear before` Magistrate Compton Jeff; in Juvenile `Court here. Each is reported kc... 1...-.- L-I_`I .1 __-,,,. ., (Continued on 1 Page ve) F our Escape Mental Hospital Grants Made by County Council The following societies, associa-E tions and pliilantln-opic institutions; will -benet as a result of giants! made by Simcoe County Council : Salvation Army Rescue Home, Hamilton . . .$300.00|` Canadian National Institute . for the Blind . . . . . . .. 3oo..ooi Simcoe District W.I. s, $25 each . . . . . .. . . .. 100.00 Nancy Grounds Com. 100.00 Maintainance of Nancy 200.00 Mona Mills -Grace C r<,._L_-,,.._;- n I VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS BEN-I EFIT AT HANDS OF COUNCIL`: Financial Condition is Best In ` Many_ Years Active Year Recor&@d M V.G.N. Meeting Exams For Municipal Emplgxees? I The attendance at the annual! meeting.-' of the V.O.N. last Ttlesday lni_9:ht was woefully small, but the |1'eports presented showed a year of lactivity. Nurse Mss Irene Law- L... ...._.....:_ _1_,, :1 1 \lI\zL Auula | P1'esi(Ient D. F. MacLaren be-' lieved the public were appreciating more and more the services of the V.O. nurse and it looked as if it: would not be very long till a sec-. ond nurse would have to be en-. gaged. T73- `X7_..-L.'.. HIf__._._ 1! IN T1_I___L I ....._,., ...,._,_, ;.....e unw- son in her report showed that 21 total of 2.700 visits had been made during` the year, an increase ofi 563 over 1937. .-. ..- .l b~-av- a gxuau puck. His Worship Mayor H. G. Robert- Burns was the son said he and the entire counci1man of his time. He was a man appreciated the work the V.O.I\'. was: among men; he had vices, but he doing in Bal`l`ie- RefeI`1`ing to toxoid `did not try to hide them. His mem- for diphtheria prevention, he 1'ecall-:ory will be cherished as long as ed the time When P90P1e We1'}democracy survives. Burns died at skeptical about using it, but to-day | the of 37 years, but ew have given diphtheria has practically disap-'|the world such a heritage. . peared through its use. To-day! The speaker was introduced by C. most democratic their appears to be the same skep-'.C. .Parsons and R_ J, Norman ex-_ (Continued on page ve) tended the thanks of the club. Warden Doney is Host At Erij3yable_Banquet '2 ? I The outstanding social event of} the year for members of the Coun- ty Council was held at the .~\m;v can Hotel Thu1'sda_\' evening, when over 125 members, f1'iend.< and municipal ofcials enjoyed the hos- pitality of Walter E. Downey, new- ly elected Warden of Simcoe Coun- ty, at the annual Wardens banquet. } While conventional speeches were; not entirely dispensed with, they] were kept within limited bounds to make way for a new departure in the form of Rex Secord, Toronto entertainer, whose mysticisms, chat- ter, wise and otherwise, followed by well-rendered piano accordian numbers in which the audience join- ed in song, held the attention of Wish the Accommoda,tion': Was Larger so More ,. Friends Could be Invited 1 Warden Tells 125 at Hap- E py Gathering. ll` Local police have been noti- ed to be on the lookout for four inmates of the Penetnng Mental Hospital,` who made good their escape from that in-. Ititution this week. They are E... Levesqil, 18; Wesley CI-it-. tenden, 20; Ernest Boyle, 23, and Ben Marsh, 17. RV-_., .t .I . I . . `an. \lI uu. as dangerous. AIA\.llIS uxuno -uL:u.c U Continuation School Simoce Foresters . . . . . .. Ont. Field Crop and Seed Growers Association, North and South Simcoe, $25 each . . . . . . . . .. Ont. Conservation Prov. `77_,. THE -4 BARBIE - ADVANCE \.r\lAAu\.A vuvlvll 4 LUV- Association . . . . .. Ont. Agricultural Council A_2'1'icu]tu1'a1 Societies, 12 at $50 each . . . . . . . .. --nu. auu Avnunl on, A - u None of the men are reported .- J _ _ _ . n . . _- 600.00 I 50.00 25.00` 25.oo| , L\IKV\-l- ' For the first time in history, the `county presented a nancial state- lment revealing all current o'B'lig'a- ;tions met and no outstanding in- tdebtedness except the guarantees on '*dcbentu1'es for certain municipalities '-iwhich disclose a reduction of over !onie-half from the amount of the orig'inal guarantees. 5` In presenting` his survey of the Sgnancial standing of the county, i (Please turn to page eight) a.uuu .|;lIu.l-&.l.'VLJ.`.LuI..l;IlJ With its nances in the best con- dition for many years, Simcoe County Council was able this see- ` I sesion to play its part in the reduc- .tion of taxation by striking one mill `from the county rate, the new rate lbeing four mills, comprised of three lmills general and one mill for froads. `I! .1 n ..u . ... "Kiwanis Club igl-Ionours Bums forutstanding Liabilities All Met-Over Half Original Guarantees for Munici- palities Already Paid. ORO TOWNSHIP REEVFJS SUG- GES`lON REPLY TO PERSONS OFHRING TO DO WORK CHEIPLY. P. Barr, Eciland, Gives Address on Great Poet- Scottish Program En- Ii joyed. I | The Barrie Kiwanis Club observed Bu1-ns Night at Monday s meet- ing with a good attendance of mem- bers and a number of visitors. rrw , . n n u\4Au uuu. u x|uAIAu\.L nu. vAonuvLn- The program naturally featured Scotch songs and an address on Robert Burns, the great Scottish poet, and his native land, by Ki- gwanian Peter Barr, Midland bank- ier. Real Scottish songs were sung iby Victor and Morton Knox, with thei1` father, Alex. Knox, at the piano. An added feature was two tap dancing numbers by young ! Dony Reid. VFLA .1 LL. ___.1.. The speaker reviewed the early histol-_\` of Scotland, which though `,comprising' only 30,000 square .n1iles, 11215 never been conquered. D..1.....4. D...._... ...-.. L....... :. -yarn `guns; Jviilllo n . . . . . V .~ Alas.` u-..\.; uuvnl \.vAL\1u\.L\4ua Robert Burns was born in 1759, the son of William Burns and Ag- nes Brown, in a clay cottage in Afyrshire. `The family were in straightened Cl1'C11InSt11l1C(3.<. His ifather was 21 g'a1`dener, but Bobby had little inclination for manual labor. He started to write verses at the age of sixteen, but it was many yezirs before he could get a gpublisher to print his work, and it was some fty years before his wvritings were recognized as that of a great poet. ....._..J. .l......_.._...A..'_ . |tl1e gatliering for over an hour. It lwas a gala occasion enjo_ved by every ' member present and one which up- held the traditional hospltality of Simcoe County Wardens throughout the years. I 11.! tV_,._,1, ~n :- Vll\a uytxco 1 .v I Ed. Coombs, Reeve of Bradford, `1)resided as chairman, and Mayor H. G. Robertson, rst speaker of the evening', extended a warm welcome to members of council and friends on behalf of the citizens of Barrie. in (.'On2,`l"c1l3l1lZ1tl11',*2',` Warden Downey upon the honor bestowed upon him, ;\|.la_vor Robertson pointed out that {more prominent part in the alfairs` `of the province than ever before- , More economical administration provincially should be requested by County Councils, he stated, and sug- gested that a consideralile saving could be effected throluzzh the abol-_ ishment of the Grand Jury. In replying to the toast to the- iCounty Councils were taking` a. 1939 ESTIMATES I-L :L.. c._..._..._._ :.. 1.1.- L-_L (Continued on page eight) Twelve Pages Simcoe County Council's com- mittee OI1 legislation is consi1Ierin_ the a(l\ i`~?' of requesting tlici Ontario Dartment of .\I.unicipal .-\f fai1's to ntroduce a C0l1l`Se of examination: which all municipal employees 1 responsible positions would haven pass_ 1 `L1 T\\n1. -n......_ -2 n..- m..-....