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Member Audit Bur eau of Circulation FF Manager of Radio and Service Department HOWARD POOLE originally from Toronto came to Barrie in 1941 when stationed in the RCAF at amp Borden While in the Air lorce he was an Airway Traffic ontrol Operator For 16 years he has been connected with radio work and during the past two lin has been associated with The Home Appliance Shop WEIcum Patter Ily PHYLLIS MOODY Oildfellows Playground Sliear Park The supervisor Blane Pickles has gone to CollingWood to attend councillorsintraining camp for girls She is to be one of the in structors at Belwood Camp and will return next Tuesday In the meantime Mrs Belcskey who has been doing grand job as one of the volunteerplayground leadch will take over or volunteer leaders are Jim Rose and Lorna McLellan and we under stand there isto be one more ap pointed sliortly Incidentally the youngsters of this playground made quite showing in the par ade to see the GovernorGeneral Theycarricd banners bearing the name Shear Park and wore should er ribbons in red white and blue with white letter anchoring them They turned out again for the par ade on Saturday afternoon and marched behind the Planters Pea nut float for the Kinsmens Club Tag Day This playground already winner of the Awardof Merit Pennant two years in row seems to have strangle hold on it at this early stage and we are looking for challenger in the near future extend and be Heap Big Chief for while Oth lClAlllPE WM GIRLS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS Due to tie for first place In the Barrie and district 11le softble league stand ings Midland Merchmts will play suddendeath game on Monday Aug with Barrie Valley Taxi at Queens Park The winner will meet New nurket Dixons at Newmarket on Thursday Aug with the loser visiting Barrie Strans mans at Shear Park Wedneslt day Aug All semifinal playoff series will be bestin three mm Brock and Innlsfll Playground The numbers have increased on this ground over last year and we feel no small part of thi credit is due to their supervisor Miss llelen Storey Miss Storey has named as assistants and volunteer leader Dona Ball Marilyn Appleton Ed ward Taciuk and Roger Judd We are looking forward to big things from this small playground Queens Park Miss Elizabeth Laurie could double hcr registration record if she were to interview thc many dogs who come every day and take part in all the activities in cluding going down the slide Fritz keeps the youngsters busy throw ing sticks for him and With all the activity he as well as they will never have to worry about tig gers The boys are doing little bit of wood carving and we are anxious to see what the finished articl looks like Assisting Miss Laurie and proud ly veafing the Playground Leader crests are Beth logue Donald Jones and Eleanor Horton Soroptlmlst Playground It is amazing the number of small fry who inhabit this play ground Miss Brett had hard time choosing her leaders as there were not many people old cnotigh to accept the responsibility flow ever she managed to pin crests on Neil llurtibese Patsy Hill Joan Miller and Ray Walton These volunteer leaders are doing won derful thing in giving their time to aid others St Marys Playground Here we have small play ground small supervisor but my what vim and vigor Of course there are days when nobody seems to want to come to the playground or do anything but that happens everywhere The attendancehcre is fairly steady and Miss Mary Harris is ready and waiting to take on any comers in fast game of checkers Wearing the Playground Leader crests at St Marys we nd Joan McVeigh and Walter Urry St Vincents Park Barbara Burdette Elaine Bruno and Roger Tomlinson are the vol unteers who are helping Miss Joan Petersen to keep things running smoothly here It wouldnt surprise us at all to see the youngsters from this play groundtakeall the prizes at our Junior Beach Regatta They cer Allamlale Contractors best Wishes TherNew Home vvillbzthematmodem of Barrie Thaium pros perilandoperas OffOur gmciuldedby andforesight Of the businessmen of tOdayi ly surprised when main street BARRIEZ AUYHOIIIID Al ICOND CLAII IAIL If Ht POST OfflCE OKPAITIENT OTIAA BARRIE ONTARIO emu THURS Home Applianc Will Open Tuesi Home Appliance Mgr IiltllD KELLY Mr Kelly came to Barrie in 1937 in the fall of that year and opened the Home Appliance Shop on Tlapperton St In 1946 to keep pace with expanding business Mr Kelly opened Home Appliance branch at 26 Elizabeth St the site of the new Home Appliance building During his 12 years in Barrie Mr Kelly has been very active in community work This year he is vicepresident of the Kiwanis Club director of the Chamber of Commerce and memv ber of the Radio Appliance Deal ers Association tainly are getting competent in struction from their Supervisor In General The children representing all the playgrounds paraded from Bay View Park to the Municipal Build ing to see the GovernorGeneral and were quite pleased when Their Excellencies came down from the platform to say few words to them Determination ina future generation is whathe said of them beenuscdhcy had waited and out lasted the Band Girl Guidcsand Boy Scouts The Arts and Crafts project und er Miss Betty Ball is progressing nicely and we are always pleasant wc see the miracles from just junk Leather work started this week at the Day Camp and from the few samples we saw Miss Ashford has the children well on the way to relieving their parents of the ex pense of purchasing purses and wallets and what have you Hats on to our supervisors and all the volunteers performed New HometnplianieB The new Home Appliance lluilding at 26 Elizabeth street Barrie will be officially opened on Tuesday Aug list This modern twostorey building on the north side of Elizabeth street just west of the Five Points has front age of 30 feet and depth of 125 feet The main floor will be occupied feet dislinctiw iindow display by the Home Appliance SI ip wide Wlll provrde shopper Will View of the main store which hum hhmyi lo goes back in feet from the street fVllll ii smooth terrazzo floor and wuh the latest fluorescent and vide ideal facilities for displaying the various lines of electrical goods handled The Home Appliance Shop 0pcr fated by Kelly carries several leading lines of electrical appli zances gt9 As exclusive agents for Westing house the Home Appliance Shop has refrigerators stoves washing machines radios and all the small ler appliances made by this com pany In the Iliilco lines the items handled include refrigerators fast freezers radios floor polisliers and vacuum cleaners Realty products include washing machines ironcrs floor polishers and vacuum cleaners In the Philips line there are radios and refrigerators Hoover products handled include various items Home Appliance also has GE traffic appliances such as water heaters toasters electric kettles irons etc The Home Appliance Shop will also hayc prominent display counter for the Record Bar This store with 5000 different record ings of all types will have one of the most complete lines of records in this district The records handled include Columbia Victor Musicians MGM Capitol Bluebird and variouvfypes of childrens records At the rear of the store there is service department extending back for 60 feet This service de partment 0n the main floor is ade quately equipped for servicing all types of electrical appliance equip ment There is garage reached from the lane which provides an ideal arrangement for automobiles for servicing to be driven inside automobile radios Members of the Home Appliance staff are Kelly manager Clifford Kelly assistant manager Normal Blackhall foreman in charge of applianceservice Steve Osadcliuk salesman on the floor Howard Poole in charge of radio Eleanor Kelly bookkeeper Second Floor The second floor of the Home Appliance building is reached from separate street entrance The prominent front location With 12th square feet of floor space Will be occupied by radio station CKBB This new station operated by Ralph Snelgrove will have modern studios private of New Building New Business Lacation TWo New Businesses Move Barrie spot jfloodlighting the store will pror mam iffltl conlril room it room and all the latest equip lia hi on the second floor of the illns new UNIV llarin will be Ihv llllll branch of this large or tiliililllllllll ontractors Allandaln ontractors igiizeral contract for the Home Ap lllllilfltt lillllllllti The subcon lllllil41 were heating llarold For lster plastering ll Lame painting illiit Allen windows llobbs llass clcitrical vork designed by West linghousc and done by Home Apv Ipllilllti furniture and display counters by Allaudale Contractors With the opening of th spacious lincw premises at 26 Elizabeth St tho sloreil the former location on Tlapperton St will be closed consiBEii LANS LESSEN CROWDING AT COLLEGIATE Last Monday evening the mem bers in the Barrie District Colleg iate Institute Board met for dis cussion Willi members of Innistil township council for round table discussion on school matters Morrison MBE chair man of the board presided over the meeting Cliilord Lockhart Reeve of Innisfil headed the township delegation Matters discussed included school administration under the high school area arrangement and other matters It was explained that the school levies were made on the equalized assessement of the vari ous municipalities whose students Emiliehigh school Following this part of the meet ing the school board members met with Mr Steele of the architectural rm of Page and Steele dis cussion was held to consider the most advisable method of provid ing for increased facilities and ac commodation the School As an immediate step to alleviate overcrowding next September the school board is having the small gymnasium converted for uSe as two classrooms This work will be completed by next September and these additional classes will pro vide accommodation for pupils who will be coming to Barrie from Sun nidale and Minesing necessary at congratulations trillKELLY 107Dunlpp Plumber Heating IA The Household Finance orpor aion will ociupy one set of offices building had the Hilling Phone n65 Building 6132 August Assistant Manager CLIFFORD KELLY Cliff joined the Home Appliance organization in 1946 after serving five and half years in the RCNVR Later in that year when the Home Appliance branch was opened he became manager and occupied that position until the branch was closed to allow con struction for the new building lie is son of Fred Kelly Miss Elsie Dunn New Member of County Library Staff Aug l5 Miss Elsie Dunn has been ap pointed librarian of the Simcoe county library cooperative and will begin her new duties on Aug 15 Miss Dunn whois at present librarian of the Lcamington pub lic library was born in Orillia but attended school in Windsor She is graduate of the Univer sity of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto library school After her graduation from library school in 1943 she was ap pointed to the staff of the Wind sor public librarywhere she spec ialized in work with high school students and was later put in charge of one of the branch lib raries For 18 months during the war she was on leave from the Windsor public library and did ad ministrative work andcataloguing in the Royal Canadian Naval lib rary serVice Miss Dunn will replace Miss Audrey Gray who because of family responsibilities has taken position nearer her home and will be librarian of the Middlesex county library cooperatiVE AIC HEY PAID AI OF IAICR EXAMINER DAY Juliis 1949 lllllll FINE NE 73I7 31Poges 13 Twice Wooldy MONDAY and THURSDAY twig Blllllllllll KINSMEN GIVE THIRTY BOYS WEEK OF CAMP Thanks to the underprivileged children 111 Ilaliburion County this week The happy throng were trans day moi hing by the Kinsmen who ccssful and log iinpoitant undertak tlie vacation also given IT spending money In expenses The camp which supervrsion of the turn division of Army and directh Knaap is both recreational Those who headed the Kinsmen Club campaign veic Geoff Glenn president Walter Johncox treas urer Jack Shentton vicepresi dent Jack Woods secretary and directors llarry Lowe and Dave leever Following the tag day in which is under the Northern On the Salvation by Brig approximately 60 volunteers from the lac Twenties Girl Guides and Boy Scouts along with wives of Kinsmen Club members participat ed street dance was held at the post office square list of the prize lucky draws will be made public atcr elm Ken CaldWell Home From Esquimall Ken Caldwell son of Mr and Mrs Caldwell Perry St arrived home from lIMCS Navy Esqui malt British Columbia last week end Ken who joined the service March 24 1949 met with an unfor tunate accident during practice battle May 22 He was helping in hauling large Signet Gun across an open field when he slipped and fell in thepath of one of the wheels Ken was confined to hospital for two months recovering from an iii jurcd stomach but is now home on sick leave to fully recuperate He is scheduled to report back in September Three other Barrie boys are training in British Columbia Rus sell Mattheva son of Mr and Mrs Matthews Holgate St Dave Watson Cumberland St and Deni nis Butts son of Mr and Mrs Potts Centre St 91 East End Neighbors Gather To Honor Mr MrspReynolds Last Friday evening residents of the East End gathered in King George School to honor Mr and Mrs Elliott Reynolds and family who will shortly be leaving Bar rie for Gravenhurst Upon completion of heNew Home ApplianceBuilding Hobbs are proud tohavlga the Construcuon slits line new public who supi ported the Barrie Kinsmen hibs peanut tau day Saturday some 30 were able to attend llawk River Camp ported to their healthy abode SunE deserve much credit for their sucw Children in need of clothes for supplied and fact the Kinsmen took care of all educational and winners of Manager of Appliance Service NORM BLACKIIALL who is na tivi of British Columbia came east during the war and while statlen ed at amp Borden married Ilarrie girl lle remaincd in Bar irie after the war and for the past three and half years has been assoeiated with The Home Appli iance Shop VALUABLE his HOME APPLIANCE OPENING AUG For their official opening on Tuesday August the Home Appliance Shop will hold big draw with valuable prizes as follows First automatic radio phon ogrnpli second electric waf flc iron third new style elec tric iron In coiincctionTyyith the open lng there will also be draw for the Sea Cadets In recent weeks tickets have been sold to raise money fer new Sea Cadet building fund Home Appliance donated combina tion radiophonograph and this will be first prize Delaney Boat Lines donated second prize and Lowe and Sons donated third prize and fourth prize Was donated by the Roxy Theatre The drawswlll be madeAugustZ Mr Reynolds is past president of the East End Home and School association and another past presi dent George Holloway made the presentation on behalf of the real dents Mr and Mrs Reynolds were given trilite lamp modern design coffee table hassock and an electric clock The evening was spent playing games and the convener of the lunch was Miss Connie Coles gt ANGLING LICENSES Canadian license fees for non resident anglers are $550 for an individual license and $8 for family licensegi