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Barrie Examiner, 22 Sep 1949, p. 2

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PAGE TWO THE BARBIE EXAMINER SIAILISHD MIA Published Twice Ween rm BARBIE EXAMIN Monday and Thunday MacLAREN NIESIDUI IANAGMG canon WALLS licxnmnmv no roams nnuu Audit LI Mall EXPORTS AN DOLL The Washington dollar talk Elia it is over out illl or the llllililktl what is best for up Canadas importance is iisrktl tor 11331 Lamp manufactured goods In fact Ide iiianIA 311115133 er llowc said recently that the Dominion to day is the greatest importer of maaaiaci tired goods in the world In the pics for dollars the Canadian mar ket offers challenge to Britsh intlastrml 115 who are vying with United States exs porters in rapidlyexpandflit Iltltl British exports to anadu recently have paid for only little more than third e1 Britains total spending in Canadian dollars It is axiomatic that Britain iinst export to live but never before have her llllllllltllll crs met the competition that exists in this pOAIWIII drive for trade Ordinary selling agents no longer are able to take the place of onsthespot representatires parhcnlarly in Canada On his return from the 1040 lncrnatioial Trade Fair in Toronto ltt llon llarold Wil son President of the Board of Trade told the British Institute of Export The Canadian buyer does not expect to buy he expects to be sold to That statement stuns up the Canadian sit nation in nutshell liritisli exporters can not expect the close association and tradi tional friendship of years to carry them through Study of the Dominions needs as vast consumer market and contact with Canadian buyers on their home territory has become imperative In recent years British mauulactnrers of textiles motorcars pottery and cutlery have shown marked enterprise and their effortsun expert sprout have paid off House on Now the British engineering industry isl setting its sights on the Canadian market Last year mission headed by Sir Harrya his in taiwllll it ism at Carleton lit license lee ll ltlttl to man liautons question must jlarliaimnt beft taken IRou who do not to tin May the clnnc Ill Itczti thinkin girwsIve than they nnswer on the te tlren Gilpin toured the Dominion to find out ways and means of increasing exports The outcome of the missions work is that the Attlee government will back new ven ture by the industry without in any way con trolling it Appropriate sections of the United Good 1101110 vKingdom engineeringr industryhvill supple mm gmd ment the work of agents and representatives by maintaining technical representatives in Canada They will visit prospective customers to discuss immediate and longterm require ments and generally assess and report on the market for the equipment Britain is able to offer The government will assist by lending money to finance the project SPORTSMANSHIP AND DEMOCRACY Deseribing the cheers which properly greeted Prime Minister St Laurent in the House on Thursday the Press Gallery corres pondent of the Ottawa Evening Journal wrote Mr St Laurent sat down looked around as if surprised rose twice bowing gently Mr Drew jumped t0his feet and the Lib eral applause faltered fora moment as ifl Government members felt an objection was coming But Mr Drew sped quickly across the floor airm outstretched MrSt Laurent rose to meet him There pace in front of the Government leaders desk they pledged their acceptance of democracys decision in the election with warm handshake and fewi words It was Henry James who opce said that without sportsmanship there could be no democracy at all Mr Drew and Mr St Laura ent fresh from the election wars were show ing what Henry James meant the one prov ing that he could lose without rancor the other that hecould win without insolence theonly way certainly the only right way by which democracy may work During our election campaign hard blows To The Rescue Canada tomorrow homes our young This bit of portzmt factor in in our centralion on the We believe that morrow 05 the first Monday who are engaged While it is true become accepted will have to be year which woul the objections to MEMBER OF Clua Weeklies Cannot Outside Canada Single Copies Monday 3c Thursday 5c werc struck harsh Words spoken spheres and under different responsibilities ias his ill uv ins ly as trust Drew tool has told on Thursday was that he will know how EDITORIAL NOTES Wilfrid lldQltstUli Professor of Journal ltornwall llu re never was better lllltt for the good people would oib be sui liroken homes enness separations or divorces give boys and girls Very handicapped start in life Then there is the important matter of the kind of building in which the home is founded andl the kind of neighborhood Environment is an iml line of service fainin should huv iwell kept home away from slums tenements or otheu bad surroundings As citizenswith duty to perform for our fellow men we believe that we can contribute to the solution of youth problems by cou evidence TH Bureau of Cirmlaiionl Canadian Weekly Newspaper Ansocintlon Town of Barrie $3th year $250 year $350 year llti lint with the verdict iii there part or all no la cant Ieri Canada ill as the tutor and Prime nwlaic We feel he will lcsputsllllli What he College and prominent tnii dian newspaperman suggests that ll the ra inst be increased it should be fit 31 or instead of III liair $5 but in any case the be thoroughly thoshed out by the radio committee of Commons and by ire any decision whatever is OPINIONS or OTHERS RI SSIVE llllIClIES Standard Freeholder clanch to learn Sonzetlinn about it is lIllli todays problems lhcy priscd to find that llil church they of Is sniiy relic more pio are llIlJIIIIONIC llANNFRS Iliingston liiStuidndt form of impatience that makes us impatient is the person who cannot wait reasonable tune for an leplione ith some of them any one more than fifty feet away when it rinus must be to net there before the caller GOOD HOMES GOOD CITIZENS Ion ConiierAdvticatcI The kind of people who will inhabit and govern depends largely on the kind of people live in today isdom from years of experience was contributed to discussion of youth problems lby John Willoughby well known Toronto real estate man To this he added the following thoughts training in good homes generally izens caused by family disputes drunk tlie rearing of family we believe clean sanitary vell lighted and service of making available to the public better homes in city suburbs and country better homes can aid greatly in rearing better citizensthe men and women of to CHANGING LABOR DAY liawa TimesGazette The Canadian Association of Tourist and Public ity Bureaus has launched campaign for the length ening of the tourist season in Canada The chief ob jective of the immediate campaign has nothing to do with tourist attractions It is suggestion that the date of Labor Day which traditionally fallson in September be changed to the third Monday thus lengthening the holiday season by an extra two weeks to the benefit of the people in the tourist industry that September weather in Ontario usually is of type to make holidaysthen enjoyable there are many factors to be considered before this suggestion can be taken seriously Labor Day has as the end of the holiday season because of the requirements of the Department of Education The schools reopen on the day after Lab or Day and the schedules of education are timed to fit in with that date If Labor Day is changed the educational authorities will have good deal to say about it because the two weeks lost at the beginning added to the end of the school leave the tourist business in ex actly the same position as before While the suggestion seems very plausible we do not see much hope of having it Carried out because that change are more potent than are the reasons advanced in favor of making it JOHN YOUNG 99 IN GOOD HEALTH Continued Irom page one for my soninIaw Mrs George Johnston is daughter of John Yodng and her husband is that Progressiye Conservative member of the legislature for Simcoe Cen tre andnever tobk any extensive holi days duringhis active yearsus blacksmith But he does recalla tripto Edmonton about 50 years ago He went west as delegate to the Presbyterian general assem ply Mr Young was active in the church and was an elder for many years When Mr Young went toMinc singthere Were five churches Al though there wereve churches all the people got waterfrom the town pump Today there are only two churches at Minesing Anglia can andUnited When the Youngs Went tdMineJ sing before the turnof the cen tury they foundmembers ofthe Ronald family Were operating the post office and general store That business had been in the Ronald family for some years and the poSt office is still operated by the same family When Mr Younghad his house built nearly 70 years ago it cost $1375 Fred Painter Minesing Carpenter built the stairwayand bannister Mr Young said short time ago there was lady visiting him and he could recall when she was little girl sliding down thatibann deter Shes grandmother now he added Pcfinting with pride to another go workmanship of earl Here September 27 that every Mr Young always worked hard JUIIN LOW lIIIIl security of the ommun BA SW ix lI cliarc ouneil of Ontario ill address ulopcn meeting of the Ilarlie anl District Welfare 0qu cil on Im sila Sept 37 in Library Hall at SIS pm llr llluw villl speak on the work of Welfare tmiieik throughout Ontario This will be the open pieeting of Niel oniicil tnil IIIIIpllllllt is eordlul lv invited to attend to hear lr Blow and learn more about the aims and objectives of this ounI JUNE cil which will provide medium through which all service health and welfare orizanilatious as well as individuals III the town of Bar rie may learn more about each other and thereby work moreeffiA citntly in our community on obe liall of social wellbeing BARRIE EXAMINER COMPLIMENTED BY cvaA PRESIDENT ontiinud from page one Ill nziic points out of pullslm to lift for Midland licc lixss llernld llltl I323 for hilll eack llll high scorers in this divrsxon xvcre Yorkton tSnslt lln irprise Fort llrie lctool INS Advance Powell Iliver llltl News Newmarket lira and lepress lrinec letr140 HCJ itizen and lictou INS Advocate The Examiner however ppetl llltlll for district news with 875 Illl of ll possible points Only North llaltletord lSask News and Shawm Ill Falls Que Standard with 212 each and Midland with ian ctcn eight points threatened illarrie in this feature To our cot respondents we take bow hilliwack and Midland viin topped Barrie for local news and lllllil by fractions Iniurk liliat Chilliwuck had captured the Coveted Mason Trophy with total ot 833 but Midland was remark IS Iably close second with Cn ever 113 lpoints Barrie was third with 1817 The Mason Trophy was presented to the WNA in 1925 bv the late William Ii Mason publisher of the Sudbury Daily Star and North Bay Daily Nugget It was for rthe most rnterprising weekly newspaper in Canada The Barrie LRaminer was the lust winner won it again in lEIZG and also in l932 The ori ginal rules stipulated that the rst paper to win it four times would Examiner came into possession for perpetuity The original trophy has been on display in our office for the past 12 years Mr Mason then donateda beau 15 in eom limesRoriewI Also there were only two papI int was complete it was found BjRRllZ EXAMINER HARRIS ONTARIO CANADA Diary of Marchburn Farm Native of Scotland and for some years in the service of tits Majestys Royal Navy George Wilson came to Canada it 1832 to homestead on turn last nort Coldwater River valley this newspaper West century and more ago will be spelled out herein Potatoes Blackened by Frost Recorded in September 1833 1833 MARCH 20 Frost broke up APRIL 16 Sowed Peas and other and 18 Planted bush potatoes flowers in biooni most of them new to us Starting in the spring of 1833 Mr Wi or the weather his crops and insitraveliings through this part of Simcoe County His diary called Journal of the Proi ceetitngs at Marchburn Farm Medonte has been graciously offered to lluronia lioase Mustviii granddaughter Robert Wilson and his sister Mary of Coldvi water Bit and permission to publish it has been given for In the coming weeks such portions of the Journal as are legible will be reproduced in these co ern readers with the hazards of life in this part of Villlltlllt The Journal wastrecorded in Mr Wilsons own script with the pertinent date shown before each entry and is in remarkable state of preservation Some abbreviations ued ii of liady in the lson kept record by his grandson and lunins to acquaint mod garden seeds and wheat ll number of pretty Severe frOst Ground white in the morning Iotatoesl and first planted Corn much injured by it Planted last of like Indian Corn 14 Rainy and cold weather Sowed two acres of Oats good crop noted Oct and replanted its Corn which had not come up on acct of the seed being badl 15Sowed Swedish Turnip Grub very bad destroying Cabbage JULY AUGUST those planted month later SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER to 12 Indian Summer oefore the end of days 12 Corn and Potatoes looking very well Planted the last of the Potatoes 13 Sowed Oats All my crops looking very well Weather cold for this time of the year 15 Sowed Stone Turnip Wet ather Weather much warmer Thor it this season 22 Fine weather to chop men 24 men chopping Sowcd few Cabbage and Cauliflower seeds 25 Ditto 26 Men at River North River putting up hay 27 men chopping stiff frost ar riving this night Just touched the Potatoes N0 harm Plants and Indian Corn Great deal ofrain this month round this stage 18 Got few potatoes from the first sown and few pease and Swedish Turnip as greens Sowcd Malta Globe and blank Turnip Still very wet and cold weather 19 Began to underbrush acres with men for fall wheat Still showers Inow and then First planted Potatoes ready for lifting but very little behind them 21 82 and 86 than we have had very warm 23 Midday began 11 12 13 Frost every night blackened all the Potatoes and withered the Indian Corn Wm me22 Some pumpkins injured by the frost Towards the end Of the month heavy rains great deal of Thunder and Light ning Ind Corn has ripened very indifferently Several rainy days from 13 to Sowed acre wheat and during the week sowed more Pretty severe frost during the night Ice on the pools in invisible zipper on palm the morningthe late sown Potatoes very watery First Snow fell but did not lie Sowed acres of Wheat during the week 10 Frost pretty severe Latter part of week very cold 15 Sowed the last acres of wheat That sown inst 112 inch above the ground Weather extremely changeable very dif ficult getting the Oats dry enough for taking in Only half of them cut down 18 19 20 Lifting the Potatoes 20 to 23 wifting the Potatoes Very wet weather and extremely keep the trophy so in 1937 The changeable Oats still out Cannot get them dry enough weather mild but always rain Cattle all went down to the Itifiil new trophy in 1937 and TheNarIOWS Atherley near Orillia brought them back next of the original and first winner of the new During the war years we did not enter the competition but returned in 1947 with view to praisal Judges were four in number an onymous to all but the chairman of the competition John Marsh of Amherstburg but expert newspap crmen from differentprovinces Thereavere two other competi tions in Class One Midland Free Press Herald won for the second successive yeartheDavid Williams Cup for best editorial page Our congratulations to neighbpring publisher William Cranston Second award went also to neigh bor paper the Newmarket Era and Express edited by John Meyer Midland scored 24 points out of The Examiner scored 15 points in this competition receiving three points out of vefor impressive ness and 12 out of 20 for opinion and material for best front page The Examiner placed eighth with 2925ipoints tied with Peterborough Review shield was won by the Trenton 40 possible the Timmins Daily Press dav Unlike most b1acksmiths Mr years of age Mr eight grandchildren and grandsons Mrs Sollitt Petcrboro gaining thebenefit of expert ap possible 25 Chilliwack was third For the Amhertburg Echo Shield and FortErie TimesReview The CourierAdvocate With325 out of This paper was ac quiredlast October by Nolan Sisson former general manager of Chilli wack waswsecond With 3225 and Penticton third with 8175 Mid land scored 315 and Brampton 3025 Red Deer and Montreal tied with 2975 It will be nqted that ier days Mr Young noted the ish on the woodWork in the living room The stain and paint put on 70 years ago is almost like new to Young is very slight in stature He probably weighs only about 100 pounds today However he is in good health and only last week was out digging potatoes from his garden His wife lived to be 89 Young has four childreh three The children are William YOung of Nelson BC Mrs GeorgelG Johnston Alice of Minesing Miss Bernice Young of Toronto and Winnlfred of them no end Frost and fresh weather ployed underbrushing DECEMBER The Barrie Examiner was just three points from winning this shield Markings were 775 for local news7 for typography 675 for presswork and775 for illus trations right up with the leaders tin every division In congratulating the three win ners in Mason TrophyClassOne circulations over 2000 Mr Bean pointed out that Leslie Barber of Chilliwack Bill Cranston of Mid tland and Ken Walls of Barrie were allsecond generation news papermen succeeding their fathes papers executor of expense of Fine weather Snow Occasionally chopping to be continued There were threc other divisions in the Better Newspapers Compe view titions for tirculation LOCO2000 IFourDeseronto Post twoawirds fgrj 500l000 and for under 500 High Cost of lnexpenence MANY difcult problems confront the technical An incxperienced executor may easily be the cause of serious shrinkage in the values of the assets He may incur ex penses for outside assistance because of his Inexperience He will gain experience at the SterlingTruats Cgrporation an organisa tion with experience of it years as executor of estates and be assuredoI economical businesslike administration of your estate In STERLING TRUSTS CORPORATION Hood Olllco 1mm BariIo Office 13 Dunlap your Inaulna Examiner thus became the hold day Bull came along with them 14 Black cow calved great showerof meteors seen all over the country but we saw being all asleep at the time 17 to 20 Heavy fall of isnow severe frost to winter in earnest Surface of the ground soft under the snow Snow occasionally Nov to the every two or three days Em ALL FOR TOOTHACHE EDMONTON CP Trader Adolphus Norris living on the rim of the Arctic Ocean with hisrfam ily had toothache With his wife and two daughters he travelled 1600 miles in three weeks by barge taxi and bus to an Edmon ton dentist for treatment of his whole family In Class Two the trophy Winners were Brampton Peel Gazette Gan anoque Reporter Elmwood Man as Publishers of their respetive Herald In Class Three the win ners were Claresholm tAlta Lo cal Press Summerland BC Re two awards In ClaSs StavelyAlta AdvertiSer an estate Some are highly your estate Appoint The Supreme Council THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22 194R MIc to mi 11mr Slatn Illtl phonics for sitizctrlzi now kird in Canada IlaichillES cmunuv hit thzllil KILLIItiil dlti Vl=l SHIh limniniun liiuk Building loronto lelrpliunc lluin 71in Milli llllS OUIUN TODAY LuNaincs umpany llniilcd Dominion liank IIIIIIIIIIIL litl loroulu uiario fseptendwr itlotl olliiizon to inc plea mail paitzclzliiI about lwitieme Show will Salti ill2 ililillliSs BACK THE LAND LA llltllltl Alta CF Farmers are turning back to grow of 15 ling IliilN after years mink iancliinir llinsnu mink one of the most popular industries here mild conditions In the lake tchIct led its stock of whitctlsh used to feed mink lls lAY lhe remuneration of the Prime Minister of anada is Sl5lll year in addition to the sessionle indem nity agimice to that provides tallying Competent professional at tendancc llllTlCK who was made member of the Supreme Council of Canada Scottish Rite at the Amin 21 Communication in Saint John NB last week Mr Chittick and some twenty others were raised to the 33 degree Othpcricnccd understanding of bereavcnicnts needs Modern facilities and home like comforts in affuncral home whose cixiiviehleDt lo on makes ithlSin ICS slblc to family and friends NOVEL GLOVE Money Mitt is novel type of womans glove introduch by New York company reports The Financial Post It has an almost of left hand providing access to builtlo IIIIYII StSIHIEY HOMMIAF FUNERAL HOM pocket large enough to contain change key and bill or two Thin zipper has new type automatic PHONE 5553 BARRIE lock to provide safety Noumea llwiow him ANDERSON DISTRICT MANAGER Cor Duniop and Bnyficld Barrie Telephone 4760 The best background man an luneltlequale Insurance NORWICH UNION Taylor boy youicihg greaIIPmlemYoAd you ATSbelndthpscbig earnest eyes when your lioy looks at you Certainly not knowledge Of the uncertainties of life simp1yannnquestioning faith in your ability to protect himandprovidef0r his needs Have you forgettcn something WOuIdhe contiinie tOhavc all of mothers attention anda home free to grow up in if on were prematurely taken from your family You will enjoy yourhomc more if you providenow for income to meet tlivmortgag payments and family ex encegi should the day come wlie if your amin is on its own Call in your Imperial Life representative today and nd 011thow you can do itconvenientIyquickly lIMPERIAL Lira Economist HEAD OFFICE rename BRANCH OFFICE Bank of Torbnio Building Barrio

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