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Mouoav Mousse and runs RECEIVE HYDRO LONGSERVICE AWARDS total of over 800 years of service to their local utilities and to the people of Ontario was represented by the group of 46 men from all parts of the provincegwhoSe names were cited at the 47th annual convention of the Ontario Municipal Elec tric Association and the Associationoi Municipal Electrical Utilities These associations held sessions in Royal York Hotel Toronto with registration of close to 71000 Among awards presented by Ross Strike QC Vice hairman of Ontario Hydro are William Booker left years service Meoford Public Utilities Commission amnes ker 15 years service Paisley HydroElectric Commission and Robertson 18 years service Barrie Public Util ities Commission humility May Have New Road ulntcbedasb Thwnahlp council reprwentatives and members of room power commlssion have imii°in mm me pass ng on access road to the Swift Rapid from Hy dro Glen Costs ofthe road de pendi on distance considered range in $65000 to over twice that amount Lloyd Lethcrby MPP has of fered to try to arrange an inter view with Highways Minister Al lap regarding possible assistance from the Ontario government The Swift community has been virtually isolated since rail ser vice WISStopped Access by road to the communitywould not only Provide nech service but would open up new locations for taxpaying summer residents it has been pointed out Representatives of the Orillia utility and Matcheduh township net at Goldwater for preliminary discussion and further inquiry in to the road proposal will take place at Matchedash council March meeting BarrieiAnd Dcspltc heavy fall of sugar snow yesterday and road condi tions that mode driving unpleas SoEd course to meet the lcisurctime needs of the young adults of Barrie and district will be the topic under discussion at special mecting being held on Monday evening in the board room of the Ontario department of agriculture 64 Collier Street The proposed pmiect which would be supported jointly by the Barrie Rotary Clubland the Bar rie Recreation Committee is in tended to be the beginning of de vclopment of more rounded re creational program The idea is the result of the lcisurctime surveyconducted lo cally last ynr which served to re veal that young newcomers to town as well as some residents who had lived here all their lives would like to develop new inter sts and meet new friends SovEd short for Social Educa tion originated withthe YMCA and is program for young men and women over is years of age In many large centres throughout Canada sucha course is held an nually Usually held one night week for six weeks eachevening of the SovEd course is like threelayer cake The first layer to 905 is concerned withactivlties The second from 915 to1020 is sewedvfor discussion and go cial hour follows from 1030 to 1130 Leadership assistance to the lo cal program has been offered by the extension department of the National Council of the YMCA Bob Torrance and lohn Somerv ville from the if will be on hand to help make plans at next weeks meeting general invitation is extend cd to all young people in the age group who are interested in de veloping new skills meeting others with similar interests and having fun with other young people ideas regarding activities that would be taughtLeg modem dancing bridgecan be brought tonthe meeting at which young people will decide what type of SoEd Course to Meet leisureline Needs oiYoung Adulls inlDislricl Be Discussed al Meeting Monday program they would like and work to make it possibility The courtc would be held in the spring if possible or in the fall Uusuaily there arethree activ itics offered in the first layer of the SoEd evening andythe mcmr bcrs participate in one of these OtherSoed groups have allege classes in mo ern dancingsquare dancing leathercraft drama photography speaking etc The discussion cvcning usually centres around im portant topics of the day Suh jects which have been used in oth or places havebeen Functions of the National Employment Scr vice Radio or Television Canadian Sports and Miracles of Science Sometimes there are lecturers panel of experts or resource leader uscdon this part of the program During the social hour every effective one gets together for games danc ing and refreshments The Arecreation committee gave go ahead signal to the group planning Mondays meeting at its regular meeting this week The three spokesmen for the group wishing to have Soed course held in town were Miss Florence McArthur Miss Margaret Smith local church youth leader and John Winchester of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Jack Batsione waspresent re presenting the Rotary Club He Was Crowded driver whoclaimedhe was crowded off the crown of the road headed his car into hydro pole late yesterday afternoon in Barrie Donald Horner Toronto was driving west alongliffin Street when he droveY into the pole near the junction of Innisfil Street There was $150 damage to the pole and $500 damage to his car The driver escaped with abra sions to his left knee PrizeWinning Photographer To Address The Brcreton Fielvaaturalists1 Club will have Dr Ives of Stoyncr as speaker meeting Dr1ves duction to Barr eds no intro and district audiences and clubs selves of his servic For many years asgardening To iistrate his horticulture talks photograph edtbe flowers and shrubs which he grew as well as the beautiful scenery he found nesrathand in Simcoe County His Vsuocess in colored photogra hyr has grown rapidly and he hasearned many honors in competitions with his stilldife seep oture pic tures Last summer Dr lves Visited Bonaventurelslond off the Gaspe rFieId NdiUrolists Club The meeting which is open to the public will be old on Wed at ts March nesday March 14 815 pm in at 115 With remarks by the chair Hillcrest School Auditorium eninsuia and recorded the trip on his camera He plans to show pictures Iiofth tri bridge part of the WEATHER TODAY The week has given var ictyof March with moderate to Tuesday night when heavy rain started followed by wet snow Wednesday noon brought freezing rain for while cov ering windshields and at night heavy snow started with strong westerly winds and morenn Thursday wet and heavy like ball bearings for driving and heavy west wind blew most of the night Today promises partly sun ny with snow flurrlcs March March March March March March Sudden Death Of Acting Chief At ienetang Sergeant Wilfrid Perrault act ing Chief of Police at Pcnetang died suddenly on Monday mor mg Perrault had just returned to the police office in the town hall from fire alarm when he com plained of pain in his chest He was taken home and died of heart seizure The funeral service takes place at Timmins today PerraultTWas native of Timmins He is sur vived by his wife and two chil dren son still going to school and married daughters Seed an Elmvdie Today Today the North Simcoe Annual seed fairis being held at Elmvale Community Hnll Seed potatoes will again be feature of the showand large number of en tries were received from the La fontaine seed potato restricted area The grain and seed section has been revised to place more ero phasis on themore widely grown vprieties Prize money for the registered seed classes has been doubled it was announced by Stewart Page agricultural re presentative PWaison livestock com missioner for Ontario is the chief speaker this afternoon His topic is the agricultural outlook lnthe provmce Judging was carried out this morning and the program began man Joe Dyer president North Simcoe Crop improvement AsA sociation Morris Darby present ed the secretarys report andaiso spoke on the OntarioPotato Gro ersrAssociation Whats Ahead Potato Mari ketswas the topic chosen by Goodin assistant director field crops branch OntarioDepartment df Agriculture Toronto There is to be 01d fiddlers test at 245 followedby1ucky embership tickets and presentation of prizes by Cuppage and Arthur Gardiner supporters wishlng iflth game of the Corporal Loses Court Martial Appeal Board OTTAWA MARCH CPThe court martial appeal board on Wednesday unanimously dismissed the appeal of Cpl Clement Lawrence 33 of Orillia against conviction on charge of man slaughter anrence was sentenced to two years and three months in jail by Canadian Army court martial in Japan after zbyearoid Jap ztxfnsc wqwgvumladpy 954mflteseh tence later was duced toone year and Lawrence with time off for good behavior actually served nine months Lawrence was formerly mem ber of the Army Service Corps but now is serving with the 1st ile cannot draw army pay for the time spent in jail Counsel for Lawrence had arg ued that the court martial had no Jurisdiction to trylLawrence and that jurisdiction rested with Jap anese authorities The appeal board judgment written by Audette found that the court martial did have the required jur ction but rap ped Canadian military authorities for not requesting from the Jap During the course of the yyear over 500 local citizens give of their timeand effort in order that the work of the Red Cross may he carried out in this area The program of the Barrie Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society is varied but basically underlying every project isthe great human itarian service rendered by thls organization The Barrie Branch carries on very active Welfare Pro gram and in 1055 there were 52 cases handled of which 35 were veterans Altogether welfare to veterans and their dependents totalled $1509 with over 103 individuals be ing assisted Ciothing ac counted for over half the total expenditure while food rcp rcsented almost 5400 There were oniya fewclviiianmel fare cases in 1955 with total expenditure being $3061 Some cases are brought about by fire destroying homesor other similar dis asters but themajorlty have been created through unem ployment No personuzoes without shelter without food orwithout medical attention if it lies Within the powerof the Red Cross to prevent it Work Room The active Work Room ofjthe Barrie branch provided sppro lmately 5000 childrens garments for infants to 16 years of rage bf these2000 were shipped tario Division for Idistrtbutlo disaster areas and 1h baladd hr kepton mind as req are 20 ladies who unteer the The services in thework oorn who hibiscus quilting Field Ambulance atCamp Borden Blitz Day March 17 Red CrossPr0vides Humanitarian SewiceV in Many Varied TWays ant Barrie and district have es caphd the major severity of the storm which covered the province during the past 4d hours Here the freezing rain and sleet onWednesday night turned to sugar snow by early Thursday morning Hockey fans returning to Orlilia and other places outside Barrie found driving conditions difficult but no maioraccidents were reported Snow continued to fall through out Thursday but nowhere was traffic brought to complete ttandstill Late last night sud eorhigh wind whipped the fine now around and forashort while conditions were similar to the blizzard felt here on recent Sat In the Georgian Bay area severe lcostormstore downteleph0n0 indiscrangevliienndsheh burne districts on Wednesday Shelburne was for time complete ly cut off from the rest of the province their only means of communication being reporter with portable transmitter The storm paralyzed Montreal yesterday and accounted for three deaths Sixteen inches of snow fell andbrought transportation to standstill Police there report ed between 350 and 400 calls an snese authorities waiver of prior right The board said evidence showed Lawrence was driving at high rate of speed in populous urban area amid fairly dense traffic on wet roadway after dark and the victim was thrown 75foot when the jeep struclc her Loan Cupboard very active department of the Red Crossis the Loan Cup board which provideys special cases with crutches wheel chairs back rests walkers cones and other sick room raupplies At present there are 19 wheel chairs in use fromlthe Barrie brarich This is sfree service and can be obtained upon doctors recom mendation The Red Cross also supplies cod liver oil to the VON nurse and to the Health Unit which is ad mlniotered as tbeneed lscs Blood Transfusion To help meet the needs of Sun nyhrook Hospital the lied Cross Mobile Clinic from Toront in Barrie on Sept 28105 proximately 200 citiz no teered as blood dono Civilian CivilianEnquiry Serviceh sion of the localJted Cr outcome is offered ivi ndal but throughout world Many enquiries are received by missing prsnns not Enly Ca aaflSLLTJ TWO 59310345 P0965 Public School Boa rd Biidget Shorts Only Essential Increase Barrie Public School Board budget this year showsan in crease of Just over $37000 on last years figures anin crease of 225 millsllhe Board will ask the Town Council for $318982 for the 1950 school year to be levied against Public school supplies over and above the amount already owing from Council Asumof $114004 is owing to the board and this figure ts made up olo balance of 1955 levy $22 402 Provincial supplementary grant of $1082 and Provincial Government grant of $80529 in striking the budget the board has been careful to cut ex pected expenditure to the mini mum Thc main cause for the rise is the increase in staff and the provisfons made to mcét an in creoscin pay for the teachers rNcw Salary Schedule in Stepember of this year the Sugar Snow cavers those who were the recipients of OMEA Hydro longservice lDiStrict hour during the storm most of which concerned minor traffic accidents Ottawa too felt thefuli severity of the storm on the city streets and country roads traffic was stollcd Manyof the rural schools were closed in the Ottawa area and attendance at the city schools was depleted Two schools can celled their term examinations As postscript to the storm story it should be said that the maple farmers wait forthe sugar snow it is then that the treesare tap ped ready for the sap rising with the first sunlifter the snow Municipalities Approve bf Plan For Piped Water Althou the unici allties oi the aegrgnn In mfreajolré their seive naffecte byanywatéi shortach they have officially ex pressedvapprovai of the govern ment plan to pipe in water to the drought areas of other parts of Ontario President of the Georgian Bay Development Association which includes 82 cities towns villages and townships Ivor Wagner Owen Sound sold his association members did not want to be sel fish about their water superiority if the LondonKitchencrGnlt orcafo example is in dire need of several million gallons of water day from Georgian Bay well be gladto let them have it Fortunately owing to our strategic location there are few if any municipalities in the whole of the Georgian Bay area which cannot produce virtually unlimited supplies of water for new and expanding industry Mr Wagner continued We realize however that the whole economy of southwestern Ontario is vitally dependent on adequate water and that even if water costs are increased sub stantially by the need to pipe it great distances water must be provided Major waterusing factories however who need longterm assurance of economic supplies will inevitably no matter what is done by the proposed Provincial Water Resources Commission seek out locations on large bodies of water such as Georgian Bay Lake Huron or LnkeSlmcoe Joins Rese insurance jAs VicePresident duiianZFerguson MC MP Man aging Director ofthe Regal insur once Company Limited latpleased to announce the appointment of Philip Keviil PEng as Vice Presidentln charge of the sun board is considering introducing schedule of salaries which will conform in principal to the sum gcsted schedule of the teacherl federation Under tho proposed new scheme teachers will be paid according to their years ex pericncc and therecogdlzed level they have reached The scheme will be introduced on an experimental basis in the first instance and the proposed salaries do notmonform exactly to those suggested by the federa tion it the scheme is successful the point of view of the consideration may be given to the flgures suggested by the fcdcr ation in the meantime the pres ent teachers will receive $200 across the board together with their usdal increment this year Extra Teachers in the amount set asidofor sal aries in the budget provision has also been made for two extra tea chers for two new rooms which it is expected will be open this year and for further two rc rv LESSONS FOR BARRIE Barrie public schools will take part in the second series of educa tional telecast promoted by the CEO The programs will cover three weeks and are designedlfor grades 210 The program will he telecast over CKVRTV from 145 pm to 215 pm on Tuesday grades to Thursdays grades and sand Fridays grodesv to 10 Arrangements are being made by the school board for the tempab afiy provision of television sets in myschools lt The rseries planets omAprli17 Some of the subjects include in these educational television programs will be gardening for the younger grades bird migra tion history of thefur trade how the telephone works and an imaginary visit to the moonJ The teachers will send in reports on pupil reaction at the end of the series and on thesmreportswill bard and the teachers lurthcré who is tot medial teachers it they areiwnd necessary The total budget for teachers salaries shows an inmate at $85000 Site Improvement The property and supply com mittee have budgeted for on can penditure of $4700 during tho year on building and site improve mentWhile no new school con struction is going to be undertaken by the board this year two schools are to have hard surfacing done Oakley Park and Codrington further $7000 is allowed for equip ment anti this includes the re turbishing of classrooms at Prince of Wales and King Edwards Schools Equipment will also be needed for the new rooms which it is proposed to open at Hilicrcsi and King Edward Schools it is coincidental that the chool Board should strike their budget during Education Week but it does give all parents and ratepayers an opportunity tode cids whether the Education prolt xlded at the Barrie Schools is value for money e5 Schools Lose Grants Through Child Epidemics The fact that epidemics during school terms not only affects the pupils but also the school board was vividly illustrated when George Longstaffe business od mlnlstratonto the school board brought to the attention of board membersJast night that sickness had costtho hoard $700 in tho month oflohruary During February 4113 purll days had been lost through ll neso and this meant that the board had lost slightly over 3320 in government grant To this had to he added further loss of $370 grant on teachers salaries due to the ceilingbeing lowered bythls forced absence of pupils Undortho present scheme cd ucationai grants are based on daily per capita system and no claim cumbersome for pupil absent from school be it for ideas or any other rcason Engineervtoses House in Fire At Toitenhum be based any future plans for educational telecasts soldier Tried By Civil Court Loses License The first soldier to be tried be fore civil court on charge of impaired driving was convicted at Barrie court on Wednesday Captain Gordon Gunton Camp Borden was fined 575 and had his licence suspendedfor six months when convicted in con nection with an accident at the camp on Marchi At that time the car hewas driving had smashed into two oth ers Military courts are not em powered to suspend driving lic ences Fire gutted the home of the town engineer of Tottcnham Wil liam Smart shortly after noon yesterday Mrs Smart discovered smoke coming from the floor when she went to clean after the painters who were re ecorat ing the house Tottenharn fire brigade was as sisted by brigades fromAlliston and Schomberg but their work was hampered by the shortage of water Neighbors helped to save some of the furniture from the lower floorcf the house and this was stored in an ampt store owned by Mr Hammer The family havelosta lar part of their furniture and moshall their sonai belongings The house situated on Queen Street North was one ofthe older brick houses in Tottenham and was in the recess of being re modelled he exact cause of tho outbreak in not known Meet Your ExarninerCorrier $5