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AN INDKPKNDlNT NSWIPUII Serving THE TOWN OF BARRIE AND COUNTY OF SIMCOE Since I864 89th YearwNO 57 Uhr iar Mound Second Qua Int Ml Mic Emmi 0th rirlixaminrr BARRIE ONTARIO CANADA FRIDAY MAY is 1953 Barrie Ilyers CAHA Memorial Cup Champions I95253 fence Jack Higgins defence TOP ROW leftto right Tim Hook rightwlng Don Mcl Kenney centre team captain Doug Mohns left wing Lat1 ry Thibault defence Bob White centre Don Cherry de Ken Robertson defence MIDDLE ROW Harry Partridge trainer Jim Robertson left wing Johnny Marian centre Orval Tessier left wing Fred Pletsch right wing Howard Norrig manager Ralph Willis defence Orin Carver right wing Allen Skip Teal centre Tony P0etaright wing Archie Campbell advisory trainer SEATED FRONT Marvin Edwards goal Charles Christie president Archie Marshall secretarytreasurer Bill Har rington goal Hap Emms coachDr Nell Laurie club physician George Cuculick goal Examluer Photo by Favero CLASSES ON PRENATAL CAliE MAV BE HELD COUNTYSAYSHEALTHUNIT THROUGHOUT It is hoped through thenursing service of the Simcoe County Health Unit that claEses which will deal with the various aspects of prenatal care as it affects the patient the family and the newborn child will be started in various centres throughout Simcoe County in the future Reporting on itsactiviiics for the month of April the nursing service stated that special 10day course onlnaternail health had been held in Toronto under the auspices of the Division of Public Health Nurs ing Ontario Department of Health or EXPECIS MANY ENTRANTS FORFISH DERBY For the first in Victoria Day as therMonduy preceding May 24 and this year lit falls on Monday May 18 The earlier date should add id the attraction lof the BarriFish Derby by giving Competitors the advantage of opening seasons first served and heavy entry is ex pected for the eighth derby spon sored by the Barrie Chamber of Commerce Thereiwill be no change in the regulations from last year The con test willbe divided into tWO Shifts one starting an time after day light and finishflig at pm The afternoon time Will be from pm until 133 Entries for either or both may be made up to noon on Saturday May 16at the Chamber office or on Monday morning at the Bayfieldv St dock Contestants enter both morning andlaternoim shifts for an entry fee of=50 cents 135i ses sion Prizes will be given for both chills butcontestarits can Win only one prize in each Winning prize innthc morning shift however dost Vnot make ya Contestant ineligible for the oltherp it Contestant5may start from any pointer KernpenfeltBoy or Lake Simcoc but must huVetheir entry in before they commence fishing All entries must be in at the Barrie dock beofre pm for the morning shift and before pm for the af ternooncvening period In thecase of he the prize will be divided between the winners Cash prizedand trophies will be given for largest trout morning shift and largest troutralfternoon evening shim most pounds of trout luring morning most pounds of trout dternoomevmlng trout clos est to Allie hidden weight in morn ing and in afternooncvening shift Fonthepunpose Oil the derby the worditrout shall mean either lake troutcr Atlantic sahnon It is understoodthat incle boots will beavaable this year but the chance awes nrvrrmmvom iustlnwsc 11 will not come May 24 but is set definitcly now and for the future Mrs Gwen Gould public health nurse Orillia represented the Unit at this course and she has now started series of classes which will bring to the local group the information which was gained at Toronto Classes are helcbon Mon days and it Will take five of these to complete the series The loeal group consists of public health nurses from the Unit VONs from Barrie Orillia Collingwood and Gravenhurst public health nurses from thewMuskoka and D15 trict Health Unit and students who have been with the Unit herefrom therUniversityr of Toronto With Mrs Gouldas ambet en thusiastic teacher we are Increas ing our knowledge of thisallim porilant phase of familylife We are hoping in time to start renatal clases in variouscentres through out the county the reporp points out Total Visits can ennui and Audi luau CW mum WM and My EPWMW liarly History Of Railroading Shows Interesting Part Played 58y Barrie ll Its Development had waned readers of the Toronto newspapers were startled lone day in August 1851 to see an advertisement appear in Lhese same papers which marked the first concrete step to 5develop the dream of number of idealism into reality which was to play vuul part in the subsequent develop After ll lapse of several years ment of Canada Toronto To Buric uiivcrtisuncnt called for grilbblug The tcuocrs Annual Sea Cadet Inspection 10 Be Held Wednesday The highlight of the years activities the annual impection of the sea cadets of 110500 Barrie will be heldin the Barrie Armoury on Wednesday evening Lt 0dr With ltCN will be the inspecting officer and It is expectgdnthntth hm of the Midland corps RCSCC Iluron will be present to Lake part in threvenings disv play which will get under way at pm Members of the public who attend will be able to see the cadets demonstrating the many phases of theirtralninrhrsea manship which has been sup ervised during the year by Lt Lorne McGibbon commanding officer CRUISER REMODELLED Bluewater Boating Service of Barrie will shortly have 30foot cruiser available for cruising and fishing service out of Barrie The cluLserBlLlewaitel is being read led at Megford will leave their on Sunday cruise down the Severn River and LakeSimcoe tieing up Sunday evening at Clif Carleys dock at the foot of Mulcaster Street Completely remodelled from stem to stern the Bluewater will ac commodate 18 passengers will have lefrcShment bar and stewardess service The nursing service at the Units child health centres is reported to be slowly but steadily increasing During Aprillss infantsnd school children attended the 27 clinics making an average attend unc of 165 at each clinic This does not include those who came only for immunization The nursing servic to the sch551 child saw visits being made to 47 rural and 23 urban schools during the month Health inspections were During the month totaliof 1087 given to 1134children visiontests yiSltS were made by the inursmgl to 765 and 240 confrences were seerce to faTnllies through homelheld by the nurse with the inspec and office visits tor principal teacher or janitor LIONS=C1UB ZONE MEETING ANDLADIES NIGHT BROUGHT DELIGHTFUI ENTERTAINMENT wellnesdayillfay 13 wasaiusy day forthe Lions Club of Barrie Wltll the Zone District A78 nieeta mg which includes 14 dubs in the zone AllistenL Barrie Becventon Canningdton coldlweter Elmvale Gxaud Valley Midland Penelang PortMcNicoli Orillia OlcngeVille Owen Sound and Wushago Barrie Lions President Charles Lowe woscheirman for thebus mess meeting in the afternoon at Conununltyouse President Gor don Smith of Oriliia was elected District Deputy Governor Percy Ellis retiring District Deputy Governor spoke on Lionism Past Deputy Governor William Garnernwho is in the field for Gov ernor outlined his camopign plat form The evening started with ban quet in St Josephs Ilall in honor of ladiec night with retiring DD Percy Ellis the chair and 195 were present to do justice to an appetizing dinner and enjoy an ev eningslprogram of great interest Aslngsong was led by Vic Knox and LION lufford highlight of the evening was dress rehearsal by the pupils and staff of the Bar rleDenclng Academy for coming perfonnonce This included snappy ik tap dancing under the directional Miss Lola Roseiand smooth pres entation of interpretive ballet danc ing directed by Miss Terry John son Sgt Jerri Slaughter of Camp Bor den who has heenpiirticipating in various events inlthe district jre cenillyg again made decided hit with his original entertaining He also offered his services today ser vice club orphilalrthropic organb zation bomber shop quartet contest provedl most ententainlng with three groups contesting from Oril 11a Orangeville and Barrie Songs were oldtime such as fWorklli on de Railroad and other similar dill ties Omngeville in the opinion of the adjudicators was too classi cal for genuine barber shop four and Barrie took firstplace from Orillia Members were Frank Craig Bill McBride Mac Fendley and Vic Knox Adliudlcator was Mr Williams of Orillia Kiwanis Club who was accompanied by Mrs Williams Barrie VicePresident Ozzie Rowe handled the arrangements for the rally and also rounded up the quartet in very short time COL CAME RON DESCRIBES TRAINING AS IMPORTANT AT 53rd BWDCI CADET INSPECTION The 53rd annual Barrie District Collbgiate Institute cadet inspection and physical education display was written into the record books last night before an appreciative large num ber of people at Barrie Arena The words of inspecting officer Col Cameron DSO ED commanding 9mm of Royal Canadian School of Infantry Camp Borden appropriately summed up the purpose of the inspection Purpose of Cadet Training Cadet training has dcfinitc place in your community It instils qualities and principles of citizen ship The greatest asset of our coun try iwouTyloutlnd their training should be of primary concern Col Cameron unknowingly spoke on behalf of the interested citizens who dotted the seats as the students of Barrie District illustrated various types of training received through out the school term The cadet inspection wastthc pri maly event on the program but tri butary events were executed with such precision that they reflected with much credit upon the staf at the school Physical training and tumbling exercises by the girls under the direction of Miss Ruth Kissick and the boys under the direction of Nesbitt carried large load of the attention during the inspection For TheCentennial Not sidelined by any means were dances executed by girls from grad es 10 11 and 12 The last dance Varsovlenne was appropriate for the BallLeC1ihiliaL Competition for the SL Rodgers Trophy and the Morrison Trophy potlighted the cadet drills upon the parade square of the arena Patcon drills were keen and for the first time in many years number foul platoon under the command of Cadet Lieut Ger ald Edge carried off top honors Group Captain Syme MlBE commanding officer of RCAF Sta tion Camp Bordenspresented the Rodgers Trophy on behalf of SPL Rodgers and explained why the sil verware was placed for competition flVlr Rodgers informed me that this trophy has been competed for since 1920 Reason for its donation was duringhis dealings with people in citizenship capacities and milit ary capacities he had found the best often emerged from cadet training The Cadet Corps headed by the magnificent Barrie District Collegi ate Institute Bandfonnedwatv the Town Hall and marched via Dunlop Street to the Collegiate and then entered the arena Tolloivingr the General Salute Col Cameron inspected ranks and then Watched the corps inc march pasl in column ofpletoons and column of route Cadet Demonstrations Cadet demonstrations in first aid by the Ambulance Corpslmder the command of Cadet Leoaneriard Bren gun signalling and fieldcrafts dotted well organized program of physigcal training exercises dances drum majorette routine and number from th BDCIi Band General converter of the inspec tion was Cockburn who has held that position for many years Commanding Officer of the Corps was Cadet Major Jack Garner with Cadet Captain John Warnica second in command Platoon commanders were Cadet Lieutenants Raul Borysuik Verrol Whitmore Lieonard Robbins and Gerald Edge Cadet Lieut Emery Rowe commanded the band Tom Taciuk and Tom Seowrlght the col or party Girls Competition The girls competition for the Morrison Trophy was won by Miss Joan Murison No platoon commandersMr Morrison made the presentation of hi9 own tlOphy and undoubtedly the decision was close for all three platoons were well pre cisioned and well trained Other platoon commanders were Terry Paterson and Joyce Miller with Ann Harris company commander Dances by the girls of the Col legiate stemmed towards the Cor onation Year An illustration of ac tivity in many villages throughout England where persons will gather to dance the traditional Morris dances which have survived from the days of the first Elizabeth Matchdash 1p Awards Gravel Contractioook NORTH RIVER Cook Con strhction Company Barrie has been given the tender for provid ing gravel for Matchedash Town ship roads on the basis of 2000 cubic yardsat flat rate of title per cubic yard and 2000 cubic yards afa flat ratedor Severn Falls road at $150 per cllbic yard Other buiness at the May Coun cil meeting with all members pres ent included donation of $15 to wards the Coronation celebration at Coldwater and $15 for Goldwater cemetery Accounts pilssed included $13245 for Stewart Joscelyn auditor bylaw was passed authorizing borrowing up to $16000 from the Bank of Toron The Reeve nd Clerk were auth orlzed to signa conveyance to Clark to cl ar histitle to part of lot 19 Conll ifn Finalinotice was ordered sentto two ratepayers owing for work on an award ditch Tenders are in be advertised to build two lavatoris at Tea Lake Appriival of the Department of Highways of $12000 for the 1963 subsidy was receiVed Fence post tenderswerc received from Gordon Vollick Coldwater Leonard Booth Coldwater RR Gordon Payneg0rillia RR and Dave BarLHawkestone Gravel tenders were received from Blyth CoToronto Marshall Campbell Athcrley AL Ian Cook Limited Barrie and LeMay Son Barrie Council will meetagaln culture at 130 pm in the Council Cham ber at North River FINLAND POPULATION Finland country as far north as Canadas NorthvVest Territories Is based on an agricultural ecqh omy has population 01 million and its capital city Helsinki has population larger than Vancou van other ncccssury work to the Ontario Simcoc and Railway for the superstructure from Toronto to Barrie distance of ill miles This news had buoyant cffcct on nearly everyone who read it because lhcy had been hearing about locui railway cvcr since thc first meeting for its promotion was hold in the British Coffee House on York Street Toronto in July 1334 Howcvcr as Dr Frank Walk er Toronto writes in his bookl lot on railroad history Four Whistles To WoodUp from which these extracts have been tukcnI it had bccomc likc tlLt claims oft an inventor of perpetual motion rather stale iusuc yet one for which most people held out generous hope The booklet incidentally hag been made available through lllci Chamber of Commerce ccntliai prcpilrc Huron committee and copies of it are handled during centennial ycay in Barrie by the Collier Street Unliicd Church WA Early History At this time the history of the early days of railroading in this area is particularly interesting in view of the fact that the special CNR museum train will be arriv ing in Barrie on Monday for threeday visit 11 Kyle vice president of the central region CNR will be in Barrie to welcome the town officials when they ap pear for the official opening on Monday morning at 10 am The train will then be available for in spectiorlv bythepublic During its visit toBarrie the train will also be visited by groups of schoolchil dren in conducted parties from the town and outlying districts The train will be open On Monday from Due to Holiday No Monday Issue OI The Examiner There will be no edition of The Barrie Examm or published on Monday as that day is Vic toria Day and the Queens Birthday by proclamation of the federal golferuncut It is statutory holiday The office and plant will be closed as will stores and most business places on the holiday However there are number of attractlom listed Jilinan nual of fish derby will be held on Monday there will he harness races at Wasaga Beach motorcycle races at Edenvale airport and softball tourna ment at Fennells Locally of course one of the big 9v929f cantgmii ml will be taking place as Monday marks the first day on which the CNRs museumtrain will be on display at the Gowan Street siding Allandale There will be an official opening at 10 am and persons who have received special invitations are asked to assemble at the south end of the train at that time An additional feature of this event is the fact that the Barrie Meichants Clown Band will be turning out dressed in police mens uniforms of the 1890s period originally conceived as gotta allway to connect Georxlan Bay and Lake Ontario and this was it mayor function during the early period With later railway construc tion the Nurtherns line took its place an important link in Can adas basic rail network and during which public interest iiiall is to preserve some ihrcc was laid down in belonging to the 1880s period and No 674 of the 8905 period iginal appearance origin of the dining car is obscure Scorer lid am until 13 pm on Tuesday for from am until pm and on clearing Wednesday from am until pm graiding masonry bridging and alive Object of Train The obch of this special CNR of the iCltlill old records equipment and instruments of the early railroading clays Thc train will be llladc up of locomotives No 40 which 1872 No 247 In addition them Will be 21 51cc mg car dining cur day coach and three baggage cars for exhibits of railroad interest bc service car which will be used There will also only for carrying equipment essen tial to the display of the train it will not bc placed on exhibit but like the other coaches will be painted in the original pioneer rail way yellow The total length of the train is 584 feet 10 inches The ruins visit to Barrie will be part of tour which it will make It will leave Toronto on May 16 aIid travel to Aurora where it will Fcclebrzltc the centenary of the ar rival of Upper Canadas pioneer train at Machclis Corners as Au rora was then known One of the other inter sting fea tures of the train is that it will have six conductors working on shift system during the visit each of whom will be dressed in the authentic dress of that time old Stovepipe hats and frock coals Ar rangements are also being made through the courtesy of the CNR to provide the centennial committee with three womens dresses of the period and these are likely to be worn during the official opening ceremony Varnislr Boxes Varnish boxes and snoozers as railroaders affectionately called the first coaches and sleepers have been faithfully restored to their or The date of but unit on 1899 in the travelling museum shows that early models were ornate and plush 01d menus in the exhibits prove that big ap petites could be satisfied at moder ate prices series of museum halls will be set up in the three baggage cars which are of 1859 1877 and 1879 vintage These will house in per manent display exhibits ranging all the way from tickets lanterns rails Bible racks and pictures to the power plant of the first diesel electric car in North America Special sections will be devoted to pioneer railways steamships telegraphs express and motive family tree will trace the growth of 265 pioneer railways from Canadas first steam road op ened in 1836 to the present 24200 mile Canadian National System the largest on this continent Mr Walkers booklet which is published by the Upper Canada Railivay Society points out that thecentenary of the departmeof the first passenger train from the City of Toronto in May of 1853 was really more than an important date in Canadian railway history It could be considered as the cen tenary of the emergence of the col onies of British North Americafrom primitive economy based on water transportation to more ad vanced industrial economy based on overland commerce Portage Railway The Ontario Simcoe and Huron Union Railway later known as the Northern Railway of Canada was SIMCOE COUNTY HEALTH UNll GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUI SEWAGE 1N CERTAIN AREAS The Simone Cpunty Health Unit is gravely concerned over firemen complaints which are being received overtheipro per disposal of sewage in smallcurban municipalities In its report of the bactlvities for the month of April the Unit points out that the complaints stem from those areas where there are no municipalueatment plants This is the cause of grave con cern to the Unicorn owners in the business sections which in many cases have little in no land in which to properly dispose of their sewage the report states In most cases it is explained these existing systems havebeen operation for number of yearsbnd have becomes nuisance to themselves and their neighbors In order to correct these nuisances theonly alternative in many cases is to drain thesewage into the nearest ditch creek or Water course By doing ihis the Unit states ace to thehealthotthe public in their own municipality but 38150 to the adjoining municipalith courses flow they are not onlylereating men thrciugh Whichthese polluted water The Similarfans are attempting to rectify these problems indivld which in mast cases can only be solved by thetinstallaticn of municipal sewage system The report also explainshat there were four students from the School of Hygiene Camp Borden attached to theiUnit for two weeks eld training and sanitary surveys were carried out his pair and Collinxwood1viththeabe mists ance or these students During the monthva Visitwas made to the Unit by DCavor1ey1 sanitary engineer mule Proving as portion of the Allandale Divi sion of the CNR forms the first lap in the rail route from Toronto to Western Canada It is rather remarkable in look back over the history of the 05 and to find that back in the 1360s the trains were moatlyon lime and only once or Wm you was till dclny over quarter of an hunt The Joscphine One of the engines which rm to Barrio back in the oily days railroading was affectionately christened Josephine and bal ind was composed about 1058 phinc and her dcbonair enmee Si Huckctt Thc song sung to the tune of Dandy Jim was origin ally mcant for some of the private performances of the railway staff but it soon found its way into printed song sheet one copy which according to the booklet still exists in the possession of grandson of the station agent Thornhill century ago The tune began dressed myself from top to toe And from Toronto did go My hair all combed so slick and fine looekd as prim as the Jwe phine There was 11 verse and chorus for each station as far nnrth as Barrie to where the railway traffic was opened on October 1853 To Thornhill station we drew nigh And Duncan he did heave sigh And in his next report youll find Bout dandy Cye of the Jose photo The versefor Bradford At Bradford station next we run Where Downie with hfsidOr and gun To keep the girls from off the the line Looking at Cye of the Jose phine The Barrie verse The girls were there slncehalf past nine Waiting for Cye of the Jose phine Early Difficulties Today wellestablished as bail roading centre Barrie had consid Turn to page eight please The Last Column Who Wants Home Rule $0011 ram It has been very interesting reL centlyto read the correspondence from subseribers cf oneof the To rontc newspapers regarding this question of whether Canada should continue to remain under the Union Jack or whether she ougbtfo have avagiof heriiown iiiWm +4 am afraid my own views on the subject are not very clearcut for the simple reason that am in clined to believe that both points of View have greatdeal of merit Onthe one hand theres long his torlcal connection between Canada and the United Kingdom but on the other hand we haVe to look on this as young country whichis rapidly forging ahead under her own steam and has very good chance of becoming oncof the worlds major powers in the future although it may be long Way off yet Canadians and rightly so are very conscious of their independs ence and consider mums is one of the ra6ns why this ignition for separate national in the first place Its question because thereare so many things to be considered thing um also tothediicnlityiax that there would have to be cleats cutdecision on the mject You have to have one thing it the therecarribe no compromise Homver Walther amused pick up chicsameignewspape ohlier evening to see insithowy argmneMKwashgolagth new pretty evenly matched at when head communism thatbcforeanyibhing else was Scotland should reccivhune You just dont seem to be stifle some or these commit when they live in anew This particular umber strongin should get no of Hesaidtimt the had men petition up tlon of home rule whelmlx Writs breaking away ever as they clat Denim ant alumni to the operation of municipal or my IV Can indium nude Ioogdlstaucc to