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Barrie Examiner, 10 Jun 1953, p. 1

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MWDZN mm Serving THE TOWN OF BARBIE AND COUNTY OF SIMCOE Since I864 YearNo 67 21 Days Accident Fatality Cullingwuod EnterpriseBulletin Beverley Robert Skinner 21 of the truck involved in the in which Gary Dillon 16 Harmer 15 and Rexta Sad lcr If all of lhornbury were was sentenced to 21 days in and his license was cancelled for 51X months when he appeared bthlt Magistrate Spereman Owen Sound Skinner had been 111 custody since the time of the II was dismissed on charge of dangerous driving and sentenced on second Charge of careless driving The accident occurred about pm on Highway 26 The truck left Thornbury at 745 where Skinner had picked up eight young people to take them to show at Collingwood Three were sitting in the cab and five in the back Three and half miles east of Ihornbuiy the truck left the pave ment portion of the highway and turned over Fill Vacancies Coldwaler School Two Teachers The two vacancies on the public school teaching staff at Goldwater have been filled The new principal will be Ivor George Humphrcys 38 who has been assistant principal at Hawkes bury He is married and has two children ages and The Hump hreys have arranged to take an apartment in the Lovering former Coulter residence on Eplctt St shortly before the fall term starts Mr Humphreys comes from Eng land and has only been in Canada for brief time He has an 0n tario first class interim certificate In England where he first obtain ed teaching certificate in 1937 he was assistant principal and princi pal He was in the Royal Air Force from 194145 Re is interest ed in sports dramatics and com munity affairs Besides being prin cipal Mn Humphreys will teach grades andll He has accepted the salary schedule in effect Filling the vacancy as teacher of grades and will be Mrs William Pheasant of Goldwater The latter taught in Nova Scotia before her wriageJMwaca supply teacher here for many years and has been taking refresher course to meet Ontario requirements STOPPED GUNBOAIS In 1778 huge chain 1500 feet long was stretched across the Hud son River at West Point to pre vent British gunboats from going up the river Speaker at RVH Graduation MRS CHARLES McLEAN President of the Board of Gov rnors Womens College Hospital Toronto will be the prin cipal speaker at the Slst graduation exercises of the Royal Victoria Hospital which will be held at the auditorium of the Barrie District Collegiate Institute this evening at 830 pm Born in Independence Missouri the home town of former President Truman she lived there until her marriage to Dr Charles Memo 21 Toronto Dentist Since she came to Tor onto she has been associated with many organizations She is member ofthe Womens Advisory Committee to the Health League member of the Womens Canadian Club andygiast president of the American Womens Club She is member of the trustee section of the Toronto Hospital Council and member of the Board of Directors of the Ontar io Hospital Association Her main work however has been for the hospital and she has served on the Board of Governors for more than 10 years and has been president since February James Ferguson chairman of She Board of Trustees will preside With the stores staying open late on Friday nights it is eithergoing to killhockey on those nights or kill hockey entirely stated Deputy Reeve Greer at Monday nights toreclosing hours on Friday for their final reading The bylaws were approved eating of Town Council when the two bylaws to regulate and Saturday nights came up however by ten votes to two Deputy Reeve Greer and Alderman Gordon Spring opposing them Coming full effect immediately thiswill mean that town stores other than groceries fruit and meat outlets will remain openun til pm this Friday evening and will close at pm on Saturday Receives Degree meeting when An additional bylaw was approv ed allowing the three other outlets To remain open until pin on either Fridaysor Saturdays as they so desirezUnder this the groceries friut and meat outlets Could remain open until pm on both nights if they wished to do so At recent meeting of council two readings were given to the by laws It was felt that by delaying the third readings the merchants and public would have additional time to consider anyfurtber repre Sentations which they might wish torrnake on the matter The onlystaitement on the posi tion came from Deputy Reeve Greer at Monday SDIEIIIIS meeting Remarking that he had missedthe this was discussed before be said thatBarrie had beerianopen town on Saturday night fora long time dont know What town council feels he added but dont think there is anybody in council directly involved asfar as this Kylaiv comerded As far as sport concerned Friday night is definitely hockey night and bas been fonamnubec of years With the stores staying open his either going to kill hockey on Friday nights or kill hookey entire The dwutyreeve went on to say NewClosingllourslhiSWeekend Says Change HockevinB rne cost the Town of Barrie some money to operate theArena think as far as these bylaws are concerned there is unrest among the merchantsthemsalves dont think it isup to council to interfere with thm whatsoever think it would be right is these by latvs were turned down for the present and some sort of vote talc en in the fall when the new elcr tion comes along to let the people voice their opinion at that time as to what they want Referring to the point that was made when the rst petition was submittedIby George Caldwell for the merchants that they had difficulty getting staff to work Saturday nights the deputy reeve said there was nothing to say in the old bylaw that the stores could not close on Saturday nights if they wished to do so If they want to stay open on Friday nights the bylaw in exist ence say that stores can stay open until pm This wasmevr tried As far as am personally concerned dont see any reason why weshouldstep into ahornets nest and get in volved in lot of things here that Idont know whether are good for the tooth orno fSaIVdIIOII Campaign Raises rJ Emits compi lngofffcer of the Barrie Cite def Salvation Army deport that the Shield 013 paign ob we was rem this week le date slightly this gure was lost sheave $4000 Neighborly News To Be Broadcast Here on Aug Independently rated as am of the most listenedto pro grams on the Canadian air waves the CBCs famous Neighborly News program will be broadcast from Barrie as Centennial feature on Sun day morning August Don Falrbalrn the Neigh borly News commentator will be making his rst appearance in Barrie He will be accom panicd by the wellknown Reid Forscc program ro ducer of the CBC The broadcast which will be heard over the CBCs Ontario Quebec network takes the form of Salute to Barrie and is being cosponsored by The Barrie Examiner in collabora tion with the Centennial Com mittee Town Council Briefs 00 100 00 All members of council were pre sent at Monday nights meeting with His Worship Mayor James Hart presiding Council had full agenda and rose shortly after 1130 pm Several items Were held over for the next meeting tender from Parry for lighting of the front of the Muni cipal Building was referred to the special committee on lighting with power to act An offer by MeChcsney to purchase lot 13 west side of cum bcrland Street for $200 was ac cepted An application by Mrs Edith Oaks to purchase lot 17 north side of John Street for $150 was referred to the nancelcom mittee Permission was granted to Dennis Moran to purchase lots and west side of Thomas Street and lots and east side of Anne Street for total of $1200 with the provision that building of value not less than smile beMkWiibiubvo years Council were informed in letter from the secretary to the Gover norGeneral that His Excellency would not be able to attend Bar ries Old Home Week celebrations His Excellency Rt Hon Vincent Massey expressed his thanks to Mayor Hart for his kind invitation and said he hopedthat the cele brations would be attended by 1950 At this evenings ceremony 12 graduate nurses willirea mg5 eive their diplomas The Rev Council agreed to offer the De pertinent of Planning and Devel opmeut the ground for the sub sidized rental housing project at price of three dollars per foot frontage The Department com lained that the earlier price quot ed bywthe town whichworked out to six dollars foot was too high in comparison with what other municipalities asked Alderman Harris challenged this de cision later in themeeting saying that six dollars foot frontage was enforciner in comparison with the prices of land in the immediate area His motion that they submit letter was read fromthe De partmentof Public Works Ottawa notifying the town that it would be required to vacate the Victoria School premises by Nov Coun cilagreedthat the propertywould be available at that tirf was agreed that petition by residents for the repair of road way ouPeel Street be referred to the works committee and that the town engineer be asked to make report It was agreed following the submission of petition that work be proceedeLwitbpn side walk on the north side of Napier Street letter from John Reid on behalf of MC Priest 180 CollierStreet requesting trirmning of trees in front of her property was referred to the works com mittee letter from the Department of Highways which stated that the new highway would probably do away with therneed for stop lights at the BradfordDunlap Street BARRIE ONTARIO CANADA WEDNESDAY JUNE l0 I953 FURTHER INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF BARRIE IIIIII flame Examiner Wk 61 mm cams and Audit Dame Chem New $600000 Industry for Town Hope Complete factory this Year Will Produce SprayPaint Units At Monday nights meeting of Town Council nounced by Griffin chairman of the industrial com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce that new industry the De Vilbiss Manufacturing Company of Canada wished to erect $600000 factory on Wood Street recently that the Chamber finalized the details of having another firm Kolrnar Wilckcns cosmetic manufacturers locate in Barrie The land on which the new con cern wished to build is town owuctl land the former Kennedy property totalling 13 acres Coun cil on the motion of Reeve chcr Smith agreed that the agree ment submitted by the company be accepted and all necessary steps to carry it out taken The agree ment asked for an extension of Wood Street installation of sewer mum and work necessary to build up the ground The De Vilbiss Company are manufacturers of all types of spraypainting equipment such as compressors and atomizers They plan to break sod on their new location here during the early parti of July and to have the factory building completed by the end of the year To give an illustration of the size of the new plant Mr Griffin said it would be about three times as large as the Lufkin Rule It was only premises and would be of the same type of construction To begin with they would employ about 80 males and 60 female employees ThCwomen will be employed mainly for office duties with the men actually doing ithe factory world Commenting on this acquisition of new industry Sandy Coutts told the press later The citizens and business firms in Barrie shouldhaven pleased to learn that the wellckriown and longestablished firm of De Vilbiss has decided to make Barrie its future home The industrial committee of thcgrrChamberAiLCnmlherce has certainly presented the Town of ou the eastside of the Hayfield Street dock to allow people to put their boats in the water was de feated Council approved Alderman Bib bys motion that council express its thanks to all organizations which took part in the Coronation parade in Barrie on June Ald erman Harris added that thanks should also be expressed to Ald erman Bibbykformthe wworlphe and his committee did in arranging the program In the report to the nance com mittee it was pointed out that it met with members of the Public School Board and the Town Plan ning Board and felt that it was not practical to make public thoroughfare from Sunnidale Road to Toronto Street audvfiirther that since the 20foot laneway recomlt mended by the School Board led only into the public school prop erty and would be used only by children attending that school it wouldJoLprLo er to charge this to the general rate It 15 therefore recommended said the report that if the school board deem it expedient to acquire such outlet to Sunnidale Road that they purchase the required land from their budget The report which was amended in one other part was approved Barrie with magnificent centen nial your present Two new 111 dustrics within the short space of week is something of record At Monday nights meeting of councrl Alderman Kinzic ll was an glow and all expenses of schools have to be met from residential taxes feel we are very for tunate in securing tins industry statement issued through the Chamber of Commerce later said The industrial committee under tltc chairmanship of Griffin and secretarymanager Reg Wel linm wish to take this opportunity of thanking Wagner gen eral manager of Lufkin Rule Com pany who was instrumental in said that the men who had bccngassisting the committee to sell the instrumental in bringing this new industry to the town were to be heartily congratulated by council The Chamber had done an ex cellent job in bringing this firmi here especially when it was con sidered what other places had to do to get new industries to come to their towns feel it will go long way to balancing our economy he said Our industrial assessment is very Town of Barrie to the Executives of the De Vilbiss Manufacturing Company The committee also wish to thank the Town Council for its splendid cooperation par ticularly Reeve Hebcr Smith who spent considerable time and effort in arranging details sincere thank you is also extended to the many others who have had some part in bringing this firm to Barrie WRITER ON NEWSPAPER WEEK BEFORE CORONATION SEEING FAMOUS FLEET sr HAUNTS By JANE HINDS LONDON England With Examiner Womens Editor the help of several officials from the Province of Ontario expect to have vantage seat on the procession route on Coronation Day Thanks to the Hon Earl Rowe and with the assistance of James Armstrong the Agent General for Ontario in London one of the seats on the covered stand at Canada House in Tra falgar Square has been set aside for The Examiner and according to the plan of the route there will be an oppor tunity to see the procession three times The only hardship isthat will have to rise early in the morning for me to be at Canada House at six oclock The Prime Minister the Hon Leslie Frost was in the pro vinces headquarters here the other day when went in to pick up the coveted seat and reception has been arranged for him at the Agent Generals homevon Belgrave Square at noon on Monday the day before CDay as the London news papers are now forming the mo mentous occasion The Ontario Press in which The Examiner has kindly been included will be pres cut Newspaper Week One of the provincialpress not ablesl met at Ontario Housemtihe other day was Ken McTaggart of The Globe and Mail been rather newspaper week in London with lunch at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street on Tuesday The famous old spot which was restored after the Great Fire of London about that date am rather foggy has become tourist hangout accordingto Lon donnewspaper people but the all male bar was still filled with what looked very much like group of newsmen ighpw Huge rswags of white streamers crisscross the newspaper street with the big red and white ban ners of the City of London down the centre and continuing up Lud The croleds in London at night are now almost greater than the This has daytime mob of people Walking down Piccadilly last night were servicemen from all over the world Malayan Smgalese Pakistani uniforms mingled with those of the Japanese and Sierra cone navies the United States navy and those of servicemen from the var ious parts of the Commonwealth mostly Australian and Canadian Yesterday the men of the Pakis tan Guard took over duty out side Buckingham Palace in khaki uniforms and their graceful an elaborate turbans Unforgettable Sight TheMall will not be illuminated until Coronation night but the graceful spanning arches now al ternate in the daytime with the red banners of the Queen making an unforgettable sight TheRegent Street roses not too effective in daytimeare beautiful at night illuminated from behind and spaced at regular interval along the curv ed line of the buildings Several streets of the city are being criticized severely lin the press for their unimagiuative decor ations but the Regent Streetshops are decorated with great artistry the stores have used the Coronation prtfession as theme for the backdropof their window displays and the Liberty Silk peo ple have windows that are show stoppers at any hour of the day or night Displaying their own mater ials theyhave costumed manne quins in the periods of British roy mar ring OIIIIC Dean Hunt Honored at Hart Ceremony THIS PORTRAIT of Beaum itus Hurst of the cumm lege of Pharmacy was presented to him at dinner held in the Great Hall at Hart House university of Toronto recently inhis honor Dean Hurst who was born at Painswick has been associated with the faculty of the College for 38 years having joined it the year after his graduation in 1914 Some 300 pharmacists and friends attended the dinner at which Dr Dunlop Minister of Educa tion for Ontario was the main speaker Greetings were brought by Evans registrar of the university by William Harrison of Ayerst McKenna and Harnso Montreal and by Dean Hughes of the Ontario of Pharmacy The oil portrait by Cleave Home Toronto was unveiled by two young ladies of the graduating class beautiful bouquet of ow ers was presenged to MS Hurst and purse was presented hoDctm Hurst by the W188 of On tario Dean Hurst attended public school at Painswick Hetaugu school at Midhurst and martial Ruth Shepherd daughter of late Rev Alexander Shepherd Mud burst any from William the Conqueror to the present Another mens is displaying clothing from the first Elizabethan Age Queens Garden Put he ani crowds swarmed along the outside Buckingham Palace this week to see the 7000 guests from all over the Commonwealth arrive at the Queens garden party West em guests in magnificenfdothes were overshadowed by the visxtors from the East in brilliant cusp umes At all times Indiansou the streets of London are one of the biggest spectacles of the season the women in their beautiful saris of all hues Returning fromgarvlsit to the Tower yesterday afternoon we saw the flypast of the RAP Meteor and RCAF Sabre jet fighters roar ing into view across the Mall 12 hearsing the Coronation Day salute boat ride down the Thames after exploring the exhibit of an cieut armor in the White Tower and taking quickrlook at the Beefeaters Vinetheir new SKIP uniforms was one of the beSt ways ofiseeing London Ouour bus we saw St Pauls almost as Wren saw it from his tiny house across the river and watched the Houses of Parliament come view 01d Wine House had lunch in each the 01 London pubs off Drury Laney terday The Sugar after wards was taken by an friend to typically English Turn to page nve 219m CNR VETERANSHOLD IOth BANQUETjMEEnuoNBAn crossing was filed The Depart ment following rquest from council for stop lights at this point said that the town Should allow one full season to pass 30 that they Could thcnjudge whether the traf be felt it would would lessened as they Council agreed that they carry out the Work fora sidewalk on the north side of Penetang Street from St Vincentto Duckworth VA petitionaskinglthls was received The monthly report of Fire Chief Irwin intimating 13 fire calls and 76 inspections was led number of tenders for sewage c1eaning equipment were referred to the town engineer and the works committee for considegation and re GERALD IA Ni 80 that one alternative would hate gyrkelgsx igefnmmng museum night 1mm rac at Gm Gishga gr zmwms over moo has Port Greet received an his nw won turned to be heard Council endorsed the motion of Alderman rJohmiont jiflhat the Chamber of Com be con gratulated on closing tb deal with the new mutuatry De for the time and they give to bring this dealto sue con lusion mountainous JuxuorltAmke ii orgasm cruise 113 We dont

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