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ThttfobserversibecameIpart Arman Detection Corps andwa not as elaborate Iceptitutg it was have 181 A1 INDEPENDENT NEWSPW Serving THE TOWN OF BARBIE AND COUNTY OF SIMCOE Since 1864 89th YearNo 106 WMHWMM NWMMamhm BARRI RCAEFIGHTER WlNG LEAVES FOR NEW BASE IN GERMANY IT WAS HAPPY DAY for these pilotsand ground crew personnel Of NO Fighter Wing as they prepared to fly the Atlantic to their new base at BadenSoellingen Germany Prior to takeoff they were inspected by topranking Air Force officers at ceremony held in ATTENDANCE AT COLDWATR FAIR CLOSE TO RECORD By LORNE Laminar Attendance at Goldwaters Dia mond Jubilee Fair Monday was nearly equal to last years record Rain throughout Sunday had given way to bright sunshine and cool drying wind Ilypical fall fair weather it was described by Stew art Page Barrie North Simcoe Agricultural Representative In uld be in grind condition for ces The principal feature of the first Turn to page five please iications were the half mile track August at RCAF Station Up rumw ww mmwwwww lands near Ottawa During the ceremony Air Marshal Roy county Titles pww 74 ms Slemon and Air Vice Marshal James personally met each pilot and ground crew chief of the three squadrons and wished them good luck on their trip EXCELLENT PROGRAM BY RCAF ARRANGED ATCAMP BORDEN IO MARK ANNUAL RCAF DAY An openinvitatlon is extended to citizens of Barrie and district to vist RCAF Staten Camp Borden on Saturday afternoon when open house will be held to markthe seventh annual Air Force Day One of the highlights of the day especially for people from Barrie will be the official opening of the new Construction Engineer ing building by Squadron Leader Rodgers Barrie after whom GROUND casualER CORPS to MARK AIR FORCEDAY HERE WITH OPEN House At UNIT Flying Officer Shepherd commanding officerpfthe house Saturday Avwarni invitation is extended to the citizens of Barrie and dis trict to visit the filter centre he stated The premises will be open for inspection from am wuntil pm FO Shepherd added that Sim ulated exercise will be carried out by representatives of the Corps to give the general public an idea of the work which is carried outby the ground observers The Ground Observer Corps commonly referred to as the eyes ears of the Air Force has been uilt up along the lines of Great Britcins Royal Observer Corps whicha played such an inportant part in the Battle of Satan AfthOugh it was only during the Second World War that there was this union of military and civilian resources for aerial defence an observer corps wa actually formed in Great Britain as far back as 1916 In 1929 the control of these posts was handedkvover to the Air Ministry From that timeon the Corps continued to expand un by August 1939 the greaterpait of the British isles was covered by observation posts Its firstbig irial came With the Battle of Bri tai urid h0wveli trCorps did its jobduring this period of dire threat can be seen front the fact that His majesty the King or April 11 1941 granted itjthe title of Royal As reSult of the success ofthc Royal Observer Corps in Great RCAF Ground ObserveLCorps has announced that thCOIps Headquarters at 129 Dunlop Street East will Observe Open Britain CanadnalSo looks to her patriotic civilians and especially those on her eastern andwesten seaboards as being means by Which ginlormatIOn regarding the movement of aircrafh slamming vessels and the infiltration often Agents couldbe observed and chlorination passed to the spy priate authorities Ior action of the or operationally capable of progresswe and continuous Worm align Which mishlg in mahogiotg iii these the building has been named in view of his connection with the RCAF Station Camp Borden This building will be officially opened with the unveiling of the corner stone by SL Rodgers retired who is one of the pioneers of this unit and who for 16 years prior to World War II was Construction Engineering Officer of the Station Through his untiring efforts many of the improvements which exist on the unit today were instituted Excellent Program An excellent program starting at pan basbeen drawn up by the personnel on the station and there willbe wide variety of features to interest all agegroups This year will see the revival of the old Calithumpian Parade and judging by some of the ac counts of the different totals Which will takepart in this it seems to be clearly evident that consid erably amusing afternoon will be in store for visitors The different Ready For AnnualRCAF DCIY National Defence Photo sections at the compare taking part but as there is considerable rivalry between the competing groups in the parade the various projects which are likely to be featured are at the present time on the ushhush listlr program of sports events has been drawn up and keen competi tion is likely to exist in this be tween the different units on the station Air Show Undoubtedly however the bIglAII attraction of the afternoon will be the air show which will be staged Turn to page ve please ONTARIO CANADA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1953 Varied Program Marks Special legion Night varied program of events has been drawn up by the Barrie Branch of the Cam dlan Legion to mrk Legion Appreciation Night which will be observed this evening The program will get under way with parade from the Municipal Building at oclock Assembly time is 645 pan Lnits taking part led by the Barrie Citiuns Band will be from the Sea Cadet Iforps BCSCC Barric Air Cadets Moon 161 Squadron and com tingcnt of Legionnaires Rout of the parade will be down Mnicaster Street along Dniop to High Street and than to Queens Park At pm an hour before the parade sets off there will be it senior playoffsoftbali game at the park between Legion and Bradford Free ice cream will be dis tributed at the park at 713 MM trim LWJLA and Audi luau Citwin MONDAY wrohrsmr and FRIDAY single copy 16 PogeseTwo Settled Town Police Very Efficient creased from 12 to 14 Town The ixus run so ItIIILL Cl nun lcttcr not ad in recur acting Li clzazgc Strength of Force 39 letter Cpl ii attention of the ivlixr strength 11 per to lwpartmmm to children under 12 years The 151 Canadian Infantry Battalion Band from Camp Borden conducted by Captain James Gayfer will give band concert in the park beginning at 815 At oclock there will be the presentation of cheque to the Barrie Citizens Band from the Legion Branch This will be followed at 910 pm by the presentation of crests to the winning players in the Peewee minor baseball league Final event of the evening will be the draw for the an adian Legion car to takepiace at 19 oclook Copaco Series Last nights Elmvale vs Grecrl Aces rst game of the Copaco Troi phy county ladies softball finals2 at Queens Park in Barrie was rained out and they will try againl on Thursday Second game gt at Elmvale has not been set in the best of three affair In the mens Copaco series Bar rie General Electric play at Angus on Thursday and the winner goes against Legion in the nals next Week GUNNEES AT Am SHOW Crack gunners of the Royal Canadian Artillery will unlimber their antiaircraft cannon Sept 19 at the CNE waterfront in Toronto They will demonstrate at National Show the effectiveness of ground fire against lowflying air lcraft This is but one of dozens of features planned ORliLiA 103RD FALL FAIR ATTRACIS MANY THOUSANDS BY WIDE VARIETY FEATURES By LORNE LETIIERBY Intermittent rainon Saturday reduced attendance at 0ri1 lias 103m annual fall fair but taken on the whole the 1953 show was rewarding experience fprthe thousands who saw the exhibits Ample space for displays was provided by the Armourles and Community Centrebuildings In the Community Centre open ed last year there was wide var iety of features to entertain and tar struck the public In the ice space the latest model cars were shown An innovation this gt year was scientific exhibit Pre mctory is nowlocatedyj views of Progress byGerieratMm tors The Show is touring large part of the world and demonstra tors havcrscale models of 501m of the presentday wonders of inven uon Enery From Sun It was pointed out that veteran inventor Charles Kettering of Detroit is studying possible ways of utilizing the energy from the sun To illustrate principles along this line candlewas lit and the energy from the heatdrove an elec tric motor Among the booths on the main floor were those by Qijillia Fish and Game Conservatldn Club and in the absnon of gear l3 Harris loci duty to bring to your athmtma lliil OI nczljasizd personnel ollcmg of the Town of Barr1 On 3111 13 last by s1pplcrncri agreement bcnvccn the Town of Barrie and the Commissioner ofj IJilcc for Ontario the sttenLIn of this detachment was izliscd by tth addition of two extra Ci153bi5 during the period from September 15 making total force of 14 men including the scrucuntl in charge have been advrscii that on September 15 these two men will be dcietcd from our staff and is 5i this reg rd submit IIS memo number of observations rave been made by this office and igcl that if the two aforementioned con stables were to remain on strength of this detachment perm anently it would be if the very best interest of the Town of Barrie As you are aware the traffic conditions in the Town Of Barric arc quite serious due to the ever increasing volume of traffic each year and the continual increase in the population of the town calls for number of duties that demand our attention may say in our favor that decrease of over 30 accidents has been noted in this years reports over that in the year 1952 This no doubt is due to the more rigid re strictions we have puton traffic vmlafinns Board Of Health iii Restriction Building In Town The following letter from the Simcoe County Health Unit was considered by Town Coun cil at their meeting on Monday night At very recent meeting of the SImCOe County Board of Health the Board decided to iiftany restrictions regarding the approval of any subdivi sions in the Town of Barrie This action is prompted be cause it is understood the Town of Barrie is proceeding with thebuilding of an extension to the sewage disposal system Council agreed to forward the letter to the Town Planning Board the Council decxicd at its Monday night meeting that the total meantime would remain at 12 ilfl ll LZIIICIIHIIV two extra cor iaty to 11m Strength concerned may as mailer was taken up pccior John Clark officer if tut Ontario Provincial Distinct and he Cur recommendation mo uscusszon mo that the lctccr traffic comka rcport back to the rzzular meeting of council No Spare Men Alirmnn If Bibby however irxtcrmivri to say that this would lbw in 1121 as September 15 was 1v llllilfl two extra con being owed from the it Luna has been big help to ins lzzivnzz lxcm on the force he added isldcrntan Williams said that he had been connected with liljt police in the town for the last four or five years and he knew slmuthhz of the work they were era are nosparc policemen 1911 be emphasized If someone becomes sick or is hurt there is no one to take his place Last week Ione of the officers slipped on waxed floor in the Municipal Bulld ing fell down the stairs and broke small bone in his foot That put him off work At the same time there was another policeman on the was on holiday This happens all the time and there is no one to take their place We are going to re quire more policemen to fill those vacancies that are sometimes left The town is getting larger and our traffic is getting heavier We certainly need more policemen Personally would like to see motorcycle officer in the town he added Deputy Reeve Greer asked With reference to men off with an injury Is it not up to the OPP to provide coverage for those men If we had our own police force we would have to look after that our selves Shouldnt the OPP supply someone to cover in case of injur ies Alderman Bibby said he was not absolutely certain but he did not think this was provision in the agreement they had with the police They were fortunate however in having another detachment of the OPP in the town who could help out at times Mayor Hart said they had gone by the recommendation of the Po lice Commission It wasthe Com mission wbicb suggested 12 men early in the year The tawn has asked for three men originally dur ing the summer months but the Turn to page ve please sick list On top of that Sgt Harris Council Turn Down Request To Increase Permanent Strength Despite 113 mi utc move by Alderman Williams chairman of the fire lzglzt and police committee to have the permanent strength of the towr deznchment of the OP in aWarden Read Will Open 9151P Cookstown Fair Warden Wind Reed will offio 1czally upon tau Dist Cookstown Fair on Friday at 145 pm At the present time the director asiti ca 11 committees are busily lengagcd in making the lastminus prcparaigons fur the fair which pIUfIllSL to En mo of the best ever IlCiI it ClUiII Wurknzcn 31 busy at the pres ent tlrnc 01 the erection of cattle barn and it is hoped to have completed time for the fair claim At the present time they had WARDEN This year prizes have been boosted and extra classes have been added To aid the Societys nancial standing purebred regs istercd Shorthorn heifer It months old has been generously donated by the non Earl Rowe MP for patternSimeon Tickets are presently on sale and the lucky draw will take place at 445 pm Friday Should the weather break down the draw will take place that evening at dance to be held in the Town Hall Kenneth Crawford secretary of the Society reports that the en tries are coming inlveryivell for all sections including the horse racing which is always one oftho highlights of this fair It is potnt ed out that water and straw will be available One of the attractions in con nection with the school parade will be the appearance of the Elm vale Boysand Girls Trumpet Band Judging by reports from various teachers the parade promises to be one of the largest ever staged Many valuable competitions have been sponsored for the public schools by Cookstown and District Lions Club Ross Group TecW Gwill Institute and others In ad dition to all this midway has been secured with rides for the kiddies Turn to page five please Fire of unknown Origin Destroys Cuddles House radio station CECE Upstairs dom estic science and other classes were shown Institute displays were pre sented with Mitchell Square in first place and merchants had booths Orillia Arts and Crafts members displayed articles their skill had produced Old books parchments and uten sils were in the Historical Society display Included was an 1851 Bible broughtto Orlllia in 1852 by the parentslofyuthe late Mrs Adam Ruiherfordlwhose husband was shoemakerina log houseson Col borne street Mwhere the Tudhopo In downstairs corridor there Was an unusuallylarge exhibit of to Image twoplcas day attire entr on punt opStreet East pom mm onus Air roe ow mamaumwm pooped tethepirbltelortltspoctton none arcon witch EDGAR Nor It OVENIOFUBLUC NA KLSIIEPBERDofficer commanding INCA Ground sObservercorps miter CentreBaznemaktng preparations for womanizer anexerose which will be carried out Salim fl bill despite the headmas