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t0 Melts ADDRESSES of ANNUAL Grant mayor was elected president of Barrie Chémber of Commerce when the annual dinner meeting washeld Wednesday at Collier Street United Church Fellowship Hall The former mayor of Barrie will have on his board the following lst vicepresident Thomas 2nd vicepresident Decade past president Batstonc treasurer ii Little directors Hugh Gibson Alvin Robin son Ralph Snelgrove Coulis ii Page Mac Laren Griffin Fred Pearson Robert Sarlcant wu liam Caldwell Ireprescnting Town Council Mayor Kin rie Deputy Reeve Cooke Alderman Pratt Retiring president Jack Bat stone presided for the cxccllmt turkey dinner arranged by the WA of Colllcr Church Minutes of the last annual meet ing held in St Josephs Auditor ium were read by the secretary manager Reg CWclham and adopted as was the financial state merit as presented by Harvey The head table was introduced by Thomas and included Mr and Mrs thtle Mr and Mrs John lilitchinson Mrs Thomas Mayor and Mrs Klnzle Mr and Mrs Batstone Mr andMrs May or the president of the Jayeecs William Henry and Mrs Henry Rev Ernest lowls minister of Collier Street United and the speaker pakah Jones vice presidentnnd general manager of Consumers Gas Co Promoting Barrie Mayor Klnzie brought wel come from the Town of Barrie to the more than 300 dinner guests largest ever held by the Chamber of Commerce The Chamber and the Town he said work together tanmany projects especially just plain IPromotlng Barrie His Worship outlined some of the civic problems facing council this year and plans for developing the community Charles Griffin presented the report of the industrial coon mittee of the of While he had no new industries to intro ducc this year there were many expansions of existing Plants and there were continuing enquiries and investigations beingrmade of Barrie as an industrial centre Mr Batstonc in his presidential report touched on the many activL ities and achievements whldb the Chamber had hnnsoudambdm Brotherhood Allandale Meet For Communion On Sunday Feb St Georges Chapter of the Brotherhood of Angllcan churchmen once again celebrated corporate communion body with about 20 members present Rector Newton Smiih officiating Following communion service in the church everyone retired to theParish Hall to prepare break fast The old sayingToo many cooks spoil the bro did not prove to be true statement Everybody had finger in the pie and shortly all sat down to bountiful breakfast of bacon and gas or what have you Eggs sunny side upsunny side down scrambled or just plain man handled Corporate communion is one of the high ideals of the Brother hoodwhereby man may commune and fraternize together in Gods House leaders To Presents Building Follincwpod District the year audit was considered highly successful Consumers Gus Manager He who rows his brotheracross the river is bound to reach the other side safely was the text on which oaltah Jones based his address which he presented GRANT MAYOR to the audience as thought for the day Mr Jones native of Tulsa Oklahoma with previous manag erialexpcrlcncc in Nova Scotia has been in Toronto as head of Consumers Gas for several years He said in his travels that he found there was lot of apologiz ing going on among Canadians for what they had in this province in this country in is community We should do lot of selling of our own assets and no cpologiz lug he said For instance right here in the Georgian Bay area there is some of the most beautiful country in the world He thought some investigation should be done in any community If good percentage of the high school graduates who went on to college did not come back to that community to work and marry He was in favor of educational scholarships or inducements tot keep the young men from going elsewhere Barrie Becreallon One ofvihc things which in pressed his company in the invest igations of Barrie was thecxce tional recreational facilities But he wondered if when the present became forefathers would they besble to say they had foresigh For instancewhy no provision for green belt We need industry sure Mr Jones commented but we need beauty of community too Mr Joncs touchedon some of the plans outlined for Bhrric in connection with natural gas ser vice through TmnsCanada Pipe Line and Consumers Gas Co An office has been secured hem and manager appointed There will be sales campaign and already industrial contacts are being made The company has in fact bad calls lrom agnumhcr of industrial firms who are interested lnlocat mg in Barrie when natural gas is available For Barrie he could see bright future and was sure that community relations with his company ivould always be on high level lo Construct llRoom Add Collingvirood Dis ict Collegiate nstitute Board at its inaugural meeting on Jan 20voted lidwith ne absentee to construct the 124 com addition to the present col legiate building in 1C lngwqod motion rescinding ll prlor otions lavaringfths construction of second schooland approving the addition wa passedand the administrator Lwas proceed immediately to seek ap proval from the Ontario Depart ment of Education The motion read That in con of the resultS to the genda submitted to all unicipal council School District Area on the posed building cirpansion that in our opinion hasbeen pprovcd by nadequate portionln assessment of the pro Alliste instructed to all representatives on this Board from the Town of Coilingwood con eurswith the council and Whereas TheToyim not Col lingwood has definitely gone on record that they will refuse within the power of the municipality to guarantee their portion of hede benture that would be necessarylo construct proposed new school Therefore 11 consideration of those reasons this board rescind all motions heretofore recorded in the boards minutes that areln re lationto Plan or PlanB on the proposed building expan sion and the administrator is here byyauthorilzcd to proceed immch iately with the proposed Plan by seeking approval from theVDe partment of Education for the con struction of an addition of 12 rooms to the present collegiate blldlng Voting in favor vthematlon were 13 rd membe sHewson Me Johnston and theirow Coiling wood Morby oflylulmur rrlson of of Collingwood 01me Alli eprea ting Simcoe tion of Agriculture New Cominnnllyvlflir feature of the eyeidng was the initial showing of new color film Barrle which made by Consumers Gas for Chamber of Commerce Noti yet complete since it will show the tour seasons it highlights in dustrial recreational and highlights of Barrie The speaker was thanked by the incoming president hlr Mayor and for the balance of the evening the Chamber members and ladies were guests of Mr Mit cbinsoo and the Canadian General lElectric fora plant tour and done ng During dinner music was pro vtded by the Ernest Burton trio Boh MacDonalds orchestnwas on hand for dancing 56 Yes to Faderation No Granfto FU Despite recommendation to the contrary from thc agricultural committee County Council yester day agreed that Simcoc County Federation of Agriculture should receive grant of $2500 but that the recommended grant of $500 shouldnot be given to the Slmroe County Association of therarmers Union On recorded vote the Farmers llnion grant was defeated by 33 votes to 25 Councillor Case argued that since the Simcoe County Federa had other sources of income the Simcoc County Association of the Earmcrs Union was deserving of the token grunt suggested Councillor Calvert who lnLruduc ed the motion that defeated the recommendation for the $500 grant said that to give this grant was to vita other complications Councillor Cooke stood on prin pic dont knowof any indus try which has two different org anizations being its voice to body like this regret that these two organizations have to bring their battle into place like this It can only mean that some time in the future both will be the losers Speaking as farmer Council lor Hughes said agree we should be able to settle our differ cnces outside thinkit is going to have very grave conscqucncctf we givethc grant it is probable that the question of gruntto the Farmers Unioh be reopenedtoday r¢ mammalv Playd wns Barrie Bantam and Midget hoc key teams lost their first starts in the Ontario Minor Hockey Assocl ation playdowns atv Collmgwood last night The Bantams lost 70 and Mid gets 21 to Collingwood pucksters Lloyd Givens scored the only Barrie goal of the night Wayne Brounage and Brough scored for Collingwood in the Midget contest Mondaynight here the same two Bantam teams go at each other This contest will precede the first game of the Juven playdowns Hon Earl Rowreif Will Stand In DufferinSimcoe cg as HON EARL ROWE of Newton Robinson announced to day that he would be standing for nomination again as Progresv sive Cpnsenva ve canddate in Dufferi Simon meeting as not yet but township vea are gath next Wednes paiti reprssén ering in Alliston dayforplannillfi Mr ltowe has along record of municipal scrviceu farmer and cd harness horse racer and breeder hewas six years in West Gwil ury council start ing as councillor in 1918and reeve 191023 during which time of ominous for DufferlnfSimcoe and roiurne in tab elections of 1920 1030 and 1035 when he became member inc He resigned Ontario Conservative 108637 House Data of thar ImmunmuLuu teartonicth Will Aclclressa BARRIE ounty Council reversed re cndation of the fpecla fln committee yesterdsy and ed 1051000 grantto Barrie lot Colic is Band to hell meeLils expenses for the project ed trip more World Music Festiv iau secretary cah General spénker at the Elation Business Mens monthly dinner meeting at Burton Avenueunited Church on Tuesday Feb At this meeting which is scheduled to commence at 630 member of Barrie and District Ministerial Association will be guests Mr Lctchicrd was born in Englandand finished his educa tion at Oxford University He Joined the Mission service in Northern Rhodesla and while there was responsible for build ing up great educational Work including network schools large boarding school and normal school for teach ers He has been appointed rcccnt ly president of the board of directors of the Canadian Kes wick conferenc Show Flurries gliiile Colder After two most pleasant snow is forecast defliW orrr ing and then it will llttle eoiden Temperatures were 1an29 Jill 30 Jan 31 Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Early of village driver of the al in Holland vprovidcd that the expenses of the band were not completely met from other sources lhe special finance committed alter considering the written re quest from the band recommended no grant and suggested that ap pllcfilonwhould bevmade to Can ada Council for assistance CouncillorLester Cooke was of the opinion that Canada Council had nppowcrs to give grants of this nature Their grants were for professionals in CanadaHe was to lavorofa grant fromCaunty Coun cil heciuse the participation of this band Was anhonour it is repre scntativ omething thatrhfls cen aeco plished by the children of Simcoe County Councillor Murray Mills intro duelng thevmotion for grant said This band isalmost world renownedlt is recognized asan outstanding band This is the first time it has ver asked for grant Three Iniored Three persons were taken ospital with minor imun when two cars collided at the rjunction of lnnisfil andJohn streets yesterday often Camp one of the chlcics lament old bahyLe ollcrhiLl passenger with the Keatings Robert Lenppx 51 second suffered cuts and bruises Apparently Keating was un able to stop his car on the slip pery road when he saw Lennox was going to make left turn at the junction The vehicles were travelling in opposite direc tions oral tarragon Very Serious Frank Kortright one of the five founders who staked $00000 to underwrite theCanadiarl Na tionai Sportsmens Show in the beginning told merth of Ban rie Rotary Club last Thursday that this show had serious rpun pose The CanadianNational mens Show is notriust another show It is sowwith Plk is which money to ent in the littered of the conservation ournatio al resources of forch field and stream The speakeif id that with the active assistance ad the Toronto Anglers and fluntcrs Associa¢ tion ofwhlch he isrpresldent the Sportsmens Show wasan nq bl ed success modest beginning in 94 grown tube the larfg of its kind on the continent co nine acres of floor apaceat the CNE Cgliseum The total profits from the ows to the end of the fiscal ar Alpr 105 amounted to about $050000 Of this amount 5125000 has bee so aside as contingency reserve 1e vlng hursed th ugh grants organimtlons lfor reseoich specific conse ion 17ml Dis for scholarships and bursaries in on possible by fl Sportsmenis Showflag Purpose board consists of14wellknown conservationists who are no way connected with the Sports in ns Show lLis on their ap that iunds are made Outstanding Accomplishment Therc isone outstanding ac complishrnen in the field of conservation whi was made ncial Sporltsmens Show Konrlghl That lsth for ation and support of the Conservation Council of tario promoted the idea of Conse vation Council representing agn culturists sportsmen folesters naturalists and others designed to discuss common probleanshnd bring about abctt ing between these groups adeawas accepted by Federation qf Asncule ture and the Conservation Coun cil of Ontario was born Today the council represents mem bership of some 200000 It has won the full cooperationof all government departments ONVTARlO CANADA assistance In 1951 the Sportsmens Show being rin funds Mr Kortright FRIDAY FEBRUARY l958 cwu over Budget my mum Rheum Examiner News Editor Sirocco countycounctl wants to continue on the grant system of financing the CA8 dept the perdiem rate and make grant of $28000 for protec tion services The County Council insists that it remains on the grant system and it would seem there is every likelihood the twuln shall never meet AFollowlng the prcsentation of the report oftbe special finanwz committee on the finance oi the CASand its discussion in com mittcc it was evident that rela tionships between county council and the society had deteriorated considerably since the request of the society toi funds came be fore council at the beginning of the scssihn Then itappeared to this ob server there was degreeef harmony between the two bod ies Yesterday council express ed lack of confidence lnthe ad ministration of the society and one councillorwent oven 55 for as to say that therewerc two or three members on the board of the CASwhor held county coun il in contempt it was general ly agreed that things would not get better until council hadcon trol of the boardand to this end it is planned to try and get at least 1150 percent representa tion on the casoam of diree tors CA5 ollte Reply The council in committee ex tended debate on the ti conunittee report was trigge by the polite reply of the so ciety to the report copy of which it had received in which itasked con to erase the of Councillor Pinchln cal culated this Would mean that council would have to appropri ate something in the neighbor hood oi total of $100000 for childrens aid work Meet Deficit The special report recommend ed that coun should meeLthe present def it of the society of $20013 it went on to recom mend that grant of $190000 bepald in 12 =equa1 monthly payments to the end of the year To arrive at this figure the special committee had taken the 1957 grant figure of $198001 deddctedSZfifiOO which was in cluded in that figure as the amount requiredfito pay ward ca outside Slmcoe County and dell $16s108 approximately onehalf of the projected in crease in the cost of operating the socluty in i958 The commitle went on to re commend that council budget $55000toicover the 1958 cost of Simone County children in care of soc lies outside the county in future these pay adc direct from the not wthrough trdncreascd Appropriation Thi effect of these sugges tionswas that coimty council would have tbappropriate $265 ChlldiengAid Work this of $62000 over dctunl exepnditure ntlleast $14000 less than itspres ent budget figures gt grown in public esteem and has The CAB wants Council tone on the board Councillorlisher Canton said that whatever council did or whollyer suggestion it adapted it had to have the voting power on thehoard to be effective Councillor Case pointed out thatth proposad per diem rate at $195 washot yct fact it had not been approved by the judge Last year the society had asked for 165 and had been granted Change of Attitude Councillor Pinchin commented the there was only change of Attitude on thc CA5 board the council membcrs oi the board would tackle the job as challenge As it was he had little hope that much would be achieved Thereason why the committee refused to accept the per diem rate was that there was no confidence in the admin istration of th GAS County Counci Tentative Budget TheCounty Treasurer told councillors yesterday that taking into account all grants named to so far 15 county roll rate wouldglve surplus of sauce whleh could he placed to the building reserve setup last year or lntothe rroserve fund antisorlned by suggested mill rate who tlis sanie as last year and included thcmill rate for county roads of three mills Councillorshgreed to the proposal of Conncillor Small to increase this year the roads mill rate tosz mllls This would account for approxim ately $22000 of the $33000 surplus It would also mean that reads committee would have an extra $44000 for their budget this your taking into account provincial roads grant um eIu rutInn an Audit Ionu atelrwlatsou Hc pointedput that the 50 ciety started as community ef fort and when things started to get out of hand the government stepped in He felt that it was now about time the government wasapproachcd to get back the control of the society to the people who paidthe taxpayer Council in contempt Councillor Small said it was fact that there were two or three members entire CA5 board who held county council in con tempt There iwould always be this sus on until council had fair representation on the board Councillor Downcy suggcsted that there were two ways couns cil could lmplemEnt its decis ionshave 50 per cent represen tation on the board orstop pay ing the cheques for administra tion costs Councillor Pinchine pointed out that stoppage ofpaymcnt was not possible but he agreed that the only solution was for council to get control of the board Councillor AGanton wondered if there was not some way in delaying the complete adoption of the report for at least mouth or six weeks Durlng that time the welfare committee of county council couldbe author izedlo meet the billsof the st ciety and the council CAS com mittec could consider means of changing the administration of the society Finally special meeting of council could be call ed by the warden to come to final decision Cou llJor Pinchin saw merit in the wggestto but to assist in scttlngup the udget of the county the penal committee report was Later up is rigid the spirit of Counci or Carltons idea and this will be presentedyto council this morning As itstands county council has approved an appropriation of total of $265000 for CAS work has nored the societys request to so on the per diem rate and is seeking to have vot ing cov ol on the board of dir ectors of the society As Councillor Case comment ed itis getting morecomplicat ed every Vminute Barrie fSandy Coutts of Barrie vas elected pres cut of the Eu onia Historic Sites and Tourist Association during the groups an nual meeting at ide Mid landWednesday He becomes head of the largest group in Simcoe County devoted solely to the preservation and do velopmentof Huronias wealth of historicand tourist assets sup porting members are drawn from individuals chambers of meree andmunicilpal councils in Port MeNicoll Victoria Harbour Orillia Goldwater stayner Wau baushene staga Beach Honey Harbour Port Severn Midland Penetangaod Barrie utts succeeds Didace Grise of Honey Humour in the position President Human Assn born in 906 atM1dh attebdedXBarrieCollegia and at an early age took Lari interestdn ooys war and caching Sunday School He owns and operates real estate brokerage firm in Barrie In 1937 married Eleanor Co burn of Alliston Theymave two children Catharine id and John Lodge AF hevhas saried aseampaigncha manifor the lied Cross salvation He was chairman of he Barr Recreation Council or tirne ve in mire gt Commerce year term as president ln1852 and