Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 14 Aug 1957, p. 17

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777 Getting back10 natureis always ab°°d back To Nature Canada has perhaps the greatest variety or outdoor vacation possibilities oi any country in the world and this is best ust rated by the Dominions national No million visitors year take advant age oi the multitude or activities aiiorded by the parks ranging irom just viewing beautliui country to bathing boating climb ing hiking trail riding and motoring plus such sports as iishing goli tennis and lawn bowling From British Columbia to the Atlantic Coast the chain oi natural playgrounds oi iers majestic mountains ilowerbedecked valleys sparkling lakes ioamlng streams and picturesque stretches or sea shore Hundreds oi miles oi roads and hiking trails erisscross the parks which range irom 4200 square miles at Jasper Alberta to 25 acres at Fort chambly Quebec Mountain lovers can wonder at the great peaks oi the Selkirks and Rocky Mountains with their perpetual snow and icecaps Eastward oi the Prairies are parks dotted with scores oi lakes linked by many streams and bordered by soit sand beachesa para dise ior the canoeist and iisherman Eastern Canada has lskeshore andisland park rescrves iamous as recreationand camping areas Along the coasts oi the St Lawrence Ouli the Bay oi Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean seashore areas have been set aside as national parks All the national parks are wildliie sanctu aries and in them many birds and animals have lost their iear oi man strolls along mountain trails oiten result in meetings with deer moose elk hear and mountain sheep or goats in Elk Island Park in Alberta herds oi buiialo once facing extinction now roam peacelully hing and the national parks oiier grand opportunity or this Marathon Swimmers Snmkpenpie label marathon swimming as crazy stunt Others say it is challenge and great sport But however you regard it the marathon swim season is here again Thirty swimmers entered i5mile event in Owen Sound bay to mark the Ontario Citys centennial Eleven finished Another group tackled the Strait of Juan de Fuca separating Victoria and Port Angel es Wash All were deieated by its cold wat ers and treacherous current Robert Cassette 21 oi ohlecutiml Que attempted to swim Lake Ontario from Niag araontheLake to Toronto straightline distance oi 32 miles lie was four miles item the linish when exhaustion forced handlers to take him irom the waiter Mrs Rosita Tanner 44yearold grandmother from Sault Ste Marie Ont attempted the same swim iew weeks earlier and had to quit about halfway over Only three persons have made the Lake Ontario crossing Marilyn Bell at Toronto the first to accomplish the ieat in 1951 Brenda Fisher oi Grimsby England and John Jaremey at Toronto Who both made it in 1956 What iliipluso drives person to tackle these long and arduous swims Perhaps the reason is somewhat similar to thatwhlch impels mountainclimbers whenl the Brit ish climber George Mallory was asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest he re pliedneeause its there To some persons the urge to achieve something that has not been done before or done only on rare occasionsls irresistible Some are impelled by hope oi financial re ward or prestige Swimmers now have conquered ismoiis channels and straits all over the world Flor ence Chadwick or theUnited States on of the greatest oi presentday swimmers says ghe new plans to try to swim across the Irish ea Whatever prompts it the lure of long distance swimming wlll doubtlem remain as long assummer seasons roll around and there is challenging stretch of water wile warns Presideat Jumbo or cnh Avrrrge an Paid ABC Circulation Tbree Months End March in 1951 h2iitxrte£xammetx ACloss Newspaper Published Monday Wednesday MFR At The Wilson Building renounce Square Barrie opiarip Ceilidh ran BARRIE EXAMINER LMITED hlilbabpiiol ma and ampum Editorial Notes Barrie nubilewiprlrs to be commended hr the line job oi resurlacing done on some town roads so iar this year Many more need the game treatment but at least start has been made Suminer visitors to Barrie never iaii to comihent on the changing church scene Central Unitcds old church on the main street lsvnow demolished and thenewstruc ture tarapidly nearing completion opposite Queens Park Trinity Anglicans old parish hall on Collier Street is also down now and the new building has been started Further out on Collier the new iellowship hall add ed to the United Church was completed earl ier in the year and has been iurthcr en hanced by beautiiul lob oi landscaping lawns and ilower beds And on st Vincent Street the new Emmanuel Baptist church with its lovely architecture is must see for exBarrleites back ior visit More 05 tourists are seen in Ontario this summer than ior several post But they are finding that their dollar is worth less than at any time in the past 20 years In some cases the discount becomes source oi mis understanding and even unpleasantness But it is not having any appreciable eiieci on the new oi trariic north across the bar der As long as the weather is good they will not be concerned about ioreign exchange World population will double in the next 100 years it is predicted what is alarming is the posibility that the number oi auto mobiles will double also Cornwall stand ardFreeholder says Until the other day who had ever heard oi Lord Altrincham Or the immam oi Oman Oeinions Of Others Case for Potato Gr lonelph Melcu Duiyirce shlpmenls at us polaloes pouring inlo the Canadian market pose serious threat to ihe wellbeing oi armors in Ontario and Quebec with Canadian potatoes virtually barred irom iheUnited suiesmarlretrby hisluarlils and hunt restrictions the unfairness of such unequal terms 01 competition in Canadian potato producers is too obvious to call ior comment Last March it is iruc some min oneessions were made by authorities at Ottawa hich iiwns said could afford some measure protection to Canadian izrniers against such uniair competition rum the United states The loophole in lhc new CanadianAmerican agreement respecting potatoes however lies in Ithe lsct that imports of new pola Ices inlo Canada from the United Sales twelve months at the year the changes oilast March have proved wholly ineilective in protecting Canadian polalo growers against loss oi domestic markets in US producers one of the first tasks controming the new gov ernment at Ottawa must be to lake appropriate steps to prevenl lhe destruction oi Canadas polllo inlt dustry cutting off Own Nose Ottawa Journal Mr Lester Pearson spoke at the American Soci ety of Newspaper Editors in San Francisco last week and reminded our neighbors of something they perhaps overlook This was the simple act lhat Americans have investment in Canada totalling 310300030000 and that they are not going to help themselves to cash In on such investmean ii they pursue trade policies which injure our prosperity Now ilmay be lhal majority of the people who pass ups laws in Congresure not exactlythe class oi Americans who have investments in Can ads their awareness and concern are probably more with local and Sectional things But what does surpriseus sometimes is that thebiggerUni ted Sleles newspapers do not seem lo grasp the iull implications of USCanadlan trade or ii they do grasp them seem so little concerned Willi them And what goes for the press of the United States also goes ior the 115 president Mr Eisenhower has spoken often of the need ior cooperation be tween the twoeounlries Bill what Mr Eisenhower seemingly does not grasp is lhal such cooperation must be economic as well as politicalthat in trade and business the two countries are in last inter dependent Perhaps Canada has an educational lab in the United Slatesu job not only on Congress andan us newspapers but also in the white House and in Congress OWEIS ride kiVEil ScholarsTreasurer man its Inner luvsfl mournpm 5mm Aduriiflhl m1 coorrs summingnu in not every day one seen the €hriIllnn Science noniipr soil bananas Cupsin Press sail Writer OTTAWA AUG 12 CF Prime Minister Dleienbzker has announccdlwo new cabinet up poinlmenls new government whip in the Commons and the names oi elghl parliamentary as sislanlh He also said he would name lhe holders of at least one other cabinet posl and six mnrb parliamentary assistants beiorc parliament opens on 14 His Aug announcement add ed aihirdQuehecmemher tothe ranks oi his cabinet lie is Paul Comiois 61yearold winner 01 ille June election in Nicolet Yamaska who takes on the mine and technical surveysnportfollo Dnudlasliarknusoi Calgary holder of the northern niiairs portioilo was named to the key Post of agriculture minister liar Dieienhsker said lhlt the 54year old livesioek llrmer would slep out of the northern affairs job in the near iutare aiier completing certain projects and negotiation he had started The Progressive Conservative prime minister Indicated in re porters he has no present plans to drop the external silairs port folio which hehimseit holds However be Said he fill the post of health and wellara be fore parliament opens The job now is filled by Veleran Mialrs Minister Brooks He added that Justice Minister Fallon will remuinacting ciLib enship and immigration minister in the next parliaménlary session and that appointment of defence production ministeryu Jobnow handled by Worksflillnisler Green was not in contemplation By Mr Camtola appointment Mr Dielenbalier fulfill com mitment made the daybe assumed oilice that he would choose an other cabinet member from Que bee Mr Comtois ioins Solicitor General Balcer and Postmaster General Hamilion as Quebec rep resentlives la the cabinets PIrlliuncnlIry Asrlslunis Mr Dieienhaker also named Elslon Cardiff member for flur on Oni as chief government whip in the pommons and announced appointment at the allowing par liameatary assistants LABOR Arthur Maloney 37 criminal lawyer and member ior Toronto Parkdale AGRICULTURE John Charlton 47 memberiar Ontarios BrantHaldiniand HEALTHG Ernest Halpenny 64 manulacturingfhemlst and new member for London Mines Raymond onnriby 47yearold llmher estimator who won LoibioiereQuo lrnm Lib pointe DEFENCE Marc Lambert iiiEnt of Liberal Mines Minister Prudham member since 1953 and presiden oi the Young Progressive rCon servativo Associatidn TRANSPORT Angus ii iii Donnld55merolian who won Nova SCOllIE AntigonishGuypbor ouch irom the Liberals PUBLIC WORKS Clayton Hodgson 60 1umber company opcralor and MEyior Vlctoria on sincal945 Rudimentary sralVeieralu Minister nughes La 37 who won nonranin West from the Liberals following the retire TRADETllomus iii nearsi oelve total 01 $27500 Party whips get no special pay iar their in Account Switched The new Progressive Conserve live governmenl has taken the $1200000 advcriislng account of the Canadian Government Travel Bureau away irom the agency which handled it for the Liberals Ind spill it among three iirms pprly source said switches in the adverlising accounts or other govemluent departments would hemcdc shortly Resources nounced ihe change the day following Prime Minister Dleien bakers announcement that Mr knessgwas Iaking on the agri brewpcrlioiioand would drop resourcesfih hiieEcompletfin oi certain negotiation he had begun Mr Harkness said Dalton Campioronlo public relations executive and major campaign strategist ior the Conservatives in the June 10 election will let as account exeeuiive for lhe ihree firms Mr Camp former Curi servative parly director of public relations and had general charge oi the partys campaign in the erilimcs The travel bureau account un der the timer Liberal govern ment was handled by Cocklield Brown and Company at Montreal Exceufivcs of the firm handled public relations or lhe Liberal party in the llsl two federal elec lion ampaigns Bob Kidd Cnckfieid vicepresident is general secretary ol the Na tional Liberal Federation in 195657 the travel bureau ac count amounted to about $1200 one in advertising Canadas inur ist attractions all of it in the United States Mr Harkness said LockNohn in the countries with nulls up lndoChluI has been reportedby lhe Rev CameoSmith pa live oi Montreal who in the British and Forllln Bible Socieiy agent for Vietnam Cambodia and Laos Not only have our cir chlcilun figures increased but much Rmer lnierrsl LI being shown in the Scriptures as they spread lhrough ihcse three coun trier and the tribal areas Mr CameoSmith silica in the Illr null report at the Bible Society Work lmong the hill irisz is being carried on by money leaders Ind in British Ind For eign Bible Society ll providing Gospels ior new literate there The Koho Illd cadre versions have been published in Canada by Ihe society here LII year 212475 copies oi Scriptures were circulated in luridChina Suggested readings ipr the week SundayPsalms 1471120 MondayPsalms 1481114 nannyArno 5144 WednesdayAmos iii ThursdayAmos 7117 FridayAmos 82114 SalurdIyAmo 9115 die general magazine advertising for the hurcau In the last fiscal yclr ihis amounted to about $600 000 Harold Stanfield Limited Montreal was designated to look alter the bureausgeneral news paper campaign which last year cost about $300000 ii liaybursl Company Limi ted Toronto is to handle the spe cial Atlantic provinces advertising campaign Inaugurated this your at cost ol about $300000 One inlbrnlant said this owllch is to be iolowed by olhers Inf other departments where the Liberals had our agencieshand ling about 90 per cent oi govern ment advertising work the infor mant slid the Conservalivs gov ernmentbplans io about 14 agencies Walsh Espionage Jusiice Minisler Fulton said last week that Canada is taking every precaution to prevent the Russians lmfll rebuilding ACan adian espionage ring He added he knows oi no DEW Soviet Il lempt to rebuild the ring smashed in 1945 iollowing disclosures by iurmer Russian Embassy code clerk lgor Gomako Mr Fulton was commenting on the indictment by federal grand jury at New York oi Rudolf van ovich Abel Shyeurold Russian colonel as Soviet spy The in diclinent named our Russians as coconsplrators but not delud anis One at them is Vitall Pav lov second secretary to the Soviet embassy here in 1945 FAST ACTION wmosoa Cmprank Dowlt ell 52 was telling police he had lost wallet containing $62 when the telephone rang The caller was deiective reporting that Vslie Steluriak had Iound the wallet and money and turned it over to police ts SALTY DlEI Norwegian exporters report growing markJ in seaweed meal son and CompanyLimiled Tor ohio has been appoinled to bin for both animal and human eon An increase in Scrlplure nlélk liltle child ever tailed lo show eczema about picnic lust with the iamiiy But school Ige children want to play with their own pals and ii is alien good phn to Include one of your childrens irltcds in the iamlly picnic group Adolescents ire qucnily prefer an outing with their own gang to iamlly func lions There is no much use try lng to establish iamily picnic pailern once ihe Children are al most grown mother bl the major responsibility for preparing meals the decision Iboul Ihe ireqncncy oi picnics and their mean ll alien made by her picnic bukcl picked ready with plastic iiibu second but silverware thermos bolilo cookie lln Ind mull plastic bag is real boon when the chilly want picnic on short notice Most homes have an emergency and shell which can be raided on ma arrival oi unexpected company Why not add cw cx in in which will help in giving variety family picnics and simplin the preparations oi the load if there are schoolage youngsters discover rain the members oi the lamily what pic nic dishes are most popular with them and whnl new foods they would like lo have on picnic if children and father loo have part in planning this will in crease iheir enjoyment gt Many households have dis covered that picnics dont have to follow the sandwiches and pic pattern an lhIl anythingis the mailer with ihlscombim ilonl but change is rppreclri ed Perhaps moorrr ha5almosl completed preparations iar the evening meal whonl member of the family bursts into the kitch en saying such marveliousday nuldni we eat om Some oi the happiest picnics take place when the meal is just iranslerred to the backyard pro viding there is shade and privacy and convenient place to sit on one own property barbecue is always an inviiation in rock dulofdooia and outdoor table and chairs are handy bill hun dreds nl lamilles relish picnics wilhuut lhis equipment Leisure lo relax and enjoy lines land is pm or the picnic psi icrn Mother or daughter both appreciate compliment about cookies cake or special dish when the meal is over everyone should have part in tidying the picnic spoi and packing the dishes and supplies Boys and girls can be encouraged to de velop pride in leaving the place they have enjoyed meal without any papers or rubbish lying around This one is small but im portant way demonstrating good citizenship qualities From sad experience most parents have learnedin ism Illes with small children not tovlllk about special picnic expedition until the day arrives and provesto be suitable Lillie hays or girls Ire bitterly disappode ll weather sickness or some sumptloll Section TwoPages9 i014 hor Paloma Only manuals By Nancy Chch it necessary to postpone outdoor treat Onebf ihe greatnL compliI mull lo parent is recorded In lhll delightful book Only Phr enla Lippincoit by nulls Dickinson Rich This mother had had in arrange iar another adult in take her son hula and her daughter and their lrlenda onln expedition huius exclaim ed when he discovered that lid would be absent But gee his youdoat under sundi Things are more run with you Would your son or daughter say this about you aiier nmliy picnic Prime Minister As Teacher Once Skipped Class SASKATOON CP Mayor John McAskill tells the story oi when he and Prime Minister Diclenbaker taught school it nearby Wheat Heart The war says the school inspector arrived in the tiny community in day chiefly to renew the teaching par mit held by Mr Dieleobaker But Mr Dieienbaker andmost of his class were missing He was cud shooting gopher with the kl Ship Model Recalls Story Drama Sell Hamrnxltce1be 1qu Scoila Museum of Science gs receive model or ship which achieved notice in the Second World War The Canadolitc imperial Oil Company inwards was captured by the Germans in 1341 while sailing to Venerable ihclllie CaplsinT 1V eras oi nearly Dartmouth number oi Nova Sections on this illiaied cult wrote oi the my lure made by the German Kormoran The Knrmoran turned and made for us very rapidly Sher law no ensign We were sus pisious but she looked like merchanimaa at point blank range shelived across our bow and broke out the Swastika The captains story explained how he jettisoned document and instruments He gave orders to abandon ship but the Germans had other ideas They putp crew aboard and look the can adlans prisoners The Germans thinking they would ind secret papers aboard the ship ordered Cupllins Ferns to open Ille ships sate Asthc captain approached the his smiles flickered over the Garnish faces filled with anticipation oi the secrets held in the iron box lis door was filingopen and the Germans stood openmouthed The silewas empty FOUND LAKE Great Slave Lake in the North west Territories was discovered other unexpected event make by Samuel Hearns in 1771 sunning VACATION joAYs 1957 built in Germany mamtor lhh

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