Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 8 Sep 1958, p. 6

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but doubt Toronto by mew min 2000 teet soon in most beantiiul sight NA throughout the duntien oi the canadian National Exhibition has been running courtesy flights each evening ttmnMalton Airport lhroughrthe good oitloesoi Barrie DriveeACarand Travel aerviceOo Ltd this writer was privileged to Join one at these flights Gatheredattiallon iurt be fore naked time was mixed troop of children andadults many of whom hail never ilown belore There was little viostiing ior position as these enthusiastic passengers moved across the an mae faster than any seasoned air Ipassengels Would dream of going to Join the waiting Vls count The theory was that those first aboard got the choice seats or viewing in serum view during the flight was adequate from cv erv seat The plane taxied out to the runway through an avenue of bluelighis The engines revved and the ground picked out by the landing lights slipped past ilsterfand iasler and the strings of runwsy lights become small er We were airborne Disllluslonment It seemed only matter oi minutes before the loudspeaker called the attention of the star board passengers to the ONE ground below thcnilor mom ent scarchlight caught the plane in its beam ribbon of electric blue In sense the sight at the CNE from the air by night is grand disillusionment To trudge the area on foot by day or night is agwearlsome business and one has the impression that the ex hibitlon grounds are immense Yet by night from the air againstthe vast background of city lights which stretch almost as iaras the eyes can see the ONE loaks very small indeed It is dark patch surrounded by glittering brilliance True there are one or two bri ht ar eas visible at the ONE such as the Shell tower but in the main the surrounding brightness ec lipses theICNE Pattern Light The Viscount sped tothe east end of Toronto The passeng ers gasped at the pattern oflight belowbrilliaan an field of black velvet Green and ineon lighting bord rihbons of ii quid sllver brightpoolloi light marked the used car lets along Danlorth Ayenuerrand here and there baseball diatnond came into relief iThe plane minimifi turned to give the port de passengers fair view of the exhibition grounds The line ofiilght clip ped the lakeshore banded by rib HURONWfifit bonsdei light marking the em prawn Heading for flatten new There was glhe Bank 01 Commerce Yongethe in green light and myriad of lights graduallydissolving into single twisting tall winding tn ammo change To Reality As the plane came into land the beautyof the night was lost The black velvet changed to dirty grey The close packed bril liant receded until they became yellow pinpoints distance apart slight shudder and we were taxiing to the central building once ngain through avenues of blue lights Like the threevyear old girl sitting with her mother behind we wanted to do on and op amour In Hospital Don Atkinson is patient In the Royal Victoria Hospital liar rle as result at an accident on Sunday Arrg 30 llls many friends are wishing hlma quick recoveny and hopehe will be home real soon Toronto Visitor Mrs Normsn Ploronto spent week with Mr and Mrs Maurice Reid From Winnipeg Miss Louise Scott of Winnipeg is visiting with Mr andMrs Cruse gt Mr and Mrs Allan Johnston of Hawkestone visited with Mrs John Wardrecentiy Day at Beach Mr andMrs Williams Kelly and Ronald and Mr and Mrs Jim Reid and family spent Sunday at Wasagn Beach and Col llngwood Dies In Vancouver Mrs John Ward received te egram with word that ion ama ton of Vancouver had passed away after lengthy illness The late MnHamilton was son of Walter Hamilton and the late Mrs Ida Hamilton and grand son nf the late Mr and Mrs formerly of wuss Marquesas Entrants Vin theMlss Arctic Circle contest inKotzebue Aias ka bathing suits SAttlllliA EPBURN WILLIAM CARTOON HOLDEN MAI zsrrsnune Cinembucepe RICHARD WIDMARK Technicolor Klnto wearfur parkas instead of dxlvlng on Jul flirty Iiiddellybo tryimlouta ear not in own on Cumberland 5111 turned tolka ltoad and struck another Jvehlele parked there Deiended by John Liviautanc hewu convicted but therflne was light at $10 with la 22 Careless Dnving charge Igaimt SSgt Prettie laid by On Bllclidl RCMP as of August 13 was ior carelessdrlving when the accur cdhwhlle driving in camp east on gravelwroad and one fifth oi mile item bridge had gone nit the road right to lett lot ldi feet and then48feet on the north side struck an embank ment and the car turned over it was first conviction and the line was $40 with costs $5 Also by RCMP More serious were changes laid by ROMP oilicersagainst Sgt Rh Pnttcrson who had an excellent record previously foi theit oi two cheques of moderate amounts and forgery He had pleaded guilty and judgment was renewed until Thursday afternoon when he was placed on suspended sentence for two years Charge Dismissed charge of careless driving on July in Barrie against Harold was laid when on July 27 at am on Dunlop East he had gone otf ihe roadwhlle going east showing skid marks oi 31 ieet had struck pole and gone 12 feet more witness William Hankin however follow ing Kinton sai that therewas nothing wrongwlth his driving Defence Counsel Kerrns of Toronto was quick Ito seize this as evidence to dlsprovo the chargeagainst his client His Worship took the sarneview and dlsznlssed the case Change Views Two young men John Lucas and Harold Mcflugh were gath ered in by Op1G Winger when they could not give good ac count oithemselvves and were out of wo In court Lumswhe younger became almost belliger ent accusing the offlcerot heat ing hlmup but rennnded for getting intouc mans family good standing but at distance address in Quebec Innisfilthose Charged by PC cause of lnnlsfilfolce with careless drill ing and also with obtainixlgli quor while underage Beveniy Thompson pleaded guilty the first countythe fine was fair ly beamsas he had done damage to car at $40 with costs $17 and license suspended iorsix months and oil the second charge it was $20witheostsod2 monsoon secs Magistrate Eoster again presided but tlieiist was shorter and concluded early in theefie noon Achargebf inmaired driv ing on Aug lgt1 in Innisfil against Stanley Winter laid byPc Stoueresulted in conviction andJine of $80 with costs $5and license susp ruled for two nionths won Ill YOU llyou pet causedamageto others Our Homeownerl Poll IOn chargep rhnhisove smcn gt it the res ove whioh day them had different View In SqSkatoon when Chlei mchirhart suggested News has beeli received of the death of Bruce Bobbins at Sas katoon on Friday Aug 29 For merly resident titBarrie he was working or Excelsior Life Insurance Co atthe tlmeoihis death Wh ein Barrie he Wasasmci ated withwadio station CKIBB andwas manager of lACBsrrie en branehnntil early in 1952 plan was consideredat the meeting called by the Progressive Ratepayers Committeeqn Tuesday sent at CGE auditorium Althoughnot to scale itls said tube proportionate re iesentation oi how the resentFred Grant Squeie would lookih plan is much disc sslon was developed corn Miss Margaret Rowe was home eekend comprise the fill Dundee Friends allacquaIbert and the Mr and Mrs Ralph Houghton and family spent Sunday with Horne ma Ottawa Mr andVMrsl Allan Smith were home from Ottawa for theweek Saturday visitors with Mrs Leeson andthe Smiths wereMr andMrs Dean and Mike of new nounsai Mrs Caiman Long ot 3a ary visited relativss and friends last week School Back School has openelL with Mrs DorothyEodgson of Bradford 1n Welconie To Village We welcome Mr and Mrs Ralph Houghton and family into their new home in thevillage Toronto and Miss Saint oi Corn wall Sunday nests iwere Mr and Mrs Wilbert Staples and Mrs Gord Staples and family Mr and MrsBertislaples and family Alb Taylor otToronto rind Bob Sulihvof Barrie In 1859 when crude lirstiroducedlin the 115 output totalledn2000 barr mercially Measurements are given atthevtop at the sketch to indicate width oigrcen area along Dunlop Street Thelzfloot lane shown at the width pavement the Width of the commercial block and the the may end of the commercial building wouldrun through to Mul castergstreet Green Cham4 gulsb it from the Minimizer est island TEE GREE rCEAMBER jurors oesrr LAND England Sc land and Wales eighthls sometimes calle ber gt to zoomsemr uenvvwsreur rv vPATFlANAGANE wrour or FALLS our HQU LIMIT Bob McLean Interviews PAT FLANAGnls CKBB AND de 14v

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