Em Theres scarcely as much truth or fiction Home Building Vital aljtremendous contribution to the prosper ity of all This is National HomeWeek and we extend congratulationesto the home buiideis of Barrie and districtwho have providedempioyment for many people in the past decade People returning to Barrie have been amazed at the housing develop ments which have sprung up since the last war For all of banana thelbaxe statistics our the story 00 the importance of thehouse building industry For every dollar you in vest in your house about five dollars are released in theteconomyand the annual production of the industry incsnade now amounts to $2 billionle year higher than the production figuresfor mining or pulp and paper The accpmulative effect ofthe housebuilding dollar is the result of the large labor force needed for construction and the many products which go into the strucgure if Consbruclion of the average housing unit provides about 1800 manhours of labor on the site and submit 3100 manhours of offsite employment Takings full working year for one man as about 2000 hours that means each housing innit provides one man with neariythree years employment It is expected that 140000housing units will be built in Canada this year more than ever before Thus alfull years employment will be provided in this one industrygfor about 378000 men An average of 100000 housing units were built each year in Canada from 1048 to 1957 Authorities in business and govern ment have said that 125000 to 150000 units are needed each yearnot only to make houses available to newiarhilies but to replace the old your Goand Get In the south ls snow manwltha row boat who ferries passengers across wide river for ten cents Asked fHow manytlmes gtaday do you do this he said Asmany times as can because the more go themore Irget And if dont go dont get Thats all Weneed to knowall there to knowaboutbusiness economics pros perityand selfrespect The best way to lose weight is to exercise to exercise the will power that is and malce it stronger than the appetite The person given7to saying You know what mean often doesnt know himself librarian says she doeshttthink people who use strip oxybacon for bookmark are quite so meVlouiou asthey shoul Milkis 90 percent water says nutr tionist Maybe he had better ch nge dairies in mhny sign reading Men Working Civilization is complications $10 process of compounding upon learning the woman he held upwas school teacher highwaymab gave her Incireasing threats to blir security by cer tain znations in the eastern hemisphere ca us to wish Columbushad sailed at ieast100000 milesWest bedore he discovered America garnish Judge says value with age Just an automobile does VNews item We adein value is Rodent indications that gthe duiz show contestant is no smarter than average is high gratifying and comforting en million televiewus sicl Ihe atbmpromises brigh future says ones being torn down each depreciates oeinions Of Others Anective housebuliding industrymakes Dvrunkiz rimcm Posl Fcs Ar pent Ir Canadian brewers are asklngiorscut in lanes on beer as step ism towardsreduction ofalcobol Whatever ihe meritsof this appeal In ï¬scal proposition governments can certainly influence drinking habits by use othe lasing power in the early lBlh céntury Enghndwas drinking country That was the period when the artist Hogarth luridij depicted Lhe horrors of gin lane in contrastito the propriety of beer street Distilling was ubuxed bemuse it kept the corngrowing landowners prosperous Gln was so cheap that publieans could truthfully advertise Drunk farm penny dead drunk for iwopence There was social revolution in 1751 when the landlords pulling patriotismbefore proilts clap ped heavy lax on spirits Gindrinking went odtof fashion rmm that day forward says the historian Trevelyan lea became formidable rival of alcohol with all classes This of course is net exactlywhat the brewers have in mind Setback Plans Midland Free Press Herald Simcoc County Council tourist and industrial committees efforts to have tourist information centre esiabiished on Highway 400 just south of Barrie were torpedoed last week And the com mittee is not too happy about it little more than two weeks ago mobile unit was stationed by the Department of Travel and Publicity at the maps driveout on Highway 400 overlooking Barrie Manned by two members of the Travel and Publicity staff it appeared to be doing land office business during its first week of operation Tourist Committee Chairman Murray Mills then was quite happy about the whole thing For it proved point he had been hammering on for some time that there such centre was adefinite need for in way too it represented an achievement even though it was there on an experimenial basis only He and Reeve Anibony Beck of Wasnga Beach had spent considerable amount of time laying the groundwork for the centre After two meetings with the Highways Minister and letter from pr incial member George Johnston of Minesing were to be crowned with success it appeared th Finally word came from Reg Welham secre tarymanager 9f Barrie Chamber of Commerce that vael nd Publioilys mobile unit would be located on the Highway 400 sitefor two wee This twoweek sojourn would includeClvic Holi day weekend by tourist Season in these parts The county tourist committee islled farthebuslesl weekend of the was particularlyT apprecxative of this latter fact Then unduly 20 three days before visitor influx began the informationbooth van Somewhat concerned by this turn of events Tourist Committee Chairman Mills began to vesiigate He found one of the young men of the Travel and Publicity Department Who had been operating the centre had become ill and bed can iskento hospital His staff partner appar notiï¬ed the Barrie Chamber of Commerce office and not the county tourist and industrial committee of his plight Iandvtbat he would be unable to carry on alone Apparently when he received this information the Barrie Chamber manager offered narconsfrue ye suggestions for carrying on So the mobile unit and its Kaccompanyingmarkers were disman lled and the whole kit and kaboodle shib Toronlo where it now sits idle awal the Chairmah is and ti no flittlejrouble to for hwsy400 whereitcculd serve the Vihteresls of resort operators Simone Couchiching ing waterways They were eikcecdi unhap cause the Barrié Chamber ofiiu be the deps tments main con was the to yes except that purpose ill Wesrnuomn IRVING the heavy to earn ICANADA THEN ANorboAv By LEWIS mention The Grdnary pi thexEmpiic That was the proudtitlebvahlch the Dominion of Cnnad known 1n the iirst decadéof the present century Thosewcre the horseendvbuggy days in eastern Canada Ontario had emerged from the pioneer stage of its agriculturaL development The lumber1 camps were receding northward yet the riverdrivers wcre still busygulding the logs with the spring freshets to the sawmills on the lake shore But all eyes were turning westward attracted by the pictures of the Prairies clothed with golden grain Thousands of emigraan were lured across the ocean by ibose pictures and ihe promise of free landon which they could share in the prosperity of the Granary of the Empire xihat ground as saw it myself when came to this country in 1911 Agriculture at that time was Canadas basic and paramount in day was strikingly presented by Stuart Armour Canadian econom ist in speech to the Canadian Electrical Association at Banff recently In his opening remarks Mr Armour paida tribute to the on of vision andgreat tenacity who carried the building of the CPR across the Prairies to its completion fWiihout the CPR there would haVe beenno Canada we knowit today he id all Canada remained arily agriculturalas it was when the buildingof the CPR gave us iheiï¬rst boost along the road toindusiri tionhood we achieved orsusiained the present dazzling position in theworld Mr Armour emphasized that was only manufaé ing potential that Can ada tookher place as thec ntry with the worlds secon highest standard of living No oflier country has malched our recor fn sup ort of this he quoted the following official stalisticst Belwiwh been Bible study re lowed deepened missionary act Philanthro linen Mining oil School Qpesï¬on is the historical back themergence of our quirrying contribute 400 lio Forest industries $8500 mil lion fishing $750 million and con elion $10700 million anufacluring contributed in eién years $12000mililon oreio ihe national income than industries combined said Mr Armour many ersons evenresidents of Clhada stilllook upon lhiscoun try onlyias producer of raw materials whilemanufactur ing seems regarded as sort of black sheeij lie was referring pdrticulariy to the excessive pro portion of laxationborne by man4 iffiiciuringindustries He declar ed ihalencouragement of manu facturing was the only certain way of ens ngihe growth of variously and fully employed tiomwithoutwhlch our ec will not continue togrow henomenal rate we have achieve in ihe past decade Ml Armour gevcisome surpris ï¬gures ofthe importsof GennMYand the fates compared with 05 Canad vHe showedtbat Can ada ith only onetenth of the population of the 1151 imported manufactured goods to ihevslue of $4897 million which was actu ally sm million higher than the US of $4370 million The aboVe is bbre outlineof an informative and thoughtpro voking address which felt should have had wider audience of Canadians span were pri the imperial illeweixiiéméries By 11th noon Spedal radon Comm Forfiberbarric DiElPE silence be ing written in Dieppeance on the eve of the Llolbannivcrsary of flat tragic but glorious raid which on August 10th1942 wrotea new moon the glory of eunuch so eel which would hive given lhe metropolis of Toronto streets as wide as ihose enjoyed by most American tcwns dis appeared to be replacedby dismal rechngular cluttering it was considered too ambitious We haVe here su lesson for Let us not make the same in Vakelr dc Suggests No Vole Al Collingwdod 403 Minnesota Street Collingwodd Sept 1958 To The Editor Thewllarrie Examiner SirThere is greatiurmoil in 1h section at present time regarding the enlarging or build ingof how school flThe public is being bombarded through the press and council issuing flood of big sheets of rcasonswhy we should vote as ihey suggest 1Well once billcn twice shy Thechalrman 9f Finance Com mittee we alwocolumnimani fcsiov one reads this care fully and thinksfor himself it shows plainly whyvfe hudld vole Noam One remark by fhis lcnmed chairmanfof one years experi encchh thohoard believe is reallymisleadln he Govern men doe Inc now pay grants on gather than standard class rooms if he means playrooms 3105 mee ngs when cure school was built the Government would not give granï¬ on other than rooms used intcaching Our chairmen would byhis statement try glad tell us the law has been changed but do notbelieve thisis cor rect Regarding the great shortage of room from size of roomsl cannot where any great no riiice calledfordf few scholars more are put in each room even one or two playrooms could be used Afterall it is education we should be thinking of notplaytimes er What surety have weiilhai ï¬nly $297000 will be the cost new 911450nnbnmfla Canadas military history Wc have just returned from the Clinc uere des Venus where we iook part in the opening ceremony of the annual celebration of that niversary It has left deepim pression on our mind to intensify the many impressions which have been formed since we left Vic toria Station in London at 030 thismornlng for the annual pil grimage to Dieppe This has been day in re member We were forlunaie that we had as travelling companions at least one veteran who took part in the Dleppe raid and was wounded there kWM Bay Scott formerly of the Royal Regiment of Canada regiment which suff ered terribly in the assault onthe Dieppe beaches Through his eyes we were ble to reconstruct aswell as itcan be done on ierreln new devoted exclusively to peaceful pursuits exactly what happened on that August morning 10 years ago Also in ourcom partmenl was former Sam ual Service of Windso regi mental of the old 18th Battalion CEF in the first wor1dwar and officially representing the Essex Scottish Regiment and be cityof Windsor at the Dieppe ceremon icsl His son had heel listed among the missing in the Dieppe raid and he nnd hiswife were joining in the pilgrimage TRAGIC SHORELINE Soon after we left Victoria Sla iion the rain began to ipoui down It wasstill raining when wercached Newhaven andwent on board the chdnnel sleilmeri But the air was stillandihesea was calm There was heavy fog over the water but just were nearing Dieppe ache ra clouds rolled awahylhe fog lifted Franc diané saw it wh onAugust 19th 1942 Even todaywlth noarmed de fenders waiting on theshore we could understand the terribletask which confronled the Canadian troops in that illfated raid On both sides of the iowp towering cliffs rose sheer out of the water They were so much like th while cliffs of Dover that one ight have believed we weregning in the jopposite directionhand hear ing thecoast of England SCENE DESCRIBED Tovthe left was ih break on We the film at Phys where as was althoughaglorlous Settle TWOPoms 914 Royal Regiment of Canada nude itslanding on the shore To the left was an eminence overlooking the beach On that hill in 1042 there had been batteries of Ger man artillery They were to have been immobilized by the No Commandos before inndin the actusl But the Commandos nev cr reached that objective being intercepted on lbs way and when the Royal Regiment storm ed ashore they were met by with ering artillery fire from the hills and by machine gun fire from behind lsioolwsll which pin ned them to the beach On that beach the regiment was decim led and of the 800 men whp the attack only 38 answered to callback in England the next day rawan cesiumins To the right of the harbor en trance saw the broad stretch of lhcDleppe Beach on which the Essex Scottish and the Royal Hamilton Light infantry lauded Highlanders tank regiment Fur iherlo tberighf we saw the beach at Peurville where ï¬rst the South Sasketcbewan Regimenl and inter Lhe Cameron Highlanders landed and beyond that the land soneuve They hodan easier landing hhey were able to iancc So the regiments on the right flank suffered much less than those on the right We look ihe lroopsand the tanks leaving their landing ships wilh conï¬d by thewithering rain oflire from the machineggn posts in ibe cliffs and in the buildings facing the beach The holes in the cliffs menis are sill there They en bullets which Canadians Overlooki met ihe attacking we couldsee the ruins of part oï¬ithe casinuJin which men of the Royiil Hamilton Light Infan iryï¬staged ï¬erce battle after houses facing the see one can see lhe scars of battle leftlhere 16 cars to which the yéars agop Diepppismull point WONDER Ar simmer Aniuruu Se exposed View as we neared the harbo lesson in the nperstivesirstegy of the famous raid fromwur ser geantmajor guide who was there 18 Years ago As we looked at the scene today our zwonderment was disaster that the raidhsd been but that family nobility and monasteries ilurn topage eleven explained to us byCSinLSciiityhhe to eleven please to be follovied by the Calgary ing place of the Regiment de Maiso vance beyond the beach some disfl ence and abandon to be baiiered inc beach some what to the right of the herbor ed on that shoreline visualized used as machinel gun emplacev aliled us toimaginé the rain of are terrain lay andwe had an object