Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 6 May 1957, p. 1

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an mosrnnbsm swimn Serving rusrown or main nuncountry or smcos Since 1864 9313c Year+NoL53 Wasa um eu mwuaum BARRIE ONTARIO CA ADA Addressing V200 ation that tour Wasaga Beac wintezx sleep conie the mi publicity on his firs community and to clean up pa The convention spouso ed by the Chamber of Commerce alsii served tirred from its to wel as fa recruiting drive for the cham ber Reeve Becki ged full Supnidaie Townshi greasiveIConservat and Liberal prospective candidates or Simcoc Northplleber Sm and Campbell AdvertisingImportant immunity meeting was designated paigu and each people here then his the respon had to bee commu ity effort The and the Pm new rned this across the provincean addi ional 70 to 80 liistoiicaipiaqbes Each cause when go to read an in radeilital fr ion Vmb rs of the WasagaBeaoh Chamber of Commerce at their at priiigconvention on Saturday even ing Hon Bryan Goths Ontario MiniSter travel and pub licity said there had been an fentire change in thinking as regards tourists the past ten years There was now realiz lped every individual in the country Wasagalieach by way otibroch ures and the sound film they had made last year the minister said Advertising is so important as the first step Whenyouget the sibility of the community to see that these people come back and visit you second time The ministe emphasized that the job of promo on of anyplace clean up paint up ight up cam ministers department had hat people at hll levels were ntensely interested in the historical thingsfi fWe are bend fforts to do thevery thing people want us to do iiith rd are fortunate in hav Cranston as chairman he committee especially oieiiiliit this yea ther partment hoped to have placed plaque would containa name be scription like to visualize the scene withutbe man there These plaques are established not just for you and but for the generations of children that will be loll wing us Step To Peace Admitting that tourism was th second largest export bus ess in ontalfio he saldthat to him it we ais step towards world hr ugh travel people owgeachr ther andfgoud are it it up not at ut between tario enjoyed 60 of the total tourist business coming into Cau ada It is something that you and will have to build our eflorts to The market iscompeti Good Accommodation Mr Cathcart cautioned that the time had come when morevatten tion would have tovbc paid to the accommodation offered theJour ists He urged operators to plow back profits to improve the amen ities of their establishments We must have facilities and good facilities otherwise we are going to hurt the business He felt that his department would have to become little more strict intheir demands for good accommodation for visitor uoin Estates will be on un less wehave the wholehearted support oi the communities said the minister look in the minds of every com munt Torqnié new IsszroWnedf DRILLIA or Th todyor Daniel Sibble 15 of floating in Lake Couchiching near Floral Park on the east shore 1ulhe boyhadtbeen missing for abouta month after he and 13 yearold companion hitch hiked from Toronto to Washago Bis companion told police that Sibbie their boat and vveutforfio ride onthelake The boat waslound two days late rdrawn upionlabor beii Ved had left My objectiveis to try and encourage the travel outr siouVSt vToronto iwas found Saturday Daughter former Barrie Res denv Wins Oratorical Jeanne McKenzie Grade Bar rie District Collegiate Institute student nd other girl finalists inthe ns Club distric fpublic speaking contest were defeated by first cousin of the localorator Judy Little 17 of Schumach on Satuiday at Graveuhurst Judysktatheris Alfred ttle ormer Barrie resident Her topic denit withRusslu She was Northern ontario fin alist for this section of the prov ince Contestantk from all parts of the Lions ClubJJistrict comprises all of Onta and part of Quebec were in the orator ducted in two sections onefor thci French speaking competitors and one for the English speaking The contestgot underway with preliminary in Gravonhurst High School at pm In the evening the competition moved to the town hall auditorium where the final judging took place The contestants were entert edatsupper in the Unitgdchurciy hall and the evening concluded with the presentation of awards Jeanne is the daughterof andMrs McKenzie We lingtop St West Her topic was The Quebeé North Shoreand Labrador Railf way of which anotheruncie Jack Little is manager Weather Today Mostly Sunn Some Warmer The pastweeir was mostly sunny but with very coo north and northwest winds gt with lrost the past five nights but not extreme Growth has thtough backfire ney stack landed some 50 yards the engineer Man es suddenly AutomotivepToronto Street die from bisauyear residenc ets Monoai wronébav r9 FQVTTQmwVfievfnyKypfilr YmgVQy and single copy oNb MAY i957 Ltdxat about 1125 last night Deceased lsFred Weeks 68 General Hospital where his son The explosion threw many bricks and debris over the 40foot high building into Bradford street Windows in the plant were brok en and the cast iron tiuevpipe connecting with the main chim away Enear the railway siding The boiler house itself was niass of rubble twisted metal and broken beamsit looked as if it had been hit by bomb Quick on Scene Barrier fire brigade and the police were quickly on thescene and it was not long beforenun nett had been taken out He was barely conscious but told the res cue party he had last seen Weeks the boilers Thebrick building which was attached to the main plant hous ed three boilersrsupplylng steam for ti and me ssing The Prominent Blismess prominent business mani Barri George Montgomery founderyand head ohtgomery early saturday morning atslorou at the far sideof Monigomery of Barrie engineer Taken to ical finals The contests were coniRoyal Victoria Hospital with indeterminate injuries was Cecil Dunnett 35 RR BarrieHe was later transferred to Toronto ditlon is said to be critical explosion apparently occurred in theme at the Bradford Street end of the building and the force shook the other two boilers off their foundations Like TrainTWreck WrdyrBurgess living on Vespra Street described the sound of theexplosion as like train crash was in bed when heard it he said got llpand look edtowards the Aliandale yards thinking to see train collision Another resident on Vespra Street said he saw piumeof steam jet into the air at the of the expio Debris Hamper Workers To find the missing ma the rescuers were faced with the task at removing by hand ton otrub bio and debr volunteers orif Poirit followill ilune ThroughrzRubble And One man was killed and another injured when anexplosion completely demolhihed the boiler house at Barrier Tanning IOI PageséliwoSectiont boilers andthe main wall of the iactory Everyone surged towards the spot as workers continued to tunnel through and remove beams twisted pipes and brick to release the body and to allow the Ipassagcof stretcher Crushed under the weight of metal and rubble there was little possibility of life for Fred Weeks Morning Appraisal This morning more accurate picture can be had of the extent of damage caused ion The boilerhouse is completely wrecked Cars on two car lots on either side of the plant have been damaged by falling masonry Hoods havebeenv dented and win dowvgiass shattered brick 1w through the explps Speaker Heralds Flter window oi one car and landed un der the shboard length of iplanking mmodhetWeen the car handle and the door in the plant itself hundreds of windows have been siattered by lthc font of the explosion Today the wor ers More to re sume ve ay week after hav ingbee working foundaymeei for outing to the slow lt is believe that request this beenmade to the ONE tor llocomotive to supply steam to the can be Program at todays clubdinner at Community House sunder sponsorship of the Key Club committca with George iDanger eldvas chairmani Mem Zbers BDCI CLUB who cut districtconven

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