Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 18 Aug 1959, p. 3

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agars Ontario promises that this we MARIE mm Nsem Ne nun award Camp Borden Girl In Pan Am Games nursing assistant from Camp Borden leaves for Chicago and the Pan American Games Sunday and on her rest high hopes for capturing ld medal for Canada Kiwanis Hear President Lang 0n Convention Presidént Bill Lang of Barrie Kiwanis Club gave his report and impressions of the 1959 Ki wanis International Convention at the dinner meeting last night at Central United Church The convention was held during the last week of June at Dallas Texas As official delegate from the Barrie club Mr Lang flew from Malian to Dallas andbnck via Chicago along with some Tor onto Kiwanians President of Kiwanis Interna tional this year is Canadian Kenneth Loheed of Toronto was proud as Canadian by the way Ken Loheed presided at this convention in his man ner tact wit and enthusiasm reported Mr Lang But think the Americans scan to show for more enthusiasm in the way they dolthings than we do on this side of the border Next years convention will be in Miami Florida with the 1961 meeting slated for Toronto Can ads Kiwanis dinner guests last night were Kiwanian John Scott from Hamilton Westdale and William Bolster of St Cathar ines visitor with Dave Harris on Next Mondays Kiwanis dinner will be followed by ladies night at President Bill Langs Oro Beach cottage WEATHER Synopsis Clear and less hurnld Weather pushed th ar through Ontario Monday night hringing some relief from the sultry weather of the last few days to the lower lakes Ahigh pressure area now moving across come drange will last at least through Wednesday Considerable cloud lingers in northeastern tario but this should clear later today gt Regionai forecasts valid until midnight Wednesday Lake Erie Lake Huron Ni Lake Ontario regions illndsor London Toronto Ham cooler and less hmnid today and Wednesday Winds light Georgian Bay Halihurton regi ions Sunny with cloudy periods today and Wednesday little cooler endless humid both days Windsflight Kirkland Lake region North BaySudhury Sunny with cloudy periods today slod Wednesday ls olated thunderstorms Wednesday aftern Seasonal tempera tures Winds iight TimminsKapnskasin Cloudy Mainly sunny little Corporal Merle Depree Cana dian discus champion is in in tensive training these last few days before her depnrture With her work in the Army itiodlcni Corps school three to four hours day training and workouts with Terence Weathernli the Army Athletics coach and her lrnincr she doesnt have chance to think of much but the games His hopes for making good showing are well founded since she holds the Canadian record of in feet and according to her trainersbo expects topenetrate the 150 foot mark very soon If not for the Pan American games then certainly for the Olympics in Rome snidlrain er Weatherall CONFIDENT Marie is quite confident about her chances at the games They are much better than they were for the last games bavemuch more confidenc In the last Pan American gam Crash Victirns Still Survive The condition or 71yearold man who was sent to Toronto hospital alter motor accident near Oriilia Saturday night is described as air while 17 yearold Goldwater youth in Sol diers Memorial Hospital is reported in satisfactory condi tion The accident occurred on lliglr way 12 about two miles west of Oriilia when acar driven by Murray Vivian 16 of Goldwater struck therear of vehicle driven by Albert Moyadrd of Toronto Maynard was hurled over against the back window of his car upon impact passenger in the Vivian car Raymond Patterson 17 ome Goldwater who received slashed throat is reported in satisfactory condition in Soldiers Memorial Hospital this morning Driver Maynard was released last night woman wiLness saw the blood gushing from Pattersons throat and immediately jumped into the car and applied pressure to check the bleeding Police said she probably saved Pattersonslit by her prompt action Patrick Maynard aged nine passenger in lirerear of the Maynard car was uninjured in the crash Charges Murray Viv ian arependmg policesa meet in es in 55 in Mexico she placed sixth not closer indication of her ability now can be gauged by her third place showing in the International American Womens track andfield meet in Cleve land heid earlier this year became quite interested In the disarm in 1953 while still in highschoolanditistheonly sport really stuck to Marie has quite an impressive record accompanying her to Chicago In 1954 one year after she took up the discus ahe placed third in the British Empire Gam es in Vancouvar In 1956 she got sixth inxthc Pan AmaricanvGames and the next year second in the Olym pic uials inHamiltonw en she was beaten out by Jo eMac Dionald who wentto the Olym cs In 58 she came fourth in the British Empire Games in Wales and to top it off her third place showing in the International Cleveland earlier this year Corporal Depree who enlisted in the Canadian Armydn lssv hails from Vancouver She is the only Camp Borden entrant in the upcoming games and is the only woman discus thrower going Thoughhopes for Canada in gaining tirst place are nil ac cording to trainer Weatherall we are good contenders for second spot he said Neatytwoyearold of stands and weighs Egyptians MaySee Mummies lst Tune CAIEO AP For the first time in nearly 30 years Egypt Toronto Tony ereretnrn other vrctulnj Harbor cot7 Drivcrhf thc other car 16 yearold Paul McGllllvtay at Toronto recein minor injuries his passengers Ronald cumu on Neil lobetsou ad ovaount Dennrs 18 of Throntm All weto are slumped by theiron nadtwo daughters Mrs testis Franklin of Minded and BC active in The many friends of Alfred Norman learned with mtof his death Thursday Augus is in the Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie where he had undergone an operation August In but failed to rally His death marked the close of king and useful life Born May midst in Kent England as had come to Canada in root and settled in Toronto There he had taken up construction which he followed there until 1945 When he gave this up be came to Bar rie went into the hardware busi ness in Allandale with his son Edwin and had been active there until nuilerecently Alfred Norlnon was an Angli can and member of St Georges Anglican Church He was also member of the Vet erans Club of the 20th Battalion Toron and had served over seas during World War 1with 7Hdrdware Store the First Division SunnlrCol There large attendance for the unerai Mondayat the vice was conducted byilev Wal Jcanctt More Home Bradford has are is zaans tar om rccllor of figcieorges Church Ailnndale Intermentfol lowed later in Mount Pleasant Cemetery Toronto when the acting pallbearers wer McGuire DurkEB Rom Tate Ken Borneman Ed win Incson and One Fleetham His wife the former Amos Johnston died 12 years ago in Toron Of family the surviving relatives are his two sons Edwin of Barrie and Gordon in To ronto also two sisters Mrs Harry Burgess Harriet of To ronto and Mrs Earnshawe Brown Gertrude in London England AddressBy Barrie Woman Delights American Audience Featured speaker at meet lng of the Chautauqua Art Asso ciation Chautauqua NY last weekwas Bettinanarvle ifo of BarrieJudge Jv Harvie Mrs Barvie whowon first prize award for textile designing there for the secondfime this year demonstrated and display ed textile blodr printing Her forthright delivery Was most attractive reports the Chautauqulm Dally Trained at South Kensington Accident Victim of iheUnlversityofLondon and at the Chelsea Art School Mrs Harvie has been painter all herllfe Supplementing her coal with udy in Toronto with pain ing groups and visiting English tex tile arttsts she teachesin Palm Beach Floridain the winter and enjoys variouscoursesat the Norton Art Gallery School Chautauqua near Buffalo in New York State has long been centre American culture Becomes Mystery Man jToPolice An accident in which man dived off dock near Oriilia Sat urday and broke his neck has caused confusion tofive police departmenunnd The Examiner reporting staff Charles Lewes 52 dived off dock near the Lakeview Hm tel and struck rock He was then taken to Soldiers Memorial Hospital in Oriilia and from there rushed to hospital in To rooto He is understood to be having special treatment there ians soon will be able to see the mummies of some of their lands ancient rulers Cairo Museum plans to open to the public the chamber contain ing mummies of Egyptian Phar oahs The room was closed to the public in the early 19305 on the ground that it was undignified to display bodies ofpast rulers in museum in the intervening period only important scholars and dignitar ies have set eyes on the mum mies some of them 50 centuries old The chamber contains about so mummies The best preserved is that of Rameses II discovered in less and dating back Woyears Other famous mummies at the museum are those of Cheops the Pharth who built the Great Pyramid and that of pharoabs Amenophis and lhltankhamen roomssr0cx=pmcgsxa Compile at noon and Co Ltd nainm ea or mom 52 colostrum Alumtnlum Ltd aroma Gas lr Asbestos Algom Unn Bk of Mona Dan an hour Faun nom store Dom rr becoming sunny this afternoon chance oflate showers today Mainly cloudy Wednesdaywith scattered showers and thunder storms Little chang in temper ature Winds light today hecom ing easterly 15 to Wednesda Con Hall St Catilarines Hamilton Intonation lllte rov Pl Kerflanuan Lobilvl Brod Pro xiii amt Ht can we con Negul Consumers on on sue Flynn Coliier Street atClnpperlou New My Nomad Mlnll Mameti New Hon 116 42 28 Sullivan Photo 23 Stcei of Can TohDDill Bk an Pip Indan Fin Texaco Unltoli 30 urchin nnwn we finnens Private Torn Campbell son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Camp hell Clevelmop Camp Bor den was among80 soldier aw prentices who graduated from the Royal Canadian Army Ser vice Corps School Carnp Bor den after two years of basic milltery trades and academic training Pte Campbell is go ing to beaeook th No Transport Compahy Winni peg Man National ence oun ohmox on immune am While digging into the factsof the story The Examiner found that Mr Lawes was reported by one source to be from Brantford and by another source to hail from Bradford In cases of doubt like this it is vcmtomary to check back to the police handling the case but here the difficulty began Oriilia OPP reported lmowing nothing about the case and sug gested the municipal police who also reported ignorance ofthe incident Another reference went from themto Brechin police and from there back to Oriilia and from here to Victoria Harbour And from there to where Back to Oriilia of course This routine led to call in Bradford to see if they knew of Charles Lawes in Bradford No such name here came the retort Where is Lewes tram Is there such man Did the incident happen 15 theres Lakeview go tel tht monthjs this uoyw ay COLD cash roe coor fetalHrs Now is thetimc to adverv tlse that winter clothing fur coat or whathaveyou cold Winter evenings arent that far away so sort through your winter garments now Turn these unWanied articl eslnto cash by advertising them in The Examiner want ads PhonelPA 82414 and the office staff will be glad to assist you VAST NORTHAND The Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories cover an area of in Members and friends of Bar rie Horticultural Society found out for themselves last night bow flowers can brighten home or city They spent more than two hours touring Barrie examining parks and flower beds in all corners of the city Rainy weather producing tra color in the to of ram bow kept them inside their char tered bus most of the time but the party slighted at the John Street depot of the Parks Board and Park Superintendent Jim Savage showed them over his domain The tour Was ledj fly by Mr Savage and Mrs Gable the Horticultural So tys repres entative on the IJarks Board In many areas notably Toron to and Bradford streets Mrs Gable showed members how well kept homes inspired neigh bors to start gardens with con sequent improvements in npplt earance and value of their prop erty The tour passed parks which many residents do not normally visitgand saw two new projects 0ne project now well advan ced is the Kinsmens Industrial Park in Aliandale Here creek has been dammed and last night bathers were ignoring the rain showers The other major project und erbconstruction by the Horticul tural Society as four to five year project is the Nelson Street lookout TheSociety and Parks Board working together hope to have park high over the city overlooking rifempenfelt ay Last year some 5200 was spent on clearing up the ground an other $2th0 needs spending on the project over period of years lugs Thisyearth Cordelders Parks And IloWer Beds The party went into the in dustrial area the grounds of Mansfield Rubber Die Viibiss and General Elect rc In the downtown arethe bus went slowly past two controverr sial areasMemorial Park and BayviewPark Memorial Park saved by public action lrom co mmercial developers lo ok ed well cared for and Mr Sahage described thesteps be had taken to bring it to ts present state of beauty But as the bus left the park Mrs Gable gestured to collection of tumbledown boat huts on the east side Isnt that just sight shecommented EYESORE REMAINS The huts were those which as used caustic cement in council last winter when Examiner pho tographs showed they formed part of the background for the Winter Carnival Still nothing has been done toolean up the eyesore At Bayview Park comment was guarded Mrs Gable recal led delegation had once corn plained the park looked neglect ed dont think it looks neg lectedshe said Mr Savage revealedthe wash rooms et St Vincent Park had proved more expensive than ex pected Result was it put hole in our budget Theyhad cost $5000 instead of the expected $30m St Vincent Park is used more than any other inthe city The tour also passed some schools where Mrs Gable ex plained how the llorticuitural Society had cooperated with the school boards to improve the pearsncebf the boards bu so giv ing prize of 95 $15 and $10 to school caretakers with the be grounds The party learned Ihl lcrest School was planted with royal oaks brought in coronation yearfrom Windsor Castle of gardening Mrs Gable summed it up It is sort of catching like polio but it doesnt paralyze you comple 1y OIIllla Thefts Are Controurng Looks like nothing is safe these days They even tookthe furn itnreat an Oriilia home over the weekend Mrsi Norman McLaughlin dropped in on couple to whom she had rented house They were gone Also gone are dresser vanity table bedroom chair medicine cupboard roilaway bed mattress two lampsh set of dishes boo case tarpauiin and blankets Meantime thefts continued Couchiching Beach Park over the weekend ThreeOlriliia men suffered losses Don York reported awatch wallet andchange stolen Don McKenzie lost wallet and keys and Bob Calverleybad some smallchange stolen They had leftrth items with clothes in the bathing house gt And Leo Cassldy returned to his Oriilia home from three week holiday to find it ransack ed Thieves had pried open window with shovel and made off with $200 diamond ring and $4 incash

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