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About By RG5 Born in 1865 in the village at Alliston in the Domuuon Hotel prietor James Hand 91 has lived all his life in the Allislon area He farmed on Lot 15 Con of dash Township or and moved into lown Telling of the towns activities in the good old days Mr Hand says that there was more indus try than than now There were two brickyards two tanncrios two flour mills and two planing mills Aplant manufacturing ag ricnltural machinery Aikens Knight and Wilson werelhe first to make thc selfrake reapers machine which preceded the binder and left the sheaves ready to be handtied The town also boasted wool len mill pump factory five blacksmith shops three tailor shops that each employed ls to 20 hands carpet weaving plant where rag rugs and carpeLs were woven an egg pickling plant two barrel and tub factories and two liquor stores where enough liquor for six good drinls could be purchased for 25 cents When the Scott Act was passed it put number of hotels out of busi ness as they lost their licences to sell liquor FATHER VET llls father was veterinarian and after selling the hotel he moved out to the Essa farm in 1833 When th fathers health failcd James took over the farm He attended school in the pub lic school in Alliston Those who wanted higher education went to Bradford or Collingwood high schools coming home only at weekends and for holidays Mr Hand was topnotch lacrosse player and starred on some of the best teams of the day often playing against such teams as Bradford and Orangoville He also played football and the older men all played cricket Every town had its lacrosse team and the competition was strong This was not the game now cal led box lacrosse but the real liemans game said to be the of which his father was the pro many years before he retired Alliston Nonagenarian Tells In Industry enith El JAMES HAND The Grand Trunk Railway now CNR came through Al liston from Bcclon to Coiling wootl and ttlis made it possible to ship cattle and bags to lor onto Previously cattle had to be driven on foot and this took couple of days man named Grant operatcd repository in Toronto and bought lot of horslt cs around Alliston They were tcmn to the city by road group of dozen tied together with saddle man on one horse and the others roped to this Pigs were killed locally and the pork token to markets dressed Millinery stores gave employ ment to some girls andothers who did not marry went into domestic service The mill pond provided skating and the young men kept the ice clear of snow Winters posed quickly and ev eryone seemed to enjoy them selves without going beyond the to The main street was dirt road and often in the spring would became very muddy There was little disturbance which needed police action Though there were two liquor stores it was only occasionally that there was need for court to be held The first electric plant was operated by steam roughest sport played on foot threshing engine and later was of four boys and two girls His caslon William Hand of Strnud Rm and imurance agent in Al wick Rovelstoke EC Leonard NOT OLDEST run by water power from the dam This has now been sup plemented by the Hydro One of the home products was cheese that was famous for its Ratify Mr Hands family consisted wife died ll years ago On his 90th birthday June 1959 all his family was home for the oc liston James of the Bank of Montreal Simcoe Muriel Ched TorontoDominiou Bank Toron to and Mabel who lives with her father on Wellington Street life member of the Barrie Valley ol the Scottish Rite Ma sons he has taken an active part in degree work At Bl Mr Hand is not the old est person living in Alliston Mrs Joseph Murphy who will be 96 on her next birthday has lived in Alliston since moving there from Rosemont She was born in the Owen Sound district and is sister of Donald Fleming once proprietor of the Owen Sound Times She married Joseph Mur phy in 1389 and moved to the Rosemont area Both these elderly people are active and interested in the daily happenings around them Mrs Murphy reads lot does fancy work and helps with the house hold tasks She lives with her daughter Mrs Marshall Downcy in the home Joswh Murphy bought at in Victoria Street when he retired train the farm in 1920 It never expected to live to this age she said as we called to visit her PMATO HARVEST First of the new potato crop is now being harvested on the Really farm about three miles south of Alliston where pm tatn combine is working Was Under Truck Beside TV Set Barrie laborer was picked up and charged by Barrie City Police Friday night after he was Barrie Scouts Visit Wildman In the middle of Wildman Boy Scout Camp on the shores of Georgian Bay stands an ugly ramshackle old hut The camp where hundreds of Barrie Scouts and other Scouts from as far away as Kentucky will be and have been camping this summer has only dlis one aspect which is undersirable And Scouter Will OBrecht who is there this week with 24 Scouts from 4th Barrie St Marys says he and other Scout officials in the area are anxious to get it pulled down In its place Barrie and Di5lt trict Scouts would hope to build new solid building where cubs could live in the summer and where all kinds of indoor activit ies could be carried on Apart from the condemned hut however it is different story UNDER CANVASS The four patrols are under canv vas spend their day taking Scout task which they seem to appre ciate more out at camp playing games going for hikes swim ming horseback riding cooking their own meals and building So far the boys have nearly completed wooden three plat form observation and signalling post from which they can relay semaphore messages and they Sunday Winds light 39 mm mm $515391 Have you insurnnc to pay dor For Mr Metghen Forecast Tumpernturen ii trill till hit dame Low tonight nigh tomorrow TORONTO CplMarine 10 2993 Egg tagfig $2 If not why not tied out how OM hrononllrlobetcrl wrltl gala Windsor as no gm valid Mil MI Fifi 3333 133133 lgglgg could help you payl onora given on St Thomas Arthur Mcighen in state fu London sit iii Lake Superior mumtwmas 232 $2 1333 1333 For full details lust on porn the federal government Wingham 60 80 10 knots increasing to East or sit5 up man plans for Monday Toronto so no southeast 15 to 20 knots tonight mm wnBUR The mm will be held in Trenton 55 so Partly cloudy becoming cloudy PMVINCE 01 ONTARIO WALTON draws Unied Church he St Catharines so 80 with thundershowern surly Sun Afg 19 10 102 Hamilton 50 80 Nov woo was 10600 cm Auto Accident and Mr Meighen twice prime rnin Musk VYt° 1mg 1833 Sickness ram Liability later of Canada died Friday at Kahlua 35 Georgian Bay Lake Ontario is or Aug 191 0qu 10075 and Home Protection General manager Reeves petition in the club involving 86 Earlton Vorinble wind 10 boots N0 97 15 105 Inauranca Jewellersf Barrie William members contribllltion to His funeral Wm he at Mn Sum 55 89 Partly cloudy murmur moo sgmmon 51 3mg Shaw let is seen presening trn ucine new mam cars to EDT and his bod will be buried North Ba 55 on Late AP 995° 100 Grucn watch to Art Harris club The clubs membership at the family plolin St Marys Knpuskasiilg so no east vianlsm dial Edi 3Fcllwo gm we President Central Ontario drive starts this weekend about in miles southweototStrnt White River so cloudy Chance thundershelv Wa 73 9575 9675 0193f1 Salon and Art Club for nom tEuominnr Ebola km 19670 have also thrown precarious looking but 100 per cent safe monkey bridge across brook in the middle of camp Walking across it is something akin to walking tightrope in gale but when youre 13 years old thats the kind of thing person is eager to try All the scouts are under can vas and although there have been camps there since late June and will continue to be through September each troop brings and pitches its own tents LONG BIKES One of the hardest tests the boys have is the hike Only four boys have done it this year but when they completed it they were nearly through on their first class The boys are sent off in pairs into the country with enough equipment to last them about 24 hours and map on which the camp lender has given them definite route they must follow Many of the Scouts have been going to Wildman Camp near Perkinsfield for five years and from the way they were all talking it seems certain so long returning to the 100 acre site Also along on this weeks compv Kyle bulance needing before charges will be laid Charge Couple Beat Boyrln Their Care as they are shone they will br TORONTO CWRobert Bax pier and his wife Lillian were fiatgod Friday night with as was assistant camp leader gilt occasioning bodily harm er beaten so badly he was taken to sun of Mrs Margaret Essery =was not serious but police said he was one mass of bruises the boy for three weeks while =Mrs Esseny was expecting issued by the weather office at found underneath truck with television set baside him Evans Binley Sayles 34 of Sanford Street was found under neath truck at the roar of Le vits Trading Store by Bnme Police constablvs FOUND SET television set later identi ficd as belonging to Levitll Was found beside him Sayles was charged Iyith break entry and theft and will possminn of stolen goods Young Boy In Hit By Car In Innisfil Paul Wagg age 14 was struck by car driven by William Ed ward Talbott of Gilford on slderoad near the 9th line of linnisfil Thursday evening Mr Talbott told police he had reach ed down for kleeneii and did not see the lad until he heard the impact Suffering from head injuries and lacerations the injured boy twas rushed to hosle by nm Further investigations am pro itlslmownif twoYearold boy was nspitnl Condition of William Essery The Balmers were looking after aby WEATHER TORONTO CP Forecasts am EDT Synopsis Fine weather over ntario is associated with an ex tensive highpresure area mov ing lowly eastward across the province On Sunday and Man day trough of low pressure will edge into the Great Lakes area resulting in atte re thundershowers but nearnormal temperatures Full State Honors CHARGE THREE AFTER BREAKIN William Harry McKenzie fit of 73 Collier Street was yesterday charged with break and entry at Barrio YMCA McKenzie and two juven iles also charged in the some incident will appear in court Aug 10 Barrie city police did not disclose other details of the break and entry Collingwood In Drive For Ships COLLINGWOOD CPlA Ca nadlnn shipping executive said Friday restrictions should be placed on the shipping trade in Canadian and United States terri torial waters Harold Walton general mann ger of Collingwood Shipyards snid restrictions might help the Canadian shipbuilding industry compete more easily in world trade He told crowd of 3000 at the christening of the twinscrew vcs sel Hopedale The St Lawrence Seaway and the resulting increase of business will dream demand for ship building Wc would like to see the ships built in Canada Canadian wages were high and this made it difficult for Cana dinn ship owners to buy Canadian built ships and compete on the world market against lowercost ships built elsewhere The Hopedalo is the first government built passenger freight ship construction here since the Second World War it was christened by Mrs Waldo Monteith of Stratford wife of Health and Welfare Minister Mon teith The iwfootlong ship is ex pected to go into service in October servicing communities along Newfoundland and Labra dor coasts PARMERS MARKET The farmers market this morning was one of the largest in long time with several outside displays in addition to interior stalls Masses of lovely gladioli blooms mostly at $0 bunch were eVeIYWbere and other flowers including clarkia Carrots were soc bask beans 60c and beets 40c head lettuce 10c cucumbers 75¢ bas ket Egg prices were 584 and 50 large and medium Copper tool ing in attractive designs was govely Home baking was lea er Essa Township Alliston Library Board will have to get along this year with out financial grant from the Township of Essa it was dis closed earlier this week at the regular township oouncil meet mg Clerk Bell was instruct ed by council to inform the lib rary board of this development Council also instructed the clerk and the road superintend ent to draw up an agreement with St Pauls Lutheran Lat vian Church in connection with their proposed development at the camp on concession Council decided to investigate the possibility of putting road at the back of lots on sub Regiunal forecasts valid until midnight Sunday Lake Erie Lake Huron re gions Windsor London Mainly sunny today Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Sunday Not much change in temperature winds light Georgian Bay Lake Ontario Niagara Kirkland Lake regions Toronto Hamilton North Bay Sudbury Sunny with cloudy in tervals and lint much change in temperature today and Sunday Scattered thundershowcrs Sun day evening Winds light Timmins Kapuslrasing Hali hurton regions Sunny with cloudy intervals and not much change in temperature today and For Alliston Library Board lilo harm Examiner CITY AND COUNTY NEWS BAT Plans for the Barrie Shopping Plaza at Anne and Wellington streets are going ahead at full speed and commercial interests are apparently interested in the potential of the Plaza Applications to join the Plaza have been rolling in and so far tha following tenants have sign ed leases with the Plaza to open businesses Wonlwortbs Power Super market Plaza Drugs Bata Shoe Store Coward Clothes Lady El lis Lingerie and Ladies Wear Royal Bank of Canada Coles Book Store and Paramount Cleaners NEGOTIATE The real estate agency hand ling the rental of space for the Plaza says numerous other ten ants are currently engaged in negotiations Construction of the Islrune development bcgan last April The target opening date is March AIM AT 30 The estimated number of stores for the shopping area was set at 30 when construction started During July alone 16 building Discount Stamps Work For Charity In Vacation Areas Summer vacationers in Mid landmost of whom spend only few weeks in the area are doing their bit for local charities And giving was never easier Discout stamps they picked up when they bought their groc cries in the post were often dis carded because stomps have to be redeemed in the store in which they are given and on briefvncation not enough could be saved by an individual fam ily Kinsmen Kiwanis and Lions clubs in the area have now come up with the idea of placing box es in unused discount stamps in front of stores or insupenmarket parking lots where they do not interfere with the nonoat flow of businss During one hour in an earlymorning slow period this week 4000 stamps were put in one box in Midland by summer vacationers These discount statrips will be put to work for projects in aid of crippled and underprivileged children and other service club charities The idea in catching on among service clubs througin out the vacation area and star as are happy to cooperate be cause this makfi giving as easy as taking holiday 1i Drops Grant division plan mo and the front of lots on plan 1883 in the part left for park purposes NEW ROADWAY Tho Essa road department will construct new roadway over the CPR tracks at concession with the proviso that the rail way cover the expense of mov ing poles and replacing cross mg The road superintendent was also histrueted to call for tend ers for building base on line II from lot to and for the pull ing down of tho Nicol Hill on concession five pending the ap proval of the department of high ways The treasurer was given some work to do when he was in structed to prepare itemized tax slips for all property owners He was also instructed to pay the same grants to fair boards junior farmers and other sim ilar organizations as were paid last year In the way oipaymcnl of ac counts council approved the payment of $9191 road vouch ers and payroll $3692 general accounts $11149 payroll ac counts $667 relief payments Council will meet noxt Sept LAKE FORECAST unnav locum mo Barrie Plaza Starts To Roll permits wore issued for ottents of the Plaza As parking space for the cus tomers of the so stores the Plaza will provide for 1050 cars Search Continues Ior Mens Bodies Up until noon today the search for the bodies of Doug Hanna and Cos Chruszcz drowned last week end when their cnbtn cruiser overturned in Luke Simcoe has proven unsuccessful Though the bodies have not yet been turned up some floating on Jects believed to be from the boat have been recovered County Fiddlers Are Defeated At Shelbume The 10th anniversary of the oldtimc fiddlers contest held ln Shclburne ands tonight Simeon County contestaan went down to defeat Friday when 1M contestants and more than 3500 spectators filled the big arena and listened to thel fiddlers do their stuff Lloyd Preston Morgan Mun phy Mel Lavina and Billy Muli hollnnd were some of those who represented the local district Non of these mode the finals which will be played off during the final night tonight ECONOMIC MEET It was announced this morning that twoday Georginn Fay Econolruc Development Confer ence will be held at Honey Hor boul Sept Sponsor is the Georgian Bay Development is sociation Full story in Mondays Examiner ALLISTON COURT ALLISTONNoel Juneau 32 long distance truck driver from This is John Campbell of Shanty Bay and believe it or not hes studying wall on the moon Examiner city edi tor Barry Conn Hughes tells James Joseph Hanrahan 65 of sundry BAY srancnrrh pence Montreal and other places was convicted in Allnton Courts Fri day of careless driving He was picked up by the Alliston police when found asleep in his ve hicle and apparently impaired by alcohol He was fined $75 and cash and had his drivers suspended months anywhere in Canada for three mnsse FLYNN 11 common so when he failed to stop after his vehicle was said to have touch ed another eman asked that the Crowns case be dismissed as there had been insufficient evidence of id entity Magistrate Mark of Ham ilton by Asistant Crown Attorney Kennedy was on the Bench while Magistrate Foster is on holidays and agreed with the defence We might just welt say that to hit bumper while leav ing parking lot should be re ported as an accident he told the Crown Another charge dint of care less driving laid by Constable McKay when be accused the same driver of heading his car at the police cruiser when he was leaving the accused after inform ing him of the first accident backfired when the defending solicitor pointed out that the oclt currcnce had taken place out side the town of Alliston where as the charge had been read as happening in Alliston This re sulted in the charge being dis BOND PRICES Compiled Weekly Br 10me CANADA Clamuce Clarke 20 Alliston district pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene of an accident making paint scratch His solicitor John Bow introduced to the Court Hoping for Slowmoving farm vehicles or Tottenham district pleaded guil ty to charge of driving while his ability was impaired OPP Constable Ruskin told the court that he had followed the accused for some distance on County Road 10 and that the car was weaving The driver showed the usual symptoos of inebriatlon at the police office His solicitor Mr Hulse of Aurora pleaded for lenience as his client might have difficulty in getting drivers licence rev newed His client had driven for 22 years without an offence against his record Magistrate Mark lined the accused $75 and nose and suspended his licence for three months anywhere in Canada SPEEDING Driving 75 mph on county road between Highway 400 and Cooks town brought Victor Edward Toews of Whitby fine of $20 and costs or five days on charge of speeding James Christian 81 who is suffeting from partial stroke and had to be helped into court took his car out even though he has not drivers licence and has arrangements for man to drive when needed He went for drive few days ago and Good Harvest 1d Man Weather could wipe out your bopu for good year but so could liability suit wondering cattle could cause highway accident for which you might be liable about the Shanty Bay store gazers fascinating hobby in his weekly column on page five The Examiners Satur day Page Examiner Photo Long Distance Trucker Is Fined Loses Licence ran into another vehicle par on the street This resulted the police being called and charge laid for operating the vehicle without licence Asked by Magistrate Mark why he drove without licence he re plied Because they will not give me one He was placed on suspended sentence and told that if dfive again he would be sent TRY AN EXAMINER WANT PHONE PA 82414 JOHN 6MB HAIR STYLISTS an Manchu earns oven availing Ippolntmnni PA 84661 an MAN on ACTION fsrnwor too busy to check his life mace program with Sim Life reprsom tafive He wants to be absolutely sure that his changing needs are taken care of promptly and edeqmtely TOM ANDERSON MA blapporton Phone In $8451 Mww unmanhm 32 ftp $2 droidmt fiwfla onssmma We ab monitor comm