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DIDKPENDENT nxwaruu Serving THE TOWN OF BARBIE AND COUNTY OF SIMCOE Since 1864 MONDAY WIDN£SDAY end FRIDAY Clhigt Barrie Examiner MN ChumA Newspapers CWNA and Audit lumu Circulation 5c single copy Authorind Second cm In the Post 041lo Dopartmont 90th YecrmNo 4i bARRlE ONTARIO CANADA WEDNESDAY APRIL 1954 16 Pages Two Sections GROUND OBSERVER CORPS volunteers are seen here receiving their Wing Commander Wiseman AFC staff officer Ground Observer Corps Air Defence Command Headquarters during an impres sive ceremony carried out at the Barrie Filtr wings from er Centre during the weekend He is seen RCAFGROUND OBSERVER CORPS IMPRESSIVE WINGS CEREMONY An impressive ceremony was held at the Ground Observer Corps Filter Centre in Barrie Saturday and Sunday April and when 65 volunteers of the Ground Ob server Corps received their wings WC Wiscman AFC staff officer Ground Observer Corps from Air Defence Command Head quarters St Hubert Que present ed wings to regional supervisors chief observers and filter centre volunteers and he thanked all vol unteers for the part they play in the air defence team He stated that many more volunteers are stillrequircd both in the filter centre and in the field further address was given by WC Anderson AFC CD sector commander who told volun teers of the important part the Ground Observer Corps is playing in the air defence of Canada SLdr Harris DFC Com manding Officer of the Ground Ob server Corps for Ontario explained what the wing was for and stated that it is not just piece of metal but proof that hundreds of eyes are on the skies thereby giving further protection to aircraft that may be in distress orrequire assist ance He stressed the part played by the Ground Observer Corps in search and rescue operations and stated that visual sighting by Ground Observer Corps volunteers could save thousands of dollars and many hours of time by not alerting certain areas where it is known from reports received that the missing aircraft could not poss ibly be in that area On Sunday afternoon confer ence was held with the regional supervisors of the Barrie Detach ment who are the key men inthe Ground ObserverCorps field or ganization Each regional super visor or assistant regional super Rain lhro Root Delays Bonspiel During the heavy wind of Sun day night section of the temp orary roof covering at the new Barrie Curling Rink on Essa Road blew off Early Tuesday morn mg there was heavy rain storm and when bonspiel officials arrived they vfounil that three sheets of ice were unfit tr play Rain had leaked through and piled up fro zen mounds There was full entry of 28 rmks for the mixed affair with some of the best curlers in the provmcc both men and women on Ground Observer Corps Volunteers Get Wings here handing the certificate of appointment to Denelda Coles filter centre volunteer Second from left is Lydia Ferguson also filter centre volunteer wings At right is Flying Officer Shep herd detachment commander who received her visor is responsible for the loca tion organization and training of number of observers at specific observation posts Regional supervisors who receiv ed their wings were George Sarris Orillia George Shoults Sohom berg George Chandler Allenwood Beach Clare Keevil Claremont John Ashton Pickering Snow Department of Lands and Forests Parry Sound Leman Department of Lands and Forests Tweed Gladman Newmar ket Chief observers who received their wings were George Scott Penetang ATuttle Midland Peter Ward Barrie mobile observation post and McCulloch Toronto Filter Centre volunteers who rc ceived their wings were Ralph Green Blanche Carruthcrs Marie Agius Lydia Ferguson Denelda Coles Jean Carruthers Gerald Sutherland Patsy Marks Evelyn Heppleston Dick Mungham Jack Morris Stan MacLean Richard Stephens Clair Robertson Ian At kinson Robert Gold Joseph Fer guson Thomas Tobin John Atkin son Audus Wright Garry Ingram Michael McLinden John Gray Don ald Atkinson Michael Little Rob ert Wilson Robert Watson Robert Campbell Robert McFadden David Brett Philip Sheridan Charles Knapp William Coles Grace Hyde Lily Litte David Odishaw Ray mond Arbour Graydon Richardson Robert Carter and Michael Gray On Saturday evening social was held in the Filter Centre lounge and light lunch was serv ed by the filtcr centre volunteers It is anticipated that before the summer is completed further wings parade will be heldat the Barrie Ground Observer Corps Filter Centre RCAF OfficerKilled in Accident The death occurred during weekend car accident near Graf ton of Squadron Leader Gillis commanding officer of the RCAF armament training branch at Camp Borden while on his Way back to the Camp He was hurled to the road from his car in chain collision on the high way one mile west of Graflton His wife saved herself and their three children by grabbing the wheel of the runaway car after her husband was thrown out and managingto stop it quarter of mile from the original accident According to police the car skidded in fresh snow and side swiped car driven by Joseph Arsenaux of Thorold The collision threw open the door of the Gillis car and the driv er tumbled out when the door snagged on the left front head light of second eastbound car driven by Bruce Miller of Port Perry SL Gillis landed underneath the second car Police said he died within few minutes of frac tured skull The Gillis car collided with third auto driven by Donald Hill born of Vernonville befOre Mrs Gillis gained control of the run away vehicle vSL Gillis home was in Cree more He was recently transferred to Camp Borden from Trenton when the armament school was hand call was put through to Manager Wes Allsopp at Barrie Arena and crew came over with the ice planer They had sheets fivez Six and seven ready for action again by late in the afternoon Instead of three games it was dccrded to have only two in each draw and the bonspiel committee Tony $350 and Vern Adams re funded onethird of the entry fee to each rink voluntarily First prize winners in the initial draw were the Jim Mullisrink of Brampton with two wins plus 11 and aggregate 26 Second went to the Barrie rink of Dr and Mrs Harold Smith Mrs Archie Fraser and Bill Browning skip who had the same plus but just 22 aggre gate Norm Garbutls Brampton rink won third money beating Ted HipWell Bradford 146 for best plus one win In the second draw the prizes went to first Atkinson Bracebridge second Neil Thurs ton Toronto Royal Canadians third Baird Toronto Royals Mullis beat Blackwell of Bramp ton 1210 and Bert Hawker of Gravenhurst 145 for his two wins Browning defeated Whyte of Guelph 117 and Garbutt of Bramp ton 114 killed when he was moved The other drivers involv ed in the collisions were not injur ed Although only comparative newcomer to Camp Borden his jovial personality and effective leadership gained him the admir ation and respect of all ranks Gillis was introduced to armament training in 1941 Dur ing the following three years he was intimately connected with the training of air bombers and air gunners and during the latter part of this period with the instruction of aircrew and armament person nel in the use of chemical war fare He had served as air force ex perimental officer at the Chemi cal Warfare Experimental Station Sufifield Alta as RCAF Exchange Officer armament at Wright Platiterson Air Force Base USAF Dayton Ohio as the RCAF Officer Armament at the Atomic En ergy Project Chalk River Ont and as the Resident Engineering Officer Armament at Roe Canada Limited Malton He joined the Air Armament School RCAF Station Trenton in August 1952 as Chief Ground In structor and on the movement of Ground Armament Training ac tivities from Trenton to Camp Bor den in August 1953 he became Of ficer Commanding Armament Training Branch Tedhnical Train ing School Datierly he was also president of the Officers Mess Oommittee Analysis of 1954 Budget The following are the budget highlights No change in personal or corporation income tax Special excise tax of 15 per cent repealed for electrical appliances furs and some other articles effective imme diately Special excise tax reduced to 10 per cent on wide range of consumer goods effective immediately Ten per cent sales tax removed from municipally purchased equipment and few other articles effective immediately Maximum deduction from taxable income on superannu atlon plan payments increased on 1954 income to $1500 from $900 effective Quebec Government not justified in claiming its new 15 per cent income tax should be fully deducted from federal tax Allowable deduction for Quebec taxpayers will remain at per cent of the federal tax No change in taxes on liquor tobacco cigarets cigars auto mobiles television sets radios and phonographs Existing rates for withholding income tax from salaries and wages continued through 1954 Tax concessions granted petroleum natural gas and mining companies for exploration costs extended through 1957 Tax cuts total $40000000 for full fiscal year Maximum dutyfree entry of motor vehicles in settlers ef fects raised to $2500 from $1500 effective immediately Import tolls eliminated on equipment for operation of pot ash and rock salt mines Surplus of $4000000 forecast on revenue of $4464000000 and expenditure of $4460000000 Succession duty legislation change in rates now to be overhauled later no The 15 per cent tariff on uranium suspended until July 1958 Tariffs eliminated on certain rail equipment including sig nal systems equipment and apparatus for testing rail flaws Cancer Society Meeting To Be Held Here Tonight Mrs Russell Fraser of Toronto will be the speaker at meeting tonight in St Josephs Auditorium of the Barrie and District Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society As April is Cancer Month in the United States and Canada it is hoped that there will be great interest in and good attendance at this meeting which begins at oclock Also speaking at the meeting will be Mrs Purvis of Unionville who recently addressed meeting of district women here Mrs Fraser has been convener of dressings for the Toronto branch of the society for number of years and is well acquainted with all of the service work which is carried on not only in Toronto but throughout many of the units in the province She is particular ly qualified to give an interesting and enthusiastic message to the local group and will deal primarily with campaign but more with services to be expected from the womens committee of the society Mrs Purvis also an excellent speaker is the vicepresident of the Richmond Hill and District Unit All organizations are invited to attend rthe meeting which has been called by the president Mc Carroll and it is hoped that every organization in the town and dis trict will be represented Synodical Society Annual Meeting at St Andrews Approximately 150 delegates and visitors were present for the opening yesterday in St Andrews Presbyterian Church Barrie of the annual Synodical Society of Tor onto and Kingston of the Womens Missionary Society Western Divi sion of the Presbyterian Church in Canada Theme lot the meeting which will conclude on Thursday is The Royal Command All sessions are open to the public Last night the devotions were taken by Miss Jessie Hunter pres ident of St Andrews Evening Auxiliary and warm welcome to the members was extended by the Rcv Jatnes Ecrgusoni1hc Synodical Society was welcomed to Barrie by His Worship Mayor Heber Smith Following this an address was given to the meeting by the Rev Alan Munro MC BA DD As sociate Secretary General Board of Missions The meeting got under way this morning with reports being sub mitted by the various groups in the Society The election and in stallation of officers will take place Thursday afternoon under the direction of the Rev James Milroy MA BD Moderator of Synod Based on firstquarter figures homebuilding currently on the upswing in Canada the present time Financial Statement For Year Reflects Prosperity 0f Barrie States General ManagerOi PUB Reflecting the growth and prosperity of Barrie our revenue for the sale of electrical energy increased more than $35000 over the previous year or 999 per cent comments Salter general manager of the Barrie Public Utilities Commission in connection with the PUC financial statement which has just been issued It was announced year ago that in spite of increasing costs of material and wages the Com mission would make every effort to avoid an increase in rates to our consumers Mr Salter adds Our rates were reduced on April 1954 to those still in effect at In an address made by If Saunders on March in which he was comparing rates past and present he made the state men do know that in Toronto the average cost to the domestic consumer during 1953 was 1207 cents in Hamilton 1175 cents In Barrie it was less than one cent actually 0992 cents During the year the PUC had some rather heaVy capital expendi lures It purchased the Bayfield Street substation four 1000 KVA transformers switching apparatus and steel structure from the HEPC at its depreciated value $24986 Other items brought the total figure to $105777 Mr Salter goes on to point out Against this heavy capital ex penditure we have bank over draft of $17188 but it is gradually diminishing Our equity in the system of the Hydro Electric Power Com mission outside of the Town of Barrie also increased during the year by $40395 and total assets of our Hydro electric department now amount to $1350000 with total liabilities of $25000 only Referring to the increase in the sale of electrical energy Mr Salter points out that by classification the increases were domestic 915 per cent commercial 1108 per cent power 798 per cent water heaters 18282 per cent This department he adds now has total of 4407 active accounts The total kilowatt heur con sumption billed to consumers in Barrie in 1953 exceeded 37000000 which compares with total of 21000000 in 1948 Our average substation load in 1053 was 7582 killowatts in 1948 4701 Due to increasing costs says Mr Salter our profit $2347174 15 the smallest since 194 Waterworks Department Referring to the operation of the waterworks department Mr Salter remarks Although it was neces sary to spend $29707 on extensions to our water mains and services to new buildings during the year this was done without additional borrowing The total water pumped was 390293000 imperial gallons an Ontario Municipal BOard Gi Reasons For Recent Decision 0n Vespra Township There appears to be no good reason for further delaying the annexation of this area or the statement issued by the describing their decision announced last of Barrie could annex part of The application by the town was heard in the Municipal Chambers here on January 18 and was for portion of an area for which an an nexation order was sought in 1951 Commenting on the land in ques tion the Board says The area lies between the present westerly limits of the town and the easterly lim its of the recently constructed Lim ited Access Highway Number goo and is an irregularly shaped parcel formed by the curve of the hIgh way as it changes direction from northwest at the point Whele it leaves the town limit at Tiffin Street to about north at the point where it again enters the town at Ann Street The 1951 application was opposed by the Township and by 50 per cent of the land owners and was dismissed by the Board The present application is for the central undeveloped portion of the above parcel and if granted as made would leave two small ir regularly shaped pancels in the Township to the east of the high way almost completely surrounded by the town while from geo graphical standpoint alone it would be logical to establish the easterly limit of the highway as the westerly limit of the town that is the same limit as applied for in 19511 It is the culmination of negot iations between the two municipal ities which resulted in agreement as to the area to be applied for andan understanding that no further an nexations in the same vicinity would Poe considered priortto the year 1955 This application includes all but the builtup portion at thearea pp and it will be apprmled is part Ontario Municipal Board in week that the Town the Township of Vespra plied for in 1951 and at the hear ing there was one objection only and this was solely on the ground that portion of the area which is now subdivided should be zoned for residential rather than industrial purposes The Board does not consider this serious objection since this one owner if not satisfied with the zoning of the area has his right of appeal to this Board Evidence was introduced to Show that there are no large tracts of land in the town for industry where services could he made available and that there was and would con tinue to be demand for such land It was confidently anticipated that the effectof the récontly con structed Limited Access Highway would be to induce furtherindus trial development since Toronto is only about one hour away from the town by truck or car In the op inion of the town engineer and the manager of the Public Utilities Commission the area can he sat isfactorily serviced with water and hydro from existing facilities while the sewage disposal plant addition now under construction will the of sufficient capacity to handle the area Railway service is possible though this would apparently have to be through part of the town ship The question as to the disposal of the two small areas one to the north and one to the south that this approval would otherwise leave in the township almost completely surrounded by town lands is one which has presented some difficult ies Owners from both of these areas made strong representations Annexation that they should be included in the annexation while the township was just as strongly opposed It was significant that not one owner in these areas appeared to objec to inclusion while at the 1951 hear ing some 50 per cent signed peti tions against It might be argued that these owners might havo had no notific ation that requestion was to be made to include them in the annex ation but in View of the small num ber of owners the number present at the hearing and the number of signatures on the petitions for an nexation it is most unlikely that anyone in the area was unaware that the request was to be made It would accordingly appear that many persons have changed their minds about annexation smce the previous application in 1951 In opposing the inclusion of these areas the township pointed out that schools have been built to senve them that they get all other ser vices provided by the township and that their assessment of $149000 re presents large part about per cent of the total township assess ment The residents argued that these services are not satisfactory for what is essentially an urban devel opment that it is illogical that they should be adjacent to but be un able to obtain town Water sewers hydro and fire protection and that health problem was becoming im minent lbecause of their lack The Board lbelieves that the ad vantages of annexation for these two small areas more than outweigh the disadvantages The hoard will therefore order that these two areas the included in the annexation so that the total area annexed shall the all that part of the township lying between Tif fin Street Ann Street and the Turn to page seven please average of 1069285 gallons per day or little over 71 gallons per cap ita per day This increase in the amount pumped over the previous year was 11 per cent Revenue from water sales show ed an increase of 117 per cent Referring to the financial opera tion of the works Mr Salter says Debenture instalments of $21 Turn to page seven please Worker loyalty Pride ol frail Good Tradition Worker Loyalty and Pride in Craftsmanship are two traditions peculiarly Studebaker through the years declared Gaskin of Hamilton President of the Can adian Corporation in his address at the Kiwanis Club of Barrie din ner Monday at Community House It is not just promotion or advertising stunt our Father and Son system in the company he declared We in Studebaker are proud of it It is way of doing business guiding principle that colors all our company efforts It is principle which could well be applied to many other types of business which would end much labor strife Mr Gaskin was introducedby Lorne Jackson Barrie Studebaker dealer He was thanked on behalf of the club by Steve Johnston Chairman Charlie Crease called on Frank Cleare to introduce the Key Clubbers present Ken Connor briefly outlined some of the Key Clubs activities to date President HargisRcdmond wel comed back from Flbfidayaca tion Kiwanians Les Chittick Greg Ferguson and Russ Nettleton In his talk Mr Gaskin who spent Sunday flying back from business trip to Vancouver pointed out that business now was highly mechanized Production calls for precision tools with individual skill but the participation of the average workman in the overall plan is small Young fellows today should get rid of the idea they can get along without working for living he commented In the last few years it has been pretty easy going Men in their early thirties now dont remember the thirsty thirties Just the some management has to take good look at itself the same as the people who work in the plants The solution to most problems is the some investi gate conditions look for causes then apply corrections Manage ment must compensate somewhat for the lack of personal touch in industry today picked up 50 ycaiwold almanac in the West the other lay and it pointed out that good material plus good labor would produce good products That is the same today Some of our forefathers were wrong in their attitude to labor It is good thing to let people know what is expected of them from supervisor and management At home it still holds true that the advice of father to son is u5lt ually sound despite what that son may think There is nothing to substitute for experience gained the hard way over the years Mr Gaskin outlined some of the things the Studebaker Canadian Corporation sponsors in employee activities clubs picnics Christ mas party entertainments person nel shows and above all they pre view the new model cars for the employees first think too many firms today have been getting careless in their presentation of preduction and selling methods he declared think that if there was mutual confidence between management and labor and an attitude of being willing to sit down and talk things over there would be no trouble than an Witfrthat infinifiid we vhavebeenh free of strikes at Studebaker Fire Standardization Work Almost Completed in Town As Part Provincial Program This is undoubtedly one of the greatest things that ever happened to the fire service wasthe de scription used by Fire Chief Irwin of Barrie when he comment ed on the new standardization program currently being carried on by the Ontario Fire Marshals ofifice The program is to make all equipment threads and couplings standard throughout the province and crew under the supervision of Ralph Leonard foreman is cur rently making lihe necesSary changes in Barrie Work on the project has been going on for about the past 18 months in var ious parts of Onitanio We have had all the hose coup lings changed said Fire Ohief Ir win Tlheyhave all been brought to standard fitting and all the equipment has already been chang ed over The crew from the Fire Marshals office is presently working on the hydznant fittings and they Should complete their work by the end of this week This is going to be great help to the whole province as everyone will be on the same threads The OFM crew here have done an ex cellent job Chief Irwin explained that all the fittings and couplings on the trucks pumps hose and hydrants have now been changed over to the standard pattern Up until this project was start ed Uhere were about 86 different threads in the province and in Simcoe County we had about 11 This meant that if one fire depart ment was called to bad fire in some munlcipality they either had to take adapters along with them to fit thelother threads or there was nothing they could do In the event of mutual aid scheme being set up in Simcoe County where the different mun icipalities would assist each other this standardization programwould be of special benefiit The wide variety of threads which were formerly in existence was quite headache to the fire fighting servtice he added All the expenses of the work are being borne by the dominion and provincial gOVernments Lt is something that should have been done years and years ago Chief Irwin remarked They have been working on it now for about 18 months and the bigger pontion of the province has already been changed over Standardize Fire Equipment VANSTONE mechanic with the Ontario Fire Marshals mobile standardization unit which is presently visiting Barrie seen at work on nozzle adapter At present time standardiz ation crew are altering all couplings and equipment to stan dard size which will he used throughoutthe provinces