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had the misfortune to have his 22TIIE BARRIE EXAhflNERWEDNESDAY JUNE 16 1954 house struck by lightning With the l50 Years Service with CGE chimney knocked off at the roof At the home of Mrs Vernon Cros son the lightning came in by the telephone and the damage was only slight The local telephone opera tor Mrs Wilkinson was at the switéhboard and was nearly thrown off the chair Also the lightning hit the home of Art Bou chout and only slight damage was done it woe one at the worst electrical storm to hit this dis trict for some years The Lute lobe Andersen Very sorry to report the death of Robert Anderson of Man field who passed away at Alliston hospitaLon Friday Mr Anderson wt resident of the Mansfield district for number of years where he was very successful farmer in that district and we ex tend our deepest sympathy to his wife and funily William Moore Toronto spent awaym mfigfi $5er $953352 CATERING FOR THE even ngs refreshments at the Spring after weeks vacation Dance at the Barrie CGE Works are left to right Mars Sin Albert Gibbs Toronto spent thI clair Myrtle Straughan and Marie Thompson The clubroom Iniglmafirynlfiilggffignglmfil at the local plant was attractively decorated in yellow green 3mm to Town am weekV and mauve streamers with large bouquet of carnations vacation made from face tissues hanging from the centre of the ceiling Praise and credit for the attractive setting went to the decor ating convener Marg Sinclair Preacher From Shallow Lake Surprise Party for CGE Worker Earlybircls Crowned Kingpins in CGE House League Finals CGE Ladies Cater for Refreshmentsi FINE CONTRIBUTION Thlsgroup of staff members at the Barrie Works of the Canadian General Electric Co Ltd represents total of 150 years service with the com THE NEW HOUSE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS ers Mary Baker Al Baker captain Connie DanY Left to right are Gordon Brown Allan Byers JaCk at the Barrie Works of the Canadian Gen Laws Ccc ForthtHelen Lawson and Hugh Richardson and 110k MltChinSOH WOFKS manager With eral Electric Co are the Earlybirds who took Merriam The cup was presented at the plant George Truman and Ernie Rnycraft in the foreground M12 the championship from the Guttersnipers by dance on March 26 Rev Mr Patton of Shallow Lake was the preacher at the Everett UnitedChurch on Sunday morninc Mr Patton was well known in this Raycraft has the distinction of having the longest service 15 pingLen to right are the champion bowl dism numb VV record of anyone at the local plant with 34 years with the yea company behind him while the works manager Mr Mitch rin eceives De hl Visitor inson is in his 26th consecutive year and Mr Trueman is i353hh°lhgesm3ehghglT1 the home olMr and MIIIchc De Wilde School Music Festival Tossorontio and Adjala schools held their musical festival at Allis ton on Friday June ll with large crowd attending Some of the special features of the evening were two bagpipe numbers by Bruce Fraser of Evcctt Schoo Misses Frances and Jeanette Der mott of Alliston sang number and Miss Patsy Stephem daughth if Mr and Mrs Carl Stephens presented Miss Barnard music tea cher with bouquet of red rose2 The pupils and teachers of all the schools and Miss Barnard are in be congratulated for their wonder ful work they put into this festi val Phone Lines Disrupted On Sunday after the severe elec trical utorm telephone communica tions to Toronto were still disrupt ed Emergency calls had to be taken to Alliston Toronto Visitors Mr and Mrs Joseph Dolinski and JoAnne of Toronto and Rud olph Dolinski and friend of Tor onto vislted Norval Shirley and Donna Robbins on Sunday in his 25th year Mr Brown is in his 24th year along with Mr Byers and Mr Richardson is in his 18th year of service CGE News At Toronto Dance Recital On Wednesday June Mr and Mrs Thoma3 Fines Don Thomp son and Mr and Mrs Harry Rob bins motored to Toronto and with Adair atlcndcdthe Ruth Gibbard Studio Dance Recital at the Eaton Auditorium where Mrs Robbins niece Sharon Varney made her debut at tap dancing SafetyVShoesfiave Toes of GE Worker The Late Mr Deere Very sorry tO report Jackie Deere one of our residents here in Tossorontio for number of years passed away early Saturday morn ing at the residence of the age in Beeton Mr Deere came from Poland number of years ago and lived by himself in small home on the third line of Tossorontio where he bought farm which is now Operated as tobacco farm previously sold to Peter Thompsor and Sons of Allivston Mr and Mrs Pat ODoncll Tor onto spentthe weekend with Mr and Mrs Peacock SURPRISE PARTY Left to right Edith Peeler Connie Laws Audrey Lovell Marie Thompson Penny Sturrup Elaine Storey and Marg Wheeler gang up on Bob Mallion at the Barrie Works of the Canadian General Electric Co Ltd to help him celebrate his birthday Miss Storey baked the lovely chocolate cake coc News Severe Electrical Storm Shortly after oclock on Satur day evening severe electrical SPRING BRIDEELECT at the Barrie Works of the storm hit this district putting hy Canadian General Electric Co Ltd Miss Kay Harradine dro out and telephone lines outpf order Fred Bellamy had the mis is presented with beautiful stepup table and lamp by fortune to lose his double ham her foreman Gord Brown on behalf of the girls in her The livestock and contents were department CGE News mostly saved Russell Anderson Groom Receives Gift from Workers MIDIlURST Cemetery Bee June 23 Midhunst Union Cemetery Bee Wednesday June 23 at pm All interested persons are asked to at tend EEIARLEIHEJ IUD SHAW DISTRICT MANAGER 54 Dunlop St Barrie TELEPHONE 4760 GE High Quality The host hackground man can have Adequate lnsurznnea NORWICH UNION Le CALL THE EXAMINER FOR PRINTING PHONE 2414 CLOSE CALL Seymour Johnson of the Barrie Works of the Canadian General Electric Co Ltd admires the safetyV shoes which prevented 120pound steel plate from shearing off the ends of his toes Safety shoes prevented very serious accident from happening when he was working on job in the local plant and was handling sheet of 18 gauge steel Due to the surface of the metal being greasy in shipping it slipped from his hands andfell onto his shoe The metal in falling presented shearing action and lit erally cut righb through the leatheryshowing the steel cap insert If hehhadnt been wearing his safety shoes the results would have been disastrous as it could have removed the ends of several of his toes CGE News BEAUTIFUL TABLE LAMP was the wedding giftLpre sented to ElWood Wynes by George Trueman on behalf of his fellow workers at the Barrie Works of the Canadian Gen eral Electric Co Elwood was married on April 10 to another GE employee the former Miss Marina Blow cos NeWS JOHN MOTH of staff of Barrie Works of Canadian General Elect ric Co Ltd checks incoming ship ment of plastic accesliries for local plants vacuum cleaner with go nogo gauge In charge of all incoming goods from vendors it is his job to gauge and inspect sample lots of all incoming parts and assure the production of free flow of good parts from the outside sources CGE News IN THIS WORLD NOTHING CAN BE SAID TO BE CERTAIN EXCEPT DEATH AND TAXES THORNTON Service of Holy Communion will be held in St Judes Anglican Church on Sunday June 20 at 10 THE HAPPY SHOPPER is Miss Veretta Longhurst of the gigging ffijgfe BarrioWorksof tlreCanadIEHTGeneralfiEiectricCorrLtdtrMrzmerrhhrmiesonfl and staff She is carrying one of the famous floor polishers Elimbefl visited On Sunday in produced by the local plant in its new type packaging unit Elma With Mrs Herman Dreyer that handles as easily as an overnight case The attractive compact outfit replaces the old cumbersome three pol DEVOUT INDIAN iSher pack to allow the customer to carry it all in one Josephfirim 51 Nthanslln Man members of th dian chief who died In V807 arne or eam combmed the translated parts of the Anglican Efforts on the ProjeClI prayer book into the Mohawk CGE NeWs languageV Roasting inlan oven isfor the birds Enjoy coolcomfortable summer days and nights with modern AirConch tioning See thestunning new RCA models with terriflcvpush button controls COOLS 3223 my CALL THE EXAMINER FOR SUMMER WEEKEND TRAIN SERVIC PRINTING PHONE 2414 FOR MUSKOKA RESORTS IIIIIIIIIIII IIIII IIIucnnI 48 ll0lltiE Come in andget the facts ALSO PORT SEVIERNHONEY HARBOUR COMMENCING FRIDAY JULY THENCE Sleep Bend NORTHEOUND FRIDAYS only July to Sept SOUTHBOUND Public Holidays MONDAYSAug Sept work Better Good tires ExCellent running SUNDAYS July ll 18 25 Aug 15 22 29 condition Special this week Lv Toronto 515 p111 Lv Maclier 545 pm Feel Better 311 at Ar Medonte £740 pm Lv Bala 605 pm Ar Miahurst f706phi Lv SereIn Falls 628 pan wrm by NMMN FRANKLN 00 Ar Severn Falls 159 pm LVMedonte f647 pin 0letterwmposedinPlowman1789I Ar 13M 815 pm Lv Midhurst 1121 pIVn It BUY WITH CONFIDENCE ATV AI no 161 840 pm Ar Toronto tl15Vpm OF SERIES PRESENTED BY gt VSVTANDARDVTIME flNSIOflQ nun Wyliesrlrunsnoit Plovldes motor connections to and from VV Port Severn and Honey Harbour outermost feFlag stop For times at intermediate points ask any agent of they smooccfiugteilefflm COR DUNLOP ST and MAPLE AVE PHONE 3195 USED CAR DIVISION zaaunnnnonnbnnm4981 CUSTONlER SATISFACTION GUARANTEED