Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 11 Sep 1961, p. 6

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bring inaieport When tabled CIB HARRIS hSONDAY mu 11 Ill SKILL WITH NOVEL DEVICE Marilyn Gutoskle demon strates her skill with novel device wooden platform of two overlapping discs on hardwood rockers The gadget is being manufactured by INNISFIL NOTES Oro Barrie Fairs Be This We Will This week will start the fall fairs in this area Oro fair will be held Wednesday with Bar rie following right along on the next three days If the fine weather we have had for the past week holds these fairs wrll draw large attendance This week Reeve Sproule of lnnisfil as me her of the county roads com mittee will be among the ones attending the Canadian Good Roads convention at Banff HorAndtteHndsomeo county officials will beguests of the municipality on trip to the popular resort in the Rock Thls outing is one reason why the members like to get the roads committee appointment on county council Most of the members Will be accompanied by their wives The committee consists of councillors Gilles pie of Oro DeConkey of Matchedash Reeve Sproule of fnnisfil and Warden Montcalm Maurice REPORTS ON DRAINAGE Following complaint regard ing lack of drainage in part of the Manteer property at Big Cedar council had the engineer this recommended thatsbme additional pipe he used or that the water now piped for some parts of the way be taken away either by pipe or an open ditch so that the drainage could get through to the lake as an outlet Council suggested thatroad supervisor Cowan with the aid of the report to ascertain the fall of the land give the mat ter some attentiontandadvtse the bestway to handle this ASKS FOR CROSSING The deep ditch on the sou side of the 8th line lnthe Lake lands area is again the subject of discusaion as towho should replace culvert that was re moved at the time of Hurricane Hazel The construction of new snackrbareast of StJohns Road has brought up the need of secondyoutlet so tbatlpat rona could make circular turn in at one end and other Councillor Mrs Law suggest ed that perhaps some com promise might be made between ornament is HUN Quick Cash Is Netted Selling Smuggled Birds SYDNEY CHQuick cash returns are being netted from the sale of birds smuggled out of Australia and in turn smuggled into wuntrlcs with bird import embargoes or taken in openly where restrictions do not apply in reverse birds from other countries are being smuggled into Australla in defiance of quarantine lsws designed to pro vent thcintroductlnn noL hird messes from which Australia is free hr crew members of vessels trad ing to and from Auntam eed seed soaked in rum whisky meiiblrda to keep them quiet at crtical inspection polata Officials do not supportia theory that an intern orally organlzcd gang is operating fol lowing the ban imposed Jan last against the export of Aus tralian cage birds Evidence indicates that those in the racket are working as individuals By STEWART PAGE Simeoe AgRep in our talk about form fen ces Io date we have discussed various types of pole log and railfencea stressing to some extent the economic value oi the fence in the making of farm in the early days and in joining to make possible our present livestock industry We also referred to the contribution the disappearing rail fence made as choice fuel supply for two or three generations of far mers Kitchener Ont firm To work it you place one foot on each disc wiggle them out to the edge then swing your hips to execute walk OP Photo ek the Martin service station and the users of this street so that together with the township driveWayirTiiEitmrovided without having to make sec ond crossing of the large ditch and another road entrance Road supervisor Cowan was instructed to bring in report NEED DIRECTION Although motlnnwith ma jority of council waspassed accepting the best manner of echangeSaLtheofL fice building there is still needed some direczon as to who will be doing the work it would likely be most reason able that teoders be asked for along thelines that were sug gested lo the antion but the sketches already not show this work der to obtain costs the contrac tors would need to know how Some may be wondering why have not mentioned stump fences as the earliest type oi fence in actual practice except in isolated cases do not be lieve the stump fence became very common for some time after the pole and rail fence and then only in the pineland areas of the province Several factors worked against the ear ly use oi stumps as suitable fencing material Most hardwood stumps rotted too quickly and pine stumps of two to four feet in diameter for example required about 15 years after the tree wasvfellod to allow for the rotting of the small feeder roots hniore dig ging or pulling out the stump was practicable Burning the Time who started sarly to exploit the ban which sent prices spirallingappear to be making huge profits on their outlay and risk ludgcd by cur rent buying priccsio Australia and selling prices abroad But the figures who no acwunt of losses of many birds which die between rts or are released by the cit traders when dalt etccfloniprorpecta become too hot EEG MARKUP The Austra all good talkers which sell for 3200 can be bought in great numbers here at 51 each Other profitable markets but with lower margins include New Zeslend Singapore snd Far East port slump where necessary was more likely procedure doubt if the building of stump fences was very com mon until about the middle of the 19th Century when the stumpmncbine was developed and used until well on toward two There appear to have been several types of stumping machines at that time some of them were high wooden frame outfits on huge wooden wheels with an upright iron worm gear powered by horses or oxen on the end of long sweep pole or lever in this connection happen to have copy of volume the first years edition of The Canada Former published by George Brown Tomato in 1864 and in the issue of July 15th the following letter appears WAiNTS BEST CHEAPEST Your correspondent of Beacbburg County of Ren frew wishes to know where he cao get the best and the clienp est stump machine Billington and Foreyih of Dundee make the best and most powerful mav chine in Canada have used one of them the last three years Itis on the screw prin ciple The screw is made of fourinch bariron with th anuch they were supposed to Urgency is claimed on the changes so that the offices can be occupied as soon as possible WILL BE AVAILABLE The firm of Wildrnan Iind Rhodes who have been hand mg some evengmeermg matters got the township nd who have employed Wham Ainsley on the Carson Village drainage which has developed into lengthy project are said to be going out of the engineer ing part of the work Mr Ainsley who reported on the ditch said that after an other week when thematters would be ready for lenders he would not an employeeof the Wildman nd Rhodes firm huLwouldbeLavaiiahievonhir own behalf for any work such Turn to page fourtee Commercial or Industrial Photos SMITH STUDIO 38 Union PA H173 Overflunts THE EMBASSY Banquet and Entertainment Hall 386 BLAKEST Beside empview Bole COUNTRY STYLE VDVANClNG With The Green Valley Boys Every Wednesday coo 25 one course angina ascrurras pm till 1230 arn ommcnclngSep 131991 snack sari POWERED Horsepower replaces shop per power onthis shopping cart being tried out in Van couver supermarket Two but tons on the handle start the orpmo can tlrne it took to $550 mflsLirneropL Plnkondweywfiim lensing Australia timeeyo haveeguestrteliiher back politenesato Poland meteors officer Clive bull said ship crews were involved in all the cues of bird smuggling that had come under crew members cold not oper ate successfully without shore bsscd contacts and the depart ment had plans for coping with these Biggest difficulty facing smug glers he said was keeping the birds quiet This had been partly met by feeding them rum brandy or whiskysoaked produced drowsiness which lasted for the set birds on or off ships The engine room was pop ular choice of place for hiding Some of the commonplace methods included the use of or rdlnarysultcases with carefully placed and disguised slrholes and speciallymade pockets to fits under armpits for the mug gling of rare finche SturnpFencés Nothninion Until Middle Oi Century lluorters worm the screw works in cap at the top of the framework is lever feet long at the lower end of the lever the horse is hitched The framework is whitevoak and the wheels are made of white oak plank fastened together with screw bolts One yoke of good oxen can move the machine from one stump to another The stumps on my form are of the largest description have frequently bad to put blocks under the axle to keep the broad wheels from sinking in the ground to the axle The best and cheap est machine consider is the one which will take up any stump Such machine is cheap compared with those which require half as much dig Blflg and srubblns as to grab up the stump entlrely The price gave for mine was $24000 the manufacturer paying half the freight to HarrieJatotlon Vespra County Simcoe July i854 This letter is of interest not only for the information on the stump machine but as coming from Vespra in Simcoe County don not know who might be but some of the older far mers of Vespra Township might have good idea IMotiierslnhew Problem To Poles WARSAW fEeuteraWant to get rid of your motherinalsw without really hurting her Polish magazine may have just the answer to your prob lem It has started column to tell its readers how reader wanted to knowrwhat to do about ma vlaw who with housing as score as it is couples This particular mother in lawe vice was that she hung around whenever the young cou ple had guests How can tell her delicater that we would like to be alone daughterinlaw wanted to imow The columnistradvisedragainstr suggesting to mother that she was tired and might like to sleep Instea kitproposed you are going to talk about die sel engines in motor boats The column is part of nu tion wide campaign to bring Two Swim Canal Tow Baby Behind BERLIN AP Em Gor msns made series of daring escape Sunday to the West They included couple who swam canal towing behind them their ltmonthsvold baby in small bathtub Threey Afamllygroupoilz sliddown rope from an apartment win dew and stepped Into West Bob in under the noses of the East German police youths took six wbcei dump truck the Commu olsts were using to build up the wall separating East and West Ferllo The driver flyean old metal worker identified hirnseannlst der to protect his widowed mother still in the eastern seclt tor rmhd an the wall with transndoaLcrasb Pro fabri cated building blocks scattered Essaysoversdlstancecfso CHARLOTTETOWN GP longrange program of re sourcee development has started is Enesuflward Island lt is tailored along the lines of the US Rural Development Plan and the Agricultural Re habilitation and Development Act of Canada The program has been set up to develop the capacity of people in selected areas to help them selves by means of study and research to author is Hartwell Daley Charlottetown man who presented an outline of possible economic and re sources development to the pro vincial government lust fall Premier Show who has long felt the islands hum and natural resources are on being used to full advantage ap proved and in March appointed Mr Daley provincial director of research HELP FOB SOURIB pilot project has been set up in the east coast fishing town of Souris where 65 men and women underwent five week leadership training course Following this the group to undertake an economic and sociological study of their area to obtain material that will show what fields besides farm ing and fishing can contribute to the local economy The sur vey will involve comprehen sive report on some 2000 lam illel in the Souris district Those receiving the leader ship course will play an active role in the third phase of the program They will serve on an area development council with 18 subcommittees to study such fields as tourism new industry small business agriculture marketing fisheries recreation sdroos and pubic heath SELFHELP BEST Mr Daly native of the Boston area says he believes on our handy Budget Plan Dont delay repairs to your car See us today liiiNiiEiiFiELil fimotorsrbtdei 55 Collier 5t PA 82497 cuse me were downright an noying Edmund In orv 01 King fill MEIR world right mnidl TYPHOON mu HONG KONG AP Land slides touched off by typhoon Dlga killed scvcnpcrsanr and carefully controlled develop ment will succeed among the islands 108000 people it rests simply on the belief that the people in locality if glvcntrainlng and guidance can help themselves Our func tion is not to pull or directly lead people who must be helped to see their own problems pos sibilities and goals Mr Daley says that under the federal rehabilitation pm gram province may ask Ottawa for technical assistance and development aid Ways in which the federal government can help are being studied The US plan was started six yoars ago in 20 states and by 1960 was operating in 300 coun tries with success reported in 70 per cent of them modcrata success in 10 perce and fail ure in lo per cent Most com mon reason for failure was incompetent leadership QUIETEN BIOTERS MIAMI AP Some 900 screaming Cuban exiles threat7 ened the lives of small group of Fidel Costros adherents at Miami International Airport Sa turday before being subdued by police riot squad Thirty po licemen threatened demonstratlt era with clubs and shoved them away from their intended viclt tlms but no blows actually were struck ii£iili llVIAMED MUlclllfl won me sane moss run um mu urn ussso ARADISEI Girl and the 1325 left 1171 homeless in Hong Kong ooaome ssoer oomr ms 000 rooms and more with me wanna and names the Censdhn Pinup JimDancing no cover in minimum Ample rm ovanlght puking Fine Cdnvention Fadiitios Family Plan MB AVENUE Al llli mm inisphem lupin HIMJoin Bill in MONREAL telephone Willlfli 56881 In OUAWA Mlpltonl CEntrnI 53233 TORONTO HURONIA DRIVE1N THEATRE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ooo lotion elcrune hatteryoperated electric mo tor tucked underneath the basket Yvonne Knight and David Haddock try out the cart CF Photo Ar Conditioned FRANKIE VAUGHAN GARY diner ilWS CINEMA5=DPE Famous PLAYERS rHEnRH Now snowmc FEATURE TIMES Eyes 30 HMiiilHnsav iiili loFEATURE Web7W Lccat scour no on caN senvs You Cun Cun Corner Bay Wellingt Toronto Ont Ell Ril PE in NI cuisine service an And from Nov until Feb 28 1762 Rates save you 25 per cent with tiresome superb gracious living for which ords new law roundtrip Excu out is tempos PAY LATER iF YOU WiSH on 51s TUMN Much to size so Muchto$als Cundrd ThriftSenson roles are now In effect Selling from Moms EVERY FRIDAY HAVRE SOUTHAMPTO on GREENOCK Regular cells at COBH begin Doc Warm cannons IVERNIA ssxomi gaggwwwgP

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