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ODD FELLOWS INSTALL CANTON On Saturday night the Odd Fellows Patriarchs Militant lied new Canton the mpcnfelt Canton No 32 Tile new canton is pictured above at the ceremony Members are front row Mai Arnold Robertson and Chevaliers Kellcough Robertson York Tubman Archer in the back row are Mai Harold Ecclcs Cbcv Rob inson Copt Ball Capt llowic Chev bl Brown Lt Robinson Ensign Dcnlt nis and Chev Loughccd Tellers Mistake Frees Man Of Theft Charge bank tellers mistake fail cd to pyramid into conviction of theft yesterday in Countyl Court Frank Jonclis t7 oilX Vasaga Beach was acquitted one charge of stealing $1000 Kby Filer Z7yearold sdloolJeadler and parttime teller testified that on Augusti 17 Jnnclis came into the Oak view Beach branch of the Tor ontoDominion Bank where she was working and asked to withdraw $1025 She said that at the end of the day she found that she was $1000 short Altcr much searching of daily rec ords she and other bank ofli cials decided that she nlllst miscountcd the lonclis withdrawal and given him $1 can too much visit to the lonelis house that afternoon resulted in an apology from Miss Piicr Mr lnuclis Iatcr testified when she counted tllc money that he had tlcen3given in the bank Assist ant crown attorney Ken nedys contention was that Jon clis had discovered the mis take and when Miss Pifer came to ionclis house he had hidden the extra thousand ARRESTED llowever Mr lnnclis testiJ lied he went to Toronto on the evening of the Hill to collect root from tenants of property which he owns in Long Branch and on the morning of the ltith it cring payment by telling him paid his taxes in Toronto was after thls that he said he was arrested by Metro Toronto police Constablcs McLean and Thompson of the Oakviciv Beach OPP detachment went to Toronto on the lflth with warrant for lonelis reading thelt of over $502 They later viewed lonelis in Toronto and then brought him back to the Oakvicw Beach area lonelis signed statement in Toronto Const McLean testified that in Toronto Jonelis said that the bank has insurance and that he answered that it would not cover in this case He said that Jonelis then stated that there was $1400 in his ac count and that he wanted the police officer to take thous and from the account and pay the bank so that the girl Pi ferl wont get in trouble and my name wont be dragged in mud Const Thompson testi fiedthut he heard Jonelis say that he would like to pay back the bank in $30 or $40 monthly instalments PROTECT NAME Innelis said that the only reason he said he wanted to pay any money to the bank was because he wanted to protect his name and not get Miss Piler in trouble He added that the police threatened him Into off hc would get 16 years in Jail if he didnt pay back the thous and Both constables denied having anything to do with such statements or threats Judge Donald MacLarcn said that defence attorney John Liv lngston was trading on the fact that Jonclis is new Ca nadian Jonclis came to Can ada from Lithuanlu in loan and still has trouble with his Eng lish ilr Livingston said Judge MacLoren added that he thought that Miss Pifcr told her story honestly and well lie could see no reason why tbo police officers should lie or way Miss Pifer should not tell the truth as well When he gave his verdict he said think the accused is more than lucky adding that on the evi dence put forward he could not find Jonolis guilty Mr Jonelis who was suppos cd to appear in court last Fri day did not show up at the pre scribed hour Judge MncLarA en issued bench warrant and police officers went to Mr Jon clis house and brought him to court Jonelis said that he had been snowed in and could not make it to court Judge MacLaren had Jonelis jailed for the week endto insure that he would be on time Monday Five Veterans And Three Newcomers On School Bd IFilc veterans and three new comers comprise the Public Schonl Board for the next two years as result of elections yesterday Twentythree years of ser vice in this capacity are repre sented by the live who werel returned to office Jack Macl Laren the chairman dontri butes eight years Cecil Young Mrs Marita Paulin Teskey and David McClymont five years Dr George Sey mour four years each man two years and Noel Stephenson The three newcomers Dr Seymour said he was election TODAYS STOCK PRICES Compiled By Flynn 93 Dunlop St Barrie mnusmar Asbestos Aoltiol Algoma Steel Aluminium Athena Gas Atlns stch his or Mammal Bank of N5 Boll Tcl Bronlion mt Oil BC Power can or of Com Cdn Breweries CPR out 40 47in 27 nom Found Dom stores Dam Tar Gt Lakes Gut Pow Horas ell Home 011 mp Tublcc Imp Oil Ind Accept Inland NG Canada Cumoni lnter Nickel Can chemical Can Con Jilin at Sno Con Paper Consumcrs Gas Dis soar Jockey Club Labatt Massey Fern Noranda Can Husky Camp Cblb Ccn Del Rio Con Denlson con Hall suilivnn Falconbrldgu Ccco Miner Gunnnr Homngur KerrAddison Lsmrnuc bong Lac ltlarlttmes lu Nonnatal opcmish 700 7le lhlg 175 soli 25 Exquisite Pfd Famous Flu 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gratified with the rev suits of the am certainly amazed by the high calibre of people elected am pleased with the peoples choice of such ver satile slate of candidates said Cecil Young former chairman of the board would also like to thank The Barrie Ex amiaer for adequate news stor les prior to the elections said for Young will certainly be looking forward to serving the best in terests of the majority con ceraed during the next two years he said Edwin Norman reelected trustee said would like to thank all those who supported me and will try to justify the confidence they have placed in me Noel Stephenson past vice chairman said he was very pleased with the results espec ially at the fact that the pres nt board was returned to of ice Writer Dies In Orillia EEAVERTON Ont CP Funeral services will be held today for Mrs Mary Isobel Ritchie who died in hospital at Oriliia Saturday after brief illness Prior to her marriage in 1928 Mrs Ritchie was editor of sev erallpapers for boys and girls published by the Ryerson Press for the United Church of Can ada She also contributed many short stories serials and poems to the church aper HARRY MURDOCH Let Us Check Your Car Now WHEEL ALIGNMENT WHEEL BALANCING Spoon ABSORBER scnvrca COMPLETE FRONT END SUSPENSION ovannaun pa 3220 27 TORONTO ST with nucleus of veteran campaigners turning back the challenge of wouldbe alder men opponents Barrie city council will however be as surcd of number oi new faces as result of yesterdayc mun icipal election total of four new alderman were elected by the 452 per cent of eligible voters who rics four words Included are Les Jollllle Ward one Charles Newton ward two Everett Emma and Clar ence Cumming ward four Vets cran memberl Arthur Morrow Fred Smith and Murray Mills turned back the challenge of their only opponent Wilbert Archer in word three HEADS POLL Heading the poll was Mr Morrow He pulled total of 1050 votes close second was Molar Frank Hersey ward one who polled Loos votes Those were the only two older men to get more than thous and votes Hersey topped the poll to ward one Charles Wlson local lawyer and highly regarded alderman an the present council garnered 979 votes and led the field in word two Present city alderman Roy Marcellus was popular victor in ward four He polled the largest number of votes in that word which attracted the law est number of candidotes His final tail was 492 Also ected in word one was Alderman Earle Williams He Joins Herseyv and representatives on council He polled 915 votes Deleoicti Graydon Kohl 351 Popular Gerald Roberts sitting alderman was close second to Mr Wilson in word two He polled 898 votes and was followed by ltlr Newton with 783 Defeated in ward two were Ernest Petrimnulx 540 Norman Stewart 467 and Alexander King 277 Following Mr Morrow In ward three wt0 Fred Smith and Murray Mills They polio respectively loser in ward three was Wilbert Archer with 350 The biggest change in make Fred Grant Earries un official historinn celebrated his 97th blrlhdayMonday Celebrations started day early for the grand old man as many of his friends and ad mirers offered congratulations and presented gifts at Mrs Archers Nursing Home Cun dies Not too alert physically Mr Grant delighted the gathering with stories about the early days of Barrie as well as those authored across the continent Educated in bth elementary and secondary schools here Mr Grant started work on the old Barrie Gazette and after brief stay moved to The Ex aminer as printer firstgrade lacrosse player the young Fred Grant also shone at hockey football and baseball He was member of Barries world championship lacrosse squad In 1889 at age 25 Mr Grant to Toronto where he joined the staff of The Globe This was just start He later served with the Typographienl Union The World The Empire News and the Telegram With sport especially la crosse still his No love Mr Grant moved across the coun try to Victoria 130 where he played for $100 per game He stayed with the newspaper blisi aess working with the Colonist and Times Afterva stay in Juneau Alas ka his next port ofcall Mr Grant moved to the United States to work on four news papers in San Francisco When this snow fell he went to sea serving as the stoamers print er This trip took him to Aus tralia and Honolulu Back to the States and more lacross where all of the teams players were Canadians in structor was boxing great Jim Corbett turned out at the polls in Bar nilnu with Slot in his jeans moved More journeying brought Mr THE BARRIE EXAMINER TUESDAY DECEMBER 12 SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE Elect FourNew Council Members up for ward representation took place in word four Mr Man sellus was of course repeat winner but the other two we cessful candidates Clarenc leming 431 and Everett Emma 86 are both newcom ers Following them were ltllko Wirdcr present alderman 335 Garnet Plaxton 211 Kcn Morri son 206 and Harry Norton 73 One of the more interesttog bottles for an aldermnnic seat took place between Everett Emms the ultimate victor and present alderman Mike Vleder in ward four From the time the first subdivision result was in until the final tally was noted the contest between the two was in doubt The lead changed hands several times throughout the night and it was only in the final minutes of counting that Mr Emms vic tory was assured The contest had added interest since it was determined that Marsellus and Cumming were assured of seats lairl early to the contest The batte between Wleder and Emma was for the third and final seat in the ward Frank Hersey who led the poll in word one had consider ed running for mayor this year He had changed his mind how ever on nomination night when ho was convinced his services were more urgently required by the local Childrens Aid So ciety of which he Is director and where he has the respon sibility of looking after several hundred wards of the society as member of the board Mr Morrow veteran cam paigner has previously stated that this will be his final elec tion for municipal office He said earlier that he had con templated entering the mayor alty race at the insistence of numerous friends but had de clded against It There are number of younger men well qualified to do this Job be said The death last month of Aid ermon Williams broke up father and son team on counv cit However with Earle Wri Iiams election yesterday the family name is well represent ed Noted Resident Of iBarrie Marks His 97th Birthday Kitchener FRED GRANT Grant to Chicago and then to Salt Lake City Where he again went into the newspaper husi ness After few years in the Uni ted States Mr Grant returned to Canada to Victoria where he worked on The Colonist for 25 years until 1930 He lived in retirement there until the death of his wife in 1946 when he returned to Barrie after an absence of over so years For years his hobby has been collecting and systematically filing clippings from The Exam iner Hehas gathered 85 such volumes of writings from the clippings late editor of The Examin er MacLsren has so of Mr Grant Through his writingshe has done more than any other person in publicizing Barrie throughout the world CAMPBELL LTD Furniture Moving and Storage Commercial Warehousing Agents for North American Van Lines PA 66555 THIS CHRISTMAS Surprise the familywilh the Perfect Family Gift Floor Coverings from Ferguson it Reid Youll marvel at the variety of patterns from which to choose FREE ESTIMATES Installed by Experienced BUDGET TERMS Carpal Layers iniouson REID I4 MULCASTER ST FLOOR SERVICE PA 826l3 swaps DOWN AFTER 40 mos srvrcr Pat Monoban retiring man ager of Canada Life Ar surance Companys Slmcoc branch head office hyl over to the new manager ill Harris left Goocb viceprestdent of ngenctcc for the company looks on Mr Monahnn has meleted years of service with the company Examiner Photo Interest Keen In Vote For Public School Board With nine candidates in the nmning for eight seats on the Public School Board great deal of interest was centred around this phase of the mun icipal election yesterday Topping the poll for Trustee was popular Jack MneLoreh present chulrmun who by vir tuc of his vote count yesterday will assume the chairmanship once more In all three candidates sur passed dio 300tivvotc mark when final tallies were in in addit Ion to ltlr ltiocLarcns 3316 total there were 3167 and 3001 vote scores run up by Dr Geo rge Seymour and Noel Stephen son respectively WEATHER Forecasts issued by the Tar onto weather office at am Synopsis vigorous early tvinter storm is moving rapidly northeastward from ral Lake Michigan Snow warnings have been issued for Sault Ste Marie and areas lying north and east from this locality Snow and freezing rain warnv ings continue for the Georgian Bay area north and east scc 0nd part of this storm will move over or just north of the lower lakes and will cause widespread rain drizzle and fog in Southern Ontario Colder air will sweep eastward on strong gusty winds across the entire province tonight Forecast Temperatures Low tonight high Wednesday Windsor 30 St Thomas 30 London 28 28 28 32 32 32 32 32 25 26 22 22 20 15 15 CHRISTMAS PERMS $2000 $1500 and $1000 LESS 50 Tlll Dec 21 1961 RUBYS BEAUTY SALONS 124 UNLOP ST IPA 84423 17I ESSA ROAD Wingham Hamilton St Catharines Tomato Peterborougb Trenton Killaloe Kapuskasing White River PA 89811 Following the top three in or der of finish were Gordon Tes key ma Mrs Marita Paullo 2744 Ed Norman 2535 Cecil Young 2608 David McClymont 2554 and Mrs Dorian Parker 1909 Mrs Parker was the only unsuccessful candidate One of the surprises of the race for seat on the Board was the surprising strcngth shown by Gordon Tcskcy Mr Teskey local lawyer captur ed fourth place in the nineman contest and consldcring this was his first attempt at run ning for public office he did exccedlngly well Mr Teskey is son of Dr Luke Toskey who was well known In provincial politics The only woman elected to any office during the election was Mrs Paulin She too was running for office for the first time Mrs Paulin is the moth er of three children all going to school in Barrie and is former case worker for the Childrens Aid Society Mr MacLaren who visited City on last night while the votes were still being counted assumed casual but confident attitude His pointed comment to rev porter when risked how he felt the election was going was am not nervous am more concerned about tomorrow and the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic of which am chairA man understand there is in big fat storm headed this way and if it comes It will prob ably iousc things up for us LAST IN WARD Mrs Dorian Parker the se cond woman running for office in the election ran disappoint ing to her last in each of the four words One oddity which turned up when all votes were counted was the foot that both Dr Sey mour and Noel Stephenson pols led the some totals in Ward Oac voting Their identical tally was 823 Mr MacLarcn led the polls in both Words One and Two and ran second in Words Three and Four Ed Norman topped him in Word Four and Dr Seymour was the winner in Ward Three Noel Stephenson was one of the consistent contestants He placed third in Words One Two at Three and fourth in Word Four He was only 40 votes removed from third place in Word Four Ed Norman showed mark ed difference in his race in Word Four in comparison with the other three wards He plac ed first in Ward Four but sov oath in Words One and Three and eigth in Ward Tw BARRIE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION NOTICE PLEASE NOTE THE LAST DATE FOR DISCOUNT ON YOUR HYDRO BILLI Due to the large number of accounts which have to be processed and balanced before the Christmas Holiday period the last discount date for all reg ular billing has been advanced to MONDAY DEC EMBER 18th l96l Your cooperatifi and assist ance by paying your bills early will be most ap preciated at this very busy time of the year As usual accounds may be paid at your Public Util ities Commission office from am to pm Mon day through Friday or payment may he made by mail using cheque or money order and enclosing the small stub portion of the bill All customers mailing their payments are reminded that in order to qualify for discount envelopes must be post marked not later than the last date for discount If mailing payment after pin on the last dis count date please take your envelope directly to the Barrie Post Office Accounts may also be paid at either branches of the TorontoDominion Bank There is small bank charge for this service RETAILERS TO THRIFTY CANADIANS WED Afternoon SPECIAL On Saleme until 10 Illscolllir on AlllOY PURCHASES 0er Iooo OPEN Tilt 530 pni wro 60 DUNLOP ST PA azaso