Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 26 Jul 1962, p. 5

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oi the most Mam maimeduauruel scenic remaining as natural ed 11 it was unifln wrung Cav use Laddertruest inthe highcouatry nineteenthwest 0i mdsely Mono Clivu mi used here for convenience they haveno oiticlel eare located on the 2nd of Mono Township mt rthiof Mono Centre ea at Highway interesting not only to ecasunl vllliui as scenic tracUon but also to the not ded the curious the ring and the aspiring arena in climber Efinthe various count that you may take lee Inglo the caves are lntercat tag You soar and plunge along linrrow treebordered roads be twotm rail fences swinging over and around chaotic mor aines and great iceitge spill VIays that carried bugs vol ttmes ot muddy water from the retrenan ice front Fields ire dotted wth rockpile is da ti entire hills that look for fifths world as it they have been drenched with blood This peculiar red roll is the result of the pulverization of the smear underlying clan shale MAKES TRIP the writer was fortunato in meeting Don Lawrence an Mono Centre who decided to erect painting the houseand take his fatnentnlaw John Black and me up to the caves for looksee Approaching from the cost alongside road as the face of the Niagara Escarpment tow éred up ahead densely covered with trees like an immense and impossible wall At the foot of the cllif the road makes sudden rightang led turn to the right and climbs steeplyupward through an unbroken tunnel of trees Great buttresses ot Silurian Lockport dolomite rock formed tbreehundred million years ago on an ancient see bottom nee minglytry to crowd you off the narrow road over the pro elpicc There are even hntrpia turns blasted out of bedrock There Ireprobably lot of cal people who hava never seen these coves said Don iThere are some small caves In the hills on my form too Finally the unlikelylooking ad Line leade yu south down onetrack roa through iunaelof trees whose bran ches drag across the windshield to asmall turnout large enough only to park few cars immediately above the eavar and ladder EA wellworn both ends short distance into sort of balcony lust below the top of the cliff rl twohundred tact above the bottom INTO HELL the floor at the balcony pitch black openings two or ree feet wide look like can rtsleading into Hell die lodged pebble can he heard rattling and bouncing as it falls into the depths below group of Boy Scouts appeared clamberlng up over the top of the cliffup Jacobs Ladder Great blodrs of rock jutting out from the face at the cliff form natural steps some eight feet high down to the caves level seeming to cut in under the chi so you cannot see the ottom This gives the impr elon that before you had cl bed down to the level of the trectops far below the steps would end and leave you stranded able to continue doflm or return up Come on down urged Don she grabbed convenient cedar stump let blmselfeut full length and vanished onto the ste below flll take your camera What me go down therel Crazy It gave me creepy feeling looking in tre alttbree made it quite safely rlt were wonderful experience sch step is covered wi peculiar spongy black muck BEACH CAVE And there on lspaolous ledge near the bottom where the temperature for some rea son drops to shivery cool was the gaping echoing Cave No Like thin is rather startling too to about eight feet plnchingotf to traeslean out from the cliff caves more easily accessible sauna soon limekilns Just the day before iilhtOUS ethics rock tossing i° iuesday ulshtie protest march sartorial teal motloustthe audience vertigo bate sham mlaeotsttcr ase iotatnudy cholera outbreak by im ot penance to atone for some Negroes the wok at Wants let very new the indie has decided toopcn fennel no trialrsuagestedaowcou eon tavvheucs AND JoHN BLACK tusaeer cavssurnaucs nothing some lttt loci straight above and running back into the clitfhow or we did not care to lindout 3lf youever fell down one of these holes you wouldntbe worth taking out commented Mr Black0ne should carry long piece oi rope and never explore this place alone or one well day when the rocks are slipparyd All it wants is tor some body to find some ladtan drawings onthc1wetlshnd you would have real touristatt raclion hare speculated Den The trail leads northward an der the vertical and even overhanging cliifs that rise nearly200 feet like the grey mevaalls of huge stern castle past more sinisterlook ing caves that could well be secret passages Don pointed to one cave up the sides of which stood long poles by which be and some friends were able to climb right up through andcmerge Itda crevice near thcgroad MUSKET SLII One of the most interesting features is the double stack of rock similar to those seen on the Bruce peninsula standing about thirty feet high and iso lated from theebase of the cliff The stocks are still iota ed by thin wall at rock through which unlit foot wide and three feet high has formed through which you can look It looks like musket jam in forts wall Grotesqucly like les as if they were growing outof the side of the airy and you took for up to see tangles of roots descending futilely in to space Even the tops of the stacks are decorated withtrces Ferns too grow in masses out of the cliffside where can eck USA point ches tlnuous seepage provides suit 10 In able conditions This is de lightfully natural place to visit uncluttered with imprave merits and commercialization short distance past the stacks an easy trail leads back up to horned at point just south of where another road merges into the 2nd Line soo feet north of the timed above According to Den the 2nd undergo widening and general hnprovements thus making the ltia tobe hoped the canopy of trees that makes green tunnel for this pleasant wilder neos trail are not destroyed in the process Don also pointed out some thing that shouidhe at interest at in Au and on trrctaa wermadeour way back to his farm to see the old 11 bulldozer had started prepar ing the way for theeonstruhlion of skilift and trail expected tube in operation this wtnl Certainly it will bear steep trail Mr Black pointed out that the farmhouse an Dons farm was entirely built of materi found on the farm incl donCeuada pint ii an points rCanadn 12 points Jack Red andlhe stone and mortar walls which are combination of masonry andcnst walls Tire lilac kilns behind the buildings at the foot of they Efscarpmeat consist at series feet across built of granite boulders set with mortar These kilns probably produced limit for very large area and are capable afproduclng lime in our large ovens each many as continuous process oper ated by early settlers Mr lack remembers seeing the same we of lime kilnsins Northern lreiand and pointed out the subadJacent furnaces and described howthe time stone was loaded into the areas from the uphill side andse moved later when it was con rantsrn horas varied Into time down over the extinguished furnaces tbis is probably one of the lostmfthese old kilns that we wtilsee on bubbles from the base of the Nearby an icy cold escarpment sweet and clear In to tank which flows tiy gravity to thewaterlng system in the barn Now Don is pip across tohls house If yougo to thertlono Caves go on fine drirday and it you will locatat em ask local residents Take flash light length ofrope might be handy too Dont attempt lo clhnb up in the caves Just use common sense Take your lunch and youll ave day out that is pleasan ferent The Oiiiciai Scores For Bricks and Pins has The followingis the standing of the Brick and Rolling Pin Throwing Contest together with the standing on points Points are an thcbasia at 19 for first Jim Christian USA10 points 114 feet inches War ren Barley 109 feat 11 inches Meadows England points 109 feet inches George Burgett USA Australia points points 107 feet inches Beverley Cochrane Canada points 106 feet inches Johnnie Roach England points 103 feet inches Ken neth smith USA points 1213 feet Graham Crosble Can es Dyor England points 99 feet inchesLLarry points till feet inch feet Team totalsi USA 22 points England 15 points Canada points Australia points for total at 55 points Mrs Beryl Abbott Australial 10 points 119 teet inches Mrss Heather Barnett Alrstr rat points 114 feet 9inchesr Robin Glover Aristraiia points res feeti Mary Ellen Cantrell USA page lOl feet Linda seine Line of Mono is due shortly to ish is es ads points 99 feet 11 Dorothy rBourke Austratiat points98 rfeet inches Miss Bribe Jo Evans USA points 94 feet inches Eliza bethBeaity 94 cell in Canadal inch Canada pd ts ch Mrs Krul 2points92 feet to as Caroline Carscad 92 feet Team Totals points points for totalt of 55 covnnsca Last nightjwltb Mr and Mrs Coleman we attended the very an all worth inches Miss am Iheatre irrr Oriliia to see sailor beware Tieyable coinedyand thetrlp from the audience were Warden and Mrs AMcDonaId from whom we learned that the Packet and Times of that town had given our International Brick and Rolling Pin Contest big coverage there The old town hall in Ctilils is demolished micept for por tion at the front corner and Warden McDonald tells story of the movement afoot to leave this as McDonald Mom orlal To say the least the corner will look better with what has been demolished out of sight andwe doubt very much if the portion still re malniagiwlll be left even to become McDonald Memorial The quarried rock which con stituted the outer walls is be log stored by the town so it can he used later It came from the Uhlhoft area Mr Mc Donald says Vhe will be can dida as Mayornext ASK SERVICE Norman Emberle proprietor of theGlliord Golf Clubwl1ich is locatedon the road which agreement has license by Inutsfil fromWest Gwilltmburyasks thatimm solely for thecustomérs driv ing mhis course The removal plan old unused horse and buggy bridge and the clearing backoi growth near the rail way tracks are very necessary he claims plttsr sufficient grad ing to make the road passable in average weather He was toidbyCouncll that the matter oi rebutlding¢ne road was project which would have to be put over till next year but that immediate con derotionwould be given to hisrequests The paved road fromllllghway 11 is 60rods southin WestGwlllimb he sideroad it improved would make better entrance for traf to the end DRIV ll TIIIAIII ILES NORTII OF Alttls rrv orono T0iVNllIP an NE onovsr It iiilltit Itiiltt sort skill gnu onsl ionvrordthuwson IFEOEV CUMMIN Balm EEC hi in 00 new hulcoda MAKESPLEA uFlaally Va woman pleaded from the rear oi the hell for an on were th not their own and chairman James Baboonrseid dont won this meeting to deterior Scene of the meeting was St Clements Anglican ball adjacent to the church trL which Roberts rang as hair boy and was married and which be burned down 22 months ago Named chairman of the five member committee was author Hugh Garner The other mom hers are Bea Noblcman Rev John Robson Mrs Sylvia Sneydand Mrs Ann Raby CIRCULAIE PETITION During the meeting petition was circulated for presentation to JusticeMinisler Davie Put It The sentence handed down last April publicity when Mrs Roberts said she would have to place some at her chlldreaat least temporar ily in fastcrhornes The move ment to have the sentence set aside was Joined by the Toronto Telegram Roberts was charged alter be surrendered to police April confessing Iosettiug nine tires lailorontos east end and seek tag psychiatric treatment Three of the the destroyed churChes llhe name Roberta given by the arsonist April wasao sumed However Queens Park authorities say no further pen alty could or would be assessed gatnst him for swearing to wro me ANCIENT WORKS 4000 your old pattern of man made protective ditches around ancient humanflsettle meats in ltety is visiblefrom airplanes bu1lt to relieve overaowd ti theCrirn 511 tournaments for Eolrerte sake gottanas wtlhlturela to buy and manufacture the Misti tot ghter pleas authoritative sources said today Reports of the iadlna new mode to close the deal the sources added Thor Pails HONOLULU AP Thor missile blow and burned on its launch as as theUaltcd States failed for the third time to four tries to explode high altitude nuclear device over tiny Johnston island Cause of the missile failure was not known and there was no immediate word whether the ibor wasdaliberately de shores Crops Good OltItWA OptPrairie cmp prospects are air to excellent except for large areas of south eastern Alberta and some parts of southwestern Saskatchewan that are beyond halpthe bur eau oi statistics reports Practically all Prairie areas got fair to good rain in the lost two weeks excluding south western Alberte Further gea erel ralnwltl be needed to maintain heavy growth in many districts the report said ch ncaday Double Lrie crrnnmlrn NC AP Wllliam Cobb North Carolia nas 40 ear old Republican state cha an was exposed Wednesday night as man who has been leading double life The Charlotte Observanand the Roanoke Va Times re vealed ta copyrighted stories that Cobb Morganton NC lumber dealer maintains home on Roanoke for com monlaw wife and two children while living in altercation with gs legal wlfe and an adopted Prepare Conference In Year Maybe Bilateral Agreements BNUSSEIS Reutersty Brit ish and European Market negotiators wound up ninehour session earht today alter making some progressorr the question of alternate mar kets for Commonwealth tempe rate farmexporia if Britain Joins the trade bloc Emilio Columbo of Italy chief market negotiator told report ers after the night meeting that points at view of the two sides on the question oi Canadian Australian and New Zealaad farm exports had come closer together and both Britain and the Common Market bad clari fied positions on world wide commodity agreement the at market at hers acre were reported tohave put for wardrthcse proposals Wednes dayrnight worldwide commodity con ference to be called nextvyear HA promise that bilateral grcemenis will be negotiated with Canada New Zenland and Australia failing the reaching of other international agree ments by rero Britain has demanded that trade prefer can for Comm wealth eauntlestensain in of fact in full until at least 1979 Britain is seeking specific promises that Commonwealth countries will have access to the Common Market made up at West Germany Luxembourg France The Netherlands Italy andBe urn eve snows AT Joe aoao ioven rHs Rest Fit aquesoav JULY our soruaonv hues gt Family Comedyrby Patterson can It also aokosrics honored moat hevebeeutetup tlutiagteam will be reviawed by Prime Minister Nehrus cab Incl before aitusl decision in Plano oe oi the current bog Quebec Ontario and the federal govern lba hholeraoutbreakwas the meta teat underdiscustioe at rr wasluggtatcdthat none on thetransport oi hogs be en tabllshsd since longl distance first fatigued animals cm more sum tlhle to the disease llogs were sometimes shipped on two or three Journeys 200 orsoomtlcs each No details of aedpmposed ruling were div Also discussed residents posed implementation otrthe Agricultural Rehabilitation and agreed earlier to cooperate with the federal government on the ARM program STOP TESTING Meanwhile Winnipeg report says the bog cholera outbreak in Quebec and Ontario has re suited in suspension of fed eral bruccllosts testing pro in Western Canada leaves for all fedcral veter nerlans in the four Prairie rovlnccelfm been conceded by are being rushed to cert trnl Canada to help combatthe outbreak Dr Ross Singleton director at the federal health of animals branch in thrrIPEE said the di rective cancelling leaves and the testing program came from the veterinary directorgeneral in Ottawa week ago SevenManitobu veterinarians scion Centuriongspiashes across ford onthe Battle River carrying troops engag ed in fiveday training exer cise at Albertas Cnranain HURONIA FIRIDAY and Dock raw or overall 55 Tcuavaoar ava Development Act All provinces robe fitlspehilon ol the biaeetloslt tuu tee is within thriller livestock industryLlt moses llrat untested cattle caaaobhe mov to liii meeting Wednesday fieadrat mm er vgeccadery teqtsyoutd horsemle but no new tests would he be said roam CP Union in dustry and the department of root urmugb tho firstday of talks to keep beer tan open tin Ontario and plan to meet to fly Louis Fine chic conciliation oflcer of the department said the closed talksheirloom his department and officials ofthe international Brotherh at United Brewery Flour Cereal Soft Drink and Distillery Work ers of America CLCi ondgllve brewing companies are ex pectcdato continue unUl settle meat is reached Progress atWodnesdoye meeting was reported satisfarr tory and an industry spokesman said the meeting went nnoo Mr Flnerltcpped into the uaiioa Tuesday three days after 1009 union rnembcrs of the Toronto locol voted their ex ecutive authority to strike at aaydtllms to back up wage de rvrocrr BATTLE wright There were soonsob dtera from throughout western Canada anda felted King dom Regiment engaged in the exercise Wirephoto mom SATURDAY 501 nosMrs arsrea 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