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Barrie Examiner, 9 Jul 1964, p. 4

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as mvnln Outside Ontario alo artml peaanions moo Iialtlfl Mutilation Eire Terri Examiner Published by Canadian Nmpapen Limited is Bayfleid Street Barrie Ontario Walls Puhiraber wondermentrum THURSDAY JULY it Page Conventions Are Important To Economy Of Community An example of what conventions can mean to community was given this week by Robert Sarjeant chairman of the tourist and conventioncommittee of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce liIrSarjeant recalled that 500 dele gates had attended the recent school and maintenance workshop at Central Collegiate and spent an average otsco er man This was exclusive of spend ng by wives and the delegates in shop ping in and around Barrie It is con ceivable then that the convention brought $30000 to $40000 to the city This money was spent almost exclus ively in motel and hotel accommoda tions restaurants retail storesand gay ollne service stations few more con ventions of this size and the cumulative expenditures would be the equivalent of the payroll of slzeahle industry Tourism of course is an industry and most important one to the Canadian economy Somd communities may more than their share of the to dollar othersiess than they could have received with ade uate promotion Barrie and distr ct have much to at tract conventions and the touring moton fat with facilities for meetln such asqthoso found at Central Co egiato plus plenty of metal and hotel space an lne restaurants the city is in osition to invite conventions here kno ng that delegates will be well cared for The delegates to the caretakera con vention in fact were uite impressed and they said they woul like to return They found Barrie fine location for tilt th proo prop are up to come here Judlclous promotion vdlvl bring more important conventions over the years and hel to establish Barrie as convention DOWN MEMORY LANE WAR DAYS 20 VEARS AGO Barrie Examiner Ju 1944 Flight Sergeant Dalton orbett reported missing after air operations overseas Wellknown Barrie athlete and member of baseball team before joining RCAF he was wireless air gunner on Lancaster bomber Tech Sgt Hamid Kilgour born in Barrie son of Mr and Mrs Vio tor Kllgour of Detroit reported missing in Asiatic theatre of war He was with US Army Air Force Trooper Jack Walker of Cookstown reported wounded in Italy John Rogers former CNR superintendent at Aliandale named as sistant general manager for Central Region Lt Bruce Deans of Spruce dale former BC student and athlete reported killed in action in France Douglas Merwood Peacock elder son of Mr and Mrs Stan Peacock received navigators wings and commissioned ilot officer lnRCAF Majority of arrie merchants agreed to abide by new provincial labor regulations re el hthour day Improvements at IOOF ome on William St include new elevator for convenience of aged residents Propen tywas originally estate of late James Burton and later Simcoe Hall rivate medical sanitarium Barrie wants Air Cadet uadron was training at Trenton RCA base in charge of F0 Paul Bud Fisher Commanding officer FL Leighton Clarke along with F0 Fred Stevenson P0 Jack Johnson P0 Gordon Iteeve and civilian instructors Wilmer Rowell Smith Harvey Jones and Norman Synnott were takin special training at Camp Borden an Burtch near rantfordl Leo Mc Carthy of Brentwood on temporary leave from army for farm work killed in car crash near New Iowell With weather ood Stewart Pa AgRep for Nort Simcoe predicie bumper crop of hay grain and otatoes Grou of prominent US Barrie meat packing slant Copaco Many farmers aroun this district are almost desperate for hel Older men are trying to carry on burden do all the chores and save the farm until the youn men get home Women are also help ng in the fields What has culturiata visited ha pened to the Barrie Farm Commando gadef is everybody in Barrie too busy to hel out the farmers Mr and Mrs arvie Merrick and son Bruce arrived safely lfi air in Bogota Colombia where Mr erriclt will take up new duties as manager for Confed eration Life in South America On July successful field do and dinner held at Barrie Country Cub In two ball mixed foursomes Frank Sp and Miss Mabel Sprott Rowal and Miss Lillian Kearna Jack Boys and Mrs Angus McNabb tied not score 39 OTHER EDITORS VIEWS MONTREAL LOOKS AHEAD Montreal Gazette When the worlds fair takes place Montreal can expect that the art ists ihefastbuck operators and con fidence men will our in here They were active in Seaii while the fair was there Complaints made to Seattles Bet ter Business Bureau rose by 20 yes cent Now they are moving into New ork These operators will not be active on the fairgrounds but they will be active in the city ea eelaily where the visitors are to be foun in the greatest numberaJn New York they have been setting them selves up just outside the fair site or have been opening some 75 gift shops in the midtown area ATTITUDE TOWARD DRINK Gait Evening Reporter There is much confused thinking in our society about the problem of drinking It is discussed condemned and condom ed but few people seem to really under stand what the problem is and bow to cope with it An interesting viewpoint on this ques iion was given recently at youth con ference on the alcohol problem The conferencewas held at Charlottetown PEI The speaker was Rev Arthur Pendergast of nearby SevenMile Bay review of Father Fender asts ad dress was given by Burton Lew in The Evening Patriot Charlottetown He said the speaker made the point that it is the attitude person carries to drink ing not his act ofdrinklng or to ob The Barrie Examiner Authorised as second clal znan Foal Off Department Ottlwl ant of Delta in each an Statutory Hounaya excepted Inuunwaul Pnnilann VICNK WlLlflN Glfllrlt Mlhlll sternum nannor can DAVID PENN Advertising Mm MURRAY HILL AGWIIIIAIII MICHBLDGNNELLV Circulation Mull Subazriptxoar ureain by carrier socmmy gone yearly Elflll copy mail in OIILIrio co uao rla monthaJlW tam months out Dude Cluh and WM lat do Mar ed an if victim is later awarded dam ages bya courthc must repay the gov Audil nunu of moment nsuiw rms or sum or words mean bui perhapathis Will change atlnence not the fact of abstaining that controls what consequences will follow it is foilewtheleader drinkers and followtheleader abstainera who produce most of societys problems connected with liquor Father Pendergasis advice to the teen ager is that he should refrain from drinking until at least 21 adding You wig then be free to decide for your In gt The drinker who decides for himself while possessing sufficient maturit to reach and give effect to rations de cision isno menace to eitheraociety or himself Neither is the abatainer who reaches that position similarly It is the goalongvdlhthecrowd drink er the itsamarttokilithe bottle drinkerthe drinker who seeks gagchh escapes and veils ifor his ma just ments and inadequacies throu drink ingwho becomes the alcoho and problem for all society In the same way it the hollerthan thouahstainerthe Illaeeonlyoneaide abstainerwho clouds and confuses all thinking about these matters it is the correction of social attitudes toward drinking and alcoholism rather than perpetuated stupiditles of wet vs dry struggles that is the greatest need man who became an alcoholic and then recovered once told his story in this way began drinking as means of getting more out of life And stop pedlfor the same reasonto get more out of life That should be the whole reason for drinking or not drinkingto get more out of life worms coMpsusArsp North Bay Nug et The Welfare Staiecastng about for more thingstowdo tomake life more eeabie and secure its citizens has scovered hi herto neglected arcs of st for first prize with DOUBLES MATCH OTTAWA REPORT Bevives Question OfForeign Control By PATRICK NICHOLSON OTTAWAParliament liili la pastureland for too many sacred cows to whom Canac diana are told to bend the lam in obellnuce flielrs not to reaaon why wrote the poet Tennyson but it is past timewhen we should all ask the reason for respecting and even worspr ping thou sacred cows One of the phonioat of then is that Trojan Horse of cow called Foreign Capital we need hugs bankroll of capital far more than we can provlda ouraelvea to finance the do velopment of the immense richaa in our countrythua man the argument Anyone who aug gaata that us dollars pouring across the border on droir predatory forays an unwel come is treated as at least fool perhaps as traitor This ia haldcrdaah trolled out by bunch of longhaira who know nothing of finance and by generation oi parlia mentarians who never studied the subject But at last Canada hu minister of finance who under stands the danger of foreign capital which is pirate mas querading aa blood donor This could well be because that minister oi finance in not longtime politidan he la newcomer from the world of business and finance whose name had never been called in the Home of Commons re gt neatly as two years ago HE TOLD ENGLAND fIon WalterGordon is that minister of finance He was the guest apeaker at the traditional Dominion Day banquet of the Canada Club in Inndon Eng lhat large and influential gath ering contained expatriate Ca nadians businealmen and many Britons who have trad ing and investment relations with Canada Mr Gordon discussed the thriving condition of the Cana dlan economy todaythough he did omit to mention that the fillip was the devaluation of the dollarin ml by the cm Izervativc government which made our goods more competi tive in other countriesynnd thul facilitated large increase in our exports Then he turned to foreign capital Canadians recognize that foreign investment has been of tremendous value to them No other country has received so much of it or owed so much of it it has enabled us to develop much faster than would obser wiae have been possible But we have paid high price for all this It la the hugs ex tent of nonresident ownership control of Canadian busi and Canadiaoreaourcea socialinjuatice oliowltigthe exampieof New Zealandgliritain has begun anex perimental program whereby the victirns of violent crimes will be financially com pensated at least in partybys the gov ernment Pro on Jones will not be compensa ernment Some objections have been rais ed about rnidor as sets haagbeen genera haile United States had by fail reached as per cen petroleum and rnatur go duatry do per cent mamliao turingand so per can of min ing and melting Ihcproportii7ns of this non resident control have been rowing and appenrcerthln to cap on growlngunleaa wcuo bile measure Crime still does not pa in 13 am atsieast for the victim up awap oven dices three maple leaves for five stars on another flag no kidding Canada will need and will welcome inflawa or foreign capis tal and we should like fair proportion of it to be in the form of fixed income sem itica that can be paid back in the future That is the key phrase The United States financed ita own develop at capeolally rail road construction through ion sign capital They borrowed it in the fnnn ofbonds fixed in come securities that can be glad back and indeed now have paid back The United states does not have roblam of foreignown Irahip ia master in its own economy So should we be if we are as smart horas trad era orborrowera the Yank eea Walter Gordon is the firat finance minister have heard make that demand hope he makes it atlck Finds Roman Is Offered 05 By roman noon EASTBOURNE England Robert Williams tamer at Beachy Head near Eastbonms haa found buried treasure in the form of ovsr aooo Roman sil vsr coins on his farm But as they have been conifacated by the Crown as treasure trove he will have to wait the outcome of court of inquiry before he knows how much he is oing to receive for hll valuabe find He had already been offered tecoootor the coins before they were confiscated by crown are thorities under the ancient trea sure trove law Mr Williams and hit son who live at Bullock Down Farm neartEeachy Head were pick ing up fllnts In plowed field not far from the edge of the atéep cliff when he noticed half dozen coins Within i0 minu iea he had unearthed whole hoard of coins which had been contained in an earthenware pot which had been broken Mr Williams aaid he had found coins in this field pravloully but they were bronze This latest find waa of silver coins FOUND 1170 COINS Finally said Mr William we found 8173 of thessvcoina The lot weighed about so pounds The next day took them ail to the liritiahhfuseum ooronara Inquest at East bourne considered the find and decided that the coins were trea rc trove This means that they to th crown but Mtr flllama will be aid alum which will be dec ded by coin experts report from the coins and medals department of the ill tiah Museum atated that in lample of lecture coins which laad beancleaned ahowed that they were Romaaallvar col atlng from the third century MrWililarnsswaavtold that would be notified by Museum how much rccelva or Brit all would the coins however might be find Score of Mr Orangemen OK The lied Ensign NEON OP The Red Ensign will be waving officially in the annual Orangemcna par ade for the first time Saturday but the Stars and Stripes will hand the marchers The Ulster Pipe Band of New York City will have position of honor with their countrys flag iuct behind the color party The loyal Orange War Veten ana Aficcietion color party will carry gro coora Ulnlan Jack an the Red En llll Norman Ritchie local county Orange lodge secretary said Wednesday our national aa raciatian now ia on record as endorsing the Red Ensign aa Canadaa national flag Thata why it fa being canled Hill year In rcvioua years the Union Jack aa served as the only of ficlal flag during the Orangco mans parade BIBLE THOUGHT Walk In the Dpirit and we aissllnotfniffllihaluatofdia flnfliPGIlatlonl 010 The heart that la filled with love of God doesnt have room for love of self And vice varaa REPORT mow 11K Coins 4000 returned to him The coroner at the inquest Dr Angus Sommer ville suggested that he might give some of them to the Sun ask Archaeological Society it might aome time to determine tn exact value of vthe 3173 coins because they havo to be cleaned by experts But coin collectors have al ready notified Mr Williams that they are willing to pay him moo for each of the coins which would make the value his find close to 355000 Asked if ha rergifihtteidI taking um hiaffnd to the Mr William replied No dont felt it my ad to take the coins to the Britl Museum Supposing had kept museums Til saws 1r¢l59alpmWongq Mzmmv lawman Commonwealth Not Bloc In UN Nor An Alliance Like NATO JNBPI Hamlin WhoMIN moor Once again tit0mm wealth defiel definition as prime mlniltera met In Lon don are its easy to get pre dae explanations of what the Commonwealth is not Pracll everybody says it isnt wbfl used to be and the Commonwealth ought to be which ia not what it ever was Then on that baaia they decide its no nod UNIQU GAMING 1h essence at the Demon weaith in the positive view fl as no nosu ng swa histories econoqu and cub small wonder or the Comman wealtha 750000 Die 53 000000 live in Brl and 32 000000 in Canada Australia and New muse The other WWW page live in countries that have come independent since the Sec ond World War Officials In at pains lain to correspondents tint the Oommonwealih ta not bloc within the United Nations It isnt defence alliance like NATO or free trade auocih than like the European Eco nomic Community Good Commonwealth mu bristle at auggestioaa it ia farce One of them who has seen many prime mlnlrlera conferences declared those who say its farce malnl pla who hold in 01 minda Irma idea of phat in this thinking the mlnlrtera conference is uniousa bringing together in an in fonnal wayunlike tha United Nations everything from the archliar to the ultraleft British apokermen employ the language of understatement in talking about the oonferenoi Indeed they prefer to call it meeting or review But It in obvious they hope for tangible results particularly in that cal aid and tr Commonwealths meat visible tangible link in the past has been the preferences estab lished at the Ottawa conference of rats Today all Conunonwea countries excepting Ghana Ni geria Uganda Kenya and Tan ganyika give and receive profs creases in varying degrees NOW suewme Matinee Daily at pal Shown at pm and pm fluuflumlfnlwmm ByanlndnntedCetl weavers HE lHREE LIVES 0F ffiollliiSiliii vrtlwlrorm and NAVAJO ADVlqu In Color THURSDAY charm IA FRIDAY SATURDAY Inane fireman unm ensueammo 0a was Mflu North of assets at tinthrh PERIAL THEATRE lM NOW SHOWING snows an WTOM BOSLEYI PHYLLISTHAXTER BIBI OSTERWALD EEIER DUCHIN fiofiiionnsounNUNNALLYlOHNspN WMEHELLMANfideaaommmmm BARRIE HURONIA DRlVElN THEATRE millDRE me 7283391 quist and tried to sell them Ilow could explain how they had come into my possession How Would know their age coin dealer and dont want people roaming through my growing cropslooking for Ito maa coinaj want Debate On TV Film orrawa or There will likely be at least one more Commons debate on the televi alon film Mr Pearson which the for it Paul Martineau PC Pon tiac Temlscaminguct Wednes day asked the govenrment to make public the full andlun expurgaled version of the filth External Affairs Minister Martin acting prime minister said the film isnt the property of the Crown Mr Martfneau declined to withdraw his motion and asked that it beput over for debate Martin agreed and worth am farmer not CBC junked after paying 635000

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