Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 10 Jul 1961, p. 3

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BANDSMEN FROM SEVERAL COMMUNITIES PARTI CIPATED IN MASS BANDS CONCERT Cultural Facilities Blasted usxrrsrnrursV At concert By Mass Bands Barries cultural facilities are deplorable Kenneth Holt ier music director ol theBar rie City Concert Band com plained alter the hlasscd Bands Concert at Queens Park Sun day Mr llollicr who emcced the program expressed amazeA meal that there were no loldA ing chairs available for the bandsincn situation is just another indication at Bar Auto Accidents Victoria Har Area The Victoria Harbour detach ment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated total of six motor vehicle accidents Satur day which resulted in one man being injured property damage amounting to $3000 and charg cs being laid against three driv ers The only injury resulting from the series of accidents was suf fercd by Joseph Briggs Orillia who was treated for back in jury alter his car went out of control and rolled over on High TEREE SURVIVING Tav erner brothers are shown with theyoungest descendant to at ELnlssr sunvrvnm Tav erner Charlotte Grltfin of Oshawa takes turn with the ries indillerence to culture he pointed out The bandsmcn sat on chairs gathered from nmrby churches Sunday morning Barrie City Concert Band reA hearscs in the Farmers Market building Mr Hollicr said and described the situation as most unfavorable EMBARRASSING He said that ii Barrie had more favorable facilities we could invite many top orches tras such as the Toronto Sym phony Orchestra to Brrie This would be of value to Barrie residents and tourists he said At present it would t2 an em barrassment to offer top orch cstras our lacilities he said The bands which participated in yesterdays concert werehthe Barrie City Concert Band the Collingwood Citizens hand the Kcmpenfelt Trumpet hand the Orillia Kiltic Band and the Stayner Citizens Band DIVIDED ATTENTION Yesterdays Mass Bands Con cert was altendcd by about 300 persons At times the people tgave their undivided attention tend yesterdays Taverner re union They are from left Harold 68 George 57 and to the concert and at other times they watched soltball game 50 feet to the leit ot the bandstand The game was underway belt lore the bands arrived alter their march lrom Memorial Square Upon arrival the bands FOR OLD PHOTO JUST row scar AWA¥ VA sonnax SKIN mvrns BODY rom SOFTBALL 6am vmn ron rns ATTENTION or cmzcns Diver Made Mistake BarneMctn Is Sure ent in the towns history 30 to or 50 years ago If you have such photo graph which would reproduce clearly contact the editorial dc partment for further inlormnt ton assembled and started to play Canada in the bandstand At this the hall players stopped the game and paid their re spccts to the anthem This done the bands and players vied for the attention at the people Baby Abandoned In Bushes ill Park Bees Swarm Mothers Fear For Youngsters Thousands oi angry swarm ing bees caused great deal of consternation in the Mount The body of missing Toronto skin diver Joseph Smith was found floating near the Shanty Boy dock at 530 pm Sunday He had been the object of an in tensive search since the after noon of saturday July INVESTIGATE DROWNING OPP Corporal Giddens the oiiicer who supervised the search for the missing man dur ing the past wcek said this morning that an autopsy was performed on the body immedi ately He indicated that an intensive investigation will continue over red rlhetanks provide the div er with air but not with strength he said It is usual for diver to be quite tired alter using one tank and when double tanks are used the strain is twice as great It is an accepted fact Mr Harris said that divers who use double tanks for deep diving are susceptible to the bends with single tank it is prac tically impossible to get the bends Messrs Smith and Pearce had gone to sofoot depth twice on the total day Mr Harris said that his obs Joseph Smith last night Mr spot they were to dock at the Smith has been in the water second line Two Canadian Afmy cadets lrom Camp Borden are credit ed with finding three or four monthsotd abandoned baby girl behind clump of bushes at Niagara Falls Park Sun day Cadets Paul Archambaultf 23 of Drummondville Que and Gilles Menard 21 of Shep brooke spotted the baby in Queen Victoria Park batten Street area yesterday morning when worried mothers feared for the safety oi young children in the neighborhood Carl Emms is Mountbatten St called Barrie police and re ported the bees completely cov ering garage under cohstruc lion two lots removed from his home In told police that the gar age was completer covered with the iinsects and that many of the bees were angrily buzz would not be released before servations were definitely not personal reflection on Mr Smith He said that the tragedy might have been avoided and it should be lesson to all skin divers Barrie businessmans decis ion to take life easy resulted in the discovery of the body of the next day or two and that any results of such investigation then James Harris of 253 Bayfield Street Barrie skindiving in structor said this morning that Joseph Smith committed two cardinal sins of skinldiving He had put his weights on before his tank harness and he had been swimming without mar ker lloati Mr Harris said that there was County Towns Jobn 61 The babyfive monthold Allen Thompson of Port Credit is Harolds grandson ing around in his ownyard and those of neighbors When police investigated the huge swarm had departed for other fields Several llccidents Reported In Area There were several accidents in the Barrie area over the weekend Most of these were at minor nature and there were no serious injuries Shortlyv alter midnight this morning William Richard Kemp thorne 57 of no fixed address was struck by southbound auto on Highway 400 south of the highway 27 cutoff Mr Kempthome was walking north on thehighway and crossedlthe boulevard to get to restaurant on Highway 27 The driver of the car William Massena 40 not Cawthra Square Toronto was returning to the city with his wife Mary Neitherot the Massenas saw the pedestrian Mr Massena swerv ed to the right inan attempt to miss Mr Kempthorne but the left front corner of his car ripp ed the other mans calf The Massenas braked to stop and Saw Mr Kempthorne crawling to the shoulder He was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital Taverners ConvergeOn Barrie To Mark First Annual Reunion Some 1B0 dacendants ot number said that next years man who travelled from Toronto reuntnn will be bigger and bet to the Muskoka district by cov ered wagon in 1895 held their ter first annualreunion atiSt Vin cent Park Saturday The man Taverner has approxim ately 215 livingdescendants youngest Traverner child to attend reunion grand Mr and Mrs Taverner event ually settled in Barrie where Mr Taverner died Mrs Taver ner moved to Oshawa where she lived with daughter until the age of 94X Yesterdays reunionStarted at to am Taveruers arrived from Muskoha Toronto Rhode Island Massachusetts and various parts ot the Dominion and the dinited States throughoutthe ay es and other activities At one pointlohn Taverner one at the three remaining brothers chal lenged George and elder broth er Harold to race Harold won At about pm the Tavern ers started to leave or their respective homes One of their Try An Exumlner Want Ad PHONE IA 32414 Theyengaged nggamgs vouRE THEeoss Inn hurry for money Just phone Beneficial Get the cash yod want lost One phone collrand one visit tothe ofioe does everything Call up orcomeintodayl ATBENEFGAL loomFirm smrrr PhonePArkway 85931 iBARRlE no main contracts on loans my lip to ssooo Your taan em on BENEFICIAL riuaucsco 0F cameo quick release buckle on Mr Smiths weight belt This en ables the diver to drop the weights in an emergency he said The buckle had been re leased on Mr Smiths belt but the weights were stuck on the tank harness when the body was discovered Mast skindivers use marker float Mr Harris said This ser vos the joint purpose of warn ing boats that there are divers in the area and providing life preserver for emergencies Nei ther Joseph Smith nor his part ner Thomas Pearce used safe ty float onthe day Smith dis appeared he said Mr Smith wasreportedly ac customed to diving with life jacket When the diver was found there was no jacket on the body STRAIN IS GREAT Mr Harris said thatthe two divers had been using double tanks when the mishap occur To GettGas Too Because thriving new in dustry decide to cook with gas two more Dntario com munities Alliston and Beaten will receive natural gas service this fall McCarthy vice presidont and general sales manager The Consumers Gas Company annouhced today The industry SaladaShirriff Horsey Limitcds instant mash ed potato plant at Allistoh will use about 150000000 cubic feet of natural gas annually for pro cessing and space heating This load will make it economically feasible tolbuild transmission line from Consumers station at Bond Head to Alliston Mr Mc Carthy said eConstruction of the iiimile eigbtlinch line will start irn mediater and natural gas will be available to homes and in dustryinBeeton and Alliston in time or the next heating sea son VOL lHE AMAZING Swedish GAR 35 Miles Per Gallon At 90 MPlI iUsT Test Drive It At IN morons 23 Bradford St rucsniir 10103 STEllliS mcrmcarrm SPECIALS onarnrnurr semi tin since he was reported missing after shindiving Saturday July at the Shanty Bay area ewilliam Garner Shanty Bay had bcen surveying the area around his home by tele scope since Mr Smith was re ported missing Sunda night he intended to drive to is Barrie business in order to catch up on some book work Just as he was preparing to leave be de cided that no man who has been lnbusiness for 31 years should have to work Sunday So he stayed home PREMONITION Acting on what he called premonition Mr Garner went to the waters edge at pm He did not have his telescope with him at the time but was still able to spot black ob ject about 100 feet oft shore He waved to passing fisher men Edward Miller and Ross Simpson also at shanty Bay They returned his wave and passed on He set oil for the He reported the object to thcm and suggested they invest igate The three mén set out in the Simpson boat They found the object to be log and took it aboard it this point the fishermen made mention of buoy they had seen in front of the Garn or home have no buoy there Mr Garner said Investigation is led the bouy to be the missing skin diver The men pulled the body to the Garner dock with the as sistance of neighbor Bill Langmuir Then they notified the Ontario Provincial Police AWAIT CORONER Cpl Ted Giddeas arrived and suggested that the body be tak en to the Shanty Bay dock vaoo feet west to await the cor oner Dr Shannon arrived at 1130 and the body was removed to the Jennett Funeral Home froDAv TIRE STORES to sitAorono ST gums itsNEW BEARjAtieNEMEnr VCENTRE anon DirName pigeon ear and truck wheel balancing ooMINION T3

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