Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 17 Jul 1961, p. 2

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

ll YOU CANT BEAT HEAT JUST JOIN 11 Julie Gelcncser in months forgot the heat and humidity yesterday afternoon as she built castles in the sand of Johnson Street beach Juiies parents Mr and Mrs Rob plmlcls 162 rrrr Daredevil Over Fails But Faces Court Fine NIAGARA FALLS Out CF Nathan Boys plunged over Ni agars Falls Satluday into fame and the select company able to tell of the daredevil exploit achieveran He may have to pay for his today when he faces charge of violating Ni agan and Parks Commluiou regulations prohibiting stunts ries maximum fine of 3100 he Conviction on the charge rar Boyu 30 year old Negro from the Bronx plunged 162 feet into the seething water at the base of the Horseshoe Falls in steel and rubber sphere ert Gelencser of Toronto stopped off at the beach for refreshing breather on their way home alter holiday TODAYSSTOCK PRICES Compiled by Flynn 93 Dunlop St 12 Barrie mm Asbestos Abitini moms Steel Aluminium Alberta Gas Atiu steel Bk of Montreal Bank 01 N5 Bell Tel Brazilian BA all no rower cennkeICom Cdn Brewerch CPR Dom Tar Famous Home Pit Home all Hudaun my lm Oll Inland Canada Cement can chemical Can oil can Min Sin con Paper Consumers Gas ma sea Jockey Clu Labatt Mae Powell Norsndl pain rriinzz Dom Stores Exquisite Hardee rirnu Imp Tobacco In Accesl inter Nickel interprov Pipe Massey Perl Nor Ont MG Moore Caro Oshawa Pacific Fete 19 PM Pom Pip Que Nol an Roe noinnnna nay1 bank 5t Law Co Sllada Simpson Stafford Steel of can Steinemg Tor Dom Bk Trans Can Pl Trans lllt PPr Traders Fin Texaco Union Gas Walker new Min Riv HIKING Can nu Gunner Camp ciafi Rollin Coo Dclnlo Con Dentson Con Hall Sullivan Falcunbrldle Gncu Mines Lamlque Normetal opsmlskn Kerrmddlson Loni Lac Marltlmes Quemont Sher Gordon steep Rock United oil Ventures Wllroy m1 MOST Acuvt STOCK con Dem Tar huglls Silver Radiore Lorado Drvmm ms McIntyre Porcupine 15o payable nowuorras New CLAnATloNs Sept ex dividend July as YORK Avalmtiks Industrial up 66 Ruth dawn 28 Utilities down mitorlro smock axonch INDEX Industrial down 9l Golds up 0a Metal up 40 Oils down 710 DEATHS By ran CANADIAN PRESS Chateaogoay Que Maxims Raymond 77 controversial fig ure ili Canadian politics before his retirement in1949 Cnrgnry John Edward Brownlee 76 former premier of Alberta and until recently pres ideal and general manager of United Grain Growers Limited Kltclrerlcr Liberal Senator William Daum Euler as outL time revenue minister and trade and commerce mulister Liverpool Ns Mr Justice Morden 54 of the On tario Court of Appeal ofa heart attack while vacationing here Detroit James Murphy 36 veteran member of the De troit bureau of the Associated rPress of cancer Redford England Ernest Blake 92 film pioneer who was cameraman at Queen Vic torias funeral Hershey PaLester Ma jer 60 vicepresident and sec retary of the Hershey Chocolate Corp Toronto Nnel LEstrauge Fawcett agent for European textile firms Southwold England Dr Henry Albert Wilson 84 Angli can bishop of Cbelmsford known for his epigrams Bong KongShelrab Tibe tan woman who climbed 24918 foot Mount Koogur Tiubie Tagh to acts world record for women mountaineers PittsburghJohnny Ray 66 manager of former light heavy weight boxing champiou Billy ANNOUNCE WINNER The winner of the car bump er sticker draw at the Barrie Shopping Plaza for July has been announced as Mrs Lloyd Bigham RR Elmvaie The winning ticket for July 14 is listed as being Nous phone BC Power CPR EC Stock Market Volume Rises From Friday TORONTO cpl Steels banks and financial institutions and utilities contributed to general industrial decline in light morning trading Among utilities Northern 0n tario Natural Gas Bell Tele Telaphone and Gatincau Power were down from to to 8t Among steels Dominion Foundries and Steel Algoma Steel Company and Atlas fell in similar range An exception was the point jump by ontario Steel to 21 on turnover of 100 shares Banks were weak 0n index industrials fell 94 to 58375 while golds rose 08 to 0372 base metals 40 to loans and western oils fell 10 to 9197 lkle Ll am volume was 357000 sharescompared with 3125000 at the same time Fri Numismatists Emerging from the batch he was greeted by Cpl Alex Sa wada of the Parks Commission police who told him Youre under arrest dont care what happens talk to my attorney binBoys told the corporal always Wanted to make this trip and now have Boys is the fourth person to go ovar the falls on purpose and live Three have died trying it He was taken to Greater Ni agarn General Hospital with only few abrasions as souven iraoihistripHcWaswbere leased today in time for his court appearance STARTED EMMY The sphere was launched on the United States side of the river about four miles above the falls The first part of the ride was Slnooth drifted for while and allnest went to sleep three times perhaps because of the enclosed space Then hit the rapid and things got rough took hold or the big handle on the hatch for dear life There was another big drop and the bail landed upside down As it was righting itself the whole hatch ripped off still thought had to go over the fails was frantically try lnglogetlhebatchbackon thought my life was Ill over but actually it was my trip over the falls that was over was scared while was going through the rapids wouldnt do it again for any thing TOKEEN OF LOVE The idea for the stunt was rn during romance Boys had with French girl while he was serving with the US army in France ll years ago He would do it as token of love 33h her dtihst menmin this noun so lungs prove their loveer the knights of old he said As his plans were taking shape few months ago ap parently no longer with ro mantic link he talked it am with Jean Lussler of Niagara Falls NY who also made successful plunge over the falls in 133 The 1150pound hall of steel and rubber which Lussier helped design cost $5000 Boys said it had padded compart ment inches aunts and loopound weight in the bot tom to keep it upright It was lined with inflated tire tubes providing both cushioning and an emergency air supply Boya called it plunged sphere Ho carried 13 canals ters of oxygen enough for 30 hours and had snorkel type breathing tube which could be pushed outside for air Boyaa sphere was seizai by Canadian customs officials after it was towed ashore Parks Commission police had seen it before it reached the falls but not soon enough tosdo anything about it others who have gone over the falls intentionally and lived are Lussicr widowed schoolteacher Annie Edison Taylorln um and English stunt man Bobby Leach lo years later diaries Stevens used an oak barrel which splintered on the rocks in my and won killed George Stathakis was trapped behind the falls in barrel for hours in and suffocated William Red Hill was killed in 1961 when the falls ripped apart bia crllt of inner tube and webbing But overshadowing all the successes and failure was the feet unintentioual of seven your old boy who went over the falls with only bath ing suit and life jacket for fectlnn and emerged only bruised and cut Roger Woodward became the onlyknown person in history to survive an accidental pl over the cataract little more than year ago when be his sister and family friend were thrown from swamped motor boat near the brink of the falls His sister Deanna 17 was grabbed about 15 feet from the falls the friend James Ronny cutt 40 was killed and Roger today is healthy boy Lightning Itos Goldwater Boy COLDWATER CMRichard Cuthbertson 15 of Goldwater was knocked unconscious Satin duy when belt of lightning struck and killed his dog while he stroked its baud The lightning struck nearby tree and travelled along chain to the dogs collar remember hearing hang and the next thing knew my father was picking me up he saidlater Cariiers Once Dicev ow Safety Record Improving By TOM unionism Canadian Press Staff Writer NEW YORK CBAsk any Second World War pilot about flying from aircraft carriers and it wont be long before he uses the word diceyaviation talk for dangerous But with hotter jet air craft now in use than ever were used on carriers in that war the safety record is continually improving On visit to carriers during the Rip Title No NATO exer iso just concluded in the Allan tic this was brought home to The Huronia Numismatics As sociation will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday at the Loyal True Blue Ball on High Street at 730 pm The usual floor auction will take placefollowing the busi ness meeting and coffee break PRODUCE TORONTO CP churning cream and butter print were reported unchanged The egg market was steady with offerings barely adequate for fair demand Country dealers are quoted by the federal department of agri culture on Canada grade eggs delivered Toronto in fibre cases large loses medium 4445 smeliza29 and grades no market Butter prices Canada first grade Ontario tenderahle 63 nontenderable ism62 in light trading western lizlhrlnominal rane in with few scattered thunder showers today and Tuesday Not much change in temperature Winds light Windsur St Toma reporters During the exercise involving 53 United States and Canadian ships strikesagainst land tar gets and antisubmarine patrols were flown around the clock fromfour carriers for almost four days From about 200 miles off the astern US seaboard pilots made bombing runs at targets wrsrnrnronrcssr Synopsis While skies were clear over Southwestern Ontario during the night patchy cloud lingered elsewhere in theprov ince with few showers re ported in orth regions Temperatures overnight ranged from the mid or low 603 in southern regions to the mid 505 in northern areas Not much change is expected in the wea ther picture with considerable unshine and few thunder tomls forecast for most re gions today and Tusday Lake Erie Western Lake on toxic Niagara Lake Huron re gions Windsor Lnndon Hamil ton Toronto sunny with cloudy periods tod ay and Tuesday Chance of few isolated thun dersllowers this evening No diange in temperature Light winds Eastern Lake Ontario Hali burtoo Georgian Bay Algoma regions North Bay Sudbury Sault Ste Marie partly cloudy with few scattered showers or thundershnwers today Tuesday sunnywith cloudy periods and not much change in tempera ture Light winds White River Timagami Coch partly cloudy Foreeaat Temberatures Low tonight high Tuesdany so Eq 60 80 stretching from Florida to Ohio Anti sub patrols ranged over and beyond the 30000 square miles covered by the fleet PLANES KEPT BUSY The super carrier Independ ence worlds biggest warship at 60000 tons chalked up better than 100 nuclear attack missions byherself Joining her in the attack role was the Intrepid 37 000 tons BMCS Bonaventure the Ca nadian Navys 20000tun carrier flew her twinengined tracker antisub aircraft and helicop ters throughout the action posh ing close to 100 takeoffs and landings So did USS Essex sirnllar class US carrier There were only two mishaps twinjett bomber from the Independence lost power just after takeoff and dropped into the Atlantic Bonaventure hel icopter developed rotor trouble and splashed into the ocean while on patrol duty london Kitchener Wingham Hamilton St Catharines Tomato Peterborough Trenton Kilinloe Muskoka Sudbury consonssssseses Moosonee Marine forecasts valid until 11 am EDT Tuesday Lake Huron Georgian Ray Lake Erie Winds west 15 knots increasing to west to northwest 15 this afternoon Partly cloudy chance of few thundershowers this evening Lake0ntar Winds west to southwest 10 to 15 knots shifting to west to northwest 10 to 15 tonight Variable cloudiness ngth few scattered thunder ow AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION nu your automatic tron mission repairers quall nen mechanics You mly Ilsa fill1150111 work and parts hero on Morons Ste Bayficld st PA season cofL lo THr imam swan CAR 35 Miles PersonalM90 MPHy Test Drivervlt At JUSTIN more 12 Bradford st RS In both cases the crews were picked up in minutes and brought safely bark NEW AIDS USED The cases ponit up safety de vehlprnents that have more than kept pace with the new aircraft used in carrier operations The angled flight deck of the Independence spelled survival for the threernan bomber crew In older carriers with straight deck they might have been overrun by theship alter fall iing into the sea so soon after takeoff With the angled deck they fell off to the port side The Bonavcnhires helicopter crew were rescued by another helicoptera postwar aircraft that has proved invaluable in rescu work Whenever landings or taireofls are taking place hellcopters hover by to swoop close to any downed craft and rescue the crews Another development that has made carrier operations safer and given fleet forces 24hour strike capabilitiesis the Meat ball landing system This is curved mirror with two arms of colored lights ex tending on each side Another row of lights focus into the mir Nl The pilot in the landing air craft adjusts his approach to keep the glowing reflection of the lights shining into the luri ror in the centre and level with the lights on the extended arms Noon nouns NEW YORK CWCanadian dollar 116 higher at 96 an in terms of us funds Pound ster ling higherat 3278 MONTREAL CP The US dollar was at premium of per cent in terms of Canadian funds the Bank of Montreal re ported near noon today Friday the noon rate was 103 546 Pound sterling $231 11 un changed hock STEAM BATHS OPEN DAILY mmcto p111 Mia1111 4M iHSTALi new HEilllilii EQUIPMENT Dont WAIT TILL ITs Too LATEI Bee escrow of llllllllllig IIEl mas CAPSULE NEWS Cub Scouts Drown FAUJS Alta CP The bodies of two young Cub Scouts who were drowned at Gm Goose scout camp near here Friday were recovered Sunday lurch was mntlnuing in Lake Wabamun 40 miles west of 331221 for the bodies of one and pack master All were from St Albert near Edmonton Boat Burn HONEY HARBOUR CPRA Moot cabin cruiser owned by Dr Smlrie Lawson of Tomato supervising winner for Ontario burned and sank Sunday night after being shattered by an ex Police said the craft valued at about $12000 had been filled with fuel 15 minutes before the blast One man was aboard when it occurred but he lumped to safety Win Battle WALTON N3 CMA 12 ton team of speciallytrained ma miners won 10hour bat tle with small but stubbom fire at the mfoot level of the Magna Cove Berlinn Corpora gon barytes mine here Satur ay Seven barytes miners escaped when the fire of undetermined origin broke out in timbers on the upper worflng level of the mine in this central Nova Sco tia community CaughtInBlizzard COURMAYEUR ltab AP Seveo mountain climbers as cending Europes highest peak 1577lfoot Mont Blanewere caught in bowling blizzard just 700 feet from their goal last week and four of them perished survivor reported Sunday Walter Bonatti famed liiln slayan climber reached this esflolrt gage Alasta Valley suf an exposure and said his companions died dur ing sixday struggle to reach my plosioo Fort Willow Manufacturers Discuss Ways To ilid Appeal July has been busy month so far for the various commit teu ot the Barrie Chamber of Commerce fihe manufacturcra conuni tee held an informal luncheon last week at the Country Club Ind discussed ways to make the 1961 United Appeal more effective from an industrial standpoint Janna chairs man of the conunittee reports that some of the members en Joyed an afternoon of golf after the meeting Couits diairrnan of the Huronls and tourist committee reports that the government tourivalg lglfornllation bureau is pro ue to the local tourirt trade byssupplying in formation to about 400 visitors day The tourist committee is now busy with plans to rebqu old located on the llth concession of the lb of Vespra Dr Wilfrid Jury of the University of Western Ontario has been invited to the area for the month of Septem ber to guide the committee in the reconstruction of the pali sades and buildings as they were in 1012 Negotiations are underway to buy 1300 logs for this purpose Bristow of the chamber reports that plans are well no derway for the 1961 pony show Aug new feature of the show this your will be harness racing with facilities for pari miituel betting available Mahdi GARDEhRi CENTE sedan alum Vegetable Plants Gsrden Seem FENDLEYS FLOWERS 14 Blake at on cam Public COUNTY 145 summon sr rs 32449 Notice we MUST sou our om ENTIRE srocx or usao cans In You ARE consmanmc meme Naxr raw bars as suns ro SEE us nuances ans omnan rm Lowssr wlasso can PRICES nu snuooa TRADES ACCEPTED LOW DOWN PAYMENT BUDGET TERMS No GIMMICKS GENUINE sALr HrlillliMElluorolls 91 BRADFORD Sfl PA 6665 up to $250000 Vm your sayings SOCK eittra cash sometimes more lllAllAllA FlllAllcE coupiuv thlTEll LerpBetAAltConadian Consumer Loan Company VBARRIEI Colller at on was oRlLLlA as Colbarne 59 FA mu

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy