Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 27 Jul 1961, p. 3

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CHARLIE READ tells Chuck Wood left and Doug Steph an 80 Lions Split 4i Chickens At Clubs BBQ Eighty Lions devoured 40 chickens on the shores of Kem pcnielt Bay last night This remarkable gastronom ical feat took place at the Shane ty Bay home of Bill Garner where Barrio Lions Club held the annual summer barbecue Harold Darch and Bruce and Frank Brown coolred 80 hall chickens over charcoal for the ens its just about chow time Examiner photost SayndPoint System Aids Farmer To Irrigate Alliston AreaFarm Five sand points keep 240000 gallons of water in 50 by 150 foat tank at the farm of Mrs Beattie RR Alliston The Beailie farm is one mile from the nearest source of ir rigation water river In the pastrthey have pumped water trom the river but the cosLs of piping pumping and mainten ance proved exceptionallyhigh About three years ago plas tic tank was constructed This proved effective for while but the plastic was not durable Work on the present tank was begun June 15 and finish ed July 15 of this year The sand paints produce 100 gallons of water per minute 25 haurs per day They are so feet into the ground The Beatties use fourinch sand points Five pipes have holes drilled in their sides fine steel screen is welded to the pips andthe water is iii tered through this Many far mers claim the sand points draw surface water only but Mr Bealtie said the water is of good quality The five Beattie farms use this system and Ronald Beat with Springwater Park tie said low know this is going to work The system can be buil ior beween $7000 and $10000 Springwater Park Pleases Tourists Many tourists are impressed fan Bell supervisor of the Lakes land Reception Centre said to daymrey take special inter est ia the wild life exhibits he said An exceptionallyhigh num ber of tourists from New York and Pennsylvania are taking the circle tour around Lake Superior They come in through Windsor pass by Barrie to Sudbury circle the lake to De troit and return to their start ing point via Interstate Route 90 Mr Ben said tourists have told him that following speci fic route enables them to see more and it also makes for bet ter organization The Superior circle tour takes them through Ontario and three or four states BARRIE BRANCH of the Clilililliiill SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND hold their Annual ngDoy JULY 28 29 LOOK AT YOUR HAPPY nun went rnn CHILD AND pnaasn NOT ItEMEMBER THOSE WHO ARE Lions their wives and guests Aiter the chicken the Lions enjoyed salad buffet ice cream and coffee Later the guests were enter tained by Ray Blair George Mackay Norm Shelsweli and Harry Smethurst from the Bar rie Chapter of the Society for Preservation and Encourage ment of Barbershop Quartet Singing Special guests included How ard Hoffman of Oriiiia Govern or of Lions Clubs District and George Mulholland presi dent of Barrie RotaryClub Barrie Youth Plans To Attend Parley Ralph Cooper 19 son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Cooper 11 Boys Street Barrie will be among 2000 young people to participate in the North Ameri can Ecumenical Youth Assem bly at the University of Mich igan Aug 1623 Ralph is handsman and songster member of the saliva tion Army He became grad uate corps cadet after complet ing sixyear course He at tends Barrie District Central Collegiate The August assembly is ga thering of young Christian lead ers from about 40 different communions in Canada and the United States Orillia Police Sgt Appeals Dismissal DRILLIA CP Former po lice sergeant Murray Robinson filed an appeal Wednesday with the Oriilia police commission protesting his dismissal from the force last Monday vRobinson was fired after charges of mutilating police document and using abusive language to fellow citizens were brought against him Simone County Judge Harvie said he will set date within the next two weeks for HOUSE REPAIR COMPLAINTS FaCe Trial Fraud Court Four Hamilton men accused of fraud were conunitted for trial before judge during sit tings of Barrie Magistrates Court Yesterday afternoon The four men John Dykstra Douglas Keddy Richard Russ ell and Robert McAvoy ap peared for preliminary hearing before Magistrate Hewett of Guelph Charges were laid by Barrie police following complaint by Mr and Mrs Thomas Miles 249 Dunlap Street who were dissatisfied with prices charged for repair work done in their residence investigation by po lice turned up an additional complainant in the person of Miss Georgina Campbell sot pump Street OFFERED TO FIX CRACKS Evidence by hiiss Campbell was to the effect one man had approached her when she re sides in her older sisters home with an offer to rcpoir masonry cracks for $2 $16 told court the repair work began the fol lowing day and that soon after work started she was informed one of the chimneys on the house was also in need of re pair The witness claimed that still later she was informed by one workman that capping blocks on the chimneys Were illegal She said that while taking one of these blocks off the edge was broken off one of the chimneys and she was told the chimney had to be rebuilt ORDERED WORK STOPPED Miss Campbell said that still later when she noticed one of the chimneys had almost been torn down to the roof line she had ordered the work stopped The witness said three men had returned the nut day with materials and rebuilt the ddmlt pelt She told the court when the wnrk was finished she was pre senied with bill for $100 and some dollars She said she complained of the amount and after some discussion the bill was reduced to ml Mrs Thomas nliies told the court that man had come to her door and told her he had noticed that corner of her home was in need of repair and altered to do the work for 510 Employers Ilse NES More Employers in the Barrie area are making greater use of the National Employment Service to fill jobs according to semi annual report released today by the Barrie NES office The report which covers Sept 1960 to Feb 20 1561 showcd that employers in Bar rie and area referred 1130 va cancies to the local employ ment office Of these the NES filled 1066 95 per cent of the total City employers asked the service to find applicants for 260 jobs Ninhtysix per cent of those va cancies were filled The 260 vacancies referred to the service by Barrie employ ers represents 25 per cent of the 1026 jobs filled in Barrie in the sixmonth period covered by the report This is an in crease oi five per cent in vow cancics handled by the employ ment service over the previous sixmonth period TOBACCO HELPED Freak Storms Hinder Craps Many Simeoe County farm crops have been hindered by freak summer storms George Arnold assistant agricultural representative for South Sim coe said today The overall agricultural pic ture is favorable but there is definitely lot of windtwisted wheat and the haying is quite slow due to heavy rainfa Although heavy rainfall has hindered some crops it has benefitted the tobacco farmers There are about 50 tobacco farmers in Simcoa County and the majority of these work around Allistoa and New Low ell Tobacco crops in Simcoe County appear quite promising this year Many growers re port excellent crops throughout the area The abundant rain fall has certainly been respon sible in part for these favorable conditions Few oi the tobacco areas have been hit by summer storms and if this good fortune continues farmers should reap bountiful harvest this tall Mr Arnold said Barrie Youths on Probation Far Breaking And Entry Counts Two Barrie youths John Meyer 19 and Barry Lemay 17 pleaded guilty inBarrie Magistrates Court yesterday to three charges of breaking and entering Both were given one years suspended sentence and placed on probation by Magistrate Howett Meyer and Lemay pleaded guilty to entering the premises of the Barrie Country Club Mineslng Motors and Clover Valley Supermarket Guilty pleas were also enter ed by Terrance Hardy Alfred Legacy and Vincent Miller in answer to drarge of theft of two office computing machines fromthe premises of Kolrna Wilkins police commission hearing Magistrate Howett sentenced Legacy and Hardy to two months in jail and Miller re ceived one years suspended sentence and was placed on vprobatinin Jack Mawhinney 17 of Ham ilton and Gilbert Dube of Essa Township were each fined $50 on charges of stealing auto mobile gasoline AUCTION TONIGHT Public auction of dairy equip ment machinery and household effects will be held tonight starting at six oclock at the premises of Jack Runnails lot concession ll Tecumseth Township An advertisement in The Examiner listed starting time in error as pm Full list of auction items appeared in the issue of Tuesday July 25 urn rasmOuramcuiu DAYS PARADE gsrARTs 7PM FRIDAY AT CENTRAL CODEEGIATE PRIZES FOR Vacsr cosrum AGESS to 15 couarssv PIED neon STORES Two Prizes for their Age Group and One Each for Best Boy or Girl See Peter The Pied Piper 930 She said her husband had agreed to have the work done for 310 and after this was fin ished the men continued to do additional job despite the fact they wen asked to stop by her husband who pleaded inability to pay any more money airs Miles said that no mon ey was paid on the first day The men returned on four sub sequent days and did work on walls cement sidewalks and other areas of the property fire told the court that one man had informed her the bill would be $1405 After some discussion she said he guessed be had made mistake and that the work would cost $57915 The witness said die still ob jected to the amount Mr Dykstra had been consulted and had said the bill would only be $400 Alter additional words it was agreed that the amount of the bill would be in dicated as 5275 provided it was paid in cash Mrs Miles stated her hus band said that ho would have to go to the bank for the money and that he men should return the following morning She added that the men agreed to this but asked for small amount of cash at that time She said Ehe gave them $20 bill and that the bill was mark ed paid in full Charles Griffin local build ing contractor testified that be inspected the premises in question and the work that was done and found it to be fairly satisfactory He told the court that he would estimate the cost of work done at the Campbell residence to be worth $85 or $90 and that to the Miles resi dence to be worth in the neigh borhood of $200 to $225 Magistrate Howell in com mitting the men for trial said that he did so with some doubt FRED FORBES AND HIS FINNY FRIEND 18Pound Trout And Mere Man Tussle 15 Minutes Oil Big Bay thought the rod was going to come out of my hand and my wife was screaming as if the boat was about to sink Thats how Fred Forbes de scribes the moment when he flicked the biggest fish or his Fred caught 36inch 13 pound lake trout yesterday in Kempenfelt may just off Big Bay Point Its the biggest fish have caught in my life he said It took me 15 minutes to land him on my lopound tackle What happened to the fish Well its out up into filets and is keeping cool in the family freezer Fred would like to have had it mounted but the $45 price tag on the job was too much Mr Forbes 45 is from Port Credit 0at and is vacationinng at the cottage of his fatherin lnw Rev Stubbs of Eimvnic Boy 15 Drowns Towing Bait TORONTO CF Richard Barnes 15 of Scarborough was drowned in Lake Ontario Wed nesday night as be towed raft to the beach from 100 yards off share companion James Janoff 16 said they suddenly stepped off sand bar into seven feet of water Janoii said he was un able to help Barnes poor swimmer

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