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Barrie Examiner, 23 Dec 1959, p. 5

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tinnitus arms InlM passeid on an oi urea insane noisuuor uuv Antiserum servieu IiiSsEbTWITii some promises during negotiations which took place in on Ottawa department Store Photo in Deadlocked TORONTO CHFull transit disrupted aim inst Mmtobcruumedhenfo snauwqod Ties With PM pier In NewsBallot Conadas lop newsmakers in 1959 were John Dlsfenbaker and Joseph Smallwood Voting in Canadian Press poll telegraph editors of Can adal daily newspapers were evenly divided on the question of the years newsiest Canadian For every vote naming the prime minister to repeathe was the overwhelming choice last yearn balancing ballot named the irrepressible premieroi New oundlnnd The two were sharp antagonists luring the year onihc question of grants to Newfoundland The provincial prcrrueralso took the limelight early in the year with controversisl labor legislation and in September won sweep ing election victory It was the first time that vot log in the CP poll ended in lie cketry Vote$6viet Re 759s Top World News THE CANADIAN PRESS Russian space rocketry mode the worlds top news in 1959 in the opinion of Canadian news paper men The shot that hit themoon Sept IA followed Oct by the rocket that photographed and transmitted pictures of its far side were picked as the worlds hewsiest story by telegraph edn tors voting ina Canadian Press no Top Canadian story was the Royal Tourthe cross country pageant that carried the Queen ind her husband from Newfound land to British Columbia and back in sixweeks journey and Second spot in world news went to Nikita Khrushcheus Sep lember visit to the United States hailed as break in East West tension CITY COUNCIL BRIEFS DEEENTURES ON SALE Barries recent halfmillion dollar issue of debentures is to beoffercd for sale in Bank Mayor Willard Kinzie told coun cfl last night The brokers Gardiner Son and Company paid $0932 for each $100bond Interest rate is per cent BIG SALARY Eric Aldersey Monday was officially appointed engineer un der the Ontario Ditches and Wa tercourses Act Annual salary one dollar Mr Aldersey how ever will additionally receive his normal salary as city engin 391 LEAVES BOARD Charles Alexander has resign ed from Barrie planning board Alderman Fred Churchill has been asked ifhe is willing to onsider accepting the position SUGGEST PROPERTY Barrie planning board is re commending the city acquire property at Mara and Connu streets to improve the traffic low tin20m AREA Barrie City Council Monday Castros New Years Day vlc ed without charge however and In the collective opinion of the telegraph editors asked to pick the top six world and Canadian news events of the year the two Russian stories outranked Fidel tnry in Cuba the Itoday United States steel strike which began July 15 the dramatic flight of Tibets Dalai Lama last March and subsequent Sinandlun bor der troubles and the American quiz show scandalscllmaxed Nov by the Van Doren confes sion In Canadian news the editors saw cancellation of the Arrow jet interceptor program in February as second only in impact to the Royal Tour close third was the New foundland loggersslr1ke high lighted March 10 by the riot death of police constable and marked by Premier Smallwoods the city limits be rezoned for single family dwellings onb The boards recommendation was re ported in The Examiner Dec 10 PERMIT COSTS Building permits are to cost $1 for each $1000 worth of building city council decided Monday night First 3100 will be allow there will be no inspection earn cash Barrie civil defence has been authorized to operate petty msh fund of $25 WARN PLUMBERS City council is circulating all local plumbers giving notice that from 1960 they will haveto com ply with local bylaws and the provincial plumbing code Pub lic works chainan Lester Cooke says they have been lax late WALKS BY CONTRACT sidewalks in the city will be constructed by contract in fu tureibis will help eliminate present 11month delay in com pletion TO SELL LAND Barrie parks board is to sell accepted the Barrie planning boards recommendation that the area bounded by Highway 400 Sunnidala Road Anne Street and tonsigm land on John Street east of the rail spur The money is to go into the boards special intervention boast the lntcrna oduorkers of America lic Lt Lawrence Seaway openinghdeath Sept of Que becs Premier Duplessis and the battle of tight moncytypified in August by the bunks curtail ment of credit completed the top Canadian halfdozen other world stories rated high included John Foster Dulless death the Queens pregnancy lngemor Johanssona gknockout victory over Floyd Patterson and President Eisenhowers Asian tour culminating in the Western summit meeting at Paris this month 0n the Canadian sceno two tragic human interest stories death of seven boys andtheir couch in rink collapse at Liss towel Feb 78 and of 35 fisher men June 20 in Northumber land Strait galeranked close to the six stories chosen Hotel Workers Cheques Bounce TORONTO CF court heard Tuesday that the salary cheques of 65 employees of the downtown Frontenac Arms Hotel bounced after the employees were dismissed The Frontenac Arms Hotel Limited Tuesday filed petition of bankruptcy The company was formed to rent and operate the hotel from the estate of How ard Allen It was dispossessed three weeks ago when the estate regained control of the premises Court order Andrew Lawson acting for the employees told Magistrate James Butler company directors asked them when they Were dis missed Nov 24 not to bring charsnd assured them they for wages owing Cheques were issuedfor the first two weeks of November Whenthe employees tried to cash them the cheques bounced saidiCrown Attorney Stanton Hoggprosecuting on $5 charges of nonpayment of wages totallt ling about $7000 Mr Butler said he had no jurisdictiontn bear the charges and regretted that the employees fund for purchase of park land BY CANADIAN ARTISTS Christmas Card Profitable For Lo Vigief By LED LeBLANC QUEBEC CP Christmas cards are yearlong worry for group of Quebec City women but its profitable problem Members of La Vigie The Lookout have organized Christmascardbusiness that in our years has grown to national proportions Proceeds from sale of the cards goes to promote creative activities at city recrea tion centres and to pay for sum mar camp vacations for children Aflractiveness of the cardsre praduoedfrom works by Cana dian artists including children has boomed the operation From the idea conceivedto raise moneyfor the recreation pro gram of one parish has grown business that last year sold 70 000 cards Ln Vigic now runs Canada wide art competition to obtain designs for cards in the last competition 500 artists entered Six works were picked and there nowlore 19 La Vigie llleslgns invallableiiine of them repro ductions of childrens works IN rwo LANGUAGES Thereards arevof good quality poper nndtheir messages are pingited in both French and Bag is Not Ii 010 Christmas Some can be used for many occasions The operation costs moon$10 000 annually andwith exception of paid parttime secretarye the women donate their time without charge Mrs Charles Vaillaneourl wife of aQuebecCity furniture dealer and presently La Vigie was the first to put nonopera tion on nationwide basis It started when women from one parish organized charity dinner to raise funds for the recreation centre The event baldin cabaret with French singer Edith Piaf as the attrac tionwas success and the women decided to set up par IMPERIAL waiawsnowme MARTHA CAMPBELL scorr mu nacxus gt 18 and ANXIOUSf also ronssr Macon rucunn HAYES Gt in the wooDSf cards are for Adnit Entertainment week before Christmas Problem manent fundraising operation The Christmascard idea was adoptedand by 1956 it was sue cessfuleaougb to be provincial in scope La Vigies 1959 competition closes next Jan 25 Another 500 artists are expected to compete for the prize awarded the top selectiona return trip ticket to Europe through an Ontario Supreme should be left high anddry lIC BushHour ServicelsBack Talks Resume day following contract settle ment between the Toronto Tmn sit Commission and the Street Railway Employeet Union CLO The deadlocked contract negm liations were resumed may at the request of the cannhlnioa after slowdown tacties by bus and streetcar drivers had made 15 thousands late for work and left quarter of the vehicles idle dimng nish hours The drivers refused to work rushebour overtime handled on voluntary timeandaehalf basis in show of dissatisfaction over progress of contract negotiations The TTC last week made iflnal offer of ztcentanhodr increase overthree years in six fourcent stagcs The union had asked for 25 cents over two years Present rate for operators is $2 an bour The wage oifer accepted by the unions negotiati commit tee aad ratified by the executive board is reported to be anim provcmcnt on the TICs take itorleavelt proposal but spe clflc terms were not released MEMBERS TO VOTE The unions 4200 members in cluding 2400 drivers and motor men will vote on the oifer in referendum next week mem bership meeting to discuss the contract will be held Sunday Commission members headed by chairman Charles Walton took part in Tuesdays discus sions Mt Walton said each of the items in the dispute was dis cussed in detail Union exc eutlve members made the rounds of all barns niesday night lo ask operators to report for extra rushhour duties in the morning past wonms pm STNICK MINNEAPOLIS AP Minneapolis postal workers dug into their own wallets Sunday to make sure no Christmas cards mailed here to addresses in Canada 4r Mexico were destroyed for want of sufficient postage Clerks and carriers passed the hat to buy stamps for more than 10000 cards that bore only three cents pos tage All letters headed for Canada or Mexico must have our cents postage sealed or day and evicted dazed BIDS MINISTER Barfly 56was appoint ed deputy ministerof agricul turé Dec 1959 He succeed ed Dr Tasgan who re brim some Ottawa Figures Wish For Best ay my new Canadian Press StaffWrfler OTTAWA CF Christmas time when children usu ally get their nearest and dear est wish fulfilled Adults mostly leave thisbe bind them but here are few Christmas wishes for promi nent figures in some cases as reporter thinks they might be framed Prime Minister Diefenbakcrs wish for Opposition Leader Pearsonrcontinuance in his present position Mr Pearsons wish for the Continued good health and happiness as be ap proaches an election and the status oi displaced person Justice Minister Briton full bookof trading stamps immigration Minister Fair clnugh Weldon Chan Chinese sought on in deportation war rant on fast boat to China Finance Minister Fleming chance to cut taxes and spending borrow less money and still balance the budget Works Minister Walker way to say no iopatronage seekers without making an en emy saskaroon cmA 42year Kiri spell ends in Saskatche wan today In 1911 the provincial legisla lure passed law outlawing con sumption of liquor the same year prohibition hit the United States Today for tireflrst time since 1917 citizens could legally sit in restaurant and drink wine or liquor with their meals The occasion was the opening by Saskatoon restaurant of the first licensed dining room Before 1917 drinking was wide open in Saskatchewan then boom province As thousands of immigrants moved in after the First World Wpr strong tem perance movement began Anti drinking laws were en forced strictly until 1925 when liquor stores were established Beer parlors for men only came in 1935 It wasnt until year that the issue of drinking put to the voters ISobbing MONTREAL or Three burly policemen smashed through barricaded door Tues ailing Constantm Spodinuk 77 from the dingy coldwater flat he had re fused to yacate in sluiixcn ance area Sobhing but resigned Spodinuk showed only passive resistance as he was taken in police pa trol car to hospital for treatment for malnutrition and feet swoolen by cold olice broke through the door thaflat to carry out an eviclt tired Photo on order issued Dec 11 in Su FHUBERT peared to be ineffective Revenue Minls or Nowlanr No repetition of 1959 run of confrovclsies which put the CBCand the governmean the griddle Health Minister Mouulth irrefutable proof that present level of radioactivity can cause no harm to humans Members of the Senate An end to talk of abolition of In upper chamber Opposition members of the Commons major govern ment blooper during the parlia mentary session starting Jan External Affairs Minister Green To get out of the shadow of Mr Pearsons Nobel Prize winning performance in the same post Trade Minister Churchill As surancev that Canadian whent sales abroad will enceed 30 000000 bushels Postmaster General Hamli tonz An explanationefor the printing mistake on the St Lawrence Seaway stamp that wont provoke opposition criti cism Transport Minister liees smooth year for the St Law rence Seaway and no Welland Canal bottlenecks Saslr 42x Diy Speli Ends its Diners Eat lind Drink Wine Tbey were given chnnce to ap prove mixed drinking in licensed premises licensed restaurants cocktail bars and clubs Voting in this city of marathon 71000 population and in Regina Wk held last in most smaller communities it was held during municipal elections Nov The dry vote was carried in the majority of towns and vii lages Saskatoon and Regina however went wet In Reginawith population of more than 85000 earlier this month three hotels began operat ing beverage rooms where mixed drinking is allowed Saskatoon is not expected to have mixed drinking until early next year But Saskatoon today had the firstrestaurantthe Gem Cafe owned by pioneer rcstaurateur Jim Chronesto serve beer wine and spirits Liquor can be bought onlyrwith meals and thequantity is governed by the size of the mealvticket Man 77 Evicied By POIice periorcnurt alter Spodiniik for two years had ignored notices to move The flut is located in midi town area under demolition to make way for the Jeanne Manon lowvrental housing project Spo dinuk had lived there for In years paying monthly rent of $15 for the last fewyears Afselfn styled herbalist he cameto Cam ads in 1914 from the Ukraine Spodintlk was found huddling overs small but platethe only beat in the flabwhen police broke in The room temperature was 15 degrees above zero out side it was four above Ont Co Quits Ioint CD Grdup WHITBY CWOntario County council Tuesday night decided to withdraw from the joint civil de fence organization withOshawa because the organization npi Mrs Mary Reidchairman of thecou ils civil defence com mittee said she doesnot believe the county in the event of an emergency wnuld derivebenefit frlom money pent Po the organizi ion Council voted to inform Oshawa it will leave the organization formed two years ago at the end of March Oshawa Mayor Lyman tilitfiird said the withdrawal would not leave the city much FAB4427 50Esk1mo 1n mm WEDNESDAY DEC 28 1M Children Given Gills Irom Santa lit Best Party Ever RESOLUTE BAY NWT scarletcoated Hounds called out little Emma girls name She Iteppcd forward shyly and received doll from Santa Clara then joined so other children en joying ice mam cookies and candles it was the beat Cbrls trans party we ever attend said Idlout an Eskimo employed at the RCAF station here describ ing one of the Yuletide festivities that take place at Resolute Bay on the southern tip of Cornwallis Inland giro was gig for Es sonnel at this base more than miles inside the Arctic Circle and 700 miles northeast of Edmonton But practically everybody in the area attended adult mimos weather bureau employees and IiCAF officers and men The male Eskimos dressed in white shirts and ties for the oc casion while the mothers and older daughters had their hair done up and wore makeup it was their biggest day of the year Service men contributed money for gifts for all the children at the Eskimo villngo nearby Idlout said the children got quite thrill from Santa He said they believed he was neither Eskimo nor white man 21 something sent to them by 20000 Students Book Dief Stand VITAWA CPLPrime Minis ter Dlefenbaker and his govern ment are to receive the thanks of 20000 Canadian university stu dents next month for the stand on Hungary taken by Canada at the United Nations message signed by that many will be presented to the prime minister in January by the National Federation of Canadian University Students Twelve in stitutions are represented among the signers Plans for the presentation were discussed niesday at meeting here of NFCUS national execu five The meeting opened Mon day nnd will conclude today NFCUS spokesman said the Reds Back Plan To Exceed llS MOSCOW AP Aplenary meeting of the Communist party central committee Tuesday ap proved program calling for further development of Premier Khrushchevs seven year plan to exceed US farm production Khrushchevs plan to overtake the United States both inform and heavy industrial production Was approved by tho zlst party congress last January Toss reported Khrushchev opened the Kremlin meeting calledto examine resuiLs of the fulfilment of the agricultural plan for the first year of the sevenyear program and discuss the urgent tasksof the further development of crop farming and animal bushandy in the coun unitry Polyansky premier of the Russian republic told the meeting millions of acres of virgin land will be plowed up in the Urals Volga Valley andjSli beria to iiicrease grain produc tion The land will produce about 9000000 tons more grain he estimated ciiba Cabinet Back Castros Promise HAVANA APActing swiftly on Fidel Castros promise the Cuban cabinet has authorized coafisesting the property of any one convicted of counterrevolu tionary activities at home or abroad lt The premier had announced Sunday night that the cabinet would make the movou DANCING Ellitill Fill times 10012 illitl onion sf message will commend the gov cmrnent for its outspoken stand at the UN on Hungarys con tinued execution of youths who took part in the 1956 uprising Canada joined with 23 other countries in sponsoring resolu tion condemning continued disre gard by Russia and Hungary of assembly appeals seeking an and to the persecution The executive meeting also dlslt cussed plans for North Ameri can student seminar to be held in May likely at Laval Univcr ally in QuebecAhout 60 stu dents from the Caribbean area Mexico United States and Can ada will attend theseminar to be sponsored joiauy by NFCUS and tho Meountry Intematlonal Student Congress Racial problems as they affect higher education and the status of education in North America generally an expected to indis cussed Your loyal friendship isone of the many blessings for which we give thanks IMPERIAI ATHEATEE pm FRIDAYMusic 31 Therlthythinafres Modern sewnLinnea ay rom oatmeal Orchestra ADMISSION 50 old timeanonindem AUSPIGES l00F No Slacksor Jeans Permitted

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