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Barrie Examiner, 12 Jan 1960, p. 3

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MAYORS CHAIN of office is presented to Art Evans by ere rceve and prominent Bradford lawyer Evans The presentation part of gala the 0am Examiner inauguration which was follow ed by lunch for the 500 guests took place in the Bradford Com munity Centre Examiner Pho to TOWN OF BRADFORD First Co uncil Takes Office By MILAN KORCOK Examiner Staff Reporter With dignitaries from the far corners of the county sprinkled in among the more than 500 guests the first council meeting of the town of Bradford was called to or dcr in the Community Centre last night by the municipali tys first mayor Art Evans Held up half an hour be cause crowds of people were waiting to get in the meeting started off with the swearing in ceremony which was con ducted by Evans an exrecve of the town and prominent Bradford lawych The spirit and cooperation of the townspeople was latidcd in liiayor Evans inaugural ad dress He referred to Bradford as the centre ofthe richest vegetable and farm area in Canada amt he noted that this town had larger num ber of euiitltés any other part of canada and that the varied folkways skills and ideals had aided greatly the eonununitys growth COOPERATION stressing also the co opera tion of the people he said we survived hurricane Hazel the greatest disaster in our time This could have been worscwithout this spirit and teaoperation Mayor Evans also pointed out that juvenile delinquency was never heard of in the town What did be View for the future Sewers will be started in the spring new subdivi sion would also be started He added We must keep on working together as we have in past years CONGRATULATIONS After the inauguration of Mr Evans asmayor letters and telegrams from provincial and county officials and speeches from visiting digni taries proclaimed congratula tions to this new progressive town Before the swearing in of the mayor CharlesEvans conlt gratulated the voters of the town for electing fin is 72 per cent turn out at the polls Waitress Synopsis strong thrust of warm moist air has moved up he Mississippi Valley this morn ing In advance of the warm air an extensive area of rain and freezing rain which covers the entire upper lakes area is ad vancing rapidly northeastward it is expected that this pattern of freezing rain followed by rain will spread across Southern 0n traio The more northern regions appear to he in let more pro longed spell of freezing rain Regional urecasls valid until midnight Wednesday Eastern Lake Ontarib Geor gian Bay Haliburton Overcast Snow or freezing rain beginning early this evening possibly changing to rain by morning Much milder winds east 15 Forecast temperatures Low tonight high Wednesday Windsor AO 55 St Thomas London Wingth Toront Trenton St Catharines Hamilton Muskoka Killaloe Earlton Sudbury Kanuskasinz 30 so 45 40 45 so so 45 as as 32 as 31 that most sulch young energetic coun Cl He also mentioned his pleasure at swearing into of fice another Evans Lawyer Evens served as TEBVD SEVEIBI years ago his great grandfa ther was the first reeve of the village and his grandfather also held this office Between the three of the 28 years The guest speaker Earl Rowe MI for Dufferin Sim one took the podium towards the end of the evening and also added his own congntu lations to the new town one with which he has been close associated throughout his Barrie is to have new indus try City council last night pass ed bylaw agreeing to sell land on John Street to Ore lease hoids Barrie Ltd for erection of warehouse Foreign trade and defence are seen by Haber Smith MP for Sim coe Centre as the two major issues confronting Thursdays session of Parliament Mr Smith told The Examiner today before leaving for Ottawa he would probably make speech urging efforts to make Canadian indus try more selfsufficient First ten days of the session will be given over to the debate on the Speech from the Throne the formal outline of the Gov ernments policy By one of the quirks of dem ocratic government very little is said during the debate about the throne speech Mr Smith said He added many members used the opportunity to extol the virtues oi their ridings or to ride their pet hobby horses He had no present intention of making speech in the intiol debate he said dont make speeches for the sake of making speechm 0n foreign trade Mr Smith re ferred to Canadas fantaon Under the terms of sale the purchaser has to erect build ing worth at least $10000 within one year it must be faced with brick or equivalent materiel City Comptroller Waiter Gigg Simcoe Centre MP Predicts Trade Defence Major Issues trade deficit But he did not necessarily advocate more pro tection There were other ways of ensuring industry would be more selfisufficient its no good saying we must not buy from soy Japan be declared if we dont deal With Japan they will starve and move out an an expansion program He advocated giving underde veloped countries through trade chance to live comfortably Nothing cousin trouble like nation with hungry populnlt tinn He hoped to be more active on committees this smion expect ing to be appointed to the Broad east Committee on which he had served before and the Railway Canals and Telegraphs Coimnit too The latter committee will like ly investigate allegations about the construction of the Jacques Cartier bridge over the St Lawr ence Seaway Mr Smith said he does not see unemployment as major issue in the coming session LOCAL AND GENERAL they have served Bradford fo ANGUS ELECTION Elections for trustees of the police village of Angus resulted in topnfthepoll victoryior itiervyn Milson who secured 256 votes Also elected were Archie Duekworth 200 votes and Fron lcis Dunn 194 Harvey Robinson icy was elected chairman of Fios Township Area School Board Jan At the inaugural meeting of the area board Mrs Bernice Trace Allenwood Beach Clar ence Mertz Waverley Gordon lngleton Elmvale and William Strath Crossland were also ad ministered the Oath of Declara tion and Oath of Allegiance by clerk John Robertson as trus tees on the 1960 board Mr Mertz was acclaimed trus tee for one year owing to the resignation of Clarke Trew Mrs Sibthorpe and Mrs Trace for two years and Mr Strath was elected vicechairman Management committee chair man is Mrs Trace assistant Mr Strath Finance committee chair man is Mr Strath assistant Mr Mertz Property committee chairman is Clarence lifertz as sistant Mr Ingletnn Supply com mittee chairman is Mr ingletonL assistant Mrs Trace The chair man is exofficie member of all committees It was decided business polio ies would remain the same as in Compiled at noon by Asbestos Abith Paper Algomu Steel Aluminium Ltd Alberta Gas Atlas steel or or Montreal Blink of NS Bull Tel Co eraztuan Oil Power Cdn nk of Com Crln Breweries can Canada Cement Can Cur Canadian oil can Min Sm 20 3916 383 Consumer Dis Song Dam Tui Gt Lake Home imp on Ind Accc internmv Jockey Cl Lobin Can Enn Geno Min Camp Chih Cun North Con Denison Coii Morrison Con Hull paragon r7 Sullivan itaitttmes New Myl Nometal Del ni MUTUAL sin Asked oz 913 Can investriient Fund 72 I59 All Cunndiln 9350 0556 met 15 pee i950 9570 one 1961 onramo nla Alknfl met or mazes seen 47 Jan loseso mo Jun 19min 7a 15 Aug 1079 0400 Dom Found Dom Store Cat Power Huron Farm Hudson Bay lulu Imp Tonecu Inter Nic el MINING Gunnai hI itemauoison New Hosea 0550 met Nov 195447 6800 April ion71 0000 0150 osoo 574 9525 500 July i010 TORONTO srocn EXCHANGE Industrialn down 33 Golds down 204 Meals down 57 Dill down Ail NEW yunK STOCK EXCHANGE AVERAGES Elect Mrs Hilda stun Chairman Pics Schol Board former years and meetings be held the seco Wednesday in each monllh at ram until April During the urnmer meetings will be held in different schools in the area Ir FarmerLoan Plan Discontinued TORONTO tCP Cutarios junior farmer loan plan has been discontinued to avoid duplication in fields serviced by the federal government Agriculture Minister Gnodfellow announced Monday New alt lami credit will be provided by the new Form Credit Corporation established by the plan the maximum loan is in creased to $10000 from $15000 The federal plan may be en larged soon to give maximum loans up to $27500 Mr Good fellow said The junior farmer plan since its establishment in 1952 has dis tributed more than 3000 loans Flynn 11 Collier Sh Barrie INDUSTRIAL Con Paper Massey Fen Nonndn Nor Ont NG Moore Co Prairie Pe Pam Pl Que Na Roe Royal Bank st Luv Cog Slildl silk Sim inn Ste or can Tar Dom air Trans cn Pi Trader Fin Texaco Union Gu Walker GALW 40 315k 11 SW 50 15 41 36 11W 12 50 itlh 36 36V lolli Pipe 50 uh 240 era 26 Gu on 132 Coldstresm Opemlnkn 21 Quemont 110 Sher Gordnp us United oil wait Amulet Lilli wiltrey 575 Hoiiinser aunties North Americanv Supervised Growth on 5150 la nla Ame 30an covaan or causes Bid Asked Bld Aiken 10013 10035 53 83 96 Oct molt 4671 Sent 19H PEOVINCIAL andPROVINCIAL GUARANTEED ONTARIO aroub nio 330 Asked 0000 9000 July it 9800 0050 Indultrialn down Bull down 16 Utilitiel llp federal government Under this for total of more than $2M TODAYS STOCK PRICES 0000 0150 with 04 votes failed to secure one of the three seats KIWANIS DIRECTOR Dave Harrison has been elect ed to the board of directors of the Kiwanis Club of Barrio to fill vacancy caused when Nor man Synnoltwas appointed sec retary DINNER GUESTS In addition to the civic efficlt ials guesLs at last evenings din ner meeting of Kiwanis included Mike Ogden and Dave Forbeswfi Bhrrie Central Collegiate Kc Club and Gerry Kelly of Hill the Mover It was reported that four Kiwanions were guests at the Key Ciublunrheon yesterday NEW MEMBER Harry Nutter new manager of The Bank of Nova Scotln branch was inducted as mem ber of Barrie Kiwanis Club yes terday He was introduced and pinned by Fred Pearson GBDA ANNUAL The Georgian Bay Development Association will hold its annual meeting at Midland Amory Feb Each membermunicipality will be allowed five minutes for re presentative to address the meet ing SWASTIKA SIGN Barries first swastika Sign pictured on the front page of Mondays Examiner was erron eously stated as being on the gore in front of Webbs Jewell ery Store whereas it was in fact in front of Webbs Dry Goods Store Both are in Al landale CITY AND comm mils meson JAN 12 mo Land Sdle Indicates New Barrie Industry advised council last night he understood the purchaser would lease the building to another company lie did not state the name Price paid is 53600 for four lots This equals $5270 per acre City council originally bought the land years ago at loss than onethird the price Additional lytheparksboard isselilnga strip of land to the rear of the lots for $18 information given exclusively to Thc Examiner reveals the new company is Liquid Carbonic Canadian Corporation purveyors of industrial gases The com pany is said to be associated with imperial Oxygen The company currently dls tributlng gas in the city by truck from iiomnto Cylinders are transferred to Betrlehued truck for delivery The new building will be warehouse where cylinders mu Bradford firernen bottled six hours against this Holland Marsh fire last night storage building belonging to Peter Vcrkliik caught fire shortly be IN BARBIE FIBN HTBLAZE ron fore pm and within min utcs was burned out Several hundred bushels of carrots were stored in it Huge billowi of yellow smoke caused by the sawdust lining the walls SI noun insulation and constant flareups kept the firefighters on the scene to it prn Eotl mates of the damage are not yet available Examiner Pho to Pay $45000 re Week In Unemployment Claims Layoffs at Mansfield Rubber and Kolmnr of Canada totalling be stored The great diversity of cultures and the ideals of many nations of the world were stressed by the Honorable Earl Rowe last night as the reason for the un ique quality of Bradford Spanking to the council and assembled guests in Bradford he said that the people from many nations who brought int variety of cultures and had willingness to toll were largely responsible for the great progress Bradford has made Referring to the town he said it is more cosmopolitan than almost any other municipality in Canada it is so cosmopolitan that it isle true Canndiiin town be so Mayor Names Committees OI New Council Council committees were named last night by Brad ford Mayor Art Evans after in inauguration address to more than 500 people present at the Bmdfoid Community Centre The committee on finance will be headed by Margaret Feilis the deputy reeve and representative to County Council The committee on roads nndsidewallis is headed by Reeve Joe Magani police traffic and fire committee will be chaired by Bruce Stewart councillor relief and con tingencles John Vdovjak councillor garbage and sewers Frederic Gardner councillor industrial bY laws recreation parking Fred Cooke councillor cil invested in office were Public Utilities Commission ers Oswald Davey James Chinch and Frank Maurine ilhe other members of coun in people are contributory fac Lauds Cosmopolitan Bradford As True Canadian Town But the Minister from the fed eral house was also critical of Canada MORE PEOPLE He said we have great country but we should have mnre people Im disappoin ted that we havent reached 38 or 40 million people as wos envisioned by Sir John Mac Donnld or Sir Wilfrid Laurler These two great statesmen be lieved Canada would have this many people by the 1930s now the Gordon report suggests this figure may not be reached until the 1980s he said We need unity to stand up against halt the worldthot has no regard for religion or liberty He also noted his own pleas sure at seeing such lovely lady Mrs Margaret Fullis elected as deputy reeve and thus rfipresentatlve toCounty Coun Earlier in the evening Slmcoe County Judge Marjorie Hamli ton claimed Mrs Failis would surely become sweetheart of County Council Will Present Oxygen Units Six Lifoflen emergency oxy gen units will be presented to Barrie City Police and Fire de partments Friday Cy Elston owner of Elston Welding Service Supply Co will make the presentation to mark the entrance of his firm into Barrie His firm will be the exclusive Linda distributor here In attendance will be Mayor Willard Kinzie Fire Chief irlt win Police Chief Tschirhart and several Linde managers The LIIOvGen is small tits posoble portable emergency oxy gen unit weighing about 20 on It can provide about 25 min utes of pure oxygen tors in workless figure of L782 men and 517 women in the Bar rlo oreo Cooper munnger of Bar rles National Employment Ser vice offlce reported to the Win ter Work committee Saturday the figure was higher than last year He attributed the increase to the rising population of Barrie Older persons are difficult to place in work and many women are rcgislered who are not really in the labor market added Mr Cooper Our local office is pay ing out at prfient about $45000 per week in claims He said it was motiin the tollivabout tight money the Com mittee had to fight Placements were good More than 50 women and 100 men had been placed in jobs last month he explained ONE 0N RELIEF Alliston representative Stan Noseworthy told the committee the town had only one persoh on relief and he is not expected to be on for long Mr Nosoworthy town counlt clllor said the new EeledoShlr iffHorsey plant had provided work for many unemployed in the town Industrial representative Greenhalgh told the committee Griffin Is Named To Board Griffin has accepted an appointment to Barrie District Collegiate Board Mr Griffin 1950 chairman was not originally appointed to the board in place was filled by Nettleton by the last meet ing of the 1959 council Mr Nettleton however resign ed owing to pressure of other interests lie is this years Ki wanis president Council has therefore reappointed Mr Grif In City Police Nab Angus Youths Two Angus youths were arrest ed by Barrie City Police follow ing the weekend theft of four hubcaps and two fender skirts The four hubcaps were stolen from Pierce Motors Ltd the fen der skirts from Bay City Motors The two 16yearold youths will appear Wednesday at Barrie Magistrates Court new Members of the Camp Borden Chess Club right and Barrie Chas Club face each other before last nights tournament at the Barrie Barrie won six out nf the eight games They were led by president Max Morris and the Camp Postpone Execution it Of Marvin McKee TORONTO CF The execu tlon of Marvin McKee 19 sen tenced to be hanged Jan 26 for the murder of twocab drivers near Huntsville last June was ordered postponed Monday Pend ing judgment on nn appeal lodged before the Ontario Court of Appequ Grounds for thenppeal were that McKees coaccused Wayne Slumeri 10 had changed his idea during the trial from one of not guilty of murder to guilty of inflifi Slumnns evidence later in the trial had served in the con lotion of McKee Sluman wns sen tenced to 15 years Counsel William Green argued new trial should be ordered be cause an application for separate trials had previously been denied HITCHEIKER FINED WHITBY CPliEdword uel If tisch 76le Oshawo was BARBIE CHESS civil DOWNS commotion Borden teamiwos led by Staff Sgt CNathan who was for merlyheiégnkegy emoinig the flea top ers Canon Although staff Sgt Nathan once took on lzyBerrie players at oncedowning 11 tieing one hewatl unable to lead isvrteatn to victory las finedsi0aiid costs Monday for trying to bitchhike fiom Whitby to Oshawa Kaktlsch said hehaii missed ridetonliii from work and wow taxi Police hief Gear on kine sold hitchhikenl vimpedo traffic in Whitby nthnu with seven ossif ants Examiner Photo he had distributed Do it Now theme posters throughout the district He was arranging win dow display in Dunlop Straet Barrie and was preparing mut erlnl for press publicity The committee is to press for Camp Borden pointing to be done in winter rather than spring Chairman Pickles and Brlstow of Barrie Chamber of Commerce were nppoinfed to see Haber Smith MP before his departure for Ottawa today They will ask him to seek assistance from the Minister of Defence Con struction in having the painting of homes and hangers pointed in winter Committee members pointed out the job could be done as well in winter as in summer City Council At Kiwanis Civic Night Barrie Kiwanis Club lastnight entertained Mayor Willlard Kinzle members of the City Council and officials of the mun icipality at the regular dinner in Community House President Ted Nettletonprosld ed and introduced the mayor is complete report of whose address will be published in tomorrowi edition His Worship was thank ed on behalf of the club by vice presidont Ken Walls City Clerk Ben Strougtian in troduced the alderman and of ficials beginning with the mayor as follows Aldermen Ward one Len Cooke Frank Hersey Earle Wil liams Ward Two Gerry Rob erts Otto Williams Charles Wil son Ward Three MurrayMills Arthur Meirow Fred Smith Kl waninn Ward Four Boy Mur scllus Jack Webb Mike Wieder Kiwanian Administrative Staff Walter Gigg comptrollertreasurer Jack Gable deputy treasurer Erie lldersey city engineer Ken Stirling director of public works Jim Lowe trafficmaii Lloyd Partridge assessment commie sinner Chris Splints building in spector Boly Irwin fire chief Ken Johnson secretary of plan ning board and parks board only Police Chief Ed lschlr Enit was unable to be present Faces Careless Driving Charge 20yearold Singhnmpton mot orist was charged with careless driving following rearend col lision on County Road near Stayner Monday Stnyner OPP Const Tom Box said Frederick John Coker 25 Creemore was stopped on Coun ty Road about one and half miles west of County Road 18 Damage of $200 to the rear of his car resulted when Lyle Dalt on Kenwell Singhampton was in collision with him Militants lumina onussuns ni lurpntl ht hilt on Huh Ill lo In latte VIII ii mi in Quill

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