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Barrie Examiner, 5 Oct 1967, p. 16

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Mwwycwdhm All streets at Barrie tint run omit from the Bay in the original survey of the town commencing at the western boundary wrhave Bayfield SL named nfter Admiral Hayfield native of Norfolk County land who served through the Napoleonic wen lord Cohingwwd as butternut of bk flagship and afterward com mended vessel on Lake Huron during the war of raftIt To this most efficient and distinguished officer the people of Canada are very deeply indebted he road the rust hydrographlc sunny of al our Gmat Lakes from the extreme western shore of Lake Superior to the outlet of the Gulf of St Lawrence the Straits of Belle Isle around Prince Ed ward Islafld Coo Breton and Nova Sootia In this stupendous work he had only one assistant and two to four laboring men and one or two small boats He nus painstaking indefatigable wor ker and the accuracy of his charts are still wonder to all navigators and until very few years ago they were the only ones in use on the Great Lakes in this hydrographic work he was engaged from the closcof the war in lth to 1856 when he retired after more than so years service in the Royal Navy bruncnsran srnccr VIlaymond Young Mulcastcr Strcct re calls name well known in the navy from mill to IBM that of Capt Sir it Mulcastcr Cll ife served under that bravo old sea dog Admiral Jarvis Earl of St Vinoan In 1506 Captain Mul easier with two vessels captured five Spanish monofwar in Fin istorro Bay He did splendid ser vice and was severely wounded at the capture of Cayenne in 1809 Ho captured 17 American privatccrs in 181213 Ha corn manded the Princess Charlotte 42 guns on Lake Ontario in IBM in this year he was very dun gerously wounded at the storm BanieId Street VNamed After British Admiral In of Fort Osnego from which he never fully recovered Poyatz Street couturemorates Capt Newdlgate Poyntz who served under Lord Nelson through all the Napoleonic strug glc and later was sent to Canada in the war of fair during which he commanded vessel and in loftIt be was chief in com mand of the navy on Lake flur on lnthe latteryear he made the fast hydrographical survey of Penctarmuisme Haber SAMPSON STREET Sampson Street is life next strectdast and paralch with Poyntn This is named after Captain Sampson ItN who in the war of iBlZll commanded IIMS Simcoe In this vessel Captain Sampson brought from Niagara to Toronto the Ameri can prisoners taken at the battle of Quccuston lleights and at the same time brought to the citi seas of Muddy York the first news of the great victory and of the death of Sirlsnac Brock llEflCZY BLOCK Bogcry Street commemoralcs William Bcrcsy Prussian who came to Toronto in I791 and first cut out and opened up Yongc Street as far north as Gwiiliornsbury as well as the road into Markham His son Charleswas afterwards the third Postmaster of Toronto and own cd thc Bcrczy Block Barrie itc named the streets of Toronto and owned the horny Block Burric He named the streets therein af ter his wile Louifi sonAlbLrt and daughters Charlotte Ther esa Amch and Eugenia But Bcrczy had too many daughters for the numbcr of streets in the block so the lost one was called Ifarrict and Melinda SL alter the remaining two of tho family not already honored This street whichruns north from Blake firmt um about 7900 renamed Dundoneld Street in honor of Admiral Cochrauc the Ibth End of Drrndonald if WORLD NEWS IN Barns DRIVEIN CllUllCll KENT Wash litPlPlans for drivoln church winds is to have 101 parking stalls were announced by the Trinity Reformed Church Thursday The idea Is to attract persons reluc tant in dress up for church said architect Donald Olson MRS nrrcucnan uoNonnn HALIFAX CPI Mrs Roland Miehener wile of Can adas governorgeneral was given an honorary doctor of let lsrs dormant St Maryis Uni versity hcreWedncsday In an address at the convocation exercises she praised the uni vorsitys institute of values which site said was setting flnoitxample SCARVESV HOT ITEM MOSCOW APtScarvcs have been hot item on the Soviet Unions black market lzveslia disclosed Tuesday the existence at big network of underground capitalists who better scarves than those in rakedln huge profits byselling staterun stores FIREFROOF TUI CLOTHES COLOGNE Germany APA Fircproof synthetics for baby ntghtgowns and pyjamas will feature at the forthcoming Cologne Oct 2022 Babies can also he clad in luminous nighl twear to assure their mothers that they can find them in the dark FORGIVES Clllllll OAKLAND Calif iAPiDr Oakland zoodirector knocked down and bitlcn cheral times by ran pound chimpanzee declared Tuesday that Teddy the chimp cant be blamed Young said the fault was his own for upset ling Teddny normalroutine by entering the chimps darkened cage Sunday night Young is spent four hours in hospital operating room afterwards hav ing his woundsrsutured LOST HUNTERS BACK UPSALA Ont CPITwo hunters reported missing Mon day night walked out of the bush near here at pm TuesA day The two still unidentifiEd by police became separated from hunting party of four Upsalsz is about 70 miles north west of the Lakeheadl STUDENTS T0 QUIT CUS LONDON0IIL CP The students council of the Univer sity of Western Ontario tabled motion Tuesday to withdraw fromthe Canadian Union of Students Ter motion will come GothrTocheck Cheap lmitations itinerantle tCPA federal move to check the flood of what was described in the Commons Nesday InsCheap imitations of Eskimo carvlngs and art may soon be made Northern Development Minister Laing indicated Tuesday He told Waller Dinsdale PC éhrnudonSourist that report on fprolcctivc moasums has been received and he hopes to announce action soon Mr Dinsdale asked if the government has talked to man ufacturers of the imitations The minister replied that to rose heavily engaged in the prnctlce someth more than before the next USC meeting Oct 17 four days after the Uni versity of Windsor decidesif it will remain affiliated to CBS in campuswlde referendum POLICE VETERAN DIES KAMLOOPS CP Six soarietelnd RCMP were pallbearers Wednesday at the funeral of William John McCoy believed tohavc been the oldest surviving member of the North West Mounted Police Mr McCoy fill joined the NWMPpredecessor of the RCMPin that and sorvcdfor five years in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan NEWATOMIC CHIEF VIENNA AWRearAdmlv ral Oscar AKQuihillalt of Argcnflna was elected Tuesday chairman of the board of the International in Energy Agency he is one oeratin Americas leading authorities an atomic science prams By THE CANADIAN PRESS Oakvllln OntWalter liayter 63 Canadian National Exhibition stadium manager for 16 years Brndcnftttl FInFrcd August Fritz Molllvitz 77 National League first baseman from 1913 through 1919 with lifetime batting average of 241 in 533 games Stadium Boss Hayter 83 Dies OAKVILLE Ont CF Walter ll Hayter 68 Canadian National Exhibition stadium manager for 16 years died Mpn day will be buried in Oakvrlle today Born in Abcrdare Walu he came to Canada in 1qu and was named ONE stadium man agar in 1951 SPORTS BRIEFS TIGER SIGNS LAS VEGAS Nev fAPl Worid light heavyweight cham pion Dick Tigerof Nigeria will defend his title against Roger Roast of Anaconda none here Nov 17 GET HALFBACK EDMONTON CPM Edmoni ton Eskimos of the Western Football Conference announced Wednesday they have acquired halfback Don Lisbon on waivers from MontrealiAlouettes Lis bon 25 is five feet inches and 200 pounds STAR SUSPENDED LONDON AP Jim Eax ter starot Scotlands soccer team was suspendedlzt days Wednesday for kicking an oppolt neat While playing for Sunder land against Fulham in anEng lish League game Aug 23 Box ter will miss the European Nations Cup game against Northern lrcland Oct 21 SIGN CENTRE GUELPlI CF Butclt Mar fin manager Jcoach of Guelph ltcgals of the Onmrio Hockey Association senior league Wednesday announced the sign ing of centre Terry Oliver for mor Junior player wfthGuclph and Niagara Falls Itwillbo his third season with the Regals mentioned gt whooe brilliant naval career is second only to that of Nelson and who has been lusily termed the greatest naval commander 2f the rod cerium uwder genlus brought duty upon victory to the navios of Britain hilt Brazil and Greece in all of aheir be held various firm the duel command DUCKWORTII STREET Admiral Sir John Duckworth who in 99 with his single ship captured and brought to port 11 Spanish vessels laden with gold and silver is communioratcd in Duckworth Street Kempenfelt Street which is really oominuatsin of Dunlop Street to the east dcnvra its nasne from the same sailor as the bay BLAKE STREET In Blake sum we have the name of him who divdes with Netswr thc honor of being the grwtcst of British ndrnirnto Admiral Iboth Blake whose atoms is without apparallei in naval warfare Given commend cf the flea by Common be sailed out ngnlrxd the Dutch who in the Downs with 45 of our under their great nthrural Von homo Blzkc had only no drips of the line but by 31in semianmlp defeated them Nor yearftaial Van horror widtlng to retrieve his defeat appeared of the south port of England with fleet of too battleships Blake put to 5N withmmseltomccthlm and there was fsxrght one of the great est naval actions in the worlds history lasting tbscc daysoon tested with the utrmst nunage and stuhlnmncm by both sides but crating in complete victory for Blake Later on he waged in cessant and equally successful war against the Spaniards invet erate enemies of Britain in those days BRITISH GLORY The sea is thc elcmcttton which British glory has ever rid dcn in triumph and in Rodney and St Vincent Streets we recall the brilliant genius of Admlrni Rodney who in the rogn of George III swept almost from off the sons in succession the hostile fleets of Spain France and Holland and of Admiral Sir John Jarvis Earl of St Vincent who utterly defeated Spanish fleet of twice his strength off Cape St Vincent in 1797 The next street east on Blake Street is Cook Street so named stiller the celebrated Captain Cook RN explorer and navil gator CODRINGTDN STREET In Codrington Strcct we have remembered Admiral Codrington the hero of Navarino Napier Street isnamed for famous British Admiral Sir Charles Napier In lfm Napier then junior captain in his one little vesscl cap ur if three Frendn menolvwar one cf which was of 74 guns of this latter he was appointed captain and it has came British manorwarmth served in the war of IBIZM on Ifflil In Vancouver Street and Puget Street we have the names of two well known navigators and offic ers in the Royal Navy In Monk Street we have the frame of llromwclls greatest general who was afterwards Monk successftu fill lag the highet rank in both buamhes of the service This street is not now opened in Barrie Collingwood Street Nelson SL and Nelson Square ran all the greatest naval battle in the his tory of the world the bottle of Trafalgar when the fleets of these two admiral destroyed the combined navlcs of France and Spainand thus gave Britain the title of the Mistress of the Sea which she still holds undisputed formore than century The history of both hfthese great seamen is so well known that we will not touch on any other of their great deeds EASTERN STREETS Three streets in the extreme portion of the town are named after officers of the Royal Navy who lived in limb or its neigh borhood in its early days Oliver Street called after Captain 01 iver who fisrt owned the Raikes farm and let er thc town plot of Barrie Steele Street was named for Capt Elma Steele RN who was member of parliament for SimJ cue County 134144 OBrien St was named after CaptRoberl OBrien RN afterwards Admir al OBrien who lived at Toll endal and owned sawmill there about rm Harlelt there about 1336 to rejoin the navy ARCTIC EXPLOREItS Nor are BritainsArctic ex plorers from the Royal Navy for gottenfor in the east we have Panry St and Davis and Back Staeds named after Captain Parry Captain Davis and Lieu tenant Back In the west and we have Ross Street running from Bayfield Street westward This street was one of the earliest named in the town and socaflod from Sir John Ross RN the Arctic explorer Franklin Street tonce culled John Street West was named in honor of the most celebrated of Arvtie explorers Sir John Franklin RN Donk lin passed through Banr on his second Polar expedition int Lhc spring of 1825 His party camp ed on the spot now covered by the KingBlock near LheGTE static afterwards walking over the Nine Mile Portage to the Nottawasagu River etc On this journey he was accompanied by Lieutenant Back RN abova the Atlantic Coast Squadron in Olivia dellavilland lone survivor of thc top stars of the movie Gone With the Wind speaks to crowd lab NEWS An invitation is extended to all to attend the meet the can didafe social evening for Ar thur Evans in Stroud hali Oct at pm Those from here who attend ed on Sept fill the golden wed ding anniversary party of Mr and Mrs Joseph Stewart Tor onto were lllr and Mrs Cliff Carscaddcn ltlr anders Parsons Mr and Mrs Detroit and Mr and Mrs Storey MAICH WEATHER The Family llerald noted for its high average of authentic weather predictions issues this statement Generally warm weather will cover southern On tario in October with only it fcw cool days anticipated Practical ly no rain is expected with moiulyfair skies predominating throughout With an anticipat ed 200000 visitors coming to Innisfil for thc plowing match aIILlhuving in mind lhe slippery slithcry slough of Scaforlh last year this is most welcome forecast In the September issue of the Symbol is an interesting write up of the Cochrane farms of the construction underway and plans for 172 cattle milk house ltstall milking parlor and beg finishing operations of the new owner Willard Ifinzie HISTORY Many lunisfil citizens will ref member being present 35 years raga last Saturday at the Sixth Line Cemetery in Innisfii It was when the Kildalton Cross was nnvcilcd This washrcctodas memorial to the fum who came to settle in Innisill in tall from Dnlhousie witnship Lara ark County which they left be cause of the rocky soil and no prospects of making perman ent homefltcre Dcscendents the original settlers who had come from Scotland to Dslhous ie and thence to Innistil unveil ed the cairn to mark Ion years of living in this township Fam ily namesaro Allen Cross Oli mic Duncan Laurie Jac Todd and Wallace The builder fhe late Alfred Davishefl Ewart went to the farms of the origin at settlers and carefully selected Spocialstoncs to use in theoairn Rev John Climio Congre gationalmiaister from Scotland had been the minister of this group during the 10 lean years they had experienced in Dali housle He urged the people to seek better ming land He led them to ll where he settled on seenndlino NJ lot 17 in 1832 He was the first resident minister in Innisfrl Since there was neither church nocsohool in that community be seeing the need arrangcd classes for the yoiurg folk in his own home place of worship was erected on his farm which was across the road from the present day Clements Cemetery This little church aflngs wagons of the earliest churches in Innisfil and the only Congregational =chureh ever built in Inni if Mr Climie made little cupboard to hold the pewter communion service that is still treasured by on rnie doscendont tic Clrmr who did not spare hrms Seven Provinces Accept layitation To Conference OTTAWA CP Seven provinces have accepted invita tions for next years federal provincial conference on the constitution Prime Minister Pearson told the Commons Wednesday Itcplylng to Douglas Hark ness PCCalgary North Mr Pearson said he hoped to give full list today of those who have and have not accepted The conference is Lo 7h ld carlyyncxt yer r1 rm fsrws phantom it lowuraouuiow tending Wednesday nights new premiere of the fabulous mov ie She called it Joyful ro union The movie was first premiered in Atlanta Dec 15 srnouo serve his day and generation was buried in row in Clements Cemetery Md line where his tomnstane can still he found FAIR With it Sproule viceprcs dent and 19 of our citizens varkingon committees our com munity excmpilfiedthuir inter est in Barrie fair Surnames of adult prizewlnners wcro Mc Nobb Cook Spruule Wilson Robertson Gibhlns IIix Maycs and Hughes Allan Bobertsoa in Junior fair had the grand cham pion dairy calf rated the best calf of all breeds This Was no mean fat as to arrive at this trophy the calf had been in com petition with about on other calves Paul Wilson in MI class of north and south Simcoc of 18 entrants won first for showman ship The project for beef type on which Ernie Sturgess Allan Sprouie and Paul Wilson work cd won first prize and the dairy project on which Allen Robertson Grant Murdock and filc winner They also won first prize donated by Formcrs Union for bestcentennial pro fact with their horns of 11167 and 1967 showing the revolutions in milking techniquethen and now Rev Alfred Clarke organist of Presbyterian church on Oct was absent due to the death of friend Edwards foun der and president of Canada Paint Company Masidc The family wished Mr Clarke to ac company the deceased to Nassau and to conduct the funeral in Christ Church there Oct This church is where Mr Clarke was organist for 15 years prior to re turning to Strnud In his absence Mrs Robert Cowan acted as or ganlzstg Mrs John Cowan attended Keefo Centre Sept 25 Her son Gordon is in his third week firmtcrwcrkedrwzs also 1939 Other stars included Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh They and the author Margaret Mitchell are no long er living AP Wirephotol thcrc singing ot each evening performance On Oct iadicsof the three Strnud churches began busy two wecks of involvement with the plowing match Monday they served lunches forcnoon raid af ternoon to all workmen on the silo They will use campstove and card table until hydro ls available later in the week Next week they will serve breakfasts as well as tho noon dinner at the official font and snack bar social evening for Strnud womens ball team was oniov ed Sept fill at the Austin fies taurant Crown liiil Following an evening of dancing by 14 couples buffet lunch was scrv ed Bob Denny the teams coach was presented with marble clock and desk set Hunters womens ball learn held successful ouch and draw sllitlr trctlod filum over $250 Mrs Seep Waiters drew the winning ticket that of Mrs Margaret Tompkins Camp Bor den who won $25 Sept 22 the team and husbands or escorts held or corn roast at the home of Miss Sandra Wcthcrill lVeltxSrnAil can or small iii Way Motors Weve moved to larger and more modern Io atton rrwy is rut name Lower ornrnua Lower cost an work done licensed mechanics 7285693 lUm BARN EXAMINER ANGUS By rims aw nucrrworirn Mr and Mrs McAlee returned home after threeweek visit with their rdcee at no They attended Expo Mrs Doris Dmvan St Pct ersbing lla visited her motto hfrt Elizabeth Beach and her sister and brotherhrlow Mr and Mrs Colin Brown Mr and Mrs David Dohert of Mer idea Conn are also ittogtho Browns Tom halt Montreal is spend ing few days with his father Jock Croft and his sister and brotherinlaw Mr and Mrs John Duekworth Centre St Mr and Mrs Victor ltlctfaster am attending lkpo Mn Gleason tlcnderson rc fumed from Royal Victoria flos pttal last week and is much lmpmvcd in health Cari McMillan is patient in Sunaybrook Hospital Toronto Rev Willis Leslie Rose Ray Lntlmer and James Frank lin went by chartered bus to Grove City Penn Sept 30 to attend Masonic Lodge meeting Mr and Mrs Vern Hedging are spending few dayslwith Verne sister at Aurora Mrs Eunice Ellis Midland spent the weekend with her par ents llfr and Mrs ltoy Sleeper Angus United church choir um practising for anniversary sew ices Thanksgiving Sunday Oct at It aiminnd pm Mr and Mrs George Dexter have returned home after vis it with relatives in western Can ada Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Jack Brennanlwho celc lf you are not insured by an lndopcndont Agent chances are you are receiving only half the benefits you might expect when placing insurance on your dwelling car orvbusincss An independent insurance agentrrcprescnbl several com panies His job doesnt end with selling you insurance Thats the big difference in insurance thc confinluug Personal atten tion of an indcpéndent agent Hokecps How Calcification néwway mtg make rye loose The name ofthe rye is Grand Prix We made it incredibly smoothby making itdry 7And we made it dry by discovering new way to make rye without any cloy wasmmmmm straightAnd like it 1W humAct in mm dialysmnoth THURSDAY OCTOEER brated the sour wedding an niversary Oct Jacks par entl Mr and Mrs James Bren nan Barrie Ind other friends and newborn had surde party for them Monday alga Brother ll Quints ls Iailecl Fined suoaunv ice vactifr Dionne of Whitefish Onf brother of the Dionne quintu plets was sentenced to to days in hill and fined limo Vedney day on conviction of danger ous driving charge Dionne had been charged with criminal negligan in the highway death of Mrs Bernie Edbcrhari of Columbia City 1nd on Aug so r366 liis driving licence was also suspended for three years when he appeared before Mr Justice Patrick lfartt In Supreme Cong Tame 8111411172171 0213 LONDON WINERY LfMlIfD the insurance on your carund home upgtodatc If you hoyc loss the some indcpcndent agent is there again to see you get paid promptly and fairly ill To get all the rm nsjom complete insurance protection look or the man who display this Big symbol It tells you hes amembcr of the Ontario Insurance Agents Association It also rrrcans thathett give you service beyondthe norm Nobody ever made arye as smooth as Grand Prixbefore becausanobody ever knew how It took Calvert ten years to do it and nahrsallyour Master Blender ing sweetness is pretty proud of it This makes Grand Prix atollbodied But try if yourself rye so smooth you can actually sip it youll know whyb Calvert Grand Prix The worlds firs es so proud dry rye In ten seconds

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