Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 31 Oct 1967, p. 3

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EilSTVIEW STUDENTS WALK Eon UNITED iiPPEiiL Eastviuw secondary School students mfdl for the Barrie United Appeal Members of Grade 11 class hiked to Alllslon last night in wallaihon to raise funds for the current campaign The walkers each had spomors who pledged to donate sum of money to the 5Day Mail Proposal Draws Mixed Reaction News that Postmaster Gen uni Cote favors Mondayrto Friday residentlaimail delivery has met with mixed reaction in Barrle Two businessmen on residen tial routes said the cutback would not affect them Mike Murphy miner 0t Mike Milk on Burton Ave said thcrc should be no disadvantach from the change Besides he said You can organize your business so it will not really be any pr0lt blah Mrs lion Snider manager of Colonial Cleaners on Napier St said it wouldnt hurt at all One housewife with son way at college said she pre ferred the sixday delivery if they didnt deliver Saturday and didnt find out until Monday he was broke he would have been without money all week end she said Anothor housewife Mrs Al bert Sealo of Edgchill Dr said she thought it was right and sensible that the proposed cut back he made if we can save that much money $7500000 annually she said think it is worth it Postmaster Tom Kerr said that his department would have more supervisory lctter carriers than necessary if the cbange goes through He said this would represent real problem unless the do partment could find an alter nate way ol absorbing the men The union would not go tor the change unless the men could be absorbed into the system he said The proposed work week will be bargaining point between the Council of Postal Unions and the government within the next tow months Assistant postmaster Jaolr Me Cabe said he could see an ad vantage irom departmental standpoint There should also be an ad vantagc to the men if tho change can be worked out At present supervisory letter carriers change their route every day to allow their fellows day all Mr McCabe said it would be easier on both the muiimcn and the people on the route if the regular man could work five day week and the supervisory carriers could get regular route Letter carriers now work five Sotudnys out of six then have Saturday Sunday Monday off Mr Justice Andre Monpetit of the Quebec Superior Court who headed commission study into post office working condi tions recommendiai year ago that fiveday delivery system be studied gt lililiRlE DELEGATES TO JliYCEE CONGRESS Barrie Jaycees Russ Wadge gtieitl and Jim Shelswell are among delegates this week at ExIDeience Board Member Passes OTTAWA CPlAdani Hart ley Zimmerman OEE as chairman of the Defence Re search Board unth his retire ment March tbiSyear died suddenly in Ottawa Monday Born in Hamilton Ont he the Junior Chamber interna tional World Congress in Tor onto Delegates are attending During the Second World War he was director at small arms production and tban idireethr general of signals production for the department or munitions and nippiy iie rejoined iMoore Corp after the war but returned to Ottawa at the request of the late Howe during the Ko rean coafti to head the elec the affair from over 00 na tions At the weekend 15 mem bers of the Barrie Club on tertained foreign convention visitors at their homes Ex aminer Photo Appeal for cad mile covered manner Photo LociiL GENERAL KIWANIS SPEAKER William Tclfcr general man ager of The Barrie Examiner will address the next meeting or the Kiwanis Club of Barrie Monday evening at Community ilause starting at 615 Mr Tal icr will discuss the newspaper business ROTARY MEETING Next meeting at the Rotary Club of Barrie will feature classlticalion talk by Don Moc Pherson president and general manager of Lulkin Rule Co oi Canada Ltd The meeting will be held at Miromar Gardens Thurs day at 1215 pm CORRECTION The address of Robert Ryan 22 stabbedin an incident at Baotou Saturday was inconcei Iy reported Monday Mr Ryan lives at Short St Barrie not at 101 Owenst as reported earlier See Little Hope For Tax lieliel For Cottagers Cottageowners in the Barrie District and throughout Ontario have little hope ol gaining tax relief Judging from the rcactian to proposals placed before gov ernment and opposition represcn tatives at Queens Park yester day The reactions ranged from heated rejection to cool nan sideration in the last days of the Ontario election campaign the federation wrote to all three party leaders asking that cottagers be permit ted to cast provincial votes at home and in the riding where their cottages are located They also asked that cottages be exempted from education taxes municipal taxcs be ad justh downward inrclatian to servicesprovided construction of more highways and advance notice about the establishment of parks The dual voting proposal caus ed one senior provincial official to snort That would be revert ing to cave man days The pro vinxual vote is not related to pro perty it is related to people To hell with going back to that The letter to Premier John Robarts will remain on tile until he returns from European hol iday after which it will he re ferred to the Municipal Affairs Department Municipal Affairs Minister Wilt frid Spanner who was defeated in the election and will serve only until he is replaced in the next few weeks said the letter ran bonnie ammo reason ocroazn an Enter Plays In Festival lit Bradford Overlald play by Rabarb son Davies will be Barrio Dis trict North Coilegiaics entry in the Georgian Bay Drama lostl vnl to be held in Bradford this month The drama group at that school under the direction of Crocker has been rehearn log regularly for the past month The festival will be held at Brad ford Dlstrlot ngh School Nov it and ii Mr Cracker said Weve got good tnienicd cast Ind were hoping for this best Central Collegiate will be the only other Barrie Schoolentered it is anticipated that Eastview Secondary School will enter the festival next year The drama group at Central Colleglnie is pre aring the play The Voices ot the direction at Miss Mary Jane Kunkel Will Develop Muskoka Park Mmkoiea has been nimouncod as one at Live lowincome rural areas in Ontario where provin clol parks are to be established under threeyear fedemlpro vlnclal program Development oi the parks is expected to provide ooh man days of work The park will service an estimatai 20000 vis itois year who are ed to spend about $180000 within the surrounding rural area The Muskoka Park is to be located in litaffey Township Others will be located in East Hawkshury Township Prescott Minty Lnnsdowae iowusbip Leeds County St Edmunds Township Bruce County and Cardiff Township Haliburloa The 323000 cost is to be shared oqtrilly by the federal and provincial governments LIONS BUFFET The Lions Club of Barrie monster bullet will be held Nov at Embassy Hall start ing at pm Members will meet as usual at Community House at 630 pm for dinner Then they will proceed to Embassy Hall to help with the MM Tickets Ere available from club mom ers undoi 111E BARRIE United Ap pcal yesterday received do nation of $155 prooceds of the twlxt teen dance held Prilt dav at the YMYWUA Dur ing the dance Karat Mosrop of North Collegiate was chosen as Miss Unitod Appeal byte da Gigg of the Barrie illY presents Ross Stephcasucamg pawn chairman with th cheque Damian Photo This Week Tells Steryfl In United Appeal Drive Returns during the coming week will tell the story of this years United Appeal in Barrie Camgfl chairman Ross Ste phens has called on busines and Mistry to take second look at payroll deduction drives in their firm as the deadline Gals The appeal total this morning was 505000 still well short of the $95950 goal All sections of the campaign have been successful except payroll deduction whidt is run ning behindcxpoctatlons and causing concern among appeal officials Mr Stephens says that where company officials have impress ed the unportnnce oi the United Appeal on employees the returns have been good but overall the result is disappointing He said today there is still time even where the payroll de duction campaigns have been completed to Lake second look Failure of that sectioasnen as the key to the entire cam Mayor Cooke iimbng Delegates ToSee Pearson on Housing Mayor Cooke will be among delegates in Ottawa Monday to present hriet on housing to Prime Minister Pearson on be half at the Canadian Federation oi Mayors and Municipalities Mayor Cooke is an Ontario dir ector ot die federation Proposals for subsidies and im centives to help solve Canadas housing problems are contained in the brief Included are proposals to have Ottawa pay large part at the down payment for single family homes during the next three years reinstate the 5500 winter building bonus for the next two winters and maintain altpercent mortgage rate for 25 years The brief on urban problems incorporates some resolutions passed at the federations gen are meeting in Montreal last July Proposals would cost about $70000000 year for the next three years and would put house within reach of families with annual income of $6700 or more icderation official said Federation President ill Dantzer mayor of Edmonton will present the brief Copies were sent to Canadian mayors and reeves this week The iederation proposes the federal government give house buyers $1500 toward down pay ment on house costing $10000 or less exclusive of land casts Grants would decrease as the house price increased41000 on house casting $15000 or less $500 on one costing 520000 or less and nothing on one more than 3200001 would get same study but his reaction was generally negative oicourvse paign amid mean the collapse of the United Appeal inharrie Last years drive failed to meet its objective it is the personal touch in the payroll section that brings re sults Mr Stephens said Where executives or delegat ed employees have approached workers on personal basis the returns have been at least as good as expected and in some cases betterthnn last year he reports Donations to the UnitedAp peal aid projects and organiza tions reaching into almost every area of community life where need exists Donors aid in the recreation projects at the YMYWCA and help die Rehabilitation Associ ation for the Disabled in their Tells 0i Escape from Execution LAQDS APliiev David Craig Myrrhold Presbyterian chaplain from Guelph Ont beard soldiers cock thcir rilles and click off the safeties sitting in the ground he bowedhis head in prayer May God forgive you he shouted to troops encircling him Mr Craig was about to be shot by Nigerian iedcral troops awning him of being Chinese mercenary working for the rebel Bialraas No shot mama Nigerian colonals batman crying Slop halted the execution The Canadian minister told The associated Press Monday at his escape from the firing squad the day alter federal troops landed in Calabar where he had been chaplain of the Hope Weddell Trainuig institute for year invues work And they help the Can ndian Rcd Cross win blood donor dink and numerous other ser Vices other benefiting agencies are the VictorlaaOrder oi Nurses the Barrie and District Associ ation for the Mentally Retard ed the St John Ambulance Corps the Multiple Sclerosis So ciety the Canadian Mental Health Association the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism So cleiy the Canadian National in stitute for the Blind and the boy Scouts if the United Appeal campaign goes by the boards because of lack of support oath agency wotdd be forced to conduct an individual campaign during the year with attendant expenses EXPERT Alterations and Repairs for tailoring alterations 11 Dunlap upstairs schenley Y9 Theyre both famous and becoming more so ironies division of the depart graduated in numog acme memofdefence production Jag from Royal Military Col lege Kingston in 1922 and from the University of Toronto in 1924 He joined the Moore Corp inToronto in 1932 all the time Schantey Silver Wedding Dry Gin ciisp cool and wonder fully dry And Schanlay Golden Wedding successful marriage of 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