Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 22 Apr 1968, p. 2

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song In kvAr 44 flicdallhisbusineratthastore name He moan im minim Pinto me sperm Alfred Pagelo Réiire When at year old Allred Page locks his Dunlap street shoe repair shop tor the last time on Tuesday night hell have con pleted st years the trade un der the some rool The sign annoirnéing his re tirement has been posted outside his shoe repair shop at is Dun lop St now or severll weeks anion Saturdayhtr Page work ed hard to ilntsh all his wo His wile Dorothy was onhand to handle the cash on their loo yearold cash register trade markAol their business On luesday the Pages will move into permanent home at Wasaga Beach alter long and happy lilo in Barrie Back in i9I0 when Al redFage was rapid oaths year he lelt his lriendal endlamiiy home via England and set out to Canada to work with his uncle Albert Whit by who ran the shoe air hus iness in towns When he arrived his uncle was gloomy about business prospects hard work or too little profit and advised Alfredto do thin the blnldnghusintssotber Barrie businessmen told him to work or the telephone company or get alga clean whitecollar oiilce BTUCKWITEITET But liked the look of the machines in the shop so told Uncle Albert ld silek with him said Alfred who then spoke with Cockney accent which has led ed considerably now looking down at his hands which are monitored and cracked from years or hammering shoes Mr Page remembered his first day of work at Barrie VA wailing fire truck and team at workers dressed in White will roar into the Five Points Tuesday morning to launch Barries cleanupvweeir up man otthe Chamber of Com merceHoinirt and conventlon comrni Cooke itwillhe theblgges litter the was completely green and just out oi school so the tint day my uncle gave me the task or making wax threads with line pigs tail bristle on the end it took ma hours to make tharn that day he recalled He remembers the high but toncd boot and could give any inierested person good des crtption oi the develop oi the shoe in the last hellcentury The shoe today isnt to be compared with the leather in the old dayslie iha inningsthlt makes the difference now Now adays tolls wearrhoes or style and throw themaway whenvthe lesbians change Theyre harder to repair too because the ieriaiere cheaper Prices wereveatchy too bad then when the population of Bar rlo was7iioo but shoe repair materials havent skyrocketed like other materials because they can be made in large quantities cheaply said Mr Page lie recalls the iriendly people of small town where every4 body knew their neighbor and stopped inior chaton their way ow everybody that goes by is stranger and there are too many cars on the stre bl cycles ruling the sidewalk he complain LONG HOURS Working hours and holidays were dilierent matter loo lilr Page says he worked ior 25 years straight without taking holiday other than the usual notional hol idays While he was learning his in town trade he earned his hoard plus one dollar week flo supplement his small wage he helped toop crate movie theatre called thepubllc to hellttel conscious it Were going to tell people tocorne to Barrie or their holi days and promote the city to in dustitnllststhen we must present motive seuing said Mr fExpo 61 demonstrated that people can be neat when they want to everyone who attend ed the worlds fair must have noticed how litterconscious via itorlawere You didnt throw pa pm and cans all for the grounds he sal An analyst at city litter made Welhain and all members Arch Brown Dave Wil liams Harris Steele BillJanee 30mg Stewart Frank Took sweepers will leap trons ire truck and start lurtous to demonstrate their on vigor to onlookers packages chocolate bar wrath circulate hierle and learn last year revealed that cigarette ersguns containers Indheer and wine bottles eretha ehlel gt Miendefl Contrary trim or belief pop bottles and can ereth res ponabla for the greatest amount pol cities strewn hen the of litter Mr Osake upiained that wher evorta great many people goth there iltter we xvvarynxvtffi no Md eldboyspeolflhom bah miles Mind Sum their anthome mam Jn hostmeo Zak The Dream Land across the may Mawz street and was night He bought the shoe repair business lrom the Whitby lamily in 1901 But now all thltl finished and spend their lit with their Va grandchildre plaoiallowar vegetable ga so and take trip out to the coast olCooksv and daughter Mrs Arthur Pain of Mineaing All day Saturday while Mr Page who is agile and quick ior his as years iinishad his back orders friends dropped inio spend law moments sitting in the shop regular visitor to the shop meant in the Shrooe driltedtnwsrds approx imat infect Ihor but he andblswlewhohavenevar neithcelrywanted om had flghtever aragoing to in the icy WW In to Peflerlaw one the their boatwhich iha Pams havas son Reg Sirncoe York whichhas three corriioriahle Ontario Fermmilnlo alter my can Undahiu or Hutchinson said yesterday that the vodarhlll Shoe iactory mg the provincial government has Undertonesally cry do to visit with the Page for ew minutes aahe takes his daily stroll other long time customers were comes in av abortchangeldrilli men with its shocked to think that MrPage he the lamillsr browneyed snap with round glassesahd than getting rlr ry smile would be time no temlorubeelrrlleaeid more we levernmant scheme to stall just cant baueva youre system that wouldevsntually put leaving said onsrcuatomer wishing hlrn the best of luck as she picked up her shoes Mr rage says hell miss his business neighbor Albert Gross learners lnlos bargaining posi it or price on theopcn tho they dont iavor plantn 1dr Hutchinsth but not oi Reids barbershop who ibor Id 15 my lemumwm worked alopgside nuntor 31 years and all his other dd came to Canada instead of Jo manawmmymmflch mommy deduction on all and never regret it he said NOXhWflkJflemflVM ti lor the yard at the public works department clelns up litterwhile collecting garbage The city has flasher machinensedjo th meet andtom hm mld Council in regard to hir time llttcrrnan who wherothsgreatest ammo or mm drift it wood In can log 1qu done about hiring such anemployee yet =litr Cookesatdidtuingvlltier could be interestinl esweii Lost yaa dilflng dtyflideditter eh ne earn brought back all left of articlesrams yieid atgng spars tires mattress willg provide the Ontario Beef im provement Associa with over $100000 per year pm at which once theCanadian Association by cattle sold Farmera de mand tor plebiscite on the dc duction was not granted by the government Were annoyed not the deduction asking ior are cent deduction to raise iunds to establisha mar hating board where ail he ould be so on Hutchinson and his mptingrlitter mm cattle trom the Uhltedvstates gums bag Ind visors need which now depresses the market wane wa wefecireulating At the moment therath petition to obtain percentage son assigned by the till pick out lnravor or tbsrnarketing up litter Usually employee hoard the governme middleelIaklluo i7¥ Wichihis any on motion 12 to on telephone to tail hhlather at had enta were waiting attire am tw cottage near Mariam in track be was driving rolled over 1mm due to their neglect that the iegkiatlon passesi rvtcepresldeht of the Ontario Farmers Union aal Agriculture Minister Stewarth given the farmer so called heel mar hating act which is disgrace iul display will ritativ abuse find an insult to 9rganrzed plan ornarket beef cattle is in the hands oithe Ontario Beet improvement Association This associationhas made it known msrkntreottiebut ara interested in the pronttion of heel and im proving grading standards at owned Despite stillmt theblau by the lnnisfll lira dtepaztdrnent theI her wet £31 Will used to one herd of dairy cattle is not chamberot commerce are board or all beet sold would to prmnoir cumin 131 prevent buyers rpm bringing known at smasher NUMBERS airy baip Douglralidr run it in mmmWWrn Richard Davidson 84 tin easy1 received euu at right arm andhand when the on Highway at htidbunt Sli urday night Barrie OPP estimated dentre lothevahieiaaimo hm accident on Highway to west oi Street involved Fred Mason 4th damnla and James MM 11 Utopia on Saturday 1040 pan lutilrediwas gt whorecalvad treatment at Roy Vlctoriaiioapitliior ads cuts and bruis 111th Iniured on manure took place on County Road ia hill mile northot Allistonwls Mrs Franklin Bypulski Maple um Allislon She was takenio thlltliiston hospital with abroiren leg and laceration to her lace and body Drivers oi the cars involved were Cilllord Parks to lctorla St tonsnd lr skl at 10 Maple Barrie Students Study cavemen vswa 737mm tlan sdtool may get Glance to see Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau when thayylsit Ottawa next month About students in grades and will spend three day the capital starting May 31 and will attend debates at thaliouse of demons during theirstay Prindpal Ronald Wliso who taking higstudents trip says they eamedra part of the expense money selling Christmas eardssliir Wil son sald the visitiwill comple menttthe students couraepl studteathlsyehr whichdsals with Canadian elections ge naraohy SiroccoNorth MP lieber Smith recently paid vistttothe uhoolto speak to the students boot Canadiangovernmentsnd an arplsnatiohf shouthis and interest in poly has mount on rounspiiv room awn TAKE THE WHOLE oars WEE

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