Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 13 May 1968, p. 5

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Both Simcoo County Beighbarlag York County have extensive road construction DISCUSS em nouns and programs planned for the ileftt dismisses road improve coming season Donne Bos aflwuflgLEmk Slmm wnrth York County engineer er Photo 31 early cars Recalled Examin By BieetdnGctragemctn BEEmN Stall They rcnt the luxury cars of to but somc of them were so prisineg good said William Coburn well known lieeton garage operator in recalling some of the earlier car models hir Coburn who rccaotly marked 33 years in the trade mentioned the Durant Erskine kiand Briscoc Essex Starr Overland as some of the cars he has worked on which have long disappeared from the market Manufacture of most of these makes was discontinued during the 20 There used to be great many more makes of cars than there are today but the car manufacturers didnt present so many models said Mr Coir burn explaining this gives the modern car buyer just about as wide range of choice Such things as automatic transmis sion power brakes and steering at omntic window washers and nu erous other modern ca titres more or less taken for granted were mostly uodrcam not of thcn Junior Farmers To Hold Rally ELMVALE Staff Junior iarmers clubs of North Simcoe aremuklg plans for grand rally on Sunday June to pro posed program will he consider ed at the May meetings of the clubs Centre Flos and Glcnoro clubs are active and report an in creased membership over last iI well remember when the Pierce Arrow was luxury car Then there was the Frank lin and the Packard both great cars in their time he said stating these were only seen in antique collections now The Hupmoblle was another one time popular car First Ford car was manufac tured at Detroit in 169 old records also showed the Duryea lash Hayes laof Olds 1896 and Winston 1898 as other of the earliest mod These cars all more or lcssre sembled buggies with cylinder engines hence they were gen eraily called horscless carriag es Hospital lVlakes Much Progress lltCollingwoorl COLUNGWOOD Staff In recognition of compliance with standards approved by theCan adianpouncil on Hosnital Ace creditattoo General and Marine Hospital was awarded lull ac creditation status as high light in m7 it was emphasiz ed in the annual report just re leased The seaiol approval of the Candian council came toward the end of another record hreakingyear said the chair man Clare Trott tnhis report which pointed out 23624 patient admissions set record high In providing more days of pat ient care than ever before we reached the milestone of 35000 days This was an advance of about was There has been The first Packard and Pierce Arrow appcorcd in 1901 and these were luxury cars compar cd to the earlier models Cadil lac was first manufactured in iron These cars all had the larger tires and smaller wheels made for more comfortable riding rmsr MAXWELL The ItIaxwell runabout irc quentiy recalled by Jack Benny in the films made its tirst ap pearance on the car market in 1999 life long resident of Bee ton itIr Cobura has seen some of these earlier cars intantlnue collections and others in halo graphs But have ea fol lowed the progress of cars since started working on them he said stating this was great deal of change even since them he said stating since then but it should be remcm bercd these earlier cors made the later luxury models pos sible Highways and roads have grcatly improved during the past 35 years as well as road maintenance There was com paratively little rtime plowing of roads during the early 30s During the 2tts and earlier roost car owners storéd their vehicles during the winter Turning to Beetnn on Co burn said the main stract which is patot county road was listed or reconstruetion when new sewers were install ed Acrossahe street from the Coburn garage new area school is under construction on the eastern side of Beeton There is every indication Bondl Head Man 87 On Saturday BOND HEAD iStafi descendant of one of lord SG kirks settlers from whom the Scotch Seth in West Gwil limbury received its name David Sutherland retirui Bradford bandmaater cele brated his etih birthday on Saturday Now resident of central iiond Head ltir Sutherland does considerable walking and in re markably active for bk age in is somewhat hard of burial but his eyesight is relatively good am glad to see the spring and the flowers be said when interviewed recently LUNG HIKE memabr of pioneer Sim coe County family Mr Suthe land said his greatgrandfather John Sutherland was one of the Scottish imnigranLr who left the turfortunate Selkirk Settlement on the Red River inliianitoba and trekked tlhrough miles of wildcrnus before finally reach ing Sirncoe County more than century ago Unfortunately John Sutherland never reached the Scottish Settlement as he died at Churchill when onthe way ills son Daniel Sutherland carried on and settled herc Daniel was Mr Sutherland grandfather eath aruaamwu est an healso gaveit brief trial in Western Canada lib law the Red River Whinlprg but did not attempt to reach the one time Selkirk Settlement which was abandoned by hlrancestors lie said he was glad to make the trip west but was glad to re turn to his home area BRADFORD BANDhlAsflIR Born on lot it of the Lilon eesslon of West Gwllltmbury Mr Sutherland ll Well known throughout the area one time be taught school and he also was bandmaster of the Bradford citizens band to some years When he lived in West Gulli imbury he attcoded Kirk at the Scotch Settlement which now has plaque in memory of its pioneers road sign on the highway to Bradford directs at tention to the church and the memorial ExePremier Asked To Speak lltMidhuIStColorCeremony rtinrmnsr Staff Former premier of Ontario Leslie Frost of Lindsay has been invit ed tn speak at ceremony to mark the placing of the 157th Battalions regimental colors at Simcoe Countymuseum on Sun dayI May 19 The ceremony has been arranged for 230 pm Thocelors have rested for years at St Andrews Presby terian church in Barrie and no tica was given recently of their lrhpendiog transfer to the runs eum Irheisnh battalion part of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters served in France during the First World War Later the For esters iaiscd second battalion wI lit Beeton Has Busy Term neuron tsmm Beetons Womens institute which has just completed abnsy term has been making arrangemenu for the mm for service in the same work The units were used for reinforcements Honors awarded to the Sim cos Foresters for service during the First World War included Arraa rots not 79 Amlcns Yprca 1911 Hindenburg Line and Pursuit to Mona The slmcoe Foresters were amalgamated with the Grey reg lment in rats Norbert Moran county archi vist has received new donations of photographs of different units of theForesters which have been placed on display at the archives Two of the photographs were taken in front of the Ear rle city hall in lots native of Simcoe County Mr Frost was bon lnOrillla He was Ontarlo premier from lots tuition whenbe was suc ceeded by John Roberts representation at the South Sim coc meeting which is to he held at Newton Robinson Orange Hall on Wednesday May 22 The Womens Institute has been an active participant in numerous village events Its on lines display at the Beeton Foil Fair attracted much attention The Benton WI looked after the luncheon when the Hon Earl Discuss attain rerun Members of Sirncoe County council have ruponribliity to do their iullpart to see that regional rchangcs mean progress and better adminis traiion it was agreed by Port hlcNicoll Deputy lteevc John Reedy tlclt and Tecumseth in counts Deputy Reeve Harry Goat Currently they are looking for reassesring to fairly distribute county tax burdens Examin er Photo Plan Pioneer Burn At County Museum lttlDHURSl Staff Work is expected tostart shoruy on the construction at new hero for the pioneer farm section at Sim coa County museum southwest of here We have been offered consid erable more equipment which we will be able to exhibit alter the barn lsfirtished said Chaoneo director of the musc um Told or drag saw which Thomas Crawford oi Oro Station has offered htr Chunnen shawl ed interest The museum has 1900 model drag saw which was received fromthe Stayner area last year An old fashioned cutter bug plows and various other smaller farm implements also are in ihefarm implementisec lion located at the back of the museum building An old horse drawn wooden hearse which came from the Orillia area was among the latest contributions We havent had chance to clean it up yet and havent found the date of its manufacture aid Mr Chunoen stating he hoped to get more information for an inscription Furniture of the pioneer era also has received much at leotloa rope bed old wash sland and an old spool bed were among exhibits Two new displays have been added to the Indian wing of the museum since last year We think visitors will find these at particular interest hlr Chan nen remarked with maps and charts show this period in time sequence it sites from the earliest to the latest Indian ethnological material shows handicrafts such as head work lcuther work basket mak ing canoes and many other ar ticics made and used by the In dians in their everyday living Started at Barrie by the Wo mens Institute the museum be came county project in 1962 The archives section was open ed as the countys main ccnten trial project GENERAL stone More items of merchandise have been added to the general store exhibit Tha old fashioned wall telephone weigh scales and merchandise of the gay 9th also continue to be the object of much interest In the Indian wing an at tempt is mada to trace the his tory of man from 2000 to 3000 BC up to the downfall of Her onia in 1650 Indian artifacts Headed by Tom Josiin than reeve oi Oriilia township the charter board also included Mrs Campbell of Stroud Mrs Rice of cm litre Clarence Ward of Coldwater hirs San ford Aikins of Creamore Mrs Ernest Douthwatte of Stayncr Fred Cook ofBradlord lilrs Harry Ottawuy ot BarrieI ll Cbannen Coleman also of Barrie and the late Mo Donaid then county warden year with total of 126 mem bers 1919 days overltioo Births in the hospital rose to 295 an increase of 23 over the Rowe Ontario lieutenantgover nor officially cpeneci the new lighting system at the fair that Barton is going ahead now said ltir Coburn Borden Oiiicer To inspect Cadets lit Collingwood COLLINGlmDD Staff Menbers of Collingwood Ki is air cadet squadron No it will hold their annual inspection at Victoria Public School grounds on Wednesday evening May 15 ltiajor Thorson of Canadian Forces Base Borden will be the inspector officer accompanied byuCaptain liird liaison officer of Base Borden Assisting in the inspectioncer cmonies will be the Borden Training Command Band The newly organized pipe band of No 714 squadron also will par ticipate previous year while 74 mt lents were treated in the em ergency department an in crease of 1600 inccry department the work load increased and the quality of the care give was of the highest italihref said Mr lrott limb revenues of 1274581 the hospital showed surplus of 511644 in its operating account After reserving 547964 of building depreciation this was changed into deficit of $36 310 The sumof$liifi8 vies re ceived in special donations and bequests during the year Wilson was treasurer and VForeman secretary ior the board of trustees with Dudley Invinl and Li ng vice presidents trator and Miss llienary dire ector of tTS PHENOMENAL 50 many people are coming to sea thispicturejfér the secondiimel now snowrnc SHOWS AT RM gt723lt3H0 acADEM1awtnovviuurr gt BEST DIRECTOR nuke MCllpLs mwnaucnrunuaw Production ewetr Anne Bancroft Cornaio the eariyshowand avoid the linepp Dustin Hoffman Katherine Ross Barrie lirea Cow fine record of performance production test for which she an eight year old in average test of 435 lsfllward Winner pureliredljfolstein cow in the herd or Atkinson Bar rie area farmer has completed was awarded red seal certi iicate by the Holstein Friesian lissociation of Canada 305 days on twiceneweek rnilklt inglinmar Achilles Vera pro duced 1960 pounds of milk con taining E52 pounds of fat with an par cent but teriat grounds The unit also assisted Cookstown VI in entertaining to picnic and sponsored bus trips to Strattord and Elmira Donations were matte to the Retarded Childrens School the Sunnybroolr hospital agricultur al society horticultural society and for various scholarships as well as for carpenter work and improvements to the arena kite chen Mrs Gordon Mallion of near hy Tottenham heads Simone district the South ray EXAMINER wanrans arrows mam She isnt the gun iv you ehuughbyau knew rImmaence karma om valiant rails lithilllorliotum FEARLESS level or iH VAMPIRE KILLERS naval senior citizens at SimcoeMnnor Low micro fjEIIcHAISE aCilIAflli CHEIR Especially designed 3t lortho budgotmiuded shopper Mode of polished ninmiriunt tubingsturdv 366 tie armfirests amt cunts propyléne plastic no Chaise rBig 217x71 water we peileni chaise lounge cover Softly podded ideal for the chaise oungaillustroté Comfortable his lB water repellent choir sent and back cover padded Ideal for tho the obova

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