Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 28 Dec 1967, p. 2

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MEN OF the Barrie Park Department were out in seven degrco temperatures last night flooding the citys natural ice 57 IN navrrw Barrie Marks Centennial Excitement of the Centennial celebrations carried through to September when politlm took the spotlight Progressive Con servative candidates George liees Duff Roblin and Robert Stanfield visited the city in strenuous proconvention cam paigu JULY The biggest parade in Barries history attracted an estimated zoom residents and visitors to the downtown area The parade joint effort of Can adlan Forces Base harden and Barrie and district was compos ed at more than 100 floats hands marching groups and vehicles There was squaredaneiug at the Five Points newscarriers contest then street dancing in the evening JULY The Barrie Symphony Orchestra was renamed the llur onia Symphony Orchestra and plans were made to enlarge the group with view of gt ing the area firstlale orchestra JULY Barries biggest eye sore the hunted out bulk of Eaton Co building and alley es un der severe or cism by area re sidents and tourists 17 months after 51000000 fire destroyed the properties Feb 1566 Re sidents were concerned that children attracted to the area Elould be hurt playing in the rub JULY Barries centennial park on Kempeufelt hay was of ficially opened today Mayor Cooke unveiled the park plaque at pm fireworks displayand performance by the Barrieiymphony Orchestra and massed choir udder the my 14ng amt tomcetwithdnlegltu will vote attba Progressive live convau rinks John Nosbitt right and Rene Deboer lelti lay down an ice base at Struhanc Park while an anxious youngster FOUND STABBED William Hancll 21 at Oak wood Ave Toronto was found beaten and stabbed on lonely sideroad six miles north of Bar rie Police said the assault was case or attempted murder Two days later James Greenidgo 28 of Toronto was charged with at tempted murder JULY 15 Ivan Robinson 25 of Strand won the Strand Can ada brickthrowiug section at the international brick and roll ing pin contest Cathy Fisher 14 won the rolling pin toss JULY 18 William Stewart Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food addressed woven tion of the National Farmers Union executive in Barrie He called or federal lt provincial would spell out the different tcs ponslbilities of each level of gov ernment concerning agriculture JULY 20 Construction in Bar rie continuedrnetl ahead of the 1966 pace as figures released by the building inspector showed that 358 permits valued at $6 723648 had been issued by the end of Jllllei July at Superintendentdohn Clark who managed District seven Ontario Provincial Police from its headquarters in Barrie retired today alter almost to years with the OPP He was posted to Barrie in March of loss as an Inspector Arthur Keith Collins was promoted to superintendent August Thieves escaped with ted $21000 in clothing lop St ugns otndayfilehov ahs Witness convention started at the Barrie Arena this after noon Some 3500 persons from across the province Quebec and the northern United States at tended Crowds lined Coliier St this afternoon as an ooyearold city landmark the former Odd Eeln lows Temple at SSCollier SL turned down while workmen were demolishing itto make room for an office buildin Bfinal 20 The Dorrie Collegiate is appearing at Erma 67 in Montreal received afavan 2500 in their performanceo weeklong roadtrip Aug as Soldiers from the Combat Arms School Base Bor den completed their Centennial project the building of apowde magazine at FortWfllow l2 mileswcat of Barrie oft High my 90 nus 28 not more government ment that able reception from crowd of Jody Noble looks on Olli clals hope to have all rinks open before the end of the woek Examiner Photo supporters at meeting at the Continental inn that more systematic approach to policy making is needed in the Pro grossch Conservative party to solve current economic and so cial problems Sept St Georges Angli can Church in Allandale snark ed its 75th anniversary this week The cornerstone of the church was laid in Sept at 1892 after parade of church officials and parishioners singing The Churchs Ona Foundationf Sept Ralph Snelgrove one on the goventment decisi postpone the stations proposed fibroidPaisley untiiaanothor study of the telev ion station situation in southern Ontario is made Sept establishing county public liv brary was held at theCounty Buildings panel of experts from counties where such it hcaries were in operation ad dressed the meeting Sept 12 The membership of $meoe Dis trict CoOperative Services rejected management proposal that thn coop merge with the United Cooperatives of Ontario gt Sept 13 Robert Nixon Ontario Liberal leader and Bianca litto isterPaul Hellyer spoke in rie Mr Nixon said tnn news Anopenmeetiug on CITY NEWS THE HARD EXAMINER THURSDAY DEC Outdoor Rinks Ready By Sat Barrio parlu department hopes to tolre advantage of the current spell of cold weather to get their live natural ice rinks in operation before the end of the week Crews were out yesterdayfor the first time flooding the nails to lay down base Earlier problems of vandals knocking down rink boards have stopped and Gary Stoner parks director is confident that if the cold spell remains rinks should be ready before young sters return to school Five rink supervisors have been hired for the season Their dutia will include watehiod over the rinks from to pm Monday through Friday and from to pm Saturday and Sunday Tbey will enforce rules concerning the use of the rinks and times for hockey and pleasure skating They will ai so assist with first aid treat ment in event of injuries and act as public relations men passing complaints from the public along to parks depart ment officials Supervisors will be Terry Saso Johnson St School rlnlr Robert Foninine Mac Morrison Park rink Keith ltillLr Shear Park Ron Marshall Strabane Park and Stanley Watson Queens Park No other rinks will be in operation at Blair Park and Codrlngton St SchooL These will be maintained by citizens ill the area LOCAL GENERAL READS ADDRESS At recent reception in ivy lteu Elliott Thornton read an address written by Rev Jcnnett lvy landing the work of hlr and Mrs Earl Reid operators oi the ivyThornton telephone acr vice FREE RIDES Free rides in open harsedrawn sleigha will be offered to pre school and primary School child ran this Saturday from to pm at the Pondcrosa farm near Guthrie All youngsters should be accompanied by adults 0r ganlzer Therrlen owner of the farm has billed the event as Centennial Sieighrtde lie is trying to encourage snowmo bllc dealers and private owners to turn out and tilfer rides on their machines as well The rides are being provided to allow city baund youngsters to enioy the léllldfl sleighride ltir Therrien BUSY SUMMER mission agreed to study the iu crease with committee of the association Sept Royal Victoria Hos pital board elected Boll chairman to replace Robert Arm strong forced to resign the post because of ill health hi Ram say head of the boards build ing and finance committee suc ceeded Mr Bell as viceehairv man Sept 25 Barrie Citycuuncil approved in principle bylaw authorizing purchase of or acres at land in Oro Township four audahal miles northeast of Barrie to be used for munici pal airport second bylaw to was also approved in principle Plans called for 50m faot air strip capable of handling exoc utive size jets AIRPORT PLANNED Meanwhile protest began to mormt in Oro over the construc tion at the airport Adelega tion of irate Oro residents mat with township council Depart ment ot Transport approval has still not been received for the airport Sept Some events were cancelled but the junior fair part at the 1961 Barrie Exhibition took place in cold Weather and pouring rainuThe midway was onierence thntthe provincea expropriation laws didnt go noughln compens trug proper owners whose land lSexprdphilfa Mr Hellyersa ieslwith populati as ooo shoddfiuaueetedau borrow 343000 for the project FRANK unusriv Fair President close down early nd horse races were cancelled along with the grandstand show The weekend exhibition man aged hemsblgsattraotion spite of weather setbacks though Barrie Agricnltural Society pres fo ident Hersey said it was DECEMBER INCREASE At last lit incidents child hcatlug come to the attention at the Sirmoe County and Sty of Barrie Childrens Aid Society eadt year according to an or timato by director Jade son ltlr Jackson said that he has no knowledge of any deaths cased by chlldboathlfi in this area in recent years owever Dr Cotnam Ontario sup ervising corona says about 20 children die from be stings throughout Ontario each year and probably the some number die in cases where beatings are suspected Mr Jackson noted tendency for an tumors in the number of incidents reported in the hot summer months and during the mouth of December The in ercass in December wu sttrla buted to the emotional impact of Christmas on people who were nearing their wits end The summertime increase was blam ed on short tempers caused by hot muggy weather Recent changes in the law were credited with slight im provement in the number of childbeuting cases reported Re sponsible signed reports of these cases remove any fear of pros ecution from the person giving information ltlr Jackson said The public knavvs we are in terested and will follow up any reports in as helpful way as possible not necessarily puni tive one he said Reporting of such cases is every persons civic responsibility Mast physicallyemistreated children die as result at number of beatings but even when coronersriuryr attache blame to the parents for an in fauts death few cases and up in court The problem is nothing new This has always been with us it probably always will be Many of the people who beat their children are in serious need of psychiatric helpJ Despite legislation which went into effect year age to protect persons who report mistreat ment of children there has been an increase in the number of battered babies in 1966 the first year prov incial registry on slob cases Pop Cigarettes Left In Street litter BreakIn carton of pop and two car tons of cigarettes in the street marked the hasty retreat taken by three youths who broke into Bauldry Groceteria on Grov St yesterday George BauldlY proprietor ofthe stare saw three youths fleeing from the store investi gation indicated that they had ntered premisesibybrealr ing window An inventory is under way to determine what was stolen one of the most successful fairs to date gt CAS Urges Citizens Report ChildBeating was kept as cases acre report ed So far this your Ml use have been reported and J1 chutes laid Lloyd Richardson directw of the Childrens Aid Society says the increase may be due to pulatiou hrcreasc portions arty amongst families where this is likely to scan An 15 year old youth ste phcn Alexander Crawford of no fixed address was Jailed for to months Wednesday after admh ting to pub ol breakins in Darrin in late November and early December His brother David at no fixed address and Brian Kopitosky of Anne Street both 10 were plac ed on probation with suspended sentences for their part in the same incidents and another breakin at the Embassy Dance Hall Dec Stephen Crawford was sens tenccd to year in prison by Magistrate Poster for breaking and entering at the On tario Department at Transport building on Anne Street on Nov as Hereceived an ad ditional six months for breaking TV Equipment Stolen From Service Truck Television tubes tools and alias equipment valued at Si 100 were reported stolen from intck owned by Tonys Ap piinnce and Television Service Dtmlop st yesterday The theft is believed to have acouer some time between Dec 22 and Dec included were no to no television tubes repair tools socket wrenches tube testers and voltmetcrs City police are iuvatlgstlng For ForumA lnfannatlo Bus City police are investigating Dr Cotnam says childheath can happen in any stratum of society However wealthier people are able to hide it better ital doctors who suspect has been beaten polity the Ch ildrnu Aid Society which informs the child welfare department Break And Enter Earns 18 Months in to Smith Farm Dairy an Dec Speaking to the other two youths who had no previous criminal records Magistraton tar said am making allow ances for your backpotmd which has not been happy Douglas Crawford and Koplto ski were placed on probation for two years with nispended sent ences and ordered to abstain from liquor and live in the Sal vation Amys House of ooncord If you fall to follow the pro bation mics and retum to this court you can be sentenced on the appended charges warned the magistrate lluto Truck In Collision collision between backing truck and arcar on Dunlap St at 1115 am yesterday resulted in 60 damage to the ear The tntclr driven by Hector Joseph lmhoff 40 of Strand was stopped waiting for traffic to clear to make left turn The driver then discovered that ha had passed the turn and backed 31p failing to see car behind The car involved was driven by James Robertson Sleeves 10 of RR Thornton The accident occurred in front of the Queens Hotel Constable Fred Nishmnn invoc tigated aotna T0 norms INVESTIGATE AN ANNUITY Oenioy tax advantages Irate and absolutely guaranteed Chargeruses both capital and invest ment interest ofree from worryvno management problems onnstlectcd by economic fluctuations more life out at your life lth STUART ROYALCL DUNLOP 511 7285594 RES 71853

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