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Barrie Examiner, 22 Dec 1959, p. 13

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raisins trunnion muss tom 96mm rill no no oi mats 1115901 msmiol Imv Kallaqlulx Vot roar lurrmiownjssim Asfiioéaalaciéa rails mm toriroll nunis day following contijlctfbettle smmhuwmw ismallwaadriés Willi PMtDiei In News Ballot Canadas tnpnewemakers in 1959 were John Dlefenbaku an Joseph ii sixloaned Voting in Canadian Prue poll telegrapireditols of Cam new daily newspapers were evenly divided on the question oi the years newsiest Canadian For every vote omingtbe prime minister to repeatbe wm the overwhelming choice last yearo balancing ballot named the irrepressibleprernler officer oundland promises during negotiations which took place in an Ottawa department Stone CPvPhoto The two were sharp antagonlsts luring the year on the question of grants to Newfoundland The provincialpremlier demise took that lim early year confirms labor legislation and in September won sweep ing election victory it was thefirst time that vet1 ing in the CP poll ended in tie deiet RoCkejtry 359s Top World News THE CANADIAN PRESS Russian space rocketry made the worlda top news in 1959 in the opinion of Canadian news paper men Tile shot that hit the moon Sept 14 followed Oct by the rocket that photographed and transmitted pictures of its far side were picked as the worlds newsiest story by telegraph edl torsvoling in Canadian Press 11 PTop Canadian story was the Royal Tourthe cross country pageant that carried the Queen and her husband from Newfound land to British Columbia and backin sixweeks journey end Second spot in world news went toN ta Khrushchevs Sep tember visit to the United States hailed as break in East Wcst tension CITY COUNCIL BRIEFS DEBENTUBES ON SALE Barries recent halfmillion dollar issue of debentures is to be offered for sale in Barrie Mayor Willard Kinzie told come 11 last night The brokers Galouter Son and Company paid $9932 for each $100 bond Interest rate is per cent Blu SALARY Eric Aldersey Monday was officially appointed engine un der the Ontario Ditches an Wa tercourses Act Annual salary one dollar Mr Aidersey bow ever will additionally receive normal salary as city engln eer LEAVES BOARD Charles Alexander has resign ed from Barrie planning board Alderman Fred Churchill has ben asked if he is willing to onsider accepting the position SUGGEST PROPERTY Barrie planning boardjs re commending the city acquire P0139113 at Main and Conns sheets to improve the traffic RE ZONE AREA Barrie City Coun Monday accepted the Barn planning boards recommendation that the aren bounded by Highway 400 Sunnidala Road Anne Street and night First $100 will be allow pletion in the collective opinion of the telegraph editors asked to ick the top six world and Conn on news events of the year the two Russian stories outranked hidel Castros New Years Day vic tory in Cubal the 6day United States steel strike which began July 15 the dramatic flight of libcts Dalai Lama last March and subsequent Sinolndinnbor dcr troubles and the American quiz show scandals climaxed Nov by the Van Doren confes sion In Canadian news the editors saw cancellation of the Arrow jot Interceptor program in February as second only in impact to the Royal Tour close third was the New foundland loggers strike high lighted March 10 by the riot death of police constable and marked by Premier Smallwcods the city limits be rezoned for single family dwellings odly The boards recommendation was re ported in The Examiner Dec 16 PERMIT COSTS Building pemiits are to cost $2 for each $1000 worth of building city council decided Monday ed without charge however and there will be no inspection PETTY CASH Barrie uvil defence has been authorized to operate petty cash lurid of $5 WARN PLUMBERS City council is circulating all local plumbers giving notice that from 1960 they will have to com ply with local bylaws and the provincial plumbing code Pub1 lic works chairman Lester Cdoke any they have been lax late WALKS BY CONTRACT Sidewalks in the city will be constructed by contractio fu ture will help eliminate present umonth delay in can To SELL LAND Barrie parks board is to sell for $1200 land on John Street ml of the rail spur The money is to go into the boards special fund for purchase of park land BY CANADIAN ARTISTS Christmcis Car By 130 LeBLANC QUEBEC CF Christians cards are yearlong worry for argroup of Quebec City women but its profitable problem Members of La Vigie The Lookout have organized Christmas card business that in four years has grown tognational proportions Phoceedsdromsale the cards goes to promote creative activities at city recrea oncenttes and to pay for sum mer camp vacations for children Attractiveness of the cards re produced fremworks by Cana diedartists including children has boomed the operation From theidea conceived to raise money for the recreation pro gram of one parish has grown business that last year sold 70 one cards a1Vlgie now runs avCanada vlde art competition to obtain ome can be used for many ocean or The operation costs $flM$lo Mtl annually endwith exception of paid parttinie secretary1 the worn donatetheir time without charge Mrs CharlesC Vaillan urt wife of Quebec Cityfurniture dealer and presently La Vigie was thefirst to put the operalt lion ona nationwide basis It started when women from one parishorganized charity dinner to reiseufunds for the recreation centre l1e cvent held in cabaret with French singer Edith Piaf asthe attire donwas success and the women decided to setDs pua MPERIAI gns for cards In the lasr SHOWING competition 500 artistscntcr slx orka werepioked and ow are 19 La Vigie designs vailablenine of themrepro duc yns of childrens works iv rw smouaons Thecards are of good quality aper nnd their messages are pirgited in both Frenchand Eng la1 at all the cords for MARTHA cam on scorr mi sheave il8and ANXIOUS runner MAGGIE TUCKER never GIRL in the WOQD Adult Entertainment intervention to oust the interns rodworkers of America in ct Lawrence Seaway opening death Sept of Que becs Premier Duplessis and the battle of tight moneytypified in August by the banksl curtail ment of credit complelcd the top Canadian haildozen other world stories rated high included John Foster Duilcss death the Queens pregnancy Ingemar lobanssona lmockout victory over Floyd Patterson and President Eisenhowers Asian tour culminating in the Western summit meeting at Paris this month On the Canadian scene two tragic human interest stories death of sevenboys and their coach in rink collapse at Lis towel Feb 28 and of 35 fisher mcn June 20 in Northumber iandStrait galeranked close to the six stories chosen Hotel Workers Cheques Bounce TORONTO CP court heard Tuesday that the salary cheques of 65 employees of the downtown Frontenac Arms Hotel bounced alter the employees were dismissed The Frontenac Arms Hotel Limited Tuesday filed petition of bankruptcy The company was formed to rent and operate the hotel from the estate of How ard Allen It was dispossessed three weeks an when the estate regained control of the premises through an Ontario pr Court order Andrew Lawson actinglfor the employees told Magistrate James Butler company directors asked them when they were dis missed Nov 24 not to bring char essured them they for wages owing Cheques were issued for the first two weeks of November when the employees tried to cash them the cheques bounced said Crown Attorney Stanton Hoes prosecuting on 65 charges of nonpayment of wages totallt ling about $7000 Mr butler said he had no jurisdiction tojhear the charges and regretted that theemployees should be left high and dry week before Christmas Piehim manentfundraising operation ingot between the Monte Tran IitjCommissim hndxthe Street It lway mployeee Union 313 The deadloebedoootnct ago after slowdown tactics by bus and streetcar driven badmade thousands late for woglkmandggt quarter of the es duringrushbours drivers refused to work msbhoui overtime handled on voluntary timeandahalf basis in aabnw ol dissatisfaction over progress oledotract negotiations The 116 last weekmade final offer of containhour increase everthree years lnsix IOUOCI stages The union had asked for 25 cents over two yearsPresent rate for operators tenanhour Tbewage offer accepted by the unions negotioling commit tee and retitled bythe executive board is reported tube on im provement nnthe Wstake itorleavelt proposal but spe cific terms were not released MEMBERS TO VOTE The unions 4200 members in cluding 1409 drivers and motor men will voteon the offer in referendum next week It mem bership meeting to discuss the contract will be held Sunday Commission members headed by chairman Charles Walton took part inllesdeys discus sions lllr Walton said each of the items in the dispute was dis cussed in detail Union executive members made the rounds of all llC barns mosdny night to ask operators to rcport for extra rushhour duticsvin the morning PLAY ST NICK MINNEAPOLIS AP Minneapolis postal workers dug into their own wallets Sunday to make sure no Christmas cards mailed here to addresses in Canada or Mexico were destroyed for want of sufficient postage Clerks and carriers passed the hat to buy stamps for more thnnJomo cards that bore only three cents pos tage All letters headed for Canadanr Mcidco must have ffifl cents postage sealed or not KIDS MINISTER SC Barry 56wos appoint ed deputy minister of agricul ture Dec 41959 He succeed ed Dr GTaggart who re burly police men smashed through barricaded doorTues OXTAWA CF Christmas is children use allyget their nearest and dear est wish fulfilled Adults mostly leave this be hind them bnt here atew Christmas wishes for promi nent figures in some cesee as reporter thinks be framed Prime Minister Dlefenbakera wish in Opposition leader Pearson continuum in his present position Mr Pearsons wish for the PMzContinucd good health and happiness as be ap proaches an electionand the stntus of is displaced person Justice Minister Fulton toll book of trading stomps lnunlgratlon Minister Falc renton fast boat to China Finance Minister Flemlog chance iocut taxa and spending borrow less money and still balance the budget Works Minister Walker way to say no to patronage seekers without makiiig an en emy SASKATOON CPLA 42year dry spell ends in Saskatche wan today in 1917 the provincial legisla lure passed low outlawing con sumption of liquor the same year prohibition hit the United States gt Today for the first time since 1917 citizens could legally sit in restaurant and drink wine or liquor with their meals The occasion was the opening by Saskatoon restaurant of the first licensed dining room Before 1917 drinking was wide open in Saskatchewan then boom province As thousands of immigrants moved in afteruthe First World War strong tem perance movement began Anti drinkingdaws here on forced strictly until 1925 when liquor stores were established Beer parlors for men only came in 1935 it wasnt until this yenr that the issue ofdrinking put to the voters sobbing Evicted By Police MONTREAL CP Three day and evicted dazed rig Constantin Spodinuk 77 from We dingy coldwater first he had re fused to vacate in slui BDCC area Sobbing but resigned Spedinuk showed only passive resistance as he was taken in police pa trol car to hospital fortreatment for malnutrition and feet swoolen by cold Police broke through thedoor of the flat tocarry out an evic tired to Photo The Christmas card idea was adopted and by 1955 it has suclt cessful enough to be provincial in Scope LaVV l559 competition closes next Jan 25 Another 500 artists are expected to compote for the prize awarded the top selectiona return trip ticket to Europe 14 HUBERI mmaammammm tion order gpsued Dec 11 in Su1 uwy mleht clough Weldon Chan Cblnese sought on deportation war in inner mIIEDNuDAY one 21113 fillealth Minister Montelth lrrefutabla proof that pruent levels of radioactivitycan cause no harm to human Meroberevof the Senate1An end to talk of abolition of the upper chamber Opposition members of the Commons major goverm mcnt blooper during the parlia llllentary session starting Jan External Affairs Minister Green To get out of the shadow or Mr Peesons Nobel Prize winnbig performance in tbesaxpe Trade Mlliiisler Churchill As suraoce that Canadian wheat salesabrvad will exceed 300 000000 bimbels Poshnaster General llamil too An explanation for the printing mistake on the St Lawrence Seaway stamp that wont provoke opposition criti cism Transport Minister Rees smooth year for the St Laww rence Seaway and no Welland Canal bottlenecks Sash VilZYear Dry Spell Ends lls Diners Eat Andv Drink Wine They were given chance to apv prove mixed drinking in licensed premises licensed restaurants cocktail bars and clubs voting in this city of more than 71000 population and in Regina wa held last summer in most smaller communities it was held during municipal elections Nov The dry vote was carried in the majority of towns and vii lages Saskatoon and Regina however went wet in Reginawith population of more than 89000 earlier this month three hotels began operat ing beverage rooms where mixed drinking is allowed Saskatoon is not ed to have mixed drinking until early next year But Saskatoon todny had the first restaurantthe Gem Cafe owned by pioneer restaurateur Jim Chronesto serve beer wine and spirits Liquor canbe bought only with meals and the quantity is governed by the size of the meal ticket Man perior Court after Spodinuk for two years had ignored notices to move The flat is located in amid town area under demolition to make way for the Jeanne Mance lowrental housing proleét Spo1 dinuk hedllved there for to years paying monthly rent of 915 for the last few years self styled herbalisthe came to1Con1 ads in 1914 from the Ukraine Spedinuk was found huddling over small but platethe only beat in the flatwhen police broke in The room temperature was 15 degrees above zero Out side it was fouruabove Co Quits Ioint CD Group wmrav OlaOntario County council Tuesday night decided to withdraw from the joint civil dfif fence organization with oshawa because the organization ap1 peared to be ineffective Mrs Mary Reid chairman of the councils civil defence com4 mittee said she does not believe the countyintbe event of an emergency would derive benefit from money spent on the organib atioo Council voted to inform Oshawa it will leave the organization formed two years ago at the and of March Oshawa Mayer Lyman Gifford said the withdrawal would not leave the city muchincentive to proceed alone Hesaid the On tario go ernment hasbeen dragging ltsf fence lfiiriiiiiziiiigi Sliiiiifiiiflilil 5Qthan Children Given Gills From Santa lit Best Party Ever mowrs bariumr or scarletcoated Mounds called out little Eskimo It was the but Christmas party we ever attended said ldlout an Eskimo emplillad at tbellCAFstation heredeecrib1 ing one of the Yuletide festivities that take place at Resolute Bey southern hp 01 Cornwallis kITlbs mu ggai frir Es person cl attlillbasemorethau600miiles inside the Arctic Circle and 700 miles northeast of Edmonton But practically everybody in the attended adult Eskimos weather bureau employees and RCAF officers and men flie male Eskimos dressed in white shirts mdds for the oc casion while the mothers end older daughters had their hair done up and wore makeup it was their biggest day or the 3881 Service men contributed money for gifts for all the chilan at the Eskimo village ncarby ldlout said the children got quite thrill from Santa He said they believed he was neither Eskimo nor white man Euotllsomethlng sent to them by 2oooo Students Bclck Dief Stand YllAWA CHPrime Minia ter Diefenbaker and his govern1 ment ore to receive the thanks of 211000 Canadian university stu1 dents next month for the stand on Hungary taken by Canada at the United Nations message signed by that many will be presented to the prime minister in January by the National Federation of Canadian University Students Twelve in stltutlons are represented among the signers Plans for the presentation were dismissed luesday at meeting here of NFCUSvnlitional execu tive The meeting opened Mon dayand will conclude today NFCUS spokesman said the Reds Back Plan To Exceed ILS MOSCOW AP plenary meeting of the Communist party central committee Tuesday ap1 proved program calling for further development of Premier Khrushchevs seven year plan to exceed farm production Khrushchevs plan to overtake the United States both in form and heavy industrial production was approved by the 21st party congress last January ilass reported Khrushchev opened the Kremlin meeting called to examine results of the fulfilment of the agricultural plan for the first year of the sevgtiLyear program and discuss the urgent tasks of the further development of crop forming and animal husbandy in the coun Dimitry Polyensky premier of the Russian republic told the meeting millions of acres of virgin land will be plowed up in the UralsVolga Valley and Si beria to increase grainprodud tien The land will produceabout 9000000 tonsmore grain be estimated Cuba Cabinet Back Castles Promise HAVANA AmActing swiftly on Fidel Castros promise the whencabinet has authorized confiscating the property of any one convicted of countergrcvolu tionary activities at home or abroad The premier had announced Sunday night that on cabinet would make the move mussgo will commend the gov ernment forite outspoken etand at the UN on Hungarys con tinued execution of youths who took part in the 1956 uprising Canada joined with 23 other countries in sponsoring resolu tion condemning continued disre gurd by Emil and Hungary assembly appeals seeking an end to the persecution The executive meeting also dis cussed plans for North Ameri cao student seminar tobe held in May likely at Laval Univer sity in Quebec About 60 stu dents from the Caribbean fires ads will attend the seminar to and the Kicountry International Student Congress Racial problems as they affect higher education and the status of education in North America generally are expected to be dis cussed Your loyal friendship lsone of the many blessings for which wegive thanks IM ER IAL THEATRE mmumemsumm 11DANCINGT Evlilllrllll and SAT17 l0fll llfllJ coiiliillfsr pair rerun luuslcny neahytiimaires Modem smnmémiun By Tone Pattenden orchestra old time rind modem ADMISSION Silo sessions Loon ermltteo Mexico United States andCan be sponsored jointly by NFCUS PENIi and the lcines rous wo with even wi lain uni might there rash 301210 Your ness prt youhav past We will cm high pin the dim workers ate too hut yet even till some at you m3 of inlet changes you mat first in however everythii Under you yieli tally of your realized personal are cm should fresher chill sympathi have pursuits um vnumuopnpnv

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