Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 12 May 1961, p. 3

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10L020 MRS LUMSDEN OFFERS CUB ALVING CLARK PIE 300 Attend Father Son Banquet Minister DoesMagic 0n Side About 300 scouts cnbs and Dads attended the third Barrie Cub and Seoul latherandsoh banquet in Collier Street United Church Fellowship Hall last night The Cub and Scout Auxiliary under the direction of Mrs Ben Flank served generous roast beef dinner topped off with as sorted homemade pies All 01 the cubs and scouts received earton of milk with their meals Highlighting the evening was display of magic by the Rev Fred Jackson of St James Unit ed in Straud According to Ken WEATHER Synopsis ratures in most of Ontar this morning are 15 to 25 degrees milderthan Thursday morning with the greatest gains in northeastern Ontario Continued warm weather is forecast for most areas today and Saturday Lake Erie Lake Huron Ma gram Lake Ontario regions Windsor Hamilton Toront Partly cloudy and a3 little warmer today Mainly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Saturday winds southeast it to 20 Georgian Bay rton Kirkland Lake re ons North Bay Sudbury Mainly sunny and warm today Saturday partly cloudy with scattered showers winds southerly 10 to 20 TimminsKapuskasing White River regions Partly cloudy and warm with few scattered showers today Mainly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Saturday winds southerly Low tonight High Saturday Windsor 50 75 St Thomas 50 70 London 50 15 Wingham 50 75 Hamilton 50 70 50 70 50 70 40 75 5o 75 neth Curtis the scout who intro duced him Rev Jackson is ménister who does magic on the st The magicianminister held the boys spellbound as he went through his repertoire He pro duced threaded razor blades from his mouth and flowers from nowhere However the boys appeared to be well read in the ways of magic Every now and then young voice would shout Thats pretty good mirror youve got there Man Acquitted On Drug Count nAMILroNtcP Danlio Bregant 28 of Hamilton was acquitted in county court Wed nesday of change of traffic ing in narcotics He pleaded not guilty before Judge John Latchford At the end of the trial Juge Latehford said to Mr Ercgant Dont think youve fooled anyone only wish we had in this country the Scottish ver dict where could render verdict of not proven lilViMEDIlifE hrpuchnou AskCity To OK Start Edwin Myers president of Barrie Lion Club announced today immediate application will be made to city council for permission to begin construction of community swimming pool Mr Myers said that while the Lions are within 310000 of the money needed to complete the entire pmlect the club in or der to ensure that the pool will be ream for swimming this summer has obtained bank so members conducted to repay the loan so that this will be truly com munity swimming pool paid for by the people of Barrie Myers said Althougi general canvass had been conducted in 1957 Mr Myers pointed out that many new families who would cer tainly wont to donate have sinee moved into Barrie and num ber of communi minded citi Barrie Traffic dealth in Canada are occurring at the rate of nine dayI according to statistics re leased today by the Canadian Highway Safety Council During 1960 the council ro lislr Harmony Belles to Rally To Competition The Happy Tone Chapter of Harmony Inc revealed that its bid for the annual chorus and quortctte competition has been accepted by this womens inter national barbershop organiza tion The Montreal chapter has been chartered foronly one year and will be host to about 300 avid enthusiasts of fourpart harmony Past president of the Happy Tones llcne Findlay heads the competition committee busy planning for all the choruses which will be coming to Mon trealJn October for weekend packed with activity from the first bright spark on Friday night to the last dying ember of the Moonglow on Saturday night So to all associate members in this district and every mem ber of oriiiiaBames Harmony Belles the Happy Tones call you to rally at the home of the Habitants and prepare to sing like Aliouettes WATCH FOR The BOY scOurs PAPER DRIVE $AT MAY 13 Trucks Wlll Be On The Road By 12 Noon Saturday Spring Blossom Festival Niagara Peninsula rtumod by its blossom beauty willattract thousan duringthc Blossom Festival financial campaign will be Mn loan personally guaranteed by gt irnwrN mans Truly Community tens had expressed desire to make further donations Harold Forster general chair Deaths Is Called Average In Safety Report ports there were fewer traffic deaths but an increase in the number of those injured by 67 per cent Last year there were three traffic deaths in Barrie about average for city its size Total Canadian traffic deaths during 1960 was 1166 compared to 1137 in 1959 Last years total injuries was 34436 in 1959 31602 January through JuneI 64 per sons die daily on Canadian tugb ways July through December 114 persons are killed each day The council suggated pro grams aiming at reduction should stress the last six months of theyear iThere are 39 cities in Canada with populations exceeding 40 000 which account or 365 per cent oi the nations traffic deaths the CHSC reports This makes it evident that urban centres are not the most dangerous traffic situations and places the blame oh other loca tions such as throughways ma jor highways rural roads built up areas adjoining cities and smaller municipalities Pool man of the pool committee praised Mayor Willard Kloxie and city council Without their interest and cooperation the pool would not be reality for some time to come he said Construction will probably start next week after contract is slgned The 145th pool of Olympic standards will be on fouracre park just west of Bay fieid Street and Highway too Nearby will be childrens wad lng pool change house and park ing area The pool will be heated to co sure comfortable water temper atures over on extended season Future plans call for on arti ficial ice rink with the change house available to skaters in winter IT DOESNT PAY TO LOSE SLEEP Jeff ninemonthold pet raccoon got mixed up in his hibernating habits and wound up getting shot Yesterday city police re ceived report from Harold llfinniken 17 Anne street South who told them boy had shot his wifes pet Mrs Minnlken told The Ex aminer Jeff had been given to her when he was two weeks old She coredfor him feeding him special diet of milk raw hamburg er dates and hardboiled GEES He should have hibcmot ed all winter Mrs Minni kin said but he didnt For while he slept in big iree behind our housethen short time ago be dis appeared Neighbors children told Mrs Minnikens children about the shooting They saidan older boy saw Jeff sitting in tree on Caroline Street and shot him BLAMES LUNG CANCER MONTREAL CWThe mor tality rate from cancer has de among Canadian women but increased among Canadian men the president of the National Cancer Institute of Canada said Thursday In his annual report to the lnstitutes board of directors Dr Carlton Auger of Quebec City said the diiference can be attributed almost entirely to the spectac ularlyrising rate of lung can cer deaths among men start sleeping until March Elie tlaafric itxahtinrr CITY AN irPractisin Liyearold Barrie tender foot gave himch painful hotfoot while practising fast draw western style with loaded revolver yesterday air ternooo Barrie city police report Ron ald Osborne of local motel no cidentally shot himself in the right leg while practising pulling his 22 revolver form western holster Osborne told police he was in the motel yard practising when the revolver accidentally fired Police said Osborne told them he didnt know the gun was loaded Norman Stewart 169 Collier Street employed as chef at the restaurant said he heard the shot nndsnw Osborne hair ping around on one leg Osborne was taken to hospital Train Bumps Car Driver Is Unhurt The Ontario provincial police reports contrain crash early this morning on sidernnd north of lottenham No one was injured and dam age was not high The OPP said the driver of the car was James Matheson of Caledon East His car collided with slowly moving CPR freight at 140 am police said and was knocked int ditch Stuart Stuart plant man tiger of imperialEnstrnnn Lim ited Barrie was speaker at last nights regualr midmonth meet ing of the Barrie Joycees at 72 High Street Mr Stuart went over the his tory oi his company frpm its origin outside of Chicago to its present widespread operations He told of how decision had been reached that Barrie was the place to build their Can adlan plant which is now under construction and should be rea dy for occupancy about August He said the companys plans called for expansion to moon feet of floor space within five years and staff oi about 75 During the business portion of the meeting nnumber of com Eoeal Plant Manager Describes Finns History To Barrie Iaycees FRIDAY MAY 12 1561 Barrie Man Shetil Draw where doctors found the bullet entered the right side of his right leg wentdown inside the zegland is imbcddcd in the right cc Doctors told police they didnt know whether or not the bullet would be removed The accident was reported to police by Dr Gray of the Simcoe Medical Group at 553 pm OPP Give $1000 To Retarded Gioup VOODBRIDGE presenta tion of $1000 to the Ontario Re tarded Childrens Association was made by Branch of the Ontario Provincial Police at their annual dinner here last night Peter Gomery field secretary of the ORCA expressed grati tude calling the police foster parents to the many children helped by the association Mr Comery continued that if it were not for this kind of sup port children would remain in government institutions frem cradle to the grove instead of attending our own special schools and returning to their parents where they belong Major Lox MneKen zle MPP for York North ex pressed his odmiration for the work done by the association mittee reportswere heard in cluding that on the teenage safe driving roadoo being held to night and Sunday Thne was also devoted to discussion of the Joycces role in future win ter carnivals The Jaycce spring draw was made by Mr Stuart and the winners were Bill Kelly RR Strand who won the trip to New York City and Webster 161 Shanty Bay Road Barrie who won the movie equipment DCOUNTY NEWS Plan Bike Roadeo For Camp Children Camp bordens smallfry got in onthe RCAFs safe driving program Saturday afternoon it bicycle rondvco from one tr tour pm The Roadeo lsnbeiog conduct ted by committee from the ECAFs comunity council and this year is under the direction of Cpl McLellan Some zoo children ranging in age from five to 13 years will be participating this year On Thursday afternoon 11 at Barker Public School heard talk on bicycle and traffic safety and will also see film on this subject Those participating in the roadco will also be required to write an ex nminntion Before proceeding with tho roadeo on Saturday each ol cycle will receive thorough mechanical inspection The dri vers will be required to perform variety of tests some of which include balancing on straight line obstacle courses stops at intersections corrcct turns cor rect signals etc Barrie Pupils Have Holiday Children from the Barrie public schools are having holiday today gt service train ing day This teachers con vention ls being held at Hill crest Public School The teachers will be ad dressed by Miss Florence Hart the superidsor of Art for the Oshawa Public Schools President of Educational Film Distributors Miss Margery Weiss will also speak jllus will be followed by an address by Trousier inspector of public schoolsin the Nlpissing District WERE MOVING May 16th to 113 DUNLOP ST Next to Brown and Co STEVENSON INSURANCE fir 123 nicest owltars in the whole wide world Theres no nicer gift than box of Laura Secord condim Theyre such vet spacial candieslovingly mode from thcworldo finest foods For nearly 50 years Canadians have been choosing Laura Setordi candies for all those occasions when only the beatwill do No other gift says lovoyoufrwith sucheiuccrity or such May l222 See Saturdays Globe for color photographs and guise the areas where the blossom will laurel Tlte Golden Triangle Staff writer Betty Lou ex lures the triangle formed by Kitchener Salt and Gus Road Miss Leos report on the ways andmenns those three cities hopetahvoid chaos as theirborders draw closer and closer to the necessity for some form pittielro government fun than getting theretfl The poWerthattakes the TR3 from 050 in Seconds land up to 110 few seconds later makes even city driving fun The TR3 owner drives for the sheer joy of driving Hoiiv long since you did that The savings are joy too The TR3 gets up to 35 mpgand costs hundreds of dollars less than any comparable sports car Just onelNordofwar ing Donit ouch TR3unléssLyoure really prepared to Buy it ltw make you so dissatisfiedwithordinary motoring only $2695 At Port of Entry HAROLD Square Dancing Days Photographer Erik Schacir visits the Ontario Folk and Square Dance Camp at Geneva Parlr Loire Couchiehin to present picture story of the $30 otvthorthir annual inmborae which attracts square dancers from Ontario Quebec and New York State for four clays beginning May IV Only 100 yonr best buy for Iceland reading TIIE WEEKLY VFor homuomery 82223 The Globe and llaittanguago new use will be continued until 20 IORY MOTORS it it FAMOU FOR FRESHNESS FAMOUS FoR QUALTf 75 BoyfieldLStqBorriqi

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