Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 18 Dec 1961, p. 12

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Is One Ball Of Fire By BERNARD DUFRESNE GRANBY Que CPI Her aee Eoivins deceptively mild appearance mnecals awhirl wind of man who does about halidnlen jobs for Granhy Ahmad and at home he is probably Canadas bestknown mayor As businessman he has worldwide interests His instinct for swapping ani mals to populate the local zoo would make horse trader drool with envy in recent years he has be come collector of water foun tains and his scrounging on be fall of Granhy parks strikes fear wherever he goes In his constant world travels he is always looking for new In dustries to provide jobs for Granbys citizens And as protessionai town booster hell make your head swim with his talk about the glories of this little town nest ling in low hills 45 miles south cast of Montreal At the same time hell brush aside any suggestion that he is doing it all himsell UNPAID HELP get lot of unpaid help and co operation from lot of peoplc he Said during an Interview in his city hall office crowded with mementoes and souvenirs at his travels His favorite filing cabinet is his inside coat pocket bulging with lettors of inquiry about in dustrial sites thankyou notes lrom visitors lists of appoint ments and speaking dates and correspondence about new deals for the no He dresses conservatively ex cept for white handkerchief stuck in his left sleevea Eu ropeon custom and wide brimmed hatsthe klnrf usually worn by westerners cooked over head ot thinning brown hair He is heavy smokcr of fil tertip cigarettes and says he gets his energy from vitamin pills that he has been taking regularly for about 12 years friendly quiet talker he is more of softsell expert than fast talking promoter lBHOUR DAY His many sided job keaps him hopping 16 hours day One recent Sunday he attended the opening of an art exhibition couple of receptions at city hall civic banquet three sup pers given by various groups and parish tombola But Im not always that busy said the husky 55year old father ol10 ing from three to it The been associated with public lite in Granhy and the federal con stituency of Shefford His father Pierre Bolvln was mayor be tween 1918 and 1930 and Lib oral MP from 1926 to 1530 post held continuously since 1945 by cousin Marcel Boivin Horace Eoivln has turned down many otters of political candidacy by various parties never had political ambi tions Politics is full time job in itself It man who be comes member of Parliament is to make good Mr Boivin is always hustling planning for the day the target is Wiswhen Granhy will have population of 100 000 It now has about 33000 al most three times as many as when he was first elected ma yor by acclamation in 1939 He has been reelected unop posed ever since except in 1958 when he won with comfort able margin over lone op ponent The walls of the city council room are lined with big maps showing future town planning developments road networks and the like We know well he 10 from now exactly where 15 or 25 years he said The water works have been built to supply 100000 consumers and the planned sewage disposal sys tem will be able to serve the same number Granby is on widening stretch of the Yamaska River that serves as lake for which park is being planned Float ing bush islands of tall grass mar the lakes appearance and the mayor and otherresidents who own motorhoats sometimes get together on Sundays to tow them away and clean up the site Mayor Eoivin is always look ing beyond Granbys city limits for new ideas travelling thou sands ot miles year to every continent Some at his travels are in connection with his own busi nesson elastic and textiles firm now branching out into synthetic flooring materials but wherever he goes he finds way to promote Granhy HIDE THEFOUNTAIN After his world tour in 1957 Prime Minister Diefcnbaker made speech here in which he recalled that in many places he was asked whether he know Horace Eoivin Mr Dielenbaker said he was told Whenever he comes here we hide all our fountains or look them up otherwise he would go away with them love old fountains said Mr Eolvin laughing cant resist them and collecting them is my big hobby would like Granhy to be known as the City of Fountains Taking reporter on Sop urday afternoon motor tour oi parks cooperative housing de velopments and industrial sites he spotted borneowner work ing on his lawn around what appeared to be an ornate loun tain Its not much said the man Its only wash basin they were junlting at the plant brought it home Spmced it up bit connected the piping and now havea water foun tai Thats splendid beamed Mr Boivin Congratulations As he drove away he added People used to laugh when started Collecting fountains but think the idea of making Granhy the City of Fountains is catching on Collecting oldh lountains in Europe is easy sai You just mention to the local authorities that it would be nice friendly gesture it they would give Granhy an old foun tain theyre not using Among others Granhy has Roman fountain 2200 years old and GrecoRcman fountain that adorned an Athens square 3200 years ago Mayor Boivio Isupccting couple mo Efmm Basic Switzerland and Cranbys Mild Mayor another from Venice The slon mayor has promoted Granhy as the Princess of the Eastern Town ships flarzer Sherhrooke is rec ognized as the queen and as World War Started backyard where he kept deerI some wolves and some bobcats during which be send with the textiles division of the Wartime Prices Board Granhy was like STARTED COOP Mr Boivin cooperative plugging the Sim gan House for Every Family His family lirrn 50 years old in December provided the land and excavation costs for its cmployees housing coop other businesses followed bis companys lead providing lotsi own house anbld three stone and masonry building started housing it was foolish and used to mock Fumituro Moving and Storasa 137112 BAKER EXAMINER MONDAY ioi hippopotamuses Inmnas ubras an bears DAVE McClYMONT Wishes to thank the electors for their confidence in him and assures them that he will give of his best as member at the Public School Board DECEVIBER SH Grannys bestknown attrac on is its 100 which Mr Boivfn years ago in his own inthenoofo The mo now has substan tial assortment of jungle cats After he became mayor hci TRY us FOR REPAIRS Automatic Transmissions REpIIrNI rm Estimates JUNEAUS GARAGE crown nus PA 5690 At first the public thought CAMPBELL LTD Commercial Warehousing Axeots for North American Van Lint AMr Chrit PA 66555 aPPY New ea children rang Boivln name long has ENGLISH LAVENDER SOAP AND BATH TABLETS LAVENDER ScAP aAru SALTS An moan hm sun you SHAVINE BOWL AFTER SHAV ING LOTION DREELECTRIC SHAVI NG LOTION AFTER SHAVING LOTION Mmmmmmmmmmm itbfpwiitiis 375 11m rimu Neublpnr oilwrapped hit IN GIF 195 and he 7so HORNERS INFANTOL In IIIIsnmlrInl Cologne PRIMITI rARruM COLOGNE 225 HOUBIGANT INSCRIIID JEWEL onlr cAerrR ml 500 stun orIInalo ty gt DELUXE ENSEMBLE Inguntc 250 PRIMIIIF SPRAY MIST PARPUM COLOGNE AND IATH POWDIR LlflillD SKIN SADHET 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