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ifiarrir Examiner Published by Canadian lgewspapers Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Walls Publisher Brian Sleight General Manager FRIDAY JANUARY 19821510 County Recreation Service Example Of Best Program From The OrIllia Packet and Times Recreation is one of those things that can be as endless in its variety as hu manity itself but at the same time holds specific meaning for every Individual It may find expression in quiet stream and fishing rod or in the thumping stamp of square dance It may be enjoyed alone or In the company of others It may be as introverted as playing the piano for ones own amuse ment or as extroverted as taking place in the chorus line of community mlnstrel show There Is only one common factor In the human enjoyment of recreation the fact that in this world of tensions and frustrations everyone needs some form of relaxation Since men and women are largely gregarious in their habits it is only natural that much of their recreation takes the form of group activities such as sports dances dramatics and similar pastimes Because this is so an increasingly complex society has made recreation more difficult of attainment for many persons forcing them to resort more extensively to those forms of entertain ment in which they fill the passive role of spectators thereby losing much of the therapeutic value of recreation While this has caused some concern among authorities versed in the sub Ject only very few sections of the country have adopted any specific pro gram to rectify the situation and among these the County of Simcoe not only ranks high but has frequently been cited as model to be emulated Recreation In this county has been on an organized basis for approximately 18 years and in that time the accomp lishments of the simcoe County Recrea tion Service and its staff have been amazing In their scope and variety It has been largely pioneering service in that much that has been done was without precedent First established under the Commun ity Life Training Institute project of the University of Torontos extension department the service came under the authority of the Simcoe County Council in 1947 receivingits major financial support from this body together with grantslnaid from the Community Pro grammes Branch of the Department of Education In the beginning the Service was mainly concerned with leadership train ing for socialrecreation drama arts and crafts for rural groups and similar projects As the needs of the countys people became more evident the pro gram was expanded to work with com munity committees in supplying sum mer programs for children assisting In the founding of countrywide arts and crafts association aiding young people through Youth Committee Inholdlng conferences at which they were given opportunity of solving some of their own problems Over the years expansion of the Ser vices work has been continuous and records show that among other things the organizations auspices have been extended to four county conferences on the study of recreation and adult educa tion three group development Weekend conferences for county leaders is base ball coaching clinic thre hockey coach ing clinics five countywide drama workshops scores of social recreation courses throughout the county Innum erable training courses for leaders of day camps playground and swimming programs the famed Quilt and Rug Fairs which have drawn more than 2000 visitors countywide art exhibits and scores of local programs in county com munities The list is an impressive one and so extensive that there is scarcely resi dent of Slmcoe whose life has not been touched by some aspect of the program Particularly remarkable in view of the sheer magnitude of the work that has been accomplished is the fact that the Simcoe County Community and Re creation Serviceits present titlehas been able to do so much with limited staff which consists of only two field workers director some office assis tance and 42 parttime workers em ployed as specialists or on seasonal basis plus the volunteer leaders it has been able to enlist Simcoe County under the direction of Miss Louise Colley has been fortun ate indeed to haie been able to offer its residents an organization specifically tailored to their needs and staffed by trained and devoted workers able to provide the inspiration andknowledge required to make Simcoes recreation program an example for the rest of the country tofollow Other Editors Views COURTS TOO LENIENT Gait Reporter Do the courts deal severely enough with careless killers There is grow ing opinion that sentences should be heavier for those thoughtless actions resulting in the death of other persons Some recent cases come to mind One has reference to hunting accident and the others to highwaydeaths In the hunting accident 30yearold employee of theBritish Columbia For est Service went into the woods with companion For safety purposes he More an allwhite aluminum hat and redcheckered jacket Notwithstanding these precaptions his companion mistookhim for deer and shot him dead from distance mea lsured by the RCMP as 56 yards He was shot in the chest so must have been focing the other man with the gun The report says no charge was laid Why not asks the St Thomas Why not asks the St Thomas Times Journal clearer case of stup idy of careless handling of gun could scarcely be imagined Why not lay charge of manslaugh ter or some lesser charge against the idiotic killer The term is not too strong for man who takes white and red clothed human being for deer without pausing to make sure what he saw was deer is an idiot The authorities appear to take these killings for granted to be part of the normal risk of the sport of hunting to feel that an accident of this kind is 3just one of those things In London Ontario man convicted of danger ous behavior caused the death of woman and seriously injured her hus band and three children In Sioux The Barrie Examiner Authorized second class mail Post office Department Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash Dailyrsundsys and Statutory Holiday excepted KENNETH WALLS vacuum nnmN sworn cum Manager McPHEREDN Managing Editor ensues wanes Business Manager HARRY wnson Advertising lirain JOHN HOLDEClculalion Munagcr subscription rots daily by corner 35¢ weekly nazo year single copy 71 By mall in Ontario not year 3400 six months 5250 three months smn month Outside Ontario $900 year mum up ada$20fm year braces on Universll Streetblontrcul 1125 Ver gt Meffllflx of Glandion only NEWspoper Pub an Association The Canadian Press and ma Audit Bureau or elmmuons an Canadian Prsu exclusivsl enuuea to the use or republication of all new etched In this ape credited to or The Arsocatcd Press or riouiorl ondsuo tbs Iccllpcwu published therein Ave Toronto tin Clthcsrf Georgia sins Vuycou mammoth Lookout an 18yearold youth was con vlcted of careless driving after an accl dent which took the life of 15yearold passenger in his car Evidence showed that the youth was driving an unsafe car that he lost control of the car and that he had been drinking He was fined $50 These sentences are not uncommonly light The Ontario Safety League point ed out recently that the majority of drivers who are found responsible for the death of others in highway acci dents suffer nothing more than fine and short suspension of driving Pri vileges In Niagara Falls 19yearold youth was convicted of assaulting another youth who had been seeing his girl friend He was sent to jail for 45 days Perhaps it is impossible to expect con sistency and equity in court penalties but many believe the courts of Ontario do not deal severely enough with high way killers GONE FOREVER The LetterReview At least one picket on duty at struck Westinghouseplant in Etohicoke carried sign asking the public to boycott Westinghouse products Suppose the public did just that The strike would and some time but the strikers Jobs could be gone foreverif the public stayed with the other com panies products MISUSED WORD Cape Breton Post The incessant use In the news of the word elopement when Hollywood and television stars go to Las Vegas Nevada or some other place to be married is rubbish To elope is to escape from par ental or other authority who could put stop to it The word is properly used when one or both of couple are under age and elude their pursuers in running away to place where they may be leg ally married MAMMOTH TOOTH Calgaryhlbertan The tooth of amammoth large prehlstorlc animal resembling an ele phant pnly with hair has been dis covered by fisherman near Birming ham Ala Geologists who are studying the tooth which is apparently fairly well preserv ed said it could be from12000 to 500 000 years old New this is what we wonder Had this been drinking naturally fluoridated water CHAIN REACTION TO YOUR coon HEALTH Thumping Chest Still Valuable Ilid By JOSEPH MOLNER MID Roving through my reading matter note that it is just 200 years since chest percussion was discoveredthat business of thumping patients chest method of examination which still has Its uses An Austrian Dr Joseph Leo pold Auenbrugger whose ia ther was an inn keeper de vised this method inspired by having seen his parent rap on wine barrels to estimate the amount they contained full barrelor chest cav ity containing fluid does not give the same resonant sound that is heard when there is substantial empty space The physician thus not only oan detect some lung ailments but can roughly ascertain the shape of the heart and its size and while of course more pro cise methods are now in use for general examination percus sicn remains very useful in find ing cases which may warrant fuller diagnostic tests RIVALS JEALOUS For readers who wonder why the doctor thumps the chest theres the answer Incidentally Dr Auenbrugger ran into great deal of criticism and abuse for announcing his dis covery Some rivals were jeal ous some probably were plain bullbeaded That has happened good many times in the past Happily the doctor lived to see his discovery adopted and praised but before that hap paper he wasso violeptly criti cized that he had to resign from his hospital staff position Granted that new ideas often get most rigorous goingover todayand thats healthy wonder if perhaps we havent made some genuine advances LETTERS over the years in our willing pass to accept the new and novel once proved Oh yes im familiar that as recently as about three decades ago when early ambuiaiion was first proposed and practiced there was threat to de nounce the physician who orig inated the idea The opposition soon evaporated in the face of fair testing of the principle Theres an insistence on test ing ideas now demand that we be sure before we accept but blind prejudice in this re gard is vanishing Yes think we progress Dear Dr Molner Itis my understanding that Vitamin is the only ena that can be stored by the body What are the symptoms of Vitamin poisoning have been taking 50000 units day for skin condition MRS No Vitamins and all are stored less than the others Excess Vitamin shows first by yellowness of the skin especially the palms and sales with other disorders later The amount you are tak ing might be described as av erage maximum so there is no apparent reason to be dis tuxbed about it Dear Dr Molner am 18 and have four children ages five ibree two years and five months wanted to be sterii ized but everyone says im too young The doctor gave me some jelly to use but seven months later was pregnant Could you tell me the name of adoctor who would sterilize me Mrs No However do strongly suspect that youd better go back to the doctor and ask for further instructions DID GOOD JOB Dear Sir Reference your column dated Saturday 13 January 1962 by Jim shit in which ihespecial militia training program was criticized There has been no criticism of the calibre of recruits by any member of the staff con nected with the course and feel that this unsubstantiated opinion about the calibre of the first course is an unjustifiable reflection on all of the volun teers Most of the people attending the course were young 60 per cent being under the age of 25 There were Iii recommended for the Canadian Army Regus lar Thirty lined the Militia inyBarrie Orilha and Midland and four were recommended for course to qualify them as instructors The first course candidates were entirely satisfactory They did very good job work ed hard and all but one passed the final EXEmiDEllOD HOWARD Captain Administration officer Special Militia Trbining Program Grey and Simone Foresters INDIGNANI Dear Sir think am likely for from being the only citizen of Barrie who felt concern and some in 90V W131 Mullen in reading the ac England digestion on ratlc noidemocratic fro EDITOR count of the recommendations of the Striking Committee and their adoption by council at Monday nights session The electors of Ward have reason to be especially con cerned with the apparent and repeated attempt to belittle and obscuretbe abilities of one of the most experienced capable and valuable members of coun cil Mr Charles Wilson who topped the poll in the ward One would have expected him to be on the striking commit tee on the general government committee chairman of an important committee and one of the acting mayors Ile is none of these nor is Mr Bob erts another valued represen tative nor Mr Newton also earperlenCed and highly regard Whatever the motive the ac tion arouses doubts as to the fairness of important decisions and inclines the interested voter to agree with the comment of Illr Roberts This lrbureau is it 00 late to make better be ginning ELECTOR WARD PLASTI DOME Largest reinforced ti structursiu Europe dome 70 feet in diameter 56 feet high TODAY IN HISTORY By TE CANADIAN PRESS JAN 20 1962 George died ahd Ed ward VIII was proclaimed king 23 years ago todayin 1936 Edward reigned only few months however abdi catiug later that year to marry Wallis Warfleld Simpson George VI father of the present queen suc ceeded to the throne 1951 westbound CNli trans continental asscn ger train hit spit rail near Ghost River Ont kill ing one person and injuring 74 1341 Hong Kong was ceded to Britain as crown colony BIBLE THOUGHT King Rehoboam amok the counsel which the old men gave him and took counsel with the the young men who had grown up with blobll Chronicles 10 Some youths are slow to ap preciate the wisdom that comes only through age and experi ence They listen to their bud dies instead The tragic end of Reboboam is warning to such ones THE FIRST COLUMN Good Humor Lost lifter Fine Meal By KEN WALLS CITY COUNCIL wranzicd for four hour at the tint buc ious routine this year on Monday I0 that another Spec ill section III necessary lost ulghtloxstonwithibclseo do no lengthy opening debat concerned committee appoint ments relatively unimportant in ooznpsrison to such urgent matter or the sewerage syst Im traffic and parking Indust rial development electors WE FIND THIS arguing lire sage indeed Just prior to the meeting marchers of council were dined and entertained roy oily by the Kiwanis Club With good meal music fellowship and good speech by the mayor under their belts you would imagine the city fathers would be in an amiable agre eable mood for the next few hours But this is all to the good People and muncillorr ur uslly know what they want LIKE THE MAN who siepped up to bar and asked for martini compounded of 24 parts gin one part venncuth The bartender was bit startled but gcmc Yes sir he said Like slice of lemon peel iwistcd in iii Said the gent if Id wanted lemonade Id have asked for it WHICH REMINDS of the intoxicated Individual who stop ped man on the street Mister he whimpered havent had bite for three days So the man hit him ITS LIKE the old newspaper cliche If dog bites man it isnt news unless hes the postman BACHELORS are plentiful in Barrie very eligible too but according to the local dolly newpaper there is one less This was in the list of guests in the social column at New Years party As the gentleman in question was de nying the matrimonial attribute and stating the report had done him no good since he pointed out with some pride It wasnt often you could take your will girl friend to the some puiy JOURNALISM is In uncimg profession particularly In the daily newspaper field when time and deadlines are of pr ime importance it has been written that error are placed in the columns on purpose to please those who look them Dont let them kid you No selfrespecting editor likes to see mistake of any kind There are two ways inywbieh errors can happen First the writer get something wrong Second It may be correct what It hits the composing room but someone there goofs and chang es things around for the good of everyone and unintentionally of course TWO WE CALL to mind rc cenily The item was sent down correctly as Papal Bull But when it got into print it was Bill Then there was this mixed bonsplel and how did that curling ever get in here again This event was unique in that all girls rinks opposed all mens But when the drawmasicr counted noses he found there was one loo many mule skips one too few females One prominent rnnle manfully offered to play as lady This newspaper list ed all the names ond our sp orts editor decided playfully to add an and make him is her vernal But somebody figured our Steve made this lake for once and Iopped off the and so his humor was completely lost an the public WHICH NATURALLY lo dl Into this jest The prospective mother was showing the pink dresses she brought for the expected child But what if its boy neighbor wom an asked What will you do with all these pink dresses In that case she replied ilell wear the dresses and Ill get his father to teach him to light REPORT FROM UK Lack Of Housing Hurling Villagers By Ill MdNTYRE HOOD SpeLial London England Correspondent for The Barrie Examiner LUTON Bediordsbire new type of housing problem threatens to make the two Bedfordsbire villages of Wing field and Tebwortfl ghost vil lages or small communities inhabited only by old people The lack of housing accommo dation is driving young people away from the villages to more enterprising places Deer Starve In Heavy Snow OlNova Scotia Last Winter By ED SMITH HALIFAX CPlNova Scotla hunters may have to be satis fied with an averagekill of 20 DOD deer season from now on Thats equal to the Ieanut year in the last two decades and less than half the take in such pro lific yearsas 1948 i951 1953 1954 and 1955 The ideais likely to bring skeptical retort fromdelegates to the Nova Scuiia Fish and Game Associations annual meetingbere But the statis tical and scientific evidence will be hard to argue against The annual kill has been declin ing steadily in recent years and some county conservation organizations already feel the clam bellris loud enough Three eastern mainland com munities want onedeer limit institutedatonce for the entire province The single deer of either sex limit governed the provinces western counties last year but hunters stalking any where east of Halifax and Tramcould bag two deer The Kings County fish and gameassoelatioa feels the one desalimit isnt strong enough medicine It wants shortening of tho sixweek hunting season by two weeks SMALL 5va Individual hunters are di vided between optimism that this is the low point of the cycle and pessimists who suggest closed season beforevthe white tail goes the way of the moose The 1961 kill is believed to have run about 72000 about 10000 less than in 1960 Dr DonaldG Builds pro vincial government biolo gist and visiting professor of wildlife management at Acadia University Wolfville NS has probably the most formidable theory why venison will no longer come easy for the res ident who plops down his $4 for the right to hunt or the nonres ldeut who pays $40 There imayideaca that the deer population has reached peak and is declining to the level which can be maintained by the land This he says is most true for non indigenous animals those not native to the area Dr Dodds adds that in some cases the decline goes even be low the carrying capacity of the range The range may improve and the deer increase but their numbers never approach orig inal peak densities DOWN SINCE 1954 There is record of white tailed deer in Nova Scotia be fore the 17th century but it is believed todays hard is de sceuded from unisrials that came by the Isthmus of Chig uecto from New Brunswick in the late 19th century and from animals raised in Digby and Yarmoutb counties early this century Dr Dodds sdys he believes the annual kill will stabilize around 20000 The highest reported kill was in 1954 when 46389 deer were taken That was about 22 deer per square mile and deer killed per licence decline set in until 1948 when there was slight up swing but the success ratio as measured by kills per licence has been downward since 1954 Dr Dodds and William Dickie of Halifuxppresident of the Nova Scotia Fish and Game Association Alsace with the gen eral concensus that heavy snows last winter particularly in eastern Nova Scotia starved hundreds of deer Sprawling suburbia and shrinking forest noisy express highways and poisonous insecti cides on vegetable and blue berry patches have also been blamed STRONG TOUCH Garlic used for flavsrlng food since the earliest times in Eur ope is species of onion In the last 25 years only 16 council houses have been built in Wingfield and Tebworth In the same period home have been condemned as unfit for habitation So young people who wish to marry and settle down in home of their own simply have to move out to nonlinear community ENGAGED FIVE YEARS Take the case of iiiyear old Ronald Horne who has been engaged for five years He re uses to leave the village in which he was born and where he has lived all his life He says At the moment am hav ing to stay with my parents There seems no possibility of getting house for two years and even then it will be doubt ful will justhave to be put ient and wait although it would be nice to be able to get mar ried Mr Horne driver for local cement compfinl is ca gaged to 22 yearold June Al ien of Toddingtou She is prev pared to wait until they can set house Mr Homes mother isyear old Mrs Edna Home is on the parish council We fought for four years to have $75000 sewage system installed and now that we have it the Luton Rural Council wont build any houses to use it she says Mrs Home is heading up deputation to make an appeal to the Luton Rural Council to build more houses It is the only way we can save the parish says Mrs Horne It is rapidly becoming an old peoples village and un less we can provide houses for young married coupleswing field and Tebwortb will die NONE FOR THREE YEARS The last person in the village to marry and stay there was Mrs Valerie Griffin was married three years ago and there must have been at least dozen other couples married after me They have all gone from the village but was lucky enough to get house it was chance in thou sand said this zzayear old housewife Roberts another parish councillor says The rural council is building 14 old peoples bungalows sub jectdo approval But what is the use of houses for old peo ple when the youngsters nre being forced away Many of the old folk who will be moving into thenew bungalows are now living in condemned premises So the net result will be to effect little change in the accomm available at on