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HOLD ELECTION Ol OFFICERS Staff Shortage Sick Leave Plagues Local Health Unit The rault ot shortage of qualified public health nurses plus many week of sirlr time draw up very clearly in the sta tistics for the year said Dr Scott director of the Simcoe County Health Unit Maternal and child health is felt to be one of the most im portant areas of work be said Twelve nurses received spe cial instruction in the leader ship techniques of discussion groups The registration at the new lyorganired prenatalnnd post natai closes was disappointing but not discouraging said Dr Scott Enthusiasm ls high in those areas which had sufficient num bers to complete the series Plans are underway for clas ses in 1961 INFANT VISITS Home visits to infanu drop pod from 6450111 1960 to 5439 in 1961 This is felt by the dir ector to be due to insufficient staff rather than any great rc ductlon in the birth rate The number of preschool children visited remains unchanged at 3335 Visits to expectant mo thcrs dropped by seven per cent This is very disappoint ing said Dr Scott The two registered nursas wereabie to give assistance to the public health nurses by tak ing over the routine vision screening There were 9173 vi sion tests made All grade se vcn students are being tested in the current school year Less work was accomplifii ed in the Secondary Schools with drop to 1431 interviews from 1950 in 1960 said Dr Scott omcnos of Sheba Shrine Club for 1962 are seen above at Barrie Community House following their installation from left ohn Dobson treasurer Roy Cline Orillia secretary Terry Harris Bar rie director Fred Mo Brien Toronto installing of ficial Dr Frank Sham non Barrie director and past president Bert Jennett Barrie president Veldon Car ter Oriiiin past president Ken McAuley Elmvale first vicepresident John Fergu son Eimvale director Christie Collingwood direc tor Gordon Watson Cree more director Frank Taylor Barrie second vicepresident Bert Jennett of Harrie was installed as president of the Sheba Shrine Club of Sim coe County last week at Com munity House Mr Jennctt left is congratulated by the installing officer Fred Me Brlen of Toronto Chief Hal ban of Rameses Temple tSmith Studio THREW BRICKS AT HUSBAND Saw Wife Necking Trial Witness Testifies prosecution witness testi fied yesterday in the second day of the noncapital murder trial of Lydia Ann Crawford that on two occasions he had seen her necking with men in cars and that when she lost her tem per she threw such objects as books and bricks at her hus band John and at his car John Wine 18 of Toronto who had spent eight months with the Army at Camp Bor den said the deceased John Crawford and take it and was one of the best men he know He said the accused Lydia Crawford had no ability to control herself saw her necking 1n the car in the driveway with Ken Hill Wine said Jack Crawford came out and kicked Hill off the property Wine said that on another occasiouhe had seen Mrs Crawford necking in car with Ted Corbett When asked to define necking he said she was kissing him and was in semi prone position He testified that on one oc casion she hit car and truck in the driveway of the Tiffin Street home with shovel SWIMMING PARTY Wine told the court of swim ming party at gravel pit to wards the end of July where he said Mrs Crawford had made advances to Patrick Dor is Her husband Wine said had slapped her and carried her to the car Wine denied sug gestion by the defence that Mrs Crawford had been knocked un conscious by the blow Prior to the noon recess the prosecution called number of expert witnesses Dr Grant Cclpits patholog ist at Royal Victoria Hospital said John Crawford had died of massive hemorrhage tsp caus ed which had penetrated beyond the chest wall to depth of two inches The wound was consistent with one thrust Dr Coipits said It was chance that the object causing the wound had passed through thin muscle If it had hits the ribs it would not have penetrated John Henry Funk an analyist at the attorney generals labor atory testified bloodstained shirt trousers and other cloth ing said to be John Crawfords was stained with type human blood the blood type of the de ceased womans blouse was introduced into evidence which had the third button missing and halfinch tear near the fourth button Douglas Lucas testified that sample of Craw fords blood Jaken after his death contained 11 parts per thousand of alcohol This quantity of alcohol Mr Lucas said would not make man drunk but it would affect his judgment He would feel more confident in such mat ters as driving car and his selfcontrol would be lessened GIRL TESTIFIES Dorothy Irene Markwick 17 Who lives across the road from 36 fiffin Street was called to the stand She told of on incident stithrce oclock one morning when she gone to the sunporch of her ome to sleep lgLydia ran across the road six to seveninch wound chemist and Jack came after her lie grabbed her by the hair and arm and dragged her back across the street Miss Markwick told the court that her parents didnt like her to visit the Crawford home be cause neighbors were complain ing about the noise which went on there at night You couldnt sleep for the noise Miss lilarkwick said because of the record player and people screaming and sing my She said cars turning into the driveway of 736 Tiffin Street would gun their engines and turn sharply into the driveway with squeal of tires Kenneth Kennard 23 Thorn ton testified he had known Crawford for 10 or 15 years and The number of immunization centres for infants and pre school childron inrural areos grows smaller each year This is to be expected said Dr Scott Many parents prefer to take their infants to the fam ily doctor or to monthly town clinic as soon as theyare old enough to have inoculations he explained This is much more desirable than waiting un til the annual clinic arrives sev eral months later The public health nurse is responsible forpublicity health education and assisting with both rural and city immunization clinics Home visiting on behalf of tuberculosis has risen slightly that the deceased was good natured person wrom people al ways liked Questioned by the Crawford home on the weekend defence xennard aimed um He said the fellows who were at Crawford got mad at his wife the Crawford home usually quite often ontbo average of brought beer and there were once week He said he had maybe two cases of 24 bottles never seen Crawford hi hi of beer there on the weekend wife but had once seen him He said Mrs Crawford had ob grab her by the hair He said he did not know the causeof their frequent arguments Kennerd told the court Mrs Crawford had looked after the two children and that John Crawford had spent much of his spare time with them Kcnnord was asked how much beer was usually on hand at the Salvation Army Hold Meetings Wide Attendance The local Salvation Army Corps will hold Day with the Word of God today Meetings will be held at 10 am 230 and pm in the new citadel on Collier Street Brigadier Sharpe will preside over the meetings Al so in attendance will be the div isional headquarters staff from jected to the number of people at the house on the weekends Will Not Arrange Benefit Contest The benefit hockey game which has been held by the Bar rie and District Retarded Chil drens Association for the past three years could not be arrang ed this year Witnesses testified there were as many asninc or 10 people at the Crawford home on week ends and on occasions some of the guests had slept in car in the backyard Barrie Red Cross Society Searching For Missing Donors The Blood Donor Committee of the Barrie Branch of the Cat nadian Red Cross Society are most anxious to get in touch with the following 1istof people They have all been donors at clinics held in the past three years and their cards have all Twist New Done In 1873 Wallace Smith of Cedar Har bour has found facts to sub stantiate the claim that the new dancing craze The Twist is not as newas it is reported to be While reading the August so 1873 issue of the Canadian Illus trated News Mr Smith came across the following informa tion waltzing match took place the other evening at Eur eka between couple of gen tlernen on wager of $60 The winner danced three and oneball hours during which he exhausted the dancing pow er of several ladies It was discovered he had secreted bottlejack and wound himself up occasionally to renew the twist Mr Smith has the complete hound issue for the year of the News which was published in Montreal by George Du barats UnionShy WhiteCollar Worke MightBe Coaxed Archer Says TORONTO CPlDavid Ar cher president of the Ontario Federation of Labor says on ionshy white collar workers mlghthe coaxed into the move ment if reassured their disputes could be settled without strikes Speaking at panel discus sion sponsored by the workers education ossnciation Tuesday Mr Archer said white collar workers are difficult to organ ize they dont like strikes That is not the case with other workers he said Unions Address Unknown written on times 43 Dunlop St Barrie neg However letter was receiv ed by the Association from the Associated Travellers Associa tion announcing that the club was holding monster buffet in June at which the major door prize would be 16font tourist trailer complete with toilet stove and refrigerator There will also be $575 in cash prizes Money fromthis projectwill go towardsrtbo Sheltered Work Shop building fund or to pay for sit Photo Firm ls Convicted over Ads TORONTO CF Eddie Black Limited photographic equipment concern was fined $1000 Tuesday on nine charges of misleading advertising Magistrate Elmore lined the concern $200 for each charge with the convictions based on new section of the Combines Investigation Act de signed to stop materially mis leading representations to the public in the sale of goods Magistrate Elmore referred to advertisements using than words regular selling Price and stated the advertisements were totally fraudulent done to accomplish specific pur pose topromnte sales Oriilia Salvation Army offic ers and soldiers will be coming from as far north as Huntsville and as far south as Aurora The public is welcome to at tend Motorist Charged Following Accident William Jacobs 70 of 168 Clapperton Street was charged with careless driving and failing to yield the rightofway after an accident yesterday morning at the intersection of Ross and Maple Streets His car was in collision with vehicle driven by Peter Scho tanus 17 of HR Barrie Mrs Margaret Jacobs 76 received bruised right arm in the accident Damage was estimated at $400 to each vehirde been sent but returned with them If anyone reading this list knows of their whereabouts would they pleasecall PA 8495 or PA 84134 It is especially important for all Onegative donors to have their cards with them at all John Workman 371 Keewatio Ave Barrio Charles OHaniey Bayfield St Barrie Michael Austwick RR Barrie Jack Ouwendyk RR Barrie Mulrey RR Barrie Johannes Petrus Painswick 0nt Gor don Wilson 11R Barrie Mrs McLelIand 197 Collier St Barrie Thurlow RR Stroud Miss Catherine Scarbro 38 McDonald St Earrie Russell RR Stayner Ray Robertson HR Barrie Mrs Kate Rinnenburger 62 Caroline St Barrie Wi Patterson 54 Coulson Ave Angus OCon nell Dunlap St Barrie Mrs McGibbon 279 Blake St Barrie Meianson 145 Vic toria St Barrie Johnston Priest Declines To Say Grace fAt Royal York TORONTO CP Roman Catholic priest has declined an invitation to say grace at dim ner Feb in aid of crippled children at the strikebound Royal York Hotel Many sports celebrities will be attending the usersplate din ner organized by the Ontario Sportsw ters and Sportscasters Association During the last 10 years the annual functionhas raised $208000 for the Ontario Society for Crippled Children Rev John Crowley former coach of the Toronto St Mich aels College hockey team and now teacher in Sudbury said he understood it was the wisb of Most Rev Philip Pocock Ro man Catholic Coedjutor Arch Alfred Harvey RR Barrie neg Mrs Handy Barrie Gervais 104 Hol gote St Barrie neg Emms RR Barrie neg Dekkers RR Barrie Bowman Dunlop St Bar rie Allen 41 Worsley Sti Barrie Ottawa Skyway To Be Discussed OTTAWA CPTbc federal governmont is prepared to dis cuss with Ottawa and provin cial authorities proposal by mayor Charlotte Whitton to put the Queensway on stilts through central Ottawa The Queensway is fourlane divided highway through the heart of Ottawa due for com pietinn by 1955 Works Minister Walker said Tuesday the stilt idea is an imaginative proposal which cer tainly deserves study The mayors proposal made earlier in council would be to raise the highway for di tance of about mile to pro vide downtown parking foran additional 3000 cars and cut down on the citys cxpropriation costs Cost would be $5000000 like the Autoor Steelworkers would ow up their hands in horro it were suggested they submit to compulsoryarbitra tion They prefer to use their eco nomic strength and strike it necessary to support their de mands he said But compulsory arbitratiob might have its uses For inst ance hospital workers cant strike They would immediately lose the support of the commun ity and everyone with friend or relative ing hospital he reached for comment accepted the invitation The association has asked alergyman ofxanother omin ation to say the prayer fun tion normally carried out by clergymen of various deno ationson arotating basil support received bishop of Toronto tbat priests Archbishop Pocock could not tmm3681n1960104191hls can be attributed to visits made to families of grade one or sec ondary sdiool students with positive reaction to the Heat lest CLOSE RELATIONSHIP Dr Scott reported that clue er working relationship had been established between the County Clinic and the Ontario Hospitals which serve this area in few instances said Dr Scott our nurses have been able to give support to the pa tierrt in his home when the so cial worker from the Ontario Hospital was unable 16 make visit Although the number of per sons continues to be small gradual rise can be seen in those requiring care through public health nursing and in the number of return visits per person said Dr Scott In 1961 171 visits were made to 83 persons compared to only 04 vls its to 47 persons in the year previous Dr Scott described the public bcatlh nurse as follows in many instances the public healthnurso is the linson be tween the family in serious fin ancial difficulty and source of material assistance Our sta tistics do not give true picture of the amount of work involved either in visits and phone calls to welfare officers or errands and phone calls to the families Such errands and phone calls may involve considerable miie age and much time in recent months we have uestioued whether this is the pub health nurses function Many health agencies do not consider it nursing duty There has been rise from 151 visits to 56 families in 1960 to 201 visitsto 89 families in 1961 When there is stuff shore ago Dr Scott said the grou meeting is one excellent way to provide service to as many people as possible in 1961 the nurses addressed 60 meetings as compared to 85 in 1960 This has been quite success ful and it is in addition to the group discussions mentioned above said the doctor in spite of the current short age of qualified public health nurses we are looking forward to program of increased nurs ing service in 1962 he said Crop Improvement Association Meet Elect Executive Officers An important meeting of the new year was held at Vcspra Township Hall lilidhurst re cently when the directors of lhe North Simcoe Soil and Crop 1m provcment Association as elect ed at the annual meeting at Eimvnle on Dec met for an allidny session to elect officers and plan their program for 1962 The meeting was well attend ed in spite of the blocked roads which kept many from the north and eastern townships from get ting out The retiring president Culham reported veryactive year with well over 100 mem bers cooperating in the various crop and land use projects and keen interest being shown in the annual seed fair at Blmvale in March He also reported that 122 enjoyed the tour to the OAC in June Great interest had al so been shown in the pasture improvement competition with 26 completions of which 20 sent in reports for the study of poo ture values in terms of pounds of milk or beef produced per acre Morris Darby Waverley who has been secretarytreasurer of the association for 20 years and is on the provincial board of directors as pastrpresident of the Ontario Soil and Crop provement Association reported an expenditure of $212654 for 1961 and membership of 515 at $1 per member The major expenditure was for assistance yvith crop projects and the seed arr The election of officers result ed in several changes in the executive for 1962 which is as follows past president Culham Stayner president Marvyn Parker Minesing first Vice resident Don Harvie Drillia RR second vice president Ivan Clark Shanty Bay HR secretarytreasurer Morris Darb Waverley as sistant secretary Raikes Barrie project director Stew art Page Ontario Dept of Agriculture Barrie At the noonluncheon Reeve Carman Downey of Vcspra Township commended NSSCIA on the extensive and worthwhile program being carried through each year by the association and Mr Culham on his part expressed appreciation of the each year from county council DISCUSS COMPETITION During the afternoon Kingsbury of the field crops branch and Donald Bell Barrie discussed the pasture improvement competition and the study of pasture values as associated with the compet on Plans were made to continue both programs this year and 15 entries have already been re ceived In the discu onoa pastures it was emphas that the most important steps in good pasture production were Selection of the best grass and clover variefies for seeding to suit the land and the need Adequate ferti to get the new seeding off to good start Soil test and supply ad uate fertility from year=to yea in the form manure or commer cial fe er or both Chemical weed contrabandor dipp to prevent weeds from infesting tb pasture In this nneciiun lb covery that the 241313 sprays could be safelyjused on alfalfa About three weeks ago Father and trefoil seedlings has proven to boa great help in establish ing good hay and pasture stands and followup of adoL quote fertility usually results in such thick ground cover that weeds have little chance of get ting started special meeting to discuss the pasture improvement com petition and study of pasture values program for 1962 was planned and all interested are invited to attend this meeting to be held at Die board room Ontario Department of Agricul ture Harrie on Tuesday Feb 15 at 130 pm Dr Tassel head of the field husbandry dc portment OAC Stan Young and Klngsbury will be present ATTENTION T0 PROJECTS The selection of projects and cooperators for 1962 was given considerable attention at the directors meeting under the direction of the agricultural re presentative and cooperators were named to carry through the rod row tests in oat and barley varieties andficld row tests in grain and ensilage corn Further impk was also author lzed re demonstrations of hay and pasture mixtures and fer tility buildup fertility main tenance liming and drainage work particularly in connection with problem soil areas bud get was also set for further weed control and potato pro jccts It was also announced that the annual seed fair and crop meeting is to be held at Elm vaie Community Hall on Friday March with March reserv ed for getting the entries in Details about the seed fair will be announced at later date but it is not too early to get the seed grain and small seeds pre pared for the show and sam ple sent off for an official grade Trust Funds cheque or you may leave the interest to principal is due THE BARR WEDNESDAY JAN 24 City Growing Now At 2166 Barries new population fig ure is 21660 This is an increase of so over the citys 1961 population of 21312 Figure released by City Clerk Ben Straugban showed decline in births over last year from 1129 in 1960 to 1106 in Deaths rose from 195 in 1960 to Z1511 1961 Stillbirth in 1961 numbered 15 an increase of one over the previous year Ward population of the city is now as follows Word Doc 3331 Ward Two 7502 Ward Three 5916 Ward Four 4911 $11000 Raised For Ioumalism Scholarship Fund TORONTO CPlA total of $11000 ital been raised toward an objective of $100000 for the purpose of instituting journal ism scholarshlp in the name of the late secretarygeneral of the United Nations Dag Hammars kjold fund sponsors announced Tuesday Stanley Burke president of the UN correspondents Associ ation which is sponsoring the fund said the money will be used to bring two journalists each year to Iho United States from underdeveloped countries to study the UN and to train at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York Mr Burke said the total so for has been reached without any contributions as yet from any major US press networks on papers SUN lIFE APPOINTMENT THOMAS ANDERSON Canada announces the appoin ment of Thomas Andelson Brand Manager of the Eamo Branclr He succeeds Douglas Smith who becomm Manager of the Sudbury Branch Mr Ander son afonner Wing Commander in the Royal Canadian Air Force joined the Sun Life as reprei sentotive in Barrie in 1959 He has been District Supervisor in the Barrie Branch for the past iNTEREST Victoria and Grey Trust Company Guaranteed Investment Certificates Short Term Investment to year terms ln amounts from $100 up Authorized Investment for Unconditionally guaranteed Principal does not fluctuate interest is payable year tAdvt rhalf yearly by have the interest de posited to your savings account or you may accumulate until the Victorlaand Grey Trust Company owenspuno ONTARIO Enquiries may be made through HEng ELRICKAND MICHIE mum