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Barrie Examiner, 27 Jan 1962, p. 2

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Mrs Lydia Crawford left is seen leaving Slmcoa Coun ty Courthouse with her mo IiCQIIITTED 0P MURDER CHARGE ther Mrs Leonard of To ronto Mrs Crawford was acquitted yesterday of non capital murder laid follow ing the stabbingdeath of her husband Jack Crawford last Sept Te trial lasted five days and was the first mur dcr case heard in Barrie courts since 1957 Announce The Winner Of Memorial Contest By CARL MOLLINS TORONTO CPI Cnnndas first major monument to the Fathers of Confederation will be cluster of classically sim pie structures with crystal Memorial Hall as centrepiece The combined memorial and arts centre to be built in Char lottetown was designed by six Montreal architects Their plan was announced as first prize winner here Friday in na tional architectural competition that drew 47 entries The plan was entered by the youthful firm of Raymond Ale fleck Guy Desbarats Dimitri Jury member Sir Basil Spence architect of Englands new Coventry Cathedral said the winning design displays great imagination and sensi tivity It captures the true feel log of the town Charlottetownl and Is beautiful expression oi the event it commemorates The Montreal firm also wins the commission to carry out its plan and supervise construction of the memorial It will be built on site just west of tho tlSyearold Prince Edward Island where political leaders of five colonies first mapped plans in legislature September 1864 to unite as the Dominion of Canada three years Later The memorial foundation hopes the project will be com plated in time for the 100th an niversary of the Charlottetown conference The architects estimate the cost of the building complex at 53771000 but landscaping and other improvements in the pro vincial capitals main square may boost the cost to some 55000000 Federal and provincial gov ernments have pledged support for the project Dimakopoulos Frederick Le bcnsfold iiazcn Sise and town planner Norbert Schocnuuer Their deceptively simple dee signi conquered the sevenman iuryslorvly during two days of judging It finally wonunani mods praise for architectural excellence and suitability DEATHS ny THE CANADIAN PRESS OttawaJohn Taylor 90 retired business executive who worked for 80 years for paer company believed to be worlds record for continuous service Naples Italy Charles Lucky Luciano 64 notorious American gangster Cleveland Ohio Steve ONeill 69 who spent more than 40 years in professional baseball as catcher and man ager Los AogelesMrs Lucy Rob ins Lang in her late 70 an early leader of the American la bor movement Detroit Stella Hoban 71 singEr who introduced the hit song Pretty Baby in 1916 RomeLuigi Cimara one of Italys foremost actors during the period between the two world wars TorontoAnnie Thorsby Scad ding H4 former supervisor of nurses for 23 years at Toronto General Hospital WEATHER Official forecasts issued in Toronto at am Synopsis An outbreak of cold air has spread over the Great Lakes area The cold air is lik ely to dominate the weather in Onéario throughout the week en Lake St Clair Lake Erie southern Lake Huron Lake 0n tariorregions Windsor London and Hamilton Mainly sunny and uch colder today and Sun dayx mds northwest 20 to 30 tori becoming northerly 15 to nigh and Sunday Northern Lake Huron south cm Georgian an regions Var iable cloudiness with snow squalls and drifting snow today and much colder Winds northwest 20 to 30 be coming northerly 15 tonight and Sunday Niagara region Clear this mornmg followed byincreasing cloudiness and some snowflur ries tonight and Sundayrmuch colder Winds northwest 20 to 30 shifting to north 20 tonight and Sunday Toronto Sunny and much colder today and Sunday Winds northwEst 20 to 30 today becom Ing north 15 tonight and Sun days Algoma region Sault Ste Marie Varlabie cloudiness tor day Snow and drifting andw near Lake Superior Mainly clear tonight and Sunday much colder Winds northwest Windsor StThomas London Kitchener Wingham Mount Forest Luciano Leaves Authorities With It Legacy Of Mystery NAPLES Italy APCharies iLucky Luciano died as he had lived under the eyes of the law and the exczar of the US un derworld left authorities on two continents legacymystery shadowed to the very end the 64yearold Sicilianborn crime king dropped dead Friday at Naples Capodichino airport un der the watch of narcotics agent In Washington Henry Gior dano deputy commissioner of the US Narcotics Bureau indi cated Luciano had faced irn minent Iwith continuing investigation of 550300000 dope ring smashed in New York last year Police said the dope was smug gled into the United States from Italy and Canada arrest in connection Italian authorities said they will continue their investigation of Lucianos underworld links in connection with the dope ring and ordered an autopsy to de termine the exact cause of Lucianos death STRICKEN AS WALKS Luciano dapper in blue jacket and grey flannel slacks was from the airline terminal to his ear with Martin Arnold Gosch an Amcrcan film producer who lives in Madrid stricken while walking Martin Martin mut FORECAST day becoming north 15 tonight and Sunday TORONTO CF Forecast temperatures Low tonight High Sunday 25 25 20 Kapuskasmg White River Moosonee SS Marie INSURANCE QUALITY WITH ECONOMY PROTECTION IS OUR PRODUCT SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS It BENTLEY co tered Luciano seizing Goschs arm before falling to tha side Walk doctor called from the on infirmary said Luciano died instantly apparently of heart attack Goscb said he camerto see Lucianoabout movie he was planning to make about Luci anoa life An official police statement said the Italian narcotics agent was at the airport tocontrol Lucianos activities as be greeted his visitor from Spain The statement said agents have been looking into possible inter national narcotics smuggling in voleog Luciano and two fugi tives Frank Caruso 50 and Vincent Mauro 45 TORONTO LINK An underworld tip to RCMP in Toronto led to their arrest said RCMP Superintendent WoodsJohnson The RCMP was told they were in Nassau in the Bahamas but they had left for Spain before US agents acting on that tip arrived there The two were among 14 per sons indicted on narcotics charges early last year in New York However Caruso Mauro and Salvatore Maneri 49 skipped bail before their 11 co defendants went on trial last September and were convicted The three were seized in Spain last Diesday Luciano had lived in high style in this southern Italian city under police surveillance almost all the time since he was deported Earn the United States lingt1946 after serving 10 years of soyear sentence for white slavery crime he claimedwas the only thing never did SEEK PRODUCTIVITY LONDON Reuters Na tional Producfiviterear which aims to focus attention on ev ery possible means within the capacity of management and workers to raise efficiency and lower costs was amounted Thursday at simultaneous press conferences in London Cardiff and Glasgow It has the support of trade unions employers uni versities and technical colleges In Harmony With Report On Railways MONTREAL CPI Crump President of the Cana dian Pacific Railway Company said Friday his companys prin ciples are in harmony with the theme underlying the Maciherv son commission mart The MacPherson royal com mission recently released the second part of its reportto the federal government It urged more competition and less gov ernment restriction in the field of transportation Mr CnImp in statement commenting on the report said Canadian Pacific has never asked for anything but fair treatment nor does it shrink from meeting the challenge posed by any or all forms of transportation competing on an equal footing Mr Crump lauded the com mission for the bold clear thinking it brought to bear on the problem but pointed out what he called several emis sions The report recommended the creation of national transpor tation advisory council but it is to be regretted stopped short of delineating clearly the composition and functions of such body He welcomed the reports re iteration of its earlier finding that railways must be properly compensated for services which they are required by law or public policy to perform re gardless of whether the services TE HARRIS mm SATURDAY JANUARY 37 GLENN Continued from page one terrand waved cheerily to re porters outside If he was nervous in the face at an historic and dangerous mission he gave no outward aignotituhorodeinavsnto the launch site went up in an elevator and climbed into the capsule Only the weather went wrong The Atlas booster the world wide tracking network and the recovery forces all wonready for the IirsiU5 try at orbital flight Friday Glenn watched an other Atlaa perform flawlessly as it hurled Ranger space uaft on flight to the vicinity of the moon When Glenn goes the same type of rocket will boost him into orbit at 17500 miles an hour at altitudes from 100 to 150 miles Whenever tho Shot is tried again the astronaut will orbit the earth three times if the rocket can be fired by 930 am delay past it am would cut his mission to one orbit With him at all times Friday was the backup pilot Navy Lt Cmdr Scott Carpenter Carpen ter participated in the same rigid preparation as Glenn LtCol John Powers spokesman for the astronauts said Glenn veteran test pilot wanted it stressed that although we have reduced the risk as far as is humanly possible there is still risk The flight is intended to prolt vldo guidelines for Americas future course in space Scien tists seek an answer to how man is able to function in upros longed periods of weigh ness Man going to other plan ets would have this sensation of freefalling almost the entire flight which could last weeks On his 17orblt flight last Aug Russian spaceman Titov re ported thnt most of the time he suffered vertigo sickness or dizziness He said this was especially pronounced when he turned his head sharply or ob served swlftiy moving objects outside his spaceship is NOT ENTIRELY UNEMPLOYED TORONTO GP It appears that the Metro Association for Unemployed Workers an organization of unem ployed men with the welfare of unemployed men in mind isnt entirely unemployed At an association meeting one official turned up in dinner jacket Another came puffing on cigar And the president disclosed that he has job Actually cigar smoking vice president Tom James said he also works along with president Stan Thom ley The elegantlyclad official Tony Daniele has job too Forty five members at tended the meeting are economically feasible Sir Tyrone Gu Gilbert Iind Su LONDON CF Sir Tyrone Guthrie known in Canada for his association with theShake spearean Festival Theatre at Stratford Ont is in Londons West End preparing the cutof copytight Gilbert and Sullivan productions that won acclaim in Canada and the United States His productionsof HMS Pina fore and The Pirates of Penn once have already been seen in New York and Stratford Ont where they were big success In London they will open in February at Her Majestys The atre in direct competition with the traditional DOyly Carts season playing to capacityat the Savoy on the other side of Trafalgar Square In an interview with Weatherby of the Manchester Guardian Guthrie said the 651 ing of the copyright in Britain on Gilberts librettos which expired Dec 31 along with the 5dyear DOyly Carte monopoly on productionmade no differ ence to him try to approach Gilbert and Sullivan with the right kind of reverence theyre classics LOST TASTE Guthrie or this year said that after an adolescent craze for and he went off them for long time was little put off by the cultall the people who should burn the tunes and quote the lines it seemed symbolic BARRIE lIBERAlS Annual Meeting Library HaII WEDNESDAY JANUARY Si 800 pm ELECTION OF I931 EXECUTIVE All Liberal minded residents of Barrie and Vespra are urged to attend arrIe Liberal Association thrie Preparing llivan Shows of kind of Eoglishness Im against an upper middle classy self consciousness and exclusiveness Then in later life tried them again and suddenly found they had enormous charm and were really fun and wanted to do them myself His Gilbert and Sullivan pro ductions drew enthusiastic au diences in Canada The tall Irisheborn producer explained They werent bored with the cult They came very fresh to it all with no preconceptions and they found it great fun rams MANY THINGS The versatile Guthriehe has produced drama opera musi cal comedy anrlflfarce and ad ministered botb Sadlers Wells and the Old Vichas been called everything from the one genius weve got to mas ter clutterer because he likes to work with huge casts Few would dispute another titlethe chief architect of Shakespearean productions In Canada Guthrie knighted 1951 likes to try anything and oc casionally lights up theatreland gt English settlement An Examiner reporter la apects the smashed window in the door of tho Stroud lGA Barrie YMYWCA may have first to its credit by estab lishing village branch in Hillsdaie was told It wouldnt work and half believed it at first says Russ Davey executive die rector of Barrie and the prime mover in the lliilsdalo project Theres too peopla in Hills dale and 15 of them are mem bers of the there Mr Davey didnt do this all alone oivcourse and received valuable assistance from Tony Eccles member of the OPP and Gerald Ganton Hillsdale hotel owner Mr Ganton pro vides hotel space for ac tivities including gym crafts judo woodwork and auto meeblt anics HIS CAREER The Hillsdaie branch is an example of Russ Daveys he lief in the and its power in the community Russ did not always feel this way towards work as being his career Born in New Toronto Russ moved to Oriilia where be com pleted most of his education in my final year of high school was in everything school basketball football and debating teams cub pack lead er of 60 boys Sunday School teacher senior champion in track and field head boy and an officer in the schools cadet corps Russ entered the University of Toronto with the intention of becoming lawyer but he changed his mind and decided on teaching career Heplanned to teach physical education Englnh or history while still retaining desire to continue in youth work As King Scout Russ ran the camp program at the district cub camp in Orillia During his final year at uni versity friend sent Russs name into the National CoIincil of the YMYWCA without tell ing Russ It wasnt long before be gan receiving job offers They came from right across the country Charlottetown Hali fax Toronto and even Red Deer Alberta says Russ lIISTORIC SITE Jamestown first permanent in North America was established in southeast Virginia in 160 SPECIAL PERMANENTS complete ones roan Tom on Tll pan oranamas EVES BEAUTY SHOPPE Essa 3a Allaninr roi appointment can PA H571 with experimental flashes 120 ANNIVERSARY GARNETS MARY Sr TlIlRD ANNUAL STOREWIDE SALE IAN 30s FEB 3rd INCLUSIVE HOBBIES EARRIE DISCOVER BB Poodliner through which thieves gained entry last RUSS DAVEY At the time wasnt very impressed with the philosophy of the giving yourself ex clusively to your work without thought of providing for your own interests The job offer from Toronto came from the West End later to become Russs place of work for five years Russ went to the just to look things over and came away notwanting the job Butptho secretary Doug Green wanted Russ Mr Green howeverhad to track down Russ to Orian and then convinced him that the needed men of his ability Russ worked the summer day camp and then was asked by Mr Green to stay on as his assistant Are you kidding Russ re members saying had university degree and expected to get the remuneration and benefits thought it entitled me £017 Then Mr Green resigned and vRuss took over his job work ing in the boys department for five years and one year to the adult department Russ was asked to establish branch in Scarboro had car and that was all re called Russ had to find an office telephone and II chairman to help establish program HURONIA TROUSERS SLACKS SKILLFULLY CLEANED AND PRESSED xm Lamond EEKIN IiT STROUD night The thieves made off with too cartons of cigarettes Praises Move Of YM In Hillsdale Village Within two years we had membership of 550 with lea dership force of 50 He arrived in Barrie In Sep tember 1959 where bad been established for two years There has been quicken ing in the spirit of the says Russ During the last two years the membership has grown from less than 100 to over 750 Russ estimated that 32000 people attended programs last year and 800 people walk through the door of the every week to attend some aa tivity There has been large num ber of people contributing to wards new building dur ing the last four years This seems to be the logical course for action says Russ Now there doesnt seem to be any other way to live In work you are seeing things explode around you all the time and you know you are doing little to make the world bet ter place Russs activities are not con fined to the alone He is also an adviser on the Barrie Recreation Commission member of Session of Collier Street United Church member of the public commission of Ontario Recreation Association vicepresident of the Barrie and District Ministerinl Associa tion president of the Steele Street Home and School Asso ciation director of the Barrie Athletic Association and also member of the National Council Service Summmer Committea the staff training program for all secretaries LET us TAKE roan TELEPHONE Ivasssoas PA 61821 BAY CITY CLEANERS GREAT DRY CLEANING SALE LIMITED TIME ONLY FREE PICKUP nod DELIVERY SEND AS MANY AS YOU LIKE AT THIS lOW BARGAIN PRICE SAME DAY AND FLASH SERVICE AT REGULAR PRICE HURONIA 60 CLEANERS 57 DUNLOP ST

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