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PANEL discussion on the MPP Muskoka om Trans Ontario tourist industry was highlight of Saturdays con ference of the Ontario Young Progressive Conservative As sociation at the Embassy Hall Panel members in top photo left to right Robert Boyer port Minister Leslie Bonn tree former Willard Kinzic Art Evans MPP Simcoe Centre panel moderator Don Crawford president of Orilliu YPC Clint Melville managing director of CONSENSUS 0F PANEL Lack Promotion Millions Lost Canadians are not doing en ough to promote their country as vacatinnland thus losing many extra millions of dollars in tourist revenue This was the consensus of panel discussion on tourism held Saturday at conference of the Central Ontario branch of the Ontario Young Progress ive Conservative Association in Embassy Hall The panel included Ontario Transport Minister Leslie Rowntree Arthur Evans MP for Simcoe Centre Robert Boy er MPP for Muskoka Clint Melville managing director of the Ontario Hotel Association and Willard Kinzie former mayor of Barrie and mem ber of the Georgian Bay De velopment Association Taking everything into ac count the tourist industry is really billion dollar business said ML Melville ND dollar spent in this country is more split up and goes into more pockets than the tourist dol lar th the people are too reticent to sell Canada Mr Melville said little is be ing done to get repeat business that government agencies and the industry itself are doing most of the promotion But they can do only so much It is the people in daily contact with tourists who can do the major selling job Theres no better advertising than the tourist who goes home happy wanting to come back and telling his friends Lack of liquor outlets was tourist problem in some areas Mr Melville said Nevertheless think the trend is in the right direction by bringing it out in the open through voting on tire question The hotel association does not try to influence people in any community where vote is be ing taken We just present the facts FREE ENTERPRISE Mr Rowntree emphasized that the tourist industry like any business must be devel oped through free enterprise The government is helping by expanding the highway sys tem said Mr Rowntree tThis is opening up lands lakes and rivers to more tourists Many opportunities are available to develop these areas Mr Kinzic said tourism is in sad state because there is plain lack of enthusiasm to pro mote what we have We laek communication to the people but most of all we lack activityhe said The tourist season for all practical purposes is just six weeks long Let us use our imagination to lengthen the season by provldv ing activities for tourists And serious thought should be given to establishing spccial rates to munam attract tourists in the of sea son Mr Boyer called the tourist industry the dominant factor in the economy of Muskoka and district which contains one third of all tourist establish ments in Ontario Our main problem is the short season and lack of ac commodation during the peak months of July and August Mr Evans reviewed the his tory of Simcoe County saying the area was particularly rich in historic sites of interest to visitors The panel was asked why merchants in some centres are allowed to close half day week during the peak tourist period thereby costing the com munity tourist revenue Mr Kinzie explained that municipality had no choice in the matter if 75 per cent of the merchants agreed to shut shop halia day Personally believe legis lation should be amended so that certain stores such as gift shops be permitted to do Barrie mayor the Ontario Hotel Association Jottom left to right Don Al dn president of Barrie YPC lebcr Smith MP Simcoe North William Browne Sol icitor General of Canada Del OBrien president of On tario YPC business six days when tours ists are available Mr Kinzie said If you want to close down and lock up the town therell be another town getting the tourist money interjected Mr Rowntree Mr Evans himself merch ant in Bradford supported the half day closing system Frankly when Monday comes around want day off whether tourists are around or not Mr Kinzie suggested the Bar rie area would do more tourist business if merchants were al lowed highway advertising op preaching the city dont mean plastering signs along roads like they do in the United States but there could be nulloff area for signs Mr Rowntree said the gov ernment is studying the ques tionwith regard to developing uniform sign program keep ing in mind the safety of mob orists 500 See Teen Queeii Chosen Ianis Iohnson Is Winner An almost capacity crowd rammed Embassy IIall Satur day mght to see the judging of the Barrie and Area Teen Queen Contest an adjunct of the Winter Carnival The beautiful and charming Winner was ldyearold Janis Johnson representing the Cam pus Cluh of Camp Borden High School dont know what to say cant thank you enough re phed the blondehairad beauty after hearing the decision of the Judges Besides the title of Miss Teen Queen Miss Johnson won mer chandise awards donated by local merchants valued at $60 and cheque for stlfrom the Chamber of Commerce Miss Johnson is the daughter of WI Johnson of Cedar Cres cent Camp Borden Making competition keen for Janis were Barbara Cooke re presenting Camp Borden Air Force Teen Town Sharon Stin son Orillia Teen Town and Diane Gordon from Barrie Each of the Teen Princesses won cheques for $10 Judges for the contest were Kenny Wells and Wayne Bjor gan of radio station CKBB Hap Parnaby and Ken MacDonald both of radio station CFOR The contestants were asked questions such as what was their favorite sport what were their plans after school what they would look for in bus band They were judged on therrattractivcness their perlt sonality bearing and overall impression on the stage Barrie Teen Town made an album effort in managing the dance and contest Approximately 500 swinging twisting teenagers attended the dance to see their Queen chos en and cap the days activities on the ice All present including teen agers from the United States were lavish in their praise of the decorations and organiza tion of the dance and contest Pony Show Is Big Hit One section of the activities on the ice Sunday during the Winter Carnival looked like scene out of the past Jingling bells prancing and snorting in the cold six ponies and four horses hitched to an tique cutters lined up to be judged by Mowat Tudhope or Oro Station First in the pony class were Nancy and John McEacbern of Napier Street Barrie The horse class was won by Alfred Sutton of Midhurst Runners up in ponies were Stewart Bell Barrie Earl Rowntree Elmvale Milton Ritchie Bradford Reid Barrie and Elmer Trim ble RR Barrie In the horse class Stewart Boll again came second Lloyd Bristow Barrie third and Jim Beamisb infBarrie fourth Liberals Prophets Of Doom Wardrope Tells Conference Ontario mines minister George Wardrope has attacked leaders and advisers of the fed eral Liberal party as prophet of doom pursuing selfish inter ests have no time for men like Lester Pearson Paul Martin and Walter Gordon who are ob ways talking about how bad things are in this country Mr Wardrope said He spoke to Saturdays fundi ton meeting of Central Ontario Young Progressive Conserva tive Association it was the first of four regional YFC meetings to be held before June It is these men who are the greatest retarders of progress in this country be said They talk of planned economics and welfare benefits But they are not talking of your welfare They just want to be ministers of the Crown again Mr Wardrope urged delegates to ignore these gloom and doom pcoplc and carry the Conservative message to the electorate Critics mention unemploy ment but tl fact is that em ployment is on the rise So are our exports and our wealth GREAT PROGRESS Great progress is being made In Ontarios mining industry fiyks Rink Winners 0i Tin Can Spiel In hardvfought final hev tween Bob Bobyks Johnson St School rink and Linda Springs Codrington rink Saturday the tin can curling championship went to the thrcc boys and one girl from Johnson Strcet Linda and her allegirl rink put up good duel but several wellvplaced stones notably by skip Bob Bobyk and Ricky Coutts gave the Johnson St crcw 31 win Two teams from each school were entered and playdowns ran for over two hours None of the teams had to play an other team from their own school Members of the winning rink were Bob Bohyk skip Ricky Coutts Hunter The runnerup was the Codrington School rink skip ped by Linda Spring The subzero temperatures during the playoffs did not dampen the spirits of the young curlers whit Hoarse screams of enthusiasm of disapproval rang out across the bay and the occasional shout of anxious parents sweep sweep brought this years carnival can curling contest to an excit ing close Oro Official Beats Twelve Wins SawOil Deputy Reeve George Mac Kay of Oro sawed his way to victory Saturday night at Bar rie Arena after eliminating 12 rivals in the Simcoe County LogSawing Contest Acapacity crowd looked on as the four finalists put saw to wood in the tense battle for logsawing supremacy Mayor Les Cooke of Barrie and Alderman Murray Robinson of Drillia were knocked out in the semifinal leaving Midland Reeve Art Argue facing George MacKay of 0m The On official drawing on last reserve of energy wen on to victory COOKIE CHALLENGE Mr MacKay was congratu lated and presented with trw phy by Mayor Cooke who had issued the challenge to reeves and deputy reeves of other mu nicipalities in the county to take part in the contest Earlier in the day Montcalm Maurice of Tiny Township had eliminated Ernie Cadeau Rob ert McQueen of Nottnwa ousted Joe Cochrana of Innisfil IIarry Porteous of Collingwood out sawedIoe Bateman of Brad ford Lloyd Pridbome of New Lowell defeated Arnold Van cise Bernard St Amant of Pen etang was lmocked out by George MacKay of Oro and Art Argue of Midland was vic torious over Doug Holt 18 CONTESTst testants Mayor Cooke of Bar rie was given bye into the finals Some of the semifinal win ners were unable to appear for the finals Organization for the logsaw ing contest was handled by Ed Tschirhart and Jack MacLaren of Barrie Mayor Cooke of Barrie ac cepted defeat graciously and bowed to the superior logsaw ing prowess of the Oro contest ant but said that he was going into training immediately for the contest next year and ex pected Barrie to sweep the field CARDINAL LEAVE ROME Reuters James Cardinal McGuigan Archbishop of Toronto left by air today for New York on his way home af ter visit to Rome Mr Wardrope said particularly in production of iron nickel and NPPCI new development the Ad ams mine at Kirkland Lake will be operating to 1960 pro ducing 1000000 tons of pellet lzed imn he said The mine will employ 600 men He said the Nickel Mining and Smelting Company has 33500000 prolect few miles north of Kenora This mine also scheduled to go into pro duction in 1964 would employ 300400 workers Mr Wardrope touched briefly on tourism the theme of the conference and outlined the work of the provincial Depart meat of Travel and Publicity He said the department in 1961 operated l7 tourist recep tion centres visited by 735000 persons Emphasizing the importance of tourism to Ontario Mr Wardrope said that 75 per cent of all American tourist to Ca nada come to Ontario Since Ontario enjoys three quarters of the total of Canadas travel each year Ontario mara exceeds 8000000009 Wayne Roe and Ellen Because there Were 18 con Mrs Harvey Robinson of Angus mother of Carnival Snow Queen Betty Manson was the lucky winner of the Carnival Florida Draw Con test Im delighted Mrs Robs lnson said Its the first thing bought Saturday night by her daughter Betty the Snow Queen and Mrs Robinson ddint know that she held ticket until then Mrs Robinson and her hus band civilian employee at Camp Borden will take an allexpensc paid trip to the luxurious Bilmar Beach Hotel at St Petersburg Fla Price tag on the trip ls $600 Weve always joked around the house Mrs Robinson said that Id win trip to England or Florida some day but it was only joke and never expected it to come true this way Ive never been to Florida before and Im really RIDE ANYONE MANY SAY YES Novelty rides appealed to over 1000 kids and adults during the two days of the Barrie Winter Carnival Two helicopters made trip after trip of between eight and 10 minutes each trans porting passengers for views of the carnival on the boy as well as of Barrie and surrounding district The copters seat two to three passengers depend ing on weight The thing that amazes most people is the fact that it can fly said one of the operators This is the sec ond year that the helicopter rides have been featured at the carnival About 500 kids skirted the snow in the four skidoo veh icles The fiveminute trips were made along the edges of the bay and were free of charge to any adventure seeking youngster Four airplanes three from Barrie and one from Grillia flew more than 100 passen gers into the winter sky for 15minute ride Abandon Plan Sleep On Ice Wood Embed The Senior Troop of the Third Barrie Boy Scouts had planned to stay Saturday night in the bivouac constructed on the ice at the Barrie Winter Carnival area on the bay Scooter Peter Dean and the troop had spent part of Satnr day afternoon building the pine bough structure and setting up the reflector fire All was ready and the boys decided to take in the arena show before retiring to their scented bou doir When the boys returned from the show they found that someonoe had burnt all the wood they had prepared for their reflector fire so their overnight venture was never realized The boys have already stay ed out in similar structures for three nights They are doing this as part of the require ments of the Winter Camp ers badge It is good to know how to build such structure if you are ever lost in the bush said Major OBtecht cominissioner of the Kempenfelt Bay district That is why we train the boys to be able to take care of them selves in such situation All of the scouts in the dis trict helped in the construction of the float in the parade Sat urday morning The float de picted scaie model scout camp complete with pine bou DYCKS FOOD MARKET MONTHS FOOD PLAN WITH OR WITHOUT FREEZER Bind Quarter Beef sac lb mu Quarter Beef 334 lb Whlte Fish 39 1b PA 35339 Mother Of Queen Wins Florida Trip looking forward to the trip hope my husband and will be able to go at the end of March when his annual leave comes up wouldnt accept the ticket if my husband wasnt able to go with me It would be no fun without him The lucky ticket was drawn Ive ever won in my life The winners ticket mtg mm by CBmWI Queen Janis Johnson of Camp Borden l3YearOld Winner 0i Fishing Derby Thlrtcen ycar old Wayne Lackle of Puget St Barrle walked off with top honors in the Winter Carnival Fish Der by this year Wayne whose Iotainrh her ring was the only fish caught on Saturday received 525 for the largest catch Saturday and $200 for the largest catch of the twoday event Sundays prize of $25 wont to Lawson McCutcheon of Barrie for the largest fish of the day an Illfinch herring Despite his youth and com parative inexperience Waynes fish was the biggest caught during the two 2hour fishing sessrons held Saturday and Sunday sitting in subzem weather after he had caught his prize winning flab Wayne was de termined to either better his catch or freeze trying After Saturdays coldwea ther endurance test Wayne said Ill be back fishing to4 morrow and hope will catch real big one He didnt have to do better than his first try and judging by the number of youngsters who surrounded him after his Win Waynes new wealth has made him popular man In deed lt he wasnt before Upset Victor OI Dog Derby Is AIWoman Bunty Dunlop of Burlington the lone woman entry swept the field in the twoday 20 mile dog race at the Winter Carnival The race was run in two 10 mile beats and the Burlington woman driving team of Si berian huskies we in both beats Her total time for the 20 mlles was 105 minutes and 40 seconds Ifer time for the first 10 miles was 51 minutes 40 seconds and she took the slight ly longer time of 54 minutes for the second heat run on Sunday Overall second place in the race was won by Don Whetuog of Lakefield Ontario Ralph Ward of Gosport New York came third Youngest contestant in the race was 14yearold Steve Smillie of Milton Ontario who was also driving in his first race Steves father George was father nor son finished in the money Dave Dean of Buffalo NY was winnerof the weight pulllt ing contest when his dog drew 500 pounds in four seconds Prize money for the race was $50 first $25 second and $10 third THE EARBIE EXAMINER MONDAY FEBRUARY 12 tea3 PAOUNDS AND POUNDS 0F TROUT TWO finny beauties that fell prey to fishermen over the weekend will make fine lakc trout steaks Joseph Brown Barrie displays lb oz fish top and Jake Smith and Joe Timmons hold an 11 lb oz whoppcr Both were caught in the Shanty Bay area also contestant but neither Wagner Paul In Star Roles 4300 At Arena Spectacular An estimated 4300 people roared and cheered their ap SolicitorGeneral Takes Pickersgill OverThe Hurdles Canadas Solicitor General William Browne Saturday teed off on former Liberal cabinet member Pickers gill for suggesting that Prime Minister Diefenoaker was not tending to business because he spent time away from the of fice Mr Pickersgill told po litical rally in Orillia Ont last week that the prime min ister was in his Ottawa office only half of the time during the last three months of 1961 This isuntrue and am surprised that any politician would resort to such childish tactics said Mr Browner The solicitor general spoke to the dinner meeting of the Central Ontario Young Pro gressive Conservative Associa tion DO IT NOW and PAY lATER on our handy Budget Plan HAVE REPAIRS DONE NOW You and Your Car Will Benefit SEE US TODAY nonunion Motors Ltd 65 Collier St PA Edel ST JOHN 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