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THE BARRIE STORY 1962 Barrie Ontario Canada Tuesday February 27 2962 to send greetings to one people of rrio and the surrounding district on the Oceasi not thepublicationjofdtheannual Progresss Minion 98th YourNo so PM CONFIDENT 0F PROGRESS DISTRICT an grateful for this opportunity of The uarrie examiner We are justified in looking tothervfuturewivith it értainty oiirr efforos wit In the year now beginning believe idence 1n ourpuSt achievementsVand some repute has agrteeyte pr perityfor allbanodiana nor iivifieafid Expanding Shopping IlrecrsI Measure Of Retail Climate Commercially Barrie took some giant strides forward in 1961 and indications for this year are that this forward pro gress is continuing One 01 the highlights of the commercial year was the open ing of two multiunit shopping plazas The Barrie West End Plaza located at the junction of Anne Street and Highway 400 is one of the largest one stop shopping areas in Simone County Constructed on 12 acre site carpark facilities are available over aidacres Included in stores and serv ices available are Paramount Cleaners Bata Shoes the Holi day Bowl Coward Clothes Gails Barber Shop Kerns Jewelry Lady Ellis Shops Plaza Drugs Power Super Markets QuickClean Coin Lau ndry BobRay Restaurant Roy al Bank of Canada Spratt Hardware Venus Coiflures Voolworths and Government liquor store At the East End Plaza Blake St are Domini Stores Brewers Warehou BiRite Drugs Cottons Ha ware Frigidaire Coin Laundry Plaza Cleaners and Angelos Hair Stylists HUGE NEW STORE Also acting as shot in the arm to the business community during the year was the an nouncement by the Wool worth Company thatthcy plan ned to build giant new store on Hayfield St Suiting action to their pro mise of speedy construction the company broke ground on the site in late fall and at time of writing work has pro gressed to the point where most of the shell of the build Hunters And ilnglers Club Works Often Without Fanfare Barrie District Hunters and Anglers Conservation Club is probably the leastknown organ ization in the city At the same time there are few groups if any that do as much good for the citizens It does so without pomp or ceremony Most of the clubs work is done outside the city limits The work done within the limits is for safety on the outside Maybe confusing con glomeration of words but the value of its work cannot be contested The word conservation means conserving Preserving guarding or protecting The motto of the club is to enjoy protect and replace There isnt member of the club that does not enjoy the outdoois Each member pledges to save and faithfully defend from waste our natural resour ces WORK DONE Every year the club cleans local game fish streams Where it is necessary it stocks waters For the past several years the BDHACC has purchased pheasants which they turn ov er to farmers to raise The birds are eventually furbed lo ose so that hunters may enjoy favorite pastime shooting Shooting gunhandling and maintenance of firearms also come under the heading of dut ies for this club Courses in hunter safety are offered to everyone Teenagers are urged and taught safety and conservation The club hasput up trophy for outstanding work by junior conservationists This includes the building of bird houses and bird feeder stations the takin of the hunter safety course and boating safety course The club members spent many cold winter and summer nights assisting the game wardens in apprehending poachers whether they be hunting or fishing They do much research for the Department of Lands and Forests Everything done by this organ ization is for enjoyment and safety In 1960 Barrie District Hunt ers and Anglers Conservation Club was awarded the Mary Pickford Trophy as the outstand ing conservation club in the province This came on the heels of the clubs choice as tops in its zone The club this year has as its executive the following presid silt Morley Hoffman vicepres ldents William Stewart and James Harris secretary fiice treasurer William Bradl ey ing is completed and plans call for an official opening in early summer probably June Downtown Barries commer cial area underwent number of changes as well Some stores went in for complete renova tion while others embarked on various expansion moves The Normandy Grill opened its doors on Dunlap St near the live points and was distinct attraction for outof town visitors The Wellington Hotel land mark in Barrie or number of years underwent face llfting and its new exterior countenance has brightened the main corners considerably The hotel also carried out extensive renovations inside as did the gueens Hotel on Dunlop Street BRIGHT PROSPECTS Businesswise Barries merch ants had favorable year dur ing 1901 They are collectively ptimistic about prospects for 962 The Christmas season has been called the best ever by many of the local store owners and with break from the weatherman and the anticipated influx of tourists they expect previous years records for summer trade could be sur passed Govt Buildings Credit To City Barries complement of Feder al buildings numbers only two However both buildings are credits to the municipality The main federal property is located at 44 Collier Street It serves primarily as main post office but also integrated into thA buildings twostorey layo of are offices for the Customs Service The Unemployment Insurance rmission National Employment Service adian Department of Agriculture including three divisions Health of Animals Seed Potato Certi fication and Plant Products Div ision The other federal building lo cally is the Barrie Armoury which serves as Headquarters Militla Grey and Simcoo Fores ters Housed in the building are both officers and Sergeants moss facilities and adequate in subjects on which widely differ Recall Vote On The Movies Sunday movies and increased liquor outlets both of which were appro ed for plebiscite by the city in the past year are ing views are held The move for Sunday movies and liquor was made to city couhcil on October The Bar rie Theatre Managers Associa tion asked fora vote on mov ies and the Junior Chamber of Commerce suggested that vote be held on licensing of cocktail lounges Application for the vote on Sunday movies was turned down by councils city development conunittee on be grounds of insufficient public interest Theatre managers then took matters into their own hands and within few days had gathered 1500signafures on ions of Metropolitan Toronto 0hr idarrir Exam inrr THE BARRIE STORY l962 Sulion APogu to 16A Confidently Barrie can look back on year of outstanding progress during the past year It can look to the future with confid once in expanslon in all fields of endeavo Premier hobarts ln mes sage elsewhere on this page best summed up the material gains of Harris by emphasizing that factory shipments from the city amounte to $45 million last year up 211 per cent over 1052 This oncesleepy town on the shores of Kempcnfclt Bay is now progressive city New factories have been added to the industrial sections every year and payrolls have increas ed accordingly Barrie the beautiful has much to be thankful for in both tangible and intangible ways its location 60 miles north of metropolitan Toronto is ideal for expansion It is served by excellent railway facilities and highway system second to none in the province Highway 400 with its two double lanes is an important lifeline bring business ways The city council faces new and increasing demands ug goods and seniors and an increasing number of tourists The tourist dollars are poor ng into Barrie and surrounding communities of Simcoc county in an increasing flow Some of the townships double triple and quadruple their populations dur ing the busy tourist scason Tourism in fact may become our single greatest industry The hotel and motel owners know this and so do the merchants The citizens generally are aware of this and they are be coming increasingly conscious of the need to have visitors re main here and cnloy the has pitality we can offer them Barrie is much like strip ling outgmwing his britches Every year sees fresh demands for more land At present the city with lnnisfil township council in the hope of acquiring parts of that district for industrial purposes fathers are negotiating The expansion of industry and is reflected in other for civic services There are demands and plans too for waterfront reclamation for sewage plant expansion and for many more new roads and sew ers Home construction is continu ing its upwards curve One can not travel far in any direction without witnessing evidence of homobuilding This type of in vcsfrncnt of course is generally regarded as clearcut boro mctcr of economic conditions More and more people are investing Ihcir longtime future in Barrie through investment of their savings in new and hand some ultravmodcrn homes Many of them are employed in the plants that have sprung up in the industrial areas in recent years They have found that Barrio has healthy industrial clim ate despite occasional small strikes working conditions are generally good and import ant investors havo found that Barrie and its environs have an excellent source of mnn power for prospective new bus incss and industrial firms Progress is manysided thing in growing community Thus with the development of business and industry one finds frcsh demands for public ser vices and cultural ad vantages Earrie has built many schools in the past is years nnd last year embark ed on major program of high school construction Thc services many people simply take for granted are considered among the finest in the country The Simcoc County health unit offers excellent ser vices Royal Victoria Hospital is one of the most modern and progressive in the province It too is expanding Sometime this year large addition will be added to the hospital to pro vidc muchneeded services Barrics physical progress of coursc cannot be denied It has been said Ihat we are within the Toronto metropolitan area and that we will be part of that great source of econ omic revenues within com paratively short time Premier Sees Bright uture For Dist By HON JOHN ROBAIITS Prime Minister Of Ontario it is great pleasure for me to write few words for the annual Progress Edition of The Barrie Examiner and take this opportunity to extend my best wishes to the residents of Simcoo County who have con tributed so much to the growth of our Province Your proximity to the heavily populatedreg and Southeastern Ontario in ad dition to excellent transportation connections and many natural advantages suggests an even more progrcssive future for manufacturing and agriculture in your area look at population figures shows the extent to which the Simcoe area has developed dur ing the last few years Simcoo County has an estimated popu lation of 130000 an increase of nearly 20 per cent over 1952 Barrie alone has population of about 22000 rise of 60 with the civic election The vote was hel and both Sunday mov ies and Sunday sports were approved by the electorate The request for vote on cocktail lounges was received too late by council to hold vote in conjunction with the civic election but council appro ved the request and asked the Liquor Licensing Board to set date for vote sometime in early 1562 ft is expected that vote will be held early this year placing petition requesting city council to hold vote in conjunction before the voters options on cocktail lounges licensed dining lounges and wine stores ExMayor 0f Barrie Recalls Progress 0f City Over The Years By We recently had an interview with former mayor of Harrie Mr William Blair and talk ed with him about the pro gress of the city since he was chief magistrate William James Blair 7a was mayor of the town of Barrie in 1935 and had previously ser ved on Council for eight years He replaced Mayor Walter Duff and was followgd by May or Robertson At that time there were sev en to eight thousand persons in the town which now has close to 23000 an increase of three times in the urban population Followinghis term as Mayor Mr Blair was on the Planning and Development Board and helped to establish the zoning system after the survey of the town had been made Most of the industries and new schools have come to the town since Mr Blair was in office The business at the Town Hall was handled by clerk and two assistants and tax cof lector We had lot of troub le over taxes at that time as it was during the depression period Mr Blair stated Our Councils workedbard and there seemed lotof matterswblch had to be dealt with by them that are now handledbyataff officials The year 1935 was tough year Chief Stewart was door drill and training facilities and with two constables handl ed the police work Later the policing was handed over to the Provincial Police The railway yards where Mr Blair was chief clerk was busy place with four passenger trains daily between Toronto and here and two trains day to Meaford The Allandale yard was busy compared with the present time even though it was during the depression The first new subdivision was in the east end and 150 home sites were set aside which was the start of the present growth of the town which has now be come city Mr Blair said The coming of the General El ectric plant and its additional employees created the need for more hymes and new school was needed Speaking of the Planning Bo ard to which he belonged after being mayor be said that tho approval of the Boards recom mendations was difficult to ob tain as the than Mayor felt they should all be questioned believe Mayor Willard Kin zie was one of the best may ors that Barrie ever had but it is near the time when the city will need full time top official Mr Blair claimed Mr Blair has suffered two strokes but is still able to look after hisown household Mrs Blair attends to general house hold duties and their daughter head of thepolico department is on employee of the city per cent in the last 10 years Manufacturing increasing in importance is also indicative of your urcas growth pattern The selling value of factory ship ments in Simcoe County this year is estimated at $115000 000 rise of 04 per cent in decade Factory shipments from Barrio are estimatedot $4500000 this year an increase of 231 per cent over 1952 The Simcoe arda possesses number of diversified indust ries fromclectrical products tanncry and leather goods and spray equipment to rubber tir es Last year industry expan sion in the area consistcd of CanadyletClnsures Limited Bar rie Fahralfoy Canada Limited and Curtis Beverages Limited Drillia Salado ShirriffHorsoy Limited Alliston Kaufman Fur niture Limited Collingwood and Bay Mills Limited Midland New industries locating in the area in 100 were Precision Machinery Limited Barrie Trophy Designs Limited Orillia Blue Mountain Pottery Limited and Georgian Readi Mix Limited Collingwond Kerr Piping Limited and Webster Smauwnod Limited Midland Because of the geographical position of the area along Lake Simcoe tourism is another vital industry increasing in import ance every year In this con nection tourist information centre was erected for the De partment of Travel and Public PREMIER RDBARTS ity at Barrie last year The $70500 project included access roads parking area and furn ishings and equipment Agriculture continues to be valuable economic asset in Simcoe County The growth of the vegetable market has been remarkable Potatoes for inst ance had total value of 8568000 in 1960 compared with only $1612000 decade earlier During the same period the tot al value of cattle on farms in creased from $15000000 to $20 000000 no work proceeded at the Ont ario Hospital at Drillia last year pavilion for severely rcturdcd children laundry building and trades building and connecting tunnels are be ing bullt at an estimated cost of $2300000 Still under const motion at the Hospital are ad dltions to the sewage system at is cost of $35000 and on automatic fire detection and alarm system at cost of $20000 At Longford Mills the Ont nrlo Athletic Leadership Camp is receiving new water and sewage services at an estimat ed cost of $95000 and new bui idin for showers and washing facilitics to accommodate 150 campers at cost of about $39000 Two important highway pro iects were completed by the Ontario Department of High vays lust year They were the $424000 bridge over the Nottowasnga River at Vasaga Beach on Highway 02 and the $250000 Nottawosaga River Bridge on Highway 09 cast of Alliston Both were opened to traffic last October fhese notable achievements in 1961 are an indication of the steady growth pattern that has been established in the Simcoe area There is every reason to believe that favour able rate of development will continue in the current year and in the many years ahead The hub of the city of Bar rieisfondly referred to by residents as five points The name is derivedfrom the junction of five streets which fps ofty flhabovo photo looks east onKDunlop St from point above the fiveway in tersectlon