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THE BARRIE STORY 1962 98th VeerNo 50 Important Projects Mark Progress Mayor Sees Continuing Trend Barries progress in 1961 was marked by several colorful ac complishmaiits while some other projects were statistical but none the less Important The upireod in prosperity which is forecast for 1962 has already taken hold in Barrie Inasmuch as the 1961 building values totalled 64 80 000 which was so per cent greater than the previous year Evidence of Barries financial soundness is illustrated in that 3215198453 taxes levied the ratio of unpaid taxes was lower than in 1960 of the advances in pub cty included number of courses in fire lighting given to members or the Fire Brigade industrial employees and Boy Scouu as well as new wireless station for pollca and fire emergencies Some ot Barrlea progress in cluded several too large for completion in yearr The bay root development was extended The Traffic survey Will pro duce valuable information as to the most practical and econom Ical means oi developing new system of paved arterial routes Among Ihe more eventh signs of progress was Barries new Fluorescent Strcct Lichtlng program completely lighting the streets at our City at cost of $123000 Fifty thousand dol lars at this was made available mm the settlement with Sim coe County when Barrie be came City Another forward step in 1961 was the construction by our forces of nearly 15 miles of curb and 23V miles of streets chip per This puts the Iiveyear street improvement program well within schedule Other dvarces in Public Works were the construction of more than 21 miles of side walk and 2700 net of storm sewers Barrie can be justly proud of its $14500 street flusber which has become common sight on Bariias streets and forward step to cleaner streets for Bea utiful Barrie Studies have been commenced on Sewage treatment plant and sanitary think lines as part at the Bay Clean Up Pro gram The approval of the otticial Plan and the present drafts of the Zoning Bylaw together with Watercourse control stud ies are important stepsIn the nrd rly development of our beautiful City These are some at the for JOBS FOR 200 EMPLOYEES Gilt oi EVERY DOLLAR at Contribute To Your Communities Progress WAGES RESPENT IN COMMUNITY DES T0 LOCAL FARMERS MOST OF WHICH IS ward steps that have charact erized Barries progress In 1961 believe they illustrate even greater possibilitiu for 1562 would like to call upon the citizens at Barrie to invest their time their effort their inter ests yes their money in Bar nes Iuture Lot us cultivate its opportunities to the full The Yes oi the nation are on Bar rie MAYORL COUKE Kin Reputation Is Most Enviable Now in Its 12th year the Kin smen Club of Barrie has built an enviable reputation for ser vice work The clubs principal project continucs to be the development of KinsmanConservation Park In cooperation with the city total of 536000 has been spent on the park to date and the club will continue making yearly contributions towards rho parks future development Club president is Harry Hnd den There are 46 active mem bers The Kinetics the womens auxiliary is an active part of tho club Meetings are held the first and third Tuesday of each month at the RobRay Restaur an snccesive The Therm T535 emitter Barrie Ontario Canada Tuuday February 27 1961 THE BARRl STORY T962 Section CPagos IC to 20C HUNDREDS PARTICIPATE In the early war years Gord on ngman Scouimastcr and Gordon Reeve assistant estalr lished camps on the Barrie Commons in the Cook Street vicinity and at Big Bay Point In the ensuing years the growth of Scouting was in dir ect ratio to the number of lead ers to he tound Groups were started as adults offered their services and faded when they dropped out By 1936 three Groups were active in the town and to co ordinate and service these Local Association was formed with Simpson as president and George lfolloway as Dist rict Commissioner year or so later the As sociation purchased hundred acre campsite at Ossassane Beach Georgian Bay With the exception oi year or two when gasoline rationing made transportation difficult the camp has been used by Cubs rind Scouts Irom Barrie and many other places One small Group irum Newport Kentucky camp ed with local Scouts for nine years Last Summer thc site was In almost contin ual use The war so depleted leader ship that by 1941 the three registered Troops had dwindled to combined membership of lwcntyvthrcc Scouts and it was decided to amalgamate them temporarily into one Troop With occassional local help and assistance from errScooters stationed at Camp Borden the nrollment soon rose to sixty ivc Leader Training Course run by District Commissioner Bill ll1alcon1son provided enough new Scouters to enable the Troop to split up again and reform the original three Troops The Wolf Cub section of Scouting was more tortunate in finding leaders and compared to Scouts was in fairly flour couting Barrie Diary of the ps have found it necessary to form more than one Cub Pack to take care of the large number of boys applying for membership Since 1943 Scouting In Barrie has progressed steadily First Allandale was reactivated and five new Groups formed within the confines of Barrie and Groups in Angus Stroud Pain Barrie in keeping with of its status and size has an cfficient and smooihlyoperating postal facility Under the direction of Thom as Kerr postmaster the city has postal staff at 39 persons of this total 13 are route carv ricrs five are carrier super visors and one is carrier superintendent In addition to the 11 rcsidcn tial routes and two business routes there are approximate ly corner letter mailing re ceptocles There are also ap proximately 21 community de city The Junior Chamber of Com merce has two main purposes to develop leaders amongst its members and to work towards the betterment of the commun ity The Barrie Jaycees have been doing this for the past 14 years During this period they have become cosponsors of the Bar rio Winter Carnival sponsors swick Iiiidhurst and others have come in to form the now Kem Bay District Total membership in the enlarged District now stands at 738 Cubs Scouts and Rovers with 72 lead ers Through the on Scouts from this area have been sel ected to attend World Jambore es in France Austria England and tha United States Barrie Post Office Facilities Example 01 TopRate Efficiency livery boxes for residents of outlying arcas not serviced by home delivery or rural route service Mail is delivered to the 11 residential routes once day while the two business routes receive twiceaday service In addition to regular mail facilities the post otiice also has special delivery and par cel post delivery service with the city growing and spreading out more each year the main post office has iound it necessary to establish total offivc subpost olticcs in var ious sections of the city proper Barrie Iaycees Among Active Service Organizations In City of Brotherhood Week and the annual Dominion Day Festival Vadge is president and there are to members Business meetings are held the second Thursday of each month at 72 High Street Din ner meetings are held at Bar rie Community House the last Thursday of each month Both are in the evening SPENT IN COMMUNITY Stir FROM EVERY DOLLAR OF SALES RESPENT IN AREA RECORD FOR ANY INDUSTRY MODERN EFFICIENT PLANTSPROCESSING HIGHEST FRESH DAIRY PRODUCTS mm paroles HAVE QUALITY WHOLESDME MILK IS YOUR BEST FOOD BUY IT COSTS LESS TODAY IN WORK HOURS THAN EVER BEFORE IN HISTORY 1890 Il TOOK 26 MINUTES OF WORK TO PURCHASE QT MILK 1914 moon 54 MINUTES IN 1952 IT rooa 10 runners IN 1962 IT TAKES ONLY MINUTES MILK Is your best food buy moneywise MILK Is your best food buy healthwise av ll 1r Buying locally Produced and Processed Milli Returns The Viosi To The Community and Insures Continuing Com 812 ACRE ASPHALT PARKING LOT AT munity Progress BARRIE SHOPPING PLAZA PARKING LOTS DRIVEWAYS SUBDIVISIONS ROADS BARRIE MILK DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION LAKEVIEW NORRIS SMITHS DAIRY LTD DAIRY FARM DAIRY Willard KIJIIIO aui Lang Mel Ken smith I85 DUNLOP ST EAST 96 COLLIER ST 45 PENETANG 5T PA 6650I FA 83835 PA 85373