Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 16 Apr 1962, p. 3

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EXHIBITOR CARL Graham of Arnie Ontario shows rare lTlt n11llt lliS ill Jacques Cartier dollar bill at tho Huronia Numismatic As sanitation show in Barrie Sat urday Examiner Photo Coin Collectors Stage First Show In District Dealers and collectors from as far away as Toronto and Owen Sound attended public display banquet and auction held Saturday by the Huronia Numismatic Association The banquet room of Bar rie restaurant took on some of the aspectr of Persian market place in the afternoon as mnre than 200 people dropped in to examine the coin collections on display One of the busiest spots was the bourse or trading area where coin dealers had set up tables The afternoon display was followed in the evening by banquet and auction which close to 90 people attended Guest speaker was tied fiekof ski president of the Waterloo Coin Society and president of the recentlyformed Ontario Nu mimetic Association Mr Rckofski gave talk on the development of coinage covering the history of coins from their beginnings when they were first used by the Egyptians in wheat trading up to their present universal use Awards for collections on dis play were as follows Canadian Newfoundland Deci mal Claudia Pelkey oakville Jack Morrison Huronia USA Decimal Carl Graham Argyle Ontario Tokens Ray Hider lfuronla Ken Prophet Huronin Cost Of Dying Is Rising FasterThan CoSt Of Living The cost of dying is rising three times as fast as the cost of living This contention was voiced Sunday during discus sion by fivemembcr panel of the Barrie Funeral Information Service at the YINYWCA Simplicity and less display would cut down the cost of fu nerals greatly it was contended Mrs Peggy Snider recalled fu Sixty Iaycees lit Midland Conference Sixty representatives of Dis trict Ii Jaycee Units attended the Annual Spring Conference held in Midland Saturday and Sunday The meeting hosted by the Midland reelected James Rigley of the Coiling wood unit as District 11 presi dent Mr Rigley will represent the district on the Ontario board with the next meeting of this body being held at the Jay cee All0ntario Convention in rnidMay at Vineland Those attending over the weekend enjoyed two excellent addresses in addition to partici pating in heavy schedule of meetings and working clinics On Saturday afternoon the guest speaker was William Cranston of and on the sub ject Responsi iities of an In dividual to His Community Sunday Dr Rynard MP Simone East and an Orilli sur geon addressed the meeting Clinics were also conducted by grad Horton Midland barrister Sauks of the Penetang 0n fario Hospital and Ed Murphy news editor of The Midland Free Press Eighteen members of the Bar rie Jaycees attended the confer ence with representatives of the Huntsville Goldwater Orillia Penetang Collingwood and Mid land units Bnrrle will host the next con ference to be held in the fall VIRGIN PEAK Highest unclirnbed mountain in the world is Dhaulaghlri in the Himalayas towering 26810 feet In hurry for money Just phone Beneficial Get the cash you want fast One phone call and one visit to the office does everything Call up or come in today YOURE THE BOSS AT BENEFICIAL Loans up to $3000 and more 56 month contracts on loans over $1500 Your loan can be liteinsured nerai practices of various races the Vikings put dead body on ship and then set the vessel afire to float out and sink at sea and Stone Age people slaughter ed dead kings servants wife and cattle so they would be able to serve their master in the spiritual world MODERN FUNERAL Miss Elsie Raikes quoted Eve lyn Waughs satirical piece on the modern US funeral Mr Waugh dealt with everything from the twopart lidded coffin to skills and abilities of cos meticians Miss Raikes said she went to florists shop last week to pur chase flowers for sick friend was told they were all sold out because of three large fu nerais that week priced at $5 and $1095 were sold out she said If anyone brings that type of thing to my funeral wont attend she quipped PRIVATE AFFAIR funeral today is not pri vate affair but public exhibi tion said Mrs Alison Ransom She spoke of the popular trend to establish you can do as well as your neighbor in burying your dead The panelist asked if present day religion is failing People do not seem to realize that the dead body is negligible and should be disposed of in de cent simple fashion The services of funeral or memorial societies was describ ed by Albert Pappel to provide source of information for members and through continu ing educational program seek to create climate of public opinion in which it is acceptable to choose simplicity dignity and Vmoderate expense in funeral ar rangements Even the artificial wreathes Foreign Ed Schroeder Oak ville Ontario Carl Graham Argyle Ontario Paper Carl Graham Argyle Ontario Miscellaneous Dick Hartley Huronia Harry Norton Huro nla Best of Show award went to Ed Schroeder of Oakville for his display of Swiss coins and Shootingtalnrs shooting med als One hundred and fortyonc pieces were offered at the auc tion in the evening and went for prices ranging from 20 cents to $21 PRICES Some prices were as follows Canadian fifty cent piece 1948 condition extra fine $13 Cana dian fifty cent piece not con dition extra line $21 Canadian five cent nickel 1926 far six condition fine 515 Canadian five cent nickel 1925 condition fine $15 Total sales during the auction came to $300 Huronia Association President Ken Prophet said that the show had been success We established three firsts on Saturday he said it was the first show of this type held by our club it was the first banquet of its kind in Eris area and it was the first official function for Mr Reimfski after his clcctionas president of the Ontario Association The Huronin Numismatic Aslt sociation was formed in 1960 with small membership which has now grown to loo and in cludes members from all parts of Simcoe County and beyond Saturdays show was the clubs most ambitious effort to date We will be putting on sim ilar show every year from now on Mr rophet said It will be like the gathering of the clans on the weekend of June at Owen Sound when scicral hundred veterans of the Second World War meet in the seventh reunion of the Grey and Sirocco Foresters Regiment The battalion included rc eruits from Grey and Sinicon counties and twu full companies of the SooSudbury Regiment and the Algonquin Regiment hien of the Foresters came from the farms of Georgian Bay district the factorin of Owen Sound1 Barrie Coliingwood 0r iliia Penetang Hanover and Meatord gold mines of nm mins and Kirkland Lake nickel mines of Sudbury and steel mills of Sault Ste Marie ltventytwo years ago LtCol Rutherford was asked to recruit an active service unit from the Grey and Simone Fer csters to include the two afore mentioned northern units This request was made dur ing the first week in June 19m and the response to the colors broke all recruiting records By the first week in July the battalion was under canvass in Camp Borden more than loo over strength EMERGENCY The Foresters overcame their first emergency when wicked Windstorm flattened every tent before the men could stow their gear Soaked to the skin the whole regiment went to work and rebuilt the camp even to the establishment of wet can teen before the bugler retarded Lights Out Then came the long months of infantry training at Borden short spell in the Horse Pal ace nt Tomato 110nillo route Bradiord High Receives Praise Bradford District High School is running efficiently and is wellorganized This was the conclusion of in spectors who visited the school throughout the year Visiting the school were Fow ler who was replaced by Ramsay and special inspectors in English music library and agriculture Mr Fowler was transferred to the Tomato dis trict Mr Ramsay commended the board on the excellence of the building and teaching materials He also noted the fine teach ing ciassing the oral work as much above averag Falling Chimney Crushes Eleven BOMBAY Reuters Eleven persons were crushed to death and nine others injured today when concrete chimney crashed through the roof of house Most of the occupants were asleep when the com chimney collapsed Ne calculate your rate of against doyloduy tempera gm anioninc WEATHERCONTROHED DEthEltlES assure unfailing oil supply use and carefully chuck it lures We know when you need oil and make deliveries automatically You never nave to worry about your fuel oil The supply SARJEANT CO LTD Mary Street PA 82461 Extra Specials for EarlyinrheWeek Shoppers MQndayfTuesday SPECIALS SAVE 4cl LYNN VALLEY TENDER SAVE 20o LBI LEAN LOlN Pork Chops 59 Regiment Plans 7th Reunion march from Toronto to Trenton as the regiment moved for fur ther training at chert Nova Scotia it was back to Camp Borden to finish off armored warfare training The battalion sailed from Halifax on the SS Andes The War Department decided that the Foresters would not go into action as unit but would be broken up and the personnel sent to strengthen such weli known Canadian Regiments as the Governor Generals Foot Guards the Fortfiarry Horse the Governor Generals Horse Guards the Lord Strathconas the Ontario Tank Regiment the Grenadier Guards the Sher oeke lusileers and other un So the Foresters went into ac tion with dozen units on the battle fronts in North Africa Italy France Belgium Holl and and Germany and the regi mental honor rolix from Halifax to Vancouver bear the names of many of these some young men who bedded down under wet fanvas on the night of Jam 29 940 PLAN BANQUET The reunion calls for ban quet on Saturday evening June drumhead service Sunday morning and the association meeting and election of officers on Sunday afternoon The Grey and Simcne Forest ers Association has held reun ions in Barrie Owen Sound Sudbury Oriliia Sault Ste lila rin and Midland since 1950 FIND SMOKE BUT NO FIRE The old proverb that there L1 needsmohc without riiSe prov wrong early no morning in Barrie Mn Dorothy McChesney of Cttmberlnnd st woke at am on Sunday to find her home filled with smoke Unable to reach her has band an engineer at Mon field Rubher she called the fire department Firemen found lot of make but no fire cutoff of electric power by Public Utilitiu Commie sinn had failed to turn off gas furnace in the basement Heat building up in thr fur nace filled the house with smoke and gave the appear ance of fire Mrs hicctiesney said this morning that the only after math was burntout wiring in the furnace and sore throat for her as result of inhaling smoke Report Thefts From flutes nvo minor thefts from cars were reported to Barrio police over the weekend An aerial and booster were taken Sunday night from car owned by George Walton of Dun lop Street West while the vehicle was parked on car lot On Saturday night two wheel discs were stolen from car owned by Murray Hall of Puget Street it was parked in the arena parking lot Defence Employees Group Will Offer Scholarship $25 scholarship will be awarded by Camp Borden and District National Defence Em ployees Association to the son or daughter of member who has the highest academic and general proficiency rating in Cards this year Coll ins presldcnt said he was most happy to make this announce ment and that he expected keen competition from the children it is the first time that any staff association in this area has offered such an award The suggestion came from Brig Purves Commander Camp Borden At an association meeting an entertainment committee was formed and John Guifoyie of RCAF Station is the chairman It was tentatively decided to hold family picnic this sum mer The entertainment com mittee will raise its own funds for this picnic and they will also There is aneasierway be responsible for the scholar ship award It was also sug gested that NDEA should soon sor baseball or hockey team The new Civil Service Act was criticized It was decided to issue brief on its highligth so that all members could and erstand the act more fully Secretarytreasurer Blair read telegram from NDEA national office which in formed the local nffiliate that the wagefreeze policy of the government had been withdrawn Job security for all construc tion maintenance workers in Camp Borden is now secured it was stated CAMPBELL LTD Furniture Moving and Storage Commercial Warehousing Agents for North American Van Lina PA 66555 to pin THE BARBIE EXAMINER MONDAY APRIL it 156 FATHER OF FOUR Crash Lefroy broadside collision took the life of Lefmy nan early Set urday afternoon at me intersec tion of Highway 11 and the Al cona sldcroad south of Siroud Arnold Noel Young 51 died at the scene of the accident after his vehicle had been hit by car driven by ion Charla Ewing 19 of Faiisworth Ave nue Tomato He was southbound on the highway when the being car pulled out of the sideroad The accident was investigated by the Barrie provincial police detachment who have charged Ewing with failing to yield the rightofway Damper Dr Frank Shannon raid that cause of death was massive hemorrhage due to in ternal injuries Mr Young was an electrician and the father of four children It is behaved he was on his way home from trip to Barrie to pick up electrical supplies whenthe accident took place Escapees lire Captured TORONTO CPUThree men who escaped from ilfimico Re formatory last Monday were recaptured Saturday night when police raided house in Tor ontos west end on telephoned tip from citizen The three Pcter Cosgrove 21 JeanPaul Paret 20 and Bernard James Michael 23 of fercd no resistance All three were serving sentences of two years less day for robbery with violence in Ottawa few hours before the men were found two other prisoners escaped from the reformatory They were Bruce Mockny 25 serving so months for break ing entering and theft and Donald Lee 25 serving one year for dangerous driving ob structing police and driving while his licence was under suspension George Davies CONSTRUCTION urn Barrio PA N186 Kills Man ARNOLD YOUNG Found Guilty Murder MONTMAGNY Que CPlA Jury took 14 minutes Saturday to find Paul Bernier ts guilty of capital murder and another three to decide not to recom mend mercy Bernier sentenced to be hanged June 14 was convicted after fourday trial of shoot ing Gerard Bernler in the head last Aug 24 The prosecution case de¢ scribed Bemicr as becoming outraged when the victims car buzzed him as he was cycling in Cap St lgnace about 60 miles northeast of Quebec City Eernler went to the victiml home in taxi and tried to pick an argument When he couldnt he went to the taxi picked up rifle and shot the victim on his porch GETTING up NIGHTS Makes Many feel Olti Before their time Thera nothin that can nuke no bids edation See your imperial Life man for complete life Insurance coverage SAVE lOc BIIYADFORD GROWN N0 GRADE BRUSHED Canadian companyserving the insurance needs of Canada for 65 years imperial Life writes full range of savings pmtectton and retirement plans torindivldualsand group life health and 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