Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 21 Apr 1962, p. 2

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TOKYO RAIDERS MARK ANNIVERSARY IAGen James Doolittle talks with liingSheng Liu as the leader of the World War iI raid on Tokyo and 45 his raiders celebrated the Zoth anniversary of the Irimed bombing flight at Santa Mon icn Callf today TangSheng Liu is an honorary member oi the group because of his old to some of the raiders who landed on Chinese soil ningSheng Llu came to the US In 1946 and now lives in Dayton Ohio AP Wire photo Speaker Recalls Skills Of The Canadian Pioneers The story of lifelong hohby was unfolded at the spring meeting of the Simcoe Arts and Crafts Association Mrs Elsa Neil Thornhill the person who directed the restor ation of buildings which form the nucleus of the Black Creek Pioneer Museum on the nut skirts of Toronto was the speak er Mrs Neil has since child hood been an active student of the social history of Canada Her great interest she said has been to find out how our pion eers fought the battles of life not of war Since early childhood she lis tened while older people told of the ways in which they man aged in early Canadian days Then she began collecting old furniture household articles and even complete log cabins frnoni STUMPS Most of these early artifacts arc made of Canadian pine hacked from huge stumps or trunks Mrs Neil says she liklt jes to call these primitives ra tlier than antiques because they were made with rough tools and often by people who had become WEATHER Synopsis disturbance will spread cloud and scattered showers into northwestern 0n tarlo this morning and across the remainder of the north country late today and Easter Sunday with cold northerly winds Sunny skies and mild tempera tures in Southern Ontario are expected to give way to clouds on Easter Sunday There is also chance of few brief showers Lake St Clair Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario southern Georgian Bay Hali burton regions Windsor Lon don Hamilton Toronto Sunny today cloudy with sunny pev tiuds Easter Sunday Chance of few brief showers Sunday hiild Winds light becoming 15 to 25 Algoma Timagarni northern Georgian Bay regions North Bay Suribury and Sault Ste Marie Sunny this morning In creasing cloud this afternoon Mainly cloudy tonight and Easter Sunday few showers Sunday mild Winds southerly 15 to 25 White River Cochrane re gions Cloudy with occasional showers today and Easter Sun day cooler Sunday Winds DEATHS By THE CANADIAN PRESS MontrealPaul Bilkey 84 former vicepresident and edi torinvchiei of the Montreal Ga zette and newspaper man for 48 years before retiring in 1943 VanenuverGeorge Chen dler 56 veteran of Canadian broadcasting and president and general manager of radio sta tion CJOR vMonIreol Marcel Pasquin 79 consulgeneral in Montreal tor Monaco since 1926 and gen eral manager for Canada of Credit Funcier FrancoCana dien Iroronto Louis Ward Wheeler 68 former chairman 0f Ingram and Bell Limited physicians supply firm after long illness Montlucnn France Jacques Chevalieu 80 education minis ter in the wartima Vichy gov eminent Windsor OntMichael Mario 63 past president of the Ca nadian Restaurant Association In hospital MontrealJ Jack Shan ahau 63 assistant to the city of Montreal finance director who joined the financa departv ment 25 years ago TorontoCatherine Kay Wright 64 founding member and second national president of the Canadian Association of Consumers craftsmen through necessity rather than long training The restoring or recreating of pine articles has glvcn her untold pleasure Mrs Neil said In despised neglected mark ed and stained old piece of furniture she could see what it had been and could again be come She showed an old dilapidated log cabin and then its remarkable transformation into the Neils present home The interior of this house is completely furnished and de corated with authentic prim itives most of which have been restored by Mrs Neil About 60 people from all parts of Simcoe County were present Miss May Wilkinson Midland president of the Sim coe Arts and Crafts Association was in the chair Mrs Han agan Vasaga Beach and To ronto introduced the speaker Discussion in small groups led by Miss Martha Currie of Collingwood brought out num erous questions Many of these were concerned about refinish ing furniture Mrs Neil said she preferred not to remove all the marks of living In fact she has mouse hole in FORECAST southerly 15 to 25 today and northerly 15 to 25 Sunday TORONTO CP Forecast temperatures Low tonight High Sunday Windsor 38 St Thomas 38 32 London 32 32 35 35 35 Hamilton St Catharines Toronto Peterborough Trenton Kiilaloe Muskoko North Bay Sudbury Earlton Kapuskasing White River Moosonee Mari 35 28 30 32 32 82 30 30 25 whateveryour plumbing or heating needs CALL YOUR LICENSED PMC WHO SELLS INSTALLS AND GUARANTEES BRISTOWS of BARRIE 84 DUNLOP ST PA 83770 your licensed Plumbing and Mechanical Contractor £4704 her kitchen table with even the llbtxtlo mouses toothmarks vis question about the kind of cooperation she had received from the local community when developing the Black Creek Museum brought forth that her greatest helpers had been two retired farmers in the area who could do just anything They not only could repair build and fix everything she said but they found all kinds of old materials and articles which she needed for the restor Ion Mrs Clare Watson of Beeton told of plans for the associa tions Quilt Hug and Craft Fair to be held In Beeton from July 25 to 28 Refreshments were served at the conclusion of the meeting With Miss Edna West of Barrie in charge The planning com mittee in charge of the meeting included Miss May Wilkinson of Midland Miss Shopuff Mrs OBrienSaint Miss Gwen Fife and Miss Edna West of Barrie and Louise Colley of the Simcoe County Community and Recreation Service Holiday T011 15 To Date By THE CANADIAN PRESS At least Is accidental deaths were counted across Canada be fore the threeday Easter holi day weekend was half over suncy by The Canadian Press shows If deaths on the countrys roads and four other fatalities conceded with week end activities Last years foil for threeday Easter weekend was 37 Five traffic fatalities marred observance to Quebec and two mad deaths were rcoordedta each of Alberta Ontario and New Brunswick Increased water hazard with warmer temperatures ac counted for three deaths by drowningtwo to Nova Scotls and one in Ontario The survey does not Include normal deattis known suicides slayings or industrial accidents Ontario dead Elwyn Lloyd Patton 17 Pet erborough In water collision Thursday night Louisa liacrolx struck by car In an Ottawa suburb Thurs day night Claudine Jewell 20 months drowned In wall on the Oneida Indian reserve near London Friday Alfred Florant about 38 Fri day when struck by CNR train near Ruby Ont Grover Whalen Passes lit 75 NEW YORK APlGrover Wholen 75 the voice the face and the spirit of New York dur lng the roaring 205 died of heart attack Friday As the citys official greeter for many years he made the ticker tape parade world symbol of Man hattan hospitality rew men In this century have more influenced the City of New York than Whalen fig ure of resplendent sartorial elegance robust physique and boundless enthusiasm white carnation on the lapel was his trademark For more than so years Whalen served as city greater the man who bade welcome to most of the greatfigures of his era upon their arrival in New York In 1828 Jimmy Walker drafted Whalen as his police commissioner and he brought to this austere task much of his familiar flair Warring on speakcasies and gambling ioints THE BARBIE EXAMINER SATURDAY APRIL 21 196 CallsDeluging Health Branch The monthly report of the Simone County Health Unit shows busy spring for the Unit The sanitary inspectors are being deluged with calls relsb log to all forms of complaints whim the snows of winter cov ered up and now are coming to light says Dr Scott Dr Scott said that the nurses are finding it easier to get to rural areas which had been difficult to reach during winter At thLi time of year when the snow has all but disappear ed sccumulatlons of refuse are exposed resulting In numerous complaints being received at our office Dr Scott said Now Is the time to carry out the spring clean up slogan and thus avoid creating nuisance XvTIAY TESTS In the high school the Heat Jeannette Pratt 19 Bar ric District Central Collegiate student will compete again st 46 Ontario high school stu dents in the public eaklng finals in Toronto dur the Easter holidays The contest held In conjunction with the 19an annual Ontario Educa tional Association convention is sponsored by the Ontario School Trustees and Rate payers Association and On tario Hydro Winners will re celve scroll of merit and daylong trip to Niagara Falls courtesy of the Hydro CONGRATULATIONS TO AND PRESENTING OUR IIIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL WINNERS Accordion Dual 15 years and under Shirley and Marsha Groh Accordion Duct I5 years and under Alex McGuire and Ingrid Baumgarten Accordion 42 MAPLE Ave Marsha Groh Anions AcAoEMY or Mosul Solo13 years and under tuberculosis tests have resulted in 35 studean and their imma dislc families being tested by Xray The unit tested 6540 secondary school students and 674 per cent were found to be positive This figure relating to the county as whole is compar alive average and varies in dif ferent localities Dr Scott states Further followup plans are under way to follow these reactors and their families he added There has been no marked Increase of communicable dis eases The number of cases reported to the unit were chick en pox 7i mumps 70 scarlet fever 52 measles at Infectious hepatitis German measles and whooping cough Immunilatlon In Barrie elem entary schools has been com pleted Parents of preschool children are urged to have their children fully lmmuoiied before entering them In school next September The gradual spring thaw and the absence of heavy rain has greatly reduced the problem oI flooding in the county but in some Instances has resulted in shortage of well water Dr Scott declared Land is drying up extreme ly Well he said permitting an early start on construction work Those who will be Install ing septic tanks are advised to contact their local health unit ofiice to acquaint themselves with the regulations and require ments governing sewage dispo sal systems SEWAGE DISPOSAL The Public Health Act re quires all scwagc disposal sys tems be inspected and approved by the Medical Officer of Health Preschool examinations by the family Physician play very vital part In tho prepara tion of the child for school life Dr Scott stated The resulti of the examinations completes for children entering school last September showed 497 children 21 per cent had out or more problems of 1212 examined and not including dental de fects there were 94 rilh ab normal tonsils 52 with deiectivo eyes 36 with abnormal speech 12 with hernias plus group of 179 with miscellaneous prob lems There were 20 children suffering from heart condi tions Hospital visiting is being Im plemented in Allistons Steven son Memorial Hospital this month as means of improving the units service to mothers with new babies public health nurse visits the obstetrical ward to talk with the mothers and series of pronatal classes was held In Alliston to Implement the visiting The pilot project in hospital visiting was carried on for many months In Collingwood and proved valuable Dr Scott said He added that further ex pansion in this field was anticl pated for the future SUPERMARKEI Extra Specials for early In the week Shoppers MONDAY SPECIALS SAVE CLARKS FANCY IOMAIO JUICE TIN SAVE 16 LEAN N0 WASTE CONTESTANT BEEF STEAKETTES 53 SAVE l3cl WASHED US NO GRADE POTREADY SPINACH 2002 1002 CELLO BAGS TUESDAY WELLINGTON 6T HARRIS SHOPPING PLAZA REG 16c 10° REG 69c REG 389 25 Accordion DuetT2 years and under Ernast Baumgarten and Shirley Groh Accordion Solounder TI years Shirley Groh Accordion Solounder 14 years Ingrid Baumgarten PA 60249

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