Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 28 Aug 1968, p. 2

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survey attitude Retarded Barrie residents who answered questions sboutrnenlal rrtards tion in survey conducted by the Adult Occupational Centre to Edgar revealed that those on higher social and economic level were less interested in the problem of the retarded than those on lower level The Centre which is ltntilas northeast of Barrie is con erned with training mentally retarded adults whomseem or ly prospects for go nto community as selfsufficient adults The tenoucstlon survey was directed to all social and economic levels in the city to get an equal representation of the population The results indicate that the average citizen in Barrie will answer two out of three truer lions correctly but in In per cent of the cases he will refuse to answer the survey Residents also indicated be licf that retarded person needs love and alfectlon but they dont think retarded sons will improve in favors la environ ment Residents percentage of 37 were aware that mental retard lation and mental illness do not go automatically together Sixtythree per cent of those su cre wrong in agree Midtown in Wellington Bill and Euphoreillotor Hotel Johnny lyre Conthsentsl Graham Upshaw MOVIES ory Prudence and the Pill xlmpulal The Producers Buronin DriveIn Thenlre iThe Good The Bad and The Ugly erhnnly Boy Drivein The War Wagon plus Rough Night In Jericho SPORTS Imperial Eashnan Queens Parlt 700 gsottnau Newmarket at Senior Playoffs WardJWb at wmrour Interawar Fairgrounds 700 letter written to the Barrie Chamber of Commerce by an American tourist expressed de light at the way several Ont arin residents helped him when he was involved in traffic raccident on Highway 00 July lilton Llndstrom and his wife vol Jamestown NY were inI voivedin tail end colli isien on the highwnyrjust south of Barrie in the stop and go traflic they ran into car driven by Gait man be they said was extremely considerate Mr Llndstrom in his letter al so la ud ed the OFF constable front the Bradford detachment who invesfigated the mishap He wasatlnepolite and most considerate officer offer Dairy Princess FinalistsPielred TORONTO CP Judges picked contestants from Kent and Heldimnnd counties Tues day night to advance to the fi slals of the ontario Dairy Prinlt messcontest wudaaostwtcr22 Kent ty representative and Sharon Mcltlorran 20 Heidi mand County were selected over three other semifinalists The girls and the top millr maids picked from tonights isemifinnl round go into the fi nals Thursday Defeated in Tuesday nights competition were Carolyn Rid den 19 of Hopeville Renfrew County Josephine Smallgange 10 of lllallorytownLeeds County and Kathleen Alexan der 19 of Hillier Prince Ede 3ward County layman ls Named Chief Executive 0i United Church nlflNGSTON Ont The United Church of Canada has taken an unprecedenled step and elected laymannss chief executive officer Dr Robert Baird McClure at Toronto was namedmoderator Tuesday night as the churchs general coun oncluded the firslday of nt dny meeting The soycaroldmedicni mis sionary on retirement leave from lndia was elected on the fourth ballot to succeed Rt Rev Willred Lockhart of Winnipeg who had completed twoyear term Ihencw moderator the titat layman to hold the post since the church came into being in ms ltbldleportcrs he saw his election asperhaps to thechurebgisla ost importantchalleoge of the churchio the West is to meet peoplésivnecds her hanljust talltlahou he Dr McClure was born in rtland Or here his moth eluted from the bellimrin0hina He LOUNGES Arlene tQueensHotel The Troubadors Central Ontario Hospitality Delights American Tourist tors could not procecd witha tag that one quarter of the men Isliy retarded are in institu lions Only two per cent of the retarded receive professional helptho others remain with family or in their own commun lty Officials at the Centre said that Barrie residents reflected tolerant attitude toward the re tarded but there was something of an unduly pessimistic al titude as to what people thought the retarded person could do Thesurrey also indicated that harrleites would accept re tarded person in the community interestingly enough the higher person was on the socioeconomic scale the less it terested and mors suspicious he appeared in his stoma towards the surrey the re asld Seek East Person To Have Seen Boy ORILLIA tCPl Police today are smelling for an 11 or 12yearold boy believed to be the last person to ace Robert Brown 12 of Wilfrid Ont be ore he disappeared Aug The Brown boy was last seen swimming ncar the Georgina Township park TONIGHT Guy and the Covcr Girls plus Busy Body log to help us in any way he could The Llndstroms also received help from other residents at their lodge in hracehridge Bar rie car repair mechanics and insurance representatives Someone also gavellr Lind elrom case of Canadian beer in short supply at the time due to the strike DAVID THOMSON Manpower Has New Counsellor new counsellor on the staff at Barries Canada Manpower Centre David Thomson has come here from Toronto where and Trades Office native of London Ontario he attended high school there as well as teachers college He has tutored privately for some years as well as working with fin ance company in Drillia before ioinlng the manpower depart ment gt He is graduate of Unlver sity of Toronto and has been with the Eranttord Manpower Centre He was alsostudént placement officer at McMaster University in Hamilton Mr Thomson is single and ge sldes onShantyVBay Road at the residence of Andrew Wels man Brien Creditors May liecoverLoss TORONTO tCP Creditors of Joseph Eenolt Brien former president of Prudential Finance Corp Ltd of Toronto can look forsubstantiat recovery the es tates trustee said Tuesday If president of said pros gets for full recovery look pret goodaftet it creditors at tended meetingto consider Brleos bankruptert To floanc al statement Brien hsted assets of 54081 and liabilities of mu cerving orderywaa filed against Brien in1nnuary Credi meeting until Erlen abandoned grew up in northern China an appealngainstdhe receiving order two weeks ago visor and an engineering re he worked with the industrial tricsauch as Japan and Hang nauxan atmosphere is being used to help members of the Barrie Real Estate Board study for their licences NEED THREE TO BEAT nus can If Bop Guldoiln mach ot the Barrie Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association Senior league has the same effect on his hockey players no he does on fellow golfer the from should fln islt well this year Yesterday Pete Rennie was golfing with Guldolin Dennls Coleman and Curly Endl llct To Improve Drainage 0n Queen Street In Angus Drainage problems on Queen streetwili be receiving atten tion as result oi action taken by Angus village trustees following representations by delegation of ratepayers The trustees were told that flood waters had interferrcd with septic tanks during re cent heavy rainstorm There al so had been difficulties last spring The trustees Charles Bell chairman Merv Milson and Mt llam Gibbs discussed the prom him with Louis Trunx of tile pia Essa township road uper port is waited on costol in stallation of asuitahlc drain The trustees askedr that the work be done this fall The members were told the new King street sidewalkex Imports Pose Major Problem For Textile Trade KINGSTON ca Textile imports from lowwage coun Kong constitutes the major problem facing the Canadian textile industry at Montreal businessman said Tuesday Bell director of market ing for Dominion Textile Co Ltd told the llth International Canadian Seminar that the Canadian industry is being forced to move away from highvohtme low price uals Mr hell said that Canadian manufacturers hold only 50 per cent of the domestic market for cotton woven products and 70 per cent of the home market for at the University of Calgary and The course is being run by Paul Alford of the Ontario Association of Real Estate Boards andd is aimed at pro OI ll KIND colt when he lofted his tee shot into the cup on the lltls hole at Ilichbroolr On Aug Collmeeo Iced his shot on the same hole He was playing with Goldolln Charles Tierney and Rennie Both golfers used irons on the toward psrtltree hole Coilmeeos hit and rolled but Ronnies flew straight in tension cost slightly over $1000 It has made commendable im provement residents reported County action is awaited on County road ill curve which wouldtstraighteo this route through uAngllS One proposal has been that this he switched to Margaret street which would entail the county taking over this village road The county council ashedlhe Ontario department of highways about taking over county road 10 which extendsllrom highway south otlottenham to high way 27 Stayner route at Sunni dale Corners Sanford Page Essarsecretary stated there was also an alter native proposal for route to link highway to with as and it was suggested it would be some time before decisions are linlt alized Essa township council has proving this roaddurlng the past two years TEST SKI TEAM CANARY CF Half of Canadas national ski team takes up residence here today for an llday dryland training and evalu on clinic conducted Foothills HospitalsTeam mem bers will be measured under varyingdegrees of exertion to deter ne their matepot unluseful in predicting who the gutstanding performers could OLDER THE BETTER 1643 picture byDtltch painter Rembrandt measuring by inches sold for $102400 recently at Sothebys auction house It London synthetic andhianded fabric Maple St Dunnville who plead heen pressing for uction in im Offer For lleel Estate flioattl Members Acetoneformemhersofthe BarriaRealEststoBoardlsbt log held all this week at the ntinental inn Paul Ah am hoards it one only new £680 attnicnts so are already licensed With the expansion of bust our what it is aald Mr Al ford more peoplalvneed these courses than ever before Mr Alford was last in Barrie In January Purpose of the course says of whom Mr Alford to promote better ductng better customer relo tlonshlps From left to right Mrs lim Fisher Brian Wake field Fred Rooney and Mr Al lord Examiner Photo Marijuana Case is Adioumed The trial of 17yearold girl and youth on charges of pop session and trafficking in maris yuann was adjourneduntii Sept la today in magistrateslcourt Charged with iratficlsing gin martjuana and possession are Julie Weller 23 springhome Rd Harrie and Thomas Raymond Yates 17 nrtaa Sumidnle Rd Barrie Brian on stator 11 of ed guilty to charge of passes sroll on Aug 14 was remanded out of custody for sentencing on SepL The trial was adjourned due to the absence of Magistrate 11 Foster The three were ar rested in Barrie on July 19 some Meats customer relations and the per formance of salesmen in the busi ness Suhlkts studied include real estate law sales contracts mortgage financing and other aspects of the business Since January 3167000 has been traded in real estate in the Barrie area as opposed to 3681 000 last year This does not in clude figures for June July and August The courses are necessary be fore real estate agents mnyrbe licensed Body son Unidentified Provincial Police said today that they still have not identl tied the body of woman found in the bush in West Gwillim bury Township last week police spokesman said that they have lead on the case and hope for an identification mil but as yet have nothing de nte Earlier police said they run peeled foul play and they did not believe the woman lnher early 20s was from the Brad lord area No one has been re profited missing near there they aa An autopsy showed the body found last Monday near side road witan the bush from le to eight weeks Fighting increases In Vietnam War SAlGON tAP American air cavalrymen battled sizable force in the jungled infiltration corridor northwest of Saigon today while inside the capital Viet Cong rockets foil for the third time in two months killing three civilians US headquarters said still light was under way 34 miles northWest of the SouthvivVletj pamesecapital npdfthat so far 44 guerrillas have been killed Thorcchet attack on Saigon hit shirt district on the south ern edge or the city blowing up one thouse and damaging two gt port and towns were shelled during the night and this morning Limited MEAT Atous lS oun SPECIALTY sooner rs ms PlagueiltCollingwoodCalls Ilitlention To 1854 Train Run Sponmd by the Collinswnod centennial committee histor ical plague commemorating the pioneer Northern Railwaywas unveiled here htesday at the Collingwood Museum on the site olthe former CNR station at Memorial Park Ben ode Weerdhol was mas ter of 1ceremonlerfor the event and the plaque was un chedflby Ken Nettleton and Richard leopard lifelong rail way employees of the area first train to arrive to Coll lngwood com leted 95 mile trip from Ontario on Sat urdsytDecemher lb lost in three hours The first passenger train followed in January 1555 and the Barrie Advance then reported The first train of railway ears from Toronto to Lake Huron direct started from Toronto on Monday at 830 am arrivedlin Colllngwood at 130 in and returned at 1030 pm The 190 mileswas made ht lohotirs allowing three for re creation Thisis scale of traa yet which cannot be excelled in any part of Europennd Amer lcasnd was aceompltshed in this instance without the slight1 est incovenlence or accident Tho first train to Allandale was in October strand line completed from betray to hell Ewart in May 1554 The extension ol the North ern railway to Collingwood drew nttenllon of many to lake Hur on and was the first stgptc word making new progress for the area it shortened the dis tance between Toronto Ind plow car villages on Lake Huron led to the erection ofsaw mills and provided market place for fishermen The steamship lots to Collins wood harbour resttlted fur vast moVemenl of lrelghL The rail way development to Culling wood also spurred the construe tloo of colonization reads to other areas in the county and after less operating as the Northern Railway the company andlts affiliates administered extensions from Colllngwood to Meniord in rm and northern route from Barrie to Orlllle tram and then to Gravenhurst Which was opened to traffic in 1875 rutisomer NUMBERS City one fire Dept Hospital opp RETRAINING MAY aejroun answsn ro eerrar EMPLOYMENT FOR DETAILS aaour COURSES IN Upgradlng Grades to 11 Comnmrclal Accountaney Maehlne Shop Practlee 40 Burner servicing Commorclal Stsnographic Smpl Engines 4Mechanleel Drafting eburacr voua OCAL CANADA MANrcwert CENTRE 32A Dunlap Street BARRIE OR nouns zpucarton cams Telephone aroma Crsduutos receive Ontario Department of Educatiol Statement of Equivalent standing IicomnetefreezerService deviants °Btit ml

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