Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 1 Oct 1968, p. 3

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squares cum or Services Oneallhereasouanmu oltheblindintodaylwodd able toget alongoowell tbescrvioeprovided byan ganlutlnn made up mainly andsiivnani 3111191 To TbisistbeCanadiaanlionai institute for the Blind and each year in Barrie 50 or so blind persons take direct ad vantage of the services provid ed them by dollars earned through institute drites and the United Appeal Norman Gilby is the lield secretary for the Barrie area lie tends to the needs of the blind in and around Barrie Ind enrols them in training corneas social clubs and the like Some of the cqidpmentwhlcb goes to blind persons lrom the branch includes talking book machines canes braille books and many small items which make life for the blind in sighted world little easier WRITING CARDS Cards are run off by the hun dred with slots cut into them horizontally By placing one on sheet of paper blind person can write letter and keep the lines straight and on the page There is smaller card mode for use in banks it is stamped with note to the teller lastruc tins her to place it on the dotted line wherever that may be so the blind person can sign his name Perhaps the most vital ser vice is the eye bank The Earv ric branch has acquired an eye transporter or insulated carrying case in which human eyes can be taken to hospital ior transplanu which save many persons from complete blind ncss each year For recreation checkers and chess sets small boxes instead of white and raised black squares There are dominoes marked withbralile as wcil as braille playing cards Advances in the types of equipment uscd have also been made Mr Gilby who is mem ber of the Barrie Lions Club and very active inbls work uses collapsible cane which telescopes to pocket pen size when indoors Newer talking book machines which come from CNFBI cen tral library in Toronto are now lighter and easier to use than the old kind and less prone to there are with break down These areas which LARGE NOVELS Tapes for these machines Five administration areas are planned under the new county school board system for second ary and public schools starting on January 1969 include both high and elementary schools include Barrie as area Orillia as area Midland Penetanguishene and Elmvale as area CaliiHEWWdr Stayner as area Alliston and Brad ford as area and public school board sep arate board for operation of 15 separate schools in Simcoe County and Muskoka township of Baxter also will be organiz ed on the same basis These two boards will replace the present local and area boards now in charge of school administration 13 WARDS Trustees for both boards will be elected and nominations will be held in to wards on Monday November 1a with clerks oi the largest assessed municipalities ior school purposes acting as re turning officers Under the approved arrange ments Barrie Orillia and Innislilv Cookstown wards will elect two trustees each while 10 other wards will elect one each Separate school suppor tars will be gtvenballots to elect two county represcnla five at large to deal with secondary school matters when In addition to the secondary caution guvni HUMAN in nu NURSELMRS KEN wmrea WITH eve aAnK EQUIPMENT which also come to the local branch from Toronto are four track They are long enough to permit even the longest novel to be Bind in its entirety high speed rewind on the machines enables the user to piclr any spot on the tape to listen to This is especially valuable when reading magacinessald Mr Gilby Certain articles can bepicked from the braille table of contents and road right av way Another valuable service pro vided by the branch is driv ing pool Volunteers pick up blind persons anddrive them bout so they can more easily conduct their days affairs There is social club where blind persons play various they go to the polls to elect their separate school trustees Voting day for each ward will be on Monday December New regitlations passed by the Ontario legislature earlier in the year when the county system was made mandatory require voting to be held on this date except where tbereare acclam ations Since the county schoolsys tem is new it is anticipated there will be few acclamations for the first voting The county board will replace nearly 35 area and local boards OFFICIAL ACTIVE The interim committee which is headed by Ford oi Col lingwood has been aasistingin getting the new systemlauncb edwith meetings held at the county administration building in Barrie The counfy educational con sultative committee headed by Tottenham Reeve Fred Mac Leanv also has been assistitlg withco operation from county officials and assessors Bradley Lof Barrie is representative of the five re tardedcbildrens authorities and clean of the 82 existing school boards in the county also has re Presentation live group working with the committee includes Ram say superintendent of second on school assessment as tour member administra games and organize their own activities At holiday seasons this club holds spccial parties and other functions for its mem bers The largest part of Barrie ONTB funds come from United Appeal is your the branch hasbeen allntEd UA budgct of $8200 Use of those funds is dcclded by the local advisory boardmfltier up of volunteer directors The United Appeal campaign frees manyCNlB workers who can get on with the job of pro viding essential services for the blind in Barrie Without this appeal the cure would have to run its own campaign for funds and the strain on rmources would probably be very great For Schools Listed Lapp elementary school super intendent in Orillia it Towle business administrator of Orillia secondary schools and Hartman business ad ministrator of Midland public school board SUBJECT TO REVIEW Ward boundaries were based quired by Bill 44 and were ap proved by Simcoe County coun cil on recommendation from the county educational consultative committee Regulations provide for review ofwardbound aries every four years with the county council having this res ponsibiliiY Three words which elect two members each are Barrie 0r illia and inuisfil Cookslown The latter has been designated ward three Others hich elect one trusj tee each include Bradford and West Gwiilimbury in ward one Adiala Tecurnseth Bee ton Tottenham andAlliston in ward two Essay Tnssorontio and Sunnidaleln ward tour Collingwpod in ward five Not tawasaga Sta ei Wasaga beach and Crecmore in word six are and Vespra in ward seven Medonte Matchedash and Orillia townships in ward eight lilos Tay Elmvale Fort Mclficoll and Victoria Harbour in ward nine Tiny township and Penetang in ward ten and Midland inward ll pealed to the Ottawa Rotary Club Monday to lake the lead in campaign to end discrimina tion against Negroes in clubs and community organizations George McCurdy an oili cinl of the federal labordepaitu mcnts fair ernployment prac tices branch said racial and re llgious discrimination is prac ed in Canada more pol iteness orv subtietychan in other parts of the world it is bad enough if an indi vidual has racist attitudeshe said But when such attitudes are institutionalized incountry clubs lun heon clubs and busi ncssciub new dimension of poison is addedto th main ary schoolsfor Barrio aRdcidl Discrimmdtion OTTAWA CF Negro lie saidone wellknnwddntiarl national club which he did not identify reqtdrea applicants sign form stating they are of the caucasian white race and not married of another race An internation sorority with Mo discouraged Vliegro mem rs in partsof the US in drans in parts of Canada and Frenchanadians in Quebec A1965 study of Negroesat can former gunion research director born at Amhersthurg Ont too many Canadians ass late Justices withtheUS or some other faroff place Fow rcalizedb Negroes aro hurt and humiliated easily by the little things done uncon scious yt the subtle and intentional insults the uncon Windsor Ont showed that nine Ease County accepted Negroes to full membership Two private clubs also tlawcd lab members Mr McCarty would revar upon you deeiaroan nip thumb pould be ready in Ground at building site was brok enonJuly loandworkbupro uededataiastpaceeversinco workmen will still be touching up the plaster and painting hut classes will so on Prwa Crawa said he expects the rest of the students to he in tha building in the out two or three weeks 1061 cannot Police report theft of $960 worth of Chitin and Well from trailer on Baton Avenue in Allandale Cpl Audrey fisher Nportcd the loss to police yes terday The investigation is con linuinl CONVICTIONS Elmvale provincial police re ported total of conviction in court arising from charg es laid the week of Sept 15 to Sept 21 Of these 35 were High way Traffic Act charges and were laid udocr the liquor Coo trol Act Am HOSPITAL multiple prascntatlbn by the Barrie legion the Barrie Minis terial Association and the lloyal Victoria Hospital Auxiliary win he made at pm flnnsdsy at the hospital Accepting the cheque on behalf ol the hospital will be administrator Cameron TOURIST ASSDCIATION The first annual conference of the Huronia Tourist Asociation has been set for on 10 At tending villbe membersol the oourls cater industry from all across county as well BLHTA members themselves lcd byltay Atkinson of Barrie ancacrucr panama on Police Fire Dept Hospitll OPP 7555538 7mm Applicants for city manager may have oounderso psyebola gical testing before the posi tion is filled Mayor Robert Bentley told special committee of the whole meeting of city council last night that hehopes city will hire teen of management consultants bar this purpose He said the city had received lions for the pop The general government com mittee studied mesa and inter viewedfour applicants on sei ect one hesaid Three present members of the city administration are also be ing considered for the job the mayor said Adralt bylaw outlining the terms of referenceand du the new oitymanager or administrator as the position is referred to is now being pre pared by the city solicitor The draft incorporates the he features at bylaws from other cities that have the loan ager system the mayor said Former city manager Walter Gigg leithis position five weeks ago it announced his resigha tionVJuoe 26 totake position with Georgian College Meanwhile the mayor depart ment heads committee chain men and the city clerk have an extra work load to complete tasks formerly done by the city manag Aspeoial coordhiaoing corri mittee of department beach and the city clerkhas been set up to handle the situationvand meets with the mayor each Friday OGAtlY waywammc Units begin to take shape as nonnmn insist Basile ue The hotel restaurant foreground is being used to the oorrstructlon continua on the complex will soon be nearing clear the gruundaround the Holiday Inn near Lillie Aven oompletlon Heavy equipment arr NEWS THE BARBIE EXAMINER TUESDAY OCTOBER sirsvrmrsaaatkrsramiv ton BUS WHICH STRUCKGIBL Tires with no tread and holes the size of is silver dollar in the rubber were discovered on Greer transportation bus that failcdto stop for green light and struck nineye old student yesterday liter aoon Janice Lee waited or the green light to go on before she started to cross Bradford EL outside the Prince of Wales School Her friend Lorrie La limb was with or The light WantsmannerAnnals Screened 9C9nsgltqms The Mayor said in an inter view that it may be two or three months before the new administrator takes up his Post Once the draft bylaw is me pared the general government committee will use it as basis for further discussion on the is sue the mayor said Im in no great hurry to get new administrator the may or said want to give the coordinating commitlee the chance to gel the feeling of their new responsihilities Everyone has chipped in and shouldered greater respon sibilities Everyone is commun icating and cooperating the mayor said think theyve maniac roarcnsr TORONTO OP The ma rine forecasts for the Great Lakes issued at 30 Lake Ontario Win south westerly to an knots becom ing northwest late tonight Fair Lake Erie Winda southwest erly zo to 30 knots decreasing to 15 to 20 tonight Fair Lake Huron Georgian Bay Winds southwest 25 to 35 knots becoming northwest 10 to 30 this afternoon and evening Fair Lake Supninr Winds north westerly 25 to knotsrdecreas ingto lSto 20 night Fair my axannvcn rwanr PEONETzaMi wivooo Korea chance togive beauty to youthome atlowrcost onows Muslims stn Iyatlllipm Dial itstits turnedgreen and Janlcodarh ed across Lorrie waited few moment then realized that the bus swelling lowirdl them was not going to flop Janice struck by the hnl and received bruises on her iorchcad and ahotdderl The driver of the hue Ed win Seddon Angus told police that the air pressure wallow on hlr brakes Police any charges will be laid got enough out of these regular meetings that they are not so log to want them to stop The mayor saidhe didnt be have the council had suffered from the loss of the city manag EI Each council member has had to do more homework he said But this is good Weve relied loo long on one mans opinion site and will play part in extensive landscaping which is planned Examiner Photo Tractor IJciricivcuiI Arrives in Metro NRONTO CF An Otta wabound caravan of no tractors ambled uneventfqu into the To ronto area Mohdoy under the watchful eyesoi ball dorm provincial police motorcycle ol iicers Aboard were angry south western Ontario corn growers who plan to take to the national capital their demands for new federal policies on corn prices and Import competition from the United States The growers members of On tario Farmers Union from nine countries assembled the cars van at Woodstock fairgrounds last Friday and moved off at am Monday OFU VicePresident leter Myers said zoo farmers Were prepared to take part in the dermoshatlon but it was decid ed to limit the parade to loo tractors because of the expense of trucking the tractors and transporting the drivers back from Ottawa TORONTO GP Wholesale to retailcarton eggs average weighted prices quoted by the department of agriculture as of MondayzA large 605 Ame diurn 556 small 391 Butter prices Canadian Dairy Commission tenderablc earlots buying so score 62 buy provincial police spokesman said motorcycle officers have been assigned to follow the car avan along iLs entire rouleThe tractors were being widely spaced and driven in recoup oi five to minimize lraific dclays suspensefilled murder mystery prcscnted by tho LillLES HIjLL PLAYERS FRIDAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 11 AND 12 CENTRAL COLLEGIATE AUDITORIUM TICKETS $150 PHONE $0819 or from Jnnes Stationery Shorncys Opticians Allandnle Lumber chksons Grill ing to score to selling in anon limpiiflsumnce ninp thot offarstha fTotai rvioo ri group Insurance The Excalslorilta Those ms Nit backed avatar of highl

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