Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 3 Oct 1968, p. 2

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Busoooist Jerry Rohhroon who also plan with the Barrie Central kilogiate Band will Conductor John Montague of Toronto rehearsee the Hur onla Symphony Orchedm at Collier Sireotdlnited Church intbelluroniaSyrophonyOor schema in theirfortbcoinlag concerts Their first concert of therea son will be given on on 23 in the Barrie Central colleg The hf musiclo sweet cr than ever as cellist Nonm6 an Abbott edfi special dl late An identical concert will be given on Oct so at tha Opera House in Orlilia Face Fair Beardj wasrau panic Examiner Stall Reporter llre harrle Agricultural Soc ietyr will meet tonightto discuss financial problems that have plagued the fair for the past four years and to consider long range plans for both capin spending andpoiicy changes The continued delicitsgare the result of bad weather had lack of continuing financialr manage ment EarleLittle chairman of the finance committee said the fair has not had consistent fin ancial management over the last few years Mr Little is now working on comparativcau alysis of the financialistateniauts for tire past Miryears The re suits are expected fobe avail able before the end of the year flhe secretary treasurerof the exhibition William Tracz who has held tbeipositiou for less than year believes some of the exhibition classes are go log to have to disappear if the fair is to continue to attract people NOT INTERESTED fl dont think the average fair interested in the crafts he said Theaverage citizen cant tell the difference between the grade potato and the grade potato He isnt interested in the differ ences William Malcomson manager of the exhibition agrees with Mr lracz However Mr Mal oomson feels it should remain this way This is an sgriculturV al exhibition for the poop in The fair hasbeen under Mr Malcornso guidance for the last 20 years Presidents have comeiand gone but MrrMaicom son hasstayed on as manager Mort ofwhat has tobe done is in my head he said How every hav arted making notes to pass on to whoever lahesmypla Mr Malco son heievcs that what Barrie exhibition needs most is grandstand rid he hopes thatesometbiog cab be ar ranged soon Federal governmentwgranls havebeeo cut off ond the ro irlnclal program offers top 25 per cent of approved capital improvements According to Malcomsou nothing def been decideduponua comm teeto look into the long range plans will performed in the car future he snldn Mr Malcomsoo believer that WA there will be nothing for them fair as big as ours withpro party as valuable as ours should have someone who can devote full time to the management of the grounds llcrcever Mr Malcomaon added that no serious consid eration is being given to adv vertising for fulliime man agar Im the only man who caoudo the job he said 27 users Twenty seven organizations usedihe fair grounds last year but few of them paid for much more than the cost of cleaning rip after they left Boy Scout meetings and Salvation Army gatheringsrare notcharged the full lea Breeders sales and fur niture auctions have different ing that we really cant tell he said Attendance of 15000 ando servations of the people on the grounds indicate that asubstan tlal ournberof the urban popula tion do not attendtba fair younger members ofthe Barrie populationsee it as an agric tural fair that lakes plea on property that situated in the cltyadd is tax exempt Thepropertyiwaa purchased in 1944 for $0150 Two lots were sold shortly after fori¥800 Five new barns and the curling club are the only substantial huild tags on the site The ling club has 99 year leasefonr the sections its building stands on andfhe society has thcgusa ofthe building during the exhi cos fee structures The erhlbitioni de finitely serves the agricultural interests fol the surrounding oweyer as one lady put Ive gone to the fair once but it was so dull dont want he look at Jars of someones elses pickles and farms The children go and spend their money on the midway but when they grow up Offlcials offer different at tendance figures for this years lair Mr Tracz said 15000 people attended thejair while Mr Malcomson said it Was more like 25000 However Mr lilal comson admitted that there was on why of lmowing how mo people attended the fair There is noraccurate count taken The system of passes lsso confus lTVHE BARRIE POLI The societys riin cial posi tion is the cause of serious can earn Everyone comected with the fair admits that there have been deficits for some firire but no one will say eqcactly how much the society owes Nor are there any concrete plans for bringing about thatchanges needed to lmprnvetbefinan cial position flhe society has approximate ly 000 members Paying fee of$2 per year They are the people who choose the directors in turn set=the policy for the society Those directors mcet this evening at Mo pm in the av Ontario department of agric lure office onCcllier street They have noofiice of their own sninov carom aARRia Amount DANCING 91 Southero Georgian Search For emotion hosts and the mmwhwohi our waters of Little Lake thb hiera lnl 1° 50 bod lhmomwhoirwrndlm ey heavy thunderstorm lata yestudl afternoon and mo tor Motown and ow ova hksbaAlhcd In when be try to untangle it Three one and our boat searched the lako all log yesterday bot to want No divers were calicdlo the afternoon but had to be with drawu at iPolico tanned the dbordloe mansion in the orchestras tone lilrAbbotttraveis from Toronto to attend rehearsals of the Huronia Symphony Pack 0i Dogs Tirrealeiis Sheep Near Bradford Farmers near Bradford are watching each night for pack of dogs blamed for the deaths of 58 sheep and lambsdurlog the last leveral weeks Jainu lrlndsay managerpf the Crang farms said he has shot two dogs but this has failed to stop the pack from ro turning The Crang Farm reports to sheep and lambsand one calf killed by the dogs Ontario Provlrieinl Police in Bradford said they are aware of thesltuetloh but they have not baeocalledvln to aid in tracking down the pack Not MakingTum Ballets Collide car driving east on Sunni dale Tuesday collided with car driving west on Ross Street The Examiner incorrectly re ported tnat Rory ODonal was making ten hand turn when his car was hit Mr Donalwas driving west on Ross Sireetahdalleniptlng locrdss the intersection of Ross and Wellington Street The Examiner apologizes for any cmolarassmeot or incon venience we may have caused Mr ODooal early Lhiskmorniog Diver and boats were searching thelake Policeoaid six feet of heavy weeds the lake nude it im posble to drag for thebody Building Dip Reported Here In September Despite drop of $154023 in hulding over the first seven months of this year Aid Jolliffe chairman of the public works committee remains optl mistic September compared with the corresponding month last year shows an oVerall decrease in the valueol building permits issued with drop of $55711 but Aid Jolllife said he feels the generaloutreach is very satisfying len new dwelling permits were issued in the last month one less than the same month lastyear The total value of the now resistances dropped $47000 from 5216000 to $169000 One more commercial permit was issued for total of eight but decrease in total valueef $20145 No industrial building permits were issued compared with three last year for value of $241000 The highlight of the report is the indication of $5216015 decrease in the non assess able category for January to September Aid Joilifla said Years totals to date for new dwellings show decrease in number from 161 to but an incieasein value of $046800 Commercial totals show an in crease in value of $7405ixi and industflal of 3201131 DISTRICT WEATHER CloudYAndiCOOII gIn Area Cold air from the north is com mg The synopsis for this eve ning and tomorrow says that the southern Georgian Bay re gion canexpect cloudy and cool conditions tonight with more of the sameFrlday few show ers are also expected Friday afternoon Low tonlgbtshould hois de grees says the weathermanf with high tomorrow or 55 degrees At new today the thermometer outside the Examiner register ed 58 degrees Synopsis Cold air from Northern Ontario will spread south covering all of Ontario by afternoon Cloudy windy and cool weather will continue into Friday and therawill he scat tered showers Windsor London Hamiton Toronto Lake SLCIEir Lake En Lake Huron Niagara Ontario Haliburton Vindy and colder with to were today Mostlyycloudy andcool tonight and suspense ed murder mystery prclentodhy the LlTILES HILL PLAYERS rnmiiv sardonhv OCTOBER lliAND 12 CENTRAL COLLEGIATE AUDIIOMUM TICKETS $150 St Thomas ruddy showers again in theafternoon Wiods west 20 to 30 decreasing to 15 to 25 Friday Forecasttemperatures Low tonight High Friday Windsor 40 40 40 40 40 45 45 45 45 45 40 45 40 London ShCethalilles Toronto Peterhorouv Kingston Owen Sou Trenton Kilialoe North Bay sudhury SaultSle Mario Kapuskasing Whiteltlver Mooscnea limrnins permits an lncrcase Kcnosha Wis woody REGULAR EXERCISE il part of Mra Barbara Park ens day Here VON nurse lo drugs Dolores Grondlo gives her exercise new no sbe lies lnthe special bed dven her by the local niiutl ple sclerosis chapter The ex ercise bar bangs above the bed Examiner Photo maintains with Aide Of EUnited Appeol Agency Mrs Barbara Parker ls look lngforward to the Stanley Cup this year with anticipation Every evening she is carried out into the living room to watch television and her lover its program are sports espec ially hockey This Barrie woman math or of seven children is vice tlm of multiple sclerosisWhlle she has been confined to her bed by this disease with the help of visiting nurses she manages to run her home and keepitclean and neat She spends much of her time in special bed provided for her by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada which has just founded branch in Simcoe County Funds are raised through thevBarrte Uriltcd Ap peal The bed adjusts to any pos ltion has an exercise bar on which Mrs Parker can lift her self and an air mattress which is pressurized atdiffereot points by an automatic pump to give her acoutloual massage aurora harass Dolores Grondin the Victor ian Order nurse who cares for Mrs Parker describes her as always happy lve neVer heard her complain Mrs Parker is heroine and so are all other like her said Jack Harper chairman of the Simcoe County chapter tiple Sclerosis Society of Ca ada She should get ameda Mr Harper whohasiheadcd the group since its organization Barbershoppers Music Director Here Friday The llirronia chapter of the Society forther Preservation at the bonds of the Barrie Civi tun Club in May said that the society had spent $300 oncqulp merit for patients in Barrie he lore chapter was organised ere fOur prime lob now is public education he said must be made aware that we exist and are here to help We are not achorlty but an edu iational and research group Multiple Sclerosis orMS la disease which attacks the sheath around the splualcord scarring it it causes gradual paralysis SEEK CURE Medical authorities have the last short while believed themselves to be on the vcfge of hreaktlronrgh in treatment Even cure is no longer an int possibility it has been found possible to loduce the MS con dition invtest animal Mr Harper estimates that there are about 10 to to MS and Encouragement orcllarhnr shop Quartet Singing in America will have the societys director of music Robert Johnsonfrom as its guest to lmrrownight Thatchapter meeting which will be held in StGeorgco Para ish lfall willsee both the Owen Sound and North York chapters vlnting as well Mr Johison will leach severar new threepart harmony arrangements to the assembled clubs We take this as real shot in the arm for our efforts in this Huronia chapter publt li chairman Fred Thomson nonunion stared HEAtING on payments unriormly 44th fuel consumption high and other expenses are gener dlly hevirSeauaw nahrinc on MARY six iy ai Night Call 123246 People sufferers in the Barrie area IE lone We dont know how many because most of them want to seek help They wont come to us largely because they dont know why were here The chapter had van at the Barrie Fair with educational material to be passed out to vp ltors van used as travelling information servicealso brings therapist up to see Barrie patients free of charge for res Ztllor treatments As it stands the chapter roost educate the public says Mr Harper and help the afflicted locally as for as equipment is concerned Money raised must also help the societys research fund at national level gt This year 106000 will be spent in fellowships and fro search1 grants to Canadian no ZS long as people like Mrs Parker have courage saldlt Harper we can havehope The and thats crisiiy and did do no outside creamyandtenderon the in side so fresh so homeelyleyoud think they came right fro your Available ow at Lake ins Dtinlop we make every dayl es

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