Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 26 May 1952, p. 3

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Roxy Theatre HOUSE OF HITS FIRST WITH THE BEST lN BARRIE LAST DAYS MONDAY TUESDAY BE SURE TO SEE THIS ONE IF YOU HAVENT YET MEIR II we STARTS WE NESDAY ALSO THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY THE GREATEST TECHNICOLOR SPECTACLE EVER FILMED WICKED EMPIRE AND THE LOVE STORY OF PAGAN SOLDIER AND STPRING ROBERT TAYLOR DEBORAH KERR LEO GENN PETER USTINOV 5mm Ply lay OIIN LEE IAHIN was BEHMAN SONYA LEITEN Baud on the Noni fay anI sianicvin maul MERVYN LcROY pm smzptanusr PtEASE NOTE RUNNING TIMES MATINEE WED 230 pm EVE SHOWS WED THUR FRI One Performance Nightly Commencing at 8151pm ADMISSION PRICES FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT EVENING ADULTS $lII3 TAX INCL MATINEE ADULTS 75c TAX INCL CHILDREN ALL TIMES 50c TAX INCL FREE LIST SUSPENDED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT GRANADA ENTERTAINMENT Mu Tue Wec EVEFSHOWS 840 pm loin the lVlOIItIIIIII see the Navy Its an ocean of funkcnd laugh IRIII Williams Carla Blelnda RObtlArmstrOng III THEME IHAIIHRIIIS IACE TnAr roams Showing Once only Each Evening Complete ShowAfter NEXT ATTR OTION TH WEEKEND leg of lllc journey firm was familiar to many but the irolled the buses illfl with regret action has been dncldediupon and Each at rm BARBIE EXAMINER autumn Mar 26 1952 ORO SCHOOL CHILDREN VISIT TORONTO FOR INTERESTING jINSTRUCTIVE TOUR OF CITY May momentous occasion for many of the pupilsl vim OmTwnshlp swam Area whcn thrcc hundred from grades four to eight 2032ch with some of their parents For most the day began between fivethirty and six when after Ilcufly breakfast the travellers hur rim to Llltlf respectch point where one of the seven buses pick ed them up Barrie the loads wcre more evenly distributed and finally at seventhirty buses left along No ll llighway on the first This part of the LlIlIcltH shown by those who were Zseeing this section of the country for first time made it seem new Ecxpcricncc for all Past the Holland marshes with IIICII tiny green plants growing in isoldicrstraight rows in the rich black earth past the magnificent iiold farm that was one home of Sir William Muiock past the splendid orphanage run by the True iBluc Lodge past Richmond Hill past the irnprcetsivc tltilllt of Dunlap Observatory and past lhornhili until finally we reached our Provincial Capital just time to become mixed up in hour traffic on Avcnuu Road llvvn so we arrived at the Royal Ontario Museum at exactly the right moment ninethirty Here the large group was divided into eight smaller groups each of which had guide to escort its members to one particular section of the Museum These included Africa Birds Dinosaurs Early Britain Egypt Foreign Animals Indians and Mineralogy After concentrated study of the suction to which we were assigned we were allowed to travel freely about the Museum thus giving cv cryone an opportunity to see as much as possible in the limited time Of necessity lunch hour was staggered because of the size of the group for the Snack Bar and lec turc room could accommodate only half of the group at one time At 1230 we said goodbye to the Museum and walked to the Parlia ment Buildipgs with the able as sistance of several of the men teachers as traffic policemen We were escorted up the grand stair case and into the Legislative Cham ber where we took the seats of the 90 members plus the large visitors gallery Here we were honored to have Dr Dunlap the Minister of Education speak to us in the ab sencc of the Premier Mr Frost who was scheduled to address us at this time During his brief speech Dr Dunlap found to his evident amusement that the chil dren were quite honest in their appraisal of schOol subjects ap praisals which did not always agree with his own Following Dr Dunlops address Mr Mills gave us compact his tory of the Parliament Buildings with special emphasis on the his toric room inwhich we sat As we listened and watched the enrapt expressions on the faces of most of the children many of us thought what wonderful history teacher DrDunlop would make His ac count was dramatic and thrilling and yet gauged to the understand ing of even the youngest child present All too soon it was time to leave and at two oclock we once again boarded the buses and set out on tour of part of the city We travelled along College Street past the new Sick Childrens Hospital past Eatons College Street store across Canadas first subway and past Maple Leaf Gardens Turns mg doum Jarvis Street We were once again in city traffic in nar row business street whose Very dullness seemed to impress the children At last the grain elevators were sightedand the shoreline came into view Here we saw lake freighters and tugs and ferries at the docks and few small craft on thelake Now we could look back over the city andsee the towering grandeur of the Bank of Commerce the Royal York Hotel and the King Edward Hotel the myriad of train tracks and the gloomy pillars and flat roof of Union Station With Maple Leaf Stadium and Old Fort York behind us we passed the Exhibition Grounds Here we saw in connastJhe famous build ings soon to house oneof the great est exhibitions of its kind in the world and atlnywhite log cabin which was the first house built in the district We soon went past another famous fun sectionSun nyside aid hilarious were thecom ments on the rides which promised many thrills andcbills Now we wecgton the amoeth wid pavement ofthe Queen Elizabeth Way which soon gaveway to the more ordinary Highway 27 and be fore long we reached Malton Air poft Here from the observation NOTICE Overdue Pledges Barrie and District Memorial Hospital The Board of Trustees of the Royal Victoria Hospital hereby givesnoticeto those whose pledges to the above fun are overdue that unless these es are lion ored layJUNE Or some arrangement made by that date as to theirdisposition the Board willbe obliged to take court action in order to obtain payment It shouldwbe note that it is that come of this only after numerousfremind ers have been sent out Madmeuepawbletpthbunder met on babe and their wagers went on trip to Toronto Wm WM WEDNESDAY MAY ZI TELL dockiz was again light and new curmudrd at l23tl noon Fined For Receiving young taxr driver flarold IltlmIIL appeared on charge laid by pl Puvclich RCMP on May Ill of rcceiving military stores Irovos Cpl Smith stated that he Id occasion to search the car duen by Moore at the north bur rir and had found two military Slll$ of the 1931 issue Iiuoius explanation was that inv order to make up the balancc of $2 on taxi fare two soldier pass enuiy hal proffered the shirts 215 cu Mural This he claimed was it the Easter weckcnd and he had put the parcel in the car and left it llnrc iii Worship Magistrate FosltI pointed out that he had tak en the goods from soldiers in uni form found him guilty and imposed finu of 520 with costs of $620 Defer Judgment former Camp Borden worker Clarence Stonchouse faced two charges First on Sunday April 13 theft of bicycle owned by John Nicolson lZlyearold boy whose home is all Camp Borden with his brotherinlaw Capt Hume The second charge was for receiving stolen goods Through Legal Aid by MucLarcn QC he pleaded not guilty to both charges The boy gave clear evidence that first missing the wheel on the EastI er Monday morning he had seen it5 again some days later at the Camp Theatre but with number of changes made in fittings and colorr of the wheels He identified it by the scriol number stamped on the PaIamount PKIUIE mm MRI IliIIHIllSElll CIILHIPEIERIWSUIIMRUIIIIIIII Illll ltlilSlEllllllli by 0mm ix AND Sammy in Sydney Boast uId but time Wmonmlbtmivm than ever as Santa Broadway character Youllulop yOur toe tolhey Obviously Want Me To Sing It Doesnt Cast Dime frame It had changed hands in thei meantime Stonehouse had sold to staff sergeant for $15 and he in turn sold to brother staff ser Igcant for $2250 according to evid ence of both Stonehousc testified that he had bought it in Angus one evening from soldierwho had hailed himl from the street and offered to selll the bicycle which he was riding The accused said that being out of work and with funds from his un employment insurancein his pocket he had bought it for $10 and with the idea of making little money had made some changes by way of improvement and had sold for $15 to the staff sergeant He had made the changes quite openly in the yard at his home In his defence Mr MacLaren claimed that the theft was not prov en His Worship deferred judgment until Friday morning May 23 HomiIIOn Man Fined John Krawec 28 married of Uk rainian birth and living in Hamil ton pleaded guilty to charge of careless driving on April 26 on Highway 27 laid by Constable Kellogg The officers evidence was that the accused had been driving north about 1030 pm and had collided with another car owned and driven by Mrs Garvin of Midhurst and had turned it over causing in juries to the lady and extensive damagtethevehielerastsemcdel Krawec had been driving the car for friends They had been drink ing Kellogg said conviction was registered and fine of $20 with costs of $2250 im posed with an alternative of 10 days Theft of Canned Goods Jack Whitmore lot Saint John NB appeared on alcharge of theft 01 goods fromthe Loblaw Dunlap street stOre on May 17 and pleaded not guilty Assistant Manager Ralph Bird since transferred to North Baggave evidence that he had seen the ac cused picking up several cans of salmonand other foodstufs but had no basket and hadplaced them in his pockets Following him to the checking desk he saw Whitrnpre pay for some of the cans but not quite satisfied Birdhad approached him on the sum and brought him back to the store where he produced two cans platform We heard instructions for passengers over the loudspeaker and saw the tower where saf the people directing air traffic Turn ing our attention to the runways We saw several planes land the efficient unloading process and good part of the preparation of plane for flight Finally came the climax of the daythe taking off of North Star bound for Montreal Not even the food in the airport lunch saunter drove the dreamy lookfrom the eyes of approximatef 1y three hundred prospective pilots ctrpilots and stewardesses VAll thinggoeven those most en joyed must end and at fourthirty we again said goodbye this time not 60 just Malton but to the whole city As We took last look back and then turned to see stretching More us our newest four lane highway many and varied were the comments on the trip It was filling it witsaction packed it was tedious list of information but above as we could see by the $111 bubbling enthusiasm of the dreary groap it was exciting it was deverstobe forgotten it was well Worthwth an sizeicz Even the hams will nil you Its funnier than Sonowfvl Icon lib77 MAXWE To Dream won BOB HO and his own aunt Youll love Silver Bells Os sung by the Guys and Gals Lemon Drop Kid will be shown once only each night starting at 84 Complete show after of salmon and one of sardines from his back pockets total value of $132 ConstablgillIcglure OPPwas callgd took the accused to the back of the store and was told by him that the cans had been bought from man on the street The officer said that he had been drinking and was disagreeable He was found guilty and fined $10 with costgof 77 Fin For Permitting Drunkenness In Cabin Ernest Barkerpleaded not guilty to charge laid by PC Kellogg of permitting drunkennes in cab in owned by him on Edgehill Drive on May 17 The officer testified that he had gone to the property and as he approached he heard Barker yell to someone to get out and that the police were coming andseveral had run to the bush near In the cabin he found soldier andtwo Women one of whom was badly intoxicated They had been drinking beer the Officer said and behind the cabin he found part keg of beer and aquantity ofwhis key Barker stated that he had him self gone to the property because he heard that it hadbeen bro en in and in investigating noted that several articles were missing He had foundthe soldier and 3the others there and had yelled to themto get out He was found guilty of the charge and fined $20 with costs of $450 and it as declared public place Others werenfined for being way 11 north of the town limits but the gears locked and he was forced to leave the vehicle on the travelled portion of the pavement and about two feet from the west edge He had gone down to James Graves who brought him back with tow truck and they had just reached the location again when the accused drove down the slope proceeding south behind another car which turned out quickly past the stalledtruckiand swung back into the traffic lane again Charlton who claimed he could not see the truck was unable to turn out because of approaching northtraffic and despite brakes struck the rear of the vehicle do ing considerable damage to the front of his own car and breaking the frame of the truck Defence counsel Tooze TO ronto brought out that the accused was travelling at the regulation 30 miles afiour in the builtup area of Candles and that Charlton who had been drivitfzg for over 20 years was quite within his rights in fol lowing about 35 feet behind the other car Cpl Pong of thereglonal bf for the proleegution rice OPP act and produced three witnesseiMr Plowman and Constables Ware SARTS TODAY IMPERLS slope looking south Defence witnesses were Mr and Mrs Charltonvand James Graves whouras sitting in the tow truck with Mr Plowman parked off the pavement on the east side at the time of the impat shortly after pm His Worship Magistrate Foster ruled that Charlton was driving without due care and at tention and imposed fincofwslfi with custsof$750 Drive Out To The HuRONIA DyiveIn Thain miles south Barrie cuf Concession I4 Drive man Highway turn left first road past ow TONIGHr rues and Thompson Who is now 10 caged at Wasaga Beach Their evidence showed diatribe truck was parked to the north of the nw highway andithatthere was clear view for about one third ofa mile from the toppthe found there at the time of the of fence FRIDAY an 23 Toronto Man Find number of cases werefad journed for later hearings On May 31 and June traffic casetcok up considerable time when Harold Charlton Toronto telegraph oper Constable Thempson OPP of ator appeared Gitacme laid by carelssdriving mm to in lies pm Evidence was 1th Plow manbartie beam

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