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3iybllQIhhox¥ is NunuNNUNHuuv turns Iflgfiflhuutu 40 The Barrie Jaycettes recen tly installed their new executive for the coming MR AND MRS Charles Ted Pedlingham of BB Barrie look at plaque given to them by Premier William Minnnu Hum Nunus 4wuutMHVNIMC on VH6 inth haw turnunnu iitiihttgon new nationununuuudeonthu tenuouuuuunuu ma ntuutflluctuuuthan1 unuuqoqlututwfithan tok unnuuuuxunoun ilaa unngootttitlilshatltqhgery nunnnuugyuzweuunu ll nu €tbo3 tm3 mN year In front from left are Sandy Wyvill president and Herrington Sharon Davis for the niversary Photo 50th an Examiner NH AYCEITES EXECUTIVE secretary Behind are Jen nifer Forde Past president Bev Foubert vicepresident and Barb Saunders treasurer Examiner Photoi Couple celebrates golden anniversary When Charles Pedlingham was young man growing up in England delivering groceries as the perfect opportunity to meet his lady love Almost like the storybooks re but not quite Elsie Mary Looker was equally enchanted The couple courted and married within short time Now so years later they have telegrams and presents five children and six grandchildren to show for it Mr Pedlingham he says he wouldnt trade his wife for anyone was born and raised in Colwall Herefordshire Mrs Ptdiirzghair Emmi ii dshzre After they were married the izved Rigiand where Mr Iedlinghrr worked two years as Chauffeur groom The IHliirgtari mozwi to Milton On in lfdi on the farm settlement scheme Many people from England came over at this time to work on farm With hopes of some day hoyiiigoiie May Court members But the depression came along and so that changed things Mrs Pedlinghani said During the depression they moved to the Barrie area where he worked on various farms They bought their prcscnt home at Bit Barrie in 1936 and worked their own farm As their children grew oldcr Mr ledlinghaiii let the older boys work the farm so he could take job with the dcpartnniit of lands and forest as carixnter He worked there for 20 years The Pedliiighaiiis celebrated their golden anniversary with an open house this afternoon from to at St Johns Nightan hurch in raighurst Family and friends are invited to their home this evening bet ween and to All five children attended the rrlcbratioii Genevieve Mrs Albert Freeland of North Bay Helen Mrs ll Peacock of Bolton Geoffrey at hoiiic Ictcr of North Bay and Mary Anne Mrs ll It MIHII of Angus assist at teas Volunteers of the May toiiit Club will assist with the bingo and teas held each week at Kempenfelt Manor it was an mumed at the recent iiicrtirig the May oiirt tlub held at the home of Beta Davies President Kathy Nixon was rhairman Joyce Seagram arranng runners and drivers for Meals on Wheels on June 4th Phyllis Itoach informed members of the choral work she has been doing with pupils of Prince of Wales School LADIES ORANGE BENEVOLENT GROUP Jean Chown left pours coffee for Lucinda McKenzie wor thy mistress at the tea held Thursday night by the Ladies Orange Benevolent Association at the Allandale Mrs Chown Examiner Orange Hall was convener Photo letter was read from the Mental Health Association in appreciation of cheque from the club which WI go toward program for lrrii age group therapy tarb ltisiiig reported on events of Grove Park Home such as the annual Oplll house May lli Jtiiic birthdays and the annual picnic for Grow Iark lUsidciits which Will be held June 13 at the horiir of Terry McIIittsoii letter of thanks was read from the Grove lark oiii inittrc thanking members for thttypfwrlttl The next meeting will be the uiiiual metting luncheon June It at flitSchnitzel Ilousc Local sorority discusses queen The life of Queen Elizabeth II was the topic of program icceiitly at the meeting of Zeta lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at the home of June lollcs Mary Kirk and Gail Abbott were cohostcsses Doris DeVries and Pat Lloyd presented the program How The Pendulum Swings The second meeting was held at the home of Mrs Lyn Van Valkenburg with Linda Boon as ctrhostess She showed the film Docs Anybody Need Me Anymore for her program Whats In It For Me and Hope in Our Heritage Officers were installed The next meeting will take place Juno at Maurie Kourys Steak House USED RADIUM FIRST American surgeon Robert Abbe 18511928 was pioneer in the surgical use of radium WASALE BARRIE The Womens Association of Essa Road Presbyterian Church is holding rummage sale May from am to 11 am Mary Foster is convener She can be reached at 7266262 SPRING FLING BARBIE The Tall Trees Ratepayers Association will be holding Spring Fling dance May 29 at the IOOF Hall on Ferris Lane The ad mission to the dance which rims from pm to am is $7 per couple and music will be provided by disc jockey For tickets call Joan Tim mins 7266139 or Donna Boyer 7265979 OF BINGO BARBIE Knights of Col umbus Bingo is held every Thursday evening at 730 at the Embassy Hall VISIT GUTHRIE Mr and Mrs George Campbell spent some time with Mr and Mrs Evan Wilcox and family and Mr and Mrs Ron Tweedy all of Bond Head VISIT IVY Mrs Marion Wilson Mrs Ivan Speers and Mrs Mildred Ellis visited with Mr and Mrs William Barkhouse at North Bay recently WI MEETIch STROUD Mrs Wal St James PEOPLE AND PLACES tiers president of the Simcoe Kempenfelt District Womens Institute attended the district annual meeting recently VISIT GILFORD Mr and Mrs Huges welcomed their nieces and nephews for visit recently BPW BARBIE Dorothy Aycliffe is past president of the Business and Profes sional Womens Club of Bar ne LADIES SOFTBALL BARRIE John Clack member of the Barrie and District Um ire Association spoke recent to members of the ladies district softball RECITAL BARBIE Cathy Engel local iano instructor recent ly ha recital in her home at 49 College Crr About 40 peo ple enjoyed an evening of ducts and solos NURSING BARBIE The La Leche League of Barrie North and South will hold meeting May 26 at 830 pm at the home of JoAnne Cooldrey 46 Briar Road The topic is the advantages of breast feeding for mother and babies For information call 7288717 728 570 or 7269974 Church scene for wedding St James United Church Stroud was the setting May for the wedding of Marilyn aura Marquis of Stroud and John Richard Forster of Shanty Bay The bride is the dau hter of Mr and Mrs John arqiiis and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Forster of Shari ty Bay ltcv George James of Stroud and Rev Dr David Newman of Waterloo of ficiated Stevi Gibb of Barrie played the trumpet for the processioiial and recessional accompanied at the organ by Mrs Mervin Booth The bride wore dress of white Iacc of early aiiadian design and fashioned with fit trd bodice and high nccklinc The skirt fell in long train Ilcr veil hung from pearl litaddress She carried bouquet of orchids and yellow roses Linda Loiighhrcd of Barrie was maid of honor Bridesmaids were Laura Miillci of Barric Susan Kcll of Iiiirchill and Lorena Forster of Shanty Bay The attendants wore gowns of soft green linen and with high nccklines and full ruffles on the skirt They carried baskets of yellow roses and daisies Best man was David Booth of Stroud Ushers were Bill For ster and Chris Forster brothers of the groom and Brian Marquis brother of the bride The brides mother received guests at the Barrie Country lub wearing fulllength coat gown of txacockaqua knit The mother of the groom received wearing dinner suit of peach silk and wool Following the reception for the Barrie Collegiate dance band played Mr and Mrs John Forster left for their summer work with the United Church They are living at hetwynd Brit isli Columbia The bride is graduate of Sir Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo and the groom is pur suing post graduate studies at Victoria College University of Toronto Guests attended from Cam lridgc London Isliiigtoii Oak ville hesley Waterloo Waterdowii Niagara Toronto laurel Braiiialca Hamilton Saskatchewan and Iiimsdcn North Bay Mlt AND MRS It liOltSllllt JIM MCGBEGOR centre is given two helping hands Wednesday to cut retirement cake at the Barrie Second Hand Store on Dunlop Street Harold Hill left and Dave Hill offer the artra help Mr McGregor worked for the Hills since 1937 when he was hired by Harold Hill as used car salesman Dave Hill is the owner of the store where Mr McGregor worked as used furniture salesman and general handyman and ectrical appliance repair man Examiner Photo Popular Barrie man retires after 39 years Jim McGregor has spent almost half his lifetime working for one family in Barrie doing anything from fixing used appliances to sellinguscd cars The career ended Wednesday when he retired after 39 years with Harold Hill and his family During short retirement party at the Barrie Second Hand Store Mr McGregor 81 was presenter with the traditional gold watch by the Hills bottle of champagne and gleaming red snifter Starting in his home country Scotland May 19 1895 its been long and varied life As loyearold boy Mr McGregor made the hard voyage to Canada paving the way for his mother to follow Educated in the Lafontaiiie area he was raised on farm owned by John Downer on Con oessioii ll of Tiny Township In 1937 Mr McGregor was hired by Harold Hill to work as used car salesman on trial tnsis for few weeks Soon he was the used car lot iiuiiitigcr and second lot was started on Bradford Street The lots tlt closed he said with the ccoiioiiiic effects of the Second World War and Mr McGregor was appointed the manager of parts and ac cessories for the Plymouth Chrysler Fargo truck garage After the war Mr McGregor tried few other car lots but returned to the Hill family after acouple of months When the family stopped selling used cars in favor of used furniture he started as salesman at the Dunlop Street store During the last five years he worked as general handyman at the store repairing used ap pliances stoves and washing machines Mr McGregor spent the first half of his life working variety of jobs For three years after the First World War he was postal clerk for the kiiiadian PaCific Railway On two runs the Toronto Owen Sound and Toronto lenetangiiishene he was the mail clerk Mr McGregor joined the poviiicial government in the department of mines as games and fisheries employee He spent 23 years working his way from game warden in Sim me County to the assistant in spector of Ontario checking trappers taiineries buyers sellers and commercial fishers Before joining the Hill Local opera guild sponsors bus tours Local opera buffs have chance to take part in bus tours spmisorcd by the Barrie and District Branch of the Canadian Opera Guild The Barrie branch pioyidcs thcsc tours for anyone in the community interested in Opera company It is iioi necessary to be guild liiciiibci The Canadian Opera Giiild Ls nonprofit organization The Barrie brunch raises Polish club has new hall It took five years of hard volunteer labor and money raising events but the Barrie Angus Polish Alliance club has new meeting hall The hall built by the mem bers was officially opened Saturday with Ald Alex Arthur wtting the ribbon at the site located between Barrie and Angus on Highway 90 Adam Lewko president of the mens group and Mrs Ted Szyperski president of the Convalescent AIDS WHEEL CHAIRS lAKEMAIIC POWER WHEEL CHAIRS OSTOMY SUPPLIES IIARPERS ii It GARMENTS II Penetang St at St Vincent Barrie Ont SURGICAL 7285407 ladies circle attended the opening with ecial guests Father John Brien of St Marys Itoman Catholic Church in Barrie and Mr ltogosz who represented the executive board of the Polish Alliance Group in Toronto The master of ceremonies for the official opening was Ted Slzyperski of Barrie Almost 10 years ago the BarrieAngus Branch 43 of the Alliance bought the land and ree started to build five years ago Ludwig Strachiira was the mens group first president with Mrs Malinowski the ladies circles first President Members are from Barrie Angus Allistoii Lefroy Orillia Collingwood and Midland STORED ITEMS Water grain and other household items were stored in leather containers in an cient Crete CUSTOM MADE IIIIAPEIIIES Stun and BEIISJlEADS Total Decorator and Coordinatin Services Choose from an outstanding selection of excellent quality materials and patterns from Canadas finest suppliers Personal service on largo oi IIIIItI enquiries tracking and installation as required Phone tots noiiinioN or drop In to tho Studlo RR1 Hwy 93 at Crown HIII CM Mlloo Nonh of Barrlo scholarships which iii the past have helped the careers of Mary Jo Masterson and Claudette Boss according to opera guild member Bev Neill Newcomers to theatre are briefed about the opera before the performance with explanations of the story Dates for the three operas are The Grand Duchess of Gcrolsteiii by Offenbach in English and French Sept 30 comic spoof on the military manners of second empire France La Boheme Oct and Tosca one of the worlds most popular operas Oct 14 Those wanting seats must obtain them by June Tickets are available from Mrs Cameron 35 Eugenia St 7284691 at $46 for three series tickets or $17 each money for HENDERSONS SADDLERY the tiiiuei out featuring Custom hand sewn tack and repairs to all tack and IliiltltlSS mile south of tlaiiiii on Hwy No It at ltiinswirtk 7372982 family Mr McGregor spent some time in the hospital recovering from wounds received in the First World War He also spent three years as the welfare administrator in Barrie which was classified as atown In 1949 he married for the second time to widow Hilda Groves nee Ackers His first wife Donella Baxter died in 1948 The future for Mr McGregor will be filled with relaxation Ive got no plans for what want to do he said Ive got garden and guess Ill plug away at it Wedding Photography By Len Marriott For Details Call 728 050 With Interest Token ANNUAllY Member Canada Duriosn Insurance Corporation WCYURMW GREY tun COMIAN alNcr i009 MIKE BENVENUII Manager LEO MIRTIISCH Acroontnnt 35 Dunlop St 13114