Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 21 Jun 1976, p. 6

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The first dinner and dance by the Huronia Symphony Womens Guild was held Friday About 180 guests attended and were greeted by Hilda Ste henson guild president Groves symphony president Ar SYMPHONY EXECUTIVE GREETS GUESTS thur Burgin symphony conductor and Billie Anderson convenor of the dinnerdance Proceeds from the evening will go towards funding the Hu ronia Symphony Ex aminer Photo PEOPLE AND PLACES Albert Whitby of 112 Mary St celebrated his 90th birthday Saturday Mrs Peter Scott will be guest speaker at the flower show put on by the Barrie Horticultural Society June 24 at Sunnidale Centre RUGBY Mr and Mrs Elroy Horne and family of Brampton visited with Mr ERMA BOMBECK Kids and cars demand patience By ERMA BOMBECK Everyone seemed amazed that when the traditional Gen tlemen start your motors re sounded at Indianapolis this year Janet Guthrie was stom ping to start hers Janet made racing car his tory by being the first woman to survive the time trial for the 500 As woman who once be longed to eight car pools find Janets 171429 miles per hour on wet track rather unimpres sive could name dozens of women who have topped that with one arm on the wheel and the other pulling in kid wav ing like flag from the radio antenna Theres Wanda Fletcher who averaged 210057 on dirt road when it was discovered one of her passengers checked the soft drink bottle on the way home from camp and the snake was missing Theres Phyllis Startle who braked car going 55mph on an expressway when kid in the back seat announced she was going to throw up in the door pocket And who could forget the cool driving skill of Beth Grit who drove eight Girl Scouts through traffic at 5pm with wad of Hornes brothers Everett and Howard Horne Donna Skaer was elected president of the Xi Beta Pi chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority at recent meeting at the home of Gail Abbott Grace United Church Women will hold their Strawberry Sup per from to pm Tuesday evening i1 chewing gum in her ear and an open umbrella in her kidney personally volunteered to drive six boys home from ball ame one night which makes iss Guthrie 20 laps around Ziamile track seem like she was standing still One swore his house had moved Another knew short cut which took in three states Another said we had passed his house three times but he didnt mention it because he didnt want to miss story his buddy was telling By the time got home my clothes had gone out of style The old myth about women not being able to drive as well as men has been stamped out If there was speck of truth to it car pools would have annihi lated over half of our adult pop ulation years ago Naturally Im delighted that gto racing has finally gone co But the real breakthrough in driving skill will come when one day man with courage and stamina and an uncommon amount of guts will climb into station wagon with eight pre schoolers on rainy day and hear voice from the back seat exclaim Oh oh Raymond should have gone before he left home AW Patriotism goes little too far Dear Ann Landers am just as enthusiastic about the Bicen tennial as the next person but the lunatics who live across the street have made our nei borhood the laughing stock of the town People come from miles around just to look They painted their house red white and blue Five flagpoles in the front yard fly Old Glory from dawn till dusk Last week they put up three huge papier mache figures Betsy R055 sew ing flag George Washingt on crossing the Delaware and John Hancock signing the Declaration of Independence There are two enormous neon lights on the front porch that flash off and on all nigh long The message is Happy Birth day USA We cant get to sleep because the lights shine in our bedroom window The worst is the music publicaddress system blasts the Battle Hymn of the Republic the National Anthem and God Bless America from 6pm until midnight Yesterday the nut who owns the house was out mowing the grass in an Uncle Sam costumefake beard hat and all The traffic jam in front of our place was unbelievable Our lawn is mess What can we do about thisWe Love America Too But Dear Love You can notify the police Mr Superpatriot is infringing on your inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness He is also disturbing the peace and creating public nu1sance Get going Dear Ann Landers You probably wont print this letter be cause it goes against what youve been preaching for so many years but here goes anyway My husband eats like horseeverything and anything He loves sweets soft drinks candy all the rich things Yet he is as skinny as pencil doesnt put on pound Sometimes think he does it just to get my goat go to work without so much as cup of coffee in the mom ing At noon eat cottage cheese and few lettuce leaves For dinner have piece of lean meat and green vegetable sometimes glass of iced coffee with artificial sweetener have no appetite and dont care about food Im high blood pressure patient and afraid to eat more So how come am from 30 to 40 pounds overweight Fat and Hate It Dear and If the facts in iyour letter are correct you need complete physicalespecia thyroid check Some pie who insist they dont eat thing can put away 1000 ca mes when they cook dinner just tasting Also they dont count the highballs Are you one of those Dear Ann Landers My wife and have been married 40 years We argue lot because she says ignore her Ive told her time and time again that dont hear well and she should talk louder She insists that tune her outon purpose Now Im beginning to think she speaks softly so she will have something to pick at me about She used to nag me about my cigar smoking but since gave up tobacco she needs new to ic Can you hel me with my roblemA Whittier Reader Dear Wh tier According to the experts males sometimes lose the abllit to hear hi hpitched sounds as they grow olderespecia if the sound wifes voice Suggest that she speak in lower registerand you listen little harder Buster The Huronia branch of the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild is holding hooking bee July 17 from 10 am to 330 pm at St Vincent Park La Leche League of Barrie an organization devoted to helping mothers nurse their babies is holding meeting June30at830pm at the home of Mrs JoAnn Coldrey 46 Briar Rd Barrie Mrs Dale Mathieu was elec ted president of the Venture Club recently when the club elected its new executive BARRIE Mr and Mrs Cuthbertson Mrs Pearsall and Mrs Gable are attending the threeday an nual Ontario Horticultural Association Convention at sir Wilfred Laurier University BARRIE Mr and Mrs Cuthbertson Mr and Mrs Pearsall and Mrs Gable are now attending the three day annual Ontario Hor ticultural Association Con vention at the Sir Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo COMMERCIAL EVENTS 0R0 STATION Fred Higgins and Judy Cooney were among those who took part in the events at the Oro Fairgrounds for the Tri county Draft and Commer ciaiClub GRADUATE Arnie Gibson formerly of Barrie recently received his bachelor of applied science civil engineering at the University of Waterloo con vocation ENJOY ANNIVERSARY Irv and Marion Dobson en joyed the second anniver sary party of the Parkview Centre for senior citizens The cou Ie have only been five weeks and took part in the uare dan cmg and singing uring the evening at the Army Navy and Air Force club this week Examiner Photo marrie COMPANY EXPANDS MOOSE JAW CP This Saskatchewan community was one of the first cities in Canada to form girl guide company Created in 1910 the movement now has 7918 iris and 800 leaders in Sas at chewan its the cocoa butter In cocréma beauty soap that makes you beautiful to last longer and filled with rtnrxm skin Io this luxurious feeling and delightful scent today wsosirs onus cusoms cosmic snormss onus um 06mm lhts beauty bar is hard milled butter to soothe dry skinTrcnI your Wedding BAYFIELD MALL Summer wedding held une at Faith Missionary Church summer wedding was held at Faith Missionary Church Barrie on June when Maureen Florence Downing and Gerald James Draper were married in double ring ceremony Rev Wayne Donner of icated Mr and Mrs Gordon Downing of Holly are the brides parents and the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Orval James Draper of Midhurst Miss Joyce Down ing was matron of honor and Brian Foster was best man Dianne Downing and Judy Draper were bridesmaids and the ushers were Jeff Draper and Glen Patterson Laurie Votour was flower girl Brian Votour was ring bearer The bride was escorted down the aisle by her father and given in marriage by her parents Organist was Mrs Marlis Siemens and soloist was Mr Brad Siemens After the cermony the couple together lighted the middle candle of the candlelabra symbolizing their separate lives united into one For her wedding da the bride chose shorts eeved own of polyester crepe eaturin rounded neckline and odice and hemline embroidered with flowers and pearls Her long veil was held in place with matching flowers Miss Joyce Downing wore mint green halter dress with flowered bolero and the bridesmaids gowns were identical in powder blue shade Their bouquets were tinted mums and daisies with lily of the valley to com lement the brides bouquet red roses Laurie Votours gown was gale blue and she carried asket of tiny flowers The groom and ushers chose white tuxedoes while Brian Votours suit was powder blue and navy The brides mother chose gown of blue polyester chifon and the grooms mother chose blue flowered gown Their cor sages were pink carnations Health care is improved by second pair of hands LANGHORNE Pa AP Ruth Logan checks the squiggly lines with previous elec trocardiogram and decides the patients heart is OK Doesnt look like anything has changed she tells Dr Earl Connors of Langhome who concurs in the diagnosis Its another of the supervised medical decisions by physi cians assistant that have en abled Connors to expand his busy family practice by 30 per cent Medical and osteopathic phy sicians in Pennsylvania and elsewhere around the United States are increasingly taking on an assistant sometimes called Medex as major ef fort to help improve and in crease health care It gives the overworked doctor second set of medical hands would recommend it to all neously said Riley We dis cuss the difficult cases We pro vide more complete checkup Thats the beauty of it Connors added It smooths out practice and gives phy sicians office trained backup And patient ac ceptance is tremendous get no resistance Some patients specifically re uest Mrs Logan and thats fine It is estimated there are 60 physicians assistant programs in the US Approximately 2000 graduates are working in physi cians offices and another 1500 are in training Medex schools offer 15 month course with the first five months devoted to classroom work in the basic and clinical sciences and the last 10 on the job in doctors of fices Applicants must have at least three years experience in physicians said Connors directpatientcare This program allows us to spend more time with our HUMECANNING patients and give them better TORONTO cp attention Youre not rushing them out in order to clear your waiting room Dr Philip Riley of Union town Pa has had trained as sistant for four years twice as long as Connors lie said he can deliver better care to his rural patients than when he worked alone ACCEPTED RY PATIENTS We see people simulta Plans formed for 150th year Plans for the 150th birthday celebration of Dalston United Church in 1977 are already underway The committee met recent ly at the home of Mr and Mrs Wallace Gough Mrs Elda tough was appointed chairman of the activities There will be farmers market ct as fund raisingproject kickoff scrive will start off 1977 on Sunday January June 1977 there will be special service with as many past ministers and con gregation members as possi ble followed by picnic The special anniversary service will be held September 11 1977 Other events will be con gregational supper touchdown service PLAIDS $0 MAI NEW YORK CP Volume readytowear designers have gone plaid mad for fall Theyre giving wide variety of laids play 7from traditiona tar tan glen and watch plaids to hardy blanket looks and the fieldandstream feeling of lumberjack hunting and plaids Invitations youth service family service and Eastem Canada two types of jars are used in home canning says Agiculture Canada They are the regular or standard Mason type rounded square and the Gem round which has somewhat larger opening In Western Canada the widemouthed Mason type is used almost exclusively and Announcements We now have complete new lines of Wedding invitations and Announcements Pus all those important dc cossorlos for your special day Soe our qualified consultants today Our wedding books are loaned by appointment 728643 Enjoy it now Use your All Purpose Account At SimpsonsSears you get the finest guarantee Satisfaction or money refunded The reCeption was held in Midhurst Community Centre For her honeymoon to Niagara Falls Mrs Draper donned beige pant suit with brown an orange ac cessories They are making their home in Orillia The swag lamps The table Reg 3000 SimpsonsSears Ltd SEARS BARRIE GEORGIAN Mill 6The Barrie Examiner Monday Juno 1976 FIGHT OVER BEAVER FORT FRANCES Ont CP This town ma soon be em broiled in legal attic with the Organizing Committee for the 1976 Olympic Games over its beaver symbol the towns reg istered trademark since 1971 The committee has been told it may use the symbol if it ys the town $10000 and any egal costs the town encounters in the matter THE lIGHlS IiliE comp At up to halfprice Thepole Ill lights lamps The chandeliers The desk lamps The ultra modern globes larnpshades floor lamps and ceramics Every light we dont want hanging around all summer at Lighting Unlimited is going out right now At 20 30 40 up to 50 off the prices they sold for all spring Until June 30 you can light up your home or office for halfprice COME ON our THE UPTOHAlFPRICE SALE UEHIINE lilNhlltIflEB SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 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