Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 14 Jun 1977, p. 11

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44 avl Ao Looking at map of archaelogical sites in Simcoe county at county museum from left to right were Karen Gosnell of Tara Julie Fryer of Collingwood and Karen Cruickshank of Owen Sound They were with young peoples group who visited tourist attractions in lluronia GreyBruce and Muskoka Examiner Photo COM 30 young people make tourist tour of area MIDHURST The 30 young people from across Ontario who will be working as tour guides this summer got chance to see sites of the GreyBruce Hu ronia and Muskoka Tourist Regions this week firsthand The group travelled by bus this week to many of the tourist attractions in the region in cluding the Scenic Caves in Col lingwood the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant in Tiverton Wasaga Beach Santas Village in Bracebridge and the Tober mory Ferry ride between Iobermory and Manitoulin Island The last stop on the tour was the Simcoe County Museum here Tour leader Ed Harper of the Huronia Travel Association said the tour was designed to give the students who will be working aStourist counsellors this summer chance to see the sites they will direct tourists to in June July and August Rather than ptit them in classes he said we thought it would be better to put them on bus and take them around and show them the sites TO SHARE OST He also said the cost of the tour is being shared equally between the provincial Ministry of Industry and Tourism and the Huronia GreyBruce and Muskoka Tourist Associat ion Several of the girls told The Examiner they found the tour both interesting and definite asset to them in their work this summer But Allan Parrott of Kimber ly Ont the only boy on the tour probably had the best time It was little different be ing the only guy he said had to take things as they came He also said he found the tour educational We saw lot of things in very short time he said The young people will take up their posts as tour guides at various locations throughout Ontario on Monday Women golfers sign up for golf tourney in Oro HAWKESTONE Staff 77 Third annual Doris Irilsbeck memorial trophy golf tourna ment at Simcoeside course near here has been rescheduled for Sunday lutte 26 with first tee off time at 830 am Bernice Austin of Barrie is ladies captain who is register ing players with Linda lreloar Among entries so far in the open competition are June Jongmans Gladys Gofton Marina Gilchrist Jean Martin Margaret Anderson 172 Sunnidale Rd Barrie is this weeks Know Your ounty contest winner Mrs Andersons entry was selected from 32 correct entires sent in Only one person incorrectly identified the Crossroads hristian cn tre on Highway 2627 about five miles northwest of BaiTie Readers are asked to identify this weeks landmark and send their entries to Know Your County The Examiner Box 370 Barrie AM 4T6 Winner receives Sunday roast from Brennans Meat Market Barrie Barb Henderson and Danielle Gervais Others signed include Anne and Buds McCarthy Monica Zimmerman Vivian Mcuc and Marg and Ruth Edwards The mens open summer tournament sponsored by Molsons has been arranged for Saturday Jtily 16 Robert Rat tray of Barrie is chairman in charge Al Pappel rangy Barrie golfer won the handsome know yr oou nty Molsons trophy and major award in this top Simcoc side event during the past two years Mel Wells 01 Bass Lake was runnersup last year Ron Smith who recorded for nine holes last year is mens captain The lreloar trophy tourna ment won last year by Don Dcvcr will again be held in September Dever covered the 18 holes Ill record lit in winn ingthiscvcnt Cookstown site of antique shows for three days COOKSTOWN Staff threeday show is planned by the Georgian Bay Steam Auto Gas and Antique Association at the Cookstown fairgrounds for the Civic Holiday weekend The new president Bruce Buckle of Queensville and colleagues on the executive have been active in planning the program Features will include parades antique machinery displays blacksmithing and sheep shearing demonstrations horse draw ing contest craft tables and other entertain ment Garnet Pattenden of Hawkestone is first vicepresident with Robenia Service of Beeton treasurer Verva McCague of Beeton secretary and Myrtle Pattenden of Hawkestone recording secretary Directors for this years show which opens on Saturday July 30 include last years president Dalton Curran of Creemore Brian Burns of Hawkestone John Veldpaus of Alliston Bert Kitchen of Barrie Louise and Ed Cooper of Maple Gordon McQuarrie of Lefroy Robert Curran of Creemore Bill Windsor of Stouffville and Don Phillip of Sharon Official opening ceremony is planned for pm on opening day Warden Allan Glassford of Simeoe County and area members of Parliament and the Ontario legislature will be invited to take part Reeve Melville Brayman of Cookstown will be welcoming visitors Current plans also provide for talent show with the popular radio stars from Wingham Martha and Earl Heywood coming back to add to the entertainment The Webster brothers will present special music at nondemoiiinational church ser vice planned in front of bleachers at the fairgrounds on Sunday bazaar along with craft show will be held by the ladies inside the curling rink building Antique cars will be among large showing of old engines and vehicles of the past which will be taking part in parades and demonstra tions Last year 1926 Touring Chevrolet superior model with an 18 horsepower engine won first prize for Fred Corbyn of Kettleby In other years there have been different other models of the 205 including such memorable names as Pierce Arrow Hudson Overland Durant and Studebaker to mention few Pioneer steam engines and tractors stone crushers and pumps also attracted much at tention last year and some of them will be shown again along with new exhibits Bruce Goss of Coldwater won first last year for 1929 Rumpley Oil pull tractor which had 3050 horsepower engine Monarch pump jack engine of one and three quarters horsepower won an award for Howard Haynes of Gowanstown Ralph Mertz of Wyebridge won the general interest class for gas tractors with John Deere 1le model The best steam engine trophy went to Russell Pilon of Willowdale for 24horsepower Bell Three tractor divisions are planned for the 1977 show These are for machines prior to 1941 another for tractors manufactured before 1931 and also general interest sec tion past president of the association Barrett Muir of Shanty Bay has given notice he in tends to exhibit 1911 western plowing trac tor He has been busy testing the machine which he reported will be ready in ample time for the show here Mr Muir also intends to enter this in teresting pioneer machine in later parade at Milton which the Ontario Steam Auto and Gas Antique Association will be sponsoring in August SawyerMassey Product the 1911 side mount 75 horsepower tractor was manufac tured in Hamilton purchased the machine when was in Western Canada said Mr Muir explaining it had been used for plowing wheat fields It was considered powerful machine in its time Mr Muir also has 1907 steam tractor at Shanty Bay which he exhibited in the recent maple syrup festival parade at Elmvale where it attracted considerable attention This was 20 horsepower SawyerMassey model which was mostly used for drawing logs and other sawmill work in an earlier era The Shanty Bay antique machine operator was pleased with the interest shown in his machines over the years Im looking for ward to showing again at Cookstown he commented Despite unfavorable weather with rain and mud some 500 exhibitors participated in last years show which drew thousands of visitors Officials anticipate with good weather there will be well over 10000 spectators at this years 12th annual threeday show Contract is awarded for Innisfil garbage BARCLAY Innisfil Town ship has new garbage man Russell Browning and Jack Sanders both of Churchill have been hired by the township to collect garbage The contract is for three years for 3311128 Russell and Browning will replace Baxter Sanitation Ser vices lhe township cancelled its contract with that firm last month after receiving nu merous complaints about gar bage pick tip Under terms of the new con tract garbage will be collected once week throughout the township based on fiveday work week DAYS WEEK Council agreed to hire the Churchill men because it felt there would be significant costsaving and efficient sera vice provided under the five day week collect ion contract DeputyeReeve Blake Con stable said the new service means an end to the twice weekly collection provided by Baxter Sanitation However he said the change will allow for reorganization of garbage collection in the township allow the contractor to handle the volume of gar bage on daily basis and the continuity of collection from one week to the next should improve oro station by Bessie Crawford 4873921 SHOWER The members of the com munity gathered at the Oro Station Community Centre Tuesday evening to honor newlyweds Mr and Mrs Briatt Strachan nee Diane Myerscough Garf Burton was chairman humorous skit was ptit on by Mrs Annie Burton and Mrs Bessie Crawford Mrs Orma Leigh Mrs Crawford Mrs Lynda Crawford and Gart Burton providedanother skit Lynda Crawford read poem made up by Mrs Susan Leigh to the bride and groom aitd presentation of Sony digital clock radio and set of TV trays was made to Diane and Brian Brian thanked the com munity and our best wishes go with them as they settle in their new home on the seventh line Refreshments brought the evening to close GRADUATE Congratulations are ex tended to David Philip Williams BA of RR r0 Station who received his Masters Degree of Education at the lniversity of Toronto June it He and his wife Dorothy have one little daughter Jen nifer who will be oneyear old lhnrsday June Hi David is the son of Mrs Phyllis and the late David He also said the terms of the contract should result in 10 per cent reduction in the cost of pick tip to each resident Reeve William Gibbins said there was concern in the com mittee of the whole meeting which reviewed the tenders for the garbage collection service that the contract might not be able to handle the volume of garbage in township parks dur ing the summer if it is picked up only once week He instructed public works superintendent Mike Dempster to discuss councils concern with the contractor Council also decided Wednes day to extend the hours of operation for the townships sanitary landfill site Effective immediately the site will be open from am to 530 pm from Monday to Friday and from am to pm on Saturdays yearround Township residents will be notified by mail of the change in garbage collection and the extended hours at the landfill site Shooting contest finals Iwo Collingwood high school pupils will be among 36 of Canadas top senior auto mechanics students who will be competing in the 1977 Chrysler Trouble Shooting Contest The students will pit their skills against each other and the clock when they compete in the national finals June 2022 at Centennial College in Toronto Collingwood Collegiate stu dents Bill Blackburn and Kevin Weston made it to the finals by winning regional competition in the spring Close to 300 schools took part in 18 regional contests Williams also of RR At tending his graduation were his wife mother and sister Barbara Mr Williams is teacher at Angus IANE The Orb Fair Board is sponsoring dance at Guthrie Hall lune 18 Music is provided by the Irish Show Band Newmarket Everyone is wclcotnc Come and sup port your Agricultural Socie BIRTHDAY Best wishes to Jeremy Leigh who has birthday June 13 Also to Cheryl Michelle lies the same day and Alice Moore on June 30 ANNIVERSARY Happy anniversary to Mr and Mrs Garry Alex who have been married 30 years June 19 Also to Mr and Mrs Norman Shelswell married 29 years June 19 and to Mr and Mrs Bob Strachan mar ried 25 years June 21 Mrs Strachan celebrates birth day the same day Anniversary wishes also go to and Mrs George Strachan Bobs parents married 53 years also June 21 On June 28 Mr and Mrs Ied letilcy will be married years Mr and Mrs Glenn Ap pleby also celebrated 26 years around June Winners of the national final will advance to the interna tional final in Mexico City Students will be competing for scholarships trophies and tools Students will write prac tical exam and then have 90 minutes to locate and repair bugs in car The witmers will be deter mined on their scores on the written exam time required to find and fix the bugs and quality of workmanship This is the seventh year for the cont est the examiner Tuesday June 14 1977 11 Morris Gervais RR Barrie proudly displays what could be the first six quarts of strawberries picked this year in Simeoe County grown on his Dads Vespra tobacco farm where twenty acres of the fruit are grown for the pickyourself customer Baker Photo Strawberries early at garden in Vespra By BRIAN BAKER One of the largest strawberry growers in Central Ontario is Barrie area farmer Adrien Ger vais who grows 20 acres of the fruit for the local pickit yourself market on his two hun dred acre tobacco and cash crop farm on the 9th Line of Vespra just north of Sunnidale Road The interesting point is that this former Quebec farmer discovered that strawberries are the perfect fruit to grow in conjunction with tobacco be cause the seasons of the two crops do not overlap by wide margin thus he can devote his attention fully to the straw berry harvest which comes ear ly and then to the tobacco harvest TOBACCO GROWER Mr Gervais who is one of the only 12 tobacco growers still re maining in Simeoe County there were originally 130 finds that strawberries can be planted in the same spacings as tobacco and in rows of the same fortytwo inch width Hence the same planting machinery cultivators Sprayers and ar tificial fertilizer spreaders as well as irrigations system can be used without even changing the settings for one working in either crop Actually the strawberries do not exactly grow themselves Planting almost 140000 plants is no small task At planting he applies 500 pounds of fertilizer Last fall he applied another 300 pounds of nitrate and another 150 pounds this spring They must be regularly treated to prevent insect damage Cultivation and her bicide treatment must be car ried out at the proper time to prevent weed growth On his very open sandyloam soil however he finds that even though everything else is right in dry weather the crop requires heavy irrigat ion So far this spring he has been obliged to irrigate the crop three times at rate of seventy five tons per acre He feels that no crop is more profitable to ir rigate than strawberries which fruit is largely composed of li quid and natural sugars This year the extra care has really paid off remarks Mr Gervais who along with his wife and two sons Morris and Ian really like living in this part of the country The fruit gives every appearance of be ing extra large and abundant Never before have seen strawberries come in as early as June The season is so early that he opened the patch to the fruit stand operators and housmvives during the weekend Keen competition looms for 9th canoe marathon ANGUS Staff Judging by the interest shown so far there should be good entry list and keen competition for the ninth annual marathon canoe race which is to be held under the sponsorship of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority board this coming Sunday June 19 Registration of entries will be open up to the start of the race which is scheduled for 820 am on the Nottawasaga river from Angus playground community park The 20mile endurance to test the skill of paddlers will be along the winding Nottawasaga river to Edenvale conservation park Paddlers were reminded to expect log jams or other neighborly news crossla nd Myrs Allen 3221 339 County Road 29 has been under construction for four miles south of 92 which is giv ing it different look The company office is in the Crossland store with the machinery kept on the Ar ther Lot Mrs Alex Sheppard at tended her cousins funeral in Hespler on Monday Mr Joe Strath is patient in Penetanguishene General Hospital Mrs John Cowan is pa tient in Royal Victoria Hospital at Barrie Mr McConall was weekend guest of the Shep pard family Mr Robert Smith of Stroud was guest with his cousin Mrs Sam Allen on Saturday Mr and Mrs Alex Shep pard attended the funeral of their niece in Elmira on Fri day She was daughter of the former Dorothy Shep pard Knox Ladies Aid met at the ltomc of Mrs Lennox on Jttne with 12 members and one visitor present Mrs George Minty chaired the meeting which had roll call answered by Biblical verse with the word season Mrs Peacock told about founder of Sunday School and traced its growth Plans were discussed for anniversary arrangements Mrs George Archer gave the closing prayer Sunday June Knox Flos Presbyterian Church observ ed its 99th anniversary with over 200 in attendance Rev Perrie DD of Orillia former member was guest speaker gilford bv Mrs Sawyer 7753666 The first annual invita tional horse show tourna ment drew 60 people It was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Ainsworth on Fairway Drive with Mr and Mrs Liz Kuzmyk as cohostess variety program was held after the horseshoe pitching The Gilford Womens In stitute will meet at the home of Mrs Kell on Tuesday evening June 21 There will be variety program with each member taking part Some from Gilford United Church attended the Chur chill Church Anniversary service on Sunday June with Rev Keith Whitney director of the Fred Victor Mission the guest speaker The combined choirs of Chur chill and Gilford provided special music number of local re sidents attended the Chur chill Curling Club draw at Lefroy recently There were obstacles and to be sure to wear life jackets which are required by the rules safety patrol boat also will be available There will be seven classes of events and early entrants are being accepted at the NVCA headquarters building on the banks of the Nottawasaga off Highway 90 here Record time for the race since it was started nine years ago was made last year by Elwood Stewart and Garnet Weaver of Oshawa who paddled the 20 miles in one hour 55 minutes and 45 seconds There were 58 canoes entered In last years senior division Mike Ruddock of Orillia and Jim Hobbs of Barrie proved the winners They were clocked at some wmners from this area Mr and Mrs Robert Kell were at Port Elgin for the weekend Gilford United Church Women travelled to Toronto on Thursday June for the last meeting of the summer At the Institute for the Blind they joined some of the Fairlawn UCW members for the program there film about the blind was shown by the public relations department It gave very informative talk on blindness and also showed articles and machines used by the blind Literature was distributed to the audience All visitied the gift shop The members afterward travelled to Wilket Creek Park and had picnic lunch workshop service was followed by short business session At Edwards Gardens the group viewed lovely shrubs and flowers hawkestone by Muriel Hart 4872030 The anniversary service at the United Church was held June Rev DeQuettenille conducted the service and gave the sermon There was story time for children Special music had been prepared by the choir Harry Slessor of Barrie was guest soloist and sang How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings and He Touched Me The evening service was musical presentation prepared initiates and 20 one hour 57 finish second seconds overall Junior champions last year were Tom and Dale Vt eaver of oboconk whose time was two hours 11 minutes and 16 seconds In the first marathon back in 1969 the race covered some 40 miles from Angus to Wasaga Beach Records showed that John Dtinsmore and Ted Big elow of Shanty Bay were the winners paddling the distance in five hours and 54 minutes Allan Legatc and Jim Iro sser of New Lowell were second in the first race Former Essa Reeve Eugene Smith was then chairman of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation board by Mrs Richardson organist and choir director Earl Scott has returned home after twoweek visit to the Western provincies He ac companied Mr and Mrs George Tran on the motor trip Mrs Howard Campbell stif fered fall while in Barrie and broke her hip Mr and Mrs Morris Shelswell and Mrs Hart at tended the 25th wedding an niversary celebration for Mr and Mrs Thomas Graham of Richmond Hill Festivities were held at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred oulter of Bar rieJune1 Guests enjoyed buffet sup per The couple was presented with flower table centre cor sagc boutonnierc and gift from thefamily Corsages were also given to Mrs oulter and Mrs Mervyn Sanderson who celebrated an niversaries this month Other guests present were Mr and Mrs Mervyn Sander son Mr and Mrs Charles Sanderson Mr and Mrs Keith Sanderson Mr and Mrs Irwin McMahon celebrated their Goth wedding anniversary June and receiv ed numerous gifts flowers cards and visitors Miss Agnes McMahon spent the weekend at her home here The Jolly Elders Marigold Senior Citizens Club enjoyed slides of different tours provid ed by PenetangMidland Coach Lines June at DCVI Refreshments were served following the presentation Rev and Mrs Frank Jenn ings Stephen and Glen of Cam bridge were among the guests attending the June anniver sary celebration at the clturch

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