Click on photos to enlarge;Honesty of a nine-year-old girl from Udney, Ont., was rewarded last week with the presentation of a cheque for $10 by Midland Lions Club officials to Doreen Robertson. Seen with her mother, and Lions Harold Humphries, left and Alex Macintosh, Doreen found $60 entering the Lions bingo at the curling rink last Tuesday. The money was returned to a Midland woman who was also attending the bingo. 

Famed designer Thor Hansen, Miss Annie Jones of Midland, Simcoe County Recreation Director Louise Colley, Barrie, and W. H. Cranston, vice-president of Shoe Corporation of Canada, Midland, are shown following the official opening ceremonies of the tenth annual quilt and open rug fair in Midland Armory last Wednesday afternoon. 

The tenth annual Quilt and Rug Fair; which gets underway at Midland Armory today, promises to be one of the biggest and best in its history. Looking over some of the entries are left to right, Miss Louise Colley of Barrie, Mrs. Frank Spearing of Stayner, vice-chairman of the fair, and Miss Annie Jones, Midland, chairman. Some 150 quilts and 75 rugs, many of them for sale, will be on display.

Risking life and limb atop a 12-foot ladder for the dear old Simcoe Quilt and Rug Fair was Miss Barbara Cooper of Coldwater. Miss Cooper was one of several women who worked hard to get Midland Armory ready for the 10th annual fair, which started Wednesday and ends at 5 p.m. Saturday. 

Mrs. John Brownell and Mrs. H. K. Wiese, both of Midland, examine one of the outstanding quilts which were displayed at Simcoe County’s Tenth Annual Quilt and Rug Fair in Midland Armory last week. The quilt depicts early history of the county. 

Hundreds of quilts and rugs were on display in Midland Armory last week during the county quilt and rug fair. Here Mrs. H. Beard, R.R. 3  Coldwater, feels the texture of one of an array of beautiful rugs. 

Although June is traditionally the month for roses, the late spring left many fine blooms well into July. Mrs. J. N. Kelly of Toronto is seen above admiring some of the roses in the CPR gardens at Port McNicoll. 

Proud owners and operators of the new Crest hardware store in Port McNicoll, Mr. and Mrs. Lennox Vasey are seen prior to the official opening of the re-modeled store last week. Both have been active in several Port McNicoll organizations for a number of years. 

Just the thing for the beach, this air mattress attracted the attention of Mrs. Bergin Evans, daughter Lois, and son Allan, at the official opening of the new Crest Hardware store in Port McNicoll last week. Lennox Vasey, who has been in Port McNicoll since 1924, is the owner-manager of the new store. 

Only two flat tires and no other mechanical trouble was the good luck of two young Port McNicoll men who completed an 8,300-mile holiday by car Sunday. They are Garry and Milton Newton, sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. Newton, Port McNicoll. Leaving Port in a 1953 model car, the two brothers travelled via the southeast States to Dallas, Texas, where they had their first break of four days. From Dallas, they went to Jaurez, over in Mexico, by way of El Paso. Heading north again they took in the Grand Canyon before moving on to California. After brief stops in Long Beach and San Francisco, they travelled up the coast to Vancouver. Vancouver had a special interest for Milt. His girlfriend, Jean Maher of Toronto was there on a visit, too. They had a four-day reunion. Then they headed across the Rockies and the prairies to Winnipeg, continuing on down through the States to the Soo and eventually home. Garry was especially glad to get back to Port. Seems there is a comely young lady there named Sandra Watson. During their month-long jaunt, the two boys took six rolls of colored slides. All of them turned out well, which should mean some entertaining evenings for their Port McNicoll friends. 

Guess who’s enjoying himself most in this picture, taken at the midget wrestling matches at Midland Arena last Monday. Not much doubt about it — it’s Little Beaver, playfully massaging Sky-Lo-Lo’s face with a moccasin, with a little aid from his partner in the tag-team frolic, Tito Infanti.

“LAUGH? I thought I’d nearly die!” Always good for plenty of laughs, the midget wrestlers sent some of the 1,769 fans present at Midland Arena Monday night into near convulsions, as witnessed above. Seems like a sure way to relax amid world tensions. 

A pretty girl on a beach always makes a good subject for photographers. Here Sharon Dalgleish, 14, of Hamilton enjoys a spot of sunbathing on the flat rocks at Paradise Point, Port McNicoll, between dips. 

Little Lake Park in Midland was invaded by this hard-looking bunch of characters last week. Turned out they were taking part in a “Hobo Tramp” as part of the playground program sponsored by Midland Y’s Men. Even, their mothers would find it hard to recognize, left to right, Lynda Duggan and Bonnie Puddicombe, Midland; Patrick Morris, Toronto; Barbara Ruston of Merritt, B.C.; Russell Barber, St. Bruno, Que.; and Albert Carson, Toronto. 

Just wind her up and away she goes. Owner of this small German-made auto parked on Midland’s King Street this week had attached ‘key’ to the vehicle for the amusement of onlookers. 

Every year about now the cry goes up “Beat Father Sullivan” as children attending Sacred Heart Church summer school at Port McNicoll hold their annual picnic at Paradise Point. Here the tall, long-legged priest (at left) has his usual long lead over his eager but shorter rivals in the annual race. So far nobody has come up with the obvious solution, of giving Father Sullivan a 20-yard handicap.

• Free Press headline of July 23, 1958; PUC Sets New Schedule for Water Rates in Town. Bills will be sent out every four months with the first being submitted in September. Mr. Holt explained that those who do not use water in excess of the minimum bill quota of 12,000 gallons will actually be receiving water service $2.00 cheaper than the old pre-metering system. Minimum bill, based on a consumption of 12,000 gallons for four months, would be $4.20 gross or $3.36 net. This would amount to $10.08 annually, the PUC secretary-treasurer said. He explained that charges under the block system would be as follows: for the first 3,000 gallons consumed per month, a gross charge of .35cents per gallon, for the next 9,000 gallons per month, 30c gross per thousand; and for the next 18,000 gallons consumed per month, 25c per thousand. The rates go into effect, immediately.
• County Herald headline of Jully 25, 1958; See Possible Revenue $1,500.00 in Woodlots. Existing woodlots in Tiny, Tay, Flos and Medonte Townships, if adequately managed and given proper care immediately, could provide a revenue in future years ranging from $500,000 to $l,500,000 to their owners. This information was given by Ross Grinnell, a senior official of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests, at a meeting of the four township councils and conservationists in the Waverley Orange Hall Tuesday night. Grinnell, one of the mainsprings behind the land-use survey of four North Simcoe municipalities, said this revenue factor formed one of the major focal points of the survey and the subsequent report released about a month ago.
• Free Press Herald headline of July 30, 1958; Fire Destroys Old Home Three Occupants Escape. Fire, which broke out about 10 o’clock Sunday night, destroyed the large home owned by Mrs. Albert Maurice, situated at the western end of Con. 16, Tiny Township. Occupants of the house, Mrs. Maurice, and Mr. and Mrs. Claremont Brunelle were asleep at the time. Constant Desroches, who was returning to his home from the beach, saw the flames. Desroches immediately went to the house to arouse the occupants. Flames spread so quickly that only a few items were retrieved from the burning building.
• WASAGA BEACH — Twelve Chinese waiters and restaurant employees fled from their sleeping quarters above the kitchen when a fire broke out in their restaurant here early Thursday morning. The employees escaped through an upstairs window and across a roof. The blaze in the Oriental Gardens broke out before 6 a.m. yesterday and is believed to have been caused by an explosion in a gas stove in the restaurant. The flames spread to a smoke shop next door.
• Many-former citizens of Penetang will be renewing old acquaintances this weekend when they attend anniversary services at St. James’ Church-on-the-Lines, Sunday evening. The 122-year-old church, more familiarly known as “The Garrison Church”, was started originally when Penetang was a military fort, and soldiers were stationed at the military establishment, now the site of a museum. Special speaker for the anniversary occasion will be Rev. Frank Lockwood, rural dean of Simcoe East. Rev. B. Brightling, rector of the church said this week an open invitation has been extended to anyone wishing to attend the service to be held at 7.30 p.m. Sunday.
• Tiny Township council Monday night refused to take any action on a request from Nick Pantos to swear in a man he intends to hire as a special constable. Mr. Pantos maintained he was not getting enough police protection at his Georgian Grill establishment on Balm Beach. He said, as a result, he wanted to hire Chas. Kirk as a police officer. Council contended it could not swear in the man as a special constable. Council explained, however, that there was nothing to stop Mr. Pantos from hiring the man as a “bouncer” to maintain order on the premises. The restaurant owner objected, claiming that a uniform was needed to give the man some authority. He was told there was nothing to stop him from dressing the man in some distinctive uniform. A request for permission for the man to carry a gun immediately was vetoed, and further suggestions along this line fell on deaf ears. 
• Midland PUC authorities Tuesday erected three of the latest fluorescent type lighting fixtures on King Street between Dominion and Hugel Avenues. That night a section of the street was blocked off for a half hour while light meter tests were made. The new lights are part of a survey which the PUC is making on street lighting for Midland council. Other types of fluorescent and mercury vapor fixtures have been installed previously. When all tests have been completed a report is to be submitted to the council. 
• Obituaries – ARTHUR EDGAR GARRAWAY Well-known in Midland and district at fall fairs and horticultural displays for his prize-winning flowers, Arthur Edgar Garraway died of a cerebral hemorrhage at St. Andrews Hospital July 13. He was 73. A lover of flowers, particularly gladioli, Mr. Garraway had literally thousands of bulbs in bloom each summer at his residence 377 Midland Ave. In years gone by he won numerous prizes at local fall fairs and flower shows. Born April 15, 1885, at Woolley, Somerset, England, and educated there, Mr. Garraway had moved to this country 52 years ago and had lived in Midland for the past 44 years. On May 27, 1914, he and Nelly Trustham were married at Penetang. Mr. Garraway was a member of the Anglican Church Funeral service was held July 16 at Nicholl’s funeral home with Rev. L. J. Delaney officiating. Burial was in the Anglican Cemetery, Midland. Pallbearers were Charles Beman, Jerry Hill, James Lennox, Morland Mount, Charles Scott and Albert Vaillancourt. Mr. Garraway is survived by his wife, Nelly, and one son, George Edward of Midland. –   MRS BERT BOYD An active member in all church work and a past president and a life member of the W. A. of St. Paul’s United Church, Midland, Mrs. Frances Mary Maud Boyd died July 12 at St. Andrews Hospital, Midland, following a prolonged illness in the hospital for the past four months. Also an active lodge member, Mrs. Boyd was a past noble grand of the Ideal Rebekah Lodge and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Hanson J. Bradley Chapter. Born May 5, 1876, at Severn Bridge, Mrs. Boyd was educated there. She and Bert Boyd were married in Toronto in Toronto in 1906. Funeral service was held July 15 at Nicholl’s funeral home, with Rev. Wilson Morden officiating. Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery. Pallbearers were Don Argue, Jack Pardon, Bill Jeffery, Murray Wagg, Clarke Edwards and Thomas McCullough. Predeceased by her husband in March 1942, Mrs. Boyd is survived by two sons, Harold and Gordon.
•  The former star pitcher for Midland Indians baseball team, Gordon Dyment was hired as a special constable by Midland Parks Commission at a meeting Thursday night. The commission decided to hire a constable in an effort to check both thievery and speeding in Little Lake Park. Hired on an hourly basis plus a gasoline allowance for his car, the constable will be retained until the end of the present season. No stranger to Midland ball fans, Dyment has had previous police experience. He was a member of the CPR police at Port McNicoll when he first attracted the attention of ball fans some six years ago. He helped pitch the Indians to several North Simcoe League titles and well along the road in OBA intermediate “A” playdowns. https://www.midlandonsportshalloffame.com/gord-dyment.html
• More than 2,100 persons attended the four-day tenth annual Simcoe County Quilt and Rug Fair held in Midland Armory July 23 to 26. The event brought visitors from as far away as Ottawa on the east to Woodstock and district on the south-west as well as hundreds from far distant centers who are holidaying in this area. Those attending arrived daily by chartered buses and motor cars. Chartered buses and special groups came from Woodstock, Thetford, Guelph, Barrie, Orillia, North River and Russell County. Considerably expanded since its inception in Midland 10 years ago, the 150 quilts and 75 rugs made by Institutes, church groups and individuals were neatly arrayed in panels along the armory walls and on special display frames situated on the drill floor. As well as exhibits from Simcoe County, there were entries from numerous other Ontario centers, and there was a quilt or rug entry from every province in the Dominion except Saskatchewan.
• A prominent United States yachtsman damaged his expensive cruiser last Thursday morning off Orillia’s Couchiching Point, after following a Canadian government chart which failed to correspond with actual channel markings. George Lauritzen, a director of the Great Lakes Cruising Club of Chicago, ran his 42-foot Morning Star II on to a rocky shoal. He passed a floating light beacon on the side indicated by the chart, but the light was not as indicated on the chart.
• Ann Silvey, two-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Silvey, Russell Street, Midland, has set some kind of a record. She has two front teeth. Mrs. Silvey discovered them earlier this week while feeding her daughter.
• A sketch of the Huron Indian village at Little Lake Park, Midland, is featured on the front cover of the new 1958 Bell Telephone directory now being distributed in Midland and surrounding area. The work of Lorne Bouchard, a well-known Canadian artist.
• At a joint meeting of Midland council and parks commission Thursday night, it was decided to offer the curling rink for sale to Midland Curling Club for $8,100. Of this sum, $5,000 would be returned to the town and $3,100 to the parks commission. The price would include the present floor in the building and certain lands under and adjacent to the building. It is understood the curling club is planning an addition to the north end of the building to expand existing facilities. Details of the agreement of sale, still to be worked out, would include the continued availability of the building for use by Tiny and Tay Agricultural Society, and an assurance that the town would continue to supply ice from its machine in Arena Gardens. The one ice making plant serves both buildings. Mayor Charles Parker said the present ice-making machinery, although 24 years old, is better than that in many newer rinks and would still be providing ice 25 years from now. Parks Chairman Wm. Murray said the commission definitely had incurred a small deficit in the operation of the building. This was largely brought about by repairs to the roof in past years, and eventually the laying of an entirely new roof.
• It never rains but what it pours. Be it weather or otherwise, the deluge always seems to come down the hardest where needed the least. Not that anyone is registering any beefs however in the latest blessings “rained” on the pitching staff of Midland Indians in the Bruce Baseball League this season. Already gifted with four fine flingers in right-handers Jack Hendrickson and Murray Yorke and southpaws Joe Faragher and Bob Hendrickson, the Braves’ box brigade was strengthened further over the past weekend with the acquisition of right-hander Gord Dyment. A former Midland resident, he was ace moundsman for Copper Cliff Redmen in the Nickel Belt Senior Baseball League this season. Dyment’s help as a pitcher wasn’t needed in vanquishing the visitors however. Far from it. For in tossing a four-hitter over the full nine-inning route at the youthful Greys, lefthander, Joe Faragher has never looked more potent. Joe had a perfect game going for himself over the first seven stanzas. Nary a runner reached first base over this stretch with “Jaunty Joe” claiming no less than a dozen strikeout victims out of the 21 batters he faced. Included in his impressive whiff list was the side in both the 2nd and 7th frames. Even though he tired somewhat in the final two chapters in allowing a pair of hits in each the 8th and 9th Faragher still managed to fan another threesome for an overall total of 15 strikeouts. (The distinctive prose of sports editor Charlie Noquet) https://www.midlandonsportshalloffame.com/charlie-noquet.html
• 25 Years Ago This Week – Population of Midland’s “tent city” on the last weekend of July exceeded that of the Dominion Day holiday weekend. There were 293 tents compared with 229 Dominion Day. * * * Four modern, young Vikings docked at Midland harbour after completing roughly one-half of a 1,500-mile jaunt from Rochester to Chicago. Their craft was a 27-foot sloop. They were two weeks coming from Rochester to Midland, making stops at Sodus Point, N.Y., Trenton and along the Trent Canal, and at Honey Harbour. * * * Tay council approved a bylaw stipulating that all dogs in the township must be kept tied from sunset to sunrise. Any dog found rambling during those hours could be destroyed at no loss to the man who destroyed the animal. * * * Attracted to the barnyard by a commotion, a California woman reported that she found a rattlesnake with its body pierced in two places and its head in shambles. Standing nearby, strutting about the snake was a Rhode Island Red hen. * * * A survey of Midland markets showed creamery butter was selling at 22c a pound; hindquarters of beef, 11cents per pound; spring lamb, 16c; veal 8c a pound; eggs, fresh extras, 15 ½ c a dozen. * * * Midland YMCA Camp Kitchikewana reported the largest attendance in its history. A total of 165 boys were registered at the month-long camp. * * * Charles Stewart Hill, Midland’s oldest resident, died in his sleep one month to the day after he had celebrated his 101st birthday. He was the last of five Canadian veterans of the American Civil War.

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Dedication of the new outdoor chapel at Camp Kitchikewana Sunday, July 13, to the memory of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Playfair was almost like an old boys’ reunion, as dozens of former “Kitchi” members turned out for the event. Rev. Len O’Neil of Leamington, camp chaplain, officiated. A portion of the crowd which attended the dedication service at the new chapel is shown. 

New harmony in camp, this new organ will provide music for the new outdoor chapel dedicated to the memory of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Playfair of Midland at ceremonies held at Camp Kitchikewana July 13. New chapel replaces one destroyed by a storm last year. 

   There’s something about the 30,000 Islands of Georgian Bay that’s hard to define or to beat. Seen above is a typical scene at Midland YMCA’s Camp Kitchikewana on a recent visitors’ day. Various forms of entertainment are well illustrated in the picture with swimming, diving, canoeing, rowing, and sailing. Or just sitting in the shade, like the couple in the foreground. 

Saturday saw hundreds of North Simcoe Orangemen Collingwood-bound to take in the big July 12 parade. Among the veteran members of Midland lodges who took part were Mr. and Mrs. John Ney and Mrs. Charles Haines, left, in the upper photo. Other members are seen boarding one of several buses for the Collingwood trip. 

Five of the hundreds of the marchers who took part in the July 12 Orange parade in Collingwood Saturday were these five members of the girls’ juvenile lodge of Midland. Left to right are, front row, Heather Crawford, Audrey Hoy, Florence Chapman; back row, Nancy Thayer, Karen Atkinson. 

“Where’s my other shoe?”, asked the little girl on the left as she appeals to Father Francis P. Sullivan (right background) for help during a picnic at Paradise Point last week. The picnic was a portion of the program carried on by Sacred Heart Church summer school at Port McNicoll during recent weeks. 

Seems that dogs, even as kiddies, must have their “shots” these days, and Sandy was one of the larger specimens that turned up in Midland Wednesday for his anti-rabies vaccination. Elaine Stainton lends moral support, with Dr. T. L. Dale on the business end of the needle. Sandy belongs to J. Stephens of Midland. 

Midland Parks Commission appears to be one step ahead of both the Russians and Americans in space travel. It now has, through the generosity of Midland Y’s Men’s Club, a “manned Sputnik”, shown in the background. In foreground Y’s Men’s Vice-president Cy Ney, Harold Mc Allen, parks superintendent, watch as John Power, chairman of the club’s playground committee, officially turns over the new piece of playground equipment to Wm. Murray, parks commission chairman. At right is Wm. Mutch, Y’s Men’s Club treasurer. Commission hopes other Midland service clubs will emulate the Y’s Men. 

These space aged tads are making full use of the latest gadget for interplanetary (imaginative, that is) travel, the “Sputnik” is located in the playground at Little Lake Park and was donated by Midland Y’s Men’s Club. 

Cafeteria facilities at Martyrs’ Shrine have been greatly improved this year, with sparkling new counter equipment. In lower photo manager Joseph Goetz, right, explains fountain equipment to Fred Cremasco of Guelph, the cashier is Jeanne Sauvé, a brilliant young student from Penetang, now attending U. of T. Setting up wares behind pastry counter, upper photo, are Louise Bellehumeur, Penetang, left, and Marion Lavigne, Midland. 

Eye-filling, as well as creel-filling, was this five-pound, ten-ounce largemouth black bass caught by Bob Gidley Tuesday, July 8. Bob, who lives at 166 William St., Midland, landed the fish (biggest bass he’s ever caught) around 9:30 p.m. at the northeast end of the lake. He was using an artificial lure and a spinning rod at the time. One of the biggest fish caught in Little Lake in some time, Bob will enter it in several contests. 

• The Free Press Herald headline of July 16^th, 1958; Ossossane Group Ired, Urge Beach Parking Ban The “battle of the ditches” being waged on Tiny Township beaches is becoming an increasingly sharp thorn in the side of Tiny council. Cottagers at Ossossane Beach joined in the fray Sunday afternoon when they held an indignation meeting which finally concluded with a resolution to send a delegation to the next meeting of council. Chairman of the group, Mr. Sherry, contended that a road which has been established on the beach in front of their cottages for many years is “not a road for cars”. He displayed a surveyor’s plan which indicated the right-of-way ran to a dead-end near his cottage. “The people below us (Mountainview Beach) have a so-called private beach. They stop cars and have even been reported to have stopped bathers from using their beach. We are forced to take all of the cars, including the filth they leave after them,” Mr. Sherry continued.
• The County Herald headline of July 18^th, 1958; Worst Storm in Years, Park Facilities Hit Hard Termed the most severe electrical storm in years, Tuesday night’s thunderstorm and driving rain kept Midland Public Utilities employees working until the early hours of Wednesday morning to effect repairs. The severe lightning caused power interruptions in all sections of Midland that ran the gamut from momentary dimming of lights to blackouts of nearly two hours’ duration. Probably the hardest hit section in town was Little Lake Park. Parks Superintendent Harold McAllen said the service box in one new cottage was burned out and would have to be replaced; nearly 50 street lights in the park were blown out by the storm. Mr. McAllen said water damage, caused by the heavy rain which accompanied the storm, was severe. Park roads that had been filled and graded before the storm were washed out. One of the major headaches, he explained, was the overflow off Yonge Street which was diverted into the park in a ditch excavated about two years ago by the town’s public works department. The tennis court and property, to the north of it, was covered with six to eight inches of water. Numerous tenters had their bedding and equipment saturated with water and had to be housed in cabins overnight, he said.  The run-off from the ditch also eroded an embankment south of the tennis court. If the surface run-off continues there is every possibility that the tennis court will be undermined and the surface ruined. The sidewalk at the park booth was undermined as well, he stated. The top of one large tree in the ballpark was blown down across the race track, he said.
• Perfect summer weather and the blue waters of Georgian Bay provided a pleasant setting for the dedication of the new outdoor chapel of Midland YMCA’s Kitchikewana on Beausoleil Island Sunday afternoon. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Playfair, Nancy Playfair unveiled a handsome wooden plaque dedicating the chapel to the memory of her grandparents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Norman Playfair. Also dedicated was a new organ for the chapel, which had been badly wrecked by a windstorm early last year. The organ was a gift made by family and friends in the name of another son, Jack Playfair. The senior Playfairs had played a prominent part in the life of both Camp Kitchikewana and Midland YMCA for many years prior to their passing. Outlining some of the good deeds of Mr. and Mrs. Playfair, camp director J. W. “Win” Smith said the chapel was dedicated to the memory of “two very good friends down through the years.” They had been intensely interested, even before the camp actually came into being, he pointed out. It was Mr. Playfair, he said, who led the YMCA group looking for a campsite to the present site of Kitchikewana. He had come there before Beausoleil Island became a part of the National Park system.
• Tay Township council has been asked to issue debentures amounting to $30,000 to cover the erection of a new telephone building, purchase a switchboard, improve the lines, and purchase new telephones where needed. The request was made following a meeting of Tay Telephone System in the public school at Victoria Harbour last week. Some 40 subscribers attended the meeting; along with representatives of the Bell Telephone Company and the Ontario Telephone Authority.
• Midland Citizens’ Band has added new laurels to its star-studded musical crown. At the Orange walk in Collingwood Saturday afternoon, the Midland band won first prize as the best band in the parade. The prize was $10 in cash. The three-mile-long procession was said to be the largest parade North Simcoe has had for July 12 celebrations. More than 120 lodges from southern Ontario centers took part.
• Drivers of two big trucks must have aged several years in a few seconds on Highway 12 near Victoria Harbour early Tuesday morning. The two big vehicles met and passed in the narrow subway underneath the CPR tracks, about two miles west of the Harbour, where ordinarily two cars have all they can do to pass safely. By skillful driving or good fortune, only minor damage amounting to $40 resulted as the two vehicles touched briefly, then proceeded through the tunnel safely. Each was minus the side mirror on the driver’s side.
• Two major Midland industries recently have been awarded substantial contracts by the Department of National Defence. Ernst Leitz Canada Limited, world-famed camera and precision instrument manufacturers, have been given a $60,000 contract for further camera work. Midland Foundry and Machine Co. Ltd. received a contract for $17,483 for aircraft servicing equipment. The firm has constructed equipment of this type for the defence department on numerous occasions.
• Noted author-traveller Ken Wells of Medonte will be interviewed “live” on CBC’s “Tabloid” program at 7 p.m. Friday. CBC crewmen were in Port McNicoll Monday taking pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Wells and their new ship, the “Sea Owl. Later the CBC men shot pictures in other well-known North Simcoe spots for use on the same Tabloid program Friday night. The Wells expect to leave Port McNicoll next Wednesday on the first leg of a tour (down the Trent Water System) that will eventually lead to the Bahamas.
• More than 800 people from widely scattered towns in Central Ontario converged on Penetang Sunday afternoon when Alcoholics Anonymous staged a family picnic, at the new beach park. With free coffee in the pot throughout the afternoon, grownups contented themselves with chin-wagging, meeting new and old friends, swimming, and entering an occasional contest. Children were kept busy with races and a variety of contests as well as swimming and playing on swings and teeter-totters. A quick count of children present was taken when 250 free ice cream bars were consumed in a single round. Largest contingent other than Midland and Penetang groups, came from Toronto, with 25 separate groups represented. Other groups registering came from Whitby, Peterborough, Lindsay, Elmvale, Meaford, Guelph, Collingwood, Orillia, Barrie, Aurora, Camp Borden, Ajax. Most distant Ontario group came from Sudbury, but the big prize for distance went to a member from Washington, D.C.
• Jack Hendrickson belted a triple to the deep right-center field at Town Park here Monday night to give Midland Indians a 7-5 win over Stayner Motormen in a Bruce Baseball League contest before a good crowd of fans. Hendrickson’s blow came with the bases loaded, two out, and Indians on the short end of a 4-3 count at the time, in the 6th The win broke a two-game losing streak, longest of the season for coach “Bun” Deschamp’s men.
• Personals – LADIES — Unwanted hair permanently removed. For appointment phone LA. 6-6570. D. Boyce, Electrologist, Yonge St. W., Midland. Ontario — SKINNY MEN, WOMEN! Gain 5, 10, 15 lbs.; new pep. Try Ostrex Tonic Tablets. For body skinny because of appetite impaired by lack of iron. 6-day “get – acquainted” size costs little. Or buy economy size and save 75c. All druggists. — SEE Paintings by Tony Gendron at John McGuire’s Furniture Store, Penetang. On sale at low prices. — REV. A. J. and Mrs. Lewis will be at home to their family and friends at the United Church Parsonage, Penetang, Sunday, July 20, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9, to mark the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary.
• COLDWATER — A Fesserton man called on several Coldwater Main Street merchants Saturday afternoon in an effort to sell a live skunk, which he was carrying in a bag. He claimed the animal’s “armament” had been removed. The animal was removed from under a pop cooler, by Joe Barden in the latter’s tobacco store, where it had scampered while the owner gave a sales talk. He wanted $5 for it. The latter draped the skunk around a youth’s neck in the store and later struck out across the road to interview other prospects. Chester Martin firmly declined to negotiate. When the skunk vendor reached Russell’s Corner store, he lost his grip on the sack, which dropped to the sidewalk. As the bag struck the unyielding pavement and opened up, a fog-like mist billowed up from the interior and soon all in the vicinity of the Main Street were thoroughly convinced the skunk was still in full possession of the characteristics provided by nature.
• 25 Years Ago This Week – A rooster raised by an Orr Lake resident that had been killed for the market was found to have a gold nugget in its crop. A few months previously a gold nugget had been found in the crop of a duck from a farm in the Wyevale area. * * * Two Midland youths who went swimming at the Portage had their clothes and wallets stolen from their car. The thieves gained entry to the locked vehicle by cutting a hole in the roof. * * * A total of 127 properties in Midland were listed in an advertisement for treasurer’s sale of lands for tax arrears. Tax arrears and costs against one property amounted to $5,610. * * * Contracts had been let for paving 10 miles, 10 feet in width, of each of No. 26 and No. 27 highways. Paving on Highway 27 was to be laid from Waverley to Fergusonvale. On 26, the hard surface was to be laid from Stayner to Edenvale. * * * For the first time since the highway had been constructed, a motorcycle officer was patrolling Highway 27 between Midhurst and Penetang. The road to Wasaga Beach was also included in his “beat”. The officer was Ray Hodgson. * * * Five large, privately-owned gasoline and steam driven yachts had made Midland harbour their headquarters for a week. Three of the yachts were owned by Americans. * * * Italian General Balbo’s air armada flew over, Midland on the last leg of their air flight from Italy to the World’s Fair at Chicago. There were 24 planes in the flight.
• The Ontario Department of Travel and Publicity has prepared some pertinent information for those who are inclined to scoff at the actual value of the tourist industry to the economy of this nation and this province. Reports on 1957 tourism indicate that 1,550,000 cars entered Ontario from the U.S. All told, these approximately 17 million visitors spent an estimated $250 million in the province.
• At its June meeting, Tay council had directed Clerk Dalton to instruct the owners of four boathouses at the foot of Hazel Street in Waubaushene to have same removed. Waubaushene Chamber of Commerce has advocated the removal of the boathouses off the road allowance to provide boat-launching facilities for residents and tourists.
• Wednesday, two lads appeared in Juvenile and Family Court, Midland, charged under the Juvenile Delinquents Act with committing an indecent act upon a younger child. Sentencing the offenders, Family and Juvenile Court Judge, Marjorie Hamilton expressed deep concern over the pattern of behavior and the gravity of the offence. Each lad was placed on probation and in addition was ordered to be spanked on his bare buttocks by his father, in the privacy of his home, under the supervision of the officers present in court.
• Two Canada Steamship Lines freighters, the Hagarty and the Donnacona; have been tied up at the winter berth in Midland for an unknown period, CSL manager in Midland, J. G. Hendrickson said the ships were forced to lay up because of lack of cargoes on the Great Lakes this summer. Mr. Hendrickson said he had not been advised of any further ships being tied up at the moment.
• As a result of public outcry, at least one large Canadian meat packing firm has adopted more humane methods for hog slaughter. It has installed carbon dioxide equipment which renders hogs unconscious as they pass through a chamber on a conveyor belt. Although the entire operation, from the time the animal enters the chamber until it is slaughtered, takes only 75 seconds, the hog receives sufficient gas to keep it unconscious for six or seven minutes. This seems incongruous in a country that clings to the barbaric custom of the gallows tree as a means of capital punishment for humans.
• COLDWATER — A double funeral service was held at Robinson funeral home, Coldwater, Wednesday afternoon, for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Athron, Sr., of Waubaushene. Burial was at Coldwater cemetery. The couple died at Waubaushene within two days of each other. Both were in their 79^th Mrs. Athron died Sunday and her husband’s death was Tuesday. Immediate survivors are two sons, Denis of Waubaushene and Frank Athron of Toronto, and a daughter, Mrs. Roy Rankin.

   Looking back a bit further to the third week of July 1937. The Midland Free Press prior to the County Herald published a second section that featured the news of Penetang and area. Below are the two headline pages from the 21st of July 1937. Adobe Reader is required to open these attachments and is available free from Adobe online.  

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