Click on Photos to EnlargeFood donation pick up by St. Andrew’s Hospital Auxiliary Monday and Tuesday netted 739 items of canned goods and preserves to supplement kitchen supplies at the hospital. Mrs. M. Williams checks the rapidly filling shelves. Yet to be counted are donations from baskets placed in Midland stores. 

Competing in his first plowing match is ten-year-old Trace Draper competing at the Center and West Simcoe match. Trace is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Don Draper of Elmvale. 

Officials of the Center and West Simcoe Branch of the Ontario Plowmen’s Association judge the competitors work during the plowing match held near Elmvale Wednesday. Kneeling is Mervin Fralick, Minesing, 1st vice-president. At rear is John Partridge of Minesing, a past president; J. E. Carruthers current president from Stayner and George McGinnis of Elmvale, 2nd vice-president. 

Murray McConnell HEPC (Hydro Electric Power Commission, the predecessor to Ontario Hydro and Hydro One) truck driver at Penetang is spending time practising for a driving “Rodeo” to be held this month in Toronto. Murray recently won the Georgian Bay competition held in Barrie by scoring 213 points out of a possible 260. His nearest competitor scored 202. If successful in Toronto he will go on to a Dominion competition. 

Bulldozers working on a road cut on Conc. 1, Old Survey, Tiny Township encounter heavy clay muck that causes them to become stuck repeatedly and requires them to rescue each other. 

Didace Grisé, president of the Huronia Historic Sites and Tourist Association, presented a framed picture of Cowan’s Trading Post to Premier Leslie Frost Friday when the latter unveiled the historic plaque at the site on Matchedash Bay. 

Premier Leslie M. Frost unveiled this marker on the site of Cowan’s trading post at Matchedash Bay in Tay Township [now Severn Twp] on Friday. The plaque was erected by the Ontario Archaeological and Historic Sites Board and the Huronia Historic Sites and Tourist Association played host to the event attended by more than 200 people. 

Trader Cowan’s story was related by Mrs. W. W. Jury at the unveiling of an Ontario Historical Plaque on the site of the old fur trading post on Matchedash Bay Friday. At left is Major G. R. Lane of Coldwater, chairman of the event. 

Rev. Lloyd J. Delaney is inducted as the new rector of St. Mark’s Anglican Church Midland on Friday night. Archdeacon Gilbert Lightbourne, Shanty Bay; Mr. Delaney; Rt. Rev. G. B. Snell PhD., D.D., suffragan Bishop of Toronto and Ven. G. B. Ongley, M. A., Archdeacon of Peterborough. 

Outlined on the hood of this white car driven by Billy Logan is a rusty old musket found by Morley Hawke while helping to clean up the basement of a King Street store last week. Complete with a bayonet, the old gun is of the muzzleloading type. Mr. Hawke happened to notice part of it sticking out of the floor. 

Mrs. Bruce Holt, left, president of the Midland YMCA Auxiliary, is shown with the new president of the Inter-Provincial Ladies Auxiliaries to the YMCA, Mrs. C. A. Overall of East York during their annual convention held in Midland. 

Guest speaker at the convention of District 20, Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association at Martyr’s Shrine October 2 was Rev. J. P. Finn, Ph.D. diocesan director of education in London, Ontario. At his right is Rev. J. S. Howe of Victoria Harbour, who thanked the speaker. 

They may catch bigger muskies than this 25 1/2 pounder proudly displayed by Jack “Bud” Todd of Victoria Harbour. Not many anglers, however, will manage to land a fish of this size on an 8-lb test line as “Bud” did last Monday evening. He was out fishing trout with Bill Edmonston when the 44-inch lunge took his artificial lure in Sturgeon Bay. It took the two men some 45 minutes to land their prize. 

Stan Sturgeon left, won or shared in three trophies during the season at Midland Golf and Country Club. He is seen accepting congratulations from club captain Norm Greene. Stan won the O’Hare and Wallace Trophies (on the mantle) and was a partner of Mrs. V. Duncan in winning the Dr. A. H. Pinchin trophy for mixed two-ball competition. 

Nobody knew that two of the waitresses at the luncheon of the district convention of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association at the Martyr’s Shrine October 2nd were actually Shrine guests who volunteered to help out. Windsor social worker Beverly Ord just returned from a year of camping, travelling and working in Europe. American born Caroline Holland, right, makes her home in Rome, where she belongs to the novel “Opus Coenaculi” a secular institute which helps the church. 

• The headline, Free Press Herald, October 9th, 1957; Flu Bug Invades School, 300 MPDHS Students Out MPDHS Principal Lorne M. Johnston told this newspaper yesterday that nearly 300 students were absent from classes yesterday. Most of the absentees are believed to be suffering from the flu. Total enrolment at the school is about 800 students.
• The headline, County Herald, October 11th, 1957; Face Housing Shortage Study Apartment Plan Housing shortage in Penetang is being tackled by Penetang Chamber of Commerce, at present investigating the possibility of participation in a housing scheme for older people. The plan being investigated is one similar to that implemented several years ago in Meaford, where 32 apartments were erected through federal assistance. Under a similar plan, small apartments would be constructed primarily for the use of older people, with rentals held at a low level. It is anticipated most of the older people who would occupy such accommodation are at present living in a house which would then become available for either sale or rental.
• In Memoriam JORY — In loving memory of a dear son and brother F.O. W. E. Jory, killed in action over Denmark, October 15, 1944. “Beyond life’s gateway, there’s an open gate, through which each must go alone. And there is a Light we cannot see, Our Father claims His own. Beyond the gate, your loved one finds happiness and rest. And there is comfort in the thought a loving God knows best. Looking back with memories upon the path you trod, I bless the years I had with you and leave the rest to God.” Fondly remembered by Mom, brother John, sisters Jean and Helene.
• After several weeks of comparative quiet Midland firemen were called out twice earlier this week, Sunday morning and Monday night. Sunday morning’s blaze completely destroyed a warehouse which was originally a part of the old Midland Shearling plant on Yonge Street, east. Measuring about 100 by 36 feet, the shed had escaped the big fire which destroyed most of the original plant several years ago. Earlier this year the property had been cleaned up and levelled off. The warehouse was then used to store what was left of the machinery.  — Damage estimated at between $1,500 and $1,800 resulted from a fire around 10 p.m. Monday night. Badly damaged was a kitchen at the rear of a double house at 300 Princess Street. The portion of the building in which the fire occurred (the south half) was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Angus Morrison.
• Merchants in Midland and Penetang have teamed up to provide Free Press Herald readers with a glimpse of the latest fashions trends for fall 1957. The editorial and advertising messages are contained in a 16-page supplement included in this issue of the paper.
• VICTORIA HARBOUR—Capt. R. W. ‘Reg’ Jarman, who has had to retire from service on Canadian Pacific Steamships because of ill health, was honoured with a presentation Friday afternoon. Superintendent S. F. Malin, a number of shipmates from the S.S. Assiniboia and representatives from the carpenter shop, paint shop, machine shop and freight sheds called at his home. On behalf of the crews of the S.S. Keewatin and S.S. Assiniboia and men of the different departments, as well as friends from the CPR departments at the Lakehead, Mr. Malin read an address speaking of their regret at his retirement after more than 35 years’ service.
• An experimental netting project by the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests between June 22 and August 5 in Matchedash Bay has indicated that future management must be concerned with a greater harvest and utilization of the coarse fish population. Reporting on the preliminary study there, Lake Simcoe District Biologist H.R. McCrimmon says: “Over 15,000 pounds of fish were taken in the two-pound nets employed in the study. Of the fish captured, only about two percent were species recognized by anglers as sport fish (Maskinonge, Northern Pike, Pickerel and Largemouth Bass). Some 15 percent were coarse fish of modest commercial value— carp and channel cat while the remaining 83 percent of the catch included such coarse fish as gar pike, dogfish and suckers having little or no commercial value. These latter fish were destroyed. The study indicates that the population of gar pike dominates the fishery of Matchedash Bay by a considerable margin and that sport fish are perhaps the least common. Only two Maskinonge, 37 Northern Pike, 16 Pickerel and 31 Largemouth Bass were captured in the nets.
• 25 Years Ago This Week; Medical attention was to be provided for-jobless persons in Penetang. The funds for the program were to be provided out of government relief grants. A special eight-man medical committee was set up to prevent abuses of the plan. * * * Barrie Collegiate Institute won the M. B. Tudhope Trophy for the third consecutive year at a district high school track and field meet in Barrie. Midland High School; in second place, was 5 1/2 points below the winners. *  *  *  Coldwater council was preparing to resist a $3 per horse-power increase in its power rates, levied by the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission.  * * *  A large dance hall at Balm Beach, owned by A . Clute was burned to the ground late Thanksgiving night. Fanned by a high wind, the flames threatened a number of nearby cottages for a time. Residents formed a bucket brigade to protect them until the Midland fire brigade arrived.  * * *  St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Hillsdale, celebrated the 81st anniversary of its founding. Rev. W. J. West, the moderator of the  Synod of Hamilton and London and father of the minister of St. Andrew’s, conducted the services. * * *  Provincial, federal and municipal governments were making plans to provide work during the winter for the more than 4,000 jobless single young men in the country. * * *  Martin J. Insull, former Chicago financial wizard and multimillionaire, surrendered to Provincial Police in Barrie. He was charged with larceny and embezzlement of more than $400,000 by U.S. authorities. He had been hiding out in Orillia for several weeks.
• Editorial – It is only a little more than a month since several Midland streets were resurfaced with crushed stone and tar and already they are like the rocky road to Dublin. Midland council could take a few lessons from their colleagues in Penetang where a program of hard-surfacing, completed this summer, is a credit to the town. If council’s aim was to save Midland taxpayers money, we fail to see the wisdom of it. It is simply throwing good money after bad and the much-travelled section of Hugel Ave., W., between Sixth and Eighth Streets is an excellent example of it.

Click on Photos to EnlargeThe first official duty of Lieutenant J. S. Sturgeon, right, newly appointed commanding officer of RCSCC “Huron” Midland, was a presentation of two awards won by the cadets shown. Somewhat belatedly, Leading Cadet Peter Lacroix, left, received his “Cadet of The Year” trophy for the 1955-56 season. Winner of the trophy for 1956-57 was PO2 Russell McKinnon, center.

 

Mrs. Irene Marchand of Penetang, retiring principal of District 20, Ontario English Catholic Teacher’s Association, receives a bouquet from Sister Frances Matthew of Midland. The presentation was made during the district convention at the Martyr’s Shrine Wednesday.

Easter Lilies are blooming this week and for the second time this year in the garden of Mrs. Adolf Dellori, 334 Russell Street. She covers the plants with paper each night to protect them from the cold autumn nights.

 

Envoy & Mrs. J. Thompson replace Captain Ray Smith at the Salvation Army, living at 235 Second Street. The Thompson’s are seen with their two children, Linda, 12, and Murray, 16.

 

Canadian Name Plate employees represented by Frank Patton, on right, made a presentation to brothers Gordon, Jim and Jack Moss at the employee’s dinner held at the Parkside Inn, Saturday night, marking the firms 23rd anniversary.

Fire Prevention Week in Penetang was the reason for a two page spread in the local paper highlighting the history and achievements of the volunteer force. These pictures of the firefighters outlined the editorial section of the two pages. Each man in the force is presented by a local business.

• The headline of October 2, 1957, the Midland Free Press Herald; Request Commission Aid to Finance Water System. The new project, estimated to cost in excess of $100,000, involves joining the Tay township’s water areas in Sunnyside and to the west of Midland. [At this date the west side of Midland from Eighth Street to Highway 93 was in Tay Township as was all of Sunnyside.] Tay Clerk Ralph Dalton said a public meeting might be necessary to approve the plan, which calls for the construction of a central pumping station, trunk, mains and a water tower. It would utilize a spring source in Sunnyside and a well in the area of the Midland-Penetang District High School. Approximate route of the line would be from the top of the Sunnyside hill to the county road, then to Ninth Street and the top of the hill, over to Tenth Street and straight south on Tenth to Hugel Avenue.
• The headline of October 4th, 1957, the County Herald; Ski Resorts Debt-Laden, Advertise Jump For Sale. Faced with debts amounting to more than $17,000, directors of Midland Ski Resorts Limited today offered the ski jump and its accompanying material assets for sale. A decision to seek bids on the 115-foot jump, completed two years ago and used for two Canadian ski jumping competitions since, was reached at a meeting of the company officers and creditors in Midland YMCA last Friday night. A major factor behind the move was the substantial loss suffered at the summer ski jumping competitions held there Civic Holiday weekend. Paid admission to the three-day event amounted to less than $6,000, while expenses incurred approached the $12,000 mark.
• Toronto architect William Bennett has been commissioned by the Ontario Liquor Control Board to draw up plans for the new liquor store in Midland a reliable government source informed this newspaper this week. The same source, however, was uncertain as to the site selected for the building. According to a recent announcement from Midland Chamber of Commerce the brewer’s warehouse is to be located at Bay and Midland Ave, on property owned by D. L. Pratt.
• A Tiny Township resident has been asked to explain a large quantity of liquor found in his house at 2.30 a.m. Sept. 9 during a raid by OPP Constables Ray Wilkinson of Elmvale and William Mohan and Kenneth Newburn of the Victoria Harbour detachment. The accused said he had purchased some liquor for an expected visit of nine guests over the Labor Day weekend. They didn’t turn up, he told the court. Accused, said he also intended giving some of the liquor “to the boys” at a threshing. Stating that he had over 200 head of cattle on his farm, he said it was also the practice to make up a medicine consisting of whiskey and corn syrup for bronchial trouble in cows and scours in the calves. These cows must have very diversified tastes,” said Crown Attorney Thompson, noting that the liquor confiscated included whiskey brandy, wine, gin and vodka. “I gather you were expecting 239 cows and nine people,” he said.
• Opened less than a year ago, Knights of Columbus are enlarging their hall and bowling alley building in Penetang. Cramped for storage space and space for a snack bar, the group built a 14 by 48-foot addition to the west side of the building. The new addition houses a good-sized snack bar; office space for the manager, and a large general storage room. Moving the snack bar to this location provides additional space for bowlers especially during team changeovers.
• Births – and Mrs. Wray Faint announce the arrival of a baby girl, a sister for Douglas, in St. Andrew’s Hospital, Midland, on Tuesday, September 24. * * *  Mr. and Mrs. David Milner are happy to announce the arrival of their son on September 27, 1957, at St. Andrew’s Hospital, Midland.
• Ten Years Ago This Week – Contractors had started to lay water mains and pipelines between Flat Point and First Ave., Port McNicoll. The contract for excavating and laying the intake pipe had been let.  * * * Flower and vegetable gardens in North Simcoe had been severely damaged by four nights of heavy frost. Hardest hit were gardens in the Ebenezer area. * * * Thieves broke into Beaver Lumber offices in Midland and stole roofing tar and broad-headed roofing nails. A number of the nails were strewn across the pavement on Fourth Street. * * * Unfavorable weather failed to dampen the ardour of exhibitors and visitors at Flos Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair in Elmvale. The fair drew record attendance and entries. * * * Husband of a Coldwater girl. Toronto newspaperman Robert Reeds had been reported missing off the east coast of Hudson’s Bay. He was last seen August 23rd. RCMP had been asked to make a search. * * * An 800-pound moose was seen swimming in mid-channel, opposite J. W. Bald’s cottage,  south Honey Harbour, by Herbert Cousineau and B. LaValley. The men were on their way to Midland in a boat. [Must be experts at determining the weight of a swimming moose] * * * Installation of sewers on Fox, Peel and Wolfe Streets, Penetang, had been completed. Preparations were underway, to have the streets paved.  * * * Waubaushene, Chamber of Commerce had purchased a fire truck, 2,350 feet of fire hose and other firefighting equipment for use in the village. * * * National Employment Service officials in Midland reported that only 43 persons were listed as unemployed — the lowest in five years.
• Norman Elroy Hamilton, a Midland resident for the last 40 years, died Sept. 17 at St. Andrews Hospital. He was 75.  Interment in Lakeview Cemetery. Norman Hamilton was born June 10, 1882, in Medonte Township. He was educated in Vasey. He married Ethel Handy who died approximately 20 years ago. In 1940 he married Mary Thompson at Barrie. He had worked as a blacksmith at Midland Shipyards for a number of years, and as a carpenter at Midland-Boat Works. He was a Presbyterian and a Conservative. Surviving children are Mrs. H. Bell (Mabel), Mrs. L . Belfry (Hazel), Mrs. P. White (Oda), Mrs. R. Watson (Gladys), Mrs. Reg. Spencer (Verna), Wallace Hamilton, Norman Hamilton. Also, surviving are his second wife, the former Mary Thompson, and children John, Anne and Charles Hamilton; and one sister, Mrs. Roy Loney (Emma) of Victoria Harbour.
• A resident of Port McNicoll for 42 years, Richard Garrett Sr., died Sept. 26, at his home. Funeral service was held from Nicholls funeral home Sept. 28 with Rev. Charles Carter conducting the service. Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery. Pallbearers were C. J. Vaillancourt, H. Richardson, J. Crooke, D’Arcy St. Amand, H. Gill and Bert Armstrong. Mr. Garrett was born June 3, 1881, in London, England where he also received his education. On Sept. i3, 1901, he married Mary Catherine Lee in Southwark, London. Mr. Garrett lived in London for 33 years before moving to Victoria Harbour where he remained for one year. He then moved to Port McNicoll and stayed there until his death. Richard Garrett, a Presbyterian, was an elevator employee. Predeceased by his wife in January of this year, Mr. Garrett is survived by daughters, Catherine (Mrs. C. Marchant) of Oakville, Lillian (Mrs. F. D. Garbett) of Toronto, Winifred (Mrs. J. Fryer) of Toronto, Agnes (Mrs. Al Young) of Belleville, Olive (Mrs. Stan Armstrong) of Belleville, and sons Richard of Long Branch, Arthur of Port McNicoll, Percy of Port McNicoll and Jack of Toronto.
• Doctors at Toronto General Hospital said yesterday they were hopeful of saving the life of Barbara Johnston, the 18-year-old daughter of Lorne Johnston, MPDHS principal, and Mrs. Johnston, Midland. Miss Johnston suffered a fractured skull when a car driven by a student driver collided with her and a companion at the corner of Bloor Street and Avenue Road, shortly after noon Wednesday. The companion, Mrs. Leslie Dolin, 27, of Lakeshore Rd., Toronto, suffered severe facial injuries, a broken pelvis and internal injuries. Both women also received broken legs, it was reported.
• Midland Y’s Men were informed at their meeting Tuesday night that the Indian village, which they sponsor, had the best year ever this summer. Bill Barnett and staff and W. W. Jury were commended for the part they had played in making it a success. Alex Owen and John Power were also commended for the part they played in the success of the summer playground program. The guest speaker was Dr. W. W. Jury, who spearheaded the construction of the Indian village.
• Attendance at Huronia Museum, Midland, this summer was up more than 900 over 1956 or more than 8 percent, says John Yelland, curator. Total attendance, including the Haliburton teachers’ convention group which was at the Shrine, Fort Ste. Marie I, the Indian Village and the museum today, is expected to be about 13,300. Since September 1st, some 450 public school and 250 separate school pupils have visited the museum. [The museum at this time was still located in the Playfair residence overlooking Midland harbour.]
• BEE IN BONNET Dear Editor: I have a bee in my bonnet and I would appreciate the use of your valuable column to get rid of it. I refer to those horrible blots along Midland streets, the parking meters. To begin with, they are aesthetically disgusting, cluttering up the sidewalks with their ugly outlines. They are a source of no end of inconvenience to motorists who must trot back and forth stuffing good money into their grey maws, or bothering merchants for small change. And what a cold, mercenary way to welcome visitors to a tourist town! They must surely be degrading things for by law enforcement officers, who seem to spend half their time in a role similar to that of pinball machine repairmen or writing out ridiculous tickets. They are embarrassing evidence of a distorted sense of values in Midland, if only from the standpoint of how our police spend their time. They do not answer our parking problems, they aggravate, them. We should have established municipal parking lots years ago, surely to goodness that fact is obvious enough to jolt someone into action now. Yours very truly, DISGUSTED.

Huronia Museum’s Murder Mystery Evening is only 7 sleeps away! Be sure to stop by the museum to buy your tickets. We are here 9am -5pm through out the weekend, including Monday. Heck, you could even take a walk around scenic Little Lake Park on your way here, and see if you can spot Lakey!

Also I made more fake news! Check it Out! Check out this newspaper article about Lakey from 1955!