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New Years Eve dance at liArmy Navy Air Force hall Dunlop St typiiicd celebrations at many places In Barrie and district TOP People crowd the floor as the band plays in the background BEIDW Ihe Hospital Visiting Restricted Restrictions have been placed on admhsion isiiors tn itoyal Victoria Hospital iollowing re ports at numerous cases at no among the nursing stall Administrator Cam eron also announced that only emergency cases and the serious ly Ill would be admiiied to the hospital until the In problem Is overcome Visits will he curtail ed except tor immediate lamilies ol lPatients and dciiniteiy no chdlen will be allowed hlr Cameron said so nursu were absent Friday whai By BILL CUILRAN Examiner Stair Writer Facinga year which has start ed with an increase in mortr gage Interest rates lump in personal income taxes and in dications oi more inflation Bar rie council In preparing to begin particularly busy term with its Inaugural meeting at city hall tonighL looms as starting his 11th year and Aid Hency who will be start ing his loth mil be the veter ans ol the new council In years oi service Aid lichens who iirst can or Barrie council oliice in loss will be starting his ninth year and Aid tics Joltilie his seventh Only woman merm ber ol the council Aid Dorian Parker also first stood Ior eounlt oil in 1969 iormer school trustee ior to Impressions pcriorm the ceicbranis dancc Approx imately so persons attended Examincr Photos spokcsman at the hospital said yesterday that action had been taken tor the proicciion oi both paticnts and visiiors Cases oi the nu have been re ported in Barrie schools but the extent will not be known until classes rcturn this wcck The flu bug has bccn spread ing across the United States but according to survey carried out by The Canadian Press last week Toronto is the only area in Canada with an aboveaver age number at ilu cnscs Ml oi lletro Torontos 2600 police witb flu and colds Attendance by to 15 per cent Line Breaks Priwer Is Cut To 15 Homes The survcy indicates that 75 man were oil duty last Thursday at some Toronto schools was cut liloyor elect Robert Berl ley will be one oi the new mom tiers who will be making their declaration at otiice to the clerk Ben Siraughao at the opening ceremony One oi the latter Charles Christie wellknown bus Inessman served three years and one as deputy when Earrie was town during the tits The other three new alderman ioining the council AI Macmillan district manager oi the Bell Tole phonc Company Dcl Cole torm cr planning board chairman and Ross Archer also are certain to resolve special attention IIIIi YEAR Aid lred Smith dialnnan oi the board oi works lor the past iour years who will be TIIE BARRIE EXAMINER CITY New Frigid icmperat re were blamed tor broken power line that icit about 15 hornm in Bar rlcs south end without electri cityin more than two hours yes terday morning Ivan Symons ol the Barrie Public Utilities Commission relt pared the brokcniccdcrline at about 1130 am other two hours work in temperatures oi seven It Was It Wonderiul Party Without Alcoholic Beverages At least one large group at cclebrcnls awoke yesterday with out trace of hangover Irom partying the night bciore lhey warn the 115 persons who Whats it like to tail and know 2thst youre more than four stor eys abch the guunil Robert Irvine iormcr Ear working as high rigger in British Columbia described ihe incident which involved him Iast July and might well have taken his lite liir Irvine is ting his parents his and Mrs Irvine Vine St Barrie dur rig the holidayr was being wmchod up telcvision tower in British Colt mbia to install new Fill ennae We were using boson rirm on ihepower winch came rec There was no time to do anything knew how high was On the way down holler pd for somebody to grab the winch line The thought oi being so really mind as tell Al had time to do was yell ior somebody to grab the winch lin Mr Irvine said Lhat no unccould have stopped Lhe tall by grabbing the line anyway HITS GROUND The Scat oi thebosun chair which was made up at heavy award split when it hit rock on vthc ground his Irvinelay his notes waiting for an eto arrive whileh his 1th moved asked the bowl said ilm ant toobcd oli beableto rcturnto work Vents didnt ate that night bec use ital man Whenhe was re aaed he went on an intensivn at exercise and occupa apy British Cola sienna iiionrns climb poles Former Barrie Man Recalls Thrills MS pills As whi cleared up lie attributes his survival part iy to wide salety beltaround his waist which prevented his body from iolding up when he hit the ground in sitting pos ition It It had not been iortthe beltltis spine would likely have sustained iarmore severe indury he said The secondthing that saved his lilo wasthe Iact that he was in excellent physicalc dition ouster when you kas high rig ger he said To do so be its always worked out regularly th exercises and eight tr Dodora have told flir Irvine that it will be another three monthaor more belore he will iIveheen up in helicopter taget the leelilig at heights gain and Ill be starting to spursaaon part ol my occupational liter Stall Of all lull Governor William Case any he said Climbing like that gets your logs in shape job like this one which nearly killed him Bigger Why does he want to return to Its very rarely we have ac cidnts he Said This is the only serious accident that the company work for and It Communications has had in sev en years across Canada hlr Irvine linds the work in creating and rewarding The pay is good and enjoy the travel involved Since ioining the iirm in 1961 have worked in Quebec Ontario Manitoba Sas kaich an Alb nd Brit Columbia People spendthous ends at dollars to see the pin that Ive been to while workingfl he said Last March he and two other men were stranded lor ten days on mountain top in northern British Cbiunibia when weather conditionscmadcritaimpossib hell opier to return to thorn up Thoyver2lti miles irom the nearest toivn and the ow wale loot deep The last day brdore we were picked up we had only one boil ed egg cach Ivo oi the men started out for town on snow shoes and stayed at camp Out the waydown they met some mencoming up on snowmobiles They came up and picked me up and took the three olus back his Irvine ow plansto retire at the age to and move to the Bahama Mr Irvine was raised and edu cated inllarrle and worked for livet years here belora heading ES Drinking Oliences Few In Number lde fencesL at arhnzlng Corrtr said it artsto workmena pensatton even now um marianu at am Jail In Toronto Is stall was content aad would not strike of guide at Police wee below zero Tightening action oi rost and lobclow tmperaturcs during the night were blamed for the break The cedar line was loom type at wire which is generally more susceptible to cold than the copper type used by the Barrie Public Utilities Commission Mr Symons said The line that broke had been that snappc taken over irom Ontario ltydr attended the annual New Years party sponsored by Barrios our Alcoholics Anonymous organism tions The party was held at Collier St United church hall and ac cording to several oi those who took part it was tremendous success It includcd dancing cards games and almost cverythlng that any other New Years party might have The only thing miss it day Jan will feature Cana apparently headed no warnings to leave cars at total 459 info ainedayperlod total oi warnings were tannedinc detects mostlyean ireWm hm First calls concerning the pow er iailure were directed to On tarlo Hydro Hydro checked it out and rcierrcd the problem to city police who handle such calls during holiday emergenciesr Pol ice directed the call to Mr Symons communityCoiiCert dian trained opera singer Colet te liokcy The concert at mo pm at Central Collegiate itiorium will be available to ticket hold ers only Desciibed as the current dar lingiol opera in Vienna Munich and Sclzburg ie stival Miss Bokey played Mistress Fordlrin the lilm Merry Wives of Wind sor orth du l0sdltlllctill at being in voivcdirr the rst New Yc accident investigated by thellar rie OFF Vaughan Charles Smith oi Front St North Bay lostconvgt trol oi his car onIlighway 11 at too He escaped injury when his car Iclt the road and hit sign Damage was estimated at 5125 The accldentoccurred am 35 yvas treated Borden and released from llase hospitalwaturda teruoon or injuries sustaine when his leltlIighwayjlilo mansion near Crown lIill sidcroad your can ansn Bernard Frederick McMilIiei of Rh 5Ailiatnnwas bivolv as one cnr accldentlat He was taken to Royal then uanslerr eless driving allowing ccident on highway lords Dunns altoat omN Ye Mr aged but two other vehicles sus tained total oi Sloooamage other drivers involved were Robert Smith til at Toronto and Ronald Dingwall so at Col tag was alcohol one spokesman used to attend pared to any group We ever been with he said and there are no problems about being pickcdvup by the police on the way home It used to be that hours at normal party but at the AA party have great time Christmas Trees Iic Works will pick up ed Christmas trees time this week or next Fmanmadathe fEveryone gets into the act nd really enjoys bimseii said Theres no omparison to regular parties The fellowship cant be com ould only remember about two To Be Picked Up The Barrie Department oi Pub discard Timcvoi picku has not been set but it will ikely be home An announcement will be made years and planning board room ber tor six Aid Jack lilaclama will be starting his liith year on the ranch while Aid Jack Gar ner and Aid Phil Sauve each will be starting his second two year term Former ltnyor Sinclair who was Barrios chicl magis trate during this and 46 has been chosen lor the honor at pre sentlog the chair oi olilca to the new mayor while William lilslcomson will present new gavel m6 COMMITTEE Alter the Inaugural ceremony striking committee will be ap pointed tor the purpose at can sldering city committee appoint ments lor the year and make TUESDAY JANUARY 1568 and know what happencd aiter ward total at 106 tickcts were sold or the New Years celebration with children and new AA mem bers allowed in without charge bringing the total to betwce 125 and 130 Two visitors this year were irom Washington DC Some or the others In attendance came irom Toronto Newmarket lilid land Orillia and other point in the district want scour SNOWMOBILES Barrie city police are quite concerned according to cpl Ralph Berry about the grow ing number or ccmplabits Irom citizens about thc use of snow mobiles in Barrio parks Bylaws lorbid the use oi motordriven vehicles in any city park And this Includes the greatest and thc smallest saidZCpl Berry Snoivmohilesvnow can reach speeds in excess at to miles per hour Sooner or later some child playing In park will get hurt or killed by one at these mach ines added Cpl Berry oi the pickup date in each ward The Welsh auto received 00 damage Thcaccldcnt occurred at 515 pni barrio man John Stuart Ferguson 25 at castle Dr was not injured when his car Icit Highway 26 just south ol the ONE crossing at Mirroring and knocked down eight guard rail posts homage toMr Fargo uto was es $300 accidcnpoccurred at n1n Sunday Constshl Frank Wilkins in aa lepbeotts car was isnda my EXAMIN on WANT ans PHONE viami toonear Essa lid resulted in 32000 to tWOfAiltDSrNO xniuries or charges were reported Involved were vehicles driven by Minterot Don Mills andF Ironsideoi Collier St Bar Damagetotlie Minv ter autowasestimaled at $15m oileniineans addingtoluture City Councfl Begins Its New Term Tonight its recommendations to council Budget figures then will be given attention by these comniltees as preliminary toward setting the 1968 Barrie tax rate with civic program oi poet centennial expansion extensive street work and other city im provements to be completed the council is laced with the prob lem oi devising the best way oi meeting these requirements and also the problem at growing de mand irom ratepayers tor halt in property tax increases Action ol the provhicial government In taking over the lull cost at ad ministration oi lustlce starting irom January Is expected to mean saving oi approximately 355000 year to Barrie and it Is hoped this can be passed along to ratepayers who have becn called upon to pay tax in creases during the past two years The I967 tax rate oi 10M mills residential was up 97 mills irom the previous year while the com Shortage Pointing out that there shortage oi housing In Earrlc Aid Jack lilacLamn said this must be ranked with the key problems to which city council must give early attention Currontly Barries progress ls being alowcd by its housing shor tagc the ward two councillor said when asked what he thought at barrics immediate prospects or lurthcr development Wa have no alternative but to con tinue our eliorts to help growth he said stating this must be done in all Iiclds industrial com mcrcial and residential Advancement for Barrie de pends largely on the general shown in rccont yoars FIX111 YEAR Aid lilaclamn who will be starting his filth year as mem her at council with the new term was asked his views on Barrio tax prospects xx 1968 iol lowing the fairly substantial In crease in 1967 We have to underline the need to hold the tax line it it is possible on practical basis he said as men tlon was made at rising costs We have no alternative but to keep up essential services he stressed stating that neglect bindens But we have to con sider expenditures carciully irom the viewpoint oi the best hier esis ol ratepayers generally and the community at larga FORMER TRUSTEE Belore he was elected to city council Aid Macbaren served loyears as member Bar rie Public School Board He has States Housing City Prggress economy and conditions Local ly theta is much enthusiasm which it Is felt is Iuatiiied by the expansion and progress mercial rate at 11 was mills higher There was also term rate oi 955 mills up 51 truth In 1956 the barrio tax rate tor homes was 71315 mills up we lrom 1965 while the com mercial rate was team up Iro ms in I965 The tax situation wu Kivea considerable attention during the scant election campaign and In dications are 1966 budgets will be given particularly close study Besides Mayor Cooke Aid Bruce Owen Aid ll Wil liams Aid Emma and Aid lilaoot are retiring irom council tor the present native oi Toronto Mayor bentley came to Barrie irom Ottawa about six years ago while the recentllarrle election was the iirst time he stood ior oilice he has iollowed the Bar rie civic scene closely This was because oi my great in terest in our city and its pro grass he explained simply Slows ALB JACK hlnclaAREN spoke oi his appreciation tor this confidence and support which has given him chpércegodo what he can to help no advanto ment native oi Alberta Aid Mac Daren was born at how Island which is located between Leth dge and Medlcinellat He first came to this area in 1940 when he was translerred to Camp Bordon alter joining the army at Winnipeg Except for his litres yearsoverseashchaa lived In this area since take many ntheia was greatly Impressed with Barrie and decidcd to make this place myholne said the popular all dcrman whose wile is organises in charge at the Red throes blood donor clinics held regularly at Trinity parish hall Aid MscLaren 11a with Shelss been successlui at the polls eight times in Barrie and hi get the other car sustained $500 dam age gums Piém no it lllltii T0 BETIRE WVESIIGATE AN ANNUITY lenioy tax advantages Genie sndabsolutely guaranteed Olargcr uses both capital and invest nient interest Circe Irom worryno management problems Ounaiiected more tile out of yo well and Willson real estate brokers on Dunlap street east by economic fluctuations ladiesSlacksj