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CONDUCTOR of the Festi val Singers Elmer fseler and Julia Woodrow sip coffee after performance at Central Cola legiale Auditorium Barrie eit izens filled the hall to near capacity to hear the Singers who have just completed tour at the Maritime prolin ces FeStival Singers Receive Enthusiastic Reception By MURIEL LEEPEII The Festival Singers of Tor ontohconductcd by Elmer lscl er drew cnthusiastic applause from anoudlence of ncarly Loot at Central Collegiate Auditorium lastnight This was the open ing program of the Collegiate Concert Series lhat program of all contemporary music should be receivcd with en thuslasm in Barrie is some what astonishing Eve of the seven composers listed are still living And per haps the most successful work performed during the concert Singers Ga was the Songs of the Newfound land Outparts arranged by Can adian composerlillarry Somers Thcre ivcre livésqngs in the group If had Beat On the Banks of Newfoundland The Mayflower Swal low and The Feller from For tune The fourth one of the group The Swallow had most beautiful and appealing melody and created an atmos phere th at involved everyone in the audience it had the same effect that was produced by the Indian Lullaby in the opera Riel written also by Somers The final song in the group was ining Recognition Both lit Home and inroad Elmer Iselcr conductor of The Festival Singers of Toronto has had very active fall season This top choral group is gaining national and international recog nition llir lselcr said that the reception given them in Halifax was ovcriivhelming After an af ternoon performance where they gave concert somewhatv slmv ilar to the one theysang here they performed again in the eve ning in the large cathedral But in building with Gothic archi tecture hfr isclcr changed the program He said that contem porary music such as that of County Fringe Benefits Studied rcportf on its study of fringe benefits and holidays for county employees is now being prepar ed and should be ready soon Simcoe county councilwas ads vised at its December meeting yesterday by NottawasdgdRcevo Arnold vancisc jchairman of finance The chairman said requests had been studied and situation taken up in part further de tailed report will he recommend edl to the 1969 vcouneil Reeve Vanclses report said without elaboration Employees at Georgian llfan3 org excluding the administrator halve asked for wageincreases retroactive to Oct They also asked for review of holiday turf and other staff benefits Reevehlet McKean chairman of rsociai services said the staff members were advised an increase in salary could not he made during the current year but the committee is recommen ding increases of $40 per month for next year with $6250 for supervisor of nursing and regis tered nurse made of graphite Harry Somerscan sound mud dlcd becauseof the echo and therefore he chose music that would show his singers at their best in Ottawa the Festival Slag ers sang before an enthusiastic crowd of 2400 The concert tour to theeast has been most suc cessful one Next week the Festival Sing ers join the Mendelssohn Choir at ltlassey Hall for three per formances of the Messiah Then following Christmas the popular choral group will have many sessions recording and taping The spring season will he busy one forthesingers whose star is rising in our country Following the performance noticed fine vrappolt among the singers Many of them have been in Toronto for many years They seemed to have special kind of affection for their conductor They enjoyed singing here and felt responsiveness fromrthe Harrie audience that was very satisfying MLfi FARM PRICES TORONTO CP Wholesale to retail carton eggs average neighted priees quoted by the department of agriculture as of Wednesday Alarge5il9 me dium saithA small 42 figs Wholesale prices to country stations fibre cases quot ed by committee of wholesale egg dealers extra large so large 5465 medium slipsth 37 40 29 Butler adorable carinls buyingas sc 64 buy log to score 65 selling 55 NAME DECEIVES Lead pencils are actually in direct contran containing light humor that was thorough ly enloyed by all Joan hiaxwellwua the soloist ln Aaron Coplands lathe He gtnning She began the story of Creation with difficult unac companied solo passage sing with surencss of pitch and grasp of content that reassured the listeners Thus thewhole work immediately hecamelntcr esting Somehow though there seemed to be lack of excite ment in the over all concept of score that made it less mag milieent than it should have becn Because the leading tenor had to leava the choral group sud denly on personal matter the De Profundis scheduled on the program was replaced by two welcome Christmas carols They seemed all tho more pleasing because of the background of tho lighted Christmas tree at the rear of the stage Elaine Itfeekssoprano voice seemed admirably suited to Away in the Manger andfthus again an atmosphere of perfect atten tiveness permeated the aud ience Poulencs Hodie was an ex ultant Gloria and fitting end to fine concert Elmer lséler was brought back with who fostlc applause to conduct Wassail Song for an encore That the program seemed all too short was tribute to the conductor ltfr fselcr exacted discipline from his choral group of 36 singers that madethe eon temporary music immediately enjoyable To achieve thisf remarkable degree of artistic result must be in evidence This was recognized by the Barrie listeners and they left the Fes tival Singers in no daiibt of their nppreciati summer your minor iwm folk and bust riess moellka with to most apomrhtl rite of III mus tscotrh Pine and ensure mi Chrfatmar FLOWERS BY WIRE ere Your Satkl on Guumteed ygFondloya Flowers 74 Blake St Barrie Ontario Pilots atoms This Friday at all you convent1 gior tmif for youndining plauseura come early Toronto Talks In MDG Strike Union negotiators and uHitiala tron Mansfield Denmnn Gen ml are meeting today with to her department conciliator Dttiie in an otfort to bring Mdendtothautneckstrikn that has closed the Dyment Road tin plant Union and management met last week but failed to reach an agreeman Charges from both sides indicated that both wen some distance apart in their Views Says Shoplifting On The Upswing In Barrie fired Two youths eonle ofahop lifting in provincial court at liar Iia yaerday were each fined BS The youths Ronald James is of New Inweil and Deon Landon 19 of Alliston both pleaded guilty to the charges of theft under $50 in connection with incidents at the Canadian fira Stern in Barrie Nov an At pm that day James was seen leaving die store witha pair of work gloves valued at 33 he was apprehended outside the store Crown Attorney lohnhfurpliy Npliadto defence counsel Dene nls Tasconar requests for light sentence by saying Tho incidence of shoptllfting in Bar rte is on the upswing your hon or and results in added costs to everyone dont know what the policy of this court has been towards shoplifters in the past lllr Man told the eoprt that London had been seen leav lng the store with set of two doorlocklrnobs later the same day The knobs were worth 98 cents he said Your honor for what its worth there was only one knob said Mr Tascona An 15 year old Thornton remanded one week for sentencA lng in provincial court at Bar rie today after pleading guilty to theft under $50 and uttering forged cheque Crown Attorney John Murphy told the court that on Nov 14 Sutherland stole wallet con taining sac from the pocket of coat owned by Donald Hoop er The coat was at Sheas bowl lng alley Ion Wellington Street Sutherland spent the money said Mr Murphy and on Nov 75 took the wallet containing youth Hugh Sutherland was In newspnper and televi sion advertisements th cont pany said it hndthren long range options to choose from it couldcfioet an early nettle ment with the union invite those on strike to return to work if they chose and hire any addi tional personnel required or re locate the plant in another area Syd Dunn Local 516 presldcnl charged the company with or log scare tactics fin said the company did not have the best interests of either the common ity or the workers in mind when it made the statement The company has been carry ing out major renovations while the workers were out on strike in an adicrtisement the com pany charged that shotgun blast into the window of local con tractor Were lired by initou members as threat to the com pany htr Owen sold the com pany has no basis for its charge We have not nor will we ever resort to violence said Mr Owen The strike began 11 weeks ago when the 300 employees walked off the job because of changes the company wanted to make in its piecowork incentive pro grain The change was tied to general inereasaihe company was prepared tooffer the work ers Attempts by Mayor Robert Bentley more than month ago to end the strike failcd Meet ings between the two sides have beensporadic and for the most pan unproductive The union has married that disputes between senior mem bers of management are bold ingup settlement While the strlka continues the community loses $17500 week in wages Most of the strikershavc found partatime work which enables them to pay their bills and feed their faith llies identificationpapers to the Tar Dominion Banlc where he forged cheque made payable to Donald Hooper The cheque was made min the amount of $175 am not saying be forged it sald Ml Murphy we have no evidence of that but he did utter it knowing itwas forced The defence called no evi dence Counsel Thompson said that at the time of the ot terance Sutherland was unem played and hungry His thinking was not clear GROWS KINGSIZED LEMON Reginald Tuck and his wife Elsie hold two pound rlr oimcn lemon they grow in their Dundonald Street bomc hfr Tuck Sid it the big gcst lemon they have ever grown tExaminer Photo and $150 in Driving on litter Running llnrry iiarshall Sit of Owen Street was convicted oileav ing the sceneof an accident and fined $150 plus $16 costs yester day in provincial court at Bar rie His licence was suspended for three months Marshall was convicted of knocking zit year old Brenda Cowan of Creswicke Court from Admitsanen Of $24 EwingBogus Cheque at the tlme saidMrThoirip son Sutherland is now on proba tion following conviction on charge of breach of probation Jan 17 He was on probation for one year following com viction of theft under 550 Dec 12 in Guelph He was also convicted oftheft under 550 Dec in Guelph and given 30 days suspended sen tence Sutherland has been in cusA tody for if days He was re manded incustody to it pre sentence report ar Down Girl her tricycle July ii and driving off dragging the tricycle under his car Testimony of witnesses includlt ed statement by an night year old playmate of Brenda Nell Brockweli also ofCres wickeaurt who said he saw Marshall run the girl down and drive off llfarshall said he had not real lzed he had hit anything He thought the scraping of the tri cycle was his cars muffler cum lng loose find that Mr Marshall did know he had been in an accia dent said Judge it Fos ter he must have been aware of it Defence set ltf Thompson said he found the leaving of child of such ten derryeals untendedjn the street mitigates the safe driving of anyone Children mltst play in the street somewhere said Crown Attorney John Murphy This was circular court and drivers should be oler iur children Marshall was resident of Creswicke Court at the time of the accident He is employed partelime as truck driver ICE MELTS The Antarctic ice cap is slowly mclting Ms APPEAL PROVIDED ATHENS tAP Persons condemned to death or seeking reduction of their prison terms in Greece now may up pealto reformed clemency council It government press of fieer said legislative not soon to be published sets up than councillto review court Keir Iormr CHRISTMAS GIFTS VISIT STEELES CHINA SHOP fopp Woolworthl Collier 7282395