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QUEEN SHARON 0RD FLANKED BY PRINCESSES MARY LYNN CRANE LEFT AND DEBBIE NELSON CITYNEW TILE BARR EXAMINER MONDAY APRIL 1969 DISTRICT WEATHER Sunny And Mild Again uesdciy Easter Monday arrived bright and clear with promise of more warm weather to come The lorecast tor Tuesday though cooler said also it would continue to be bright with low cloudy periods Winds will be light The low Iorccast for tonight is 30 degrees him tomorrow 50 At noon today our thermom cter a1 theExaminer stood at 53 degrees Synopsis Fine weather with seasonable temperatures will continue across Ontario today Sunny skies will persist into Tuesday in all regions with cool er air pushing soulbwardacross norihern regions tonight Toronto Hamilton Inndon Windsor Lake St Clair Lake Erie southern Georgian Bay Niagara lake Ontario regions Mainly sunny and warmer today and Tuesday Winds light North Bay Sudbury Northern tiny Haliburton Tem White River Coehrane rcgors Mainly sunny and lit tle warmer today Sunny with low cloudy periods and cooler Tuesday Winds light Western James Bay regions sunny with tow cloudy periods and cooler today and Tuesday Winds light Montreal and Ottawa Cloudy periods this muming Sunny this afternoon Clear andcooler to night and Tuesday Winds light except southwut i5 this alter noon Escapes Injury Its 69 Car Burns 30 year old Harcourt Ont man escaped injury Saturday monting when his 1969 model car burst into flames as he was driving north towards Lisle Ciiilord Cole got Clear at his car as the flames began to spread and called the Tossor ontio tire department who ex tinguished the blate The car was wrecked police say The car burned at am pn County Road 13 Iourvmiles south ol Lisle Cost Increases In 10 Areas Force Education Budget Up The Simcoe County Board of Education currently under lire tlur its 1909 budget has asked iFducalion Minister William gDatis to investigate the stag tgering increase in cost to coun fty ratepayers The education board maintains lthat the new budget is reason Iable but due to the decrease of iprovinciai grants severely in creased loan is being torced on flle taxpayer The board also says in prepared statement is sued during the weekend that any adjustment to the distribu $tian oi levies will have to be Reeve Keith Langtord West Gvillimbury township said Sat furday night in an interview that the mill rate or education In the township was up 6136 mills by far the largest announced in the county to date This thing has gotten out at hand said Mr Langtord My council and tool this is pre vlude to what could happen with Iregional government While other townships are complaining about increases in the school mill rate or anywhere tram 18 to 27 mills West Gwil Ills IIIMill Tait Increase iIor Gwillimbury Schools Forecast Temperature Low tonight high Tuesday Windsor 40 St Thomas 40 London 35 Kitchener Mount Fores 10 thgham so ltamillon 35 St Catharines 35 Toronto as Pelerborough 30 Kingston no Owen Sound 10 hrenton 30 Killaloe 20 Muskoha 20 North Bay 20 Sudbury 20 Earlton 20 Sault Ste Marie Kapuskasing 15 White River 10 Moosonee Timmins $833688$8$812$$8I8288882 sass 9N 15 Ill Health Forces Resignation Ofbpsrdlllemhei The Simcoe County Board oi Education will ponder the pay ment of levies by municipalities and iii vacancy on the board created by the resignation at Gordon Bidwcil olVesara Town ship due to ill health at its re gular meeting Wednesday night Robert Sarjcant will appear before the board or the second time to settle insurance buying practices in the school system Mr Sarjeant appointed to act as broker for the board in Feb ruary appeared at last meet ing of the SCEE but nothing deg Iinite was revealed The objective given Mr Sar jeant is to consolidate the insur ancepolicies held by the 37 armor school boards that were in effect until this year Ys MEN SPEAKER Wendy Hicks will speak to the Barrie Ys Mens Club at its din ner meeting Monday night The club meets each week at pm in the Sky Room of Lakevicw Sharon 0rd 17 Is Syrup Pretty 17 year old Sharon 0rd student at Elmvale dis trict high school is the villages lourth maple syrup queen Sharon was chosen Solurday night in the Elmvale commun ity hull during dance climax ing the day long syrup lestival which saw more than 6000 people crowding in There were 11 contestants in the running and all were judged on the basis at grace and beauty intelligence and wit and talent Chosen as princesses with Sharon were Mary Lynn Crone 11 and Debbie Nelson 10 MC for the contest was high school principal Edgar Hay Ellis whose wife was one oi the judges Other judges were Mrs itay Grenier Ross Heacock and Jack Whitfield The queen receives prize at $75 In cash and merchandise and each princess gets 335 Each IN TOWN LOUNGES WellingtonVic llelewen Queensltemember mien linyshorcJecy Holilngswnrth Continental InnMarie Pcaker Holiday InnThe Jerry Mann Dub Bmokdale Park innThe Paul Thomas Show MOVIES RoxyDr Doolittle ImperialThe Charge the Light Brigade LOCIIL AND GENERAL HIGHWAY SAFETY Constahle John Batten oi the Barrie detachment Ontario Prolt vineial Police satety depart ment will speak to the Barrie Kiwanis Club this evening The meeting will begin in the Mira mar Gardens at 615 pm SWIM MAIth FALL EDMONTON CF Jeanne Warren ol Vancouver broke two of Elaine Tonncrs Canadian re cords in an AlbertaBritish Co lumbia swim meet during the weekend Miss Warren swam the mmetre butterfly in 2335 to eclipse Miss Tanners 1966 mark of 2316 In the lodmetre backstroke she was clocked at 2315 to break Miss Tanners Restaurant on Dunlop Street I1965 mark 11231 done on the provincial level The announce ment by the board follows decision Thurs day by Barries generalgovern merit committee to recommend that council withhold taxes col lectedior the board of education until the provincial government conduots an audit oi board ex penditures The announcement at $4000 000 increase in Simcoe County touched ollra series at outbursts lrom ditterent townships prov testing the heavy rise in the cost at education Innistii Township one at the hardest hit hy the limhury has twice to three times that much to worry about On an assessment oi 57000 this would mean an increase ol $127 in taxes Unless this is revised our local mill rate will be something in excess of 143 said Mr Lang lord Last year our township general rate residential was 7530 mills Approximately 10 mills ot the increase locally would be or county purposes said Mr Long ord Our mill rate should not increase by more than 150 he said new budget has called for an emergency session of county councillors and tmstees with pro vineial olficials to discuss the budget and threatens to seek ar bitration to determine its share at the total cost Perhaps the sharpest criticism of the soaring costs was regis tered by the Orillia Township council which voted to refuse to pay the increase in costs The general trend across 0nt aria hasrtorced Education Min ister Davis to ask small num her oi school boards to send in tormation on the effects of the new county system Mr Davis said Thursday that no one tcm has emerged tram this limit ed sampling The Simcoe County could well be victim of cir cumstances In what many term the drastic increase In educa tion costs throughout the county In making up the 1500 budget the county board drew submis sions oi expenditures tram the 37 former school boards in Sim coe County and based its hud get on these estimates Togethv or with its own lorecast costs board drew up budget of 515 686764 The board outlined motor in crcases in 10 arean oi the bud get including an increase at $10 one in business administration salaries and rise or $407 200 in other business administra tion costs including an allow Queen contestant was awarded con solation prize Last years queen Sharon Stone 17 was on hand to crown the now queen and alter her word of advice on how to wear it In the grace and beauty part oi the contest each girl was re qulred to walk across the stage to show her poise and carriage Then for intelligence and wit each was required to give short speech on the topic at her choice Talent was theiun part Each girl to the accompaniment oi appropriotc music played by the band danced to solo Go Go renditions met with obvious approval oi the male element in the audience difficult though it was to lmg in formal dress other contestants were Cheryl Lyons Patsy Kelly Barbara Monoogian Diane nowat Deb bie Elrick Marlene Archer Janice Archer and Joanne III TONIGHT ORATORICAL CONTEST The zone oratorical contest sponsored by the Optimist Club will be held in Barrie at the Con tinental Inn April 21 The winner or Barrie contest ilerny Simon will be competig against boys from all across the area The dinner prior to the contest bc gins at pm FIRST FOR JAPANESE TAIPEI AP Ilideyo Sugi moto became the first Japanese to win the Far East gnll cir cuits China Open Sunday when he delealed Nationalist Chinas Ilsu ChiSan by one stroke in suddensdeath playoff Sugimoto one of Japans most noted professionals clinched the $10 000 tournament when he parred the slityard partour first hole llsu was one over on the hole ance of $525000 or interest on borrowing or operating costs Other increases are instruc tional costs $2705539 plant op eration and maintenance cm 106 Transportation titans Fringe benefits $515057 capital expenditures $85662 long term debt charges $2273th and pro vision tor workingyiunds $500 000 There is apparently one bitch in the major increases in that they allow no provision for the improvement or educational op nonunin throughqu the county unless they can he achieved without additional cost The board stated that the budget is considered to meet only minimal requirements Nevertheless Barrie residents face an increase of 1231 in the residential mill rate and insame townships It is much higher 24 Hour Approvals 2nd 3rd Mtges ounriro Winn toms low cost You can call to 10 pm today or helptul courteous service Prompt Investment Corp ltd oz Richmond St Toronto 30695 EVGS 2194011 For Maple Desplte the or rain Saturday thtsyeara Elrmala Maple Symp Festival was success Gonunit tea chairman Don Thompson re ports that there were more people to the we or the one day event than last year even It the elements had driven many oi there indoors Indoors is certainly where many at them were In the com munity hill more than 1500 pan cake meals were served with the line sometimes strctcblng all the way trorn the grills near the stageback to the door For Tacoma one could get platter oi pancakes paper mp at maple lyrup and drink Not everyone was Indoors but lot or people took shelter from the cold in stores along the maln streets One merchant Ernest Flotron said that business in his store was up one third trom last year Out in the street womens Atetiliaries ctuircb groups and clubs had set up booths at which anything 1mm hot notice to In dian toliee could be bought For the latter delicacy thick maple syrup was poured on snow in shallow trays then rolled up on stick other attractions Included judo demonstration and pro vineial police sater demonstra tion trailer Many visitors were out In the sugar hush Regular bus trip irom Elmvale out where the sat was being gaLItcred went on all durlng the daylight hours Ite venue lrom the tours this year has been estimated at $1000 Last year $600 was made by the trips This is the iirst year that the festival has been rim as community project Last year the Lions Club steered events Attendance at last years event was estimated at 6000 At that time sunny skies and warmer temperatures allowed more people to congregate In the main street mall to visit the booths and watch the demonstrations No matter where the crowd was hiding during the day young and old 231 strong turned out or the dance and syrup queen crowning Canadian Forces Sunday Schools Aid The Blind Young people who attend Sun day church schools at Canadian Armed Forces bases in Canada and throughout the world gave their test otterings to the pro gram tor the blind maintained by the Lutheran World Federa tion in Jerusalem cheoue tor $350000 hasheen presented in Geneva to the Fed erations department of world service The annual church school offering each year goes to special church related Pro gram ot designated denomina tion Two Injured In Collision No persons are in Royal Vic toria Hospital this morning with undetermined injuries alter two car accident on Highway 11 north or Concession of Ora last night In hospital are David Lloyd Curtis 70 and his wile Mary no or Lindsay Police say Mrs Curtis was driving the car whldi collided with another driven by Jerry Eisner or an 0r iilia The mishap occurred bout 015 pm Damage to the Curtis car was estimated at $700 and to the Essner car at $650 WALKS T0 RECORD MOSCOW AP Gennady Agapov of Russia set world record of one hour in minutes and 458 seconds for the 20kt lometre flumile walk on stadium track the Soviet news agency Toss reported Sunday sromt sponensfl Seen onelately Altnrkthot is When the stark departs WI timetfltheweicomewazon Hostess to arrive with gttts tor baby and helptut lnIor motion tor the new mother But since the mom oui number tba Hostesses Wel come Wagon needs spotters to help out no stark Ipotte In our natghborhnod our oltv asses wlll appreciate your help and so wlll the new mothers To report ltork sightingsmoll oneoppositions vrupFestiva1 WATCHING THE SAP BOIL IN OPENfCAULDRON VWeekenid Traffic Flow Said Heavy with the Elmvale Maple Syrup Festival and the ap4 preaching end the skiing sea son tourists invaded Simeon County on the Easter weekend tins ot thoulands strong The trallic low on highways and roads was described as mods crate to heavy Friday evening and Sunday but cooler weather and log cut down on the num ber ot cars on Saturday Peter Head at Ontario travel inlormalton centre on Highway the South at Barrie said that few er pcople eame into the centre this Easter weekend titan last Both lanes northbound Were in use all Friday night but the southward flow yesterday even ing was not on heavy possibly because many people were wail ing until today to return south In Elmvalc itself the pruin cial police had only two minor accidents to contend with dur ing the testival 01 the more than 6000 visitors 2000 passed through the OFF safety trailer police olticer said this morn ing Apart trom the festival crow said the officer we had little to deal with Orlllla detachment OPP were faced with the some heavy trot Ilc low as Barrie An otlicer said this mdrnlng that the week end oI May 24 will more than likely see the majority nicot tagcs opened tor the summer Around Bradford one lotnl acv eident occurred when truck plunged lnloa canal Friday It lair to maderale trathc flow through nnrrie was antlcipatcd LandOLakes TOURIST DISTRICT III ONTARIO Excellent bass walleye trout and pike fishing hook Collec tors paradue Birtt bear and deer hunting For intormation on 100 lodges and resorts write Land Lakes Tourist Associa tion Cloyne Ontario Canada nus IS AN Intenttor Noricr To All Property Owners in the City of Barrio WardMeetings on the New Zoning bylaw and Official Plan For allrcsidents of the City of Barrie who were unahlevtoiaitend the previous board meetings on the new Zoning Bylawand Official Plan furthermectingwillbeheld CENTRAL COLLEGIATE AUDITORIUM covering all words You are urged to attend mmmmm Mi