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0R0 TOWNSHIPS commit tee of adjustment refused to allow construction of bree zeway labove with tempor ary frame on the side of the Oro Station home of Russell and Shirley Sparrow The ex tension would be too close to the lot line the committee de cided and the Ontario Munici pal Board agreed In the pho to below this new garage near the Sparrow residence also comes close to the lot line well inside the 15foot side yard required by Ore townships by law Don McKay Oros deputy clerktreasurer said the com mittee approved minor car iance to allow the garage tcr considering that the prop av erfy is adjacent to an unused road allowance and the distan ce from the let line varies from six feet at the front of the house In 13 feel ii the rear Examiner Photos Winterfest at Collingwood will open on Friday night OOLLINGWOOD Staff Snow mobile races crosscountry skiing basketball tourha and torchlight parade are some of the highlights of the Collingwood winterfest program which opens this coming Friday evening Jan 30 The Collingwood ski club is sponsoring gala dance for the opening night while there is ski ing at the Blue Mountain during ALLISTON NOTES the afternoon For hockey inns the leading Collingwond Blues are chcdulel to play iticlimond Hill in scheduled MidOntario JillliOl league encounter Bill Abercrombie is the Blues wor ing ace with Palm Civlriitl and Dave Tabb other top sliarplioot ers with the pacesettcrs in the seven club ciruuii On Saturday morning theres peewee hockey action at the lo Scottish honor Bobbie Burns at St Johns Church banquet By MARGARET STOLTZ Burns Night Dinner prepar ed by Knox Kirk lassies and ser ved in St Johns United Church Hall Saturday evening was de cided success capacity crowd of 190 sat down to the delicious roast beef dinner which included cham pit tatties oashcd neepes wee peas The Haggis foptional and lots of homemade pies Dnve McAteer was in charge of fes tivities and the ceremony of en trance of the Haggis included traditional bagpipe entrance by John Dungavel with address by Wilfred Dick Toast to the Las sies was by Bob Card with res ponse by Mrs Marjorie McKel vey As well as music of the pipes Jim lohnstone and Earle Magee contributed scottish solos accompanied on the piano by Mrs David Thompson Rev Don McKillican guest sp eaker referred to his early youth in Alliston and association with the various churches and in most interesting manner paid tribute to the memory of Bobby Burns describing him as man of all seasons and all places Dos pite having lived simple life poor and with limited formal education he learned how to put words together and was admir ed for his command of langu age Criticism of his private life was largely due to his disappoint ment in not having consent of her father in the marriage to the lassie of his choice and while not opposed to religion he was against some things people did Excerpts quoted from some of his poems that have lived down through the years best describ ed the man and it Il1n the memory of Robert Burns will continue to be revered WILL RIIBUILD Rev Clements mindful of events cf the disastrous fire at 30 lime time just week be fore stated ho was not exactly MA in the mood on entering the ball but the gathering ionight look ed good indeed As mere Irishman he was happy to pay tribute to the poet and question ed if many today will have their words remembered oicr 200 years from now which is rue of Bobby Burns and quoted some are so Heavenly minded that they are no earthly good in closing he expressed sincere appreciation hr the splendid community spirit giving support and encouragement to the con gregation in their time of need At meeting held in the Town Hall last Wednesday night at which representatives from the various service clubs organiza tions and churches were in at tendancc committee represent ing the Alliston Community has been set up to coordinate cf forts fo assist the Knox congre gation rebuild their Church The committee has planned $23 plate dinner to be held in Ban ting Memorial Iligh School on Sat urday evening lcbrunrv Tfh with tickets available at the Town fall or from members of the various oiiuinlmtions inter ested in the project It was with regret that resi dents learned of the closing of the Eaton Mail Order offices The local office wtll close at the end of January after being in operation in Allist iri for the past 25 years and effecting two full time and three part time Em ployees Customertz wanting to order by catalogue recently dis tributed will have to resort to mail service as was the prac tise before sde Offices were set up in various Cities and TownS Mr and Mrs James Ic Cague have returned from Cal gary Alberta where the Cana dian Dairy Farmers Convention was in session Mr hitlactic is President of that organilatioii cal arena and the Collingwood Shipyards curling bonspicf is dated for the curling rink ii if the first draw starting at am lhree games are planned for cazii entry with the winner re ceiving the Shipyard Company trophy Qualifying runs in the skiing action which continues at he Blue Mountains on Saturday are slated to start at i0 am There will be fim demonstration at noon and dual giant slalom is scheduled for 130 pm EXHIBITION PARK At Exhibition Park there will be frcc sleigh rides starting at pm Mayor lIllll Bell will have two teams pulling sleiglis and there will be another couple of icamlt drawing lciahs novelty snowmobile compe tition is planned Some of the lf1l ihnt will be run are mens and Tndies slalom powder puff race and boys and girls lilom lwo novelty snowmoble ev ents will be blindfold Lace and llllllllll called the egg race In the former the driver and passenger take turns iiavienfivg through in obttnclo colicc fol liwing the directions given by the passenger The egg race is competition for ihc licsl time llllllll rin ofher obstacle course during which ihe passench must lltlfl an egg 1f the egg breaks the foam is unqualified Prizcs will be awarded lo 11 iiltiiig iowmoliilc club will ill ircntmt vilill partici piiln and for the iilllfx gtiiov iiidiilii falling pjiil npcriilcr now Ignfc liliOlllOl new coiiutciition on the program Illllilll vrecainiial llllllllflllllll cluriienfaiy chool competitor both boys and girls from the age flllilllLl will par tictpatc in both speed and ob sfn lf lilfln IicgiittiiiL ll pin liidiirliil fIll lioriic and ltpccia winterama plaque for he school with lic greatest ac cumulation of points will be worried The lollinuuood forcliliglit parade for p111 SINIHY PROGRAM The Sunday program incluch 1111 ii 111nm tl iii 10 il we elementary school basketball fea turing Willie 11 Imp iizd giil team and crosscountry skiing llits likcllinll clicdulcrl fo begin at min The ski mar athon sill llt croltroiiilrv lf lay from Wnraga lleach to Col llllilfl llie iclnj group will 11j Liinfcrfcsl greeting izom ilnsnaa lleach council to Collin uoorl council variety show will be pro cnted on Monday night Feb with the gtllltlflll if flllfll public rnol featured Collingwooii senior nicn bas ketball team the Mystics will oppiso llison if ffollinguood High School on tcdneday eve ninL Fol The Sliiliit oiiiliil will pre Fflll tllilflltSl 1tlllllll com cdy nil llu liilnrioiilt Monty Ivtion and the Ilolv Grail mi lliiirday evening Feb The festival JlfllVilll continue llii1iHi iiii lirl livilics with the wind up in Sun day licb ll Ski clllli scheduled Heifer prices remain steady lllllNlU lit receipts of gtteergt and heifers lacking quality anl condition traded at steady prices at the Onario public stockyards Mon day Cow prices were lltfidfly Light receipts of good and choice veal calves sold at steady prices Plainer grades were numerous and under pres sure flood fancy while veal iniccs were $740 per hun dredweiglit higher litplacement cattle were steady llog prices closed in cont per hundredwcight lower pi ices Ori early sales sheep and lamb prices were steady Slaughter cattle 826 AIA steer over 1000 Medium steers common 2634 boners 2226 AlAL heifers over 850 iii ftif lltllllllll lzlltl common 753 l0nll 1134 Illl cowi 9327 Ill Illf Ill illfll ltillzzhtcr calves 1i lfllft veal SIBSill with sales to guml 131i ill Joly viioice Ill41 good llllllvy 3116 melium and common iEiiO butcher calves 3540 1va fancy White veal 912102 with sales to foil average price of lane white veal liifhi average weight 326 lll lieelrr catflr owl tllvru 3W looif steers 600800 5364 11in belt cIvi wionoo 27 livsi lll 17 $75 55 currently at Toronto 13 lili liiIil 53 Sheep and lambs 478 rOOd iiili ovo lis Ti35133 with sales to 61 light lambs 60 66 With males to 74 elicep 2528 0R0 STATION The Ontario Municipal Board has rejected an application to allow extens ion of roof on house in 010 Station The decision by OMB official Seaborn came after twohour hearing Monday sup porting the posttion of Oro town ships committee of adjustment Mr Seaborn said the exten sion Would reduce the side yard of the lakeshore home to width of three feet while the township zoning bylaiw calls for distan ce of 15 feet between building and lot line Russell and Snirley Sparrow said the extension four feet beyond the roots present two foot overhang would prevent buildup of snow at the main entrance to their home the side door temporary structure now pro tects the side area MrSpar row said MADE APPEAL The OMB hearing was called after Mr Sparrow appealed the decision by the committee of ad justment He said the committee has allowed other residents to build very close to the lot line At the hearing the township DISTRICT NEWS ZTHE BARRlE EXAMINER WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28 1976 COUNTY GLIMPSES Weed control report given MlDllUllSf lSliill Harbor ry 111 brought pretty well un der control last year but like twitch grasa it keeps coming back in the same areas re rrrzlcc Ivan Speers Simcoc County weed inspector Spcers in his annual rc porf on county weed control 3m phn ll it was comfort ftk worked 136 days and drove over 10000 miles said Mr SDQOIS referringi to lat LIl issued eight orders on farm land and had them evecutcd either by cutting or plowing The county road vienaitncnt and municipal road departments all gave good coooeration the weed inspector scid mentioning also the office staffs Tlnie were inzlkuecd emeri mental plots in lisia Tecum seth and Tosoroiitio with reas onablv good rculis 1f IN the intention to allow up flies pro jects next summer Last year was good one for weed contml due mostly to weather conditions The weeds appeared earlier and along wild dry weather and fall rains pro ducerl good growing conditions that tiere was more tllan one co olaiiit on some propcities the ins ector stated WINTERAMA GRANT SlllOUD To help run Win ferama this year ilie Iinisiil Chamber of CUITlIllClIf iili prob ably receive grant of $750 from lnnisfil township council The grant has becn approved by councils committee of the whole but requirelt endi semcnf vi regular meeting of council Win tczuma is to be illll Feb and 22 at lnnisfil Beach Park ROADS COMMITTEE l1l111 Istaffi ltccie Peter Kcanns ha been ieceii ing congratulations of collcagum on Adjala council and others for his election to the Simcoe Coun ty roads commiftce by county council for fiveyear term NATURALISTS CLUB OIIJNIIWDIID IStuff lhc ollingwood Naturalists club mccls mi The iiiSf licliy of each month Current ofiicc are Peter Van Slam preirlciii Illcn Best vicepresident hils tlo ience Mowliray secretary and Mrs Broderick treasurer LADY LIONS COOKSIOWN Slalfl The newly organized Cookstown and District Lady Lions club has been attracting infcscst All ladies in year2 of age and over are eliti ible for iiiciiilnrlhiip Ibe club will assist community project llillli IARNIVAI WAVERLEY Staff Three day vii ciciifs on find no hing Saturday and Sunday Jan so lf rd Feb will feature the eighth annual Waverley will tcr inrnival dance will be held on the opeiniig Friday night NI MANAGER OlillllA foalf Fred Marinan of Bay Park has been 7piill0l general manager of the Lake Sl George loll and liounliy club it was announc cd by Brian flair APPLE DOLLS hillilllilifil Tllt making of apple lollC will be featured at In 1in meeting of talc Millliuiet 1111 Group lhuridny Feb Ii pm in Iorct IliIl cfiol scours AM cuss MlllllllllST Inftnl volun teers bring sought to help organize Cubs and Scouts in Mid lllli tllllJINSlll llillffl MIDLAND Canadian cit lztlllstlp Olil will he ope lom 10 am to pm or lzlt fourth Tuesday of each month in Mid land lcrlctal building starting this week CLIFNTS ANTI FRIENDS MlllllllllHT Ail zii Iv sociafed the engineeiing firm which threw Inigo Christmas patty for Simcoc County munici pal olliciulis in December has is sued an invit tion to clients and friends visit the com partys hotel suite during the flood Ilends convention in lor onto IIic lllllillIil convention will be held Fcb 2224 in the Royal York Hotel LIBRARY IIOITRS STltOUD The Stroud Public librrv uifh free ncmbcrsiiip ior unnisfil townihip residenti is open every weeknight from to pm Monday and Satur day from to pm and Friday from noon to 530 pm FIRE All MinllURSl Wayne Dixon captain of the Vesprri township fire department has been elect ed ice president of the 28 municipaily Simcoe County lIu fual Fire Ail Association ll secretarytreasurer last year till White rillia town ship fire chief is the new prisidenl succeeding Bob By crs chief of the Vespra depart ment was represented by lawyer David White and the Sparrows spoke for themselves Mr White eaid the Sparrows initially had sought permissmn for nine foot overhang later reduced to six Mr Sparrow said the hearing documents were in error in say ing he wanted in build carport The extension would be bree zeiway he said covered with p1 astic in winter to keep out snow AGAINST BYLAW Under oath Oro deputy clerk treasurer Don McKay said Oros official plan was approved by the provincial government March 26 1973 The implementing zon ing bylaw was approved by coun cil Feb 13 1974 and is await ing provincial approval Mr McKay cited sections of the bylaw which called for minimum side yard of 15 feet Mr White said the roof exten sion would increase the non conformity of the Sparrow hou so since the residence now has side yard of only nine feet He also said the Sparr0ws may be using the house illegally for yearround use because it is in resort residential area de signated for use only part of the year County seeking l98l plow match 0R0 STATION Sitncee Comi ty will apply to be host of the 1981 International Plowing Ma tch With civic officials members of parliament and even the Stay ner Pipe Band the countys three plowing associations will make bid to hold the event when the Ontario Plowmens Association holds its annual convention Feb 16 and 17 at the Royal York Hotel Toronto Former Oro township farmer Del Jermey says Simcoe County has been host to the Interna tional Plowing Match on three occasions in 1967 at Joe Coch ranes farm near Stroud in In nisfil tovmship in 1950 at Allis ton and 1938 at Edenvale The match is booked up to 1980 when Oxford County will be the location This year Walker ton in Bruce County will be host from Sept 21 to OMB supports Oro decision disallowing roof extension atlases6 Mr McKay testified that one other resident received permit sion for minor variance to build garage close to his lot line The township has issucl warning to one other resident who is contnavening side yard requirements Mr Sparrow argued that thé overhang would not shorten the side yard as it could be can structed without posts The extension would be eight feet above the ground After the hearing Mr McKay said the yard size is measured from the lot line to the founda tion in the case of permanent dwellings It is measured from the lot line to the roof in the case of accessory buildings He said he did not know why the different methods are em ployed The Sparrows could appeal the OMB decision to the Ontario Ca binet Mr McKay said Appoint council for grain corn TORONTO Ontario agricul ture and food minister William Newman has announced the an poiviImGJi of Steven Pallett of Pefferlaw as member of tnc Ontario Grain Corn Council He also announced the reapi 0illlel oi 11 members lxcii neth Patterson of Keruood who is chairman Donald Hart of Woodstock Neil Armstrong of lezlnn 12rd levee Morris of Merlin Ted Jones of Chat liam James Cunningham of Sciaiozfn Don Ross of Car dinal lilliam limmis of at erloo Herb lleimbecker of Tor onto Georgc Adams of conti on Lind Ronald lifetime of Bains ville The appointments by order in council are for period of one year effective immediatev 1y The councils objective is to study advise and make recon menllatios on all matter clrh ing to thi production and markU eting of Ontario corn The 1975 Ontario corn crop is estimated at more than 125 million bushels About 30 million bushels of corn are expected to be shipped out of Ontario this year McCague says Ontario to limit tax spending By GEORGE MoCAUGE iMPP bulletinSimone What really is ahead for On tario in 1976 An excellent ques tion But the formula for pre diction let alone economic fore casfing has not yet reached heights of absolute accuracy and precision If that were true suppose much of the challenge and fun of life would be re moveJ We would be liiing rather boring and undemanding exis tencc Despite the economic uncer lanitirs facing all of its despite the bewildering complexity of economic issues falter we must not IIZRCIIITIIHJC PATTERNS Without the advantage of crys tal ball gazing there are still perceptible patterns and trends already dcyelopting in our econ omy based on pas experience Our past defines our future Our economic past in Ontario does provide the voter with realistic indication where On rcalisfic indication where On tario has stood in the past 18 months In some respects he or she may not wnn to hear about that past Yet it gives all of us useful ptmf1e with which to view the future The Ontario hyveinmcnt call cI for national ction on infla tion in April 1974 Again Pre mier Davis advanced the propos al in Au1ut 1071 Both times ttnwn rcjefel our proposal That explains out opposition to any price increase for energy last spring pointing out such price increases would intensify the inflationarv psychology At least during all this time On Irrio advocated llliilllll ef fort to bring inflation under some manageable limits FOR SIAIHIJTY Finally the Itdrral govern ment iiiiiwzduced its antiinfla tion program on Thanksgiving Day The Ontario government ARTICLES FOR SALE About calls the first night said all articles Bed chesterfield black and white houndtooth Herculon with storage section 360 Single oed box spring and mattress new $35 Coffee table octagon teak $25 Tole phone For QUICK ACTION TRY AN EXAMINER WANT AD Telephone 7282414 supports the principle of the prices and incomes program in order to arrest inflation to help all Canadians regair sense of stability in their economic af fairs Our provincial support does not extend to Prime Minister Trudeaus remarks about the failings of the private market system We are not advocating permanent economic controls as the cureall for our economic plight Instead of explaining and demonstration to the people how the antiinflation program works the prime minister has only com pounded public confusion over the true aims of the counter inflation effort Any realist will tell you that the free market system has its flaws and imperfections But it is sight better than an author itarian centralized approach The market place will help On tarios gradual economic recov ery in the first quarter of 1076 Economic growth is expected to reach five per cent because Ontarios exports of raw and fabricated materials are need ed for an improved American economy After last years slump the prospects for Ontarios man ufacturing industries appear brighter in 1976 What is particularly disturb ing is that this gradual economic improvement will not prove suf ficient to offset the incredible growth of the Ontario labor force among our young people and women The predicament facing policy makers is balancing the built in conflicts between managing inflation to reasonable limits and yet not intensify unemploy meiil It is high wire act de nitandcd of the greatest aerial is LIMIT INCREASE Some of our critics would ar gue that greater government experience iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil till LEPAGE iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllll up lhALloA 355 BAYFIELD ANNOUNCEMENT DEDMAN PRESIDENT or muse ONTARIO LTD ANNOUNCES THAT WILLIAM LATIMER RFl IS amoiuted Assistant Secretary of the company affiliated With the Town and Ccuntry Division Bill brings to LePage Ontario Ltd Wide range of 10 years in General Real Estate member of Retail Estate Institute of Canada re3ident evaluator flor Bank of Montreal Baiiksof Nova Seotia and Toronto Dominion Bank Allister oommittee member for Habitat 76 1osorontio Township Councillor We can be contacted at 4354695 Monday through Saturday Jethro TOGETHER TO ll suave Barri2R spending would resolve our im mediate problems Resolve to days problems with tomorrows taxes Just spend your way f8 an artificially induced prosperity Already total government spenl ling is reaching 40 cents of every dollar produced 01io cannot escape its role In this develop ment but we are solidly men ding our fiscal vas considering the retention oi our Triple credit rating for the 1976 fiscal year The 1976 budget will lini it our increase in government spending to 10 per cent From April 1974 to March 31 1975 we are aiming for total redo tion of civil servants from 70 800 to 67300 with further planned reduction of 1000 for the new budget year The government is committed as well to freezing the pay of an MPP for two years In 1973 provincial cabinet ministers took fivi per cent reduction in pay to set good cxumnlc This re sponsible approach contrasts quite starkly with the poition oi the New Democrats Ther wanted to insiEIsi the pay of all MPPs immediately Talking economic restraint is easy Practising restraint is tougher task Ontario does not have all the magical answers to beating back inflation What we are attempt ing to achieve is sensible set of answers the beginnings of charting an affordable society That is society in which we begin to separate our needs and our wants Many people have already made good surf Makinv 31 good individual judgement in this regard is critical to Ontarios future and each citizens future That in the main is the out line of the horizon for 1976 horizon covered with combin ation of moderate cloud cover and some blue skies lill Willi nu ll ImJ ST 7001