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mu BARRIE manmun sMLnnAi MAM mo Switzerland losing tourists GENEVA frteuteri For anyone with enough money to be somebody it was all as usual this winter in Switzerland at the plush resorts Bu St Morita and Gstaad arent the resorts to go to tind out how the traditionally strong Swiv flEc is cfitq Flu tourist industry in the face of 4Ltperccnt rise in value against nthel Western currencies orcr the last five years lhc international ltol utcusv tomed to paying five francs lebczut $18m tor cup ice are receiving onethird lewer Swiss francs tor their lul lars than in the 1971 season Bti illi tomists who say their ancestors discovered the Alps or the Swiss and set the coun on the road enrni nhon $200 million year from foreign lzltfls are less ELM five years ago on the slopes West Germans liul1ec OBITUARIES HAROLD BAKER Funeral scmces were held in North Bay for Harold Baker of Meadowside who died in hospi tal at age 75 Mr Barker tetired lrom Can adian National Railways in 1065 after working with the company for 60 years He was member of me Bar rie Masonic Lodge for 30 years the Barrie Longs ol PertectiOn and the North Bey 7iuiei of the Rose Croix Scottish Rite Mt Barker is StilYlVetl by his wife the former Cora Vair his son Robert of Toronto his daugh ter Katherine lMrs toderick Morrison of North Bay and three grandsons He was predeceased by his parents Mr and Mrs Frederick Barker ARTHUR OHN BROWN Barrie resident Arthur John Brown died Monday ll ltoyal Victoria Hospital in his 55th year Mr Brown is survived by his wife the former lcss Jones his children Larry Paul and Cathy his grandchildren Shawn nd lulie his broh Buster ol Kingston and his sisters Mabel Mrs Jack Bemrosc Catherine Mrs Ted Carpenter and Dorie Mrs Gordon righ all of Barrie He predeceased by his brow thers Theo and orman Funeral services were held lnursday in he chapel of the Steckley Funeral Home Burial took place in Barrie Union Cem etcry MARION NULLMEYER Funeral Services were held lhursdav for Marlon ll Slighte Nullmeyer wro died TLlQlu at Royal Victoria llcspital Mrs Nullmeycr is surigncu by her husband Rat Ernest ull mcycr her son Barry Kevin and Bradley 13 sister incinc Asclton and her brother Ralph ad Jim Sliginc Mrs Nullmegcr retcd at the ekley Funeral Home with Lccs tram Emmanuel Baptist Church Burial took place in Barrie Lnionn Cum In lieu of llowers the tamin asks that memorial donations be made Hum Bble Collcgc AST WEEK MOWAT BERTON MONTGOMERY 17 BOOKS AND CARDS IAYFIELD MALL BARRIE go Dutcu and Scandinavians have replaced them But the sinking value of the mark to naritv wi the Swiss franc cut the number of nights spent by West Llcr mans in hotels of 28 major Swiss winterSpams resorts by seven per cent between June and October Summer trips by Japanese decreased by four per cent NCertlleles West Germans representing 30 pcr cent of all tourisLs arc llif must lrcuucnt vacationers in Switzerland now llh toww tn mi ii earns 130000 Swiss francs Siltlilit Lilomct Iltlbt301l square milci ol Swtlzerlund each year irom wcign iltitorlt expects its trade this season to rcmzuu stable in the 18 may winter resorts despite iorlrl arl Swiss Eonnmic recession Suilzcllaul low lLl in llationless than the per cent lust 30am tin billLllfi ris Ill liti2 cols in Europewas partly responsible hotel man ager sad llotcls lum undo ClUio to liccn priccC llll to 197 Lttls even if this means oltcring clicztncr cut ul meat and with rsisuci of sctlcnri isgclablc on se menus For the first time in wear the tlllll balance of trade which xmully win in ici cent of the countrys balance of moments dcticn lcclcoscd 1n ltTl ll and titcrxtalmn Punher Iii iliuu francs i5519ti billionl lrom fox illgt in francs $132 billion sucu hi Suis abrtud This puts Sllllulld in gtlill placc in ltllt tor urim rarnwcsccuhalcn to still no mhabiunt cl this countiy Ui million needs The Swiss hotel industry con cerned about inc rusucr tcr its 6301 ccctcmy rate 330 middlecute lmtclr has carried out survey show ing ici chin llit llv41 for groups of tourists and pack gc huts as not the solution Chemical treatment helps crops LONDON Ihc Brii our 5mml urc lOtinl that team of researchers has ticklml llttlllitijl ltnllinil immmin yield trom crn nluiicii in llrll oixiqccl il lli twin itw college in southeast England illtl til lcction 13 Wain lieiictl compacted nil unzh hcminl culled Milli5 mllnidolhydioltbc fl gmltl llxporuncnts llll mg slinwei llln llCll bill was applied tin illtCllflP llfil rorzi ocritt1vui proved in compacted soil Roots ml ova we llmt shoots were slightly longer llic ioulnl til Hit lltl ll lIIl Hr inv lrrzm DH and cxactiy how it is alo tvjvtla ttlellllal with Imilai sirch lure rolllC of which have hem nunrl tn lune imilur uteri lilll lm lo lll lllll lI for anadian Paperback ale UPTQN By JEAN HAND February was Kiwanis Festi val Month marked with music festival in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre CNE grounds The Alliston Public School band of 45 pupils came third with 79 points and was tied with an Etobicoke school Mr Dirk Dearham is the director Pupils of Colleen Dearham piano concerto class accompa nied by another pianist Ann Ste phenson placed third Royal Conservatory of Music Evelyn Vanderzaag first class honors theory grade Alliston singersz pupils of Mrs Marjorie Park McKelvey RCT lop soloist girls 14 and under Theresa thlan 83 marksl Duct standings Marian ne Hanna Nancy Harper plac 0d 2nd Theresa Whelan and Kel ly McCague came 3rd for 15 years and under Steven Wray Isl with 83 marks placed 3rd in 30 years and under baritone solo He was given scholar ship award as the most promis ing young singer 5010 class it years and under Louise Hew son 853 came 1st and Gwyn eth McKelvey 3rd in the years and under Leann McKelvey Sm came 1st in 12 years and unrlcr class Mary Owens placed 3rd and Nimish 0m 34 pluc rl Lncl in In years and under Three of the young singers ried the Royal Conservatory mid ninlcz examnalions and were sznrcsslul llcrca thlan lst class honors Tracy McCague honors and Nimish ma pass ing mark Mr and Mrs Andy Owens of Thunder Bay spent week on cation 1th the lormers parents lr and Mrs Sydney Ocnlt Laura Donutclli of Toronto student teacher at Banting Me morial lllilll Stlnml ltpcnt the past two ucclts with Mrs lar iri llanrl llch 11 nu open home at Ballllnfl Memorial lliqh School presented by day school and night school eluuu To assist the parents and friends stud ent guides were strategically lo cated throth the school Teachers were in their rooms to answer questions parents Exibition of various projects of the evening classes were display ed with an instructor in differ ent sections throudwut the school fashion show and ball noom dancing took place in the cafeteria large crowd attended Mrs Dave Owens daughter Rhonda friend Mrs Sandy Tay lor and daughter Amy Ill of Woodville visited Mr and Mrs Sydney Owens and attended the open house Little Rhonda Owens added an extratouch of youth to the fa shion show by modeling an out fit made 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