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There were several awards presented to army cadets at the third annual inspec tion held at the Barrie Ar Crown Attorney John Mur phy suggested there was col lusion in procuring evidence to show the innocence of Eugene Robinson In his summation of the evidence in the Supreme Court murder trial of Robin son Thursday Mr Murphy suggested the appearance of By MURIEL LEEPER Thursdays highest marks of 90 at the Orillia Kiwanis Music Festivalwere awarded to accordion performers Deb bie Black of Barrie and Edith Balogh of Stroud in the duet class 18 years and under and accordion solo Andrew Persson of Orillia Barry Devereuz music master at St Andrews Col lege Aurora was the ad judicator Results of the Accordion classes are as follows Accordion Solo yrs and under Donald Seemann Midland 85 Mandy Genyk Utopia 82 Larry Miller Minesing81 Accordion Solo 10 yrs and under Donald Seemann Lland 84 Karen Langston Barrie 82 Corinne Sandra Rundle Gravenhurst and Richard Tomaszewski Hawkestone tied 80 Accordion Solo 12 yrs and under Linda Persson Orillia 86 Patsy McLean Milton 85 Angela Vergeer Cookstown 84 Accordion Solo 14 yrs and under Andrew Persson Orillia 85 Bonny Ward Orillia 82 Terry Hewlett Orillia81 Accordion Solo 16 yrs and under Melanie Weistra Thornton 85 Peter Whit field Orillia 82 Jonathan McMillan Orillia 80 Accordion Solo 18 yrs and under Melanie Weistra Frances Besse well known resident of Guthrie and teacher for many years died Monday evening She was 57 Mrs Besse will be remembered best for her long involvement with children She graduated from Toron moury under Major Fuller of the Grey and Sim coe Foresters Thursday evening FROM LEFT ROBEVSON MURDER TRIAL Picture puzzle to jur bullet hole in the ceiling of the spare bedroom of the Robinson house was very mysterious Robinson is charged with the June 25 murder of his wife Karen and the matter will be up to the jury after Mr Justice Alan Goodman ad dresses it today Thornton 86 Edith Balogh Barrie 85 Richard Kenneth Black Orillia and Debbie Black Stroud tied 82 Accordion Solo 10 yrs and under Howard Mendoza Barrie 83 Donald Seemann Midland82 Accordion Duet 10 yrs and under Mandy Genyk Utopia 83 Accordion Solo 12 yrs and under Angela Vergeer Cookstown 85 Patsy McLean Milton 84 Accordion Solo 14 yrs and under Andrew Persson Orillia90 Accordion Solo Open Edith Balough Barrie 88 Lydia Mounier Kitchener as Debbie Black Stroud 83 Accordion Ensemble 12 yrs and under Lindys Junior Ensemble Mrs Lindy Baumgartin Shanty Bay 87 Accordion Ensemble In termediate 16 yrs and under Lindys Intermediate Ensemble Mrs Lindy Baumgarten Shanty Bay iii Accordion Ensemble Open Lindys Senior Ensem ble Lindy Baumgarten Shanty Bay 85 Accordion Duet 14 yrs and under Angela Vergeer Patsy McLean Cookstown and Milton 89 Linda and An drew Persson Orillia 87 Cheryl Ann Henderson Terry Hewlett Orillia 83 Accordion Duet 18 yrs and under Debbie Black to Normal School and taught for the Borough of York prior to her marriage After moving to Guthrie she taught briefly for the Oro Township School Area and then for the Barrie board which became part of the Simcoe County Board of Best Junior NCO Steve Carrigan Best Cadet Mike Raedts Best Senior NCO Roger Cameron Mr Murphy said the parents of Karen Robinson Bradley and Irene ohnstone may have believed in Robin sons innocence so much they would help produce evidence to assist him He said the discovery of the bullet hole and shell casing after the police investigation was over Barrie and Edith Balogh Stroud 90 Lydia Mounier Kitchener and Floyd Par tridge Barrie 88 Peter Whitfield Thornton and Melanie Weistra Orillia 84 The Orillia Kiwanis Festival has unique feature Classes for Exceptional Children and Adults are com petitive Adjudicator for the vocal classes is Gladys Whitehead Boys Secular Solo Excep tional Children or Adults Steven Wilkins Orillia 85 Mens Secular Solo Excep tional Children or Adults Raymond More Orillia 85 Girls Secular Solo Excep tional Children or Adults Belinda Young Palmerston 85 Patsy Thomas Orillia and Beatrice Brooker Palmerston tied 84 Elaine Shaw Palmerston and Karen Brenner Palmerston tied 33 Boys Sacred Solo Excep tional Children or Adults Kevin Baker Palmerston 78 Mens Sacred Solo Excep tional Children or Adults Wayne Cattell Orillia 86 Calvin Ferris Palmerston 79 Girls Sacred Solo Excep tional Children or Adults Beatrice Brooker Palmerston 83 Belinda Young Palmerston 82 Trudy Stiers Orillia 80 Duet Exceptional Children or Adults Patsy Involvement With children key to Frances Besses life Education in 1969 She will be remembered by the students and staff of Vic toria Codrington Street and Allandale Heights public schools In 1971 the Simcoe County Board of Education ap pointed Mrs Besse consul tant to teachers For many years she was an instructor for numerous pro vincial summer and winter courses offered by the Ministry of Education She was constantly being asked to provide inservice training for many school boards in On tario Mrs Besse was also in volved in curriculum development locally and in an advisory capacity to many publishers preparing tex tbooks for elementary schools As an active member of the Math Teachers Association of Ontario and the Federation of Women Teachers Associa tion of Ontario FWTAO she provided leadership in various capacities As recently as April 23 and 24 she attended an FWTAO conference in Toronto Mrs Besse was member of Guthrie Presbyterian Church where she was in volved in many activities and was superintendent of the Sunday School pro ram She is survived her hus band Robert her sons Frank and Jim her father Ellwood Black her sisters Roberta nce and Clara Black of oronto and her brother Rev William Black ofSt Jean Quebec Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Steckle mineral Home Burial too place in Guthrie Cemetery CADETS RECEIVE TROPHIES AT ANNUAL INSPECTION Best Dressed Cadet Glenn Moreau Best Junior Cadet Becky Light Most Proficient Cadet ori may have been set up Apparently the Johnstones enlisted the aid of friends to do the searching of the bedroom and one of the friends Eileen Thomson discovered both the bullet hole and the shell said Mr Murphy It is like picture puzzle Highest marks at Orillia festival to Barrie Stroud accordionists Thomas Norman Greenfield Orillia 85 Karen Brenner Beatrice Brooker Palmerston 79 Elaine Shaw Relinda Young Palmerston 78 Instrumental Solo Class Open Exceptional Children or Adults Patsy Thomas Orillia 85 Douglas Coville Palmerston 84 Instrumental Ensemble Exceptional Children or Adults Huronia Regional Centre Janet Shelswell Orillia85 Instrumental or Vocal Ensemble Group Excep tional Children or Adults Wm Wright Memorial School Bea Wood Orillia 84 Girls Duet 13 yrs and under Krista Attwell Pauline Cole Orillia 85 An drea Milne Margaret Snider Parry Sound 84 Ellen Russell Kristine Taylor Orillia83 Girls Duet 11 yrs and under Andrea Lovering Rhonda Graham Orillia 84 Vocal Duet Boys or Girls 12 yrs and under Andrea Milne Margaret Snider Parry Sound 86 Michael and Gordon Creasor Orillia 83 Vocal Duet Boys or Girls 14 yrs and under Edward Goss Orillia David McLean Coldwater 82 Girls Duet 15 yrs and under Lynn Slater and Gail Hurlbut Orillia 86 Gillian and Kathleen Daniels Midland 85 Cathy Tapscott and Kim Letourneau Orillia 84 Girls Duet 17 yrs and under Christine Hotson Mary Hewitt Orillia 86 Girls Trio 13 yrs and under Kelly Doane Louise Hewson Tammy Doane Alliston Thornton 86 Ladies Trio 17 yrs and under Laurie Graham Gail Hurlhurt Lynn Slater Orillia 84 Cathy Tapscott Sheila McLean Kim Letourneau Orillia 83 CORRECTIONS There were two mistakes in the story printed Wednesday on the citys search for mini com uter MAI was incor rect identified as the local firm but NCR which operates seven man office is the local firm Also the NCR Century 50 was reported as using only punchcards but the machine is actually discbased system said company representative this morning enteering Paul Light and Most Proficient Cadet drill Tom Clark Ex aminerPhoto said Mr Murphy After you have fitted so many of the pieces together you dont need the rest of the pieces to know what the picture is of He set up scenario He suggested that the Robinsons had had falling out of sorts and Karen said she woud leave Eugene didnt know what to do since Karen owned half of the bakery and he would lose ssession of it if she left He been somewhat paranoid about thefts and had kept sawedoff rifle handy In the bakery he set up what appeared to be break and enter then returned to the house and shot his sleep ing wife He tried to make the house appear searched and hid the money from the cash box but missed some of the money around He discovered his wife wasnt dead so shot her again IN THE COUCH By this time it was becom ing daylight so he hid the gun in the couch because he wouldnt be able to get to the lake unobserved He felt the lnnisfil Township Police Force wouldnt find it right away and he would have time to hide the rifle later Mr Mur phy said the scenario was not necessarily correct or com plete but gave an idea of what happened And you heard Mr Robin son in the witness box he said Hes the one who said the lnnisfil police force couldnt solve simple theft letalonea murder In the morning defence lawyer Paul Hermiston presented his summation saying there was very little evidence which indicated Robinson killed his wife He pointed out inconsistencies in the testimony of police witnesses especially Sgt John Cooper and Constable Frank Fraser the identifica tion officers He also said there was no blood on Robinsons clothing despite the fact forensic ex rt had said the person who Iled Mrs Robinson would probably have been spattered with blood Mr Hermiston said he thou ht the police had deci ed early in the in vestigation that Robinson was the murderer and had simply tried to find evidence against him instead of sear ching for the two men he claimed robbed him SLIM PICKINGS At best the Crowns evidence is pretty slim he said And where is the motive The bakery was pro spering he got along with his relatives he was going up in society There was no reason for him to killhis wife Mr Hermiston compared Robinsons situation with the Russian novel where the main character finds himself in tragedy which turns into anightmare Only you in the jury can end that nightmare he said Former lnnisfil reeve Webb dies at 82 Alfred Webb reeve of In nisfil Townshi from 1929 to 1932 died We nesday in Bar ries Royal Victoria Hospital following short illness He was 87 Mr Webb an lnnisfil native was the son of George Webb reeve of the township from 1899 to 1902 and the grandson of Thomas Webb member of the first township council in 1850 Mr Webb farmed in In nisfil until the early 19405 then moved to Toronto where he worked for Canada Foils Ltd until his retirement in the mid1950s He returned to Stroud at the time of his retirement He was lifelong member of St Pauls Anglican Church in lnnisfil life member of Minerva Lodge AF and AM No 304 and charter member of Order of Eastern Star No 162 lnnisfil Chapter Mr Webb is survived by his daughters Kathleen Arm strong of Kettleby and Blance Evans of Toronto five grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren Also surviving is sister Mildred McFarland of Newmarket He was edeceased by his wife the ormer Mar aret Latimer Rev Water Lee of St Pauls will conduct funeral services Friday at p2n in the chapel of the Jennett Funeral Home in Barrie Burial will be in St Pauls Cemetery Open house success The halls of Allandale Heights public school were crowded Thursday night as parents teachers and students took part in an open house Dick Boswell principal estimated the total number in attendance could have been as high as 1000 The school has 310 families he said and would guess almost all of them are here If this is the response other schools in the city are getting then would say parents are interested in their schools The eveninb was to have begun at 730 and continued until 930 By 715 the halls were already crowded Mr Boswell said and the parents did not leave the school until 10 Open houses provide chance for the school com munity to come together he said In the fall the school holds parents night but the en house allows the ildren to act as hosts The evening involved all students from kindergarten to Grade and gave an over view of the school program We couldnt possibly show eveirything Mr Boswell sai The overview focused on physical education drama and music There were metric displays and ex amples of the work done by students involved in the elec tives program including handmade rag dolls DEMONSTRATIONS Teachers and students were involved in demonstra tion classes which lasted about half an hour Teachers tried to keep the atmosphere as close to the classroom as possible The school sgent two weeks preparing the uilding for the open house but the displays and program were already there Atli By MURIEI LEEPE Kaufman and Harts The Man Who Came to Dinner had about 200 people rocking with laughter and once into the second scene completely engrossed in the production This must be one of the most amibitious and deman ding plays ever produced by The Littles Hill Players Its firstrate comedy with lines that are marvellous This is show that should have soldout auditorium at Georgian College tonight and tomorrow night Directing this comedy is tremendous challenge The story is of bigtime New York columnist who is engaged to speak in small town feigns broken hip as he slips on ice at the door of his dinnerhosts and then proceeds to take over their home as worldtravelling friends visit him Meg ODonal one of the founding members of the theatre group took the challenge and came up with some good answers Except for rather slow beginning the players built splendid climax and had moments of sparkling dramatic highlights The fact that the leading part The Man is not only on stage for almost the whole THE DELICATE pen and ink drawings of birds by Barrie artist John Wiseman were on display at the annual meeting of the Brereton Field Naturalists Club Thursday Taking closer The Barrie Examiner Friday April 30 19769 look at the detail in the drawing are Mary Wase and Anna West both of Barrie Examinr Photo Brereton Field Naturalists elect Rickwood president The Brereton Field Naturalists Club which marks its 25th anniversary this year is stronger and more active than ever Fiftytwo members were added to the ranks of the club for birders hikers and out door buffs of every kind this year bringing the total to 191 the club was told at its annual meeting Thursday The club was started in 1951 in memory of Dr Brereton Barrie dentist who always talked of forming such an organization but who died before his lifelong wish was fulfilled Members are ardent con servationists and make fre quent field trips to area mar shes wildlife sanctuaries and other interest points to performance but in wheel chair necessarily inhibiting action was cleverly handled Peter Noy took this part Sheridan Whiteside has an in credibly long and difficult role Noy somehow imbued the part with feeling of ac tion underplaying at times and yet he seldom seemed to beacting He was clearly heard through the theatre yet he shouted only for rare effects That he had to be prompted was no doubt due to opening night jitters But Whitesides character was cleverly developed by Noy at once ir raseible but lovable objec tionable but shrewd man who through his literary ex perience read the characters the people he met What Maggie Cutler Connie Hodges too had long and difficult part one that demanded personality changes and one that demanded that she get the sympathy of her audience Well Connie certainly had everyone right with her emo tionally to the end There must be more than 16 important roles in this big production Each one is vital to the play and quite in dividual To single each one out would require much space but special praise naturalists to gain fuller understanding of mans rela tionship to the other living things around him NEW PRESIDENT At the annual meeting and pot luck supper Russ Rickwood was elected presi dent replacing Grace Leigh Plans were also announced to publish new version of the clubs magazine The Blue Heron in October And schedule of field tri for May and June was distri uted Following dinner and discussion of activities past and future members were treated to thrilling glimpse by means of slide show of canoe trip down the Nahanni River in the NWT taken by Dr Nancy Ironside of Orillia recently eatrical success must go to the casting direc tor for the large cast seemed amazingly suited to their parts And it is the many characters who give the spice tothe play Miss Preen Whitesidcs nurse Murline Mallette won voluntary round of applause as she made her dramatic departure as last sign of her total frustration with The Man Lorraine Sheldon Beverly Hanna was the epitomy of the wouldbeactressatany price and more important the hunter of wealthy hus band Beverly was riceless There was no oubt in anyones mind as to her general activities Aaron Dyck adopted the role of the editor of the smalltown newspaper with convincing authority His cn try especially was fine pin pointing his personality more subtle final scene might work more effectively The hosts Mr and Mrs Ernest Stanley again were tribute to the casting direc tor They were splendid team Thoroughly believable and natural Marilyn Camp bell who played the part of Mrs Stanley established without any doubt the suitable atmosphere of the Stanley residence Mike Due to rising costs members passed an ex ecutive committee recom mendation that increases the family membership fee to $5 from $4 Other fees of $3 for single membership and $1 for student will remain the same for thetime being The clubs first field trip of the spring to the rocky lakeland of Matchedash Township will be on Satur day Members are to meet at Centennial Park at 730 am or the bridge in Coldwater at 815 am Subsequent trips on follow ing Saturdays are to Tiny Marsh Collingwood Horseshoe Valley Wasaga Beach the Wye Marsh and down the Nottawasaga River toEdenvale Smiley Mr Stanley developed his character to good climax Who could have been better as the maid and servant than Sharon Brown and Rory ODonal Dr Bradley had big part John Reesor projected the character causing the au dience reaction that must have been exactly intended by the playwrights Nancy Holcroft must be mentioned Her entrance as Harict Stanley was marvellous And she sus taincd her part giving just enough of glimmer of insanity to be right on Geoff Reid made starring highlight out of small character part He was an ex cellent Beverly arlton His imitation of Sir Bottomley was one of the memorable moments of very good play Special mention must be made of the excellent costumes They had an im portant bearing on the play Liz Attridgc and Penny Johnson deserve applause The set had touches to define the quiet wealth of the owners Designed by Rory ODonal he too should take bow good play in town not to be missed by anyone who en joys theatre BARRIE JAYCEES EXECUTIVE Greg Henn centre was elected 197677 president of the Barrie Jaycees Thursday Joining him in the new executive will be executive vicepresident Tony Foubert seated left and past president Don Wyvill right and stan ding vicepresident Paul Hodgert left secretary Jim Fraser vicepresident Larry Musack and treasurer John BtlSthtl Examiner Photo