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EXAMINER TELEPHONES WEATHER FORECAST Clrculation 7266539 Cloudy with few showers Clossrlied Advertising 72824 sunny Low All Other Departments 7266537 tomghts CI hlgh Fmday 18C 2th Year No 119 The Barrie Examiner 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly 24 Pages Barrie Ontario Canada Thursday May 20 1976 Wessenger again the NDP choice By RICHARD DUNSTON Examiner Staff Reporter Local New Democrats will stick with the man they think looks like winner Paul Wessenger the Barrie lawyer and alderman who doubled the partys vote last year and ran incumbent Con servative MPP Arthur Evans close race was acclaimed Wednesday as NDP candidate for the Simcoe Centre riding in the next provincial election Are you kidding asked one lplarty member when officials asked if there were an furt er nominations after Mr Wessengers name was put efore the meeting Mr Wessenger 33 lost to Mr Evans who has since an nounced he will not seek reelectionby only 2000 votes out of 34000 in last years race NDP leader Stephen Lewis told the audience he would be surprised if the Conservatives even bother to field can didate ainst Mr Wessengera remark which reflected the of the evening Mr Lewis said the party is moving into the hinterlands and if NDP officials had recognized this trend last year and thrown more strength into Simcoe Centre Mr Wessenger would be at Queens Park today Mr Wessenger pledged to tell as many voters as possible about what he said was indifference to people on the part of the Conservative government as part of the NDP campaign to rid Ontario of the Tories Wend Fu Haddock nine Gra student at Killarney Beach public school in Lefroy takes By MRS ARTHUR An unfinished watercolor by the late Margaret Childs who had been longtime member of the Barrie Art Club was unveiled at the 28th Annual Club Banquet on Wednesday evening at the Central United Church Hall The painting entitled Old Firehall and Market was donated to the Clubs perma nent collection by her son JohnChilds President of the Art Club Mrs Phyllis McMullen ex plained that the painting was found on the easel in the painters studio at the time of her death and that John wanted the Barrie Club to have his mothers last pain ting Donated too was the frame and work of Alfred Frank of Franks Artistic Framing in Barrie After welcoming the members and guests Mrs McMullen who has served as president for the past three years and retires from the st in September looked ck with mixed feelings saying that at times she found things enjoyable frus closer look at one of the projects on display at the schools science fair Wednesday Students view trating and sometimes com me ci comme ca Help from executive members she felt had con tributed toward progress within the club Two specific areas of pro gress cited were the two Art Shows at the Simcoe County Museum in 1975 and the in troduction of bus tours to Art Galleries She was pleased to announce that the recent tour to the McMichael Gallery at Kleinburg specifically rganized as fundraising event for the Old Firehall had realized $90 In September the club hopesto sponsor tour to the antario Art Gallery in Town HERES LOOKING AT YOU Torontoborn artist Robert Kemp presently living in Collingwood was guest speaker and demonstrated watercolor technique while referring to photograph of tiger lilies in vase He said that while some artists deplore the use of photograph he finds it marvellous source of ref erence which he can pull out Play area at school okay for Colgan group group of Colgan residents received approval in princi from the separate school rd to proceed with plans to develo play area at St James SC 001 The delegation of four men introduced themselves as the Colgan Recreation Associa tion an informal group dedicated to improving recreation facilities within the hamlet Michael Ronan spokes man said the hamlet lies in two municipalities Te cumseth and Adjala and the committee is hoping to bridge the gap and get some facilities He said the St James playground and church pro perty were the only areas suitable for development of facilities Vince Eagan trustee for the area noted the St James property is large school ground of five acres but it is probably in worse shape than it was when they got it from the Indians The committee wants to develop creative play area in the junior portion of the grounds Alis fight still on MUNICH AP United States promoter of Muham mad Alis title defence against European heavyweight diampion Richard Dunn reported today that the fi ht was close to cancellation then said problem invo ving 925000 shortage had been resolved Arab protests flare JERUSALEM AP Scattered Arab protests flared today in the occupied West Bank where three Palestinians were killed by Israeli security forces during three days of violent demonstrations NATO worried about Hank OSLO CP Concern about US State Secreta ry Henry Kissingers campaignweakened effectiveness clouded todays opemng of the annual spring session of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ministerial council More Olympic grants TORONTO CP The Canadian Olympic Association today announced grants totaling almost $5000 to athletes reparing for the Olympic Games in Montreal Lockheed back talking OTTAWA CP Lockheed Aircraft Corp was back talk ing with the government today to see if the $1billion Orion patrol plane program can be made to fly ed the fair during the day while parents had their showing in the evening Wendy had no reason to and refer to years after it was taken Mr Kemp who moved to the Collingwood area in 1961 where he runs his own Gallery aints in every medium ut enjoys the challenge of drawing the most preferably in ball point pen The Barrie Art Club deeply involved in helping to raise funds to save the old firehall is hoping to surpass its fund raising record of $4000 it set in 1968 during an art auction on behalf of SavethePark Campaign by having repeat performance of an art auc tion on Friday May 28 at the Old Firehall location Donations of paintings sculpture and weaving have been made by Barrie and area artists Among the con tributors are Conyers Barker Jack Pollock Ivan Sarrossy Agnes Boucher Karl Schlicter Gordon Peters Lorraine Hovey Noreen Rive and Isabelle van Zant to name few Art Club representative on the Friends of the Firehall Com mittee Walt Strasser also in dicated that Andy Nixon In ternationally known Barrie artist has donated painting LxWgflflmmmvv wvwxe Wm fear the bear it was stuf fed Examiner Photo by Sheila McGovern for raffle with the proceeds going to the Firehall fund With donations seeming to be the order of the day the Art Club members took up silver collection the proceeds destined for the Barrie Humane Societys fund for repairs to the crematorium The new 197677 executive for the club is past presi dent Phyllis McMullen president Emily Lation secretary Win Muller treasurer Ardelle Godfrey membership Evelyn Croc ker art rental Pat Souter social Ilene Crossan pro gram Lorraine Hovey bulletin Grace Porteous telephone Joyce Cancade Egoperty Marg Kenny stess Mary Hoey library Representative Bev Vincer Two positions vice presi dent and gallery are still va ant Mrs McMillen who is retir ing after five yeras as Chair man of the Huronia Festival the Arts and Crafts held during the August Civic holiday is being replaced by committee of five people Joan LeBoeuf Dawn Whitehead Alma Gage Win Muller and Mary Ann Coll ingbourne AT KING EDWARD SCHOOL Wendy Bishop balances ecariously on the box rse during junior choir night at King Edward School Wednesday The schools fiymnasts and singers co aborated for unique display of their talents Examiner Photo Task force report Margaret Childs watercolor donated caught in vacuum by son at art club annual meeting The SimcoeGeorgian Area Task Force report is highly intelligent document badly hampered by the lack provincial land use plan provincial opposition leader Stephen Lewis told the Sim coe Centre NDP riding association Wednesday He said an NDP govern ment would institute pro vincial land use plan within six months of taking office Mr Lewis also blasted this weeks oil price increase as humiliating defeat for Ontario and source of $40 million in windfall profits for oil companies ripped the provincial restraint program as shameful overreaction and said he is eager to fight an election on the issues dividing the NDP from the Conservative government He told an audience of 150 it is blessed shame that document as good as the task force report must operate in vacuum because of the absence of provincewide planning to designate popula tion rowth areas areas of farm and preservation and areas of ecological sensitivi ty He said bri ht adolescent with weeken project could have done better job than the province has done over the past decade working toward such plan We wouldn put up with it for more than six months he said of the situation There has to be land use plan in Ontario He said one function of such plan if instituted by the NDP would be preservation of near all class II and III farm and Such plan would also take much of the heat off local of ficials who without provin cial pattern to follow are forced to wrangle among themselves over deeplyfelt local issues he said He praised the task force reports suggestion that government encies pur chase farmlan near urban areas for rental to active farmers until the land is needed for urban expansion if ever However he noted that the report itself states that such program would have to operate in provincewide framework The re rt also calls for Simcoe ountys population to grow to 500000 by the year 2011 with 125000 in Barrie 195000 in other urban cen tres and 180000 in rural areas Mr Lewis teed off on Premier William Davis for claiming partial victory in connection with the oil price hike He said the premier wanted wellhead price in crease of 19 cents barrel but got$175 Even for Tory thats not bad he said He said socalled phasing of the hike in two sta es merely heralds twice ear price in creases in the uture In addition he said it will take 117 da rather than 60 as the eral overnment claims for oil sol at the new wellhead price to reach the gas pump As result he said allow ing the gasoline price to rise four cents allon two mon ths after the irst phase of the wellhead increase takes ef fect July means oil com panies will make an extra $95 million selling at the new price oil produced at the old rice companies will get another $11 million the same way when the second phase takes effect next year he said He said an NDP overn ment would freeze prices until oil companies open their books to prove their need for price increase Mr Lewis said the recent divisional court decision declaring illegal the govern ments hospital closing pro gram is rare commentary the capacity of govem ment tobewron In any event said more money could be saved on health care by cutting down unnecessary surgery reduc ing OHIP payments to ri vate laboratories or en ng the systems total reliance on feeforservice method of payment He said Conservative cut backs on health care and social services never ive them so much as sleep ess hour to think of the conse quences He said the NDP is emerg ing as an alternative to the Conservatives on one issue after another and he wishes Liberal leader Stuart Smith had not drawn back from his earlier threat to cause an election this spring Has no comment on general strike Provincial New Demo cratic Party leader Stephen Lewis had no comment Wed nesday on the Canadian Labor Congress vote au thorizing its leaders to call general strike an action he opposed on his last trip to Barrie Ill comment on it when it happens he said in an inter view Its their business its their labor congress not mine He said he had understood the CLC measure as authoriz ing series of rotating one rhy strikes rather than true general strike If the latter occurred he said it would have major consequences for the party and he would have to consult his caucus before commenting He said he would like to see how another CLC measure manifesto demanding greater voice for labor in economic planning is received He also said he sympathizes with the frustra tions which led to the general strike vote Last November Mr Lewis told the Simcoe Centre NDP ovincial riding association opposes general strikes and other forms of civil disobedience He made no reference to the subject Wednesday during his speech to the same group PAUL WESSENGER new acclaimed NDP can date for the Simcoe Cen tre provincial riding chats with provincial NDP leader Ste hen Lewis during We nesdays nominating meeting Mr Lewis told the meeting his association with the Barrie alderman kites to campaign in the York Centre federal riding in 1963 Examiner Photo Duncan Green appointed Simcoe County treasurer MIDHURST Staff fiom list of 26 applicants Duncan Green deputy clerk Innisfil township was ap pointed treasurer to Simcoe County council today The finance committee headed by Reeve William Gibbins of Innisfil presented the recommendation which inted out Mr Green also served as township treasurer The resolution said Mr Green is to commence his new services on June 15 when STROUD The heavy subject of the day annexationwas source humor for Innisfil coun al Wednesday night Relieving the tension council members joked several times about Bar ries plan to annex 13500 acres from the township De uty reeve Blake Con stabe spent 10 minutes reading aloud ublished letter by John oome of Stroud which referred to Innisfil council members as turkeys lazy gauche andstubborn The letter called Mr Constable Major Hoople and referred to Coun Grant Andrade as Hooples BORDEN T0 MONTREAL IN W0 DA YS Master Warrant Officer Jack Barker 50 carrying pita ue under his arm 12man team of runners as they head into the Canadian Forces Base he will succeed John ODonnell who tendered his resignation about two months ago Mr ODonnell had been treasurer about two years after Jack Coleman retired Mr Greens starting salary is to be $20200 In addition he is to be paid about $830 as clerk for the suburban roads commission native of Scotland Mr Green has been with Innisfil township for 10 years Before that he was employed by the municipality of Metropolitan Annexation as humor for Innisfil council caddy and the boy welderMrRoome ca ed Barrie council talented Earlier during discus sion of road signs identify ing the township Coun An drade said the signs might have to be on wheels because of Barries plan to grow southward into In nisfil Could the signs be sup ported with balloons Mr Constable wondered The ministry of transpor tation told council that it has polic of providing signs only or regional or restructured munici palities Say thats an incen tive said Coun Bill Tip at St Hubert in suburban Montreal Wednesday after running 380 miles from CFB Borden in ust over two daysThe sol iers who Toronto as payroll clerk Sipervisor Warden Orville Hu hes who presided calle for reports from the finance com mittee first at todays ses sion Besides the chairman the members include Reeve Earl Brandon of Ccldwater Reeve Morris Darby of Tiny Reeve Lionel Dion of Penetanguishene Deputy Reeve Allan Glassford of Tecumseth Reeve Alan Johnston of Vespra and Reeve Arthur Turner of Bradford ple Just think if we get restructured we can get our own signs Regional government and restructuring are almost dirty words in Sim coe County politics Discussing Barries plan for nofrill housing and smaller building lots de ty reeve Constable sai it was not just nofrill but noroom Theyre really going to need industrial and now baby Another 300 acres maybe Barrie council says it needs to annex land to ac commodate growth to population of 125000 in the year2011 averaged just under 40 years old ran one at time each doing three mile leg to average 33 miles each CP Photo