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BARRIES NEW MAYOR Ross Archer greeted Mayor Dorian Parker at City Hall Monday night Ald Archer won the election Monday by 2117 votes over former mayor Willard Kinzie and Mrs Parker Mayor Parker SCENES FROM ELECTION NIGHT IN BARRIE 197 No promises from Pridham if it said later she had been beaten by smear tactics used in the campaign by Ald Archer and Mr liiiyie ALEX RTHLR left talks with Mr and Mrs Fred Ruemper about Ward One election results Monday night at ity llall Ald Ar thur with 3153 votes topped the polls in Ward tine Mr Rucinper who lost bid for an aldermanic scat narrowa in 1071 got seat this time t1tii2trltotes Local taxes killing marinas operators told at meeting By PAIL DELEAN Examiner Staff Reporter Severe government taxation and mounting operating costs are threatening the financial future of the provinces marinas according to two spokesmen for the Ontario Marina Operators Association OMOAJ The MOA which represents 170 major marinas from ornr wall to Sault Ste Marie is con cluding its twoday annual meeting at Barries Continental Inn today Cal Martin of Bracebridge chosen as new president of the MOA Tuesday said that more dicsussions are needed between the operators and government to arrive at reasonable solu tion to the problem reassessment of marine taxes is imperative he said because local taxes are killing Marina owners are needed to service the tourist industry but were being taxed right out of business litsaid According to Mr Martin government has shown some in terest in the operators pliglit in recent meetings but its tough nut tocrack Robertson ol loronto an eXecutive director of the UMOA cited the rising costs of gasoline and increased govern ment exactions for example in workmciis compensation and unemployment insurance as disturbing trends for the operators Gasoline he said can be bought at cutrate stations on the street for less than 70 cents gallon less than we pay the oil companies in tankwagon lots We pay more wholesale than theyre selling it for in the street As result the boat owner is being charng 10 to cents more per gallon at Barrie Air Services gets sale goahead From The Ottawa Bureau Of The Examiner The Canadian Transportation Commission has authorized the sale of Barrie Air Services Ltd to Donald George Fish Approval of the application by rillia Air Services Ltd to transfer its 165 outstanding shares of the Barrie company to Mr Fish was announctxl Monday There were no interventions opposing the sale filed with the transportation commission Barrie Air Services licence entitles it to offer charter and flyingtrainingscrvices its former owner rillia Air Services is controlled by ll Stirk with 31 per cent of the shares Lewis with 32 per cent and Doris Stirk with 17 percent Accident injuries minor Minor injuries were suffered early Sunday morning as three cars were involved in an accir dent on Fairview Rd Innisfil police were called in at 15 am when southbound car on Fairview Rd driven by Thomas Curran of Victoria St Stroud hit two parked cars near General Tire James Young 248 Yongc St in Barrie and James Patter son oi Victoria St in Stroud were working on Youngs stalled car with cables at the time ofthe accident The urran car suffered $2000 damage while the Young car had $2500 damage and Pat teisonscarhad$1000daiiiagc Unidentified passengers in the cars involved were taken to hospital for minor injuries iiiariiia than at roadside scry icc station he said This has led to 73 per cent oi the gasoline going into cottage areas being in portable conr taincis and the trunks oi cars serious fire ha lard titstated lcxas and Oklahoma dont gouge the American public Why should Alberta be gouging the anadian public on gasoline llieyrc the worst enemy we have According to Mr Robert son government is in many cases charging more than the land is worth in its land renr tals to piivateyahct clubs All these costs are bccoiiiingan addwi burden to the boat owner Every government agency today is looking to how they can get an extra dollar iroin the voting public he tilll incnted Mr Robertson said the combination of poor weather and economic conditions resulted in poor season this year Itll marina operators if the severe government taxation continues the effect on the operators and via them on the tourist industry will be unfortunate he pie dicted Discussion oi the problems facing marina operators dominated the twoday MOA annual meeting and fall workshop which is being at tended by 140 marina owners and land based dealers Mr Robertson said the as sociation is so happy with the facilities in Barrie that it iii tends to return for its spring workshop NEWS QUIZ Following are answers to the News Quiz published in Tues days Examiner PART 1c Ztlttawa it Wales and Scotland lb Pearl llarbour PART Ii la 44 7rd IART lii lvd Zc Zia 4e Sb PART lV lean Sauvc By SUE ROUTLIFFE Examiner Staff Reporter Charles Pridham still isnt making any promises The newlyelected reeve of Essa Township man who has never held municipal office before said Tuesday morning all he will promise is hard work would like to learn council procedures as quickly as possi ble and learn the issues he commented He faces council comprised of one incumbent and three who are newcomers to the mu nicipal government but he says it will not hamper their work Were going to have to Sit down as group to represent the township he said Well just have to work that much harder to learn procedures Bylaw thorny issue Essas newlyelected deputy reeve says the townships new council will have to take close look at the proposed restricted zoning bylaw now before the public Earle Williams elected deputy reeve Monday night over Don Elines said the bylaw is as thorny an issue in Essa as the Angus arena From the results of the elec tion and from candidates meetings id say there is more controversy townshipwide over the bylaw he coin mented Tuesday morning He said all letters objecting to the bylaw putting the of ficial plan into action must be in by today and it is up to coun cil to review each one it could be decided by the lOllN BRENNAN left and Ross Saunders sat quietly at the back of city hall Monday night waiting for the school board results to be posted When results finally came trickling 111 Mr Brennan present council he said for all know or we could end up handlingit Part of the issue of the bylaw is dissatisfaction expressed both by politicians and residents with planners Ainley and Associates Ltd Mr Williams now member of Essas Planning Board said the boards work would also have to be reviewed Mr Williams who held steady lead over Elines despite one slip in the polls said township voters wanted total ly new council for fresh ap proach inexperience ill council does not worry him he said Weve got council well be able to work with he said and harlie Pridhain is man We can work with was well in the lead for the Sinicoe oiiiity Roman tatliolic Separate School Board and Mr Saunders finished second Tony llccaric will be the third trustee l1élllllllll lhotost Mr Pridham would not com ment either on the arena issue or the proposed restricted zoning bylaw dont want to make any comments on what this council has been involved in because dont know what they are doing on it he said was not on the arena board and Angus wasnt really affected by the bylaw He also refused to comment on the results which dropped all but one council incumbent say ing exreeve Eugene Smith was one of the more well respected people in Essa Mr iridham owner of Not tawa Electric in Angus said his business knowledge will be major asset and said he had been approached when the elec tion began by number of peo pie to run have steady support across the township he commented Vote Jan 31 Voters in the village of Creemore will return to the polls on laii 11 to elect four man village council The council race according to village clerk Ted Under wood was iiot held Monday with other municipalities throughout Ontario because of the death Nov 27 of council candidate William Gowan Mr itnderwotxl said Tuesday that according to the Mur iiicipal Act when nominated candidate dies new nomina tion period must beset up with the election to follow lhcreforc he said iiomina tions lor reemore village council will be accepted from Jan ti to laii 10 The advance poll will be held Jan 22 and the regular polling day will be laii ill Retirement no present it was tliarlcs Simpsons birthday Monday night but retirement from township coun cil wasnt exactly what he wanted for present wasnt expecting that much of loss the former deputy reeve said as the final polls came 111 He lost to oppo nent Howard ainpbcll in all but ioiir polls for ro Township reeve it was an exciting cam paign but its little bit of disappointment he shrugged But thats what the people want and people are people Two years ago Mr Simpson beat Mr ampbcll for deputyr reevc llc Mr ainpbclli has been campaigning for those two years LenaSinipson put in And during those two years Mr Simpson Sillti ampbell has said he could do better job This is his chance to prove it he said Hi keep my fingers in for the next two years he said Dont kid yourself And to crowd of 73 he seemed equally undaunted ill be back he said 11 Simcoe County projects share $6 772 from Win tario The provincial ministry of culture and recreation has an nounccd Wintario grants totall ing $07772 for 11 Sinicoc ountv projects The Barrie Public Library has been awarded $53149 grant toward the purchase of fury msliings and equipment The Barrie Badminton lub will receive badminton equipment direct from the Wiiitario pro jccts oil ice valued at $252 Midlands board oi park management was awarded the largest of the 11 grants 541006 to assist in developing the Pete lctterson Waterfront Park lhc improvement project will include the installation ol public boat launchingaiid dock ingiacilitics grant of $8493 will go to the Elinvale and llistrict Lions lub to defray the costs of con structing community recraa tion centre complete with two double tennis courts lawn bowling greens and washroom facilities The Bond Head recreation committee has received grant of $3750 to improve the local soitball field including repairs to the backstop and bleachers Three county libraries Will each receive grants of $2000 for the purchase of Canadian books and materials The Flos Elinvale Public Library Board the Beausoleil Band Public Library on hristian island and the iay Victoria Harbour Union Library will receive the funds in the ncarfuture The Siincoc ounty Museum in Minesing has been granted $1000 to relocate and renovate stone icc house for use by the museum as dairy display building The Wintario projects office will provide badminton equip tiieiii worth $405 to the Peir etanguishcnc Junior Bad minton lub and softball equip ment worth $750 to the Noitawa recreation commit fee The Barrie Examiner Wednesday December 1376 713 WHEN Archer arrived at City Hall MAYORelect Ross Willard Kinzic right was waiting to shake hands and concede the election Mr Ar cher was the last of the three mayoralty candidates to ar rive He had been following the election results with his parents Arch Brown replies to Mayor Arch Brown isnt taking Mayor Dorian Parkers cri ticismsittingdown Mr Brown president of Brown Barrie Ltd isfighting back He said the mayors state ments hinting of favoritism for one of the mayoralty can didates in this years election are not true do consider unfounded iii nucndoes of favoritism or dishonesty as true smear he said Mr Brown was referring to comments by Mayor Parker following her defeat She claime part of the reason for her defeat was the CKBB radio popularity poll and the meetthecandidates meeting at Mr Browns Canadian Tire Store Saturday Mayor Parker also criticized Mr Browns radio advertise ment broadcast last week sup porting Ross Archer mayor elect Mr Brown said his advertise ment said Dorian was an ex cellent alderman Willard Kinziei wasa great mayor But they just are not relative to todays scene and Ross is the only candidate that represented wide spectrum of the people of Barrie he said The mayor has received bad advice he said if she believes Ald Archer had anything to do with either the CKBB poll votes or rumors she was quits ting the race Now that the fog is lifting from the heated campaign what has emerged is sweep ing mandate for Ross to chair what appears to be one of the best councils in years he said Former aldermen comment By PETER iEPOlESTA ExaniinerStaff Reporter Three of Barries 1976 aldermen were in unusual posi tions Monday during the elec tion results They were interested by standers The three Aldermen Jim Perri Ward George Harper Ward and Paul Wessenger Ward were not seeking re election Ald lcrri city development committee chairman was the only one who admitted he did not miss the excitement of the election campaign He had announced his intent tion to run for mayor in this election but withdrew from ttic race bet ore nomination lay Ald Perri would not com ment on what his chances in the election may have been dont in any way regret not running hesaid Ald Perri said he will also not seek position for any oi the citys boards committees or commissions unless the new council asks him id like to hpr the best can but think the new council should have clean slate he said He said Ald Ross Archers victory in the election with 439 per ceiil oi the total vote was almost predictable Ross was the only alter native to tlicotlir two hcsaid TthTHOIGIITS Ald Perri said voters had two thoughts about this election need for new mayor to re place incumbent Dorian Parker while deep fear that Willard Kiiizic would open the city to itVtlOIXlS and builders He said the only concern with Ald Archer is his desire to start committee of the whole system in Barrie feel the committee of the whole system stifles public par ticipation he said lm con cerned that in the future public scrutiny wont be there in committee of the whole council members meet one body to discuss all issues from public works to finance NOW the city sets four standing com mittees finance public works city development and general government to discuss the issues and make recommenda tionsto council Ald Wessenger said he felt something missing in the elec tion after three trips to city hall to watch the results He was the vicechairman of the city development commit tee and is retiring from municipal politics to pick up the New Democratic Party nomination for the next provin cial election He said he expected Ald Ar cher to win the election but not with such large lead over the other two candidates Ald Ar clier won by 2000 votes Aid Wessenger said the mayors campaign did not seem to have the same drive as in the 1972 and 1974 elections when she won dont know what hap pened but it didnt seem to catch on he said Other voters he said may have been afraid of Mr Kin ies comments on planning and growth in the city iIXIEtTS ELECTION Ald Wessenger said be ex pects provincial election to be called by May or June 1977 and predicted close battle bet ween the Progressive Conser vativesandthe NDP again Ald Harper city develop ment committee member said he really missed the challenge of the election but wants time to take good hard look at myself He is also not seeking any positions on the citys boards commissions or committees even though he spent two years on council and six years on the planning board dont think its my place to come back on the scene at this juncture hesaid Ald Harper said he also ex pected Ald Archer to win the election but didnt think he would have the mandate he has Really three weeks ago it was anybodys race he said At that time said the undecided vote in the city would be the balance of power He said the final decision was really an antiAiorian or pro Dorian vote Most people he said selected Ald Archer as middleofthe road candidate who can ap preciate both sides of any prolt blein Ald Harper said the new council has big job to do but will be in limbo until the Ontario Municipal Board tthlii makes decision on the citys annexation application He said during 1977 council will have review the city ad ministration and the overall ci ty operation to see if there are places to cut ouncil will have to see if cant somehow keep the tax structure in line without jepar dizing the city as good pro gressive place to live he said LOCAL AND GENERAL NO INJIRIES There were no injuries Tuesday when car went out of control and into guardrail on Highway 400 south of Barrie but there was $2500 damage to the car Driver of the car was Michael Ying Wai han of North Bay HIMNICY FIRE chimney fire at 166 Steele Four of the 00 voices of the Eastview Secondary School concert choir go over one of their selections with ac companist Mollie Palmateer GOING OVER THEIR SELECTION second from left during rehearsal at Central United Church this week From right Jill Riddcll Cathy Brennan Mary Jean raw ford and Bill Carr will sing the Cherry Tree Carol during the choirs annual Christmas Concert scheduled for 730 pm Sunday at Central United The ltttrvoice East view junior choir will also perform at the concert There is no admisSion charge Examiner Phctoi St sent Barrie firemen out in the cold Tuesday at 20 pm Firemen were called by Oscar lilaclherson to put out sparks in the chimney begun by fire in the fireplace Fire was blamed on buildup of tar on the inside walls of the chimney Damage was minor accor ding to fire chief lack Me Allister THEFT FROM StIIOOL Theft of stereo valued at $275 was reported by Jim Ed wards viceprincipal of Eastview Secondary School on Grove St luesday Police constable Tom Bookey is investigating the incident The stereo was taken from the school some time the night before according to police MAN IIARGEI 19yearold man rillia has been charged with arson in con nection with house fire totall ing an estimated $25000 damage rillia PP charged the man after house owned by Her tram Fitzgerald on oncession of rillia township went up in flames Saturday night Firemen were called in at 1133 pm and spent nearly three hours at the blaze with one pumper two tankers and 16 men trying to control the flames Glen Paul Brown 19 resi dent of the house involved was arrested and charged ICE BLAME Icy road conditions were reported Sunday morning in Connection with twocar colli sion on Sunnidale Ave and AnneSt Grant Wade 92 Ave and Ronald Excell 102 Penetang St were involved in the minor accident which occured at 1101 am No injuries were reported AltTION ANI SALE The Barrie Aquarium Society will sponsor an auction of fish and aquarium accessories and sale of books games and other gift items tonight at in the Barrie Central Collegiate cafeteria Refreshments will be served llOlSE VICTIM house on Dunlop St became the victim of hit and min Sunday at 1040 pm ac cording to Barrie city police Police got call from Edith Peelar 191 Dunlop St that the house next to hers had been hit by car which then drove off harged with hit and run was Gregg Lancelot Milton St in Toronto TOPS POLLS harles McLeod lead the polls for councillor in Not tawasaga township Monday night with 778 becoming one of three councillors elected to the new council Milton McArthur received 705 votes to get in while Belcher came in as well with 693 The oiily incumbent running in the township for councillors lJon Moyer pulled 650 votes FUN FAIR The interested Parents Group at Goodfellow public school is holding rummage bake and white elephant sale and fun fair at the school Satur day from 11 am until every thing is sold Proceeds will be used to buy playground equip ment for the school IIIMAN RIGHTS The Bahai Community is in viting the public to celebrate United Nations Human Rights Day with human rights even ing Friday at ti at 38 Spring home Rd