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Members of the First Barrie Cub pack at Trinity Anglican Church gathered around the campfire to sing carols and do skits during their Christmas party Wednesday new look new chairman In 1977 the separate school board will have new look and new chairman so this Iedncs days meeting was time for thank you and goodbye Barrie businessman John Brennan said his two years as chairman had been trying and memorable times The memorable items iii clude the opening of two new schools Marie of the Incarnar tion in Bradford last year and Monsignor Clair in Barrie this year The trying items included dragged out negotiations vitli teachers he said however it has all been settled now fora WEDNESDAY NIGHT was time for goodbyes at the last regular meeting of the Simr coe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board for The Ontario Municipal Boaro OMB hearing into proposed amendment to Essa townships official plan has been adjourn ed until Monday The adjournment was called to give lawyers for Cohesion Developments Ltd time to prove the amendment referred to the OMB is in fact the amendment township council rejected in July Board chairman Seaborn said there was suffi cient confusion as to which amendment was referred to the board to justify the action The applicant should clarity the matter by having the minister of housing supply all the necessary documents to prove which amendment was referred he said The issue arose at the start of few weeks anyway Negotia tions will start again in the new year chairman may only serve for two years The board will elect new chairman at its first meeting in January Baord members also said goodbye to fellow trustees Mary Munnoch and Leo Huff man who lid not seek re election and Yvonne Healey and Don Harrison who were defeated In January the board will be increased to 16 from trusi tees In total there will be six new trustees aw Ti 1970 ABOVE Frank Mac donald right dircctor of fllCitliOH says farewell to Mary Munnoch of Adjala and Don Harrison of Bradford Wednesdays session when Stewart representing the township said that while preparing documentation for an application for judicial review of the hearing be came across what he considered evidence that the ministry of housing may have referred the wrong amendment to the OMB for adjudication THE WHOLE THING The application originally submitted to the township by the developer contained policies for estateresidential development which would app ly to the entire township This proposal was rejected by Essa council Jiin But prior to the original sub mission Mr Stewart said John Montague planner retained by the developer submitted CHRISTMAS AROUND THE CAMPFIRE evening After the sing song the cubs exchanged Christ mas presents and shared in treat of punch and cake Ex aminer Photo LOCAL GENERAL MORE TENDERS City council approved ten ders from Jacobs Greenhouse Structures and Abercrombie Electric Monday night The greenhouse tender is for 314480 for changes to the second floor washroom at the citys new greenhouse at the Barrie Operations Centre on Fcrndale Drive Barrie is paying Abcr crombie $3000 for electrical outlets at Centennial Park on Lakcshore Road MONEY APPROVED The Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board has approved spending up to $600 on upgrading courses for custodial staff Sixteen custo diaiis have said they will take the course to be given in co operation with ieorgian Col lege Each course will cost tip BELOW John Brennan right chairman of the board says goodbye to Leo Huff man of Orillia and Yvonne Healcy of Elmvale Mrs revised proposal for an official plan amendment to the min istry of housing because the ministry had advised him that it could not refer the original proposal to the OMB if the township rejected it Mr Montagues revised amendment to the townships official plan restricted the estatercsidcntial zoning licics to the Cohesion site on This plan was wcllreccived by the ministry Prior to the start of the MB hearings proposed amend ment was circulated to the pro vincial ministries and agencies in the Siincoe County and lussa township WHICH ONE Based on the reactions of various officials contained in the results of the circulation to $300 in total and if there is enough interest second pro gram will beoffered RVH APPOINTMENTS The board of directors of Royal Victoria Ilospital has ap proved management commit tec reconimcndations for the appointment ot Dr James Swan to honorary consultant staff and Dr Allan Bull den list to the associate staff iden tali BIII MEETING The Bahai Community is holding public meeting Fri day at it in the community room of the Municipal Savings and Loan building Owen St The guest speaker is Nancy Bartclett who will discuss Why Bahai There is no admission charge and the public is welcome to attend lnnnoch and Mr Huffman did not seek re election Mrs Hcalcy and Mr Harrison were defeated tExamnicr Illtittisi Zsi Mr Stewart claimed that the ministry circulated the revised amendment and referred it to theOMB However he said the town ship has not seen the revised proposal and therefore the hearings should be dismissed and the developer should sub mit the revised proposal to the township for its consideration Cohesion counsel Robert Box ma refuted Mr Stewarts claim by producing letter from Mr Montague to the housing ministry asking that the original proposed amendment be referred to the OMB for an appeal after Essa township council rejected it The township council rcr jected the proposal as an at tempt by the developer to imr pose dcvctopinent policies on CITY NE WS The Barrie Examiner Thursday December 16 1976 11 Annexation advice kept confidential Barrie council is still keeping annexation information eon fidential general government mo tion to ask James McCallum Barries lawyer for advice was deleted from the agenda this week The city wants Mr Mc Callums advice about its posi tion concerning landowners outside the annexation boun dary who want to be included Ald Ernie Rotman moved to omit the recommendation say ing it is council recommenda tion the information has to be made public Mr McCalIum he said may not want his advice to become public Ald Janice Laking who seconded the deletion said it should not be council recom mendation but normal ad ministration action Ald Laking said Mr Mc Callum is just another city employee at this time Ald Ross Archer said the committee made the recom mendation because the Ontario Municipal Board OMB wants to know Barries position and the city should have Mr Mc Callums advice before taking stand Its not matter of con fidentiality he said The city has applied to annex 20200 acres from Innisfil 135X Vespra 4600 and 0m 2100 but is not now proceeding for annexation of Oro Township lands Developers and land owners outside the proposed annexa tion boundary are attending the OMB hearing in Barrie asking foralargerarea Elected officials really involved with community Barrics elected aldermen and Mayorelect Ross Archer could find themselves wearing some new hats next year Council members will be ap pointed to boards commissions and committees which are ad visory groups to city council The appointments will be made by the striking commit tcc which is named by Mayor elect Archer Jan The committee will have to haVc report prepared by councils first meeting Jan 10 Mayor Dorian Parker who is not returning is an cxrofficio member of all boards commis sions and committees in the ci ty Shc will have to be replaced on Barrie planning board the ireatcr Barrie Chamber of Commerce the intcrmunicipal liaison committee Simcoc ounty Roman atholic Separate School Board liaison committee Siincoc ounty Board of Education liaison committee Ontario Housing orp ittllt liaison committee and the technical coordinating illlltlltltt tor the transporta tionstudy ttlicr elected members not returning are ildcrincn liiii Icrri who serves on planning board and chamber ot com mcrcc Val Brticker tliildrcns Aid Society Nottawasaga Valley conservation Authority and thc technical transporter tion study committee itorgi Harper Barrie Agricultural Society and Paul esscngcr on planning board and tech mcal transportation study com niittec All clcctcd people serve on council and one of the citys thrcc standing committees public works city development and finance The council members are also included in the inter municipal liaison committee and six are members of the general government commit tee The aldermcn also serve on number of other boards coin missions and committees in cluding Janice Laking library board citizens band and the Royal Victoria Hospital board Alex Arthur liaison coni mittee and alternate for the Childrens Aid Society Ed Thompson Iluronia Regional Tourist Association Simcoc County MuscunrArchivcs board and Bill Campbell Bar ric Winter Carnival committee and recreational advisory com mittee Serving on other city posi tions arc Aldermen Ernic Rot man recreational advisory committee and the Central Simcoc area planning board Dcl Cole Barrie and District Association for the Mentally Retarded Sheltered workshop Barrie Agricultural Society and Barrie Social Planning Council and Nelson larrctt market committee tH liaison committee and the recreational advisory commit tee Mayor clect Archer serves on tlic chamber of commerce winter carnival committee separate school board liaison committee and public board liaisoncommittee Aldermen linking and Cole also serve on the citys board of managcmcnt for the old ollicr Street firchall Ald Laking is an in corporatcd member of the Friends of thc Fireball group of citizens trying to collect money for the restoration renovation and conversion of thebuildingtoanartsccntrc LOCAL GENERAL JlESIIONOlNtll The separate school board wants to know the density of new housing the Barrie plann ing board is considering for east Barrie to determine if new school site will be needed lhc board will be writing let tcr of inquiry in response to letter from the planning board indicating plans for develop mcnt concept in the 200 acres bounded by Steele Street the city limits Nelson Street and the ld Pcnctanguislienc Road CHRISTMAS TREES The First Oro ub Pack is selling Christmas trees at Kurt Esso iasolinc Station Highway 11 and the Tenth Line of 1m lownship Proceeds from the sale will be used to further work by the group SERVICE PIN Mrs Verna irecnhalgli ward clerk at Royal Victoria Hospital was presented with 15ycar service pin at Mondays meeting of the RV board of directors RODALLOWANCE Barrie city council has ap proved road allowance which will connect Edgchill Drive to Dunlop Street West The pro posed road allowance will in tcrsect with Edgchill Drive at thctownship The terms of the revised amendment were proposed by Cohesion counsel Robert Macaulay to solve dispute in volving notification of residents of the OMB hearing Township counsel Robert Jarvis Monday asked the board to adjourn the hearing because the developers lawyers had not advised all township residents of the hearings He said all residents should have been notified because the original proposed amendment to the official plan contained estateresidcntial policies which would affect the entire township RIIDlCESCOlIJ Mr Macaulay said he would reduce the scope of the develop ineiit policies to the devcloixrs First Street and with Dunlop strect west of Highway 400 It goes through city and privatc land IlBLHMEETING Barrie planning board has scheduled public meeting in the new year to discuss the Dccrwood Developments Ltd draft plan of subdivision The plan was approved by the plan ning board last month btit Without pond which is located north of Edgcliill Drive and west of First Street The city lcvclopmcnt committee sug gested the public meeting to tell people the pond may not be protected The board asked the City staff to prepare report for thcmceting IIRISIMSlROtIRM The students at Timothy Christian IIleincntary School are holding liristams pro gram Friday at 745 pm at Georgian ollegc Theatre The public is welcomed to attend the Christian program IIOITLII DRIVE The 2nd Allandale Scout pack will have their third annual bot tlc drive Saturday Jan covering the arca in Barrie from Tittin Street south to the city limits and the illandalc area land only by not presenting evidence in support of applying the policies to the entire township Ilc urged the board to accept this solution saying that the OMB panel hearing Barries annexation ap licatioii allowed the city to rc uce the scope of its application by not Presen ting evidencc in support of its claims to Iaiid in Oro township The board was expected to rule on the first motion for ad journinent at Wednesdays scs sion but decided to wait until the developers lawyers could confirm which proposed amendment had been referred to the OMB by the minister ot housing The bearings are scheduled to resume at the Baxtcrttrangc Hall next Monday at 10a in BEATING OUT TUNE AT KING EDWARD SCHOOL Todd Brown Grade pupil at King Edward Public School gets helping hand froin Cpl Doug Maddigan of the Cobourg OPP The youngster was selected from group of students at the school to play the drum with two OPP pipers Cpl Ron Christianson of Lindsay and Cpl Brian Lee of Orillia The three policeman visited the school Wednesday to give short concert of Christmas carols and other music Ex aminer Photo Facts favor conservation Heritage Canada speaker NET ETT We do not own our heritage we rent it from our children Phillips executive director of Heritage Canada told meeting of the Simcoe ounty Historical Association Tuesday evening Mr Phillips who heads what could be termed Canadas equivalQnt of Britains National Trust Mressed that the economic facts when carefully analyzed come out on the side of conservation not in support of development He referred to study by the Price Watcrltousc occounting firm which showed that highrise developments are more costly than restoring ex istingneighlmrliotxls quartermillion buildings of heritage value exist in Canada today Mr Phillips said Ilntil pressures from local conserva tion groups led to the formation of Heritage anada in 1073 the combined efforts of federal and provincial governments had been able to save only 100 buildings Architectural conservation he said is recycling not only setting aside buildings as historic landmarks but mak ing the old live again for new social and economic purposes While agreeing that many modern buildings have con sidcrablc value and will themselves become heritage buildings in time the concern at the moment is to save those structures built by previous generations which reflect the lifestylcof their day Heritage he said is not history in terms of great bat tles but in terms of the qualiv ty of life Its history in three dimensional terms The Siincoc County Historical Association is one of approx imatcly 20 heritage groups which are associated with FOR CONDOIVIINIUMS Public works to decide on garbage pick up method Barrie condominium rcsi dents will have to wait until at least next year for municipal garbage collect ion City council supported city development committee rcc oinmendation Monday to in cludc condominium develop ments in the citys collection But Ald Jim Perri commit tcc chairman said the method of collection is under the terms of reference of the public works committee Its tip to the public works committee to set up the pro cedure he said Ald Perri said the public works committec will have to decide whether to pick the gar bage up on municipal streets or go through the condominium developments door by door If thc city uses condominium roads it will need legal agree mcnt with the condominium OrpOItllititt In condominiums the roads Heritage Canada The national organization has 9000 in dividual members In comparing these figures to other countries pointed out that nearly every other country in the civilized world has greater member ship iii their conservation body In the Soviet Union for exam plc the organization equivalent to Heritage Canada has five million mcmbers and its an nual dues are higher anada docs lead rcspcct Phillips said It has the fastest growing heritage body of any country Today we have 9000 members thats 9000 more than we had three years ago Mr Phillips who came to his present position from dis tinguished career in govem mcnt spent summers in Barrie during the 1930s when his fami 1y had summer home on Kcmpenlelt Bay are COttSldClttl private proper ty and the city could be held resonsiblc for any damage to the roads or other property At present condominium developments pay private contractor to collect the gar bage and also pay taxes for municipal collection The city pays contractor to pick tip garbage based on the number of people living in the city including condominium residents Ald Perri said Buses have been part of transit clerk life Buses seem to run in Douglas Lanionts life The 27yearold Barrie native was hired last week as the ci tys new transit clerk replac ing tord Burke who left Barrie in October Mr Lamonts father was in charge of seven school buses operating between Barrie and Angus fora number of years graduate of Barrie Central Collegiate Mr Lamont has threeyear diploma in business Essa hearing snarled over which amendment referred ROBERT BOKMA refutes claim administration from Loyalist College in Bellevillc He has worked as super visor for both Canadian Gyp sum Ltd in Haggarsville near Hamilton and for Barrie Ext press parch delivery As transit clerk Mr Lamont is liaison between the public ci ty hall and the citys bus con tractor Stock Brotlirs Bus Line Ltd Bariies transit service starts Christmas shopping hours to day continuing until Iec 23 Gets four months jail for threats mischief Barrie man charged with making bomb threats and turn ing in false fire alarm has been sentenced to four months in jail and another six on proba tion Judge Don Inch passed scn tencc Wednesday in provincial court Michael Keith Duff also known as Michael Keith Ircw had pleaded guilty to all five charges against him at hearing Nov 26 Irew 23 has been in custody since Oct 27 when he was ar rested for failing to appear in court He pleaded guilty through lawyer Richard Clark to mak ing two bomb threats and in each demanding $5000 Police said lrew called at 1112 am Sept with bomb threat in volving the ollicr Street ivic Square Iowcr Police found brown bag at ity Hall where the money was to be dropped He was also charged with call Dec ii at 1040 ain saying bomb was placed at Collier and Bayfield streets Another call was made Sept according to Iniiisfil police in which Trcw is charged with calling at 752 pm reportinga robbery at Ililltop Sunoco on Highway 27 The charge against Trcw who claimed in the call to be the station manager was mischief Ile is also charged with call ing the Barrie fire department at 130 pm Feb and claim ing there was fire at 18 Mary St Iiircliglitcrs arrived to discover it was false alarm lrcw has been stntcnccd to four months definite for all charges with another eight months indefinite ltidgc Inch who said alcohol was poison to lrcw said he would recommend special treatment tor lrews drinking problem Ill his tinal report Phillips in one