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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Cirltuolion Classified Advertising All Other Departments 112fh YearNo 305 7266539 7282414 7266537 Still awaiting word on fox rabies test Rabies test results tor fox shot on Nelson Street by City police last week are not com pleted says veterinarian Dr Richard Melton Dr Melton is With the Health of Animals branch ol the federal Department of Agri cultureollicein Barrie He said speCimens ol the dead fox were sent to Ottawa for testing Dec 23 The fox was shot Dec 22 alter it wandered to Nelson Street from field it was spotted by two EastView Secondary School students Catherine and DaVid Macpherson of 294 Nelson St Jim Macpherson their father said the students were leaving their house at about 130 pm when they saw the lox It was In pretty bad shape muzzling in the snow he said Mr Macpherson said he is nature bull and realized foxes are not normally seen in the daytime and he telephoned the city police The Macphersons moved to Barrie from Toronto in September He said he hoped people would not start an allout at tack against foxes because few are suspected oi having rabies Dr Melton said apparently dog in the area was attacked by the fox belore it was shot Foxes Just dont do that unless they do have rabies he said Weve had this type of attack belore on the outskirts of Barrie He was not sure what happen ed to the dog saying the owner has the option of quarantining or destroying it ll the dog has been vac Cinated against rabies he said it has to be kept quarantined for three months and if it is not vaccinated the time 15 six mon ths it takes more than two weeks for rabies to incubate in an animal he said Dr Melton said every year group of foxes contact the disease and cause some pro blems in the county But he said once these foxes have died the situation is usually quiet During the winter foxes and other wildlife are often spotted in the urban areas because of the natural boundaries creeks and streams are lrozen Theres nothing to be alarm ed about he said In 29 years in Simcoe County and Muskoka District he said there has never been serious outbreak of rabies among domestic pets When that happens then you do have problems he said Issues warning on rabies Simcoe County area reSidents should be wary of any animals acting peculiarly says Dr Peter Watson aSSistant medical ollicer tor the county health unit Dr Watson said there seems to be an increase in the number of reported cases of animals having rabies in the county There seems to be lair amount he said At least more than usual in its November report the health unit says the Wild animals usually involved With rabies are skunks and foxes Dr Watson said the foxes generally contract the disease from skunks There are problems arising every week in the county he said The main thing to look tor is it an animal is acting peculiarly He adVised pet owners to either keep the animals locked up or tied up in backyards Peculiar behaVior he said includes animals acting more Ci tg novices win tournament sTMREtt It took the Bar rie Lions nov1ce hockey club 29 goals and tour games to Win the eighth annual Stayner Novice hockey tournament which end ed Wednesday Barrie went tindeleated throughout the threeday event Lions clinched the title With 82 Win over Malton Lions dropped Royal York 1H and Streetsville 1H on Tuesday and opened the tournament Monday With close 31 Win over Peterborough Barrie also walked oll With more Silverware than any other club when ltobbie Jermey was selected as the tournaments most valuable player and Keith Cyr the leading goal scorer Goaltenders Gordon Stuart and Stuart Hunter allowed Just eight goals during the tourna ment Mark DAmbrosm was the top scorer in the deCiding game With three goals Darcy laylor had two With tyr Scott Fordc and Martin Parker the other scorers Barrie scored on nearly every shot on the Malton net lhey outshot Malton 91 The lact that the games were only two periods in length prevented lurther rout by Barrie shooters Barrie competed in the DiViSion segment of the tourna ment which included teams lrom Sharon Streetsvdle Malton Brampton Oshawa Elmira Orillia Peterborough and Royal York Stay united call in Trudeau message OllAWA CP Prime Min ister Pierre Trudeau said Wed Recovering from flu bout Gordon Smith Pt Sim coe East is in loronlo hospital recovering lrom flu Virus lhe 57yearold member ol the Ontario Legislature under went openheart surgery in St Michaels Hospital Toronto on Dec 13 He was released lroni hospital Dec 23 Jim Perrin spokesman tor the Simcoe East constituency office in Orillia said Mr Smith caught llu Virus over Christmas and decided to enter hospital Monday night as precaution nesday in his New Years message he believes Canadians Will have the imagination the patience and the Wisdom that Will be indispensable for our continued ex1stence as na tion He said he hopes Canadians Will realiirm their desire to be and to remain together He was not however over looking the imperlections in our somal and political organ ixation in an apparent reference to earlier remarks that he would not hold Quebec in Son lederation by lorce should that provmce deCIde by an over whelming majority in relerendum to separate the prime minister said he does not close my eyes to any dil liculty or any legitimate aspiration CAPSULE NE Orders jailed leaders freed MADHlD CP national court ordered today that the head of Spains illegal Communist party and seven other Jailed party leaders be freed on bail lheir arrest eight days ago drew Wide condemnation lrom European leftists and touched oli Violent protests at home Chinese troops move in PEKING CP lroops have been helping quell armed con flict looting and sabotage in the striletorn northern Chinese Cl ty oi Baoding reliable sources said today More hotels hit by strike MlAMl BEACH Fla AP strike by hotel employees spread to two more hotels today alter lederai mediators halted negotiations between the union and representatives ol the areas tourist industry Kidnappers in death threat MADitll AP lhe kidnappers ol royal adwser Antonio Maria de Oriol have threatened to kill him unless the Spanish government agrees by midnight Sunday night to free all political prisoners Drug use rapped lOltONlO CP Farmers use nonprescription drugs in discriminately oi ten inappropriately and excesswely in treating their livestock says an Ontario government study released today Study director ii Botterell ol Kingston said in the report that the indiscriminate use of antibiotics could be harmlui to humans as well as animals VICIOUS than usual or overly bold as well as nocturnal animals coming out in the daytime Any animal not acting in its usual manner should be suspected he said SALIVA Dr Watson said parents should warn their children not to handle any dead animals they may linti in the area because the rabies Virus is in the animals saliva it can enter through small cuts or breaks in the skin he said ll people spot rabid animals he said they should contact either the police or the Health oi Animals branch ol the Department oi Agriculture TWO GIRLS RESCUED Two young Barrie girls werc rescued from ravine on Ardagh Road Wednesday afternoon by snowmobile and stretcher after hitting tree on their toboggan Barrie and liinisfil police Worked together on the call to remove the girls from the ravine with the help of Ar dagh Road rt sidcnt lom Sut ton and his snowmobile Jennie Holt 12 of 173 Toronto St suffered hack in juries while Blanche Hrncir 12 of 179 Toronto St suf fered broken leg Both were admitted to Royal Victoria Hospital and are listed in satisfactory condition Barrie city police received call at 155 pm along with the lnnisfil force after the Suttons discovered the acci dent in thc ravine behind their property The snowmobile was used to pull the girls out of the ravine to an ambulance Home gutted in blaze An early morning lire gutted house today on Dunkerron Avenue in Wasaga Beach ac cording to PP spokesman Fireiighters and police were called at 445 am and firefighters lought the llames in lreezmg temperatures ior much of the morning PP ollICials said no cause has been determined There were no injuries and no estimate ol damage has been made fiewvllbks Nut here from Canada say he pay us to take Candu Reactor Do we want any Vaccine study continues AlLANlA AP lhe Cen tre for Disease Control CDC extended its moratorium Wed nesday on the US swme ilu inoculation program pending more concluswe study of the vaccines relationship to the paralyzmg GuillianBarre syn drome The program was suspended Dec 16 to give authorities chance to study its relationship to ristng number it Gunlain Barre cases ltElllthG master BARR 11 Tom Kerr post once sorted and delivered the mail for Barrie routes in post of Postmaster 20 years Tom Kerr retires When Two Kerr delivered his lirst letter in Barrie he was one oi live postmen walking the routes in town it was 1919 and the 8000 town residents saw postmen tWicc day With morning and after noon serVice lhc postmcn knew their sight and were known in turn it was lot Slmpltt then tulnesday his last day With the post ollice alter 117 years lwenty ol those he spent as postmaster The post ollice was baswaliy place where you could post your letters he said People were conscwntious then about good mail serVice because in those days JOb securr ty was allimportant it was the search tor Job security that led him to Job as postman in 1939 alter years at and North Bay The Job interested him once he had begun and the war years in the 1910s were an inter ruptioii in his career spent England With the army postal serVice Back in Barrie he took regular route and got to know his customers Everybtxly look lice career that began in 1939 Alter working as postman postal clerk and clock by hand customers on said Mr Kerr in part In personal interst in who they delivered to he commented saying this Christmas was spent delivering mail and be ing greeted With lood and drink at each door By the end 01 the route you could say was really iii the Christmas spirit laugh He has done everyting lrom mail sorting to operating the moneyorder Wicket and field the posts oi postal postmaster belore becoming 1956 CHANGES He has seen his Job change With Barries growth and the introduction ol unions and iii iiovat ivc methods In 1919 the postmaster knew every job there was to be done because when he had to he did them he said People used to do everything there was to do in the department but things have changed he said With clerk and He said the lays when postmasters sorted letters in emergencies are over With the ad vent ol unions lhcrcs nothing really wrong With that he said because it they know their specilic duties theyll do theirJob well While automation has revolutionized the operation oi larger centres Barrie remains lllllllIllllillllllllllllllllllllllllIllIlllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllIIIlllllllllllllllllilllllllllllIilIllIllilllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllll scattered laborer Jobs in Midland Toronto iii lirst working assistant postmaster iii v1cehesaid day largely manoperated Between 2000 and 40000 letters go through the post ollice daily according to Mr Kerr sorted around the Operations moved lrom historic and dral ty old budding on Dunlop Street erected 1884 to modern one on ollicr Street in 1955 and opertions there have expanded to th buildings second floor once occupied by Canada Manpower ollices By 1985 the building Will be too small to handle the load said Mr Kerr The postal code is one oi the most impor tant innovations to develop during his time in ollice he said Wednesday and it is becoming more Widely used Pressure is on us all the time to get out and make people use it he said Without the postal code on letter it has to be sorted by hand while taster machines can take the coded letters Parcels particularly need codes according to Mr Kerr who said they are spectlically sorted by postal code lhose Without codes are put to one side and examined when there is time he said and the process 01 tracing codes is tedious one FAR BFITER Mail serVice he said is lar better than some people give it credit lor he said EightySix per cent oi delivered on time The other siiiail pcrcen tage is delayed becausc oi truck lailurc or someothor cause The problem remember the problems not the regular ser Mail delivery is someone clses problem to Albcrt Eccles postmaster lor Newmarkct took over Mr Kerrs post and leaves the Bar rie man to retirement he hopes to lill Willi sailing travelling and furniture relinishing lie and his Wile Brenda live in Barrie along With sons John and Paul third son George lives in Toronto During his Iile in Barrie Mr Kerr has serv ed on the 1967 Barrie Centennial committee as chairman in addition to being colounder oi the Barrie Pipe Band and the first presr dent oi the Barrie Chess ltib lie has been member oi the Barrie ltotary club lor the last 20 years and is Past Master oi theCorinthian Masonic Lodge asSIstant postmaster he took over as postmaster in 1956 Examiner Photo the mail is is people oiily seem to Negotiations between Bell 13500 workers break down MONlltEAL CP Negotiations between Bell Canada and its 13500 technicians and tradesmen broke down Wednesday and union ollicials say they Will ask their members to reject the companys latest terms in vol ing next month Fred Pomeroy preSIdent oi the Communications Workers ol Canada CWC said in telephone interview the workers will be polled by mail starting in early January with results expected toward the end 01 the month He said union negotiators stood by an earlier decismn to reject lederai conciliation re port although it was accepted by the company Mr Pomeroy said the union objects to the threeyear dura tion ol the proposed agreement which would be retroactive to Dec 1975 when the workers last contract expired The CWC preSident said workers would be asked to reject the report and approve strike or other action such as slowdowns or rotating walkouts Bell workers are in legal strike position as oi Wed nesday There have been reports in recent weeks of sporadic slow downs at centres in Quebec and Ontario Mr Pomeroy said some CWC members have been Chocolate to cost more lOltONiO CP Chocolate bars will cost live cents more perhaps by next week as retail inventories are depleted manu lacturers say Chocolate bar manufacturers said the increase to 25 cents bar is due to an international cocoa shortage James Morris president oi Hershey Chocolate oi Canada Ltd said cocoa prices now have Jumped to $157 pound working to rule while others have relused to work overtime Another union spokesman said the workers would guaran tee serVIce lor essential public concerns such as police sta tions lire departments and hos pitals Bell Canada spokesman said Wednesday that company acceptance of the conciliators terms constituted major step forward which represents lot of money for the workers ConCiliator Pierre Duiresne in report made public last week called for wage in crease ol 239 per cent during the lirst two years of the con tract Wages lor the third year would be left open for lurther negotiations keeping in mind that the federal antiinflation program could be modified in 1977 Mr Pomeroy said that while the Dufresne package leaves wages open for negotiation in third year it would not permit renegotiation oi lrwige benefits Clip Elana Examiner The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Thursday December 30 1976 15 Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly14 Page WEATHuERfQRECAST Tuesday vote for DeVilbiss workers Plant workers at Barries DeVilbiss Canada Ltd plaht will vote luesday on whether they wish to keep the United Elec tricai union spokesman said today George Stevens national representative for the UE said the decertilication vote schedul ed and administered by the Ontario Labor Relations Board will be held in the plant lr0m2230 to430pm The union was certified as bargaining agent for the employees in the summer oi 1975 but union and management negotiators have yet to reach contract settlement The decertilication vote was ordered by the Radio and Machine Workers of America UE as their bargaining agent board after 51 of the 109 plant workers signed petition requesting vote The vote is the newest chapter in the stor my history ol unionmanagement relations at the plant Initial contract talks broke down in 1975 amid charges 01 badfaith bargaining by both sides and in March oi this year the labor relations board found the company guilty of bargaining in bad faith and ordered it tc make all reasonable efforts to reach col lective agreement lalks resumed the same month and unior oflicials requested provmcml mediation in April The most recent of three mediation ses Sions was held in September Conciliation sought Union negotiators have ap plied lor conctliation in con tract talks involvmg employees at Canadian General Electric plants in Barrie and 12 other Ontario locations spokesman lor the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers 01 America UE said today Bill Woodbeck 01 Peter borough CGE coordinator for the union said the Ontario Labor Relations Boards acknowledgement of the ap plication was received Wednes day lhe board will probably appomt concdation oiiicer this week or next he said The last contract at the 13 plants oneyear pact expired Buckleup move said lagging What began as gradual move to buckle up in response to police warnings has ground to halt While Barrie City police had reported the number of warm ings issued were down With each check iigures reversed heaVily alter 60 cars were stop ped Wednesday night Oi the 60 stopped 40 faults were lound and 31 of those laults involved seat belts We were little premature in our hopes about seat belt reduction said Sgt ltalph Berry today Now it looks as though over 50 per cent oi the drivers we stop arent usmg their seat belts He said he does not know what the answer could be although he admits eniorce ment of the Ontario seat belt law would reduce the number of drivers not wearing them Id hate to think youd have to resort to that kind of thing to make people sale he said Oi the 352 checks made to this Two killed In collzsron HUNTSVILLE Ont CP Arnold Terry 60 of Grave nhurst Ont and May Salmon 70 of Toronto were killed Wed nesday when their car collided With another vehicle on High way 11 Just north at this town about 50 miles northeast oi Orillia ACTION AT FLYERSSELECTS GAME Flyers Gary Lyle 16 fires wide of an exposed corner during one of the few good scoring chances by Barrie against the Prague Selects Wednesday Phil Branston point ther have been 132 seat belt warnings issued Faulty lights resulted in the second highest number ol laults 34 Just two impaired drivers have been discovered Sgt Berry said police Will not rule out the pOSSlblllty of laying charges over seat belts although he said for the two re maining days of checks he doubted the lorce would start now We want to encourage peo ple to not only abide by the law but do it lor their own good he said Yet everyone has to be persuaded that it 15 for his own good He said it is difficult to tell on certain occaisons whether seat belt are good saying some shoulder harnesses now used on belts can be restrictive and un comfortable Police will be out on the streets in undisclosed locations again tonight from to am and Friday night from to am Saturday morning Sgt Berry said concentra tion is now on wellused roads leading from pubs and res taurants while it will shilt on New Years Eve to include reSidential areas Saiety ollicer Constable Gary Crowley and Cadet Gary Som mers are conducting the checks which locus on headlights emergency brakes horns windshield Wipers directional signals seat belts and marker and brake lights scored the linal Flycrs goal with seconds remaining in the game as the touring Czechoslovakian team de leated Barrie 114 Selects Christmas Eve Mr Woodbeck said union and management representatives have met six times to negotiate new con tract but nothing The union represents about 400 workers at the Barrie plant and about 6500 in CGE plants across Ontario Mr Woodbeck said the union is looking tor oneyear con tract With an acrosstheboard wage hike of 75 cents an hour Average wage at present is roughly $6 an hour in the 13 plants he said Laura MacDonald preSIdent ol UE Local 37 at the Barrie plant said the $6 figure is ap proximately right for Barrie as well Other union demands include shorter working hours paid lunch hour lull company paa ment ol OHlP premiums against 75 per cent at present an improvement in pensions and other benelits Mr Wood beck said Clill MacFayden relations manager at the Barrie plant declined comment on negotia tions Cheer fund does well The years Barrie and Dis trict Christmas Cheer fund did about 10 per cent better than last years said Dan Sexton organization chairman The organization will wrap up its actiVities Monday or Tuesday he said but estimated the fund raised $19000 in money new toys and food for 350 needylamilies All work was completed by about pm Christmas Eve he said and he hopes to see the work finished sooner next year Christmas falling on weekend seemed to cause some problems Mr Sexton explain ed and by Dec 22 organizers only had names of half the families needing assistance There was lot of rushing at the end he said goaltender Jaroslav Jagr missed only three it 33 shots by Barrie Photos Page story Page Examiner Photo ha ve resolved