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are +f¢Isrsv 045 tz¢scoo 0000904 Jim Gemhart will take part in the2lst funeral for himself Sunday Gernhart 99year old retired farmer who has worried he wouldnt get gThe Barrie Examiner Saturday Sept ll I9Z6 HIS UMPTEENTH FUNERAL proper funeral when he died has held 20 funerals in the past 25 years On Sunday towns people will honor him with what is supposed to be Wow0 as 100th birthday funeral parade Garnhart says he hopes he doesnt die before then IAI Photot FIRST AID TO HOMES Ry ROGER WHITMAN FIAKY DRIVEWAY purchased an older home with concrete driveway The surface is flaking and scaling oll possibly because it was rained on when freshly put down To seal and prevent fur ther flaking what would you think of my rolling on black top dressing the way they seal blacktop drives GEORGIAN PONTIAC BUICK in Elva specified parts Perfectly UK it you want black driveway If you prefer the color and texture of our crctc you could brush on vinvl cement topping Widely sold in lumber yards and build ing supplies outlets DRY WELLSMALL When we have unusually heavy rains or long wet streta ches the dry well under our lawn cant handle all the roof drainage and muddy pond appears What do you rec ommend having the well enr larged or digging another one Id vote for the additional well Make it bit oversize just in case you ever increase the root area of your house Then the additional drainage wont cause still more problems MANUFACTURERS AT CROSSROADS 1977 cars will set trend for com By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service When the 1977 models appear in car showrooms within few weeks the public will see the first clear evidence of the shape of things to come during the next several years Governments both here and in the United States are forcing the manufacturers to design build and offer cars that use less gasoline As another incentive to fuel conservation the government in Canadabut not in the US has been forcing the price of gasoline higher and OBITUARY BRYAN McEIWARDS Cpl Bryan Gordon McEd wards died suddenly Sept in Penticton BC as the result of an accident He was the son of Gordon and Anne McEd wards of Angus He is also sur vived by three brothers Peter Michael and Scott Funeral Mass was at the Redeemer Church at Base Bor den Thursday Burial was at Angus Union Cemetery NORMAN SIIANAIIAN Norman Shanahan of RR Shanty Bay died Aug 18 in Toronto General Hospital He wasSG native of York County Mr Shanahan farmed in Cm Town ship He was member of St Marys Catholic Church in Barrie He is survived by Velma his wife of 27 years and his children Maurice and Evelyn Marie both at home Services were held Aug 21 at St Marys with burial in St Marys Cemetery Pallbearers were Howard Calwell Keith Lees Ralph Hayes Francis Shanahan Douglas Ness and ErleWilson GEORGE McLEOl George Wellington Wally McLeod 48 died Aug 16 in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie lifelong Barrie resident Mr McLeod had ser ved on the Barrie Police Force for 16 years until an accident in l971 He was married Sept 22 1951 to Vera Webb in Stroud He is survived by his wife sons Wayne Bruce and Kenneth all at home brothers Gordon of Barrie and Alvin of Scar borough and sisters Madeline Riddell of Willowdale and Bet tie Anchiso of Barrie The funeral was held at Jen nett Funeral Home and burial was at Sixth Line Cemetery in Innisfil Pallbearers wer Hugh Jackson Ed Miller Jim Shanahan John Viney Ross Riddell and Bob Webb higher in search of point at which motorists will decide to drive less Its not much of an over simplification to say that the North American automotive in dustry grew and prospered dur ing the past uartercentury on the concept at bigger is bet ter Now the industry could use George Orwell to perform the delicate task of replacing that old concept with something new like Big is good small is better Thats selfevident to many thousands of car owners already They know through ex perience as owners that socalled small cars often pro vide as much room for the human frame as do the road locomotiveseven more in some cases CHANGEOVER YEAR There remains substantial number of people who must still be convinced however that an efficiently designed smaller car is preferable to monster with its excess weight and excess overhang on all four sides Those are the people who will be the target of some of the car manufacturers advertising campaigns in 1977 and increaS ingly in the subsequent model years General Motors the biggest of the carmakers will be tak ing the biggest steps in the direction of more efficient size in the 1977 model year All manufacturers have found ways to trim some weight and bqu from their cars here and there But for GM this is the year for new body shells on the models that were the bulkiest in its product line For Ford and Chrysler 1977 is primarily year of refine nowmar stupor cum mum WY corn nam ment or existing desi ns rather than introduction all newmodels The new fullsize GM models will be an average of 700 pounds lighter than the 1976 models they replace and shorter by footor rather by 305 cm since GM is switching to metric measurement on its 1977 full sizecars The weight reduction will allow GM to offer sixcylinder engines as well as eight cylinder on fullsize cars for the first time in years Theres no doubt that GMs design decision is in keeping with the trend of the timesif the trend is viewed in the perspective of number of years In the short term however the story isnt quite so clear In the 1976 automotive market the majority of buyers clearly felt that bigger was indeed better The heavier and bulkier the car the greater the demand for it in 1976 amon class of buyers who ha apparently never heard of energy sh0r tages conservation and gas olineprice increases The trend resulted bumper year for bi specialistsand enabled Chrysler in particular to recover substantial part of its market share The smallcar specialist among North American manufacturers is American Motors Corp Its 1976model sales fell short of the optimistic forecasts its executives had made year ago on the strength of the high initial popularity of the small Pacer introduced in the spring of 1975 PACER MAKER Today AMC executives denywith some asperitym the in gear stories that suggest they did poorly in 1976 They continue to proclaim that the tide is runn ing in their favor predicted sales of 34000 AMC vehicles in Canada this year said president William Pickett of Bramptonbased American Motors Canada Ltd in recent interview We wont be far off that despite the shift to big cars The addition of the station wagon to the Pacer line is going to help tremendously in 1977 At recent preview of 1977 AMC cars in Toronto for an in ternational gathering of auto motive writers senior officer of the US parent company was asked if AMC was planning to introduce new subcompact model His answer No Published reports have speculated that 1979 would see such an introduction the new model being lighter than AMCs smallest current product the Gremlin FUTURE PLANS Carmakers generally are tightlipped about plans for future models since disclosure might detract from public in terest in current models In the case of Chrysler the body shell used for the current Volare and Aspen models is ex pected to become the basis of small luxury cars bearing the Backed by MOTORS INSURANCE CORPORATION Subsidiary of GENERAL MOTORS CORP NOW AT GMC no Effective right now when you buy new car at our dealership you can also buy lowcost protection against the cost of repairs or replacement of maior engine transmission drive axle steering brakes electrical system air conditioner subiect to small deductible The protec tion is effective for 36 months or 36000 miles whichever comes first ex cept when breakdown is covered by the manufacturers warranty And it even provides for reimbursement of up to $10 day up to maximum of $50 exclusive of mileage charges for each period for car rental while your car is in the shop for at 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