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IJJiflrfimwltm5ltmnswru 20The Barrie Examiner Wednesda Seer 29 I976 Plan students parade at Goldwater COLDWATER Staff Floatsare sought for the school students parade which is to be held at the 83rd annual fall fair of the Coldwater and District Agricultural Society on Friday Oct starting at pm Pupils from Coldwater and area schools will be taking part Warden Orville Hughes of Simcoe County is scheduled to officially open the fair at ceremony at the fair grounds Don Bell is president of the fall arr The fairgrounds and buil dings will be open on Thursday Se 30 to receive exhibits Su ky horse racing will be held on Saturday afternoon and grand closing dance will be held on Saturday night HAMILTON INN While the coming fair is the 83rd at Coldwater fall fairs in the area date well back into the pioneer era The first fair in this district was held at the Hamilton Inn property near Hillsdale under the joint sponsorship of Maionte and Flos townships in 1861 The fairs were held at drf ferent farms for few years ac cording to old records later the F105 Agricultural Society was organized when one fair was moved to Elmvale about 1885 Another fair was spon sored by the Medonte Mar chedash and Coldwater society and this was moved to Col dwater WARDEN HUGHES to open fair President of the first fair at Coldwater was Kitchen who operatui post office in Matchcdash while John Johrston was the first president montionnl in records of the Fltsfatr the orrtsct the Coldwater fair featurtxi horse show dlllltL match by teams of horses and football game Ihcn were driving contests and also classes for vegetables and other farm produce 4t OFFICERS Other mam officers besides fall fair Mr Kitchen were vice presidents Lovering and Andy Paterson and secretary treasurer Rev Joseph Shep pard Directors included Wallace Borrow David Lover ing and Oliver Borrow from Matchedash Manning Leatherdale and Dr Harvie of Coldwater Job Russell of Medonte Beat ty of Tay and Josiah Keen of Fesserton The fall fair society was marking its 13th year in Coldwater when the community became an incorporated village in 1908 The first village coun cil made up of fair b00sters had Charles Millard as reeve and Manning Tipp ing Elliott and Robinson councillors The community had been police village in Medonte township with its own board of trustees since 1879 Leading local stores of 1894 were Mannings Hardware Millards drug store and Jonathan Dodges harness shop Convers operated the Coldwater livery and Leatherdale carriage and wagon works The Ryan House and Borland House were leading hotels in the village at that time old records show Don Bell is current president of the Coldwater and District Agricultural Society Zoning plans advanced by Coldwater council COLDWATER Staff new zoning bylaw which has been given second reading by council has been sent to the On tario ministry of housing for comments and approval After hearing from the ministry the council will then consider third and final reading In the meantime copies Hll be sent to property 0wners and second public meeting held probably in Oc tober The councrl discussed the bylaw with planners Mike Broddigan and George Roberts of Windland Associates at two and half hour meeting presided over by Reeve Russell HOBART By BELLAII BARR Mrs Jack Lawlor has returned from Toronto where she was in hospital for several weeks undergoing treatment Mrs Gerald Stephenson of the 4th Concession enjoyed weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Rudy King of Norwich Rudy is in the real estate business in that area Dr and Mrs William Butt spent the weekend at their country home and enjoyed boat excursion from Midland on Saturday Dan Hunniset has spent some time on his roperty readying some of the ields for fall plan ting Mr and Mrs Ken Lawson of Orillia called on the Barrs at New energy search on LONDON CPA new sear ch for oil and gas in southern England is to be carried out by three companies under licences granted by the secretary of state for energy The threeyear licences give the firms the right to prospect in one of three areas that cover total of 522 square miles One of the search areas is only 20 miles from London The licences do not give the right to drill for or to produce oil or gas but to prospect and carry out geological surveys including drilling to depth of not more than thousand feet If the search shows promise the exploration companies can ask the government for their li cences to be renewed annually for up to three years Onshore exploration for oil and gas has been going on in Britain for at least 60 years Sixtyeight similar search li cences have been issued since 1973 of which all but one are still held Deepdale Farm on Sunday and dined with Mr and Mrs Lorne Fowler after the anniversary service at Hobart Memorial Church Mrs Gerald Stephenson ac companied by Mrs Reg Mor rison and daughter of the 4th concession motored to Niagara Falls recently and also paid visit to the game farm in that vicinity Geordie Dunlop has returned to the area and is visiting his sister and brotherindaw Mr and Mrs Bruce Speerin of Col dwater He spent several weeks with his daughter Autumn and soninlaw Bob near Oshawa and few days with his daughter Ona of Orillia While visiting Autumn he caught the flu but he is in bet ter health now Brandon In other business council asked the Ontario ministry of transportation and communica tions to conduct study of village stop signs The members asked about pro cedures for stop sign and traf fic control bylaw for the village discussion was held as to the possible sale of the old hydro sub station and com pound to the Coldwater Mu nicipal Telelphonc System and it was decided to proceed with the appraisal of the property decision was made to ad vertise for fuel oil tenders for the Community Centre Town Hall Village Office and Library WATER METERS motion was passed to mctcr all water customers outside the municipal boundary number of people requested exemption from or an cxtention of time in sewer hookups and these were dealt with on an irr dividual basis motion was also passed that the existing dwelling together with an area of land being approximately 7500 ft as owned by Mr Herb Smit be zoned RI rather than commer cial This Months Special Drop in and see us today I80 lnnlsfil St ii ill ff OUTSIDERS Add the look of beauty and performance to your car looks great on any type of car or van installation extra 7262282 TEAM McCague tours Europe studying road safety ALLISTON George Mc Cague MPP for Dufferin Simcoe has flown to Europe with grou of nine other members of Legislature to inquire into traffic safety methods in Sweden England and The Hague Mr McCague is member of the Legislatures select com mittee on highway safety now in its fifth month of hearings at Queens Park Sweden has an enviable record for highway safety and we want to interview the people responsible for the program said Mr McCague Each year the MPP noted highway accidents account for millions of dollars in property damage and take high toll in human suffering In Stockholm the MPPs will interview the director of the Swedish traffic office and discussing vehicle safety and traffic law enforcement with his staff In Linkoping they will receive demonstration of the Swedish road vehicle check ing program including the use of the breathalyzer HISTORY T0 POT CRICKDADE England CP What was thought to be rare 10thcentury bowl found 25 years ago by archaeologists in dig in this Wiltshire town is really fake Potter Ivan Martin confessed he had plan ted the socalled famouu Cricklade bowl made by his wife because he felt sorry for archeologists as they were not finding many objects GLIZIWSES SECURITY COOKSTOWN The securi ty deposit for new electricity users who are tenants in Cookstown will increase to $50 from $30 Higher costs of elec tricity are blamed for the in crease WALKAIHON CREEMORE The village arena fund will benefit from 10mile walkathon here on Saturday The Lions Club wants to raise $20000 to help wrth arena repairs FIGURE SKATING THORNTON Figure skat ing will begin Monday Oct 18 at the community centre in Thornton Fair dates Collingwood Sept 30 to Oct3 Coldwater Oct 12 Elmvale Oct 89 Rezoning asked Cookstown COOKSTOWN The village council here will seek legal ad vice before considering take out restaurant proposed on Highway 27 north of Highway 89 Peter Christos told council the restaurant would serve ice cream hamburgers and hot dogs at the site of Bobs Quality Produce The site is zoned residential however and the fruit and vegetable stand is considered nonconforming use Clerk Mike Sheehan said rezoning or expansion of the nonconforming use definition would be required Council seemed in favor of Mr Christos plan as Reeve Norman Cook said the res taurant would be an asset to the village Reeve of Oro is undecided ORO STATION Staff Reeve Wallace Key hasnt decided whether he will stand for reclection in Cm township We have been thinking about it but havent come to definite decision et he said Nominations will received at the township office during November and the municipal election will be held on Mon day Dec Mr Key has heded the coun cil for four years and before that was deputy reeve for six years and previously coun cillor During the past year he has headed the county library board and last year was chair man of agriculture and re forestatron Coun Bob Geelen who sold the fruit stand last year to man who sold it to Mr Christos said the restaurant would not conflict with any other in Cookstown Mr Christos Lperates the New Penny Restaurant on the east side of Highway 27 directw ly across from the fruit stand Mr Christos said the takeout business would operate six months year providing jobs for as many as 18 people The vil age official plan designates as residential all pro rties on the west side of Hig way 27 north of Highway 89 But Mr Christos said he disagreed with that strategy TALLEST MEMBER While it ma grow as tall as 100 feet the amboo is not tree but part of the grass family The new I977 Pontiocs have arrived at Georgian Pon tiacBuick GMC Lid And what an arrival New sizes new colors new styles some oldfashioned quality For years Pontiac has been THE family car for millions of North Americans Pontiac has LARRY HUDSON Sales Manager and this year is no exception builtin features that combine safety convenience style and economy JIM WILSON ASST SALES MGR TED LITTLE Soles The new Pontiac may be smaller on the outside but still has the great fullsize family room on the inside and with their new lighter weight theyll go further on tank of gas and lighier On your pocketbook Whether you have formin or not once you test drive one of our new Pontiocs were sure youll decide you want one in YOUR BOB BOYES Soles driveway WARREN WILKEY Soles To Elect Archer Mayor BRAN MGRAW JOE CANCABE MURRAY JULLIFFE BRIAN TAYLOR MURRAY WATSON mm tr mppon er th for more Intouvmtnm Sales Sales Sales Sales Sales Utmr to don Arndysmu rlmtsu unth in Gt artxaxung 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