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Barrie scene mmJuly 14 1979 NEWSROOM 726 653 CIRCULATION 726 6539 the examiner serwng borne and Simcoe county Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited I6 Baylield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Bruce Rowland publisher ADVIITISING 26 653 CLASSIFIEDS 72872414 Relatians dispute Iets end it Simcoe County residents are doomed to read about the human relations course offered by the local board of educa tion from now until doomsday or so it seems First it was Davy Sperm and group of equally explic1t characters in play designed to teach students the facts of life now its the ministry of education saying parents want courses in sex and human emotions in the schools Rubbish The dispute has raged long enough and taken up enough newspaper space and time Now is the time for parents to de mand not only say in how the course is structured but also on its status Why is it in an age when literacy is the exception rather than the rule we are concerned about teaching students about sex and human emotions Surely this is better done in the home Educators in this province have overstepped their bounds Instead of concentrating on teaching children about human relations lets teach them to read and write to spell to con struct sentence and to think If as some teachers and professional educators have said parents are not teaching their children the facts of life and some of the finer points of humanism then something should be done about that But that is not the bailiwick of the schools The job of the school system should be to provide good sound academic training for children and leave the emotional and sexual training to the parents It seems reasonable to assume that parents are quite capable of doing this after all you didnt attend human relations course when you were in school did you slve when this simc ysteryear This Grade class of 6th Street School in Midland looked on little apprehen plcture was taken back in March of l9l4 Note the school desks and the Easter rabbit on the blackboard By KE WALLS Scottish Day at the County of Simcoe Museum was tremendous success From both performance and attendance The dancers and singers were skilled and ex perienced Just wee dochandorris Before we gang awa lf ycan say Its braw bricht moonlicht nicht Yer richt thats Sir Harry Lauder Program opened sharp at 130 pm with parade of massed pipe bands from Barrie Orillia Collingwood and Stayner Standard bearers were Chief David Devine of Lovat Camp Paul Channen and Donald Cameron Well over thousand people were in attendance at the start and more kept com ing into the museum grounds as the afternoon danced on to Highland tunes Bertah Cameron Director Simcoe County Museum introduced the Master of Ceremonies Lt Col Dri Gordon Leg gett ED LDS FSA Scot UEL Chairman Clan Donald Council of Canada and Presi dent St Andrews Society father of Dr George Leggett of Barrie Stayner Legion Pipe Band City of rilliu Pipe Band Collingwood Pipe Band Barrie Pipes and Drums all played short but rous ing selections This was appreciated by peo ple who had come early to get into the grounds and missed the massed parade from the Simcoe County building along Highway 26 With OPP protection to HQ of Clan Cameron To the Walls the highlight of attending was the Scottish Country Dancing by Glenquaich Group of Barrie Roy Stewart named his firm on the bay side of Con 13 Innisfil Glenquaich after his family origin in Scotland Mr and Mrs Stewart now reside in Victoria 80 Not so many years ago he ac quired Barrie Tanning 30 when the Sinclairs sold Roy and family became ins tant lovers of Innisfil and Barrie and were ac tive in community affairs including theatre The local country dancing was started at the Stewart Glenquaich barn about 25 years ago Name Stewart is exceedingly popular in Barrie legally politically and sportifical 1yScottish Dancers on July at Midhurst wenAnn Lockhart and Donald Cameron Audrey and Tom McConkey Anne and Wilson Phyllis and Dave Cartwright missed here you can see them at rillia Scottish Festival on Saturday July 21 in CouchichlngPark Scottish Day big success Chief of Toronto Gaelic Society directed by Mrs ihrig Keogh was enjoyed as was the Clachan Band with music of Scotland and the Highland dancing by the Joan Doran Dancing Academy and the Carolyn Dewar School of Dancing The peper was Gordon Macltae of Palgrave To this Walls however the vocal selections by Tom Park of Aiiten Mills was great feature of Scottish Day Tom is former member of the choir of Collier St United Church having been discovered by organist Lloyd Tufford Chatting with Tom he recalled those days and remembered some of his choirmates Vic Knox Alf Shepherd Bill Lambert Dave Croft to name few Tom Park came to Canada in 1958 studied singing and opera at Royal Conservatory of Music On graduation he sang many roles both with the Canadian Opera and Stratford Festival Opera Performed throughout Canada and USA in concert and stage Two feature movie roles and many TV commer cials His accompanists on his new record arc Georgina and Bill Burnett This record was available of Scottish Day Burnett is native of Aberdecnshirc accomplished player of the bagpipes and accordion Lovely wifc Georgina is acconiplishtxi pianist from Royal Conservatory Should list the pipe majors of the massed bands Allan Lamont Stayncr Rev Duncan Fleming rillin Hoss llaxtcr Collingwood Robert Hailey llarric The Walls writing was under curly training of James Alexander MatLoren editor of The Examiner for more than 50 years Names make news he em phasich and spell them correctly Around the museum inside and out it was most assuredly Scottish Day refreshments baked goods jewellery budgcs coats of arms hot meal pics cold drinks no Scotch of course burgers litil canines coffee Scot fish baked goods and crafts cicctcia Thanks to Ludicsof Lovut uinp Names well counted some anon John Spccrs of Trinity Church co cdilor of The Garden Gate monthly newsletter Ittlnltl by members oI Harrie lltillltllllllltl Society From Kiwanis Club of llélllll liiii and IJllttll irccnhnlgli Wes and ltuth Rogers and the lvo Wnlb Hut nobody who wears klllS etc on certain nights And there were many members of linrrus Scott luinily Scotland should have been spelled Scot tlzind This was the sixth annual Scottish Day at the Museum Scotland Vt ill yc no conic buck igziin BUSINESS 7266537 report EDITORS ADVERIISING China Elson managing motor Len chck manaaer inn Mularew tilY editor SALES Bart Stevens wamc Hav Aden Smith Sieve Skinner Barb Boulton lliierFarianc Wlllllf Lichullcr SDOTISCUIU Imitiui Kmusc deskslp no to PFPOR IFRS inphnii Nirhrills linnmn CHIIIHIr Nmir tumum tori tIlI Rut hlirtl Thomas liriIiiiiiilivr viitrrtiiiiiiivii Ilotly mm mmninth Hir Imry mid lrllltl HVli Ct ASSIFIED rtdn Shmmv Dana Hoiwwood Jonc Morton By MAYOR RUSS ARCHER The following comments have been prepar ed by the City lrcasurcr llcrb Kirk think they are timely and informative and further outline the duties and rcsponsiliililics of the City Treasurer and his department Since my last article regarding the Treasury Department council has approved the 1979 Current Budget and established the mill rate for 1979 The overall tax incrcaSc in 1979 over 1978 ranged from 561 per cent to 596 per cent depending on the type of school support although the municipal portion of this years taxes for which council is directly responsi blc was held to 402 per cent An information brochure was included with the 1979 regular tax bills to all city taxpayers This brochure outlined 11 how tax dollars will be spent in 1979 the source of city revenues for the 1979 tax year up the tllltillS due dates for tax payments and 141 the mill rate structure used for collection of the 1979 taxes Addi tional copies of thc brocliurc are available in the Treasury lcpulmcnl if desired Some inxpnycrs also received with their 1979 Regular Tax Bills notice concerning other outstanding taxes from previous tax billings This notice vns included for the first time with our lcncrnl Information Brochure for two main reasons tli to remind tax payers of any outstanding taxes in their in dividual tux accounts and 21 to alleviate mailing and ulnmustrutivc costs which From the legislature Hy ERICK NIELSth Queens Park liurcuu Thomson News Scri icc TORONIU With health costs rising and doctor participation mics in llll declining youd think the nitdual fraternity would receive the majority of ltgisluliw brickbzils directed II professiouuls Strangely enough ll isnt so nly rurcly zirc doctors iltzickcd Illtl is far as other professionals like architects and engineers are concerned you never hear tlllltill word In the llousc No the group who receive at regular slitllzickingziicliycis Which is fascinating III II own way The House lists more than 20 lawyers at coupleol 1011 N1 ll half dozen Libcinl the reiniundei onucrmtuo of whom six llt in thccubmcl Doctors llllllllitl but loui Illtl ollicr professions yct II in the lawyers is prolcssion who urc consultroll ltS than lovable That comes out clearly ylltncvcl itcius dealing with the legal fraternity come before the legislature MUN NleH ltllllltl libciil lcudci liob Nixon ihosc background IIllilillp and politics is the CiIlVll feltm huk puqu napell superwwr BUSINESS MarMi Cough accountant Dnlm Vlils lVIkk Grant Comm Hart Jenn Boss Doi Sounders Lorne Wass Vyill Minoan stain Wrav Rill Raynor Ron Giltfir Fri Allinhy Inmc HJmll sugary itchin CIRCULATION Bill Hnlkos matinqu Stevewhtte assistammnnaoet eriHowcroft Alva LtiPIant xsa Warvv Flmni Porter Chcryl Amen puessu mu Fred Prince um Paicndcn COMPOSING ROOM Jack Kcrncy iorernan Civvnnkwan asst foreman AI Hanson foreman Dan Near asst lorcman CAMP DAVID BASED CAMP DAVID MOUNTAlN Tho Barrio Examiner lo member of The Canadian Prou CF and Audit Bureau of Circulation ABC Only the Canadian Prou may ropublith now Morin in this newspaper credited to CP The Associated Prou Routers Agonco Franco Prone and local new stories published in Iho Barrio Examiner Published daily excem Sunday and statutory holidays WEEKLY by carrier 95 cents YEARLY by carrier $49 40 BY MAIL Earn 54 40 The advertiser ugrm that the publisher shall not be liable for damages arising out of errors in odvartisomonh beyond the amount paid for the spots actually occupied 539 00 by that portion of the advertisement in which the error cccurrd whither such or rar is duo to tho negligence of its servants or otherwise and thorn shall be no liability for non insertion of any advertisement beyond the amount paid for such SIMCOE COUNTY MOTOR THROW OFF 341 SUaycar ELSEWHERE IN CANADA $41003 veer advertisement monl ANYTHING HAPPEN YET MRPRESIDENT would have occurred if se aratc mailing of tax reminders had been usedJ Please note that penalty and interest charges must be charged on all overdue ac counts and therefore it is in everyones best interest to bring overdue tax accounts up to date at the earliest possible time Final due dates for the 1979 regular tax bills are as follows ill Realty Taxes Ward September 26 1979 Ward 11 September 1979 Ward 111 September 12 1979 Ward IV September 19 1979 The city each year on the regular tax bills advances the due dates by wards so that the same ward docs 1101 always pay first tbi Business Taxes All wards are due August 15 1979 The treasurers office performs many other duties in addition to the billing and collection of city taxes The major responsibilities of the Treasury Department include 11 Keeping the accounting records for all City Operations and reporting results to City Council and City Departments on monthly basis and as required The public is also kept informed of city financial informa tion through the preparation and publication of annual financial statements 2i The preparation and i5suing of payrolls for city staff including coun cii lulllime and parttime rheMaYors Threads of finance run through all city affairs employees as well as the preparation and issuing of annual T4 Income Tax returns for all employees Responsibility for the receiving recording and controlling of all revenues which are due to the city Responsibility for controlling ex penditures of the city in respect to councils direction as shown in the an nual current and capital budgets This responsibility also includes the issuing of cheques relating to all city expenditures The treasurer also invests excess cash funds of the city on shortterm basis as they become available rinterest from temporary in vestments totalled some $550000 in 1978 arranges for shortterm bor rowings as required and is responsi ble for the issuing of longterm debt when the city is required to borrow such funds Long term debt is only in curred for major improvements The treasurer has many other financial functions among which is the responsibility for advising on all matters and questions at fecting the finances of the municipal corpora tion The thread of finance runs through all af fairs of the municipality affecting policy making and administrative practices at all levels In one way or another it is included in almost every action of council and its officials Lawyers receive regular shellacking in Legislature foremost llousc critic of lawyers During debuti on bill by Mll George Szunis Nlil ornwull which failed that would have allowed lawyers to advertise NIXIIII made some general observations of the profession The fact that the tlawycrsi governing authority is the Law Society of Upper Canada is appalling Upper Canada hasnt existed since 1840 or something like that Its typical that the chief authority the chief offitcr of the Law Society is the treasurer Its almost like priesthood As soon as they are called to the bar whatever that is they wrap themselves in these Batman costumes with thc little tabs It simply adds to the general mystificution by ordinary people With or dinary education who tend to work foi living Saints too in the course of defending his bill quoted few of the great historical lines about lawyers Ilato spoke of them as small and outrightcous souls while the poet John Keats thoughl we may class the lawyer in the national history of monsters Thomas More kept them out of Utopia Interjections during Samis speech also tell tale When the Cornwall MPI noted advertising must be dignified nature not to bring the members profession into disrepute MPP Buu Wildman NDP Algoma noted that must be tough for lawyers But gadfly Eddie Sargeant Grey Bruce was the most cruel when he once argued at committee meeting that the closed shop fraternity of lawyers were really gmity of running hook shops NEGATIVE ATTITUDE Sargeant has his doubts about the type of justice one involved with lawyers can get since lawyers make the laws and former lawyers called judges interpret them But whether the criticism is substantial or in fun there is an attitude in the House that just doesnt eXist about other professions Partly it may be result of what Gallup Poll found that 53 per cent of Canadians were critical of lawyers for overcharging and 63 per cent who used lawyer complained they were not told the charges beforehand Partly it may be the mystique Nixon talks about In any case it indicates more than little slip in the status of lawyers And justified too The Barrie Examiner clalml copyright on all original news and OdVOrlllng material croahd by its employees and publilhld in this howspupar Copyright registration number 203815 register Tho Publisher reserves the right to edit rvlso classify or mini an advertise For all seasons Death of fruit fly By TRAYNOR MCIARLANE The tiny fruit fly was obviously drunk It was floundering about in its small way in his glass of sherry as he sat on the lawn He first noticed it as he looked up from his book and reached for the glass At first he thought it was speck of dust but closer examination showed it was moving It was indeed fruit fly His spectacles could pick up six tiny feet thrashing around in the amber liquid There goes the sherry he thought He suddenly felt sorry for the poor mite and decided to sec what he could do Any try at lif ting it out Would probably kill it He went into the house and got his powerful magnifying glass and superspecial hcaringaid Outside again he applied the glass and the hearingaid and scrutinized the miniscule in sect It was still thrashing about and at one time with burst of unbelievable strength pushed itself out from the side of the glass and weaved into the centre of the sherry pool Ilc gasped as the hearingaid picked up tiny sound He peered more closely and was astonished to see the almost iniixrccptiblc lips on its tiny hairy mouth move It was still weaving about in its drunken state and its speech was thick Oh Oh it cried in its squeaky way and the sound reverbcratcd from the sides of the glass There was an expression of abject pain on the face and it was quite obvious it had never been drunk before He leaned closer Help me Help me it squcakcd plaintive ly What to do He thought momentarily of mouthtomouth resuscitation but realized that might damage the little lungs Its movements were getting sluggish and he realized it was sinking fast What can one say at time like this Do you have family plot or anything he asked quietly didnt want to hurt lhe tiny eardrumsi There was no answer and the movements stopped He sat there feeling sad and heard only faintly the haircurlerladcn voice from the back stoop shrieking dinncrs ready He staggered to his feet and with one last glance at the still form wcndcd his way across the lawn tears coursing down his cheeks Interpreting the news Thatcher angers Labor By BRUCE II€VIIIT LONDON lCli Margaret Thatcher elected prime minister on cool the unions platform in May has made her first move in that direction and already storm signals are flying Her proposals this Week sound tame compared with her pronouncements during Britains winter of strike discontent Nevertheless Big Labor doesnt like it one bit and union leaders are predicting that it could lead to replay of the confrontation which brought down lhc last Conservative ad ministration fivc years ago Alan Fisher head of the National Union of Public Employees says We are absolutely determined to oppose the governments in terference with trade union ulfnirs David Basnctl leader of the Municipal and General Workers Union says The proposals show dangerous lack of un derstanding of the mechanisms of peaceful industrial relations Len Murray general secretary of the Trade Unions Congress says had hoped that the lessons of 1971 to 1974 which did so much to cause unnecessary industrial difficulties had been learned We shall try to persuade the government to change course TALKING POINTS To Western countries such as Canada the Conservative governments proposals and at this stage theyre only talking points might seem something less thzin coli trovcrsial Closed shops should be established only with the wholeheartcd support of the workers concerned Government cash would be supplied to finance secret ballots in union affairs as opposed to the present show of hands systcm now in vogue The outlnwying of secondary pickcluig Among the criticisms being heard is one that asks why the subject is living brought up now during period 01 rclnlnc culm on the British labor sccnc Against that is the argument that to have delayed would have been to open the govern ment to charges of Sllllhllltl the central issue upon which it was elected That Thatcher govcrnmcnt proposes to make the secret ballot point voluntary Union leaders hmc lltl that secret ballot could lead to the election of more militant officials and the ciidorsgit ion of extreme wage demands NOTCOMIIISUIH The government argues that this point alone is why the stcicl ballot is not being made compulsory Even The Guardian not the most right wing of Britains responsible newspapers ex presses surprise it the vchcmcncc of union reaction which speaks of maximum resist ance It is hard to sec that basic trade union rights as opposed to occasional trade union excesses which arc consistently condemned by trade union leaders and deeply disliked by the ass of the public and most trade unionists are under lhjezit from the current reform package the paper cditorializes In sum there is little nit is compulsory in the government proposals