Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 26 Sep 1967, p. 3

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BILL BURNN left of the Optimist lull of Barrie PicA rents Go Sandy Saund ers manager of Barrie Cable TV with the club certificate of appreciation hfr Saimdcrs outlined the Barrie Cable TV operations yesterday for club Store Bylaw flaked Chamber The Barrie Gunter eterni meroebasreqowodeaewetore dorm bylaw that woutdperrnk inordinate to my open altare modicum auditi me Ciiycornidilutnifirefmd iheroquestioitrfinanolemr mnbers In the foreground is stale modoiof the pam laiic antenna used by cable Predicts 20 Channels Available In Future The TV industry is only in the finely stages of development ac cording to GE Sandy Sauna dings manager of Barrie Cable dissing the Optimist Club of Barrie yesterday Mr Saun ders predicted that within seven to 10 years aatelites will likely hc in regular use transmitting television programming back to earth it wont be long before people can add an extra box to their TV sets and receive about 20 channels With the use of microwave towers for connecting links yiorfect TV signal could be re layed in Stamile links anywhere in the country Using model of Barrie Cahia TVs parabolic antenna along with diagrams and aarnplesof the cable and instruments used Mr Saunders gave the club graphic decriniion of how cable Ill works and the problems it encounters lie said that so per cent of the television sets in Barrieare out of alignment and that many brandnew seismeiotileuls tomers needing alignment ad justrnent Very few tradesmen in Barrie had course on color TV he told the club He said that every color TV set should be aligned demagnetized and converged An uncouverged color set has fully color picture and wont accurately transmit baick and white in the past three years in Barrie theuse of cable TV has gone from about 350 subscribers to its present 24m hiture ex pansion depends upon customer demand Mr Saunders said be cause of the costs involved The parabolic antenna ued by Cablefijy in barrie is located east of the cityit is $70 feet long and tittieet high Wire is strung across the full area at four inch intervals glvilig it receiving area of 15500 square feet Signals received by the main antennaaie collected and LOCAL AND GENERAL EVENING CLASSES Registration for Barrie Dis trict Collegiate Board evening classes will be held at Central Collegiate tonight and Thursday from mote otso pm Approx irnately in courses are otieed including academic credit COIIIS at the grade and 10 level math science commercial technical and others where inter est warrants AT BORDEN sports hobby and handi craft show will be held Sunday at iheBuellBuilding Base Bor nlen Members of surrmding communities have been invited to attend the show which will take place from to 530 pm Displays will include spinning weaving poitera wheel judo gymnastics ballet and teen age combo There is no admis slon charge OPENING The official opening of Flash Muffler Sarviceis scheduled to night from to 10 pm Pmp rielor oithe newly established business is Wally Carrullrers oi Barrie The opening will be held nt hlulcaster St concattrauxl on smaller anten go one for each channel nonta 005W and crs are needed for every 2000 feet of main cable to strengthen signals which diminish in prhrportion to the length of thecoblc Thesramp litiers are automatically adjusted for varying temperatures There is no need for Cable TV viewers to turn off their set dining on eiedricalstorm Mr Saunders said because all cables are grounded at the home at the main cable and at the head end Signals for all channels are carried on the same conductor These include channels Z3t79 II and 12 At present there are 750000 it of cable in Barrie Fu ture expansion when it carriesl writ likely take cable TV in Minds Poirib Mr Saundch did not say when expansion was Manned Says Situation Is Deplorable Subdividers will be required to build oads and curbs be fore they receive building per mits in Barrie if suggestion put forward last night by Aid Phil Sauve gains approval Aid Sauve told council there is one subdivision in Barrie now where residents are forced to carry their garbage abiock for pickup because they have no road in front of their houses He called the situation de plorable Aid be loliiffe said many municipalities require that sub dividers build roads before they start on the homes tone wnvro Go To REACH Araratinnate Barrleiifnitad APPtel has long way to go Mrs Doris d15eierkinof Ottawey Avenue Amnesia aortiivoyear or MdGoddco neighbors daughter make their first check onthe progress ofhp peel So far ethr ftherinonw trapeze ter in Memorial SquareZVIs unmovedihe UA blitz of Bar rie takesplace Octoberdn Goal for ihis years Uoited Appeal in $95950 mittee The daxrbera ietnil meo tbanis committee reommeoded bylaw that would permit stor es to rennin open until pm Thursdays and Prldnya Roll evcr they would be forced to choctopmtherrstofthe week The charter rugguts that rtcrcr should be permoied to open until pm on the to bust ers days before antennas on cool for Saturdays when they should be foer to close at pm When Giristmas falls on Monday may or Wednes day retailers amid stay open until pm on the previous Sat urday Under the magesled sdrenie stores would dose no New Years Day Good Friday Viv inrla Day Dominion Day Civic Holiday Labor Day Thanksgiv ing Christmas and Boxing Day Barrie has been operating without store closing regulations since on earlier bylaw was thrown out in magistratea court COUNCIL BRIEFS pole erected in front of home at 129 Essa Road for the purposeol stringing banners cross the street will stay there in spite of obiedions from the propertyowner and Aldmnen Dorian Parker and Everett Emma Aid Parker failed last night in bid to have the pole removed She said it should not be located in residential zone and held that council and never apprav ed its erection at 125 Essa Road in the first place However her motion calling for the poles removal was voted down NOT AVAILABLE City council mas ioldiast night that Public Works Department trucks are not available to pick up debris during fire prevention week because of backlog of other city projects Councu vot ed instead to advertise the lo cation of the landlill area for residents who wish to transport refine there themselves Mayor Cooke called for apmgrarn in food that would ensure that clean up campaigns would be under taken along with other essential services SIDEWALKS The Publlc Works Committee was asked last night by Aid Jack MacLaren to consider in stailaiion of sidewalks on the east side of Bayfield Sbeet from Highway too to Cuddles Road Aid MacLarzrt pointed out that pathway used by schoolchil dren has disappeared because of highway widening TRAFFIC JAMS Aid Frank Hersey last night called for improvemean to the intersection at Bradford Street Essa Road and Tiifin Street to alleviate txafiic congestion He said ligth or traffic circle could be considered if reliet isnt possible now it should he provided when the road is widened FIREARMS bylaw to regulate discharge of firearms in Barrie gained ap pioval last night in itsihlrd appearance before council it was sent back once because permlty clause had been ornit Wants 88 council Zoning Bylaw City council passed without comment last night resolution asking the 1960 council to con4 sider scrapping Barries present zoning bylaw and official plan city development committee report said the present of ficial plan does not provide the form of development control needed by the City of Barrie and should be updated The planning board eariier recommended revisions to tho official plan and new zoning bylaw after the Ontario Munic ipal anrd rejected an import ant section dealing with spe eial use zones The official plan seLs forth long range land the proposals and the zoning byiprwimlements the plan Barriefs zoning bylaw known revising the as 1380 has had rough road since first adopted by city councildn November toes The approved by the OMB last year except for special use in SCHOOL BOARD The Barrio Public School Board meet tonightgat board of ilws on Si inoent St Meeting starts at loftpage document was finally uoNa ctua Ross Stephens chairman the Min Unilcd Appeal will addrtss the regular mceiing of the Lions Club of Battle to night The meeting will take place at 615 at Community House are NEWS THE BARBIE EXAMINER TUEEAY SEPTEMBER 16 1551 Fail In Attempt To Remove Poiej ted and second time because it would have prohibited target shooting clubs it was approved last night with provision smooraionrnvo The loss councfl will be asked to consider larger budget for street lighting in part to accom modateinstallatlon of lighu on Lakeshnre Road SPEED LIMIT The speed limit on Dunlap Street West to be increased from no to 40 miles per hour nARitlE and District Data Processing Managers Associa tion last night elected their of firstslate of odious From left ifait Snvlnov prestdent Tom llolmwood guest speaker from international Business five Injured when Cars Collide An accident at the intorseclt tion of Steele and Cook streets yesterday afternoon resulted in minor injuries to four persons and sent enother to Royal Vic loria Hospital in satisfactory conditionihis momlog with iabrokon wrist is itandMVoeihcad l7 ol lsobel St lie was passenger in one of the autos The driver of one of the cars involved Eileen Ellen Burbidge of its Puget St suffered bnused knee Damage to her vehicle was estimated at $550 The operator of the other car William Janes16 of la Weldon Crescent was not injur ed Tho estimate of damage in that his car was sooo auuilierized gun clubs can oper Mrs Burbtdge wae westbound on Steele and ltlr lanes was go ing south on Cook St Tickets Meters Take In $40788 Parking tickets and revenue from meters have yielded 540736 for the city this year Aid Les mm 00mm in im Leonora told city council laet wayto point zoo feet beyond Panda Road and to so miles per hour from there to the city limits TENNIS counrs The Barrie Parks Board been asked by city munch advise what future plans are the works for future Iteruiis courts hi the city BUDGETS Ali board commissions and do partmcnts of the city have been requatcd to submit their capital budgets byJan it rose ACCEPT TENDER The tender of Dangerfield Mir tors for truck and snow plow has been accepted The submit ted price was $0547 HOSPITAL MARKERS The traffic department erect hospital markers on Bay field Sophia and Rose Street routu to Royal Victoria Hos pital in conjunction with an RVH roguest to the OntariolDe partmeot of Highways for signs onIIighway 400 T0 CONFERENCE The city engineer superinten dent of public works and chair man of the public works com mittee have been authorized to attend conference of the Dan adian Institute on Pollution Con trol in Toronto Nov it to 15 WATERMAIN Consiruction of watermaln on Hayfield Street from Candies hoadnoztherlyto toe hayiield Street was approved last night It is to be built under the Local Improvement Act CONVENTION gt City Development Chairman Frank Hersey has been author ized to attend Community Planning Association of Canada convention in Ottawa from Oct in it Always than with greatly trash 5llsf or more iiiAoAaiirtuAnce aourAuvuMirro ii eomerst night And another $10300 is expec ted to enter the coffers from meters and tickets by the end of September he reported as Aid loliiffe vicechairman of to councils public works commit in ice said ticket revenue at the end of August totalled 59235 and parking meters had yielded set 533 He reported that the number of people who park their cars hithesamespotaiidcytabe tog reduced As they are dis covered they are notified by letter that it is an offence Aldo Joiiiffe said Council agreed with the public works committee that no action should be taken to review down town parking meter fees to linchincs John Knight direc tor and BobWright The club plans to have monthly meet ing at different locations in Barrie The momimship area ranges from Barns to Cellulite wood and ukzluidu Next meetin will be Oct 71 Named President Of AssOciation Matl Sovlno last night was elected president of theBarrie and District Data Processing Managers Association at din ner rneeting held at the hay shore Motor Hotel hlr Savino hadbcen elected chairman of steeringcom mitten when the club wasor gnnized hiay is Last night was the first meeting of their year which runs from the cod oi September to May George Gaddon was elected vicepresidcoi Stun Wozniak nited way treasurer hirs llary Sncddon secretary John Knight and Bruce Law directors ondlirnie Pearsc membership chairman Lastnight the club had Torn llolmwood 13M as guest speaker His presentation lVords lrI Procm was follow ed by question aodanwcr period The club expects to receive itschartcr hr the nearJuiure DPhiA is on international organ ization with membership of 35000 coin loan your heart cndyour purse so that the member agencies oil the Barrie United Appeal may con rinue their necessary community services for another year Onevgifi works manywonders give the Barrie United Way SixYearOldi Hit By Car iiiiiiiiiiii sumi tee Heimor of 35 Wellington Stun is in satis factory condition at Royal Vic it toria Hospiml today with abro ken left leg sustained in an ac cident at noon hour yesterday She wasjbuck by car op eratedby Raymond Zernitts 11 of Cook St 25oo ITEIl expow réf IS IN COUNTRY The area codqfor Montreal and surrodndingaia 514 Use the area code when you call Long Distance and your call goes thiough faster and easierAnd where Direct Distance Dialing is availablef you can dial your own calls For area codes and dialing instructions please consult your telephone directory

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