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NEW $41000 PUMPER PLACED AT MINESING This 341000 plumper is the latest addition to the Vespra township fire department It Is stationed at Minesing along with tank truck lhere are similar facilities at Vesprus other fire station in Midhurst Examiner Photo Oro ratepayers are facing increases in property tax 0R0 STATION Staff Like most municipalities in the prov ince Oro township faces tax rate increases for 1976 Well be doing our best to hold the township share in line but that too well be difficult said Deputy Reeve Charles Simp son now serving his sixth year on council Inflaticn and higher costs were the main reasons it was pointed out The fire department will need more money if the recommended new radio equipment is purchas ed The roads department also will have higher budget It is difficult to say just how much it Wlll be at this time said the Oro deputy re eve pointing out the council is still giving preliminary con sideration to budget figures Oro faces the prospect of high er school tax rates along with other municipalities of the coun ty There have been predictions of an increase as high as 30 to 40 per cent witn the ultimate figure depending largely on pro vincial grants There have been reports of likely increase in county leytr also with some predicting 10 per cent hike In budgets Bill this too depends on the success of the county finance commit tee and council in making cut backs in some departments to offset increases in others We fare and social services will be definitely higher and there will be smaller increase in county roads budget If is difficult to regulate bud gets and keep up services said Deputy Reeve Simpson mention ing roads for example In Oro our subsidy isnt likely to cover all the snowplowing needs for this winter There is lot of overtime involved to keep the County council session changed MIDHURST IStaffl Notices have been sent to the 53 mem bers of Simcoe County council that the next regular session will be held on Thursday Feb 19 commencing at 10 am The change was made from the usual third Tuesday of the month because some members will be away attending conven tions The county also will be represented at the Ontario Good Roads convention in Toronto the following week The warden Reeve Orville Hughes of West lwillimburv ap proved fhe change in meeting date at the requet of members McCAGUE REPORTS roads clear and merything costs more Sanding of roads for safety al so involves equipment and man hours with mom depending on the weather We are determined to do our best to hold down co=llt but we have to keep up services he said stating he was much cou cemed with ratepayers probl ems as were oher members of the Oro council Reeve Wallace Key presided at the February meeting of Oro council and other members pre sent besides the deputy reeve were Councillor Paul Hansen Allan McLean and Joanna Ewen llcnry Nerifrvld clerk lend the minutes The Orb township tax rate usually set in Juwu and until figures are finalized the new rate wont be definite But there will definitely be an increase 11 fhough well be doing our best for Iatepayerlt said cpufy Reeve Simpson The increased county btltlltls will be partially offset by pro fllClCfl five per cm incrmn in assessment due to new develop ment which humid halo bald down the county lcvics But the county loo li cine IIII ml costs when vqu In increase unless some depart Says farm support plan must be kept voluntary By GEORGE McCAGUE MPP DufferinSimcoe Farmers are interested in the results of any program They want to know how cer tain approach can help them in producing food for the kitchen table and can remove some of the frustration stemming from past boom and bust cycles They need and expect some econmoic stability and security to plan for the future In addition farmers want to remain the masters of thier op erations Any plan which is too necessarily help them Last week Ontarios agricul ture and food minister William Newman again outlined Ontar ios positition on national ag ricultural stabilization program to the Middlesex Federation of Agriculture Ontario is opposed for many reasons to costly and fragmented series of provincial plans ADJUSTMENTS In the past year the federal government has been dealing with farm income bill called Bill C50 known as the Agri cultural Products Stabilization Act Basically this legislation would mean that farmers may be guar anteed at least 90 per cent of the average market price over the previous five years for ome commodities plus an adjust ment to reflect changes in pro duction costs What is lacking at this point is list of specific commodity sup port levels Ontario can live with the 90 per cent guarantee over five years but would prefer three year period However as Mr Newman pointed out the plan must cover fully the farmers operating costs plus percent age of family labor not invest moot custs and management T9 reach this would require an annual assessment of market conditions and the financial state of fhe fund for each farm pro duct Ontario strongly favors na tional plan backed bythe partic ipation of farmers and each pro vincial government Beyond flat federal guarantee each pro vincial government and the far mer would pay an equal amount to develop checks and balance system against the great dis cretionary powers which the ex isting act gives to the federal minister of agriculture What must be stressed at this point is that the farm income cow whereas BC charged eight cents per pound amountlng to plan must be voluntary as was $34 per animal the case with the beef calf in come stabilization program Those producers who joined would benefit Its that simple What is not so simple is the minisers fear that without ov erall provincial agreement any farm income plan would destroy the whole idea of income stab ility through toploading That means that if any province paid artificial supports or subsidized farm interest rates for farm im provements the national program would collapse During the last provincial elec tion farmers heard much of the New Democratic Partys farm income stability as was in operation in British Columbia The NDI criticized the Ontario beef calf program as unimagin ative and most inadequate The BC plan was open to far mers with at least 20 cows up to maximum of 55 Ontarios plan was open Ontarios payments were based on the weighted average price around the Province over three months BC based its payments on the average Calgary price for October and November less three cents for marketing Ontarios premium was $6 per On lop of that BC charged four per cent which went to BC federation of agriculture for ad ministrative costs INDEPENDENT Dont get me wrong Ontarios plan is not perfect but at least it is superior to the plan In that it was designed to hedge against low markets Beef pro ducers in Dutferin and Simcoe Counties get results And yet the plan does not un duy interfere with the producer running his own show Whatever form an income plan takes it must provide some dc gree of income security without introducing whole series of such plan must not become substitute for the marketplace or remove the enterprising spirit so characteristic of forming In short farm income stab ilization must not lead to guar anteed farm income plan That is what the NDP really advo cates Farm income stabilization may be necessary but the farmer is looking for better type of in surance which will help not hin der him or her in getting on with the job The Barrie Planning Board is in the process of estab lishing policy on the conversion of rental accommodation to condominium accommodation In making decisions on applications for conversions of finding townhouse and apartment rental unitS the Proposed criteria include ll The physical features of the development If The vacancy rate of rental units within the City and the number of tenants willing to purchase their units Planning Board will be presenting their views on this matter at Hillcrest Public School on Thursday February 1976 at 730 PM Interested persons are invited to attend to hear the pre sentation and express their views and opinions RICHARD BATES Assistant SecretaryTreasurer Barrie Planning Board mcrts arc but back or elimin all lhe county is asking municipal flies to Ilvll county feiics in three instalments this year ifh Illc first III lrch instead cf the usual two This could add to municipal borrowing charges it was pointcd out but will be saving to the ounty Oro council will be represen ted at the coming Ontario Hood Rozads convention which is to be held in lwlvll on Monday Tucday am Wednesday Feb as 24 and 23 PUBLIC MEETINGS Plan years study of Willow Creek MIDHLRST Three public meetings are scheduled in the course of yearlong study of Willow Creek which began this week John Johnston drainage co ordinator with the ministry of agriculture described the pro cedure at meeting of Vespra township council on Monday He said the first public meet ing willbeheld near the end of March when the creek north of Barrie is at the peak of its an nual flood ruining farmland on the edge of the Minesing Swamp At the initial meeting the terms of reference of the study will be explained and the pub licwhose clamor prmipted the study will have chance to comment SHARED GRANT The other two meetings will be held in November and next LITIE BARBIE EXAMINER DNESDAY FEBRUARY 1970 to describe the pro reveal final recom January gress and mendations The study is financed by grant under the Agricultural Rehabilitation and IttlplllLL1 Act shared equally by the fed eral and provincial governments Airphoto Analysis Associates Consultants Ltd of Toronto won contract worth $53300 to do the study Airphoto was third lowest of eight bidders but the ministry of agriculture thought airphoto had the best methods of approaching the problem The final report is due in Jan uary of 1977 FLOODING COMPLAINTS The study was proposed last spring by the Minesimg Swamp committee of the ministry of natural resources The commit tee encountered many com plaints about flooding as it cou Snowgolf championship ploy among Collingwood features COLLINGWOOD Organizers of the first Oanadiar snowgolf championships at Collinqwoozl on Friday and Saturday received an official entry form from world famous snowgolfer Happy Rush menko veteran of several world championship smwgolf events in Prince George 80 When submitting his entry form lr Rushmcnko said snow olping is bik fun if dont freez ing your halimackccs onto snow mobilay Mr Riishmenko Ilo mde more comments but difiilt cullies were encountered in try ing to understiid him and His is as near translation as pos sible Mr Rushmenko will not di vulge what type of costume he will be wearing In the Culling wood snougolf Like all other snowgolfcrs he will be equipped with an official purple snoweolf ml and an official sixinch tee If he loses the official puiple Championship skiing in Oro OlISON Staff Amateur freestyle championship skiing is scheduled to take place at Horseshoe Valley this coming Sun day Hb fl Mens junior and senior events will he held as well as similar classes for women skiers Winners ill qualify to participate in the finals which will be held at the Blue Mountain ski ccnlrc on Saturday and Sun day March IS and The competitions are snncfloned by the anndian Ski Association Southern Ontario Division Alpine cum from Don Valley composed of 13 skiers will he opposed by Horseshoe Valley team in compctition for 18 years and undcr Thori will be and plus team from Curlew for It vcnr olds and nndcr which also will be competing here on Saturday and Sunday Feb and Penetang firm gets ARDA grant lRUTO In keeping with Tllf policy of ususing resource buscd industrics in designated are $14000 Lltlll has been authorized to llobichaud Wood lrolfutl Ltl to expand If fac IuanIIImtnrc window lencanuuisheuc llilllllflllnl oi Ih project was made jointly by Will iam Newman Ontario minis for of IleiiflllUlC and food and Marcel Lcssurd federal minis for of regional economic expan sion lhcre Is an abundant local sup ply of wovflock materials re quired for this operation which is conducch In 3000 square fool buildeug made of standard concrete blocks with hot water heating and an exhausf air wood wa to removal and collection sys tcm Production machinery consists of one used mouldcr Ind var Icty of new and used saws drills plantrs pressing for com pressors and handheld air tools The mouldcr shapes pine lumb cr into the dcltircd profile prior to being sown to length for fur ther processing into window frames The other equipment fabricates the aluminum vinyl and wreid components for incorporation in to the wood frames to produce finished unit The company keeps modest inventory of completed units for fifth to frrmcs In STORE FOR RENT 2500 to 5000 Square Feet Join Loblaws Woolworths lCBO Shoppers Drug Mart at the BARBIE SHOPPING PLAZA Spare Suitable For Furnlture Store llardwurc OWomens Apparel Florist Gllt Shop Fabrlc Shop etc Phone Donald Orme 46 9252851 consolidated corporation building limlted immediate delivery and larger orders are produced as receiv ed Ilobichaud projects that sales will reach 2000 units of all types by the end of January 1970 representing market peuena tion of six to eight per cent in the first year of production An increase to 12 per cent is expcc ted by the end of the year and 15 per cent in 1977 Marketing is conducted on direct basis with 80 per cent of the window units being sold to builders 13 per cent to service shops and five per cent to homeowners One of the main factors influ encing the decision of the two levels of government was that employment within the company would be further expanded by the establishment of four new jobs and eight more over per iod of five years The grant under the Agricul tural Rehabilitation program will be shared equally by the two governments under the terms of the federalprovincial rural de velopment agreement snowgolf ball spectators are ask ed to mark the spot with an so he can reclaim it in the spring Mr Rushmenko is better know by his maiden name Arte John son of LaughIn fame He can be seen in nosetonose combat with 500 other competitors in the Canadian Snowgolf Champion ship on Saturday trying to poke purple sponge ball into nine snowbound holes or specially designed golf course by the Col Iingwood Airport wherever that IS First prize is the Labatts ward and free trip by Air Canada to Prince George BC to defend the nations honor in the World Championship Snow golf tournament there Feb 13 13 There are prircs as well for bet dressed foursome most un uIIal IOOIWIII mos unusual club to name few 1976 car goes he first person to get holeiIIone an almost im possible feall and something goes to lournaments Cold cst Golfer Iot so impossible featl JOHN JOHNSTON drainage coordlnator sidered plans to acquire the 18 000 acre swamp and conserve it for its environmental value The complaints were largely subdued when the committee greed to ask for government grant to study Willow Creek Airphoto Analysis Associates are studying drainage erosion and sedimentation in the creek Mr Johnston said the company will provide alternative reme dial measures when the study as completed The aim is to alleviate the problem in Willow Creek with out detrimentally affecting the Minesing Swamp he said Vespra Reeve Alan Johnston pointed out that the question of pay for remedial measures is still undecided whether it be landowners or one of the agen cies of government John Johnston said he could not estimate how much the cor rective work might cost He was advised by council to inter view some longtime residents including Charlie Grant of Mine sing and Al Crawford of Bar rie to find out what route chan ges the creek has taken the 20th century Liberal slams seat belt law ORILLIA Staff The new seat belt regulations were term ed at best an illconceived piece of legislation by Elinor Bing ham defeated Liberal candidate in East Simcoe in the provincial election last fall Mrs Bingham commented on the regulations when challeng for her comments Any law that can be cheerfully and com fortably ignored by the majority of citizens only breeds contempt for all laws and therefore leads to an erosion of the concept of law and order stated Mrs Bingham in her statement Wife of prominent Orillia lawyer Irs Ringbam added certainly agree that by cut ting down on personal injuries in car accidents you will be Lill ting the of ltf medical sliclt for the taxpayers but would it COUNTY GLIMPSES not have been better to concen trate on more extensive pro gram of educating people to wear seat belts voluntarily for their own safety rather than infring ing once again on an individuals right to make his owu decis ions Mrs Bingham suggested that lowering the Ipeed limits on highways which is being done should help In reducing the num ber of accidents This has been shown to be true in the United States she pointed out remark ian that no doubt it will have the same results in Ontario The Liberal candidate conclud ed Perhaps the Ontario gov crnment should have wallted to see the effects of reduced speed limi on the number of personal injuries before having forced seat belts on all of LB 3day Harbour carnival VICTORIA HARBOUR IStaffl toriblight parade by the Harbour Lights Snowmobile Club on Friday him ll will mark the opening of threeday wintcr carnival In this harbour gl Members of the local Lions club allfl the Royal Canadian Lrglon will be meeting In broombull contst which promis es to be hardfought struggle Miss Carnival Queen will be chosen and crownrd at dance which is to be held at the IGA parking lot Snowmobile races will be field on Suturdn with the events held at the bay front Another buy dvs program is Ofllllfrl for Sundly Feb This will include events at the skat ing rink as well as other feat urns Many former rcsdents are ex pcclcf li talc ailntzc of this opportunity to enjoy good homecoming weekend PLAN ACTIVITIES COIITIZR lStaff Plans have boon started by Coldwater Horticultural Society following visit by Alastair Crawford of Oro Station president of the Out ario llorliculturel Association The summer flower show is one of the features CATTLEMEN TO MEET ELMVALF Staffi Simcoe County shorthorn breeders are reminded of reorganization meeting which in to be held at the Federation of Agriculture of fice in Barrie on Saturday Feb 21 at pm LIBRARY Ill BOARD ERNEST WATTS Robert Armstrong Limited Realtor takes pleasure in an nouncing the appointment of Ernest Watts to the Industrial Com mercial Investment division of the firms Home office Ennie has had many years of experience in the marketing field including the LC field of Real Estate Ernie join his son Brad who is also with Robert Armstrong Limited Ernie and his family have lived in the Barrie area for the past 20 years Ernie w0uld like to extend cordial inVItatIon to all his friends and associates to come into the office and discuss any facet of Real Estate over friendly cup of coffee NEW LOWELL SlumSunni dalc library board appointments apprmcd by council included Mrs llcrh Barkc for three years Mrs Mumberson for four Mrs Helen McCarthy for two and Full McCort for one HORSE SHOWS COLDWATER The village council 3ilt 13II flrlll for horse shows to be conducted by tho Georgian liy RidingV Club at the Goldwater Fail Grounds May 30 July 23 and Sept 19 SPRING CONCERT ELMVALE The annual spr inz concert of the Elmvalc and Dirtrict Choral Society will be held at pm April El and 24 in lluronia Centennial Element ary School Elmvele WINTER ARNIVAL VICTORIA HARBOUR Hay ridcs hroombail and torch fight parade will hr among the events in Victora llnrboiirs win ter carnival Friday Saturday and Sunday SEWAGE TREATMENT VICTORIA HARBOUR De tails of $4 million sewage tr eatment system for this village will be described at public meeting in the lIfl elementary school on Thursday at pm How high do you want 9° You can aim as high as you want to In ftie Canadian gt Aimed IOIces Burl yourself up pirgs ally and men tal Pei owe folder and mull for the top his as what Combat Arns can otter you Its not soft job Elli If Combat Arms interest you woke not self oule lOOIlflg IOI some thing spoolal job that can hung out the best IIyou Come on Reach for the top in Combat Eroup ts smoothing spoolal you can be proud of FNEJOLVED sé92 WITHTHE Mpg CANADIAN v36 ARMED FORCES FERTILIZER ELMVALE StaffI The out look for fertilizer supplies is much better than year ago ac cording to Robert Humphr ies aslt0ciafe agricultural repre sentative at the North Simcoe farm office Supplies of nitrog gcn and phosphate will be larg er than last year and uorld pri cos may decline but not likely to the low levels of 197172 ANGLICAN GUILD COLDWATER iStaffl The Anglican Church Guild which is headed by Mrs Sylvia Dunclif fc will hold regular meeting at the home of Sheila Hamilton on Monday Feb 16 Mrs Char loffe Gerdes is the immediate past president BEFORE INFLATION ORILLlA lStaff Mens tweed suits were offered at $8 and youths suits for as low as $290 without sales tax at Cashman and Perrys store ac cording to an advertisement in an old issue of The Orillia News Lefter dated August 18 1898 Dunns grocery advertised 22 pounds of brown sugar or 18 pounds of granulated sugar for dollar CANADIAN FORCES RECRUITING CENTRE 25 St Clair Avenue East Toronto M4T 1M2 Telephone 416 9666564 NOTICE The Mobile Recruiting Team will be In Barrie on Thursday February 1976 at the Can ada Manpower Centre between 1000 am and 300 pm