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Goldwater councillor res1gns over workload COLDWATElt Willi one councillor resigning this week and another threatening to Cold water Reeve Earl Brandon hopes things will soon start to settle down There has been lair work load he said hope we can take it little slower now Russell Creighton 49 resign ed at council meeting Monday citing personal reasons He said Thursday he wants to spent more time or his appliance store business Council has spent extra hours in the past year on new sewage system and now sidewalks and street lighting Cyril Martin 70 who hurt his back while checking the village water pump recently submitt ed his resignatian Tuesday but he has since withdrawn it There is too much of load Wasaga budget up without school board levy WASAGA BEACH Hoping to set an example to the County of Simcoe and the Simcoe County Board of Education town coun cil here has approved an eight per cent budget increase for 1976 The board of education has accepted an increase of 39 per cent in its preliminary budget but it is not final The county has not revealed Its budget for 1976 Wasagas new budget would add about $7 to the municipal itys share of the average prop erty tax In 1975 the municipal ity took $87 of the average property tax the county $30 and the board of education $104 The average residential prop erty is asseszed at $20000 The 1976 mill rate for municipal pur Doses will be 475 up from 437 last year In 1975 the county mill rate at Wasaga Beach was 15 and the board of education rate was 57 Although each body sets its own budget the tax is collect ed through one or more bills issued by the municipality Some municipal councils have argued that the School board should have to collect money on its own so that the public is aware of which elected body re quires the most money BANK OPENS IN STROUD Marguerite Watson head li brarian at the new Strouddn niafil Recreation Centre ac cepts an Eskimo sculpture MP REPORTS from Henderson Toronto Dominion Bank vicepresident during the opening of bank branch in Stroud on Wednes day Jerry Blow is manuzcr of Strouds first nurtcred bank Photo by Mary Ioole People want restraints except for themselves By GORDON SMITH MPP Slmcoe East With the federal restraint pro gems that are now being act ivated that are receiving the full support of the Ontario gov ernment thought for this re port would publish news clipping received from con stituent in Simcoe East that sure ly has story to tell Unfortunately cannot ackn owledge the publication it was printed in but do commch the publishers for bringing this story to public attention This is the story OUR CANADIAN WAY T00 There must be many parallels in Our Canadian Way of life to the following thought pro voking story THE AMERICAN WAY young man lived with his parents in public housing de velopment He attended public school rode the free school bus and participated in the free Riding office opens Monday The constituency office for Gordon Smith MPP Simcoe East located at 39 Peter Street North at the corner of Peter and Goldwater Streets in Orillia will open next Monday This constituency office is to nerve all constituents of the Sim 009 East riding and for the first week office hours will be 930 am to 530 pm Monday through Friday but closed during the hours of noon to pm and on Saturday from am to 12 OOH Following the first week the office will be closed all day Monday but operating from Nudity thmrgth Saturday at the above hours Secretary to Mr Smith will he Mrs Norma Burton and the office telephone number is 326 lunch program He entered the army and upon discharge kept his national service life insur ance He then enrolled in the state university working parttime for the state to supplement his GI cheque Upon graduation he married public health IllJIwC and bought farm with an FHA loan then obtained an ItlC loan to go into basincss baby was born in the county hospital He bought ranch with the aid of GI loan and obtained emergency feed from the gov ernment Later he put part of his land in the soil bank and the pay ments helped pay off his debts His parents lived very comfort ably on the ranch with their social security and old age as sistance cheques The county agent showed him how to terrace it then the gov ernment paid part of the cost of pond and stocked it with fish he government guarant eed him sale for his farm pro ducts Books from the public library were delivered to his door He banked money which govern ment agency insured llis chil dren grew up entered public school ate free lunches swam in public pools The man owned an automobile so he favored the federal aid highway program lfe signed petition seeking federal assistance in developing an industrial project to help the economy of his area He was leader in obtaining the new fed eral building and went to Wash ington with group to ask Con gress tobuild great dam cosi ing millions so that the area could get cheap electricity Then one day he wrote his Congressman this letter of pro test wish to protest excessive government spending and high taxes beleve in rugged in divtdualism think people shou ld stand on their own two feet without expecting handouts am opposed to all socialism GORDON SMITH trends and demand return to the principles of our COIlbIIIll tion can add very little to the foregoing except that the public attitude generally is very much in favor of the financial restraint programs provided that the pro grams do not have personal effect upon the way of life and financial income that has been enjoyed in the past This article is good food for all our thinking in these times of restraint for me nmv Its time for younger man said Mr Martin professional photographer and brother of Goldwaters former clerk Chester Martin Mr Martin sand he agreed to stay on councrl until the end of the month to see if the work load lessens Goldwater council recently re jected proposed pay hike for themselves Four councillors get $1000 year and the reeve re ceives $1200 The village has population of about 700 Russell Creighton has been in municipal government for 20 years 12 years on the Matche dash township school board dep uty reeve of Matchedash for one year and reeve for three and Goldwater councillor for four years HIS OWN THING Although council has not ac cepted his resignation formally Mr Creighton said he doesnt plan to attend another council meeting want to do my own thing for change he sa Mr Martin said council has been meeting three times month and looking after inspec tion of some municipal services Reeve Brandon said he hopes to fill Mr Creightons position on council but he is not sure how it will be done Council ha choice of leavxw the council position vacant until the December election appoin ing the runnerup in the 1974 election calling special elcc tion and appointing village resident Tom Puehcring puts some finishing touches on log house display at the Stmcoe County Museum on view all this ON VIEW AT MUSEUM month The house was made by two Indian boys Paul Pa nagapka and Tim Camick of Rama Central elementary school in Washago Ont The main display in March is made up of 14 pencil and crayon drawings done by young Indian in the late 19th century or early 201h century Photo by Mary P0018 Creemore built in floodplain NVCA to confer with council ANGUS The Valley Conservation has problem Notluu usaln Authority DISTRICT NEWS THE BARRIE EXAMINER FRIDAY MARCH I976 Subdivisions By CHRISTINE SMIIII WARMINSIIZR Since 1073 there has been virtual hiatus in the houc buildhg industry in this community loday three projects involving 120 singlc family units are close to receiv ing final approval The largest of the three is Billot development planned by group of rillia businessmen to be located near Concesdon of Medonte Township second proposal for 32 lots planned by John Preston local Ur illia real clinic aucnt The third and smallest proposal in volves 26 lots planned for lev clopmcnt by Art Tcskcy of RR Orillia Both the leskey proposal which has been in the planning stages for three years and the 6240f plan have been submitt ed to the Ontario Municipal Board Merlonte Township clerk How ard Robinson said the lcskcy plan has been at the OMB for the past two months with the larger proposal submitted only two weeks ago Itle standing bylaw allowing for the Preston proposal is now being circulated with the closing date for appro val or objections to the plan set at March Mr Robinson said if all three proposals receive approval from both the municipal board and the ministry of housing building could begin this summer However cautioned Mr ltob inson approval will not mean that 120 homes will sudLIcntly spring up in the illage Vledontc Township has hy lnw prohibiting the consruction of more than 23 houses in one year The most each of the hree developers could construct in l070 would be eight houses each said Mr llohinsm In conducting telephone sur vey to residens living in the vicinity of Warminster Ball Park which is near the propor cd 62ot development the Pack el and Times lcurncd they are concerned mostly about drainage lhirly five rc=idents signed petition askng ltledonte lown ship Council to consider pos sible drainage problcms if the development goes ahead Edward Itix an organizer of the petition said number of Diking for Collngwood river will free land for development ANGUS Tenders have been called for the third and largest stage of the Callingwood Pretty River liking project As approved by the executive committee of the Nottawasagn Conservation uthority tenders will be accepted up to Friday March 10 When complecd the liking should free almost 200 acres for development in the east of Col lingwood Engineer Bill Trotter of Ain ley and Associates Ltd said one fifth of the project was done last year for $050000 The next stage covers another three fifths at an estimated cost of $350000 lhe filial fifth may he started this year if funds are avail ablc The cost is shared equal ly by the provincial government and Collingwcod llamilton Brothers 01 Glen llu ron won the construction contract on the first two stages of liking in 1974 and 1075 are Planned viiI for Warminster people were snncuhnt JlitfP ned about water drainage as seteral homes have had rep ented llJIIIIln with spring run off flooding basements and front lawn He said some residents were concerned that if the dexelop ment goes throuzh this existing drainage problem will get wor sc Council is not Hung in film area said Mr ltix and they dont realize the problems we face and may hnvc to face alter the dmclopmeni is construct WI llobcrt Wiggins who signed the petition said he had no ob jection to pmate person moving to tarminster to build home but he fcl the comm unity wasnt equipped to handle large scale developments The ones that arc here al ready are the ones who are going to have to pay for these projects he said Mrs Wiggins said she is fraid taxes will go sky high if Warminstcr suddenly mush rooms lrom village to small town Its no longer going to be quict settlement she said Where are they going to put the kids who move in here Al ready they are busing kids to Marclnnont to use the gymnas ium there because we dont have one at the Warmintcr school Mrs Wiggins said she and her neighbors often digt ditches in front of their homes to prevent flooding linn lnmunnik hcr neighbor said it will be really bad in mouth when the show begins to melt She said she had dug ditches to let spring watcr go onto 1h rond instead of her property for the past seven years Mr Robinson said he has in cluded the residents concerns bout drainage in the municipal board submission Mot of ltnrminster ilt hllh and dry said Mr Robinson lle noted that the subdividcrs have undertaken drainage Hu dy ol the area but it is not yet completed He said that for most of the village drainage wasnt seriou problem Should the three proposnls be approved the villages drinking water storage system will have to be enlarged This is the res pozisbilily of the developers said Mr Robinson As the village grows he said you have to have more storage Wlarminstcr Is served by an artesian well which is linked by pipes to the village The cost of added storage fac ilities for drinkinn water will be borne by the developers said Mr Robinson Mr lekcy said his propcrv tv drains away from the vill age and he expects no prob lems in this area He began plan ning his proposal in 1073 and said he is looking forward to starting the development this summer It has dissotwcd tuu tun thiiils of he villaac ol rccmorc Is in the lloodjiiin if the I£I filter The job now is tblisli en forceable regulations for build ing in the floodplain Creemore CttltlI members arc to meet with uurtnin tlilldli ants NCVA officials and repre sentaires of til mmisiiy of homing next Wellies lay in Crec more to see what can be done The authority couldnt want to impose anything on the nut nicinalit Hut Iwut whirl NVCA rcsourccs mariaHr Ilcr man Van WCMIIIltI1 sail Its better if the authorin llt the citoperation ol the municipal ilv Hillsdole nominations end Monday lln nominations umce tor llillsdalc Home and Schoils ril election king parents to suggest notmum for the new cxcctlthc orv Monday Leters have been mailed to area residents in order to inter cs newcomers to the arra and parents of fum students The principal Hill lcstill gttlll ICIItl to EtlllS vhool children to cncouuuc thcm to participate in inc election Activities of It HI and cmnl ary according to the interests of members nd school pro ramx Past events lHCIIlfIt cilu cational talks on topics such as health child dscipllne local history and consumerism liven in courses susr keep fit first aid and quininu were al so organized Helping school projects xith time or financial assistance is another part of Home and School work Mar Draw FIRST PRIZE 05002 0509 38 30048 39348 SERILS 03 97507 96037 NUMBER 0318 According to map prepared by Ainley anl sociam Ltd counterr on it $1200 the southern part of the village in floodplain rclrhing far north as Kin Street To determine the flood plain engineer ur the l0til storm in limmins as model for the rczonul horn Mr nllcs cnbccck said it is not known Ilm often such storm occurs ICLLIler of the Longer to lives and property the provincial Con scrvation Authorites Act give the the pnw in Own lll consiuction regulations for flood plains The regulations would aftert only new building including four acre subdivision proposed in llteziunc While unsure of what will be ICldI Mr VanWesenbeeCk the solution the illagt of the solution in the village of Becton might be an example to follow In iceton the NVCA agreed to allow builde in the flood plain if the person excavated to an extent that would neutra lize the ellet it landfilling lhcrebv retaining1r the holding capacity of the soil Iillin without equal excava tion in an area would increase stormwater runoff and flooding posibilities COUNTY GLIMPSES Oro skater in Elmvale show IllIVvllj ro township protcssiinul instructor Susan Walker will be aiming the per formers in the figure skzitin gtIlti Sunday in the lies IIlmvale Memorial Arena There will be two ptflIOImcifl Saturday at pm and Sunday at pm The thcmc this car lutor icnl Those Were the Days presented by members of the Illnnnle Figure Skating Club lcuturcd in the show will be five medal winners from thc Ilqlimrll winter comes and Mich ele Simpson participant in the Canadian figure skating co mpclition in 1073 Tickets can be bought at the door STREET CONSTRUCTION lilllE Reconstruction of this villaizes main street is to begin April 20 according to clerk Faye Townes The contract 348 WINNER OF 61 WINNERS OF 406 WINNERS OF 500 5022 WINNERS OF 25 WINNER 0F 61 WINNERS Of 496 WINNERS OI 00 5022 WINNERS OI WINNER 0F 61 WINNERS OF 4907mm ERS or no uorth $0325000 been award ed to Dagmar Construction of Toronto SIONIIIN T0 MIDLAND Stompin lom Connors will DCIIOIITI at Midland Secondary School on Thursday March ll provided by the Mid land midget hockey club SKATING CARNIVAL ttilllOODlhe 25th an nual carnival of the Cillingwood Blue Mountain liure Skating surrounding townships of Innis fiI Essa Icst Gwillimbufy and Club will be field Friday and Saturday at pm the commun ity arena EUClIRE PLAY CRAIGIIURST Euehre will be played Friday evening March in Craighurst commun ity centre $100000 NUMBER $100000 10000 $100000 1000 350000 1000 E002 WINNERS or WINNER 0F 61 WINNERS OI 25 $50000 1000 406 WINNERS or mo rorni22ii20Windy nus or 3020 humans or 25 81002000 Next Draw March 18 from Toronto 325 tickits may be redeemed at branches of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerco an ON AND Lorremoowonnnon 901