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lt an 7ltYI Mc ENJOY WINTER SUNSHINE BY TRACKS NEAR SHAN TY BAY Nancy Jarvis and Andy Telford couple of 14year olds from Barrie enjoy the late winter sunshine near the railway tracks south of Shan ty Bay Road Kempenfelt Bay is still dotted with ice huts but they have to be removed by April ac Earlier engineer billing asked by Innisfil council STROUDAfter being criticized by Innisfil council Wednesday engineer William Ainley agreed to submit more detailed bills to the township Mr Ainley president of Anley and Associates Ltd also apologized for submitting bill in February that covered work done last October The bill of $3597 for work on the new official plan was sub mitted after township treasurer Duncan Green had applied to the provincial government for financial aid based on the final cost of the plan Mr Ainley promised to pro vide bill showing the actual cost to the end of 1975 Gerry Jorden planner with Ainley and Associates said they probably could reapply for provincial aid using the final figures BREAKDOWN GIVEN Deputy reeve Blake Con stable chairing meeting of council in committeeofthe whole said he was concerned about the lateness and lack of 0m society BLAKE CONSTABLE Plan Advanced detail in the bill covering work from Oct to Nov 1975 He said even breakdown of costs provided by the firm was not great help The official plan which has been sent to the minister of housing for approval says In nisfil could triple in population launches membership drive SHANTY BAY Staff An nual spring membership drive will be starting soon for the Oro Horticultural Society which is planning another busy year of activities Notice has been received that the District 16 annual conven tion will be held at Parry Sound on Wednesday April 21 and the annual provincial con vention will be held at Wilfrid Laurier University at Waterloo on June 17 18 and 19 The members also were in vited to the spring flower festival at the county museum in Midhurst on Sunday June bus tour is planned for Wednesday April Another Ora will share cost of plaque 0R0 STATION Oro township council has agreed to share the cost of plaque marking the former location of Kem nfelt village on the nor th si of Shanty Bay Road Oro and Barrie each will pay $200 for the plaque to be erected by the Simcoe County Historical Society Barrie will pay to maintain the surroun ding grounds The village once was major point on the Penetanguishene Road between Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay upcoming event is the maple syrup festival to be held at the Orillia community centre on Saturday April May has been declared cleanup month to help beautify Oro Members have been asked to make preparations early for their lawns and gardens The Junior Garden club spon sored by the Oro Society has been active Much success is wished to every member and to each leader who is giving so freely of their time and effort said Mrs Lloyd Sampson public relations officer The Horticultural Society is grateful for the cooperation given by the staff of each school within the area Their efforts in this endeavor are much ap preciated The executive met recently at the home of Dr and Mrs Richard Melton where plans were discussed REVISED BUDGET BEACHStaffA revised budget request for $20200 which was almost $10000 less than made earlier has been made to Wasaga Beach council by the recreation committee Members of the committee in clude Danny Bugden Joyce Lowe John Maguire Hazel Stanford Carol Timlock Bren da Sigouin Ron Steffler Paul Newton and honory member Myrtle Lynn to 33300 people by the year 2000 with 17000 people in the 8th Line community of Alcona Beach 6000acre area surrounding Barrie is excluded from the plan in anticipation of annexa tion by the city Because several objections have been raised by residents against the development strategy the Ontario Municipal Board is expected to hold public hearing later this year The breakdown showed that certain employees put in cer tain amounts of time while working on the official plan For instance senior planner spent 47 hours at rate of $1061 per hour Total labor costs were $1798 That amount is doubled under regulations of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario so the engineering firm gets its share along with the firms planners engineers draftsmen and technologists Deputy reeve Constable said council does not know exactly what the firms employees were working on Im sure you know what youre domg but we dont know what youre do ing He said there is no suggestion that unauthorized work was being done but council was con cerned because the cost of the official plan has tripled since the original estimate Trapshooter can be hurt IOWA CITY Iowa AP Trapshooters may get some un expected pains from their pasv time The first report of shoulder fracture resulting from the con tinuous stress involved in trap shooting was recently made by Dr Austin Sandrock radio logist at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics His patient who fired be tween 200 and 1000 rounds of ammunition each weekend no ticed pain in her right shoul der where she positioned the gun butt She had no memory of any instance of injury although she could not move her arm freely An xray view taken toward the armpit revealed fracture in the coracoid process the strong curved upper part of the shoulder bone Three months later when the fracture had healed an xray study was done from the same angle with the butt of her shotgun in place It was directly in front of the area where the fracture developed cording to regulations of the ministry of natural resources Photo Examiner DISTRICT NE WS 2The Barrie Examiner Friday March l9 I976 ORILLIA RE VIE WS BUDGET FIG URES RIILIAgtStaffrillia ci ty ratepayers face tax in creases which seem likely to be well above the eight per cent guideline but it will be some weeks yet before the exact rate will be known after all figures are finalized Preliminary municipal budgets which reflected an in crease in city expenditures of 159 per cent are being review ed for the purpose of making cutbacks where practical The tax figures are usually finalized in June but this may be done little earlier this year Already interim tax bills have been sent to ratepayers with the first instalment due by Monday March 15 which is weeks earlier than last year Second instalment of the in terim bill is due May 15 Re Inaining instalment dates for tax payments are August 31 and October Ill oncern has been shown over the prospective increase since last year the city councils budget calling for tax levy of $605789 representml an in crease of 214 per cent over the 1974 levy The citys debenture debt has been rising sharply in recent years as services have been ex panded This has increased annual carrying charges on the municipal debt reported to amount to about $18000000 An new police building and renovation of the Opera House are among current projects receiving attention Prices making thieves of Canadians survey TORONTO JP Rising prices have pushed an increas ing number of Canadians to steal food and clothing sur vey conducted by Retail Secu rities Agencies shows Robin Tuff the firms senior vicepresident said in an inter view that people who steal basic necessities have become prevalent in shoplifting cases The firm surveyed 300 stores in Canada The characteristics of the 3700 shoplifters who had been arrested were fed into computer Mr Iuff said pensioners made up only half of one per cent of all those caught shop lifting but 13 per cent of them were caught stealing food These figures show that pen sioners are honest but poverty is driving them to steal said Mr Tuff The survey also showed that nine per cent of the people caught stealing were unem ployed About 19 per cent of these were caught stealing food Mr Tuff said the survey showed that the countrys wel fare system might not be work ing and food stores are filling the gap The survey also showed that Ontario tax credit system praised by George McCague By GEORGE McCAGUE MPP DufferinSimcoe Its that time of year again Time to file your income tax return Taxation of any type brings with it certain inequities at any level of government To reduce that rospect Ontario in 1973 intr uced system of tax credits the property sales and pension which help to achieve greater degree of fairness in the tax system par ticularly for those on low and fixed incomes Any Ontario resident who was living in the province on the last day of the taxation year iseligible CREDIT FORMULA The roperty tax credit for mula or 1975 is $180 or oc cupancy cost whichever IS the lesser amount plus 10 per cent of occupancy cost For renters that means 20 per cent of rent paid in 1975 For houseowners occupancy oust represents property tax paid in 1975 For students of community college or university living in prescribed student residence occupancy cost is $25 The pro perty tax credit applies to roomers and boarders as well Those not eligible would be senior citizen livin rentfree with his or her chil ren In the case of married couple only the spouse with the higher tax able income can claim re gardless of which one owns or leases the principal residence or pays property tax or rent The sales tax credit amounts to one per cent of total personal exemptions for 1975 as entered on page Line 47 of the in come tax return Students who are claimed as dependents by any other Ontario taxpayer cannot claim this credit The pension tax credit is wor th $110 for 1975 and applies to resxdents 65 years of age or over or for each married couple one of whom is 65 or over or for each married couple one of whom IS 65 or over on December 31 1975 To be eligi ble you must complete federal income tax returneven if you dont pay income tax To obtain your fair share of Ontarios Tax Credits you must fill out the special mauvecoloured tax credit form If you have any specific ques tions on your tax credits do not hesitate to contact me or dial and ask the operator for Zenith 82000 This call can be made free of charge WINTARIO PROGRAM was very pleased to see that several Simcoe and Dufferin County projects have received some financial aid from the Share Wintario Program These funds support cultural and recreational facilities throughout Ontario The Stayner arena is to receive grant of $28000 for renovating and expanding arena facilities costing total of $112000 The Stayner Lions Club has worked very hard through local support to raise $25000 for the same project The Villages of Beeton and Creemore are receiving $475 and $200 respectively In Beeton the money will be used for buy ing table tennis tables for the community Creemore will use its funds to buy equipment for the Girls Hockey Team HORSE SHOW Orangeville will receive up to $136000 for the construction of equestrian facilities such as of ficial pavilion stables and grandstand These facilities will be used to host the Lord Dufferin Horse Show Wintario grants are not just oriented to the construction of facilities or the urchase of equi ment Fun are also avai able to he individual athletes develop eirskills in their specific sport In this connection Elizabeth Ashton of Orangeville has received grant of $3406 to train and defray costs of her participation with the Canadian Equestrian Team students who made up 48 per cent of those caught stole smaller amounts of items than adults Women stole more ex pensive items and people 20 to 40 years old stole the most in dollar terms Dr Aaron Levine Montreal psychiatrist said in an inter view that inflation is partly to blame People think of stealing as their way to get back at higher prices he said pfor other people its the need to take risk For them its compulsive act However downtown Toron to department store detective said that when some people come into the store they know exactly what they are doing He said othr people are caught with an accomplice and some even have list of what they are going to steal There are three main rea sons why people steal he said Its the accessibility of goods poor service and financial need We get all kinds of people stealing here who should know betternuns doctors and po licemen The detective said the only way to stop people from steallt ing is to catch them Thats probably the only bright spot in the whole pic ture he said We get almost no repeaters TRUCKS RECALLEI DETROIT AP Chrysler Corp is recalling 2450 light duty trucks equipped to work as snowplows to correct poten tial defect which might allow plow blades to fall from raised position the firm an nounced Wednesday The recall campaign affects 1975 and 1976 Plymouth and Dodge trucks The auto maker said its dealers will reinforce plowlift frames at no cost to customers Chrys ler said the supplier of the plows notified the firm of sev eral failures and recommended that all lift frames be strength ened Finance committee reviews budget requests from county MIDHURST Staff Members of Simcoe County finance committee advanced procedures toward pre aring final budget recommen ations for 1976 county tax levies at meeting in the administration building here today The committee which is headed by Reeve Bill Gibbins of Innisfil has been reviewing budget requests at committee meetings for the ast two mon ths The origina requests in volved spending which substantially exceeded the $9786655 total budget of last year and it is already clear that it will be well over $10000000 Last years total spending was up some $2318629 over the year before but levies to member municipalities were held down by higher assess ment and increased govern ment assistance For this year notice was given the government assistance would be kept to the 10 per cent guidelines SOCIALSERVICES One of the largest budget re quests was an estimated $247113499 for social services of which $1825194 was asked for welfare The latter figure represented rise of some $425240 over last years welfare budget with the higher amount sought because of anticipated increase in unemployment Government assistance bears maor share of the welfare cos The social services includes operation of the three county homes for the aged Sunset Manor at Collingwood Simcoe Manor at Beeton and Georgian Manor at Penetanguishene Simcoe Manor at Beeton was expanded with large new ad dition last year Considerable of the revenue for operating of these homes is derived from payments from residents who are charged on scale according to their means There also is substantial government financial help MORE FOR ROADS Another major spending department is county roads which asked for budget of $2829000 This was up some $113000 over last years budget which was overspent by about $60000 Snow clearing and sanding costs were up this winter due to weather condi tions The property committee ask ed for $176000 an increase of $24000 due to increased heating and lighting as well as other costs Because the reviews were made at private meetings details of the proposed recom mendations have not been released This is due to general policy followed for years When the recommendations are finalized they will be presented Plan farmers bonspiel at Cookstown COOKSTWNStaffAnnu al farmers bonspiel at the Cookstown Curling club will be held on Saturday March 20 with draws starting at and 11 am Three eightcnd games are scheduled with Sam French in charge of entries Winner will receive the French and Elines trophy won by the Harry Ross rink last year With Harry were Bob Saunders Cord Riley and Clare Home Other coming bonspiels in clude the Llo Hughes com petition schc uled for Satur day March 27 and the mens closing event listed for Satur day April The Ladies section is holding last chance bonspiel for the season on Wednesday March 31 with two Mend draws plan ned Mrs John Beeston of RR3 Cookstown is in charge of entries SKATINGCARNIVAL LEFROYwThe South lnnisfil figure skating carnival will be held Sunday at South Innisfil community centre with per formances at pm and 730 pm MAPLE SYRUP ANGUS The maple syrup of making will Family served area 92 years WESIWOOD Ont CP When William Breckenridge re tired as Asphodel township clerktreasurer and Ross Hen dricks took over March it marked the first time since 1884 that someone other than member of the Breckenridge family has held the position Mr Breckenridge 71 took over the post in February 1949 from his father John Brecken ridge who had assumed the po sition from an uncle Squire John Breckenridge who had served until 1916 For those 92 years all town ship business except council meetings had been handled from the family home near Westwood Mr Breckenridge said be de cided to retire because new township office has been built in Westwood about 15 miles east of Peterborough Its not worth my while to commute back and forth and to work he said This has meant more than just eight hours day to me Ive had one holiday and that was for only two days The councils workload has increased lot We used to meet for about four hours once month Now there are meet ings twice month and they can go on until two in the morn ing Along with his clerk treasurer position Mr Breckenridge also has held the posts of tax collector and welfare officer He said the tax bills which now are prepared by computer used to be made up in his house separate room always was set aside for township business except when the tax bills were made up The entire house was filled with that activity said Mr Bre ckenridge Now that the job has out grown my house dont think lllfollowit BARRIE DTNTURE CLINIC EC0tEllA or Complete Denture Service 7264721 l05 Dunlpp 51 MemberDpnturist Society 0l Onurio demonstrated Saturday at the Tiffin conservation area 8th Concession of Essa three miles south of Highway 90 west of Barrie The area will be open for three consecutive weekends beginning Saturday from 10am to4 RALLY MEETING WASAGA BEACHStaff Wasaga Beach Ratepayers Association has arranged ratepayers rally meeting at the Oakview community hall for May 23 at which public issues will be discussed ANNUAL MEETING COLLINGWODStaffAn nual meeting of Collingwoood General and Marine hospital will be held on Wednesday March 31 in the McEachern Training Centre starting at oclock it was announced by Lockhart president WATER METERS EVEREITStaffITosoro ntio council has approved the installation of water meters in the Everett subdivision with quotions invited from plumbers STOPSIGNS CREEMOREAStafflaNew stop signs are to be placed on Elizabeth and Wellington streets at Mary street it was decided by Creemore council Trailer parks change asked MNSTNEA proposed change in Medonte townships zoning bylaw would require all trailer parks to cover at last five acres The change was suggested by the minister of housing The bylaw now says trailer park must be at least two acres in size Councils planning con sultants Windland Associates agrees with the proposed change noting that ski resorts are using their property for camping during the summer Mar Draw unite FIRST PRIZE lama ANY OTHER ALL SERIES TICK ANY OI HI AL ALL IIIIEH luau rn lnnum roman 3939 ANY ALL ALL 83313 In TOTA II II II II BILL GIBBINS To Make Report to Simcoe County council as whole which could accept or re ject them or make amend ments Members of the county coun cil said the overall recom mended budget would be within the 10 per cent govern ment guideline Others said they hoped it would be held down to about half this percen tage The county council could be offered choice of two figures with an outline of how they would affect essential ser vices it was stated SHOW CONCERN Reeve Earl Brandon of Col dwater Reeve Bill Gowanlock of Orillia township and Reeve Reeve Fergus Grose heads the village council SKATING CARNIVAL STAYNERStaffDezi Bukovics of Gravenhurst will be guest skater at the spring carnival of the Stayner Figure Skating club to be held at the local rink on Saturday night March 20 EVERETTStaffIvan Speers has been appointed weed inspector by Tosoronto township council Reeve James Eder presided at the meeting LADIES NIGHT CREEMOREPlans have been made by Creemore Lions club to hold ladies night din ner party at Nancy Villa on Saturday evening March 27 umil March 20 only we offer you any of our famous Denby oventotoblonoro pc place settings at an incredible 339596 savings Sole Includes All DENBY PATTERNS while our present stock lasts can mm AVE 7371319 WINNER OF 63 WINNERS OF WINNER OF 63 WINNERS OF WINNER OF 63 WINNERS OF 512 WINNERS OF 5l84 WlNNERS OF SAVE 33 On Denby As our 4piece place setting sale continues CT N0 WFOR BEST SELECTION GRAYSONHELD 512 WINNERS OF 5184 WINNERS OF PRIZE $100000 NUMBER 512 WINNERS OF 5184 WINNERS OF $50000 NUMBER Wallace Key of Oro reported earlier they found ratepayers were much more concerned about property taxes than they have been for years This was largely due to forecasts of substantial raises in school taxes but also due to the effect of inflation on other levies as well One of the town represen tatives on the finance commit tee Reeve Lionel Dion also mentioned the concern as he referred to county problems due to the higher costs caused largely by inflation Reeve Art Durner of Bradford is the other town representative Township members besides Reeve Gibbins include Reeve Morris Darby of Tiny Dejputy Reeve Allan Glassfor of Tecumseth and Reeve Alan Johnston of Vespra Warden Orville Hughes who is reeve of West Gwillimbury said the committee members have been conscientious in reviewing the figures and endeavoring to hold down in creases in practical way with due regard for services The finance committees final recommendations are due to be presented by Reeve Gib bins to Simcoe County coun cillors during sessions arrang ed for Tuesday and Wed nesday March 30 and 31 at the county administration cen tre here Jim ONeil is president of the Creemore Lions INTERIM BILLS DUNTROONStaffNotta wasaga council has authorized sending out interim tax bills with the due date for the first 1976 tax payment June 30 DOG TAGS READY STAYNERStaffNew dog tag licences are now available at the municipal office on Gi deon street with $5 the rate for one male dog or spayed female GRANT APPROVED DUNTROONStaffA grant of $50 to the Salvation Ar my has been approved by Not tawasaga township council which is headed by Reeve Edgar Currie former warden Icyfiold mu 7262380 $100000 NUMBER 100000 10000 500 25 100000 1000 100 25 IZE $50000 NUMBER WINNER OF 63 WINNERS OF 512 WINNERS OF 5184 WINNERS OF 23040 WINNERS OF $2047000 Next Draw April from Mississauga $25 tickets may be redeemed at branches of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce ONTARIO LOTTERY CORPORATION