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Third candidate hopes for Simcoe Centre nod By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter Simcoe Centres Progressive Conservatives got new can didate and heard series of blasts at leftward drift and the New Democratic Party Thursday at their riding associations annual meeting Derek VernonBrowne realtor who has lived in Barrie for two years came forward at the meeting to join George Taylor and Bill Knowles evrously declared candidates or the partys nomination in the next provincial election Arthur Evans who has held the Simcoe Centre seat at Queens Park for the Tories for 16 years will retire when the next election is called Mr Knowles told the meeting that if nominated he will com bat the socialistoriented par ties Liberals as well as NDP by selling voters on the idea of the basic Canadian the ninetofive wage earner in the $10000$15000 annual salary range who is used most taxed most thanked least and generally used poorly by the decision makers He said this group is his natural constituency despite NDP claims to be the working mans party The NDP has no more right to claim to exclusively repre sent the working man than we do he said He said NDP pie in the sky schemes are paid for out of the working mans pocket He said Simcoe Centre Tories must recognize that the riding has strong NDP candidate in Paul Wessenger and vow to work hard enough to beat him and restore the declining Con servative margin of victory CAN BEAT can beat Paul Wessenger can beat the Liberal can didate he said can relate to their supporters as well or better than they can Mr Taylor also took shot at the NDP criticizing the partys performance in governing British Columbia The first election they got rid of them with nearly bankrupt province he said He also attacked the Liberals warning that the inex perience of Liberal leader Dr Stuart Smith makes it necessary for Conservatives to be ready for an election at any time Hell cause an election by accident he said He doesnt Imow any better He said the Conservative par ty is the only party which truly recognizes the worth of the in dividual The party is the essence and the sole being of the other par ties not the individual he said He said Conservatives must get rid of the idea that the big blue machine is so powerful it could get dog elected as Tory in Simcoe Centre and in stead get out and work to stave off the threat of defeat His own contribution of the party he said has ranged from stuffing envelopes and knock ing on doors to representing Mr Evans and Simcoe North NIP Dr Rynard at official functions Mr VernonBrowne told the meeting local concerns such as housing and annexation of in dustrial land should be the main concern of the Simcoe Ellie flame Examiner CITYMEWS The Barrie Examiner Friday April 19769 Centre MPP GIVES PLEDGE He pledged if nominated and elected to bring such matters up in the legislature My concerns are your con cerns he said He told the meeting the MPP must be open to new ideas and approaches Were Conservatives but were Progressive Conser vatives he said He said his main political ex perience has been in making suggestions to Premier William Davis and his top aides since he thinks it best to go directly to the top Mr VernonBrowne said he moved to Essa Township from Brampton the premiers home town 10 years ago and to Bar rie two years ago and is in terim president of the Allan dale Homeowners Associa tion Ron Stewart of Barrie was acclaimed president of the riding association Other new officers also acclaimed are Ruth Rowe of West Gwillim bury Township Les Hebert of Innisfil Township Gordon Brock of Tiny Township and Mark Kostandoff of Barrie first through fourth vice presidents Dona Johnston of Vespra Township treasurer and Mary Rogers of Penetanguishene secretary Mr Stewart said the next election willbe crucial because the Conservative party has gone as far to the left as any party can go for the good of the people and if there is any fur ther leftward movement its the end of our system RABIESCLINIC Barrie council gave per mission to the ministry of agriculture to hold its annual rabies clinic in the citys old fireball on Collier Street April 29 GETTING READY FOR TALENT SHOW Elmvales maple syrup talent show will be presented at the Elmvale District High school tonight and Maple syrup queen and princesses will be active during Maple Syrup day program on Satur day Competing in earlier qualifying shows were from front to back Michelle Simp son Sheila Harpell Elizabeth Graham Sharon Davis Nancy Trace and Bon nie Lawson In lower photograph the two little girls with canes are Suzanne Emery and Wendy Quesnelle doing tap number Photos by Poole Chief Instructor of the Gravenhurst Fire College Garnet Schenk at far right passes along helpful in formation to firefighters from Simcoe County gathered here on the Govern ment dock at the foot of HELPFUL INFORMATION PASSED ALONG Bayfield Street week long symposium has been con ducted in Barrie for firefighters who were unable to attend the regular college course Examiner Photo Cash sawedoff rifle found in residence police testify By JOHN WROE Examiner Staff Reporter Over $200 in cash and sawedoff 22 cal rifle were found in the residence of Eugene Robinson the day after his wife was killed Sgt John Cooper of the Ontario Provin cial Police testified in Supreme Court Thursday Robinson 32 is charged with the murder of Karen Robinson June 25 He told police that two men wearing masks and carry ing sawedoff rifle accosted him in the Rolling Pin Bakery next door robbed him then shot his wife when he failed to produce more money Sgt Cooper said he and Con stable Frank Fraser also of the OPP were called in as an identification team They made photographs and scale draw ings of the bakery and house and searched the entire area The afternoon of June 26 while going through couch in the living room Sgt Cooper found the gun He said it was hidden between the back and the cushions of the couch and he had to reach his arm in as far as his elbow to pull it out Also hidden in the couch was clip for the gun containing four 22 cal bullets In matching chair Con stable Neil Sturgeon of the lil nisfil Police Department found large quantity of money said Sgt Cooper but he was not aware of how much In love seat also in the living room Sgt Cooper found towel with red stains on it and this too had been pushed deeply into the cushions FOUND MORE MONEY In the kitchen of the house the men found even more money Some was on the table in an envelope with Wintario marked on it said Sgt Cooper He said the table was cluttered with numerous objects in cluding cashbox He said the envelope was readily visible and when it was found there was some money sticking out He watched the money being counted and said there was about $200 In cupboard $18 in American money was found im mediately It had been stuffed between some articles and the side of the cupboard On the shelf above about $60 in change was found in several con tainers Police searched the rest of the house but found no signifi cant amounts of money or anything relating to the rifle Sgt Cooper said he also search ed the grounds of the bakery and house with metal detec tor but turned up nothing Sgt Cooper said he found screen taken off window in the bakery but said there was no indication anyone had ac tually entered through the win dow He said there was no sign of scuff marks on the window sill and there was an undisturbed film of flour dust on the counter beneath it Other indicators were articles on the counter and cake decorator nozzle on the window sill In their search the officers found two clear footprints One was on flour spill in the bakery and the other was in sand near sidewalk Both were photographed PICUTRES SIIOWN Using slide projector Sgt Cooper showed about 60 pic tures to the jury Most were simply to give location of ob jects in the bakery and house but some were closeups of the rifle and money The men photographed and searched the spare bedroom of the house finding only that it appeared to have been search However one of their photographs was of the light fixture and blownup portion of this light was also shown It was in this room that Crown At torney John Murphy told the jury Monday bullet hole was found after the investigation was completed Crossexamination of Sgt Cooper will continue today and Constable Fraser may begin his testimony New pastor arrives for St Marys Church Rev Leonard OMalley newlyarrived pastor at St Marys Catholic Church in Bar rie has no spare time for throwing rocks at nonCatholic denominations Theres too many other things to do than to be arguing all the time says Father Malley who arrived in Bar rie Wednesday to succeed Rev Reeves He says he would rather em phasize the many things Chris tians believe in common rather than the subjects on which they differ Other denominations are do ing very much what were do ing he says We may not always agree over every detail and yet think our aims are very similar if not identical Father OMalley comes to Barrie from Toronto where he spent three years as pastor of St Charles Church native of Magog Que he moved with his parents to Oshawa in time for high school then attended St Augustines Seminary in Scarborough prior to his ordination in 1960 Before taking over as pastor of St Charles he served parishes in Penetanguishene Brampton and another part of Toronto and spent three years as hospital chaplain in Brockville As pastor in Barrie Father OMalley will not face the language barrier which restricted his ministry to ma jority of his congregation at St Charles where an associate pastor took primary respon sibility for the 60 per cent of parishioners who spoke Italian DEALINGWITII EVERYBODY Ilere Ill be dealing with everybmiy while there was dealing with part of parish on ly he says Father OMalley says he finds the heart of the Catholic Churchs unique ministry in the seven sacramentsabaptism confirmation holy orders the Eucharist Mass marriage penance confession and the announting of the sick last rites not all of which are accepted by other churches According to our beliefs Christ instituted the sacraments seven in number he says The churchs respon sibility is to make these seven sacraments available to the people In addition to differing on the number he says Catholics dif fer from Protestants on the nature of some sacraments especially in the Eucharist where Catholics believe the bread and wine literally becomes the body and blood of Christ despite remaining the same in outward appearance Father OMalley was ordain ed at key stage in Catholic history just before Pope John XXIII called the second Vatican council which brought about sweeping renewal in thetlhurch The emphasis before the council was on the laws in the church he says The em phasis now is on people Laws and made to help people NOTICEDCIIANGE Since the council Father OMalley has noticed major change in the people who come to Mass There are probably fewer if you counted heads he says but theyre here because they want to be This he says contrasts with former times when many Catholics turned up at Mass grudgingly out of obligation and forgot their religion for the rest of the week Its really pleasure to deal with todays voluntary Catholic he says And what of those whether lapsed Catholics lapsed Pro testants or whatever who do not come to church feel that my role is to be available to those people with information guidance or the sacraments he says dont see myself bounding them Father OMalley says his primary goal in his priesthood is to help the people he meets find happiness in fulfilling their role in life by coming closer to God through the Church The more you do His will and centre your life around Him the happier youre going to be he says ffyfeJones arrives in Barrie to try for photos of monster There is good chance the Kempenfelt Bay monster will be photographed within the next few weeks says Dr Harild ffyfeJones Drf fyfeJones arrived in Barrie this mornin with equip ment from the anadian In stitute of Teratology have brought some very sensitive equipment with meequipment so sensitive it can photograph match in darkroom Dr ffyfeJones is in Barrie for the weekend doing preliminary work on major project planned for the bay this spring intend to talk to Joe Spivik and Zelda Wiggins personally hesaid From what they have to say trust we will be able to pick the best spots for which to search for the monster The Canadian Institute of Teratology received $25000 grant from the Canada Council to search for the monster It is wonderful thing you know said Dr ffyfeJones in clipped British accent The in terest in monsters from the federal government is an in spiration to us all at the In stitute The response from the civil service at all levels was most heartening said Dr ffyfe Jones One went so far as to say our project was at least as valuable as some of the FY projects hesays EARLY INTEREST Dr ffyfeJones scion of land ed English gentry going back to William the Conquerors time had his interest in monsters spurred on at an early age On childhood trip to Loch Ness Dr ffyfeJones and his mother spotted that famous monster Ever since then he says have been facinated by lesserknown forms of lifeswhich is really what monsters are He received his early educa tion at both Eton and Harrow where he notes the odd spell ing of his names caused no pro blems Harild is an ancient Saxon spelling of Harold he says ffyfeJones doublebarrelled name dates back to marriage in the 17th century between the temporarilyfinancially straitened Jones and the wealthy nyfes The name ffyfe was kept as part of the family name but the agreement said ffyfe Would be spelt with no capitals he says After leaving Harrowhe went to Eton firstDr ffyfe Jones read classics at Oxford preparing for career with the Foreign Office The war put paid to that says Dr ffyfeJones mean after all who wanted anything to do with the Foreign office after that mess On coming down from Ox ford Dr ffyfeJones joined the Royal Navy where he was im mediately assigned to ro ject investigating the possi ili ty of drying up the Rhine River to shorten the war Needless to say we didnt says Dr ffyfeJones But we had jolly fun considering it and learned more about monsters After the war Dr ffyfe Jones who joined in 1940 as sublieutenant and was demolr bed in 1946 as sublieutenant decided to study marine biology at the University of Edinburgh He wrote his thesis for his doctorate on the Loch Ness monster There was spot of bother about that says Dr ffyfe Jones The main point of the thesis was that the Loch Ness monster is an elaborate hoax by the Scottish Tourist Board The family felt it was time left England and established myself in the colonies So in 1955 came to Canada Dr ffyfeJones was hired by the old Ontario department of natural resources as biologist and worked for the department for the next 10 years on little known project to persuade ln dians in Northern Ontario to breed and raise camels as source of income It really wasnt the terribly brightest idea have ever had says Dr ffyfeJones who has little love for politicians It was dreadful way for the minister to talk to me the da he decided should see employment elsewhere And all that twaddle the NDP spouts about being interested in the common manwhy the day went to see the NDP leader about being fired he refused to seeme TWO YEARS LATER The next two years were devoted to further research at the University of Toronto on Canadian monsters would never have made it through that period without the allowance from home says Dr ffyfeJones He was then approached by group of men whom he refuses to identify who wished to establish the Canadian In stitute of Teratology Dr ffyfeJones was named director Wr Reason asked for rate hike An 83 per cent increase in in surance costs is little hard to take and the Barrie public utilities commission PUC wants justification The commission is asking its insurance company to explain the increase to $1950 year from $1064 for the water works departments liability and pro perty damage coverage The commission was insured for three year period at $3195 but the rates were increased when the policy expired Dec 31 1975 During the three year period the insurance company paid 10 claims totalling $1775 Bill Elson commission secretarytreasurer said the PUC also has to carry $250 deductible clause in the new policy This means the Barrie PUC pays the first $250 of any claim against the water works depart ment Mr Elson said if the clause was included in the previous in surance coverage the PUC would have paid nine of the 10 claims The only reason the in surance company gave for the increase he said is that libility insurance rates in general and for utilities in particular are increasing in the province PUC pulls the plug on commission trucks The Barrie public utilities commission PUC is pulling the plug The commission decided Thursday to remove the orange and red electrical plug symbol from its trucks and change all the lettering to black The main reason for the change is that many people are confusing Barrie PUC trucks with Ontario Hydro equipment John Murphy general manager said the change is cheap way of ending the confu sion He suggested the com mission leave the trucks white for safety of the employees The commission was con sidering new color for the equipment because the white is hard to maintain Two youths face charges in connection with thefts Two Barrie youths have been charged in connection with six car thefts over the past two weeks Michael John Lloyd 16 and Philip Andrew Hubbard 17 both of 34 Marion Cres will ap pear in court April 27 The charges go back to Mar ch 29 when 1972 Toyota was stolen from Peter Andrews of 125 Welllington ST The second car they are charged with steal ing is 1970 Chevrolet station wagon belonging to Karen Knowles 183 Anne St stolen April The four other cars were stolen Wednesday and are 1968 Pontiac belonging to Jim Chubb of Utopia 1973 Datsun belonging to Stephen Harrington of Bernick Dr 1966 Oldsmobile belonging to Harry Hale of 37 Johnston St and 1969 Oldsmobile belong isng to Murray Joliffe of Oak All the cars were recovered by Barrie City Police LOCAL GENERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT The Barrie public utilities commission and Ontario Hydro are cosponsoring special seminar in Barrie for most of the citys industries The seminar scheduled May from am to 330 pm at the Con tinental Inn is to educate in dustries on conservation of energy The cost is $10 person THREE TO DO There were some cutbacks Thursday at the Barrie public utilities commission meeting The commission is allowing on ly three of the five people recommended to go to the Association of Electrical Utilities Vehicle and Equip ment Show in London Ontario The commission limited the total cost to $150 for the three men The convention is held May to Stan Bobbett elec tric supervisor in Barrie is the chairman of the show for the AEU TOO EXPENSIVE The Barrie public utilities commission turned down re quest to send meter man to special course in Orangeville at cost of $3400 The commis sion said the course offered by Ontario Hydro is too expensive In previous years the cost of the course was included in the general electric rates charged to municipal commissions but the new policy is to charge for each meter man attending the course APELIOORN CLUB The BARRlEApeldoorn Friendship club is meeting Tuesday at 830 pm at 89 Col lier Street Everyone is welcomed Apeldoorn is Bar ries twin city in Holland CETENNIAL CELEBRATION Former classmates and teachers of Prince of Wales Public School in Barrie are in vited to Centennial Celebration Saturday May 15 from 12 noon to pm and pm until midnight The after noon session includes refresments barbershop singing antique car display baking and eating contests There is prize for the best centennial costume The even ing includes cold buffet meal and dancing for $3 person with special memento given to each graduate who attends EASTVIEW OPEN HOUSE Eastview Secondary School is opening its doors to everyone Wednesday April 11 between 730 pm and 930 pm for the annual open house All depart ments in the school will be represented with examples of classroom activities exhibits and demonstrations on display It DRESSUP COMING Mr Dressup Casey and Fin negan will all be visiting Georgian College Theatre May The show is being sponsored by the Zeta Lambda chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and there will be two per formancesat4and7 Tickets at $1 each may be purchased by telephoning 728 6562 or 7280703 All proceeds go to charity GROUP OF SEVEN display of prints of pain tings by the Group of Seven Canadian artists will be on display through April 17 at Bar rie Public Library Artists represented include Tom Thomson associated with the youp but never member Jackson Lawren Harris Casson and II Mac Donald OFFICERS ELECTED The Barrie parttime firefighters elected their of ficers at meeting this week Gordon Spring is first Lieute nant Flynn second Lieutenant Barry Bertram third Lieutenant Stan Brown secretary and Don Simpson treasurer TREES ORDERED The public works committee is buying trees with money from subdividers agreement for the University Heights sub division east of Duckworth Street The city is buying about 200 trees at cost of about $28 each RESOLUTION ENDORSED Barrie finance committee is recommending the city endorse resolution from London Ont to the provincial government to increase the grants in lieu of taxes for institutions The city is paid grant for each correc tional centre cell post secon dary school student and hospital bed in the community The present rate is $50 each but the resolution is asking the pro vince to increase the amount according to the increase in municipal taxes OUTBOARD COURSE There will be course on small outboard motors at the Georgian College Extension Services at 115 Bell Farm Road starting Tuesday The eight week course will run from 7301030 pm every Tuesday and will be taught by Steve Mallory Instruction will include discussions and demonstrations with slides handson ex perience with assembling and disassembling an outboard motor adjusting the car buretor adjusting the timing and setting up the gears and water pump and basic trouble shooting The course costs $40 CATCH UP FIRST Fires in Barrie are being nice to new chief Jack McAllister We havent had any fires and we arent going to have any until catch up on my paper work he said this morning Chief McAllister took over from former chief Dan Keast April and since then the department has had no major fires to fight DRUG PROBLEM Cpl Robert Fenske of the Barrie detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will address the Barrie Kiwanis Club April 12 His topic is Trying to handle the drug pro blem in this community The dinner meeting is at the Holiday Inn Barrie and starts at615pm 400 EXPECTED As many as 400 Kiwanis Club members from 14 clubs in the Huronia District are expected to attend the Governors Dinner and Ball April 10 The Barrie and Kempenfelt Kiwanis clubs will be cohosts for the gala af fair in honor of Allen Duffield of Nassau Governor for Eastern Canada and The Carib bean Reception is at pm dinner at and dancing to the Bob Hunter Orchestra begins at 9pm GENERAL MEETING general meeting of the downtown improvement board originally scheduled for next week will instead be held April at 630 pm at Collier Street United Church hall The board will present its program for the year and field questions from the floor