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The Barrie and District Branch of the National Secretaries Association kicked off National Secretaries Week with TOAST TO NATIONAL toast at wine and cheese party held Monday night at the Continental Inn From left are Betty Akers Barrie and District president Pat 27 SECRETARIE Neil corresponding secretary and Mary Mor ris recording secretary The wine and cheese party was part of membership WEEK drive and about ten new members for the associa tion were recruited Ex aminer Photo Public asked to join fight on mosquitoes this summer The Simcoe County Health Unit is on the lookout for Swine Influenza and encephalitis and is asking the public to join in the fight against mosquitoes Dr Nancy Armbrust medical officer of health said spraying mosquitoes in the area north of Metro Toronto is not recommended but at tempts should be made to avoid stagnant water areas St Louis encephalitis is spread by mosquitoes she said and their breeding should be controlled The most common mos quito in this area is the spr ing Aedes which winters as an egg hatches in April or May and develops into an adult by late May or early June These are our most com mon biting mosquitoes Dr Ambrust said and they do not carry St Louis encephalitis The Culex species which is the main carrier of the disease winters as an adult gets blood meal from birds in late May lays eggs on the surface of stagnant water in early June and becomes an adult by late June There can be several more generations peaking by late August after which they do not bite and are not infec tious Threfore to control their numbers receptables which retain water should be removed so there are not suitable sites for the mos quitoes to lay their eggs Dr Armbrust said In this regard old con tainers and tires tin cans etc should be removed from yards depressions in the ground filled and bird baths DR NANCY ARMBRUST changed at least once weekly Ditches should be kept open for free flow of water HARMLESSSPECIES There are some swamps in this area which do not act as sites for mosquito breeding and there are others which breed large numbers but these are the harmless species she explained Dr Armbrust said Orillia and Rama Township have spraying programs but these are only for nuisance and abatement is only recom mended in the southwestern area up to Toronto The northern portion of the province is also protected by nature she said It is known that long con tinuous periods of warm weather followed by an extraheavy rain with mild temperatures prevailed last year in the Windsor area Mass immunization planned this year Public health units in On tario will undertake mass voluntary immunization pro gram to combat potential flu outbreak this year The program is subject to the availability of adequate supplies of the vaccine from the Department of National Health and Welfare Ottawa Ontarios 43 local public health units will administer the program to selected highrisk residents in September Ontario residents who will be urged to take advantage of the vaccination include everyone over 65 years of age those who have chronic conditions such as heart disease chronic bronchitis and other metabolic disorders and people bet ween 20 and 50 particularly those working in essential services The program is expected to take four weeks and will be free of charge People over 65 and those with chronic conditions will receive combination of Swine and Victoria vac cine while others will receive vaccine for the swinestrainonly LOCAL GENERAL MINORINJURIES An accident at the corner of Maple and Sophia Streets in Barrie about pm Monday resulted in minor injuries The vehicles involved driven by Patricia Brown 16 Centre St and Renald LeMire Coatinouk Que had to be towed from the scene SNOVOYAGEURS MEET The SnoVoyageurs will meet tonight at Grenfel Hall in Vespra Township at pm Tickets for the clubs spring dance still available TRAFFIC LIGHTS Traffic signal lights at the intersection of Innisfil Street and Essa Road begin full peration Wednesday after noon The lights were used as flashing signals duringthe last few weeks HOUSING SPEAKER Rumm president of the Urban Development Institute of Canada will speak Wednesday at 730 am at Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce breakfast Inceting Mr Rumms group is responsible for the report How the Cost of New Hous ing Can Be Lowered in On tario released earlier this year OUR MISTAKE The new president of the Barrie chapter of arents Without Partners is Mary Burden not Burnden as was printed in Mondays Ex ammer DEFENDO STARTS The Barrie YMYWCA will begin 10week course in Defendo starting Wednesday The course will run every Wednesday evening from 530 to 630 for children aged 10 to 17 and from to for adults The course will be in structed by Bill Underwood originator of Defendo Fur ther information may be ob tained by telephoning 726 6421 or visiting the at 22 Grove StE SHEBA SHRINE CLUB Senior personnel from the Simcoe County board of education and Simcoe County Catholic se arate school board have en invited to take part on an educational night program at the Sheba Shrine Clubs monthly meeting Thursday at its John Street hall Two Shrine club members Bill Haza and George Mulholland are pro viding entertainment with some musical numbers where most cases occured These exact weather cir cumstances are not likely to occur often she said number of persons with symptoms of encephalitis in Simcoe County were in vestigated lastyear No cases were found of the St Louis strain The health unit will con tinue investigations this summer but am not honestly expecting any St Louis encephalitis in our area Dr Armbrust said As for Swine Influenza Dr Armbrust said the federal government has announced vaccine will be available for selected groups and the local unit will be ready to carry out the vaccinations when final details are decided Our resources for treating flu have improved greatly over the past 50 years so that an epidemic now would not present the same picture as it did in 1918 Dr Armbrust said She noted the only reported cases of the disease were at an army base in the United States and there have been no reports of cases in Canada The most recent influenza was AVictoria which has declined but may reappear nextwinter Dr Armbrust suggested the best way to avoid any virus is good basic health habits stay away from over crowding get sufficient rest eat proper diet and get moderate exercise and fresh air Elie Titania Examiner CITYNEWS The Barrie Examiner Tuesday April 20 19769 Cookstown reeve won run again COOKSTOWN Norman Cook Reeve of Cookstown said Monday he will not seek reelection in December After seven years as reeve Mr Cook 74 said he intends to retire and do some travell ing Reeve Cook moved to Cookstown area in 1954 after selling his 250acre farm in NORM COOK Malton Woodbine racetrack now covers the old homestead Ironically he is not descendant of the founders of Cookstown But his ancestors established Cooksville west ofToronto Before moving north Reeve Cook served as coun cillor in Etobicoke for two years and was trustee on the Highfield school board for 17 years As the village represen tative on Simcoe County council Reeve Cook has serv ed on the finance committee and for the past two years on the recreation committee He and his wife have five children three of whom live in the Cookstown area and 18 grandchildren Reflecting on the villages future Reeve Cook said he does not expect to see much development in addition to two su divisions now propos edwith total of 108 lots He said the village pop 900 has poor water supp and the clay soil is not suitable for septic tanks The villages first official plan is now being prepared by planning conultants Dillon Ltd Talks on budget head meetings during week TODAY Barrie council meets in accial meeting at pm in council chambers at city hall The topic is ossible con tinuation of Ontario Municipal Board hearing on the proposed indoor swimm ing pool City councils three stan ding committees ublic works finance an city development meet following thes ial council meeting at city all Finance committee meets on the first floor at the rear of the council chambers blic works on the second oor and city development on the third The Simcoe County Childrens Aid Society Board of Directors meets at the County Administration Building in Midhurst at pm The Simcoe County Board Education holds its first of three meetings with area municipalities to discuss the boards proposed budget at the Education Centre 99 Fer ris Lane beginning at pm Oro township council meets at 10 am in the municipal bullding Highway 11 at the 7th Line WEDNESDAY The Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board meets at pm at the Education Centre 99 Ferris Lane public hearing over pro posed expansion of War minsters water system will be held at 930 am in Moonstone community hall Innisfil council will meet as committeeofthewhole at 730 pm in the municipal bilding 8th Line at Highway 11 THURSDAY The Barrie committee of adjustment meets at 510 pm in the council chambers at city hall The Simcoe County Board Education holds the second of three meetings with area municipalities to discuss the boards proposed 1976 budget at pm in the Education Centre 99 Ferris Lane South Simcoe municipalities meet at 730 in Allistons municipal ilding to discuss planning of recreation facilities Inerease in education tax explained for members of Barrie Kiwa From here on in we may be in trouble said Tom Shultz superintendent of business for the Simcoe Coun ty Board of Education He had just finished ex plaining to meeting of the Barrie Kiwanis Club Monday night that there was little reason for taxpa ers to com lain about boards ndling of money for the past five years From 197076 the tax rate had increased 47 per cent while the cost of liv ing had jumped 50 per cent However he said most of the 47 cent had come in 1976 With 25 per cent hike Because of the situation with provincial government grants Mr Shultz said he could not predict what the in crease next year would be This year our actual dollar cost per pupil only in creased eig per cent and think that is reasonable con sidering how much some of our fixed costs such as heating and transportation have increased But because grants were cut back we are ending up getting less than per cent increase in grants from the govern ment Mr Shultz said lot of the responsibility for keeping mil rate increases to minimum in the future will be with the federal antiinflation board HUGE INCREASES For the past few years some boards were forced to accept huge salary increases for teachers he said If the antiinflation board can hold back these lar settlements and withstan the pressure from large unions then we may be okay think the events of the past few years have certainly shown there is need for the AIB but lot will depend on its effec fiveness Mr Shultz claimed what provincial treasurer Darcy McKeough said about in creases in grants to boards of education was misleading Mr McKeough had said education grants had gone up eight per cent in 1976 said Mr Shultz But that is provincial ure Our grant money has decreased in actual dollars It is because all of the increase went to elementary schools while the secondary schools were cut back This was okay for se rate school boards who ont have to worry about high schools but it hurt ls The Simcoe board was also hit by 20 per cent cut in transportation grants Because of the large areas covered busing costs $4 million year and the cut back means another $800000 of the cost will have to be borne bf the local tax levy Mr Shu tz explained that this was an inequity because ur ban boards of education had minimal cost of transporta tion so were not seriously af fected in that area WORK CURTAILED Since the Simcoe board was formed in 1969 said Mr Shultz there had been policy of upgrading the facilities of the small rural schools which didnt have resource centres or gym nasiums With the financial nis Club cutbacks work in this area was being curtailed he said It means that equality of educational opportunitga in Simcoe County will just ve towait However Simcoe County still has one of the lowest per pupil costs in the province he said mostly because of higher pupilteacher ratio Along this line he said that the money paid to starting teachers was poor when the work load was taken into ac count What other profession that requires university education has starting wage of $7800 per year he asked Kiwanis members ques tioned Mr Shultz about how their tax dollars were being gent and he found himself fending teachers because of their workload but criticiz ing some of their wage demands However he ended by poin ting out that the mill rate in crease in Simcoe County was substantially less than that in some other areas and below the provincial average TOM SHULTZ Home sales up since March By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter Barries real estate market has taken dramatic upswing since the beginning of March according to fi ures released Mon dBay the Barrie and istrict Real Estate oar Board members sold 39 homes in Barrie in March com ared to 16 in February 17 in January an 18 in March 1975 In addition Shirle Near executive secretary for the boar said members sold 34 Barrie homes in the first half of April comspared to 29 for the entire month in 1975 ales are just coming in great Mrs Near said Everyone seems busy Average sale price in March was $46254 up from $45000 for the first two months 1976 but short of the $47133 average for Mar ch 1975 Total value of Barrie sales in March was $1803900 Total for the first three months of 1976 was $3286040 for 72 sales Barrie fi ures year ago were $848400 for March wit total value of $2377100 on 52 sales for the first three months of 1975 Including outlying districts this years totals for oard members are $3614600 for March and $7835040 for the first three mon Robinson trial continues in Supreme Court today By JOHN WROE Examiner Staff Reporter Eugene Robinson asked friend of his an Ontario Provincial Police constable for help finding his wifes killers three days after her death Constable Steve Layton testified in Supreme Court Thursday at Robin sons murder trial Constable Layton is station ed at Oak Ridge near Rich mond Hill He is friend of Robinsons The two mens wives taught at the same school in Newmarket Layton said he went to Karen Robin sons funeral June 28 and afterward Robinson had described two men who he said were Karens killers Robinson 32 was char ed with his 27yearold es murder the next day Police had found what they believed to be the murder weapon hid den in Robinsons couch and had heard that one of the first things he did when allowed to enter his house was reach his hands in between the cushions of the couch La ton said Robinson told him had been accosted by two men early in the morning June 25 when he went to work in the Rolling Pin Bakery The men threatened him with gun then took him to the house where he gave them what money he had They went to the room where Karen was sleeping and she awoke SEARCHED HOUSE One of the men searched the rest of the house then returned and reported finding nothing The larger man car rying the gun went to get up off the bed where he was aim ing the gun at Mrs Robin son when it went off Robin son told Layton it almost ap peared the gun was fired by accident The smaller of the two men shouted You did it and fl ed and Robinson lunged at the taller one He said the man jabbed at him with the gun and he passed out after struggle Layton said he was asked to make notes of what Robinson said after talking to Det Insp Tom Lennon about the case and his association with Robinson This occurred after Robinson had been charged and Layton had he rted the discovery of bu let hole and shell casing in the Robinson home La ton said that John Bra ley Johnston Robin sons fatherinlaw had call ed him after he discovered the hole and shell June 30 Robinson was then in custody Layton had observ FEATURED SOLOIST typewriter may not be the same as piano but Craig Winters shows his ability on the machine Mr Winters is one of the featured solists in the final concert of the Huronia Symphony Orchestra series Wednesday at Cen tral Collegiate at 830 pm He will erform the Beethoven horal Fantasy which also features the Cantablie Choral group from Thornhill The piece includes solo work by most of the instruments in the or chestra and is very rarely performed The concert also includes the Hummel Trumpet Concerto featur ing Stanley Elliotson as the soloist Mr Elliotson was the former first trumpet with the Central Collegiate Orchestra Ex aminer Photo ed the items July and im mediately called Lennon Iayton said the hole was easi ly visible in the room The trial continues today Crown attorney John Murphy was to have called Lennon as witness but the officer had been ill The other Crown witnesses are experts in various fields and also will be called this week Technology student named as president Technology student Blair Fairbarn has been installed as 197677 President of the Students Administrative Council at Georgian College in Barrie succeeding Ian Tudor who will graduate in broadcast journalism in May The new president who w111 enter the secondyear of the Electrical Technician Pro gram in September is the son of Mr and Mrs Milt Fair barn of RR Penetanguishene graduate of Penetanguishene Secon dary School he played trumpet in the school band and is former band presi dent During the past year Mr Fairbarn has been active as firstyear technology division representative to the college student council was member of the col eges var sity mixed curling team was active in intramural sports and has headed security for the student council since Christmas As president his objectives are twofoldto increase co operation between divisions and increase student par ticipation in activities would like to see more cooperation and communica tion among students in the technology business applied arts and health sciences divi sions of the colle he said United we stan divided we fall Mr Fairbarn is interested in pursuing career in power distribution following com pletion of the twoyear elec trical technician program Eric Chamaillard host of Cable television program lines up delicate shot on the 00 table Mr Chamillard has twice week program on Cable in which he plays pool with LINING UP SHOT BLAIR FAIRBAIRN Last summer he worked with Ontario Hydro in Penetanguishene Clayton Donoghue of Gravenhurst first year design arts student who op posed Fairbarn for the presidency was installed as vice president of the council Other members of the 197677 executive are Secretary Louise Dupuis of 456 Queen St Midland communication arts treasurer Louise Desrochers of RR Penetanguishene business administration 11 com munications chairman Jeff Burns of RR Owen Sound mechanical technology 11 and social chairman John Goulet of Ottawa civil technology II Barrie residents at Allan dale Billiards In an Ex aminer photogra Mon day the shows ost was incorrectly identified as Bob Jezequel Examiner Photo