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Doug Watson left dent of the Gilford presi Golfhaven Community Association smiles as Nino DeCosta talks with him out side of Innisfil council chambers recently about his complaint of erosion in Gilford subdivision ditches They had been advised at COUNTY GLIMPSES Alliston costs t0p million XLLISTON Staff It cost total of $1265870 for the operation of the town ad ministration during 1975 it was shown by the auditors statment just released The figure included $405863 for school board purposes $5108 for county requisitions and local expenditures The largest item shown in the lat ter was $209934 under transportation services which included upkeep of roads There was $164781 listed for protection to persons and property which includes police and fire protection costs Recreation and cultural services was listed at $153754 and general municipal pur poses $130374 Environmen tal services required $95540 and smaller items were $7958 for planning and develop ment and $2558 for social and family services Alliston welfare is ad ministered through the coun ty Main revenues of $1310833 total were from operty tax with $230000 om Ontario grants CASINO NIGHT COOKSTOWN The local Lions Club will hold Casino Night on Saturday May 15 from pm to am in the Cookstown curling arena LIONS DANCE THORNTON dance in the Thornton community cen tre on Saturday May has been scheduled by the Thorn ton District Lions LIQUOR VOTE CREEMORE Village residents will vote Wednesday on two questions the sale of liquor in dining lounge and sale of liquor in licensed lounge ROAD SIGNS MIDHURST Uniform road signs will be discussed all day Wednesday at drop in centre in the Simcoe Coun ty administration centre Representatives of municipalities have been in vited to attend the meeting sponsored by the ministry of transportation THE BOY FRIEND ALLISTON Banting Memorial High School students will present The Boy Friend musical on Thursday Friday and Satur day at8 pm in the school HMSPINAFORE ELMVALE Gilbert and Sullivans operetta HMS Pinafore will be presented by students at Elmvale District High School on Thursday and Friday even ings matinee is planned for Wendnesday SPORTS WORKSHOP MIDHURST new ex ecutive will be elected Satur day when the Greater Huronia Sports Council holds workshop at Geneva Park lake Couc iching NAME TRACED ARDTREA Staff In the pioneer era this Orillia township community was known as Robinsons Cor ners It was renamed Ardtrea after town in Ireland by its first postmaster Blair about 1864 FLEA MARKET PAINSWICK The Pain swick Horticultural Society will hold flea market on Saturday May 15 starting at 10 am in the oneroom school on Big Bay Point Road at Highway 11 Antiques crafts plants and home baking will be featured PRESENTATION ORILLIA Staff Mar wood Dickey wellknown local insuranceman has been given past presidents pin by the Orillia Shrine Club The presentation was made by Ed Richardson at banquet meeting at the Bir chmere Hotel Bradford school name to honor Fred Cook BRADFORD Staff The Bradford elementary school which was the former district high school will be named in honor of member of pioneer Bradford family The name Fred Cook blic school was approved Simcoe County Board of Education from three names submitted by represen tative local committee The latter included Reeve Orville Hughes of West Gillimbury who is county warden Deputy Reeve Ken Wood of Bradford and Trustees Mrs Trotter and Neilly who considered sug estions from 100 residents responded toapollfornames Bradford and District blic school John Graves imcoe public school and fled Cook public school were the three names sub tted to the board mlA member of Bradford council for about 20 years the late Fred Cook was well known in Simcoe County eir cles where he served as deputy reeve and chairman of the museum and archives board He was member of founding family in the town and surrounding township Beauty salon move pondered BAXTER Essa council will confer with the township planning board before ruling whether Cortinas Hair Fashion can move from the Angus Plaza to residential area Jerry Herlihy Barrie lawyer told council the beau ty salon owner Nick Rubino plans to move his business in September to 193 Mill Street He said the property is in residential zone but it is sur rounded by Highway com mercial property and the new secondary plan designates commercial use for it Council is to meet with planning board this week the council meeting that ditch work woud be discussed at public works committee meeting Ex aminer Photo in Registered Adamti at Drug Trading Company le FAMILY 454 227 BAN NonAerosol ANTIPERSPIRANT SPRAY 35 oz AGAROL SHOWER to SHOWER DEODORANT BODY POWDER Annexation plan stirs Vespra MIDHURST Staff Bar ries pro al to annex 4500 acres of espra land is stirr ing growing concern among township ratepayers ac cording to Deputy Reeve George Buie This would be serious blow to the township said the deputy reeve who has served some 11 years on council suggesting it would be more practical for Barrie to annex Vespra land in stages as required for development They have lot of land which hasnt yet been developed he said pleading for neighborly attitude The land they ave asked for would extend to our new bridge The latter is $200000 pro ject over Willow Creek on St Vincent street to which Vespra council has given much attention during the pastfew years MAJOR ASSESSMENT Deputy Reeve Buie sug gested Barrie might consider planning area for the future andonly annex as it is needed for development we have been neighborly and co operated in annexations by consent he said stating this was much more economical approach than paying for the expenses of hearing to set tle issues between opposing factions There also is concern in Vespra over the pros of losing its substantia com mercial assessment in the mall area of Bayfield street DISTRICT NE WS 2The Barrie Examiner Tuesday May 1976 Will present Operetta at Elmvale school ELMVALE Staff Three performances of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta HMS Pinafore Will be presented at the Elmvale and District High School auditorum next month The first will be matinee presentation on Wednesday May This will be followed by evening performances on Thursday May and Friday May Leading roles for this well known Operetta will be played by Julie Stone as Josephine and Ralph Rackstraw as the sailor who falls for the cap tains daughter in the story March Archer is to appear as the captain Ann Columbus LAXATIVE 149 ML BASIC I49 ESSA ROAD BARRIE PLASTIC SALAD BOWL SET CLEAN AND UNDEMANDING INCREDIELY LOW r000 sitis EXIREMELV LONG LIFE SPAN Ovrnv EASY io TRAIN WILL Nor RUIN CARPEIS QUIEI io FAULT ALLANDALE DRUGS as little Buttercup Stephen Quesnelle as the admiral Perry Ritchie as Dick Deadeye and Bonnie Colum bus as cousin Hebe The girls chorus includes Brenda Columbus Angela Craddock Sheila Nelson Bev Madill Mignon Thiffailt Cathy MacLean Karen Rice and Lynn Taylor Slated to appear in the boys chorus are Bob Colyn Paul Clute Rick Cowan Scott Graham Paul Kenney Ross Kenney Tim Hogan Doug MacDonald and Russ Stacey Don Lambert musical teacher and Ed Roberts principal are the directors 7282823 PRICES EFFECTIVE UNTIL MAY 51h 377 now beyond the city limits This is bound to come and we hope they will con sider our position he said We have tried to co operate with Barrie said the deputy reeve mentioning past annexations and also citing the new separate school on Cundles Road We expect to lose some area but we hope there is reasonable give and take he com merited In its study of annexation to accommodate population of 125000 by the year 2011 as suggested in Simcoe Georgian task force report the city of Barrie report men tioned its three neighboring townships Innisfil township has been subject to greater develop ment pressure than Oro or Vespra due principally to overspill from Barrie recreational development and its greater proximity to Metropolitan Toronto it said at one point Reference was made to the task force recommendation for Barrie urban study area of approximately 30000 acres which would be the subject of further study to dtermine where within such an area the develo ment should logically take ace to accommodate the 125000 peo ple forecast for the year 2011 4000FEET Dealing with Vespra annex ation it said for Area Vl From the township of Vespra between the Not tawasaga watershed boun dary or diversion area boun dary and the existing boun daries of the city from Oro on the east to Innisfil on the south For Area V2 it added From the township of Vespra block extending northerly approximately 4000 feet from the existing ci ty boundary along Highway 27 westerly to the rear of the commercial roperties abut ting this roa and easterly to the west limit Highway 400 but including jog northerly to include the east half of Lot 16 Concession and all of Lot 16 Concession PET ROCK corrir MUGS On both sides of Highway 27 there are extensive retail shopping and highway com mercial developments the Barrie report stated These developments are essentially an extension of the city At adjoining Little Lake there is city owned parkland Adjacent to Willow Creek and the road between Conces sions and is the site of proposed city well The re mainder of the area is essen tially rural and should re main so for environmental reasons De uty Reeve Buie was ask if Barrie succeeded in annexing the area requested would Vespra seek to amal amate with one of its neigh ring townships in the future Well consider that situation when we have to he replied briefly Essa favors joint planning BAXTER Essa township council has asked to meet with Alliston council to discuss joint planning But Essa says it is not will ing to participate in com mittee of five municipalities goposed by the ministry of usmg The ministry had suggested committee including Alliston and the townships Surrounding the town Essa Tosorontio Adjala and Tecumseth Both Adjala and Tosorontio have expressed interest in forming committee and Alliston says it will go ahead on its own if there is no co operation landuse plan for the Alliston area is required for future growth of the town In the meeting with Alliston council to be held in Baxter at time convenient to Alliston Essa wants to hear specific proposal Reeve Eugene Smith said Another planning commit tee would just mean more ex pense Coun Don Elines said CLUTCH on FRENCH PURSES Good quality leather In assorted styles and colours SIMCOE DRUGS 301 BLAKE STREET BARRIE 7282429 Housing unit rejected BAXTER Essa council has rejected 150unit hous ing development for senior citizens and lowincome families because it conflicts with the township official an The proposal two miles north Baxter was also re ected by Essa planning rd as premature The development on lot 19 Con was proposed by Royston Binns of Sunnygrove Homes Council has asked the pro vincial government to con duct survey on the need for senior citizen housing in Essa 777 SALE $1199 5Piece Place Settings in Silverplate and Stainless by ONEIDA 5Piccc Place Setting includes Ieaspoon Soup Spoon Dinner Knife Dinner Fork Salad Fork AVAILABLE IN THESE PATTERNS COMMUNITY SILVERILATE SALE $1699 reg sugg $2P8£0 rtrwyjf Y+ Royal irnndeur Spanish rovsnu +5 gryw 39le Modern Haruqnc 1881T9 ROG ERSR SILVERIIATE reg Siaiidinmiu any pffipfigM Huroqur Rusc HEIRLOOM STAINLESS 77 SALE $1499 reg sugg kf Iiihrlangrlu olonial wr flwdifl referxbdégfi hn$r£w Raphiul OMMINIIY STAINLESS SALE $899 reg sugg $1525 ludrid ryv 3km Iaiii Nii iri ONIZII D171 LXI ST INI ICSS Iicrir SHOP NOW SALE ENDS MAY 311976 GRAYSONHELD DOWNTOWN 680 MAPLE AVE Open am to pln Friday am to pan Telephone 7371319 BAVFIELD MALL Open Daily 10 am to 930 piii Telephone 1262380 Survey at least four years ago showed little need HEADS COMMITTEEE BRECHIN Staff For the second straight year Reeve Peter Forbes of Mara is serving as chairman of the countys tourist and in dustrial committee which recommended per capita grant to the Huronia Tourist Association approved by council Deputy Reeve Muir Dack is current chairman of county agricultural and reforestation committee which was headed last year by Reeve Wallace Key of Oro Efiiuf rJ AIIILIIOn sugg $2500 eveal 18iiz5j IIIIIIHIHHIIIIIIH $1200