Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 6 May 1976, p. 2

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v4 MWfl TOWNSHIP or vtsm SURVIVORS CUTTING ANNEXA TI ON IN VESPRA The Highway 27 shopping plazas and open space are included in the 4500 acres which the City of Barrie wants to annex from Vespra township Applica tion for annexation has been made to the Ontario Municipal Board Barrie COUNTY GLIMPSES Waverley plan is advanced WAVERLEY Staff Pro gress has been made toward finalizing secondary plan for future development of this border community which is partly in four townships future population of 800 is envisioned for proposed plan which was shown at public meetings here and now awaits approval from the townships concerned These are Tiny Tay Flos and Medonte and the plann ing board includes two representatives from each townshi Roger Robitaille of Tinyist eboard secretary The new plan covers mostly residential development but does include shopping plaza and recreational land In its early era Waverley was known as French Cor ners FAMILY NIGHT LEFROY Killarney Beach school will be the scene of family night pro gram Friday Part of the community school program activities will include dance films arts and crafts folk music and ping pong LIGHT THE PARK LEFROY The Fennells baseball club will hold Light the Park dance on Saturday May in the South Innisfil community centre to help pay for park lighting WALKATHON THORNTONThe local Li ens Club plans to hold walkathon here on Saturday May 15 ZONING APPROVED STROUDTo permit en largement of gasoline ser vice station at Painswick In nisfil council has approved rezoning at Lot 13 Con 12 development agreement must be signed within six months for the zoning to re main valid MUSICAL ALLISTONBanting Me morial High School students will perform in the musical The Boy Friend tonight Friday and Saturday at pm in the school OPERETTA ELMVALE Gilbert and Sullivans HMS Pinafore will be presented at Elmvale District High School this Thursday evening and also on Friday evening LIONS DANCE THORNTON dance in the Thornton community cen tre on Saturday night will be Service held by auxiliary By SHIRLEYJENNETI COLDWATERSt And rews Presbyterian Evening Auxiliary held their April meeting at the home of Mrs Wylie An Easter ser vice entitled Christ Appear ed First Unto Women was conducted and the prayers scripture and meditations were shared by all present The roll call was answered by verse of scripture con taining the word Mary The stud session Mar of Bethany was presente by Mrs Martin It was decid ed to make donation to the Ontario Voice of Women in To ronto in aid of the Vietna mese gift is to be resented to Rev Charles arter in honor of 25 years of serVice in the same area Plans were completed for the Spring Ihankoffering to be held on May 19 Rev Delaney of the United Church Midland will be the guest speaker and cordial invitation is ex tended to visitors The meeting closed With prayer followed by lunch and asocial time sponsored by the Thornton District Lions Club SPORTS WORKSHOP MIDHURST workshop sponsored by the Greater Huronia Sports Council will be held Friday and Saturday at Geneva Park Lake Ceuchiching BALL PARK DANCE LEFROY dance to raise money for lighting in Fennels Corners ball park will be held Saturda at pm in South Innisfi com munity centre STOP SIGNALS BAXTER Essa council has asked the ministry of transportation to install mshbutton stop signals at the Mill Street intersections with Both and Centre streets in Angus School children cross the street at those points ANTIQUESHOW ORILLIA The womens auxiliary of Soldiers DIVERSII wants 13500 acres from In nisfil 4500 from Vespra and 1500 from Oro City of Barrie Map Memorial Hospital will hold its second annual antique show and sale in the Hoaard Johnson Motor Lodge here on Friday 630 to 10 pm Saturday 1030 am to 10 pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm GOLF OFFICERS MIDLAND Staff June Walton is president of the ladies section of Brooklea golf and country club for the new season just opened with Bette Brooks and Laura Bacon captains and Fran Tushingham secretary FIRE AGREEMENT MIDLAND Staff Midland fire brigade will provide protection to Midland Point area of Tay township at standby rate of $1800 plus $580 for the first two hours of any call and then $100 charge of $50 was included for any false alarm from the area Reeve eXplains Flos tax rise ELMVALE Staff We Inve tried to hold down taxes as best we could in sensible way but we faced the dif ficulties of the times said Reeve Donald MacDonald discussing 1976 Flos property taxes For public schools the taxes are up about 17 per cent while the rate for townshi purposes shows seven mi increase The rate for county purposes was down slightly We were faced with mak ing up for overspending $20 000 in our road budget last year said the reeve stating the new budget makes provi sion to pick up about $10000 of this amount and also to set aside reserve fund to cu shion any future department deficits Plannin costs last year also ran at $15000 for the zoning and official plan which had to be completed Flos also is still recovering from the effects of the loss of assessment through the Wa saga Beach annexation of little over year ago We cut down on road ex penditures and saved what we could where it was prac tical said the reeve Flos also was committed to $45000 debenture on the ElmvaleFlos rink renovation on which provincial grants are awaited Mention was made of the nine and three quarters per cent interest which has to be paid TAX BILLS Tax bills in Flos usually go out in early August and this DISTRICT NE WS 2The Barrie Examiner Thursday May I976 Join plan unsettled ALLISTONAfter only partial agreement from Alliston area municipalities the issue of joint planning is back in the lap of the ministry of housing We should let the ministry come back before we take any action Mayor Oakla Gray told town council joint planning committee was suggested earlier this year by the ministry as Alliston considered its future growth Of the four municipalities surrounding Alliston only Ad jala and Tosorontio have shown interest in planning com mittee Essa council wants to meet with Alliston council to discuss the matter and Tecumseth council has taken no ac tion 0ro deputy reeve raps Barrie annexation plan 0R0 STATION Staff We are opposed to the Bar rie annexation plans in Ore said Deputy Reeve Charles Simpson referring to the 1500 acres proposed from Orotownship Strong objection was reg istered against including prime agricultural land but it was pointed out too that Oro opposed giving up lakeshore area as well Oro borders Barrie limits along the Penetanguishene mad from the lake Barries annexation proposal included Oro land north of the Shanty Bay read now mainly rural which was described as suit able for urbanization It also mentioned an area south of Shanty Bay Road occupied now by low density lakeshore residences Deputy Reeve Simpson and other members of Oro council studied maps showing Barrie annexation proposals at the May meeting earlier in the week letter of protest to Barrie council was authoriz ed AUCTIONEERS COMPANVLMTED Have been authorized to dispose and liquidate Broadloom Stock Fixtures of Mr Broadloom MAY 8l3l415 DOORS CLOSING SATURDAY MAY 15th imported and domestic First quality broadloom Drastically reduced for quick close out Everything must be sold to the bare walls Furniture and fixtures for sale Dealers invited Cash Carry 220 BAYVIEW DR BARBIE HOURS Thur Fri 12 noon to pm Sat IO am to 430 Bring your measurements ALL SALES FINAL procedure will be followed again it was decided Pay ments are uired by Sep tember 15 be ore penalties are added Reeve MacDonald said he favored interim tax billing another year which he felt would make it easier for ratepayers and also save the township some interest now paid on borrowings to meet Would replace coop library COLLINGWOODOrville Hughes warden of Simcoe County attended workshop here in which the Bowron report on library services was discussed The workshop organized by the Georgian Bay Regional Library System was attended by librarians library trustees municipal and county councillors from Grey Bruce Simcoe and Dufferin Guest speaker was AI Bowron author of provincewide study of library service recently com pleted for the Ontario provin cial library council In his report Bowron re commends the formation of county libraries measure aimed at equalizing levels of library service so that the rural or small town resident would receive service com parable to that enjoyed by the urban library user For Sim coe County this would mean Bowron said that the library cooperative should be re placed with county library system argue for standards for our librariesboth qual itative and quantitative stan dards Bowron told the 80 workshop participants Alliston buys new fire truck ALLISTONTown council has approved the purchase of afiretruckfor$53513 The 1976 Ford will be bought from KingSeagrave of Woodstock Ont Alliston now has two fire trucks one built in 1949 and the other in 1966 current expenditures until tax revenue is received It willbeu tonext years council to ma the decision for 1977 the reeve stated Mostly an agricultural township Flos has urban ar eas such as the community of Phelpston and around Orr Lake Members of council be sides Reeve MacDonald also include Deputy Reeve Alex Finlay and Councillors Ger ard Moran Donald Bell and Don Bertram with Bill Tur ner clerk The requistion for Separate school taxes had not been received at the time of the May meeting and was still awaited yesterday Bicycle Rodeo at Creemore CREEMORE Staff bicycle safety rodeo will be held for Creemore elemen taigl school pupils on Friday un er the sponsorship of the Lions club Ontario Provincial Police officers Terry Hagen and Wes Presser will be handling safety tests The Creemore Lions head ed by Martin Bayer also are making plans for Dominion Day celebration program at the local arena with other local organizations also co operating Pine Ridge WI new officers ELMVALE StaffMrs Morley has been elected president of Pine Rid Womens Institute for new 197677 term with Mrs Cecil Campbell secretary treasurer Mrs Perce Braithwaite is the district director with Mrs William Marcellus alternate The district meeting will be held at Elmvale Thursday May20 The anniversary commit tee includes Mrs Charles King and Miss Jeanne Webb while the social committee in cludes Mrs Ted Hall Mrs Ross Hastings and Mrs WilfredHall Branch directors are Mrs Elwood Blow Mrs Eric Simp son and Mrs Marcellus Slricter bylaw asked for Oro subdivision 0R0 STATIONThe minis try of natural resources is seeking stricter regulations on proposed 24home sub division at Hawkestone Oro township clerk Henry Neu feld has advised council He said the ministry is ob jecting to the text of bylaw which it previously endorsed The ministry wants stip ulation against construction of all buildings not just houseswithin 50 feet of any lot line change in the wording of the spot zoning bylaw would affect the township zoning bylaw Mr Neufeld told coun ad The problem will be discussed with officials from the ministry of housing when council meets with them this week Two objections have been received against rezonin to permit the subdivision ch may make necessary hear ing of the Ontario Munici Board pa TENDERSACCEPTED BAXTER Accepting the lowest of 12 tenders Essa council has agreed to buy backhoe from and ment for $16050 In addi on Flintkote of Toronto was the lowest of three bidders for supply of hardsurfacin materials with bid 231652 GARAGE SALE SATURDAY MAY 8th 900 am to 300 pm Letitia St Barrie Corner of Sunnidale Rd Sports Equipment Linens Drapes Dishes Kitchen Furniture Toys Jewellery Garden Equipment and Small Electrical Items SPONSORED BY THE GEORGIAN GUILD Scars CORRECTION On page of our 14 page circular sale starting date May 5th there is an error The hedge shears item are incorrectly priced The correct price should read regular $899 on sale for $799 with savings of SI 00 The description for the edge trimmers items is incorrect The horsepower is incorrectly urn described at 18 hp and 19 hp respectively The correct description should have read 18 hp l9 hp On page l2 or the above mentioned circular the Hostess Set item shows cold meat fork It should have shown ielly server We regret any inconvenience this may have caused you our customer Soars Barrie Georgian Mall 509 Bayflold St Its NO PUZZLE CANADA MAN POWER Is At The Centre Of Many Good Things WHETHER YOURE lOOKING FOR WORK QR YOURE lOOKING FOR WORKERS THESE CLUES SHOULD HELP SOLVE YOUR PUZZLE DOWN ADULT OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING ACT IABBRI IO ACROSS STUDENT SUMMER EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES PROGRAM IABBRI 13 ACROSS CANADA MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAM IABBRI l4 DOWN CANADA MANPOWER INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PROGRAM IABBRI IT ACROSS INFORMATON CENTRE JOB EXPOSURE PROGRAM IABBRI IO ACROSS CREATIVE JOB SEARCH TECHNIQUES IABBRI 20 ACROSS CANADA MANPOWER MOBILITY PROGRAM IABBRI I7 DOWN Canada Centre de Manpower MaIndceuvre Centre du Canada 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