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Ross Leeder wellknown Barrie golf pro shown try ing out his drive will be in structing at Springwater course in Vespra this season He also intends to AT SPRINGWATER COURSE Qsy give lessons at Horseshoe Valley and Lake Couchiching courses on parttime basis Ex aminer Photo Bridge near Midhurst will be ready soon MIDHURST Staff Work is continuing on ap proaches to newly con structed bridge over Willow Creek which is expected to be opened to traffic this sum mer They will be putting on gravel and then crushed stone said Reeve Alan Johnston who also men tioned levelling work in stating the bridge will likely be ready for use by mid summer Plans also call for the approaches to be black top ped next year The twolane bridge will replace an anti quated onelane structure which has served for years The new bridge also has pedestrian walk The new construction will remove curve on this sec tion of St Vincent street which is north of the Barrie Country club golf course on the way to Midhurst It will make real im Hydro rate up at Creemore CREEMORE Staff Hydro rates will be increased again to Creemore customers starting July according to notice of the Creemore hydro system For residential customers the rate for the first 50 kilowatt hours will be in creased from $520 to $600 with the $260 charge for the next 200 kilowatts boosted to $300 For the next 500 kilowatts the rate was $145 with $155 for balance The latter now will be $185 General service charge will begin with $240 demand in stead of $230 then $6 for first 50 kilowatts in place of $520 then $320 from $280 for next 200 kilowatts and $235 from $205 for next 9750 kilowatts The rate for the balance will be$l15in place of 95 cents The last increase was made on October of last year Golfers start provement said Deputy Reeve George Buie Official opening plans were left by Vespra council until later The Ontario ministry of transportatinn and com munications will pay 80 per cent of the cost of the bridge and 100 feet of the ap proaches DIVERS from Australia visit By MARJORIE ELDRIDGE COOKSTOWN Mr and Mrs John Argent have returned home after 10 week vacation during which they visited New Zealand Australia and the Figi Islands The wellknown Cookstown couple motored to Los Vegas and Los Angles At Los Vegas they met friends who sug gested the idea of continuing on by ship to Australia and they boarded the Norwegian ship The Royal Viking The ship took them to Morea Tahiti and Tonga Islands with stopovers at each which allowed for tours Mr Argent remarked on the friendliness of the people of the Tonga Islands At New Zeasland they made stops at Auckland Wellington and Christchurch They were impressed with the Glowworm Caves geysers and Mouri villages in New Zealand They also reported Rotaria near Auckland where steam rises from the bubbling rumbling pools of special interest Upon arriving at Sydney Australia Mr and Mrs Argent toured Canberra and its government buildings They also made trip to Tasmania 2The Barrie Examiner Friday May I976 COUNTY GLIMPSES 0n the plane trip back they made stopover for week at the Figi Islands From Los Angeles they made the return trip by car VISITORLANDO Miss Carrie Marling who was accompanied by Mr and Mrs Chester Fleming and other relatives has returned from twoweek stay near Carries brother George Marling and his wife at Orlando Florida Mrs Donnell is home from hospital and is much im proved Cookstown Womens In stitute catered to banquet for the Senior Citizens bowl ing league in the town hall here on Monday Mr and Mrs Sam French had an enjoyable visit with Mr and Mrs John French and family of Uxbridge dur ing recent weekend The sum of $633 was col lected from residents of the village of Cookstown during thespring cancer campaign Plan recreation meetings ALLISTON Eleven South Simcoe municipalities are ex pected to send represen tatives to recreation meeting here on Thursday May 20 Peter Cavill Simcoe Coun ty recreation coordinator said 38 people attended the first conference for South Simcoe in April and they showed strong desire for cooperation in planning recreation facilities Mr Cavill said he hopes planning committee can be formed for South Simcoe similar to one established this year in the north meeting for West Simcoe is also planned he said special report will be made to Simcoe County coun cilinthefall MEDONTE COUNCIL MOONSTONE Staff Medonte township council will hold its next regular meeting on Tuesday May 11 at the council room in the community hall here by the municipal office ANTIQUE SHOW ORILLIA The Womens Auxliarv of Soldiers Memorial Hospital will hold the second annual anti ue show and sale on Fri ay evening May and all day Saturday May in the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge Highway 11 and 128 POETRY FESTIVAL COLLINGWOOD The Great Canadian Poetry Festival to be held here June 11 to 13 will feature 25 of Canadas best poets in cluding Al Purdy and Page WILL SETRATE STAYNER Staff The town council which is headed by Mayor MacDonald will be dealing with 1976 tax rates at meeting on Mon day May 17 SHRINE CIRCUS COLLINGWOOD Staff Clyde Brothers Shrine circus will present 23 exciting acts in two performances at Coll ingwood arena on Thursday May 20 with proceeds used for childrens welfare work in thearea LILAC TEA CREEMORE Staff Creemore Horticultural Society will hold spring lilac tea at the local community hall on Saturday May 22 from to gm Members were asked to rin lilacs and flower baskets an help setting up of the show Clerks coming to convention ALLISTON Staff Registration of delegates for the annual spring meeting of the Association of Clerks and Treasurers of Counties and Regions in Ontario will take place at the Nottawasaga Inn on Sunday afternoon and evening The sessions will begin on Monday morning and con tinue during the afternoon The agenda includes the elec tion of officers and discussion of current topics The County of Simcoe is hosting the convention and Gordon Watson clerk is completing twoyear term as president Byron Rogers of Lindsay deputy clerk of Victoria County is secretary with IFIED AUCTION EERS COMPANY LIMITED First quality broadloom Drastically reduced for quick close out Everything must be sold to the bare walls Furniture and fixtures for sale Dealers invited Bring your measurements Have been authorized to dispose and liquidate Broadloom Stock Fixtures of Mr Broadloom MAY I3 I4 I5 DOORS CLOSING SATURDAY MAY 15th imported and domestic MIDHURST Fiftyfive homes here will have water meters installed soon Ves ra council has ac oepte the bid of Morbys Plumbing and Heating of Stayner to install meters for $2475each There were three other tenders the highest being $55 let Municipal put your savings to work for you and you could per meter Homeowners in the Green Pine subdivision will pay for the meters through their monthly water bill Without meters flat monthly rate of $3 has been charged clerk Earl Richardson said All new homes built in Midhurst will be required to WIN one of three vacations for two to Beautiful Britain FLY CP AIR have meters installed during construction An elevated storage tank is planned to improve water supply and pressure for domestic use and fire protec tion Vespra council has awarded two other contracts for roads work Pollard Brothers of Har row Ont was low bidder for supply of liquid calcium at $63 ton Only one other tender was received from Miller Paving of Markham Flintkote edged out Municipal Spraying and Oil ing with bid of $19829 for paving in Vespra this year Special Old the municipal savnngs loan corporation Draws to be held at I00 PM Saturday June 12 I9 and 26 at our Savings Branch 64 Dunlop Street East TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS BY HURONIA TRAVEL SERVICE HOW TO ENTER ELIGIBILITY One entry form for EACH and EVERY Deposit of 50000 to your new or existing Bonus Savings Account PECIAL OFFER For May and June only initial deposits made up to the 251h of the month to new Bonus Savings ac count receive interest from the first of that month at Shanty Bay SHANTY Bay Staff Mens twilight golf play opens at the Shanty Bay golf and country club on Saturday This will be followed by the seasons first golf tourna ment at the club on Sunday bacon and egg breakfast will beserved from to 10am Regular play in the ladies section begins on Tuesday May 11 Cash Carry Mo Bmdioom 220 BAYVIEW DR BARRIE HOURS Thur Fri 12 noon to pm Sat I0 am to 430 ALL SALES FINAL BONUS SAVINGS II New 81 1mm the municipal Savmc es loan Corporation IIIE CLEAN MACHINE Duckworth and Grove Plaza Tel 7282942 CoInop laundry Prolassmnal Dry Cleaning by COITYS COME IN AND MEET OUR STAFF AND OPEN YOUR NEW ACCOUNT TODAY HEAD OFFICE 88 Dunlop St East BRANCHES BARRIE B4 Dunlup 81 last 7200311 In by I000 am out by 500 Hours Dry Cleaning 000 am 600 pm Mon to in 800 to 400 pm Saturday GRAVENIIURSI l0 Muskoku Rd N0 00 72W ORILLIA 43 Missnssaga St East 325 4401 MIDLAND 72l Kllll Sillllll 070 0004 BARRIE Georgian Mull 1900304 MIDLAND 271 King Silllel 020 0304 BARRIE 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