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Will honor former MPP at Collingwood COLLINGWOOD Staff former member of the On tario legislature for record 38 years Rev Dowuer An lican church minister wil be honored at Coll ingWood Community arena on Monday evening June 28 Premier William Davis Will be among dignitaries who Wlll be paying tribute to the former Spea er of the House for his long and devoted service to the riding Mr Downer retired before the last provincial election on October 21 1975 and he was succeeded by George Mc Cague of Alliston as DufferinSimcoe riding representative The DufferinSimcoe Pro gressive Conservative As socration is sponsoring the program for Mr and Mrs Downer It will start with socral hour at pm followed by buffet dinner and dance lIVICTORIES First elected to the legislature on Oct 1937 Mr Downer won the ridin 11 times before retiring last fall During his long service he served on both Sides of the House He stared on the Con servative Opposition side after his first riding victory in 1987 when the Liberals under Mitchell Hepburn formed the government During his years in the House the native of Tiny township served under the leadership of ei premiers Conant ollowed Mr Hepburn as premier in 1942 and then Harry Nixon father of Robert Nixon Liberal MPP became head of the government for short time CROSSES HOUSE Mr Downer first moved over to the government side when the late George Drew led the Conservatives to vic tory in the wartime election of August 17 1943 For the next 32 years until he retired he sat on the government benches Kennedy succeeded Mr Drew as premier on October 19 1948 and after leading the government for only few months he was succeeded by native of Simcoe County Leslie Frost Lindsay New Ore development GUTHRIE Oro council has given approval in princi ple for threelot commercial development near the drivein theatre at Guthrie The property has frontage of 300 feet on Highway 11 Council told developer Don Rumble only two en trances will be allowed for the three lots thus limiting access to busy Highway 11 Council instructed Mr Rumble to make deposit of 81000 before the township will consider amendments to the official plan and zoning bylaw to permit the develop ment iawyer Mr Frost who was born in Orillia led the government from May 1919 until retir ing in 1901 John Robarts who was minister of education for Mr Frost succeded him as head of the government Mr Downer carried Duf ferinSimcoe riding three times for Mr Frost and twice for Mr Robarts The latters minister of education William Davis Brampton lawyer succeeded Mr Robarts as head of the government The 11th victory of Mr Downer was registered on Oct 21 1971 for Mr Davis Born in Tindy township Mr Downer liv at bert in Essa Township as and attended Cookstown Con tinuation school and Banting High School in Alliston Later he went to University of Toronto raduating from Wycliffe Co ege in 1930 Mike enney leads batters PHELPSTON Batting averages for the boys fastball team here at the halfway point of the schedule shows Mike Kennedy as the leading hitter with 500 average In second place is Paul Craddock with 421 with three players Bob Finlay Steve Loftus and Terry Murphy all tied for third with 333 Doug Kelly with 316 and Frank Minnings with 308 are others over 300 Charles Kenney is close with 278 The irls have joined the fun an have formed team in the Northern league They defeated Penetang in recent game 13 t08 Dr0p in exports to US hurting economyMilne By ROSS MILNE MP Peel Dufferin Simcoe The main order of business in the House of Commons has been the budget debate and the relative strengths and weaknesses of our economy 0f major concern is Can adas competitive position in the export market Much of the rosperity we have en joy over the past decade has been result of the ex panding export markets to which we have sold goods Of course the United States has ur ar est customer DISTRICT NE WS 2The Barrie Examiner Saturday June l9 l976 But lately our exports to the lar US market have declin That is the source of much of the difficulty our economy faces today The recession experienced by the US was much more severe than what we knew in Canada As result the US simply bought less This situation was major factor in the increasing rate of unemployment in Canada and it had an effect in our local area since several in dustries were forced to lay off workers because of lack of export orders LOSING EDGE But over the long term our economy will not fully recover unless we come to grips with the fact that Canada is losing its com petitive edge with the US The average labor cost per unit of output is just about equal between the two coun tries This underlines the need for all sectors of the economy to work in concern toward controlling inflation Otherwise our competitive edge will slip away entirely Its easy to point the finger as so many people do at large powerful unions as the scapegoat But the truth is that all of us are responsible Take for instance the profit picture of large corporations Generally its been healthy over the last few years and as result the aggressive sales effort geared towards pro moting exports has slack ened The employer as well as the employee must work hard to protect our position Fortunately the anti inflation guidelines are show ing signs of success Inflation has dropped about per cent in the last Year and it is realistic to expect it to retreat to about per cent by the end of the year Just the other day received letter from small businessman who said his company is forced to keep price increases within the guidelines although they do not all directly under the AIBs scrutiny because large customers were demanding that price increases be validated BETTER IN CANADA comparison of our infla tion rate with other countries points to how well Canadas economy is faring relative to the international scene In the US it is 92 per cent in West Germany it is 58 per cent in France it is 118 per cent and in Britain it is 215 per cent While unemployment is higher than anyone Would like it to be the economy has managed to absorb more new workers into the work force than most other countries In summary Canadas economy compares well with the major industrial coun tries in terms of controlling inflation economic growth and job creation But the number of man days lost through work 0998 con tinues to be too As result our productivitiy is suffering hope in the months ahead that business labor and overnment will combine orces to make serious ef fort at improving our economic productivity and com itiveness in the export in ct What policies do you think we should tke in shap ing the future direction of our economy GLIMPSES CANOE RACE ANGUS The annual Not tawasaga River canoe race between Angus and Edenvale will be held Sunday with en tries acceptedupto830m STRAWBERRIES beTHORNTON straw rry supper will be held Wednesday from to pm in Thornton United Church NEW DESIGNATION BAXTER An official lan amendment to allow umber yard on 10 acres east of An will the subject of pub ic meal Monday at pm in the ssa township municipal building in Baxter The meeting was called by the Essa planning board To continue to give you the best possible rental and leasing service we have completely renovated and modernized our offices at 43 Essa Rd The property is in an agricultural zone at present Churchill pupils play at area piano recital By MRS SAUNTER CHURCHILL An ap preciative audience of parents and friends heard pupils of Shirley and Heather Constable perform at piano recital recently in Lefroy ladies moltored out to UnitedChurch Gasoline ey to see the Playing duets were Lara workshop of Tom King road In new Clean and main Barlow and Cindy Reynolds Darrin and Leslie Smith and Sharon and Todd Sinclair Performing before inter mission were Sherri Lee Wilson Heather Sinclair Beverley Zielke Colleen and Maureen Bantam Maureen Patton Christina Barlow Cheryl ONeill Bobby Young Denise Hughes Gary Rey nolds Janet Lear Kim Prestaya Lori Neilly Jane Wilcox Kirby Constable Terry Thompson Marta 0201 Douglas Rily Susan Hughes and Nancy Jean Clubine Other performers were Janet Jack Debbie ONeill Barbara Kell Marcia Fen nell and Sandra Kell At the conclusion Shirley township At Ceramics Studio in Barrie members of the group were intrigued with the pain ting of china as they watched class being instructed The former Lefroy boy who custom makes furniture After business meeting in St Vincents Park Barrie they enjoyed dinner together at the Bayshore Motor Hotel Mrs Russell Stewart was at Baxter on Sunday when her son Allan Stewart Prin cipal of Baxter Public School for the past eight years was honored Mr Stewart will become principal of Alliston Public School in September Reverend and Mrs Croft have returned after fourweek vacation in Ger many with their soninlaw Captain Lester Corbett and Mrs Corbett their daughter While there they enjoyed trips to France Austria and Constable played Ro Switzerland mance by Sibelius Mr and Mrs Fred WICkSof Heather Warsaw Concerto and Rhonda and Shirley Con stable Prelude in Sharp by Rachmaninoff Lara Barlow Cindy Rey nolds Cheryl ONeill and Kim Prestaya are pupils of Heather Constable Flowers were presented to the two teachers Lori Neil ly and Cindy Reynolds on be half of the pupils BRIDAL PRESENTATION Church and community friends of Maud Richardson bridetobe held presenta tion party in her honor on Wednesday night in the United Church Mrs Saunter read an address and Mrs Russell Stewart and Mrs Frank Lockhart pre sented gift of luggage on behalf of the wellwishers Mrs Keith Sinclair delight all with solos and contests with romance theme were won by Mary Sloan and Mrs Ford Markham accompanied the Misses Sloan to Simcoe Coun ty Museum on June to view floral displays arranged by the horticultural societies of the county The Barrie Con cert Band was in attendance All ladies of the United Church are invited to the UCW Birthday tea at pm June 24 at the home of Mrs Ronald Allan Note change of date St Peters Anglican church cemetery service will be held this Sunday June 20 at 945 am and the Sixth Line cemetery service will be at pm the same day Sympathy is extended to the the family and relatives of Harry Ferrier of Bell Ewart Innisfils first policeman who died on June Mr and Mrs Walter Browning were hosts to the friends after the funeral We want you to come in and see our Operation and find out how BARRlE DRIVEACAR can get you on the tained vehicle Truck Rentals We have all sizes of trucks from Econolines to 20 ft vans with tailgates to help you move large or small loads efficiently and inexpensively And if you have group of people to move ask about our lSpassenger bus Car Rentals It you need car for day week or longer we have everything from economical cylin der subcompacts to full size fully equipped sedans and wagons Leasin Goulden Wednesday Anglican ladies were st Peters Anglican guests of Cookstown ACW to Church Women were guests hear speaker on Ban of Mr and Mrs Robert MeotthestallLtoRTedWhalenleasingPenny gladeSh They report the Wheeler laSt TueSday at the Dobko receptionist Jim Home maintenance slides and commentary eX Bluevale home The ladies Georgeoongerfied cellent enjoyed dinner with their MYSTERY TOUR hosts former residents of the Th Womens Institute Sixth Line and had their Mystery tour last Thursday was enjoyed by 16 members and visitors The first stop was at the Museum of Time at Bethesda Innisfil June meeting there quilt they have been making this year was displa ed Three carloads made loomile trip COUNTY GLIMPSES Will unveil portrait of late Ross Channen MIDHURST Staff ceremony for the unvieling of large oil portrait of the late Ross Channen is to be held at the county museum on Sun day June20 The painting was given to the museum by the family as memorial to Mr Channens efforts and zeal in the development of the museum since it was established here in 1962 Before that the museum exhibits were kept in the former county building at Barrie Reeve Ingram Amos of Medonte is chairman of the county museum board 4H JUDGING ELMVALE The anmflal 4H ud ing com tition or InorthI Slmcoeywill3 be held Wednesday at the Elmvale fairgrounds Competition will be in six classes beef dairy swine sheep crops and farm safety MEMORIAL SERVICE MIDHURST The memo rial service at Midhurst Union Cemetery will be held Sunday at 230 Hpm Presiding will be Rev arold Kemp of Midhurst United Church and Rev Charles Speakman of St Pauls Anglican Church SUNDAY HIKE CRAIGHURST The Ganaraska Trail Association has organized hike through the Craighurst area on Sun day Interested hikers will meet at the Craighurst GeneralStoreatOam arrie DriveACar 43 Essa Rd 26647 Thinking of Ion term leasing See us for an automotive lease tailored to y0ur needs All makes all models are available iust give us call for rates and more information