Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 29 Jun 1976, p. 1

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EXAMINER TELEPHONES Circulation 7266539 Clossilied Advertising 72824l4 All Other Departments 7266537 112th YearNo 152 skills children at the Day Camp learn Jeffery Long who is about half as high the ropes by counsellor Patti Clayden in rear crafts The children Tam counsellor at the Day my Smith Donna Sopha Camp helps three and Lee Ann Bassett are youngsters working at picked up by bus from their Archery is just one of the as the bow is being shown handles children over Debbie Carron The camp merExaminer Photo total of 600 the sum homes every day to attend the camp at The Gables off Tollandal Road Exam iner Photo Planes are back in the air but controversy unresolved CP planes were back in the air today but the controversy over bilingual air com munication that grounded The OTTAWA special threeman inqu1ry to evaluate the safety of an ex panded bilingual air com munication in Quebec Prime Minister Trudeau advised of the agreements them for nine days appeared far from being resolved Leaders of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Associa tion CATCA the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association during his flight home from sevennation summit meeting in Puerto Rico termed them victory for bilingalism in Canadaas total victory CALPA and Transport onpaperaswasneeded Minister Otto Lang an CALPA president Ken nounced Monday that agree Maley and CATCA preSident ment had been reached on Jim Livingston announced CAPSULE NE WS Olympians granted leave TORONTO CP The Ontario government has adopted policy of allowing any civil servant including an employee of Crown corporation involved in the 1976 Olympic Games to take up to three months leave of absence at full pay French vessel wins race NEWPORT RI APReuter The French Pen Duick VI early today became the first vessel to cross the finish line in the 3000mile transatlantic singlehanded race from Plymouth England to Newport RI Connors out of Wimbledon WIMBLEDON ENGLAND AP Roscoe Tanner beat favored Jimmy Connors 64 62 in the quarterfinals of the mens singles today at the Wimledon tennis champion ships Swedish train wreck kills 15 HELSINGBORG Sweden Reuter Fifteen persons died in headon collision Monday between fourcar corn muter train and freight train near this south Swedish coastal city police said today Communist conference opens BERLIN AP The longdelayed conference of Euro an Communist arties opened in East Berlin today with inal report alrea written giving approval to national par ties independence from Moscow they were satisfied with the inquirys terms of reference which call for proof beyond reasonable doubt that the program can be implemented safely They agreed to return to normal air operations But hours after the agree ment was announced Jean Luc Patenauce director of the 330 member Quebec wing of CATCA announced in telephone interview from Quebec City that none of the Quebec controllers would participate in the study However progress on the matter appeared to have been made during an about 212hour meeting late Monday among Mr Patenaude rep resentatives of the Quebec air workers association and Mr Lang spokesman for the ministersaid ARE OITIMISTIC The Spokesman said the meeting was characterized by frank open exchange of views and the mood was one of cautious optimism for all parties concerned wrists By gosh youre right It is footprint The Barrie Examiner Barries old Collier Street fireball has dod ed the citys steel wrecking ba City council voted 76 Monday to save the building from demolition Council gave the Friends of the Fireball FOF approval to continue restoration renovation and conversion of the 104yearold building to an arts and culture centre It was close battle among the elected officials in the council chambers packed with firehall supporters who clapped and cheered during the two hour discussion The seven elected officials in favor of saving the building are aldermen Janice Laking an FOF director Alex Ar thur Ed Thompson Jim Perri Paul Wessenger Val Brucker and Mayor Dorian Parker Opponents of the project are aldermen Nelson Garrett Del Cole Ross Archer George Haiper Ernie Rot man and Bill Campbell Council approved motion from Alderman Arthur and Thompson to have all com mittments of grant money from the levels of govern ment and all funds received by the FOF given to the city for reserve fund for the restoration Any future expenditures will have to be approved by council before the FOF can havethe money Also council appointed the FOF as the management committee for the fireball un til the restoration and renova tion is completed The FOF had two days left in the citys deadline to prove funding was available through donations and grants from the federal and provin cial governments Ald Arthur finance com mittee chairman said the FOF had indicated funds are committed by the province for this year He said there are grants for $75000 capital arts support $75000 community centres act $50000 Ontario Heritage Act $17500 in cash dona tions $27000 for services and material donations and Its only the beginning said Tony Gilsenan Friends of the Fireball FOF chairman as supporters shook his hand and patted his back after the city council meeting Monday Mr Gilsenan said the FOFs campaign to raise funds by private corporate and industrial donations will continue this summer before the group applies for Win tario grant Weve got an awfully long way to go he said as about 75 supporters poured out of the council chambers want to make it clear that the fund raising campaign is not finished yet The city is appointing the FOF as management com mittee for the restoration renovation and conversion of the old Collier Street firehall to an artsand culturecentre After two hour meeting council voted 76 in favor of the FOF continuing the pro ject estimated to cost $510000 Ald Alex Arthur finance committee chairman led the council supporters of the pro ject with 25 minute eech covering the merts the FOF and the old firehall Ald Arthur said the money for the project is from provin cial and federal grants and not directly from local tax payers If the city does not ap Iy for the grants he said the money will go to other municipalities maximum of $45000 from Wintario matching the cash and service donations The $262000 from the pro vince he said will pay for the first phase of the project in cluding the erection of struc tural steel for the theatre area restoration of exterior brickwork openin in the theatre new plum ing new electrical system new stair case in the tower new heating system architec tural finishes theatre stage theatre seats accoustical finish dressing rooms and storage areas partitions enclosures and finishes Some of the work Ald Ar thur said will be completed under the Local Initiatives Program LIP grants In phase two the FOF hopes for $100000 federal grant for the installation of airconditioning with climate control for the art gallery and the construction of an ele vator The group also hopes to re apply for second $50000 Wintario grant based on dollar for dollar matching system For some of the FOF mem bers it has been long two years since city council first discussed the possibility of destroying the building for parkinglot Muriel Leeper Barrie Ex aminer art and theatre critic and an FOF director and Lloyd Tufford first discussed the ssibility of saving the buil ing with some council members According to brochure re ared by the FOF the ire all is one of the finest Victorian buildings still left to us The exterior is Kingston brick which only needs cleaning and repainting Built in 1874 the building was the fireball police court council chambers and home of the city engineer and fire chiefs until very recently The police station and city jail section was added in 1904 with stainedglass windows which the FOF uncovered during Ereliminary restora tion wor funded by $35000 LIP grant Only the beginning says FOF chairman Orillia he said is paying $60000 in local taxes for the restoration of the citys opera house Once we start down the road theres no way of turn ing back he said Were looking for commitment through councils part Aid Nelson Garrett one of the six elected officials who supported returning finance committee recommendation back to the committee ques tioned Ald Arthurs 25 minutelimit He said according to the mics of council there is 10 minutelimit Mayor Dorian Parker FOF supporter said she was so interested in what Ald Arthur was saying didnt realize the time had gone by Ill try to enforce the rules in the future she said Ald Ernie Rotman who supported returning the FOF recommendation to the com mittee said more informa tion is needed regarding ar chitectural fees and plans and commitment from the provincial and federal governments for grants Ald Rotman said the let ters of intent for just over $200000 is not strong enough evidence to support the pro ject The people Ive talked to do not support the project and can not see where the tremendous public support is he said Only one objection filed to heritage designation Only one city resident op posed the designation of the old firehall under the Ontario Heritage Act Jag es former city treasurer ob ected to the city designating the fireball on the southwest corner of Mulcaster and Collier Streets as heritage building Mr Jagges said the firehall property can be put to better use for the good of the overall community rather than con verting it to an arts and culture centre The building itself does not appear to me to be excep tiona historical value and should not be preserved he said He said the loss of mu nicipal tax dollars through the designation does not seem realistic if the city looks at the many other needs for community services The city also received let ter from the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce say ing it does not endorse the project Ed Harper chamber presi dent said the board of direc tors has not considered the issueyet For the information of all members of council this chamber has not endorsed or in any way commented for or against the project he said Mr Harper was referring to statement which said the chamber endorsed the fire hall conversion from Tony Gilsenan Friends of the Fireball FOF chairman WEATHER FORECAST Variable cloudiness with chance of shower of thundershower today Mix ture of cloud and sun with few showers Wednesda Low Barrie Ontario Canada Tue5day June 29 I976 Mayor Dorian Iarkcr looks at book Between Friends presented to various area groups by the National Film Board of Canada The book was presented by Bob Taylor of the film board right Look ing through the book are Clip Tliarrir Examiner 25C tonight 14 high nesday Per Copy Carrier Home Delivery 85 Weekly 24Pages FROM LEFT Irving Har ris Simcoe County Board of Education Robert Crawford Georgian Col lege president Frank Mac Donald director of the Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board Constance Hardy TAKING FRIENDLY LOOK Barrie Public Library Ron MacKenzie Georgian Bay Regional Library System Bertah Camerson director of the Simcoe County Museum and Wayne Cunningham On tario Film Association The book containing about 300 photographs taken within 25 miles of the Canadian American borders was prepared by the film board for presentation to American delegates in honor of the United States bicentennial Examiner Photo Shirley Avenue residents Win the battle of the townhouses Shirley Avenue residents won the final battle Monday to stop the proposed develop ment of 42 townhouses in theirarea The residents attended city councils meeting to wait for the decision on the develop ment proposed by ltltlJill Developments Ltd The verdict was made in 121 vote no townhouses Ald Ed Thompson was the lone opposition to the city development committee re commendation to deny re zoning application by the developer for the 124 acres The property south of Shirley Avenue and west of INCH OF RAIN GOOD FOR SOME More than an inch of rain fell on Barrie last night but it caused no problems around the city Thats hell of good rain Matthew Valk senior researcher at the ministry of agriculture and food Holland Marsh station said today Mr Valk who lives just north of the city said he recorded in excess of an inch of rain fallen in the area Further to the south at Holland Marsh less than half an inch of rain fell beginning around 830 am He said the rain that fell on the marsh was needed and very gentle It was perfect rain Just what we needed he said ministry of agriculture and food said the downpour was pokesman in Elmvale good for most field crops but may have wrecked havoc with cut and bailed hay Farmers who bail hay and let it dry in the sun to cure were hardest hit by the storm he said The rains leech the nutrients from the hay Some grain crops may have been damaged in areas where winds were strong he said City woman is dead after blouse burns An elderly woman was burned June when her blouse caught fire died in Toronto General Hospital Sunday Barrie Fire thief Jack McAllister says he still is not releasing the name of the vic tim at the request of the tarni ly relative of the dead women is ill in hospital and the family fears publicity would make his condition worse The womans blouse caught fire from cigarette spark The fire department tried to determine what kind of ma terial it was but there was not even scrap left after the blaze Chief McAllister said there was little response to an arti cle in the Examiner asking people to let the Fire Depart ment know if they had any similar experience wit cloth One woman came for ward and we tested different types of material at her store he said It was lit tle scary the amount of cloth that burned so easily But were still no further ahead at finding what kind of material the woman was wearing Chief McAllister said the Ontario Fire Marshalls 0f fice is now working on the case Fate of four ercenaries rests with Angolan leader LUANDA AP The fate of four mercenaries sentenced to be shot now lies with Angolan President Agostinho Neto Daniel Gearhart 34 of the United States and Costas Georgiu Andrew McKenzie and John Derek Barker of Britain were sentenced Mon day to face firing squad for their actions in the Angolan civil war Seven other Britons and two Americans were given prison sentences ranging from 16 to 30 years Neto must confirm the death sentences before the can be carried out Britis lawyers here for the trial said they would appeal for clemency for all four Robert Cesncr the US lawyer who defended Gearhart and Gary Acker 21 said he will continue to work on the case until Acker reaches Sacramento and Gearhart is home again with his family in Kensington Mdlll Sunnidale Road is zoned for single family detached houses but the developer wanted to put up exclusive and expensive townhouses George Davies owner of JeffJill had proposed single family detached houses on the property but residents in the area opposed the plan They said the noise level from Highway 400 was too great and expressed concern about the loss of the ravine land Mr Davies had council ap proval for the 38lot single family plan but withdrew it because of residents con cerns The townhouse develop ment is located further from the highway and included 61 acre park dedication to thecity Ald Jim Perri city development committee chairman said Mr Davies can build the single family detached units if he removes some of the houses close to thehighway The city planning board ap proved the plan for 42 townhouses subject to few changes in the position of the units because of resident complaints City development commit tee led by aldermen Perri and Paul Wessenger opposed it because of the objections from 50 residents in the area Opposition backs from maritime bill OTTAWA CP posi tion MP5 who backe the governments proposed maritime code when the issue was debated in the Commons last winter backtracked Mon day arguing this is not the proper time to establish Canadianflag merchant fleet The debate held as MP5 marked time for return to the Commons from justice com mittee of bill to ban the death penalty was adjourned without vote The capital punishment bill will be discussed in the House today As the maritime bill debate began Government House Leader Mitchell Sharp said he had no intention of press ing the bill to completion unless it was the wish of all parties He added he did not intend to call the bill again before the summer recess The proposed code would replace the 40yearold Canada Shipping Act and legislation dealing with coastal trade WANT MORE STUDY Ron Huntington PCCapilano moved that several clauses of the bill in cluding amendments offered by Transport Minister Otto Lang on Monday be referred to committee for study before the bill is given third reading Several opposition MPs said the government should prepare costbenefit studies on the establishment of Canadian merchant fleet to be submitted to the Commons when the bill again comes up But many said that this was not the proper time for pro motion of national fleet Frank Oberle PCPrince GeorgePeace River said the country was faced with slow growth in the economy and trade deficit which was dif ficult to correct At this time we can ill afford to create another pro blem which will have to be paid for out of the public purse of which someone else will have to subsidize he said Canadian Paperworkers told to get political MONTREAL CP The young Canadian Paper workers Union CPU must step up its political activity to combat increased govern ment intervention in the col lective bargaining process dele ates to the 55000 mem er unions first con stitutional conference were toldMonday CPU President Henri Lor rain told the conference that even when the federal anti inflation program of selective wage and price controls is lifted am not convinced that we will see the end of strong federal presence in the Canadian economy as it re lates to collective bargain ing In addition Mr Lorrain said it is not at all unlikely that the federal government through consultation and agreement with the pro vinces will attempt to work out new policies to regulate the exploitation of all natural resources including our for ests The union must examine methods for worker par ticipation in decisions on capital investment mar keting pricing and personnel matters

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