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J1N RING REPOLTEfi Barrie businesses combine in housewares promotion Would you like Stroud annexed to Barrie AROL LAWRENCE Seems to me that will take all our land for subdivilt Sions Id like to see less growth Thats one of the reasons we moved up here to get away from all that RRNA ROSIHER It might not be bad if it helped us get sewers in Other than that its im material to me if annexation occurs or not FRANK DAV Its going to tip our taxes and we dont need any more oftliat Ill USMO There arent that shopping centres and sewers Min be that ill iiiipriw many tacilities here now like good ALLEN ROGERS Everything will get gob bled up and we will be in one big mess like they are in Toronto JACK llltillSON lm happy like the small community like things the way they are now JAMES RlTLIIR Why not Here we have no roads no Sidewalks no sewers and no water and the taxes are $400 year For $13 year more you can have all that by liviiigin Barrie II KIRTU Im old fashioned think the small commiiiittes are very nice Thats the reason we moved up here it makees things so much friendlier Arch Brown and Russell Baranowski were two positive businessmen Friday afternoon as they checked over the ana dian General Electric demonstration booth at the Canadian Tire Store Mr Baranowski general manager of the CGE plant in Barrie said his company is holding special demonstra tion and contest to honor the opening of Mr Browns new store at the Bayfield Mall Canadian Tire Corporation is the largest purchaser of certain lines of CGE appliances and the Barrie CTC store is the third largest in Canada Mr Baranowski stressed that is important to his company but is also important to the residents of Barrie the place where all CGE houswares are manufactured The local plant located on Bradford Street employs 600 people and is the largest small appliance manufacturing plant in Canada 26LINES In total 26 product lines are manufactured here including lawn mowers heaters hu midifiers vacuum cleaners personal care products irons and the wide range of food preparation appliances Onethird of the sales out of the plant are designed in Barrie by local people Mr Bar anowski said In addition the company manufactures large number of electric kettles for export to the United States Electric kettles are Cana dian product and there are vir tually no manufacturers in the United States turning out the product CGE first located in Barrie in 1946 and while it hit its worst slump ever last year cutting its staff in half thing are on the upswingagain Appliances are largely af fected by housing construction but Mr Baranowski said good recovery is in progress We are looking to many suc cessful years and future efforts to expand in Barrie Mr Baranowski said But Mr Baranowski is not the only one enjoying an upsw ing in business Mr Brown noted that in the first fotir days of business in his new store his retail equalled the total of his first year in business 13 years ago MORE ROOM At his new location Mr Brown has more room to display his appliances and finds they are selling at higher rate than most other product lines He has noticed more women customers brousing through and believes his store is no longer considered mainly mansdomain The booth at TTC is dem onstrating the toaster oven and selfcleaning iron The selfcleaning iron is good idea for Barrie residents as the water here is so hard Mr Brown said and the toaster oven conserves energy Toaster ovens and personal care products are being given away as part of contest this weekend at the store Summing the situation Mr Brown observed As Barrie and area grow and prosper so we predict Canadian General Electric and anadian Iirc two responsible Barrie cor porate citizens will likewise grow and prosper to the better ment of employees the Simcoc tounty consumers and the economy in general 119 titanic Examiner The Barrie Examiner Saturday July l0 1976 ll Society for Crippled Children opens district office in Barrie The Ontario Society for rip pled Children has opened new district offices in Barrie Owen Sound and Scarborough The Barrie office at 121 Well ington St will provide closer and more immediate link with physically handicapped children and their parents residing in Simcoe county and the region of York north of Steclcs Ave As result of these changes the Willowdalc office which formerly served these youngsters will close and Miss Elizabeth lhclan PHN will now work otit of the Barrie of LOCAL TILMHER CONTRACT The Simcoe county Board of Education will discuss pro pOsed contract settlement bet ween the board and its elcmcnr tary school teachers during this Wednesdays meeting The board has yet to sign con tracts with its elementary and secondary ea chers The meetings lengthy agen da contains several old business items including re quests for increases in cafeteria prices proposed revision to the boards policy on field trips and student travel and the renaming of Not tawasaga7reemore entral school Trustees will also hear ad ministrative reports on proper tax reform and the sharing of transportation routes with the Simeoe oiinty Roman atholic Separate School Boa rd The meeting will begin at in at the Education Centre 99 Ferris Lane THREEAR OLLISION No injuries were sustained but $2800 damage resulted from three car mishap on Highway 11 at Mincts Point Road at about 30 lice Miss Phelan will work in close cooperation with local health agencies and all com munity services including the Ontario societys twenty one Caster Seal service clubs in Simcoe and York The society now has 23 district offices throughout in tario and it is through these oti ficcs that its rehabilitation services are brought to the at tention of the community Services include active rehabilitation treatment district nursing services camp ing and community recreation programs artificial limbs braces and other aids training for employment counselling and medical research The societys district nurse endeavors to see that all the necessities of crippled child are provided including those of physical social recreational psychological educational and vocational nature Anyone requiring further in formation regarding services provded by the Ontario Society for rippled Children should contact the nearest district of fice listed in the local telephone directory AND GENERAL Friday Winston Partridge of Maple Avenue had $600 damage to his ehicle Dennis Cooper of Grove Street $1000 damage and Glen Warnica of Warnica Road had $1200 damage to his vehicle IMPROVEMENT BOARD Board of management of the downtown improvement board will meet Wednesday at 730 pm in the hamber of onr merce office Fred Grant Street KIWANISCLIR Bell anada presentation by word and film Family Safety will be fare for the Kiwanis liib of Barrie when it meets Monday at 615 pm at the llolidav liui MEMBERSHIP Wyman Jacques ward chairman and his canvassers have put membership in the Barrie Horticultural Society at 1901 for 1970 There are 10 life members OlNTRY FAIR Members of the Barrie llorr ticultural Society are asked to start gathering items for sale at the organizations annual oun try Fair at Sunnidale om muiiity entre The event is scheduled for Sept 18 Fifteenyearold youth charged with assault Barrie ity Police have or rested liyearold boy and charged him with two assaults that occurred edncsday ln boili cases woman was threatened itli knife Police say the JllYtllllt was arrested after similar iiici dent Friday alternoon at the Hayfield Mall The youth fled btit was chased and captured by two constables llc now being held and is being questioned by lrillia police in connection with three assaults in that city Monday in difficulty attracting participants Barries recreation depart ment is trying to reach all segments of the population There are programs for the senior citizens young children swimmers and tennis players Starting this year the city is operating program for the mentally retarded children in llarric lt rutis during the stiininer at Portageview Public School on Anne Street and is open to all mentally retarded children at tending school Greg Burns program so perintendent said there are two reasons for running the pro of SR IT WAS time for some fun and games at lortageview Public School this week as the first session of recrea tion program for mentally retarded children attending grain He said it offers something needed by the retarded child and is tre moiindous learning ex pctlctice for the instructors The instructors are the citys Leaders In Training tlllt students between 14 and it years old who are interested in working at city playgrounds as leaders The program is supervtscd by Kathy Tuck graduate of the aiiadian Nanny oiirse at Sheridan ollege The only real problem is lack of children to attend the program school started Leadcrsin training Sandra Scott Heather Steckley and Rev erley Wallbank help Kathy Tuck supervisor Only three children John Jeffery and lltt We gnuaw s4 thwwfl TERRY COLLISle SHOWS Kilt WARES TO RUSS BARANOWSKI BROWN Program for mentally retarded kids At pre registration seven children were signed for the first two week course operating now and eight for the second and nine for the third Only three of the seven registered are attending the program even though there is nocharge Mr lttirns said the reason lS probably lack of transporta tion to lortageview School The city is looking for volunteerdriver All the schools Willi special education classes For tagcview Maple trove and odrington Street and Sunny Kevin are registered for the session This is the first sum mer the city has offered recreation program for the mentally retarded In the lark nursery were contacted before the course started it is run from 900 to 1130 am July it to to July 20 to 30 and Aug to lit excluding Saturdays and Sundays Miss Tuck said during the mor ning the children are permit ted to play organized games with the leaders play on playground apparatus at the school and use the gymnasium facilities hildren can still be registered for one or all of the sessions by contacting the recreation department at city hall past the program was up erated by federal grants under the Opportunities for Youth HWY program tlilx Illlllltl lhotoi Innisfil Historical Society starts photo document centre RRI BAKER llNSWltl bold new project has USl been under taken by the lnnisfil Historical and Archauilogical Society in the development ol resource centre In no way do we want to compete with the ounty Ar chves stresses society presi dent llon lleatty of letro What we want is to make copies of original historic documents land and property deeds letters pestcls and diaries Our aim is to make llll material available to residents and anyone interestut iii the history of our township In particular we want to make ll available to students By restricting our docutncnt centre to copies only which we are already making trom originals we wil need he special security oi storagi facilities In case ot er thing is replacmbli Thanks to Tom rneti we can now have members and other interested persons bring in early tamil and historit photographs related to early llt nistil and make copies and them back to them the satin loss evening during our monthly meeting wind Monday eieiiing of each month might add that this wor thwhile project has really brought our socier iolite The society headquarters and document centre is in the old one room lainswick tlliitll house itselt historic landmark Already considerable gallery of reprints from lnnisfil related photongle dating from the 1860s to the 19605 has been built up When the content and history of these photos are known it is written underneath When it is not an invitation is left for any iewcr who knows to fill it in Areadly many unknown photos have been ideiitit ted in this manner lrs Nena Marsdeii past pltllttll ot the icorgiiizi llistotiial Society in hei talk to liinisfil Society members described methods used by the Georgina society to es tabhshing and maintaining similar document centre She inspired them to start members and other lnnistil residents to start keeping liouse logs oi their own homes with TO RIITI is busy photographing doeiis ot ear ly photographs brought in by society members who can one copy always being left with the house for future owners inst like ships log with date ol building or additions first owners and all succeeding owners and any photos of the house iiid present and prei IOUS ow ners The lnnistil society has started to build up display of later baby and eaili pioneer eluding tools in cradle take their photos back llllllll with them the ttllc evening with no tear of loss iltaker ihoto 1s KI ll LETI Janet timber hewing broad ae dress form and spinning wheel It is hoped that more photos and copies of early documents survey of all houses lllltll in humid prioi to lulu tOlltl tion of early books and newspaper clipping lllts will soon be added The propit being tiiiaiited by nominal ltttlttlitllllti tees and fund raising IllllitlS ill tell and Tom riiett 71 JAM xuv view some photos ot pre tutu lliittt iii lnmstil lowiiship eluding the spring community fair which earned the society nearly Slim it has been noted that under the ittlltllt 7f piogriiiii students will continue again this summer the illtlttllL ol the old orlhci ll rtlitlltt and liti shortl lllltlllllllli of The Hat ll llantinei will lttlilllitltlt llie society tpl to hold open house tlt July and iiLEillft ll ttLItlsl to let ttl tone Ill taken by loiii Arnett who photographically copies old iliiding loioiilo rtsttltllls we what lx beingdoiit li teatty said that special tildiikt goes to the Sliiicot oiitity Hoard oi lfidiituitioii which has tiimlc the one room tlllNil iillilile it the llilttlll llistoi lt il iit li lteatty ls tiltitltltl rind lll wile is titixiiiti lliey Vitll be eat lllll it Hi till illltl ltlit Kily ltll sil ltl tlv il 3t HIV it gtibrsa society photos and documents for the