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EXAMINER TELEPHONES VVATHER FORECAST Circulation 726 6539 gfiflgnttggyfida¥ueggggj Clossdied Advertismg 773 4ld Low 12 All Other Departments 7766537 12th YearNo 278 Rebecca Shave six was one of the many youngsters who took part in the junk sculpture session at the an ¢M JUNK SCULPTURE ESSION nex ot the Barrie Public Library Saturday Those ho took part brought their own material to create their sculptures This was the first activity scheduled since the annex reopened after ren ovations IIxaiiiinciphoton Lewis wants halt to study development of timber land WAWA tint Development of about 18000 square miles of timber in nor thwestern Ontario should be halted until all aspects of the provincial forest industry are examined Stephen Lewis in tario II leader said Satur day Reed Paper Ltd and the province reCently signed memorandum of agreement that provides for at least vears of detailed examination mm company proposal to dc velop the land Mr Lewis told the annual meeting of the Algonia NDP riding association his party is absolutely opposed to any such development because of serious problems in Ontarios forest in dustry In addition he said Reeds record of reforestration and pollutionabatement programs in its eXisting operations are nowhere near good enough to justify handing over what he called the last virgin stand of timber left in Ontario The government and Reed negotiated in secret for more than two years before signing the agreement Since the sign ing there has been an outcry from native people coii servationists and forestcrs against the proposed Reed de velopnient Mr Lewis said foresteis eycn those within the natural Time is running out for Viola MacBride iola lacBride has until noon today to decide to hand over mortgage statement to The Irban Expansion Group or face supreme court writ and chargeof petty trespassing Ron Routledge president of the Expansion Group said this morning his company will con tinue itsactioiitosueMis Mac Bride for damages for delaying construction of inultimillioii dollar apartment building lrs IacBride has moved in to 58 Dunlop St building she claims she ow ns tarl MacRride her son said his mother is forcing the developer to take her to court He said he told his mother not to let the developer demolish thebuilding The building is on the southeast corner of the pro posed Bayclub deyclopnient Site bounded by Ilurilop to her Albert and Blake streets Mr Routledge said his com pany does not want to sue Mrs MacBride but cant afford to delay construction of the con dominiuin apartment building any longer Busy weekend for firemen Bames fire department had busy weekend Firefighters were called to the second floor of the American Hotel on 71 Collier St as burning mattress set off building sprinklers and alarms at 11 15 Saturday night While no damage estimate has been made fire chief Jack Ic Allister sad damage could be constderable The Collier St post office was the scene of call Sunday after noon at MB for fire in gar bagecontainer Damage was minor and in voly ed Just the container He said the delays cost about Sienna day Neither the city police nor the county sheriffs office have any copies of writs or trespassing chargcagainst lrs MacRiide The 11 tenants who lived in the buildinghavcleft vu resources ministry time said the continued iability of tin tarios forests is ltliliitliiltfi by lack of souizd retortstration policy MAKES Oslf$l€ To hand over such an llli mense parcel of land to one company makes no sense he said Never before in Ontario has the goycriiniciit coiitctiiplated giving one company timber li cencc for sui ii large area he said tintc the torist industry has itttli Llltll clear bill of health the proy llitt iiiigiit con sider allocating the 180m acres to more than one company Mr Lewis said Heavy rain El Reutcr 31 yea old Redoiiii woman she ltlllill tioiii torrential raiiis laslizizg Israel liitll Sunday 111 cave tliai collapsed in the Iltil liittt itilvti iziltj Scotts of people were injured mostly iii iiit lltltitlll iliti iiiuvilliL 111 low lying artas as strong win Ils iiill tiii tore down power lines illllliliiiloti roads and iir lltll dry ranr iitli into swollen llirltlll ionminim ii unit with Anglican tlffl and lnited churches dominate the skyline of Churchill wind swept hamlet of Zoo on The Barrie Examiner Barrie Ontario Canada Monday November 29 1976 lBJages OMBS back in town here we agai By RICHARD DUNSTAN Examiner Staff Reporter Its annexation time again After weeklong break the Ontario Municipal Board OMB resumed this morning its hearing into Barries bid to annex 18000 acres from two adjoining towhsips The hearing which has already eaten up 15 days of testimony and legal argument is scheduled to be in session off and on un til January unless the parties reach compromise solution on their own Talks aimed at finding compromise have been held but lawyers have been closemouthed on their progress if any The city is seeking to annex 13500 acres from Innisfil Township and 4600 from Vespra Towhsi The application also asks for 2100 acres from Oro Township but the city announced early in the hearing it no longer wants the 0m land All three townships plus Simcoe County council are opposing the application The hearing resumed this morning with accountant Douglas Irwin city witness on the stand to face crossexamination by lawyers opposing the annexation bid Mr Irwin is only the third witness heard so far during formal testimony The hearings which begin daily at 10 am at the Army Navy anti Air Force Club on George Street are open to the public The board plans to sit all this week then skip next week Future hearing dates scheduled are Dec 13 through 17 Dec 20 through 21 and Jan through Remaining time allotted falls short of the five weeks lawyers estimate is still need to complete presentation of evidence and any extension of the hearing beyond Jan would face roadblock in the form of major hearing scheduled to begin in Toronto Jan 10 The Toronto hearing expected to last three months will in volve at least half dozen of the numerous lawyers Working on the Barrie hearing Secret meeting on annexation ity council held secret the city for the annexation and GARY SAUNDERS 38 Eu genia St hands his ballots to deputy returning officer Helen Foster at Saturdays advance poll for the Dec municipal elections Mr Saunders was one of the 371 voters who cast their ballots meeting Sunday night with James McCallum the citys an nexation lawyer Council members started the meeting at about 715 and ended it 45 minutes later Mayor Dorian Parker des cribed the meeting as an in camera informal meeting to bring the members of council up to date on the annexation hearing An Ontario Municipal Board iOMBi hearing is in progress in application Mayor Parker said Mr Mc Callum told the council members what has happened so far at the hearing and what he expects to happen She said there was no discus sion about the possibility of con sent annexation with the town ships Following an earlier secret meeting council decided to drop its bid to annex the Oro Townshipland Bottle paper drive tonight by students About 12 Steele Street Public School students will collect bot tles and paper tonight between and 30 pin in all areas of the city Nelson Wood Grade teach cr at Steele Street School is run mntl lb bottle and paper drive itli help of23 parents ti What do you mean YOU need the car tonight CHIRCRILI STANDS TEST OF TIME Highway 11 in Innisfil Township The churches used to dominate the life of the community too says one longtime resident but the arling club more popular today Other than thft things havent changed too Were hoping to collect $2000 for week of winter out door education at Leslie Frost Natural Resources Cen tre near Dorset Mr Wood said The Grade and students have planned an outdoor educa tion week at the centre from Feb 28m Marcht Students will study forestry and wildlife management from experts at the centre and sur vival camping from Base Bor den personnel Another bottle and paper driveis scheduled forJan Rape charge against man BUFFALO API Police arr rested Buffalo man at ren dezvous point and accused him of abducting suburban teen ager at gunpoint raping her and trying to collect ransom Wardell Watson 21 of But falo was charged much yet For report on the community past pre sent and future see page ltExaininerphotoi KINZIES LAND AN ISSUE ROSS ARCHER MAINTAINS Willard Kinlies Innisfil Township land holdings could be critical issue in the Dec municipal election says Ald Ross rcher Both men are running for may or in the election against iii cunibcnt Dorian Parker Ald Archer said if Mr Kinric is elected the land holdings could be very touchy situation because of annexation discussions It would be incredible to think the mayor of this city would be impeded in giving leadership at this critical point inour historyhe said Barrie has applied to anne 20200 acres from three townships including 121500 in Innisfil 4600 in Vespra and 2100in0ro Ald Archer said the mayors role is to proyide leadership during conflict of interest At time when strong leiisiye energetic leadership would be needed this candidate would be forced to disengage himself from any discussion or voting he said If Mr Kinlie were becoming member of the provincial cabinet Aid Archer said he would have to to divest himself of any interest He said he does not hay any land holdings outside the city and would be concerned as tapaycr if Mr Kinzie hap pened to be elected mayor CAPSULE NE WS Irish situation critical PARIS IReutert The economic situation in the Irish republic is critical and the government will have to continue controlling incomes even after the present pay freee ends an international report says Can expect outside aid TORONTO Ii Prime Minister laii Smith of Rhodesia says he has been given assurances that if the Geneva talks on majority rule for his country break down because of intrans Sigeiicc on the part of black leaders Rhodesia can expect out Side aid and even the lifting of the economic sanctions Train plunges from bridge NAIROBI itII The tlombasaNairobi passenger train plunged from washedout bridge into flooding river in the iggame country of southeast Kenya early today Rapidfiring tank cannon WASHINGTON defence department scientists are exploring new concept for Iapldrflfliig tank cannon that might revolutionize armor arfare late in this century ZZZ Tlz 97 Record crowd roars approval 12M Whyfl on Saturday because they will be out of their riding on election day and unable to vote during regular polling hours Another advance poll is scheduled for Dec Ex aminer Photoi Advance polls show 371 vote fity polling clerks had busy time Saturday at the first of ficial advance p01ls when 371 Barrie voters cast ballots for the Dec municipal election The ballots which were sealed in their boxes and locked in city hall vault will be counted when the pails close at pm election day Dec The advanced polling stations operated between 11 and pm At city hall voters in Ward and linedup at 11 am and crowded through until 1230 in when business slowed total of 207 voters cast ballots at city hall The other station at Prince of Wales Public School for Wards and was also busy with 164 voters casting ballots Barries second advance polls are opened Friday at city hall and Prince of Wales school bet ween 11 am and8 pm In the 1974 election total of 607 voters used the advance polls to cast ballots The polls are used by people who will not be in Barrie on election day Stare windows target of vandals The sound of glass breaking kept Barrie city police busy over the weekend as four seA parate incidents were recorded in the downtown area An estimated $700 will be needed to replace large plate glass window at the Loblaws store on Hayfield St broken Saturday night while another $500 damage was done to the Investigate hit and run Pat Bertrum 55 of Claver Avenue in Belle Ewart was treated for injuries Saturday morning after being involved in hit and run case according to Innisfil police The accident occurred at 210 am in foggy weather as Ber trum was seen heading north on Ewart Ed on foot When hit he suffered injuries to the back of his legs and cut on his head Police are still in vestigatingthe incident for exciting Grey Cup game TORONTO rCP There seemed to be something for ev erybody in Sundays Grey up game but mostly it was Ottawa that took home the big prizes includin the capital citys nin th Cana ian football champion ship The 2320 Ottawa Rough Rid ers victory on lastminute touchdown pass by Tom le ments to Tony Gabriel put to shame banner hung out by some Saskatchewan Rough riders fans which proclaimed that Santa laus wears green and white The greenandwhite uni formed Saskatchewan club had gone into the game as the five point favorite but emerged with only the Sharaplayer losers shares and one awardvto line backer Cleveland tann who was named outstanding defen sive player of the game Ottawas booty besides the Grey Cup included $6000 player plus awards won by le mentsandGabriel The record crowd of 53388 in the renovated Exhibition Sta dium was treated to one of the most exciting finishes in the games history and their pres ence helixd Swell anadian Football League coffers with gate receipts totalling 311109000 Television revenue added another $121 000 ROHIHHESHID The crowd largely profit tawa roared when Clements completed an itayard pass to Gabriel to the Saskatchewan 24 with only 44 seconds in the game And they went wild sec onds later when Gabriel tiled in his 2+yard gamewir ing catch in the end zone Among the fans were Prime Minister Trudeau Labor Minis ter John Munro Ottawa Mayor Lorry Greenburg Ontario Pre mier William Davis and Sas katchewan Premier Allan Blakeney Clements Byearold sec ondyear pro out of Notre Dame was recognized as the games outstanding offensive layer in balloting by panel of ootball reporters and also won new car Gabriel honored last week as the fFLs outstanding fana dian was again the winner in that category in the game and was awarded the Dick Sudcr man Trophy and tickets for two to anywhere in the world that Canadian Pacific irlines flies Gabriel 27yearold Bur lington Ont native was the games top pass receiver with Bayfield St storefront at Woolworths An estimated 815 damage was done the same night when an office window at 39 Collier St was smashed but the dam age amounted to $240 for Stationary and Gifts on Dunlop St Police are still investigating all four incidents No evidence of what caused the damage was found at any of the four sites Stagner man dies Saturday Stayner area man was killed Saturday at 715 pm when he was hit by car cross ing an intersection at county rd 10 north on Highway 90 No details are being released on the accident until next of kin are notified The man was takai from the scene to Collingwoods General Marine Hospital where he was declared dead seven catches for 124 yards Clements completed 11 of 25 cpisses in the game for 174 yar SETS LP RECORD Bill Ratanaka wide re ceiver used mostly on punt re turns set Grey Cup record when he returned punt 79 yar ds in the first quarter for touchdown The previous long est punt return was 38 yards by Johnny Rodgers of Montreal Alouettes in last years game Hatanakas score plus Gerry Organ field goal gave Ot tawa 100 firstquarter lead But Saskatchewan came back with field goal by Bob Maw ritti and touchdowns by Steve Mazurak and Bob Richardson both on passes from Ron Lao Ester to take 170 lead at ehalf