IMMIGRATING TO Canada was big decision for the Toft family almost two years ago but theyre glad they made the move and now live at Coldwater Born in Wales Julian moved with his family to Middlesex England at By SHIRLEY JENNETT COLDWATER stranger in strange land about to seek new lifestyle whats it really like Most of us will probably never have the experience for 3+year0ld Welsh born Julian Tofts it was dream fulfilled for his wife Ann it was nightmare The Tofts had been married 12 years and had three children the youngest only year old when the final plans were established for major move from England to Canada Ann Tofts admits hated the idea but Julian was convinc ed it was in the best interests of the familys future particular ly the childrens BRING PETS TOO Complete with family dog Kinky and cat Whiskey their plane touched down on Cana dian soil on the 24th of May 1975 in sweltering 80 degree weather with Ann wishing it would turn around and go back with her familyonit The first home was at Fawn Bay near Orillia with Anns sister and her family and Julian who had been manag ing clerk in law office in England found employment as clerk in the office of WLS Trivett LC Meanwhile house hunting got underway Upon driving through the Coldwater area one summer lay the family felt the locale suited their tastes nicely and made yplans to buy new home in Medonte not far from the Village limits MIDHIIRST Staff lnfla tionary trend over period of 40 years is reflected by county tax budgets comparison of which shows more than 20 times the spending Conditions were vastly lif ferent then said John Drinkwater who was then county warden when this was drawn to his attention recently Then Orillia township reeve Mr Dririkwater at 01 is now the oldest member of the Simcoe County Eerardens Associa tion Back in 1936 when Mr Drinkwater headed the county council the budget for the year was based on anticipated revenue of $450000 For the cur rent year the total cost in cluding government subsidies is expected to run about $11 million In that prcwar depression vear when the Hepburn govern inent imposed provincial in come tax at half the rate of the federal income levy it was the general rule for tax increases to stir sharp controversy Mr Drinkwaters courity council was anxious to do its part to hold down its share which it managed to do with the help of some cutbacks to offset deficit from the previous year Old records reflected some of the financial problems faced one of which was caused by the county guaranteeing municipal debentures with more than one in default The county council passed four years of age At school he met Ann Hayes whom he later married and the couple lived for 12 years near Lon don before deciding that it would be in the best interests of the family to come to Canada Here the family in Although they didnt face language barrier as many Canadian immigrants do they found they had to delete words such as cooker stove petrol gas and clark clerk from their vocabulary pretty quickly or else endure amused glances different money system also created few headaches but the biggest adjustment was leaving behind all their friends and relatives As Ann remarked would walk down the street and not recognize single person felt soalone VILLAGE CLERK Meanwhile as of the 1st of May 1976 Julian took up new duties as the Village Clerk an administrative post where he collects payment of taxes hydro water and sewer bills records minutes of regular and special council meetings acts as secretary treasurer of the Community Centre Committee and also the Hydro Commis sion and performs many other tasks essential to the smooth running of village affairs In his work he daily meets Village residents and has quickly learn ed to match all the names he in his work with the proper faces Ann who had originally been bank clerk in her native England engaged in new re sponsibilities as driver of the local high school bus which travels to Orillia each day and got involved with teaching Suri day School at St Andrews resolution asking the provincial government to consider ap propriate legislation to give the county some control over the finances of municipalities whose debentures the county was forced to pay under its guarantee Resolutions showed the great changes which have taken placein county administration since that faroff era Reports from the chairman of finance Reeve Cunningham of Alliston showed the county paid out $31155 in oldage pen sions The county then was respon sible for county courts county jail costs as well as for the county home at Beeton roads and general administration resolution dealing with raise in pay for secretary of the Childrens Aid Society sanc BUSY IERM COLLINGWOOD Staff Chairman of Simcoe County social services committee Reeve Donald Spooner has busy term of office ahead He is also chairman of the Coll ingwood community centre committee member of the recreation board museum board the industrial commit tee and harbors wharves and airport committee Reeve Spooner and Deputy Reeve James Belcher also are 3011 ingwood representatives to the Nottawasaga Valley Conserva tion Authority Board Deputy Reeve Belcher is also chairman offinapce cluding Julian and Ann lghlytttlAOld Nicola 107 yearold David and 2131UIV old Kirsten pose with the family cart who made the journey with them Photo by yril Martinr Toft family all glad they chose Goldwater Presbyterian hurch Both she and her husband also serve on church committees ALL llll How has the family adiusted to their new life well cight yearvold Nicola reports like the different seasons and my new friends at school but miss my old friends and Grand ma and Grandpa lcn year old David thinks its great gct to swim more ofttn lie comments Two and half yearrold Kirsten JIISI smiles and looks as though shed be happy wherever she was The whole family were ovcrwbclrn ed at the kindness and neighborliricss of the Canadian people and stressul it again and again They were also cx ubcrant about the freedom and open spaces we take for granted btit which are prac tically non existant in the crowded southern part of lift tain near London whcrc thc lofts had hvcd for most of their lives They appurred amale at the way Canadians travel about their country since in England to tr iore han few miles prac llli itutcs holi daytrip The family plan to return to their homeland but only to visit and though Anii hasnt adapted to the cold Julian proudly recalls the day not long ago when she said wouldnt want to go back and live in England At first felt like was on an extended holiday and kept waiting for it to end but now fch at homc Old county records Show inflation trend tioned an annual boost from $400 to $000 The county council then usually held sessions only four times year The warden was asked to rip point special committee to iri vestigatc the cost of hos pitalization for indigent pa tients similar procedure was followed in York county the council was advised native of Northbrook in Orillia township Mr Drink water attended Orillia schools and Ilpper nnada College He spent few years in banking before returning to Northbiook where he farmed for years First elected school trustee in 1012 he was school board secretary for 11 years He serv ed on Orillia township council for years including 10 on muntycouncil The 1930 county warden celebrated liislltst birthday last Junetti lfilIlIttlll Ittll innit4 moonde yr firr Hqu v4 Ii ilrillll 11 to 1mm in mu II omitmm Iodwt In Allinon 4354331 In Ionic 6H I76 Bradford St Bradford Lloyds Barrie rink to play at Bradford BRADFORD Staff Jack Lloyds Barrie rink will meet Ken Weirs local foursome in the divisional 10A finals in the Ontario Curling Associations Masters series here next Wednesday evening Feb These two rinks clashed before in divisional games with Barrie taking the first by five points and the Weir curlers coming back strong to take the second contest with three rocks on the last end Playing with skip Lloyd are Frank Ilersey Art Coleman and Hugh Brown The final game to be played at the Bradford curling rink is scheduled to start at oclock The winner here qualifies to meet the 10B division victor at Orillia week later on Wednes day Feb Boyd Merkley is the Ontario urling Association representative in charge of the latter The Bradford rink has been chosen as the site for the in terinediate series playoff bet ween division 10A and 108 Win ners on Sunday Feb 27 Reeve Ken Wood is the converter in charge here Subdivision winners in the Masters are scheduled to play at Dundas on Sunday Feb 20 with the allOntario finals at Toronto on Friday and Satur day Feb 25 rid 26 In the iriterintxliatc series the divisional playoffs will take place in March followed by the finals at Barrie DISTRICT NE WS Ihe Barrie Examiner Friday January ZR 1077 Guthrie WI sponsoring new needlepoint course lITHRlE The local Womens Institute is sponsor ing netxllcixnnt course which started Monday at the home of Mrs Norman ampbcll with afternoon and evening sessions The arrangements for the course were discussed at the January meeting of the iii stitutc which was field at the home of Mrs Howard taldwell with Mrs toates presiding Mrs Jim Caldwell reviewed the minutes of previous mect ings letter was read from Mrs Joanne Mcchn about faintly histories which the institute is helping to obtain for ro township Records of families who settled in the township III the years 1870 to lttttt or before are sought Donations were approved for the OH Fall Fair Society and also for the Save Sight project It was decided to send pooling fee of $73 for one delegate to at tend the officers confcrcncc at Waterloo The roll call From Adams rib to Womens Lib stirred sonic lively comment and humorous poem was read from husband lunc Suttons book Once More lith Love was quoted by Mrs anipbcll as her pro gram thcriic which was follow ed by question period Mrs Florciicc Stoddart gave the motto about the consumers and family affairs prcsenta tion The members have been in vited toro council next month and this has been arranged for Monday Feb 21 at 130 in Mrs Dunciiri iimcron will be corivcncr in charge of the in stitutcgroup Gilford church picks officers By Rl III YER HILFORI lhc annual meeting of the Illlftntl church was held Vleicsday Jan III thc church hall rtli good ittcri dance by members of the con grcgatiori llIlttIS for 1077 wcrcclcctcd lhc regular cticlirc party was held in iilford Ian 31 with 11 tables in play Iriyes went to lda Sturdy Rcta Irvin Ernic lltighcs and Rob Kcll Albert Wood won the 30 30 draw Another cuclirc party IS scheduled for Jim 2i The Official Board of iilford and liurchill hurctics met in thc liltord hirrch lliill Jan New Lowell News By BELLAlfllllvlS Sympathy of the community to the Ncil family in the loss of dear father and grand father lohri who passed away on Wednesday January at the Collingwood Hospital In terrricnt was in Toronto Congratulations to lhclnia McKinnon of Angus on winning the 30 fit Army and Navy draw Seller of the winning ticket was Mrs Arnold Musson of Ncw Lowell Mr and Mrs Bill lornpkins and Terry spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Murray lomp kins and children in ilciicairn Mr and Mrs Harry lrosscr spent Sunday Willi Mr and Mrs Elwood Agar in Stxiyncr Mr and Mrs John l£IlIItIS and Mr and Mrs Andy Vasvriii attended the Boy Scouts iib and Beavers dance in Barrie on SafurdayNight Mr and Mrs Marccl Van Severn and family of Stayncr spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs loe Van Severn and boys Jeremy returning home after spending few days With his grandparents Mr and Mrs Brian Bani brouin and children spent Sun day with IS Noble III loronto Mr and Mrs Harold Ilyne of Barrie and Mrs Newtonoftoll ingwotxl spciit Sunday with Mrs DoraHyiie Mr and Mrs Lowell lugh and fairiin of Mincsing spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Fred MathersSr Mr and Mrs Rene Mecsters of ollingwotxl spent Sunday wt Mr and Mrs John Lamcrs Mr and Mrs Murray Mc Donald and girls of Kingston and Mr and Mrs Harry Hope of Toronto spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Norris Hope Mrs Ileleri Holmes of Iillson burg and granddaughter Mir chcllc Iulley of Clinton are visiting with Mr and Mrs Reeves Snow Mr and Mrs Bob Duff and children of Barrie spent Sunday with and rs Don lqu Monique and Edward Van Severn spent Saturday with MI and Mrs Paul More in ree MADE INCANADA lwo films for showing in Feb ruary in the new It drama series Classics Dark and Dan gerous are The Ueg Little Boy with Kate Reid and The Mniiiii kin starring Roncc Bliikley holiday trII System llltllt and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Don Vcii in Burrit Mr md lrs lcrry Robinson and childicn of Port Elgin spent wcck with Mr iiid Mrs Lcn tobirisoii Mr and Mrs lctc iirtcr of Toronto spcrit thcwcckciid itli tobiiioiis Denny Doncr of Barrie called on Mrs Mary link on Fridiiy and both visited with Del and Ev lIl thc Nursing llortlcs Mrs Jotiritic llcxtcr Yellowknife and Mr Kttillttli Gordon of lortiiilo spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs lIlyiiorlett Mrs Flori11cc Micks of rccriiorc spciit thc wcckcrid here Mr and Mrs Harold llilltml and boys spent the wcckcrid with Mr and Mrs liiii Hunt lIl Stioud Mrs Frances latton spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Doug Morrison in Wasnga Beach Mr and Mrs Harry Mans bridge spciit Saturday with Mr and Mrs Doug Carter in Bar ric Mr and Mrs loliri Mchibb and children of Angus spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs liiirhcMcNiibbandboys Mr and Mrs Paul Wolfeiidcii of loronto Mr lIItl Mrs Allcn ollings of Stiiyiici spent Siiri day with Mr and Mrs Elwood chIls and Mrs Ruby Nevils Mr and Mrs Bob Ford of Brampton spent the weekend here Mr and Mrs Bruce Herbert and family of Etobicokc Mr and Mrs Bill Herbert and faint ly Mrs lloiicymaii hcry and Stewart llarbcrt all of Scar boro Mrs lllrirytninpbell and Mr and Mrs Ross ampbell of loroiito and Mr and Mrs Frank Bediirirek and David of Ill Brcntwotxl all spent Sunday With Mr and Mrs Iom llcrbert in honor of the 70 birfhdayof Mr llcibeit Newman coming for crOp convention Delegates from various parts of the province are coming to Barrie next week for the annual thrceday convention of the On tario Soil and rop Improve ment Association The conference is to be held at the Iloliday Inn here in Bar rie opening on Tuesday Feb at 930 am The North Simcoe branch will sponsor the first days program on forages Ontario minister of agri culture aiid food William Newman will be among the visiting speakers Mr Newman is scheduled to speak at the banquet to be held on Wednes day Feb at pm followinga social hour Dr Bert Christie and Dr Stan Young of Ontario Agri cultural College University of Guelph will be among the opening day speakers at the conference thcrs will include Harvey Wright and Bill Hurst of the soil and crops branch of the ministry of agriculture Elwood Hatley of Ontario Senior club shown film By SHIRLEY JEN NETT COLDWATER Thirty Se nior Citizens turned up at the Lions Riverside Centre for the monthly meeting Mrs Lorraine Orr was on hand to show film of the boat trip she and her husband took on the SS Keewatin from the port of Port McNichol some years ago An interesting part of the filrii was visual visit to the city of oldwater Mi chigan Mrs Orr was thanked by Vice President Neda Bor row class will held Rising be for BySINCLAIRSTEVENS MI YorkSimcoe Canadians are now IDOII deeply in debt than any other people in the world Collectively our outstanding consumer debt amounted to nearly $24 billion in 1073 almost $1400 for each man woman andchild Even more alarming is our everyincreasing demand for credit ltctwccn HM and 1074 our appetitc for credit has in creased three times faster than otir personal disposable in come so that by 1073 such credit represented riiorc than 32 per cent of otir personal tII Illlll Asidc Iroin thc obvious irii plicntions such high borrowing has placed on our personal and national cconoriiic health the skyrockctting ttsc of consumer credit has taxed existing legislation to thc brciiking point The lllIIlISI Act the rniiin IIISIIIIIIItIII through which the gornrricnt regulates in tcrcst rates has not bccii micndcd siiicc 1017 And two other fcdcinl stiitiitcs govern ingcicdit tthiniillLoiins Act and thc lawnlirokcrs Act were ptriiicd in 1030 Icrirly thcic IS grcrit riccd for icy ISttl crcdit guidelines IIIUIICI lith parliament liming ic stimcd this wcck it will bc ask ttl to deal with the iorrowcrs and Ilttmrnllrils lrotcctiori Act BltlA This Act Ill icpliicc to tlllt ctcnt the hodgc podgc of provincial crcdit ttilllltiIIOIlS ind Itllltlllfllttl federal legislation with striii Seniors in the making of placemats from phentex wool and instruction will be provided by Mrs Rhines Looms are required for this art and Alan Jones Rex lolkinghoren and Vic Connor have volunteered to make these poem entitled was read by the President Jean Robbiiisori and two minutes of silence were observ ed in memory of former inerti ber Jane lennett who passed away in hospital December 28 Ed Sallows of Warmistcr was welcomed to the group and social half hour followed Friends Agricultural College and Hank Bellman ministry engineer Among other convention speakers will be Doug Hoskin of Cobourg and Mike litherow of Codrington STAYNER EM BER STAYNER Mayor George Charlton has been appointed Stayners representative to the Nottawasaga Valley Conserva tion Authority board which meets regularly at its ad ministrative office building at Angus WEEDONTROL MIDHURST Staff Weed inspector for South Sim coe Ivan Speers reported he received over 300 complaints mostly minor about weed con trol during the past year On farm land issued five orders and had them carried out to my satisfaction he stated In the great majority of cases he received good cooperation IllOAllOINTED COLLINGWOOI ouri cillors Ron Emo and Paul McKeown have been appointed town council representatives to the Collingwood Chamber of Commerce lO PLAN FAIR SEVERN BRIDGE Staff New officers will be elected and plans discussed for the fall fair next September at meeting of Severn Bridge Agricultural Society on Satur day Jan 29 at the local hall AIXILIARY MEETING MIDLAND Staff Ari nual meeting of the Auxiliary to Huronia District Hospital will be held at the Windriftcr hall on Monday Jan 31 FINANCEIIAIRMAN STAYNER Staff oun cillor Bruce larton has been appointed chairrriari of finance for 1077 by Stayncr town coun cil Reeve Eldon Bell and Counlt cillor Dick McQueen are other members along with Mayor lerogc Charlton Councillor McQueen was made chairman of the fire protection commit tee FIRE lROlEtTlON OLLthllytiOD Staff Councillor Ieorgc Stephenson has been namcd chairman of Collingwood councils fire pro tcction committee for 1077 with Deputy Reeve lanics Belchcr and Councillors lau McKeown and Robert tryslcr other members along with Mayor Harry Bell anadian debt deplored by YorkSimcoe MP at Ottawa Sll IR SllIVENS bcttcr protcction dardicd guidelines hief itiioiig IIS provisrons IS re qiiirciiicnt that thcrc should be full and detailed disclosure of all credit costs to prcvcnt hid den loaded or add on ex pcriscs lri Ill age when consumer credit plays such it liiigc role in our economy no reasonable person could dispute thc ticcd lot iticrctiscil piotcctiott tot Illt OIISIIIIHI But the problem with IlllS bill its ptipigt¢l is Ilic iigtttticssot itS provisions to bill of All clauses there are it lciist Jl tltSllIItI cascs whcrc tlic llllllldtlullnll and application of thc giiidchrics is Senior housing units backed for Innisfil BARCLAY The provincial ministry of housing has rcconi nicridcd that thc iititrio government construct ll gcrircd to income housing units for tIllOI 1IllllS in IIIIIISIIl township and township coiiii cil ISkttl for the unit chncs day Ilic rcconirncnddion IS con firmed in need and lcnariiid survey which shows vcry high dcmand for the government subsidicd housing in the township lhc survey was conducted between June and ctobcr last year Ihc report states that of 2002 senior lIIIllS living III the township last year 143 are very intcrestcd in moving into govcrnriient subsidicd housing and are in real need The ministry arrived zit its rccorii iiiciidritiori by projecting the 1071 Iigurcs to SIIIIItIIHl 1070 StIIIOI citicns population figures The report also says that In nistll senior citizens are paying hiin rcnts licciiusc oiin one of thcitfi applicants Judged to be in need of the housing would pay more than lllS prcscnt rent while til of the applicants would have iciit decreases of inorc tliiiii$20 Friend You Can Trust If you drive small or you know how liIIHUII it is to get llluIlt servrro Why not try the small or spmialists at Sum oc Dotson Small on 010 our business and well do the lob oiicctly the first time SIMCQE Just call us and say you re looking for friend 34v Bayfield St 7370254 lhc majority of the it zip plicants rrc siiiglc womcn wliilc thcrc coiiplcs and one singlciiian The average monthly income of the couples is Slim and $373 lorsinglcpersons chcritccn ot thcitï¬ IllldltétlllS own their horncs scvcii IIII rooms tlircc own mobile homes and two are rcriting detached liottscs lliiity one applicants have central heating in their dwcll mgs IIill four usc space littiters The report notes that the tario Municipal board IS con sidcriiig Barrrcs proposal to annex land in lIIIttSlll township and says successful iinricxa tion bil could affect tlic dc iiiiind for senior citicns hous mg in the township Should this inncxntion oc cur the report states it is likcly that SOIIIt of tlic vcry in tcrcstcd and needy senior citiciis would be eligible for housing III the city of Barrie TRAVELWAYS HOSTESS Patricia Terelty It would be pleasure to have you travel with us TRAVELWAYS 7280700 left to the discretion of the government which means the bureaucracy Sueh arbitrary powers controlling the manner and form in which billions of dollars are deposited or loaned in each year can only lead to greater uncertainty and confu sion in the business CJllillllllttl and ultimately to higher con sumercosts For example one provision of the bill gives borrowers the right to court review of any credit or interest rate govern ing consumer transactions Iridcr this provision bori rower who feels he is being charged an exorbitant rate may simply cease payriicnt on his loan until thecourt has ruled on thcmattcr In addition to tying up our already overburdcncd courts with unnecessary cases this provision might be abused by anyone who simply does not want to pay IllS debt Such delayed payments will increase the cost of the lender and Ill incy italin be passed on to oillcr mnsiimcrs the ycry people tlllS legislation IS designed to protect ltSlllll Another provision is intended to SIItkt at loan sharkmg lt 1S estimated this activity which involves the charging of cxhoi bitriiit interest rates iiiiorims to Illttt billion dollars worth of business per year The BDlA would crcntc ii criminal iotc abou hich it would bc illegal to charge borrowers but here too the legislation 1S poorly tlcpnrcd Although thc govern IlltllllIltSItltIIHlI011Illlllllill ratc it has not indicated what that Itttt would bc This too is left to thc discrctiori of thc givcrnmcnt lhc ministcr has indicated that suitable crirniiiril rate of interest would be anything iiloc To per cent per yciir This suggestion has raised protests from ccrtnn consiiriicr groups who claim the criminal ixitc should bc to per cent or lltlllgltis points above the prime bank lciidingratc Brit then the question arises lllI should be included iii an interest rate charge liikc thnrgm for txztllllilt It you pry your account promptly no interest is charged But Lf you dcliiy intcrcst starts running it per ccnt per month or tit per cent pcr ycirr But that is only part ol the story When you make your initial purchase unknown to most consumers the merchant IS charged by liargcx four or five per ccrit ll thc total amount you are Ixiymg For example if you make $101 purchase the merchant will nct only $01 or $00 of that amount the balance is de ducted when hargcx settles our account with the merchant S1 in effect it the government regulations provide that this type of Illtttllittlt chargi should be included as part of the iii terest cost to you it will mean that you have paid four or five per cent that month on your purchase of if £IIII11I11llHl5fltir tit per cent per year FACE DILEMMA This is the governments dilemma They do not par ticularly want to kill credit cards such hargcx or Mastcicbargc but on the other hand it is difficult to define mmprehcrisiyc definition of in tcrcst chargcs without iri cluding all direct and indirect charges If they arc not reasonably rrccisc they 1ch loan sliarking might coiitiritic in thc other hand they might inadycrtciitly cause lltitllilt or lcgifimiite thtnlioiir Iltliltlllld the credit card ttdtitltitlit lhcrc arc sci cral ohrr areas oi llllgt iriiportzirtt bid that are ï¬nally lirprciiiirvd arid we in IS the lrogrcsswi tonscrvative Party will ri pressing the goycrrziiicit Home and clarity IlllS first significant piece of rctltt lcgtstamx COLDWATER iy Slllllllal llIlCll Mr it lirt spcrz hc riioritli isrtrng hcr diii and rainiiy the Itc ylrs 11 Kllllt whic arid Siis experts to rciiiii hi iii Victoria lici nil il lilllily Mrs tcri miipbcll of kylcy htlici all terms running it lheatre irony in initiatiitcr iiyone who lnlS likc vltSiltS illlll iii tcrcstcd in tttTihL designing or art might itll vlrs liiripbcll to discuss idea and pcrliap take steps Iitl iltiillltl group started Time is running out to get tickets tor the LIlttllltllll Society Fair Board banquet to ltt held it Eady onimiinity Hall Saturday Jan iiicst spciikcr followng the dinncr is Jack Ramsay director of durationforSiincoctoiirity ho has illiu IiiI cxprcsstl ti Ricky and Danny tribank spent it wcck with their grand parents Mr LIlltl Mrs rla Briiiiicriiiriii liilc their parents Mr and Mrs Dori lilbnnk of Marchmont wcic icrtioninlgI in tcipulco Mexico wlicrc the tcnipcriiturcs have bccn III the no no degree riiiigc toldwiitcr and District Public School larciits Associa tion have two committees working on slcigh rides for the Junior and Senior divisions of thcschool PROClAMAIION NOW THEREFORE ROSS ARCHER by virtue of my Office as MAYOR of the CITY OF BARRIE do hereby proclaim the period of FEBRUARY Sth to FEBRUARY 13th 1977 as BARRIE WINTER CAR NlVAL DAYS in the City of Bari ie 0nd call upon all citizens to observe these Special Days We salute the BARRIE WINTER CARNIVAL COM MITTEE and extend to them very sincere wishes of success for SNOW their I977 GREATEST SHOW ON ROSS ARCHER Mayor January12l977