LA my mm Early grant decisions to aid municipalities MlDHURSTtStaff Municipalities should be in position to send our tax bills earlier next year it was in dicated by reports from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario convention in Toronto Ontario treasurer Darcy McKeougli told the conference which included delegates from Simcoe County that there would be early decisions on pro vincial assistance on 1977 pro perty taxes Municipal officials should know the extent of pro vincial support well before next January he announced Mr McKeough also em phasized the 1977 budget will continue the 1976 pattern of spending restraint Under that formula it increased its grants to municipalities overall by about eight per cent to help meet higher costs due to infla tion tllNTY MEETING Warden Orville llughes headed the Simcoe County delegation at the convention Reports from the convention are expected to be presented to Siincoe County councillors at its August meeting on Tuesday The latter session at the county administration building here is called for to am During the past couple of years tax bills have been going out later in some municipalities in the areas and the grant situa tioii was held partly to blame Siincoe ouiity council made provision for payment of county requisitions on three in stalments for the first time dur ing the past year Concern over increasing educational tax on property was reflected in discussions at the convention but delegates voted against proposal for the provincial government to bear the fitll cost on the ground it would reduce local autonomy in school administration ne delegate John Findlay of Mildinay himself teacher said the move would mean Queens Park would call the shots not only on the spending but on what the children are go ingtolearn Hazel ctallion of Mississauga chairman of the resolutions committee coin mented If there are problems of accotintability for education spending suggest the public exercise more discretion when electing school trustees Willi locally elected boards of education the tlie school ctir riculum can be adjusted to meet local interests and demands it was argued SEPARATE BILLS proposal for separate tax bills frotii school boards which had been advocated in Elmvale received attention Mayor Jim Gordon of Sudbury said his municipality had followed this procedure this year It did make it clear to ratepayers the educational potr tion of their tax btit it cost an estimated $8000 more for such billingliestaled OUNTY GLIMPSES Property tax bills in Sinicoe ounty municipalities do show the division of educational taXcs for all ratepayers in tercsted The convention also rejected resolution calling for pro viiicial review of other ediica tional policies covering the school leaving age tree test books and use of education con stiltanls These were matters to be considered by school trustees it was held In Sinicoe County school lilXtS have been rising steadily since Ontario government legislat ion required the replacement of area and local school boards with cotiiity wide boards on January liltitl Key causes were inflation ini provements made in educational standards changes in economic conditions and in creaseiii school pupils Need for better lav sharing by the provincial government was discussed President of the association Mayor Alfred Judd of Simcoe said municipalities dont need another tax source liiit better distribution ot funds from the federal govern inent through the province to the local level where taxpayers get the best value for their dollars suggestion that local Ill come lax be levied was re jected Smaller municipalities couldnt allord the ad niinistrativc costs to collect in come taxes he said Shield for Oro piano Winner illlllRlE Staff Annual ï¬nield will be awarded at the bird annual old time piano playing contest which will be held under the sponsorship of the Oro Lions cltib at the com mtiriity arena here on Saturday August 21 There also will be other prizes for contestants in dif ferent divisions Rules call for each entry to play three num bers each of different musical styles such as Waltz Fox Trot Country Modern or medley of number not to exceed 10 minutes The contest is to open at pm and continue until piano will be provided on stage OFFICIAL PLAN BlLLlA tStaffi An of beta plan for ouchiching area covering the city of Orillia Mara Rama and Orillia town ship is expected to be ready soon Public discussion will be invited at series of meetings to beheld next month COLDVIAIICR PLANS ttilllAllth tStaffl opics ot an official plan for toldwater have been on view at the municipal office here After hearing public representations the council expected to deal with the plan after which it will be sumitted to Queens Park for final approval EASTERN STAR ORILLIA Staff Members of the Lin of the Valley Cha pter Order of Eastern Star will attend barbecue at the home of Mr and Mrs McLaughlin Calverley Street on Saturday afternoon Aug 28 SPECIAL DISPLAY MIDHURST Stafft Kein penfelt District Womens Iii stitute will be in charge of special display at the annual Womens lnsitute day at the county museum tentatively planned for Monday Oct 18 Crafts demonstrations are planned bv different insioiiim Cl SSES ORILLIA Staff wo day 4H Homemaking training conference will be held at West mount Inited Church here on Tuesday and Wednesday Sept 14 and 13 Fows on Living has been chosen as the theme The sessions start at It conclude at 1130 lll TAXI LICENCE ALLlSlON tStaflt The town council has approved taxi cab licence lppllttlllttll from Marina Ktll of Everett to drive for Town laxi llIllthitlJB COLlllillt tStalti Georgian Bay riding club will sponsor horse show at the Coldwater fairgrounds oti Sun day September 19 dance is planned at the liillia fairgrounds by the Club on Nllllttlth evening August 21 in and QtHENtONllISI COOKSIOWN tStattt beef barbecue will precede the Cookstown fall fair queen eon test on Friday Sept 10 Sponv sored by the South Siincoc Junior Farmers the barbecue starts at 10 in at the village tairgrounds ORN Rt ST CHLRLHIH Staffl There it ill be corn roast open to the public on Saturday Sept 11 at thurchill lnited church Evans says Wintario aided 2395 projects By ARTIIIR EVANS tllI Simcoe eiitrel Since its inception in December 1974 Ontarios culture and recreation ministry headed by Robert Welch has played key and significant role lll the cultural and recrea tional life of this province When the ministry was formed the emphasis was to bring together number of pro grams than other ministries such as the provincial library services branch trom the col leges and universities ministry to name but one ex ample the prime purpose of the new ministry Vt as to bring greater sense ot coordination to the aiious arts cultural and sports progiams offered by the tliitario tiovctnriicrit Iai tlcularly is this true with respect to the sports and fitness tl1ttiitlkliliNlukkiltltilltllt Ill importing loathing tcihtii iiiis llt ill the spurts to help itrv midi pt onettiitig timid and to lrinl ill the IltiliTiI o1 amateur sport lui Ilii ttiititti liak lent pi minimE We tiiiidiaii ttxiitpzt Avonatioi lIt the illkflfinnliti andprIpatiitioiitd PitJiJlltiptiil lori lltl iimtliittt elu itititlu lir Iiiit lilo lli operated by ttitar in Lottery torttin Im ii tiii ltl outstanding llppiil and Acceptance from illllul to icstilcrm lti iiitario ltIlt ottcted every two weeks and produced iii dittetciit tlri tario community has produced tunds tor ictication iiid cultural projects beyond the ildcst expectations ttllT iRtllIS For eaiiiple the ministry has sent $486 tiiillioii to more than 2393 groups aitd pltijtCIS They have ranged than tea hundred dollars to buy baseball equipment tor little league clubs to thousands ot dollars to help Ctlltillltllltl groups and service clubs to build swimm ing pools and tennis courts or to help public libraries iii develop ing new programs ln Simcoe Centre the Share mtario program has assisted groups in practically every community The Barrie Minor lacrosse Association the Brad ford Lions Club the Floss Elmvale Memorial Community Arena public libraries in East twillimbury Barrie and Penetanguishene the Geogian Bay Regional Library System the Thornton District Minor LÂ¥ r¥¥L Hockey Association the Simcoe County Museum Friends of the Fireball Inc and choirs in Stroud and Barrie to name just atew Some criticism has been raised regarding the appliea tion of the Wintario funds er lain groups shouldnt receive these monies because they have not proven their need To that may ust say that Wintario funds are distributed on number of guidelines including the ability of an organization to raisimatchingdollars In the case of group pur chasing musical instruments no total Jlllttilllll approved btit only oncthird ot the cost ol erpiipiiiint is eligible for fun ding The ball game rules for operating and capital grants are clearly set out to all up plicaiits My reaction to these cri ticisiria does not suggest that we have reached perfection on the guidelines to distributing these luntls Your ideas and suggestions are always welcomed 111 order to improve the best use of Wintario funds At the present moment the whole purtxisc of Vliiitario is to help the cultural and rccrca tiotial projects and pursuits itttis tiiitario to as many peo ple as possible lBIiIlBOII1S tnotliei piactical citnplc is Wintarii and your lilirii taitiiig in June iHl libiai board Indian Band Council and community library group is eligible for grants to purchase more Canadian books iiiagalnies atid films on things Canadian These could range Ironi books on French tana than and multicultural themes to materials about otir natic people Wiiitario funds are aiilablc to communities based on population Details are available through my office of the Culture and Recreation Ministry at Queens Park Just ask for the pamphlet iiitario and your Library What we are trying to achieve is to improve un derstanding about Canada and Canadians Wintario and your Library also helps to private employment for editors in publishing firms to Canadian artists actors film makers and authors Everybody wins with Wintariowyou as reader learn little more about your country and yourself pretty good bargain for strengtheningtanada In my mind Wintario is truly an outstanding success story thanks to millions of in tario residents Spray crops from planes ALLISIONIStaffi Activin of spray planes has increased considerably this year it was noted at the South Simcoe office of the Ontario ministry of agriculture and food The main use was for apply tug tungicides and insecticides to the potato crop but plans were also used for insect con trol in field arid torage crops as well as for applying tertililer to winter wheat early in the spr tag me main advantage ot using airplanes for spraying is the ability to maintain more timely preventative disease control program Illllllfl periods of wet weather when inud eliiriiiiatcs the possibility ot us ing ground spray crs Materials and methods being used are under the surveillance and control ot the lllllllil ot lhttlllltllll1tlll with all piot licensed for applying pest tidix ltllS IRtNiR Instructional courses or gumed by the ltttlld Beach Programming tiroup group tll interested citizens are to be taken over by the Barrie Fien ing School edncsday the Siiiicmtounty Board of Educa tion agreed to incorporate istmg programs The hoard ill pay instructors and collect all fees and grants The program imng group has asked that lll structton in arts and crafts recreation social ser ices and community education he added to the eXisting program 111th tFlTFl In keeping with fire iiiarshall regulations the Simcoe County Board of Education has ac cepted the tender of Dyers and Miller Bros Ltd in the iinotitit ot $1119 tor the installation ot tire extinguishing system at Elmvale High School Only one tender was received ICLMVALIC RESIISCIIAIION DEMONSTRATION At farm salety seminar lll lIliiivalc St loliii Aiii liiilaiicc o1ktl arl Mason of Barrie uses the ltesiisci Annie mannequin to demonstrate tiioiitli to COUNTY BIIIIIOM SI INItS BlllillttN tStati Fitness programs for the dcrly will be discussed at tworlay seminar at Siincoe nor iere on Mon day and liiesday August to and 17 IItlIISIIIIUIII ttllllAlIClt Stalll Silt coe County warden in llltti lCr nie Miller holds the record for having served the most years as olduater reeve having headed the cotiiicil for years LONG SICHVIII ALLISION tStaffl Deputy tiioiitli resuscitation for Lori ltobertsoii ll of lliclpston Also taking part in the workshop attended by lll lub members were icpieseiitatives of tlte Farm GLIMPSES ltecve laiiies Dickey is ctir ieiitly serving his 112th year as member of the town council Before becoming one of the towns county representaltves he served to years as coiiii cillor llic tï¬titi an iversary coin iiiittee of the alston llnited tliurcli issponsoring Far mers Market at the church Saturday Oct starting at noon Irl lthFIARKICI BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIALS PANTS GEORGIAN MALI REG$IOA$flNOW REG $21 $22 NOW REO$24 NOVV ONLY ONLY ONLY Safety Association the tn taiio Iroviiicial lolice Orr tario llydio and the ministry at agriculture tllxamitier Iliotoi SIYIJCIIIIIIIIY lails were created as part ol the clothing of the ltttltis so that gentlemen could wear the clothes while riding horseback DISTRICT NE WS Harvest home service planned at Hawkestone By MLRIEI IIAIII IIAWKESTONE Harvest Home Thanksgiving service at St Aidcns hurch Hawkestone has been set for Sunday Sept 19 Mr and Mrs Glen Gilchrist spent the weekend in Toronto with Mr and rs Frank Bell Mr Bell was able to be borne last weekend after having been confined to hospital for many weeks after stroke Mr and rs Morris Shelswell were Sunday visitors with the Fred oulter family of Barrie BRIDALSIIUWIIR Mrs Morris Shelswell was hostess for miscellaneous bridal shower for her niece Elaine lcrkin of Dalston Miss Perkin will marry Fred Ferguson of Elmvale Mitchell Square Baptist Church on Saturday Sept 11 Among 35 people present were grand mothers aunts and cousins Elaines sister Gloria helped open the gifts Mrs Shelswell and her helpers served lunch Mr and Mrs Tecil Richard son have returned home after motor trip to the western pro vmces They report very cool rainy weather and tnore snow on the mountains than they have seen on previous trips Mrs Arnold Brown and her three daughters from New Brunswick have returned hoin after spending the month of Jo 1y with Mrs Browns mother Mrs Freeman Waugh at her cottagehere FROM ALBERTA Mr and Mrs Ian Jermay of Edmonton Alta and Mrs Blower of Toronto were recent visitors with Mr and Mrs Tim lermey and family Mrs Flo McArthur of Ux bridge is spending few days with her daughter and familv Mr and Mrs Bradley Richard son Jennifer Leigh spent few days with her grandparents Mr and Mrs phie Leigh Others visiting on the weekend were Mr and Mrs David Leigh of Newmarket and Mr and Mrs David Buker Stephanie and Scott ofStittsvtlle Creem ore Scene BytARMGOWAN ltE IVltlltF Many of our citizens both old and young have lately been viewing otir grand old sports palace with mixed feelings and some dismay For aii edict has come down from the marble halls of the imposing Edifice at Queens Park that all arenas shall be judged and those found wanting shall like aging automobile drivers be taken otit of circular tion The judges shall be of that learned group known as engineers and upon the work ings of their wondrous gadgets their probings and plumbings and the profundity of their calculations hangs the fate of the old austere steelshrouded structure on Jane Street Will it go for nought that for nearly hallraecentury she has shrugged the persistent snow frorii her perlines rebuffed thousand gales from her sturdy gables and survived the stin and showers of decades with only the slightest scar of rust Will the symmetry of her unbending lines and the graceful curve of tier superstructure prolong the day of her demise 27The Barrie Examiner Monday August l6 1976 SHOPS $I499 $1599 $1699 SWEATERS TURTlE NECKS COWl NECKS IN STRIPES El SOLIDS REO $Ill $11 NOWDNtYsbqq $7 BALANCE or All SUMMER SALE MERCHANDISE NOW 00 on REG PRICE NO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS HWY No 2627 BARRIE ONT 7267463 Will the fact that skilled and zealous craftsmen using timbers and steel of quality and strength unknoWn today have any bearing on the final decision Will the emotional meanderings of middleaged retentionist who as small boy skated in the envoironA ment of new wood and shiny steel which represented the latest addition to growing village sway the eventual judgement Perhaps not btit the last chapter of the recrnore Arena story has yet to written and when it is we will share it with you NIZWNAMII Nottawasaga recmore eir tral School or as it was more familiarly called in this part of the world not otilv tllIti xivt vii null fii gt Iiiil 54 Ma 44 Night Its tact It Its fact that ITS tact iti Ntiiiu it tdeitq tgg tht wqar gal Its fact at org vj Getallthelacts Ln Hdlt rie Sl10IIILIt Amti1li Sheet East Uniai Ar lo dd If he Dd has new gymnasium audi torium library etc btit also new name Beginning with the new term it will be known as the Purple Hill School which is sight prettier and lot less bulky than the old one Although new to this school historically the name goes back more than century to an area about one mile south of reemore on the Fourth Line of Nottawasaga Here at that time and according to my iii formation there was located school and an Orange Hall The school eventually closed and the pupils from that area at tended the public school in trecmore while the Orange Lodge moved to new ball on Edward St in the village Management Accountant Consider these facts hit of all protessumat it tillftldlili are part ot the exciting held 01 Ttullriqhthlflll rifllUUIIltth Worklllq ill IlliSlllfSi and it Jtllt7lftll as controllers iviariaqerrierit txitmtiltarit general managers um iq wt tes3ititials tessr ina itt mom it 34 edgy41wndi 5l Wr twilibllld 31 15 Joryyrstties in at mogulDOPHCQ fit mine Nov Act now Courses start immediately Inormathti is available locally by telephoning fly or by writing CitX V1 pruytptd tdh Etjl iit Better still attend the specnal tntormation August 18 dryliqii foxtween 00 pm an Jrv The SOCiety ot Industrial Accountants on ltlA LLIil anon program tiigtel wit preparing you tllff Vttifthit3 vlt1tillllllq more stxtv available odence when he big 521400 in