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tho oxamlnor Frlday Fob 1919 Qfl annexation Meeting would accomplish little Afurther annexation meeting with Innisfil township would ac sh absolutely nothing two Barrie aldermen said Wednesday Aldermen Alex Arthur and Fred Ruemper were commen ting on letter received by Bar rie council from Innisfil township The township said it Wild be willing to meet once min with Barrie to discuss an nexation The matter was the subject of closed meeting Monday night at Barrie city council If we are not prepared to negotiate why would we meet with them un the first place asked Ald Ruemper We dont want to do deceptive number on them Were not prepared to negotiate said Ald Ruemper Its much too late for that Both aldermen said Barrie was just one Ontario Municipal Board decision away from reaching an annexation conclu sion if Barrie was to negotiate settlement with Innisfil the matter would go before the pro vincial government for legisla tion Its possible the minority government would deny the legslation or at least take long period of time to discuss it the aldermen said The Ontario Municipal Board has decided to reopen the bear ings to let lnnisfil discuss pro jected growth figures as forecast by the Simcoe Georgian Task Force report The township was not permit ted to discuss the figures at the original annexation hearings Residents aid fire victims By CARL DeGURSE Of The Examiner When disaster strikes its nice to know family friends and even strangers will pitch in to help the victims Five families from Everett about 30 miles southwest of Barrie are finding out just how generous Simcoe County residents are The families lost their homes and all furniture and clothing in fire that destroyed an Everett apartment building early Monday morning Nobody was hurt in the blaze but the families lost all their possessions and escaped with only the clothes they were waring Rev John Dobson of St Davids Anglican Church started fire fund immediately after the disaster Its really surprised us says Ann Gauley who describes herself as helper Especially from Barrie The response has really been great Gauleys garage was turned into centre for clothing and furniture contributions Donations poured in from Everett Barrie Angus Lisle Alliston and Base Borden Mrs Gauley told The Examiner Thursday three days after the fire all families have been outfitted with sufficient clothing and furniture and any further contributions will be donated to charity financial fund has been set up at the Bank of Nova Scotia in Alliston trust fund number 767336 The families who lost their possessions in the fire are Vic and Cindy Gauley Harry Jenkins and his daughter Heather 18 Fallis Irwin Rick Douglas and his wife and Corp and Mrs Rtewe and their lemonthold son DoHardechnes butvacafions remain popular By LORI COHEN fThe Examiner People are taking vacations south of the border as never before despite the un precedented decrease in the value of the Canadian dollar local travel agents say In fact most Barrie agencies say business has never been better People who want to travel will go regardless of the decreased dollar value Lorne Hay owner of Hays Travel Service said Hay said his business shows volume increase of 35 per cent from lest year Hiro Funahashi manager of OK Johnson Travel Service said flights to nearly all southern destinations this winter are sold out key reason for growth in business is the new charter class fare system introduced in Canada Funahashi said return flight to Florida cast $200 last year and this year Air Canada and Eastern Airlines are offering charter class flights at399 Special packages including accommodation and meals have increased tremendously in popularity this year he said because travellers can pay in Canadian funds The stipulation is that reser vations must be made 30 days in advance but most people reserve that far ahead anyway henoted family who arrive in Florida and reserves hotel room must pay in US currency and could probably save 20 per cent had they reserved through an agent in Canada Funahashi said Women have rights too say farmers Women have property rights throughout marriage not just when marriage falls apart the National Farmers Union decided at its annual conven tioninOttawalastDecember Delegates passed resolution stating matrimonial property includes all assets acquired by either spouse during the mar riage except for gifts and in heritances and each spouse has the right and responsibility to participate in all legal transac tiors regarding property deci slam Hilda Andersen NFU secreta treasurer for district four ich includes Simcoe County says the resolution ap plies mainly to farm woen who wait ust as hard as their hmba sonthefarm We milk the cows and drive the tractors she sa we are half partners and ould be recognized About to per cent of UK Johnsons winter travellers are retired residents many of whom own home or apart ment down south and always go he said Despite the Canadian govern ments plea for tour operators to sell Canada people will always go south during the winter Funahashi said You cant sell the weather rigtt now he said Adam Hladysh Bristow Travel Service owner said the overall travel business has fallen but his agency is not af fected Wholesalers had to increase prices of certain package deals because of the fallen dollar and some programs were cancelled henotes People are going for cheaper tours he said choos ing Florida rather than somewherelikeAIcapulco Bob Lackie of Apex Travel Service finds his gency is sell ing the more expensive trips and cruisesfirst He is convinced travellers will always take trips and good salesperson can persuade them to go if they harbor any doubts To save money travellers may be economizing while on vacation Maureen Rocchio owner of Travelworld Ltd says Perhaps they changed their trip from two weeks to only she eaid Or the wont buy Chesterfield or refrigerator this year to save for their trip People have been griping about having to spend 20 cents on the dollar but it hasnt prevented them from taking trips Mrs Rocchio says Doug Murdoch of Alma Tours and Travel says people are booking earlier taking ad vantage of lower airfares and choosing better value holidays than before The dollar isnt slowing anything down he says After the new year things just brokeloose The only agency expecting xxxsiblc drop in profit is Laking and lthoades Travel The dollar hasnt affected ustoo much up to now but peo ple say paying 20 cents on the dollar is just too much says Kay Rhoades part owner of RhoadesTravel OK Johnson expects Cana dian destinations to be more popular this summer but Europe will remain number one few years ago it was more expensive to fly to eastern Canada than to Euro hinahashi says but this as changed He thinks more travellers will consider staying in Canada this summer rather than taking trips to California or the Atlan ticcoast if 75 will it HCitfi Plumbing Eectrical YOURSELF e°9 49 Anne siL aorrie 1311 300 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