ï¬laryJWS Lawrence and Sauan of Fainswick had the flabarea baby of the year Their sbtl wasborn at i137 am Jann Ni Ontarto hydro line two Carolyn miles east of Barrie was damn ed byaudals Damage ca gftllse alarms in the warningysystem in saithcentral Ontario The ownerota 240 pound dog which attacked all llycaruold boy 5th was charged with permitting dogto run at large and with violating the Vicious DogsAct Barrie businessman John Brennan Was elected the 975 chairman of thcSimcoe County Roman atholic Separate School Board Three Mississauga brothers Wereltillcd when their Car was struck by in in Alliston Fearing the Angus Arena Boar is going into debt Essa Township Council revoked the arena building permit 1975 Harrie City Council was officially sworn in MayGrDorian Parker said Barrie wasnt out to grab all of Vespra Eldon Greer former Mayor of Barrie said it was time to annex areas on all sides of Barrie Altred George Pckles Bar rtes citizen of the year in 1964 died at the age of 77 Township of Essa applied for court injunction to halt con struct ion of the Angus Arena Barrie police refused to release information following robbery at the Becker Milk storcatlIOLittle Ave The Churchill Curling Club building was condemned and 40566 by the lnnisfil Township building department More than 1m curlers Were affected by the closing of theciub supreme Gourt injunction stopped construction of the Angus Arena Barrie is learned is in the upper third of the most expen sive in Canada to buy homes Increased water rates from 11 to 266 per cent for Barrie were announced February 1975 RobertStanfield leader of the Progressive Conservative Party Canadp visited Barrie The toarmannuai SnoDo too mammal incidences of flu Are on the rise in Simcoe County The Barrie Winter carnival opens and the weather c0 omrated The weekend was Sunny with lots of snow About 35000 people attended the Winter Carnival Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources pledge support of an engineering study of Willow Creek Black stu fis ortcd to be coming of the aucets of some Elmvale residents homes Barrie planning board okays budget of more than 811000 multiple centre growth plan was proposed or Simcoc County Barries Central Collegiate Junior band directed by Morley Calvert won first place honors at the 32nd annual Kiwanis music festival in Toronto Sthicoe Count Board of Macedon ttus ees granted memdves 40 per cent in crease td$350 in their basic honorariam salary Heavysnow warnings were issued for Simcoe County CharlieGrant 73 is named Minesing Citiiien of theXear at themng Minirest flateh flit City Council approved five Lifter capital budget which may Barrie with more than $4 million debt at the end of the Veal Bruce Mullings Grade stu dent at Cundles llei hts school was honored as so 001 safcty patroller of the month definite decision in the pro posed conversion of the Five Points intersection to four is needed this year said city pubch works committee members The Barrie Credit Union op posed the proposed conversitm of the Five Points intersection totour oinis The ooper Tool Group Ltd of Barrie was awarded $24644 federal contract to provide the defenée department with files Layoffs in the automobile in dustry affected hundreds of Georgian Bay residents As result many people contacted the Credit Counselling Service of the SimcoeGcorgian Bay Region for help More than 1000 peOple com peted in the fifth annual Georgian Music Festival Members of the Barrie Yacht Club wontheir Two Orangevi to couples who arranged the sale of baby in 1973 were fined $l500 in provin cinl court David Hanna of Stroud was elected president of the 1975 Sinuoé Centre New Dethoeratic Party May 1975 The Simcoc Ibunty Court house will cost $14 million ruby than originally affiliated Laurie Hooker alGrade it stu dent at Ford View Public School wagsgected 8s tsatay tr ter mod Club or at tutuno ed the opening the South In niSiilCommunit knife Barri ll led an gigoloth oard tied to mop cast of the $441ï¬i ion11775 ale emitters voted oVer Wfietmingly to Lover of lice11s Aanw 21 ing restaurant dining rooms to sell beer and wine Marjorie Hamilton was num Barries Citizen of the Your Barrie and lnnisfil should amalgamatc to solvc thcir growth and tisscssmcut pro blcms said Buriic Ald laul Wesscngcr Reeve Bill libbins of lnnisfil Township is utirricd taxes may increse in the municipality unless some form of industrial tax asscssmcut sharing is air tiged by the Simcoctlcorgian Task Force mint task force was formed to study Barries gruuth pro blenis The Simcoc County Roman Catholic Separate School distip proved 25 per cent increasi in its t975 budgct Monique Lawsuit 12year old Barrie gtrl has ltttll missing for three days June 1075 Barrie lost its but for the 1070 Ontario Winter lamcs hurry Faulkner lrudc 11 student at Barrie Central Col legiatc won $10000 in Win tariodraw Almost 8600000 was raised for the YMYWCA Sunnidale and cspra Townships were asked to help pay for an arena built in Angus Tom llolcruft ii lrudc North Collegiate stiidcni won the Trent University Map Milk ing Competitions tor the second year in row About 90 employees arc at fecicd by the closing of Sayveitc Dcpariiiient store in Hayfield Mull Prime Minister Trudeau visited Barrie Vandalism in city parks has risen at an alarming rate Bar ll considered issuing request for inforiiuition leading to the arrest and conviction of those vandalizing city property Dodo tbc Shrincrs clown visited the childrens ward of Royal Victoria Hospital City Council granted the ll YWCA $125000 ovcr llircc years The finuticinl loss from fire damage in Barrie was significantly lcss in 197 ibuu In 1th Taxes increased by it per cent this year for city homeowners littl council puss ed Silt million current budget Hitchhikers travelling through Harrie this summer missed iltc sciyices of youth bosth Al Hopper executive director of tllt Burtlc YMV YWCA said usc oi the hostel dccltiicd lust yctir pril 107 Royal Victoria Hospital received an rtliopcdic turning frumc lt 1S valued at Still For tbc third consecutive titty Burrtc residents pluwcd tlictt uay through mountains oi Silt ltc lnmcs Ferguson minister at St Andrews Presbyterian Church Barrie licrri Checking The Brew Rick Perry takes sample of beer from one of the massive fermentation tanks at Molsons Brewery in order to check the sugar percentage of the brew Moisons has 94 processing tanks with on average capacity of 30000 gotloris oath although the fermentation tanks are slightly higher Employment MOLSONS An Integral Part of entralOn for 18 years was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Toronto Two lnnisfil policemen were assaulted when they stopped car in lnnisfil Township to in vestigate burned out licence plate light The Kinsmen icc car mashed through the ice on Lake Simcoe at 355 p111 April 21 lnnisfil council Sokl the Stroud arena structure and awarded contract worth 3890000 for construction of rccreat lll centre bomb exploded in locker room of the Dorrlhverlmng Ltd foundry lnnisfil No one was injured Albert Grosc Barric barber for 40 years retired An abandoned storage building cost of Clapperton Street and South of McDonald Street burned spcctacularly for two hours Hundreds of spec tutors were attracted by the flames More than $900 was raised in walkathon by Angus cubs and their parents The money Will help pay for the cubs sunr mcr camp and training July 1975 lIxccptiotutlly hot weather 111 June and July resulted in strain on the citys water sytcm and consequent watering ltStllttanS 240 pound St Bernard dog was ordered destroyed in Bar ric provincial court after it at tacked 11yearold Brent Dickey of Siroud Brent receiv ed more than 200 stitches because of the attack flood of counterfeit American $10 bills was reported in several Barrie businesses during the first week of July Plans were announced for the Bayclubs $65 million apart ment centre on block bounded by Collier Albert Dunlop and Blake Streets St Davids ln vestments asked Council to send site plans for two l4storey towers terrace apartments and recreational facilities to the tario Municipal Board for con sideration Transport Canada spokesman said the federal government could pay 875000 for construction costs of municipal airport in the Barrie area Barries finance committee ap proved $225000 renovations to the Dunlop St arena chova tions included new front and lobby Stompin Tom Connors came to town July and played to packed Barrie arena Study Director Malcolm Mar tini told SimcocGcorgian task force members area growth problems were not solved by the task forces final report Barrie and the central Simcoc area would need further study said Martini Uncontrolled growth in the county could push population figures to over one million he said Robert Crawford thcn Georgian College president discussed plans for ï¬ducre rillia campus with Frank Dolcort Orillia mayor Ken Miller Barrie ltcal Estate Board president said the city has no housing shortage and there was no need for addi tional new dwellings unless builders would construct less expensive homes Rick Jones city planner sug gested nofrill housing that could result in savings for first timc buyers should be Ill vestigatcd DNSTRVCT TRIlxxTMEM PLANT Council made an agrt tent with RobsonLang hers Ltd to build special waste treatment facilities Planning board turned down landowners requests to rCZOttt land property on both sides of Hayfield Street north of undlesSt to commercial froin residential Simcoc Plaza property owners tried to sever land to cit pond the plum Sinicoc County Roman Catholic Separate School Board approved purchase of three por table classrooms two for St Monicas school and one for St John Vianney ministry of culture and recreation official told Friends of The Fireball about fivc grants they might get to HSltilt Constant Vigil Fred Hubor keeps constant check on the brewbouso panel to make sure everything is running smoothly at Molsons in Barrie As panel operator Fred must insure that the critical initial stages of the brewing operation are monitored the old Collier Street fireball Planning board approved smaller lots 40 to 40 feet fron tage in the citys zoning bylaw for single family detached dwellings Downtown urea improvement board members were shocked by news that Canadian Tire store might move from its downtown location Council agreed to lease 10 acres of natural bcach land in Allundalc from Canadian Na tional Railways Planmngboard approved it Slunil scnior citilciis apart mcnt bloc in the llayview Drive Baldwin Lane Hulgntc and William Street area The board also approv the con cept of townhouse ncrshtp About 50 landdhncrs along Little Lakebppose Little Lake Flying Clubs repucst to use the lake for ityvtitq airport but discovered Traport Canada had already issil la Itcencc verheatcd light fixtures were blamed for the Aug fire that damaged Barrie House of Fashion 2M Dunlop St Barrie taxi driver Roy lrving delivered baby in his cab lrvr ing arrived to pick up Diam Hayden and found her well along in labor The baby was girl More than 50000 people visited Bzirric Fair that year Millct Salter architect told ouncil unpleasamiwri could cost taxpayers Industry the egqrnlrier Monday April 1m 26A tional $26000 to Dunlop St arena APPROACHOMB Lou Kozlov developer said Councils refusal rezone nine acres northwest Cundlcs and Bayficld Street commercial from residential ould go to the Ontario Municipal Board Councils finance committee suggested Barrie seek Wintario moneyv to help construct $800000 proposed indoor swim ming pool here Paul Arbour committee on housing chairman resigned from committee because of Councils lack of action of that committees recommendation to lower local housing prices Simcoc Centre voters return ed incumbent Progresswe fon servativc Art Evans and Gord Smith Simcoe East incumbent PC in Sept lti provincial elec tion New bus routes were propos cd by public works committee Barrie firefighters battled fire Oct at Bertram Brothers Building Materials Blake Street Barrie YMYWCA got com mittee of adjustment approval to expand Grove Street facilities lowan and Bradford Streets were chosen as major north south traffic corridors for the future by Council Ald Nelson Garrett said public ownersip of Barries transit system might be only few year away He said Coun renovate cils public works committee was investigating cost dif ferences between public and private ownership About 2500 persons signed petition to build major airport at CFB Borden Ed Jennings petition organizer said the federal government owned 13000 acres that could be used for an airport similar to the proposed Pickering site Postal inside workers went on strike Oct 21 Barries public utilities com mission applied for 20 per cent rate increase to cover Iopment promises through 975 tario Hydros 25 per cent inf crease Barries postal strike caused Barrie and District United Ap peat to extend its campaign Three persons including Maynard Tigchelaar of Barrie were killed in threecar colli sion on Highway 11 abut four miles north of Barrie Oct 25 PATROLS lN PARKS Barries recreation depart ment announced twoman patrols to reduce vandalism ilf city parks Stephen Lewis NDP linden7 addressed Simcoe Centre NDP members in Barrie Nov Five overpasses for Highway 11 north of Barrie were propos ed to Oro Township by Transport Minister James Snow The overpasses were in tended to aid in traffic safety High November winds causes telephone and hydro disruption throughout Simcoe County Imy lush its perpetual motion for the capping machine at Molsons Breweries Putting the lid on the product is iust one of the careful stages in the lengthy but precise process used by Molsons in producing beer At peak times the brewery can turn out 800 bottles minute At Barrie Ontario