Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 16 Oct 1979, p. 3

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sampling of goods Joan Law left Bernadette Borysenko centre and Jane Lethbridge display few of the articles that were on sale at the Kinettes garage sale Saturday afternoon The women collected approximately $200 to be used in the fight against cystic fibrosis and for community projects Examiner Photo 34foot width will be used as basis for design of future reconstruction of Burton Ave general committee decided Monday The existing width now is 28 feet The present width is unsuitable because Burton Avenue is an arterial route deputy engineer Don Kirkpatrick told the commit tee Even if other routes were developed in the future to accommodate arterial traffic such as Gowan Street Burton Avenue would still need that width he said 34foot width cosen for Burton reconstruction can live with 34 feet enthused Ward Ald Gord Mills said Its an aggressive move Ald Dorian Parker had suggested the road remain at 28 feet with reconstruction only taking place on the road My information is that area residents want the road reconstructed to two lanes disagreed Mayor Ross Archer The future move will be subsidized 75 per cent by the provincial ministry of transportation and communications WVVV the examiner Tuesday Oct 1a 1079 Move to install Shoreview Park equipment Playground plan attacked By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner What at first glance appeared simple move by Barrie general committee to install playground equipment at Shoreview Park drew some heated discussion Monday Three separate individuals each representing small parent groups offered different Views of the committees proposal representative from the Johnson Street Interested Parents Association wanted the money used for equipment to be set up at the Johnson Street School The representative said children would have to cross Alliston native guest soloist at Pops concert ALLISTON On Oct 28 there will be an event in Alliston On that night in Ban ting Memorial High School Cafeteria the Huronia Sym phony will present Pops Con cert This is first for Alliston indce ltIhe orchestra has never te opportunity to la here before In addition to the symphony Paul Shilton will appear as the guest soloist Shilton comes from wellknown Alliston family He is the son of Rev and Mrs James Shilton He grew up in Alliston and attend ed the Alliston Public School and Banting Memorial High School He became interested in music while he was student of Mr Vowden After graduating from High School Paul attended Queens Univer sity He graduated with degree in Music in 1976 While he was student Shilton had varied musical life He sang in modern and Elizabethian choirs played in classical and jazz groups and composed music for the trumpet and for jazz ensemble After university he spent year as musician with Theatre Five professional company based in Kingston He composed and arranged music for their productions and played variety of instruments while accompanying them Shilton is now playing piano and trumpet for Turn at the Groning Board in Toronto His main interest is in composition and arrangement Besides seeing and hearing Shilton there will be delightful program of light music provided by the sym phony The list of selections in cludes the following Introduc tion to Act IV of Lohenyin Belle of the Ball Waltz Strangers in the Night The Waltzing Cat Slavonic Dance No Clair de Lune Weve On ly Just Begun March Slav the dangerous BlakeJohnson Street intersection if equip ment was set up at Shoreview Another resident said Shoreview Park did need creative playground equip ment and said needs of tod dlers in that area shouldnt be sacrificed for the schools sake third resident lived riyit across from Shoreview Park and said she did not want the equipment set up there She said the park should remain as IS Theres no doubt some peo ple feel the equipment would be put to better overall use ah the school said Ald Alex Arthur But Shoreview Park was put there for the benefit of residents south of Blake Street People have the right to have it there The time has come to make use of existing parks he con tinued fTheres nothing wrong WIlh children playing in parks its part of our civilization he said Ald Fred Ruemper agreed in part but added the goal of the Johnson Street group was ad mirable He said he hoped the group would succeed with plans to get playground facilities at the school Barrie Jaycees receive $3500 from city for Christmas parde The annual Santa Claus parade in Barrie will again receive financial support from Barrie city council if it en dorses general committee decision reached Monday The Barrie Jaycees who have been sponsoring the event since 1964 will get $3500 from Barrie to hold the event The move followed deputa tion by Greg Henn chairman of the Santa Claus Parade Com mittee The grant indicates Barries support for the project Ald Ross Stephens told council Wed be sick looking city if we didnt have Santa Claus parade of some type he said COSTS INCREASE In addition the cost for runn ing the parade has increased and councils grant should in adaptables Princess is oneyearold female Eskimo Spitz Shes wellnatured officials at the Humane Society say and has had all her needles Society officials say they are in possession of large number of stray dogs and urge owners to pick them up For more information contact the society at 9f Patterson Rd Examiner Photo crease accordingly he said Council gave the committee $20001ast year Charity begins at home agreed Ald Gord Mills The parade did not appear as peat success last year as it could have been Ald Doug Jagges said at an earlier meeting But one of the main reasons for that was the weather condi tions last year combination of snow and numbing cold Hen said The Barrie parade has been dubbed the largest parade north of Toronto by Toronto newspapers he said GORD MILLS need money DONT BE CflUGHT SITTEN Without your copy of Enlargement sale OFF Color Enlargements From C41 Negatives only Offer good till October 30 Ask how you can save 20 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