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Bernie Galavitch shows his catch of perch caught off Barrie Dock The fresh air of Barrie and the clean waters of Lake Simcoe are welcome change after the smells and pollution of Hamilton says the new Barrie resident Someone stole his tractor CHATHAM Ont CP TP OMalley doesnt want to point an accusing finger at anybody but his antique trac tor is missing and the cir cumstances are bizarre dont want to say that so meone stole it but it kind of looks that way the 73yearold Wingham Ont farmer said after competing at the interna tional plowing match and farm machinery show It was his 54thconsecutive plowing match and Ive never had this happen before said OMalley who won plowing competilon on the 38yearold International Harvester tractor earlier in the day On the way back from the competition the machine broke down and OMalley left to get help When he came back with mechanic in tow the red trac tor had vanished Its got to be around here someplace OMalley said as officials searched for the miss ing machine No one could just put it in their pocket and take it home Potato digging resumes Cyril MacPherson of nearby Mt Mellick prepares to unload potatoes into the warehouse of LG Lawton in Pownal l2 kilometres south of Charlot tetown Digging operations for PEl farmers esumed last week after period of wet weather Growers hope to salvage the remainder of 59000 acre crop before frost hits CP Photo style retirement community in By BRIAN BAKER Examiner Correspondent HAWKESTONE One of the most pretty and historic tours one can take starts in Barries Centennial Park beside Kempenfelt Bay and runs northeast along the bay through Shanty Bay to Hawkestone After church we enjoyed picnic in Centennial Park and our little boy did the round of the playground slides and rides Out in the lake few hundred feet cabin cruiser was anchored and scuba divers were diving down to the wreck of the old lake steamer the SS Morrison which burndd and sank in the bay long ago Across the road stands monument to the early pioneer railway era of Allandale and Barrie commencing in 1853 steam locomotive 1531 dedicated to the memory of William Huckett No engineer and John Harvie No conductor and all the railwaymen who have served on the Ontario Simcoe and Huron Railway and its successors 1853 1967 Tall smoke stack six big drive wheels big boiler and tender mark this eyecatching exhibit Creating an oceanlike atmosphere noisy gulls swooped down for thrown pieces of sandwiches and the waves broke on the sandy beach From the park with is flower gardens and fastgrowing trees we looked across the water to the east end of the city and the boats in the marina reflecting in the water BECAME CHIEF CLERK The historic Hewitt Bernard plague 18251893 is to an ear ly Barrie lawyer who became chief clerk to Sir John Mac Donald whom he accompanied to the conferences which laid the groundwork for Confederation He was secretary of the Quebec and London Conferences Bernard became brother inlaw to MacDonald Canadas first prime minister and then deputy minister of justice in 1386 He is buried in Ot tawa Overlooked by many visitors in the thoughtprovoking war memorial erected by the Barrie Army Navy and Airforce Unit 365 to the memory of persons who have served their country in time of war An inscription on the eightfoot granite block reads By the grace of Almighty God may all who pass this way hold sacred in their hearts the memory of all those who have gone before us Before moving eastward out of the city we exchanged waved greetings with the crewmen of 50car freight train that thundered northeastward around the bay We stood on the end of the Government dock gazing nine miles along the Bay towards the open water of Lake Simcoe Colored foliage towering pines fine homes and views overlooking the bay marked Kempenfelt Drive St Vincent Park and Johnson Street part of the route MILITARY ROAD BUILT Just east of Crestwood Drive we stopped to read the Penetang Road plaque mounted on big dark granite boulder marking this as the southern terminus of Penetanguishene military road built under the supervison of new The remains of the old Hawkestone grist mill now echo only to the pleasant sound of rushing water sime cou Tiger Dunlap from Kempenfelt to Georgian Bay in con nection with the War of 1812 The village of Kempenfelt was surveyed by Samuel Wilmot at this site and at one time boasted boat landing residences military barracks stores brockyard brewery and tavern Ambitiously it was proposed that this should bectn the county town but Barrie won out as county town in 1837 As pretty road as one will find anywhere in Ontario is the Shanty Bay Road appropriately known by local Oro pioneer descendants as the Ridge Road in reference to its following bold prehistoric line of bluffs and boulder pavements marking an ancient shoreline of postglacial age One of the scenic keypoints is at the Shanty Bay bridge over the CNR tracks Only the approaches and few boards of the fences remain of the old Thunder Bridge so named because it was once plankdecked and made lot of noise when driven over now replaced by modern concrete struc ture Fantastic is the Holden Estate hidden in maple woods behind halfmile long limestone wall and stone gatehouse The main house which present owner Jack Holden told us was built in 1901 by Frederick Nicholls is mansion built of stonewith Old World charm added by dormers and gables Terraced expanses of lawns and flower gardens step down to the lakeshore where the estate is marked by fully operational lighthouse HISTORIC ANGLICAN CHURCH At Shanty Bay custodian Arnold Greenhalgh showed us around historic St Thomas Anglican Church built in 1838 under the leadership of Lt Col Edward OBrien This is one of the few rammed earth structures remaining in Ontario The walls were built with mud blocks from clay and straw mixed by the trampling feet of oxen Down in the basement we saw to advantage the unplastered foundations showing the earth walls to be composed of mixed clay fiber and small pebbies giving it the appearance of mortarconcrete Well worthwhile was visit to Gull Rock Marina where the huge granite boulder of its namesake once well out in the lake may still be seen at the end of the marina Here resides the OPP police boat William III Oro Memorial Park is located on one of the most pretty parts of the lake with memorial to the persons who served in the Canadian Armed Service from 1937 to 1945 from Oro Township The former frame 55 No 13 schoolhouse with its shingled belfry Oro Fire Hall St Albans Hall The United Church and the Georgian style Richards home are all Hawkestone landmarks At the end of the road from the lakeshore at the Hawkestone Yacht Club we had most magnificent view of Lake Simcoe seeing the low meartothehorizon shoreline entirely around from McGinnis Point Mara Point Beaver ton Georgina Island Sutton Snake Island and right back up to Big Bay Point Nearby the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environ ment is conducting survey to test fish for contaminants Here in the l870s drowning accident claimed the life of the original mill owner SODunit community approved By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner $20million condominium Task Force Report which recommended ment in the 1975 new residential would therefore be more com minimization of urban develop Nottawasaga recreational community than town or conventional subdivison and The projects sewage and water systems had been ap proved in principle by the the examiner Tuesday Oct 23 1979 History and scenery mark Barrie to Hawkestone route row of singled driving sheds and storerooms tumbling mill buildings drained mill pond dam and massive tumbl ing concrete walls remain of the once thriving grist mill at Hawkestone shaky set of steps lead up to the mill office where swivel chair and desks and parts of mill machinery indicate once thriving industry The twofoot diameter flume pipe remains that carried water to the turbine that powered the mill and an auxiliary gas engine According to Ruth Richardson who live in the original millers house up in the villagethe original miller was John Williamson who built the Georgianstyle house in the 18405 with doublebrick wall throughout seven fireplaces and large ballroom upstairs and it was said he had dollar for every brick put into the house John Williamson came to tragic end in about 1870 when he drowned down at his mill said Mrs Richardson We really enjoy living in this house and have had no problems with ghosts or spooks Simcoe update Grants for Midland The town of Midland is one of 15 municipalities in the pro vince which will share in grants totalling $525000 under the Ontario Home Renewal Program OHRP Housing Minister Claude Bennett announced last week The town will receive an allocation of $40000 to be loaned to homeowner occupants for financing repairs to their homes to bring them up to an acceptable municipal minimum standard The prime objective of the program is the correction of faulty structural and sanitary conditions and the upgrading of plumbing heating insulation and electrical systems Petition advocates holiday ORILLIA petition advocating the third Monday in culated here the long period between New Years and Easter which has no holiday It would also be time when this nations non political heritage can be marked Joan Cody president of the John Galt Regional Western Ontario Council of Heritage Canada is in charge of the campaign throughout the region and is handling the petition in Orillia She said other petitions are being handled through 30 or so historical societies and heritage councils in the region and others are being circulated through the country Author Pierre Berton is chairman of the foundations board of governors Allistons newest residents ALLISTON Anba Huynh his wife Phung Hzi their five Allistons newest residents earlier this month The Huynh family is the second Vietnamese refugee fami Christian Reformed Church here The Nguyen family which arrived few weeks earlier community The Huynhs left their home at Vinh Long in Vietnam in March and spent five days on boat trip to Malaysia dur ing which they were raided several times by pirates Defence contract won PenetangMidland Coach Lines Ltd has won $51000 federal contract to provide the defence department with bus transportation services at CFB Borden the department of supply and services has announced It was among 230 unclassified contract worth $10000 or more that were awarded by the department to Canadians during the week ended Sept 28 Total value of the contracts amounted to $17570468 Chamber wants more ORILLIA The Orillia and District Chamber of Com merce intends to ask city council for substantialincrease in its 1980 grant In letter presented to council last week the chamber said the current annual grant of $5000 established in 1975 is not enough In the letter chamber president Jack Harber said costs have increased greatly in the past five years while at the same time chamber activities on behalf of the City of Orillia have accelerated Harber said chamber support in other communities has been far more substantial and noted that Belleville pop 35000 provided $17500 last year based on an allowance of 50 cents per capita Midland pop 12000 gave its chamber $32000 year for tourist promotion and development he said Registration announced CALGARY The Full French Herdbook of the Canadian February as national Heritage Day holiday is being cir Heritage Canada is advocating the holiday as break in was the first Vietnamese refugee family sponsored into the children and 17yearold Hoa Thuan Vuong became ly to make new home in Alliston and were sponsored by the ff the Township of Tecumseth has been approved by the Ontario Municipal Board almost nine years after it was first propos ed The board gave its approval earlier this month effectively giving the goahead to Cablebridge Enterprises Ltd to develop the 500unit project which willinclude an 18hole golf course recreational building its own sewage treat ment system and water supply To be located on about 150 acres south of Highway 89 about three miles east of Alliston the complex had originally been sanctioned in the townships official plan but objections from group of ratepayers forced the issue before the OMB Some residents in the township were concerned about the location of what they describe as an urban communi ty in rural area and were not convinced there was sufficient need for this type of project to override the general official plan policy of maintaining the townships rural character Retired people would be bet ter off locating in existing com munities instead of being isolated in separate location they said WOULD CONFLICT Coupled with these objections were concerns expressed by of ficials with the ministries of housing and agriculture that the retirement community would conflict with policies set down by the SimcoeGeorgian watershed the protection of prime farm land and that ur ban development be centred in existing communities In its decision however the OMB said it was of the opinion that the development would not destroy the basic rural character of the township not would it be inconsistent with the townships official plan policies of remaining predominantly agricultural and rural municipality Despite ministry of agriculture concerns that the development would take up lands which could be used for specialty crops if it were given proper management and im provements the OMB further based its approval on the results of soil testing which in dicated the land was indeed in fenor to the class and agricultural lands the township wants to preserve Soil tests revealed the 150 acre site consisted mainly of class three land with mixture of classes four five and six the board said MORE COMPATIBLE In addition the board said the proposed retirement com plex is more in the nature of recreational community than new town or conventional residential subdivison and would therefore be more com patible with the objectives laid down by the SimcoeGeorgian Task Force In addition the board said the proposed retirement com plex is more in the nature of patible with the objectives laid down by the SimcoeGeorgian Task Force There can be little doubt that this community has many urban characteristicsand many of the services normally found in subdivision the board said However it is special purpose type of com munity designed for the specific needs of leisure population Its inclusion in an existing conventional urban setting would destroy its very purpose In its summation the OMB said it considered the council to be forward looking and in novative in proposing this use inits official plan Although there are number of concerns and unknowns the board considers that the township council has taken all necessary measure to alleviate the issues the OMB said This development has been endorsed by three elected councils and the board finds no overriding reason to alter that decision Lou Biffis partner in Cablebridge Enterprises told The Examiner the company is very pleased with the boards decision Although actual development is still awaiting additional routine approvals from coun oil the main nut has been cracked Biffis aaid The CMB he said realized that we had done an awful lot of homework on this Charolais Association announced the registration of its 10000th animal here recently Shawnee Fairy owned by Mr Coats of Willingdon Alta was registered last month as the 6311th Full French Female to be papered in Canada There are also 3689 Full French Males in the country ministry of environment as much as five years ago he said Biffis said the company hopes the project will get underway next spring starting with the golf course kowyour cpu nty Tom Williams of Mid hurst correctly iden tified last weeks entry in the Know Your Coun ty Contest as crypt in the Mldhurst United Church cemetery and wins two free steaks courtesy of and Super Discount in Bar rie Angus or Alliston if you know the answer to this weeks entry send your name address and phone number to Know Your County Contest The Examiner Box 370 Barrie Ont 14M 4T6 Vlflnners are notified by mail