Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 29 Aug 1979, p. 13

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the examiner 639992599 291979 +13 examiner girl No lovely Kim iS not caught on the horns of dilemma Though she may dream of singing career she must finish her schooling first Ex aminer Photo by Peter Hsu Still no decision on Seaforth garage The Harrie committee of ad justment has yet to reach decision on lenetang Midland Coach Line tlMCLi request to set up garage oti Seaforth Ave The committee heard com plaints two weeks ago from residents who were concerned with the companys proposed move lim lowell committee secretary told The Examiner today the committee would likely be discussing the matter tomorrow It is hard to determine when decision might be reached because some cases are more complicated than others said low ell When final decision is made there will be 21 days in which to appeal the move low ell said Paul were awarded the transit contract earlier iii the year and will be running tlit ci bus system from 1980a The company wants to set up its garage on Seaforth Ave iii llandale but residents fear iti creased noise aiid traffic might affect the neighliorhotxl New fire chief in Penetang lENElANtitlSllENlI The town has new fire chief led Light 44 has been ap pointed cliief of lene tanguislienes volunteer firefighters Light lifetime taiiguishene resident has been member of the towns fire department for 20 years He succeeds Hob Stewart who was chief until his death earlier this summer The new chief assumed his duties Monday Meanwhile liariies fire department continues to search for new deputy chief to replace leii Mills pplieitions for the position close today The new deputy chief is ex pected to be hired from the ranks of Harries fulltime firefighters it v1 wk ON ALL CLOTHING STOCK AUGMENTED BY FACTORY CLEAROUTS Durin Bell night parking out at Base Borden By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner Bell Canada vehicles will not be left overnight on Canadian Forces Base Borden property until the company labor dispute with its striking technicians is solved This announcement was made by Lt Co Hum phreys base technical services officer following talk with Bell Canada officials spoke with my normal con By NANCY FlGlEROA Of The Examiner Huronia Road residents are puzzled about the declining quantity and quality of their well water but accept report from Hayes Dana Ltd that it was not the cause or catalyst of the problem Theres not heck of lot that can be done Tony Van Geene of Huronia Road told The Examiner Wednesday We have to accept the report but still its an extraordinary thing to be without water after always havingit in July Huronia Road residents informed lnnisfil council of their problems In 21 years on the street the Van Geenes were never without water When Hayes lana moved into the An experimental bus service for workers in the industrial sector of Barrie starts Tuesday Doug Lamont transit clerk told The Examiner today the service on onemonth trial basis will run between am and am and 330 530 pm Mondays to Fridays The service will begin at the intersection of Broadmoor and Little Ave where the Allan dale and Anne Street routes currently pass he said The special bus will proceed down Bayview to Big Bay Point Road where it will turn left and do loop through the Welham Park Industrial area said La mont It will then go back across Big Bay Point Road to the Molsons Brewery he said it will proceed past the General Tire outletiand back over Lit tie Ave he said tacts in Bell and dispute the fact that we normally allow contractors the courtesy of parking on the base Bell will not be availing itself of this opportunity for the next little whilehesaid Lt Col Humphreys said when the labor situation is set tled the base will revert to nor mal procedure Striking members of the Communications Workers of Canada picketed in front of the neighborhood however everything changed residents claimed When notified of the problem HayesDana immediately in vestigated the reports hydrologists report showed the problems were result of shallow wells and low water tableconditions The hydrologist David Sawicki of Hydrology Con sultants Ltd Mississauga checked 19 Huronia Road homes and found water level problems in only four His report also showed residents were supplied by dug wells which were less than 20 feet deep HayesDana was very con siderate to come up with this report said Van Geene really appreciate what they Lamont said he is reserving judgment on potential success of the system until that month has been completed Well see what happens and then make report out he said The service was requested last spring by members of the Barrie Manufacturers Association with support from the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce The association said many workers in the industrial area were having difficulty getting to work because of lack of transportation Barrie general committee originally rejected the scheme but later decided on one month trial Meanwhile Lamont said that another realignment of the ci tys transit system will pro bably be taking place within two years If Letitia Heights continues to SALE CONDUCTED BY NATIONA CLOTHING At the Former Premises of ERIC BITTENBINDER 54 DUNLOP ST EAST HOURS DAILY 105z30 nu l730 base Tuesday saying the department of national defence was siding with Bell in the dispute by allowing the trucks to stay in the base military compound ovemight The union claims nonstriking union members were driving the vehicles although base commander Commodore Hotsenpillar said he believed the worker were either non union or management Water options costly after wells run law have done Residents just hope there will be plenty of rainwater he said Options open to the residents are expensive They could have their wells drilled deeper but that would cost $2000 to $3000 said Van Geene in July Reeve William Gib bins suggested asking Barrie to extend their service waterline south to Huronia Road He said however hed want assurance the residents would be willing topayforit He estimated extending the line would cost each family $2000 Van Gecne isnt sure what he will do He said however hate like heck to do without water Experimental bus service to serve industrial area grow extra bus service will likely be required in that sec torhe said If the downtown improve ment project goes through it would probably mean more traffic congestion downtown as well he said An example of the increased traffic could be found by the re cent special service the city had for the Barrie fair said La mont The service was direct route between the transit ter minal and the Barrie fairgrounds Lamont said an average of about 200 persons day used the special service About 180 persons day used it last year and less than that the first year he said The validity of the system will be analyzed before another decision to continue the service next year he said MORE OEE TICKETED PRICES CUSTOM CLOTHIER labor dis ute ii Il 31M The first completed rear axle housing for heavy trucks rolled off the assembly line Tuesday at the HayesDana plant in Barrie Behind the axle being town country Vandals damage school Vandals who broke into two portable classrooms at Bar rie North Collegiate overnight tried to set fire to the buildings after damaging them City police said someone forced open the doors and once inside caused about $100 damage to furnishings in one struc ture and about $35 to items in the other Papers and rags were piled on the floor and set on fire fire extinguisher was stolen from one of the buildings The fire went out without spreading to the structure said police Bogus bills found lwo counterfeit US $50 bills have turned up in the Barrie area City police said the bills both bearing serial number 1594929512 were found in bank deposits Tables turned Arthur Now the cards will be turned out on the table with news of pending hearing into the Barrie Police Commission says Ald Alex Arthur The alderman was reacting to news luesday that public hearing would be announced shortly by the provincial government We got what were after said Ald Arthur one of the six Barrie aldernien who had requested meeting It sure took hell of long time to get it Proud of their work displayed in the picture are the men who made it possible and the new plant building Examiner Photo On job not picket line At union meeting of local 40 of the Communications Workers of Canada in Barrie Tuesday strikers were inform ed that because so many strikers obtained parttime employment to tide them over until the dispute is settled there are not enough people on the picket lines Union spokesman Cameron Campbell said about 30 per cent of the workers have jobs Accepts certificate Doug Snowden of Georgian College presents Dave Martin with certificate at the HayesDana plant in Barrie Tuesday as Dave McClean com pany representative watches Martin completed course on gas metallic arc welding which was developed by Georgian specifically to meet the needs of HayesDana Examiner Photo

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