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FIRE CHIEF JACK McALLlSTER Born raised firefighter Borries chief By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner Chief Jack McAllister was raised on firefighting There may even be trace of smoke in his blood He joined Barrie fire department in 1963 becoming chief three years ago Chief McAllistcrs father was Collingwoods fire chief for many years His fatherjoined the department in 1919 and as youngster Jack McAllister helped firefighters in that town Ive always wanted to be fireman said Chief McAllister was raised on it cant ever remember wan ting to do anything else It gets in your blood theres no question about it The fire chief directs all firefighting fire prevention and administrative work of his department He is responsible for staff hiring and training updating and maintaining equipment and budgeting As in any administrative job much of the chiefs dayto day routine involves paperwork For example reports must be sent to the Ontario Fire Marshals Office for any fires where insurance damage is done At the scene of fire the chief or deputychief in his absence directs firefighting activity He decides for exam ple where equipment will be located and what type of pro cedurc will be used RESEARCHES TECHNIQUES Chief McAllister spends many houis researching new firefighting techniques and equipment He then ensures that his men are trained to use the innovations major department change is metric conversion of equip ment measurements he said Water gauges now measure water in kilopascals In addition to his regular duties Chief McAllister also co ordinates the activities of Simcoe Countys 29 fire depart ments The departments work together planning for large scale fires hief McAllister said firefighting is dangerous but for ex perienced men it becomes routine Sometimes you sit back and wonder what all the fuss is about You go to fire and you put it out Thats yourjob Growing up with the smell of smoke and firefighting in his blood thief McAllister is pleased to direct Barries fire department It gives me great deal of satisfaction he said Borden Collective By LORI COHEN Of The Examiner Handicapped children have the same ideals as other children they want to have fun and enjoy themselves within their limitations which they are well aware of says Micky Moran key organizer of the Circle Pine IV Camporee at CFB Borden on the weekend About 240 handicapped boy scouts from across Ontario By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner Troops from the Special Ser vice Force destroyed an inva sion threat by the enemy in the Meaford area early Sunday morning and brought the battle phase of Exercise Georgian Strike II to successful end reports from the SSF command centre said today Major Bill Richard staff of ficer operations for the SSF said ceasefire was called Sun day morning after about 500 of the airborne troops destroyed the enemys defensive position on the west side of Mountain Lake just north of Meaford He said the battle for Meaford began around noon Saturday after the SSF launch ed its final assault by helicopters at first light from Canadian Forces Base Borden Fighting continued through out the night before the enemy position fell Maj Richard said Sundays victory brought to spent the weekend at CFB Borden at the fourth Camporee held every two years The boys had various handicaps phy sical mental and emotional but they were all having too marvellous time par ticipating in great variety of activities to let anything bother them If they werent in the gym nasium jumping on the tram poline they were making and War ends enemy defeated forces continue exercise an end an enemy invasion which began June when pockets of enemy troops threatened CFB Borden and closed the airfield by shooting down transport plane br inging equipment for the SSF An SSF parachute assault on the area that same night however destroyed the enemy and resecured the airfield by late evening on June Although the war as such has ended SSF troops will continue training exercises in the Meaford area for the next four days Maj Richard said During these company level manoeuvres SSF troops will be exposed to battlefield condi tions that include simulated ar tillery fire and air to ground at tack Maj Richard said Explosive charges planted in the ground will be used during training but will be kept at safe distance from the men he said Maj Richard said all SSF troops have returned to CFB town country Gauthierfo stay on Dr Germain Gauthier will stay on as chairman of Sim coes French Language Advisory Committee He had told The xaminer he would resign as chairman during Thursdays eetifig of the committee but remain member of the nine Committee spokes an im to stay on While Gauthier would an ody omeo Asselin said we convinced ot say what prompted his move committee members said he was upset at the badgering the chair took during recent meeting Licence redorrimended BARCLAY Despite three letters of objection the recreation committee of managment recommended Thurs day the Belle Ewart Community Centre be licensed Letters were sent to 48 people who reside close to the cen tre said Larry Morrow recreation coordinator Of the 48 only three wrote to say they disagreed with licensing while two wrote to say they agreed with it Silence is consent said Morrow If people really felt they didnt want it licensed they would have told us One letter against licensing said We cant contemplate how you can put licensed hall between graveyard and church Police report breakins here City police report two weekend breakins to boathouses on Kempenfelt Drive Handico ed scouts no different flying kites going through an obstacle course at the craft centre or playing any number of games on the arena The weekend was arranged by special boy scout han dicapped committee Some of the boys had leaders with them and lot of assistance came from scout leaders from the Nottawasaga area Moran says the aim of Borden and will be transported to the training area by helicoper each day The manoeuvres will be com pleted by June 15 when the SSF will return to its base in Petawawa he said bringing Georgian Strike to an end The exercise which is part of the SSFs annual training cy cle was designed to keep the troops in battle ready condi tion It began officially June when the SSF under the com mand of BrigadierGeneral An drew Christie received its orders to mobilize quick reaction airborne force the SSF includes in fantry artillery recon naissance and medical person nel supported by helicopter and air transport squadrons During the scenario for Exer cise Georgian Strike 11 the CFB BordenMeaford area became country friendly to Canada which had been invad ed by the enemy and had to be rescued by the SSF scouting is to integrate han dicapped boys into regular scout troops but this weekend gives the participants chance to meet with others like themselves and make new friends Wilma Davies scout leader said the activities are not designed especially for handicapped children but are created mainly to be fun and at the same time test dexterity and coordination Moran is convinced of the im portant role scouting can play in the life of normal healthy child and says handicapped boys need it more and ap preciate just as much Bell unveHs system At recent convention of the Telephone Answering Associa tion of Canada Bell Canada unveiled new computerized answering service which has the potential to revolutionize the telephone answering in dustry The new system called TASCOM is modelled after American equipment now in use TASCOM automatically allocates incoming calls to all operators equally This reduces labor costs and enables answer ing service operators to eliminate the problem of hav ing to put clients on hold The computerized system represents the first major technological development in 30 years for the telephone answer ing industry The new system can also record the number and length of calls make available to each operator information about subscribers and automatically do the monthend billing for any telephone answering service Challenge coming ollective Challenge coni petition to improve the effec tiveness of helicopter crews will be held June 1821 at ana dian Forces Base Borden OPP identify teenage body WASAUA BEACH tStaff The body of teenage girl found near here Tuesday morn ing has been identified as Sharon Louise Campbell l7 of Scarborough Police say the girl appears to have drowned but they are con tinuing their investigation police spokesman said more tests on the body are plan ned E44 The challenge will involve helicopter squadrons from New Brunswick Nova Scotia Que bec Manitoba Alberta 0n tario and 444 Squadron from the forces base at Lahr Germany The intention of this com petition is to improve the effec tiveness of our helicopter crews said BrigGen Claude Le France BrigGen La France exercise director is commander of the St Hubert Quebec Tactical Air Group We want to test their flying ability and knowledge through various events and scenarios he said Through the com radeship fostered by the com petition the individual crews will be encouraged to learn from other squadrons 15foot canoe valued at more than $400 was stolen from boathouse belonging to John Cockbum Several small items were taken from Thomas Fancys boathouse said police Drugs stolen from Harpers Drugs were stolen in weekend breakin at Harpers Pharmacy 128 Penetang St said city police today Entry was gained through window The incident is under investigation Society gets $50 grant BARCLAY Innisfils recreation committee of manage ment recommended Thursday $50 grant be given to the Thornton and District Horticultural Society The money is to be used for the societys civic beautifica tion project Sod to be laid BARCLAY Sod will be laid Saturay at the Innisfil Beach Park baseball diamond by members of the Innisfil Mens League Larry Morrow recreation coordinator said he wasnt sure however when the diamond would be ready for play The mens offer to lay the sod was very generous com mented Morrow Barrie sailpast it was far from an ideal day for It but the Barrie Yacht Clubs annual Sailpast went off smoothly despite high winds and gloomy overcast sky The clubs docks near Johnsons Beach were near ly vacant as most members took their craft out for the official seasonopening ceremony Examiner Photo John Griss right and Andrew Berhardt launch balls from homemade launcher Saturday during the camporee for handicapped scouts at Canadian Forces Base Borden From all reports the camporee was successful and all the boys had good time Examiner Photo by Lori Cohen Special meeting called for decision on airport By DENNIS LANTHIER Of The Examiner The citys intention of pro ceeding with new municipal airport will be discussed at special general committee meeting tonight in Barrie The airport advisory commit tee will ask general committee to tell the provincial govern ment it intends to proceed with new airport The move is necessary so that subsidy can be obtained from the province for study the air port advisory committee wants The committee has narrowed site selection down to four possible locations including two in Cm and two in Vespra Before the province will give the necessary grants to the city for feasibility study it wants assurance the city is serious about the airport General committee is likely to recommend the city hire Trust com ponies merging Victoria and Grey Trust and Metropolitan Trust will merge effective Oct 31 1979 William Somerville president of the new company announced re cently The new firm will be known as Victoria Grey Metro Trust Co and will operate 85 bran ches across the country in cluding one in Barrie It will be the fourth largest Canadian trust company with approx imately $32 billion in assets Somerville said the two com panies complement each special lawyer tonight to han dle the downtown improvement project case to go before the Ontario Municipal Board 0MB The city wants to hire lawyer who is an expert on sub jects such as population projec tion Mayor Ross Archer said today The special meeting begins at615 pm The regular city council meeting starts at pm with number of presentations presentation will be made to Clifton Hotel Hustlers volleyball team for winning the Senior womens champion ship Awards will also be given to Bell Canada Minor Midgets Giffen Farm Equipment Major Bantams Civitan Minor Ban tams and Rotary Major Pee wees for winning their respec tive Ontario championships Council is expected to ratify its decision last week on traffic light installation The committee recommend ed tenders be called for in stallation of lights at Little Avenue and Bayfield Street Anne Street and Donald Street and Grove Street at Davidson Street At the same time tendering for crosswalks at Allandale Heights School and Grove and Cook streets will also proceed New FM station proposal killed proposal to set up 100000 watt FM radio station near Huntsville has been turned down by the Canadian Radio and Television Communica tions Commission CRTC John Christensen and Cyril Fry both of Bracebridge representing company yet to be formed applied for the licence at public hearing Feb 28 in Peterborough Their proposal was that the station broadcasting on fre uency of 995 MHz would serve entire Algonquin area in cluding Muskoka Parry Sound and Haliburton In its decision released Fri day the CRTC said it was not satisfied the proposed station could provide truly regional service as well as distinct local services to each of the com munities within the coverage area The CRTC said it was also not persuaded of the financial abili ty of the proposed service or that the market could support this type of station at this time relay tower would have been set up at Dwight The staa tion would be staffed by 12 per sons and would play contem porary middleoftheroad music CHAY FM would have owned 35 per cent of the operation said Vin Dittmer managing director of the station Dittmer says it is difficult to secondguess the decision of the commission 0f 65 interventions to the plan however only five opposed the scheme said Dittmer Four of those five came from poten tial applicants for other broad casting stations he said It will be up to the applicants to decide if they want to reap ply for the license in two years said Dittmer other in many ways By DON OHEARN Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service The fourth of August 1943 was warm and dry day in On tario Despite this people did not turn out in great numbers for the provincial election They were preoccupied with war The fifth also was warm day But people on Bay St Toronto were shivering The election had returned Progressive Conservative government all right an old reliable But it had given George Drew minority only 38 seats in 90 seat house And the shocker it had sent back the socialist CCF with 34 seats Although it may be hard to conceive today there were those in the province who were frightened Some even wondering if they would be any longer safe in their beds The frenzy was so severe that BK Sandwell one of the eminent editors of the day felt he had to pay attention to it He wrote that he really didnt think there was that much cause for concern However if things did happen to get bad enough he would simply move somewhere else AN ERA BEGINS That 1943 election was the beginning of the modern era of Ontario politics Mostly it tends to be identified as the start of Tory domi nation in Ontario rule which is now into its 36th year To me however the greater significance is that it marked the real start of threeparty politics in the province Except for brief time following the First World War when the United Farmers were prime factor Ontario had always had two party politics The CCF and various labor parties had never been able to do much before 1943 But once returned in that election in strength the CCF and then the NDP has been substantial factor ever Since It has had its ups and downs In 1951 it was reduced to two seats Reflections on 35year love affair But it has always been in the middle of the fight And sitting at Queens Park with 33 members at present from now on it appears always will be And this third presence of course has had profound in fluence both on the course of our politics and the direction of our government Without the split vote the separation of labor into CCF NDP support and the presence in that party of able politicians who otherwise would be supporting one of the two traditional groups the PCs well might not have had their long reign And again government in the province might not have proceeded so far in the direction of social legislation without the CCFNDP prod Much of our change has been marked by the presence of this party At the time of that 1943 election was working for Sand well as assistant editor of Saturday Night with one of my responsibilities being Ontario provincial politics AS IT HAPPENED Since then the fortunes of life have kept me close to Queens Park and its press gallery Except for one year in the government service an experience every political writer should go through government from the inside is quite amazing have been there continuously have at least observed everything that has happened With some of the events of the period have been quite close have known all the politicians of the period Again some of them quite closely There is no intention in those pieces of writing history or even record of the period We all have our bags things we are suited for This is not one of mine However in this series will give some of the highlights of this period talk about some of its people touch on some background and in one or two cases perhaps set the record straight hope you enjoy them