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Life has been series of firsts biggests and bests for Arch Brown since he bought Barries Canadian Tire store in 1963 He was the first owner to in troduce profitsharing into Canadian Tire associate store Last year the store dis tributed $144000 to its 800dd employees under its profit sharing program an amount Brown says is believed to be the largest ever distributed to retail staff on peremployee basis The new Bayfield Mall store which replaced the Dunlop Street location last June is the largest retail store north of Toronto on the basis of square footage And the outlet has achieved the greatest sales penetration in North America among hard goods stores in cities of corn parable size based on percen tage of hardgoltxls sales in the community Business has been tremen dous since the move to the new 13000squarefoot store at Bayfield Street Brown says Key factors in the new outlets success have been am ple parking space and the stores proximity to Highway 400 he says Were pulling cars off the 400 and 26 and 27 Hayfield Street which never came downtown he says And the trade is coming from far wider area than before 01 Dunlop Street Brown says staff members recognized most of their customers Now he says were meeting new friends all the time people we didnt know Records of Barrie store items exchanged at othe anadian Tire outlets because cus tomers change their minds about color and so forth not because they are sold the wrong merchandise Brown says 77 show that customers are corn Barrie Yacht Club near its membership limit Building membership is major goal for many organiza tions as they plan their years activities but the Barrie Yacht Club is an exception The club with about 120 fami ly memberships is already to its limit of 125 says Com modore Len Cowan Reason for the limit is the availability of docking facilities at the groups clubhouse at the foot of Johnson Street Weve gone about as far as we can go putting in slips Mr Cowan says The club expanded its harbor facilities by about 50 per cent last year and now has slips for 55 boats and land storage for 30 more The clubhouse itself has been standing since the club was formed in the early 1950s and the club hopes to replace it eventually but not in 1977 Club members own total of 50odd large boats and about 20 small boats Mr Cowan says with most other members crew ing on the larger boats or plan ning to purchase boats The club runs Saturday race program nearly every weekend from June to Oct and holds monthly lake func tions from May through New Years Eve Other plans include two or threoweek cruise to Georgian Bay via the Severn Canal and sail training program for youthful club members in the 10to14 age bracket Though most such members are children of adult members Mr Cowan says youngsters can join the club on their own for modest cost MODE Carpet Draperies 3w Our carpets veeen spe Growth Canadian Tire in Barrie ing from Coilinw uod Midland Orillia and even Muskoka Not every product line is in creasing its sales for example Brown says any Collingwood resident who wants new bat tery will buy it at Canadian Tire in Collingwood rather than drive to the new store But other lines among the stores 33000 different items have gone up several hundred per cent in sales volume Housewares and sporting goods are among top per formers The latter category is case of the rich getting richer anadian Tire alaready leads Canada in sales of spor ting goods along with hard ware and automotive products Were the worlds largest retailer of hockey Brown says of the company Moving into the new store has not been all rosy The move itself was delayed from April until June which meant $1 million worth of goods had to be transferred during the stores busy season putting wuite train on permanent and tem porary staff lllTER CONTROL Covering all that floor space is challenge for staff members too but Brown says sophisticated computer con trol system for the stores iii ventory due to begin operating in September will free more staff members to wait on customers Finally the stores below ground service department sufa fers from an appreciation gap despite its IT service stalls and its modern electronic equip rntnt At one time customers com plained because they had to gr upstairs to pay their servicr bills Thats been corrected with the aid of pneumatic tubes but Brown says bigger problem is the number of peo ple who dont even know the store has service department lot of people mostly frotn out of town have asked when the store intends to open such department Its very frustrating Brown says on trampled scuffed and un derfoot in many Barrie homes for 10 years now but we love it At Modern Carpet we have been in the business of satisfying your carpet and drapery needs for to years We believe business progress by serving customers as we ourselves would like to be served When you walk into Modern Carpet Draperies you wont find thousands of feet of floor space to get lost in or 15 salesmen to hoard around you What you will find is com For Shop at Home Service call prohonsivo selection of samples to choose from and two men with combined experience of years in helping people make the right choice the some men that will service your carpeting atter youve purchased It you find youre in need of either carpeting or draperies drop by and see either Henry or Art theyd like to meet you 19 Dunlop St 7281991 Open Daily Wome It has been said that one way of describing cooperative enterprise is getting things done together that could not be accomplished individually Thirty six years ago group of farmers in this area saw need to improve services available to them They also saw opportunities to retain for local use some of the profits that were being taken by outside interests With some help from the pro vincial Coop organization United Farmers Cooperative Simcoe District CoOp doing things together Company they formed Simcoe District Cooperative Services In the early years the efforts were aimed mainly at produc tion and supply of livestock feeds and the procurement of few basic farm supplies such as fertilizer and baler twine In the mid405 the Coop ven tured into the distribution of bulk petroleum products for powering farm vehicles and home heating In the early 505 new building was erected for the storing and sale of hard Heart fund goal was $15000 here Eat and exercise properly and dont smoke That is what workers with the Ontario Heart Foundation Bar rie chapter worked at in their effort to educate the public during February February is Heart Month The Barrie chapter had more than 250 people canvassing Painswick Stroud Minesing Midhurst and most of Barrie says Mary Lou Wessenger of the chapter Campaign chairman is Frank Wilkins The goal this year was $15000 Mrs Wessenger said Last year more than $12400 was raised from the drive Funds are sent to the Toronto office and then allocated to Heart Foundation branches Eightysix per cent of the funds go to research and this takes place in teaching hos pitals throughout Canada Ten per cent goes to educating the public How does this education take place Last summer members of the local chapter held display in the Georgian Mall promoting proper diet exercise and tips on how to avoid cardiovascular disease During nonsmokers week You could lose 20 bs in 20visits At the Barrie Fitness Club you cannot only improve your health youll feel bet ter ORefreshing Swimming Pool OScandinavian Sauna Therapeutic Whirlpool 0Fully equipped exercise facilities recently the chapter took part in demonstration at the Bayfield Mall of the effects 05 smoking Four per cent of the funds raised go to administration There are 28 fulltime paid workers with the foundation The Ontario Heart Foun dation was started in 1952 and the Barrie chapter was started three years ago The first year $8000 was raised by 80 can vassers in the Barrie Midhurst and Minesing area Researchers agree there are five main risk factors which lead to cardiovascular disease Smoking hy erten sion diabetes high cho esterol and obesity These factors were decided during study of 5000 people completed 25 years ago in Framingham Mass At the chapters annual meeting last year Dr Jack Thompson medical adviser said 42 per cent of 3000 medical admissions of persons over the age of 35 to Royal Vic toria Hospital in 1975 were peo ple suffering from cardio vascular disease Fifty per cent of all deaths of persons over 35 years of age are linked to cardiovascular disease he said planned program at the club will stimulate both your circulation your respiration and your digestion You will sleep better and increase your energy drive and vitality ONutritional Guidance °Rooftop iogging track OAII combined with expert individual attention to your needs by fully qualified instructors Now thats Progress EARRIE FITNESS CI 63 Collier Street Barrie Ontario Phone 7372281 Mon Wed Fri 1010 Sunday 14 pm Men Tuesdays Thurs 1010 Sat 106 Sun 9l2 ware farm supplies and ap pliances Today the Coop retail store carries most unusual variety of goods including the most complete garden centre in the area The Coop store is known as The place to buy work clothing and footwear Horse owners recognize the Coop etore as an ideal place to buy tack and riding equipment Coop dog food is formulated by professional nutritionists and is one of the most popular items in the Coop store In 1957 the original feed mill was replaced by more modern efficient one and the quantity of livestock feeds pro cessed continues to grow each year PIONEER Simcoe District Coop pioneered the prescription blen ding of bulk fertilizer in this area The first blender was opened in Barrie in 1969 Last year saw 2400 tons of farm fer tilizers blended at the Barrie facility second blender unit is under construction near Elmvale and is scheduled to be ready to serve farmers in that area for this coming seeding season Over the years members of Simcoe District Coop have sav ed $1700000 by supporting their own business Over $500000 has been paid back to the members and the difference is invested in the Coop to provide the nec essary working capital and for future expansion One does not need to be member to deal at the Coop but nonmember does not share in the earnings embership costs only $10 Members of Simcoe District Coop have done things together that could never have been ac complished as individuals In cooperation there is strength