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Downtown plans for 1977 meeting topic The Downtown Improvement Board will hold general meeting Wednesday to discuss its plans for 1977 with downtown businessmen The meeting will be held at 615 pm upstairs at Municipal Savings and Loan at the foot of Owen Street Topics for discussion will in clude proposals for fourday downtown mall and for uniform closing hours for doowntown merchants The mall scheduled for June to will involve closing Dunlop Street from Mary to Simcoe north side to Mulcaster and Bayfield and Clapperton streets from Simcoe to Collier The mall will be broken at Maple Street to per mit northsouth traffic twoday mall last year was among the boards most suc cessful and popular projects Only Dunlop Street east of Maple was closed for last years mall The board will attempt to get merchants to agree to uniform closing hours in the downtown area Proposed closing times are pm Monday through Thursday pm Friday and pm Saturday CLEANUP The board also hopes to hire student to help clean downtown sidewalks and adjoining areas six hours week May through September Board chairman Garry McCluskey says the pro ject will probably cost about $750 for the season and is in tended to supplement sidewalk sweeping by merchants and street cleaning by the city The sevenmember board is empowered to promote down town business and improve city property to standard higher than that provided for by city council Funds for the boards budget$40500 this year down from $45000 in 1976are raised through special tax levy on downtown businesses City credit union annual April 28 The annual meeting of the Barrie Community Credit Union Ltd will be held April 28 in the Blue Flame Room of the Consumers Gas Building on Ferris Lane The meeting which will begin at 730 pm will feature the electing of officers to the board of directors reports from this years directors and finan cial reports from the auditors Copies of the financial statements and the auditors report will be available at the meeting and from April 21 at the Credit Union office on Col lier Street Officers for the various com mittees will also be elected once committee reports are wheels ivpf ii is made and auditors will be ap pointed for the coming year Some bylaws will be in troduced at the annual meeting including one enabl ing the board of directors to borrow up to 50 per cent of the capital assets of the Credit Union Rates of interest and other terms would be decided by the board It would also let them borrow against all Credit Union proper ty including book debts and debt obligations copy of the proposed bylaws and bylaws amend ments will be available at the Credit Union offices during regular business hours from April 21 on Ye Can you identify this vintage automobile Its one of thc ravcn Foundations collection of classic and antique cars covering the era 1003 to 1012 Cars in the collection are restored and displayed in the foundations museum in Toronto Tcllcr Janie Jones inset serves customers in the renovated interior of the Municipals 01 Iunlop St building The Municipal offers personalized scr local lly SlE ROLTLIFIE Examiucr Staff Reporter An issue of preference shares If you can identify the car send your answer to Wheels of yesteryear Thc Examincr Box 370 Barrie Ont HM 4T6 The winning entry is chosen from all conect answers in draw held the day bcforc the next contest appears Mrs Robert Easton of RR Mintsing concctly identified last weeks auto as 19 Bentley Tourer Contcst winner receives gift certificate worth $10 from the Brass Group good only at Brass amt Glenn Iunlop St Industrial commercial security Nine Georgian College students kept collection of bemused supervisors in three Barrie industries on their toes recently They were looking at locks on all doors the height of perimctcr gates efficiency in checking identification of visitors checking the bud dings exterior and interior for safety hazards and looking for first aid services And they wrote down every answer hey got The secondyear law and security students put year of classroom thcory in industrial and commercial security to work with the cooperation of The Cooper Tool Group Ltd Canadian General Electric and MansfieldDcnman General Two other students went to Midlands Kindred Industries Limited This was the major projcct of the years course and their first opportunity to inspect an actual plant The report they prepare on the inspection goes to their instructor and the in dustryinvolvcd Weve done previous sur vcys on different aspccts of in dustrial security says Norma llcalcy one of four studcnts to dotGE Wcd look at the perimeter of building or wed do an in spcct ion of locks on doors using Georgian ollcgc as an imr aginary industry illrllllili The four students faccd 550000 square fcct of industry space and they found it challcngc We broke it down into four areas on our security chcck list says athy Etaschuk Somconc took personnel screening someonc took the alarm svstcm somconc looked waymIMWVM Wamm Ted Lawrence receiver for anadian General Electric in llarric helps Norma llcalcy on details of security in his section of the plant Norma is one of class of Georgian ollcgc law and security studcnts who wcnt to three llarrlc industries as well as one in Midland Examiner Photo for Municipal Savings and Loan Corp has been announced by Wood Gundy Toronto under writers and stock brokers The issuc comes almost six years aftcr Municipal opened its ginors for the first time From onc branch in Barric Municipal has grown to six in such Ontario locations as Midland Gravcnhurst and Orillia Municipals total assets are now more than $100 million says company president Max wcll Rotstcin Underwriting will incrcasc sharcholdcrs equity from $44 milliontoSti million Rotsttin says highcr interest rates more personalized scr vice and thc Municipals loca tion in central Ontario arc kcys to its success We offer the public savrngs and chcquings scrviccs on the one side and on the other wc place that money into first and second mortgages hc said in an interview lNllllllRANKING savings corporation is geared toward the individual as opposed to corporate banking he said Municipal started operations in Barrie said Rotstciu because its directors had belief in growth in non metropolitan areas The greatest growth area It southern and central Ontario is neither Toronto nor Hamilton nor Ottawa Rotstcin said in this years annual report at inventory control and then the fourth person took the main securitychecklist She says 73 per cent of thc iri formation they received came from security foreman lrcd Griffen Another 15 per cent wc dcductcd on our own and the rest then we have to ask ques tions The four at ZGE spent Mon day touring the plant and obser vmg Were at the point now where we know what does ex ist says Cathy and we can evaluate what does exist and make rccommcndat ions The students have basic checklist issued to each one of them as starting point We gcncrally use those questions as start and we have ques tions to ask on our own says Ron Bennett Donna Anderson and Janet Taylor had smaller challenge the Barrie plant of The oopcr Tool Group Ltd Were talking to supervisors in all the areas says Donna about signs lighting fences gatcs an thing to do with thcsccurityo the building SEE FUTURE Both girls say there is pro mising future in thc security ficld You can plan security for an industry or business says Janet and there are number of security jobs open in places like department store Whilc Donna says she is not interested in future in securi ty Janet is like remitwriting and like going around plant like this and looking at their securi ty system she says Its almost like investigat ivc work Its kind of challenge You get to the point where when you Georgian students put traiin the examiner Saturday Aprii1e1o11 11 Photo by Rolf Kraiker Municipal Savings and Loan banking success tory Rather it is the smaller towns cities and other com munitics that lie within easy travelling distances of these great urban centres Barric branch opened with six employees in 1971 at Iunlop Street office and opera tions soon spread to the buildings second floor Ihrcc branches wcrc opened in 197 Midland Georgian Mall and Gravcnhurst and another two have been opened sincc in rillia and Pembroke Ihc Harrie headquarters outgrew the Iunlop Street building and the Municipal renovated an old brick building at 04 Iunlop St to house its marketing services and head office savings branch The renovated building which houses rnodcrn banking facilitics along with antique furniture and dcsrgn was once the location of Henderson Hard warc in 1875 KEEPING lT SMALL Municipals growth shows the potential of central Ontario communities said Rotstcin and branches are being restricted to centres with maximum population of 200000 Members of the board of dircctors are almost complete Iy from central ntario com munities said Rotstcin Directors include six Barrie businessmen Bill Caldwell presidcnt of Moldex Ltd James Kennedy president of Bentorswcll Construction Ltd Les Cooke chairman of Cooke Cartagc and Storage Ltd John to lli HERRY scnior vicepresident Livingston QC of Livingston Myers and Cockburn Ernie Alexander president of Alexander Construction Co Ltd and chairman of the Bar rie Public Utilities Commis sion and Jordan Abercrom bic president of Abercrombic Electric Co Ltd Other than Rotstein the senior officers of the Municipal arc Doug Cherry senior vice prcsidcnt and general manager and Jyoti Roy CA treasurer With the growth said Rots tein Municipal has strengthen ed its posit ion Mortgages have grown by $20 we vicc says president Maxwell Rotstcin in surroundings filled with photographs of Barrie and furniture dating back to the 1800s Examiner million while Debcnture Invest ment Certificates rose by almost $15 million last year movement closely matched by the first quarter of the 1977 fiscal year MORE SERVRES The Municipal has also in creased services for those with accounts in its six branches Ihc Golden Circle Club has been opened for those 50 years of age and over They receive monthly in terim on savings accounts with balance of more than $250 and on debenture investment certificates worth more than $4000 There re no charges on their chcquing accounts and the pur chase of travellers cheques Members can withdraw up to $100 from any branch and can deposit by mail if they want The main benefit is the in terest paid monthly on their savings account said Rotstcin We feel they shouldnt have to wait until theyre retired to get special services Rotstein says the Municipal is continuing to attract in dividual depositors Id credit that to the fact weve made our wares known to thc public he said Also there must have been need for our kind of services The Municipals hoursmopcn Friday night and Saturday morning each week has been an added advantage Sometimes people need to come down on Saturday after noon for some extra money hesaid rk Georgian ollcgc law and security students Janct Taylor centre and Donna Anderson right questioned Barry urtis of The ooper Tool Group Ltds shipping department on security as part of foquay security project Examiner Ihoto walk into any building you look around for their alarm system You become more aware of security measures Roth Cooper Tool and CGE have their own security scr viccs with Alert Security Guards and management and unionstaffed safety commit tee USE SUGGESTIONS But both Cooper Tool and CGE security men say they use sug cstions sent to them in the stu cnts final report We receive fairly com prehensive report from the students says Don Youngl personnel supervisor for Cooper Tool We review what they have to say as do our security representatives he says and we have implemented their suggest ions in the past Young says the opinion of the students help When youre there all the time an outsider can often spot needs more than you can he says One suggestion last year to mend fence damaged by snow was carried out says Young although the com any planned to before the stu ents came in This is for the companys benefit says Janet Taylor First we go over the whole system and then we suggest what is feasible for the corn panyto do Griffen of CGE says the students reports are wellread bycompanyofficiats We generally usu all the ideas we can from what they have to say he says The students are looking at this thingfrorn the aspect of corn plete security whereas the company looks at how we can expand our security feasibly Companies often cant go as far as students would like he says There has to be certain point drawn where we can or cant afford changes Norma says feasibility is major factor in whether sug gestions are accepted There is degree of recommcndat ions that the company can accept Griffen says allowing students through CGE is valuable lesson in security They have lot of good points to make he says and they can point out where we might be little lax March 31 tions have gone slowly going well the investigation business notes Allandale Lumber wins OTTAWAA federal contract worth $50000 has been awarded to Allandale Lumber Co of Barrie to provide the defence department with building materials the department of supply and services announced Monday It was one of 444 unclassified contracts worth $10000 or more that were awarded by the department to Canadian companies during the week ended March 25 Total value of the contracts amounted to $19008782 Plastomer conciliation The United Rubber Cork Linoleum and Plastics Workers of America and the management of Plastomer Ltd will meet with provincial conciliation officer Tuesday The last contract between the company and the unionwhich represents 160 workers at the plankexpired Stan St Croix spokesman for the union said the two sides have been meeting since late January but negotia spokesman for the company said negotiations have been Plastomer manufactures plastic parts and containers GM nolslush finds BALTIMORE Md Reuter Chairman Thomas Mur phy of General Motors said Thursday that sixmonth in vestigation by the worlds largest automaker has turned up no evidence of illegal or unethical business practices Murphy said the investigation shows that GM has con sistently conducted its business in accordance with both ap plicable law and high ethical standards am proud to say he said at luncheon there were no offbook accounts or secret slush funds No director officer of the corporation was involved in any illegal or im proper activity during the more than five years covered by Earlier this month the Wall Street Journal reported that US officials are investigating whether GM wrote off almost halfabillion dollars of parts and equipment that had either been written off previously or do not exist The effect of such writeoffs would be to diminish GM profits and taxes Vern Wood at Sears store Retailing really is going places By SHEILA McGOVERN Examiner Staff Writer When Vern Wood attends the job information market April 21 he will try to convince students that retail work is more than summer job Wood likes his job in the camera department at Sears in the Georgian Mall Ile has been in retail work for four years and says he just sort of fell in toit But he had not considered retailing as career and says most people dont Retailing is really going places he said and about 60 per cent of all people working are involved in some phase of retailing sales warehousing or trucking Wood will be one of about 80 people representing variety of careers at the job information market Students from Barries three high schools and Banting Memorial high school in Alliston will visit the Barrie Ar rnoury throughout the day to hold informal conversations with the resource people The project is being spon sored by the Huronia Rotary Club with the Canada Man power Centre NOT ElEllTlV Wood describes retailing as step between blue and white collar work It provides cer tain amount of freedom chance to work with people and handle targesums of money The work is not repetitive he said and most days he feels like going to work when he gets up in the morning The hours of work at Sears are good he said but some other retail outlets do require long hours He likes shift work and doesnt consider it drawback although he added some people might consider it disadvantage He said he couldnt think of too many major drawbacks with the job Retailing is not very high paying he said unless person is working on commission There are frustrations par ticularly dealing with customer problems but when youre dealing with people you have to put up with that he said REPORT ARD In retailing you get report card every daythe sales figures Some people might not like that Wood said and they might not like repetitive paper work and working to deadlines Wood plans to tell the students they can move up the ladder quickly in retailing and to be sure to work with com pany that offers staff training programs high school education is all thats needed in retailing although some college would be helpful he said Employers are looking for previous retail experience he said and the applicant must be able to sell himself