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ivfig the examiner fsatumy Jul 30 1977 MWMMWM wmmwmm mm erumwwml Crowds pack Dunlop Street for Moonlight Madness Moonlight Madness huge success We want to do it again downtown merchants By lTilllitil5 Examiner Staff Reporter There Will be another Moonlight Madness in August it the downtown Barrie mei Chants who participated in Fri day nights first stay open till midnight venture have their way It was called huge suc cws by most the merchants who participated and it biought shoppers out to stroll meet their neighbors visit with tourists and most important to seen it the merchant buy FANIASIH Sales are fantastic hni Pratt of iilltltll lliilli1 said Were Just LtllllL uiit in here its great We should do something every two weeks in August like this There should be minething going on all the time Glam Hrannigan furniture department manager it Woolworths said his depart ment sales totallut more than $3000 between it tiltand 10 Weve been really busy People are buying the norrnal everyday items as well as the sale items lm tunated at the volume of people tor llih time of night The reception has been very good they were lined up to buy lSIthlIHSlltlllNDl We have very competent staff and think they at all er joying this lknow am it feels like this is Saturday afternoon instead of 1143 pm Im happy to be here mainly because the people are so friendly BARGAINS it was clear shoppers were enjoying themselves relav ed friendly atmosphere prevailed throughout the threlt hour event which was high lighted by sales and bargains Frank Cancilla said the even Lifeguards training for championships races on tigttre 1i course Moonlight Madness at Wmlworths in downtown Barrie Fri dav night saw people lined up 30 deep at each of three cash registers at 1130 pm with many more still shopping hris lrusinowski organizer has termed the event unreal fait tastic and just ternfic Host merchants who participated want to see another one before the end of the summer The lkiwntow it Photo Improvement ing had been very successful for his store aiicillas iru11 would have had record day 11 Market it hadnt been for the rain lte said he would like to see 11 was far better than the the event repeated yxrimlically mail for its tp until 1130 but not too close people were buying calibages ham tancilla said he met Wesoldover 1000 lot ot nice people NDI RlSllED They were dittcrent kind think the tact that people than were at the mall and lot lidiit haveto worry about time were youngerpeople ltliink we 1elped they werent rushed The tree parking helped also hris lrusinowski of the lown Shop and one of the rganizers of Moonlight Madness said her store was very busy during the event If these things work out well its great but if they flop its terrible This seems to be working out really well Ive een busy here all night Sam the Record Mans manager Paul ltranchetto was really surprised at the turn ml of people There has been lot of Lourist in all evening as well as lot ot local people Theres been at least 30 people in here at all times since eight oclock SlXnltllllKl ltillll Ill iltl Dllllllllllltillltth lllSl lifeguards is 111 training ll represent Barrie next week as the city is host for the pro vincial waterfront lifeguard championships lltlit at tentennial Park About 20 teams from across the province ill coin pete in swim relays pad dleboard racing first aid and handling energencim Representing Harrie will be captain Tony tainpeau an Eastyiew Secondary School graduate and Mike and Karen Eaton both Bar rie North ollegiate gra duates all of whom were on last years team and newcomers ltob tampbell and Sharron Reid both North graduates and Merilee Osborne student at Barrie entral tollegiate Competition will begin at 11 am with paddleboard 11 to teams will begin com petitions 111 first aid and emergency sit iiat ions teams will be divided by lot ttlto two member tiist aid teams and fourmember emergency teams First aid coinpetioiis will be held behind screen so that com petitois will not know in ad vaiicc what simulated 111 iiiries they must deal with Emergency situations on the other hand will be staged in pubhc by about two dozen volunteers mingling with swimmers Each emergency team Will be in charge of the beach from ltiiiiiiiiites to halt an hour and will be faced ith two simulated emergeii cies hich muld range from lost children to near drownings troin cut fingers to knife fights tompetitors will be judged on crowd eon aid and other skills Meet manager Jim Mac Donald says organizers are hoping as many people will turn out to the beach as possible to give mmpetitors large crowd to watch for emergencies Swim relays Wlll be held at pm followed by public demonstration by the winnr ing first aid team and finals among the top three emergency teams lrophies will be given to the top finisher in each category the top overall team and the top rookie team while individuals on the winliing team in each category and on the top three overall finishers will receive trophies The event will be followed by banquet at Sunnidale toniiniinity entre ADDED SlEtlAlb Fraiichetto said he had advertised several specials but they went so well he put nine more on People arent just buying the specials either they are CORRECTION To the IRAVELWAYS ad appearing in luesday Iuly 2tiths ittoted for Bus Transport to the NE Gate dmission and Grandstand Show was $1405 It should have read $1495 We are sorry for any inconvenience this error may have caused our customers threehour event which took place from to pm brought many shoppers out actually crowding most downtown stores which were open Thirtyone merchants took part in the Moonlight Madness event which was sponsored by the Board of Barrie Examiner picking up records at regular price and that makes up for the specials llarry lladdeii at Brass and Glenn felt the event went very well There were lot of families shopping together the sales were very good CLOSE EARLY Id like to see it happen again at least once month but only until 11 pm There was good crowd from pm on As business slackenod off in cert ain stores the owners clos ed About half were closed by 1130 to 1145 pm but those who did were not disappointed in the results BACK ON FEET Mrs Shultv of the Schnitzel House said it was worth staying open Its promotion to git the downtown back on its feet and if we all put something into it think we can do it Ilxaminer The price Inventory Clearancw Take all ur summer stack away please Holiday °M0nday only 1000 ami 600 pm Boys TShirts Girls Sundress lnfants Short Sets Girls TShirts Boys TShirts Indian Tops $2 pr less $3 or less Mens Shorts Mens 55 Dress Shirts ladies Knit Pullon Slox And much more