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The Examiner is member ot The Canadian Press CP and Audit Bureau of Circula tions ABC Only the Canadian Press may republish news stories in this newspaper credited to CF The Associated Press Reuters or Agence FrancePresSe and local news stories published in The Examiner Published daily except Sunday and statutory holidays WEEKLY by carrier NEWSROOM Sean inlay managing editor Randy McDonald city editor Sheila McGovern assistant city editor Bill McFarlane wire editor Werner Bergen sports Claudia Krause litestyle Marina Quattrocchl photographer PORT ER John Bruce Paul Delean Richard Dunstan Pat Guergis Scott Haskins Rudieigh MacLean Sue Burke ADVE RTISING Len Sevlck manager SALESMEN Dan Gaynor BUSINESS Marian Gough accountant Betty Armer Dorothy Bowland Lyall Johnson GaliMcParland 9059 Barb Bouiton Vikki Grant YEARLY by carrier Dana Graham $4660 John Zarecky BY MAIL Barrie CIRCULATION $4680 Jon Butler manager stcoE couuTy Linda Halkes asst manager $3650 MOTOR THROW OFF $39a year Alva 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7282414 CIRCULATION 7266539 BUSINESS 7266537 NEWSROOM Elaine Porter Gary Prlngie Peggy Chapell Dana Homewood 7266537 Thumbs up To the area residents who pitched in to help Mike and nn Pelletier and family who lost everything in fire ristmas Day Travelways School Transit Canadian General Electric Co Ltd Barrie Welding and Machine Co Ltd and Mansfield Denman General Co Ltd for footing the bill to provide free bus service New Years Eve To officials of the Holiday Inn for their promp tness in accommodating the Simcoe Rescue Squads New Years party after the original site was destroyed by fire Thursday Oro Minor Hockey Association on another wellrun tournament Public Utilities Commission for keeping hydro rates down Thumbs down Public Works Department for allowing the snowbanks on City streets pile so high as to make drivers cringe when pulling out of their driveways keeping the correct time City Hall for not to those drivers who insist on drinking and driving even with the spot checks by city police city bus lines for not running Tuesday despite the many persons who had to work letters to the editor Emphasis on good life Dear Sir RE SCHOOL ENROLMENTS BLIIAK PICTLRE Would someone please explain the point of the above mentioned article What Canada needs is more Canadians and to encourage more fertility the economy of the country has to be changed the honorable rofession of homemaker has to be rein troduced perhaps degree course at univer sity The emphasis on the GOOD LIFE is crippl ing the country where two salaries are re quired to maintain even basic mortgage let alone to buy car and in consequence ob iously the birthrale has dropped To this end Tax relief on mortgage Interest and higher taxation on second incomes may help As recently landed immigrant to this country without the benefit of Canadian education and from fairly close observation 90 per cent of teachers are in it purely for the By LEONARD NOBLE Another year is on the way out and new year will soon be upon us cant help but look back over the year and wonder whether we came out winners or losers politically speaking It seems that the year was more than anything tied up with the problem of whether or not Quebec was going to separate from Canada Thats an on going problem and although hate to be pessimistic about the whole thing things dont look any better at the end of the year than they did at the first of the year and have to put it in the debit column To make matters worse the Canadian economy has kept falling while inflation and unemployment continues unabatedly Trudeau hasnt been able to solve the finan cial mess the country is in but then doubt that our other political leaders could either so put that down in the loss column as well You might give the Liberals plus howcvcr fit Trudeau trying to amend the British NorthAmerica Act He has put lot of time and energy into it including the calling of meeting of all of the Premiers and also goin around the country to see them individually dont know whether hell succeed in br inging home the Act but have to give him for effort And Margaret and Pierre split up this car definitely put that down in the crcdi col umn not that Im happy about couples split ting up its just that Margaret how can interpreting the news money and dont got damn thc other it pcr cent are good dcdiczitcd educators In times gonc by teaching was vocation and money was secondary consideration but with advcnl of thc currcnt XttSSlVt salaries and over lcngthy vacations obviously the profession has attracted the morc academically intclligcnt but are they thc best tcachcrs tlnnk not The ncadcmic standards in this country arc apalling with so many children going to university lthcy call it school to gum aimless virtually unusable general dcgrccs labout gradc 11 lcvcl Ill othcr countries So stop univcrsity expansion make degrcc something to strivc for by conlpttlltm rcintrtxlllcc the Artisan as someone honorable and perhaps the use of plumber will not thcn rcquirc sccond Morlgagc As for thc poor tcaclicr all say All Yours vcry truly John Butchcr You win some you lose some say it became somewhat ccccntric llcr songs her poems hcr Rolling Stones wcrc just too much for anyonc to bear It was kind of funny ycar for Attorncy General Roy McMurtry You remember how he started off like house on firc the ycar beforc Never week wcnt by without bun ncr story from Roy think hc reached his ap pcx however when he condchch violcncc in hockey and recommended criminal action for assault against players who fought with wch other Not only did that not go down so well with lot of pcoplc but he really put his foot in it by apparently suggesting that marijuana be legalized and controlled in similar fashion as tho LtRO controls thc sale of whiskey in Ontario That was real Nono and McMurtry has been rclativcly quict vcr sincc put his quietness in the plus column Also provinciully we got thrcc ncw cabinet ministcrs Larry Grossmun icorgc Mc hguc and Frank Orra Byandlargc Id havc to put Drcus efforts in attempting to Illillllllllt the costs of his ministry Iorrcctions on tho credit side of the ledgcr Wc nccd fcw morc politicians thinking along thosc lincs Perhaps the most rcgritlablc situation of the year was the bad publicin that the RCMP got as result of their alleged dirty tricks have to put that down in the minus column Which all gots to show that you win somc and you lose somc and if you can end up even you are doing wcll Role of Soviet Union cannot be discounted UNITED NATIONS CP The role of the Soviet Union in Middle East peace set tlement cannot be discounted without risk despite Egyptian President Anwar Sadats claim that the Soviets excluded them selves from the EgyptIsrael summit meeting in Cairo this week The Soviet Union says that the Geneva con ference should be the main forum for negotiating peace settlement and that it cannot be used as rubber stamp for agreements between Israel and Egypt in which most of the Arab world is not taking part Being left out of the Cairo summit meeting has upset Moscow and might force the Krem lin to have second thou ts of Geneva and move even deeper into tie camp of the bar dline Arab states opposing Sadats negotiations with Israel This might signal danger because Israel is not in position to make the key concession Sadat feels he needsthe creation of Palestinian state without stringsthus leaving Sadat oepn for even more criticism from his Arab ponents Months of ta at the ministerial level bet ween Egypt and Israel are ahead in the wake of the Christmas Day meeting between Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin Of ficial Soviet media have labelled the talks failure as have many others Political and military committees will do the spadework starting next month in Cairo and Jerusalem They will report to the main Cairo plenary meetings to draw up com prehensive settlement It is Egypts hope that eventually other Arab states and Palestinian representatives also will participate At his Monday news conference Sadat said there would be role for the US and the United Nations if they wish in the political committee but the military committee would be bilateralEgypt and Israel that is The Soviet Union called such talks notorious and would have nothing to do with them Hard apart ten degrees starboard due north The Barrie Scene 10 By KEN WALLS THIS IS THE LAST DAY of the year 1977 At time of writing had just got around to thinking about making some resolutions for 1W8 Such as getting up earlier in the mor ning Going to bed earlier in the evening And all that jazz Do the exercises Davc Palmutccr recommends No David is not related to Mikc he says Itut they are both from lrzinzi Me Im native of Elmvalc that Tory town on the banks of the River Wyc intht township of Flos And proud of it THE WALLS FAMILY moved to the town of liarric in 1900 From the Lancc to the Saturday Morning to The Examiner have resided in succession on the following streets McDonald Mary Dunlop East both sides of Albert Surljcants doublc brick house on the northwest Sl of Sampson Wellington East Ilxrcsn and now Collingwood Which is about to bc rcnamcd Tory Hill rumor says WOODSTOCK HAS gonc back to Orillia When we movcd to ollingwood Strcct most of thc ncighbors wcrc doctors medical dental educational Now the legal profession has taken ovcr And they all seem to bc Irogrcssivc fonscrvutivcs llcncc lory Hill First of all our street was named in memory of Admiral Iollingwood So was the now community of Tollingwood Admiral follingwotxl gained historical fumc frotn the Ball 10 of Trafalgar ANOTHER FEATURE of Iollingwrxtd is tbc prcjmmlcrancc of people namcd Smith on tho strcct As Harris Stetlo remarked we have Smiths running out of our cars And two girls in Tollingwood arc named Tory The area also has large population bf amines and felines The Walls brought one of curb poodle and Siamese cat By RICHARD DUNSTAN Its bccn fun but its over The face and the byline are appearing on this page today for the last time Next week Ill be starting new job in Brampton The move transfer within the Thomson company involves new challenge Ive been looking forward to for some time But leaving Barrie still wont be eas Its simpl the best place Ive ever liv and thoug Ive been here only 22 months this will be the place use as basis of com parison to wherever else may live for the rest of my life Its an odd time to be leaving too in that so many issues remain unsettled Will the firehall be torn down What will come out of the core study Will annexation take place in our lifetimes Will Ross Stephens run for mayor next year wont be around to see any of those events if and when they happen While Im still here Id like to say thanks to all the people who have helped make my stay in Barrie enjoyable Gn One year ends another begins time now for reflection Woodstock was the handsome big Afghan owned by the MD across the road but he departed Kempenfelt for the shores of buchiching But instead of Duffy and Buffy also departed we now have added to the pets another poodle named Michelle Ours goes by the name Pepi ollingwood is bicultural if not bilingual And the areas most famous and most ptpularcat is named Winston Churchill ENOUGH ABOUT Collingwood which extends from Rodney to Took uphill all the way Tough driving this time of year The strccts most prominent citizen is of course another barrister Named Smith naturally Has QC after his name also some military honors Served three terms in the House of Commons One year as mayor of Barrie His wife Mary is great writer No wonder his speeches are brilliant THE FOLLOWING EPISODE is about Salute to Saturday Afternoon Jazz It refers to young Barrie musicians and the part thcy played in the Jazz at the Inn on the Park Concert Nov 26 in Toronto We had Barrie aficionado of jazz not bull fighting named Bell at this concert Bill loaned me his notes The former Barrie people who starred in the program were Phyllis Marshall Ilostcss for thc Af ttrnoon And Jane Fair saxophonist who started her musical career with Barrio Collcgiatc Band under the direction and instruction of that distinguished historian and educator Dr Allcn Fisher Says Mr Bell in native of Collingwood not the street About 500 people crowded the ballroom of the Inn and remained from 130 to well after pm in spite of the cold stormy day Phyllis and Jane were both well received on their performances About to face new challenge There cant be town in the world with so many likeable news sources and its almost impossible to single anyone out but think the prize has to go to city clerk Ben Straughan whom probably bothered with questions more often than anyone else and who remained steadfastly cheerful throughout There are half dozen or more ninnersup ft the best news source title but dont think Ill name them for fear of leaving someone out The Examiner itself has changed lot since came here but there cant be literate person in Barrie who doesnt know that cant take much of the credit but to those who can which is nearly everybody wish continued success and happiness And to you my longsuffering readers who put up wtth my Cornish puns and outlandish opinions and refrained from demanding premature cancellation of this column wish every good thing God bless you every one The Norman Amadio Trio opened the program They were joined after in ttrmission by Guido Basso Ed Bickert and the cute powerful songstress Aura Then Harvey Silvers Dixieland Band with Trump Davidson All older chaps Trum didnt bring his trumpet just sang two num rs THERE WERE two songs by Phyllis Marshall one of Canadas finest She is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs William Rolling who lived on Small St now Parkside Dr near Sophia across from Queens Park Then calne the Frank Falco Quartet with drums bass and Jane Fair on alto sax Falco is an excellent modern jazz pianist They were joined by Jim Galloway on soprano sax and Eugene Amaro on baritone sax all featured soloists lanc Fair plays excellent flute too but used only the saxophone for the concert The program William Bell says had for finale terrific all starjam session NE 1978 RESOLUTION hope to make stop being crusty The publisher during recent beef scssion termed this columnist just that Youll notice there are several kinds of sessions jam and beef So looked up Webster and crusty is defined as bad tempered harsh surly This deny par tially Its only when things dont suit me at certain newspaper to which the Walls devoted their best years In Kenneths case 48 SEASONS GREETINGS TO ALL the writers of Thc Examiner which has truly been serving the community and the County of Simcoc since 1864 bibe thought But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you and ye shall be witnesses unto me both In Jerusalem and In all Judea and In Samaria and unto the utter most part of the earth Acts 18 The reason we are stalled in our spiritual ex riencc is that we have bypassed the in fil ing in favor of our own ingenuity God must wonder why in the face of what He has promised and provided Be filled with the Spirit we want your opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the Editor Please make it an original copy and sign it The Examiner doesnt publish unsigned Ici ters but if you wish pen name will be used Include your telephone number and address as we hnvc to verify lcttcrs Because of space limits public interest and good taste The Examiner sometimes has to edit condense or reject letters Letters to the Editor are ruit every day on the editorial page Send yours to Letters to the Editor The Examiner Post Of icc Box 370 BARBIE Ont IAM 4T6 Canadas story Bitter struggle By BOB BOWMAN The hottest New Years Eve in Canadian history was at Quebec in 1775 The weather was cold but the action was hot as 1000 American soldiers tried to break through the walls of the city Quebec had been under siege since early November when Gen Benedict Arnold got his troops on to the Plains of Abraham In the meantime another US force led by Gen Montgomery had occupied Montreal Mon tgomery then joined Arnold at Quebec They decided on an allout attack that began at 2pm Dec31 It was bitter struggle all through the night Many of the Americans wore uniforms captured from the British It was difficult to distinguish them from the soldiers defending Quebec so they wore sprigs of hemlock in their caps The attack was wellplanned and came as surprise Arnold led one force from the east into Lower Town Montgomery led another from the west along the rivers edge He was killed as he was waving his sword and shouting Come on brave boys Quebec is ours Arnold was wounded and Daniel Morgan took over the leadership His Virginia rifle men were expert marksmen and shot the Quebec gunners from their platforms Then the Americans tried to scale the walls using ladders One of the Quebec defenders was huge man named Charland He would throw the ladders down or even draw them in side the walls The Americans were exposed when daylight came and then Gov Carleton led counterattack involving more fierce fighting Finally the Americans were driven back and the assault ended It was close call for Canada If Quebec had fallen like Montreal Canada might now be part of the US The Americans did send reinforcements af ter the battle and eventually had 3000 troops outside Quebec but they never launched another assault like that of Dec 31 British naval units arrived early in May and the Americans were forced to retreat across the river They did not invade Canada again until the War of 1812 Your business Make better use of time By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst On any list of the new years resolutions for people in business Make better use of time would probably be near the top In the course of business year just about everyone falls into timewasting habits It takes strong resolve to break such habits but theres no better time of the year titan now to do it successfully Here are few of the ways that some peo ple find permit more efficient use of the time they spend on the job Decide what it is you are trying to do Many eople seem to have fallen into con cept their jobs that is different from the neat purpose Redefine your responsibilities and you may find that some of the things you are doing are irrelevant Set relevant goals ftr yourself Most important plan your activities Use big calendar of some kind and enter the things that have to be done by certain date When you know how long those tasks are liker to take enter the staring time on the calendar as well Besides making more ef fective use of your time youll avord becom ing known as person who cant meet deadlines HOW TO SAY NO Learn to be bit coldblooded Ask yourself whether this luncheon or that recep tion really needs your presence Could that compgny meeting get along without you If you ve the Welcome mat out figuratively for dropin visitors consider taking it in Aimilarly learn to resist the ring of the tdephone If you can set aside specific part of each day to be used to concentrate on your real responsibilities while someone else takes your calls Delegate as many tasks as possible It may seem easier to do something yourself especially something you know that you will do right and do quickly than to teach so meone else to do it But by giving your subor dinates more responsibilities you are not on ly clearing more time for yourself but you are helping them to develop Use such aids as pocketsize tape recorder for making notes to yourself or dic tating letters while you are caught in traffic jam or otherwise immobilized and the telephone as an alternative to facetoface in terviews timeconsuming luncheon meetings or longwinded correspondence KEEPING TRACK Kecp log of everything you do each day in increments of 10 minutes for week or two Lawyers who must charge clients for the time they spend on their behalf do that Its value is that it will reveal the things you are wasting time on and hops how little time you are spending on things that real ly matter In dealing with mail try to dispose of each piece of paper before picking up the next Resist the temptation to create pen ding piles As for our own correspondence try to get out of habit of proofreading everthing you dictate and learn to rely more at your secretary