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Ask Top last years Public Works Committee recommended to this years eouncithst the completion of the Bradford St reconstruction to Essa ltd should be given top priority with the calling or tenders at the end of hiarch Another prime recommends tion of the committee In their annual report presented last night was that study into meth ods of obtaining more oil strect parking should be made PRESENT MICROSCOPE T0 RVH Barrie Unit ot the Canadian Cancer Society yesterday pre sented ltoyai Victoria ilospital with microscope to assist the cytopatbology service Fltohl LEFT Dr Forbes chief pathologist Mrs Sadie Whar ton chairman of the cancer societys service to patients committee Mrs Erna Denis eytotcchnlcion and hirs Jean Ruth president ol the Barrie uniL Examiner Photo Retail Trade Shows Gain And Good Year Predicted its still too early tor com plcte forecast but poll at downtown merchants indicates that sales are high in the first few weeks 1963 poll ol food stores indi cates that Barrio residents are keeping good dinner table Sales are up 10 per cent over last year said one down town grocer Another food supplier said 1961 was better than 66 even though the big retail stores af tfcct trade 0n the other hand the smaller stores often cater to customers who drop in to purchase forgotten item or pick up needed items They often deal in overflow goods and therefore are not hurt by large retail stores Business is up generally trom last year but it is down bit in certain areas because of new stores that have opened in the area Customers are naturally curious about new stores The auto trade seems to be tickle Somerar dealers re port glorious increase in sales and others predict gl my 15percent decrease Vcve had livetoseven percent increase this year and the only setback we could face is alstrikc at the iaetory Were hi ng more sales statf and have dealt with an in creased volume of people in the last year said one auto dealer Business is down it was much better last year Weve had is per cent decrease in sales this year dont know why sales are down said an other car dealer Others said sales were up and reported demand for economy cars that alter some thing drlferent to the owner Theres swing back to moneysaving cars and ive Shorter Week But More Pay Pollution control operators in the city will get reduction in work hours partially olfset by raise in pay Aid Les doliiffe and his pain lic works committee recom mended to council last night that the work week of these merr be reduced from 43 to 40 hours and that their hourly rate be in creased effective Nov 1967 by no cents and by another to cents May l96ii Further inneases would follow when the operators complete various courses offered by the Ontario Water Resources Conmission Aid Jollitfe said the change wotdd rnean each man would be making about $10 per week less But thesaving would possibly be offset by having to employ temporary help in the summer because lheoperators get three weeks holiday sRenew Plea For can in To ClearBumedOut sores piece ol unfinished business from last year came up in coun cil last night when Aid Roberts inquired about bylaw designed to do something about the former Eaton Co building on Dunlop St and asked that the city development committee act on it The bylaw received only two oi the required three readings la 1951 lie said the bylaw should be disposed other gt Eoberts sold he had t1 eports from residents near the property rats as big as alley cats and stench in nearby apartments lle suggest ed Aid Garner chairman oiihe city development commit tee bring in report at the next meeting gt AldFred Smth saidif the area could be at health problem he didnt think council wait aroundj gt He suggested thatMayor Bentley or city manager Wal temfiiggzsheuldvtontactvthesne should partrnen of Health and have them make immediate in spection noticed that people want some thing different this year said the manger or one car deal ership But its Nearly to forecast how sales will go Another auto dealer said he was doing all right for start We had couple of slow months in 1561 but other than tht business is good WIDE RANGE The hardware industry that sells everything tram tea cups in automobiles reports that business is good Sales are up from last year although there is slight drop due to the opening of new out lets People are taking look at sales and goods offered there he said Early snowtalls which start ed on Nov 13 caused boom in the shoe and snowboot in dustry With snow in the first part oi November we started brisk boot sale this yeargiv lag our business alitt said one salesman litany Barrie men are spend ing their dollars onattire ac cording to city clothing shops One shopkeeper said mens clothing had tripled in sales this year because ot the bright colors and mod element in clothes And people are buying more drugs from their pharmacists Drugs trons thedispensary have increased but overthe eounter items such as cod liver oil cough synrp and amirln are down as they are offered by large retail stores said city pharmacist The conttnuing of small paving program to bring all residential streets up to stand ard and the continuation oi the payasyougo road conv tlructlon program was advis TEEPEE gt The committee suggested the Iecpec garbage burner ques tion should be resolved early in the year if the tecpee does not go ahead we will have to Priority For Bradford St buy or rent bulldozer and scraper for land cover states the report Placing signals on another intersection on Baytield St was suggested for early study Other recommendations WEN Extrs money should be found for proper lighting on Lakeshorc Dr Grove St and Nelson St storm savor on St Vin cent St to give better out let tor backfield drainage problems Jihc watercourse arca vs round Orv itardy lilotors should be enlarged at the same time connecting iinir work on Bradford St is car ried out Parts of the following steeis need reconstruction sonni Grove St Vincent Ducknorth Wellington Lorena Toronto and Crest wood Dr Barrie To Hire Purchasing Agent purchasing agent is to be added to Barries city hall staif The first reports of the in race public works and city development committees of council presented last night met few questions but the re port of the general government committee came in for criti cim by Aid Dorian Parker iihenshe opposed recom mendation that the city adver tise for purchaser Aid Parkerasked what the Justification for such position was hear we are already overgoverned she said Why form new department Aid Roberts replied that the city manager thought purchasing agent would be good for efficient operation Vite said department heads which are morecxpensive titan purchasing agent were all doing certain amount of purchasing We will find the city can get better deals by shopping arounri more through such an agent said Aid Roberts it will be saving for the tax payers He said that purchasing was spread through all the depart ments at the city and tho htr ing at an agent would enable the city to know exactly what was being done Aid Fred Smith said hiring weiloualtlled purchasing ag ent would be money well spent and would result in saving in the course of year The city now spends about $1000000 purchasing materials in year NORTH er PliitTY Barrie May Be Represented But Wont Sénd All Council Barrie may be represented at North Bays coming out party ltiarch and but blanket invitath to the entire council wont be accepted The party is being held to ecl ebrute the enlargement of the northern eommunty Aid Roberts said he wasnt 0p posed to conventions but this is party He asked What municipal good it wouldbe to Barrie to send the entire coun cilit Aid Phil Sauve said it the entire council went the bill would be in the neighborth at $1000 This would be fee or $30 each plus the $10 per day rate Aldermen receive for represenb ing the city on top oi expenses SEND CAKE when one gets wedding vita on and cant attend one is usually sent piece of the wed ding cake said Aid Roberts Perhaps North Bay could do the same thiw Aid Les Jolllffa suggested that the mayor andone othermen ber of courted attend the cele bratlon tor one day Mayor 11 Bentley said This is big event in North Bays life feel should make an appearance but not for the three days Aid Frank Hersey said the city fathers at North Bay were asked to attend the Barrie Win ter Carnival think we should return the courtesy Aid Roberts suggested the city clepk poll the members of coun cil on thematter He suggested that the mayor only should at tend admire henchmen Brown proiprietor titrated ngwpos en 15syears ac tion withthe an mouvgn bust an News lLicence sen Higher THE BARBIE EXAMYER WAY JANUARY not But LineUps Expected licence plate later in Barrie are naming shalt nine per cent gher than the provincial av crage but it appears that therewiilstiilbelincupaonpected the tart days beiare deadline Clittcrd Gnham manager or the panic licence issuing office said yesterday that an pmximllelylmo sets of plates hartbeen sold to date rough ly the same number as last year at this time its Inticlt ipstes that the total rate of plates in the city office will be about 11000 Therefore sales have reached approximately 21 per cent of the eventual total release from the Ontario Department of Transport in Torontostates that midJanu ary safes stood at about is per cent of the total sales or The Ontario average repre seats drop of two per cent 1mm the year before in the province 330460 pass enger vehicle plath hsvsbeen acid This leaves an estimated 1519000 still to be obtained be fore the Feb deadline if the provincial trend con tinues lineups inthe last few days of February could be the heaviest on record the re lease states Onc contributing factor is the increased num ber of vehiclu to be licensed nowhere than last year hlr Graham estimated that the Barrie office will have about the some rush as last year During one of the last weeks 2600 licences were is sued almost equal the mount soid in one and hail months of sales at the otticl so far this year Plates have been on sale since Dec at 280 inside of ttccs across the province tor the 1910000 passenger vehicles and the zoopoo dulirptuposc vehicles mostly station wag ons and motorcycles The 1568 licences for com mercisi vehicles trailers and conversion units will go on sale March ROBINSON WHATitS special area sciatide at our back entrance with bargains galore with IS Open all day Thursday evsry week starting this Thursday WHATS min items from hvery departmentyin the store Discontinued merchandise or slightly she roiledmerehsndlso ii iii QUALITY MERCHANDISE DeInIisiyidaeh turn is ontsaebecauiuef one efflths above reasons Most of th covered by the manufacturers guaram rAdin Wednesdayspn or real nd then drop noon to