Ellie Titanic Examiner Published by Canadian Newspapers Company Limited 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Robb PublisherGeneral Manager Wilson Advertising Manager Henshaw Managing Editor The Barrie Examiner Wednesday January 121977 Archer initiates move toward better relations Mayor Ross Archer is doing his best to rekindle good inter municipal relations between Barrie and adjoining townships He told council this week he plans to hold talks on annexation With township reeves after he brings City council members up to date at next weeks general government com mittee meeting Annexation is an emotional issue and is made even more ditticult it there is virtually no spirit ot co operation between munic1palities The head of Barrie councn has not gotten along with the reeves 01 In nistil and Vespra in recent years Intermunicipal diplomacy has been sadly lacking Ald Ross Stephens told the mayor this week there could be some tencemending initiated Given Mayor Archers distress with the length ot the Ontario MuniCipal Board hearing into the ci tys application for 18000 acres from the two townships serious and truittul talks are very much in order Arthur Evans PC Simcoe Centre said he would try to con Vince the provmce that it pay por tion 01 the annexation bills but there is no guarantee he will be suc cesstul Meanwhile the bills keep moun ting and the hearing drags on The time has come tor laceto tace talks among the heads 01 the muniCipalities involved tresh approach in local politics has been needed tor some time Mayor Archer seems determined toinitiate it We tor one are glad DOWN MEMORY LANE 10 YEARS AGO IN TOWN Barrie Examiner Jan 13 1967 Barrie public utilities commissmn was considering increasing hydro electric rates to customers tollow ing Ontario Hydros increase in wholesale rates in the province The commission made the deciSion to review its rates tollowing its in augural meeting attended by chair man Ernie Alexander and members Dr Wilson and Mayor Les Cooke wildcat strike was threatened by employees of Cana dian General Electric Co in Barrie as negotiations between the com pany and the United Eectrical Radio and Machine Workers 01 America continued The problem was the companys plan to start fourshift sevendayaweek schedule Dr Marie Murphy was elected president 01 the board 01 directors of the Barrie branch 01 the Canadian Mental Health Assoma tion at its annual meeting in the library The annual report 01 the CMHA showed surplus ot slightly more than $268 for 1966 white cross centre was the topic 01 discus sion during the CMHAs annual ENERGY COMPANY meeting The centre would be used to help people who have been men tally 111 back into the community Arrangements were made to hold the centre at St Giles Church while the CMHA looked tor permanent headquarters Barrie Kinsmen were busy organizmg snowmobile races at the Winter carnival Some 01 the races were tor local amateur racers but the teature was three race event tor the Players Ontario championship First prize in the Players was an all expense paid trip tor the Winner and his machine to the world championships in Mon treal Carnival organizers were also planning snow snake game The game was originally played by Indians and the carnival organizers planned tor group trom hsweken to come to Barrie to demonstrate it at the carnival Gordon McGavin cochairman ot the Ontario Plowmens Assocxation said he expected 150000 to 200000 people to Visit Simcoe County to see the 1907 International Plowmg Match near lhornton Reeve Lloyd Pridham ot Sunnidale was chair man ot the county organizmg com mittec Created three years ago now near the blue chips By Dupuis CP Business Editor Mr Bovey 00 is chairman ot diversiticd interests as oil gas Edmund Ed Bovey $118 in his corporate tower high above King Street in Torontos skyscraper commerCial district and may be pardoned it he chuckles over how he got there in so short time BIBLE THOUGHT But he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are heat ed Isaiah 535 Look at what all Jesus covered at the cross prayer for salva tion Thank you God for giving your Son for my sins and thank you Lord Jesus for dieing in my place acknowledge my sin and gladly receive You as my Saviour Amen 16 Bayfield Street Barrie Ontario Telephone 7286537 Registration Number 0484 Second Class Mail Return postage guaranteed Daily Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted Subscription rates daily by carrier 85 cents weekly $4420 yearly Single copies 15 cents By Mail Barrie $4420 yearly Simcoe County $3400 yearly Motor Throw Oil $3900 yearly Balance of Canada $3600 year yNational Advertising Offices 65 Queen St West Toronto 8641710 640 Cathcart St Montreal Member of the Canadian Press and Audit Bureau of Iir culations The Canadian Press is ex clusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches in this paper credited to it or The Associated Press or Reuter and also the local news published therein The Barrie Examiner claims Co yright in all original adver tising and editorial material created by its employees and roduced in this newspaper yright Registration Num r203815 register 61 Noreen Energy Rcsourccs Ltd created only three years ago but last achieving blue chip status with the giants ot thc in dustry We can sec the company achievmg $1 billion in sales in the next three to live ycars Mr Bovcy said in an lllltlltW With cash llow ot $80 mil tion to $00 million Norccn as an ambitious integrated energy company has not only tlic room to expand but an adequate pool ot tunds to inance dcvclopiiiont Without borrowmg It has budgeted about $213 mil tion to explore tor oil and gas this year halt ot it in illlgllllSk ventures lrolits which Jumped to $209 million in 1070 liavo roughly doubch in tlic last tcw yeais BORNHIlllstANlHl Norcaiis spectacular risc came about despite the tact the company was born amid scan do and was thc mcigcr ot such coal and three natural gas utili tics Bovcy describes the merger as both lilntlultlvt and constructive lt imiiicdiatcly produced larger company With wider base and trcsh piles ot cash to spcnd on more ventures In the resource industry anadiaii based companys ovcialt size is important be caiisc you can participate in vciiturcs whcrc othchIsc you may not be able to Mr Hovcy said Normn is tlzrpcrccnt tia nadian owned and as such can makc acquisitions Without com ing under the scrutiny ot the Porcign lnvcstmcnt ltcVIeW agency in Ottawa ltotli Mr Bowy and Norccn can tract liltll origins back to Northern Ontario Natural Gas Ltd rNthti which was lhtl cciitrc ot scandal ricaily two dccadcs ago involvnig company and govcriimcnl otticials PHOTO ELASHBACK BOY REMEMBER WHEN THAT MEANT THE FLAVOR WASLOCKED lN XQUR BUSINESS Retirement plans help defer taxes By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service From now until March you can deter the tax on portion at your 1976 earnings by investing it in Registered Retirement SaVings Plan RRSP This is the most popular tax shelter tor Canadians deSigned to help proVide retirement in come The money is held and in vested on your behalt by trustee during the intervening years When you retirerrand in any case not later than age you receive your money in the term 01 an annuny which the law rer qmres that you buy trom tile insurance companyl and pay income tax on it each year lbwously nobody should put money into an RRSP it that money is likely to be needed tor other purposes betore retire ment Nevertheless it is pos sible to liquidate an RRSP he tore retirement but in that case you are immediately liable tor income tax on the whole amount As in other years the taxde ductible amount that may be invested out it your 1W6 earned income is 20 per cent but sub Ject to limits thwere increased in the May 1976 budget $5500 it you have no pen sion plan £$500 it you havea noncon tributory pension plan $3500 less the amount ot your contribution to Regis tered Pension Plan it you are member 01 such contributory plan It Parliament tails to pass the budget proposals the limits Will remain at $4000 $2500 and 52500 respectively HANAEIENI FEES Who are the trustees who sell Registered Retirement Savmgs Plans Irust companies liteinsur ance tiinis and mutual tunds do big business in them during the tirst 60 days ot each year but especially on the 60th day March lhats Why stock and bond prices in Canada have ten dency to rise in late February as new savmgs cascade into the trustees hands And thats why youll probably get better value tor your investment in January The choice ot an RRSI is ex tremely important point out Wayne Beach and Lyle ltep burn partners in loronto law mm in their book Are You Paying Too Much lax tleSl published by MCUIHWHIH Rycrson Ltd at $505 In choosmg an RRSI tax payers should caretully exam ine the investmcnt perr tormancc ot the various plans available and the tees charged by the managers ol the plans the authors state Management and other tees are usually substantial they add Most trust companies charge 075 per cent 01 the aliic ot the assets in thc tund each year Insurance companies and mutual tunds generally sock you With trontrcnd load ol seven to 10 per cent ot your lll vestmcnt plus perhaps s1 cable Withdrawal tec it you have to liquidate your RRSI betore rct irement Here are the live basic types ot RRSP that are ottered by these institutions Guarantext plans pro v1diiig tixed rate ot return sometimes With no management tee or trontend load lrust companies guaran teed plans are described by the authors as in ettect savmgs accounts or investment cer titicates lncome plans in which your money is invested in tixed incomc securities Equuy plans in which the tunds are invested in com mon stocks tortgage plans in which the tund tiotds porttolio ol mortgages Registered policies Whatever type tund you liteinsurance have you hope naturally that it Will earn income and that your capital will grow year by year lncoiiie and capital apprecia tion are not taxed while your ID vcstment remains Within the sheltcrot an RRSI ttieretorc the authors con tend an RRSP is best snited to an investment that yields high rate ot return that would be lully taxed it it were not in an RRSP From this point ot view they regard eqtiities as unsatis lactoiy investments tor RRSI tunds especnilly because in this way they lose the tavorable tax treatment that diVidends and capital gains receive in ot her circumstances Another point Since the RR Sl is source 01 retirement in comc it should not be subject to the higher risks involved in equity investment Light wave telephone calls WASHINGION Renter By the early 1980s telephone conversations in many US cities Will be transmitted by light waves Scientitic Ameri can magamic says Bell Laboratories and West ern Electric are making their tirst prolonged test ot pro totype lightwave system Lightwaves are better than electrical or radio waves in that the higher the wave trcqiiency the more iiitoriiiation can be carried in communication channel and light waves are about 1000 times the trequciicy ol the shortest radio waves The prototype system uses as light source tiny laser that is turned on and 011 447 million times second by modulator circuit BARRIE lLll HATE BAN 1957 WHEN SKIRTS WERE LONG ANI HAIR WAS SHORT FROM PARLIAMENT HILL Arthur Blakely Will be missed By STEWART MacIEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service You probably dont recall it but few months ago wrote about how press gallery re porter by merely suggesting he had an advance copy 01 the governments annual budget torced tinance minister to Sit down and compose his letter 0t reSignation The prime minister ot the day Lonis St Laurent didnt accept the reSignation 0t Walter Harris because he wan ted more details on the alleged leak And it was good thing too because it turned out that the reporter in question Arthur Blakely ot the Montreal Gazette was merely Chortling over the preVious years budget which he partially shielded as be typed while his colleagues tlew into purple panic wrote about the inCident as an example 01 the govern ments obessmn With secrecy Had there been the slightest leak trom that document in the 1950s Mr Harris would have had to go That was the whole ponit ot the story But now that incident is being recalled tor another personally sad purpose tew days ago we said goodbye to Arthur Blakely telled by cancer at the age 0t 62 when he was still in his prime as one at the most brilliant intluential and decent indiViduals on Parliament Hill Untortunately relatively tew Canadians had access to his thoughtsmany 01 which he never revealed even in pri vatebut there Will be many politiCians and reporters sorely missmg his counsel And his sense ot humor can never be replaced MAJOR INFLUENCE Normally wouldnt write about colleague like this be cause in this business every one has an opportunity to re veal himselt without outSide as Sistance But Arthur Btakely not only never tully revealed himselt he also had an enor mous impact on the operation 01 Parliament He had been in the press gat lery tor 30 years going back to the days when print Journalism was king and when new mem bers spent years saturating themselves With knowledge ot parliamentary procedure prec edents political personalities and Canadian history And dur ing those last 30 years While hundreds ot reporters came and went With tape recorders in hand Arthur Blakely never stopped his studies as he wrote columns and stories for his newspaper He would Sit in cluttered corner 01 the press gallery hot mom spinning around in his sw1vel chair to greet countless Visitors An MI would drop in mentioning the party seemed bit boxedin on particular IS sue What he really wanted to tiear was Mr Blaker saying It twerein your posnion Those were the magic words His position might not always be pertect but there are low politiCians who wouldnt listen The only trouble was that mischievous sense 01 humor Occasionally he couldnt reSist making some outrageous sug gestion With an absolutely straight lace and more than one rookie MP embarrassed hiiiiselt in caucus by presenting some ot these ideas as his own The veteran correspondent loved things like thatalmost as much as he loved helping people With serious problems And even his closest triends were not aware of all the things he did While he would quietly spend hours With new MP talking about what he would do it he were in the same posnion Mr Blaker was sometimes an swering letter lrom United States history butt about the American Civil War FEWKNEW John Dietenbaker was one 02 the teW who know Just how much knowledge Mr Blakely possessed about that war He and Leslie Frost tormer pre mier 01 Ontario were probably the two most knowledgeable Canadians on the subject says the tormer prime minister Even US universnies had been asking the Gazette re porter tor aSSIStance trom time totime Ihrough 15 years 01 happy as sociation With this remarkable indiVidual several outstanding traits Will always be remem bered by me The House 01 Commons is miniature Can ada he used to say and it ANADAS STORY Bagot caused political uproar By BOB BOWMAN Until Contederation in 1867 the chiet executive ot Canada and the British North American colonies was governor sent from Britain It must have been tough job because tive ot them died either in ottice or soon alter Perhaps that is not strictly accurate be cause the Duke 0t Rictiinoiid died alter being bitten by tox and Lord Sydenham died as the result at tall trom home However Sir Charles Bagot Lord Durham and Sir Charles Metcalte died trom overwork and critiCIsm Sir Charles Bagot succeeded Lord Sydenham and both ot them died at Kingston when it was the capital ot Canada Bagot arrived there Jan 12 1842 and it might be wondered how he got there in Winter He had already played part in the development ot Canada because in 1817 he negotiated the agreement With the United States that limited armaments on the Great Lakes When Bagot became gover you want to know how Cana dians are thinking talk to all the MP5 Dont make the com mon mistake ot concentrating on the big namesthey tend to represent themselves While most reporters were 01 tering right arms for cocktail invitations trom the prime min ister cabinet ministers and other party leaders Mr Blaker generally turned them down am sorry he would say was planning to have few triends in myself cant recall learning any thing worthwhile at cocktail party was his reasoning And this Will never torget When doctors told him he had terminal cancer and death would come Within 18 months Mr Blakely didnt want any whispered sympathies or pho ney cheermeups So he talked about it openly as another event in thetuture But qune trankly he said as it he were talking about car troubles tind the whole thing hell ot an in convenience You cant torget people like this nor in 1842 one ot his tirst steps was to invite Retorm leaders Baldin and Latontaine to torm government Ihis was almost tantamount to giving Canada responsible government The result was political up roar in Britain and Bagot was censured by the government The Duke ot Wellington still alive and active said What tool the man is rolling himselt and his country in the mire Bagot died in May the tollow mg year and Metcalte was sent to take his place With strict iii striictions not to concede re spoiisible government How ever responSIble govern ment was impossible to nest tor much longer and came about in 1349 when Lord Elgin signed the Rebellion Losses HI OIIIER JAN EVENTS 1598 La Roctie was ap pointed governor ot Canada and landed COIIVICIS on Sable Island 1819 St Bonitace College was tounded at Red River wEWerd to in 1m There were fewer war toys on the market this Christmas Sad isnt it