aw lt 9Mww smp High School entertain Students from Red House at Elmvale and District the crowd during the Elmvale Fair parade Friday The schools float was named winner in the float competition Examiner Photo Fall fair underway in Elmvale By RICHARD THOMAS Of The Examiner Several hundred local and area residents lined the main street in Elmvale Friday as the villages 119th annual fall fair and home show got underway with parade of floats and students from four area schools The schools represented were The Elmvale and District High School Huronia Centennial Elemen tary St Patricks separate and Our Lady of Lourdes talsoseparate The parade moved west along Queen Street with some students marching in time to the music of their school bands while others chanted and cheered as they accompanied their floats The floats about eight in all included themes such as International Year of the Child Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Jolly Green iiant Winner of the float com Halfback ticket program helped Canadian artists The Ontario Halfback pro gram that offered discounts on Canadian records and movies gave great boost to this coun trys artists local record store manager says Paul Franchette manager of Sam the Record Manon Dunlop Street says customers came in with their old Wintaro tickets and make point of searching out the Canadian artists so they could take advantage of dis counts of up to $2 on records and tapes We must have doubled the sales of Canadian records and tapes he said About 3000 customer used the Halfback program at Sams from May until he end of September Eugene Niosi part owner of Records on Wheels on Dutilop Street agreed the program High price helg Maloney represents company petition were members of the Elmvale and District High Schools Red House for their float which followed farm theme with small barn and wagonload of square dancers As the parade made its way to the Elmvale fairgrounds clowns moved through the crowd handing out lollipops to the children and adults alike The fair was officially declared open by Morris Dar by Reeve of Tiny Township and participants and spec tators were welcomed by Wally Greenlaw president of the F105 Agricultural Society which sponsors the fair Greenlaw who is serving his last year as president said compared to last year the school parade was every bit as good or better The fair continues today with another parade and will wind up with grand finale and dance at the villages community centre helped promote good Canadian acts and was excellent for business Almost 1000 patrons used their Wintaro tickets at his store By far the biggest beneficiary of the program as Bayfield Mall Cinemas with its showing of the Canadian feature film Meatballs Manager Roy Feaver said Meatballs will be the countrys biggest money maker to date and drew large audiences in Barrie although he would not give specific number He says 25 per cent of the moviegoers used the Halfback program Feaver says the program was more successful this year than last year because the ministry of culture and recreation did better job of promoting it Ray Parrott of the Imperial Michael Johnson of Orillia entered his pony Peggy in the fairs figure of eight competition Theatres says the program is good idea in principal but Canadian movies do not attract large audiences in BarrieHe suggests that instead of having tickets valid only for Canadian films they should be good for period of time no matter whats playing The Imperials recent Cana dian showing Mondo Nude did poorly at the box office and no more than 120 people used the Halfback program The idea of the program was to let the people of Ontario decide how they wanted to spend Wintario money says Jerry Allan of the Halfback of fice in Toronto He says citizens should have the chance to sup port the kind of culture they want The program did well across the province he adds in suit against 3M Canada Arthur Maloney prominent Toronto lawyer and former Ombudstiian will represent Barrie firm when it serves 3M Canada Inc with contrct suit alleging number of breaches of the law When you play against the big leagues guess you need high price help said Ron Ross president of Microvue Products Ltd manufacturer of microfilm related equip ment Microvue is charging 3M Canada with breaching five US federal laws three in terstate laws two Canadian federal laws three interprovin cial laws and several patent regulations during its associa tion with theBarrie firm It has already served 3M Canada with general breach of contract suit charging the company with denying it access to US markets after it pur chased the rights to Microvues new line of microreaders The company claims 3M Canada bought the franchise tools consultants and technical knowledge then tried to buy Microvue out When the smaller company refused 3M Canada refused to sell its pro ducts in the US it says Ross said he will meet with Maloney Wednesday and Thursday to go over the suit before it is served Council to meet with Wells lnnisfil council will meet within the next two weeks with Tom Wells minister of iii tergovernniental affairs in Toronto to discuss annexation There will be lots of topics for discussion Reeve William tiililiitis told The Examiner this morning Well be expressing our side of the arguments luesday Barrie council will have an iiicatiiera session with David Rtllttlitlg parliamen tari assistant to the minister Rotenberg said the session would be an informal one dealing with procedure to find an annexation solution Barrie general committee earlier recommended to forgo mediation Rotenberg re quested the session following the committee decision said Barrie Mayor Ross Archer Rotenberg said he would like to organize similar session with lnnisfil council Reeve Gibbins has di5scussed possible meeting with Rotenberg He said however it Barrie man charged Barrie man has been charged with attempted break and enter following an incident at the Alcotia Clothing Store at 34 Essa Rd at 1240 am this morning Charged is John Thomas Black 32 of 31 Essa Rd Rose to attend seminar BARCLAY lniiislils pro tection and community ser vices committee has ItCtHlL mended Fire Chief Doug Rose attend National Fire Preven tion Association iNFPAt seminar discussing hazardous materials The seminar scheduled for Nov to at the Toronto Fire Academy should be of great benefit to the township said council members might not be necessary as they are meeting with Wells If Council meets with Rotenberg however the meeting would be held during the week of Oct 22 to26 Although Barries meeting with Rotenberg is closed to the public Reeve Gibbins said no decision has been made on whether the possible meeting with lnnisfil and Rotenberg would also be closed Week named The Barrie Toastmistress Club is pleased to announce that Mayor Ross Archer has proclaimed October 21 to De tober 27 Toastmistress Week in Barrie This is the second an nual Toastmistress Week in Barrie and the festivities are hilighted by joint dinner meeting with the Barrie Toastmasters Club on Wednes day Octobcr 24 at Howard Johnsons Dinner will be serv ed at pm sharp followed by an exciting program on the theme Special Edition For more information call Kathy Watson 7371908 Although the Thanksgiving weekend is expected to be cool with cloudy periods and only some sun conditions are much better than those experienced last Thanksgiving weekend Last year at this time the area in particular Creemore Stayner and Nottawasaga were inundated with 1524 cm of snow Sunday morning tom The snowfall caused havoc Many areas suffered power blackouts road conditions were dangerous and slippery and Highway 24 was completely blocked until late Sunday after noon For children however the weather conditions were treat snowmen and skis sprung up everywhere But for those who are glad they cant ski this weekendthere are many sights to takein The Elmvale Fair which began Friday continues to daywith promenade color parade livestock judging of heavy horses roadsters ponies beef dairy and sheep and horse drawing contest The fair comes to close Saturday night with thejudging of the Miss Elmvale Fair Queen and dance at the arena featur ing The Northern Edition Band In Collingwood the annual Apple Festival begins today The festival continues until Monday with an apple bakeoff downtown sidewalk sale and numerous apple products for sale In Bala Thanksgiving dance featuring the Hugh Clairmont toda the examiner Saturday Oct 1979 Band begins at pm tonight at the Rec in Bala blanket covering the ground said Ruth Parkes manager of In Gravenhurst the Muskoka Barries ministry of industry Foundation for the Arts is spon soring dance at the Centen nial Centre At the community centre Port Carling Community Cen tre Thanksgiving Dinner will be held sponsored by the Lions Club For those interested in view ing the fall cavalcade of col ors the ministry of industry and tourism reports that Thanksgiving weekend has traditionally been the peak time for color tours in Central Ontario The leaves have turned brilliant shades of red yellow and crimson and most leaves are still on the trees with thin Council postpones home discussion By NANCY FIGLIIROA The Examiner BARCLAY discussion about group homes that was to have taken place Thursday has been postponed until at least the next meeting of lnnisfil council The discussion which was to have resulted following advice given to council by Innisfils solicitor Marshall Green will likely be held Wednesday dur ing the regular meeting of council The meeting begins at 10am Greens advice was requested after delegation of about 50 Churchill residents appeared before council saying group home for emotionally disturbed children in the area is operating in contraventon of township zoning bylaws Bob Lemon director of plan ning said the home is in con travention of the townships bylaw He said however re cent precedentsetting Supreme Court of Canada deci sion may make the bylaw in valid During Thursdays planning and development meeting Coun Kathe Jans and Grant Andrade deputy reeve the on ly council members in atten dance said the report should be dealt with by all five members of council We have minority of coun cil here said Coun Jans It Greens advice should be left until the majority is here Those opposed to the group home operated by Jamie and Lois MacVichie say the home is business and should be located in an area zoned com mercial or institutional Enjoying Thanksgiving stew Paul one of the kindergarten students at Allandale Heights School enjoys some of the stew cooked by the students Friday Kathy Tutty and Fran Mat ton the class teachers helped the students with the cooking project Ex aminer Photo College store offers onthe By TERRY FIELD Of The Examiner Georgian College fashion arts students are being given an opportunity to learn about the business world they hope to enter after leaving school Thursday marked the opening of Connections store located on the second floor of the colleges ad ministration building that will be managed by students They will set up displays order clothing and other items to sell promote the store handle bookkeeping chores and soon Each week different trio of students will have the responsibility of managing the establishment designed by Georgian design arts graduate Ray Thibert and constructed by students in the colleges adult training section FUR TRAINING We needed store for training Most of the other colleges have had one for some time Martha Versteeg second year fashion student told The Ex aminer following the ribbon cutting ceremony Most of us want to get in to merchandising retailing clothingandsoon Its going to take lot of work but the experience will be very valuable Ms Versteeg said Secondyear students will run the show until Christmas whenthe first year crew will take over The store will be open daily between 1130 am and 230 pm and again between 330 and pm Thursdays the store will be open between 11 30am and 330 pm The opening ceremony at tracted some 50 studevts and faculty Principal of the Barrie campus Wayne Cunn ingham cut the ribbon to of ficially open the store Coun Jans said she felt the total council should view Greens advice before discuss ing it publicly much to the dismay of about 10 people who attended the meeting specifically to hear Greens ad vice and councils reaction to that advice The issue said Coun Jans has created great interest in the township It has become an involved thing believe me she said Those opposed to the home say that when they bought their homes they were guaranteed by the township and the contractor that the area was strictly residential According to the bylaw the area is residential and should beused byfamiliesonly Although Lemon has said the bylaw could be invalid those opposed to the group home say hey are correct the bylaw stands and the home must go and tourism information cen tre 1n MidhurstHuronia colors are at their peak this weekend In BracebridgeMuskoka leaves are also at their peak but many have begun to fall The ministry reports that rain has hindered the brilliant colors but their are still many very pretty leaves to be seen In HaliburtonMinden leaves have reached their peak with assault By LORI COIIEN Of The Examiner charge of assault caus ing bodily harm against Barrie Jail inmate accused of smashing another inmate over the head with broom was dismissed in provincial court Friday Judge Leonard Mon tgomery said although there were strong arguments to the contrary he still had doubts about whether Shawn Cameron Lamb 20 assaulted Ralph Ehrenreich 21 while the Ehrenreich was sitting on the toilet in the Barrie Jail Sept entertain grave suspi cions that you are the right man Juge Montgomery told Lamb Ehrenreich testified he was seated on the toilet reading the newspaper early that morning when foot kicked the paper He was then hit over the haad with the bristle end of large pushbroom by man he said was Lamb although he did not know his name at the time He said he was hit again on his back and then saw blood pouring down from the top of his head He was later taken to Royal Victoria Hospital where he received six stit ches Ehrenreich identified Lamb after he was taken from his corridor and shown pictures of the other five in mates he shared the area Judge dismisses Fall color peaks this weekend most leaves still on he bran ches This weekend promises to be the best for leaves in this area says the ministry In North Bay cold weather has browned many of the leaves In the Sudbury area 90 per cent color change is reported 100 per cent is perfect viewing with reds and orange predominating Although their are still some beautiful leaves in Algonquin park most have already reach ed their peak and have fallen charge with while he served his sentence on weekends for im paired driving and driving under suspension Lamb told the court he was in his cell when the assault took place and knew nothing about it He admitted handl ing the broom earlier that morning after Peter Caldwell jail guard on du ty that morning testified he saw Lamb with it prior to the assault Crown Attorney John Alex ander suggested the attack was prompted by feeling that those serving weekend sentences are being lef off lightly have no resentment Lamb said dont like see ing anyone in jail If he Ehrenreich is doing weekends thats good for him When asked earlier whether Lamb had any motivation for the assault Ehrenreich said he and Lamb did not know each other and it was probably done for something to do Peter Zaduck Lambs lawyer said Ehrenreich had to accuse someone of the assault and chose Lamb because he was serving long sentence therefore he would not run into him on the street Lamb is serving twoyear sentence for break and enter Judge Montgomery dismissed that argument as idiotic and said he paid no attention to it New portable iail cells will be ready by winter By STEPHEN NICHOLLS Of The Examiner Barrie Jails new portable cells should be ready for ac cupancy by early December says Duncan McFarlane jail superintendant Weather has hampered con struction of the new cells located north of the original jail building and work is about two tothree weeks behinv schedule McFarlane told The Examiner today Portable units housing 16 doublecells will be moved to the site next week These extra cells are intended to reduce overcrowding in the existing jai Prisoners are working on the construction project on tem porary absence program said McFarlane Instead of working on our usual programs such as looking after Simcoe County forests they are working on the block laying he said The prisoners are not paid for the work It is part of their jail sentence said McFarlane It gives them chance to get out of the building for the day If they want to volunteer they can work for the day Prisoners are permitted to work on projects that are good for the community he said Six prisoners are Working on thejail addition The portable units are being assembled in Toronto When they are moved to the site elec trical and sewer systems must be installed and 7metre wall erected before prisoners may bekept there Tourist information centre gets 65000 renovation By DENNIS LANTHIFM Of The Examiner $165000 renovation of the Barrie Information centre on Highway 400 was officially opened Friday by Larry Grossman Ontario minister of industry and tourism Its the second of 30 such renovations across the pro vince Grossman told noon hour crowd of dignitaries The centre will be entirely different once it is finished said Grossman The enlarge ment will permit an interior display casewith quicker in formation resulting Grossman said Grossman said the centre in Barrie is doing heck of lot of business In 1978 41000 per sons visited the centre and another 87000 inquiries were received he said Bertram Brothers Ltd have been awarded the tenders for the contract Grossman told the iobtreining group It was the same group which built the original Barrie centre 17 years ago said one of Grossmans aides The work is expected to be completed in January 1980 The reconstruction will up date the facility in line with three other new style centres being built this year by the ministry release says The start of new centre in Fort Erie has already begun along with selfservice centre construction on Highway 401 at West Lorne and Odessa the release says The Barrie centre is the only one not located at provincial bordercrossing area The key to the Barrie location on the highway is its proximity to On tarios principal ski resort region and to the provinces vacation northland the release says An added feature at the facelift in Barrie will be year round tourist information kiosk Tourism in 79 shows increase Final figures are not yet in but tourism in Ontario was on the increase in 1979 Larry Grossman provincial Store manager Martha Versteeg right helps customer TeriAnn Kan ficial opening teman at Thursdays of minister of industry and tourism said Friday there was an increase in tourists on all fronts during the past year European visitors are up about 27 per cent over last year the provincial minister said better coordinated adver tising campaign in Europe has resulted in benefits for Ontario he said In addition the Cana dian dollar has declined about 50 per cent meaning cheaper holiday for European visitors he said Germany and Holland have been the European leaders in sending the most tourists to Ontario said Grossman The flight of American touists into Ontario is up about 25 per cent he said There is no question said Grossman that advertising helps out when it comes to tourism New York State he said puts out $12 million per year for advertising and results there have been ex cellent Ontario spends about $5 million year in advertising Grossman said Next year Grossman pro mises an image change in the advertising campaign for On tario but did not say what that change would entail Next year youll see big dif ference he said