Mayor Ross Archer left signs the guest book at Wednesdays opening of the EPA llouse home of Barries newest business the FPA Group The advertising public relations firm is owned by Rudi Pavlik standing centre Wilma Pavlik and Florian Pavlik Ian Pavlik who is the son of Wilma and Florian was on hand for the celebrations also Mrs Archer cut the ribbon for the formal openi rig of the business at 252 Bradford St Examiner Photo Local enthusiasm key for move to Barrie by advertising agency By PAT GUERGIS Examiner Staff Writer The enthisiasm and commit ment of people in Barrie are main reasons given by Wilma Pavlik one of the partners in Barries newest business for the companys move here At Wednesdays opening of the FPA Group 252 Bradford St Florian Pavlik who is prin ciple owner said his company is committed to giving good service and sound planning to the firms customers in Barrie FPA Group is an accredited advertising agency which was established in Toronto by Florian in 1969 Marketing research and public relations are also included in the corn panys services along with speech writing press releases trade shows window displays and French translations Florian Czechoslovakian has been in Canada 12 years while his brother Rudi who is also partner in the firm has been in Canada two years Wilma Florians wife is from Saskatchewan Florian has over 12 years ex perience as an account ex ecutive arid industrial adver tising manager copywriter and designer Wilma is chief copywriter for the group and her name ap pears regularly in several newspapers In 1974 her weekly newspaper column is Shoes Business spotlight and Ships and Sealing Wax wom an Ontario Community Newspaper Award Rudi former assistant bank manager is the companys treasurer He is responsible for internal traffic control and en suring that production deadlines are met and kept Wilma said the family has lived in Barrie for six years and when their busintss quarters in Toronto became too small they had to take serious look at moving lian ge in Attitude There has been change of attitude in Barrie and there ap pears to be great need for service such as ours We are now the only accredited com pany like this in Barrie she said The location for the FPA House at 252 Bradford St was chosen mainly because it is in designated improvement area We are looking for house and found this one Wilma said believe the downtown area is definitely going to ini prove and as that improvement takes place along the lakeshore it will naturally take this area in All the renovations which were made to the home to turn it into workable office con fcrcnce and work area were done by the three with the assistance of Florian and Wilmas two children We are here to increase our customers sales and in return make profit Florian said We realize we must be careful not to take on too much work so that we can give our customers good service and sound plann ing which brings in additional sales and increases profit Interest has been high in the business so far the paitners say Canplas and Jim Walters are two of our larger Rairic customers now Florian said We have 28 accounts mainly in Toronto Six are in Barrie Price Range We want to be ablcto stay in the price range of companies who want and need to grow but dont have the larger budgets of bigger companies Wilma said The company works on an hourly fee or project fee which Wilma says are most beneficial to client The rates in Toronto are very high she said but we plan to keep ours as low as possible ridvertising and sale promo tion creative design marketing consultation and research image promotion and administration are what the partners at FPA Group do best and if the people of Barrie are as enthusiastic and committed as the Iavliks think they are theyll takc advantage of their services Montreals chambers react differently to language MONIREAL CP Monv treals two chambers of corri merce are reacting differently to the Quebec governments proposed language legislationr Bill 17 but each has the interests of its mem bership at heart The Montreal Board of Trade founded in 18 has traded its low profile for highly vocal attack on the bill which it calls coercive and un necessary The tone of the boards brief to the legislature committee studying the bill substantially supports the language status quo Committee hearings begin June The Chambre de Commerce de Montreal founded in 1886 agrees with provisions of the bill which seek to protect and encourage the French language and to promote FrenchCana dian interests says its presi dent But Edgar Charbonncau says his group will submit brief to the committee because the rights of the individual must be respected The only other city in anadn where two chambers of come merce exist is ttawa but ariadian hambcr of om mercc spokesman said Mon treal is the only one where the two organizations have sub stantial memberships of Canadian Tire Corp Ltd market the Blue Mountain Inn Weider who will be the superslide Donald McGillivray to help doi tyourselfers Alan Horsford business notes CTC move successful The Barrie Canadian Tire stores move last year to the Bayfield Mall was successful accoring to the annual report The store owned by Arch Brown is the second largest of the companys 303 associate stores Sales at the renovated location says the annual report have fulfilled initial forecasts and have established un precedented sales paietration in highly competitive The Barrie Canadian Tire store was one of 19 new or enlarged stores opened by Good year at Blue Mountain The 197677 season was record one for Blue Mountain Resorts Ltd of Collingwood with excellent revenues from the skilift operations and related services George Weider imparted that information to shareholders last weekend at Blue Mountains annual general meeting held at the Blue Mountains annual general meeting held at president for 197778 added that an expansion program costing more than $1 million was launched this spring Projects include new triple Chairlift more snowmaking equipment and 2900foot summer In addition to Weider company officers for the new year are Gordon Canning vicepresident and general manager vicepresident secretary and Harold Abbotts controller Bertram Brothers expands Bertram Brothers Ltd 429 Balke St Barrie which started in business in 1956 with GOOsqu Thursday will officially open 60005quare foot showroom Mayor Ross Archer and Student Mayor Marla Bentley will be on hand for opening ceremonies at 11 am During the opening days Bertram Brothers which is Hornecare Building Centre will have video cassette program featur ing Wallys Work Shop and manufacturers demonstrations the company in 1976 Dorcas Watsham are foot showroom Royals president Royal responds to consumers Ry SlE RllllllE Examiner Staff Writer Royal Insurance is rtsponsr ing to consumer movements with insurance policies written in plain English says Alan llorsford president of the Royal Insurance ompany of Canada Royals new casytoread iii surancc policy launched last month with 3125000 media campaign is respond to con sumer pressure that is long overdue he says The insurance industry hasnt responded to todays consumerroricntcd society he said at press conference Thursday in Barrie llorsford was in Barrie to promote the new policy Select llomcshicld and to officially open the Barrie branch of Royal on Dell Farm Road llorsford says pmplc dont feel comfortable with insurance companies and to officially open the Barrie branch of Royal on Bell Farm Road llorsford says people dont feel comfortable with insurance companies because of corn plicrrtcd wording in policies IMAGE Ntll itltll This is 2i problem insurance companits have been facing hcsaid wheels of yesterday David Roxborough of trove Street East Barrie is winner of the May 28 Wheels of Yesteryear contest lle receives gift certiï¬cate worth $l0 from the Brass Group good only and Brass and Glenn Dunlop Street East Readers are asked to identify this car and the model year and be eligible to win the prize Winner is determined by draw from all correct answers received Readers are remin ed that the draw for all contests is done at noon of the day before the next contest runs Wheels draw is made at noon Friday Know Your ounty draw is made at noon Monday Etc If you know the year and make of this car send the answer to Wheels of Yesteryear The Examiner Box 370 Barrie iit IAM tTti The public doesnt perceive them as doing their job as well as they should They sec them as large anonymous financial institu tions on one side of the street while the person paying prev miurns is on the other side Thats an wrsatisfactory im age he said onvcrtinginsurantc policies to understandable English is start to change he says Most people rarely read their insurance policies because they simply cant understand many of the terms used The rewriting and siin plification process took over year to complete says llorsford with special task force workingfullt ime The completed policy was tested by proved standard of readability called the Flcsch Scale which rates pol icics from difficult to read to too easiest to read SAME AS DIGEST The new policy scored 60 says llorsford putting it on par with Readers Digest The former policy Scored 13 Aiicxainplcof old phrasing is This policy covers the building described in thc Declarations including addi tions in contact therewith oc ciipicd principally for dwelling purposes It would now read Your home is protected under this policy So is the property sur rounding yourhorne and any private driveways and roads leading to it llorsford says people often dont rcalixc what their coverage involves because of It language barrier Many people dont bclicvc acts of Iod are covered under insurance policies such as hurricanes and flooth but they are he said If we could correct that imr pression it would have been of lllSltltltlldf hpr to the coir surricr he added lloinc insurance policits arc the only ones now converted says llorsford but enthusiastic public response has lid to decision to convert other policies as well Royal has also established the RoyalAide Policy which provides for an iiiderwndcnt ar bitrator to be called in over claim disputes says llorsford Royal pays the bill on the grounds the company and the insured agree to thc arbi trators scttlcm eiit Consumer information units have also been established with 60000 enquiries alone handled in Toronto since they were established By PAUL DELEAN Examiner Sta ff Writer Ray Ramsays office is like any other small paperglutted basement cubbyhole Except for one thing The rocks There are large chunks of ore on the desk floor and table rockhound Not exactly Ramsay 50 is prospector and the rocks are the samples that fuel or flatten his hopes of someday striking it rich Raylloyd Mines is the outfit he works for from 109 Bayfield St He founded the company with partner Lloyd Bristol in 1967 Ramsay is the companys on ly field man spending half his time in the office and the balance scouting various pro perties in Ontario and Quebec Prospectors arent numerous to begin with To find one in the heart of Sirncoe County miles frorri producing mine is even more surprising Ramsay admits that he raises few eyebrows when he tells people what he does Peo plc ask me what prospect for in Barrie he laughs The answer is nothing Barrie is simply place where Rani say likes to work and live The Raylloyd properties that he visits regularly are in northern Ontario and Quebec LRANIIM PROSPECTS The companys key property is Ztï¬ticlaim stake in the Elliot LakeBlind River area Preliminary drilling has un covered encouraging deposits of uranium Still at least one more drill hole is needed to support any plans to mine it That alone would cost ssmmm Raylloyd has alrtxrdy spent 3700000 on the property If we can get drilling this fall amine may not be too far in the future Ramsay says The company might consider sharing its interest in the pro pcrt with major mining cor poration for assistance in fins cancing the remaining work report outlining what has been done and remains to be Artifacts yexpands Artifacts has moved and it has expanded Sandra Orr owner and operator of Artifacts Bar rie business which supplies hand made household ar ticles and craft materials says expansion is the main purpose behind the move There is much more room here and can expand on lot of the lines such as weav ing and craft items as well as adding new ones The new location at 205 Dunlop St contains great variety of decorative and functional pottery hand blown glass table coverings pillows and clothing The clothing including shirts vests and skirts are made in variety of ways Some are woven some are knitted embroidered or crocheted and some are ombination of these Selection of handmade toys planters wal ranging and vases are now on display Sandra has lllittlt sonic of the itcmshcrsclf This is workshop for me as well as store make items to order for customers Credit errors are found TORONTU tP Coni panics issuing credit for pur chasis make significant num ber of errors when billing their customers study by the Con surncrs Association of anada has found The iirpagc study released this week uses information supplied in 1075 by 307 Toronto consumers and 20 major credit grantcis In response to the question Have you ever found any err rors iii any bills or statements received at your home 170 of the consumers or 482 per cent answered ycs In 071 per tent of cases the errors were the fault of the companies the survey found In 538 per cent of cases charges were included that should not have been on the ac count lhc study says prrscnt legis lation in the consumer credit field appears ineffective and there is need for laws to com pel credit granteis to answer consumer enquiries and to in clude information on consumer rights in billing statements done has been sent to the major companies What makes the property particularly attractive now is the type of mineral in the ground Uranium is going for $55 pound It was $5 pound when we started in the area in about 1969 Ramsay says NOT YET If the mine was to materialize Ramsay could be in position to make good deal of money That would be welcome change since ithasnt happened yet in the many years that hes been prospector get small retainer from Raylloyd for handling the of fice Mostly work because have an interest in the com pany that do it for Ramsays wife Jane is employed as teacher If she didnt do that prospecting would be pretty rougirt he concedes native of Sharon Ramsay got started in mining in 1946 when hejoined chum working at the Macassa Mine in Kirkland Lake Mining was good pay at that time 72 cents an hour Ram say recalls He worked at the mine for five winters returning to the family farm every spr ing The lure of the industry per sisted through his five years as real estate salesman near Toronto and he subsequently joined Pershland Gold Mines company conducting explora tions in the Savant Lake area After couple of years with Pershland he took job with Wonder Bakeries That lasted eight years When things get tough in ex ploration which they often do you have to make your bread and butter somewhere else Ramsayexplains Even while out of the business he prospected on the side Since the founding of Raylloyd its been his major pursuit The job is not an easy one Geological and magnetic surveys must be pored over at great length to pinpoint areas the examiner Saturday June 1977 13 This Barriebased ï¬ospector works hard for the bigfind Ray Ramsay casts knowing eye on one of many rock samples in his Bayfield Street office In his view prospectors life is not as tough as the old days though the same sense of ad venture and desire to hit paydirt apply Ile would know being one of the rare breed that still takes to the wilderness with pickaxe in quest of major mineral find Examiner Photo of potential mineral wealth Lonely Work Long tiring days are spent in rough country hacking at the soil with pickaxe and listen ing for telltale sounds from geiger counter or electro magnetic unit The prospector often works along Its you your equip ment and nature Youve got to learn to live with the elements says Ramsay But its what he wants to do He enjoys the challenge of his task the posibility of major discovery and the resulting windfall For all the modern and sophisticated equipment we have today there is none that can pick out gold and silver bearing veins he notes Most of the major mineral finds in Canada have been un covered by prospectors Ray Ramsay is hoping it will soon be his turn sheep dogs fur is mainly wool and Denise Mchairie right showed visitors to the open ing of Artifacts new location 205 Dunlop St how it can be spun into balls of wool ready for knitting And thats what she intends to do with it knit herself sweater Sandra Orr standing owner and operator of Artifacts gives her apprentice Nancy llienneman few hints on tapestry design Sandra is holding ball of spun goats hair which is for sale at the store Examiner Photo and have other craftsmen who will do custom work as well Sandra also apprentices and gives assistance to customers whenever she can very oftcn have an ap prentice hcrc working on learning basis In the fall expect to be teaching night courses at Georgian ol loge large decorative eye catching hanging at Ar tifacts has been made by Sandra It is one of set of three which were dmigried to be hung at different levels from high ceiling The hanging is two feet in diameter and 12 feet high llie materials which have gone into the piece include jute natural fleece and cot ton and combination of macramc and weaving were used to put it together lhe riiost unusual item in the store Spun goat hair ready for knitting or weav ing with camel and alpaca hair coming soon Cooper Tool employee tops course Paul Iray of ooper Tool Group in Barrie recently received an award for having the highest marks in his class in registered tool and die apprenticeship program at George Brown College Gray centre was presented the award by engineering manager Ray Harris left and Bill McConiieii counsellor for the industrial training branch of the Ministry of Colleges and Universities Examiner Photo