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* the mall The pipe band from the Royal Canadian Strike up the band Penetanguishene branch last Thursday, to Legion branch in Bracebridge played an ' commemorate Remembrance Day. They led intergral part in the ceremony held by the RN es the parade from the Legion hall up Fox Street to Robert, across Robert to Main, and up to the Cenotaph. Legionnaires remember the fallen At the Cenotaph a service was held com- memorating those people from Penetanguishene who perished during the Santa Claus parade and ba two great wars, and those who served, and have died since. The service was attended by al ber of Legionnaires, and by a fairly large group of interested spectators, who turned out despite the cool weather and the snow on the ground. Toronto doctor makes donation Pen Glen Corporation, the organization which is trying to establish a branch campus of Glendon College of York University in the Penetanguishene area, received a shot in the arm last week when it was offered 13 acres of land, free of charge, on which to build. Dr. William But, a retired professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, who has ex- tensive land holdings in the north end of Tiny Town ship, made the offer last week after taking an interest in the project. Peter Shirriff, a member of the Corporation, said yesterday the group knew of But's holdings, and brought it to his attention that Pen-Glen was looking for land suitable for a cultural- recreational-educational centre. Shirriff said he and Dr. David McQueen, the principal of Glendon College, went with But to see the land, and then they later learned he intended to give it to them. "He said to get it rolling, would give us the land. It was that sim- ple!" McQueen said he was "'just about bowled over" by the news of the gift. He said Shirriff established contact with But only a couple of weeks ago, and on November 4, the three of them toured the land. McQueen said the land is "an ideal site" and said 'I'm just terrifically pleased. It eases the financial burden."' The land is located on the road between Penetanguishene and Lafontaine in the north-west corner of Concession 13, Tiny Township. The 13 acres overlook the Penetanguishene Bay from the top of "Copeland's Hill'. Pen-Glen Chairman Ray Baker said the corporation is not out of the woods yet with the land, as there are still a number of legal details to be ironed out by the corporation's solicitor Paul Deviller- s. Baker said a severance will have to be granted by the Township of Tiny, and after that the land will have to be re-zoned for institutional use. Tiny planner Roger Robitaille said the land is presently zoned agricultural. The Reeve of Tiny Township, Morris Daby, said last week he could not foresee any problems with the land, but cautioned that he could not speak officially, since he had just heard about the transaction Thursday morning, and since the Tiny See land, page 3 p. Swine flu vaccine is coming The Simcoe County District Health Unit conducted a swine flu immunization clinic in Midland last Wednesday, but it could be the end:of. November 'before.a clinic-is-set up in Penetanguishene. The registered nurse at the unit, Doris Weeks, said last week they had been planning a clinic for Penetanguishene in the middle of October, but had been unable to obtain the vaccine. She said the date had been pushed back until the end of October, but it was once again postponed. Weeks said she hopes they will have the vaccine by the end of Novem- ber, but she's not offering any promises. "It's a little indefinite right at the moment," she said. Although the clinic in Midland was aimed specifically at those people who are planning to travel outside the country, the clinic to be held in Penetanguishene, will be aimed at everyone over 20. Weeks said the clinic will only be in operation for one or two days, and during that time the health authorities hope to get to as many people as possible. The vaccine is only being given to those 20 and over, because those under 20 have a more adverse reaction to it. However, Weeks said, they may soon have a vaccine which can safely be administered to school aged children. Weeks said the clinic in Penetanguishene will probably be held in one of the town's schools, but she's not sure just yet Zaar mark opening of promotion campaign for shopping mall "Everything you can think off' will be on sale this Saturday and Sunday at the bazaar to be held at the Penetanguishene Village Square shopping plaza. That's what Jack Anthony, a represen- tative of the Toronto group of Businessmen who own the mall, said Monday. He said there will be about 125 vendors hawking their wares in the centre section of of pro' i i Regarding CNR land being put on to encourage businessmen to rent space. The bazaar starts at 10:00 Saturday morning, the same time as the Santa Claus parade starts at the foot of Main Street. Anthony said the parade, which will feature the Queen and Princess from last year's Winterama, will procede up Main Street to the mall, where it will end. He said he will have Brownies and Girl Guides in the parade, Petition response good tition requesting that the abandoned . right-of-way be retained in one piece by some level of government for use as a linear park, has been eliciting a good response. Two of the authors of the petition, Allan MacLeod and David Brooks, said last week they have got.back eight or nine completed petitions and have received written responses from M.P.P. Gordon Smith, and the planning board for the Township of Tiny, expressing support for the petition. The petition was drawn up about a month ago by MacLeod, Brooks, and Denyse Ash- by, when they learned the CNR was con- sidering selling the abondoned right-of-way to farmers with land abutting the property. They want to see the land remain in one piece, and used by hikers, cyclists and cross- country skiers as a recreational area. The three have decided to impose a deadlinethe end of November, on the petition. At that time they will send all the completed petitions they have to the Ministry of Natural Resources, to Simcoe County Council, and to the councils and planning boaras wu: all the municipalities through which the right-of- way runs. Brooks and MacLeod said last week the » three have been asked to attend a meeting of the Ontario Trails Council, a body which is investigating the need for nature trails in Ontario for a report which will be used by the Ministry of Natural Resources in preparing a provincial policy. The trio will present their ideas to the council on November 23. The Tiny Tay Peninsula Planning Board came up with a proposal at its meeting two weeks ago to accommodate a number of different uses along the strip of land. The proposal calls for recreational use of part of the land, while some of it would be leased back to farmers, and other parts would be used to build bypasses around Elmvale and Perkinsfield, and to widen County Road 6. Brooks and MacLeod said, "We're not too excited about the idea." So far, they have about nine pages of signatures of people who agree with them. and is hoping to get members. of Penetanguishene's volunteer fire depart- ment to take part. The cars in which the Queen and Princess will ride, are being donated by Courtesy Ford. Although there will be no floats in this year' parade, Anthony said next year there will be three of them. He said by the time this year's parade was organized, it was too late to book the floats. The parade and bazaar are just the start of a promotion campaign which Anthony' said he expects to fill the mall with stores by next March. He said, "People want to locate in the mall, but they say where are the people. We're going to show them that there are people."' He said the campaign will cost the owners of the mall about $15,000 before it reaches ¢e letion Simcoe health nurses He said he thought it will be a 'terrific thing for Penetanguishene", and said it would not haye any adverse effects on the downtown merchants. The mall will draw people to the town from all over, he said, and while they are here, they will spend money in all the stores. He said one of the main problems faced by the downtown merchants was a lack of parking facilities, but that with the huge parking lot at the mall, people would go there, shop for a while, Ithen walk downtown and shop there for a while. People shop where the bargains are, he said, and if the downtown merchants keep their prices competitive, they will get their share of the business generated by the presence of the mall in Penetanguishene. The grand opening for the malll is scheduled for some time in March. launch P.R. campaign Special to Midland Times from Orillia Wednesday Nighter by Dagmar Kanzler Simcoe County public health nurses have launched an intensive letter-writing and telephone campaign in their efforts to obtain municipal support for their demands for wage parity with hospital nurses in the county. Public health nurses in Simcoe County have been working without a contract since December 1975 and have met with little success in their negotiations with the Simcoe County District Health Unit. Coompulsory arbitration and salaries remain the central issues in the negotiations despite the November 4th announcement by Health Minister Frank Miller that the province would provide additional funds for local boards of health to settle their disputes with public health nurses. Those funds would raise the province's share of community health nurses' salaries to parity with those of hospital nurses. Township council had not yet been informed of it, and would not be so informed until their next regular meeting. Robitaille said the change of designation for the land might require an amendment to the official plan for the township, but said he couldn't say until he has a chance to study the location of the land. Baker said in order for any change in zoning to occur, a plan for the building would have to be submitted with the application showing how it would blend in with the existing land uses in the area. Wednesday,November 17,1976 Still another problem which could con- ceivably be faced by the corporation involves an agreement between itself and the Town of Penetanguishene. Last spring, the town council announced itwould contribute one dollar for every two dollars raised by the Pen-Glen fund raising campaign, up toa total of $15,000. Since the new location o the Pen- Glen facility would be in Tiny Township, and not within the boundaries of Penetanguishene, this agreement could be called into question. Vol.9 No. 46 20 cents | Local builder Ray Marchand ran into | further delays at Monday night's meeting of the Penetanguishene Planning Board, in this plans to develop semi-detached housing units ins the triangle bounded by Robert, Lorne and Burke Streets. in Penetanguishene's East End. Marchand presented the board with | drawings of his plans which showed his development would fit in with the existing land in the triangle owned by | the Roman Catholic Church, and by | other owners who are not at present | interested in selling. | The plan called, in part, for the | building of a road which would join up with Le Carron at Burke Street and | would meet Robert at right angles to | the east of Dunlop. He said the town could then cut off the intersection of Burke and Robert, thereby eliminating a dangerous corner. The members of the planning board | told Marchand they wanted to see a | -- study showing not only what was on the | surrounding areas now, but what could | be developed all around Marchand's | development in the future. Planning | board chairman Larry MacDonald told | Marchand, "We're planning for 20 to 30 years ahead of time." Planning board puts local builders plans | on hold temporarily The board asked Marchand to wait until the boad's secretary, Paul Hodgins, had time to prepare a secondary plan for the whole area, so | the board could see how Marchand's proposals would fit in. They agreed that Marchand could prepare as many different plans as he liked, and that they would all be helpful when the final decision was made, but emphasized that until the board had a chance to "do its homework' no decision could be reached. Marchand also asked the board for its | feelings on a development he is in- terested in building between Edward ] and Robert Streets, west of Dunlop. He | proposed the construction of a number | of larger homes, on large lots. | He told the board, "There are a | number of professionals who can afford | a $100,000 home, and I'd be more than | happy to build it for them." ! He was told a decision on that / proposal would be much easier to come to than one on the other proposal, because a general plan has already been made for that area by astudent at | Mohawk College. They offered to let | Marchand have a copy of that plan so | he could design a subdivision which would blend in wioth the existing plan. | | All town positions contested Nominations close Nominations for positions on municipal bodies across the province closed Monday afternoon at 5:00 p.m., and, for a change, Penetanguishene voters will have a choice for all positions on town council. When the doors closed at the town office Monday afternoon, 18 people had thrown their hats in the ring, and one candidate had thrown his hat into two rings. The nominees are as follows: For mayor, Vince Moreau and Lionel Dion. For reeve, Armand Charlebois and Art Stewart. For deputy reeve, Clarence Lomas, Vernon Farrow and Hubert Charlebois. For council, Mary Rogers, Frances St. Amant, Ron Bellisle, Ken Tannahill, Ray Baker, Eric Rankin, Hubert Charlebois, Bryan Byng, and Don L. Charlebois. For water and light commission, G.J. Robillard, Martin Marchildon and Pia Brunelle. Six councillors and two water and light commissioners will be elected. In Tiny Township, nine people are con- testing five positions. Morris Darby is running again for the position of reeve, and Hilda Sibthorpe is running for deputy reeeve. Basil Dorion filed nominations for both positions, and will have to have decided which position he will run for by yesterday at 5:00. In the running for the position of councillor are Vincent Mar- childon, Etienne Marchildon, Judy Johnson, Cyrille Marchand, Eugene Maurice and John Butler. Donald D'Aoust and Gabriel Marchand filed their nomination papers for the two positions on the Separate School Board, and will be acclaimed to the positions. Alvin Grayelle has also won his spot on the public school board by acclamation. The only school board position being contested in the area is that of trustee at large. Gilbert Lesperance and William M. Murphy have both filed nomination papers for that position. For more information on the platforms of Some of these candidates, see page 5. Late report Hubert Charlebois announced yesterday that he was withdrawing his nomination for the position of deputy reeve, and will stand as a candidate for council. In Tiny Township, Basil Dorion withdrew his nomination for the position of reeve, and he will be contesting the deputy reeve's position. 5-0 Wy epee ee