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Councillor Lou Wainwright felt the town should go ahead with its in- creases. regardless. “I felt this was discussed thoroughly in committee." he said. “I don‘t think we should be concerned about Markham or Vaughan." Legally the agreement has no effect. he maintained. but it does “make it easier for people to get around (York) Region“. To ignore the agreement would be to “create what we had previously â€" a willy nilly fare system", he said. Councillor Mike Burnie suggested the town retain the “spirit of the agrement" by “carrying on as normal for the present time.“ Wait for Markham Under an agreement with the three towns and the Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority, all parties must co-operate in setting a uniform fare. Richmond Hill Council agreed Thursday to hold off on a five cent fare increase for both services (a hike which had already been accepted by the town‘s engineering committee) because Markham was not in agreement with the new fare schedule. Councillor Al Duffy, recreation committee chairman. told council Thursday that he had seen a staff report concerning the Rams‘ request for a one-time only grant of $9,000. Chances of aid from the town to the ailing Richmond Hill Provincial ‘A‘ Rams Hockey Club are slim. The proposed transit fare hikes for Richmond Hill and the Yonge Street G0 service are in limbo until the town gets together with Markham and Vaughan. At last Thursday’s meeting‘ council gave unanimous endorsement in principle to “Operation Dismantle" and sent the concept on to the personnel and bylaws committee to find out how to implement the referendum in the Richmond Hill hopes to join a world- wide referendum, calling for all nations to tear down their nuclear weapons and banish them forever. Rams' hopes slim The Rams had épbeared before his Mrs. Collard grew up right in town and went. to school within a block of her present home. Mr. Collard‘s family had a mill on the Gormley Road and he attended school in Bethesda. “Those were the horse and buggy days." Mrs. Collard recalled. “We didn‘t go far. To go to Richmond Hill to skate was quite a thing." A meeting in a ball park led to 50 happy years of marriage for Win- nifred and Harvey Collard. The Victoria Square couple, who celebrated their 50th anniversary Saturday. first got to know each other at the town’s ball diamond, a favorite meeting spot for the young people of their day. Established 1878 Fare hike delayed Richmond Hill Edition Collards mark 50 good years Harvey and Winnifred Collard Town nixes gate Hill to seek disarmam en t The Liberal was late last week because of production problems in our printing plant. We'd like to offer our apologies. and extend our thanks to all our carriers and their families for ensuring that The Liberal was delivered to your homes. Squelch police publicity The York North Law Association is playing the "police misconduct" controversy close to the vest this week. However, Mayor Dave Schiller also believed the “spirit” of the agreement was important to maintain. “I don‘t think staff is going to recommend that we do anything for the Rams,“ he said. He agreed that the town could not help the club to the tune of $9,000 but “I think council should give some sup- Councillor Burnie moved that the discussion be deferred until Markham has the results of its transit study and is ready to talk. committee December 1 to ask for the grant to help them out of financial difficulties. ' town Paris, Ontario‘ is the first town to go ahead with the vote for international peace. "What we need is a world without war. a world free of nuclear terror," the Paris mayor, Jack Bawcutt, and the Operation Dismantle director. Jim Stark. told the electorate of the town in their presentation. Everyone turned out for Saturâ€" day‘s celebration at the King home of son, Barry. Their daughter June was on hand and their Other son, George. and family came all the way from Prince Edward Island. It was the first time all eight grandchildren had been in the same place at the same time. 7 About 185 family members and friends showed up to mark the oc- casion. On December 10, 1927, they were married in Victoria Square Church, where Mr. Collard had been a member of the choir since the age of 16. He retired from the choir after participating for 54 years. They are calling the December 16, to A date has been set for a meeting of Sorry... Wednesday, December 14, 1977 Lawyers keep quiet 2 1mm “In Essentials Unity, in Non-Essenn'a/s Liberty, in all things Char/Ty” 31! And he contributed to an attitude of "increased awareness and wat- chfulness”. But. said Councillor Duffy. other organizations get different forms of John Stephens elected C UPE, board settle 7 Councillor Andre Chateauvert countered that “PR is not the function of this council”. Other organizations are also suf- fering financial troubles, he pointed out. Thornhill lawyer, John Stephens, beat out two other Markham residents on the first ballot Monday night, to gain the chairmanship of York County Board of Education. concerned area lawyers to discuss the subject, but association members want to maintain total control of publicity and won’t reveal when the session will be held. “I think the PR of this council is poor“’ he said. Since he joined the provincial staff in 1971. he has brought in a program of “increased efficiency”. he told The Liberal. “A lot of things that have come to light recently originated from my area_,” he explained. From there. The lawyers clearly want to avoidVa recurrence of the incident which made public their concerns more than a week ago. ' He suggested the town pay the gate for one night so that residents could attend the game free, with the hope that people of the town would become more interested in the hockey club. That gate never amounts to more than $400, he added. Both trustees and secretaries Monday night, ratified a wage agreement with York County Board of Education, calling for an increase of 6.2 per cent, without increments. Under the new agreement, a starting secretary in the secretary A or clerical level, will go from $7,074 to $7,513. Maximum is $9,090. 7 The agreement covers secretaries and clerical workers of Local 1734 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Those headline-making cases of fraud by physicians and labs, up front in the news for the past year or so, were triggered off by Dr. Gerald Gold‘s department. peacer to the_ vggg'ld". r Richrnornd Hill Councillor Andre Chateauvert remarked that no one “believes we can outlaw war". But. he added. “Perhaps we can make the nations realize the idiocy of nuclear weapons." In the top secretarial category, minimum salary will be $9,530. while maximum will be $12,617. Méfiréwblufiirné; épdkeéman for the “I asked for V01unteef5 last night." union. said they were “happy to get it". She 531d OHIP’S Gerald Gold receives award is the director of the professionel services monitoring branch of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan. 18 referendum, ‘a Christmas gift of mll’orpefully', the referendums will make leaders realize that “the in- dividual won’t stand for it“, he said. ’l‘he Gormley doctor. awarded a Queen's Silver Jubilee medal recently, An association committee will report its findings to the executive, which will determine whether further action is warranted, association president Robert F. Evans, a Bradford lawyer, said in an interview Monday. p0_r_t“. he said He wants to bridge ’gulf’ 40 pages In response to Mr. Stong’s remarks. Solicitor-General John Macbeth said he would “follow up" the matter. The law association later said it had no intention of publicizing the issue at that time. Dr. Gold moved to Gormley from Etobicoke in 1968. The next year, he set up a practice in Richmond Hill which he continued until he accepted the government post. However, he prac- ticed locally from his Gormley home until 1973. His nomination for the Jubilee award came from the province. On Dec. 1, York Centre MPP Alf Stong, 3 Richmond Hill lawyer, revealed in the provincial Legislature that “certain” ‘York lawyers had requested the meeting to discuss “frequent” incidents of “misconduct” by York Regional Police. “We’re so quick to give away someone else‘s money," he remarked. The motion was defeated. However. the matter of grant request will come up at the next parks and recreation committee meeting in January when the staff report will be tabled officially. His job is not necessarily a pleasant one. A recent case involved the conviction of a Sudbury doctor. “He was a colleague of mine. It makes me sad," said Dr. Gold. Councillor Lou Wainwright said he could not support the motion to pay the gate for one night. matters such as fraud are referred to the police or the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the regulatory and disciplinary body for the medical profession. Seconding Councillor Chateauvert's motion to endorse the referendum, Councillor Mike Burnie remarked that. the attitude has been until now: “In order to protect ourselves. we’ll commit suicide.” support. The industrial softball league, for example, gets free use of the park, while the Rams pay for their ice time. Councillor Bill-Cbrcoran agreed that the town should assist the Rams. “If we don’t help them, they’re going lo‘go doxyn the drain,“ he predicted. “We‘re interested in survival, not petty arguments. Somewhere, sooner or later, some nut is going to press the button.“ ’l‘rustee Doreen Quirk of Markham, of the board negotiating committee, said that, when the board set the budget in January, it was thought the inflation figure would be six per cent or less, and had used that as a guideline. Mrs. Clubine said, also, that the old contract expired last May, and the local will soon be back into negotiations again. However, she criticized the board negotiators, who she said had “made things difficult" by refusing to grant the increase at the outset without in- crements. ' plan Price 20 cents Stephens, who was nominated by trustee Donald Cameron of Vaughan, said there was often a “gulf” between trustees, and he hoped he would be able to help bridge that during his term. The latter is for one year. He said he would be contacting the other board members within a few days to see what committees they would like to serve on. A provincial mediator was ap- pointed late yesterday to try to break the impasse in contract negotiations between the York County Board of Education and its 1,200 elementary school teachers. On Monday night, the board met in closed session and rejected “I will say more in January,” he concluded. Disputes over class size and principals” salaries are the two main issues that created the stalemate. Succeeding Mrs. Quirk as vice- chairman was Harry Bowes of Whit- church-Stouffville, the lone candidate for the office. Mrs. Quirk was nominated by trustee Dorothy Zajac of King. while Cousens was named by William Laird of Georgina. community pulse Attempts to re-form a Jaycee Club in Richmond Hill were th- warted again last week ..... this time due to snow. Organizers have been attempting to hold an introduction meeting. At any rate, it has been rescheduled to Thursday, December 15. at 8 p.m. in the council chambers of the Richmond Hill Municipal Building. Prospective members are welcome to attend. Whoosh St. Mary Immaculate'Church,Yon_ge Street, Richmond Hill, welcomes everyone to attend an evening of carol singing next Tuesday night, December 20. The choir will perform some of the older and foreign carols, while the congregation will join in the signing of the more popular carols. The event begins at 8.30 p.m. Richmond Hill dogs will get fewer hours of supervision next year but they still won’t be getting away with much. Council voted last Thursday to renew Ryan’s Animal Control Services contract for ’78 and ’79 but on a basis of a 60-hour, rather than an 80-hour week. Mayor Dave Schiller explained that the service would be operating the same hours, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.. Monday to Friday. However, the overlapping patrol periods would be eliminated. The service will cost $44,500 next year and jump to $48,200 in 1979. A haven on a Richmond Hill farm has been offered to some homeless Thornhill geese. The geese, with clipped wings. were trapped on a small patch of water in Oakbank Pond after the season’s first major snowfall. The stranded geese now reside at the Raycraft farm, Markham Road and Bayview Avenue. Saturday’s your last chance to get your recyclables into the Rich- mond Hill Recycling Depot before the holidays start. The depot will close on Saturday, December 24 and 31, and will reopen on Satur- day, January 7 for the regular hours, 10 a.m. to noon. The depot is located at Leslie Street and 18th Avenue. Animal contract renewed Mediator chosen Last chance to recycle Carol singing Tuesday Geese find farm haven Jaycees try again Clearing out his driveway the easy way is Nelson Peelar of Centre Street East, Richmond Hill. But no matter how residents tackled their snow problems this week, they still found it a next-toâ€"impossible task to keep ahead of the game â€" if more snow wasn’t falling. then the hard working snowplows were scraping the streets and piling the stuff up in the driveways again. (Photo by Bruce Hogg) the teachers‘ request for a binding settlement that would have been im~ posed by a third party â€"â€" either through arbitration or finalâ€"offer selection. Trustees instead decided the mediation route was preferable. Arbitration remains a possibility if mediation fails. but the board clearly wants to avoid an imposed settlement. Both sides must agree to arbitration before it can proceed. John Stephens