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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER il, 1985 PAGE 1 5 Speaker addresses wi!e abuse at shelter !und raiser ",Wife abuse is treated wth an amazing amount of indifferen- ce,l said Ontario Federatioli of Labour pn Sun. guest. speaker at the Nov. 20 fundraising din- ner for Auberge, Durham's only shelter for abused wamen. A .,hPrizeDnrnvides Ex. Sun.* 9:30 p.m. ' 5:30 p.m.1 Dp Toronto Ar'1 10:00 p.m. 10:10 parn. 10:17 p.m. 10:24 p.m. 10:37 p.m. emergency shelter and services ta abused women and children in Durham Region. The money raised from the dinner will help Auberge expand its much-needed services. Pilkey spoke to a seli- out audience of over 200 at the Oshawa Legion on behaîf of UAW Director Ex. Sat.IBun.* 1 8:30 ar. 6:00 p.rn.I F Locust Hill 7:57 ar. 6:10 p.m. 6:17 p.rn. 6:24 p.rn. 6:37 p.m. F Claremont F Dagmar F Myrtie F Burketon 10:50 p.m.1 6:50 p.r. 1 F Pontypool 10:56 p.m. 11:08 p.m. 11:27 p.m. 11:47 p.m. 11:57 p.m. 12:10 a.m. 6:56 p.m. F Manvers 7:08 p. m.1 F Cavan 7:27 p.m. 7:47 p.m. 7:57 p.rn. 8:10 p.rn. Peterborough F Indian River F Norwood SAr Havelock 1 1_____________________________________________ 7:47 a.m. 7:39 ar. 7:33 ar. 7:20 ar. 7:07 ar. 7:01 ar. 6:49 a.m. 6:30 ar. 6:10 ar. 5:59 a. m. 5:50 a.m. F Stops on signal *Will flot operate Decem ber 25th For further information, see your Travel Agent or cali VIA Rail at Our phone lines ar open 24 hours a day. ",Most of us think of home as a safe place and refuse to admit to ourselves that abuse oc- curs," Pilkey said. He oriented society for the lack of respect accorded to female victims of violence and added that society appears to give Pass Pri ces between Toronto and 40.00 40.00 45.00 50.00 60.00 70.00 70.00 1-800-268-9511 (no charge). Canada's passenger rail neîwork resident ClUit FiiKey, 'A "'erge - - --. IMPROýVED.SERVICE TO superior to women. Pilkey diseussed the fact that government social services are being squeezed during these times of economic hardship. This can lead to unemployment and a feeling of powerlessness, which Pilkey said tends to escalate family violen- ce. Actording to Pillcey, Abrge is helping to aM Vate the problemn of violence agaiiist women, but it needs the continued support of the community. Committee head salaries questioned Not ail trustees favor extra pay for chairing a committee at the Durham Board of Education. Oshawa Trustee Cathy 0'Flynn, Monday night, served notice of motion that the previous motion of the board to pay $1,000 to chairman of committees be rescinded. The board will deal with this in January. relinied Froni page 6 we have refined our computer system," said Mr. Hillier explaining that the centre now purges ail files on people who have not contactecl them within the last 30 days. "In a lot of cases people register with us and then find a job and don't bother to let us know so we now require themn to get in touch with us at least once a month and if they don't we cancel their file. 1 think this is a better system really. Our oId figures weren't an acurate reflection of the nurnber of people actually looking for work," said Mr. Hillier. In Whitby there were 1,410 registerecl unem- ployed during Novem- ber and 113 job placements. The Canada Employment Centre does not keep a record of 1984 em- ployment statistics for the individual centres 50 figures on the number of people who were out of work last year in Whitby were not available. During November, the greatest em- ployment opportunities existed in food and beverage, retail trade and special trade con- tracting. Mr. Hiler ad- ded that the opening of the new A & P store in Whitby created a lot of new jobs during the month. Placements in the three area of fices totallAed54 fr_the-mon- DOWNTOWN TORONTO As of November l8th, 1985, VIA Rail operates its daily Toronto - Havelock service on a new, improved schedule. Now, it's even more convenient to take the train, right to the heart of downtown Toronto. SAVINGS FOR FREQUENT TRAVELLERS Save now witb VIA's new 5lday pass, valid Monday through Friday at special f lat rates anywhere between Toronto and Havelock. The passes are on sale now at your Travel Agent or VIA Rail.