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Direcixrs job dhni>ated<. HopitlPlansm By Mark'Reesorý As part of a cost-cutting prog a nd'reorganization of * ~~~~ administrative services, the executive, dircopsiona Whitby-General HospitL wl eeiminatd Hospital board chairman Ed, Buffett s Jim, Miler, currentl e eiedietri urrently ori -vacation until the end'of MZarch, but wil not be returningX11, Whitby council's representa- f tive on thehospital board, Den- nis Fox, says because ofaceut in provincial funding, WGH '"just does not, have the money- to carry, on without, dramatically cutting bac'o srice to the public. "In rder to get around this, we have proposed a reorganiza- 94 ~ ,~,tion between ourselves an d BoW- «What we hopet ossaref staff, knowledge and administra- tors, in'order td' cut costsad StUR supply -a top quality health care system.» Fox qays the, administrative, merger "is very' close. to reality:. unless there's a dramnatic change in the provincial thinking. as far as.funding goes, I-would say there's a very good 'chane of it SEEPAGES -SYD CHARENDOFF mugs it up with memorabilia. Some of the carde in one of the magazine covers from his Charendoffs huge collection date collection.of Valent ine cardse and back to the 1820s. Photo by Mark Roomor, Whltby Froc Promu Vaentýine hob b s muse u m By Mark Reesor Local pharmicist* Syd Charendoif bas 50 mfany Vlentine cards he's had to open-a, znuseum.- No, Charendoif isn't Canada's version of' Robert Redford __ he's a collector of Valentine cards, old books and -magazines - "everything... «It started as one roomn in the house and blossomed into a museum,» hé. says, refierring to The Southbourne Archives,hi Toronto museum. Charendof finds his treasures at «garage sales, flea markets, contents of house sales and ucosgarbage. cans, rippinïg up'the, lino- leum in old houses...»9 Some of 'Charendofl's vast collection, which includes cards dating back te the 1820s are on display at Jerry's Driug Warehouse in Wýitby. 1 c(It's) causing a, lot of commotion,>'says Charendoif, the store's pharmacist. , "Everyboay who gKoes 6y it stops to remark andp oint fingers. borne reminisce about the old dSays - t h e World War -II ones... they remark about the beauty of the Victorian ones Theres quite a variety.» Another type getting lots of second glances are thé Valentine 'penny dreadfuls,'which date back to before the turn of the century. eEverï one is nasty... they ware.meant te bo insuits, says Charendoif. Also featured are sonie penny postcard Valentines - ver popular unil abýout 1910 -- and some early ictorian cards, handmade and handpainted. SER PAGE 8 Two exmple of 'PnmnyDreadfuls,' insulting \Valentine Cards dating back to 1efir Councilors blaEst plan By Marilo Boucher, Whitby councillors on Mondayý, vented theirfrustrations over the ~reew~ay ink in th West'éndcXa Whitby that would join Hwy'401 and the future Hwy 407. Cliff Lumley from the Minstryý of Transportation and 1Tyrone Gan from Proctor-and Redfern Ltd. which gathered the data for the ministry attended Monday's Town councif meeting te provide the lateet information about the proposed freeway. The technically preferred route, for the freeway link is between Halls Rd. and Coronation Rd., Sand stretches,,about: 10 kilo- metres1 betwen Hwy. . 401 and the. proposed Hwy. 407, north, of the existingHwy. 7. Public .meetings about the freewaylink will be held Feb. 25 at, the Whitb mu icialbuilding' and Feb. 2- tteAa'Cn. munity Centre.. j Cm Ga adthe preferred route was chosen based on lower cost and less impact on the envýiron- ment and agriculture than anyof. the other possible routes. Lumley-said the ministry wil make a report two weeks follow- ing the, public meetings, -and suggeted te council thai a"' Ton esponse should be forWar- ,ded te the ministry by early, ,April Luinley said, in response te a question from couciIlor Marcel Brunelle, that the next .best