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EE ali: RUA -~ It's a question of unions Surprise! Local mail is still moving in Port Perry Surprised that there are no pickets in front of the Post Office in Port Perry? Or that there's an advertise- ment, newspaper, or other local mail in the basket or box? Well, don't be in a hurry to send that letter to Amarillo, Texas. It won 't'get there...at least not until the mail strike is over. PORT Only local mail is moving: here in the Port Perry area, mail that is posted and distri- buted to local addresses. "What many peoplé don't understand,' said Post- master Bruce Hull, 'is that there are three unions within the post office. People tend to lump them all together, he said, and conclude that the PERRY entire post office staff is out on strike. The latest round of post office problems are with the Canadian Union -of Postal Workers. There are no CUPW members employed at the'Port Perry post office. The work that CUPW mem- bers do in other post offices is done here by members of _anotner union, the Canadian Wednesday, November 5th, 1975 Postmasters Association. Mr. Hull said that mem- bership reflects the size of the operation. Such places as Port Perry, Uxbridge, and Fenelon Falls would fall in the "Grade 6 and under" category and would belong to the association. Post office employees from "Grade-7 and up" class post offices would belong to the CUPW. 20 Vol. 109 No. 52 24 Pages Serving Scugog Township Tenders for new Scugog arena fo be opened at special meeting There will be a special ° meeting of Scugog Council on Wednesday, November 12 at 7 p.m. to publicly open tenders submitted by builders for the construction of the Scugog Community Arena. Eight builders have been sent Proposal Call Specifici- ations, and are asked to have design and general con- struction proposals relative to the project before the . township not later than 3 p.m. on November 12. Council wants to get the tenders processed as quickly as possible so they can be passed on to the new arena committee for study. Com- mittee chairman Howard Hall said Monday night that he expects studies of the tenders of up to two weeks by the committee will probably be necessary before a choice is made. Choice among the eight will not only have to be made on the factor of price, but also on the arena to be built. , The ~ somewhat - unusual "method of tendering by the Avoiding mail problems Despite a threatened con- tinued postal strike, the Dur- ham Region Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association is hoping for a good response during this year's Christmas Seal cam- paign, the association's only source of funds for work ranging from conditioning courses for asthmatic child- ren to smoking withdrawal courses. The association asks the public, in case of a continu- ation of the postal interrup- tion, to bring their Christmas Seals envelopes to any char- tered bank or trust company inihregion Volunteers and cour ers will be hand-deliver- ing this year's Christmas Seals, if necessary, the association states. The chartered banks and trust companies of Durham Region have come to the aid of the Christmas Seal cam- paign this year to help. For 23 years, the Durham Region (formerly Ontario County) Tuberculosis and respiratory Disease Associ- ation has operated solely on contributions received thr- outh the Christmas' Seal mail campaign, but because of the current withdrawal of postal service, the Associ- ation faces the possibility of having to reduce its program for the next year. Christmas Seal envelopes can be dropped into all banks and trust companies in the Region. They will then be picked up by courier and taken to the Bank of Nova Scotia, Oshawa. Hundreds of man-hours have been put into the Christ- mas Seal campaign, check- ing and typing, etc., includ- ing the volunteers that work- ed preparing the seals for mail delivery. In lieu of mail service the seals will be hand-delivered by volunteers and others, in an effort to keep the Associ- ation's program running efficiently. Research is one of the many areas where the fund is needed. The Canadian Tuberculosis and Respir- (continued on page 13) Budget clipping he province's recent A: that health care costs will have to be trimmed next year did not go unnoticed here. Hospital board Chairman Howard Hall said last week following a hospital association con- vention in Toronto that such cuts would inevitably affect Community Memorial Hospital. He added, however, that he could see no "major cuts" in services or facilities. The hospital faced a two per cent across the board budget cut imposed by the province last year. He said one of the ways the cut was applied was by cutting back on labour costs. He said part- time help was one of the areas where cuts were. made. '""The idea is to nibble away at a number of areas, not to close down services." So, it looks like more nib- bling this year. a committee gives builders certain flexibility, allowing each to take advantage of their specialties and methods. Of the eight contractors asked to bid on the project, none are from Scugog, a point Mayor Lawrence Mal- colm questioned. Mr. Hall said that the contractors contacted, all had considerable experience in arena construction, and -have each built at least one arena. The names were picked following research by the committee, and also two that Totten, Sims, Hubicki Associates Ltd. had some experience with. Construction firms from Markham, Whitby, Brace- bridge, Weston, Waterloo and Peterborough have been asked to submit a proposal. That doesn't mean the community's mail service is not interrupted. Obviously, mail from points outside and outgoing mail has come to a halt. Local postal workers here admit there are some com- plaints about the mail strike from customers, and that explanations are often in order. "Once the situation is explained," claims Mr. Hull, "people don't blame us here." Incidentally, the Canadian Postmasters Association is now in the throws of negoti- ations, demanding, among' other things, wage parity with whatever CUPW gets. Their contract expired October 7. There has never been a strike by the association, pointed out Mr. Hull. The association, with a membership of aroung 8,000 is much smaller than both the CUPW and the Letter Carriers' union. Adequate water supply Scugog Township has given permission for Durham Region to construct a pumphouse on the unopen- ed road allowance between lots 18 and 19, concession 3, Ward 1 in the township. The action came last week after council received a letter from G. L. Post of the region's land purchase divis-, ion, requesting mission. The letter states only that the test drilling at the site was successful and that the Region now would like per- mission to construct a pump- house on the property. According to township of- ficials, no official word on the volume or quality of water at the site has yet been forwarded to the township. International Water Supply is doing the testing. The site, eighth in a series conducted by the region this summer, is at the site of the the per- community's existing two wells along Oshawa Road. $25,000grant Heritage Ontario didn't waste any time in getting a $25,000. grant to- the Town Hall 1873, Mayor Lawrence Malcolm pointed out last night. He read a letter from the province to council at the Monday meeting, stating: that the grant would be coming through now that Scugog Township has offic- ially designated the restor- ation efforts as having historical value. "It's (the $25,000) not long coming through once the property -has been design- ated by council", said Mr. Malcolm. The Township by-law was passed about a month ago. Perhaps one of the last signs of a dying season is the familiar, plcasant smell of the smoke from the many bon fires as area residents spend the last few days of warm weather doing a little lawn - work. For this little girl, ~ the next signs of the changing season? . How about a blizzard. it was an experience that she'll remember for some time. What are