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THE HERALD Wednesday October IS IMS You have to love driving a cab Vivian la one of two female taxi cab drive in It was quite late In the and a man had called a taxi Getting Into the car the taxi driver asked him Where td The man who had had a bit too much to drink replied the taxi cob driver you should know where 1 live This was somewhat a Georgetown Her colleague is June Secord of Georgetown Taxi In a lot of ways both women are much alike Always smiling always a cheery note always with something witty to be said hardworking and enthused pleased and sue with their work for over one year June has been behind the escorting wheel for two years and has been with Georgetown Taxi for about one year While we carry out our nine to five Jobs finishing when that second hand hits twelve the taxi cab driver has no such hours Vivians first reaction to being questioned what her hours were was Oh my God TEN FOUR Vivian Shaw of Flash Taxi i Georgetown When Vivian driving the one of the two women taxi drivers in taxi she home answering phone colls and operating the dispatch radio unique experience however a Vivian and her husband Vivian gets up at every taxi cab driver like Vivian Kenneth have owned and morning Monday through Show of Flash Taxi expects Friday she will drive the taxi this type of Incident to happen a year now with Vivian driving from shortly after six clock In the morning until six clock at night Then she returns home where the office Is located and answers the phone until 1 a m Saturdays and Sundays are slightly different however a rest Is still not available Saturday calls are taken from nine In the morning until twelve clock midnight When Vivian t driving she Is at the phone and working the dispatch radio June has it no easier In fact her total number of driving hours are higher but then the difference comes In when no phones have to be answered June gets up at four lock In the not even the earliest of birds are up at that time nor the sun for hat matter She begins driving at about am and from Monday to Wednesdays drives from that wee small hour until six clock at night Thursday and Fridays June gets to sleep in because she begin to drive until nine In the morning However she continues until ten at night June takes her day of rest on Saturday and on Sunday she Is back at work It should be pointed out that these women cannot shut off at the exact hour If a call has to be answered or if they are In the middle of a run at their quilting time it would hardly serve as hospitality to literally dump their customer off En the middle of who knows where By chance and chance only June was contacted for the Interview at one of her rare lunch hours stops She pointed out that It Is perhaps once every two weeks that she has a chance to really alt down and enjoy a lunch Thus as she was sitting In the Cafe slowly eating her lunch she took time out to talk about her life as a taxi cab driver Why did I decide to drive a taxi I once salt that I d never drive a taxi but I was out of a Job and this was the only thing available at that time so I took It Now I love It so much that I veeven bought my own car What did June work at before her career as a taxi driver began Well I done quite a few different Jobs I driven a dump truck pumped gas drove a bulldozer a tractor trailer and waited on tables like Job Iguesa I everything but fly a plane June enjoys hard work as it is obvious as well as enjoys working outside After working at these types one might suspect and probably be totally convinced that Jure Is one of those women libbers Not so In totally against women lib Well It that guess but I do think It Is carried much much too far I Just enjoy hard work Driving a taxi Is fun First of oil I love driving Secondly I outside which Is terrific Third I get to meet so many people Everything about It Is great You do have some bad days but they are usually so few and for between that the good days easily make up for the bad ones Recently much has been written and reported con safety of Toronto taxi cab drivers or for that matter the safety of a cab driver In any area It seems though that luckily Georgetown Is still a small town at heart with not too much danger for our cab There was only once when I was scared It was late In the night actually It was early morning and I had to pick up this guy Now this man ob viously had had too much to drink Funny thing was his guy really scared me Weird enough though he never said anything to me Never did anything to me but maybe what scared me The fact that he talk I Just had this feeling that a knife was going to be stuck in my back As most cab drivers June has picked up a number of drunks in her time has had to listen to them and try to determine where they really want to go She also has had a few close calls such as not making it to the hospital in time for Ihe birth of a bob v But those are he Joys of a driver There are occasions when June does get upset with her employment guess the worst part Is when you get those overgrown hound dogs In your car licking But then on the other hand 1 love animals and I really never mind taking them anywhere That s no nine to five woman It suits me driving a cab And I love It concluded June So next we try Vivian Shaw After a message was relayed through Parks Confectionery contact was made However Vivian too hod not much time to sit down and talk So determined to tolk with this woman I travelled in the taxi for two and one half hours with Vivian Actually the length of time was not In lenUonal but kept pouring In and there virtually no time to drop me off back downtown That ride some experience Within two ana one half hours I hod travelled dose to miles I met public school teacher a public school student a factory worker a mother with two small children a high school student four housewives and a radio dispatcher I even got to ride to Milton and Glen I also learned the meanings behind the two key sayings of tennine and ten four I learned also that car with bad points and plugs If passing a taxi will create a great deal of static over the radio Intact In that two and one half hours I obtained a lot of first hand knowledge I also teamed that as June Vivian thoroughly enjoys work I enjoy the Job very much You get to meet all kinds of people The hours don bother me at all ex plained Vivian I ve always enjoyed driving Georgetown Is a friendly town and con the people I drive are really friendly or scared by one of the customers Vivian has as yet never gone through such on experience I ve hod no trouble at all with any of my customers I ve had a few drunks but they all have been very good No 1 haven been scored as of yet But then again I guess there a first time for everything customer upon being delivered to his or hei destination decides not to pay their fare Outside of once that has not happened to me However that time when It did happen I Just drove the person to the police station Well needless say that shook him up and yes he did pay me Vivian be friendly with and talk to someone without having to know their names Many a customer really lets loose In the cab and often takes Vivian into their confidence However at times things do get out of hand and you get some people who have more problems then Carters have liver pills When hose type are IT A HECTIC DAY for June Secord of up bright and early at a and begins to Georgetown Taxi for each morning she gets drive She doesn mind the hours because I love my work Rehashing her experience with the man with a bit too much to drink Vivian stated that I dldn t have a clue who this man was I dldn have a clue to where he lived Bull know now Anyway that one person and one experience I II never forget Thinking about it now It was hilarious As for being badly shaken up What happens when a Vivian has many regular customers whom she picks up at o certain time each day These people I usually get to know their names However with most of them I don t know their last names I know their number and street but their last names are unknown Names t reallv necessary though You can riding I Just Bit back grin and bare It concluded Vivian Driving a taxi at first glar might seem like a pretsure- slow Job but as shown those thoughts should be quickly changed For like life Us hectic constantly moving and to much fun we change It for anything Parents upset with fiasco at board 108 NEC Betty Fisher of the Halton Organization termed last Thursday evening Board of Education meeting as a fiasco Three representatives of the Halton Concerned Parents Mrs Fisher Christine and Lillian Kilpa trick were Joined by another parents organization Renaissance for the con fronts lion However the two concerned groups were protesting and ques toning In Wo different areas Mrs Fisher explained that Renaissance committee presented the board with excerpts of a book Go Ask Alice which Is presently used as text in the school system and asked Mr Boich superintendent of programs to read certain passages After Mr refused to read the passages the uproar began In all my years of going down to the board of education meeting I have never seen such a protest stated Mrs Fisher Eventually things did quiet down only to have the board faced with three protestors from Concerned Parents group all three of whom were carrying protest Mrs Fisher approached the stated the following As taxpayers of we would ke to have the following information How much money Is spent on directors assistant to the directors superintendents and assistants to the superintendent How much money Is spent on coordlnators assistant co all consultants principals and viceprincipals of elementary and secondary schools secretaries technicians and all other personnel connected with various levels of he administration How much money Is spent on trustees How much money Is spent on conferences attended by ad mlnistrators trustees What have their expenses been for the 197475 school year What Is the total expense to date Mrs Fisher explained that Judy Alexander chairman of the board stated that It would take some time to cumulate the Information However it was agreed by the board that the concerned parents group will receive their desired Information within seven to ten days Mrs Fisher also explained that MPP Julian Reed checked into the matter and the group Is legally privileged to obtain the Information wished In fact they are also legally able to obtain all the audited Bpendlngs of the board What we are trying to find out is exactly how the pie is divided We are also trying to find out the effectiveness of the various areas of special programs etc Also we want to see If and where costs can be trimmed stated Mrs Fisher Mrs Fisher also added that the group has hired a lawyer to deal with all the legal matters We have found that the board will not deal humanly only legally Thus we have lo match them and so we too will deal In a legal manner Because of the meeting the way It turned out it is obvious that people are becoming Impatient and will not sit quietly any longer I myself would rather see us sit down calmly discuss this thing and get things cleared up as soon as possible But If things changed soon this type of fiasco will continue concluded Mrs Fisher Of the 190 applications for development permits reviewed by Georgetown office of the Niagara Escarp ment Commission 141 have been processed thus far of which 10B have been approved The Georgetown office of the NEC covers Peel and the county of Development permits are required in about percent of the Niagara Escarpment Planning Area before a local building permit can be ob tained The controls came into effect on June 10 and in the four months since a total of applications have been received by the NEC covering all areas of the escarpment Of those have been processed with being Under the Development Control system when the commission mokes Its decision on on application a copy of this decision Is then sent to the applicant and all property owners within feet of the subject land Recipients this notice may appeal against ft In writing to the minister of housing within days An independent hearing officer will then hear the ap peal and report to the minister of bousing who in turn makes the final decision on the ap peal Open house at the fire hall As part of the continuing Department will be holding an campaign for fire prevention open house at Chapel the Georgetown Volunteer Street Fire Hall from to d m Thursday evening and slides will be Parents study crowded class Finding a solution to an overcrowded Grade One classroom at Holy Cross Separate School has been set as the first priority of a group of approximately parents of children enrolled at Holy Cross Expressing dissatisfaction with the enrollment of students in the schools only Grade One class the parents last Wednesday night formed an organization which Is now examining the possibility of obtaining an additional full time teacher for the school That Is definitely our priority commented Tom Ramautoralngh president of the newly formed organization The committee that was set up to look into class sizes Is also considering the need for a portable for the school to provide additional space Parents at the meeting were told that if another class Is added here would be problems la finding classroom space for it Barry Gowan principle of Holy Cross explained the parents present many of whom have students In Grade One that when estimates of class sizes were first made It expected that 392 students would be enrolled In the school with only expected for the Grade One class However a totally unex 4Z5 students have registered so far of which 41 are now in the first grade The overall ratio set out by the Halton Separate School Board states that the student to teacher ratio should be in the area of 30toone He credited part of the large Jump in registrations wllh a large turnover of students from the public school system to our system Parents questioned If Grades One and Two could possibly be combined but Mr replied that dif between the two groups would be too great Mr a teacher at added It not educationally sound It would do more damage to those student than leaving them in their present situation Parents praised the work of the current Grade One teacher Mary Hartley in handling Ihe large class with the assistance of one volunteer parent But any teacher con only work to a maximum com mented Mr She can have only a certain amount of output before her responsiveness to the students suffers The idea of split shifts for the Grade One students was also quickly ruled out by the parents A spillshift system in Peel produced a number of problems for both teachers and students said one member of the group Hart Sherk separate school board trustee for Georgetown was present at the meeting and although he reserved judgement on the parents role until I see what Its purposes and goals are noted that their point about on additional full time teacher was a good one He explained that the board has already decided to ad for a part for Holy Cross but whether or not a portable classroom can be obtained will have to be studied by the board It possible that a portable could be obtained but not within the very near future The parents organization formed Its executive at the meeting which consists of Mr president Colin Whitehead first vice president Mrs Evelyn Fisher second president secretary Anthony Dal ton treasurer Committees were formed to examine various aspects of the school operations The chairmen of the committees include Jack Sullivan class size Kay d Entremont program Con building and fixtures Gary Klrkpatrlck school organization In outlining the purpose of the new organization Mr stated As parents we hove to totally alert when It comes to the education should not entrust their education solely to others He added that the group would however give our teachers our full Hearted support Former Herald circulation mgr dies in crash A former circulation hospital in Ottawa where he manager of the Herald John was reported In serious con Garfield died early Saturday morning Mr Nieman had been Mowing a single car crash In manager of this paper the Pembroke area during the early part of this Mr Nieman died after the year He was transferred to a car he was driving left High similar position In the dally way 62 Just west of Pembroke Pembroke Observer struck a culvert and over He Is the son of Garfield and turned A passenger in the Naomi Nieman vehicle Maurice of services were held Monday in to Pembroke Pembroke Mysterious chemical sends to hospital were called on four times over the weekend to handle minor fire problems In Hills area At 12 Saturday afternoon the fire alarm sounded for two fire colls one at Georgetown District Memorial Hospital and tho second at 7 Drive The automatic alarm at the hospital was triggered with no fire evident The call the home of E Burro v a In four people to hospital for treatment Two family members and two fire fighters were ad milted for treatment after contact with an unknown chemical which was concocted by a four yearold of the Borrow family All were released following a routine at the hospital Two rural fires on Monday did damage to a barn and a tree a truck by lightening The barn was In Milton fire district but the area waa temporarily reassigned for the holiday weekend to permit the families of the firefighters a peaceful Thanksgiving Police may be over years budget One problem overlooked Schwontz indicated to mediate nouce of the problem until now may result in an members of the group the was discovered Super over budget situation in current vocation pay schedule police salaries for the current calls for two weeks paid fiscal year vacation annually or a figure At Thursday a session of the of percent of the annual pay regional police commission These two figures arc area superintendent Floyd usually the same no Intendcnt budge reviews and found that with overtime consideration recommendation was mode to adjust the budget accordingly to examine the the 4 percent figure added existing contract and modify greatly to the vacation pay It any new one to avoid the over will be more lhan is olio t ted for budget situation In future