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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Oct Board retirement gratuities may cost taxpayers 30M John Van left and Van VLaier travelled all the way from Holland to celebrate their wedding anniversary with family In Acton The also celebrated their anniversary here and nay they II be bock for the Dutch couple celebrate 50th anniversary here A Dutch couple who celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary here years ago returned to celebrate their anniversary Jan Van and Trayntje Van Dyke- Visser of Koudum in northern Holland arrived recently to celebrate their anni vcraary with their daughters Mrs Jan Vryenhoek of Acton and Mrs granddaughter Tineke Vryenhoek sons in law and Jake Van seven other grand children and seven great grandchildren The couple were married October 18 In also a town in northern Holland and have travelled to Canada times This time they came via the United States since their flight was diverted to Buffalo due to the general clerks strike Their luggage arrived three days later They will be staying In Acton for three months Mr and Mrs Van Dyk said their marriage has lasted because they love one another and look after one another They added they will be back to celebrate their anniversary St Albans news On Sunday October 19 two new sisters were welcomed Into the congregation of Christ flock and into the family of St Tammy Lynn Bosch daughter of Roy and Susan Bosch Guelph god parents Roy and Marie Brooks and Joanne Lynn Hardy daughter of Gary and Janet Hardy godparent Muriel Chapman On Sunday October the children of the Church School Joined the congregation in the church and presented a short skit as well as singing a number of delightful choruses Something new will be taking place at St starting on November There will be a Eucharist service using a modern rite and joyful hymns and choruses will be sung It is planned to have this service on the second Sunday of every month and it is hoped many of the young people of the church will Join in Costs for retirement gratuities for Board of Education staff are predicted to bo more than mill Ion by the end of the century That prediction plus a recommendation to set up a reserve fund to cover part of the cost was tabled by staff during Thursday board meet ing The price tog covers the gratuity for caretakers clerical and other staff as well as all Hal ton teachers Trustees reaction to the 15- page report ranged from a desire for and a just for the rccom mcndatlan to an Must ration that one group of teachers could earn more in their first year of retirement than in their final year of employ ment Milton Hills trustee John Bradley and Burlington BUI Priest tier wanted a simply wor justification for the recommendation to establish a reserve which will partially fund future liabilities One concern held by Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation President Ron Ness is that teachers become the whipping boys for that money He had however no pro blems in terms of the basic concept Georgetown Trustee Barry Shepherd failed in his bid to pressure the staff to establLsh an average retirement pay How do teachers compare with the rest of society Under the current scheme of things It pos teacher to earn more in the first year of retirement then in the last year of work ob served Burlington Trus tee Cam Jackson when the was unable to produce precise figures for Shepherd Controversy flared between the board and OSSTF during this year contract negotiations concerning the gratuity The board tried to drop the parugraph from the agreement Teachers succeeded In keeping In the document of the cost for tic present retirement gratuity million or so is aimed at school and ele mentary teachers The balance is for secret clerical custodian staffs Retirees get one gratuity payment For a person to be eligible he must be employed by the board for at least 15 years Since retirement lave been paid In starting 11 years ago has been paid to 285 people If the report is adopted during the boards next meeting the retirement gratuity program will be reviewed every five years That Is a feature which President Ness finds Important century An employee may change jobs and re lievo the board of the need to pay the gratuity And not all employees are eligible for retire ment gratuity according to Ness He used the example of the eight secondary teachers who retired last year Three Some of the of them were not eligible contained in the Theearlyretlrementof report are sources of con cem for some trustees and observed that calculations of mill rates do not assume the eventual change by government to market value assessment OSSTF president Ness questioned the assump tion that all employees of age years or older will retire from the Halton board by the turn of the No payoffs corruption at Region Then have been no payoffs and no corruption at Region as have been suggested by an Oak Councillor Acting Chief Administrative Officer Dennis Perlin said he had made a thorough investigation of charges by Councillor Laurie regarding an subdivision Mr rejected Mr call for a com plete into financial affairs of the Region as they no exist and submit to council a full report on the exact status of all money received budgeted and allocated Mr Perl n read the Mannell letter clause by clause and was able to all the suggestions contained to the sat of the Administration and Finance Committee teachers advantageous to and board said Ness Ho noted that when a teacher retires at age or less he Is not going to get the retirement gratuity of someone walling until he Is Other teachers who may not be eligible for full retirement gratuity are one from private In for example shop teachers who join the profession late in life Such teachers may not have all days sick leave In the bank or the years service for the gratuity Radar squad pulls them in The introduction of a special three man police rad squad is showing definite results report Regional Police A total of highway traffic act charges were laid during en eightday period In north alone be lOandOct Of that number were speeding violations On Sept a party was held at the home Mr and Mr 17 George Street the eightieth birthday of Mr Senior who lives In Fast York Twenty three friends and relatives helped Mrs To the electors of ERIN TOWNSHIP RE ELECT JOHN FOR DEPUTYREEVE Experience in the past Progress in the future VOTE NOV 10 THE ACTION IS ON COME AND PLAY EVERY SINGLE NIGHT ENTIRE HALL ON ONE HOOD ADMISSION fc SUNDAY 3500 INFOBMATION O AFTER ALL TO INTERNATIONAL CENTRE ROAD AND DEMY ROAD For Erin Township REELECT George Root FOR COUNCILLOR Moving served you on I to the past years I ago n ask your support on bar Win If elected I to servo you to tost my I FOR TRANSPORTATION CALL 855 More news B6and B7 HEART ATTACK RECOGNITION AND EMERGENCY TREATMENT Basic Cardiac Ufa Support Courses Including being Acton Y first course Is but openings are aval lab to tor November 3rd 10 30UhQO on 1W0am130pjn REGISTER NOW PHONE DAYS EVENINGS FEE par parson 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