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Three children die in Oshawa fire Tfhree Oshawa in a Christmnas Townshouse on o ORGANIS'ia DIRECI Douglas D SUNDAY, DECI ORONO UNITE Church School Suinda>' Service RIRBY UNITEI WýNorshlip Service Church School - Dial-A-Thougli children diéd The. first left one of the Eve fire in a parents in the intensive care Malaga Rd. unit of a Toronto hospital. Three other children escap- ed death when, they jumped from second story windows fln HUC into the arms of rescuers. A seventh child, fine weeks old, rono Pastoral was carried to safety by its mnother. Charge Dead are Michelle Fraser, 4 and her brother Richard, Minister whose parents, Ron and lIrma Rivers, of 4 Malaga Rd. were ev . B~. E. Long admitted to hospital. Terry B.TII- Francis, 2, who was visited at the Rivers home also died in iztO"IR the tire. TOR Three couples and their I)eWeii children had gathered at the ENMBER 29 Rivers' home earlier Christ- mas Eve. The three husbands, Ron Rivers, Daniel Francis D CHURCH and hîs brother, Tony Francis of 127 Park Rd. S., went to a -1600a,.. neighbour's townhouse to eI1: 15 a.mn. wrap Christmas gifts. About 30 minutes later the D CH1JRCH ire broke out, The three mothers had been - 9:45 a.m. in the kitchen. One of themn 11:Oa.m. heard a noise in the living room and rushed in to be ât 983-9151 confronted with a wall of flamne. Christmas Eve GM white collar Services Popular In Orono Both the Orono United Church) and St. Saviour's Anglican Church held Christ- mias Eve services with a goodly number of residents attending.> Parking lots workers miay unionizecomnPîeted White collar workers at General Motors of Canada's Oshawa offices may be taking the first steps to become unionized in an effort to counter what one segment of the salaried staff calîs unfair business tactics. The executive of the United Auto Workers Local 222 bas been receiving a steady stream of complaints to the effect GM is weeding out its experienced, salaried work- ers who don't have degrees, while younger staff, with degrees remnain at their jobs, said Carl Finlay, secretary- treasurer of the local. A GM spokesmnan said a very smMl n ercentage of the salaried staff, wn(P are nut represented by any union, are leaving their jobs through the usual process of rétirement. The spokesman said 127 salaried workers, over 55 years of age,- are exercising their,- option to retire- and some 10 other youngersalar- ied staff members will be facing layoff. It was reported at the Ganaraska meeting on Thursday that the two park-'.> ing lots at Ball's Mill had been completed. This project was one of the first phase develop- ment for the project and was down under the supervision of the Authorîty staff. Final approval and plans for the rebuilding of the dam at the Mill have yet to be received.' It is expected that this work along with other development will be carried out in 1975. ST. SAVIOURS ANGLICAN Established 1869 Regular Sunday Worship Service - 10:00 a.m. HoIy Communion- Fkrst and Third Sundays Morning Prayer- Second and Fourth Sundays Roi>' Baptism by appointment nith Rector 987-4745 rRev. H. Robert Hayne, B.A., L.Th. Clarke Public LIBRJARY Monda>', Tueeday, Thursday and FridaY 6:30 to 8:30 p.ni Monda>', Thursday, ,Frjday Afternoons 2-30 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 to 12:009a. WATSON'S Marine and Cycle Orono Phone 983-5343 PRINCE CRAFT BOATS Ailouette Snow Mobiles MecCuloeh Chain Saws Repairs to ail makes of Lawn Mowers and 2 and 4 cycle Englues ALLOUETTE SNOWMOBILES Orono Building Comtrctor Brick - Block - Concrete Stone Work 1 Carpentry - Cabinet Work Floors - Tule 983-5441 Oroho Region staff ratifies contract Durham Region's inside As of juiy1 workers represented by the O'Connor said Canadian Union of Public inside workers ra Employees (CUPE) local 1764 low of $6,250 to ai1 ratified a collective agree- $17,000 a year. ment, with the region Thurs-, day guaranteeing them an 18'/4 percent salary increase over the next year and a haîf. The new contract is the C c J local's' first with the region and was approved by a vote of 84 in favor, 41 against, saîd Terry O'Connor, president of the 200 member CUPE unit. Recause it is the first contract with the region, major emphasis was placed on laying the groundwork for future bargaining, said Mr. O'Connor. The new agreement elimin- ates the inequities in the salar>' scale- for the workers who came to the regional jobs almost a year ago with E everyone working at a differ- E ent rate, he said. numberi "And nobody took a pay cut,' he said. But it is î The workers wilI receive a 121- percent across the board salary increase .Jan. 1, 1975 1) Check and another six percent increase Jan. 1, 1976. The contract expires at the end of 2) If the r June 1976. - New pool to be ready The Bowmanville Memorial !Park Swimming Pool in Bowmanville is on its way to completion with the vinyl liner being placed in position some weeks ago along with 22,000 gallons of water. It appears that the next job to complete is the chain link fence with the final phase of develop to be completed in the spring. The Bowmanville Service Clubs, Kiwanîs, Rotary-,-Kin- sman and Lion are A supporting the project with labour and funids. The work bas been under the direction of Mr. Merrill Brown. The pool size is 82 feet by 34 feet. Re