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Weston-York Times (1971), 24 Aug 1972, p. 1

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: â€" Four contractors have bid on the Metro :: project for grading, sodding, seeding, : tree planting and establishing a bicycle : path on Eglinton Avenue West from ; Royal York Road to Martin Grove Road, :# One contractor had his bid shelved & because he was late. He was held up by a # traffic accident on the Gardiner exâ€" :: A sound and color documentary motion :: picture on Metro Toronto‘s waterfront :: recreation plan has been ordered by the : executive committee of the Metro conâ€" :: servation authority. The film will cost ©$18,000 to $20,000 and be of 27 minute : executive : servation : $18,000 to < _ Re Metro :: servatior z: flowering :: Metro Cl : authority :: chairma from wel & Mr. C :: surgery c : He is no :: man‘s of :: Metro p = view tha : prevent I :# of office â€" Fourc project | : tree plar : path on > Royal Yo % _A one day conference aimed at % : promoting cycling for recreation will be :: iz held in November under the sponsorship % > of the Ontario Heart Foundation. Metro # Toronto and Region Conservation & : Authority has been asked to support the :: :: conference. The heart foundation % :# believes that cardio vascuiar fitness can : :: be maintained through cycling. & VOL. 11, No. 37, 17 Daybar Avenue â€"â€" Phone 247â€"6137 Off Martingrove Rd. 1 block South of Beifieid Mr. Campbell underwent major surgery on August 8 and is recuperating. He is not expected back in the chairâ€" man‘s office before mid October. Some Metro politicians have expressed the view that Mr. Campbell‘s health may prevent him from seeking a second term of office as Metro chairman. Metro Toronto and Regional Conâ€" servation Authority plans to plant a flowering shrub or tree in the garden of Metro Chairman Albert Campbell. The authority officials took the view that the chairman was receiving enough flowers from well wishers. YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR NEW SHOWROOM ALL MODELS ON DISPLAY Recuperating Bicycle path Movies Two portables recently érected at the new George Syme School have become a con troversial issue among residents i the area. They are questioning why the portables are needed and what effect this has on the open needed and what effect this has on the open concept plan of the school. And York Council recently passed a motion by Alderman Jack Gallichan to stop payment of money allocated for the joint development of the George Syme School site West Portables become controversial issue Joint development of the parkette on the school grounds became an issue when the school was first planned and it was decided to split costs between the Board of Education and the borough. The school is located in an area that has little parkland. The nearest park, Smythe Park, is quite a walk for younger children. onâ€"York Times THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1972 Receiving complaints from area mflcnu,ur.dlnlchnleuu;imeburd of not doing enough homew on their planning for the number of children that would attend the school. School trustee Frank Regan explained that attendance is extremley difficult to estimate. ‘"People move away and new families move in during summer months and we have no way of knowing how this affects attendance until September when school opens," he said. In 1970 the year the school opened its doors, attendance was 1,028 pupils In September of 1971 attendance records h n lt ul ___ de Havilland Aircraft M offers ultimatum The number of ambulance calls received by Métro Toronto‘s 24â€"hour emergency ambulance system last year was up 11 percent. This year another increase is anâ€" ticipated. The emergency ambulance service is operated by Metro‘s department of emergency services. This department goes into action in the event of natural disasters, fires, explosions and floods as well as dealing with other dayâ€"toâ€"day emergency Last year the department‘s ambulance crews answered over 129,000 calls. Oxygen, and resuscitation equipment, aspirators, splints, cervical boards and backboards are part of the equipment carried on all Metro ambulances. _The ambulance attendant is licensed by n-mnmmcm:u-it mm&umnmu Mr. Grossman said this year‘s enumeration is also important as it emâ€" braces several other fundamental changes in legislation. "For example, an individual will now have only one vote per municipality, regardless of how many properties he or she may own or rent. "However, if an individual is resident in one municipality and also a property owner "A Canadian citizen or British subject who is 18 years of age or older and a resident of the municipality between September 5 and October 10 can vote in local elections," the minister explained. ‘‘This year, for the first time, we have expanded the right to vote in municipal and school board elections to the growing number of people who are neither property owners nor long term tenants. province. The Enumeration involves the gathering of basic information for municipal voters‘ lists. Eighty percent of Ontario municipalities will hold elections Monday, December 4. Mr. Grossman said that throughout Onâ€" tario‘s history, property qualifications, with some exceptions, have established eligibility for local electors. Revenue Minister Allan Grossman has announced that the Enumeration of Ontario Residents, which begins September 5, will identify a new kind of local voter in the The letter states, "It seems clear that you (the employees) do not have the true facts about the latest company offer and the obvious consequences to you if this strike is not ended quickly." The company currently ;ll:ploys some 1,800 people at its Downsview nt. It points out that the company‘s offer would give the de Havilland striking em ployees the third highest base rate paid by the 14 highest paying industrial companies in Métro Toronto. The offer provides an average wage rate at the end of 2% years from now of $4.71 an hour â€" an increase of 9 cents â€" 27 cents now, 17 cents a year from now, and a final 18 showed 1,031 pupils. And in 1972, enrollment. jumped to 1,063. According to Mr. Regan, the York School Board maintains that the school can acâ€" commodate 1,110 pupils, more than the present number at the school. But the standards set by the Metro school board only allow 910 pupils. As the school atâ€" tendance involves approximately 200 Metro students, rules of the Metro School Board had to apply. Thus the erection of two portables to take up what Metro consider to be an overflow. The portables are for grade six students. Situated in York, the open concept school has students from the city attending along The warning comes in a letter, dated August 18, signed by the company‘s president B.B. Bundesman, and mailed to the homes of employees who are members of Local 112 of the United Auto Workers Union. The workers have been on strike since January 22, 1972. The company‘s letter calls upon striking workers to obtain a copy of its most recent proposals and "read these proposals in the privacy of your home." Management of de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited has warned its 900 striking employees that the seven month strike must end if de Havilland is to continue in Enumeration will identify new municipal voters Ambulance services on the increase es in election act d 241â€"3581 180 CHURCH ST., WESTON, onT, Ambulances not only meet emergencies when they occur they also standby at in spparent. They have Seen soreened at une Mfirfinvfl.dm tles.. :: . / . The month of Decermber was the busiest for the emergency ambulance service last Last year ov travelled by the provide emergency care until a physician is available. The attendant must work closely with the emergency ward staff of every Metro hospital. He must be prepared to cope with emotional reactions to injury or sudden illness, mental disorders, alcoholism, drug addiction and reaction to the summer, between school years. The enumeration is to collect such in formation as names, ages, property ocâ€" cupancy status, school support, school electoral status, citizenship and residency. This information is required to prepare municipal voters‘ lists which will be delivered to municipal clerks by October 10. Following publication of the lists, people who have been omitted from the lists can contact the municipal clerk. that person‘s spouse." Mr. Grossman continued: "This means that a cottage owner, for example, can vote in the municipality where he is usually resident as well as the municipality in which his cottage is located. ‘"As cottage owners are not normally permanent residents of the municipalities where they own cottages, enumeration notices will be mailed to them at their permanent residences. They should make any necessary corrections on the notice and mail it to the address indicated." The enumeration is being made by the Ministry of Revenue‘s assessment division on behalf of the municipalities. Enumerations have traditionally been made in the spring. Starting this year, they will be undertaken in the fall, closer to the December election date, to reduce errors and omissions caused by family moves in in another municipality he or she can vote, p_ut‘only once, in each municipality, so can In addition to substantial improvements in life insurance and sickness and accident benefits, pension benefits would be inâ€" creased by 12 per cent, which would provide a company pension of $210 monthly after 30 years‘ service, the letter points out. It also notes that the company has offered $250 cash settlement pay to all employees who return to work within six months following signing of the new agreement. The letter refers to récent news stories about ‘ the serious economic state of Canada‘s aircraft manufacturing industry, and also to the reported layoffs planned at the Douglas Aircraft Company of Canada Ltd. plant at Maiton over the next 17 months affecting some 1,800 persons. The letter states that, if the strike is allowed to continue, there is, "the very real possibility that the plant will be forced to close permanently.‘" On the other hand, the letter continues, the acceptance of union demands, "would almost certainly make it virtually impossible to obtain sufficient orders to provide long term job security for anyâ€"employee. + "‘The strike must end if de Havilland is to continue in business and time is fast running out," says the letter, adding that the choice is up to the striking workers. trustee for ward 7, Ernie Nash. "They in no way effect the existing parkette." The school was built on the site of the old George Syme School Costing apâ€" proximately one million dollars, it was the first open concept school for York. cents in the last year (plus projected 33 cents COL) â€" totalling an increase of over 25 percent. with students who live in the immediate area. Extra students had to be acâ€" commodated last year when the children from the apartments on Woolner Avenue, who had been attending Cordella Junior Public School, were transfered to George SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS FLO are situated away from 4 Ni s29,

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