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VOL. 12, No. 5, 17 Daybar Avenue â€" Phone 247â€"6137 Off Martingrove Rd. 1 block South of Belfield # softball dia © softball diamond. o 0 o o e t ie on esnt anisenini aroiviiiii it YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR NEW SHOWROOM ALL MODELS ON DISPLAY from $1990 Kodak Canada Limited‘s employees voted Sunday night to strike if necessary, to enâ€" force contract demands. ol Talks between Kodak and Local 159 of the Internatiqnal Chemical Workers Union broke downt after a company offer for a 8 to 9 percent walgé increase was rejected by 93 percent of the employees in November. Metro standing committees The workers can legally strike midnight January 19, union president Gordon Livingstone said. About 72 percent of the voters voted to strike. The Mount Dennis plant has 1,050 emâ€" ployees covered by the bargaining unit. 900 are members of the union. In Brampton 50 employees are covered by the bargaining unit with 20 members of the union. "We have not been advised thiit the union will go on strike," said A.A, ~Bolte, a spokesman for Kodak. Mr. Bolte said that Kodak employees have never gone out on strike. ‘‘We only had a brief walkâ€"out by a few employees over a department issue." Mr. Bolte said that the current base labor rate for employees is $3.77 an hour. The companies offer would increase the rate to $4.47 an hour by November 1973. Skilled The single transit fare for Metro Toronto is definitely a lost cause. _ _ â€" York Mayor Philip White in his borough council inaugural address noted that York‘s three representatives at Metro will have to consider the merits of the single transit fare. He estimated that it could cost each York Taxpayer about $8 for the single transit this year since it must pick up a big An increase of existing transit fares in of the deficit and slap it in the laps of _ Metro, including retention of the zone fare rk, North York and other Metro area _ system appears inevitable according to ers. transit officials. Mr. Kearns told the comâ€" officials have predicted a four perâ€" _ mission that he didn‘t see where a heavy se in transit riders this year while at _ deficit could be avoided. * Westonâ€"York Times Kodak employees vote to strike sportation committee York Controller James Trimbee was named to the Metro Parks committee and Controller Douglas Saunders will return for another‘ term on Métro Works Committee. Lastman will return for another term on the Metro l‘rlhuon Committee and will be joined by new North tradesmen presently receive $5.23 an hour and the increase would bring them to $5.65 an hour by November 1973. _ o2 ‘‘In addition, to the increases, the union is asking for a cost of living index," said Mr. Bolte. "The union is requesting a two and a half year contract and we have offered them a normal two year contract." # Mr. Livingstone said the union offered to go to arbitration but the company refuses. He said concilliation talks last month also failed to end the four month contract dispute. The union is seeking improved pensions, full payment of medical and other benefits by the company and a costâ€"ofâ€"living index in a new 30 month.contract. The previous two year contract expired November 6. In addition, the union is asking a 90 cents an hour increase. They are also seeking a compulsory checkoff system for union dues and removal of vague wording in seniority clauses for layoffs and.job postings. the same time estimating that cost of transit operations will go up 12 percent. _ This doesn‘t help civic leaders supporting the single transit fare. But at least some North York residents will gain the single transit fare with the extension in March or earlyâ€" April of the Yonge subway line north from Eglinton to York Mills station. The TTC so far has kept the single transit fare on the subway system which certainly bends the two fare zone into a strange TTC Commissioner Gordon Hurlburt at a TTC meeting last week took a look at the budget and wondered about transit routes that were non economic. The TTC might be forced to shorten the mileage operated on some of the routes that don‘t pay their way. This would be a backward step in the opinion of some civic leaders but the alternative is massive support of public transit operations from the property tax. * The Metro Chairman is aware that council will debate this subway route, once again, since both York and th7Clty have vowed to oppose the Spadina réute and support a Bathurst Street Subway. He only asks in his address that council expedite the subway project. _ â€" While the Chairman praised the provinâ€" cial support for rapid transit including new methods of transit he said the province was dealing with long term solutions. York ‘ Controller _ Alex McGivern. North York was named to the Metro Works Committee Mr. Godfrey was also named to the Metro Social Services committee 0 which he served as chairman in while new North York Controller Barbara Greene will join the Mo Social THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1973 ‘‘Despite huge increases in costs of labor, materials and equipment, rates for. elecâ€" trical energy today are some 20 per cent lower than they were nearly five decades ago," John R. Dunn, chairman, North York Hydro told guests during the inaugural meeting, January 3. He told the audience that it was little wonder that borough council had been making covetous overtures to take over the commission and operate it themselves. "While we are flattered that North York Hydro has become irresistably attractive, we trust you will understand our opposition to such a change," he said. ‘"We are zealously guarding our perogative to inâ€" terface directly with the citizens of North York on hydro matters and solicit the cooperation of council members in not inâ€" terfacing themselves between the electorate and the commissioners." Mr.. Dunn said North York Hydro has grown from a revenue of $20,000 in 1924 to exceeding 50 million dollars in its 50th year. Speaking on the implementation of the recently released recommendations of Task Force Hydro and the future role and place of recommendations would not appear to serve the best interest of the people of North York. "We stand to lose in the shuffie," he ‘‘The municipal electric utilities now hold substantial equity in Ontario Hydro. Equity of almost a billion dollars, built up laboriously over decades by paying off Ontario Hydro debts," said Mr. Dunn. ‘Task Force Hydro proposes to take that equity, which for North York hydro exceeds Ring my bell North York Hydro holds line Fergus Brown, Cy Townsend, Jack Gallichan and Michael Waclawski simply thanked voters in their wards for another term of office. Alderman Ben Nobleman took the opâ€" portunity to complain about the lack of press coverage for the borough, mainâ€" Borough of York council but the daily papers only cover reformers on Toronto City council. He also stated that the province should reimburse the borough for loss of revenue caused by the Spadina expressway. . council was shown by the return of all _ Peter Bosa, "There are so serious council members for the next two years." mmdwflnwm'd Each of the aldermen were allowed to _ the act as it is now." , speak for a few moments and Alderman The only new member on council, Fergus Brown, Cy Townsend, Jack _ Alderman Chris Tonks, is not really a Gallichan and Michael Waclawski simply _ newcomer to York council. He used his thanked voters in their wards for another _ time in speaking to remind people of the term of office. man&:ommkl memlormmehcfinul 4 of Ward 5 their Alderman Ben Nobleman took the OPâ€" _ Oonjonce in lir. Tonks by electing him portunity to complain about the lack Of _ in ; jarge majority, "My platform is simply that the municipal act be revised," said Alderman The Borough of York retained the Blood Donor Trophy, an honor they first won last year, by having the highest percentage on units donated over quota Wednesday, January 3. York residents contributed 567 units â€" 242 â€"more than their goal. Quotas are set according to population figures. In order the boroughs turned in 174.5 percent for York; Etobicoke was 123 percent; Scarborough 120; East York 117.5 Toronto was short of their goal with 94.5 percent and North York turned in a last place finish with only 74 percent of their quota. In the photo above Town Crier Tug Wilson chats with a couple of ladies making their donations. 25 million dollars, and give in return worâ€" thless paper, nonâ€"voting equity stock, redeemable only upon sale or windâ€"up of Ontario Hydro. ‘‘Task Force Hydro recommendations appear to be but another step in the conâ€" tinuing trend to the concentration of more and more power in the hands of fewer an fewer elected representatives," he «onâ€" cluded. Mr. Dunn suggested that equity left with the municipalities to keep dro marketing oriented and make it even more responsive to the wishes of the people of Ontario. This can be done, he said, by "continuing to elect hydro commissioners at the municipal level." The Rockcliffe Senior Public School communityâ€" consultative committee have requested the removal of the dropâ€"in centre from the school. The committee is objecting to a number of incidents that occurred during the evening of Wednesday, October 18, including smoking in the gymnasium; beer drinking in the school‘s lunchroom ; forty empty beer bottles left lying in and around the school; several boys smashing locks upstairs in the school, an area that is outâ€"ofâ€"bounds; the stage curtains being ripped and caretakers threatened with physical harm. * Supervisors at the dropâ€"in cannot efâ€" fectively control what is going on, state the committee. Day pupils saw the beer bottlés No control at dropâ€"in 3 4;\‘.’;/ Worldwide Delivery Service D n 1 2 PAL3SB8ED > 180 CHURCH ST., WESTON.ONTARIO C3 Mr. Arthur Meen was singled out by Mr. Dunn as the most outstanding hydro comâ€" missioner in North York. ‘Shortly after his first election to the commission in 1961, Mr. Meen prevailed upon council to make unâ€" derground distribution mandatory in, new residential developments and so initiated the burial of hydro facilities," said Mr. Dunn. ‘‘In so doing he established a first that has since been followed by most other utilities. This action in effect constrained the growth of overhead construction." _ Mr. Meen was presented with a gold shovel tie clip, symbolic of. the continuing program to put North York Hydro unâ€" derground by Mr. Dunn, who at the same time dubbed him Mr. Underground. in the school, broken glass on the newlyâ€" sodded athletic field is hazardous and one caretaker was unable to make a telephone call to police. + These are not isolated events, mdnt: the committee, who strongly object to generalâ€"pattern of acts of nnhf harassment of caretaking staff and resulting demoralizing effect on the pupils® of Rockcliffe. The commnittee feel school children are needlessly exposed to a double . standard of behavioyral expectations that weakens the moral code being instilled by the staff of the school. t The parks and recreation have â€" asked the director of recreation to & report on the matter. . _ $ Ayfal SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS TRIMBEE FILORIST td ie