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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Jon 17 1979 3 My business Luke view Centre CN era ends for Charlie by Helen Murray For years Charlie Perry his been I been working on the railway Now after a lot of hard work and even more movinH around he able to sit down and re lax knowing he have the mile drive to work in the morning As of Mr Perry is retired from However he is currently on holidays until then giving him in extra month of rehxa lion The Acton resident fint joined the railway in in Angus Ontario near in teleKraphy inCollingwood He start his career as clerk but pointed out that back then a clerk did everything not sell tickets He explained he v is in of the operations of tnins looked after Incoming and outgoing freights and various other things On several occasions he recalled he had to get down on his hands and knees and scrub the floor with a brush and bar of soap Nowadays he everyone is specialized A clerk only knows how to be a clerk an person only knows about tint He lakes pride in knowing everything involved at a railway station From Angus the young man went to Penetang and Hear dmorc before beading to Wnshngo Minesing and Stroud His next string of stations took him to Zephyr South Parry Foots Bay Huntsville Burks Falls Scotia Junction Callwcll Junction Napance Brighton and then Acton Amidst all these transfers Mr Perry managed to find the time to get married in 1945 He notes that he and his wife and their family moved 12 times in their marriage The other transfers were lust temporary and he was able to keep his fimily at home Mr Perry ran the stition it agent from 19G3 until closure in 1969 After this he was transferal to Mimico then to He finally ended up at Yard at Keele and Hlghwiv where he was a transportation operator It was commuting to the Toronto stations that finally convinced him to retire Mr Perry explained that after years of driving BO miles a day he wanted to quit In 1966 he and Bruce Cargill opened Centre and he decided he would work in the store He pointed out though hat If the had not been there he would have got a job doing something else At yean old he Is too young not lo His main hobby is one he hopes he will be more able to pursue now that he retired He loves to travel and has already been to more places than most people only dream of fioinR He has seen the sights of Europe Spain New Orleans California Arizona and an array of other places He regrets now that he t go to India when a free air fare was offered by a man he met in Hong Kong and sometimes wishes he had gone to Australia instead of Japan but he regret any holidays It has cost a lot of money he said but nil the trips have been worth every penny spent The memories and photographs can send him back anytime to anyplace The prestige of working for the railway is gone according to Mr Perry It went out with Morse code small railway stations clerks who deal in the operations of trains or scrub floors the employees who put hours a day etc Not only had the job changed Mr Perry said but getting there had also He explained that when he first started commuting from Acton ten years ago there was not nearly the traffic there is now By the time he Rot to work in the morning or home at night he was just a bundle of nerves Mr Perry has enjoyed his life on the ml way but he is glad it is over Thirty nine years Is a long time to work in one career he said as he stood in the middle of his decorating store He is glad to see familiar faces come through the door and likes to stop and chat with old friends He has time for all that now and years of visiting to catch up on SELECTED LINES OF Dresses Pant Suits Pants TShirts Mitts Hats Teachers board settle for 6 hike Ratepayers will dig deeper into their pockets to pay Ha It on secondary school teachers this year but not as deep as teachers would have liked The teachers and Board of Education accepted the recommendations of a mediator last week and the price tag amounts to about million according to board chief negotiator Bill Pnestner of Burlington There is a general six per cent hike In salaries to all positions Teachers were seeking a seven per cent while the board would settle for five and a half percent according to a fact finders report The contract goes from last September until August The wage settlement of six per cent is augmented by a per cent increment plus benefits A starling teacher earns 13 under the new agreement while the highest category of teacher with years experience gets Teachers not In the highest group also pick up an increment of The nearly 1 teachers succeeded in working in a dental plan into the agreement but failed to persuade the board to pay 100 per cent the cost The board is to pay per cent of a dental plan and the same of Hospital coverage was seen eye-to- eye by the sides to the fact finder A major concession by the board was the agreement to hire more teachers which according to Hie discussion Thursday ire earmarked for special education The teachers I oped to get additional staff members According to Ontario Secondary School Teachers federation District Nine president Diane Barsori the hardest points lo convince teachers to move on were ferentiated stiffing and the professional development fund Agreement was reached to make the 100 figure the amount for the professional development bank for this calendar year The flat payment amounts to about a drop from last year and some financial benefit to the board according to Pnestner The question of hiring f schools differentiated stiffing a thorny one in negotiations I rs such as library hi d paid for out of funds won in net liati OSS IT Under the agreement on I will be laid before any tea declared surplus The of lit settlement mpo by mediator Martin Tephtsky per cent of last year cost One member of the boird negotiating team Burlington Helen Lock voted against the mediators proposil during the full board meeting Thursday She said she viewed the differentiated staffing clause as an infringement in the school board management rights This is the first Hilton secondary school to include i spelling out differ staffing In my opinion lying different ited staffing to redundancy is worst than not having anything at all Howard Lock said In recorded vote five trustees voted against the mediator proposal while said Yes when their were called out The most vocal trustee against the contract proposal was Burlington Fred who said the OSSTF is not motivated by a desire to serve students rather the federation wants to save teachers jobs in the face of declining enrolment The luring of 18 teachers slightly lowers the pup 1 teacher ratio another point taken up by Armitage He contended there is no convincing argument which establishes the education benefits of having fewer pupils per teacher He said he was also concerned because the settlement exceeds budget guidelines For teachers he pointed out the wage further separates the new teacher from the one with much seniority Former board chairman Gary Norton in favor of the contract pointed hit the maximum salaries are getting beyond reason However I feel the committee has done the best job possible he said Hills Ward 1 and 2 trustee Belly in a later interview said she voted in faior of the agreement because there was a chance of a strike a lockout or arbitration She indicated the first two are unthinkable while in her opinion both sides would have been in favor Barry Shepherd Hilton Hills Ward 2 and trustee said in a telephone interview later he voted in favor of the contract because it w be foolish to try and reach an agreement without reducing the though he said he was in favor of maintaining it at the previous level He also indicated uneasiness con a teachers strike because if he effect on pretty fair agreement Shepherd said Concerning the IB teachers for special education Shepherd indicated sympathy but mainly in schools He said felt if more was accomplished in the lower schools not so much need be done in high schools He did say he was glad special in is getting the teachers Milton Ward 1 and J trustee Ivan Arm strong said he supported the agreement but not because of everything in it He lold trustees before the vote he was not sure of what could be gamed from a work stoppage Teachers said are no different from III r stop a nose bleed St John that the easuilly sit upright with bent slightly for yird of us They wantmorc money and less work The teachers for he first lime started the class year without a contract Negotiations took about a year The mediator conducted two meetings and a tentative agreement was set December 13 Director of education m Lavender d Thursday there were thousands of hours of talks leading up to the introduction of the mediator he was no miracle worker said tl director The board main negotiator Pnestner told reporters after the meeting the talks were a very long hard and frustrating ex I hope it does not happen every year he said District president Barsoski said she hoped both sides under the negotiating Continued on Page 15 16 17 Count Down to our Pre Inventory Sale All Ladies Leather DRESS BOOTS QQ98 39 REGULAR to DRASTIC REDUCTIONS ON ALL WINTER FOOTWEAR PLUS SPECIAL LINES OF SHOES Support the Restoration of Acton Town Hall MAKE A PLEDGE TODAY COMING SOON THE GEORGETOWN CIRCUS GIANT INDOOR FLEA MARKET FOR CHOICE SPACE CALL 877 0206 OFF ALL CLEAR0UT MERCHANDISE 2 WEEKS ONLYSALE ENDS JAN 31st LISTED BELOW ARE ONLY A SAMPLING OF THE SAVINGS Pine Poster Bed New access Hilts residents will have an access point to Highway at Win ston Churchill Boulevard probably by 1J82 when an interchange will be construe ted This information wis sent to Hills by he Ministry of Transportation and Communications who asked the town to accept the plans in principle Another interchange is planned for Highway 101 and the Fourth Line Milton slated to start This will become part of the J Snow Park way formerly known is Way NOW IN STOCK Mazda GS in stock Silver White Phi Mazda motori 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