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IN KESWICK STORM CAUSES BLACKOUT KESWICK Strong winds and heavy rains Police said there were six live wires on the hive been blamed for a Hydro blackout ground which were a safety hazard and they which affected SO per cent of the homes in cordoned off an area of some 1000 square yards id several Hydro If wires poUceid In the south aid of t would have been fatal town near the Jersey Public School causing numerous fires Brownies top Keswick parade KESWICK live second and third Keswick Brownie packs woo the new trophy for first place in float competition in the North Gwillimbury Santa Claus Parade on Saturday Winning float was an angel Also winning prizes amongst the entries were New Beaver Shrine Club Bell Canada South Shore Snowmobile Club Jeff Cryderman and Tom Graham Golden Stallion Acres Susan Brady the Beck children Gloria Toll first North Gwillimbury Clubs Dawsons and Buckels Shari Woodward and Rye McNeil Service Station and Daren Parde officials had moved the event up on the calendar from past years to avoid cold and snowy weather and were hampered with a pouring rain instead The people turned out for the parade despite the rain to make it very successful said Marg of the parade committee She estimated that over ISO people took part The parade started at Dawsons Marina and went to the Five Corners along Metro Road to Simcoe Street north Arena Hot dogs and hot LaRue Roger LaRue Dan chocolate were served at the Harry English Vic Optimist Hall and Arena Sturdy Roy Bev Stod Members of the parade TRUSTEE WARNS PTR would climb with salary hike AURORA The pupil- teacher ratio in Yorks secon dary school classrooms will soar higher if the York County Board of Education Is forced to in crease salary proposals to the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation trustee Ross Jolllffe said Monday night The warning came at a school board meeting here as the trustees negotiating team in tensified its campaign to head off mass resignations by an undetermined number of the regions high school teachers Friday Is the final day resignations can legally be handed to the board They would take effect Jan if submitted The board however has said It would not hold teachers to the Nov 30 deadline Were fighting to keep the pupilteacher ratio the way it is now Mr Jolllffe said He claimed the board couldnt even consider a pupil- teacher ratio Identical to that of Metropolitan Toronto since It would result In a salary Increase six per cent higher than the per cent already contained in the boards latest offer to Ion last night and rejected by a vote at a mass teachers meeting in Newmarket Wednesday af ternoon On Wednesday night the negotiating teams met again and OSSTF almost Im mediately officials went into a onehour caucus They returned with a pencilled counteroffer which Mr on Monday called basically the Metro salary Mr said any at tempt by York to match the Metro scale would be disastrous There is no way this board could possibly stay In business and match those figures he said explaining that provincial spending limits for Metro see TEACHER page YCBE vs OSSTF the crisis grows JOHN and prevails on both Bides of the current contract dispute bet ween secondary school teachers and York County Board of Education Prospects for a wholesale shutdown of secondary schools on Jan l are growing each day When the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation was activated as the teachers official bargaining agent public statements on the negotiations were to be by Joint presa release It didnt work Both sides have Issued frequent statements on a unilateral basis Each side THE ERA 4f aw South Shore Since 852 SUTTON PEPFERLAW ONTARIO NOVEMBER 1173 NOVITIATE OPPONENTS strategy and wait decision to purchase St Gerrards Novitiate for ad ministrative offices the Committee for Democratic Government has received legal advice to sit back and wait for the time being presidentelect John Hastings told a public meeting last week Our legal advice is dont go shooting of your mouths about whats going on until we get things sewn up Mr Hastings reported to the meeting He added Our lawyers are working extremely hard on this There are still avenues open They say they have lots to go Mr Hastings said the CDG still intends to serve a writ on the township to declare the townships purchase of the ago Many observers feel however that Mayor Joe Dales effectively counteracted this legal strategy when he rushed off a cheque to the present owners of the Novitiate to close the first part of the deal Mr Hastings has said however that this move has had no effect on CDG strategy and described it as a gag which is supposed to shut us up A petition being circulated by the opposing the Novitiate has been signed by 3142 township citizens but Mr Hastings said It will serve a greater purpose if it is not presented to council at this time The bad originally intended to present the petition to council two meetings ago Over persons attended the Committees first public meeting on Nov 1 but less than half this number were in at tendance Wednesday night at Sutton District High School Organizers noted that the meeting was competing with Hockey Night in Canada a parents night at Sutton Public School and inclement weather Only the mayor cooperated by postponing the Planning Board meeting Mr Hastings Besides discussion of the Novitiate situation election of officers was the major item of business Mr Hastings who had been serving as chairman was names president while Dave Point Park has winter camping SIBBALD POINT Sibbald Point Provincial Park will be one of four Ontario Provincial Parks to offer special facilities The others are Pinery Park on Lake Huron Rondeau Park on Lake Erie and Arrowhead Park near Himtsville The parka will have snow- ploughed roads and campsites heated washroom with hot water central fuelwood drinking water garbage disposal areas and electrical outlets for individual campsites the snowmobile trail A heated washroom garbage disposal and parking area is located near launch ramps for the convenience of Lake Simcoe Ice fishermen This will be the fourth year that Point Park has offered winter facilities but a park official said use during the Angus man sought for tavern theft Few of Pefferlaw and Jack Dear of Sutton will serve as vice presidents Mrs Mildred Holmes of Sutton who gave a long speech at the end of which she suggested that dictatorship rather than democracy was operating in the township will handle public relations for the Committee Elsie Draycott of Sutton was selected as recording secretary while the treasurer is Mrs Joan Tom Smith and Terry both of Sutton form the membership committee Representatives from the townships six wards were also chosen Ward Mrs June Gauthier Ward 2 Mrs Jean Grant Ward 3 Gary Ward Cathy Robinson Ward 5 Lloyd Richardson Ward 6 Sid All officers and represen tatives were elected unopposed It was reported that the CDG currently has over 150 paidup members Membership fee is Mr Hastings took exception to the suggestion made in the press that 100150 members and 3000 names on a petition was really an insignificant figure in light of the fact that there are 19000 on the township assessment rolls He said only 7754 voted for mayor in the last election of which Mayor Dales polled Weve already demon strated that we have a voice Mr Hastings said We will fight to the bitter end Were a force to be reckoned with now and well be a force to be reckoned with in the future He urged all signers of the petition to become active in the CDG The strength In this committee will be those who wish to take part he said Mrs Holmes who also gave a lengthy speech at the first public meeting said When we get members well have power and when we have power the township will be run the way it should be run She said the township needed a strong ratepayers organization to scrutinize all actions of council She added We are no placard carrying protest mob KESWICK York Regional Police have issued a warrant for a 20yearold Angus Ont man following an incident Nov 18 at Orchard Beach Tavern A man was asked to leave the tavern because of unruly containing on his way out hears ferry zoning KESWICK Ontario Municipal Board conducted a twoday hearing here last week into a rezoning from residential to commercial which would allow Jim Day to continue operation of his Snake Island Ferry Service at Island Grove The rezoning had the support of Township which passed the bylaw and the Snake Island Cottagers Association who said Mr Day provides the only reliable ferry service theyve ever had Major opponents were near by neighbor Jack Sinclair and A Maroni operator of a marina in the area A hearing this spring was adjourned and Mr Day was granted permission to continue his operation until the end of the member B Smith told The Era that It would be at least a month and possibly longer before a decision is handed down is becoming increasingly The board has sent out 12 position papers and two letters to teachers at a press run of about apiece District OSSTF leaders are supposed to let their Ontario federation officials do the talking to the media but the local representatives are talking long and bitterly always prefacing their remarks with the plea that they remain anonymous It boils down to a crisis The teachers appear ready to take see DISTRUST page ttj Sutton Fairyland opens on Friday Fairyland Committee who have Santa Claus parade kicks off this Friday from p at the Sutton Arena Hours will be am to a pm Saturday and Sunday Highlighting this years Christinas event will be six including Old Mac n busy In the list five months building props for the event are Marion Medhurst Klngdon Penny Dickson Patricia Horan and Joseph Bull who has helped with carpentry grant from Georglna p donations from local Individuals and businesses and fund raising events like rum mage sales Between 3 people attended last years Fairyland Including people from Members of the Sutton Toronto and Hamilton willbepaidfor out of taxes over a twoyear period She has called it a free gift to future generations The CDG feels that the mayor wanted to finance the building in this manner to avoid Ontario Municipal Board hearings and a possible plebiscite which it la convinced would be against the purchase Also in attendance at the meeting were Councillors Jean Noble and Erik Mrs Noble answered some questions from the audience concerning the Novitiate but Councillor declined an offer to speak at the meeting saying he preferred to stay In the background Councillors Noble and Larsen were two of the three who voted against the Novitiate The other was Regional Councillor Bob Pollock 1 Were very pleased to nave you with us Mr Hastings told the two councillors iiiw theft bdnfl for the family of deceased person After leaving the the man was followed to Roches Point where he turned off his lights and attempted to run over his pursuers police said Police want the Angus for theft under dangerous driving community and willing to pay our share of the cost of our township but resolutely opposed to the imposition of a financial burden through taxation which we feel we cannot afford and most especially do we reject the manner of its institution Mrs Holmes major ob jection to the Novitiate Is that it Councillor Jean Noble answers about the Novitiate at a meeting of the Committee for Democratic In are John Hiitingi Mrs Mildred Holmes