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Board ratifies one year teachercontract The Northumberland and Durhamn Couinty BoardC of Education ait a special me ing Mas Thursday evening ratfid mhe contract proposai between the Board and thie Secondary Teachers in the area. The contract is a one-year contract -which is retroactive Io Septemiber lst, 1973. Thle contract will expire on August 311t, 1974. Negotiations have been carried on for- a period of ten mionthis and no dloubt wvill open again in the very near future for the comning year Pt is also expected that negotiations will soon open wvith the elemientary sehool teachers who are expected to want to draw dloser to the contract givenl the secondary teachers. One of the provisions of the new contract sipued mhat the board will r-ecognize thle right of thle teachiers to authorize the Onario Second- ary School Teachers Feder- ation (OSSTF) to represent themn and negotiate, on the(ir behaif. A Grievance Commnittee was also esalsecon1sIst ing of three membeilrs of thec board of education, three miembers oA the teaching staff and one membner of the administration w ho w il! act in an advisory capacity without, a vote. If the commiittee cannot reach a mnajoritv 4eçp>sion grievance miay Vsubmiitted to the Minister ofEducatin The Board for the first time niow ha s a Managemient Rights clause whiich it hiad flot prior to this agreemient An1 important insertion to thie contract dealt %withi the niumber of students per class. Classes in acadeic sub- jects shiould niot exceed 36 pupils while shop classes are not expected to exceed 24 students. Teacher -student ratio for the mnonthi of October stood at 17.4 and administration ex- pects it. to be less for the mnonth of November. Conditions, hwever, mnay arise which illi1 increase the number of students per class. Teaching salaries range from $S7,400 per ainumlor, a first-year teacher to S17,100 for a teachers wýith yar Th'le salary inrure1Se amount- edilto 8.914percentl. In fihenew con1tract tlle board has mintined ecu ive rights to plan and (!contlrol 1t teaching -,program o!fithe board(,1 , ie nmber ofechr to be employed1, the nom bel)tr of students t, o 1be allocated to a prora, heclaýSs size, the, asesetof staff, the sub- jects to hbe taughit, the1 hours of school and the olidays to be Thew boarid iagrees that these functIions will not beexrid conturry to the provisions of the a1greement. Local parish shares wiflh ildiari' peôple As a result of the successful Walkathon held last month, the congregations of St.Savý- iour's Anglican Church, Oro- no, and St. George's, New- castle have sent $800;-00 to assist the Rev. John Guli and his people at Waswanipi. Quebec in the liocese of N loos.enee. This gift is in d ~ditîon to the regular parish eQmmittments to the Diocese of Toronto which have alI been met. Mr. Gruil is a native priest and hias been mninistering to the Waswvanipi Cree Indians since he was ordained in 1952 by the Rt. Rev. Neville Clarke, Bishop of Jamnes Bay. Although the WVasw'anipi In1- dlians have livedI and trapped in this area for thousands of years, in the e-yes 0if nhe wýhite maôn tbey haeno reseýrvec or property rîghits. Following, ining iscveie in the area, the Býand wa fred1 moeand areco pi inIto .300 attend wa rden' Lasi Turday eening somne three hundred atne thec f'inal warden.s banquet of the United Couinties of Nort- bumnberiand and Durhamn. Th-e United Counties willj be dissolved as such on Decemi- ber 3151t, 1973 due to the, revamping of mniicipali ties, in the district. A-s a r-eslilt of revamnping a) wýesternj <J on o1flthe counties wil join the Regional Area of Durham beîng Nwate Clarke, Bowmnanville and Darlîngton. Mlilibr.ook, Cavan and South 'Monoghan will join Peterborough County while the Township of Manvers and *Cartwright will join )Aith Victoria County. As of the new year those several segeilients at Mique- lon, Mîatagamii, Chapais, Was- wanipi Bridge and Senne- terre. These people will be further affected by Quebec Hydro James ?~av projecb. Th,ýis gift fromn our people to our Christian brothers and sisters at 'Waswanipi, is to be used to purchase a truck to, assist AMr.,Gul in travelling about his scattered parish. At the present imie he travels by bus or taxi. Due to the generosity of the young people of St. James Cathedral in Z'oronto he now bas a skidoo for winter travel. This truck will'also give the Waswanipi Rland their own means of hiauling wýood instead of pay- ing thie exorbi tant price of $30 S 4800 a cord charged themi now, for hauling winter fuel. St. Saviour's and St. George's thank G Cod for, Ibis opportunity of sbaring iJohn Guls minis- tryý Prlaîse tbe Lr f *1nal mutnicipalities ieft in the United Counities will joîni togethier to form the new1 counity MNunIicipality' v of Norbubelad.The United1 Unique position The position of the Or-ono Hyýdr-o Commission becomes somewbat unique under the Regionai, formn of Governmnent Tl will carry on witbi the presenit Commlissionlers als in the past with nio change in ils make-uip. Theiç present Corn- - missioners of Messrs. Harvey ... . Partner, Doug Simpson and Roy Forrester bave been ... ... appointed by the province 10 o carry on wîîh no time set terinia ting the office. In ail other Commissions one further memiber is 10 be adided thiat beinig the niew Maytor of the new municipal- ... ity . Mayor eleet Garniet Rick-... . ar'd of the( new muniiicipatlity of Newcastle will sit on the present Hydrlo Commissions> of the present Village of Newcaistle and also oni the Commission at Bowmlanville. This does not happen in Orono. In Ne,\%castle and Thére was plenty of action Social CIlub held the-ir annuai The hall at one ti Bwmanville the commission ajjthe~Orn Oddfeliow's Hall Bazaar and Tea. You naine it packed witb purchas als now consýtituted wfih he last Saîufd(ay aflernoon wben and il was for sale and the wbo enjoyed teài. addition of the area mayýor ýi carry out thleir dutijes ti(, lqeatbrer Rebekah Lodge customers wiere eager 10 buy. success for the local1 operainig tire 1wo systemlis. club in Orono. Towjn of DZurha to go to court ým Residents of the town of Durham oliplan 10 battie Ilhe reg'ion oGf lDurhamÏ 11fo xcIlus ive use of theIUtitle in thle Supreme (Court of Canada, Ed )ood(L -Waterloo N.) toicifle legislature Thiursday. Ini deba te on i aeinments to the Durhamn regional bill Mr. Good said the first alternation should have been to select another namne since residents in thle Grey County towvn 30 miles south of Owen Sound are living in a nightmiare ever since this has taken place. Hie said they are prepared to take the mnatter to the courts sinice presently' freight and miail deliveries intended for thle town often end up in Durham region. Region approves fine day nurseries Durham regional council Wednesday approved opening the five- dayv nurseries that> become regional property Jan.ý 1 to ail residents of the region at ai uniform fee which still bas, to beestablished. There are wu in Oshawa, one each inWM tx Ajax, and Plant ta'i produce fuel Westinlghousl.e Cana da Li- mitedi has ee awarded a $20 million contract to supply niuclear fuel to Ontario Hydro for Pickering and Douglas Poii n nclear generating sta- The Port Hope atomie powe (r division plant will produce the fuel bundies to (('ontiniued page :t Cafeterilas cut cleficits ,Northumbe)irlaind an(i ur- ham i igtSchool Cafeterias are, up to hew end of October opeatig na bet ter, finanicial baýsis. T1w Board before the ongof school thlis year eons ?d~e~4 tendeiths ser- vice to pr'ivýaltirmshoer theyý continued as in the past. As of the end of October sales at the Clarke cafeteris incresed $1,000 to $4,193.00 ( ninîdpaged :n me was. isers and Another Rebekah' Wedniesdlay Decernber 5th, I; Orono hydro users to pay higher rates At Ilhe recent meeting of the Orono Hlydro Commission it wýas pointed out lby Otaia Hvdwfo that a rate increase w as necessary in thie Village to cope with increased costs. The local Coission gave their approval to an increase of 11.3 percent f'or residential use. Approval ,vas aiso 2ýiver Hortilculturists enjoy musical program. An ex\cellent musical pro- 1 y fortunate to lia gram wýas enjoyed by Hort- wýonderfuI talent i( icultural mnembers and guests The Chrisîmnas shI at the Chiristmias Show on the Iargest in a nun Thursday, Novem-ber 29th. years and was a deligh Gladys BroiNn., at the piano, We are pleased to ha provlded miusic for the sing- exýhibitors taking par ing of Christmas c,, arols, led V'an den Heuvel very by, Mary Miller. ladys then judged the show. called on Charlie Taylor and remark1,s she ýsaid she accompanied bim wbile migbt xxýonder why s] be plav cd several waltzes and be, aske(d to juidge a s! jigs on bis violin. Gladys and ais itis. but she has Mary Miller sang tbreevel aleind is ain artis songs. "The -ý ayofthle Roe,'appeciates line, bala '"Funnxtvacce" and ' V %time (niue ae: v ou 0 OLord"" d ste plvdtbree numnberin biler own original rmannr. ,Chairlie h p Taylor was caleýd Fackpagai and this lime cobne is autolbarp and rmouth)organ , IIx'.V GMAI The autobarp is always en WIHI111IY Thewre bas bc joyable tb listen 10 and we niihe,v.ea1ks inC don't know of anyvone but i aorbe One Io Charlie (and Editb wbo pa ork stated "I guiess i one. More violin and piano lieiti. selections were given and thei singing of Jingle Belis 1by ý 1,N 1N G SA NTA SI e\ euryone ended this musical o omrei planir c<ncert. Our tbanks tfo GLadyýs toi' arranging this entertain1- ib the comm1un1ity to bE ing program. We are certain- [)ecemnber 2ý2nd. More Students on the move, In October a group of sonie 105 students fromi Northumberland and Durham under the leadership of Terry Hawkins toured for 14 day s the Common Mvarket Countries. Some of these students wvere fromi Clarke High Scbool. A sbip's sch.ool tour will involved fifteen suet rom Cirke High School during the March break headed by teacher John Amesbury . The usual tourist sights are iincluded as weIl as time for groip atvte to uilize tthee histor-ical and language opp)ortunlities available. In ma gou'p of 40 s;tudents fromn East Nortbumwberland School wAill visitMocw the capital of one of the worid*s power-s. Efforts are, being made to visit a Russian secondary sehoofl. A trip 10 China is also stili in the works awýaiing approval from the goverfiment of the Republic. a ve Ibis )rono. how was imber of ghI to see. ave new art. Mrs. vcapable In ber 1people ne( woid 10wý such as taugbt st and 50 [fice, and to amalgamate the commer cial and induiistial rates întc one, rate to be known as ïI Genet-al raie 'ilor comnmercia7 and] industrial users. This i,, common in most centres ir Ontario and states Hydro wiL] comne t Orono sooner or la ter Under the new general rate structure commercial userý will find an increase in rateE while industrial users will finc the rate to remain aimost ai the present level. Due bth ll fact that som-e commercia. enterprises in Orono will face increases of over fifty percent the increase is to, be phased ir over a two year period. Nc increase during the first yeai is to be greater than 2,r percent or $20.00 which ever h the greater. The preseni industrial rate in Orono ký higher than the present comý mercial rate. The new rates are to comE mbt effect in May of 1974. It kE also anticipated at tbis tîme that a further rate increase (Continued page:;)- nijfgs ItIED + YOU'LL LEARN TO LIVE enr a lot of comment ovr the asphaiting the Orono business section . . . most Ocal after ripping the Trustees for the its 1like marriage. . you have to leairn to SKATTINC PAR TY- The Orono Chamber ng a Santa Skating party for everyone beheid in the Orono Are-(-na on Saturday, details Waei. (I VrG TOlION(kPOST OFFICE - Charles Grey at the OrnoPstOfice states that some, changes are being made tor brismasMail at the local Post Office. AI 6 cent Cbistmas cairds or u ftwn mailig wibe canelled and ortedWtaIsawa. itiens are being asked to tie in a bundie ail out of town cards and ikewise local cards. Labels for the bundles are available at the Post Office. TFM'IIING PROF ESSI ON IN MAJORITY -The third meeting in a series regarding the feasbility of introducing french in thuefeementary schooîs and held in Bowmianville again f ound tlhe audience chiefiy made up of the teaching professioni. The concern remains the amnount of teaching time per day devoted to french and the costs of such a program. . ... ... ... NI