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thursday feb 27 1969 the tribune p3ge 17 v board sidesteps corporal punishment issue health unit merger political blackmail department policy york cty a rec ommendation that the york county board of education appeal to the minister of education to retain corporal punish ment in the schools has been sidestepped by trus tees making the request was markham tsal commit tee the department of ed ucation let it be known in a public announcement that it was advising school officials to use cor poral punishment at the ijreatest of discretion even thoueh it still re mains in effect the committee cited in a letter that corporal punishment appeared to be on its wav out and that it felt it should be retain ed as a necessarv deter rent to wavward students it noted the current de terioration in the behav iour pattern of students since the unofficial decis- at the high school level ion to dispense with cor poral punishment this could become a problem in the higher grades at the public school level if the trend is allowed to continue the letter said board superintendent sam chapman thought the trustees would be ill advised to support the recommendation to retain corporal punishment its a matter of government policy he said and i dont think this board should get involved markham trustee john honsberger agreed stat ing this is not the type of thing this board should be doing i think we would be taking a back ward instead of a for- jsiill a ewe on the farm of nell posthill green river gave birth to three lambs last week but only one survived the other two were siamese twins joined at i the shoulders both were stillborn mr posthill is shown here with the mother j and her lone offspring staff photo i ward step if we support ed this recommendation it was decided to set the recommendation aside for further discus sion at a later date red cross is always there with your help usa can hp we score high volume sales with top quality and service lets talk cars better still come in and let us show you just what an excellent range of mechanically fit cars we do have on our lot the patrick men arc here to serve you looks really sharp and bright in attractive yellow finish equipped with power steering power brakes white walls wheel discs radio and powerful v8 engine youll like the way it drives try it meteor mercury 4door sedan ontario cty a proposal that the ontario county health unit merge with the yorkoshawa re gional health unit has been turned down by coun ty council after a lengthy debate instead council decided to go over the head of health minister dr m b dymond and approach prime minister john ro- barts with a request that the county health unit be given a 75 per cent grant rather than the 50 per cent grant it now receives and which it would have receiv ed had the unit merged with the regional unit warden edward oylers advisory committee de puty reeve wesley stitt rama township chairman of the county board of health and administrator william g manning were authorized to arrange the interview with mr robarts later on a 21 to 18 re corded vote council ap proved the budget of the county health unit at 421- 238 of this the countys share is 208784 at the opening of the session reeve henry polak ajax moved that as the services given by the county and regional units were comparable in type and quality that the coun ty support the merger of the county unit into the regional unit and that steps to merge the two units be started as early as possible i consider this the most sophisticated form of blackmail in 1968 we ask ed the health minister to designate us a region so we could get a 75 per cent subsidy if we received 75 per cent our cost would be 104000 i feel unless we keep the jurisdiction with in the county we are going to lose control said reeve john williams pickering township reeve williams said the federal authorities are con tributing to health serv ices in the province if the provincial authorities were withholding money which rightfully should go to the county it was guilty of fraud we cant afford to throw s100000 out the window the minister of health should know better he must have the funds as other regions are being set up where is the money going i represent the people of ajax and i am not here as the representative of any political party coun tered reeve polak i re fuse to become involved in any political overtones and 1 resent any suggestion i am pushing this matter for any political purpose i am only trying to save the county money deputy reeve robert atterley whitby said his council had discussed the matter and favored the county unit remainng as it is i consulted dr dymond on a number of occasions last year in an effort to get a 75 per cent subsidy there is no way you are going to get it without go ing into the regional unit i feel it would be a waste of time going back to him if the service is compar able why not save the tax payers 100000 this year after all we lost between 75000 and 80000 last year by not merging said reeve ross murison pick ering village during the afternoon session dr hoffman on tario county moh dr c c stewart medical direc tor and dr shaughnessy acting administrator of the yorkoshawa unit answer ed questions from council members dr stewart said there had been no political over tones arising from the merger of the oshawa and york unit he could not foresee a tremendous in crease in costs the aim of the unit he said is the prevention of disease which is less costly than treatment commenting on the mo tion to approach the prime minister mr gould said it was a waste of time and would accomplish nothing mr attersley disagreed stating the prime minister is the head of the cabinet and can tell his ministers what to do breaks thumb bv marion wells lemonv1lle susie hirsch suffered a broken thumb on a recent ski trip to dagmar it is presently confined to a cast the world day of prayer tor this area will be held march 7 at 2 pm in the lemonville church the scouts cubs and brownies participated in their annual church par ade sunday evening the guest speaker was mr walter terry scarboro leaders present included mr roy ashbridge mr p dupont mrs b bonnar mrs m turner mrs a hartwick and mrs a may mrs bruce burton pro vided a demonstration in flower arranging at a ucw meeting held in the home of mrs murray wagg mrs courage mrs nauta and mrs wells en joyed a planned tour of the royal ontario museum mrs a nauta mrs wally koster and mr and mrs grant wells were guests of the cheerio club mt albert united church saturday evening township of markham tenders for vehicles sealed tenders plainly marked as to contents will be received by the township clerk until 1200 oclock noon on monday march 17th 1969 for the supply of a ton pickup four wheel drive pickup van type trucks vt ton pickup 1 ton cab chassis complete with stake body and hoist 5 ton cab chassis complete with dump body hoist one 5 ton cab chassis with dump body hoist to trade on new 5 ton specifications and tender 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