thursday mar 20 1969 the tribune page 9 luiiiiuiiiiuimiiimiiuiuiuiuumiiuiuiiiuuiiiiuuuiiuiiimii halldennis report not holy writ rational approach to change urged by teachers union york cty educational change has become so fashionable that far too often change is being forced on schools and teachers for the sake of change and not necessarily in the interests of educational improvement said miss dorothy martin executive secretary of the 30000member fed eration of women teachers associations of ontario we are becoming more and more alarmed at the high toll in terms of teacher energy nerves and health demanded by the frantic push for edu cational change throughout the province miss martin continued no one could accuse the federation of wanting to stand in the way of progress but we must be sure that progress is in the best interests of children and teachers and not just change for its own sake miss martin went on to cite the federations record of innovation and leadership in changing education in ontario support for a university de gree for all teachers conferences and film production in such fields as new science and new math inservice training for hundreds of federation members pressures to improve teacher education a progressive brief to the halldennis commission we do not stand for reaction we stand for a rational approach to change what concerns us now miss martin said is that too much progress in this province is taking place at the expense of the classroom teacher without prior consultation without retraining sometimes with very little support the teacher is called upon to teach new courses with new meth ods in new schools the pressure is just too great we must not be stampeded into change because it is fashionable the old is not sacred but neither is the new even the halldennis report is not holy writ miss martin concludes i nmiieillulllllllllllllilllllilllllllllllllhiiliiiiilillillllullllllinilllllllullllluiiilllilllllihiiiiiiillllilllllllmiiiiilllllllilliiimillliiiiiiiiiiillllllin been ordered elsewhere including the new mt sinai the general west ern and st michaels its all part of a provin cial government austerity drive after ottawa limited its costsharing agreement to 12 million matched 5050 by ontario it would mean only 24 million not enough to finish hos pital projects already started delay hospital addition york cty a one- year delay is anticipated for the construction of an eight million dollar addi tion to york central hos pital at richmond hill the new wing to in crease the buildings acco modation from the present 126 beds to 385 has been postponed to march 1 1970 the present hospital that opened in 1963 is now operating at full ca pacity other cutbacks in hos pital construction have james a deacur accountant income tax consultant bookkeeping services 60 10th line north stouffville phone 6401988 business directory licensed public accountants jackson christis0n chartered accountants- unlonville professional building unlonville ont telephone 2972491 patterson norton mcmullen chartered accountants 1758 victoria park ave scarborough ontario 7514396 chiropractors jsdelaurier dc 201 main street west stoultvliie ontario office- hours by appointment only monday to saturday telephone 6403562 john c wylie fia licensed public accountant auditor office residence wylle acres mussel- mans lake rd rr 2 stouffvule phone 6403144 leonard r rosenberg associates chartered accountants bank of nova scotia building aurora telephone 8817110 wm s baird dc glenn r engel dc chiropractors by appointment 2940701 369 main st n markham wm g parsons qc barristers and solicitors 157 main st w po box 820 ph 6402211 stouffvule dentists dr f h darbar bds dds dental surgeon stouffvule plaza sjouffvllle 6402227 funeral directors thomas e withers bcomin ria chartered accountant po box 192 19 church st n stouftvllle ont phone 6403378 after 400 pm auctioneers counties of york and ontario a s farmer licensed auctioneer ph gormley 8875311 ken clarke prentice auctioneers ph 2942419 or 6403686 oneill funeral home stouffville funeral director mr murray nendick continuous telephone service day or night phone stouffvule 6402855 meyer posthumus barristers solicitors notaries country ready mix building hwy 47 po box 1038 stouffvule ont tel 6402694 robert w mcvey qc 171 yonge street toronto 1 ont markham 2944421 toronto 3631061 opticians howard g mills regd optician 286 main street west stouffvule prescriptions filled appointments made contact lenses phone 6403465 optometrists legal button and armstrong barristers and solicitors notaries public h r button qc 3 m armstrong qc g c ness ba ll3 6 main street east stouffville telephone 6403530 buy office supplies at the tribune f richard black od optometrist stouffville medical centre for appointment 6403722 hours 10 ajn 8 pjn every tuesday ontario land surveyors d h black ontario land surveyor 310 painted post dr comer of markham rd scarborough ont phone office 2825283 res 2821508 r g mckibbon ontario land surveyor 56 main st n markham phone 2943754 family allowance should first child be omitted new the old saw mill was said to have had its day ten years ago but one is still op erating just west of stouffvule and turning out cords of wood each week bert carey shown here is the man behind the project he puts a keen edge on the saw teeth staff photo by john roberts mj xprksimcoe york simcoe usu ally i write in this column about political events in ottawa or about my views on current issues this week i am going to reverse the usual process instead of giving you my opinions i am asking for yours i am going to describe three proposals way out but serious which have been put forward recently and ask for your reaction to them write to me at the house of commons ottawa with your answers i prom ise to publish the results if any later apart from informing me of public opinion your letters will give me some idea of whether i have any read ers 1- family allowances the baby bonus cost over 5560 million dollars each year studies indicate that this money is paid basically by middle income earners 40008000 since these people are by far the major source of gov ernment tax revenues this money is largely paid to people in the same income bracket since they are in the age group which gen erally has young children a liberal backbencher has suggested that family allowances no longer be paid on the 1st child in a family he argues that only larger families need this help his proposal would save the government 350 million each year it would also make life a bit more difficult for young couples who often have heavy mortgage payments or are saving to buy a house when the husbands income is relatively low do you agree yes or no that family allowances no longer be paid for the first child in a family infowwioh i see rreat savings for you when 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