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economist suntribune february 27 1985 re3 at mcdonalds cohon does it all for his business matt stam past president of the markham rotary club presents michael butcher president of the markham stouffville hospital with a cheque for 10000 at a recent rotary club meeting the hospital fund now stands at approximately 48 million don bernard i b i i i i i i mcdonalds restaurants has been so successful because we take the hambur ger business more seriously than anybody else george cohon said at a markham board of trade dinner last week but the president of mcdonalds canada showed that being serious can also be fun mr cohon made his point forcibly before a record board of trade dinner crowd laced with humorous anecdotes his speech included a running commentary with a member of the audience he called harvey a surprise visit by ronald mcdonald partway through his speech and an unex pected presentation of a cheque for 5000 to the markham stouffville hospital de monstrated that timing and showmanship are also integral to mcdonalds success referring to how he got started he called himself a 29yearold lawyer with no clients when mr cohon came to toronto from the united states and opened the first mcdonalds in toronto his empire has grown to 500 stores gros sing 880 million per year mcdonalds has 50000 employees and is the largest em ployer of young people in the country his formula for success involves sticking to the basics of our business and work ing harder than his competitors the emphasis on quality cleanliness service and value has worked well mr cohon said municipal offices 8911 woodbine avenue markham ontario l3r 1a1 1985 interim tax billing your interim tax bills were mailed on february 15th 1985 with payments due on the following dates first payment is due on march 22 1985 second payment is due on june 21 1985 if you have not received your tax bill please contact the treasurers office 4777000 immediately if you have received your tax bill but your payments are made through your mortgage company will you kindly forward this tax bill to them for payment promptly we trust you will appreciate the courtesy of this reminder notice since if you did not receive your bill you are still responsible for payment of taxes plus the interest added for late payment corporation of the town of markham carole bell mayor ea barton treasurer tax collector industrial commissioner- public information centres to discuss proposed freeway traffic management a new concept for highway 401 the ontario ministry of transportation and communications has embarked on a program to install freeway traffic management systems in major urban areas such as metropolitan toronto mississauga oakville burlington hamilton and ottawa freeway traffic management is a concept for managing the traffic flow on urban freeways to improve the safety level of service and efficiency under varying roadway and traffic conditions the first phase of the highway 401 freeway traffic management system 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we offer treasury bills and all other financial instruments 5 we offer most trust companv guaranteed investment certificates contact us for the best prevailing rates 6 we offer this years canada savings bonds call us 7 we participate in banking selling groups of new issues 8 we offer to institutional and large retail investors specific tax shelters 9 we offer professional financial planning 10 we would like to offer you our services we are located in the downtown business section of markham for professional advice call us today at 4714433 or drop in to see us we are here to serve you peter j taylor russell j beare william j leach ken holwell edward j svoboda neil d mcdermott william c mullett he noted that board of trade members could have saved alot of money by- ordering from mcdonalds rather than the 2s dinner he called a pressed mcnugget the concern for quality is a prime im portance hesaid if we dont deliver what we promise we lose customers he said he described how a decision was made some years ago to close head office for one day a year and send employees into the stores to work in order to let the workers know you care about them that evolved into mchappy day where prominent community people work in the restaurants for one day he noted that 3 million has been raised so far on mchappy days mr cohon said that large corporations have a duty to make contributions to community projects because we get all of our profits from the community he also talked about ronald mcdonald house projects in various canadian cities these are residences where families can stay when obtaining cancer treatment for their children as for the future mr cohon said that mcdonalds hopes to open in russia and other communist countries and the firm recently signed a deal with thre united states navy to open 300 restaurants on nav al bases new locations are also being found on large highways like 401 and 400 and in toronto subway stations we havent even scratched the sur face as far as new locations go mr cohon said near the end of his speech ronald mcdonald made an appearance along with a crew of youthful mcdonalds employees who distributed goodie bags to the board of trade members mr cohon had intended to visit the mar kham mcdonalds prior the meeting but was delayed when he stopped at another location in toronto found it was very busy and wound up cleaning tables the next dinner meeting will be held thursday march 21 when the guest speak er will be bob black of blacks cameras cjs offers mixed cuisine you cant tell by the name but cjs res taurant actually offers a combination of canadian and chinese dishes says owner lilian jin located just north of the 16th ave on hwy 48 cjs used to be a truck stop but since christmas mrs jin and her husband caou have tried to rid themselves of the- image si the 66seat fefautairtoperfs3t6ahi on weekdays and serves mainly canadian dis hes until dinner when the focus shifts to chinese cuisine in addition to mr jin the restaurant also 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