PAGE 18, WEDNESDAY. FEBIRUARY 4,1981, WHITBY FREE PRESS Annual salary of $26,166 .. .. Firefighters "satisfied" with contract Whitby firefighters said last week that they are "reasonably satisfied" with a contract that will give them an annual salary of $26,166 on July 1. The Event Of 1981 Watch this space - for further information! - The 38 members of Local 2036 of the International Association of Firefighters ratified a one-year agreement with the Town of Whitby ealry last week. Under the old contract, a first class firefighter received an annual stipend of $23,200. The new agreement gives the same firefighter an annual salary of $24,685 retroactive to January 1. "You have to remember that the $26,166 is not the take-home dollars," the firefighters' spokesman, Captain Bob Marshall said. "But the fellows agreed to accept what was presen- ted." The new deal also gives the firemen improved disability coverage and full eyeglass coverage. Under the old contract, each man received $40 for eyeglasses, "and you can't get glasses for $40 anymore," Marshall said. He said that the talks could have been dragged out. "We could have stayed there and banged out heads against the walls," Marshall said. "And we could have gone to arbitr.ation but that would cost us and the town a lot of money." While he said that the new salary looks good now, "we'll know how well off we are in July when the cost of living goes up. Everyone uses your figures and im- proves in it." New contracts have also been won by the Pickering and Toronto firemen. Whit- by firefighters are getting "a few dollars more" than Pickering while Toronto's got $26,656. "I guess you'd say that $27,000 is the magic figure," Marshall said. "Peel police and probably others will set- tle at that figure." He said that the men have to take what they're offered "because it would be pretty disastrous if we went on strike." Both provincial legislation and the firefighters' con- stitution prevents them from striking "Some fire departments in the states have gone on strike, but we would never consider it." Computers A number of grade 7 and 8 teachers from St. Bernadette's school in Ajax recently attended a computer demonstration workshop at Dennis O'Connor High School, in Whitby. Jim O'Connor is seen here working on a program with the aid of Grade il DO'C student Tom Ankus. The Durham Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board recently installed six Commodore PET microprocessors in the school, including a printer and disc- drive memory storage unit. -Free Press Staff Photo An 80-unit mausoleum approved by town council Whitby Town Council has approved an application to construct an 80-unit mausoleum at the Resurrec- tion Cemetery on Taunton Road East. Work on the mausoleum is expected to being sometime this spring according to a spokesman for the ap- plicant, the Toronto Catholic Cemetery Association. This will be the first of five structures to be built and will be constructed of rein- forced concrete covered by granite. The mausoleum will have four levels of cryp- ts in the eight-and-a-half foot building. Ressurrection Cemetery serves about 50,000 in Durham Region and accor- ding to the rules of the association, only Roman Catholics or members of their family may be accep- Woodstove Sale Klondike K-24 Fisher Grandrmas with screen Carmor 1350 Fireside Kerosene Heaters Klondike Insert 43900 from 49900 54900 10% Off 59900 Other In-Store Specials Supplies limited & apply to stock only Ail prices cash & carry The Fireploe 900 Hopkins St. at Burns WHITBY. Ontario 668-3192 Plus STORE HOURS: Tues.-Wed.9-6 Thurs. - Fri. 9 9, Sat.9.5 ted. Resurrection is the main Roman Catholic cemetery in Durham and has been since the closure of St. Gregory's Cemetery, Oshawa. Lo cal health studio raided a second time Police have raided Crystal's Health Studio for the second time in two mon- ths and have arrested two more people for keeping a common bawdy house. A joint Durham Regional Police and OPP squad raided the 409 Brock Street South studio on January 27 at 8 p.m. and arrested a man and a woman. The studio was first raided on December 19 when police arrested five people after a month long investigation. The police will continue to monitor the studio's ac- tivities according to Inspec- tor David Fleming of the Durham Regional Police. William Smallridge, 21, of Danforth Avenue, Toronto has been charged with keeping a common bawdy house and possession of a narcotic. Shirley Maria Lecky, 21, of Danforth Avenue, Toronto is charged with keeping a common bawdy house and being an inmate in a com- mon bawdy house. Both are scheduled to ap- pear in Whitby provincial court on February 13. REPRESENTATIVE COACHES, MANAGERS & TRAINERS WANT ED 1981 - 1982 Season FOR BWMHA Contact Chuck Sawdon 668-4809 or Jack Goddard 668-9006 Deadline for Applications March 1, 1981. CR0 COUNTRY RADIO 14 IT'S HEADING YOUR WAY! TH En " CHOO RADIO INTERNATIONAI, CHILI COOK ~OFF DURHAM WEST PROVINCIAL PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION NOTICE OF NOMINATION MEETING DATE: Thursday, February 5, 1981 PLACE: Ajax High School (Bayly St. east of Harwood St.) TIME: 8 P.M. PURPOSE: To nominate a Progressive Coiservative Candidate for the upcoming elections. This notice Is given the 24th Day of January 1981 J.J. Moskaluk President COOOooenb