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Should Be Voters Decision Halton Trustees Nix Move to Ban Teachers From Board The member Halton County Board of Education made It clear they would have no port of banning teachers from sitting on boards education last week when a move in that direction by Trustees E Good In of Oak ville and Ernie Bodnar of Georgetown was defeated 1Q to The motion called for legislation to prohibit teachers from sitting on any board of education At present teachers may Ell on a board provided they are not employed by that board In an impassioned plea trustee claimed many ratepayers felt teachers should not be on school boards and asked Is there a trend for people paid by the public purse lo take over the system He pointed out that In the past teachers lived In the area in which they were but now to Rood roaas automobiles etc they could live in one area and work in another thus creating problems of pollution ana traffic among others He claimed there was a conflict of interest when as a trustee the member belongs to the On Trustees Association and as a teacher belongs to the He asked where would he loyally lie After quoting from many sources masters DIVIDE AND CONQUFR Georgetown trustee Ernie the seconder of the motion contended there must be a reason for the banning of municipal employees from sitting on municipal councils and similarly teachers from sitting on school boards He said the OSSTr was a provincial group with the common goal of divide and conquer Bodnar pointed to the of confrontation and predicted more As such I believe it unwise to arm the enemy he commented He claimed as members of the OSSTF he felt they would be unable to serve on the salary committees since they would be negotiating their own salaries Every trustee should be eligible lo serve on every com mil lee he added RFSIGN FIRST said ho feared teachers In a speciality would confine their interest to that area Our representatives should be much broader not suffering from tunnel vision he remarked Hi challenged the democratic right opposition by suggesting that anyone becoming involved in certain sections of the government has to give up something and so do teachers I have no objection to teachers on the board if they resign their teaching role while serving on the board he concluded In voting against the motion the opposing trustees said the decision should be made by the voter at the polls when a ABSURD Seizing on the comments Georgetown high school teacher Tom president of District referring to Bod nor statements In which he termed teachers enemies said It is very Ironic that he sends his children to the enemies I really did not realize that I voted for a person who looked upon teachers as enemies branded statements about added pollution and traffic conditions being the fault of travelling teachers as absurd and ludicrous Summing up said he felt the board should be spending its time more usefully by trying to Improve the quality Statement Says Ban Would Be Violation A statement District 9 Ontario Secondary Teachers Federation on move to ban teachers from sitting on school boards terms it a violation of civil The soys teachers ore citizens and taxpayers and have the right to sit on any board District resident Tom a eked the provincial govern ment legislation which says a teacher can run as a trustee for any board of education providing the individual is not employed board The OSSTF lakes the position that the voter has the right to make the decision and suggests that banning teachers would then be as logical as banning realtors lawyers engineers from municipal councils since here could be a conflict of interests of education and by lessening heir responsibility to help the great number of classes Improve the educational at which have over students In the schools These people trustees are concluded the district paid by the taxpayers and it is president Second Class Mall Number Return Postage Guaranteed The Home Newspaper For Georgetown and District THURSDAY IBI3 SO per year Single Copy Price Fifteen Cents School Teacher is Winner Heralds Show Tour Mrs Maureen Clcaveholm Drive is the winner of The Herald London Super Show Tour contest Mm Mellor entry slip was picked last week from the drum containing all entries deposited 11 stores which participated in the contest On February she and her daughter Susan will fly to London Tor 14 days Their prize includes return air Tare hotel transfers seven theatre tickets to hit London shows an rent lor three days membership in a London casino and spending money TF Mrs Mellor a widow is a member of he staff of Street public school Daughter Susan is in Grade at Stewart town Senior School She is doubly happy to win the trip having lived in London before coming to Canada They will also be visiting with relatives during their rip Winners of last year con test Mr and Mrs John Ben nett 7 Campbell Gate had a similar trip Besides the grand prize winners winners of weekly draws received cash vouchers redeemible at the store where they were drawn Weekly winners were James Boss 1 Mrs D Gilmore It Acton Lindsay Voddcn St Brampton Jim 30 Mackenzie Mrs A Gelok I Mill St William Treahy 11 Carole St Wendy Worrall Market St Wayne Price It I I William Carter Regan Kay Heller 192 Mrs Thomas Marehand ST Byron St Janet 17 Dr M Worrall Market St Ministry Ready to Study Highway No 7 Georgetown ByPass Regional Government What the People are Saying Tuesday January a packed auditorium heard Ontario plans for regional government in the West of Metro The proceedings were on channel 11 and reported in last week Herald This week The Herald sampled public reaction to the proposal as to whether It would be good for Georgetown Die thing that has happened to in years There is too much Joe Market Street 1 wouldn like to sec the name of Georgetown pear Three miles outside of where I lived years ago in Scotland small town called George town Mrs Gordon Miller Sargent 1 m afraid wc would not get a soy in things arc not in favour of Wc should slay as an individual town Mrs Bessie Peck Drue In taw r of governed each little town municipality having Its own government Regional government will break down the power struggle John Queen Street the trend In cost is going to be anything like the cost of schooling in the area I vote 100 percent against it Byron Street If they lump ail the public services together I feel the service become too im personal Mrs Ilia Kroczen go along with the concept It will give all the small towns advancement in indaitry and he availability of inment It will also produce a more adept group for the public to go to and receive a faster response John Whitney 12 Tyres Avenue Wewillgetmorcdone there being larger area and larger lroup of people Mrs Helen Sparks Pennington Crescent We will loose our grass roots government and our iden lily William A Johnson Township I think a good idea You cant deny the small com munitics will have better policing under the regional system Doug Civil 19 Garnet Drive I don like it will lose our identity Mrs John Adams Crescent It is Bill scheme to take power away from the local governments Wc should fight It desperately It Georgetown The Herald Invites your opinion on regional government for and the proposal to make one community of Georgetown Acton and most of and Nassagawcya Townships Write to The Mail Rag or phone in a concise comment Georgetown council favours a Highway bypass but would have it avoid the present town limits When the bypass was discussed last year council informed the Minister of Transportation and Com that a route south of town limits and west of North Country Club would be the most acceptable The Minister replied that controls cannot be placed on a feasibility study and that the department Is ready to proceed if Georgetown eliminates this from their request Discussing this at a works committee meeting Monday members of that committee indicated that there is no strong preference for the suggested It could be cither south or north as far as I concerned said Cr fcrn Hyde We are most interested thai it does not come within the town and particularly that It does not cut across the North golf course The committee will advise council lo tun the department proceed with its study Highway Will Be Widened This Spring Four Norval Roads Will Be Reconstructed MRS TOUR FLIPPED OVER FLAPJACKS school Saturday miming mothers a plate of The breakfast was first in week High School Winter program Below Lorni breakfast at the The construction of the new bridge Norval roughly between Ihc existing bridge and the old steel bridge now used as a footpath will necessitate the reconstruction In the area Fsqueslng council accepted the proposal of the Ministry of Transportation and Com Monday night at Council meeting where four roads will be reconstructed with three lo be returned lo the municipality and the fourth a part of York Road from Shea garage to the river will be retained as part of Highway right of way A portion of Highway east of existing bridge will be rebuilt and returned lo for maintenance A turning circle will be Installed here for deliveries and main tcnancc Noble Street will be extended approximately 100 feet southward to the new high way location CONNECTION new connection to Ihe high way will be on Ihc road tint serves Morion L and Ihc Riviera Club with the entrance to the high way opposite Noble Street can only see It as an ad vantage to the municipality said acting Coxe as it w ill tost us nothing and result in belter roads for everyone in Ihe area Fatality Was Third At Same intersection which occurred January Widening of Guelph Street from Avenue lo the top of ihe hill where it Joins Main Street North will probably be done this spring The project was approved and budgeted last fall out was delayed when an Ontario Hydro strike vetoed removal of hydro poles carrying high tension wires along the highway Council has now asked the hydro to relocate ihe poles as soon as possible in preparation for Ihe widening I resent sidewalks will not have to be replaced but a number of trees will be victims of the widening The plan includes rcplac of most of these with trees up lo four inches in diameter Advance Green At Maple Ave A further major may be made at the lapis Avenue and Highway corner Las I year traffic lights were installed there And later a left turn lane onto Maple from Ihe eastern highway approach was in While this has partly solved congestion problem at the corner often there Is a pile up of traffic turning onto Maple The highway department has told council it will make a survey to see if an advanced green for the south turn onto Maple would be justified CARNIVAL ROYALTY The intersection of and Fourth 1 West which Chinguacousy wants examined by the county engineer doesnotshowapollcc record as fatal as described by one of the councillors Councillor Murray Judge said last Wed ncsdny lhal there had been six fatal accidents mere in the lost Iwo to years The most recent was lhat of Mrs Carol hosier of Terra Looking into accident records of the intersection shows besides the Foster accident two in But none in or And no other can be traced in the years mentioned Police Chief Ken said there were collisions maybe even half a dozen last year as wire at other places but not fatalities Body Identified As Janice Montgomery The body f a woman found propped against a fence in the area five ago was positively identified last Thursday as Janice of Saskatoon The identity was confirmed by Janus Purvis of the of Forensic Odontology who compared the teeth against dental records from Insp It Dennett of the I Iolict Criminal Investigation Branch pieced together different things and finally on a hunch sent Ihc denial than of the lo Saskatoon illce had circulated the dental chart all dentists in Ontario and published it in the Ontario Dentists Journal but his had proved to be of little use to I aura Montgomery of New Westminster woman mother said If she was murdered I want to know why and who did it autopsy showed she hod been shot in head OHA Nixes Raider Rebuilding Club Retains Allan Eagleson Georgetown Raiders hove MIL plover representative toing lo bat for them ihis week In their latest dispute with the Ontario This one could cost them the four ex Oak plovers they up when thai club a few weeks ago The situation is somewhat confused but this much is known executive apparent feel our some would make loo strong for the Niagara Intermediate A League in which team currently occupies a lower berth Holders club spokesman said the has not been able to moke a claim that ihe four are illegally on the Raider roster only that they would help too much Rule PI stales thai members of a disbanded team become which makes Ihcm eligible to Join Haiders Haiders have an even stronger claim on the four in question Craig Brush Tim McNeil Kan Jeff Nicholson since Oakvlllc Oaks and Raiders were affiliated OH suspended Ihc foursome luteins week and at press time they had missed three games This is third straight year that Raiders and have been odds The previous differences involved a playoff from Dundns which the OHA upheld wllh a strange ruling and Ihen some layoff scheduling with and charge that veteran Raider king pin Blake Ingtls was suddenly import Raiders employing whal amounted lo a pre Christmas on Page I islie Mitchell was chosen queen or Ihe Georgetown District High School Mutter tnrnlval night She will reign the See High School Insights page