he was mr skuce or the inspector to thousands in georgetown t smiwi high snglti the georgetown herald rob haw 32ft thursday dk 11 1h3 rus stephens 32b patfi 10 avrg in all of haltoa county there were jus 120 teachers lo ene tlw educational needs of 90001 pupils georgetown had 258 puptb in 8 classrooms i the year was ibm the de pression held full sway and it seemed education had assumed a pattern never to be changed not tha the majority of people desired a change edui cation had followed a trend set with um pasung of a school improvement act in 1811 it had established a fragment ary pattern which by 1s38 had resolved itself into a system which mean that in halon il one there were 65 school boards new fee it was at this period that a voung school mipecor headed down iroro the wilda of north ern ontario lo take up a posi tion as county schools inspec tor a report on the educational syaera throughout the province had just been issiud it was wntten by mr v k greer provincial inspector and sus gested an overhaul mas long overdue the report took the imajini lion of the new counv school inspector and he had hardh entered office before he start ed to expound lis theories his name was lome skuce for the next en jears mr skuce preached a gospel ol equal educational opportunitts for all at public meeting he pointed out the inequalities of a sysem which cramnud children of all age into a n gle classroom for tuition under one hard pressed teacher t meetings of the sarin i- boards within the count ik pleaded with rustees to dele gate their responsibilities o a single board streamlining the administration warkad hard he continued to chip he walls of prejudice until chink appeared it was not easv i one month alone he voluntanlv attended 23 meetings this on top of his rou ine daily work of ensuring that the svstem as it existed ran smoofih there were breakthroughs and there were momenj ot his cnuragement like the occas ions when he wis stopped m the street grabbed by the mn and told we don t wan to heir you talk about central schoils again then there were momenu nf humour vhen speaking at a public meeting the coun y in spector referred lo education in the north of the province and was heckled from the audience 1avbe the are more progressive up there he chi ded cajoling ihiding and persua ding lome skuce won hrough halton became among the first to adopt the new svsiem and rid itself of the administrative dead wood accumulaed in seven ty jcars ot lack of progress i today lome skuce finds himself on the eve of retire menl the rail school system he rt called was the brainchild of harry payne a cnr executive durinj the depression dm hardhit residents of the in duslnal south were encoujgcd by the government to o north where land and opporum awaied them the tiek north brought prob lems and it was pavne who conceived the idea ol trucking hornby out education the beat a lot ted lome skuce as inspec or therefore tuuk in parr sujiid white river and further nnnh further afield in out linv rommunih the need for rduiation inspired ni n to embark on a do i vnursill i program it ended with all tn ding a hand and tht tiiitlin was conipletul at j toial i m s5t that wa all the ish i he government could allot to the scheme all mr sk ice achieved or his efforts were the thanks o the parents oti onal satisfaction in a job well done and another regular mmi lo add o n alrea is hard- prtsscd schedule but he thought it wis worth i en w ard red rohier doug burnett ijvdiks weekly high triples phv ward barb kcjcc wmkly high singlti barb reyce verna hopkinson 220 smimii high triples 2u jean roshier 730 199 phvl ward 6s5 stfsoni high singfet jean bushier 293 1hvl ward 289 588 avcragv jean itoshier i phjl ward verna hopkinson 198 lorne skuce long ttrr behind luin slnuht- a ur eer that span 47 vurs and takes in exporunu- whuh u eacher- or admminir ilnrs hjvi had or can emuulr but of atl his iihirv incuts he counh the sin imlining of halton i lui jlional t tup a his major auomplminkiit he is ant o bt mudcl about ihe iffori jiu into thi work but state hi- win n miur a tirement i in tht yflin it is a time for rt ipiit i hi s tern as it thm latmil tini ormilv but was hrnilv ui tremhid i nlr i we miilil never inv hnnllul m1iqm rit expansion vvhtn n irrmd the mi tni it in- mu lies in i old f ni- llu la i i m1 board- lint hi i n win tltd ilov n to a mn ink hilldoi n t tht end ol ldi month ihtrc win jb6ti pupils in h rnltd schools in the i unttitwii nuimuptlitv alone nd t t th ih t nl m por unlv f r wh ih hi fmijil so hard old sittm tht re w iv a mrmiinl inoiiu he himsim was a produil ol the old ii m and hit nist of it rnivstd uiir scars sihool ins it was pcrluis ihi- ihit gave him hi dnvt u hilp force through ihe up lii l lion the ehildrtn of milposi work rs the brood- til mintrs nun in rincn and railro id t mplov l were lauht iht thrte frtm hi ht 1020 s ihi ur piomirm land in us tnnm eiist to tit in and iiiiasiire up lo tht thlkiui loiilron ir him lurm skuir did muiic id utational pitintt rini in his nun ruht sludtn s don lln nil trit k wt r ofhrtd p rtalt diools in tht shipi of imiviiiid rail iruiks raih truik ilividid into twii sutions lint mtliun provulul living moiniiiola mil lor ihe liatnr mil hi fnnih family surprise party for 25th anniversary i a vvell known couple to all ntt huwdin owiur of hit in this community were treat hurnli tarjic ed lo a surprise parly bv their familv at the boync- cunimii tt m ii ttiht an i t nil nitv centre in honor of their u d slua win is hit twentv fifth wedding amiivers uum t im ihukiii v arv mr and mr mtdfom piwtress wert the honoridu t ll ntll t am estt as well a quite surpnv mrv j 1 ed ihe hall was beantifull ih hjr lf lhll ar roratctf wilh pink and wlntt h lhius u uik mrcamers and wedding hi ik u umtintl hhsjii the eldtst chiuhtcr of mr t nd mrs pewtrtss kalhlttn made the three tiered vvtddtn lr l x 1u taki whuh vsas beaulilullv xlltin- ull ni decorated am on a t ihli v n t h i in one comer nf the hall with hr candle- anil flowers tinn il wilh silver ihcrc wtmuhv m 11 uesl present who cinie f- m rt xt irn n 1ml mount hope t amphelhille m x m w0aa intermediate standing of dk 7lhl tr m milton raiicvilli alton ht ltciiham blora p w i tpt- 7 4 j 1 9 t 1 1 7 4 10 17 1 2 1 ii 4 5 2 t 0 4 5 i 3 1 t a u 3 o 0 miur lks t woodstock teorceiown t irl vie omagh milton and mir niundius dislrut two import nil kiicls attindini win mis win mrladdin who w is tin sutidav s tfiihi mi v iett trees si irted first sniidav sihool d in r lirsl vthonl kiel mrs 1 i if mi mil fn whin chuckle a chaff ill hittvitti tliuii him in milis c h imiith irutk an i it it in r tvin h ul i a s in ihn p n v pupils unld hti i in win dr ppul tmt th sll ojih i ii rur i jur im win ihe i last weeks scores millon 8 u on town 5 oraiirville 7 aclon 1 milton 7 alton 4 vrmln 10 milton 1 n iniloii 4 hilttnlidiu hospital bowling lu 91 h 1lha team standing illlltullls i t slnrpis i hits j i mr n weekly high triplet i il s ml pill lis htm burmlt waekly high singlet i us mi phi us hi i lluniilt seaton t high triplet nrr mvrlle smith hit t line sptnl together ph ard and dtmini in ihi n of hie jovce s orehesiia uiev weie as i t w il nhin mm t t ihei linv aimlv iv ift whim i eduialma mdi r in nd miliums lit d lh ir iront ir it i m uhtn lu n i n lhv win slniliuli thur homis uiih imniework lo knp tin ltd tin il sthoi n i ihe lisk allullul lt the minium ol hi sk i ed thtir sirum thinks to all tleluiuiliinth was enr in the hmilv in cludiiic ihe passing of wiildnu nki hi hallie anil mid i toisl was mule lo the limit l mil broom bv ri ptar tk i brother nf the bride and n one expicwd the lies i f i she or ihe i inline hie due tried o sers 1 thini 111 it happi ii said the sk ue st i ht tin r o ihk ail s to il lint mcmillan on r 17 1 lihn hu ill nod kei aim dr nc ti but htrt irt imibihli n in i ontario ivlm hue suth a r ill storj to till there weir the ir vears in spent as uiilnr and iiisped r in the miowtxiiniil w idirncss ol northern tin arm where roul re almost iinlmjuvvn and nil ids were the ttlrearls that held outposts to iviluatinn his was the task of sieinn holiday decorating ideas shown by mrs e pearce uid ski 1 h he tnvilli i he m in si pi in lv nl in in ti the imil sinlih on i ot in vviiiler lie jnishid h s w v skis over snowilnfis dm he inall he mule his vs iv iriiim pun u i one sdiool hi thum tu a i ft n i do turn nut onlv did hr in pe i ihe sihool he hilpid to lull them pre- i phv nis to mr and mrs um llowden who are rimmi ihnr special dav i n hi i manv rlnldicn fion hmnhy dislrut attended annual santa lau parule salurdav in milton llnrnln represented hv a lfj4 lire cim which t ti red i the creative building set samsonite more than a toy more than just a game w i lego en idren of all ages an make ships jbt pld es houses cars nbl trucks garages filling 1 i sta o ikyi fapeis d i mals sold crs mo- j sacs mice s no lu to wd you can build f a th lego hobdyius you g a id old also pi oy wok ng v h 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rmslr011s as ecre ary in the ahsenee of mm shields following ihe u ual opening exercises i le rorrespondence wis read an j dealt with this was the christmas mee ling md the ladies etijovrdi mnging carols wilh mrs i newhouse iccoirrpmtymannhi piano ror he program which vs fhnstmas decoralionv mrs pearce of rosedale horal dem onstrited some novel andverj lovely decorating ideas thl ladies were given mm hers and mrs kelly vas ne lucky winner of 1 lovely lihie centre arrangement which nm ained red rarnalloni thanks were expressed lo all who hd helped for the eien n the meeting wa closer and a lunch nf sandwiches nd christmas cake was enjoyed the nexl regular meelinz will be held on thursday ev enlng january 2nd 1wh they were 14 tables nf eu rhre at the pify which ihe n atitute held al stewarttown on november 23rd mim cimphell and miss ethel brownndge held high scores for he ladies nd mr cam sinclair and mr dan ijvingstone had high scores f r the gentlemen mr and mrs tleg williams won ihe 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