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Page is THE HERALD Wednesday July 1974 School Closing Under The Mat LEGION FAMILY PICNIC LEGION HAPPENINGS Sunny Skies Order Of Day For Legion Family Picnic ByROMATIMPSON Sunny skies prevailed while friends got together at the Branch 120 annual family picnic held at the residence of BUI Hunter There were many races and competitions with win ners RACES Girls and boys 3 prizes for all Girls and boys prizes or all Girls Kathy Allen Boys Paul second David Goudle Girls first Donna Sedore second Gall Boys first Joe Hamilton second George Osborne Girls first Margaret Burns second Lynda Bums Boys first Marry Kilts second Billy Girls 13 first Clare Carter second Sandy Boys first Paul Carter second Dave THREELEGGED RACE Girls and under first Stafford and Gall second Surah and Grieve Boys 10 and under first Paul Goudle and Dave Goudle second Don Turner and Ray Wallace CATERPILLAR Girls 10 and under first Donna Sedore second Sarah Cockton Boys 10 and under first Richard second Dave Goudle THREELEGGED RACE Girls 10 and over first Sandy and Karen Cooper second Sandy Welsh and McQuarrie Boys 10 and over first Chuck Moffat and Ian second John Cooper and Dave BALLOON RACE Girls and under first Marjorle Grieve second Donna Sedore Boys 10 and under first Doug Turner second Danny SHOE SCRAMBLE Girls and over first Sandy second Mar Bunts Boys 10 and over first Marty Kltts second Ian Rannachan SACK RACE Girls 10 and under first Donna second Stafford Boys 10 and under first Dave Goudle second Ray Wallace SACK RACE Girls 10 and over first Sandy Sedore second Clare Carter Boys 10 and over first Mike and second Mike Kitts SKI RACE Mixed and over first Sandy Karen Cooper Mike second Dave Nichols Don Hall Fred Dalorinna SOMERSAULT Mixed 10 and over first Dave second Marty KUts ADULT RACES THREELEGGED RACE First Don McFarland and Kelly Second Jerry Wallace and PIE PLATE RACE First Peggy Payne and Jerry Wallace Second Ron Carter and B Carter BALLOON THROWING First Ron Carter and Carter Second Peggy Payne and Jerry Wallace SACK RACE LADIES SHOE KICK MEN S WALKING RACE First Jerry Wallace second George WHEELBARROW First Brian and Heather Harley Second Mr and Mrs Payne BALLOON HEAD First Linda Grelg and Frank Second Peggy Payne and Jerry Wallace LADIES HOBBLE First Linda Gaskill second Delia Gaskill CRACKER EATING First Beryl and Gerry Wallace Second George and SEW THE PATCH First Gerry Wallace and Carter Second Mr and Mrs Payne Big winner of the day was Herman Ticket who won a portable television set AIR CADETS Sitting around on these hot and humid summer days and nights a cooling thought is that winter is bound to come whether we want it to or not The wise ones that are looking ahead to the snowcovered ground will be thinking of an easy way to get rid of all the white stuff Well the equally wise ones who have the interest of the air cadets at heart are also looking ahead This week they will have tickets available for sale on a snow blower The Legion sponsored air cadets Squadron 756 have a hard working ways and means chairman young Joe and he is going to handle the tickets Joe would like help In this very wor thwhile endeavor so please get in touch with Joe and help him sell the tickets or help him In any other way he needs it The snow blower will be won by some lucky person In Oc tober when it Is drawn for at the Georgetown Fall Fair You cant be a winner if you don have ticket so help Joe help the air cadets by purchasing some and advertising it to your friends Aug 10 in Brampton will see our Pipe Band leading the Brampton Black Knights in their parade Thats not too far to go if you have some spare time and like to listen to the Pipes and Drums Aug they are the Exhibition for Warriors day and for the Toronto Highland Games No Lloyd No 411 Roy Puckering No Chuck Hill No M George Louth Sr No Bob Dum per No 115 Tom Neeler LADIES AUXILIARY Say this looks like it could be A fun evening Ladies Auxiliary Zone Sports Dance first dance of the season to be held Sept at m Legion Hall 40 Elizabeth St S Brampton Door prizes and spot dances per couple and music provided by the Five All proceeds for ladles auxiliary zone sports fund Sounds like a good way to Start off the busy season and a chance to get together after the summer recess ANN LANDERS Unwed Mother Gives Up Baby 9 Men first Jerry Wallace Dear Ann Landers I am so disgusted with ou this minute 1 could wring your neck I Just read your cockeyed answer to that pregnant teenage girl whose guy ran out on her You told her to give her baby a break and allow some loving couple to adopt It I am an unwed teenage mother who kept her child against everyones advice my parents our minister and the social worker It saved my sanity She is the only thing in this work I give a damn about If I had listened to all that creepy advice that was poured on me Id have been in the booby hatch by now I hate men They are all liars and cheats I wouldnt marry Prince Charles if he got down on his knees and begged me Im going to raise my little girl alone Ive done more living in 17 years than you have in your or whatever you are Ill bet that picture of you In the paper is at least years old acting like you know everything Ill bet you didnt check of your socalled authorities when you coughed up that dumb answer You owe every unwed mother in the world an apology Starting with me Did It and Im Glad Dear Dont bold your breath waiting for my apology or for Prince Charles to ask for your hind either I dont think youre bis type Please read the next letter It was written by one of toy so- called authorities Dear Ann As a social worker who has spent a good many years working with unmarried girls walling for their babies to be bom I want to thank you for your excellent advice I nope and pray you got through to tome who are undecided When an unmarried girl makes up her mind she is going to keep her baby it is usually due to an underlying feeling of It a need to atone for her by devoting her lite to the child This decision is actually a selfish one majority of those girls arent capable of raising a child Most of them are mere children emotlonally if not physically Some unweds are determined to keep their babies just to spite their parents who beg them not to Others hang on in the hope that the baby s father will like the baby after It is born and marry them after all None of these reasons are valid or realistic And there is another aspect Why should a girl be penalized throughout her entire adult life because of an early mistake Shouldnt she have the op portunity to finish her education get a Job and enjoy some freedom before she settles down to raise a family I ve seen enormous resentment develop against innocent children because their mothers suddenly realized they missed so much Please Ann keep telling unwed mothers that the noblest act they can perform is to give up their babies Every child deserves to have a mother and a father who can give him love and the kind of life that will prepare him for stable adulthood If my letter changes just one girls mind It will have been worth the time and trouble it took to write it With You All The Way Dear With Me Thanks for your Your letter was one of many from social workers who expressed this point of view I even heard from some unwed mothers who aid they are sorry hey kept their babies I hope somebody out here listens before It Is too late Confidential to Dlek Hin sdale Please let me hear from you Immediately Ann Lan ders O Box 334S Chicago Illinois tots will do It Please out personal private and confidential on the envelope By DOROTHY Norval Resident School Board swept the issue of the closure of Norval Public School under the mat very quickly and of ficiously once again at the board meeting held on sday evening July IB About men women and children from the district carrying placards and signs regarding the Issue quietly filed into the board meeting and sat quietly while the board discussed some of the business on the agenda The decision to attend the board meeting In a group was made on Thursday morning when It was realized that most of the board members were under the Impression that there was very little opposition in the community to the closure of the school In fact most board members know very little about Norval aside from the fact that there Is a small three roomed school here Most of them believe the bigger the belter and are dedicated to this end therefore Norval school must go and children must be bused to larger schools even If it means the end of a community That part t concern them except for two members from who are more aware of what is happening to the small communities in Ontario But they are only two of a IB member board NO CHANCE The Norval group knew that there would be no chance to be heard at this meeting as this has to be arranged about a week In advance but they decided that this action would at least familiarize the board with the fact that there Is in deed a strong feeling of op position In the area to the closure of the school Only those who could be reached by phone in a hurry received the information of the intention to attend meeting that evening Many were away on holidays some nad to work but the fact that about so turned out on such short notice gives a very good indication of the interest In this area All did not carry placards but most of the group did Those who had no signs only heard about the delegation after reluming home from work that evening and so had no time to make one The group were aware that it was very unlikely that they would have the op portunity to speak to the board but they knew that they would be seen and the placards would speak for them Just before the coffee break he meeting chairman W J noted there was a group from attending the meeting and referred to an article that had appeared in the Hamilton Spectator paper dialing hat the Halton Renaissance Committee had requested that a brief it plans to present at the Aug 22 meeting of the board would include a resolution asking the board to reconsider the decision to close School but because of the urgency of the situation it had forwarded Its request for consideration to be made at the July meeting REQUEST Mr Prlestner stated that the only way the subject could come before the meeting would be If a board member requested that it be reopeaed Goodln of Ward 3 Oak lie made the motion to have the Norval School issue reopened This was seconded by Crosier of Ward Oaktille The board then voted and the motion was defeated Note that the Norval representative on board of Milton neither moved nor seconded the motion Ernie of Georgetown was absent Photographers from various tapers were present and pic were taken of the placard carrying delegation and a Utile publicity for the cause was gained During the coffee break In dividual were interviewed by the press and more pictures were taken Very Tew board members however took this opportunity to learn a little about the community from the representatives present As far as they were concerned they had dealt with matter very ef and Ihey were not interested in the opinions of this small community Even Mr Lawson did not approach any of the Norval group to inquire why they had attended the meeting He was not available for comment the next day NOT REMAIN The group did not remain for the rest of the board meeting having accomplished their mission which was to demonstrate that opposition to the closure of Norval School is not dead yet they left quietly but very disturbed and angry over the boards way of bulldozing over any opposition to their decisions but more determined than ever to carry on the fight It is a very educational ex perience to attend a school board meeting Every ratepayer in that Is the least bit concerned about where their taxes are going or has any interest whatever in the education of the children should make a point of at tending at least one meeting The bored expressions on the faces of the members while business was discussed makes one wonder if all real business Is decided In closed sessions and all they are doing Is rubber stamping decisions already made The one item of business that absolutely astounded the group was letter read by Mr from a parent concerned about her childs education In an open concept class The tetter slated that this Individual had paid a visit to the school found it in a very dirty condition also visited the childs class and found all the pupils going around doing whatever they wished none of which was along an educational line This was an excellent letter of concern pointing out the fact that life can not be lived on these terms of everyone doing their own thing and children not receiving the education necessary to prepare them for the future It stated that if they ran Ihelr farm in the same manner that this school was operated they would soon have no farm The letter ended In asking the board what It intended to do about the situation The members carried right on with the business on the agenda as if no letter had ever been read No comment about the letter was made by any member absolutely unbelievable the disregard to this very con cerned parent Perhaps letters are dealt with at some other time but if so why was it read during the meeting If It was to be dealt with later No wonder the Renaissance Committee is receiving such a large support in the county when individuals and groups are either completely ignored or bulldozed over like garbage One mother was heard to remark I am glad that my children had the op portunity of attending a school board meeting now they know why the Is run the way It Is The next move for the Norval ratepayers is to call a public meeting as soon as possible to carry on the fight If school board refuses to listen to the concerned parents then they will petition the education minister and Premier Davis ratepayers have Just started to fight They refuse to roll over and play dead any longer 1 5- 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