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keen teachers of northern corps write of apathy poverty needs a local woman and her sunday school class have discovered they neednt go out of canada to find people who need help badly in nut they neednt even go out of ontario supposedly one of the richest parts of the continent the northern corps a doz en and a half jtoen young volun teers are sent by the depart ment of education to staff pub lic schools in remote areas of the province oitf of them uvesaqd teaches in a trailer on i railroad siding others have schools bat no electricity owater they osdtewcongenlkl friend butwmch poverty ignorance and oflen the scholars ape bright eyd indian without a bright tot re often they art 6 other nationalities whose parents tack al english hampers them alrsvatff long hr acton wrote to these young people and astod them what they-heeoed- a sheaf of letters came back and two of the teachers even came to visit now sto has a long list of requests for the schools and while her sunday school class at tho united church has sent a few things many more are needed one letter begs for books books booksl other needs are for playground equipment games maps a flag pictures records puzzles old magazines in good cooottlon also money for subscriptions to magazines such as national geographic or macleans to tell the isolated youngsters about the world and about their own un known country another angle money for mailing the packages a large map of ontario in the entrance hall at the united church indicates whore tho plucky teachers are arid some of them have sent mrs long their photographs which sho put oil the map she is putting a carton in the church noar the big pokier and hopes anyone with l wuj bflng thorn in andloiw born tpr mailing v the cmireh often opoofyitbe daytime who tribe key turnf is working downstairs and there are groups mooting moit even- ings or contact indefatigable mrfe long herself enchanting names like sultan shining tree of white flshkalls sometimes belle the attractive ness of those locations jnj tho north- v other places with northern corps schools dre allan water umphrlevllle mine centre aud- en oba savant lake gogama island falls boar island ram say go homo buy franz caug- nashene some had taugh before some were recruited at teachers col lege one wont north altor three years at cooksville they all attended aijorlentatloncourse at bracebrldge there are two husband and wife teams in the current group of teachers at 16 places school books and certain sup plies are provided tut the local school boards cannot moot all tho cost of maintaining a school help comos from tho department of education to make sure tho children at least got a chance- a glimpse of ihelr problem comos in iholr iottorj man mcdjioo at frant vdacrlwh a pnhehrlvlng railway cehtrodi- solyod to a hajliifu vff 50 ajiilts and as miny children most of- them indian vthft schoolboard wants tho ratopayostoapprove i hew keh6olwllh electricity butthey jiro so-abafhemctboy- are not particularly in favor ovdn with special 90- per cent grants his 31 pupils are hrlght and eager ho especially hoods maps- magazines prhilary level books terry wills of island falls says ho could give sv list of his noods- tho length of his arm in tho first ol his throo rocoht lot- tors to mrs long ho especial ly would like maps a record playor a film strip projector sports oqulpmont and evon a flag attention lode some things are simply too oxponslvo for tho board to sup ply although thoy did provide new texts bookshelves black- books books books board and furnace recently he lives in a house trailer 43 miles north of cochrane on an cnr siding 14 students 6 to- school in one half and he lives with leaky pipes in november and frozen ones by january in the other half town is 34 mlles away to gettohtk school you drive thou walk three miles along the railroad track his january epistle describes getting up many as three times anlght sometimes -at- spoken at home and of course there aro few books magazines or newspapers in the homes electricity is supplied by the cnit hut last ydar lie was with out powor for fivo weeks three of tlioin in a row water is carrlod from a well a man comos in to look after the coal furnace when hes sober luckv in one regard his out door privy is in tho basement thu worst problem at 6ba is schoowith one window ho has alcohol- and iuhwousnt fights 24 pudlist as many levels he says ho has had to act as 40 below to keep the oil flow ing into his furnace by applying a balky blow torch to the lino and his propane for cooking wont run in the cold either bob cotey at oba is consider ed to be in ond of the most dif ficult spots in his oneroom french italian portuguese fin nlsh germany indtairand english spdaklng in most cases engush isnot peace maker suwral times why the drinking therds nothing else tiydo ulthor for chhclroa- or atfilts hoiiftstho children cofhe commodatlon three rooms aside the school fort william lod e helps him with books but he needs pictures maps atlases magazines his pupils are satisfied with a little or a lot and they dont know how to use either one sat isfactorily from bear island an indian reserve in the centre of lake temagaml barry tate cites the natives loss of pride he man- aged to got the unused common ity hall- opened again some groups already bolji their mairy destitute fanulie9 ho trayels five miles to the mainland by boat or saldoo u watery winter win tries to brighten dltmal february staff photo north halton council worry board seeks facts on merger worried over inadequate rep resentation and the spectre of a doublo tax billing each year members of the north halton ur ban board have clodded to invite a department of education rep- resentatlve to their march meet ing to answer a pile of questions on tho county board of education system while the board is made up of delegates from acton milton and georgetown councils the meet ing will bo hold in an auditorium largo onough to accommodate a crowd an open invitation will- be issuod to educators school trustees and municipal council lors from all over halton county to attend the county board systom goes into effect next january and an esquesing assessment 1247739507 total rateable assessment for the township of esquesing in creased 697682 in 1967 to a new high of 12477 39507 assess ment commissioner a w benton told the township council monday night farm and residential property accounted tor 10214750 of the new figure while commercial and industrial amounted to 2262- 64507 percentagewise the figures showed a large increase in res idential assessment in 1967 farm and residential were both around 40 per cent of the total assess ment but tha new totals showed farm at 36736 per cent residen tial at 45128 per cent com mercial and industrial at 1b1s6 percent in addttlaa to the 12477385- y assessment figure on which taxes can be collected for the en tire year there is another 49- 329 added until the and of jan uary 1m8 upon which taxes can be uviad for 11 months election is slatod for this tall to namo the oxpocted 20 trustees to the board a blueprint for tho organization of county boards for southern ontario has been re leased by education minister william g davis but urban board members claim it does not answer all their questions thoy suggested f j thompson at the department would bo an excellent speaker plans for tho meeting include a talk by tho department official followed by a question period conducted by a panel of four urban board mo ml bars who will held queries from the audience toward the speaker representation for some of tho smaller assessed municipalities is one point the board wants clar ified some members are wor ried that municipal boundary unas will be forgotten and one trustee may represent a whole tows plus perhaps a portion or all of a township on the board others noted a halton consult ative committee on education has been studying regionalized ed ucation for several years but the committees future looks dim they wondered why members of this committee are not being con sulted pointing out they were bettor acquainted with the overall picture of oducatlonln halton than most councillors or prosont school trustoos anothor aroa of concorn is tho doubloblulng for oducatlon costs according tothe blueprint tha county board will notify each municipality how much monoy it must collect to support tho county group and tho municipal office must issue an invoice to oach ratepayor collect the taxes and turn thorn over to tho county board members called it a duplication of tho presuat tax- galherlng system and suggested it would mean a whole new set of records and tuico as much work most agreed the onus for col lecting costs should rest on the county board not tho municipal ities none of us collects 100 per cent of our taxes each year there will bo arrears and who is responsible for arrears wondered one councillor acton roovo h h hlnton said the county will be better off with tho county board of education and the north of the county will be able to take advantage of tho high industrial assessment in the south we have got to keep track ol the advantages too planners to meet minister discuss land separations three representatives from the halton county planning as sociation will moot with the minister of municipal affairs and discuss the current problem about land separations on parcels over 10 acres newlyelected hpa chairman maurice f newton vicechairman ross pearen of milton and ed harrop representing esquesing wore selected to moot with tho min ister there has been much discus sion on planning boards and mun icipal councils about the problem concerning land separations as it is now land separations cant be granted with the consent of the planning board for any par cel over 10 acres at the associations mooting last wednesday a budgut was drawn the association expects to be working on a budgut of 3100 the major expense is foes and expenses at 1800 five hundred dollars goes to ward travelling and conventions 700 toward technical needs and advertising and 100 toward a dinner the budget is to be for warded to halton county council for ratification back loschool some nights tp special committee coordinates planning ara escarpment three regional development councils are now involved in co ordinating planning for tho nia gara escarpment central ont ario niagara and georgian bay members of cordcs escarp ment committee are mrs a j maearthur representing halton zone 1 and len mcnelce pool zone 2 mrs uacarthur is chairman and les duby acton mayor and cordc president la an oxofficio member the three councils involved ex pect to play a vital role in re conciling the conflict between preserving the aesthetic and re creational values of tho escarp ment and maintaining the econ omic value of production of mat erials for roads and buildings involved also are the vast amount of gravel and pit and quarry lands in the three town ships of nassagaweya esquesing and calodon these three are some of the main areas of sand and gravel operation in the cordc area the niagara escarpment stretches like an enormous rocky anger 450 miles from ouoenston to tobermory right across tho heart of southorn ont ario in tho south under its shelter fruit of all idnds grows exuber antly midway up the province its slopes are scarred with gaps whore men and machines tear gravel sand and limestone from its crust in the north tho echo of gunshots hangsamongthe trees in the late fall it is dotted with parks ranging from the elaborate green love liness of the niagara parks com mission to the roughandready naturalness of the bruce trail the gravel from its sides par ticularly in nassagaweya esquo- slng and caledoo toownships has built hundreds of miles of roads tons of it went into the smooth ribbon called 401 high way thousands of tourists gape at its most famous feature niagara falls every year yet at mil ton residents blandly refer to it as the mountain the eight conservation author ities whoso jurisdictions cover tho escarpment havo suggested to the parks integration board a committee of cabinet ministers k c lindsay will partially retire this year esquesing council rovoalod plans to partially retire clerk- treasurer k c lindsay when salary adjustments were made public at the monday meeting mr lindsay who has accum ulated a largo fund of invaluable knowledge since he has been township dork notified council early in january ho intended to partially retire this year mon day ho revealed plans to work only three days a week and his salary was adjusted assistant dork del french will take over some of mr lindsays duties and he was appointed deputydark and tax collector with two readings of a bylaw at a salary of 6100 per annum an assistant assessor unnam ed will receive 5500 per annum while assessment commissioner a w bentons salary was set at 7000 clerical assistants in the township office will recelvo 4300 there was big excltomont in the home little henry was starting school today mama waited outside anxious ly well what did my utile man learn on his first day i learned to write in one day you learned to write what did you write 7 how should i know answer ed henry i dont know bow to readi the teacher watt at first the only om who could play art in- atrumeiilj nowlio js teaching jothurs ihoicultar add piano hiu school is also usod ckurcli lihigtios weddings and funerals david splrmuy guts a kick out of calling hlniftolf prluclpallof the little 01ie roojn school at auuon and ho had somo of hs 37 pupils write charming loiters of thanks or their acion sup- ho lives in qxcollont ac tio reviews and coordinates parks plannlngthathlghorgrants p be provided tho oxtra money would speod up purchaso of 8000 kliw rtlftrnkprc acres of escarpmont land for i now ii ioi i iuci 3 parks purposes mayor at ys men there were 17 riiosts at tho last ys mons mooting some of thorn prospuctlvo now momlwrs speaker was mayor los duby who spoke on rogional dovolop- mont money was raised for tho bishop fund by a cm no so auction and a volloyball gamo was playod afterward tomorrow nlrhts spoakor is a nigerian student at o v c tho club is planning a ladles night in march iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiii suit the ufa is luooly says marg aret peeves of sultan but i never regret coming she want there from three years at cooks ville her children ban never learned the joy of giving and she has introdud red cross she has a special problem a graduate of her school 15 who went on to lasalle high school in sudbury in the four year cour and who needs money to umtlnne- his father warjts in 4 lumber camb his mother is in hospital the family is not on welfare or jeuef- w just cant make ends meet y board in sudbury is 80 a ipoolhc neitor have i seen v more j serving by and neverhave j- hopeless he isda- logo hick and even y advice to older pupils ey hecom8 dlccjxaged lonsintpiyaoestftknow do about this one rotar detegiffe kto france shows slides to i acton club premlor john robarts announ ced oarly in tho yoar that tho escarpment would bo prosorvod as a recreation area tho scheme not based on buying all ol tho escarpmont would take 25 years to completo ho said thon a niagara escarpment study has followed in tho wake of tho premiers announcomont its duties chairman profossor l o gertler of the university ot waterloo says are concerned with the escarpments potential and with devising stratogy to achieve its preservation rat nor than considering concepts for its use a delegate from georgetown to tho rotary into rnallonal con- foronco at nice france dick looyo showed slides and spoko to tho acton rotarlans at their regular tuesday dinner mooting he also showed sudes of norway whero ho visited his son and monlo carlo mr looyo president of the georgetown club also took tho opportunity to sell tickets here to tho don cossack chorus con cert at norval mar 18 now that the clubs roster is up to 20 tho systom of fines at mootlngs is to bo rolnstated the rov a h mckenzle has agreod to donato a special mexican pottery container for tho oxtra money jim lodger is hoping the local club will have 100 per cent att- endance at the governors ball at the royal york toronto mar 2 there were guests from georgetown guelphandorange- vllle at the meeting rotarlans now meet in the station hotel next week bruce carul and paul hurley recent new num bers will give classification talks and ted pratt chairman of the easter seals campaign will have an envelope stuffing bee for easter seals day off high school teachers pro- fesslonal development day was held at port credit secondary school friday and the students had the day off some enjoyed siding have you renewed your free press subscription keep informed by keeping yor acton free press coming every week if your subscription is jbout to eipire fill in tie con venient coupon below and mnl t toddy tkit way you wont miss a single copy of this leadfnq weekly chock full of reports on county and community 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