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trvs acton fre prees wednesday september 10 1949 board turns down delegation 59w subdivision sche will not reopen kindergarten wellinflan county board of education voted not to reconsider iti previoua decision to dote the kindergarten at orprlnsss icbool in spite of 1 request for reconsideration by ray bernard of erin spokesman for a delegation of clow to so otprinat area parent who attended the boarda meeting in gudph monday night trustee jack cilchriit whp represents guelph township on the baud moved the board not reconsider iti decision to cloei the kindergaiien at ospringe but that appropriate ofttcera ef the board examine the but router in the area with retard to instituting possible changel particularly for the ave children who have trteionge it distance to travel his motion was carried the board had previously dottd the ospruuj kindergarten and made arrangements for ospringe area syearolds to be bussed to brisbane school near tin village of erin and hon r mckay school in hilltburgh mr bernard pointed out that it would be possible for the board to rent a portable classroom at the rate of 33000 a year whereas the rental of a school bus for one route amounted to between 25 and 28 a day or a capital outlay of 5000 a year ik also explained that the delegation felt that it would be far better to move one teacher than 28 children there are 28 potential kindergarten students in the ospringe area he added that the board already hat a teacher travelling between schools in hilltburgh arid erin on the subject of bus routes mr bemardi told the board that there are seven children living above number 17 sideroad in erin township who would have to travel to ospringe across highway 24 to brisbane school and back up to rots r mckay school in hihiburgh a total return route of 40 miles if tin board did not reconuder their original deciuon mr bernard told the board that under the old boundaries the ospringe school area covered 30 of the township and added that with the present and future increase in population in the hilltburgh area he didnt know how the rots r mckay school would be able to cope with close to 60 ospringe area parents attended the wellington county board of education meeting in guelph monday night the delegation asked the board to reconsider their decision to close the kindergarten at ospringe school the board voted not to reconsider their decision but promised to en amine more closely bus route that are taking children to school in hlllsburghistaff photo additional students from oilier parts of live township mr bemardi asked tlie board what effect they thought ditutufled parents would have on their children when ihey were not luppy with the distance their children were travelling to school the board also received a letter from the conmngsby womens institute supporting otpnnge parents objections to the kindergarten closing clifford whitfield an associate superintendent of ichooli commended the delegation for their fine turnout and for the clarity of their brief then went on to explain the reasons for the boards original decision lie pointed out that it was the board t job to provide quality education for each of the 22000 children under its jurisdiction mr whitfield added dial in stnvmg for this the board must keep in mind the ability of ratepayers to maintain quality education mr whitfield told the delegation that the potential enrolment of h4 kindergarten children in erin township indicated to lie board they might either choose to have four classes of 21 each attending halftime or three classes of 28 each attending half time the board decided upon the fourclass arrangement thereby maintaining a fairly low teacherpupil ratio of 21 to one whitfield pointed out that not have an effect on quality education mr whitfield replied that he was aware of no study that had shown this added there were children in a neighbouring township travelling further to school even that those in the ospringe area in reply to mr bemardia request that the board nuke an effort to give the delegation an answer before they left board chairman dr taylor evans asked the trustees their opinions after some discussion a motion tlul the nunc i be heid over until the next meeting was defeated finally a motion by trustee mike bean that the board discuss the matter later on in the evening was earned a motion by trustee douglas hogarth that tlie discussion be held in camera was subsequently defeated several possible solutions to the problem were offered by board members when they took up the matter again later in tlie evening mr bean suggested that the board move a portable clasuoom from brisbane school to ospringe since there was a greater concentrations of children in the ospringe area trustee charles mac hammond wondered if it would be possible to transfer senior students from ospringe school instead of the kindergarten children the possibility of combining two senior classes in ospringe school into one room live re by leaving one room for u mr from past experience the board had found it very difficult to get a teacher to take charge of two different kindergartens in two different localities on the question of where to place the 84 children mr whitfield uid that at the lime of the boards decision transportation routes had not been established but that the board realized that the flow of school bus traffic in the put had always been along highway 24 towards the village ofbrin when asked by one parent if he thought that having children travel such a long distance did formal military parade will present lieutenantgovernor to waiting crowd in a formal military section of the fall fair parade the lieutenantgovernor of ontario will proceed to the park to officially open this years edition of the fair plans are being carefully laid for a suitable reception for the honourable rots macdonald of brentford the traditional formality introduced in the parade will continue m the park where the lieutenantgovernor will inspect his honor guard and then enter his special marquee at the toutheatt end of the park tlie fair board will be inviting guests to come into the marquee to meet tlie lieutenantgovernor and his aides the guests will include fair board members town township and- county official at two oclock he villi proceed to the platform to officially open the fair and speak to the crowd then it is likely he will be escorted around the fair grounds by the president wilmer fryer it is anticipated a small reception will be hjld afterward at the home of mr and mrs charles leatherland officials concerned with the plans expect he will have at least two aides and perhaps one of lus daughers will accompany him a special meeting was held tuesday evening when detailed arrangements for his reception were again gone over by the fair board the parade will lormupal the station at 12 noon and the first section is being termed the lieutenantgovernors parade first the lome scots pipe and drum band followed by the official car or cars then the lome scott honor guard of 100 men with the color party nght in the centre as is traditional in battle formation then comes the lome scots military band followed by the legion color party and then the acton legion the second part of the parade brings the entries familiar year after yearthe acton citizens band in front the cars with heads of municipalities county warden miss acton fair and attendants dairy princess and the floats of various organizations or businesses the oplikmghts band adds even more music to this years outstanding parade arthur a johnson od optometrist miiton and acton set prefeaessnal obettoty for detail council upset continuetl from kfe one fat the agreement its a privately owned lake and private land but public taxes are spent on it insisted mr marks and public money is our responsibility to look after at any time thats what the board intended to say in their letter its rather late to make directions to us it should be directed to the cvca for their future guidance reeve f oaket said if councillor marks it correct then why did they tend copies of the letter to the press councillor coats asked to raise h thats why i agree with thai mr maiks said of she last remark help1 help help1 acton firefighters will be calling on you campaigning fob muscular dystrophy firefighters will call at homes east of john street monday sept 15th also homes west of john street wednesday sept 17th have your donation ready kindergarten was played down by director of education d j wilson who pointed out that such a move could prove harmful to the senior students involved lie added the board would be far belter to provide additional space than to jam students together in classrooms ospringe school principal bruce macpherson who attended the meeting concurred with mr wilson wheo aiked his opinion before making his motion mr gilchrist uid i fail to we why we iliould lie nuking such j luss about- moving children live miles on a bus i fail to see the significance uf this he added mr gilchntt noted that ihcic have been plenty of incidents in the county where children have travelled tills far mr hammond stated that mi gilchrist was correct in whit he said but added that other groups were doing it in uiullcr numbers alter mr gilcluistt motion had been passed mi bean expressed the hope that parents would not keep their children out of school on account of the boards decision one member ol the delegation obviously unluppy with the boards decision replied tlul lie would not allow hit children lo attend school as he lelt the room when contacted by the free press later mr benurdi said that parents were not satisfied with the boards decision but had not yet decided whether or not lo keep their children out ot school at tuesday evenings meeting of nasugaweya council a bylaw was passed which paved the way for a isuhome subdivision to be built near the village of moffat the development called moffat i stales will be built at tlie corner uf the first line and is sideroad the houses will be priced between j 25 000 and s2h000 with construction expected lo begin on the first so homes by next spring if final approval is given by the ontario municipal board canadian mitchell associates of bramalea is doing tlie engineering work for the project and they expect use work lo be done in two or three phases with approximately so houses being built tlie first year final costs of use whole suhdiviuun have not been settled but an ollicial of canadian mitchell said services and roads are expected to run around 230000 canadian mitchell associates has done other work in the housing field with their most outstanding accomplishment to date being tlie engineering work done in establishing tlie satellite city of bramalea residents of tlie new subdivision are expected to come from the guelph hamilton burlington and metro n toronto areas if final approvalis given to the project acton fair parade flfftty form saturday september 20hs jc parade to start at 1200 noon v business and industrial float l service club and organization float novelty float no entry fee pteete cheek the space above for your wiry prizes for each section 1st prize2500 2nd prize1500 3rd prize500 mail entries to chairman parade committee ruttall uutray jekt mhj tdel umthsmm 38 plymoulh coej1 mi bfl j gusilph onltflo acton onivlo atioa ottevio onor before weonesoav september 17 ibm note small cmurtn with buuiri htcyclti he loin in pjratlr at khox church ohaanixayion smittaib inaosi funiiirimoiuci a iga juices icaiatoauiosiuci beans- pork jiuiaamlttosjioiiia ss jelly desserts 10 icinoetttuakia peanut butter oiistoaii hsimoisuus fancy peaches cojkbatter 2sx jrathft chips lm tsi strauss at si i mm 10 petfoods uuhawaa iga coffee iga tea bags 2 detergent 2 1 nil si i is garbage bags 2 othnge jc juice jm llllawnilst smamiiiima zi4y ounces tssttflu g 79 local carrots 25 localowons sk- jft 29 ozbarjm man vmuffins resets tnicrivi cake mixes leuttossssmumm uaif ftpf 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