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success of the race charioteer yielded 113260 for the ridgetown high school has foll o rehabilitation founda- lowed suit and now has thrown tbe team of davld stafford down the gauntlet to george- p mcmullen and don hill i town winners the foundation i garnered the largest sponsor- this tremendous achievement nopcs idea will sp all shi george- ibythe students topped all ex ipectations and saw the stu- idetrts organize the event make lfite ehuiots round up sponsors isjsd race so that the foundation i could benefit many local mer- ichanu police and private citi ng- backed the entrants win lose the idea was first broached the best decorated float iby johnny meyer campaign- bathtub with a horse jhalr for the foundation i on a boat trailer was pulled by across ontario from towns beginning thirtyone chariots of varied and unusual design entered the race with first place going to driver norm ferguson and horses doug hilts and bill dwyer the high school staff entry with driver larg cowan and horses keith craig and princi- pal michael furlong were dis qualified in the final heat on some faint suspicion of skul duggery a charge which course was never proven i the winners the race organi icer john riley and jan laforet rampant aftc four representative for pupil count dips teacher surplus unexpected drop in campers hold aucfiafi view outdoor films religion in schools harmful i a committee will investigate the toronto telegram wilt ac company mrs mary cooper lo cal representative of the reha bilitation foundation on a tour of the headquarters and work- georgetown fire flies coffers a good attendance took part of were better off by s21 when in the sale and viewed three an odds and ends auction con- films for which john booth was eluded a the clubs regular projectionist they dealt with meeting at cedarvale tuesday torontos traffic division the night georgetown fire flics kingstonottawa vacation area are the local branch of the and sight seeing in northern canadian family camping fed- ontario eration guests at the meeting were cfcf field officers mr and president ted hcwilt as auctioneer for the sale eighteen people from halton county ranging from senior education official to a grade 8 latodentr were named last week i to study the place of religious i instruction in public schools the committee was formed ttr several county residents 1 demanded the halton education i board abolish compulsory relig- iaat instruction in th schools the ware of opposition to i religion in public schools has j been growing steadily until now ifaire is a special report before i flrc ontario government calling 1 forthe abolition of all religious sdspation in the schools ehe new halton committee w3ji make its first report to the i education board next month i jftfh further reports in january i vpj hard of next year i acton resident charles rea i wrote to the board and said 1 compulsory relgion in the pub- i ifjtschoob does more harm than isjoed it can fill young minds j iih an attitude of docility and ijipfcservlenee derived from the lwhi it demand for unquestion- jgqe obedience to awesome sup- utural powers he wrote otter public money protesters have told driver passenger treated for cuts the board public schools no business teaching young children to accept the religious doctrine as a matter of un questionable fact using public money to do this is wrong the board has been told parents who oppose religion in the schools say it is a violation of their personal freedom and pri vate right acte qlrs w holden of the bramp- 0i ton ramblers branch snops the workshops named items donated by club members operation reliance train it was the first money raising f f l students to reenter the com project by the club which p whe they have petitivc world will mean a shaved budget of business formed here this past was hold a family bowling party at summer georgetown bowl fire inspection clear schools under stopwatch halton education officials have overestimated their stud ent enrolment and supply teach ers claim they are paying the price of the statistical short fall administration officials with the halton board of education have confirmed actual enrol ment in county schools this year is 1240 less than expected douglas lawless assistant di rector of education said he is at a loss to explain the short fall which has left the educa tion board with over 20 teachers who have no pupils to teach these teachers are under con tract and therefore receive full salary until they can be placed trustee bill priestner said he hopes the special halton com mittee to study the matter will jack make sure it receives all briefs and submissions on religion from every interested party the board looked for open minds in selecting the eilit- een men women and children to sit on the special committee said trustee tom watson watson added that he thinks people who protest strongly ag ainst school religion axe in the minority north halton he cited one north halton resident who told the board he doesnt want his child being for ced to sing jesus loves me most people believe in god or in something higher than themselves said watson board officials said the sur plus teachers are being ufd in place of parttime supply fire drills conducted in every in orderly fashion and in goodi held each year school in town last week under time said the chief the stopwatches of the fire i concluding the week department showed excellent drills inspection of church parade in oakvillc was teachers who fill in for regular results according lo kirc chief l0 slair wells panic barsj attended by the firemen of classroom teachers absent from cunningham trash removal and fire extinl halton county with six gcor- school guishers were all part of thegetown firemen the schools were evacuated fire prevention week program the town representing watsons opinion that the objectors are in the minority is not supported by the increas ing movement to get religion out of the public school alto- two guelph men were hurt getter the board heard maj- in single car accident on highway 7 a half mile east of georgetown limits late thurs- day night north halton opp said al- bert zinger was treated in georgetown hospital for facial f9lts after the car he was drlv- left the road and hit a ditch x passenger donald carter re- eelved cuts to his face and left damage to the car was plac ed at 500 constable pearson of the north halton opp investigated 4he accident at 1145 pm a car and a school bus colli- dad at the corner of the 8th jllne and the base line friday aiding 1500 damage to the car 1 driven by maurice emond of oaktille and 300 to the bus driven by leslie lafferty of rsfimissauga there were no in juries i- ority of the protesters are from the professions including teach era jaycettes host to two servicewomen groups the distaff sides of two local service clubs were guests of the georgetown jaycettes when they hosted the kinettes and rotary annes at a dinner meet- at north halton golf and coun try club wednesday oct 8 the meet the ladies night even had a woman speaker in councillor donna denlson who spoke on recreation stressing the need for coordination and plannin for bett recreation watch wbt leaves colourful autumn leaves can make a beautiful picture but wet slippery leaves can be like grease on the roadway warns north halton opp georgetown firefighter jim valentine inspects emergency equipment at george kenne dy public school on weoer drive the result of this error in planning is that supply teach ers in the county are not get ting any work said a supply teacher the matn reason for the countywide surplus of teachers under contract is the shortfall in student enrolment when reporting the drop in enn merit to education trustees this week lawless said temporary upset although this has caused a temporary upset it has a brigh ter side said lawless namely that the current ca pital budget will be reduced by at least 500000 next year with further cuts in subsequent years the drop in enrolment will mean a reduction in the build ing program and therefore a reduction in the budget lawless explained accommodation needs ov the next five years will have to be reassessed the board heard also the dramatic change in enrolment trends will require an adjustment in factors used in forecasting enrolments law less added until new patterns are es tablished accurate enrolment projections will be extremely difficult conservative estima- county roads claim 28 lives this year tes will have to he made until new factors can be established the asxtant director said officials believed current growth trends in burlington and georgetown would produce most of the expected hew stb enu the growth in those areas was on schedule but more than 1000 fewer elementary pupils showed up ror school new housing lawless said the changing nature of the community and the type of new housing must have thrown the projected figt urcs out the rising cost of housing in this area is changing the types of families settling here law less conjectured the board heard that the greatest loss in students came from the high density areas of hirise apartments lawless said school reduc tions have not only occurred in halton but in the entire gol- en horseshoe area between tor onto and hamilton the number of children in an average family living in these urban areas has dropped trustees noted people with large families cannot afford tha high cost of housing the board heard the drop in enrolment has twentyeight people have died road deaths in halton county freed 20 teachers across the on halton county roads so far last year claimed 42 lives county from fulltime duties this year five of them in the mt t j they can now be used in past two weeks three men have been killed supply teaching positions in three separate accidents in the last five deaths all oc- burlington this year one of some 85000 remains in the currcd in the milton area them in march and two in june elementary supply teaching the highest number of fatali- police departments in geor- b 1 to use any of this amount ties so far this year has been getown and milton the town lawless- am w in the north halton area cov- proper are the only two in the ered by the north halton de- county to have no fatalities on tachment of the ontario pro- their books so far this year vinclal police nine people have died in highway crashes in this area there have been eight people killed on oakvillc roads six in the area covered by the oak- ville detachment of the opp three in burlington and two in acton georgetown has only had one person killed in the past seven years milton had one fatality last year cruiser car damaged in downtown collision five hundred dollars damage was done to a georgetown pol ice cruiser and the same amount to another car in a collision in the downtown area just past midnight on monday police said the cruiser driv en by constable paul robert son collided with a 1960 chev driven by ron mcallister of 107 moore park cresc as it was turning around near church street sergeant rod donaldson made the investigation st johns mens club start active season st johns united church at os mens club met last tues day night for their monthly dinner meeting president jack layman presided and ernie for- grave gave the devotional the men agreed to decorate h school the church for thanksgiving yhu she say sick childrens ronto it will be accident victim faces long recovery period it will be at least three mon- b ths before fourteen year old theresa thompson hurt in a j traffic accident last week will j return to georgetown high school her mother told the herald today she suffered a broken hip j and pelvis and multiple cuts on j her leg when hit by a truck on guelph street opposite the and also to take the lay mens wcu say thc doctors at sunday service oetobcrjbth plans were made for the an nual christmas tree project and members were given order forms to start canvassing the- clutfwui supply a record player for the sunday school and wiu also look after a treat for the children between thc christmas holidays alex berzinsh closed xhc evening with slides from a trip he had taken through greece is coming along the hospital to- at least three monlhs before she js well again she was transferred to the sick childrens hospital wed ncsday of last week a short time after bcjng admitted- to georgetown hospital the same crew of the georgetown am bulance corps who took her to this hospital took her into toronto c h t-