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... of the school in the district served has given rise to concern about transportation and two miles from school, which is the distance some pupils have to travel from three outlying areas. The heavy and constant traffic of a main thoroughfare, Plains Road West or No. 2 Highway is always in the minds of parents and the school administrators. Various delegations have requested transportation and traffic lights for their children. One principal was traffic officer for a time. Kindergarten was started in 1951 - seventy years later than in Toronto. Former Pupils at Aldershot Honor Teacher Retiring after 40 years Miss Freda Leathorn, retiring after a 40-year teaching career, 33 of those years at Fairfield School, was honored at a reception held in the school auditorium last evening. Three hundred former students, parents and friends, filled the auditorium to overflowing as a tribute was paid to the guest of honor. Guest speaker was C. B. Routley, superintendent of professional education for the Ontario Department of Education. Mr. Routley, a former Wentworth County school inspector, brought greetings from the Hon. Dr. Dunlop, Minister of Education, saying "I want to tell Miss Leathorn that the department of education does appreciate her long and faithful service and the many fine things she has done for education." MASTER of ceremonies for the evening was Ted Lancefield who was a student of Miss Leathorn's in her first year, 1926, at Fairfield School. Miss Leathorn was escorted to the platform by Norman Dalgleish, a former principal, now principal at Glenview School, and Mahlon Shantz, the present principal of Fairfield School. Jack Akam, a former secretary-treasurer for the East Flamboro school board, praised Miss Leathorn's "integrity, outstanding capabilities and understanding of children." A string of pearls was presented on behalf of the former members of the East Flamboro board. Arthur Bell, a former principal of Fairfield School, presented a figurine on behalf of former teachers. A basket of roses was presented from the board of education by trustee George Williams and Christine Karca, a recent pupil of Miss Leathorn. The Home and School Association presentation of a silver tea service, was made by Mrs. J. R. Peters, President, and Mrs. Earl Davis, the first president