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the georgetown herald wednesday may 25th 1949 tjhe georgetown herald serving the communities of page 5 qweoktown olen w1l1uam8 noeval ummoubl hornby 8tewahttown asiigkove balunfad terra cotta subscription rate z50 a yoiiir single copies 6c each adverting rates quoted on application walter c biehn publisher and editor mary h biehn associate editor oartleld l cgllvroy staff leslie clark harold davlsori corey hcrrlngton 3k the ifcrald is printed each wednesday afternoon it uio ohlcodri main beet georgetown authorized an necond clasmnll poat oulco dopt ottawa liembors of tho conadlan weekly newspaper aiiuoclatlopj and tiw ontario- quobcfdlvislqn of the cwna e editors corner joining the district now that the town council- on recommendation of the board of education has voted to join north hal- ton high school district there remains only the for mality of having a bylaw passed by county council for inclusion of georgetown in the district george townwill be a member of the district by january 1 950 makeup of the new board as we understand it will be figures in brackets represent the proportions of the present nineman board georgetown 3 0v milton 1 2 esqlesing 2 2 acton 1 i nassagaweya 11 halton county 33 all members of the dis trict are entitled to one representative on the board with the county empowered to make three additional appointments the present three appointments come from esquesing milton and acton in addition to these the town which has the largest public school en rolment has an extra member georgetown when she joins will have this member in place of milton as at present each municipality having a population of over 3000 also is entitled to an extra member on the board which accounts for the extra members in geor getown and iscjuesing itwasbnly after the fullest consideration that the board of education decided on this policy which in effect votes the board out of existence at the end of its first term of office the main reason which promp- ted the decision was that the board believed that it was impossible to give high school students in georgetown an adequate education at a reasonable cost in future years without being able to draw on any of the sur rounding municipality of esquesing for student and financial support lowered attendance at the local high school would mean a decrease of several thousand dollars in government grants while at the same time it had been intimated that the dept of education would not favour continuing a commercial course with such a limited number of students nor would it be interested in a financial grant for the building of a gymnasium or auditorium also influencing the decision was the be lief by the board that the present north halton district had virtually abandoned plans for building a central school at speyside and a statement by a department official that this department now favoured locating cen tral schools in urban municipalities if at all possible no offence meant it is not bur intention to engage in a personal feud with the actonmilton editor it seems that both our selves and mr dills are at present serving in twin cap acities he as a member of the north halton high school district board and ourselves as chairman of georgetown board of education in a recent editorial we referred humorously as we thought to the two ac ton members of the board as old dogs using the adage you cant teach an old dog new tricks for their stubborn insistence that a central school be built at speyside mr dills in his editorial reply last week in the two papers took exception to the term as a slight ing remark and attributed it to mr biehns anger and a slip of the pen if we have offended the aston men who are both men of integrity and wellrespected in their community we are genuinely sorry at the same time it is our right to disagree with what we feel is a foolish and unwise location for a school which now that georgetown is joining the dis trict will someday serve the children of this town the location of a central school if it is built will be a mat ter for decision for the district board but in a matter of such vital importance for all municipalities con cerned it should be the subject of many editorials as it has and will be in this paper we have consistently opposed the erection of a school at speyside and have several times expressed our views about why it should not be there mr dills has been a champion of spey side but to our knowledge has never in his newspaper put forth any reason why it should be built in that loc- ality rather than another in what he terms enlighten ment and background for the motion by the acton board members at a recent meeting to proceed immed iately with erecting a school at speyside he quotes the following letter in which after a close examination we find not the faintest reference to any specific school lo cation as it- in turn provides background for our readers we too reprint it toronto 2 j april 7 1948 re temporary additions to milton and acton high schools in r to stlelter frorrrae north halton high qchool district board over th signature of your chair- a martin ik js notd that the effortsof hassa a4ai evsahanasaehabkahaabsht i aa aal aai a j m u a icc jb laawpotlafy avccoinlncinayiflal for shop work and home economics without engag ing in a building program have not proved to be sue- cessful i it is therefore agreed that your board may retain architectural service to prepare sketch plans for an ad dition to the milton- school comprising one general shop 1 000 square feet and one hdme economics room 1 000 square feet and an addition to the ac- to school to provide one commercial room of fcoo square feet or preferably some rearrangement within the existing building that would provide satisfactory accomrnodation fora class f when the sketch plans are they should he fprwarded to this department accompanied by your architects estimate of hecosj including fees and equipment v sihce it- is not likply that your boarrrwulbe able to extend the benefits of a full high school education to the pupils in your district then your board should be informed thafthe approval as given should tberecog- nized as a temporarycxpedient and in keeping with the unafmoua opinion as previously expressed by the rep resentatives of the high school boards and the coun cils concerned your architect should be informed respecting the temporary use of the proposed additions and advised to exercise every economy with respect to cost of con- struction it is hoped that whatever kind and class of additions are made will prove to be satisfactory to the elementary school inspector if ari3when the present schools are taken over for elementary school purposes it is strongly recommended that your board should make every effort to select a permanent sjte and pro ceed with the erection of a satisfactory central high school which will serve adequately the educational needs of the pupils in your district your board v selection of mr e b riddell of hamilton as architect is satisfactory the foregoing approvals are contingent upon your v board securing satisfactory assurances from the on tario municipal board and the councils concerned that the necessary debentures can be issued yours very truly deputy minister of education mr a d sproat secty treasurer milton ontario beaver electric industrialjand commercial wiring a de beaulieu main street pit box 190 to contact us about that eavestroughing and furnace work etc that you wish to have done this summer we have the material now in stock and also the ambition b f murfih sheet metal works our telephone number is 1s8 camjwam emww your assurance of serisfaajcw directory dr j bfcjjrns milne xray dental surgeon georgetown phone 80 dr clifford reid tda xx jjkitltlsr phone 41b 7 open evenings motiv street georgetown v elmer q thompson insurance service fire auto windstorm c p railway and allied summer j phono railway and allied j steamship i mer excursions i how or j georgetown i leroy dale 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