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ha 32 million budget y county board of the 1909 982 million educat- ton budget was reaffirmed thur sday night by the halton county iboard of education trustees made the decision after about three hours of dis cussion on the budgets major expenditure areas v if u much of the debate centred around the instructional suppu iviia expenditure and proposed i clohecy ronsoh pelletterio earl sovereign harold thorpe fred bidwell wlhiam johnston all of burlington pease of oalc- ville john noble of milton tom watson of acton bill lawson of esquesing ernest bpdnar of georgetown and ion chairman fred armltage of burlington only price palmer and goo- din voted against the motion vice chairman doug wood and trustee john blakelock both were absent 69 ysgrs young store uts ib vurches of ubrary and flf 0gf poft f f hi 1 text books and audiovisual ma- terials the motion to reaffirm the budget as originally passed by time does strange things to buildings usually after they have loyally served their occup i the board was made by torn j fa ma years the latter rvatson of acton and seconded betray thern and leave them to tor bill lawson of esquesing th mercy of the wrecker the motion was carried 53 rrietinies and this happens m a recorded yote two trustees rarely a building outlives its were absent from the meeting time to becone a monument which was attended by about a landmark of that com- j jlo members of the public munitys past 1 earlier two motions to make i the terra cjotta general store cuts in instructional supplies one of those rare buildings were defeated bill priestner i built around the turn of the cen- of burlington seconded by hub- t by two sistershe store ert clohecy also ofburlington j continues to go strong again had proposed that the 1969 bud get allowance for library books or secondary schools be reduc- from 9 to 5 per student in its eventful history the store has changed hands on may 1st to walter red asseltine of georgetown no long ttnure only priestner clohecy and jim price of oakville voted ih favour of the motion price init- between 1900 and 1947 when lated review of the budget at the smiths and the icams own- a previous meeting by suggest- ed the store consecutively the ing a cut of 400000 from the store was managed by different licountys total tax levy saying people none of whom stayed he believed a cut in instruction- j longer than three years al supplies could be made j t for this high price later seconded doug percentage of turnover might palmer of oakville in a motion surprise many a businessman to reduce the secondary school but not the people who know budget by 165000 in the reas i something about the character of maintenance and library j of the store textbook and audiovisual sup- plies you see the general store is a lucky store put in plainer words its never short tf cus tomers day in day out year after year customers have as- that they felt some cended those tired old budget was i countless times to do shopping at the store many chtrtgm since being built the steps their store many both trustees emphasized they did not like to see cuts in these areas any more than anyone else but iuction of the and had to be rnade their motion was defeated 15- 1 3 on a recorded vote discussion on the motion to reaffirm the budget was start ed by liberty pease of oak- vvile who repeated his content ion that the budget had been prepared in a workmanlike man ner tve said it before and i must say it again i find no cause for changes in the bud- ifeget he said pease said the cuts proposed by priestner and price would net only small reductions to ratepayers taxes and would amount to false economy it isnt a question merely of terra cotta shop to mr assel- isnoney pease said its a tine last month question of the responsibility of ma after n to teaching staff up ibf bnsineps now has changed hands so times that people have stopped counting between 1900 and 1969 it was operated by at least 10 different people it was built by barbara and janet smith and was sold to kate icam in 1921 leslie icamj inherited it in 1947 from 52 to 54 the puckerings operated it from 54 to 56 the camps 56 to 58 hearst st occupied it and from 58 to 60 hearst jr george rayner bought the store in 1960 and sold it to bob footitt in 1966 who sold the the board and to provide educational services in the county earlier have given up and left the terra cotta general store before the morion j j been more than just a store was made richard goodin of oakville and said in a nine min- ate prepared speech that he felt the board has the responsibility and the opportunity to lead the way in the province and that the opportunity is now ernest bodnar of george town said he was satisfied with the budget but asked for a study of the high cost of administra- 1 1 tion of a single school he told the board he was oncernedwith the number of vice principals secretaries and business personnel in a school 1 and requested a study so that better use of personnel can be made perhaps some of these duties can be assigned to less highlypaid people he added trustees bruce edwards and john c ronson both of burling ton also spoke out in favour of the budget during the meeting edwards twice condemned the motions which hit at the budget in a piecemeal fashion by tak ing this piecemeal approach to make cuts we are defeating ourselves not only this year but in future years as well ronson said the responsibility of trustees is to provide quality education at the lowest possible cost and repeated his belief that the halton board is doing for many years it was the com munity centre the gossip cen tre if you will where everyone met to exchange news tid bits and organize community pro jects some old timers remem ber there was a bench in the store for people who wanted to concrete gravel building sand road gravel fill and top soil garnet bud haines glen wlliama- 177302 stthatr trustees who voted in favour of reaffirming the budget were priestner ronson edwards shipping moving by land air sea and rail overseas packing and crating modern heated storage local it long distance moving 24 hour service call arrow worldwide ishippincmoving u9629 metro toronto brampton discount shoe store will open anew branch in georgetown next week in the former jacksons bargain centre watch for grand opening announcement june slh rest their feet now 69 years youngj the store is strong structurally and with a bit of luck could well make the century mark trustees clash on a short verbalbattlebetween two trustees over convention ex penses highlighted last weeks halton county separate school board meeting ingeorgetown the battle erupted over an ed ucation committee recommend ation that the board send trus tees james hourigan and donald hill to the canadian association di school trustees convention in calgary this september c the finance committee recom mended that the delegates should not be sent because of the boards unfavourable fin ancial situation hill chairmanjf the educa tion committee objected to the finance committees recommen whats green and grows and protects all your family insurance from state farm life theres one state farm money tree with a special branch to shelter each member of your family- insurance for you your wife and each child one policy and one payment covers all of you and after two weeks of age new additions to your family are covered at no extra cost stop in and get your state farm money tree growing george e drumm 42 langston crescent 8776148 state farm life insurance company canadian head office scarborough ontario dation and accused thencommit- tee of holding the purse strings and using them to strangle the board swimming cancelled the financercommiueealso recommended the cancellation of a swimming program for grade 3 burlingf on students for the 196970 school year beacuse of the financial situation the program had been recom mended by the education com mittee and approved by the board last month subject to the approval of the finance commit tee hill objected to the finance committees concern over nickels and dimes in cutting out small expenditures we v lookingfor nickels and dimes at this stage rep lied michael noonan chairman of the finance committee its not just the cost count ered hill what about the prin ciple behind attending these conventions whats the use of attending these conventions if we can read about them later io pub lished reports anyway was noonan s reply to which trustee leno braids added can we buy copies af the conventions minutes lakeview discount centre 126 main n aden paint wallpaper profinished panels flooring s carpets 1531190 open sat to 5 jo pm free dei j very damage slight when school is ransacked damage was slight and some small articles were taken when stewarttown school was broken into and ransacked mondavi night may 19 the investigate ion is being conducted by the north halton detachment of the opp classes were- shifted the fol lowing day while police checked each room and took finger prints books and papers had been spilled onto the l floor some milk and paint splattered ar ound and- drawers in teachers desks forced a hole smashed in an aquari um was near enough to the top that the fish managed to survive at the bottom until rescued next morning j those who broke into the school were likely looking for money but none is ever kept in the school though the draw ers in teachers desks were for ced open they would have op ened easily if the intruders had realized they needed only to j open the centre drawer to rei lease the others j the damage was found by the caretaker when he opened thej school after the holiday week end page 3a thi 001tqwn hirald thursday mat 3 1m an ark services limited excavating basements farm ponds 7 trenching landscaping v sand gravel septic tanks crushed stone d andrews a clark terra cotta 8776050 36 cheltenham court brampton 4514202 the house with a different atmosphere house tannenhof restaurant tavern mluiuauga rd formerly 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