FOURTH LINE AUTO FOMIS^ By Tim Whitnell G O O D YEAR For Ail Your Car's Needs Drive Clean Emission Testing Government Safety Inspection Tune-U ps · B rake s · E xha ust · C o o lin g S yste m s C A A A p p ro v e d S h o p Official Media Sponsor 559 Speers Road (905 ) 842-3001 \____________I___________ Editor: Wilma Blokhuis Phone: 905-845-3824 (ext. 250) Fax: 905-337-5567 email: blokhuis@haltonsearch.com W ill >NKSI). Vi', A l K .l LS I' 7 , 2< K)2 · C l Former teacher has seen it all Florence Meares studied in a simple two-room schoolhouse / S P E C IA L T O T H E BEAVER Ron Kuzyk · O akville B eaver From farm girl to workplace trailblazer, Florence Meares has seen and experienced a lot of changes in education and in her 88 years of life. Now a new Burlington elementary school is being named in her honour. From farm girl to workplace trailblazer, Florence Meares has seen and experienced a lot of changes in educa tion and in most other aspects of life around Halton Region in her 88 years. A retired teacher, Meares was bom in Bronte in 1913, before World War I broke out. "The doctor came on a stormy November night," Meares said. The physician in this case was the proverbial country doctor who arrived by horseand-buggy from the Village of Palermo, the current-day area o f Dundas Street and Bronte Road. Her parents, Lillian and Robert, moved the family to Palermo when she was a toddler. Her mother died of can cer when Meares was only 11; her father died in 1982 -- at the age of 91. Florence's father, like many men in the early 20th century, was a farmer. He worked land in the Bumhamthorpe Road/Back Concession area, eventually settling on the Ridgedale Farm property in 1920. He was a dairy farmer who also grew oats, barley, com and alfalfa on his 100 acres. Meares recalls often walking the two kilometres south from her home to the old, two-room schoolhouse located in Palermo across from the cemetery on Dundas Street. "I still remember the first day I start ed school. My mother took me in the horse-and-buggy with my sister." Meares said around Grade 5 it was common for her and other schoolchild ren to hitch a ride with the milkman, who would be picking up empty cans at the side of the road. "We were always told to watch out for the tramps," she said o f warnings in those days, but noted no harm ever came to anyone. "I was very fond of school; I hated missing any days. "I was very fortunate to go to high school. Some didn't go to school beyond Grade 8, working on the farm at 14. "We were only seven miles from Milton," she noted, "but the Palermo people always sent their kids to Oakville High School (part of the red brick building still stands beside Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital). Parents took turns driving us in cars." A resident of Burlington for 60 years, Meares is one of a select few who can claim they have had a building named after them. Her name will adorn the new Halton elem entary public school being constructed on Berwick Drive in the Millcroft community of Burlington. It is scheduled to open this September and its namesake plans on being there for the dedication. It's likely the ultimate honour in a life that has been dotted with milestones and recognition from her peers. (See `Meares' page C2) Darrell Fox to stop in Oakville To promote Terry Fox Run on September 15 Darrell Fox, brother of the late Terry Fox who ran half way across Canada to raise funds for cancer research, will attend a fundraising barbecue at ScotiaMcLeod on Thursday, Aug. 15. It will be Fox's third visit to ScotiaMcLeod's fundraising barbecue in Oakville. Fox, national director of the Terry Fox Foundation, will speak about the annual Terry Fox Run inspired by his brother, a marathon runner who had lost a leg to bone cancer. Mayor Ann Mulvale is also sched uled to speak at this event. The barbecue will be held at the ScotiaMcLeod property at 700 Kerr St., from 11:30 a.m .- 1:30 p.m. The speech es will begin at 12:15 p.m. Included will be a raffle, silent auc tion and bake sale. The barbecue is open to the community. and about 200 people are expected. "Last year we had about 100 to 120 people and we raised about $5,000," said Scott Reynolds of ScotiaMcLeod. "We hope to increase those numbers this year." The event will also promote the annual Terry Fox Run in Oakville on Sept. 15. For information call ScotiaMcLeod at 905-842-9000. Oakville museum hosts children's day and jazz festival trio This Saturday is Children's Day at the Oakville Museum. From 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10 join the fun and activities including a visit with Squeaky the Clown. Don't forget to catch the E rchless B ack Porch Jazz C oncert, presented in partnership with the Downtown Oakville Jazz Festival, and featuring The Dan Chalykoff Trio. The museum is located at 8 Navy St. (at the lake). Admission costs $3.25 for adults; $2.25 for seniors and students: $1.50 per child or $8.50 per family. For information call 905-338-4400. The Body Shaping Fitness Studio ForWomen. Elisabeth H ibbert B.Sc., D.Ch. Chiropodist Foot Specialist D irk Gebhardt Maria Kinlough M aria and Dirk have created Oakville's most unique fitness studio for women. It's a sparkling 10,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility. 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