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The new road will carry Burnhamthorpe traffic in a straight line â€" between Renforth Drive and the bridge over Etobicoke Creek, byâ€"passing the cirâ€" cuitous route of old Burâ€" nhamthorpe Road through this stretch. William Swann, borough engineer, told the Guardian that work on the contract will begin within three weeks, and the Burâ€" The borough has awarded a $125,000 contact to Fermar Paving Limited for conâ€" struction of a fourâ€"lane section of Burnhamthorpe Road between Renforth Creek and a point 100 feet west of Mill Road. Halfway classes to be studied The idea was slated for discussion at Wednesday‘s meeting of the education committee but was tabled to the next meeting as Mr. Kiddell was unavoidably absent. a recent meeting of the school board. He said that it has been tried successfully outside of Metro and he believes such a class could help Etobicoke children. School _ officials â€" and trustees are investigating the possibility of setting up halfway classes to ease back into the regular school stream youngsters who have been absent for several weeks with a variety of physical and emotional problems. Rev. Keith Kiddell, an Anglican clergyman and a trustee, proposed the idea at An unusual accident occurred last Friday night at the corner of Kipling and Horner Avenues: a large transport truck was slowly turning out of the Goodyear warehouse onto Kipling when its load of huge tires shifted, crashed through the side of the truck and onto the roadway. While traffic was stalled for three hours, a mobile crane hoisted the tires â€" each weighing 1,600 pounds â€" back onto the truck. In a school, you take up to 65 boys and girls plus lathes, sewing machines, stoves, refrigerators, drawing tables, drafting instruments, paint, paper, cloth, metal, wood, and three teachers and you put them all in one room. BY VIRGINIA ETHERINGTON They call it "unified arts". It‘s accomplished this way. Not instant chaos. For the first 15 minutes of the unified arts periods in the middle schools, the teachers â€" industrial arts, art and home economics â€" discuss with small groups of students the various projects they will be tackling. The idea of putting all this equipment and all these people in one huge room â€" The result? Borough awards contract for Burnhamthorpe section ‘Unified arts‘ program allows boy to cook The bridge widening will be a joint project of Etobicoke and Mississauga which already has widened its portion of â€" Burâ€" nhamthorpe Road to four Mr. Swann expects that the ~widening of Burâ€" nhamthorpe Road to four lanes between Renforth Road and Renforth Creek will take place in 1971, along with the widening of the bridge over Etobicoke Creek. nhamthorpe Road diversion should be "completed in six weeks." One of the most successful sewing projects at Norâ€" seman school last year was the boys‘ decision to make themselves fancy ties from remnants that were bought by the home ec teacher. BEST SEWERS BOYS William Macintosh, vice principal of Smithfield school, told the Guardian the girls and boys were eager to tackle the projects that had previously been denied to them. floor space of up to 4,500 square feet â€" is that physical barriers â€" are removed that might be enough to dissuade a boy from operating a sewing machine or a stove and a girl from working a lathe. "The girls are usually far better at drafting than the fellows are. 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The debentured portion of the cost totals $51,000. Cost of the current work is being undertaken by the borough taxpayers and two development companies â€" Elite and Excellent Homes. lanes up to the bridge. ever has. But, our best sewers are boys. They take to the machines much more quickly than the girls do." He said that many teachers had reservations about so much activity being put into a single area, and wondered if noise and the presence of so many people would lead to mishaps. It hasn‘t worked out that way. The scope of the home economics and industrial arts and art programs seems to be enhanced in the unified arts centres. William Moore, planning coâ€"ordinator for the school board, explained how this comes about. "Suppose a girl wants to make a blouse. In a unified arts centre, she can draw a design; have it printed on white cloth; build the pattern and then cut and sew the The® Guardian visited schools this week to see the physical setâ€"up, but the proof of any educational program is how the pupils feel about it. Bruce Withrow, who atâ€" tends Bloordale public school, which does not have all the unified arts activities housed in one room yet but encourages boys and girls to tackle projects traditionally the province of the other sex, said that even Bloordale‘s limited unified arts program This is probably why the kids like the program so much. "Someone else might want to make a lamp. The art teacher can supervise and make suggestions about its design. In the industrial arts section of the room the metal and woods can be fabricated and the wiring done. In the home economics section, the shade can be made." "NOTHING ABSTRACT" . Mr. Moore said "there‘s nothing abstract about what we‘re doing in our unified arts centres." garment. 235 Dixon Road at Islington â€" Lower Concourse of Westown Plaza HURRYâ€"LAST DAYS ONE! _ REGISTER NOW! Complete Memberships for the price of TWO 244â€"8 112 244â€"7 300 DON‘T BE DISAPPOINTED â€" ACT NOW! OQOFFER EXPIRES AUGUST 31st PHONE Like most of the fellows, he enjoyed cooking. He said the boys started off by making cookies, cakes and casseroles and omelettes and, near the end of the year, got together in groups to decide on menus and prepare a fullâ€"course dinner for themselves. Steak and french fries, naturally. Bruce won the school‘s top design award. Robert likes metal work and took two sessions of it, along with woodwork, cooking and paper sculpture. "‘"About 80 per cent of us got our first choice early in the year, the rest got it a little later," Bruce said. ‘"My list was: woodshop, cooking, ceramics, _ and paper sculpture. Two boys took sewing and made bellâ€" bottom pants." He and his chum Robert Fanjoy said that every youngster at Bloordale was given. a list of unified arts options open to them and asked to mark them off in order of preference. is "fantastic." With just about everybody OR f SUMMER ts U â€" spEcisi / We fg;%%fm/z%i Rm\\ Analth ona //)/// COST As Low As Now the inspectors are seeing jewellery, copper enamelling, furniture, silk screen work, mosaics. Inspectors are reported quite delighted with the output of the youngsters. Mr. Moore quoted one as saying that after 40 years, he was just a little tired of admiring pot holders and ash trays. No parent is going to be ashamed to have the things these kids are making in the Mr. Moore said the schools capitalize on the individual talents of teachers. Specialties like jewellery making and photography can be worked into the curriculum. working at something that interests them, the unified arts centres are happy places. Mr. Moore said. TEAM APPROACH Teacher absenteism is not the problem it is in a school where the programs are run separately. With the team of three teachers, each knows enough about what the others are doing to step into the breach if one is absent. health spa T :s PER WEEK .50 7/4//7?;) LA The Weston Times, Thursday, August 27, 1970â€"Page 9