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IT BECOMES ever more evident
that Canadians must choose between
independence at a cost and the less
costly though dependent way.
We' want to remain Canadian—yet
yearn for the "things” which are pos
sible only if we are prepared to join
with the United States of America—at
least economically, For the alternative
—an open door policy toward other
nations so that our population can be
increased by immigration—-is continu
Only One Way
ally refused by immigration heads under
either party.
Without the many thousands of
buyers which are needed for efficient
production of “things” we are forced
into the situation of selling our cheap'
un-processed raw1 materials—the very
Stuff our country is made of—-and im
porting expensive completed “things”
other nations have made,
This, whether we like it or not—
whether we realize it or not—makes us
dependent on other nations. ,
THE TIME of year may be the
reason it’s so obvious — but some
properties in our town have developed
a slummy look. '
Just as snow covers a multitude of
sticks, stones and gum wrappers dur
ing the winter—so does tall grass and
leafy trees hide rubbish heaps and un
painted woodwork during summer.
Springtime is a discouraging time
when bright sun shows up the defects
of homes, yards and business places.
With some leadership from the
Need Spring Shower
town—for instance, the Christmas tree
could easily be taken down some day
soon; the town streets department shed
on King Street could use some paint;
open ditches could be cleaned; and the
streets could be" cleaned—then the in
dividuals would be' encouraged to do
things with their own properties.
We’re heading swiftly into the cen
tennial year of Canada, and it would be
pleasant to put as pretty a town on
parade as possible.-, There is no reason
for Clinton to be even No. 2. We should
be No'. 1 among towns.
Letter To The Editor
Ratepayer Explains Why
Budget Down, Taxes Up
Editor,
Clinton News-Record.
Dear Sir:
I simply don’ t know how I
am going to pay my •taxes un-
■lesls I sell my other sliirt or go
to a Finance Company and thus
increase my loan by another
two or three percent which
Will make my fire worse than
my frying pan.
But my greatest’ current grief
is the whine from ten out of
ten of my neighbours about the
Town Council’s budgetary an
nouncement of an increase of
11 mills on the dollar . . , one
and one-tenth percent (after
five or Six years of a period
that saw the price of shirts go
up 19%, plastic dolls 79%,
pills 39% and plough -shares
72%.
We are all agreed that such
things as garbage collectors,
public executioners and town
councils are necessary evils and
none of us want them abolished.
Yet when a chosen Mayor in
vites 3,241 of us to a public
meeting that Council might ex
plain to us What- they have done
and what they, hope to do, a
vast crowd of three turned up,
plus a man from Brantford who
wanted to sell some tile.
Next day 3,238 of us howled
to high heaven about one and
one-tenth percent increase and
each of us, including those with
drowned onion gardens, rushed
if we could increase the price
of our bit of the National Gross
to our offices and homes to see
Authority at County Council,
Product by several dozen per
cents.
I was one of the vast crowd
of three that watched the coun
cil labor on Budget Night for
two hours and fifty-six minutes.
I was proud of them and told1
them so. Struck me as a group
of men who labored uncounted
hours at a thankless job.
A few months ago When
council suggested ' that they
should extend their term of
office to two years or cut their
membership in- half or some
suoh proposal for the good of
the community, not one of us
gave a damn ... we just yawn
ed and turned back to our
favorite Red Wings on the idiot
box. We left them in the. Same
ghastly position of a govern
ment at Ottawa that labors
earnestly and mightily to db
What they are able to do and
always under the awful im
pression that none of the pub-
lie cares Whether' they are
there or not . . . for we are
getting .along quite nicely under
our personal cent percents' and
they are all a bunch of pimps
and dope pedlars anyway!
' We have to pay 11 more
nulls. Serves us right, even
though I have to mortgage my
other Shirt.
Town Council does not lack
in labor nor in effort. Central
Department of Education and
Municipal Board won’t allow
Letter To The Editor
Town Council Meeting
Reporting Questioned
Clinton News-Record
Dear Stites:
Once again it is time of year
when Town Council sets the
budgets far the coming year.'
We have noticed in your paper
all town employees wages are
published, with the exception
of one public servant, namely
the town clerk.
I understand the wages for
this servant is 86,500. No town
the size of Clinton can pay a
man this kind of wage, nor
does the work of a town clerk
in a town this size warrant it.
This man is just a public em
ployee, tht same as the police
or public works men. A town
to the south pays its clerk
$4,000, same population as
Clinton.
On tap of a salary of $6,500
far this position there are num
erous pickings: secretary-treas
urer Cemetery Board, Library
Board, Lions Arena, as well as
looking after the low rental
housing.
We also notice the hiring of
a deputy clerk at $2.00 per
hour. This wage for this posi
tion is also out of line. There
is no need for a deputy clerk
in .this town.
Also notice you omitted the
resignations of the town fore
man and his "helper, in your
paper.
What would be the reason
for these men to quit?
“INTERESTED”
Clinton, Ontario,
April 14, 1966.
* * *
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: We
intentionally published Wages
as they pertained to groups of
town employees. Also, we have
an efficient town clerk who.
did need help in the office. In
fact, I would suggest you go
to the' clerk’s office and get
your figures straight. Regard
ing public Works resignations,
the only inkLing of this was
When the public works com
mittee chairman said, “You
know the streets foreman and
his helper are resigning.” Al
though we try to thoroughly
report council meetings, I
would suggest you attend the
council sessions and get your
information first-hand. The
mayor is continually request
ing us to invite ratepayers to
council’s monthly meetings. —•
A.L.C.
local people to pawn their rub
ber stamps, which, by law,
muslt be used to cover most of
their spendings. Pawning of
rubber Stamps would bring in
considerable revenue.
The budget came down. The
taxes went up.
Other business of no particu
lar importance. A townsman re
cently reported over a coffee
bar that We 'are in the rather
unusual- position of having an'
unemployed figure as near nil
as it could possibly be.
- But at council meetings, a
Clerk read1 a letter from the
Town of Forest asking for $200
to set up an unemployment
lobby to work at Ottawa. The
audience expected there would
be a debate or at least a query
or an observation that several'
MP’s worth $18,000 per year
handled' that matter. But after
letter was read, hour was. late,
■and Councillor X moved that
$200 be isent to Forest. Coun
cillor Y seconded. No debate;
Carried unanimously. Councillor
Z yawned and two thousand
mills is to be transferred' to
Town of Forest.
I am not well versed in econ
omics but 200,000 mills would
cut a lot of 1964 dead burdocks
fronting the federal building
and drain' a lot of Centennial
Lakes that have green smells.
Some'lady sent 'a polite letter
asking if she could be compen
sated for discomfort when she
fell over a buslted slide-walk.
Matter referred to the fine
print of an insurance policy.
It was half expected that at
least one councillor would ex
press some regrets for the in
jured limb and three-quarters
expected that some other coun
cillor would suggest that the
broken sidewalk be repaired.
Over coffee bar since, Coun
cillor B observed that she was
probably covered by some sort
of Medicare anyway. That’s
good but a palin in the limb is
.uncomfortable. Councils have,
more foresightedness than hu-1
manilty. I refer to councils in
S. Carolina.
$500 voted for car allowance'.
Provincial Government usually,
allows a car allowance of seven
cents per mlile which presum
ably covers cost of. gas and
depreciation. $500 thus repre
sents 7144.5' miles. Area of
jurisdiction one square mile.
Exclusive of wages to em
ployees, town management ap
parently costs $22,250.
At the end of 1966 we expect
a surplus of $412.35 Which is
much better than the deficit
•governments at Washington, ait
Ottawa, and .in Peru.
We have nothing to complain
about when increase is only a
matter of 11 mills. We have
absolutely n o unemployment
and no, poverty and everybody
is happy. Any stink attached
to our good name is not of our
making.
FRED SLOMAN.
Clinton, Ontario,
April 18, 1966.
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From Our
Early Files
75 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEW era
Friday, April 23, 1391
A dispatch from a remote
section of Newfoundland says
terrible destitution exists there.
Actually about ten or twelve
families are starving and the
government must ’get relief to
these people or death from
starvation will be the conse
quences,
A business gentleman • who
Was here yesterday informs us
that D: D, Wilslon’s firm is
paying 31 cents for eggs ;in
Kinburn and Vienna; 12 cents
in* Seaforth and only 10 cents in
Clinton. Stems' our town is be
ing boycotted and this should
hot happen here (News■Record)
• W. Jackson’' and Dr. Gunn
have added telephones to their
residence, These handy instru
ments are becoming universal,
and. are a wonderful laboui’
saving device.
55 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, April 27, 1911
Be young! It is only necessary
to take- Miller’s Compound Iron
Pills to retain youthful appear
ance and vigor. For sale by J.
E. Hovey, druggist;
Easter .promotions in Clinton
Public School moved the follow
ing from' Jr. 4th to Sr. 4th
Class: Jennie Miller, Frank
Pennebaker, Gertrude Wallis,
Harriet Canteion, Foster Copp,
Lloyd Rice, Gifford Beaton,
Emily Cutler, Albert Shier,
Charlie Oantelon, Austin Nedi-
ger and Carman Turner. M. E.
Chidley Was the teacher of ‘this
grade.
The News-Record will be sent
to any address in Canada for
the remainder of the year 1911
for the sum of 50 Cents.
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, April 22, 1926
Mayor Jackson was invited
to join in a deputation to wait
on the Government of Ottawa
to protest against the cut in
automobile tariff, but the idea
didn’t appeal to him.
Ice or no ice, Clinton is
'bound to keep cool this coming
summer. An iceless refrigerator
.has been installed1 by Manager
Bartliff in the corner restaur
ant and there will' be no more
fussing with mussy ice. Npyv
you can start a little engine £n
your cellar and by the proper
use of a few chemicals, keep
the temperature down near
zero in a cabinet on the main
floor in /July. Times have
changed since Grandfather’s
.time.
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, April 24, 1941
Robert Campbell, who has
been employed by Elwood Epps
foi' the past two years has been
accepted on toe Staff of Can
ada Packers L&d. in Exeter.
Gliddon’s Press Shop will
dean, your dress for 90c; top
coat for 85c; 3 pc. suits for 85c
and trousers 45c a pair or 2
pair for 85c.
Plumsteel’s have work shirts
clearing at 69c; work pants at
$1.29 and men’s first quality
rubber boots (high) for' $1.40
per pair.
15 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, April 19, 1951
Bayfield Little Theatre won
third place at the Drama Festi-
•val held in Goderich last week,
with their first presentation of
“The Singing Folk”. The play'
was1 written by Oria Miller.
Maynard Corrie was1 awarded
second prize for the actor ob
taining the highest number of
paints.
Mr. and Mirs. Leslie Jervis
were brought last week as
guests of honour to Holmesville
school Which was crowded with
the owners of 80 or more rural
mail boxes at which the Jeinds
car has faithfully delivered
mail for the past 20 years.
Rural route 2, Clinton from
which Mr. Jervis retired the
end of March, goes through
both Goderich and Colborne
Townships.
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, April 19, 1956
An all-expenses paid trip to
New York city far two, the re
ward for a year of high service
to his company has been
achieved by Clarence Neilans,
local insurance agient. Mir. and
Mirs. Neilans will leave Clinton
on Tuesday, returning home on
Sunday.
The Public School Board
here last week received resig-
natibns from five of the teach
ers on the staff including that
of veteran school principal,
George H. Jefferson. Mr. Jef
ferson has been principal of
the Clinton school for 29 years.
J. A. “Bert” Gray, who has
been principal of the Bly th
public school for the past 22
years, has been hired to fill
the position of prih'dipal here.
Judge’s Ruling Retains Central School
(Continued from page 1) <•
special council meeting. opa special council meeting. on
February 2, accepted the pet
ition and appointed ‘ Frank Kling as their ' arbitrator.
On receipt of ithe peti'tibn by
the township of I’uckersmith,
they held a meeting on Febru
ary 1 and 'took nor action. The
petition was' filed with them
immediately before. February 1.
Oounoil however, did send the
petition to the Huron County.
Consultative Committee, for ad
vice. It was returned to them later in February. The clerk
of Tuckersmith also received’ a
letter from the Department of Education asking about, their
■arbitrator. He phoned an in
spector, and the conversation
was inconclusive. The clerk
then brought the matter be
fore' the council at their meet
ing the first Tuesday in March-
Council took no action.
A number of petitioners,
anticipating this, under sectiqn
48 of the Act, eight in number,
filled ah appeal with the county
council on February 22, appeal
ing against Tuckersmith coun
cil’s refusal to act.
This was considered by the
consultative committee on ref
erence from the county
on March 22. Further
with by the committee on
Ch 24.
At this meeting the
mittee prepared a report for
County Council recommending
that an arbitration board be
.established under Sec. .48 to
determine the matter. Sec. 48
provides that County Council
may - appoint a board of not
more than (three members
Whose decision shall be final.
County 'Council unanimously
passed1 this recommendation in
cluding the recommendation
that I be the ’Sole member of
the board. This motion was
passed on March 25. I there
upon met with the clerk as re
quired by sub-sec. 3 iof Sec. 48
and undertook the’ duties.
Sec. 45 provides the original
petition need only be served on
toe municipality, in which the
d’esigated! area lies together
with the municipality to which
the area is. to be joined. How
ever, as TuCkersmiiito forms
part of School Area No. 1 in
which Stanley and Bayfield
Were interested, I was of the
opinion they should also be
joined.
I thereupon made the town
of Seaforth, the townships of
Tuckersimith, Stanley and the
village of Bayfield, as well as
the appellants, parties _ to the
proceedings. These panties were
all notified of toe hearing by
registered mail.
At the hearing, the appel
lants were represented by J.
K. Hunter, and the townships
of Tuckersmith and Stanley by
D. J. Murphy. The town of
Seaforth made no separate
representations but" their may-
?or, reeve and clerk all gave
evidence under counsel for the
appellants.
The village of Bayfield, al
though not represented _ by
counsel, made representations
through their officials.
At the opening of toe pro
ceedings, counsel for the town
ships took a preliminary ob
jection to the notice of appeal.
It was sent to the county on
February 22 and before 30 days
had elapsed from the filing of
the original petition with the
township of Tuckersmith.
However, the township never
did act on the petition and toe
county council 'did1 not deal
with it until after toe 30-day
pei-iod. I held that the irregu
larity caused no injustice and
had corrected itself by the
lapse of time and that the
hearing should proceed and I
have noted 'Counsel’s objection.
The guidelines by which an
arbitrator should act in this
matter 'and what points he
should consider are not defined
and therefore I must determine
these myself. My own views
should not and are not used
except insofar as they 'are for
mulated by 'and supported by
the evidence. ‘ I now consider
the evidence pertaining to this
aspect.
Sec. 40 of toe schools act
has made elaborate provisions
for the establishment of large
rural school areas. It has giv
en powers to county councils
to establish these if necessary
Without 'the concurrence of the
local conflicting interests; and
the policy statements indicate
quite clearly that the object is
to make 'areas Sufficiently large
that schools can be built and
supported in a size that will
give the facilities and! training
that heretofore were only
found in cities and' large towns.
They recommend 3,000 pupils
and in sparsely settled areas, a
minimum of 300.
The proposed central school
to be located 1%, miles south
of Brucefield on Highway 4 is
located pretty well in the geo
graphical centre of the area as
it now exists, and midway be
tween Seaforth, Clinton, Bay-
field and Hensall. They have 32
acres of land.
The school As planned has 16
classrooms (2 for each grade)
2 kindergartens, an opportunity
room and library,, teachers’
room arid auditorium. It will
employ 19 teachers and a non-
teacihing principal. It iis suffici-
eritly flexible to provide for the
rotary system in the senior
grades and present pupils a-
vailable to attend would appear
to 519*
Mr. Fisher of Department of
Education believes this to -be an
excellent set Up and this is con
curred in by the local inspector.
The chairman of the board is
also in full agreement with
this and believes that thfe ar
rangement will, supply the best
education .possible for the area.
Sec. 45 tinder which tihes’e
proceedings are brought is old
legislation. It Was designed for
days When sections and' areas
Wished to join Up. It Was to be
encouraged. It arfected no one
but themselves, Under present
conditions with greater demand
for diversified education and.,
clprk
d’ealt
Mar-
com-
the easy methods of transporta- and rooms.
tion, other matters must be The school, board pf Seaforth
cofesid'ereid, rias been quite non-committal
I find that Sec. 40 should not on the whole affeiir. They pass-
be slowed down and that 'the
provisions of 45 should be sub
rogated to the overriding prin-
ciples of Sep. 40. Sec. 45 is the
exception to the (pule and
should pnly be involved' when
■injustice '.arises as -a result of
the prowsions of See. 40.
Municipal councils have., al
ways been the authority to
establish schpioi boundaries.
They can lopk ait .any section
somewhat impartially and act
fpr the general good of 'the
municipality. ■ This' council re*
fused to act on the petitions
and therefore, in fact, decided
this petition 'wins not in the
common interest.
I therefore find that the ap
pellants must show that the
council Was wrong and also
Show by a preponderance of
evidence that such circum
stances exist as deprives them
of natural justice or otherwise
does violence to ti>eir proper
rights.
If this, cannot be shown then
. there is no reason Why the
wisdom and decision of the
properly elected councils who
are initially Charged with these
responsibilities should be dis
turbed.
A further matter I believe
to be considered .is the effect
withdrawal of this area might
have on the rest of the 'area
who are not so fortunate as to
be .adjacent to a town. Will it
or is it likely to deprive them
of the best? If so this would
be contrary to the express in
tention of Sec. 40 and policy.
Statements issued by Dept, of
Education in respect thereto.
This must also be considered.
The matter of accessibility
■and transportation must also
be considered. No matter how
good the school, if pupils can
not get there with reasonable
effort the purpose would be de
feated.
Costs 'and economic factors
must be considered. Can the
■area afford the best without
prohibitive costs? Can similar
education by other means be
accomplished with less costs?
Will the area be able to sup
port it in the future?
If all tire above matters" can
be worked out fully and one
may, or another, taken on bal
ance, be about the same,(then
there should be considered! the
wishes and convenience of the
parties complaining and last of
all one 'might then consider the-
hopes 'and 'ambitions of the
community builders..
I therefore intend to examine
the evidence under the follow
ing headings:
a. the best education' possible;
b. 'the necessity to make this
available to the greatest num
ber of pupils; c. accessibility
and transportation; d. cosits and
economic.factors;, e. wishes and
desires of persons concerned1;
f. hopes 'and ambitions for com
munity. buUdens.
BRUCEFIELD CENTRAL
SCHOOL
This school will be located
on a 32 acre lot just off a pro
vincial highway in the centre
of the area. It will be new and
modem, having 16 classrooms,
being • ian even number that
will provide for all 'grades to
have separate classes. It is also
sufficiently large to require 2
kindergartens, an opportunity
class 'and a library, teachers’
rooms and auditorium. From
evidence of the experts (this is
desirable. No one Seriously sug
gests that this factor alone is
nOit
, The objections raised are
many. That it is too far from
the petitioning parties. Some
suggestion that a railroad! runs
to' the weSt of the school site
and might be dangerous. That
an open culvert might be dan
gerous. That there is a custard
stand not too far away, that
might lure children away from
safety. That .they might get
stormstayed, that they are out
in the wilderness and there are
■ no doctors, hospitals, police
nor fire protection. That par
ents db not like their small
children so far from home.
These will ’all be considered
later. However, from the evi
dence given I fin'd that the
school itself will supply the
best education possible for the
area.
SEAFORTH SCHOOL
This school is located on the
Western outskirts of Seaforth
juSt south of Highway 8. It was.
built about 13 years ago. Is
modern and well equipped and
welLsttaffed. It has 8 class
rooms, one for each grade, plus,
a kindergarten. It has no lib
rary as such nor any opportun
ity room for the slaw learners'.
It is located immediately to
the east of Harpurhey, and it
is % of a -mile from the south
of Seaforth or the north of
Egmondville, Egmondville ex
tends southerly about- a mile
and all of Egmondville is some
what less than two miles from
the Seaforth school. The north
erly extremity is not more than
% of a mile.
At the present time the cen
tral school as planned and the
Seaforth school has the exact
proportion of rooms' so that all
rooms are fully used and no
rooms with more than one
grade in each room. If this
petition is granted there 'would
be an .influx of 131 students,
less those already - attending
from Harpurhey. This will nec
essitate the addition of at least
foiir classrooms.By the Same token the Cen
tral school would have: to be re
duced from 16 classrooms to 12
so that both Schools would have
the same number. There is rio
evidence whether Seaforth
would add library, opportuunity
rooms br how this would affect
the capacity of the kinder
garten, Nor is any evidence
given that the central school
With only the 12 rooms could
support these auxiliary classes
ed a resolution (agreeing to co-
aperate if satisfactory arrange-4
meats could he made as to
finances. They gave no infor
mation as to the future plans
regarding transportation or
auxiliary classes and the chair
man stated he was nipt in a
position to speak for the board
as 'they had considered none
of these matters.
If bath these Schools are
brought to 12 room schools,
both will lose the advantage
of having all grades in separate
rooms. Both would have many
dual classes. No assurance
be had at this time as to
auxiliary classes in either,
I am of the opinion if
petition is granted that
reduce the efficiency <of central school and riot increase
the offerings of the Seaforth
school and on the other hand
iit may go further and reduce
its' present idegree of efficiency
due to the dual classes that will
be needed. I therefore find that
the best interests of. education
in either sdhool will no be serv
ed by malting the requested
changes.
I now must consider the ef
fect that such withdrawal may
haye on the overall area.
Shpuld this, petition be granted
other dangers may anise. Clin
ton is at the northwest of the
Township. Hensall at the south
west.
If this petition is granted
there is' no reason why the ur
ban residents ’ of both these
•areas should not make similar
requests and! have them
granted.
This might well be continued
until the area that is left Will
be unable to obtain the type of
education now considered so
necessary and' as envisioned by
the Department- planners. This
is the very situation they are
attempting to prevent.
I find,that such withdrawal
is' not in the interests of the
best education ,for the largest
number of persons.
However, there may be other
factors of such sufficient seri
ousness' that the above findings
might have to be compromised
and I now deal with J1||
TRANSPORTATION
ACCESSIBILITY.
This is the chief
put up by the appellants and
those who support them,.
I have had difficulty getting
accurate mileage measurements.
Egmondville is- just south of
Seaforth. Harpurhey is just
west. Mr. Forsyth estimated
the distance from Egmondville
(north .end) to Brucefield at 6
males. He 'thought Harpurhey
about ithe same. Mir. Hulley
says that his door near west
end of Harpurhey is 9.8 moles.
He did not describe the route
he took.
From looking at the map and
scaling the same, I am of the
opinion that Mr. Forsyth is too
conservative and 'Mr. Hulley
the Other way. It would ap
pear to me that Egmondville
is about 7.5 miles and Harpur
hey about a mlile further.
When we consider it is motor
transportation involved, the
variations are not 'important
.and the mileage in or near the
above figures is satisfactory.
It would appear from evi
dence that the easterly part of
the rural area of Tuckers'mith
is 10-11 miles from the Bruce-.
can
the
thiis.
AND
argumemt
field school. The south end of
Egmondville about % mile
from Seaforth school and the
north end about % mile. Har
purhey is adjacent to the school
on its east side.
Evidence was given that the
farthest anyone would walk, in
Harpurhey to the Seaforth sch
ool is % of a mile. Harpurhey
is described as parts of lots 13,
14, 15, 16 and 17 extending
westerly. As these lots are 80
rods wide, it would appear that
this might be 1^ miles. No evi
dence was given as to Whether
anyone lived in the westerly
part.
Evidence has been given that
to hire buses economically they
must have the full load and
some considerable mileage to
cover. The coSt of the service
is 'in the driver and the 'bus,
■and: a few extra miles means
just-a-little.
Mr. Dalton, reeve of Seaforth
produced a plan for the desig
nated' area and Mr. Murphy and
Mr. Guenther, both experienced
■bus company operators' produc
ed plans for the whole area.
Mr. Habkirk, another bus com
pany operator, agrees the plans
are feasible, They are all work
ed out on the principle that
some considerable mileage Is
necessary.
In Mr. Dalton’s plan for the
designated area, he proMidCs for
two buses. They would carry
153 people in total (this in
cludes some of SS supporters).
One bus would make two trips,
•first bringing rural pupils, and'
travelling 12 miles; students
would start at 7:45 and arrive
about 8:23. The bus would go
■back to Egmondville, pick up
all' pupils' beyond one mile in
this area, and return before' 9
am. The Egmondville students
would accordingly load about
8:30 or 8:35,a.m.
The other bus. would travel
21% miles and Start just before
8 a.m. Pupils within a mile
from Egmondville would walk
as’ well as from Harpurhey.
Of the plans to take the
pupils from Egmondville to Brucefield, both would have
these pupils picked up about
8:30 and then drive direct to
Brucefield. The earliest any
routes'would start in this area
•is 8:05 or 8:10.
From this it appears' that
when busing is necessary as it
is here, then in time and1 tra
velled distance the pupils in
■the whole area are as dose or
closer to Brucefield than Sea
forth. We have no assurance
that anyone in Egmondville
would be transported to Sea
forth. Mr. Dalton’s.1 plan is1 a
proposal made on his own and
not a board decision.
There are very practical dif
ficulties to providing transpor
tation in the built-up area.
None is provided for town stu
dents. It is quite some distance
from the north end of Seaforth
to ithe school. If we pick them
up in Egmondville at the mile
mark, I should imagine some
severe criticism could arise be
tween two neighbours if one’s
children got on the bus and
the next door neighbour’s had
to watch them drive away and
walk themselves'. If to avoid'
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