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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-04-21, Page 2Page 2—-Clinton N ews-Record—-Thu rs., April 21 , 1966 Editorials ... 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. ERA THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Established 1981 Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEW Established 1865 Authorized at Second Amalgamated 1924 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron’County Clinton, Ontario, Canada Population 3,475 A. LAURIE COLQUHOUN, PUBLISHER Signed contribution* to tnl» publication, are the opinion! of the writers only, and do not necessarily express the views of the newspaper. Class Mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa; and for' Payment of Postage In Cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance — Canada and Great Britain: $4.00 a year; United States and Foreign: $5.50; Single Copies: IO Cents 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' (Continued on Page Five) Wedding Pictures JERVIS STUDIO Phone 482-7006 Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY INSURANCE J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST- Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482-7804 JOHN WISE, Salesman Phone 482-7265 1 G. B. CLANCY, O.D, — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone 524-7251 GODERICH R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 H. C. 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