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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1962-12-13, Page 3hre Party WICH--Winners in the sive euchre party held orange Nall last week, were high lady, Mrs. W, A.. Gibson; high gent, John Gam- ble; consolation, Mrs. Gee. Richards and Mr. Art Forester; special prize, Stanley Forester. /4" • avoi d the rusk Still plenty of gift items at CARMICHAEL'S LONS -- First Quality Seamfree Special $1.00 pair; 6 pair $5.00 IPS - A very popular gift item, sizes 32-42 Priced to fit your wants at $2.98 to $4.98 JAMAS - Regular, Shortie and Toreodor, at $2.98 to $4.98 RITY DIAPERS -- t arrived -- shipment of Curity slightly imperfect, tt at the Low, Low Price of $3.99 dozen A timely gift for the boss of the house IT ALWAYS PAYS TO SHOP WHERE YOU GET QUALITY AT ECONOMY PRICES -Shop at Carmichael's THE FAMILY STORE Judge F. Fin gb. nd Gives Reasons for His Judgment IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE COUNTY OF HURON IN THE MATTER OF The Pub- lic Schools Act, R. S.O. 1960, Chapter 330; AND IN THE MATTER OF An Application by certain Pub- lic School supporters of the Howick Township School Area pursuant to Seetion78 (5) of the said Act for a hearing and determination concerning the matters raised before a Board of Arbitration which met on July 23, 1962 at the request of the County Council for the County of Huron. REASONS FOR JUDGMENT The Township of Howick, in the County of Huron, has for many years been divided into some sixteen public school sec- tions. Some of these school sections are union school sec- tions extending into neighbour- ing municipalities, but for the purposes of these proceedings these extensions are not mater- ial. A few years ago, in pursu- ance of the provisions of what is now contained in Section 40 of The Public Schools Act, R.S.O. 1960, Chapter 330, the council of the Township of Howick passed a by-law con- stituting the Township of How - ick a public school area, and trustees of the new Board for the area have from time to time been duly elected. In pursuance of the responsibili- ties of this New Board, it con- sidered the physical facilities available for public school in- struction, and found that in a number of cases the school Iv we we iv Vd" *fir Ve Vir °S6E Oa, k aeriab2e SANTA SPECIALS ELECTRIC BLANKETS, (dbl. bed) PORTABLE FOOD MIXERS HOOVER POLISHERS SUNBEAM STEAM IRONS ELECTRIC FAN HEATERS AUTOMATIC TOASTERS ELECTRIC KETTLES TRANSISTOR RADIOS $18.95 $14.95 $.29.88 $14.95 $10.95 $11.95 $7.95 $19.95 *Ek ......,,...............,................,,,...„,s,„,...........,k See Our Complete Line of Christmas Decorations and Accessories USE OUR LAY -AWAY PLAN SPECIAL--Lay-away Discounts still in effect SMALL DOWN PAYMENT - Deliveries made Christmas Eve EASY TERMS ON MAJOR APPLIANCES -- i0% DOWN, NO FURTHER PAYMENTS UNTIL FEBRUARY, 1963 BURKE ELECTRIC DIAL 357-2450 W INGHAM, ONT. Electrical Contracting and Repairs -- Industrial - Commercial -. Domestic in Motor Rowinding--Motor Sales & Service -Electrical Appliances Sales & Service es tfor Weitteltece 144$ 14(14`r AC IC I buildings were in need of sub- stantial repairs, and that these and/or other school properties required additional facilities to bring them up to public health standards, particularly in the matter of sanitation, Consequently, they were faced with substantial capital expen- ditures to maintain, up to pro- per standards, the school pro- perties presently in use, or, in the alternative, they consider- ed the erection of a central school to serve the whole area. After having made some inves- tigation of central schools in other areas, they determined that the best solution of their problem would be found in erecting a central school, and to that end they selected a site as nearly as may be to the centre of the township, and approached the council of How - ick Township to pass the neces- sary legislation, including a debenture by-law, for the pur- pose of carrying the project in- to execution. A number of ratepayers at the northwest corner of the township, particularly in School Sections 13, 1 and 15, petitioned the council to with- draw these sections from How - ick Township School Area, pro- posing to unite with school sec- tions in the Townships of Car- rick and Culross, in the County of Bruce, and possibly a section, or part of a section, in the Township of Turnberry, in the County of Huron, to form a new school area centred around the Hamlet of Belmore. The Howick Township Council re- fused their petition, and an ap- peal was made to the Council of the County of Huron, who appointed a Board of Arbitra- tion to hear the appeal. In due course the matter was heard by the Board of Arbitration thus ap- pointed, who in turn also dis- missed their appeal, and this application is now brought be- fore me by way of appeal under Section 78 of The Public Schools Act. Early in the hearing before me, we had for consideration whether the application lay under subsection 4 of section78, which would require the appel- lants to show that the proposed central school would cause a substantial injustice to be done to some persons affected by the erection of the proposed central school. It was not seriously contended by the appellants that a substantial injustice would result by a refusal of their application, but rather that their application lay under subsection 5 of the said section 78. I proceeded to hear the appeal on the ground that the said subsection 5 gave me very wide powers to consider the matters in dispute, even though the appellants were not able to meet the standard of establish- ing substantial injustice as re- quired by subsection 4. A few years ago the people in the area of Belmore built a very fine community centre building, which is extensively used by the people in the Bel- more area, and around which has developed a very strong local feeling. The appellants believe that a new school area could be established, centred around Belmore, and that the community centre building could be incorporated into the uses of a school property to be thus erected. They also allege that in the Belmore area there are church centres which com- mand strong allegiances, and that many activities centre around these church facilities. And, thirdly, they contend that the Township of Howick is too large an area to constitute, for .practical purposes, a school area with one central school, and that the problems of trans- portation for the children would be very difficult or impossible to work out unless the children, or some of them, were required to be on busses for too long a period daily. Dealing with these matters in the reverse order, I am not seriously impressed that a school board having jurisdiction throughout the township, could not adequately work out proper and adequate transportation for all the pupils in the Township of Howick. It is true that no matter what system is adopted, some pupils will be required to be on busses for longer periods of times than others, but it is the responsibility of the board to see that proper and adequate transportation is provided, whereby no hardship is inflicted on any child. And I have no doubt that the school board in the Township of Howick could provide quite adequate trans- portation for all the pupils without any undue hardship being suffered by any one of them. As to the matters of the church affiliations and activi- ties, I think that these are not of such a nature that they would conflict with the schooling of the pupils in the Belmore area attending a central school. - Whether the children are provi- ded with a school in the centre of the Township of Howick or at Belmore, there would still remain the problem of integra- ting church activities with pub- lic school requirements. In addition, I am not im- pressed with the argument that the community centre would be of any material benefit to a school to be erected at Bel - more. Its facilities, possibly, could be made available to a school thus to be erected, but it presently consists of a skat- ing rink surface, a recreational hall and kitchen facilities. I am doubtful as to how much proper school use could be made of these facilities. And, more- over, they would be situated in a separate building, making supervision of the pupils more difficult for the staff of any such school. On the other hand, in the tentative plans of the board for a central school, provision will be made -for recreational pur- poses and other extracurricular activities, in accordance with the present notions of people devoting their best judgments to school facilities throughout the Province of Ontario. Other argument was advanc- ed by the appellants, such as the convenience to and from Belmore for parents wishing to do family shopping, and hav- ing easy access to places doing farm repair work. I think little weight should be given to these considerations, but rather that the whole matter should be viewed in the light of" What is to be considered in the best interest of the children?" I believe a better all round school could be maintained in the centre of the township than would be feasible in a much smaller school in Belmore. I believe the larger schools tend to attract better teachers, that a larger staff tends to have more diversified talent among themselves, and a larger staff makes for a more pliable time- table, providing for extracur- ricular activities. It was ad- vanced by the appellants that very small children tend to be- come lost in a larger school population. But I believe that some day these little people have to learn to take their places in society, and that when old enough to attend school, they are, almost with- out exception, with proper supervision by their teachers, able to cope quite adequately for themselves. I feel 1 must have a very clear case made out before me before I should override the judgment of the school board, of the township council, and of the Board of Arbitration ap- pointed by the County Council. 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