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The Bayfield Bulletin, 1965-05-20, Page 1When Ws Your Move Coll HINTON the MOVER Agents United Van Lines Clinton 482-9779 COPY Vagfirlb Butirtin 100 coPY 10e THE OLD FORGE WELCOMES YOU VOL. 1 -- NO. 38 BAYFIELD, ONTARIO THURSDAY, MAY 20th, 1965 Snacks-Meals-Billiards Guest Editorial SOS SAVE OUR SCHOOL By Brig. Frederick A. Cliff (Ret.) Reeve, Bayfield Village We are grateful to the Editor of The Bulletin for his in- vitation to write an editorial on the subject of the school problem in Bayfield and the Western portion of Stanley Tow- nship. It would seem most useful for the record that we sh- ould document events to date as they have been seen from this end of the Stanley Township School Area. Perhaps later we shall be allowed to argue the pros and cons of the prob- lem. As you know, Bill 54 was passed by The Ontario Legislat- ive assembly last Spring. It set up township school areas as of 1 January 1965. The bill said nothing about a legal necessity for central schools. Before Stanley Township nomination day on 27 November 1 64 but after the decision by the Ontario Municipal Board. on 20 November at Bayfield that Bayfield should be incorporated a letter was sent by the Department of Education after con- sultation with the Department of Municipal Affairs to Mr.Yel Graham, Clerk-Treasurer of Stanley Township. This letter di- rected that Bayfield electors would vote at large with the electors of Stanley Township for five trustees for the new Stanley Township Area School Board to serve in 1965. It also said that in view of the incorporation of Bayfield, that Village would vote as a village for ONE trustee in the aut- umn of 1965 to serve in 1966. After the election on 7 December it was found that three of the five trustees were in favor of continuing elementary school facilities at Bayfield for the Western portion of Stanley Township School Area. You will remember that two of them were Merton Merner and Jack Sturgeon from the Village of Bayfield. The other was James Cleave from School Section No.4. This was the first public demonstration of the strong feeling in the Western end of the Township for continuation of school facilities in this part of the school area. It must be said, however, that when Bayfield applied for incor- poration, the very strong feeling for retaining a school is Bayfield was a very big factor in sparking the urge to in- corporate. For a few days this end of Stanley Township seh- eol Area had a majority position on the School Area Board. The Departments in Toronto then took extraordinary action. In spite of their former directive they ruled that Bayfield could have only one representative on the School Board, dis- qualified both Merton Merner and Jack Sturgeon, and directed that only one trustee would be elected from the Village at the forthcoming village election. Many of you have wondered what would have happened if Bayfield had been unable to el- ect any representative at all at the 7 December election. To say the least, this action by the Departments seemed strange and arbitrary after an election conducted properly and at their direction. They changed the rules after the game was over. As you know, this change of rules forced the Western portion of the School Area into a milerity position. Mr. M. Werner was again elected, this time by acclamation for the one Bayfield position on the School Board. Merton Werner and James Cleave pressed the claim of the Western end of the School Area for a four-room school in Bayfield at Board meetings. The ether three trustees from the Centre and Eastern portions of the Township Area ob- jected on the grounds that to agree with this would mean that the rest of the school area would only be able to have a five room school, and would thus be denied the advantage of so-called "graded" education. Inspector J.G. Burrows then suggested amalgamation of Tuckersmith and Stanley townships with the Village of Bay- field into a county school area, and said that this would provide the possibility of a large central school in the centre of the area, and enable the provision of a four room school at Bayfield. There is evidence is writing of this latter undertaking in letters which Mr. Burrows has written. He has also discussed the situation with Mr. Werner, Mr. Cl- eave and Mr. Jack Sturgeon, and with representatives of the Village Council in the persons of the Reeve and Councillor Frank McFadden. It was made clear that if a county school area could be formed, it would not be difficult to find a solution to the problem of the Western end of the School Area which Mr. Burrows admitted did not fit well into a single school system. The Reeves of the municipalities of Tuckersmith, Stanley and Bayfield were called to a meeting of the Huron County Public School Consultative Committee ( a committee of county council) on 1 March and the proposal was made that the three municipal councils should pass resolutions asking County Co- uncil to set up a county school area amalgamating the three municipalities for school purposes. Mr. J.H. Kinkead, the ( Continued ea Editorial Page ) Mrs. Irene Nelischer of Adastral Park, RCAF base, Clinton, wife of FiLT Joe Belie- cher and mother of two, is a many sided per- son. Her avocation is oil painting, in which she is able to indulge only on weekends.Here she is seen as she appeared recently putting some touches to one of her recent works. LIONS ARENA Pi, M5. 0 SHARP0 GAME FOR $500 Special Game For $100 15 Regular Games for $30 2 Share-The-Wealth Games Admission $1.00 Per Person; Extra and Special Cards 25c Each or 5 for $1.00 MONDAY, MAY 31 CLINTON LEGION BRANCH 140 CLINTON CASH $1,050 PRIZES BING 1965 After luncheon the party visited Arling- ton National Cemetery where they saw the changing of the guard at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and joined the pilgrimage to the grave of the late President J.7. Kennedy. They left on Monday and were delayed at Port Erie by Reckon- ical trouble with the bus until the arrival of another bus from London. Arriving at the Hotel !Fairfax in Washington on Tuesday the party spent Wed- nesday morning tour- ing the White House, Capitol Building and other points of inter est in Washington. Mrs. George Repeal and Mrs. Tom Bailey returned early Fri - day morning following a four-day trip to Washington, D.C. in the company of the Clinton and Blyth Women's Institutes. Bayfield Ladies See Washington Beth Mrs. Hopson and Mrs. Bailey re- ported having a thor- oughly enjoyable time Mrs. Hopson noticed the profusion of new wreaths. She also ,noted that the pres- idential lane start- ing at the main gate to the grave is esp- ecially marked by every fifth post be- ing painted yellow, and board walk in the vicinity of the grave being designed te re- duce noise, so that three perions could. walk abreast silently toward the grave. Prom there they went to Mount Verne* and toured the home and estate of George and Martha Washington and then followed the path through the park taking them past the tomb of the Washing- tons. At the wharf a steamer was waiting to take them back to Washington.