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"THR. OOMAWA TIMES, Wedntnday, September 4, 1963 109 PUPILS SKIP SCHOOL Give Us School Bus | Black warrant a school being built Parents Tell Board (Staff) Parents of 109 school ¢childrefi 'continued their battle heré, to- 'day with the local school Board 'atid vowed to ri! theit children at home until a bus is supplied. The youngsters who range from Kindergarten to High School age, are fesidents of anville's East and West ich areas. » The parents claim Burley Bus "Line has fefused bus service 'this year fot the children. © Maximum distance from the ch areas to the nearest pub- ¢ school (Ontario Street) has estimated to be just over ttwo miles. DOORS CLOSED * Nearly 50 parents last night "ried to get a hearing with sthé school board. When. refused "entry the group attended the a ra Council meeting. x é parefts complained to the Council that they had been "told there wotld be a special 'school board méeting on Tues- day hight when they presented 'their petition during the mor- ming to the Board. » The group told Council that ewhen they tried to appear be- Pore the Board meeting, they Gwere told the meeting was stlosed anid they woitld fot be Able to attend. a "These people should go back jand demand.a hearing' Coun- 'cillor Ken Hooper exclaimed. © If they gon't get it, 1 would "suggest that the members of the the Counci,; "How would you that some people in this aud- jence have been refused the right to speak at a School Board meéting. I move that the Coun- ¢il return to the part of this ag- énda dealing with députations and petitions and hear them, out. "We on the Cotineil have never refused t6 disctiss the problems of any citizen, even at Otir closed Board of Works méet- ings. If the School Board won't listen to them then we shall." Bill Mitchell, a father of four school-age children explained the group's problem to the coun- ejl. "This is not really our prob- lem", commented Mayor Ivan Hobbs, "but wé will be only too glad to listen to you and help you if we can." Councillor Roy Nichols asked if the town solicitor could not be called in to act for the citi- zens of the Beaches. Mayor down there. "But no one would do that be- cause it might improve the area, We can't have a school and now we cant' have a bus to take our children to school. What would you do if you lived down there?" lived down 'there I a be would move," said Mr. Chant He then added: 'To a place nearer to a school." "You dumped this in our lap with less than 12 hours notice, he continued, 'and you should have come to us with your prob: lem, not kéep your children out of school." "We were onl night," countered told ft. Mitchell "and we wére prepared to send our children this mofting if the bus had been there. : "Tf you had not locked ts ow' earlier tonight when you were discussing the matter with the Hobbs doubted that the council| could designate Mr, Strike to do this. salaries', Councillor | laughed. | Tom Cowan then appealed to like your children to have to walk two miles through the rain Bus line, we all could have dis cussed it. | "It appears to me that after "Then take his fees out ourja two-hour closed meeting you Nichols|have not gone one bit farther than we were last night." was going to suggest a meeting last Mr. Chant said that the Board This statement was. met with a and White Show, held in con- nection with Port Perry Fair, was an unqualified success. One hundred and sixteen head were paraded by 25 exhibitors before R. F. Brown, Paris, the judge of the event. Quality was outstanding and 10 exhibitors shared the 22 red ribbons. The premier breeder and ex- hibitor was Elmeroft Farms, Beaverton, with F. Roy Ormis- ton, Brooklén, in the rinner-up position. Elmotoft took both gtand championships and al- 'ltogether won eight first prizes, involving all the groups. In the bull classes the jun- ior and grand champion was an otitstanding yeafling -- well bal- round of laughs from the par- efits, Mr. Jamés tried to phone to ask Mr. Footit to return, but i|was unable to contact the man. Billi Mitchell agreed to meet later on in the week with. all parties concerted. "But if we "have a meeting, you fellows will only press the idea that we should pay the shot. | "We will not pay one cent. We don't want to make you angry, but if you fellows think wé are going to back down you are very much mistaken, My children, all of our children, will sit at home until you supply a bus for them." Ww ior. Two senior bulls shown, The Robert Baker two- year-old of Suriderland tir 4 the size and stretch and smoot rump to go with the C. J. Hod- dén and Son three-year-old who ig a well déveloped individual es not moving as well on his legs. Beaverton Exhibitor Wins Black-White Show PORT PERRY = The 27th: anntal Ontatio Coutit anced with good legs arid level tump, He is Eimeroft Inka Ty- coon. The All-Canadian bull calf of 1962, He is owned jointly with Georges Berube, Vassan, Quebec. The reserve junior and re- serve grand champion is a well gTown massive yearling, typing well with the champion juf- were The grand champion female had a wealth .of size and sub- stance with an excellent dry ud- der. Typing in well for reserve grand Chamipion was the large smooth two-year-old of Lioyd Prouse, Brooklin, junior champion at the 1962 county show. which was The winning aged cow in milk, shown by Roy H. Leask afd Son Was a Close conten. der for the reservé position, The junior champion female, 1962 All-Canadian calf for F. Roy Otmiston, is a massive, well- developed and smooth yearling and made an impréssive wif- ner. the Roy H. Leask's junior year- ling, a very daify-like animal with strong top and good legs on the junior yearling award. to school and back! What about the winter and the darkness that séts if about 4.00 p,m, Drivers can't always see small children on the road around dusk, or in a bliszard. | 'Does a child have to be orip. pled or killed on his way home from school before some action if a If your ali te €@ please your budget, then shop at IGA end i's "in the bag", You'll find the quality and satisfaction you Want 66, 6 why not shop at your neighborly IGA where every department offers opportunities to save on your food purchases. PRICES EFFECTIVE SEPT. 4, 5, 6,7 --» WE aesinve THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES CATELLI In TOMATO sauce - SPAGHETTI 2 im 29° TINS A VAN CAMP BEANS with PORK 2m 20° el PEANUT BUTTER vi 29° 'School Board turn in their seats "and quit." { The parents agreed to return to the school Board and seek a 'meeting. ' HASSLE STALLED <. This time they were allowed to enter and were told that the joard had reached no decision gon their problem, after two hours of deliberation. It was smgreed that another meeting would be ¢alled to discuss the situation. * The angry parents claimed that they were informed at the peginning of the 1962-1963 school year, when they first contracted the Busline, that if they used the service throughottt the school year that it would be made is taken! They have to cross railway tracks, There are al- ways a lot of tramps and trans-| ients in the area. I don't want |my children maimed or. killed \or attacked." PRINCIPAL ATTACKED Councillor Hooper rose again: "These people are aware that this is not a Council problem. They have been unjustly dealt with by the School Board. "IT would recommend to them that they take their problem to the Chaifman of the School Board and not Andy Thompson. He is the supervising principal of the teaching part of the} schools only and is not over school boards and bus services "These men, these self-stated educated men are not doing their jobs. How can any 'smart, educated group' -- they said it, not me, deal with a problem when the persons involved are not even allowed to discuss it with them in an open meeting! The parents agreed to return to the meeting. Mayor Hobbs . Mary Peterson contin-| wished them luck. ued the story: "We called Mr.} "I hope you can irori this out", Thompson (Andrew, Supervis-jhe said, "and remember that g@ Principal of Public Schools)/we are always happy to listen and he told us that the School/to the problems of any citizen." Board would meet on the prob-| The doors were no longer. lock-| lem. We informed him that our|ed when the delegation returned children would not attend school/to face the school board. until the Board provided a bus} Chairman Paul Chant intro- for them. duced the Board. '"'We are now! "We were also told that the) open to any suggestions that you! meéting of the School Board|might have. We have attacked) would not be public and were|the problem from all angles. | advised that we could not at-/We even had representatives of| tend." = ng thong poo School} ards here earlier and we all 7 oe aoe bes ok discussed your plight with Mr.| guthde' lack Gams feeb match ootitt of the Burley Bus Lines. ; "We are naturally sympathe- on the Town Council meeting,|tic, but there is nothing we can _ aig to we or petition, but mere-| q ly to show the Town that they; mrs. F. oso | were united in their decision to| we stnteae tance iiit We tsiked keep their children out of school.|to Mr. Burley and he told us When asked why the bus ser-| that we would not have bus ser- vice was discontinued; a spokes-|vice unless the Board covered man for the group said that, al-|the contract. I want something though they paid a $1.00 per|done now." week per child to send their) Bill Mitchell: "Did you arrive children on the bus for most of|at any decision?" Stu James, teasurer of Board: the previous school year, the children began walking and rid-|"We found the distances to the extremities of the beaches to be ing their bikes to school in the spring. 2.1 and 2.6 miles." Mrs. Betty McDonald: "The| Mr. Chant: "The reason the money was running short in the|Service was cut off was because Spring. Some of our husbands| you people didn't pay in full to the bus line last year. There were laid off. We just couldn't afford to send the kids on the| were only a few children taking the bus in the spring." | bus. Some of us have four and five children of school age, and) "What was the decision you you reached tonight?", asked) eee ee ae See eee eyon yaa . ; Hea etned by oe perlenipene amon, sd PRESERVING CROCKS Mrs, Betty McDonald spoke ent yng oad total ryt! the bus- line for the year at er capit. ti : Pon would|4P: 'This is discrimination, The people of this town consider the! 'per week for 108 children would Beach area a slum..When 1 about $3775. "Even allowing $1000 for gas 8 £5) moved there people turned their backs on me, I am not sending | om maintenance for only two ours work per day, they would ; P y y my children to school, You can| not put all of us in jail." 'still show a handsome profit', said parent Thomas Cowan. ; Mrs. Audrey Fredericks stat-|. Mt. Chant explained that the ed that when the parents engag- on Board held no such feel-| ed the bus service on their own Be -- the people of the last year they were promised by) (2°"eS. Mr. Thompson that he would approach the School Board be- fore the new budget was struck for 1963-1964 and ask that a bus be provided. we ss he never did it It was because of this promise that we took it upon ourselves to get our own bus, This was rt of our agreement with Mr. mpson."" The school Board made the following statement before going behind closed doors -- "We want time to discuss this at a closed meeting. They have met to draw up the petition we will discuss and we feel that we should have time to go over it privately." The parents, who were gath- ered in the street outside the building then made their way to the Town Council Meeting. PLEA TO COUNCIL filled the Council Cham.) bers. sat through the reg- ular council agenda. Then ae the meeting was about to adjourn, Councillor Ken Hooper got to!in school this year." his feet. 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