Northern Corps teachers aid remote Ontario schools
A local initiative shows Department of Education volunteers staffing isolated province schools. Volunteers teach in trailers and remote sheds with little electricity or water, facing poverty and language barriers. Requests flood in for books, maps, magazines, games, equipment, and subscriptions to broaden isolated students’ horizons.
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Canada
Department of Education
Ives
Mrg
Alf Long
R.R
Acton
A'shaalof
The
United Church
National Geographic
Macleans
Ontario
Thy
Allan Water
Umphrieville
Mine Centre
Audon
Oba
Savant Lake
Gogama
Island Falls
Bear Island
Ramsay
Go Home Bay
Franz
Cauytenashana
Teachers' College
Cooksville
Bracebridge
Teltery
Alan McPhee
Franz Wdagettbos
Pate
Terry
Wills
Fort William Lo.d. E
Lake Temagami
Barry Tate
Oba Ontario One-Room School Faces Cold Hardships
Reports describe Bob Corey at Oba and a bare one room school with 24 pupils amid harsh winter conditions 40 below, leaky pipes, no power for weeks, reliance on a coal furnace, and widespread poverty. Residents cope with isolation, schooling, and alcohol problems as teachers and families struggle to educate and survive.
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Cochrane
C.N.R
Wis
Dpistle
Bob Corey
Obe 5
Oba
David Sprnndy
Auden
Acton
Rotary delegates share slides at Acton meeting
Georgetown Rotary president Mr Looge showed slides from his trip to Norway and Monte Carlo at a Tuesday dinner in Acton. He promoted Don Cossack chorus tickets for Norval Mar 18 and noted club rosters rising to 20 with fines to be reinstated. Guests from Georgetown Guelph and Orangeville attended. next week Bruce Cargill and Paul Hurley will present classification talks and Ted Pratt will lead Easter Seals envelope stuffing.
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Georgetown
Rotary International
Nice
France
Dick Looge
Acton Rotarians
Norway
Monte Carlo
Looge
Georgetown Club
Don Cossack Chorus
Norval Mar
A. H. McKenzie
Jim Lodger
Endance
Royal York
Toronto
Guelph
Orange
North Halton boards seek facts on merger and representation
North Halton Urban Board members fear inadequate rape representation and double taxation under a County Board of Education plan. They will invite a Department of Education official to March meetings with educators and trustees from Acton Milton and Georgetown to address merger questions, boundary concerns, and arrears responsibility.
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North Halton
Ontario
William G. Davis
F. J. Thomason
Department
Halton Consultative Committee On
Halton
Om Counsillor
Acton
H. H.hinton
County Board of Education
Esquesing Township Sets New High Assessment Figure
Esquesing Township reports a total rateable assessment of 12 477 395 07 for 1967, up from the prior year. Farm and residential properties account for about 12 10 and 45 percent respectively of the new total while commercial and industrial properties total 2 262 645 07. An extra 49 329 is added until January 1968 for 11 months of taxation.
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Esquesing
A. W. Banton
Planners to Meet Minister Discuss Land Separations
Three representatives from the Halton County Planning Association will meet with the Minister of Municipal Affairs to address land separations on parcels over 10 acres. Maurice F Newton Ross Pearen and Ed Harrap were chosen to confer as the WPA prepares a 3100 dollar budget with 1800 for fees and expenses and 700 for travel and conventions.
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Halton County Planning Association
Municipal Affairs
WPA
Maurice F. Newton
Ross Pearen
Milton
Ed Harrap
Esquesing
Halton County
Escarpment Planning Nod by Niagara Region Councils
A special committee coordinates planning for the Niagara Escarpment with Central Ontario Niagara and Georgian Bay regional councils. Members include Mrs. A. J. MacArthur Halton Zone 1 and Lon MecNoice Peel Zone 2, with Les Duby Acton mayor and CORDC president as ex officio. The effort seeks to balance preservation of recreational value with economic need for gravel and materials. The study collaborates with Nassagawoya Esquesing Caledon townships and aims to secure grants to buy 8,000 acres for parks while the premier promotes conservation as a recreation area through a 25 year plan. The Niagara Escarpment Study, led by L O Gertler, explores preservation strategy over USO concepts.
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Niagara Escarpment
Ontario
Niagara
Georgian Bay
CORDC
A. J. MacArthur
Halton
Zone 1
Lon MecNoice
Peel
MacArthur
Les Duby
Acton
Nassagawoya
Esquesing
Caledon
Queenston
Tobermory
Niagara Parks
Nassagawega
Niagara Falls
Mileton
Parks Integration Board
Mioney
John Robarts
L. O. Gertler
University of Waterloo
New Members Hear Mayor at Y's Men Club
Seventeen guests attended the Y's Mens meeting including several prospective members. Mayor Les Duby spoke on regional development. Funds were raised for the Bishop Fund via a Chinese auction and a volleyball game. Tomorrow a Nigerian student at O. V. C. will speak. A ladies night is planned for March.
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Les Duby
Day Off Pro D Day At Port Credit High School
High school teachers held a professional development day at Port Credit Secondary School on Friday while students enjoyed a day off. Some staff and students took advantage by going skiing during the break.
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Port Credit Secondary School
Notable Partial Retirement Planned for Clerk Lindsay in Esquesing
Esquesing council revealed plans to partially retire clerk treasurer K C Lindsay this year after salary adjustments. Lindsay, who has accumulated extensive township knowledge, will work three days a week with assistant clerk Del French to assume duties and serve as deputy clerk and tax collector at 6100 a year. An unnamed assistant assessor will earn 5500, while assessment commissioner A W Banton will be paid 7000. Clerical assistants will receive 4300.
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Esquesing Council
K. C. Lindsay
Lindsay
Council
del French
A. W. Banton
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Hfe
Margaret Peeves
Sultan
Red Cross
LaSalle High School
Sudbury
His
Pdek
Rotary
McFi Rane
Acton Club
Niagara ‘Escarpment
Littl Henry
Mama
Henry
Your Free Press
Acton Free Press
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