Page 8 TAR TRIBONEK, WILLIAMA LAKE, B.6. Thursday, Novembep 4, Vist, JUST ENOUGH TURN OUT To Fit scHoo, 9¢H00! Board Presents REP’S VACANCIES et school repre-|_ rentatives for the town of Williams| 2d 44 teachers in the Lake. 2 seh As three of the ratepayers prosent Were school teachers, and therefore not eligible for office, there was not much doubt about who would serve in During the summer and fall of 1950, the four representative positions open | zhe report continues, new this year. These figures are up consi schools were constructed at Canim Lake Bast Elected were Trustee H. J. Garaner,| ind Glencoe with the voluntary help whose term: 6t “office expires in De | se residents “of those areas. 8Special cember; A. E. Levens, named for an-j ‘Tibute is paid the Canim Lake east other term, and Doug Stevenson and community ofr their co-operation. E. G. Woodland. Not at the mesting was last year representative Don Mackay. The Canama Lumber Co. Ltd con- structed a school in accordance with plans approved by the board and the The small meeting heard the read. Deartment of Education and rents it ing of the School Board’s annuai re-| to the board for $1.00 per year. The Port and moved a vote of thanks to] school is furnished, equipped and op- the Board for inauguratag the Indus-| crated by the baord ana was opened trial-Arts and Home Economics class-| in January 1951. The Company also es this year in the local schools. provides a teacherage which is fur- Other ratepayers meetings in the|nished by the board. district. heard from, and their attend- ance, were: Miocene, five, and Bridge Lake, six. The meeting at 150 Mile conflicted with a Cattlemen’s Associ- ation meeting held there the same night. The Schoo} Board itself had attend- ance trouble this week. Scheduled to meet yesterday, only three trustees turned up. As a quorum consists of four, the meeting had to be postponed and will be held Friday. OLIVER THEATRE— Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, November 5, 6,7 Errol Flynn Dean Stockwell Paul Lukac in “KIM” Forest Grove Teacherage and Alex ;Creek schools were completed in the fall of 1950, thus bringing to a close the building program authorized by By-Law No. 1. Costs of buildings which rose far above the original es- timates necessitated some reduction in furniture and equipment, but this is gradually being made up from current revenue. Extensiv Thursday, Friday, Saturday, November 8,9, 16 Diana Lynn John Lund Marie Wilson in “My Friend Irma” Comedy and News Show Starts at 8:30 p-m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, this week: “TREASSURE ISLAND” plus “‘Pep- addler Fight’? FRESH MEAT is the basis of many tempting food dishes -- buy where quality is the finest Williams Lake Meat Market “THE” PIPE MOKER’S LIGHTER “BEATTIE JET” YOU CAN POINT THE FLAME Special Jet attachment throws a flame » to light pipe evenly Special Introductory Price $6.50 E.G. WOODLAND & SON OFFICIAL TIME INSPECTOR P.G.E, RAILWAY annual reporrt of the School Board, pr district Tuesday night to individua} ratepayers’ meetings, with 748 pupils registered and 36 teachers being employed. Report To Ratepayers Schools jn District 27 opened this year with 900 £upils, 001 buildings, according to the ented throughout the derable from the previous year, roof, chimney and interior Atings of the Horsey School during the sum Mer of 1950. As no satisfactory hoard j mg place was available for the teach, at Glencoe a teacherage was constru: ted there in January 1951. The furnace t the old school in Williams Lake nally wore out. It was originally ae ‘igned for two classrooms and was ™nodified several times to finaily serve Yace being installed. The building is ‘ix rooms. The whole heating system vas revamped as well as a new fur- jow adequately heated and no time vas lost during cold weather after it ‘vas installed. The provincial govern. vent paid fifty percent of the cost. Very little general maintenance and sepair was done in the district due to ‘the difficulty in securing ‘suitable maintenance men. The number of lum |ber mills in the district combined with | the fact that the busiest period on the | ranches is in- the summer during the principal maintenance period makes it almost impossible to secure casua’ apparent that the Finance Committec 0 nthe recommendation of the Inspec- ‘or and the secretary authorized late this summer the engagement of full time maintenance man. The decision was later approved by the board, ana it is felt that the general situation wil) greatly improve in:the 1951-1952 term, PURCHASE TRUCK With the approval of the representa. tives the board purchased a truck in February 1951 from current revenue. This enabled the secretary to visit every school in the district, for the Srst time, at least once before the close of the term and has greatly facilitated the distribution of supplies, equip- ment and maintenance materials. It is now also being used by the mainten- Jance man. A good deal of the score. Haves time during the latter part of the term was devoted to by-law work and travelling and the truck proved of great value, ss TSANSPORT ASSISTANCE After a long period of investigation and consideration, the board decided Jate in the term that it would pay transport assistance on behalf of small groups of pupils who lived more than three miles from a school at a rate not to exceed twelve cents per mile travel- led or $14.00 per month per pupil, whichever is the least, providing each vehicle concerned carries pupils froni more than one family. Owners of such vehicles must understand that the board will accept no responsbility in the case of accident. In addition to the regular five point auto insurance, owners should secure an endorsement to their policies from their insurance companies permitting them to carry pupils to and from school for com- pensation. i month of The average cost per feels that assistance provided for small groups of children in isolated areas is considerable and as much as is possible. After a considerable period of ne- cotiating, which at one time appeared likely to require arbitration, the teach ‘8 Were granted certain salary in- creases. A new salary agreement was sned which provided a schedule in- orendent of the cost of living index. The annual increment was increased from $109.60 to $130.00 and the starting salary for secondary teachers was in- “sed frora $2009.0% to $2300.00, It would appear that the quesiion c ‘creased teachers’ salaries will be an annual one for the board. On February 9th, 1951, 24 represen. tatives attended a convention during vhich they heard the board report on ‘he survey that had heen made and the oard recommend that a by-lnw be ubmitted to the ratepayers. Tie Rep- esentatives voted sixteen to three in aver of a by-law being presented to sudget submitted “y the Board providing a total cxpen- liture for 1951 of $195,091, was passed unanimously. RESTRICTIONS Federal Government restrictions on building and borrowing, a lack of Pro- vincial Government capital funds and an unsteady bond market caused pres- entation of the by-law to the ratepay: ers (0 be delayed and the board decid- ed to increase the interest rate of the debentures from 4% to 44%. ome | ity was finally received from the De- partment of Education and By-Law No. 2 was submitted to and rojected oy the ratepayers on May 9th, 1951 ‘he by-law and re-submitted it as By-Law No. 3 on June 26th. This time the ratepayers passed it by a small majority. The delay caused by the first rejec- tion caused a corresponding udlay in the production of building plans. It Decame known that the Provincial Government's share would not be available in 1951 and it became appar- ent that great difficulty would be en- countered in marketing the debentur- ets at a fair price. The board was therefore reluctantly forced to post- Pone all building until 1952. The De- Liberals 2eadying For Cntario Election Battle Rallying their forces for the Provincial election called for November 22, Liberal electors throughout Ontario have chosen their candidates to h z nks he led between 1947-50. Liberal House leader sin 1945, Mr. Oliver is seen at right with another campaign-scarred Liberal, Walter Thomson, leader of Ontario Liberal party. Overseas Parcels Don’t Delay! Let us make up your Overseas Parcel “Now” and avoid disappointment. Just leave your order with us and we will do the parcelling and mailing. z i SPECIAL: Libby’s Spaghetti and Cheese, 15 oz. tin, 3 tins for WESTERN, RIFE & PIGEON QUALITY GROCERS PROMPT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE IS OUR AIM partment of Education has ind that their share of the funds should be available in March 1952 and in ‘the meantime the board will attempt to/ sell the debentures locally, or on the! { erie if conditions improve, with ql view to commencing construction im- mediately the frost is out of the ground| in the spring of 1952. | The board then decided to institute broliminagy. courses in Home Econom- ics and Industrial arts at Williams Lake District High School in Septem | ber 1951 in such a manner that all] equipment and furnishings could be | moved to the new school when it is completed. In order to secure the ne- cessary classrom space and also to relieve serious overloading of school busees, it was decided to re-open the old schools at the 150 Mile House ane Chimney Creek for Grades I to VII pupils, Se ear ee SOGGY GROUND FORCES PLANES TO BY-PASS "LAKE A water-soaked landing strip forced cancellation of Monday and Tuesday stops here for CP Airlines. Although frost tightened up the ground somewhat after the week-end rains, airline officials decided to play it safe and washed out the tanding. 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