HARDIN COUNTY LEADS THE WA Y 



SaUCCOMTT 



ROAD DISTRICTS 



and 



PREPARES TO FACE 



School iphoJbhm 



By JIM THOMSON 

 lAA RECORD Ass r Editor 



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 tratKin (ountit- Aith !i..<)rt. than ..i, 

 separate road dismtts aft. the :iik- in 

 Illinois rather than thi ',><■ piion I .i 

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 fatt .i.i;ninistr.»tnt- unit-. Joi u- m;,,- 

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 districts uvto out aw oiiipii^ln.! to: H.r 

 din rounty 



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 state trif ot road dislru' debt, no fiiinor 



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 mm.1. .:!■! il'*': .■-■ui tiit'e in it.ori 

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 IVifut; till v..ir M.i:- thr miliiv ha- 

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 iic J; .id li.iiid o! till p.ivl 'Mils unit 

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ii.n < oiii;i\ Siliool .'sur\ri, < onmiittii ha- 

 .itt'jr un'i-^- thai- ,. \ta.' - --tiidy taken tin. 

 bill! bv tin iiorii^ ad^I tiiitaliMl) reioin 

 nninitd lilt jMioiin^' ot tilurational lad! 

 ities a.'id in.ni.ii.'enuiit jiiiiir uni lOi.'titv 

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11. [>ro^^l^^iM. tiiKidt.i tiilks II, t|i( 

 >ii.ji!f. liu ri ii)iilniendaIioii> iook ^uod 



1 1 (hi oul-idir tliev look Mniplc of ai 

 , iin.piishiiierit Actually consolidation in 

 Hardin lounty is no !iss ditfuult than 

 ;t -Aoiild be 111 any oihir Illinois lOunty. 

 In lat. It ini^lit be more triiubksomi 



hut the lOuniy is toitiinale in having- 

 ,i;ood men on its sihool survey lomniit- 

 tei < hair.'nan Harrv' Porter, editor of 

 the Hardin ( oiint\ Indeptndent at Eliza- 



_ Hard Roads 



= Rural Roads 



■^"' School Dist. Boundary 



High School Dist. Boundary 



l>elhto\M). insists that tin igunty s sihooJ 

 tax funds be pooled to ^tve rural chil- 

 dren the same educational opportunities 

 ottered litv i hildren He will not be 

 budded from this viewpoint Ci(K)ii 



education. he sav's. must be a\.nlable 

 lo all American ihildren regardless ot 

 town. city. iouiit\ or state boundary 

 liiKs." Virtu.dly the entite committee 

 ' onmis in this opinion 



1 oitunatc too IS Hardin iOiiiit\ that it 

 lia^ a county superintendent o! sihools. 

 < 1.. f'lynn who is an ardent ihampion 

 u! • onsolidation Flvnn is an outspoken 

 idvojii- 111 the loniniittces recotnrnenda- 



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I he vOminitiei in oninieiided in its re- 

 port th.it the I ounty oju-rate seven ele- 

 iiientarv schools (kindergarten through 

 vixtli ^-radi-) tuo junior hi^li (grades 



S, and ')), and one senior high school 

 (grades ID. i; and 1.^); and that the 

 .ountv establish a system of school bus 

 routes to be maintained under state su- 

 pervision and trom state aid funds The 

 routes to be so planned that no child 

 will be denied educational advantages 

 hi cause of d!>.tante trom school.' 



( oursis It) agruulture, home econom- 

 ics, vocational education, shop work, 

 .itl. and miisK are recoirimeiideci in the 

 committees tentative report, also that a 

 he.ilth program be instituted, that a lunch 

 md rixreational program and good li- 

 fe ■"•/'' <•/ ■". I'Jgf 2f>) 



>Xt le- bj 

 cics iin till 

 Walk. ::, 

 prohlcin 1,1 

 the bell ev( 

 t\ r,5intt.' 

 riipe 



Vcs, ti,. 

 ftieal-firne ai 

 hut find It i 

 I fmind t 

 Very ttfcn 

 Our year .ii 

 a nastv j;j-f 

 track to laki 

 trip by lorn 

 tilling; up 

 heard tin- he 

 a.s its usuaJI 

 Tfie old t 

 prubably vei 

 KranJfather, 



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