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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-08-18, Page 5WEDNESDAY,: '. AUG.. y8th.. 1905. THE. LUCKNOW • SENT. MEL, 4 UCKNOW, -ONTARIO •, .PAGE, ,FIVE. The above picture was photo-• graphed at, : the retirement dinner, for Miss, Flora. Andrew andher principal; Mr.' . D. ' W. Lane;. both • teachers.: at Talbot St,. School, London., The 'dinner, washeld:, at the- Ivanhoe i Club,'.. ` London, on June 7th,. 1955. Nearly one ., hund red guests' attended.. ' 'Pictured from, left to right Miss Andrew, Leonard; Wood .who made 'they presentation :Lane, Miss Alice .McFarlane who made. thepresentation to Miss An- drew, and Mr: :Lane.' Presented With., Watch, Flora's : four brothers, Bili: of • Ashfield,' Bob of Listowel, Alex of: Lucknow and Art.of. Kapuskas ang, accompanied by their wives, were special guests.'' at the :dinner.. Previous to the dinner the 'broth ers:' preesented. Flora with a . 'beau- tiful eau tiful gold: watch,. which she wore. that. evening The: Talbot: Street ''StaffP. fanned the 'dinner. They invited former principals ..aad., teachers to attend' and . honour the ' tw+a' teachers who commenced teaching in London on.• the same day and retired at the same time. Flora, had three.. years previous teaching exper- ience at Kintan School, Ashfield, thus giving her the requiredforty years .'to ` 'obtain : the . certificate. with the ;gold seal award. :Guests at .the head table includ- ed Mr. D. W: Sutton, Director of Education; Mr.: J. N. -Given;: Sup erintendent; Mr. M.. Chalmers and Mr. D . ,W. • Reader,. ' London in= specter. Mr. Reader:' was, a 'farm- er Talbot former'Talbot *St principal and: Flora's last ".inspector, Mr. R. J McNaughton; former principal,. accompanied by Mrs. McNaughton, motored front•. Tor-. onto for the dinner. Mr. McNau- ghton is ..assistant superintendent.. of. elementary :education .with the, Ontario Department of . Education. Mr.,Michael. Mellott, vice.-prin= cipal,: acted , as master of ' Gere .or nuc .a <<ftic fce. 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SUI WILLIAM J KINAHAN R.R. 2 Lucknow • Phoitre Wingham 35 7-1987' q3 LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA.. ,,, • A gatAL, COMPANY monies. ,A sing -song was ;conducted by 'two teachers from the school, Several impromptu , speeches were given..: .Miss .Alice McFarlane,.. a long time ' Talbot' associate teacher with .Flora;. gave an- inspiring ad= dress :and made the: presentation on behalf of _'all the guests present, the gift' of an; oil 'painting, an`' aut- umn utumn scene, and. a 'figurine Butter - clip to Flora,, Who later thanked all present for, their beautiful 'trib- ute. HonouredAt Banquet On June 10th'the Women Teach= •ers' Federation held their annual banquet at Ivanhoe Club and six retiring • teachers were prsented wh a. figurine, Flora's tieing Lev- i/AO": ' ' "Flora: Andrew :Night" 'On June 15th, there was a. Flo- ra Andrew night • at Talbot • St. School :an evening reception arran- ged by. 'past Home. & School pres- idents: Many former teachers, par- ents '&•Pupils ar-ents'&.pupils returned'to•'school to renew • acquaintance with ,, their teacher. Miss Andrew. During the evening' Florawas presented with a beautiful evening; baggy a string •of cultured pearls and.. -ear' rings, and a silver •:tray 'with the inscrip- tion, "In: appreciation :.of" thirty- seven years of 'service•in. the dis trict of Talbot Street School." Best . Wishes`Extended • On June .21st Flora • attended: the Grade It Graduation exercises at • school 'and. Was presented' with a lade -green: , rhinestone 'broach with, ear. rings from • the present- Home and School: Association: • June •29th; Flora 'entertained the School Staff oto a luncheon at the. Latin 'Quarter's thus., bringing to a. dose the fortieth chapter of a teaching career. She . was the "ecinient of many beautiful cards, flowers,' corsages and gifts from personal friends;, all well 'wishers of a happy retirement. 'A greeting of. particular .interest came :from a former teacher who is now teaching in Kenya, Africa' a mis-' s.onary ' n June 29 •— Flora • entertained the School Staff to a luncheon at.� the ' Latin Quarters. :,Ori .returning. to- the cl'assrodm there were three visitor's. from Toronto waiting to. see the "retiring teachexa'. Mis- ses Flo~a . Webster,'', Bea Parker and -Jessie Anderson. Following are a few remarks. quoted from Miss Andrew's • thank you acknowledgement at the ban- quet June7, `rI have .always. been, extremelyproud to be a member f the London Teaching Staff. It is aglorious privilege to be a teacher and the job of a teacher is to try and create hungers a- mong children rather • than to in' terest them or make them learn. sire' the love' o f readingdto ` in- spire' It ;has been my ambition p� and working in my room A child, needs constant encouragement and , also responds . to routine dis cipline: • My closing .remark: as a primary teacher is,; . in the. next world 1 could not ask for a better position than to teach. little child- ren,' r• e♦••♦ •••♦•♦♦♦os♦♦••♦♦♦••♦•••♦•••♦••••• •*♦•,•••• • �. s ,., •. ♦ • :.• •• • ♦ • • i. ♦ _• • •• ••• . E. acDonald a.. ATLAS BATTERIES AND DUNLOP -TIRES . ' AY REASONABL.E:•. PRICES o We.-.H.O.ve• Purchased New..• ., .._. :., ,,, . • .. ,•., Precision Whee!•Balancing .... . ..• ..... :: •Equipment •;: TO •• • See •• Us For:Wheel Balancing And Vflheel. Alignment repairs .To •All .Makes Cars,. ,And Tractors BALANCE AL,L WHEELS. FROM 13" •TO j 2 LICENSED MECHANICS6.4 Pipes Skirl among Cedcrs At Reunion: The thirty-sixth annual: reunion of the McDonald Clan was. 'held on ,Saturday, July ...31st at' 'Cedar Grove, Lochalsh. :About one 'hund- red and sixty members. were pre- sent. As well as from the. Ashfield district,' many came from Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, : Windsor,.' .Lon don and Western. Canada. Flight " Lieutenant , and Mrs.. George Richards and family came the farthest 'distance; .from 'Gim- lay, , Manitoba, The. oldest ' mem- ber of the clan .attending the re- union. e-union. was' Thomas Harris. 'of Rip- ley. The .youngest, was Laurie West,- infant. daughter. of Mr. and Mrs. Jim West. ; This ,year's' president . was Dr. J. D: Munn:; of. 'the. Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto:. The secretary was Mrs. ;Elmer • Smeltzer of Am- berley Mr. Duncan Allan' of Kin - tail attended the register. Thee reunion was ,opened ---to the swirl of. 'the bagpipes and dfum ably handled by D. A. McLennan,• David McDonald, ; Murray ; Mc- Donald and ' Finlay McLennan. This ,group delighted their 'Scotch audience many :times, throughout. the evening .. The sports program was carried out by Bill Harris of Ripley, • ab- ly assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Ken Pottier of Toronto. • Just beforesupper the Clarke. Quartette, consisting of Ben Far- rell, Gordon Bridge, ' Orma• Pol- lock and Bill Harrison delighted the 'audience with 'several num-' hers. Mr. ' Farrell and Mr. Har, rison else rendered.: the well ' lov- ed,. duet,. "How Great Thou Art:" They were accompanied by Shir- ley '.Bridge. Supper: was prepared and .serv- ed by Mrs. Dick West, Miss Mab e1 McDonald, Mrs. Alex Andrew' and. Mrs. Orland Richards., After ..supper, ` Dr, Munn proc- eeded with a short . business meet, , held in memory m Two minutes of silence were y of Bain Stewart, Kenneth McDonald, Kenneth Mac- ti Kenzie and Elliott Simpson, Avha have passed 'away during' :the • last year; , A sing -song, was . ;then led by Miss Marion ' Munn, assisted at the : piano by Mrs ''Duncan' Siam- .Son. imp-.Son. There followed . a very' n enjoyable program consisting ..of Scotch dan- ces . by, Christina :.MacLennan. and: Marion McDonald;. violin ,selec- tions by George and Murray Mc- Donald, Mc Donald, accompanied. by' ', Mrs. George McDonald; : songs by ,Ann,, Dougie and Susan ' Pottier; , piano solos by Lillian ' Simpson, •Mitten and 'Bob' Birkhoug of 'Chicago.. The slate of officers : for 1966 are: President, Duncan Simpson of '.Kintail; secretary., ' Mrs. mer Smeltzer; program, commit- tee, D. A. 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