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WEDNESDAY, JAN..' 12th ; lh l
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THE. , LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LAJCKNOW ONTARIO
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PAGE ° NINE'.
Ross W.acDor ald Retires From lioching
hi Kapuskasing After 37 Yearn Service
Tle following 'article is copied
from,the Kapuskasing Northern
Times and ire report of the re-
tirement of Ross MacDonald, tea
• cher with the Kapuskasing school
system •for the past 37 years.. Ross
is known locally as a summer res
ident•at the family home "Clare
`donaid" northeast of'the CNR. state
ion, '':
The article read;
Members of the Public School
'Boaid„ teaching staff . and, other •
employees and friends, 'gathered :
at the Kapuskasing I•nn Friday even-
• ing for- a• testimonial dinner in hob
-
,or of retiring SupervisingPrincipal,
Ross L. MacDonald. •
• Mr. MacDonald,: due to retire at
the end, of the current year, has
' been with 'the Public . School! sys
-tern in. Kapuskasing for. more, than'
• 37 years. `He ;has served as teach- '
er and principal and latterly as
supervising,principal:in charge of
the two public schools, ', Hts'serv-
ice,was interrupted only,by a tour
of duty with the Air Force during
the Second World War.
When he first carne to Kapusk-
asing Mr. MacDonaldrecalls the
school system included eight pub-
lic school rooms and .four other
rooms, two of which were conn,
ected with sliding doors to form .
an auditorium. 'Half of the. enrol -
Ment consisted of s"eparate ,school
children., the separate school sys- •
tem at that time containing only
six rooms and being all French
speaking. • .• _ - ..
Mr.. MacDonald has seen •both
school systems in town grow to a
size not envisaged in 1928, and
enrolment and accommodation is
still expanding.
I have had a ,happy life in Kap
uskasing," 'Mr. Macronald told -a
TIMES reporter, "I' met my wife
here and we 'raised' our family in
this town. I think the entire pub.
lic school. `system in all of its var-
ious departments, is in good shape
and in good hands and should con-
tinue to produce good results in • .
the future." , •
The MacDdnald's daughter,.
Joan is presently 'teaching in Paris,
France, at a School, of Internation- ,
al -languages and is working to-
wards a degree in. Prench.. Son,
John,: is also'in'the teaching
fession and, following, in his, father's
footsteps.. He is principal • 6f a'.
school in Sudbury and is married,
Following brief addresses by
Head Principal Fred Maddock and
Ford Rupert, principal of Eastview
School and long-time colleague of
f
Mr. MacDonald,•°IVliss Ruby Reid '
presented Mrs., MacDonald, with a
bouquet of long-stemmed Amer-.
ican beauty roses. Miss Reid ie -
called memories of her.: lengthy '
:acquaintance with the ,MacDonald
family, and, stated that Mr. Mac
Donald's retirement marked the
passing of an era.
Chairmanof the Public' School
Board, Douglas •Whillans, present -
Mrs. Walter black,
Pres, Olivet
OLIVET' NEWS'
The United. Church Women, met, •
on Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Walter Roulston,
Rev. George Ball installed the of€
icers. Mrs. Walter. Black, presi-
dent, Ws%
resident,Mrs; H. Clayton vice -press
ident; •secretary, Mrs. John Mac -
ed• Mr.. MacDonald with a portable
television set from the Board`"and. • .
staff members, A, suitably engrav-
,.ed.. plaque incorporated the motto '
of the school and watchword of the
retiring°principal "Play up, play.
up, and 'play the 'game l .
The occasionalso proved .opp- .>
ortune to acknowledgement of
trustee Alec Stevenson's° long serv-
ice on the: Public School "Board'.,
Mr. Stevenson is retiring 'E Decem-
ber 31 after, close to 13 years' serv-
ice as a school tru stee ,. several
years as chairman.,,
He was presented. with a wall
barometer
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Charles, treasurer•Mrs. Walter •
Dexter. Other officers were Cit,
izensflip,Mrs. H, Anger; Supply
• Mrs, Ray Hamilton; Literature Mrs.
E. Osborne; Stewardship. Mrs. Mel-
vin Colling; Christian Education
Mrs. Robert Osborne; Press, Mrs.
Oscar White; Explorers Mrs, W.
Black and Mrs. J. McGuire; Baby
Band Mrs, Gary Hoffman; Pianists'
Mrs. Sandy MacCharles and Mrs.
J. MacCharles.
Mrs. Gerald Colling's group .
presented the worship program::
Mrs. Coiling opened the meeting
with • a. New Year poem and also.
introduced' the new study. book .
Brazil:: Mrs., W. Black offered,
prayer. Mrs., 1. MacCharles sang
a solo accompanied by Mrs. Ross.
• Black at the piano-, Mrs. 'Robert '
Osborne gave:a New,Year reading.
Mrs. Black and Mrs. •Hamilton off-,
ered to wrap and mail any used
Christmas cards the members
wished to send to a missionary in
Korea. -
Mrs. Ray Hamilton .offered:cour-
tesy remarks and lunch was served.
Mrs. Barbara ;Bennett was solo-
ist in the United Church`onSunday.
accompanied by th e organist
Sandra MacCharles,'. •
Representing Olivet on ,Singtime
on Sunday afternoon was Walter .
Dexter. .
• Mr. and Mrs. Herman Anger'.
were in Kitchener on business on
Saturday..
.Mr. and Mrs. Walter. Dexter
were guestsof•Mr., and. Mrs. En-
sign on Saturday in Gode, rich.'..
January Plowing
And Corti Picking•••`.
PURPLE GROVES NEWS
Sincere sympathy is extended; to
the relatives andfriendsof the late.
Jack McIver who passed ` away. on
Thursday after a short stay. in Lon-
don and Kincardine hospitals.
Margie Collins -celebrated her
ninth birthday on Friday ;and; friends' •
at her party were, Wray Thompson,
Cathy. and VickiaDore, Joan .Court-
ney, Shirley McKay and Cathy
Creech.. :
It may have seemed strange, to
see farmers ploughing and picking
corn in the first week in January
but better late than never they say:
Interesting visitors with Mr.. and -
Mrs. Earl' Elliott and family re -
'cently were Nikolaus Mwaitebele
and two companions' from Tanzan-
ia, East'Africa., The boys' are
training to be'pilots %in Centralia
and on a day off decidedto visit
• the'Elliotts while touring many
Western Ontario towns.
Mr, and Mrs. Les,Hartwck,'
Wendy and Paul of London and Mr.
Alf Herbert arid daughter of. West-
on visited withMr. and .Mrs.
Frank Currie and girls. •
A number from the community ,
gathered , on Saturday night at the'
Community Centre for the .Euchre
party. Winners were Gladys Gaw-
ley and Bob Emerson, ''while the
birthday' prize went to Margie
„Collins. It was decided the next
card game will•be•on Saturday,
January 29th. ' On the committee
were, Mrs., Herb Farrel, Mrs.
,George•Harkness. and. Mrs. Donald
Gillies, o•
Frankie Dore spent4Friday after-
noon with his aunt, Mrs. Harvey
Thompson. .. ' ' - •
Joyce Elliott spent a few days
with Darlene Currie'.
Gladys Gawley, , • Toronto,. and
Nancy Dore, Kitchener, spent 'the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs • Vict-
or •G awley .
Aget well wish is extended to
Mrs. William McInnes of Tees-
. water who, due to this latest 'flu
bug, is i11 in bed . It is hoped that
she will soon beout and around'
again. • .
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