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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-10-01, Page 1( Home of RCAF Station 0 THE NEW ERA -88th YEAR Nlo, 38 The Home Paper With the Hews C JNTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTasi L 1953 F'prst -:See .ie p ---.Pages THE NEWS -RECORD ---72nd YEAR 0 2,426 Copies. A Week be a copy $2.50 a Year Members of Clinton's 1953 Public School Bard Members bers of the 1953 Clinton. Public School Board are pictured here on the front steps of I the new school building on Percival Street, They are, from left to right: Clayton Dixon, Joseph Murphy, chairman of the sports committee; George 'avis; •Royce 1Viacauiay, chairman of the ' property and building committee; Lorne Brown, chairman of study and welfare committee; A. F. Cudmore, • chairman of the board; Fred O. Ford, chairman of the finance committee; Leslie ' Ball, chairman 'of the purchasing committee. At the right is Harold C, Lawson, secretary -treas- urer of, the school board. These are the men who have brought to completion the building of the school for which initial planning was done ,as .early as 1949, and the building of which began in. May of 1952. (Photo by MacLaren's Studio) A School to be Proud Of This is a fine school, building which. the Minister of Education will officially open next Thursday evening. It is a fine building, and the occasion of its opening is one to attend and to remember. It is a symbol of many hours of labour on the part of the School. oard that planned its erection, and of the thought which the townspeople of Clinton hold for the better education of their children. But the real opening of the school is already over. Into its classrooms on September 8 of this year, -went the 472 pupils that make up Clinton's primary ;school enrolment. There they met the twelve teachers who will guide them through another year. That was the real opening of the Clinton Public School. The finest of buildings, and the world's best teachers do not create a school, nor do the finest words of the greatest persons in the land really open a school, either, It takes the combined efforts of a,ll the an working with the pupiLS, to 'erea,te an atmosphere and an environment which will persuade the pupils along the road to learning. Then you have a school that is a school, and one that is "open" as far as it needs to be. But the official opening of a structure such as this new school is an occasion not to be, neglected either. Seldom it is in the history of a town that the people agree to put up such a costly building. And when it is in the int- erest of their children, then that buildingis of more importance still. Though the old school building looks very shabby when compared with the new one at the end of Rattenbury Street, that old building has done a good turn for the town. A great many youngsters who went to that school have proved themselves worthy of high commenda- tion from their fellow townspeople. Tt was a good building, and though by modern stand- ards, it is old-fashioned and inefficient, it has stood well the test of time. Through the doors of the new school will pass a new generation of Clinton's young peo- ple. Theirs will be the task of living up to the hopes of their elders, the expectations of their teachers, and the faith of their classmates. They have the best that money can buy to work with,, and the best wishes of the whole town goes with them. OPEN HOUSE AT PUBLIC SCHOOL NEXT THURSDAY There will be open house in the Clinton Public 'School next Thursday night. After the off- icial opening ceremony, and ad- dress by Dr. W. J. Dunlop, Min- ister of Education, the class- rooms will be open to inspection by the public. Among all the interesting things there are to see, we would advise not missing the Grade Seven classroom. It is here that Miss Jamieson is teaching the members of her class the history of Clinton. Here you will find models of the first houses erected in Clin- ton, including the Jonas Gib- bings settlement and the house of Peter and Steven Vander - burgh, ht the time when Clinton was known as Vanderburgh's Corners. Not all of this pro- ject has been constructed this year, In fact thehouse of Jon- as Gibbings, was built by Ar- thur Tyndall and Gordon Scrib- bins when they were in Grade Seven. Who'sWho On The Staff DR. DUNLOP OPENS SCH Who'sWho On The Staff At The New o There are teachers at present in the new Clinton Public School, .a Most of there grew up near inton; most of them lived in he town now, and they all have a sleep int- erest in the lives of the youngsters of Clinton that sit before them each school day. George It Jefferson Principal George H. Jefferson must be mentioned first, both• for his years as /principal of Clinton's public school ;? •(l . began here in 1927) and because he is principal. But since there is a story about Mr, •Jefferson•ttn page nine of this issue, we will say nothing more of him here, Miss E. Jamieson Miss Jamieson teaches grade seven, and has one so since she began teaching in the Clinton Public School in 1938. Born in Hallett Township, Concession 1, Lot 8, Miss Jamieson attended S.S. 1, Hullett Township, and gained her secondary education in Clinton Collegiate Institute, when J. W. Treleaven was principal there. She graduated from Strat- ford Normal School, and taught in $.S, 6, Hullett (Harlock) ; S.S. 10, McKillop and S.S. 6, Tucker - smith - (now closed). In each of those schools she was in charge of the eight grades. Since be- ginning to teach ' in Clinton school, she and Mr: Jefferson have man- aged to trade classes, so that each has a fewer number of subjects to. prepare, Clayton 0. Martin Mn Martin attended the Lon- don Normal School, and after graduating taught at S.S. 1, Chamberlain, near Temiskaming. Then he taught in the Englehart Public School, where for 13 years he was principal of the eight rooms there, F,'ollowing that Mr. Martin taught in • S.S. 11, North Waterloo, before coming to Clin- ton in 1941 to teach grade six. Mr. and Mrs. Martin live on Rat- tenbury St. West, Clinton, and he is quite active in community life. He served for two years as secre- tary of the Chamber of Com- merce. School Miss Winnie Gray Miss Gray lived at It.R, 2, Dub- lin, near Mitchell, and attended the Mitchell High School, later going to London Normal School. Following graduation there, she taught at 5,S. 11, ,Bckford, and S.S, 18, McGillivray, both in West Middlesex, Then, after four years in Hensel' Public School teaching a combined class of 'grades five and six, Miss Gray came to Clin- ton this September, and she teaches grade five here, She is living in Clinton at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Tyndall, on Highway 8. W. G. Nediger Mr, Nediger was born and grew up in Clinton, the son of Reeve and Mrs. W. 3. Nediger. He at- tended Clinton Public School and Clinton District Collegiate Insti- tute. After one year at Queen's University in engineering, "Bill", as he is known in Clinton, at- tended •Stratford Normal School, and graduated from there this spring. This is his first year teaching, and he has a combined class of grades two and four, Miss L. Johnson Miss Johnson came originally from Auburn. After graduating from Stratford Normal School, she taught at S.S. 8, Hullett (Lon- desboro); S.S, 9 Hullett; S.S. 5, Hullett (Auburn), then at S.S. 3, Colborne and S,S. 4, Tuckersmith, before coming. to teach in Clinton Public School in 1942. Miss John- son livea in Clinton now, and she teaches grade 3, Mrs. E. M. Jefferson Mrs. Jefferson is the wife of the principal of the school, and she started to teach in the Clin- ton school five years ago. Mrs. Jefferson grew up in Kincardine, and after graduating from Hamil- ton Normal School, she taught in schools in Toronto and Madison, South Dakota. This year she is teaching grade 2. Miss G. Goodfellow • Miss Goodfellow grew up in Teeswater, and attended. Strat- ford Normal. Following. her grad - Twelve Teachers At the New Public School The round dozen of school teachers needed to staff Clinton's new public school, pretty well fill the front entrance of the new building. From left to right they are: Mrs, Lewis Dixon, God- erich; Miss Olive Johnson, Miss Winnie Gray, Miss Edna Jamieson, Mrs, Bessie L. Falconer, Miss Grace Goodfellow, Mrs. E. M. Jefferson, Miss Louella Johnson; George H. Jefferson„ principal; Clayton 0. Martin; Francis Hiusser, Seaforth; W. G. Nediger. Also on the staff, though not present at the time the picture was taken, are Mrs. J. D. Thorn- dike, supply teacher, and Mrs. May Rance Mackinnon, music supervisor. Although at present, Only 12 of the classrooms in the school are occupied by regular classes, the other' classroom is found to be quite an asset as a music room. If the enrolment at Clinton Public School continues to grow with the speed it has managed in the last few years, it is quite probable that the 13th room will be in use before the school year is over. (Photo by MacLaren's Studio) Seaforth School Officially Open To -night, Oct. 1 Dr. C, F. Cannon, 'Toronto, de- puty minister of education for Ontario, will be the chief speaker at the official opening of the new $275,000 public school in Seaforth to -night. Miss M. E. Turnbull, school choir director, will lead her choir in musical numbers. ' Brief addresses will be given by F, E, Willis, board and program chairman; Mayor Dr. E. A. Mc- Master; T. Pryde, MLA, and 3. H. Kinkead, public school inspector. Presentations in the presentation of a plaque W. T. Teall and C. Broadfoot, School board building committee members, and representatives of the architects and contractors employed, will take part. The presentation of two pictures to the school will be made by Mrs, Kling, Nome and School As- sociation president, and will be ac- cepted, on behalf of the board, by J. A, Westcott, roue shields of accomplishment will be presented by groups of in- terested citizens and will be re- ceived by J., C. Stevens, board member, M. McKellar, board sec• retaiy«treasurer, will present a visitors' hook, which with. the shields will be aceepted 1iy John W, Talbot, principal, OL PubIicY To Ofticia -(eremony Dr. W, J. Dunlop, Minister of Education, Toronto, will be in Clinton on Thursday evening, October 8, to officiate ar the opening of the new Clinton Public School, Dr, Dunlop, who has been Minister of Education in Ontario for some years, received part of his education in Clinton schools, and after attending Model School. in Clinton,' taught for some time at S.S. 7, Hullett Township. WILLIAM JAMES DUNLOP, B,A., B.Paed., F.C.I,, LL.D. Minister of Education uation she taught in Teeswater, Barrie, and Southampton before coming to Clinton in the fall of 1950. This year she is teaching grades one and two. Miss Good- fellow is living in Clinton at the home of Miss Annice Bartliff. Miss O. Johnson Miss Johnson lived at Varna, at- tending public school there, and later coming to Clinton. Colleg- iate Institute for her secondary education, She attended Stratford Normal School, and then taught near Lucan and for several years at S.S. 10, Goderich Township, before coming to Clinton this fall, to teach grade one. Francis Musser Mr. Hiusser is another one of the teachers who attended public school in Clinton. He came here until he had finished grade six, when he moved to Seaforth and completed both primary and sec- ondary education there, He is a graduate of Stratford Normal School. Mr, Huisser taught at USS 9, Hay and Stanley Town- ship (Blake) for one year, and for the past three years has been teaching in Clinton. This year he has a combined class of grade four and five pupils. Mr. Huisser lives in Seaforth and drives to his work each morning. lefts. Louis Dixon Mrs. Dixon (nee Norma Loucks), was born at Meaford, and at- tended Toronto Normal School. She taught for one year at Walt- er's Falls, near Meaford, where she met her husband who was at that time in the RCAF. They moved to Exeter when her hus- band was stationed at Centralia, and Mrs. Dixon taught for three years in a rural school near there. Now, Mr. Dixon has re- ceived his, discharge and they live in Goderich, where he is in busi- ness with his father, a building, contractor. They have one dau- ghter, Marylou. Mrs. Dixon drives to Clinton each day. She teaches 37 pupils in grade one. Mrs, Bessie L. Falconer Mrs. Falconer grew up at Sum- merhill, in Goderich Township, and attended Stratford Normal School. She taught at Wikesport, Jarvis, and then at S.S. 4, Tucker - smith, In 1946, when the kinder- garten "classes were first begun in Clinton, Mrs. Falconer took a summer course in Hamilton to fit herself for the job, and has taught the kindergarten here ever since, The opening of the school next Thursday culminates several years of planning by the members of the public school board. This plan-,' Hing was :carried on under the ex- perienced leadership of A. F. Cud- more, who has for 34 years been a rnernber of the school board. But the planning of the .opening night program itself, has been in the capable hands of Joe Murphy, chairman of the sports committee on the school board. When the time carne for the appointment gf a man to look after plans for the official opening, the board mem- bers were unanimous in their ap- pointment of Mr. Murphy for the job. Mr. Cudmore was the natural choice for chairman of the pro- ceedings that evening, and George H. Jefferson, principal of the school since .1927, also will make an appearance on the platform on that occasion. Mrs. May Rance Mackinnon, music supervisor for the school for more than a year is working with a picked chorus from the pupils in the school, preparing ap- propriate numbers for that even- ing, and probably there will be some individual musical numbers as well, It ie expected that Thomas Pryde, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Huron County, will be present to introduce the Min- ister of Education, when the time comes for his address. Also expected to say a few words is Dr. J. W. Shaw, Ratten- bury St., Clinton, and G. G. Gard- iner Inspector of Public Schools, Goderich. The dedication service itself is being conducted by the Ministerial Association of Clinton. Rev, H. C. Wilson, Wesley -Willis United Church; Rev. D. J. Lane St. And- rew's Presbyterian Church; Rev. R. M. P. Bulteel, St. Paul's Ang- lican Church; and Rev. J. E. Ost- rom, Huron Road Baptist Church, will be taking part in this ser- vice, which will include the• pre- sentation of bibles for use in each of the classrooms, Another interesting presenta- tion will be a large flag from the Clinton Branch No. 140, Canadian Legion, which probably will be made by F. M, McEwan, president of the Legion, Then, of course, will be a per- iod of open house, when all the rooms of the school will be open- ed to the public. Everyone is in- vited to make a tour of the build- ing and see all the different mod- ern appointments there. I N CONVERSATION WITH Miss E. Jamieson at the Clin- ton Public School the other day. we were very interested in some- thing which had come up in the history lesson currently taught.. Miss Sherry Cochrane, who is a pupil. in Grade 7. . , is a great great granddaughter of Sarah Hale Hunter. . And the signif- icance of that is, that Sarah Hunter wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb" . just about 137 years ago , , . Mrs. ,Hunter was the ed- itor of "Godey's Ladies Book" the fashion magazine of the time . , . and was the first woman editor in America ... She is also credit- ed with making Thanksgiving Day a national holiday"" . , BY THE WAY, THANKSGIVING Day. is just one week from this coming Monday . October 12 is the date . , ..And that's the date for Clinton races too , , In 1947, she returned to Hamilton for a further summer course. The first year she had 51 pupils, divid- ed into two classes. Last year was an all time high of 76 pupils, and this year there are 60. This is Clinton's New $345,000 Public School snyija;5es$4i�'1�4igfititti p3y�lrlit4k'4ifil9��. Fleecy clouds in a clear autumn sky form a perfect back- ground for the new Clinton Public School building. This view from the west Corner of the school grounds shows the decorative entrance to advantage; The room right ht the foreground is that of principal George1.1. Jeffersonwho after teaching as principal in the old building on Ontario Street since 1.927, this year has the assurance of plenty of accommodation foto the youngsters who will attend this school. At present only 12 rooms of the 13 -room school are in use as regular classrootris, although all slgns point toward an increase in enrolment before the year is complete. A eircular drive -way approaches the main entrance of the school which Is visible herr. The truck at the extreme right, is parked on a special parking space Where there is room for five or six Cars. lite school board proposes an additional parking space at the far end of the school, which will include ::pace for upwards of 100 bicycles which are ridden to school tach day. At present there are three bicycle parking racks at the rear of the school, and most of the student -vehicles must lean or be propped, An extensive playground is Iocated at the rear of the school, also. Here, plans are for at least four ball diamonds, one equipped with backstop, and next spring, it is proposed to put injunglegym bars, and other playground equipment. The area at the front of the building will be seeded and landscaped, and the specially built planting box at the right of the Main rntrrrnce will be completed. You Are Invited To Attend `The ` �Jt;• 5.; ICIALOPENING of the New Clinton Public School Thtarsday, October 8, _953 at 8 p.m. • The Trustees of the - Clinton Public, School lloard A, V CUbMOX'1,E, Chairman OPEN HOUSE AT PUBLIC SCHOOL NEXT THURSDAY There will be open house in the Clinton Public 'School next Thursday night. After the off- icial opening ceremony, and ad- dress by Dr. W. J. Dunlop, Min- ister of Education, the class- rooms will be open to inspection by the public. Among all the interesting things there are to see, we would advise not missing the Grade Seven classroom. It is here that Miss Jamieson is teaching the members of her class the history of Clinton. Here you will find models of the first houses erected in Clin- ton, including the Jonas Gib- bings settlement and the house of Peter and Steven Vander - burgh, ht the time when Clinton was known as Vanderburgh's Corners. Not all of this pro- ject has been constructed this year, In fact thehouse of Jon- as Gibbings, was built by Ar- thur Tyndall and Gordon Scrib- bins when they were in Grade Seven. Who'sWho On The Staff DR. DUNLOP OPENS SCH Who'sWho On The Staff At The New o There are teachers at present in the new Clinton Public School, .a Most of there grew up near inton; most of them lived in he town now, and they all have a sleep int- erest in the lives of the youngsters of Clinton that sit before them each school day. George It Jefferson Principal George H. Jefferson must be mentioned first, both• for his years as /principal of Clinton's public school ;? •(l . began here in 1927) and because he is principal. But since there is a story about Mr, •Jefferson•ttn page nine of this issue, we will say nothing more of him here, Miss E. Jamieson Miss Jamieson teaches grade seven, and has one so since she began teaching in the Clinton Public School in 1938. Born in Hallett Township, Concession 1, Lot 8, Miss Jamieson attended S.S. 1, Hullett Township, and gained her secondary education in Clinton Collegiate Institute, when J. W. Treleaven was principal there. She graduated from Strat- ford Normal School, and taught in $.S, 6, Hullett (Harlock) ; S.S. 10, McKillop and S.S. 6, Tucker - smith - (now closed). In each of those schools she was in charge of the eight grades. Since be- ginning to teach ' in Clinton school, she and Mr: Jefferson have man- aged to trade classes, so that each has a fewer number of subjects to. prepare, Clayton 0. Martin Mn Martin attended the Lon- don Normal School, and after graduating taught at S.S. 1, Chamberlain, near Temiskaming. Then he taught in the Englehart Public School, where for 13 years he was principal of the eight rooms there, F,'ollowing that Mr. Martin taught in • S.S. 11, North Waterloo, before coming to Clin- ton in 1941 to teach grade six. Mr. and Mrs. Martin live on Rat- tenbury St. West, Clinton, and he is quite active in community life. He served for two years as secre- tary of the Chamber of Com- merce. School Miss Winnie Gray Miss Gray lived at It.R, 2, Dub- lin, near Mitchell, and attended the Mitchell High School, later going to London Normal School. Following graduation there, she taught at 5,S. 11, ,Bckford, and S.S, 18, McGillivray, both in West Middlesex, Then, after four years in Hensel' Public School teaching a combined class of 'grades five and six, Miss Gray came to Clin- ton this September, and she teaches grade five here, She is living in Clinton at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Tyndall, on Highway 8. W. G. Nediger Mr, Nediger was born and grew up in Clinton, the son of Reeve and Mrs. W. 3. Nediger. He at- tended Clinton Public School and Clinton District Collegiate Insti- tute. After one year at Queen's University in engineering, "Bill", as he is known in Clinton, at- tended •Stratford Normal School, and graduated from there this spring. This is his first year teaching, and he has a combined class of grades two and four, Miss L. Johnson Miss Johnson came originally from Auburn. After graduating from Stratford Normal School, she taught at S.S. 8, Hullett (Lon- desboro); S.S, 9 Hullett; S.S. 5, Hullett (Auburn), then at S.S. 3, Colborne and S,S. 4, Tuckersmith, before coming. to teach in Clinton Public School in 1942. Miss John- son livea in Clinton now, and she teaches grade 3, Mrs. E. M. Jefferson Mrs. Jefferson is the wife of the principal of the school, and she started to teach in the Clin- ton school five years ago. Mrs. Jefferson grew up in Kincardine, and after graduating from Hamil- ton Normal School, she taught in schools in Toronto and Madison, South Dakota. This year she is teaching grade 2. Miss G. Goodfellow • Miss Goodfellow grew up in Teeswater, and attended. Strat- ford Normal. Following. her grad - Twelve Teachers At the New Public School The round dozen of school teachers needed to staff Clinton's new public school, pretty well fill the front entrance of the new building. From left to right they are: Mrs, Lewis Dixon, God- erich; Miss Olive Johnson, Miss Winnie Gray, Miss Edna Jamieson, Mrs, Bessie L. Falconer, Miss Grace Goodfellow, Mrs. E. M. Jefferson, Miss Louella Johnson; George H. Jefferson„ principal; Clayton 0. Martin; Francis Hiusser, Seaforth; W. G. Nediger. Also on the staff, though not present at the time the picture was taken, are Mrs. J. D. Thorn- dike, supply teacher, and Mrs. May Rance Mackinnon, music supervisor. Although at present, Only 12 of the classrooms in the school are occupied by regular classes, the other' classroom is found to be quite an asset as a music room. If the enrolment at Clinton Public School continues to grow with the speed it has managed in the last few years, it is quite probable that the 13th room will be in use before the school year is over. (Photo by MacLaren's Studio) Seaforth School Officially Open To -night, Oct. 1 Dr. C, F. Cannon, 'Toronto, de- puty minister of education for Ontario, will be the chief speaker at the official opening of the new $275,000 public school in Seaforth to -night. Miss M. E. Turnbull, school choir director, will lead her choir in musical numbers. ' Brief addresses will be given by F, E, Willis, board and program chairman; Mayor Dr. E. A. Mc- Master; T. Pryde, MLA, and 3. H. Kinkead, public school inspector. Presentations in the presentation of a plaque W. T. Teall and C. Broadfoot, School board building committee members, and representatives of the architects and contractors employed, will take part. The presentation of two pictures to the school will be made by Mrs, Kling, Nome and School As- sociation president, and will be ac- cepted, on behalf of the board, by J. A, Westcott, roue shields of accomplishment will be presented by groups of in- terested citizens and will be re- ceived by J., C. Stevens, board member, M. McKellar, board sec• retaiy«treasurer, will present a visitors' hook, which with. the shields will be aceepted 1iy John W, Talbot, principal, OL PubIicY To Ofticia -(eremony Dr. W, J. Dunlop, Minister of Education, Toronto, will be in Clinton on Thursday evening, October 8, to officiate ar the opening of the new Clinton Public School, Dr, Dunlop, who has been Minister of Education in Ontario for some years, received part of his education in Clinton schools, and after attending Model School. in Clinton,' taught for some time at S.S. 7, Hullett Township. WILLIAM JAMES DUNLOP, B,A., B.Paed., F.C.I,, LL.D. Minister of Education uation she taught in Teeswater, Barrie, and Southampton before coming to Clinton in the fall of 1950. This year she is teaching grades one and two. Miss Good- fellow is living in Clinton at the home of Miss Annice Bartliff. Miss O. Johnson Miss Johnson lived at Varna, at- tending public school there, and later coming to Clinton. Colleg- iate Institute for her secondary education, She attended Stratford Normal School, and then taught near Lucan and for several years at S.S. 10, Goderich Township, before coming to Clinton this fall, to teach grade one. Francis Musser Mr. Hiusser is another one of the teachers who attended public school in Clinton. He came here until he had finished grade six, when he moved to Seaforth and completed both primary and sec- ondary education there, He is a graduate of Stratford Normal School. Mr, Huisser taught at USS 9, Hay and Stanley Town- ship (Blake) for one year, and for the past three years has been teaching in Clinton. This year he has a combined class of grade four and five pupils. Mr. Huisser lives in Seaforth and drives to his work each morning. lefts. Louis Dixon Mrs. Dixon (nee Norma Loucks), was born at Meaford, and at- tended Toronto Normal School. She taught for one year at Walt- er's Falls, near Meaford, where she met her husband who was at that time in the RCAF. They moved to Exeter when her hus- band was stationed at Centralia, and Mrs. Dixon taught for three years in a rural school near there. Now, Mr. Dixon has re- ceived his, discharge and they live in Goderich, where he is in busi- ness with his father, a building, contractor. They have one dau- ghter, Marylou. Mrs. Dixon drives to Clinton each day. She teaches 37 pupils in grade one. Mrs, Bessie L. Falconer Mrs. Falconer grew up at Sum- merhill, in Goderich Township, and attended Stratford Normal School. She taught at Wikesport, Jarvis, and then at S.S. 4, Tucker - smith, In 1946, when the kinder- garten "classes were first begun in Clinton, Mrs. Falconer took a summer course in Hamilton to fit herself for the job, and has taught the kindergarten here ever since, The opening of the school next Thursday culminates several years of planning by the members of the public school board. This plan-,' Hing was :carried on under the ex- perienced leadership of A. F. Cud- more, who has for 34 years been a rnernber of the school board. But the planning of the .opening night program itself, has been in the capable hands of Joe Murphy, chairman of the sports committee on the school board. When the time carne for the appointment gf a man to look after plans for the official opening, the board mem- bers were unanimous in their ap- pointment of Mr. Murphy for the job. Mr. Cudmore was the natural choice for chairman of the pro- ceedings that evening, and George H. Jefferson, principal of the school since .1927, also will make an appearance on the platform on that occasion. Mrs. May Rance Mackinnon, music supervisor for the school for more than a year is working with a picked chorus from the pupils in the school, preparing ap- propriate numbers for that even- ing, and probably there will be some individual musical numbers as well, It ie expected that Thomas Pryde, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Huron County, will be present to introduce the Min- ister of Education, when the time comes for his address. Also expected to say a few words is Dr. J. W. Shaw, Ratten- bury St., Clinton, and G. G. Gard- iner Inspector of Public Schools, Goderich. The dedication service itself is being conducted by the Ministerial Association of Clinton. Rev, H. C. Wilson, Wesley -Willis United Church; Rev. D. J. Lane St. And- rew's Presbyterian Church; Rev. R. M. P. Bulteel, St. Paul's Ang- lican Church; and Rev. J. E. Ost- rom, Huron Road Baptist Church, will be taking part in this ser- vice, which will include the• pre- sentation of bibles for use in each of the classrooms, Another interesting presenta- tion will be a large flag from the Clinton Branch No. 140, Canadian Legion, which probably will be made by F. M, McEwan, president of the Legion, Then, of course, will be a per- iod of open house, when all the rooms of the school will be open- ed to the public. Everyone is in- vited to make a tour of the build- ing and see all the different mod- ern appointments there. I N CONVERSATION WITH Miss E. Jamieson at the Clin- ton Public School the other day. we were very interested in some- thing which had come up in the history lesson currently taught.. Miss Sherry Cochrane, who is a pupil. in Grade 7. . , is a great great granddaughter of Sarah Hale Hunter. . And the signif- icance of that is, that Sarah Hunter wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb" . just about 137 years ago , , . Mrs. ,Hunter was the ed- itor of "Godey's Ladies Book" the fashion magazine of the time . , . and was the first woman editor in America ... She is also credit- ed with making Thanksgiving Day a national holiday"" . , BY THE WAY, THANKSGIVING Day. is just one week from this coming Monday . October 12 is the date . , ..And that's the date for Clinton races too , , In 1947, she returned to Hamilton for a further summer course. The first year she had 51 pupils, divid- ed into two classes. Last year was an all time high of 76 pupils, and this year there are 60. This is Clinton's New $345,000 Public School snyija;5es$4i�'1�4igfititti p3y�lrlit4k'4ifil9��. Fleecy clouds in a clear autumn sky form a perfect back- ground for the new Clinton Public School building. This view from the west Corner of the school grounds shows the decorative entrance to advantage; The room right ht the foreground is that of principal George1.1. Jeffersonwho after teaching as principal in the old building on Ontario Street since 1.927, this year has the assurance of plenty of accommodation foto the youngsters who will attend this school. At present only 12 rooms of the 13 -room school are in use as regular classrootris, although all slgns point toward an increase in enrolment before the year is complete. A eircular drive -way approaches the main entrance of the school which Is visible herr. The truck at the extreme right, is parked on a special parking space Where there is room for five or six Cars. lite school board proposes an additional parking space at the far end of the school, which will include ::pace for upwards of 100 bicycles which are ridden to school tach day. At present there are three bicycle parking racks at the rear of the school, and most of the student -vehicles must lean or be propped, An extensive playground is Iocated at the rear of the school, also. Here, plans are for at least four ball diamonds, one equipped with backstop, and next spring, it is proposed to put injunglegym bars, and other playground equipment. The area at the front of the building will be seeded and landscaped, and the specially built planting box at the right of the Main rntrrrnce will be completed.