HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-06-25, Page 1Grace Taylor retirenfrom the tuOknoW Central Public.'Sdhootteaching staff. this month inol: ft
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Retirement .Tea was, held In her honour at the school 'on Friday afternoon . *Mitt. Taylor
' originally came to Lucknow foil** years in '190 when she accepted' her 7•flrit . teaching.
PoSitionnt.the loucknow Nblic School.: She returned to the School In 1959" and has, taught here
since' then,, Shown; with her are farmer principal, Stuart Collyer, left, and' Charles 'Davies,,
rightfthe school's Present Prinelpal. ' • [Sentinel Staff .Photo]
By The:Sentinel_
Steal tiller
A garden tiller was stolen from the
display in frditt of Machan Hardware
on Friday: One passerby noticed a
man pushing the tiller along the street
and then- loading it into the back 'of a
red pickup. Anyone -who has informa-
tion regarding this incident is asked to
contact Ron Machan at 528-3008.
Groco, Taylor retires
Jobs were scarce ,for teachers. It Was 1940
and the depression, • •
Tlielare_4Lani,Mrs,Hesb Graham lived,
on Grace's street iu Toronto and she had
become acquainted with them. Orieday Mrs,
Graham brought the 1,ucktiovv Sentinel over'
and Showed Grace an advertisement for a
teaching position in Lucknow, She applied
and tobkher first teaching'position here.
Two years' later she went te• S• #21 .
Trafalgar near Oakville where she taught
until 1943 when she took a position at
'Toronto Public School on Huron Street- in.
Toronto. In 1949 she married Norman Taylor
from ',Lucknow whom she had met when She
taught in the public school here.
They met when Eila Hend9r4ott "asked
grace if She would play a. piano duet with
Norman for,a young people's meeting at, the
church. Grace and Norman practised togeth-
er for, the duet and- their relationship grew
out of that meeting. . •
A. E. McKim was chairinan of the School
board. when Grace hired to teach in
Lucknow andhe takes credit for bringing the
two ,together because he 'brought Grace to
Lucknow to teach.
Following her marriage', Grace took time
:from her career to have her family, two sons,
Terry and Neill. She returned to teaching the
year Neill started to Kindergarten.. .
She taught at S. S, # 15 Ashfield (Hemlock
City) from 1957 , 59 arid then retUrned to
419k/19w. Public. School where she' has
remained' on staff since.,
'grace .remeraberS she wanted a' career
involving children when she chose to beCOme
a teacher. She had worked with: children at a
davvntown mission • while attending high
schoOl. She was shy and reticent however., -
and Wondered if she would he suited to the
profession, She sought the *advice of the
prhieipo oTdronto Normal School who gave
• her the, entouragement She-needed, Mt.
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Grace Taylor retires from the Lucknow
Central Public School staff this month
foll•owink a teaching career of 32 years;
The former Lucknow •Public School:on
Havelock Street was her first school after
graduating from Toronto Normal
Dr. John Mowbray and his wife,
Catherine have recently. :returned to
Canada. following 10 years of.service- with
the Voluntary Organization CARE-
'MEDICO. • „ .
Since 1978 :Dr. Mowbray; has . been iri
charge of a new program of . CARE-
:MEDICO in Tunisia. CAR.EMEDICO has
programs of medical assistance, Most of : •
which are in the field of educatiOn of health
workers (docters, nurses, and paramedical
workers in various fields) hi .several
t•Veloping. nations, - '
During 'their 10 year's in overseas work'_
with CARE-MEDICO, the Mowbrays Spent z8 PAqS
Riek "Pitaittiere, lead -iing-ct -for' By ''Special Appohltmeai-entattaltittriirthe'
Summerfest beer garden and dance en Saturday. The group has become popular with dance
crowds in the area 'and drew a full house at the Stuntnerfest events ,on the weekend. Rick and
the group are featured in an accompaning story about Lucknow's own rock band, in today's
Sentinel. (Sentinel Staff Photo]
three years in Indonesia (1970-73) then
were trasnferred.• to Afghanistan from
1973-1978: The /vlowbrays had served with.:
the same Organization in . ;;.Afghanistan:':`,
during 1964-65 . at. which time they were
accompanied by their three Sons.,, •
Kay,Was actively involved in all of these'
programs . bat was most active With
teaching English- as a second language to
foreign, students planning to come, to Ang:
lophone-countries- for' furtheriraining. • -
•Kay andJohn were living in Afghanistan
during the bloody coup d'etat April 27,
1-975-when-T-araki came to power-and-
remained there for six months thereafter
until they were transferred to a position in
Tunisia.
The Mowbrays have very warm feelings
for the Afghan people among whoni they
found many friends over a cumulative 61/2
years and they.feel very sad and concerned
about the events which .have subsequently
overtaken that beautiful country.
:The Mowbrays visited in. Lucknow last
week staying with Mrs. Greta Johnston.
John is the son of Alex Mowbray, currently
Lucknow, and Kay is the daughter
Of the Dr. Victor and. Marjorie Johnston.
Johnston.
If your organization is bolding a dance,
there's one sure fire way te-attract a crowd. -
Hire "By Special Appointment" to provide
the music, '
Capacity crowds have become their
tradition in 'this area and their secret o
success is simple. They sound good. Their
, music is great to dance to and they entertain.
- —Lucknow's own-rock-and--roll band, they--
formed 2% years ago and have played all
over southwestern Ontario booking 49
weekends out of 52 last year. They lave
travelled to Arthur, Brampton and Thames-
ford to do engagements.
The original group came together when
Rick Passmore, of Lucknow, decided 'to
advertise for a lead guitarist, bass guitarist
and percussionist to form a group. to back
him up as lead singer. He had been singing
to records in his home, for parties and
friends and a friend who is in the recording
business told him he should form a group.
Dan Lear and Wayne Lyon, who had been
playing together for some time, answered
the ad and were later joined by Mike
Crocker. Lear is still -lead guitarist with the
group. Ken Pollard later joined'the group as
keyboard player and they were on their way.
Crocker left the group after two months and
Andy Markson came in to play bass when
Crocker moved to British Columbia.
The group was re-organized last January
and now includes Lear on lead guitar, Don
Cook on lead guitar, Dale Sewers on bass
guitar and Steve Allen on drums. All are
local talent, with Sewers the only import.
Lear hails from Londesboro, Cook is from
Goderich and Allen from Holyrood. ,Sewers
came in from London.
Competition is keen among rock and roll
bands. There ,are,./plenty of hobby bands
around and there are the groups who make it
their profession, booking six nights a week.
•You have to be good to survive and even
better to be successful. Passmore believes
BSA's success stems from the fact they do a
show. Some people just like to watch, he
'says, and we put a lot into a good light show
and costumes.
The group will change costume three
times a night. Their first set comprises songs .
on the pop charts and a mixture of country
and pop. Rick as lead singer, has a_black_
tuxedo; a black three piece suit and a white
three piece suit which he alternates for this
set. Their second set is a tribute to Elvis
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