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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-07-01, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1987. The 1987 graduating class at Grey Central Public School are: [front Melanie.Vermeer [back row, from left]: Matthew Rowbotham MARI ANN SCOTT Mariann Scott graduated from Georgian College of Applied Arts, Owen Sound, campus, with a diploma in law and security on June 20. She is currently employed with Canadian Protection Servi­ ces, London, Ontario. Mariann was the recipient of the 1986-87 Female Sportmanship Trophy. Don Dunbar retires after 32 years of teaching After 32 years, eight months, and six days of teaching children the composition and wonders of music, Donald Dunbar is ready for an encore - retirement. The man who has taught music to Listowel Central and Eastdale Schools since 1971 is calling it quits to his teaching career, but not to his love of music. ............................................. / - • ,\ Cranbrook Compiled by Mrs. Mac Engel. Phone 887-6645 Baptism service held in Cranbrook The Sacrament of Baptism was celebrated in Knox Presbyterian Church on Sunday, June 21. The minister Rev. Steven Webb baptiz­ ed Shawn Robert, Melissa Rosa­ lind Marie and Jonathan David, children of David and Janet Engel, and the infant daughter of Randy and Lynn (Cameron) Hunt. Among visitors attending the service and visiting afterwards at the home of David and Janet were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Humphrey and David of Lucknow; Donna and Travis Linde, Ripley; and Mrs. Isobell Ethel Compiled by Mrs. Margaret McMahon. Phone 887-9250 Girl Guides camp out in Ethel backyard Bill Eckmeir had 11 Girl Guides and three leaders camping out in his backyard on the weekend. The girls came from London. Congratulations to Tracy Brad­ shaw and Russel Miners following their marriage on Saturday. Helen and Alex Cullen held an open house to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Helen is a Grey township councillor.________ _ A large crowd attended the dedication of the J. Melvin Carno- chan Memorial Park in Ethel. Chris Robinson and family from Woodstock have moved to the former Pfeiffer residence. Their home was once a hotel and renovations are now in the works on the building. Wayne and Barb Grube have purchased a new home in Atwood. Although he’d much rather be in the shadows than the limelight, Mr. Dunbar, 60, plans on continu­ ing to use up some of his spare time entertaining at nursing homes and senior citizen’s residences. The RR 1, Ethel man is also a member of the Brussels Legion Pipe Band, and will continue to England, the great-grandmother, from Lucknow. Mrs. Ross Engel, Mrs. John Engel, Pam and Keith McLean, Brussels, also were present. Visiting John and Mrs. Vanass on the weekend of June 21 were Ruth Jean-Louis of Willowdale, Rick, Jason and Mike Hack of Toronto, and Wendy Fleming, London. The Smith families attended the Smith-Baird wedding reception in Chesley on June 20. The groom is the son of Carman and Doreen Phillip and Ann Marion will be moving into the Grube residence. The Marions are from Kitchener and have a son and a daughter. Acommunity shower is being heldinthe Ethel United Church July 15 at 8 p.m. for Cindy Evans. Congratulations to all the school children having completed another school term. VACATION SUMMER BIBLE SCHOOL ZION MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH [3 miles east of Cranbrook] JULY 6 TO 17, MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9to11:30a.m. AGES 31/z TO GRADE 10 WELCOME For more information call 887-6571 play the bagpipes with it. Mr. Dunbar, who has been the mainstay kindergarten to grade six music teacher, started his career at SS 3, Grey Township, near Ethel in 1947. After six years of teaching chords and notes, he left teaching for what he thought may have been a more beneficial career - farming. In 1959, when a number of schools needed a music teacher, the education board requested he return to teaching; he complied. “The farming idea kind of fizzled out; I never got going at it, ’ ’ he says. Born and raised on a farm, he still resides on a farm. “I was born on a farm. You Smith, former Cranbrook resi­ dents. Mrs. Patrick Adams and little daughter of Manotick, spent the past week visiting with the Veitch family. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Engel attended the Hulley reunion at Monkton on June 21. Howard Mitchell and family members of Thorold spent the past week at his home here. Mrs. Betty Gensheimer left on Thursday for Detroit, where she will visit with friends before returning to her home in West Germany. While here, she was visited by a number of relatives and friends including Mrs. Earl Dunn and Mrs. Elizabeth Hildebrand, Listowel; Mr. and Mrs. Micky Maguire and Otto Till, Detroit; and Roy Berfelz, New Hamburg, as well as local neighbours. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gilks and son Ron, Shelburne, visited Don and Mrs. Cotton on Thursday. Joanne Knight, a physio-ther­ apy student at University of Western Ontario flew to Saint John, New Brunswick on Saturday where she is working on a six week clinical placement in the Physio- Therapy Department at Saint John Regional Hospital. Joanne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Knight, 14th cone. didn’t get born in a hospital those days.” Mr. Dunbar’s second stop in his teaching career was in Brussels, where he worked for a year before moving on to Larder Lake (near Kirkland Lake) for about three years. It was then he decided to move back to the Ethel area and try farming. While there, he also taught music part-time in Sea­ forth. He made a number of stops before ending up in Listowel, and at many times, taught students at several schools at once. He also had a stint as principal at the Elma Township Public School. With the exception of some instructionof the recorder, Mr. Dunbar has taught a solely vocal program. Aside from his Grade 10 piano conservatory education (which he started at age nine), Mr. Dunbar completed a number of depart­ ment courses and eventually earn­ ed the label “supervisor of music.” Some of his former students have gone on to musical careers, including Leslie Fagan, Kevin McMillan and Bob Dirstein. Another of his students, Murray Cardiff, whom he taught his first year of teaching, has gone on to be the Huron-Bruce Member of Par­ liament. “I taught him in school, in spite Robert McIntyre, Reg. O.H.A.A. Hearing Aid Specialist will be holding a HEARING AID SERVICE CENTRE on WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 AT74THESQUARE, GODERICH PHONE524-7661 FOR APPOINTMENT THURSDAY, JULY 9 ATMEDICAL ARTS BLDG. JOHNST.,WINGHAM PHONE357-2111 FOR APPOINTMENT If your present hearing aid needs service or you are thinking ofpurchasing a hearing aid CALL TODAY mcintyre hearing aid SERVICE 275 HURON ST., STRATFORD of that he got to be a Member of Parliament,” he says jokingly. Mr. Dunbar says he has taught a lot of children whose parents he taught as well, and he is presently teaching the granddaughter of one of his former students. “It’s about time I retired,” he insists. He is satisfied with his teaching career, and has been happy to observe the development of his students. Mr. Dunbar says he has always had good support from his stu­ dents, and in recent years, he has been amazed at the rate his students can pick up on the music. He attributes this to the availability of songs on records, radio and television. “Theyhaveitallthe time,” he says. The self-professed music lover has had a number of teaching highlights over the years, but says the Grade Seven and Eight choir’s first place win at a Stratford competition stands above the rest, as well as a number of operettas. He is happy to be retiring and has no regrets leaving the profes­ sion which he has served so well for so long. He now plans on taking advantage of his free time during the day to tend his garden and work with his masonic lodge and church. Although he has been saying for two or three years that he’d be retiring, this time he means business.