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For this lowly scribe, 1997 can: only No wonder,. he seethed familiar. It
get better! was Mr. Dressup, It had been sometime
'.The new year was welcomed with since Mr. Dressup was TV watching
runny eyes, stuffy nose and a general'material in our household.
feeling of malaise. Yes, the bug' had hit. •• ' It didn't take much to entertain me,•.
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cry •from
• the days when. Mr. Fixit and I used to has become politically •correct. The.
party the, new year in..I think it is also a ' non -gender -term: `firefighter' was used
change in pace that conies with age! I don't know if the program was a
And or ousannds ke myself,' once : re; -.run, but he did appear a `little -older':
the gold seemed to have left;' the flu but still -the kind man with the gentle'
bug hit with a vengeance laying mee =low voice. •
for. days., Lethargic as. I was, Mr. Dressup was
In :a -fevered. stupor: one'inorning, I ` just Wharf needed - a soothing voice in
vaguely thought some .guy' on TV: the distance 'as 'I.faded. .in and out of,
looked familiar, but' quickly, dozed off reality,
The next morning, with my wits' a little •••,
• mote about ine, the same guy appears . The recent thaw has made; area rivers
andagain' a feeling of familiarity. ' and creeks very dangerous. Please
Finally,I had to jump to the programremind your children of the'dangers
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listings. to find out' who he: was.: that lurk in. such areas:
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ix .' Even
Mr. Dressup'.
etters"•
ore on , merchant parking
(Editor's rote: The follow-
ing letter to the Chamber
Af Commerce . was submit
ted for publication). .
Dear Pat:
As I anticipated in my
i
ngmr
first letter regarding e and ' e-.:
chant_ i
krn on the main~
ar
P
street, some of them do
V ex
have cu.
al ses. These
excuses'
arepersonal. shop
:'a and rid assisting cus
tomers who are linable. to.
drive.
One• can only imagine
conducting. 'the type of
shopping . necessary to -
remain parked' on main
street for hoursper day
over a period of months
(some people, tell me'
years). As far as transport
ingthose who are, unable •
to drive .that is very corn-.
mendable' and.' provides'
excellent customer ser
vice. I would, suggest that'
when this' type of trans
'pollution is: required, using
the reserved parking space
;at the rear- door of ,the
business' would tree up a
parking space on the main .
street and would be of
great help to those busi-
nesses that are .completely
unable' to regulate their
customer traffic.
My choice spot at
my
workplace off.
p i isthe imam:.
street.yMy workplace pro-
vides rdes s a en spaces. I park
in one furthestfrom. the fu hes
the, entrance and park in
such a manner that there
are still seven parking'
spaces. Ieft, .It does „not. .
affect • any 'other mer-
chants. However, rather
than risk upsetting .others
who may find 'm
y
p
kin
g
Delores will do thesame:ha
habits. selfish YIowurrsl1 taialryk
,elsewhere. I' trust that
John .a. tt
I3unkreys sad thanks
Dear editor:
I should like to take this
opportuntty:to thank the
Optimists for ,holding the
lighting competition and
allowing, us to...compete,
the judges for selecting
Our 'home. as the winning
entry, and the other coni-
Ietitorsrwho .also hs:d
splendid displays. •
Competitions such as
these' really, encourage..
•
people .to decorate• their
homes in- such wonderful
lights. We as. a family
often. 'cruise as Christmas
to see the displays ,and
enjoy .them. immensely as
do ' many others I am sure.
'We have enjoyed all' the
visitors we nave had since
the winner was announced
'and look forward to the'
'97 'competition with
-turn to page. 5 '
,Editor's note; The April _23; 1914 issue, "of, The
Sentinel was '.brought into the office : by Chris and
Greg Hackett. They :had found it . tucked away safely
in their Ashfield township farm home.: We thought it
would be, interesting foryou to, read some 'excerpts., ..,:
olyrood school amid its teachers make good..
.The recent visit of Mr. john. Elliott, former=
ly principals of Bowmanville High School
but nowmathematical : master in . the 'London
Collegiate Institute to S.S No, 4,' Kinloss, where he
began his teaching'career, suggests a reference to the
men who, in former. da , s, taught the Hol rood
Y, g y
school. ;
The first to teach in that school as now constituted
was Jtlmes W. 'Morgan; afterwards. teacher at St•
• Helens.,.. and then. a very sticcessftil•high'school .
teacher. •He now "holds the :positionof mining
recorder at Port Arthur and is secretary -treasurer of
the Board of Education i that city:
He was succeeded: by •Mr Elliott, in whose'day the
actual attendance was .as high as 85;' • and 'among the
boys was one who.afterwards became'; the first ;mayor
of Edmonton, and another. who ,is now;;:deputy minis-
ter of education for Alberta,
Hugh Davidson;::Mr. Elliott's successor; is now
principal.:of the high school at.Allistein,.Ontario,
Robert Stothers, another: teacher,, is at the bead of
the history. department hi Ottawa 'Collegiate With: :a
• salary of $2200:: :
Arthur N. Miller and • Miller. ,e- both min
Henrymy are -both . .
isters at the Methodist church' in,13C', ' ' '
John McKay Yy, is now Rev. Prof. McKay+ of .thee
Presbyterian College in'Vancbuver, BC:
Wm. H. Kaake is Prieticing ' dentistry :' '
luti, ,
`Minn;.
RichardLane and Morley ,Salmon are Medical
.
doctors, one in Grey •Co ,'Ontario,the, other'in
Saskatchewan.
Among :others who had a turn atteaching the olds
school were William J Harper, a graduate of the
•
'`school''' who afterwards became its teacher, and. subse-
•quently' moved to North Dakota; Sandy McKenzie',' at.
'one time teacher in Kinlough George Andrew, now
of Luckne w and a Mr:Graham.
No reference ;is made' to teachers of recent years,:
and possibly there are omissions from the list of for
:mer teachers:. but enough are -mentioned, to give an
idea, of the quality, of the Men who taught that school.
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