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Compiled by Mrs. Margaret McMahon. Phone 887-9250
Infant baptized
Opening snip
Cutting the ribbon to open the new addition at Grey Central Public School on Sunday are,
from left. Principal Wayne Tessier, Student Council President Molly Morton, Grey Township
Reeve Leona Armstrong, trustee Don McDonald and Huron County Board of Education
representative Arnold Mathers. In her speech to the crowd, Miss Morton thanked the trustees
of the HCBE for providing the addition and giving the students the opportunities to explore
new possibilities.
Grey School marks
25th with addition
Students past and present were in
attendance at Grey Central Public
School this past weekend to mark
the facility's silver anniversary and
to open the brand new addition,
built this year.
Bob Cunningham, one of the
original bus drivers to the school
when it first opened, was Master of
Ceremonies at the ribbon cutting
ceremony on Sunday. He told an
amusing anecdote about George
Pearson, another bus driver, who
went to pick up the buses in Toron
to. What Mr. Pearson didn't know
was that payment was expected
before the buses would be released,
so he had to write a cheque for
$39,000 on his own account. Mr.
Pearson said he still has the cheque.
Grey trustee Don McDonald, told
the crowd of his years as a trustee,
and of how the new addition
became possible. Mr. McDonald,
who was on the board when the
school opened said that it was
1965, when the provincial govern
ment decided to have township
school areas, and then changed to
county school boundaries in 1968.
The first priority at that time was
school libraries, Mr. McDonald
said, and since then additional
space has been required in schoolds
for special education facilities. The
board originally used portables, but
felt that in the long term, they need
ed more durable accommodations,
so grants were applied for and new
additions, like the one at Grey,
were built.
MP Murray Cardiff said his son,
Jeff, was in the first Grade 1 class
at the Grey school. He stressed to
those assembled, the importance of
Lost Heir makes $120
Grace Smith and Helen Cullen
were pleased with the turnout for
the second lost heir tournament on
Friday evening. There were 10
tables in play and all the prizes
were donated with $120 being real
ized towards Hall renovations.
First prize was a trophy won by
Laura and Marie Middleton donat
ed by Grace and Harry Smith; sec
ond prize, Scott McLean and
Charlie Harrison, a case of oil
donated by Doug Evans; third
education in the competitive world
we live in today and said he felt
assured the students leaving Grey
were ready to meet that challenge.
Best wishes also came from Grey
Reeve Leona Armstrong, who also
had children educated at the school.
"They received a good basic educa
tion at Grey, for which I want to
say thank you," she said.
All spoke on the wonderful Par
ents Association at Grey. Superin
tendent of Program for the Huron
County Board of Education
(HCBE) Arnold Mathers said,
"When other groups come to us
asking how to establish a home and
school program, we often send
them to Grey to find out how it's
done. " Building the addition takes
a lot of co-operative effort from a
lol of people, Mr. Mathers said.
"It is pleasant to see the end results
of all these efforts."
Grey principal Wayne Tessier
remarked on his first impressions
of the school. "Something astound
ing happened," he said. "I looked
out at the 22 acres of properly and
realized this is the best site any
where in the province for a school.
We have a sugar bush, a cedar
bush, a creek and open.fields for
sports. Il is superb."
Mr. Tessier added that the addi
tion, which is the first major reno
vation to lake place at the school
and is now 90 percent complete,
will be a benefit to both staff and
students. He thanked the Parents
Association for pulling the week
end together and for their continu
ing support.
Other weekend activities includ
ed a dance on Saturday evening,
and an outdoor picnic.
prize, Beryl Smith and Margaret
Smith, roses donated by Bill's
Auto Wreckers; fourth, Dorothy
Hamilton and Becci Ruppel, pot
pourri, donated by Gladys
Ellsmore; fifth, Darlene Sisson and
Rob Clarke, Avon, donated by Lau-
reen Cummings. The door prize
was donated by Ross Smith and the
other donors were Grey Township,
Dorothy Dilworth, Helen Cullen,
Ray's Automotive, and the Ethel
General Store.
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Laura Elizabeth Robinson, infant
daughter of Cliff and Cindy Robin
son, Ethel was baptized Mother's
Day at Brussels United Church.
Family members were guests at
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baptismal.
Pamela and Alvin McLellan and
family attended the baptism of their
twin nieces Kristen Ann and Lacey
Danielle McArter in Knox United
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