HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1994-08-24, Page 7THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1994. PAGE 7.
Community honours Harry Boyle with plaque
Birthplace marked
The home town of writer-broadcaster Harry J. Boyle, who was born in 1915 in St. Augustine,
will be marked by a plaque which was unveiled in a ceremony in the village Friday night. Mr.
Boyle (standing) reminisces about his boyhood while (left to right) Paul Klopp, Huron MPP,
Paul Steckle, Huron-Bruce MP and Mrs. Boyle listen.
Fed. honours former principal
Retired Huron principal Jean
Turner was awarded an honorary
membership by the Federation of
Women Teachers' Associations of
Ontario today at the Federation's
Annual Meeting in Toronto. The
award is given for service to
education, to the teaching
profession and to the Federation,
which represents the 41,000
women public elementary school
teachers.
Jean Turner has always been
considered by her associates to be a
capable, caring and witty colleague
and leader. As a primary
supervisor, Jean designed a
programme which stressed
individualized learning. Her work
in special education focused on
prescriptive programmes and
integration into the mainstream.
During her years as vice
principal and principal, Jean was a
disciplined leader and met the
challenges of administration with
enthusiasm. Jean's years of
teaching in Great Britain were an
education for her - innery city
schools, teacher shortage, 54
children in a class - and no
federation support. She says that it
was this experience that made her
appreciate her federation the most.
Ms Turner served on many
committees al both the local and
provincial levels, as well as a
variety of board committees,
presented professional development
workshops, and served as
chairperson of the vice-principals'
association.
Since her retirement, Ms Turner
volunteers in her grandchildren's
school whenever she can. She is
acting as superintendent of the
Junior Church School, and she tries
to visit the golf links as often as
possible.
There will now be a plaque
marking the home town of St.
Augustine's most famous native
son after a Friday evening ceremo
ny honouring Harry J. Boyle.
The writer, playwright and
broadcaster and his wife Marian
were on hand for the unveiling of a
plaque by the West Wawanosh
Landfill Coalition, a group opposed
to the possible choice of the town
ship as location for Huron County's
new landfill site. Speaker Ed Bro
phy read a portion of one of Mr.
Boyle's books pointing out farm
people in the early part of the cen
tury used flour and sugar sacks to
make shirts, which then became
dish towels, then cleaning rags in
the house, then rags in the driving
shed, and finally for sluffing bro
ken windows. "It is ironic that the
early pioneers of West Wawanosh
Township were such great propo
nents of waste not, want not. Now
the proposed land waste dumpsite
in West Wawanosh threatens the
very existence of St. Augustine,
Donnybrook and other rural com
munities."
In thanking the community for
the honour Mr. Boyle recalled an
article that had once been written
that called him a national monu
ment but someone else had written
back and said he was more like a
national mountain: "He's big, he's
ugly and he's stubborn".
A young student had once come
to him and said his father had taken
him to St. Augustine and "there
was nothing there. What on earth
did you write books about?"
"And I thought to myself, when I
was a child, this was a world. It
was an almost-sclf-containcd world
to be in St. Augustine or to be in
Dungannon or to be in Auburn."
He paid tribute to the heart and
spirit of the communities in their
ability to fight through even the
worst of the Great Depression. His
stories were based on the people of
the communities, learned while
watching the community, particu
larly at St. Augustine store where
the community met to visit. He
remembered the special magic of
Christmas, highlighted by midnight
mass on Christmas Eve.
On hand for the unveiling were
Huron-Bruce MP Paul Steckle and
Huron MPP Paul Klopp.
The evening also included a com
munity supper and ended with a
sing-along in the St. Augustine
church.
Need volunteers
Continued from page 1
lively to a wonderful project," says
Ms Marquis.
Tickets lor the evening arc $ 10
and can be obtained by calling Ms
Marquis at 523-4740.
Volunteers arc needed to help
with the calc and provide entertain
ment for the evening, also.
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