HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1996-11-13, Page 2She's making the list
Leona Armstrong, who, along with her husband Jim, is
heading the School Reunion Committee for Brussels
Homecoming 1997 has been busy sorting through lists of
hundreds of names of former Brussels school students.
Committee searches
lists to find students
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PAGE 2. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1996
Ark, Auxiliary team
to deal with drugs
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen staff
Imagine the number of people
who would be students over the
course of a school's century old his-
tory. Now imagine trying to locate
them.
This is the daunting task facing a
committee of Brussels residents
preparing for the 1997 Brussels
Homecoming and school reunion.
Headed by Jim and Leona Arm-
strong, the project is one that began
for them as a way to be involved in
the anniversary in a challenging
way. "It's becoming bigger than we
thought, though," says Leona. "We
began to realize this is actually
going to be the invitation for the
whole reunion."
Sifting through a mound of
paper, with alphabetical listings of
former students to as far back as it
was reasonable to assume they
would still be alive, Leona said
luck had been on their side in the
early stages. "We were fortunate
that the school still had all the
attendance lists. Had they been
taken to the archives I'm not certain
we could have seen them without
considerable effort because of the
Freedom of Information and Priva-
cy Act."
Once the lists were photocopied,
the task of organizing and account-
ing for hundreds of names began.
"Our original thought was that
Grade 8 lists would catch everyone,
but unfortunately we soon realized
that this was not the case, as stu-
dents don't always graduate from
the same school they attend."
However, using all the class lists
resulted in a lot of duplication, so
they had to be gone over to elimi-
nate them.
While finding addresses for those
who move away posed a bit of an
obstacle, a bigger one was present-
ed by marriage. "There are a num-
ber of people, for whom we don't
even have a last name," said Leona.
"We don't know who they married
or where they went."
While a plea for information to
be handed in at the clerk's office,
the library and the thrift shop, has
brought some response, the com-
mittee is now looking at countless
hours on the telephone, in an
attempt to uncover these mysteries.
"We're going to be spending a
week on the phone to get these
other addresses."
The list is to be completed.by the
end of January so that invitations
can be sent.
The committee is also working
on notifying past teachers.
Leona has been amazed by how
"little blanks" get filled in just dur-
ing conversation with people. One
person in Windsor, a direct descen-
dent of the prominent Ament fami-
ly, heard about the reunion when a
Brussels resident attending the
Museum Conference, encountered
her while buying a bathing suit.
"It really is surprising what infor-
mation you can get and the leads
you will find, just by talking to
people."
The committee would be appre-
ciative of any information residents
may have. One clue often leads to
another, which eventually leads to
the right person, says Leona.
It is an issue which must be faced
and dealt with. Drug use and abuse
occurs in every school, community
and county.
In an effort to educate residents,
the Brussels Ark Youth Centre, in
co-operation with the Brussels
Legion Ladies Auxiliary will be
presenting a series of activities for
Drug Awareness Week, Nov. 18
through 22.
A drug awareness booklet and
teaching guide, provided by the
Auxiliary, will assist in addressing
the issue of substance abuse in
local communities.
Events have been scheduled for
each day throughout the week.
Monday will be the kick-off to
SAFE (Substance Abuse Free Envi-
ronment) Week, with activities at
Brussels Public School at 10 a.m.
The winners of the SAFE poster
contest will be announced.
In the evening, youth and adults
are asked to "Call it Quits" during
the quit smoking program at the
Ark. It will be presented by
Heather Kail of the Huron County
Health Unit. The youth program
runs from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. while_
the adults will meet from 8 p.m. to
10 p.m. There is no cost for the ses-
sion and participants can pre-regis-
ter at the Ark.
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By appointment only please
from the SAFE program will speak
to children at Brussels Public
School and Grey Central Public
School, Tuesday.
An "Alternatives to Alcohol"
party will be thrown at the Ark,
Wednesday, at 7 p.m. Everyone is
invited to attend to learn the secret
to tasty non-alcoholic drinks. There
will be a BYOB (Bring your own
banana) party for the children.
The general public is welcome to
attend an parent/teen information
session, Thursday, from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. Meryl Thomas will speak on
drug awareness, and the signs and
symptoms of drug use. A detective
with the OPP will discuss the pro-
cess teens and parents go through
when the law becomes involved.
The draw for a quilt, donated by
the Brussels' Majestic Women's
Institute, will be held at 8 p.m.
A SAFE teen dance will round
out the week's events. Parents are
invited to send their youth to the
Ark where they can learn to have
fun without drugs.
The events are sponsored by The
Altamira Foundation.
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Catholic Church, Brussels;
at 8 p.m. on Wednesday,
November 13, 1996.
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the Village of Brussels have
proclaimed the week of
November 18-23, 1996 as
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(Substance Abuse Free
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community in its efforts to
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