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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1961-04-27, Page 13To Dedicate New St. The °Goderich Signal -Star, ,Thu, iay,: April 27, 1101 Mary's S+parate Soho oIBean rot —M-.-. , EDITORIAL The dedication of the new St. Mary's Separate School, scheduled for the afternoon of May 2nd, is a Zink in a chain joining the past with the fu. $h His Excellency, Jahn C. Cody, D.D., LLD., Bishop of London, who is to officiate at the 'solemn blessing and dedication of the new St. Mary's Separate School at' Gode- rich' on May 2nd, is seen above. When this Huron Expositor picture was taken it was the occasion ql his dedicating the new St. James' Separate School' at Sea= forth on April 16. Bishop Cody is seen greeting some of the special guests at Sea- ' forth. •.r Lure. Built to provide neces- sary increased classroom ac- commodation for Separate School pupils in Goderich,; St. Mary's school is the first Sep- urate School to be built here since the original Roman Cath- olic centre .of learning was opened nearly 88 yoars ago. It will, serve the south end of the town and St. Peter's School the north end of the, town. As Goderich grows, and with it the'' number of Separate School pupils, another school in the chain will no doubt be added in another section of the town some years hence. The orig,inat school came into being in 1873 when, ac- cording to the records of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Father Boubat requested the Sisters of. St -Joseph-to..;,open a -mis- sion at-Goderich. On Novem- ber 4th of . that year, Sister Vincent and Sister Francis arrived at Goderich and open- ed the convent which is still in use to this day. The brick building that is St. Joseph's Convent resulted from the en- gineering efforts of Father Boubat and the statute manual labor of the parishioners. At" that time, too, a two storey frame house, which was situ- ated just west of the convent and which had served as the residence for the missionary, Father_ Schneider was adapted for .use as the first two -room Separate School here. St. Mary's Separate' School Board can be justly proud of the modern, additional educa- tional centre': ""Tris to be com- mended also for its foresight in IoEation since the area is one in which there undoubted- ly will be the largest per cent of residential growth in the next decade or two. A CORDIAL INVITATION is extended to. 'THE GENERAL PUBLIC o attend the dedication of ST: MARY'S SCHOOL on TUESDAY, MAY 2, at ;4 P.M. A receptiost.. t• the school will be held frpm 8 to 9.30 p.m. ST. MARY'S SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD Our congratulations a to P , .. The Separate School Board on the Modern, New ST. MARY'S att and Tillmann )_ Architects e ,, 4. All Plumbing and Heating 645 RICHMOND STREET in This New School ‘ : LONDON .. Was Supplied ani . Installed by . v , Worsell 'Plumbing and' Heating - GQD-ERICH v , pM CONGRATULATIONS o the Board; Staff and Pupils of ST. MARY'S SCHOOL• On their New Schoi Building LE DO the general contractor ONTARIO STR€ET, cl.iNTON DIAL HU 2.3348 Plans have been completed of utility. for the official •opening of the The school is situated and new, modern St. Mary's Separate built sa that it will permit ex - School on 'Bennett street on tension to the east. The pre- sent mechanical equipment and sanitary facilities are of a size sufficient to cope with two more rooms. , - Tuesday, May 2nd. An invita- tion has been extended to His Excellency, John C. Cody', D.D., LLD:, Bishop of London, taof- ficiate at the solemn blessing and dedication of the new school at 4 p.m., on Ray 2nd. From 8 to 9.30 o'clock that evening a reception will be held at the new school. Invitations have been sent out to many to attend the special ceremony. Among those invited are the recites- of Godetich and Colborne Townships, the entire Town Council of Goderich, Charles MacNaughtan, MLA for Huron, and many others. Among • The money for...construction was raised through the sale of debentures which will be retired in 15 ,years. It would be unwise at this point to predict ° the length of time during which the presently available space will be adequate to accommodate the pupils. Much of this inform- ation is not available to the Board and indeed many pertin- ent facts are not known. The existence of St. Mary's those expected will be Father Separate School is due first and must take the blame for the Trustees of the new St. Mary's Separate • School Board are shown above. Seated is "Ted" Baechler,.°chairman of, the board. Others,' from left to right are:.. ,J,oe• O'Brien, Wm. Dean, Tom Melady, Janes Chisholm,' Wilf Kinahan, Vince Young and Leo Walzak. Joseph Finn, of London, who•foremost to the ratepayers, for undesirable. vVith regard to the it is -the wh has long been active in Separ y o own and will pay ate School work in the London for it. The co-operation of the Diocese. parish priests was a source of encouragement to The occasion will also be ustd hedBoard nce ndThe teaching staff to pay tribute to Dan O'Brien, and Parent Teachers' Associa- of Goderich, in recognition of tion have given _.-their much his many years of service to 'the needed • support. Goderich Separate SchooJ Board: The School Board -Board: take An illuminated scroll. will be credit for the desirable aspects presented to him and deserved praise extended for his faith- ful service... Now in use for several months, St. Mary's School has an enrol- ment of 99 pupas. This is larg- er than St. Peter's , Separate School which has an enrolment 62 pupils. Each school serves its particular area,' the north and the south ends of the town. Miss 19largaret Foley is the Prin- cipal of, the new St: Mary's School, Otherson the teaching staff are Mrs. A. Rose and.- Mrs. J. Daugherty_ General contractor for the building of the new school was Cale Doucette, of Clinton....His message of congratulations and also those of other sub -contract- ors are to found on this page. History Of School One year after the opening of the fourth room at St. Peter's Separate School, it became ap- parent to the School Board that the four rooms would soon be- corrle inadequate tb accommo- date the pupils of the parish. In January, 1957; the Board de- cided to open a fifth room in September, 1959. It was origin- ally intended that this , would take the form of an. addition to' St. Peter's School. As the enrolment got larger, the school grounds and school seemed to `shrink, and at the same tune values of adjacent properties swelled to prohibitive pro'portions:V'"^When sufficient in- vestigation was carried out to substantiate these observations, the possibility of another school site was brought under consider- ation. While these - negotiations and deliberations ground on in true "public -affairs" fashion, time continued - to march on in' its usual fashion.' September, 1959, had arrived. The enrolment rose as anticipated — but the fifth room was conspicuous only by . its absence. It was brought to the attention of the Board that the school and teaching staff would soon be overcome by the number of pupils. At this juncture, space, which had proven to be versatile in the past, was rented. A fifth teacher was taken on the staff and the fifth room °opened, Oc- tober 1st, 1959, just one month after the projected date. In athe meantime, plans for a four -room school began' to --crys- talize. Four acres of land were purchased from Mr. James Sher- ratt and the architectural firm of Watt & Tillmann, of London, was engaged to plan and super- vise. construction of a new school. Much .. timi .and energy was spent on such items as the clos- ing of the streets which existed on previous surveys of the pro- perty, the petitioning for a sewer extension along Gibbons street, and arranging the finances for construction, etc., etc. Several different plans were presented for Study . and revision. High construction costs always loom- ed large and had to be met by many concessions in favor . of economy without the sacrifice forfoer, the desirable aspects, no small measure - of credit is due to Mr. J. E. Baechler, who, as Chairman of the School Board, gave unsparingly of his time and energy in planning the building of -the new•school. A classified ad in the Signal - of the school because they also Star brings ginek results. QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ Confederation since 190? west- 5. 1. What is Canada's most The weekly cost of f erly point? al lowances is $1 million, $1 million, $10 million? ANSWERS: 5. $10 million week. 3. 30 deaths. per 1,001 live births. 1. Mount St. Elia. the- Vuk-on- .4r—Ait lriSaslr. fid. • 2: 31 -per` tent ' of Pari output normally goes to expor markets, 70 per cent to tic domestic market. 2. What proportion of Canada's agricultural output is sold to export markets? 3. Thirty years ,.agp £anada's mortality t to was .94 -;deaths per 1,000 live births. What is the present rate? 4. Which provinces have enterer .r Heartiest Congratulations to ST. MARY'S SCHOOL We are 'proud tb rh vie "done ALL PAINTING and DECORATING , in this smart, new school -+- D. KAY&S 33 HURON ST. CLINTON – PHONE HU 2-9542 ?1 We Salute the New T. MARY'S SCHOOL It is our -pleasure to supply this Modern,, New School with • IMPERIAL ESSO FUEL OIL. • BENSON CHISHOLM 20 ALBERT STREET PHONE JA 4-7502 a OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO The Smart,, New ST. MARY'S SCHOOL VTe are proud to have, supplied BRICKS and '-CEMENT BLOCKS and to have sub -contracted for Interior Trim; Doors; Cupboards and 'Winciowr frames GODERICH MANUFACTURING CO. LIMITED Our Salute to the NEW SEPARATE SCHOOL • We are pleased to have, donee the CEMENT W on this lovely building M. McADAM GENERAL CONTRACTING CLINTON, ONT. PHONE HU 2-7070 OUR SALUTE to the NEW r. MARY'S SCHOOL.I. • • It Was Our Privil,.ge to Supply and Instil, ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. - in ThiS School r+ri i rr.Mri. iC 03 BRITANNIA ROAD W, GODERICH