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THE SON EXPOSITQR
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IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
OF WORKING WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
THE SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL AND TO ASSIST
IN THE WORK OF IMPROVING THE SCHOOL FACILITIES.
THE SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION
OF FLOOR TILE IN THE MAIN
SCHOOL WAS COMPLETED BY US
Box Furniture
FUNERAL SERVICE
Floor Coverings
Floor Sanding
House Furnishings
Westinghouse Appliances
PHONE 43 — SEAFORTH
ew District
The school plant which is avail-
able to the students of the Sea.-
forth
eaforth District High School today
is a. far cry from that which serv-
ed the •pupils of 75 years ago,
when secondary school education
began in Seaforth.
The new addition. which was op-
ened this week, provides a com-
rnodious auditorium and gymnas-
ium, as well as office accommoda-
tion. The auditorium includes a
regulation size stage, complete with
dressing rooms. A large gallery
running the length of the structure
provides additional seating accom-
modation.
Also contained in the wing are
ablution facilities, as well a , a new
heating plant.
Designing the addition so that
it was self-contained, Arhitect C.
H. Gillin has created a structure
which complements the existing,
but which also. in the event the
existing building was some day re-
placed, would serve as the begin-
ning of an entire new plant. Gen-
eral contractors for the construc-
tion was Ellis -Don Ltd., of London.
Construction of the new auditor-
ium made possible the creation of
three rmodern classrooms in The
former auditorium. Added space
made available has resulted in a
library. Formerly on the second
floor, new science rooms have been
created on the ground floor.
In the basement a modern lunch
room has been created.
1879 - 1887
1939 - 1954
The original portion of the pre-
sent Seaforth District High School
building was opened in 1879 upon
the establishment of a High School
here. The two rooms that were
provided at that time proved,
within a few years, to be inade-
quate to accommodate the increas-
ing numbers of students, and in
1887 the Board determined on a
policy of expansion.
A large addition was 'decided on
and The Huron Expositor of
March 4, 1887, says:
"Contract Let—The contract for
the erection of the new addition to
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School Has Improved F�dii6'..s
the, High School building has been
let to Messrs. John Lyon and F.
Gutteridge. Mr. Lyons gets- the
contract for the woodwork at
$2,477.06, and Mr. Gutteridge for
the excavation of the foundation
and- the stone and brick work at
'$2,284.00. The contractors in
both cases have to furnish all ma-
terial. The work could not have
fallen into better hands."
An interesting coincidence is
that the late H. Eedge, who was
the general contractor for the 1938
addition, was employed on the job
in 1887.
There were 214.143 persons em-
ployed by Canada's railways in
1952 and in that year they earned
an average of $3,126.
THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF SEAFORTH SHARE
WITH THEIR PARTNERS IN THE SEAFORTH HIGH
SCHOOL DISTRICT A PRIDE IN THE IMPROVED
AND ENLARGED FACILITIES WHICH ARE
NOW AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS
OF THE DISTRICT
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
SEAFORTH DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD AND TO
THE PRINCIPAL AND MEMBERS OF THE STAFF.
Town of Seaforth
Mayor: Reeve:
DR. E. A. McMASTER
B. F. CHRISTIE
H. H. LESLIE
Councillors:
E. H. CLOSE
K. SHARP
NORMAN SCOINS
D. H. WILSON, Clerk -Treasurer
J. C. CRICH
J. T. SCOTT
bu!1kiitatufr'
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Province -Wide Carter
Awards Founded Here
(The following story,. from the
1938 issue of the S.C.1. Alumni
Year Book recalls the events lead-
ing to the establishment of the
Carter Scholarships, which through
the years have -been .such an -in-
centive to students throughout On-
tario.)
Carter Scholarships have been a
familiar institution to Collegiate
pupils in twenty-rfive Counties of'
Ontario during the past quarter
century, but these same students
will have little knowledge of the
origin of the scholarships.
James Irvin Carter lived for a
number of years in Seaforth, and
at his death in 1912, was buried in
Maitlandbank Cemetery here. It
is fitting, therefore, that during the
years in which the scholarships
have been available, 17 have been
won by pupils of the Seaforth Col-
legiate Institute.
In a recent issue of "The Col-
legiate" Year Book of the Sarnia
Collegiate and Technical School,
there appears an instructive review
of Mr. Carter's career by W. Q.
Phillips, a former employee. It is
reproduced here by permission of
the Editor of that publication.
"It may not be generally known
that the Carter Scholarships orig-
inated in Sarnia. Mr. Carter was
a resident of Sarnia for many
years. The wealth that provided
the scholarships was puped out of
the ground as good thundred per
cent brine. The work of Sarnia
students suggested the scholar-
ships, and while Mr. Carter sup-
plied the money, it was Mr. D. M.
Grant, the Classical Master of the
Collegiate, who was technical ad-
viser, and helped to get the scheme
into working order.
"J. I. Carter was born about the
middle of the nineteenth century
in the Village of Ethel, in the
County' of Huron.. His father was
the postmaster, also a miller and
grain -buyer, storekeeper and far-
mer. In the Huron tract 80 years
ago, pioneers were steering the
land, and cordwood was the most
plentiful commodity. Roads were
sketchy, railways just beginning to
push through, and the conditions of
life stern and comfortless.
"As soon as he could, J. i. Caster
went to Seaforth, and got a job
clerking in a store. Then he set
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A Smile or Two
The bored youth turned to his*
partner ata dinner party. "Who
is that man over there who stares
at me so much?"
"Oh, that's Profesosr Jenkins,"
she replied brightly. You know,
the famous expert on insanity."
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"Sit down!" said a nervous old
gentleman to his sou, who was
making too much noise."
"I wont, so here!" in an impu-
dent voice.
"Stand up, then—,I will be oibey-
ed!"
CONGRATULATIONS
to the
Citizens, School Trustees
and Officials of
The Seaforth High School District
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Completion of a fine new -Addition to the High School will
add greatly to the educational facilities of the Seaforth
community. -
We are gratified to have taken part in its development to the
extent of providing science apparatus and other equipment.
Central Scientific Company of
Canada Limited
146 Kendal Avenue --- Toronto 4, Ont.
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