The Huron Expositor, 1971-09-30, Page 15Former stuaents of S.S.No. 2 TUckersmith returned on September 19th for reunion with
former teacher W. G. Strong , now retired and.living in Ottawa. Shown standing in front of
the former school house - now a private residence— are (left) Morley Cooper, Mrs. Robert
McGregor, Mr. Strong, Robert McGregor and Wm. J. F. Bell. (Staff Photo)
Grey Township Plans Widening
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Reunion Brings Ftorinet Students
To S.S. No.2 Tuckersmith
Former students of S.S.' 2,
Tuckersmith came back Sunday to
'Visit with a former teacher and
yr recall events of 1917 1,921
when Wm. G. Strong was - in
charge.
Arranged by Mr. and Mrs.
Joe McLellan and Mr. and Mrs.
Morley Cooper, the gathering
attracted about 35 one time
Pupil• No longer In use as a school,
the building has been converted
into an attractive dwelling by
Miss Lillie Waghorn,' who co-
operated in completing the
arrangements.
Mr. "Strong, now a resident
of Ottawa, recalled his years
at the school.
All things human change. Life
is never static. Inevitably re-
tirement catches up with us and it
can be a fortunate or unfortunate
stage of .life depending upon how
well one has prepared himself or
herself fbr the change. The new
situations which confront the re-
tired person call for frequent
review and continued adjustment
in point of view as well as in
action. Failure to recognize this
inevitable factor of change as
the months and years come and
go leads to unnecessary frus-
trationsand heartache.
When I retired from teach-
ing in 1959 after some fOrty-five
years in rural, town and city
schools I had hoped for a res-
pite from the problems
associated with the principalship
of a school of over 1200 boys
and girls from junior kinder-
garten through Grade 8 and the
supervision of:a staff of some
fifty. There would be no more
interviews with teachers, par-
ents, supervisors, inspectors and
pupils; no more commitments to
the Home and School Associa-
tion; no more time-table man-
ipulations to, accommodate spec-
ial itinerant teachers; no more
monthly and annual reports to be
prepared to gather dust in some-
one's office . files. I felt like
the Irishman Am lamented the
fact that his future was behind
him. As the morning hours
of approaching retirement
became a reality and reached
high noon as of June 29, 1959, I
found myself launched on a new
career. It was like launching
a ship which at a later date must
wrestle with the waves and the
wild winds. The noontide. years
made -me sharply aware of my
changing status and caused me
to w:Ader 4tfully how much had
been taken away and what one
might count on .in the future. This
belated acknowledgment that I
• was a retired person, I must
confess, clipped my wings a little.
a; concomitant of
growing old. It is inescapable. In
recent years, holrever, psychol-
ogists have given the word
"acceptance" a new dignity and
a richer meaning. It means that
the person must reconcile 'him-
self to the facts of life and make
the best of the situation. One has
to- conieb terms with his limit-
ations and go ahead in spite of
them. What one can not change,
one, must learn to accept. -Long
before modern psychologists cal..-
le,d this fact to our attention, a
Great Teacher told a human
interest- story of the man who—order pronounce them now
hlitiiry, psychology and science
and helped me to grow and feel
more at home in that larger
world to which they opened the
doors of opportunity.
While I have inevitably re-
ferred to my own life work, I
have met many others who have
found in retirement an equal
sense of joy and satisfaction for
the work they were privileged to
do. This delight in things
accomplished is by no means
limited to the learned pro-
fessions. . The farmer, the
artisan, the man of business,
the office worker, the mechanic,
the homemaker - all stand to-
gether in a spirit of gratitude
for work accomplished.
Might I suggest, 11) conclus-
ion, that you too, do a little
homework. Will you Write down
carefully a list of the things
in life for which you are most
grateful. It will surprise you
and will richly reward you Or the
time and trouble it took to make
the count. Ther e is a certain
value in writing out such a ligt
in black and white. It will set
the joybells ringing in your heart
and place upon your lips a song
of thankfulness. These high-
lights in your life and mine re-
flect the part that memory. plays
in our lives. It is like entering
a dark room where things are
seen only in shadow, outlined at
first but soon become clear and
distinct. Things that were for-
gotten come to mind clearly.
While I do not have the power
of recall as some, men do, I
have been surprised at what does
come back. For this meagre
power of memory I give thanks
daily. There is another part in
this practice of pasSing lifd in
review; - not all memories are
pleasant to recall. There are
sad recollections of frustration,
failure and defeat. Some bitter
memories becloud the past in
most lives but mature men and
women like you should not allow
some unhappy recollection s to
overbalance the many others
which in retrospect seem so full
of cheer and gladness. To me it
seems that many of the darkest
shadows in life lose their gloomy
appearance .in the light of a better
perspective.
While we rejoice in the fact
that so manic former pupils have
laden privileged to 'gather here
this 'afternoon, we call to remem-
brance those who have travelled
on before to that meeting place
above. At the going down of the
sun and in the morning we will
remember them.
I am deeply grateful to those
who had any part in the making
of the, arrangements for this
memorable get-together and to
all who have been privileged to,
participate therein. I long
cherished such an opportunity to
associate once again with those
who in their youth were my
friends and this occasion will be
long remembered in my ,store-
house of memories.
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for the opportunity to serve. per-
sonally I have found change an
unexpected compensation offset-
ting any losses. I had con-
templated.
There is a tide in the affairs
of men
Which, taken at the floor, leads!
on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of our
lives
Is bound in shallows and in
miseries.
It was most fortunate for me
that as one door closed on my
life, another cfened. My years
since, retirement have been
full of action. My interests have
broadened and my horizons ex-
tended. Service on behalf of the
ageirg is as rewarding as it was
with youth. You will recall the
parable of the Good Samaritan
and the master's query,"Which
now of these three thinkest thou
was neighbour unto him who fell
among thieves?" And he said,
"He that showed thercy on him.
"Then", said Jesus, "Go thou
and do likewise."
Live for something. Do tood
and leave behind you a monument
of virtue that the storms of time
can never destroy. Write your
name in kindness, love and mercy
on the hearts of those with whom
you come in contact, day by day.
You will never be forgotten. Your
name, your deeds will be as
legible on the hearts of those you
leave behind as the stars on the
brow of evening.
Retirement quickens, deepens
and refines one's sense of gratit-
ude. While I am grateful for the
long and strenuous years of re-
warding . work, I am, likewise,
grateful for these later years of
unhurried toil. There are many
things in life for which I am
grateful. The first is the rural
family home. While I disre:
garded the injunction of some,
"Stay on the farm, boy, don't
be in a hurry to go." I will
always recognize my indebted-
ness to the farm and its teem-
ing joys that I can never repay.
Each year I try to visit the
scenes .9f my boyhood and recall
the horse and buggy days before
mechardiation robbed the farm of
a subtle spirit of romance. When
I recall the patient horses with
which I laboured, I feel a deep
sense of privilege for that op-
portunity. A mood of nostalgia
comes over me when I recall
that many of the blood relations,
former classmates and friends
have passed over to that bourne
of time and place from which no'
traveller returns. Let me here
endorse all the high praise given
by the poet, priest and prophet
to the fortress called home.
Whenever I find myself thinking of
home, I recall that He who holds
the whole world in His hands set
the solitary apart in families. No
wonder that He entrusted His son
as a helpless infant to the loving
care of a family in a home not
too much unlike that of a humble
dwelling in our modern society.
I am indebted to another in-
stitution, 'the school house that
stood at the crossroads and to my
instructor, the late Thomas G.
Shiliinglaw to whom I am forever
indebted,, My secondary teachers
carried on from where he left
off and whatever enconiums are in
failed to do anything'with his one• for the good and great teachers I
talent. This handicapped man have had along the way. I can
was condemned, not because he only hope that in the teaching .I
had little, but beca!"Use he did not have been allowed to do, I may
accept s his limitations and make have done, in some small
the full use of what he had. When measure, what these have done
one cannot any longer do what he for me . . Let me sum it all
once did, he is challenged to up by saying that these giants
proceed without bitterness to do oh intellect introduced line to
what he can and to be thankful the larger world of literature,
Resolutions passed at the
September meeting'of Grey Coun-'
cil included:
that we have the Planning Dir-
-dctor check the lots on Clark
Street and advise if the street
should be solth
- that Brussels Agricultural
Society be given a grant of
$300.00.
- that Supplementary By-Law
No. 29 of 1971 in the amount
of $10,000.00 for extra, winter
control and summer maintenance
be passed and submitted to the
Department of Transportation
and Communications for ap-
proval.
- that the Road Superintendent '
contact a Department of Trans-
portation and Communications
official to examine the Brecken-
ridge Bridge and advise whether •
or not load limitSigns should be
posted.
- that the Road Superintendent
be authorized -to instruct Solic-
itor Alan R. Mill to proceed