Times-Advocate, 1978-07-13, Page 6Times-AdVoccite, July 13* 1978
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By EL.ASNE TOWNSHEND
MR. AND MRS. BRAD GREGUS
Catherine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Dominic Jeffrey and
Brad, son of Mr. and Mrs, August Gregus were married on
June 24, 1978 in St, Peter's Roman Catholic Church, St
Joseph. Bride's attendants were Linda Denomme, Theresa
Burr and Jeannette Jeffrey, sisters of the bride. The groom's
attendants were Jim Gregus, Gary MacLean and Dave Par
sons. Father Jim Williams performed the ceremony.
During the last week in
June. I went to two
graduations. My niece
graduated from grade eight
in a London school and my
youngest nephew from
kindergarten.
Monday evening, the one-
hundred-and-fifty grade
eight graduates were
treated to a banquet
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prepared by the grade seven
mothers. Then they endured
a long picture-taking ses
sion. and finally they filed
solemnly into the packed
auditorium of a nearby
secondary school, while the
grade seven band played and
the audience made up of
parents, friends and
relatives stood watching.
The girls wore long sweep
ing gowns, and their hair
showed the rewards of hours
spent in beauty shoppes. The
boys wore suits, and a few
brave souls had even con
sented to wearing ties.
The valedictorian took a
few parting pokes at his
teachers and fellow
classmates that he hadn’t
dared to take earlier in the
year. And there wasn’t a dry
eye in the house when he
thanked the parents on
behalf of all the students and
the class rose to give their
parents a standing ovation.
As their names were an
nounced. the gradu/tes
made the long walk up the
stairs and across the plat-
form to receive their
diploma, and at the other
end, they were blinded by
flashing cameras. For some
of them, the official
ceremonies were just dull
details that had to be en
dured before the important
part of the evening began —
the dance.
On the next afternoon, my
youngest nephew marched
into the gymnasium of the
public school with the rest of
the kindergarten graduates.
They wore red caps with
gold tassels, and they filed
in even more solemnly than
the grade eights. They sat on
benches in front of the
audience. Parents and
grandparents were the onlv
invited guests, but I noticed
a few brothers and sisters
and at least one aunt who
had gate-crashed.
As their names were call
ed, the graduates hurried up
the steps of the platform to »
receive their Bachelor of
Kindergarten Degrees,
BKGN. Again cameras
flashed, recording a once-in-
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Then the class entertained
the audience by singing
three songs specially
selected for the occasion —
Little Green Frog, Winnie
The Pooh and Small World.
My sister and brother-in-
law must have felt old as
they watched their “baby”
shake hands with his
teacher and as they watched
their oldest son drive their
daughter to her graduation.
If they’re getting older, it
means yours truly is too.
and remembering my
schooldays doesn’t make me
feel any younger. When I
was five yea.rs old,
kindergarten didn’t exist, at
least not in the rural area
where I lived.
When I was in grade eight,
a bus came to all the public
schools in the township and
gathered up the graduates
for a tour of the local high
school in which we would all
get lost in September. My
whole class went; yes, both
of us.
On the last day of school, I
was handed a report card
which carried some kind
remarks from my teacher.
Her message seemed
sincere, but I’m not sure
whether she was sincerely
glad to have taught me or
sincerely glad to get rid of
me.
Shortly after I completed
public school, the one-room
schoolhouses disappeared
but the fact remains that I
grew up in another era —
one-room schools, no
kindergarten and no grade
eight graduation dance.
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