The Goderich Signal-Star, 1959-10-29, Page 1414 ' Elie Goderieli Signal -Star, Thursday, October 29th, 1959
Stratford Teachers" College
Alumni Reunion November 7
The, Alumni Assdciation of.
the Stratford Teachers' College 1
has announced that pians have
been completed for the annual
autumn reunion to be held in
Stratford on November 7,
The three graduating years,
especially chosen to be honored
at the functions being planned
this autumn, are.1934, 1944, and
1954. All graduates of the
classes held in the years: 1933-
34, 1943-44, and 1953-54, as well
as. their escorts, are invited to
renew acquaintances at the re-
union banquet and ball, The
class of 1933-34 consisted of 297
students. The 1943-44,c1ass had
88, 'and in 1953-54 there were
133 in attendance.
Guest. speaker for the band
quet, to be hekd in' the Vict9rian
Inn, Stratford, at 5.30 p.m. on
Saturday, November 7, will ,be
J. B. Healy, B.A., B.Paed., form-
er acting -principal of the Strat-
ford Teachers' College and now
assistant -superintendent of Pro-
fessional Development for the
Ontario Department of Educa-
tion,
,A special. feature of the ,ball,
to be held in the Stratford Arm-
oury at 9,00 p.m. the same day,
is the crowning of the Alaimni
Queen, elected by the 1959 grad -
uating class. The election was
held in May at which time 'the'
four finalists were announced,
but just which one will bel
Queen has been a well -guarded!
secret. Not until' the crowning
ceremony itself will it be known
which of the four finalists will'
be Queen. The four finalists,
one to be Queen and the other
three to be the Queen's Attend-
ants, ,are: Ruth Bray, Owen
Sound,'now teaching in Owed
Sound; Marianne Holland,
Waterloo, now teaching in
Waterloo; Joan Tank, Kitchener,
now teaching iff-Kitchener; and
Mrs; Marilew West (formerly
Marilew Halon, New Hamburg)
now teaching in Ottawa.
All graduates, interested in
securing tickets Io the banquet
and dance should contact the
treasurer of the Alumni Associ-
ation, Helen Ivals, 271 Glaston-
bury Drive . Stratford.
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FOR A
GREENER •THUMB
By G. MacLeod Ross
The time has come, the Wal-
rus said, to talk of many things.
And first on the list is Alex-
andra Marine and General Hos-
pital 'project. As the year draws
'to a close, it is satisfactory to
be 'abte.to report that a contract
has been let for the .immediate
completion of the planting at
the hospital grounds which John
Weall laid out for us Hist year.
In all, some 200 plants will be
put in, in five loe'ations. They
include a privet hedge border-
ing the east roadway, lilacs and
berbes at the N.E. entrance, treat street. (Phone 889,T for full
low growing junipers in front
of the curtain wall at the emerg- I particulars. The society offers
ency entrance and ground Cover, no material inducements to
in the form of euomymops veg-those who join. Membership
etus, ori the west side of the. merely gives an individuarSense
new block. Messrs. John Scheel. of satisfaction, a finger in, a
er and Lewis Taylor are super -;project for the common weal,
vising the work. When this is a small token of interest, of
complete the G.H,S, ' will have d,vle pride. In short, member -
.pent something over $600 on;ship is the hall mark of good
this hospital project in the last citiz.nship..
two years, with the -U.1111? -0f the' "Birds That Srhoke In Bed
money being found in 1959.1 This is ,the engaging title of
This is a good 'example of the,an article by the science editor
kind of town beautification of the Illustrated London News,
I Maurice Burton, He explains
that in England a number of
fires have been noted and care-
fully investigated, which have
occurred high un'in trees. Fire
chiefs and. foresters have been.
able to find` no cause other than
the peculiar habits of certain
members in that area should
pay their dues. M,.embers are
being notified individually by
circular as to the name and ad-
dress of their representative.
Members will assist the society
by paying their dues in advance,
now, before the snow Hies and
makes coMmunication less easy.
They' are also asked to influence
their—friends to join and take
an interest in improving the
amenities of the town.
New members may contact the,
Membership Secretary, M i s s
Frances Armstrong, at 78 Mon -
which a society can do when it
has a large membership. .
The more members,Kthe larger
the Provincial grant and eon-
Yequently the more money avail-
able for landscaping the town,
New members are needed for
1960 in order that we may be
able to buc1 cat for our next pro-
!
ro birds. Rooks, magpies, jackdaws
jest. The plifn•ter at the visitors' and jays, amongst others, are
entrance to the hospital has well known for a 'propensity, for
been gay all year with 11r. Percy glowing objects, just as much
i Barker's begonias. It is now to as, for bright reflecting surfaces.
by' planted with yellow tulips �i'hilst no one" has come forward
which have been donated by the , to attest• to seeing a magpie
Girl Guides, and once again we l With a cigarette in its beak, the
shall be indebted to Mr, Barker fire a�ithoritie's all insist that a
for their planting, •i; 'strong circumstantial case hast
Membership been made out against these!.
With this project sc�tisf,a•ct9r-:birds. If this sort of thing cant ,
ily in the bag, it is only natural OCCUI' in ,the high humidity ol'l
to set our sights a bit higher 1' nglarid, i't sec ms likely that its
for 1960," Once again. we shall I can • happen here even more
attempt to obtain more meim- l easily. It would he interesting
hers and to - exceed the 300 1 to hear the Lands and Forests
mark.. To aid this worthy object, i departrnent on the subyect. The
as well as to try to get in dues
'moral 'is the sane, since the
in good time, the town has been birds of the -air are ,a law unto
divided into 25 areas, each com-!themselves, if you mu'st smoke,
prising two or three - streets. I stamp out the' ashes. All of
Each area is in charge of a mem-I which only goes to show how
her representative.. to whom all very complicated life is becom-
k, rng �thC'se days. You cannot just
Instal Rebeah ;have a starling in your Chimney
as of yore, but it has to smoke.
I Plenf° Purchase
All the bulbs ordered by me -1
Iodge Officers— tiers have been distributed and
- I may well have been planted ere l
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