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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-07-08, Page 42page 14 Ginnette Richard Was Mary's Separate_Sehool's Social Studies•Award.winner.:Mrs.;lt. C McCallum (left), ,Assistant. Secretary and Mrs: G. •L. • Royal (right), Regent, of ;thee. Maple.Leaf:Chapter of the IODE presented her with The trophy. (staff,photo) GIUIEN BY • • CYNTHIA REDNIOND at Graduation Dinner at the Bedrord•Hotei. for St.Ma.r"y's Separate•&c'hool • Mr. Cook, • teachers, distinguished 'guests. and -. fellow •graduates. 'Tonight;wemeet under the most • delightful cir cumstances, tinged perhaps with. atouch of sadness. The thought of lea -Writ -St. Mary's, :the'schooi which gave us so much, saddens us, but I know, my fellow•graduates:and„l are• excited : at .the.. thought ..•j know, we wi11-be'•leaving ' St. Mary's with pride, for we feel .a —pari • of its many • achievements, .:such • as basketball • championships : cross-country, soccer, football and public_ speaking, to riame•only a few.': But these achievements are 'short term; what I. have to say next will reflect on some of .My more lasting im- pressions of St. Mary's.. • Nine short ,-years •ago, we started schogl as little runny • nosed, dirty kneed •kids who �` missed their' • mommies but atte-nd.lags dhoo1.. Looking, back,' I can remember , many -thing -s-; worth_ • al -inking about now, ' . andthat will remind us about Wonderful school years, r_s from now . One -thing I will never forget' is when .two .of . our -teachers, Sister Qoreen-'and' Sistar Barbara, Were making • -plans • to leave • us, but their plans' -did not include a couple of their .formdr pupils hiding in' theR't-of-the Sister's car. But as it turned out, the_ pupils probablylept in. reallyenjoyed kindergarten. We needed help to dress, help, • ttrwrite, help to learn. • • • But now, 'in 19.'76;' we have grown bigger, physically' as well as mentally, .yet we are still a."bit -apprehensive about` high school: We; will miss.. �• friendships" from,, St. Mary's•, , . but rriake_new friends: n high school. • • ' We will need helpto choose careers as well as help to__. learn new -and bigger things and that Will never. change. We are very grateful' -to our parents, - ` teachers ,and • community :for- their un= _derst4'nding_ and_guidarce as • O terri • these things, occtir and will OCCur. Ne are egp`ecially 'grateful- to Miss.Stemp She is the one - w�ho,is. mostly responsible for seeing that we graduate. We ohave givenher some rough times, I know, but we thank her for hhr patience ' and .. guidance especially this last year,.. u We .are thankful_to_Eath.er_.. Moynahan; Miss O'Brien.and Mall th'e Sisters who have tau-ght ” here; for their Christian leadership. I feel that all five -year-olds coming'into St. Mary's have:a lot going for.. them•. They will he changed too because of all '•'the people: who,partioipate in • their education. ' •When I reflect on all these men -Tories and others, I thin- .• my fellow graddates join me in. anticipation of what . is -�:. ahead of us in high school.. If -we receive the same help and. -guidance an the . next five. years as we have had for the i=fiast nine years, we -will look'.. forward td adafes'ging you, at .our_ graduation•agaid, in_1981, to thank ` you further for ; , ...guiding us through 'these . important•years: XC`ltlll, - Mrs. G.• Henderson or the Ahmeek • Chapter of the' 1 Q D'.E Presents ._the .-public- speaking -award to ' --John-• 1Vlombouquette of St. Mary_'s_,Schoo1 Jbhn was. also the -recipient of the'Mfple•Leaf Chapter award, forliterature.: {• (staff photo).'.: ` - - 3.. I Congratulations PErER.S, MacEWAN 3rsT, DAVID ST., GENERAL INSURANCE REAL ESTATE BROKER GODE RICH • S24 -9531- D. C.