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SJf JiUiAi. THANKS EXTENDED Especial thanks were extended to Mr. Demeza, to the many individuals who were responsible for the inauguration, design, and completion of the new facilities. He declared that the school would be holding an open house later on when more of the area residents would be able to see first hand the facilities ofThree first year teachers of the On- William J. Dunlop, Minister of Educa- fered by the school. An invitatario School for the Deaf view main tion. Admiring new school are Mayme tion was then extended to those present to tour the new building entrance of the new Junior School which, and to have tea in the new dinwith new students' residence, was offic- Parking, Margaret Henry and L o i s ing halL Blackburn. ially opened Monday afternoon by Hon. The ceremony was chaired most ably by Mr. C. F. Cannon, Chief Director of Education for the province, who gave a brief history of the 88 year old school. He stated that the new additions would make the Belleville school one of the largest and most well-equipped schools for the deaf in North America. By DOUG. PHIPPEN out -that several other buildings the two new units in the1 new The Deputy Minister of Educawere being constructed by the DeMonday afternoon afforded the partment of Public Works at the building group for the Ryerson tion, F. S. Rivers, placed a sealopportunity for several hundred School. These include a new laun- Institute oi Technology in Tor- ed 'box containing amongst other items, a copy of the school's pubelleville residents and their dry building, a new power house, onto. The Hon. W. J. Dunlop also lication, the "Canadian", copies . lests to witness a ceremony and a new residential staff dorminique both to the community and tory to accommodate forty-four spoke briefly, dwelling on the of the speakers' addresses, a proand a the Ontario Department of Pub- staff members. These buildings are reason for holding such, cere- gram of the ceremony, c Works. The laying of the provided by Department of Pub- monies as being an opportunity copy of October sixth's edition cornerstone and the official open- lic Works, which is the "landlord for both thanking all the many of JThe Ontario Intelligencer. Also participating in the dual ing of the newly-completed Junior of the province," for the Depart- persons involved in the erection of the building and for inform- ceremony were the Very ReverSchool and students' residence'fer ment of Education. ing the public that the building end L. B. Garvin of St. Michael's the Ontario School for the Dfaf was open and progress had ad- Parish, who gave the invocation; were completed on -the same day. OTHER PROJECTS NAMED Mention was also made of vanced another step. He noted and Dr. A. E. MacKenzie, PrinWithin minutes of W. Elmer Sandercock, MPP for Hastings West, other projects undertaken by that these improved educational cipal of Albert College, who prodeclaring the cornerstone "well the Department of Public Works facilities had been completed nounced the benediction. The and truly laid," the Honorable for the Department of Educa- one month ahead of schedule by arrangements for the ceremony ;W. J. Dunlop, Minister of Educa- tion, including new teachers' the contractor, Mr. H. J. Mc- were made by Mr. Nimmo tion for Ontario, announced that college buildings in London, Farland of Picton. Mr. Dunlop Mitchell, Director of Publicity :he building was "duly, formally, Hamilton and Toronto; a new mentioned the new school for for the Department of Public Lakehead College of Arts, Sci- the deaf, which was being con- Works, assisted by Mr. Thomas ind officially opened." Other highlights of the dual cere- ence and Technology for Port structed in Milton as a residen- Montague, formerly of BelleHe attributed the ville. nony were the presentation of a Arthur and Fort William, and tial school. Lay Cornerstone of O.S.D. Buddings Then Dedare Them Officially Opened alver trowel for the cornerstone aying to W. Elmer Sandercock, KPP, by Mr. Chester C. Woods, architect of the new building, and iie presentation of a gold key for he opening of the building to the Hon. W. J. Dunlop, Minister cf Education, by Mr. Nimmo Mit:hell, Director of Publicity for the )ntario Department of Public Yorks who represented the Hon. J. N. Allan, Minister of Public Vorks, in the latter's absence. Mr. Mitchell gave a short adress concerning the advantages of ·> new structure which will allow accommodation of 120 new stuat the School. These stuwill be between the ages of and ten years. He pointed