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PAGE 6, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2J, 1981, WHITBY FREE PRESS Whitby education pioneer dies at age 91 Last Wednesday funeral services were held for Robert Ailen Sennett the fir- st principal of what is now called the R.A. Sennett Public School on King Street. Mr. Sennett passed away at the Oshawa General Hospital on January 12, 1981 at the age of 91. He had been a resident of Brooklin since his retirement from teaching in 1952. Io fi.4 oz. tin Campbells Mr. Sennett was the prin- cipal of the King Street Public School from its opening in 1921 until his retirement in 1952 and estimates say that he taught about 1,400 children. On September 29, 1979 the school that he nourished for so long was named in his honor by the Durham Board of Education. Mr. Sennett was born in North Gwillimbury, Ontario on Novemoer 22, 1882 to the late Sidney and Mary Ellen Sennett. He began his teaching career in 1920 in Collingwood, moving to Whitby the following year to become principal of the town schools and of the night school technical courses at the Whitby District High School. Mr. Sennett made a great contribution to education in 500 mL jar Kraft Miracle Whv the town during his 31-year career including the in- stituting of kindergarten classes, home and school groups, domestic scien- ce, religous instruction among others. He was also a musician and taught himself not only to play the piano but to play the organ as well. His wife, the former Nellie Geneva Crocker whom he married in 1918 in Sutton, Ontario, predeceased him in 1969. Mr. Sennett was a mem- ber of the Composite Lodge, AF AND AM, of which he was master of the lodge in 1938. He was also a member of the Canadian National In- stitute for the Blind and was secretary-treasurer of the South Ontario Teachers' Federation for 20 years. Mr. Sennett was also in- terested in and well known ClarkIîs.i beans for breeding fine horses which he took up at his Brooklin farm after his retirement. He is survived by a sister, Margaret Sennett of Toron- to. The funeral service was held at the W.C. Town Funeral Chapel, the Rev. M.B. Elliot of the Brooklin United officiated. The Composite Lodge held services on Tuesday January 13. 14 fl. oz. tins BROOKLIN 655-452 8:30 am to 6 pm Except Thurs. & Fi. Nights til 9 pm. OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK