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I ________ 4' ________ Il 1~ WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1984, PAGE 5 Durham board hires'two students to research the history of local education Carrier of the month Mattliew Wing is seen here with is prize as the Whitby Free Press carrier of the montli. Matthew, 10, of Canadian Oaks Dr., is a grade 6 student at Dr. Robert Thornton Public Scliool and lias been delivering thie Free Press forthe last five montbs. His route covers the Holly Dr., Winter Circle and Canadian Oaks Dr. area and services 115 suliscribers. Mattliew lias two sisters and is the son of Bruce and Pam Wing. Hie says he enjoys delivering the Free Press and lias been putting the money he earns to good use. "I've just opened up a bank account," Mat- tliew says adding lie hasn't decided what to save for. "I don't know, I'm just saving it. " The Free Press wants to thank Matthew-for ail the bard work lielias done and to encourage our other carriers to follow bis example. _______________Free Press Staff Photo By GEORGE COOK The Durham Board of Education Is looking for its past, and you can help. If you have old school photographs, records, students' work or anything at ail that could belp us preserve an important part of the history of education in Durham, let us know. Phone or write the In- formation Office, Durham Board of Education, 555 Rossland Rd. W*;, Oshawa, On- tario, L1J 3H3; tel. 576- 4600, ext. 205. This summer thë Board employed two Brock University students to help collect and catalogue the ar- chivai material already available. Angela Ar- thurs of Oshawa and Jeff Hubbell of Courtice have catalogued scbool registers,- student at- tendance and health files and Board of Education minutes from several communities. They began work in July and will, finish at the end of August. The students devised the cataloguing system themselves. The project is supervised by Trustee Heather Beveridge of Uxbridge., Artburs said reading the old school records, some of which date from the turn of the century, helps make the past real. She said she noted a general improvement in students- health and in the standard of living. In one case, dating from the early part of the cen- tury, a student was listed as absent from school because he didn't have shoes. Hubbeil said some students were excused from school for periods of time to help on the family farin, especially during the years of the First and Second World Wars. The cataloguing project has been housed in Westmount School in Oshawa. Westmount has been closed in recertt years but is about to reopen as a continuing education and audio-visual centre. The catalogued material bas been placed in boxes for safe storage. The Durham Board of Education, Ontario's seventh largest, serves the communities of Pickering, Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa, and of Brock, Uxbridge and Scugog Townships. The Board employs approximately 2,400 teachers who work in about 100 elementary, senior public and secon- dary schools. Some 48,000 students attend Durham Board schools each year. EDITOR'S NOTE: George Cook le the Durham Board of Educatlon's Infor- mation officer., Three stores suffer break-ms Three local businesses were vic- timized by thieves sometime overniglit last Thursday and Friday. According to a spokesman for the Durbam Regional Police Force, someone broke into a Dundas St. W. appliance store by forcing open the rear door causing $50 damage. Stolen was ap- proximately $2,8W0 wor- th of power tools. Later that evening, another break-in oc- cured at a Coîborne St. W. glass and mirror establishment. Stolen was a collection of pen- nies dated between 1967 and 1984' Thieves also broke in- to a Brock St. S. pizza parlour later that same evening stealing $150 in cash, $50 in change -and a 12-incli television set valuied at $100. Damage was minimal in this in- cident, police said. Tel. 683-1968