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t V I 1G The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc. May 31. 1989 Happy First Birthday Central Public School Centennial 1889 -- 1989 •St* ' ■# •*it ■ . f'Tf , . ; :|v\ i. £ ? % / } 'Jy : ; % Wilt : « < , \ v Y ' A x dmm PfilXMl# / Hi! My name is Shableena Marie Knapp and I celebrated celebrated my 1st birthday on May 17, 1989. With me were my parents Gord and Olga, my Nanna Ruby, my Baba and Giga Olena and William Malarenko, some aunts and uncles and last but not least Uncle Larry. clothing boutique SPECIAL 2 Piece Skirt and Blouse Outfits *39.99 Skirts *19.99 New Summer Hours: Mon. - Wed. 9-6 Thurs. and Fri. 9-9 Saturday 9-5 15 King St. East Bowmanvillc Telephone 623-9127 HOW TO FENCE IN YOUR YARD WITHOUT FENCING OUTTHE NEIGHBORHOOD. Wilh one phone call to Invisible Fencing'", you can safely keep your dog within your property limits, without limiting your view. It worl< ing your view, it works without unsightly fences', and costs less than traditional fencing. University tested. 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WHAT WE OFFER IS: * $6.00/hr. over 18 to start * $5.00/hr. over 16 to start * Positions for those 14 yrs. of age and over are available * Bonus to work until Labour Day * Group outing * Flexible hours WHAT WE NEED: * Your energy and enthusiasm * A smile Phone 987-4231 or drop in BURGER KING Highway 401 Newcastle, Ont. ft- ■ 1 Mi % Schedule of Events • Banquet and Concert - Friday, June 2nd at Lions Centre, 7 p.m. • Neighborhood Parade - Saturday, June 3rd (see map of parade route) 10:30 a.m. • Open House - Saturday, June 3rd See decade rooms, old photographs, registers, books, and other memorabilia. Music will be played from the various decades. Commencing at 1 p.m. Many Highlights in '89 It has been an exciting year for students at Central Central Public School. In this, the 100th anniversary anniversary year of the school, celebrations of some kind have taken place on a monthly, if not weekly, basis. As a result, there is an unmistakable sense of excitement excitement filtering through the school's halls, infecting staff and students alike. A month ago, the' students released released hundreds of red and white, helium-filled balloons. Each one contained contained a message letting the reader know about Central's big anniversary celebration June 3. And now, the special day is almost here. Saturday Saturday morning, sharp at 10:30, a neighbourhood parade will kick off the festivities. It travels along the streets on which students have been walking to get to the school for a century. Fol lowing the parade and commencing at 1:00 p.m. that afternoon is the official official opening ceremony which will bring together students, former students, students, teachers, former teachers, and lots of other people to help celebrate the occasion. For the rest of the day, the school open house will re-kindle untold numbers of memories in decade rooms featuring pictures, books, registers, and all sorts of nostalgic displays. Music from each period will add the proper perspective to each room. No one at the reunion will want to leave without without picking up the commemorative commemorative yearbook, titled titled "A Centennial Celebration" Celebration" authored by Doris Doris Falls, John Hobson, and Williàm Humber. It is full of memorabilia including including dozens of pictures and stories about Central students and their escapades. escapades. Other souvenirs such as sweatshirts, mug and plates will also available. This entire week leading leading up to Saturday has seen students participate in a 1889 dress-up day, school spirit day, and a full day of parade preparation. preparation. On Friday night, June 2, there will be a concert and banquet held at the Lions Centre, in Bowmanville. Saturday will also mark the final day of bell ringing. When the Central Central School bell rings ten times on June 3, it will total 100 rings over the last week and a half: one ring for each year the school has been open and educating Bowmanville's children. This x weekend will be a special time„.for Central Public Softool"i arid' for : Bowmanville as a whole. Make plans to attend and re-live some memories. You will be glad you did. Bobette Unisex 57 King St. West Bowmanville 623-7691 School Has Historic Plate wishes on j'four CwtaHml, Lake Road off Liberty St. S., Bowmanville 623-4925 D P, ENNIS IZZERIA RESTAURANT 623-3301 219 King Street East, Bowmanville AD. B rooking Transport Ltd. 281 LIBERTY ST. N., BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3Y6 Phone (416) 623-3821 Short Recalls by research research historian Wm. Bagnell, former student by Wm. Bagnell Research historian and former student A "complimentary plate," depicting Central Public Softool was made by "Wheelock", Vienna, Austria, for F.A. Haddy of Bowmanville. Mr. Haddy was in business in the late 1800's and early 1900's. His business, a grocery store, was located where tfte Leisure Lady clothing store is at 21 King Street. I assume the plate was presented to a customer when a certain number of dollars worth of groceries were purchased, or it was given away as a draw prize or presented to people people for some other reason. The key interest of the plate is the hand-painted picture of Central Public School, located on a dirt street. The D.B. Simpson dwelling on the left is still standing as well as the corner house, on the west side. On the right or east side a portion of the small frame house next to the museum can be no ticed. This plate could ftave been made up when the present school was built to commemorate the occasion. On the street in the picture lived a man by ■the name of "Silver", who made complete the wooden wooden well pump. I've seen one or two and the workmanship workmanship was excellent. Thus we have Silver Street named in his honour. honour. This plate will be on display at the Open House on June 3 at Central Central Public School. Central Students Take Part In Chataqua Performances CHICKEN 'N' RIBS Hanc's FISH W CHIPS 89 King St. E. 623-4262 Bowmanville lYKSTRA'S ELICATESSEN FOOD MARKET "Home of Quality" 77 King Street W., Bowmanville 623-3541 k V/ïïîTil iFTkS tl-fïH VI fil I J I MU Over 25 Years of Professional Real Estate Service 234 King St. East, Bowmanville 623-3393 , Short recalls by research research historian Wm. Bagnell, former student of Central Public School. by Wm. Bagnell A very worthwhile, entertaining entertaining enterprise was "Chataqua" or "Cftatau- qa"; an Indian word meaning "Travelling Troops". This was the first glimpse of fine arts and performing people that some smaller towns had ever seen. An advanced party would seek out a sponsor, say a service club or businessmen's group, to take on the sale of a specified number of season tickets to guarantee guarantee sufficient sales to make it worthwhile to declare declare a show stop. This was an American organization, organization, which erected a circus-like tent on the site chosen. Permission was granted and the use of the grounds, probably for a flat fee, was approved approved for the season. The Central Public School property had the first and last of these very entertaining concerts, concerts, for a period of about six or seven years, starting 1927-28, as taras taras I can recall. "Chataqua" would have a number of tents located in towns around our province and the "travelling casts" would rotate on these at prescheduled prescheduled dates. The excellent programs programs included singers, dancers, speakers, magicians, magicians, plays, musicians, acrobats, bands, etc, and blended in with the professional professional talent were local people. Indeed they were very professional. The performances played to sold out audiences every night and Saturday afternoon afternoon matinees. Colourful lighting and brilliant costumes costumes enhanced each act. The tents were huge, three-pole things that took systematic arranging arranging to raise the canvas - the students pitched in (for free tickets) to help pull the tent into shape, which was fastened to large rings on the poles. The drop 6' sidings were hooked into place all the way round to finish it off. Outside the tent, another wall of canvas was erected erected to prevent people getting getting in without tickets. Quite comfortable folding seats (bring your own cushions) were placed in a full semi-circle to the portable stage so one could see the stage clearly. clearly. Dressing ancj changing changing rooms were off in the wings and entrance areas. areas. The writer recalls appearing appearing in a Saturday minor minor action skit but feeling kind of important to be chosen. A well known singer, Mel Dale, was always always taken on every summer summer with singing groups and there were others. Each troupe of players remained for about a week before moving on to their next stop. They were indeed _ wonderful days, in our fair town, on tfte Central School grounds. Phone 623-5019 W JT-kTT» BEAUTY SHOP "Total Look" 71 King St. Eaat Bowmanville "OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK (MON., THURS. and FRI. EVENINGS)" Appolntmanta Not Alwaya Naoaaaary HOMELIFE ADVANTAGE REALTY LTD. Realtor Member 112 KING ST. E., BOWMANVILLE 623-9110 WXAZy Color Your World 237 King St. E., Bowmanville 623-9750