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LJ hohe Continued from Page 1 accompanied by Joanne Jack- son. Valedictorian this year was Brian - Donnelly and below Ladies" and. Gentlemen, Honoured Guests and Fellow Graduates is his address printed in full: I am saying farewell for ONTARIO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AUCTION SALE of TWO RURAL SCHOOLS DATE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24th, 1969 Premises may be viewed immediately pior to the auctions, FIRST SCHOOL -- SEBRIGHT - - at 1:30 p.m. Size of lot -- 1 acre more or less. Part of Lot 21, Concession C, Township of Rams. School built approximately 1900, Brick construction on stone footings, no basement, steel roof. Two washrooms. SECOND SCHOOL -- RIVERVIEW - at 3:00" p.m; (approx.), Situated approximately: 4 miles north of Cannington beside a lovely river. Size of lot -- 114 acres more or less, Part of south half of Lot 5, Concession 2, : Township of Thorah, "4 School building approximately 49' x 24° and built in 1926. Brick with concrete and stone divided basement, Hot air, oil fired furnace. Hardwood flooring. Cedar shingle roof. Modern lighting fixtures, two washrooms and toilets. Gravel road., Driving shed. TERMS OF SALE -- Both Schools are subject to a reserve bid. Certified cheques in the name of "The Ontario. County Board of Education" in the amounts of $100. for Se- bright School, and $600. for Riverview School, must be delivered to the agent of the Board upon completion of each auction sale. In addijtion each purchaser shall sign an agreement to purchase the school at the com- pletion of each auction. The balance of the purchase price will be payable in cash on. closing. Forty-five days are allowed from the date of sale for closing. . AUCTIONEERS: Reg Johnson & Son - 'Sunderland '- Phone 357-3270 "|thing was a new experience, "|to realize that we had grown ; 'Stone and Concrete footings. ONTARIO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION "AUCTION SALE of TWO RURAL SCHOOLS DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1969 Premises may be viewed immediately pior to the auctions. FIRST SCHOOL -- COLUMBUS - at 1:30 p.m. Situated west side of Columbus on north side of Seventh Concession Road. Size of lot -- 134 acres more or less. . Zoning - -- Residential * Part of the South half of Lot 13, Concession 1, - Township. of East Whitby. School built in 1930. and has since been modernized : with fixtures, etc. Full basement, tile flooring. Walls being. stone and concrete, plus brick and stucco. Forced hot air, oil furnace. Two 'wash rooms having or toilets: "Asphalt Roof," i 4 Hardtop Road.' L Wh SECOND SCHOOL - -- CONLINS - at 2: 30 pm. i Situated east of Simcoe Street on the Fifth Concession > ad known as Conlins Road, Size of lot 1 acre more or. 'less. Zoning: -- 'Residential - RD) "Part of the North half of Lot 12, Concession 4, Township of East Whitby. : School building approximately 27 x 49, frame and stucco. Slesiet No basement. ' Forced: air 'conversion furnace. i Two washrooms with toilets,' septic. Hardwood flooring, asphalt 'roof. Road is hardtop,' "TERMS OF SALE -- Both Séhogls, are subject toa' reserve bid. Certified cheques in the name of "The Ontario County Board of Education" in the amounts of $1,400. for Co: *lumbus School, dnd $800. for Conlins School, must be 'delivered to the agent of the Board upon completion of each auction sale. In addition each purchaser. shall "sign an: agreement to purchase the school at the com- pletion of each auction. The balance of the purchase price will be payable in cash on closing. Forty-five days are allowed from the date of sale for closing. 3 AUCTIONEERS: Ted Jackson and Ted Spencely Port Perry - Phone 085-7047 '| Birt, the Hooter, and' Catp '1 | shared themselves with us. | they were more than 'teach. '| teachers a thanks for all you | education a personal - learn. Brian Donnelly Excellent Valedictorian my fellow graduates and can feelings. I shall tell you what High School meant to me and hopefully to my fel- low graduates. High.schoal was an experi- ence which began one Sept- ember morning, not so long ago, seated roughly where we are tonight. Grade nines to the front of the gymnasi- um, tens behind, .and so on. Surprisingly we are in. a much similar symbolic ar- rangement tonight; the social community at the back and we the newcomers at the front. Grade nine was the most exciting year because every- ----We were newcomers. We didn't know what to expect or what was expected of us. We soon found out. -- I want your notes neat and under- lined"--"stand up and speak clearly -- out in th aisle-- don't lean on the desk!" -- The terror instilled in us, and terror is the word I'm sure some of us would use, caused us to perform in the desired manner. But grade nine wasn't all as bad as that, though I haven't mentioned other tortures they put us through. (Cadets! Oh well) . The years passed. We were changing. We began to have feelings about what was hap- pening around us. We were beginning to develop a self out of the nothingness of grade nine. Our characters were forming. i Grade ten, twelve and thir- teen (our final years respect- ively) heralded a significant change. in outlook. We began up. The days of our child- hood and our high school soon have to make a choice concerning our futures. This thought changed our outlook upon school. People meant more to us. We took re- newed interest in our class- mates, people we had spent our high school days with hadn't really known. Last year was an attempt to get to know each other; who we were and where we were go- ing. But before we look at these questions of who we are and where we're going one. can't avoid considering what High School meant to us. : | -High school to me repre- sents a set of feelings pro- duced by. the many experien- cesT had." These feelings 'T low graduates now. What do Uncle Jerry, Black bring to mind? with others were. central: fig- ures of our high school days. They were the people' who They 'were 'our teachers, Buf ers: they were real people. I would like to address to the gave to us--guidance, under: standing, concern, and direc: our characters, They made ing experience, They said: -- A Direct your eye right inward, and you'll find A thousand regions in your mind Yet undiscovered. Travel them and be. only hope that I express their ' days were ending. We would |, '| control. Famine was potenti- will try to arouse in my fel-|: 1 Man remains unable to deal They. along i tion in the development 'of |. graphy, (Walden-- I'm sure I speak for all the graduates when I say we owe to. you more than. we can ever realize or possibly re- pay.- 'We thank you, our teachers. : Our thanks doesn't end here; it 'only begins... To our ence. We thank you for 'the gift of life'. But you gave us more than just life, you made life for us. You introduced we newcomers to society. You gave yourself to us. You sacrificed for us. You have made us what we are. We hope that you can look at us and feel that your efforts were not wasted. We thank you our parents. ] High school was experien- ces which have entered our memories to remain. Events such as the magazine cam- paign, cadets, students' coun- cil, wrestling, football, bas- ketball and dances. mean something to us. They are part of our lives. High school represents con- tacts with each other which can not be forgotten and which, though we may part tonight, will occur again in the future. We have graduated, and have chosen-a path to follow, each his own. some have entered the community di- rectly, some institutions of higher learning, such as teachers' college, nursing school, community college or university. What lead us to these choices and how do we feel about what we are doing and where we are gding? I shall attempt to tell it the way -it is for us and you. Modern science was born about four hundred years ago with Galileo who stressed the experimental method.. The philosophers of that day stu- died the human situation and the problems facing man, which have become symbol- ized in 'the four horsemen of the Apocalypse' The horse- men representing strife, war, plague, and famine. The phi- losophers saw in Science the potential to control plague and famine. Man, therefore, set out in that direction. The next four hundred years produced advances. Plague was brought under ally eliminated. That is, the potential to eliminate it ex- ists but we won't apply that potential. Why? cae What of war and strife? effectively with, these horse, men. Why? Youth led by the intellect- uals the 'world over are ask- ing WHY. They are studying the human situation, . our value system, our moral sys eral. They are attempting to develop faculties in 'man which will allow the handling of these horsemen. Questions are being asked. What should be the role of government? : What should be the role of the church? What should be the role of of education? ; What should be the role of of mankind? "Realizing that this is a transition period in which values and 'the system' are changing does little though Henry David Thoreau) | parents we owe our" exist- PORT PERRY STAR -- Thursday, Nov. 13 1969 - 13 Continued from front page he was pleased to see such a large gathering of veterans on hand for this occasion. . Zone Commander, Keith Ferguson'brought greetings to Branch 419 from' the Prov- incial Command and offered his best wishes for the future. Reeve Robert Kenny, brought greetings from the Village of Port Perry and welcomedall present on behalf of the village. . Ted Jackson spoke on behalf of the First World War Veterans and stated that although they were getting few in number in the village, they were thankful that they were still able to _be present. Mr. Jackson said he was happy to see that so many of the younger veterans were taking part in the activities of the Branch. He presented the book "On the Shores of Scugog" to the Legion. Presi- dent Jack Cook accepted the book on behalf of the Branch and thanked Mr. Jackson for the gift. Dr. M.B. Dymond intro- duced the guest speaker for the evening, William Newman, M.P.P: for Ontario South, and Honour Fallen Comrades outlined some of Mr, New- man's achievements. Mr. Newman brought greet- ings from. the Province and from the Prime Minister, the Honourable John Robarts. Mr. Newman spoke briefly on how the Provincial Govern- ment works, Mr, Newman said that. the government does work with the Legion and offered his services if there was anything that he could do to help the Port Perry "Branch. Mr. Newman said that people are always asking the government why this hasn't been done and why that hasn't been done. He said there is only one answer and that is money. He said there are many things the government would like to do, but.to do these things, more money would: have to be raised and this would mean higher taxes. He said that by 1973, national product will only be up by 40%. Mr. Newman then held a brief question period when he and Dr. Dymond answered numerous are disillusioned with life. Disillusionment is a major disease in" society today. What is the point of rearrang- is the point. of rearranging ing the furniture, reading books, doing meaningless assignments or work? What does it achieve? These are twentieth century substj- tutes for real survival activ- ity foraging for food,.avoid- ing the elements, and no matter how one looks at them they are substitutes, poor substitutes. The prob- lem today is to create substi- tutes which are fulfilling. The problem today. is to make effective use of one's leisure time and to perform a stimulating and functional job. Our job is to introduce ef- fective progress. - "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide en- ough for those who have too little." (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) We must look at the prob- lems of the world--poverty, famine, pollution, population explosion, social injustice, racial 'inequality and other problems both local and' dis- tant and be willing to extend a hand. We must approach the world maturely. "The mark of the imma- ture man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the ma- ture man is that he wants to live humbly for one." (unknown) We must fight the dehu-. manizing system to remain human entities and thereby avoid 1084. . We must create a humani- tarian world. ' These are the challenges which we, the. graduating year, see ahead of us. The road will be rough and our questions, Reeve Robert Kenny thanked Mr. Newman on behalf of the Legion. President Jack Cook thanked the ladies. Port Perry's two oldest veterans Mr. Samual Eyre and Mr. Herbert Buckland were again on hand for this occas- ion. Navyjin 1901, %nd Mr. Buck- land 1a Boer War veteran. "REMEMBRANCE " DAY SERVICE - The Annual Remembrance Day Service on Sunday 9th November in St. Johns Port Perry was augmented by the parade of the Canadian Leg- ion who were accompanied by the Fire Brigade, the Girl Guides and Brownies, and the Cubs." The Caledonia Pipe Band from - Oshawa led the march to the door of the church and the Colour Party made a fitting Guard of Hon- our. It was d capacity congregat- ion, every part of the sanct- uary being required. Mr. Don- ald Milne welcomed the visit- ors in the name of the session assuring them it was a great honour for St. Johns to have them: One of the scripture lessons was read by Mr. J.C. Cook, President of Branch 419, Port Perry and the choir in a fitting anthem, "Dear Land of Home" to the tune Finlandia, proved inspiring. The sermon based on John 3:16 centred around the theme, "The Peace of Calvary"' of: God's love, the Proof of it 'and. the Purpose, to bring salvation' to all who respond in sincere pentience and faith. "Mr." Grant MacDonald, to make it possible for the min- ister to reach Ashburn in time for the sermon, brought the service to a close in the final hymn and benediction. It was a truly memorable day for the John's, destination will not be reach- ed in our lifetime; but like you, we shall point our child- ren in the right direction and trust that one day shall reach that destination. I thank you: Expert in home - cosmo- to console individuals who Brian Donnelly HOMES WANTED L. RIAL RTA APD BtAcTOR 985.7373 nn, government. expenses will be _ up by 73% while our gross ° . Eyre joined the Royal - intimating, the Proclamation - members and friends of St..