PAGE 8, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESAY, JUNE 24.1987 wh itby bus ines s Town drugstore offers free delivery service Retiring principal recalls one-room schoolhouse days By DONNA DONALDSON A neighborhood drug store is of- fering customers a little more. Bailey's IDA Drug Store at 362 Brock St. S. in Whitby has in- troduced a free all-day delivery service. "I always offered customers a type of delivery service and decided to jump into it full stream," said Jeff Bailey, phar- macist/owner of the store, now 10 years old. Bailey has had high school boys delivering for him in the past by bicycle or their own vehicle. He recently purchased a Chevet- te Scooter automobile from Nurse Chev/Olds to make the delivery runs. John Stotts of Whitby, was hired by Bailey to handle the driving and delivering. Stotts was postmaster in Oshawa and Whitby for five years, and was personnel manager in the divisional office in Toronto until his retirement. 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I THE CORPORATION OF THE Whitby I By MIKE JOHNSTON After seven years as principal at Whitby Senior Public School (now Leslie McFarlane) John Francom has decided to retire. He has been in the education field since 1949, and since 1961 has been the principal at four different schools in the Oshawa-Whitby area. "I grew up in Windsor and my first teaching job was in a one-room county schoolhouse where I taught all eight grades. There aren't too many of us left who did that," says Francom whose love for music has always been a part of his life. He still makes time to teach piano to Grade 6 students at the school. "If you have a skill with students and you don't practice it, it quickly disappears," says Francom of his love to teach music. "I still provide the leadership I'm supposed to but I make the time to teach," he says. His first job as principal was at South Simcoe in Oshawa. Five years later he moved over to Gran- dview and then to Gertrude Colpus. In 1980 he became principal at Whitby Senior. He recalls the 1950's and 1960's as major expansion times for schools in Ontario. "Schools were popping up like bad mushrooms all over the place. In the mid-1960's trying to get staff was extremely difficult," he says. The problem, he says was that training facilities were not turmng out teachers fast enough. To combat that shortage, Fran-. com says teachers were hired who had the talent and the desire to teach but did not necessarily have the training. -"You can learn on the job if you have the talent and the desire," says Francom. Today schools are still popping up but they are more localized, says Francom. And teachers are "extremely well trained. "You have to have a pretty good academic background to be a teacher and if a job becomes available you have to select bet- ween three or four excellent can- didates." Whitby Senior was dubbed a 'middle' school, with Grades 6 to 8. "A fascinating group to work with. They come in here boys and girls and they leave young men and women," he says. Unlike senior schools that have a Grade 7 and 8, Francom says that with Grade 6 more time is available to get to know the students. Having a musical background, Francom is a great believer in sub- jects besides reading, writing and arithmetic. "Particularly with students this age, they need to develop that cultural aspect." At this stage of their lives, they are going faster than they ever have before," He says students are ready to learn co-operation, teamwork and are ready to follow rules. So Fran- com decided to develop the cultural subjects at the school when he became principal. "The academics here were already in great shape when I got hile no extra time could be taken for the cultural subjects, Francom decided to make better use of the time the students already had by hiring teachers who would make use of that tine. "I don't believe in diddling with those subjects. -If a student has an interest in mpsic or art, they deser- ve me chance tot earn tsse skils, according to Francom is through "hademially, while he still strongly believes intehng tre Gade 6 o8 "nee support to firm JOHN FRANCOM is retiring as principal of-Whitby Senior Public School. Free Press photo their junior years. "They don't move forward as fast at this age group. They have reached a sort of plateau. In these years it is more of a sideways ex- pansiqn that a forward expansion." A lot of the kids look so big but the body develops faster than the mind so you find a lot of little kids in big bodies." He believes his tenure at Whitby Senior has been a success. He an- nually checks the grades of studen- ts who have gone on to high school from Whitby Senior. In the past seven years, Francom says less than one per cent of the students who were on Whitby Senior's honor role let their grades slip and the same is true for studen- ts in general who went on to high school. "We prepare them for high school," says Francom adding that it is the teachers at the school who have established that standard. Now 57, Francom says he is ready to retire. He has set no firm plans but he intends to stay active in the Whitby and Oshawa little theatre groups. " Retiring is being able to do what you want when you want." The principal next year at Leslie MacFarlane wiil be Thom Park, now principal at Woodcrest in Oshawa. MacFarlane will be a kin- dergarten to Grade 8 school after boundary changes. changes. Youth beaten A 16-year-old youth was beaten over the back of his head with a broom handle and kicked in the mouth as he walked along Evergreen St. with a friend. Durham Regional Police report the two youths were walking along the street when they were ap- proached by two males. One of the males beat the 16-year- old while the other male chased the youth's friend along Evergreen with a garden cultivator. Police are investigating the in- cident. Crime Stoppers Indecent acts Crime Stoppers and Durham Regional Police are again asking for the public's help in identifying a man for numerous indecent ac- ts in the north Whitby area. Over the pastthree months a man has indecently exposed him- self to women and children on atleast nine occasions both during the day and evemng. On occasion he will go to a convenience store, draw attention to himself and then commit the act. On two oc- casions he was riding a bicycle. He is described as: white; male; about 25; about 5'10"; long dark hair. He usually wears light jeans and t-shirt. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest. In addition Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for infor- mation leading to an arrest in any serious crime. Callers never have to give the names or appear in court. The Crime Stoppers number is: 1-800-387-8477, free for ail calls in- cluding pay phones. Sgt. Spndy Ryrie is the police co-ordinator and can be reached at the above number or through the Durham Regional Police. General Hospital ANNUAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Corporation will be held THURSDAY, JUNE 25.1987 commencing at 8:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria of the Hospital The Meeting wili be held to: 1. Review Minutes of previous meetings. 2. Receive Reports. 3. Amen'd Aiministrative Hospital By-laws. 4. Appoint Auditors. 5. Elect Members to the Board. 6. Discuss any matter raised at the meeting. Copies of the Hospital By-laws and Financial Statements may be examined at the office of the Secretary at any time during normal business hours or wili be mailed to members on request. By Order of the Board, James R. Miller Secretary 1 u-p- 7iât h--as- be-e-n taug-h-t to them in or