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New High School Opened
At Georgetown Yesterday
Hon Keir Clark. Minister of Ed- ; present and named the firms and I deavouring to give -the young
oration, yesterday afternoon of- fir-‘wally opened the new $75,000.00 Hl'1h School at Georgetown.
He congratulated Mr. Howard,fUnd- He then introduced Mayor 0/I’/lCL€aIl, chairman of the boardiR. Solomon, who stated that al- of trustees and the other mem-‘though the new school was 25 bcrs of the board on the excellent years late in coming he wished work of financing this great‘to congratulate the people of the undertaking. Mr. Clark also con-lcommunity who worked so hard gratulated the citizens and teach-lto make it possible. He extended ers for their foresight and agres- a warm welcome to the visiting siveness in erecting such a mod-ldignitaries and all citizens. ern school. He then thanked the Dr. Lloyd Shaw, Deputy Min- previous speakers for their ex- ister of Education then spoke pression of appreciation to him and congratulated the community and the government for their as-ion its effor and stated that en. SiSi3nC9- ‘ viornment builds an attitude to-
Mr. H.-S. Macliean, chairmanlward life, ind in erecting this! of the board. welcomed thosenew school, the citizens were en-I
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individuals ‘who so generouslylpeople that environment which made donations to the bu1ld1ng;would create such an attitude.. ‘He challenged the pupils to leave a
this new school with more know- ledge than when they came, to listen to and absorb the advice
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of their teachers, and to leave the school in its present excellent. condition. '
Other s p e a k e r s were Rev. I Owen Kiggins, Rev. W. A. Patter-» son and Lewis Herring, school-ln- I spector. -
Following the official ceremon- ies, the visiting dignitaries and citizens and guests sat down to a delicious turkey supper served by th ladies of the community.
Completion Of New School Brings Geo’town Dreams Truel
trances at the north end of the the west end of the east-west North-south corridor and at corridor. The janitor's entrance \vhich leads to the basement,
With the completion and of- ficial opening of Geoirgetowifs new 10-room High School, the dreams, hopes and aspirations of residents. both young and old, of the Capital Town of Kings County. have become a reality. The beautiful and mod- ernly equipped school building stands as a material symbol to the foresight. the planning and energy of the citizens of this community, who recognized the crying need for a large and new structure to replace the old and antiquated school’ which has served this Town for one hundred years.
It was at an annual school meeting, held on June 5th, 19- 56 that the problem first receiv- ed serious consideration. A meeting was called for July 12th. 1956, when plans were further discussed. Finally on the now memorable night of December 4th, 1956, the rate- payers filled the Town Hall to capacity and there finalized plans for the school’s con- struction. A building commit- tee of seven men, which in- cluded the three man Board of Trustees, was appointed to plan and supervise every phase of the project. The members of this committee were :Chairman of the Board of Trustees; Mr. Howard S. Mac‘Lean; G. Walter Soloman; Mir. James
MacConnel1 J I'.; Dr. A. Ken- nedy; Mayor, Raymond W. Soloman ; Mr. A. H. Stewart
and Mr. J. Waldzron Lavers.
INTEREST CONTINUES
During the months since Dec- ember, 1956 to the present, the interest and effort have not slackened; A vast amount of work was placed on the should- ers of the Chairman of Trustees and his fellow Trustees and the other building committee members. Individuals and organ- izations spared no effort to ensure the financial success of the undertaking.
A gigantic tea party was held last summer, towards which all citizens contributed in var- ious ways by their patronage and donations. Concerts and various forms of entertainment also .helIped to ensure financial success. Cash donations have already been received from former Georgetoinians amount- ing to over \$300 and from out- side-tihe-town firmsbf _$100- nations from organizations with- in the Town have, to (13439 amounted to $1,600.
The cost of the beautiful school to date stands at at!- vproximately $75,000. T0 511‘ ance its construction, the school district has raised a
EASTERN GUARDIAN SPECIAL services continue
nightly, Monday to Friday in “he Montague Bible Chapel.
ANNUAL MEETING L a d I e s Curling Club Tuesday. 8 091001! in club room. Election of officers.
«$4.000, has been drawn.
W/eniy year guaranteed loan of $45,000. It has received by way Of grant from the Provincial Government the sum of $24,- 000. When the district’s real estate was reassessed and taxes of necessity raised, the amount of increase in taxes was earma-rked as a sinking fund. From -this fund the amount of _ _ Don- ations amounting to datei to $2.000; all combine to cover the $75,000 expenditure.
Excavation for t-he school was started on the site on June 15th, 1957. with actual construction getting underway on June 25th. Construction insurance was carried at all times and progres- sively increased as the con- struction proceeded. Permanent insurance amounting to $70,000 was placed on the building on completion. The great interest and dedicated purpose toward the finalizing of the project can well be illustrated by the action of the following organizations, who have by donations already made and pledges for the nec- essary balance, each furnished one classroomwith pupils chair- desks, teaclheirfis desk and teacher’s chair. Those organ- izations are: -- The Home and School Association. The George- town Branch of the Canadian Legion; The Holy Name Soc- iety and Catholic Women’s Lea- gue of St. James Church; The Town of Georgetown; The CoIrrImuInli'tlY Wlelifare League; and The Ladies Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion.
TEN CLASSROOMS
,The school contains 10 class- rooms which can accommodate pupils up to and including Grade XII. Each room is -22 feet by 31 feet. The building is shaped in the form of an ‘L’, fironting’ on Kent Street, with a north to south frontage of 130 -feet and rims east and west 118 feet, I 6 inches. A corridor runs through the cen- ter of each leg of the ‘L’. The main entrance is recessed and faces Kent Street at the south- east corner. There are on-
which contains the furnace room and water supply machin- ery, is situated at the back of the school at the inside corner of the ‘L.’
Besides the 10 classrooms, there are a teachers room and also a library, a section of which could be utilized for la- boratory work. Both the teach- er's room and the library are located at the southeast corner, just to the left of the main en- trance. The ceilings of all class- rooms, library, teachers room, corridors and lavatories are of white ceiling tile. The walls are plaster and are white in colour. A four foot high doug- las fir wainscoating is in all rooms and corrridors. , This wainscoating and all interior woodwork is beautifully var- nished, this work being done by M_r. John Murphy.
The floors throughout are covered with vinyl tile. The cor- ridors being done all in one col- our, with the rooms done in a two-colour pattern. Each class- room is lighted by six (61 fluores- cent, two bar, rapid-start lights. Each room has two chalk boards; one 4 feet by 16 feet on the end wall of each room and one on the side wall measuring 4 feet by 12 feet. A cupboard, containing drawers and shelves, for‘ books and other classroom material storage is built in each room. Each room has on its rear wall a tack board or bulletin board, measuring 4 feet by 8 feet. The pupi1’s chair-desks, teaeher’s desk and teacher's chair are of the most modern type and were supplied by Ven Rez Products Ltd., of Sahelburne, N. S_.
Four of the classrooms nearest the end corridor entrances have one door each leading into the corridors. The other six class- rooms have two doors each. Ten cloak closets, one to serve each c l a s s r o o in, are conveniently located in the corridors and are recessed into the walls. All ceil- ings and walls throughout are in- sulated with fiber glass insula- tion. Each classroom has two large windows; each being 11 feet by 7 feet and each contain-
ing nine lights. The windows are of the double glass type, which
GUESTS AT
Mr. John A. M-acdonald, mem- ber of Parliament for Kings County, and Mrs. Macdonald, are seen at a reception and dance in their honor, which was held last week in Montague. A very large crowd was in attendance. The reception was
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I Tues.. April 15. 1958 The Guardian Page 5 lllgame Men I
Have Known”
The regular monthly meeting of the Murray Harbour Murray River Little Sands Men's Asso- ciation was held in the Murray Fiver United Church on Monday ast.
Rev. Mr. Fraser of Montague Trinity Church addressed the men and gave a very interesting talk on “Some Men I ha-ve known those men were raised in very humble circumstances and in spite of many difficulties were able to rise to very high position; in CI11lI‘Clh and state. '
In the aibsence of the Presi- dent, the Past President, Walter Biuell, presided. Mr. Buell was absent from the district during the annual meeting so he then gave a very thorough report on the groups activities.
Mr. Kenneth MacLeod led the group in prayer and with Mr. William Stuart at the organ sev- eral hymns were sung.
After the business meeting was adjourned the men of the Mur-
ray River church served 2 vet-yIEaster Holidays with his parentuidaugliter Pauline
delicious lunch. The meeting was closed by past president Walter Buell.
I GEORGETOWN
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l The first fresh herring of the I1953 Spring fishing season were lnetted on Saturday, April 5th., gw-hen Mr. Frank Rafuse caught »four in his nets. At the time Mr. Rafuse did not have his ~wn boat launched but was accompanied by Mr. James Llewellyn, whose boat the two fishermen used.
Mr. Harold Dicks left on Sat- undaiy, April 5th. for Borden, to resume his duties as a crew me- mlber of the ferry Abeigweit, after spending the winter at his ‘nine in Georgetown.
Mns. Lawrence S. Ba-tchilder visited Chanlot-tetorwn for several days early in the week, where her husband is a patient in the Charlottetown Hospital.
Mr. Stewart Hansen left on Monday, on return to Saint Jdhn, N. B., where he will resume his duties on the staff of the Bank of Nova Scotia, after spending the
are visiting Mrs. Lavie's parents.
motored to the City on Tuesday, April 8th.
lese students 16%? 011 Tuesday. after spending their holidays at their homes hi Georgetown: Gerald F. Murphy. Gerald D- Murphy. Paul Batclhi1- der, Roger Solomon, Terry solo- man and Ray Murphy,
or to Charlottetown early in the week.
of Carleton M13 and Mrs. N. Hansen. iwere recent guests of Mrs. Mac-
Mrs. Charles Lavie and fawmily»Cauum~, brothel.’ M1.’ Norman Thompson and Mrs. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence David. .3 C
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Solomon
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The followsing St. Dunstan's Col- returned to col-
Mrs. N. W. Hansen was a visit-
Mrs. Avalali Maccallum and
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Souris - Montague
RECEPTION
held by the Kings County Y. c’s' Mr. Macdonald has
a checkup. -
since become a patient in the Veter- ans Wing of the P.E.I. Hospital. His many friends hope he will be back around as usual after
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eliminates the necessity of put- ting on and taking off storm sashes. Two transom openings are installed in each window, one being at the top and one at the bottom. The windows through- out the building are fitted with yellow plastic blinds.
The school bells are electric adapted bells and are placed one in each corridor‘ and one outside
on the roof. Concrete steps, with pipe railings. lead to the en-'~ trances. Fire extinguishers are! placed on the wall inside each ofl the three entrances as well as. one at the entrance to the fur- nace room. A fire station is built into the wall in each corridor and these contain the fire hose. The boys, girls. and teachers (male and female) lavatories are centrally located where the two corridors meet They are com- pletely equipped with toilet bowls, urinals, wash basins, towel and soap containers. A drinking fountain is located in each corri- dor. The sewage disposal sys-
tem consists of ii concrete sep-
tic tank, 21 feet by 7 feet by 6 feet; from which runs a 6-inch tile drain to the shore, a dis-
tance of approximately 1,500 feet. Mr. Robert Machon of
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We welcome one and all to come and see the
, New Cockshufi 550 Tractor
Evening FILM SHOW held at Murray River Public Hall — 8 p.m. — Door Prizes.
GIDDINGS,
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Murray River
Full attendance requested.
SPECIAL: spinning rod. T691. line and three lures, $11-95- Jam1'eson’s Pharmacy. Montague-
CAMBRIDGE VARIETY con- cert, New Perth Halli Wednes‘ day, April 16th, 8:15 p.m.
REGULAR meeting ladies aux- lliary, Canadian Legion, Wednes- day April 16th at Mrs. Leonard Gillis.
ATTEND the Spring Tea_1n MacKenzie Hall, Trinity United Church, Montague, 011 Wednes‘ day, April 16th. Fancywork and Home Cooking.
I HAVE one used d1'0P head Singer sewing machine for sale. Good working condition. Bangam price. George Boudreau. M0103“ gue, your singer representative.
WINS LAMP —- The winner of the lamp lotteried by_ the Junlol‘ Hospital Aid of Souris was Mrs. J .J . MacDonald of Souris. Lucky
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Montague installed the heating
and plumbing systems.
Heating is provided by a com-
pletely automatic Volcano
burning unit and the radiators The building is divided into four heat- ing zones, each having its own Furnace fuel oil, stored in a 1000 gallon tank which
are of the convector type.
thermostat.
is placed underground.
The foundation which was in-. stalled by County Construction
Co.. is of reinforced concrete.
The nearly flat roof which
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NOTICE
All school taxes in arrears owing to York School Dis- trict No. 23 not paid it by 1953 will be
May 1st, handed in for collection.
By order of Trustees.
Lewis‘ Vessey, Secretary
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Thursday, April 17th. Benefit claims will be taken
and information given about unemployment in- surance matters, including employment. In both
Montague Hours:
Interviews 1.00 pm. to 5.00 p.mA. Pub-lie meerl-ing 7:30 p.m.
April 16 and at Souris,
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All citizens interested and living within travelling distance of Souris and Montague, are invited to visit the temporary offices in these places on the
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