Ontario Community Newspapers

The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), August 27, 1969, p. 5

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t A u or a K ENTHUSIASTIC TOURISTS History relives for students Terminate disposal agreement I Ml for l t month iho village and was ready By JOHN Era Staff Reporter AURORA R Smith isnt a text book teacher and he really goes out of his way to prove it RK as the exuberant history teach er from Dr W Williams Secondary School affectionately called believes that young people can get more excited about history and other stu dies if they learn through experience or pictures rather than a lot of stodgy textbook memory He got his ultimate chance to prove his theory four years ago when he was asked to act as Central Ontario area co for ships School a nonprofit organization devoted to stu dent travel and study Since then he has led hundreds of stu dents from the area through eight countries some of them more than once In his most recent ramble Mr Smith acted as for a fiveweek long cruis ing trip through the Mediterranean with 185 stu dents and their leaders who are mainly his tory and geography teachers This junket coincided with others in which a total of Canadian students rang ing in age from 14 to took part The S S pride of the Adriatic fleet picked up the students at Trieste following their ar rival from Paris Their it inerary Included stops at Venice Puis and Italy Piraeus and Athens in Greece through the Dar danelles to Istanbul Tur key and on to the Black Sea Romania and Odessa and Yalta in the S II Mr Smith brings back boxes of coloured sli des folders and booklets as well as souvenirs to add Interest In classes for the students who could not be there And during the win- recall their adventures disposal by Sutton in Citizen Accommodation the North Gwillimbury building until the end of Township dumps will ter- September Financial early next year with the Fade less negotiations provide ral government well as another answer other details have not been In a letter from the North Gwillimbury Council they said that they held a special meeting of council and were now ad- Mr K Archi bald with the firm of Kit- born Engineering Limited retained by the village consultants reported thai his firm had been going in- to difficult aspects of ser vices for the potential of meeting ad journed to allow council members to go out to In spect he some of the which would need work done to improve drain- Ships catching on quickly In the beginning the school here was only a wing of the Brit ish organization but two away from the parent body Water Works su- Dale Connor old on it vising Sulton that in six reported that a diescl cool I cant meting February ing at the filtration 12 the agreement will plant bad burned out again School Is have terminated which the This puis a pump out of Overworking tho on Aurora high school teacher Smith holds one of the many souvenirs he ac cumulated during a recent Mediterranean cruise with urea students under the Ships School plan Is currently planning corded resolution with all councillors but Mrs Jean Smith voting for it The Ontario Hous ing Corporation has reques ted council to hold oft the sold both within villas and without been requested to confine lawn an liar tin watering to evenings only This re striction should be able to lion the hard way History used to mean drudgery and dales If a boy can jump up during a history lesson and say Ive been there I can tell you all it thats a boy who Is going to point The group left the liner at Venice headed for Innsbruk Austria and then flew borne from Munich with a stop at Amsterdam Ing One restaurants Newmarket was selected queen of tho ship from a lineup of IGO girls of all nationalities tune for mountain climb ing and meeting new friends who would eventually 1m come penpals A regular period was set aside each day during the trip for semin ars to discuss activities phrases in the native lan guages and money systems And R was always on hand o tell an interesting anecdote about the historical sites COST IS ATTRACTIVE Mr Smith was amazed that the Ships School could offer all of Ibis for a mere per person I dont need to sell the rips he said Of those planned are a Journey to Rio de Janiero and a trip to Jap an for Expo SOME WANT students have Ideas of their own Mr Smith said ho Is currently considering a re quest by some of the boys The students arc never hard to handle he ob served They are always well chaperoned but Their enthusiasm is overwhelming This al one makes up for the fact WOODLANDS IMPROVEMENT ACT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM YORK AND PETER GORMAN SWIMMING POOL 000 Registration for September MOTHERS Hours for September PUBLIC SWIMMING ere follows Monilny pm to pm Satunlny St pm to pm Seasons tickets valid until September 000 The Pool will officially close on Sunday SECOND ANNUAL TOWN OF AURORA FIELD DAY Junior Softball Tournament Soccer Tournament Minor Baseball Championships Girls Boys Bicycle Races Track Field SAT AUG to S An exciting and funfilled weekend for the whole family GRADE TEXTS AVAILABLE MOW SCHOOL SUPPLIES IIIKIKS MUSIC I SAT Town Own Dr Devlin MD Announce He opening office for Genera Pi Suite G4 Medical Bui DRAPERY CLEANING RICHMOND HILL I I SUBSCRIBERS DIAL TRUCX OILS EVERY MOB HEP WE ONLY HAVE 11 EPICS LEFT We have sold of these great little imports that deliver 35 miles to the gal and comes with a GAJ new car warranty 1969 FORD GALAXIE 500 CHEVY 1966 CADILLAC 1964 ACADIAN 1965 RAMBLER 795o CLEARED OUT TO MAKE ROOM FOR 1970s MOTORS Ltd Yonge St S Aurora 7279444

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