Ontario Community Newspapers

Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 14 May 1999, p. 18

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à~~L~L4 Efficient and economical cooling fromt an air condi- tioner that delivers traditional Lennox qualily at an affordable price. AIR CONDITIONIER EMI Ducteas SpiIt Î WSPIWBP 9 ýý unit Mouant Digitali EMERSON QUIET KOOLO "T" chassie 12, 000 to 18, 000 BTUs Former student wants to k ~ T The smeii of lilacs in church and singing Christmas songs on CFRB radio with her ciassmates. Those are just two memories that Mîlton' s Joan White has treasured of her years at Holy Rosary School. Now, with the school poised to he razed this sum- mer, she is hoping for one more chance to revisit the nid days with former students and educators. To that end, she is helping organize a reunion. Lt will take place at thse school gym on Saturday, May 29 from 6:30 until 11:30 P.M. The $5 tickets are being sold at Gold Connection and 'lie Key Centre. Proceeds wiil go towards books and other educa- tionai supplies for the new school. The original Holy Rosary opened in 1954 and is set to be tom down this July. Ms White attended the school from 1965-1972. At that time, events such as thse annual May crown- ing were stili held. "We had tlsem every year, since May is the month of (Tise Virgin) Mary," said Ms White. The ides was to select a young student to be Mary, who would then be crowned with a wreath of flowers. "The smell of lilacs was just rampant in tise church," recalled Ms White. Ms White has heen working to ensure that former students and teachers wiIl have a chance to wander the halls again at the reunion and relive those memories. 'The school is getting tom down and no one was thinking of doing anything," she said. Ms White tested the ides of a reunion by asking a cousin who sits on tihe school's parent council to float the suggestion at a meeting. The response was good. Now word is spreading through Catholic school board newsletters, notices on churcis biliboards and word of mouts. Many former students have not lefi town, said Ms White. 1I see people going tlsrough the school with their kids who are ast HoIy Rosary now," said Ms White, whose own children attend the school. "My grade eight teacher is stili there." A supply teacher Ms White recalis fmom her years at the school taught her own child not long ago. "Lt was nice going there and having her teach my kida," she said. Something had to be done to commemorate the old schooi, said Ms White. "It was the only separate school in town, 1 believe, for 20 years," she said. "Ail of my faniily went there. The school's important, 1 think." Dateline Notices for Dateline should b. handed in at the Friday May 14 office of The Champion, 191 Main St. E., mailed The Milton Players Theatre Group presents the Last to P.O. Box 248, Milton, Ont., L9T 4N9, or faxed of the Red Hot Levers by Neil Simon. Thie show is to (905) 878-4943. The final deadline is noon staged at the Milton Seniors' éctivity Centre, 500 Friday for Tuesday 's edifion and noon Childs Dr. Tickets, which costýl0, are available ist Wednesday for Friday's edition. Dateline items Delacourts on Main Street. For more information, cail will not b. accepted by telephone. asee more DATELINE on page 36 I -

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