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~~ Janice Byers Valedictorian At Blackstock High School Miss Janice Byers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Byers, Burketon, and presently attend- ing McDonald Institute, the University of Guelph, was vale- dictorian at the annual Com- mencement programme held in Blackstock, Friday evening, November 12. Janice had an over 80% aver- age for her five years at Cart- wright High School. Each year she was the winner of profici- ency prizes. Last year in Grade 13 she passed with first class honours in eight papers, and two with second class honours. She missed an Ontario Scholar- ship by a mere three marks; however Janice has been award- ed a McDonald Institute ent- rance scholarship valued at $600.00 and an Alumni scholar- ship valued at $325.00. Besides being a top student scholastically, Janice was very active in all phases of school life. She was Students' Coun- cil representative in Grade 9; four years later she/was elect- ed President. Each year Janice was a member of the Glee club. She had roles in three plays during her high school career and co-directed the winning play in our Drama night last year. As co-pianist for our producting of "Salad Days" a couple of years ago Janice de- monstrated her talent as a pianist. In addition to these school activities Janice found time to be a member of the Cartwright Fair Board and to continue her Girl Guides work and become a Gold Cord Guide. Janice is enrolled in the Home Economics course at McDonald Institute and it is her ambition to become a teacher of Home Economics. A Copy of her Valedictory address follows. Valedictory Address Mr. Paisley, members of the staff, fellow graduates, stud- ents, and friends: Tonight, members of the gra- duating class of 1965, we are sharing our last commencement at Cartwright High School. It's wonderful to be back in Black- stock, to sit in this familiar building with our friends and teachers once again. It seems almost as if we've returned home once more, and yet we realize we're only stopping in to say a final good-bye. It's hard to believe that at last we have achieved our goal of the past five or six years, but our diplomas offer full proof that | we have preserved and won the struggle. We now realize fully, who feel that their freedom that our high school days are must be earned. Let us deter-! over, there is no turning back.' mine to be that kind of people. | This part of our lives is finish- ed, and an entirely new life lies ahead of us, i futures were laid out. | ~We--gather here tonight as we did five years ago at our first commencement. Then, we were eagerly anticipating this new experience called high school. Each year came and passed quickly, and we began to realize that education is more than passing exams. We learned during those years the value of studying and hard work, ang _ the satisfaction which comes from applying our- selves to the task at hand. We formed here our moral and mental values, and an apprecia- tion of learning for its own sake. Our personalities develop here, and the blue prints for our We ac- cepted the good with the bad, the successes with the failures. Some of our classmates became memories as they gave up their studies to pursue different and seemingly brighter opportuni- ties of life. But some of us 'garried on, and our teachers worked with us, sharing their knowledge with us, encouraging us to do our best, and prodding us when we got behind. Their efforts were worthwhile, be- cause tonight we are graduat- ing. Most of us are now living away from home, facing a new world without our families and friends. our own merits, but on founda- tions laid by our parents, our communities. To these people, we humbly say thank you. We came to high school as girls and boys. Here, we lived in a small world that revolved about us, We are leaving as young men and women, to enter a world which is much larger, much more complex, and much more demanding, A mature person in our modern world does not live within the con- fines of a single village, or of a single country. He is a citi- zen of the world. Up until now, fellow graduates, our own problem has been our personal world; henceforth, our world is our personal problem. We are graduating and going forth into a world of which our forefathers, in their wildest imaginations, could never have dreamed. What should be our goal in this topsy-turvy world in which we find ourselves? Our generation is in desperate need of people who are fiercely honest, with the kind of hon- esty which considers a lie con- temptible, and a broken promise a disgrace--people with a pas- sion for work, not for fame or money, but for the satisfactions which come from achieving the difficult, or even attempting the impossible--people who are unashamed of their faith in God. and who live by the Golden Rule. Our generation needs people who are willing to dis- cipline themselves in the face of luxury and easy living--and this takes courage of the high- est order. If we have not learn- ed self discipline, the rest of our learning is in vain. Sir Walter Scott once called Napoleon "that wonderful being who could King Solomon very aptly phrased it when he said "He that ruleth his spirit is greater than he who taketh a city". Our world today needs honest, "dedicated, disciplined people, ' We may never see our names in lights, but we can have the | satisfaction of helping to make We do not stand on] teachers, our churches, and our not rule his own restless mind." | AT REST HOLMAN, Flora E.--At the Community Hospital Port Perry on Wed., Nov. 17, 1965, Flora E. Holman, beloved daughter of the late Gersham and Flora Holman, and dear sister of the late Mary E., James. G & John Holman, in her 71st year. Ser- vice was from the Chapel of McDermott - Panabaker, Port Perry on Friday. Interment Baptist Cemetery, Columbus. <& < the world a better which to live. place in Fellow graduates, tonight we realize that the fun and work of high school are over. Our paths separate here, as we go our chosen ways. To cach of my classmates may I wish the best of luck as you pursue your goals in life. I wish you every possible success and happiness, and the very best that life has to offer. And to Cartwright High School, from which I am proud to have graduated, may I say Hail, and Farewell. PORT PERRY STAR, Thursday, Nov. 25, 1965-5 Letter To The Editor November 16, 1965 The Port Perry Star Port Perry, Ontario tot Dear Sir: | I am sending a check for a year's subscription of your weekly paper. My sister, Mrs. J. Valentine of Winnipeg, for- merly of Scugog, sends me copies of your paper for which I thoroughly enjoy. It takes, be back many years when I lived at Seven Mile Isle. My father, the late Thomas Sintze) purchased Seven Mile Island to build a summer resort, which I believe was 1912 or 1913. The following year 1914, 1st World War broke out, and most of the young men in your town never! came back. I married that year to my late husband Jack Gard- house, of Owen Sound, a Bell! Telephone cableman, whom I met in Port Perry. | My father and mother settled ! in California after selling Seven Mile Island to Mr. Alec Wilson. Our own family followed two years later. 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