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oy ee ee, Feet Be te: L al a Ua ee! Se D> ee: Sixty years of Catholic education were celebrated in a special mass Sunday morning at St. Margaret's Church in Midland. And the celebration was also a cause for local Catholics to show their ap- preciation for outgoing St. Theresa's High School principal, Sister Marlene Kelly. She is leaving for a year's sabbatical to study in the United States. Sister Marlene was given a 14 karat gold cross in ap- preciation of her 18 years as principal at St. T's. - "This wasn't intended to be a Grey Sisters celebra- tion," Sister Marlene said, referring to the convent to which she belongs. 'But. I guess I threw a really good party." Most of the event was organized by the high school principal. The gift to her was supposed to have been kept a surprise, though. "T've had great pleasure in the community,'"' she said. 'Hopefully I'll be back." Simcoe County Roman Catholic Separate School Board trustee Mary Jo Quilty spoke to the crowd in the newly-rebuilt church Catholics celebrate 60 years on Hugel Avenue. She said it took faith and generosi- ty to build an educational system in the Catholic tradition here. Faith in Catholic education, faith in the people of Midland and faith in the Grey Sisters convent were all necessary to have come this far, she said. ' And generosity, "that the Grey Sisters were willing ' to be pioneers in taking on the tasks of education," was also needed. The con- vent took on the largest part of the educational task over the past 60 years. Quilty said they have "kept the flame of Catholic secondary education alive" when there was no govern- ment funding available. In 1984, in a controversial move, the provincial Con- servative government ex- tended full funding to Catholic secondary schools. A number of relatives of the founders of the local Catholic educational system were presented with plaques. The school board pledged a stained glass window for St. Margaret's Church in recognition of the event. Volunteers honored The annual St. Andrew's Centennial Manor volunteer appreciation - banquet was held May 31 in the dining room of the manor. Volunteers and guests were welcomed by Walter Ens, administrator. The guest speaker was Joanne Miller of the Simcoe Coun- ty Health Unit. She spoke about AIDS, and brought along a video. Awards were presented to the volunteers by Phoebe Handerek, including cer- tificates thanking everyone for their services. Total hours contributed by all volunteers from April 1, 1987 to May 31, 1988 was Ao 43s Ten-year Camping the topic of 4-H by Patsy Marchant On June 1 the Ebenezer Ii Nature Nuts met for meeting number five. ' Roll call was announced and minutes read by Tam- my Crawford. Members discussed what to take on a camping trip and how to take care of such things as sleeping bags, tents and pots and pans. The Nature Nuts put the planning section of the meeting into action by planning a club barbecue at member Linda Mar- chant's place. The books and special projects are due to leaders at that time. Meeting number six, titl- ed Putting It All Together, will be included in the achievement program on June 20. pins and trophies were awarded to Esther Addison, Betty Grieve and Tom Hawkins. Five-year pins were awarded to Erna Chromey and Mary .Dubblestine. Alex Moore was the reci- pient of the trophy for most hours. He put in a whopp- ing 191.5 in 1987-88. All this was followed by a singalong led by Ens and accompanied by his wife on the piano. The evening concluded with remarks by the. president of St. An- drew's volunteers, Betty Grieves. Celebrating service St. Theresa's High School principal Sister Marlene Kelly (left) is congratulated by Miriam Belanger of the Midland Catholic Women's League during a special Sunday morning mass at St. Margaret's Church in Midland. Seconds before, the outgoing principal was presented with a 14 karat gold cross. DSere Dice. ANNUAL MEETING Penetanguishene General Hospital The general public is invited to at- tend the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Penetanguishene General Hospital to be held at the Hospital Thursday, June 23, 1988 at 8:00 p.m. WE'VE GOT, GIFTS GALORE She Armowe Men's Clothier 46 Main JSe., 549-3944 Dear Editor: The Midland and District Unit of the Cana- dian Cancer Society has finished another successful campaign, successful in the amount of funds raised to date and in the wonder ful co-operation of the many people involved. Not least among those involved are the editor and staff of Paper's support great your newspaper. The organizers of the local campaign would like to thank you most sincere- ly for your help and co- operation in helping us reach our 1988 goal. We are not finished working on raising funds yet, however. On August 29 the Midland Lions Club will be hosting its third annual golf tournament at Brooklea Golf and Country Club, so zou can see, the fight to conquer cancer still goes on. Again, many thanks for your continued support. Sincerely, Cathie Malcolm Publicity Chairman Midland and District Cancer Society. (jiamore co 2 OOM, Highland 4Ynn MIDLAND FATHER'S DAY June 19 THE Highland Inn Special Sunday Brunch Special Entertainment Diamond Dance Company Father's Day Buffet $13.95 Adults $7.95 Children Reserve today for the 10 a.m. or 12:30 seating 526-9307 ee Gee ce es cs ce ee es es ee ee a ee ee ss as Be © = gor . eae ie Ss bin only. Location 347 KING ST. MIDLAND 526-5001 Sale ends June 18th, 1988. olen nari ol roe pee a Wednesday, June 15, 1988, Page 7