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clean sweep honored as custodian retires tribune december 7 1988 c7 by bruce stapley when morley davis first set foot inside ballantrae public school he had no plans to stay so long however for morley schools out he recently retired as chief custodian after 18 years hell be missed when morley announced his intent to put away his mop and broom he was flooded with farewell cards from staff and students alike the majority acknowledged his efforts above and bevond the call of duty while teachers thanked him for installing a shelf here and putting up a chalk board there for always being there the children remembered him as a caring grandfather figure ill always remember how you let me in the school one cold winter day one pupil wrote you did it because you cared everyone will remember you at ballantrae especially me school sweater morley was presented with a school sweater by the grade 8s the special ed students gave him some handcrafts theyd made in class morley says hell never forget the kids theyd call me gramps he remembers fondly theyd see me in town and call out hi gramps it would really sur prise their parents at the same time morley recalls administering much- needed discipline on occasions to students who hadnt mastered the art of respect for people and property i remember the time a boy came to the caretakers office with a broken pencil sharpener he demanded it be fixed im mediately he very nearly kick ed the door down coming in we dealt with the situation as we saw fit that lad was a perfect gentleman after that he says long career morleys skills as a caretaker were augmented by his ex- pftorajiu thomas schools out for ballantrae public school chief custodian morley oavis hes retiring after 18 years of service at the school and was given a fond farewell from staff and students hes seen a lot since he began working there and says computers brought about the biggest changes for students he sees perience as a carpenter in the busy 1940s and 50s he also worked with dehaviland aircraft six years and later as a custodian at sumrhitview public school in stouffville for two years morleys duties at ballantrae included looking after both the main school building and the vivian outdoor resource centre he has watched a steady pro cession of teachers come and go and has served under six principals its always been a good place to work and close to home he states morley was a caretaker at the time of the great fire that destroyed the old school in 1973 the children of some of the kids who were here when i first started are coming here now underwear blues many common but memorable recollections come to mind like the day a child fell in the mud during the building of the new school morley wash ed his clothes and hung them out to dry in the boiler room the boy sat in class in his underwear whatarejviqrleys plans nothing specific he says but no problem keeping i still have my tools he ex plains and they gave me several more at a retirement luncheon i have my own home workshop morley and carol davis live in the same house they built 38 years ago they have five children and three grandchildren does he visualize a successor of equal skills i doubt it he responds with a candid smile buckingham fine artltd presents the fine art of christmas december 2 through presenting superb works to december 23 of art for christmas mv originals robert bateman huntley brown waller campbell robert curry will davies john doherty 1 a vv canadian acrylic on board watercolour on paper drybrush water- colour on paper oil on canvas oil on canvas handcrafted hand painted canoe paddles pastel on board watercolour on paper oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas rare pencil draw ing c 1969 watercolour on paper oil on canvas watercolour on paper oil on canvas egg tempera on papr oil on canvas watercolour on i ip sssw b 1 1k 1 1 1 fl 1 v ii montofri9to6satloto4 debi fitzgerald lawrence johnson kemp keifer ron kingswood john seery lester glen loates pamela meacher 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