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i students spellbound by poet i by jeff carney r wandering the halls of stouff- ville district secondary school i can be quite a fashionable experi- jence every style of clothing j from punk to prep can be seen garishly displayed yet on thurs day april 30 stouf fville high saw i a different style strolling through the halls i happened to spot a gentleman sporting a dignified and respect- ajle suit now this wasnt just any suitit appeared to be a period costume from the 1930s intri- gued i followed the gentleman into a filledtocapacity theatre arts room where after a brief introduction by english depart ment head mr hodgson he addressed the audience with a rjch scottish accent i wanted the gold and i gbught it from charles hayters opening lines of verse to his closing re- marks the audience of 112 stu- dents was spellbound perform- ing his popular a touch of robert service presentation j mr hayter dazzled the asembied enthusiasts with biographical in- formation anecdotes and drama tic recitations of one of canadas most celebrated authors robert service with the grace and style of a trained professional the brit- ishborn hayter delighted the au- dience for well over an hour con tinuing his nonstop monolgue with scarcely a pause for breath adopting the guise of the resur- jcected robert service mr hay- ier treated the students with a different method of teaching by ihe end of the presentation stu- dents had memorized lines of verse important dates and other information about service a radically new concept in educa tion dont you agree mr bowes after a welldeserved round of applause mr hayter was open for questions thats when his story unfolded professional actor charles hayter was a member of an acting company when he was re quired to memorize a verse of one of services poems it grew from there he explained the more i read the more i liked his brand of poetry branching out on his own mr hayter has performed this presentation for 17 years at first the presentaion wasnt in the first person i merely told peo- jje about robert service and re- jted his poetry eventually the jdea of impersonating service jook hold and ive been perfect- fig it ever since and he has done an excellent jjob mr hayters presentation jpsrovided students with a long perdue respite from the routine sjid boredom of daily classroom learning educational inspir ational and most of all fun charles hayters presentation re minds us all about the art of teaching town has a rich heritage by ruth burkholder for the past several months a steering committee has been dis cussing the formation of an his torical group for the town of whitchurchstouffville a meeting is planned for wed may 27 at 8 pm in latcham gal lery of the public library in terested residents are invited many changes have occurred in the last 100 years these are seen through the following items schools were built ringwood public school was built in 1887 a debenture was re quired for 1000 the school in ss no 11 was built in 1891 with a loan of 400 in 1898 debentures for 1600 were issued on behalf of ss no 10 armitage school was built in 1911 in 1913 a petition was circu lated to establish ss no 7 whitchurch and ss no 4 mar- khaiii into a union section in 1918 debentures for stouff- ville public school were purch ased out of a clergy reserve fund pine orchard school was built in 1924 towns formed from township in 1858 newmarket was in corporated as a town in 1878 stouffville was incorporated as a village remember the historical group meeting may 27 at 8 pm jfi latcham gallery public lib rary discover more about your heritage economist suntribune may 6 1987 bu to advertise call 2942200 4959440 6402100 service director to advertise call 2942200 4959440 6402100 painting wall covering 30 year s experience quahy servce free estimates roger pavan 8811005 ken smurthwaite heating ltd air conditioning duct work custom sheet metal stouffville 6401428 edwards tv antenna installation repair removal call anytime 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