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p6tubune july 1991 fst high school presidents job much the same after 36 years the role of student council president has not changed dramatically since barbara hewlett was elected to the role in 1955 at that time mere were 223 students at the school recalled barbara who is now married to george pratt and lives in uxbridge there were probably five students in grade 13 so i didnt have to campaign a whole lot in pre vious years with larger classes how ever it had been a serious business we had campaign speeches and people put up posters they tried to make it an exciting and hard fought election the presidents role was almost entirely a social one she we specialize in custom additions renovations new homes over 20 years experience in home renovations construction large or small projects 458 service rd 1 stouffville 6406500 mfmm value days are here buy five bags of alfalfa get one bag of corn free for more details ask your local dealer john oldham rr3 mt albert 4732549 free estimates create living space or supplement your income custom kitchens bars bathroom refiriishing specialzing in shower tub bathroom fixtures renovations decks fencing cabanas all carpentry july special 16500 rootar the renovator 6408191 explained and a lot of effort went into organizing events such as dances which were held at the school in her student council report of march 6 1956 barbara wrote our first party the initiation dance due to a good initiation committee and a large number of students who delighted in the torture of the niners lasting all afternoon and on into the evening also seemed to be enjoyed after christmas we organized a square dance and a valentines dance and are now moving toward a sadie hawkins party the last two dances have not been well attended by the students but we are hoping for better things to come the annual formal dance the big event of the year is now coming into the foreground and a large attendance will be needed to carry expenses this was the highlight of the year at stouffville district high school we worked all day to decorate the gym and i made my own dress many of the staff attended the formal and mixed with the kids it was a lot of fun we had breakfast parties after- wards and didnt go to bed until dawn the commencements in the fifties were similar to todays except that the lines of people receiving certifi cates are much longer now barbara presidents past arid present compare notes has fond mem ories of her teachers who included jerry waite john marshall and ron mercer v during the year she was president there was an incident that still stands out in her mind the pencil sharpener from the cafeteria disappeared and was found damaged outside on school grounds explained barbara the principal oe robbins cancelled all extracur ricula activities until the perpetrator of this horrendous crime confessed the outraged student body threat ened to go on strike over the issue people were really angry about it and it was even reported in the toronto star because former tribune editor jim thomas was a stringer for the star at the time as far as barbara remem bers the criminal was never caught and the matter was eventually dropped a lot of what the president does is forthe students explained this years outgoing student council president craig gaudaur we provide funding for any sports and social activities we had a sunsweet fund raiser last year with kids going door to door selling chocolates as in previous years candidates are nominated for the position of presi dent if youre nominated the past years student council brings you down and asks if youd like to run for the election interested nominees start campaigning with posters and speech es and a student vote is taken to decide on who should be elected when i got in last year there were only three of us running myself paul spencer and nadine rennicks the other two were 1st vice president and 2nd vice president everyone that runs for student council executive has to make a speech at the second last assembly of the year explained craig itspretty nerve racking morning announcements are made by the student council and they try to make sure theyre interesting infor mative and lively enough to keep people awake its a kind of radio sta tion format he noted members of student council also act as a liaison between students and staff one issue that has caused a good deal of friction in recent years is that of smoking on school property craig believes there should be a designated area for smokers and estimates that student support is fairly evenly split he has enjoyed his year as president and feels the rapport between staff and students is generally good mr dick son and mr hooper are two of the easiest men to cooperate with that ive ever known he concluded 2 for 1 on all frames in stock excluding budget frames and oval frames buy i get 1 f me same value or less 40 off custom frames metal frames unpackaged mats regular denglas nonglare glass trisha romance framed miniatures 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