Tavistock Public School

Friday, October 21, 1966

at 8:00 p.m.

Public School Board

Tavistock, Ontario

Programme

Dr. E.S. Gibson - Chairman

O Canada

Invocation and Dedication - - - - - The Rev. James Warden, President, Tavistock Ministerial Assn.

Welcome and Introduction of Trustees and Platform Guests - - - - - Dr. E.S. Gibson, Chairman, Tavistock Public School Board

Musical Selection - - - - - Miss Ida Kollman and Students

Introduction of Guest Speaker - - - - - Dr. Bruce Halliday, Board Member

Guest Speaker - - - - - Dr. Walter J. Koerber, Director, Special Education Services, Scarborough Board of Education

Appreciation - - - - - Geo. R. Wilhelm, Vice-Chairman, Tavistock Public School Board

Musical Selections - - - - - Miss Ida Kollman and Students

Greetings

S.B. Oakes, Assistant to the Superintendent, School Area No. 5

R.G. Boyce, Inspector, Perth No. 1 and Waterloo No. 4

J.H. Crammond, Inspector, Perth No. 2 and Oxford No. 3

Hugh Munro, Warden, Oxford County

Harold A. Wilker, Reeve of Tavistock

Percy J. Wettlaufer, Reeve of East Zorra Twp.

Gordon W. Pittock, M.L.A., Oxford

Wally Nesbitt, M.P., Oxford

Presentations

The Bible - - - - - T.E. Jackson, Ontario School Trustees' and Ratepayers' Assn.

The Keys - - - - - B. Garratt, Architect, Guenther Mohrmann, Contractor

Introduction of Principal - - - - - Dr. E.S. Gibson, Chairman, Tavistock Public School Board

Introduction of Staff - - - - - Douglas Hiderley, Principal, Tavistock Public School

Announcements

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Officials

R.F. Bornhold, B.A., M.Ed., Superintendent of Education, Area No. 5, Midwestern Ontario

J.A. Crammond, B.A., M.Ed., Inspector, Perth No. 2 and Oxford No. 3

Tavistock Public School

The history of the buildings used by the Public School students of Tavistock makes an interesting story, appropriate to the present occasion. It seems to divide itself conveniently into three main eras.

The first era covered the period from the founding of Tavistock in 1848 to approximately 1880, during which time local students attended school at Sebastopol. Following a brief transitional period when the Sebastopol School became overcrowded and Tavistock students used rooms above the sheds at the Commercial Hotel, the second era began with the construction in the early 1890's of the two ground floor rooms of our recently vacated school. About 1895 a basement room was opened, followed in 1898 by the addition of the two rooms upstairs. Finally in 1916 the two front rooms facing the street were added.

The third era, which officially begins this evening, is the result of the combined efforts of the Tavistock Public School Boards of the past ten years. In keeping with modern trends in education, the old Union School Section of Tavistock and part of East Zorra Township was enlarged in 1965 to include that part of the Township north of the Maplewood sideroad, giving a Public School population of over 300 students.

To adequately accommodate this number of students, the architectural firm of Kyles and Kyles was engaged in 1965 to design a suitable new school capable of further expansion as Tavistock grows. After much consideration the present site was selected such that the new school, the Community Hall, and the Arena might compliment each other in providing Tavistock and the surrounding community with the optimum in educational, cultural and recreational facilities.

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The School will be open for inspection immediately following the programme.