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C . D . C . I . BOARD KEMBERS AT TURNING OF FIRST SOD
Shown here are some of the members of the Collingwood District Colle- giate Institute Board present at the turning of the first sod for the new Collegiate building. Left to right: G.B.Wheeler,Stayner, Chairman of the Building Committee; Norman L. Taylor, Secretary-Treasurer; W.L. Taylor, Osprey Township; A.H.Lyons, Wasaga Beach; A.V.Christie,Colling- wood,Chairman; F.M.Wright, Collingwood; G.L.Cole, Collingwood; R. C. Coates, Nottawasaga Township; E.Morrison, Collingwood Township; W. R. Morby, Mulmur Township; J.N.Bourrie, Collingwood. Not present were
Dr. J.R.H. Graham, Creemore; A. Bell, Nottawasaga Township; G.D.Culham, Sunnidale Township; E.Brock, Collingwood, and W.J.A.Wright, Brock's Beach, Simcoe County representative, who fellow-members learned with regret, passed away suddenly in Alliston that same evening.
On Tuesday, October 14, 1952, the members of the Collingwood District Coll- egiate Institute Board, the staffs of Stayner and Creemore High Schools, as well as of Collingwood Collegiate, along with othe~ interested observers, witnessed the turning of the first sod for the new district collegiate. Mr. A. V. Christie, Chairman of the Board, turned the first sod with a gilded spade. Mr. G.B.Wheeler, Chairman of the Building Committee, pointed out where the new building would be located. Among those present at the brief ceremony were two Secondary School In- spectors of the Department of Education, F.C.Asbury and W.T.Ziegler. The inspec- tors, board members and teachers of the three schools then went to the Colling- wood Collegiate, where they had dinner together and shared a get-acquainted hour.
N.C.Taylor Secretary-Treasurer
ADMINISTRATION
Miss Audrey Lyons School Secretary
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