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PAGE 10 TERRACE BAY NEWS JULY 19, 1972 FIELD DAY OUTLINED AT BOARD MEETING J. Warwick presided for the meeting of the Train- able Retarded Children's Advisory Committee, atten- ded by five other members and E.J. Morgan, Direct- or of Education. Mrs. A. Deol, school principal, reported: the school was visited by the Thunder Bay Health Unit and the students participated in a "Brush=In" pro- gram and were also immunized; she described the O.E.A. annual convention which she attended in Toronto on May 4th this year. Mr. T. Cooper, chairman of the Recreation com- mittee, Marathon Association for the Mentally Re- tarded, recently organized an overnight camping trip to Three Finger Lake for the pupils of the Caroline McMorland school, and was assisted by members of the local association and Y.A .C .M.A.R] The local association, Mrs. Deol said, has donat- ed the Caroline McMorland Memorial Shield for presentation at the annual Field Day in Thunder Bay. This Field Day was held on June 21st this year with the Geraldton School for the Trainable Retarded placing first and the Caroline McMorland School, second. Transportation to Thunder Bay was provided by T. Cooper and D. Cyr, with arrangements made for accommodation in St. Joseph's Hospital Resi- dence during the two nights spent in Thunder Bay. The program included a picnic supper en route, Field Day at Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital grounds, visit to Centennial Park Farm, visit to Chippewa Park, St. Mary's School, Ontario Hatchery at Dorion, and to the poultry farm in Schreiber. A donation was made to St. Joseph's Hospital in appreciation of the housing of the pupils while in Thunder Bay. Dr. Alan Young, Dr. Prem Gupta, psychologists, and Michael Zroback (psychometrist) visited the Caroline McMorland School on June 25th, meeting with parents and members of the Advisory Committee and Local Association. The projected enrolment for September 1972, is a definite total of twelve or possibly thirteen student ranging in age from 6 to 17. The Board recommended that an assistant be secur- ed for the School, effective September 4th-this year. Donat Cyr's tender for transportation, in the amount of $3,000. for the term September 1972 to June 1973 with services as specified in his applica- tion, was accepted. Mrs. B. Lacroix is again willing to serve as a relief driver. Resolution: that the Caroline McMorland School for the Trainable Retarded be housed in two rooms in the Marathon High School with target date of no later than January Ist, 1973. . SERVICES HELD FOR R. BAILEY The funeral of the late Raymond Bailey, whose death at the age of 90 occurred in hospital on July 13, was conducted by the Rev. Arthur Chabot in St. Andrew's United Church in Schreiber on July 15th. : Mrs. George Lengyel was organist and the senior choir was present. The honorary pall bearers were Harry Costall, W.T. Wallace, Harry Welbourne, Robert Winters, Bruce Simon, F.V. Harness, George Duncan and John Stitt. Active bearers were George Birch, Geoff. Birch, George Gordon, Cyril Sparkes, Bill Kinney, Gerald Godin. Interment was in Schreiber cemetery. The burial service of the Masonic order, of which Mr. Bailey was a Life Member of Shuniah Lodge, Thunder Bay was conducted in the McNally Funeral Home. Mr. Bailey was predeceased by his wife Annie in 1965 and is survived by two sons, Raymond of Ottawa, Reg of Schreiber, five grandchildren and one great grandchild. the C .P.R. retiring in 1947 as a locomotive engineer. Twice he was engineer of C .P.R. presidents' trains, and in 1939, on the occasion of the Royal visit, he and his wife were presented to the King and Queen. to two young English brothers sent to Canada to es = And, as another war effort, they had a Victory Garden from which all money realized from the sale of flowers and other produce was sent to the Queen Elizabeth Fund for Bombed-QOut Victims. In return they received a letter from Her Majesty, the letter now a prized family posession. In his youth, in England, born in the village of Viney Hill, Mr. Bailey was a cross country runner, with the Gloucestershire Harriers, receiving a Gold Medal. cape the blitz in England. continued page 11 He came to Schreiber in 1904 to enter the service of During the war Mr. and Mrs. Bailey offered a home °