Tom Logie:  

When I first started school in 1946 Verdun I went to Woodland School for Grades 1 & 2,where Mr Dryborough was the Principal. In Grade One my teacher was Miss Ayres and in Grade Two my teacher at that time was Miss Inder. Due to us living in the Avenues of Verdun the School Board decided to establish boundaries and those living on Fourth Ave and down were transferred from Woodland to Bannantyne School where Mr Harrison was Principal . I attended Grades 3, 4 & 5 there My teacher in Grade 3 I can't recall her name but in Four we had Mrs Unney and in Five we had a WITCH named Miss Tate who married and her name became Mrs Hargrave. During the Summer of 1951 we moved from Verdun to the East End Montreal Community of Tetreaultville on Contrecoeur Street a fantastic place to grow up at that time.I took the School bus to Maisonneuve School each day. I first went there in Grade Six and my teacher was Mrs Dodds and in Seventh Grade my teacher was Mrs Galley. Miss Cockerline was the other Seventh Grade teacher. I remember Mr Leslie was the Gym Teacher and Mr C.J. Fraser was the Principal and if my memory serves me right Miss McNaughton was the Woodwork Teacher (Industrial Arts). I have fond memories of my early days at Maisonneuve School. I went on from there to Montreal High School then on to The Bell Telephone Company of Canada starting as a young Lineman then Cable Splicer and later as a Construction Manager working in both Quebec and Ontario as well as Saudi Arabia and the Philippines. I took early retirement in March 1990 at 49 years of age after 33 years of service. I have since 1976 lived in Milton Ontario with the exception of the years 1978 thru to the end of 1983 where I lived abroad working in the Middle and Far East for Bell Canada International. Back in June 1964 I married a fantastic girl , Sandra Cormack from Wilson Avenue in...Expand for more