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Thornbury High School |
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Thornbury had a Continuation School established there in 1907. A new building was needed, and it opened on Oct. 1, 1915. In 1939, there was a petition to Grey County Council to change its status from Grade A Continuation School to become a High School. E. O. Simpson served as the principal from 1933-1966. There is a panoramic (wide) group photograph in the archives showing students and part of the building from the 1944-1945 school year, including Mr. E. O. Simpson. The Latin motto of the Thornbury High School was "VINCIT QUI PATITUR". This motto is also seen on two Thornbury Continuation School items (a ring and a 1940 lapel pin). By September, 1949, a fourth room was added to the building to provide room for elementary students. Construction for a new High School building began on Bruce Street in the spring of 1952, and by January, 1953, the facility was almost finished, and classes commenced there. In 1968, the Thornbury High School amalgamated with the Meaford District High School. The amalgamation had began in 1966 when Thornbury's Grade Thirteen class attended school at Meaford. The Meaford principal, William N. (Bill) Cornwall helped create a common room area to help foster the social interaction of the Thornbury students with the Meaford ones, and to provide a space where they could put in time between classes when needed, since they could not go home until the end of the school day. Two years later, all of Thornbury's former highschool grades were attending at Meaford. Sources: McEachern, J.Garry, UPWARDS TO THE STARS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN MEAFORD, 1991, p. 263. Wickens, Lucilla M. (ed.), THORNBURY REMEMBERED 18871987, p. 45. |
