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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCS-11-91 .-"'"'~..-x,,, TOWN OF NEWCASTLE iN .c S REPORT File #,,,, 1. , , , 7 ) „!�, 7.ts, \ C Res. # NEFf ING: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION DATE: MARCH 4, 1991 REPORT #: CS-11-91 FILE #: SUBJECT: ONTARIO SENIOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 1991 RECOMMENDATIONS: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose & Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:- 1. That Report No. CS-11-91 be received; 2 . That Mr. Andrew M. Thompson of, 17 Concession Street West, Bowmanville, be recommended as the Town of Newcastle's nomination for the 1991 Ontario Senior Achievement Awards program; and 3 . That Mr. Andrew M. Thompson be advised of Council's decision. 1.0 BACKGROUND 1. 1 The Ontario Senior Achievement Awards program is sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship. The program is intended to honour individuals of 65 years of age and over who have made outstanding contributions to their community during their senior years . Nominations for this Award, from across Ontario, are reviewed by an impartial Selection Committee who select that year's recipients . The Awards are then presented . ./2 REPORT NO. CS-11-91 - 2 - MARCH 4, 1991 to the recipients at a special ceremony held at Queen's Park during Senior Citizen's Month in June. 1 .2 At the meeting held on January 28, 1991, Council passed the following resolution: "THAT the correspondence received from Elaine Ziemba, Minister of Citizenship, requesting nominations for the 1991 Ontario Senior Achievement Awards Program be received; and THAT the correspondence be referred to the Director of Community Services for review and recommendation. " 2.0 NOMINATION 2 . 1 In 1990, the Council appointed Striking Committee recommended the submission of Mr. Andrew Thompson's name as the Town of Newcastle's nomination for the 1990 Ontario Senior Achievement Award. Unfortunately, Mr. Thompson was not successful in this nomination. 2 .2 After reviewing the attached circum vitae (Attachment #1) , it is our recommendation that Mr. Andrew Thompson's name be renominated for this award. A copy of Mr. Thompson's biography as it relates to this award is attached for your review. Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation to the Committee, ( i /- I 411 f ,-1, t Joseph P. Caruana, Director Lawrenc Kotseff Dep tment of Community Services Chief A . , nistrative Officer JPC:JJC:sa r i 7 ANDREW M. THOMPSON AWARDS Presentation by the Town of Newcastle in 1981 for dedication and service to the community. Recipient of presentation from Premier Davis in 1981 in recognition of Valuable Service to Education in Ontario. Recipient of presentation by the Town of Newcastle of the Citizen of the Year Award in recognition of the significant and valuable contribution made to the community in 1985. Recipient of presentation by the Town of Newcastle as a competitor for a prize in the Ontario competition for Senior Citizens in 1990. Recipient of presentation by the Town of Newcastle of the Melvin Jones Fellowship Plaque for dedicated Humanitarian Services, Lions Clubs International Foundation in February 1991. 1 ! Page 2 ANDREW M. THOMPSON BORN JUNE 24, 1908 Andrew Thompson moved to Bowmanville in 1936 to accept the position of Supervising Principal of Bowmanville Public Schools, a position he held for thirty-four years . During the following years he accepted many positions on local Committees, both inside and outside the Town. Many of these choices were made by the Bowmanville Town Council of the time; others by the various organizations then in existence. Soon after his arrival, he was requested by the Town Library Board to become the Secretary of the Board. He volunteered his services and remained in that position during the next twenty- five years . In the fall of 1936 Mr. Thompson joined two local associations . One was St. Andrews Presbyterian Church; the other, the Lions Club of Bowmanville. He is still a member of each and has been deeply involved in the activities of both since then, serving as Secretary of the Lions Club and later as Chairman of various committees . He was President of the Lions Club in 1943-1944 . In the church he has served in the following positions over the years, and on the following committees for a time period of six to eight years : ( 1) Chairman of the Board of Managers (2) Clerk of Session ( 3) Member of the Trust Fund and Finance Committee through ten years . c l Page 3 During his early years in the Bowmanville Lions Club which were also the earliest years of the club itself, he was appointed as Chairman of a Committee to draft a constitution and by-laws which were to become a future guide to the Club's operation and activities . Only minor changes and additions have been made since that time. He served as Secretary for three years . During his early years he served as a member and was elected President of the Club for the years 1943 - 1944 . In 1945 the Club was made aware of the future sale of a valuable property which was then held under the control of the Provincial Government. It was a large property with a large beautiful home, which would be just right as a Lion's Den, surrounded by a park area suitable for a children's play area and for tennis courts and recreation activities . Mr. Thompson was appointed by the club to meet with Provincial Officials to discuss with them the possible purchase of the property. It became the Lions property in 1945 . Two years later he created the two golden lions at the front of the building. In 1945 Mr. Thompson was appointed by Town Council as Chairman of the first Bowmanville Recreation and Parks Committee. His eight- year tenure in this role ended when a Recreation Director was hired by the Town to plan and supervise activities in the Town's parks . Page 4 In the forties, Mr. Thompson was Chairman of the Bowmanville Planning Board for approximately six years during the Town's expansion in the first development of the Waverley area. He was a member of C.L.O.C.A. - The Lake Ontario Conservation Area Commission for three years until he became a member of the new Town of Newcastle Council in 1974 . Mr. Thompson was a member of the Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery Board in Oshawa for four years during the fifties . In 1960 Mr. Thompson was appointed to the committee to plan for the purchase of the Jury property as a museum and park for the Town. The following year he was elected Chairman of the new Museum Board. Since then he served as Chairman during seventeen of those years and after twenty-seven years as a member, he resigned in 1988 from the Board. Mr. Thompson was transferred from the position of Supervising Principal of Bowmanville Public Schools in 1969 to the office of the Board of Education in Cobourg where he was employed for five years . There his duties were enlarged to encompass the elementary schools of the entire western area on a consulting basis . He retired in 1974 . He decided in late 1974 to stand for election as a Trustee on the Board of Education and was successful in winning. 19 1 Page 5 Mr. Thompson remained on the Board for six years, 1975 through 1980 . In 1979, Mr. Thompson was elected Chairman of the Board for the year. That year proved to be a very memorable one, since the Board came into being (memorable for him as Chairman, for all Board members, for teachers, students and parents) . The reason was the Board's first strike in the history of the Board. It was initiated by the caretakers of the schools and lasted for seven weeks. For the duration of the strike the period was really memorable since the schools, all the schools, were kept open. Teachers and students were in attendance, and learning continued in all classes satisfactorily. With some outside janitorial help, the schools continued to operate daily with no days lost because of the strike. All appointments received by Mr. Thompson were not financially remunerated other than his employment as an employee of the Board of Education.