CASSIAR, B.C. October 1967

The Honourable Leslie R. Peterson, Q.C., L.L.D.
Minister of Education and Labour

At 10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 7th, 1967, the students of Cassiar Elementary Secondary
School and their parents gathered in the school auditorium for the official opening ceremonies of the
new addition to the school.

On the speaker's platform were officials of the Department of Education, Cassiar Asbestos
Corporation Limited, the School Board, building contractors, architects, together with the school
Principal and other local persons. The proceedings opened with the singing of ‘“‘O Canada”’

Chairman Mr. W.L.B. Hawker, District Superintendent of Schools, welcomed the official guests
and parents. He introduced the guests on the stage and after stating his pleasure with the new school
section, he called upon The Honourable L.R. Peterson, Minister of Education, to make a few remarks.

Recalling his last visit to Cassiar, when he had visited the first school, which had only two
rooms, he expressed amazement at the changes in the school and in the community in little more than
a decade. Mr. Peterson thanked officials of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation for their hospitality and called
upon Mr. Hawker, as Official Trustee, to accept the key to the new school section. This key was pre-
sented to Mr. Hawker by Mr. V.B. Humphrey, President of V.B. Humphrey Construction, the con-
tractors who had built the new addition. In turn, Mr. Hawker passed the key on to Mr. B. Sinclair,
Principal of the school.