Remember the public speaking and the penmanship contests of long ago? How about having to do research things on subjects that involved the Encyclopedia Britannica and not the internet?
In March of 1965 Carleton Place had two provincial champions take top honours in the Royal Canadian Legion Public Speaking contest. In the category of Grades 11-12-13 Judith Gollinger who had won both provincial titles in the 7-8 categories in the past year was a clear winner.
Judith, age 17, was a Grade 11 student, and upon graduation from Carleton Place High School hoped to put her way with words and people to profitable use in radio-tv after a course at Ryerson. There were 24 speakers at the Eastview Legion and zone chairman Ivan Hamilton of Carleton Place called it one of the most successful contest in the five years the Legion had been organizing it.
Did Judith Gollinger ever make it to a career in media? In December of 1959, young Patsy Williams of R. R. 2 Carleton Place wrote a letter to Uncle Ray’s Mail Bag in the Ottawa Citizen. Uncle Ray’s Mail Bag was a syndicated Canadian column that was extremely popular. Patsy later became a popular newspaper columnist–what happened to Judith Gollinger?
Photo from Karen Dorman.. Education Association of Lanark County Winners Feb 9th St. Mary’s School– Michelle Bird of G. L. Comba School winner of the storytelling division. Steven Miller North Elmsley, Kathy Lowry Carleton Place High School, Julia Saunders Carleton Place High School. Mr. Hugh Duncan secretary treasurer of the Education Association.
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