Opening
Vernon Barford Junior High School opened in 1967, but was officially opened on February 16, 1968 as a Canadian centennial school. It was named after the famous musician, Vernon Barford. Cutting the ribbon was E. Buxton, chairmain of the Edmonton Public School Board, who also has a school Earl Buxton Elementary School named after him.
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Famous quotes containing the word opening:
“The rangey bough anticipated fruit
With snowballs cupped in every opening bud.
The road alone maintained itself in mud....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?””
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 24:32.
The Emmaus story.