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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“At night thousands of names and slogans are outlined in neon, and searchlight beams often pierce the sky, perhaps announcing a motion picture premiere, perhaps the opening of a new hamburger stand.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“But every insight from this realm of thought is felt as initial, and promises a sequel. I do not make it; I arrive there, and behold what was there already. I make! O no! I clap my hands in infantine joy and amazement, before the first opening to me of this august magnificence, old with the love and homage of innumerable ages, young with the life of life, the sunbright Mecca of the desert.”
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