Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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10 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD On September 21st, she remarked to two people that she could not stay at the School for ever and she felt she was getting a little old for the work. The reply was made that the School could not run properly without Mrs. Shearme, but it was evident that she was beginning to feel the strain more than she had in the past. She came in to dinner with other ladies at six o'clock but felt faint and was driven to her home. There she failed rapidly and lost consciousness. At eleven o'clock she died in the town hospital. ' The funeral service was held at St. John's Church on September 23rd. The Rector, the Rev. J. M. Crisall, and the School Chaplain, the Rev. E. F. M. Dann, took the ser- vice and the Headmaster read the lesson. Nearly all the Senior boys and Masters of the School attended, and at the conclusion they formed a guard of honour from the church to the hearse. The burial took place at St. John's Ceme- tery. The work which Mrs. Shearme did for the School will never be forgotten by those who were here with herg yet the finest tribute to her character and personality was the grief which the boys so clearly felt at the announcement of her sudden death. The deep sympathy of the whole School goes out to Mrs. Shearme's daughter, Helen, her sister, Mrs. Gibson, and her mother, aged 91. Well done thou good and faithful servant. WILLIAM E. SAUNDERS C73-'74, Dr. William E. Saunders left a rich legacy to his fel- low-men. He was not only internationally known as an ornithologist, but found great satisfaction in passing along his knowledge and enthusiasm about wild life to the youth of his city. He wrote much scientific literature, was pro- fessor of practical chemistry at the London Medical School

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD Q FLORENCE SHEARME C1885-19431 Miss Florence Honor was appointed to the staff of the Bursar's.oflice in September, 1913. For six years she did good work, and left to be married in September, 1919. Her husband died in December, 1920, shortly after the birth of her daughter, and Mrs. Shearme returned to the School in the Spring of 1921. For twenty-two years the oflice has not seemed com- plete without Mrs. Shearme's kindly presence. She was most conscientious in all the multitudinous detail of her work, and never did she show any impatience though more requests were made of her than of any other member of the staff. She was always willing to help in any way possible and she knew the answers to most questions. Few members of the School knew how much work Mrs. Shearme had to do at night simply because repeated calls made it impossible for her to get it done during the day time. Nor did anyone outside her family circle know the extent of her efforts for others throughout her life. On Speech Day the Governing Body presented her with a silver dressing table set, suitably initialled, as a token of the appreciation of the School for her twenty- eight years of devoted service. Colonel Langmuir, the Secretary of the Governing Body, and the Headmaster, spoke of the debt the School owed to Mrs. Shearme for her untiring interest in its welfare and the well-being of all the boys and staff. When she received the gift, Mrs. Shearme was given an ovation by the School, which moved her deeply, several times during the summer she referred to the lasting pleasure it had given her to know that her work had been so much appreciated. After such a heavy year Mrs. Shearme was told to take at least four weeks' holiday instead of her usual three weeks, but she was back in her office at the regular time because, as she said, she knew there was much work to do.

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