Pieces of the Past: The first day of school in 1976: Listowel

September 12, 2024 @ 9:00 amListowel Banner, Pieces of the Past

From Sept. 1976: School crossing guard Howard Keeso helps about 100 kids across the busy Main Street near the public and secondary schools in Listowel. He says he really enjoys the work, and the kids were obviously glad to see him on their first day back to school Tuesday. (Stratford-Perth Archives photo)
From Sept. 1976: School crossing guard Howard Keeso helps about 100 kids across the busy Main Street near the public and secondary schools in Listowel. He says he really enjoys the work, and the kids were obviously glad to see him on their first day back to school Tuesday. (Stratford-Perth Archives photo)
Betty Jo Belton Stratford-Perth Archives Some local students doing their first day back to school walk in 1976 made front page news.  On Sept. 7, the day that schools opened, a Listowel Banner photographer snapped this image of crossing guard Howard Keeso helping some of the 100 or so kids who needed to cross Main…
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