On October 1, I wrote a Corner entitled A Little Boat Comes Home. If you click on this link and read all of the comments, you'll see that that page has had an impact on some people's lives (be sure to view all comments.) Today in the boatshop, Nick, a junior, received a briefing from woodshop teacher Greg Allen on the final touches to restoring Alfred Goodsell's 9' 2" rowboat.
A new transom and stern seat replace pieces eaten by powderworms, and one rub rail is new. Here we're studying the work of powderworms on the original seat:
On Saturday, June 14 at noon, alumni and friends of Proctor are invited to join Fred's cousin Nancy Boileau (who donated the craft) in the atrium of the Fowler Learning Center for a ceremony at which we will dedicate the restored boat, and pay tribute to the long and rich heritage of boatbuilding at Proctor Academy.
In his May 24 comment at the bottom of the October 1 page, Fred Goodsell recalls the teachers who meant so much to him sixty years ago: Roland and Connie Burbank, Lee Henry, Bill Holst, Lyle Farrell and Capt. Water Rounds. He takes us back to a time when Proctor enrolled less than 60 students (we are 330 today) and the teaching faculty numbered 10. This school has changed a great deal over the years, but--however large or small--we have histories that endure.
