B4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 14, 2001 Grace Simons celebrates her 80th YVONNE MOEN A COFFEE party was held at the Happy Gang Centre Sept. 18, The occasion was an 80th birthday celebra- tion for Grace Emily Si- mons. 1 will try to tell you a little about Grace. She was born Grace Ridgewell Sept. 18, 1921 in a little village of Sible- Hedingham in Britain, She had two brothers, Arthur and Jim, and one sister, June. When Grace was 15, she left school and went out into the workforce. She found a job, doing maid services for different people, and some of them were very rich. A while later, she moved to another place called Hertfordshire. When Grace turned 18, she joined the Women’s Auxiliary Airforce during the Second World War. She was put to work as a waitress, and she did wait- ressing in the sergeants and officers mess. Grace said that this was a lot of fun, as she was fortunate and got to wait on afl the handsome airforce men. It was at this time that am el "2m she met her husband, Dave Malcolm Simons, a@ seér- geant in the airforce and was a pilot for a time. After two years of court- ing, Grace and Dave (wha had by this time been dis- charged) were married on June 6, 1948 in Swansea, south Wales, After Grace left the women’s auxiliary, she went to work in a toy fac- tory. After looking around, and jabs were very hard to find, Dave decided to take teacher training, which he took at the university in Wells. While they were living at Swansea, their first child was born, son Trevor, on Sept. 9, 1950. The family later moved to another small place called Rumford, where son David was born Sept. 26, 1951. They saw an adverti- sement in a magazine say- ing teachers were needed in Canada, So, in 1951, the family moved to Canada. First they lived near Alert Bay, where Dave received his first teaching position in Canada. After two years, they transferred to Telkwa, where Dave taught for seven years. Their third son, Mal- colm, was born May 9, 1956 at the Smithers hos- pital. A while later they moved to Pendleton Bay in the Upper Babine area. A few years after that they moved to Topley, where Dave had received another teaching position. The family moved two years later, in 1966, to WAAF veteran Grace Simons at her 80th birthday party at the Happy Gang Centre. Terrace. First Dave taught school at Cassie Hall, then he moved to Thornhill Ele-: mentary School. He was there untif he retired in 1984, Then sadly, Dave passed away in 1989. Grace has now been a widow for 12 years. She joined the Happy Gang Centre. Several times a week, she likes to go for lunch and socialize with the friends she has made. Her son Malcolm lives in Thornhill. He’s married and has three children. David lives in Prince George. He’s married with two children. Son Trevor lives near Squamish, and he’s mar- tied with two children. Grace now has seven grandchildren. She used to Sy wt Tie See ae ‘fos < Spa ' oo cng 1M fe ; anna 35 : f wy fis Ke Cig ‘ vy 49’ 7° ae COME SEE US. IN do a lot of crafts, but now she is spending her time resting and taking life easy. She is in fairly gaod health and gets out for a fair amount of fresh air and exercise by coming down- town several times a week on the bus. Then she walks to the Happy Gang Centre and she does her shopping. Many more years of good health to Grace. And see you at the Happy Gang Centre. ee A. little correction from my writeup on Ev Clift and Vesta Douglas: first, it was Gerald Duffus, not Gerald Duffers. And Vesta Dou- glas first taught at Cormor- ant school in Prince Ru- pert, not the convent. Sorry to Mr. Duffus and Vesta, ' : SA iil ne SEY ANSE, STORE FOR DETAILS TOU HAVE A CHOICE, « “ti. STAR “€HOICE orcholce.com 1 BBA 554.5TAR Ye), WITH ONE SIMPLE CHOICE. 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