Hampton High School Scholarship and Bursary Foundation Scholarships

Ronald H. Machum Memorial Scholarship and Bursary Fund Award

Mr. Machum was born February 23, 1921 in New Jerusalem, Kings Co., NB. He was the second child in a family of six children- three boys and three girls.

Upon his graduation from High School in Browns Flat and Modern Business College in Saint John, Mr. Machum joined Eastern Securities Ltd. In 1940 he was employed by Eastern Securities which later became known as Richardson-Greenshields Ltd. for total of fifty three years.

Mr. Machum’s employment was briefly interrupted during WW2. In 1941, he joined the Royal Canadian Navy Voluntary Reserve. Throughout the battle of the Atlantic he spent much of his time serving as a petty officer writer on Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship, Niagra.

Mr. Machum was past director of the Big Brothers- Big Sisters Organization. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #4 in Fredericton and a member of the Antique Automobile Club of New Brunswick.

Children were very special to Mr. Machum especially those of single parent families and those from financially disadvantaged homes. His philanthropy made it possible for many youths to participate in athletic teams and field trips throughout the province of NB.

Mr. Machum dearly loved children and he was most happy when he was surrounded by their laughter.

Mr. Machum died November 10, 1993 after a short illness.

In June of 1994, the Dunsmore family from Hampton, NB., contributed 12,000.00 to the Hampton High School Scholarship and Bursary Fund Foundation Inc. and via a letter of written direction, they requested the establishment of the Ronald H. Machum Memorial Scholarship and Bursary Fund Award.

The Ronald H. Machum Memorial Scholarship and Bursary Fund Award has been established and will be given out each year to graduating students of Hampton High School who are from single parent families.

Hampton Dental Clinic Scholarship and Bursary Fund Award

In June of 1994, Dr. William Rector, Dr. Ralph Richards, Dr. William Merrithew, and Dr. Warren Tompkins, pledged $12,000.00 over a period of six years to the Hampton High School Scholarship and Bursary Foundation Inc. The monies will be held in trust and invested for perpetuity. This endowment will be used to establish the Hampton Dental Clinic Scholarship and Bursary Fund Award. The award will be presented annually at the Hampton High School graduating ceremony. The first disbursement will be awarded in the year 2000. The recipient must be a graduating student of Hampton High School, and have a financial need.

Paul Richard Martin

August 14, 1972- May 16, 1990

Paul Martin was a unique 17 year old from Hampton whose life came to a tragic end. He attended KVHS and was in his last year of study.

Paul excelled in English Literature and Music. He enjoyed reading, writing and playing his guitar. Paul enjoyed playing chess and he loved the serenity of the outdoors.

Paul is gone now. But for the people who loved and cared for him, he’ll always be with them. His voice will be the chorus in their ears. His face will be the centre of every dream. Paul’s spirit lingers in the hearts of his loved ones.

The Martin family, and friends of Paul, have pledged $5000.00 over 10 years to the Hampton High School Scholarship and Bursary Foundation Inc., in memory of him.

The Family of Roger and Holly Brown and Holly’s Restaurant

In 1996 the family of Roger and Holly Brown and Holly’s restaurant pledged a contribution of $5000.00 to the Hampton High School Scholarship and Bursary Foundation Inc. Roger and Holly have three children, Krista, Robert, and Jenny. All of whom have attended public schools in district six and have subsequently undertaken post secondary studies. Roger is a school administrator in district six. Holly is the proprietor of Holly’s restaurant which has been serving the community of Hampton since 1990. Holly’s restaurant has been an active positive participant in the community of Hampton with a special interest in education and athletics.

The Damon Family and the Hampton Save-Easy

In 1995, Alan, Coleen, and Tony Damon, the owners of the Hampton Save-Easy pledged $4000.00 to the general fund of the Hampton High School Scholarship and Bursary Foundation Inc. The Hampton Save-Easy was incorporated in 1977 and has since renained a family business. The Damon family and the Hampton Save-Easy have been generous supporters of numerous activities and both at Hampton High School and within the Community of Hampton.

Kenneth Douglas Sheldrick Memorial Scholarship and Bursary Award

Oct. 19, 1907 April 11, 1989

K. Douglas Sheldrick was born in Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick. He obtained his early education at Kingston and Rothesay. He received his B.A. from U.N.B. in 1927 and a diploma in Business Management from McGill in 1967. In 1929 he joined the Bailey Meter Co. Ltd., Montreal where he served as president and director until his retirement in 1971.

Mr. Sheldrick was married to Nan Jane Honeywell Coleman of Saint John, NB., a graduate from Mount Allison University. They had 3 children, Douglas, Robert and Annabel.

Mr. Sheldrick devoted his time to 3 major interests, education, masonry and the militia. He served for over 26 years on the Lachine Protestant School Commission and was chairman for six years. He was first vice president of the Quebec association of Protestant school boards and director for Quebec to the Canadian school trustees association. Mr. Sheldrick was the grand master of Masons of Quebec, honourary colonel of le bataillon des services de Montreal and vice president of R.C.E.M.E. corps association.

This award is available to graduates from Hampton High School or Kennebecasis Valley High School who were born and reared within the Kingston penninsula, have acquired their elementary education at MacDonald Consolidated school and are eager to seek a degree from Mount Allison University. The award may be up to but not exceed the current annual interest earned by the fund.

A-1 Auctioneers and Evaluation Services Ltd.

Joan E. Henderson was born and raised on Darlings Island where she attended a one room school for the first 8 years of her formal education. She graduated from Hampton Consolodated High School in 1948. Given her love for children, Joan became a school teacher and taught for several years before embarking in a successful career in business. She is co-owner and vice president of A-1 Auctioneers and Evaluation Services Ltd., which is one of the largest firms of its kind in Canada. Joan and her partner Charlie Palk have a keen interest in both the formal and informal education of youth. They have been active supporters of the Hampton High School Scholarship and Bursary Foundation Inc. The long term gift of $2500.00 to the general fund of the foundation by A-1 Auctioneers is testimony of their support for youth and post secondary education.

Saint John Times Globe

In its brief history, Hampton High School has had a rich variety of accomplishments, not only in academics, but in drama, art, music, athletics and community service, and a host of other areas. The students of Hampton High School have excelled at the local, provincial, national and, indeed, the international level, and it is an honour and pleasure for the Saint John Times Globe to recognize that excellence by awarding an annual scholarship to a graduating student from Hampton High School to pursue post secondary studies.

June 2001

Ellen-Anne Flynn Memorial Scholarship

Ellen-Anne Flynn

December 4, 1952 – February 5, 2001

Ellen-Anne was born in Cross Creek, New Brunswick. She graduated from Teacher’s College in 1972 and returned in later years to complete her Bachelor of Education Degree. Over the course of her career she taught in Boiestown, Cross Creek, at Hampton Elementary School, Hampton Junior High School and most recently at Hampton High School. Her empathy, intelligence, wit and love of literature and children made her a gifted teacher. Her students, whom she always called, “Dear”, felt free to confide in her at any time. Ellen-Anne was also a singer, a songwriter, a poet and an extraordinary mother who used her special sense of humour to overcome life’s most challenging moments. Her gentle manner has touched us all and her premature death from cancer represents an inexpressible loss. The following excerpt, from a letter written by one of her students upon her death, eloquently describes the impact that she made through her teaching career:

I never knew what an angel looked like. Now I do. She has blonde, wavy hair, glasses and a smile t hat would light up a room, and cheer you up when were down. An angel runs the poetry club, does hair for musicals and plays and teaches English.

Margaret Clarke

Margaret Clark was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. She travelled throughout Europe before arriving in Toronto, Canada, and finally settling in Hampton. Margaret worked for the town of Hampton for 16 years. She truely loved her community and strived to keep it a wonderful place in which to live.

Margaret was an amazing person who was respected by friends, co-workers and family. As the mother of two daughters, she possessed that rare gift of not only being a mother, but also a best friend. To others, she was a thoughtful friend, who was always there when needed.

Margaret was a very artistic person, concentrating her skills on sketching and painting. She also loved the outdoors, and during fine weather could always be found in one of her many flower gardens.

Margaret was taken very suddenly by cancer on July 3, 2001; however, her spirit lives on in those she loved and befriended, and it is in her memory this scholarship is established.

Hampton Pharmacy Ltd.

Hampton Pharmacy has been an integral part of the community for many, many years.

For over 30 years it has been owned and operated by the Moulton family. Throughout these years the drugstore has enjoyed great support from the community and we have been proud to serve the people and to support many community endeavors.

In this spirit of community support we are pleased to make our contribution to the Hampton High School Scholarship and Bursary Foundation.

J.M. Hovey Insurance Ltd.

It is with great pleasure that Jon Hovey, President of J.M. Hovey insurance Ltd., dedicates $5,000.00 to the Hampton high School Scholarship and Bursary Foundation Inc.

The Hovey Family has been serving the insurance needs of the community for over fourty-five years, a tradition began by Jim Hovey. In the spirit of community involvement, Jim has also served in municipal politics for over twenty years. This Scholarship is a token of the Hovey Family’s commitment to the community and to the support of post-secondary education.

John Peters Humphrey Citizenship Award

John Peters Humphrey was born in Hampton, New Brunswick, on April 30, 1905. At six, after playing with fire, the young boy lost an arm. His mother and father both died before he reached the age of eleven.

John received his early schooling at Hampton Consolidated School, then went on to Mount Allison and McGill Universities to earn his degrees in commerce, arts and law. Following graduate studies in Paris, he returned to McGill to teach in the faculty of law.

In 1946, Humphrey was appointed the First Director of the Human Rights Division of the newly-formed United Nations. In 1947, he was asked by Eleanor Roosevelt, the chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights to write what was to become the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948.

Dr. Humphrey retired from the United Nations in 1966. He returned to teach at McGill. In the ensuing years, he became founding president of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation, Amnesty International Canada, and an Officer of the Order of Canada. He received thirteen honourary doctorates from universities around the world and was honoured by a stamp issued by Canada Post in 1998.

Although his work took him around the world, small-town Hampton was always “home” in his heart. He wrote “When I dream, the background is always Hampton”.

John Peters Humphrey died March 14, 1995, and his final resting place is where he requested, in the Hampton Rural Cemetary, a short distance from the Humphrey Family Home in his beloved Hampton, New Brunswick.

This award is presented each year to a graduate of Hampton High School who exemplifies the qualities of good citizenship. The recipient is one who achieves high academic standing, is involved in school life and a wide variety of activities, while at the same time contributing to issues of social concern.

The award was first presented in June 2005, the 100 th anniversary of Dr. Humphrey’s birth and a fitting tribute to the legacy of a great man.

Andy Calkin Memorial Scholarship

Andrew Peter (Andy) Calkin was a much-loved and highly-respected teacher at Hampton High School who died in a tragic car accident on the outskirts of Hampton October 16, 2004, at the age of 41.

Andy was born in Toronto and spent his childhood in Ottawa and Vancouver. His High School years were spent fixing cars, visiting the beaches around Vancouver, and skiing off cliffs. He was the 1989 Golden Gloves Boxing Champion in New Brunswick in the Light Heavyweight division. He went on to study education at UNB in Fredericton, and taught at several locations in New Brunswick before settling at Hampton High School, his final home.

Andy was a gifted teacher, combining an intimate knowledge of science and math with a genuine interest in the lives and aspirations of his students. He was a talented rugby and soccer coach. He had a special bond with those students who faced difficulties at home and at school. This scholarship was established in his name, and is awarded each year to a graduating student who has struggled to overcome significant obsticals and challenges, and who intends to pursue some type of post-secondary studies.

Clary J. Wilbur Memorial Scholarship

Clary James Wilbur

July 25, 1948, Bathurst, N.B.- July 16, 2006, Saint John, N.B.

Clary Wilbur was born and spent his youth in Bathurst. He later travelled throughout Europe, South Africa, North America, Asia and Australia. He acquired a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Francies Xavier University, and Bachelor and Master degrees of Education at the University of New Brunswick. He chose a career in teaching because, “I felt I would be doing something socially desirable in teaching children how to think, love themselves and grow healthily”. His various positions at Rothesay Junior, Hampton Middle and Hampton High schools included classroom teacher, vice principal and principal. His remarkable gift during his thirty years as an educator was his ablilty to establish a personal raport with students.

Clary was also actively involved in community organizations and was passionate about family, friends and fishing. He believed all people should live three lives: one in which to travel; one in which to focus on a family and a profession; and one in which to reflect and write. His death, due to brain cancer, robbed him of the third. His family, friends, colleagues and students remember his eternal optimism, patience, tenacity, intellect and, as one of his three children so aptly described, “his smiling eyes and how proud those eyes made you feel”. In the words of a good friend:

The space he occupied on this earth was energized by his passion, blessed by his compassion, enlived by his good humour and changed forever by the legacy he has left behind. While some pass quietly and leave behind a few who grieve, Clary passed loudly, leaving countless who remember and smile.

The William Tyler Henderson Memorial Scholarship

February 5, 1986 – July 1, 2006

On July 1, 2006, we lost our son, brother, cousin, nephew, grandson and friend. William Tyler Henderson in a tragic accident on PEI. Tyler, better known to his peers as “T.H.”, loved all aspects of life and aimed to make the most of each day he was fortunate enough to live.

In 2004, his graduating year at Hampton High School, Tyler was voted “Most Reliable” and was awarded Male Student of the Year. Although not always academically focussed, Tyler was passionate about learning and loved life’s challenges. Whether he was running half marathons, polar bear dipping, organizing coffee houses, playing his guitar or learning to ride a motorcycle, he poured his heart and soul into every new experience. In his role as a member of the grad class executive, his leadership abilities excelled. Tyler demonstrated his talent to motivate others on the ice and football field. He made everyone feel at ease and would go out of his way to make sure people did not feel uncomfortable or inadequate. The magnitude of his character is truly respectable. Tyler made a lasting impression on all those fortuante enough to be a part of his life.

Tyler had a plan for his life filled with many dreams or “adverneys”, a word he created to describe the perfect balance between an adventure and a journey. Though we grieve the loss of our son, we know that he would want us to pursue more “adverneys” and carry on the legacy of his compassionate spirit and enthusiasm for life. Tyler believed that “life is a garden: live it, love it, dig it”!