ETOBICOKE/YORK ~ RTO/ERO DISTRICT 22 BACKGROUND

District 22 is made up primarily of educators who worked or live in the former Cities of Etobicoke and York. With the new amalgamated City of Toronto it is hoped that we will continue to attract retiring members from the western sections of the city. 

In 1968, when STO (Superannuated Teachers of Ontario) was brought into being, the province was divided into 10 geographic Areas. Toronto being Area 8. This structure only lasted 5 years. In 1973 constitutional changes were made and 24 Districts were established. Etobicoke and York was one of these original 24 Districts. Today we have 42 Districts.

The History of District 22 (Etobicoke & York)

1968
Superannuated Teachers of Ontario (STO/ERO) was formed. This name was changed to Retired Teachers of Ontario (RTO/ERO) in 1998.

1973
Districts were formed with their own executives. District 22 was composed of retired men and women teachers from the areas of York and Etobicoke, and included elementary, secondary and separate school teachers.

The first General meeting was held in October 1973 with fifty retired teachers attending.

Constitution
The District 22 Constitution was approved at the June 11, 1990 Annual Meeting. It was revised June 6, 2002. 

Website
The Web page was was established in the year 2000 by Irwin Kelly.

Newsletter
Our newsletter "The Twenty-second Report" is published four times a year and is mailed to all District 22 members.

Day Tours
Several tours to places of interest are organized throughout the year by Walter Wild. They are very successful and well attended.

Founding Executive Members

• President - Hugh Barrett

• Vice-president - Murial Morgan and Carl Scully

• Secretary- treasurer - Hawley Cross and Catherine Goul 

Other Executive Members

• Ralph Russel

• Houghton Robinson

• Lois Puttock

• Florence Newby

• Art Irwin

• Harvey Gibbs

• Garfield Payne

• Art Kiteley

• Helen Doble

RTO/ERO Founding Member Award
Harley Cross received the RTO/ERO Founding Member Award in 2000 at the Fall Senate.

Meetings
An Annual General Meeting (a luncheon meeting) is held in May presently at The Old Mill in Etobicoke.
Our Fall luncheon meeting is also held at the Old Mill.

A "To Hell With The Bell Breakfast" for new retirees was organised and held on September 8, 1993 by John Woszak and Mary Ruth McDonald. Forty-five teachers and guests attended this affair and because of its success has been held every year since then. In September, 2002 one hundred and one people attended.

Membership
By 2002 our membership swelled to about 1600. 

District 22 Presidents

Archives

Our History of District 22 is finished and may be purchased by calling:

Jeanne Rutherford
1101 - 335 Mill Road
Etobicoke M9C 1Y6
Phone: 416.626.0650