A piece of local history came full circle at St. Francis Catholic Elementary School on Sept. 24, when Ontario Lieutenant Governor Edith Dumont visited the school and added her signature beside that of former Lieutenant Governor Pauline Mills McGibbon, who visited in 1975.

Mills McGibbon’s signature was discovered in an old visitor sign-in book as part of the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s Hall Pass to History campaign, an initiative that highlights memorable moments and milestones throughout the board’s history.

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While looking through archival materials, staff at St. Francis uncovered the book from 1975, containing the signatures of Mills McGibbon, Ontario’s first female Lieutenant Governor, as well as Sudbury Mayor Joe Fabbro.

Nearly 50 years later, Dumont’

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