salute to PAUL CARON who died Friday August 15, 2025

FOND MEMORIES OF PAUL CARON – September 1999.

IT was a delightful summer afternoon when we pulled our rent a car

up beside a roadside picnic bench in the south of France. Paul and Denise Caron

, Marjorie and AlanSkeoch had retired from the classroom. Paul pulled the cork from a

bottle ofFrench wine…Denise and Marjorie unwrapped cheese and warm baguettes. And we made a toast to the staff and students of Parkdale collegiate

backin Toronto. We had retired and planned this celebration. There was the smell of autumn in the air. We bought the wine at a French gas station choosing upscale wine rather than the wine suggested by the owner. His

garden hose wine was little too cheap . …about a buck a bottle (used bottle) and cork it ourselves. Not fitting our toast to Parkdale students and staff. Denise and Marjorie had been Parkdalians as much as we had been..

My favorite memory of Paul was at one of our rock and roll Parkdale assemblies in which Paul re -enacted a tune by Jerry Lee Lewis.

He added a twist. He played the piano backwards…his hands behind his back. Jumping as only jerry and Paul could do;

The students went wild.