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in the province. He had asked Helen MacDonald who was then provin- cial President of the Home and School Association, to begin a series of programs, “What’s New in Home and School.” Many aspects of the educational system were aired on this program in an innovative manner, and she was the resource person for “Challenge” initiated by Dr. David Boswell for teenagers, particularly students of the new high schools when they came into being. I remember once asking her to take on the added responsibility of looking after the participants of a new program on television for young people called “Teen Hop” for fifteen and sixteen year olds. Diane MacLellan (Blanchard) and “Mate” McIsaac were to be the young hosts with a young man of fourteen or fifteen who had an extensive record collection of note and would be spinning the platters. His name was Mike Duffy. He was a brash kid, full of energy and ambition, and he was determined to start his career right then and there, but no one would take him seriously. I imagine it was because of his age. Time of course proved that all of us were wrong. He is now one of Canada’s most respected television journalists.

In grade 9 in school young Mike Dufly used to spin the records for “Teen Hop”, CF C Y TV, and wrote “Platter Chatter” for the Charlottetown Guardian.

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