Alexandra High School - Old Acquaintance Yearbook (Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada)

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Prominent in the rural World is farmer Irvin Shore, owner of the largest chick hatcheries in Western Canada. It's about time he cashed in on those eggs he's been laying. In industry, Sibyl Loume Niblock, following a Students' Council recommendation, is working for the Gruen Watch Com- pany-still keeping minutes. Art Rayner is a wealthy lumber- camp foreman-still looking after Woods. In the literary field We see the best seller, Why I Am No Longer a Secretary, by Ida Kathleen Johnson and Lottie Windsor Zeitner, and Eddie Bach has made millions from his photographic club Look of the Month. Don Mackenzie has just edited Algebra in rrr2 log 3,451 Easy Lessons for Ray Burns. Showing at all the best theatres is that famous couple, Margaret and Richard Taylor, in the exciting Rebecca Returnsj' written, produced and directed by Richard Taylor-Taylor-made! On the same program is the thrilling, spine-tingling, Butcher Arms Around Me, starring Sissy Oh, You Kid! Sangster. Before the show begins there will be the Try, Try Again Amateur Show, with the following contestants: Bubbles Reesor Sweety Stephens Cuddles Lacey and Kutie Kraemer doing your favorite numbers. But, alas, not all the graduates of that class became famous -some were married, and, worse still, some became school teachers. Do you remember Wilma Daniel? Well, now she's prin- cipal of the latest correspondence school, her motto: My way is the Weiss way. Two of our colleagues have established the Morrison and Marcellus School for Girls- We only take nice girls, but the McQueen girls, Rose, Petunia, Lily and Dan- delion, go here, too. Kay Grenache is tutoring Algebra and Sociology to the Grant and Cuyler kids, and Don Hullock is a Social Studies teacher, with emphasis on the Social! Eileen Krauss took off and married a T.C.A. pilot, and Annabel found that being a dress-maker wasn't much alone, so she found herself a suitor, collared him, and after he pleated with her to marry him, she hemmed and hawed, then accepted and married the janitor. Ruth Collier decided she wasn't going to be a bridesmaid again, so became a bride instead. Norma Vesso and Marguerite Broughton took the fatal step and now each one has a bawl and change. Joyce Turner says she might as well be a Librarian because Don's always booking off, or leaving her on the shelf. Remember Betty Williams? Well, she heard the call of the open road and became a Varga-bound. 13

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fact, that they have won the I.O.D.E. provincial prize for the best school paper in Alberta for two consecutive years. This year the Imps won the city basketball championshipg so Chuck, Dick and Ray will be immortalized on the halls of the A.H.S. as basketball champs. We, the Class of '47, have had' the advantages of many clubs. E.R.O., Gym, Drama and Forum are only a few of the many which have helped make our high school life an un- forgettable experience. The annual spring Red Cross Tea, con- vened by the T.A.M.S. under the capable guidance of Miss Cobb, continues to be the outstanding social event of the school. This year several improvements have been added to the school. A milk-vending machine has been installed in the base- ment-now you know why there's always a crowd around the Chem. Lab. The most important and most revolutionary event to take place since our initiation was Joyce's election as the first girl president of our Students' Union. Even though the boys have complained all year no doubt they'll do it again next year. And now we are graduates with many memories of A.H.S. The impressive ceremony last night and the fun and hilarity of tonight have been a fitting climax to our four unforgettable years at the A.H.S. -Sibyl Louise Niblock. Qllass Hrnpheng Dust is thick on the portrait in the dimly-lit hall. Vague is the printing below the faded faces. As we approach the picture we wonder what has become of these bright looking students that made the class of '47. Downton, next to Cliff Adams' taxi stand Cwhose motto is We drive Plymouths, while pedestrians Dodge l stands the business firm of Kundert and Odland. They began their fabu- lous careers as Contractors Extraordinary but, after their first building assignment, they changed the name by popular request to Wreckers Incorporated. On the corner of the block we find Fred Big Business Schneider selling the even- ing issue of Labor Union lpublished by Liberal M.P. for Oliver West, Norrine Lutesj. In every field the class of '47 has prominent members. Rennie Dederer is following Roosevelt's footsteps. Every time he sits down with a group of men he demands a New Deal, then like Premier King, shuffles his cabinet. 12

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When you're in Miami, you simply must visit the fabulous summer resort, Bill Beach, by a designer of the same name. Chuck Allen vacations there every winter. In the summer he loafs in California, and in the winter, Florida. Ray Burkett had an interesting time while travelling on the train the other day. The conductor looked at him as though he hadn't paid, so Ray looked right back as though he had. Bertha Andersen has become her own boss. At the office she can start any time before seven and stop any time after six. Pete Kinvig is now an eminent band leader and composer. Even Bill Kanewischer's singing his latest hit Give Me a Simple Wife. Also in the musical world we find Ida Hedlund and her Medicine Hat Conservatory of Music. Many people have obtained their L.S.M.F.T. degree from this music centre. In the medical field the class of '47 is well represented. Marg Lyon and Betty Gant have certainly made names for themselves in the Dr. Kildare Memorial Hospital. They have very important work in the kitchen-Betty washes the dishes and Marg dries. At the same hospital Karen Mathieson is the anaesthetist. It's so nice and quiet. Everyone in this hospital has heard of Doc Elder. He's the only one they know who can take out your tonsils and play Pennsylvania 6-5000 on the sax, at the same time. Helen Mary McNichol is now the Russian ambassador to Nicaragua. They can't understand what she's saying and she can't understand what they're saying-so the Foreign Ministers conference goes on. Mike Chomik has become a very wealthy man shipping machine guns to the United Nations Assembly Debates. And Irene Lewis has changed her name because people were giving her dirty looks every time she bought a ton of coal. Norman Mauch has become a Voyageur of the Rods - ever since Mr. Cuyler told him about Hobohemia. Lloyd Flaig and Anne Hopkins have a marvellous Biology Laboratory, one of the most modern in the world. One of their minor assistants is someone called Lapp. Ever hear of her? Budd Whiticar has designed some of the very latest houses. His rumpus rooms are marvellous. His slogan? You, too, can have a bowling alley in your basement. And Don Fraser has become general manager of the Dominion Fruit Company. What about me? Well, on the corner of Backwater Street and Chinatown Avenue, you'll find a little booth with this sign on it: YOUR FUTURE told by MME. BRINKHURST A Prophecy for a Free Meal -J . Brinkhurst. 14