Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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This year our committee turned out much better than I in my inexperience had ever dreamed it would. Nancy and I as co -editors were amazed to find ourselves in a position where it was our great responsibility to turn out a yearbook. Luckily we had Mrs. Ald- ous continually lending a helping hand and a sympathetic ear while Mrs. Carter mourned over the state of our finances. This year we tried something different and decided to raise some money to help cover expenses. We sold chocolate bars with the co-operation of every class in the school until we all thought that we ' d never eat another chocolate bar again. In the end our profit turned out to be approximately two hundred dollars. We were very lucky to find a girl who was acquainted with yearbook procedures from her old school, and I know that if she hadn ' t helped us out, we would never have made it through the year. We extend our thanks to Mary Christie for her knowledge, help and endless patience over the shortage of meetings. Although enthusiasm was high this year, we still had trouble trying to get the girls to bring their cameras in. Many thanks to Joe Marlyniuk for his kindness in taking pictures for us. My best wishes to the next editor and her staff. I hope she will be fortunate enough to have staff as good as ours. Heather Nesbitt Diana Conway, Odds and Ends; Janice Henry, Odds and Ends; Heather Nesbitt, Co-Editor; Elizabeth Marion, Adver- tising; Debbie Williams, Art Consultant; Cyndi Leigh, Sports; Mary Christie, Layouts and Co-Editor; Nan Gall, Art and Literature Selection, Co-Editor. 4

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JOY RAMCHARAN Friendship is a vase, which, once it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after. Joy very obligingly changed her surname to Smith when she came to Elmwood in Grade Eleven, because certain mem- bers of the class have speech impediments which prevent them from saying those hard polysyllabic words like Ram- cha-ran. Joy is distinguished by her long black hair, her jungle baby eyes, and her bubbling giggle which can set off the class at it ' s most sombre moments. Joy is a hard worker who must learn to curb her habit of saying, Oh, I failed, I know I failed , after every exam she writes. She is also the only person who gets away with illegal earings. She says her ears go septic , but we know she has a secret ambition to become a flamenco dancer and wear hoops in her ears all the time. Joy is the cosmopolitan influence in our otherwise rather boorish class. If you want to buy your ripple chips in style, Joy will get James to drive you down to Theresa ' s, for a nominal fee which will contribute to Joy ' s mascara fund. Joy isn ' t sure what she ' s doing . . . next year. She may go to Carleton, she says, but we know she ' s mad about Honours Biology (students) . In any case, you have left your mark on Elmwood, and we wish you happiness Joy Hermia Smith. PATRICIA LYNCH-STAUNTON Yes, I am indeed beautiful. Sometimes I sit and wonder just why it is that I am so much more at- tractive than anyone else in the whole world ! - Yum Yum, Trish has been at Elmwood since she wore an under- shirt and the school will miss it ' s ' plain clothes prefect ' who despensed her chapel monitor duties with such conscientiousness. A generous hand with the red stars makes her popular with the juniors but even she sometimes finds it hard to bribe the little monsters to put up chairs. ' Fish ' has been a mem- ber of the choir all her years at Elmwood, and has been a moving force behind all the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, especially The Mikado last year. To the novice 6 Upper- er, Trish ' s ' Mr. It ' sounds like the epithet for the Man of her Dreams or a kind of men ' s cosmetic, but Mr. It is Irish ' s cherished iguana and bosom buddy. Trish is a good student and does well in Spanish, and math. Despite the occasional abuse suffered by her car in our parking lot, Trish is quite patient and always willing to drive people to Harvey ' s or to a rendez- vous with their beau. She ' s always willing to help if she can and we ' ll be sorry to lose her next year. Good Luck, Trish, Elmwood will miss you.