Altona Collegiate - Green and Gold Yearbook (Altona, Manitoba Canada)

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I. S. C. F. The Inter-School Christian Fellowship has been in existence in Canada for many years. Its purpose and aims are well expressed in its motto, which is: “To know Christ, and to make Him known.” Three years ago a representative of this organization visited our school and as a result a number of interested students formed ' an Inter-School Fellowship here. Although the I.S.C.F. has been a relatively small group it has been to many students a source of inspiration and strength. This year’s committee consists of Irene Artes, president; Anne Falk, vice- president; Grace Heinrichs, secretary; Sara Bergen, publicity secretary; and Walter Braun, social convener. Every Thursday after four we gather in one of the classrooms for informal Bible discussions. We have had a number of good speakers, among whom were Rev. H. J. Gerbrandt, Rev. J. Guenter, Miss Helen Willms from Matheson Island, Miss Marie Duerksen, missionary in India, and Miss Esther Patkau, in Japan. We have also had several interesting and instructive films and slides, and a social. This year we plan to hold the I.S.C.F. con¬ ference here in Altona. The I.S.C.F. groups from Winkler, Steinbach and Manitou will take part in this annual affair, which will be under the leadership of Mr. Don Ford, the staff member for Manitoba. We hope that it will prove a successful and effective climax to the year’s I.S.C.F. activities. MAGAZINE CAMPAIGN The magazine campaign was more successful than ever this fall. It was the Student Council’s first big fund-raising activity. Subscriptions for the following firms, Maclean-Hunter, Curtis Distributors and D. W. Friesen Sons Ltd., totalled a gross of approximately $900.00 and enlarged the council’s bank account by some $300.00. Though almost the entire student body con¬ tributed toward the general effort, the bulk of the sales were made by crack salesmen like Don Fehr, Don Braun, Irwin Kehler and Bernard Penner, shown discussing “business” with the secretary in the picture (left). To Don Fehr goes the credit for 30 per cent of the returns. 32

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CALENDAR ' 55- ' 56 A.C. ACTIVITIES August—School commences. September—Student Council elections. Magazine campaign. October—Teachers’ Convention. Halloween and Initiation Social. November—Scholarship Night. Remembrance Day—Rev. Loge addressed the student body. December—National Photo Studios photographed entire student body. Carol service in the Bergthaler Church. Christmas Social—Rev. Freer was the guest speaker. Exams. January—Skating party. February—Transferred to new Collegiate. Trip to Winnipeg. Teacher-Student hockey game. Score: 9-2 in favor of students. March—Education Week: Formal opening of the Collegiate. Silver tea. Presentation of “Arms and the Man.” Middle River Band gave a concert in Collegiate Audi¬ torium. High School Bonspiel. Exams. April—Driedger family moves to Winnipeg. Special students arrive to take a short course. Festival—Choir wins Dr. S. S. Toni trophy. May—Winkler High School Orchestra gives a concert. J une—Graduation.

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TRIP TO WINNIPEG On the seventeenth of February we assembled at the Collegiate at eight o’clock in the morning anxiously awaiting two buses which were to take us on our annual tour of Winnipeg. Upon arriving in our capital, our first stop was at Weston Shops. We were guided through a number of large buildings where we saw the reconditioning of locomotives and the production of machine parts. We also visited Canada Packers, where we ate lunch in the canteen, then toured the plant. We were shown all the processes through which an animal passes before it results in the finished products. 33