Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 27 Edson Sherwood is a member of Greenshields in Ottawa, and in his spare moments he commands the irregular Navy. Geof. Birkett is a hquor inspector for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. They say he has the right spirit for the work. i ■ Clive Holbrook is going up in Aviation, and he leaves the ground at the Ottawa Flying Club. Where he lands is another matter. He has been known to walk home. Jim Hennessy lives and works in Fort Coulonge, Que. Jim always did know how to live. Charlie O ' Connor is in the Oil Business, and has a new of¥ice in the Ottawa Electric Building. Pete Bates is soon to build a new home on Range Road, Ottawa. Old Boys ' Dinner Association Dinner a Great Success Many a pleasant school memory was revived — old friendships renewed — and a vigorous Alumni created when some sixty old Ashburians met, at the Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal, Saturday April 26th, for the first annual reunion and dinner of the Ashbury College Old Boys ' Association. The following officers and committee were elected for the ensu- ing year. President — Arthur Evans. Secretary — John Bogert. Treasurer — Haden Wallis. Committee — John Fauquier, Leo. D. Palmer, Ryland Daniels, Keith Davidson, Philip Scott, John Molson, Philip Wooll- combe, Gilbert Fauquier. The President of the Association, Mr. Arthur Evans, in pro- posing a toast to the school, outlined, in a few well chosen words, the aims of the newly formed Alumni and stated that an intensive drive for additional members was shortly to be undertaken, and that in view of so encouraging an attendance, it was hoped that next year well over one hundred and fifty members would be at the dinner, which will be an annual event.

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26 THE ASHBURIAN OLD BOYS SECTION News Items Eddie Echlin is very much married and settled down in Toronto. His family consists of three girls, and Eddie thinks he lives in the Toronto Ladies ' College. Allen Code is the leading golfer of Perth. During the war Allen was up in the air, but you can ' t get Allen up in the air with a game of golf. Wilf. Cory has turned out to be quite a Badminton player, and last winter he won the Church Championship. So you see he is a good player. Allen Beddoe is at present working on quite an order for the World Poultry Congress. The hens may scratch but Allen ' s brush never does. Erie Scott has passed through Ottawa several times lately. He is one man who can successfully combine business with pleasure. Lewis Carling is still carrying round his old nicknames of Pop and Count. Laurey Hart has lately married Miss MacLaren of Buckingham. She is the sister of Roy and Norman. That ' s the Old Ashbury Spirit of Co-operation ! Evan Gill made his first flight alone in an aeroplane the other day. He won ' t be alone long however, as he is soon to be married. He has given the daughter of the manager of the Bell Telephone in Ottawa a ring.

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28 THE ASHBURIAN Ashbury Old Boys, said the President, were scattered all over the world, and it is the intention to gradually gather them all into the Association so that the School may have behind it a powerful, widespread organization to foster its traditions and further its splendid work. Extra copies of the Ashburian containing an account of the Dinner are being sent to every Old Boy who was present. It is planned to build up a large Old Boys ' News Section in the School magazine, as this is one of the best media for keeping in touch. A list of Old Boys ' addresses who attended the dinner is pub- lished in this issue. There are still many names which the committee has not yet on file and any Old Boy knowing of any other Old Boy whose name and address has been omitted or incorrectly shown, is earnestly requested to send in corrections or additions as soon as possible to Haden Walhs, 3447 Drummond St., Montreal. W. v» feoYTve evo p cce£, or e|it co1-ow1 Ike Rev. Dr. G. P. Woollcombe, the headmaster, who replied to the toast to Ashbury, expressed his extreme pleasure at meeting so many old faces again. With many an interesting anecdote, he reviewed the history of Ashbury since its founding, in 1891. Few Canadian head- masters, remarked Dr. Woollcombe, were able to share with him the unique experience of personally directing the education, over such an unusually long period, of so many pupils as had been his privilege during the last 39 years. It was his great pleasure, said Dr. Wooll- combe, to realize that Ashbury can now take its place with the other prominent Canadian schools in having a large, active Old Boys ' association taking a keen interest in the welfare and progress of their old school. Dr. Woollcombe then proposed a one-minute silent toast to the many old Ashburians who had fallen in the war, after which the dinner concluded with musical selections, the signing of the Old Boys ' register and singing of God Save the King.