Balmoral Hall School - Optima Anni Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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r BETH ATKIN GAIL BROOKINO DAWNA DUNCAN DIANA DUNCAN SUZANNE FLOOD NANCY ANN GREEN SUSAN HAYES JILL HERRICK MAUREEN HUNT EIRENE LANDON Grade X as the Poets See It 'Hear ye not the hum of mighty workingI.9 Scared out of her feven renter - Sir Walter Scott. He that publifhef a book fparagraphj rum a very great hazard . . . - M. De Cervantes N For fezferal dayf after my firft book Qparagraphj wat pub- liyhed, I carried it about in my porket and took Iurreptitiouy peepf at it to make Jure the ink had not faded. - Sir M. Barrie ff Happineff war born a twin. - Lord Byron. A little .runburnt by the glare of life. - E. B. Browning rf In the morning when thou art Iluggifh at routing thee, let thif thought be prefent: I am fixing to a man'J work. ' - M. A. Antoninus Love if like dizzineff, It wanna let a poor body Gang about hif bizzine.U. - Hogg Went to fee a Bounding Bug Dance a jig upon the rug. - G. Francis 'Ding dong bell! - W. Shakespeare. People Jay life if the thing, but I prefer reading. - L. P. Smith CAROL MACAULAY' Said little Eohippuf, 'I am going to be a horyel' - C. P. S. Gilman BEVERLEY MCLEOD My foul if dark with Jtormy riot Dirertly trareable to diet! - T. Maynard BETTY-LOU MCPI-IAIL Where did you get thofe eyef yo blue? - G. MacDonald DOREEN NICHOL A woman hath nine lizfef like a rat. - Heywood. CAROL NlXON Travel in the younger fort, if a part of edurationf' - F. Bacon PITSY PERRIN She if a winyome wee thing, She ii a handfome wee thing. - R. Burns. DINNY PHIPPS iWork if the leaft of my ideeyf' - W. Riley SYLVIA PIERCE There! little girly don't cry! - W. Riley ANGELA ROSE She'd fight a rattlefnake and give it the firft two biteJ. - H. L. Wilson MARY K. SIMPKINSON The happy windy upon her played, Blowing the ringlet from the braid. - Lord Tennyson

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21 THE STAFF BACK ROW-Mrs. Coulter, Miss Kirby, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Price, Miss Lucas, Miss McMillan, Miss Boreham, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Nixon, Mrs. McEwen, Miss Coubrough, Miss Hawkes. MIDDLE ROW-Mrs. Elliot, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Vaughan, Mrs. Dennis, Miss Sharman. FRONT ROW-Mrs. Brown, Miss Elliott. Remember When . . . . . . the River Room in the White House had a midnight seance . . . Leone heard that men wore tails', for dinner parties . . . Miss Hawkes phoned Mavis, only to be told that she must not be disturbed from her studies . . . Craig Gowan beat Ballater at volleyball . . . the boarders ate chow mein at 9:00 p.m .... Nora Annes render- ing of Rachmaninoff caused a landslide in the Kindergarten . . . Grade I defied Mr. Thorsen . . . the bolt of the Mixmaster was served up for dessert . . . Sylvia's cheeks wore a permanent blush . . . Maureen made peppermint creams . . . the library became the Press Room one afternoon . . . Jennifer said, I must be getting Canadian . . . . . . Sue knew there'd be a history test because Miss Boreham smiled at her . , . the water main burst . . . Eve said, I beg your pardon? to Mrs. Smith who replied, I hoped you would. On the Job I arrived at the Alexanders' home about eight o'clock that night. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander went out ten minutes later, leaving full instructions about putting Dot to bed. At eight-thirty, I bathed Dot for attempted toj. Twenty minutes, five bath towels, two bath mats, fifteen toys, two cakes of soap and a box of Kleenex later, I was finished. There was about an inch of water on the bath-room floor and I went wading through it into the bed- room with Dot. After reading her four fairy tales, she went to sleep. At nine o'clock, eleven boys and girls came over, and we had a party. First of all everybody raided the icebox which contained milk, ice, butter, apri- cots, lemons, celery, olives, sandwich spread, lettuce, bread, carrots, hot dogs, pickles, cheese, eggs, soft drinks and a few other things. Every- thing but the kitchen sink went into the sandwiches. We all had a lot of fun and ate nearly everything in the house. Poor Mrs. Alexander! The phono- graph was blaring as loudly as possible and half the kids were jiving. All of a sudden I remembered the baby. She was so quiet that I had forgotten her. Dianne, Joanne and I rushed upstairs to peek at her. I tiptoed into her room, looked in her bed and let out an awful scream. Dot was gone from her bed! I rushed into the bathroom to find her lying on the floor half dead with an empty bottle of rubbing alcohol beside her. I nearly fainted on the spot. First of all I phoned the Doctor, then took Dot downstairs and fed her dry mustard to make her sick. We rushed her to the hospital, and she was soon better again. I apologized to Mrs. Alexander and she was very nice about it. That is the last time I will ever have a party. I will stay on the job . Nancy Bathgate, G rude VIII.

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23 MARTHA TRAVERS Let no one pay me laonour willy leari, nor celebrale my funeral with mom'11i11g. - I. Ennius MAXINE WRIGHT Anotl:1er tumble!-tbaI'J lm' Qberj previous wore! - T. Hood MISS HAWKES lVe have had a jolly good lemon, and it iefrei Il! jolly well right! You have forly million reaiofzi' for failure, lm! no! a Jingle exr11ie! - Rudyard Kipling Grade Eight If you want to have fun better come to Grade Eight Say what you like but we think we're first-rate. Brenda is our outstanding star In ballet and gym she is first by far. Marilyn too is very keen A champ someday she will be seen. Not every class of twins can boast And other bright stars we can number a host. Theres Nancy and Gail-there's Arlene and joy, There's Joanne and jane and Gayle spelt with a Y, And then we have jennifer-were all full of fun' The fame of Grade Eight will shine as the sun. At Christmas time, with secretive looks We brought out our gifts for Our Miss Brooks.' High on her desk the presents were stacked And with gay Christmas spirit her gifts she unpacked. We too had presents and all were gay As we scattered paper that happy day. Our class had a party when Valentine came And our gay-coloured box held cards with no name. We awaited our teacher to greet her with cries, Offered some food and laughed, Surprise! We presented her next with a box of good candy And a cup and a saucer, pronounced very handyf For the Red Cross Fund, Grade Eight had a sale, A variety of things were sold by the bale. Tables piled high with all manner of loot, Books for the studious, for teachers canned fruit, jewels for seniors, games for the tot, Our day was successful, every item was bought. Because we sold things for a penny or two, Our cash added up would astonish you. Twenty-seven dollars was our total that day, We were glad to donate it, to help in some way. At the hrst of the year what all of us needed Was someone who'd help and one who'd be heeded. From four of our class-mates we made a selection, Dianne, it would seem, had won the election. Again in March voting time came around And Lyn for President we were bound, She will be President till end of the term And we can depend upon her to be firm. 1 r 1 Grade Nine A is for absence-lead taken by Harris. B is for blushing-the more Buz. to embarrass. C for Carnegie, our one-time Class Pres. D is for Dodo, Less noise, please! she sez. E is Elaine. You can say that again Y F is for feuding. By Cross-Davis, in vain. G is for glamour which jen will deny. H is for Harriet. Hiya, sweetie-pie! 1 is for Irene with a voice like a lark. I is for jacquie. For England shell embark. K is for Kilgour. Strictly for the birds! L is for Lynne. At a loss for words? Al is for Moo, a fair bonny lass. N is for Newman, our chief gymnass. O is for Onalee who wove her own skirt. P is for Pinky in front row alert. Q is for Quiz Kid. That means you, Mary. R is for Ross who is quite contrary. S is for Smitty who teeters on heels. T is for Thorkelson who looks as she feels. U is for Urp -Grin's favourite expression. V is for vague-thats Sue after a lesson. IV is for Watkins, art work she can do. X, Y, and Z, we shall leave to you. Grade VII's Red Cross Effort We decided to have a Fish Pond for our Red Cross Drive in February. It was a busy noon hour selling candy and looking after the Fish Pond and Wishing Well but it was fun. It also took us the whole morning with the help of Mrs. Brown to arrange the room. We earned 3520.81