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

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20 X1 .9 '-I' xl? 'Q Underground Adventure lt was Sunday evening and john was taking a stroll down the lane just before he had to come in for bed. He was thinking about the june examinaf tions and worrying a little about the composition paper. As he rounded a bend in the road, he saw something shiny in the path, about the size of a quarter. He bent down to pick it up, and as he was putting it in his pocket he saw that where the quarter had been, was a small metal ring. He was an inquisitive lad, so he pulled it, and a trap started to open at his feet. He closed it quietly and knocked, just to be polite. As soon as he had done this, a haughty butler opened the door. What do you want? he asked, in the nastiest voice John had ever heard. I, I well ,... N You want to see Lady Holly. eh? Thinking that john was a suitor, he continued. She's had enough for one day, but you may stay the night, I suppose. qxarisg MRS as v 3+3-6 QQ. He led John, who was too surprised to protest, to a small but cosy chamber and left him. He got ready for bed, climbed in and soon dropped off to sleep. In the morning when he awoke, he looked out of the window, expecting to see his mother's flowers in bloom, and hear the birds singing. Instead he saw a large garden of plants, something like giant holly. He dressed quickly, putting on a suit of green velvet he found on the chair. A few minutes later the butler arrived and took him to breakfast. After that he was told to amuse himself till noon when he would meet Lady Holly. There was Dot much to amuse himself with for everywhere he went an invisible force from the giant holly plants pushed him back. The only place he could go was to his room. The hours dragged by. Finally it was time, and John was led down a spiral staircase into a large bright room. There on a large couch, wearing a holly wreath on her head and a lovely green gown, was the most beautiful young lady he had ever seen. She stepped down and took his hand and said to the butler,

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THE LIBRARY EXECUTIVE 1956-1957 Executive Honorary Librarian , .,.,., . ...E ,Lyn Stephen Librarian ,iV.i,i.i . i ...i Elsie Albertsen Staff Adviser .,...ii .. H a.., Mrs. Dawson Margaret Gillespie Reesa Riesenberg Margaret Macdermid Carol Stirling Susan Mack Jayne Swinden Gayle Morris Carol Trimble Carol Wallace Committee Gail Allman Barbara Sidgwick Maureen Ford Helen Smith Faith Wilson , dm, Y ' 4. X ' f, , 2 f - M- at r Q 0 OUR NEW JUNIOR LIBRARY This is a room with a charm and a personality all its own. It belongs to the junior School but the Kindergarten comes to it - some Senior girls come to it - and the Staff comes to it. There is a rug on the floor, a record player and records to go with the books on the shelves. We have French stories in French, English stories in English. There are Bible stories, myths, legends, fables, books on history, geography, biography, art, music, science and fiction, all classified and catalogued just like the Senior Library. The reference shelves are right up to date with a new Globe and Atlas, a large Oxford Dictionary, the new Junior Encyclopaedia Britannica and a Comptons on order. A Junior Library - perhaps - but we are all using it - and - loving it.

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Jenkins, don't you think he is a little young for a suitor? He knocked at the door, so I thought . . But he did not say what he wanted? No . . I reject your suit, young friend, she said, turning to john, but I hope you will stay and visit our beautiful land. Those few days were the most exciting ones john had ever spent. He walked through unusual gardens beneath his room, and beside clear running streams and small water falls. At that moment mixed with the sound of the water, he heard his mother calling, john, john, wake upg the doctor is here to see you. After the doctor had gone, his mother explained. He had come in last night from his walk in a daze and climbed into bed. This morning he had awakened with measles. His mother asked him later where he got the shiny new quarter and the huge holly berries she had found in his trouser pocket. MARGED THOMAS, Grade VI Supposing Supposing you get the chickenfpox, Be a geologist studying rocks. If you just don't go for that. Make yourself a funny hat. Or if your dear heart yearns for reading, Choose a book of certain breeding. If it'S dolls and toys you like, For heaven's sake, don't ride a bike. Supposing that you get the mumps, And your bed is full of lumps, When your throat is swollen up, Suppose you are a poodle pup. If you're loving nature study, Suppose you're a tree, all green and buddy. If your mood is dull and flat. Try to be a persian cat. Perhaps the day is drear and cold, Shine your armour, Knight so bold! When towards the lake you go, And the train is oh 4 so - slow, You could perhaps a blue jay be, Sitting on a passing tree. So now, when on your back you're dozing, Try to spend your life Supposing. bIoAN SELLERS, Grade V 21 What the Owl Saw An owl was Sleeping on a branch of a big oak tree. It was sleeping because owls usually sleep all day. One day, the owl woke up because he heard a loud noise. He rubbed his eyes to get the Sand out, then he looked down from the branch to See what was there. Then he rubbed his eyes again because he Saw a strange animal. Her babies had their tails wrapped around their mother's tail. The babies were hanging upside down and were swinging back and forth. The owl thought he was imagining that, so he tried to get back to sleep. But he could not because he was still thinking about the strange animal that he had seen. If you go into the Same wood, and if you go down to the old oak tree, you might see the old owl. He is trying to think of the name of that strange animal he saw on the branch of the old oak tree three years ago. He still does not know. SUSAN BRACKEN, Grade III Betty's Birthday One morning Betty asked her mother, lVIumf my, when is my birthday? Mother answered, Next May the 25th. I want Daddy to get me a dancing doll as big as me, So that I can dance with it. On May the 25th, when Betty woke up, what do you think she saw beside her bed? A big dancing doll! GhF'I she said. just what I wanted. And there was a note on the doll. It said, To Betty, from Mummy and Daddy. NIEANIE RILEY, Grade II A Snow Bunting Have you ever seen a Snow Bunting? Ilve seen a whole lot singing in a maple tree. You see, I was playing outside when I saw the charming bird. It was a mother Snow Bunting keeping her baby birds warm. The babies were very sweet, and soon learned to sing like their mother. Then they learned how to fly. In March they went away. They came back again in December. And how they would sing! They had lovely voices. I would dance to their tune. Now they have gone away, so I'm waiting every day for them to come back. KAY WILSON, Grade III A Cat I met a cat as black as night, He loved to eat and he loved to fight. He went to see a circus gay, But couldn't get in for he wouldn't pay. NANCX' SYM, Grade III