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

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27 Mrs. TurtIe's Tea Party One Saturday morning Mrs. Turtle got up bright and early. She was having a tea party and had to go and get some bugs and flies to eat at the party. She was inviting Mrs. Ioan Toad and Mrs. Heather Frog, and all the rest of the frogs in the town of Muddy Water to her party. She didn't know what to use as a table so she decided to use the backs of her child- ren. She went outside to get them and told them that she would have to use them as a table. She set the table, then she heard a ring at the door. There in the doorway were guests. When they sat down to eat, one of the children sneezed and all the dishes went all over the floor and some were broken. That was the end of the party. Everyone felt sorry for Mrs. Turtle be- cause some of her good dishes were broken. They had a meeting and all the guests got her a cup and a saucer. They had a party and gave her their presents. MILO SPOONER-Grade III My chatty Kathy talks, But she does not walk. She has black curls, Like all lucky girls. CATHERINE Mc1N'rosH-Grade 1 The Little Lamb Once upon a time there was a little lamb and he went out in the forest and he saw a little girl. He saw the little girl picking flowers, and he went with the little girl to her home. They went in her house, he had something to eat. When he had eaten he went out in the forest again. He went far, far away and he was lost, but he followed his little footprints and found his way home. JOYCE CHEGWIN-Grade I It makes me happy As can be, To see a kitty Climb a tree. I mustn't stop To talk, you see Because it's schootime Now for me. ALLISON WOOD-Grade II The GoIIiwog's Dream One day by a rippling stream sat a golli- wog. As the little golliwog watched the water go by, his little head began to nod, and then he went to sleep. He dreamed that he was walking slowly through the woods. lust then he saw tiny people moving among the leaves, they were fairies. Each fairy had a tiny pot of paint and a paint brush. The fairies painted some leaves red, some yellow and some gold. Suddenly a fish jumped in the stream and made such a splash that it wakened the golli- wog. He saw that all the leaves were green. Then he stood up and went to look for the pots and brushes and the fairies, but he could not find them. He knew that he had been dreaming. SUSAN DANIELS-Grade III At The Beach One day the sun was shining. A boy and girl were at the beach. They were playing in the sand and they were swimming in the water. It was warm that day so the little girl went swimming in the water, and the boy started to make a sandcastle. He put big and little stones around the sandcastle. Then, when he had finished it, he called to the little girl, Susan, Susan, come on and see my castle. Susan came in from the water and looked at the castle. She said, That's nice! Then they went home together. SIGNEY STEWART-Grade I Oh me, the cat, Oh me, the pup Can go out in the cold And not button up. LEAGH PHILLIPS-Grade II An Exciting Day One day a boy and a girl went out in the woods. They took with them their kite. While the boy went to get his bike the girl stood by the kite. Then she threw it up in the air and she held on to the string and the wind carried her away. When the boy came back he saw that his kite and his sister were gone. He looked to his right, he looked to his left, but he could not see the kite or his sister. Then he looked up into the sky, and he saw his sister and the kite. He called to his sister and said, I will help you get down. He fetched his father with a heli- copter and a rope and they got her down. BARBARA ASHDOWN-Grade I

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29 Red Feather 'Fiesta This year we had two main objectives in October-fthe Initiation of new girls and the Community Chest Campaign. The Pre- fects decided to combine these two functions and hold a Red Feather Fiesta, hoping to raise enough money for us to be a Gold Feather Giver and, if possible, to buy a new record player for the Common Room. Initiation itself was planned to help the Fiesta. The new girls wore large red fea- thers for the preceding week, and worked hard selling tickets and helping with pre- parations. On November Znd, they laboured in the traditional way, carrying old girls' books, polishing shoes and reciting the Pre- fects' Pledge. By nightfall it was impossible to tell the new girls from the old among the colourful Spanish peasants and aristocrats who attended the Fiesta. It was an evening of fun for everyone. After some quick News Flashes from the Prefects, Miss Murrell-Wright cut the red ribbon, thus opening the Fiesta. Everyone sang, Getting to Know You, and then sales began. Colourful booths lined the gymnasium while in the centre stood a table holding a jar of beans and a beautiful Christmas cake. Around the Fish Pond, many colourful fish dangled in a net while across the gymnasium a lighted tree stood above the Christmas Gift Booth. Gifts from all over the world sold quickly at the Seven Seas Booth, while, close by, the Fiesta Specialty Madcaps were soon sold out. Around these booths, people were occupied in throwing darts, getting a ball in the Clown's mouth, and playing other such games. Meanwhile, downstairs, 'Miss Martin had won herself an apple by half submerging her head in a tub of water while admiring Iuniors awaited their turn. Those not so fond of water tried to bite an apple off a string. Some who had exhausted themselves playing ping-pong, shuffleboard, or golf, sat down with a hot-dog to try and put names to the Grade Twelve Baby Pictures. In the centre of the room a steady flow of people flocked to play Bingo, and outside, the candy and popcorn business flourished. At nine forty-five, all sales stopped, and everyone gathered around the piano. We sang while waiting for the final total to be cal-culated, and the prizes for certain acti- vities were presented. Mary Hamilton won the cake for guessing its weight, Madeleine won the last 'Brenda Balmoral for calcu- lating the number of beans in the jar, and Dawn Smith claimed the Buried Treasure. The evening ended with the enthusiastic singing of the School Song, and everyone went home poorer in pocket, but richer in heart. The financial goal for the Fiesta had been set at one hundred and thirty dollars, and a thermometer had been placed outside the gymnasium to show progress towards this goal. By nine o'clock, the mercury was up to the ceiling, and so we had to wait until the end of the evening to hear the final total of three hundred and fifty three dollars. Two hundred dollars of this was sent to the Com- munity Chest, andthe fifty convenors proud- ly wore the gold feathers sent in recognition of this effort. DOROTHEA DEMPSTER MARYEL ANDISON DIANE MORTON United Nations Day October 24, 1962 We were all reminded on Wednesday morning, October 24th, that this was United Nations Day - a day of major importance to nations all over the earth. Flags of over one hundred members of the United Nations were displayed in the library and books and pamphlets invited students to learn more about the work of this international organi- zation established on October 24. 1945. Where is thy reign of peace, And purity, and love? We thought seriously about the question as we sang these lines in our opening hymn at Morning Prayers during the early hours of the Cuban crisis. It may have been the very question the member nations asked themselves when they formed an organiza- tion for the preservation of world peace. To help us understand the significance of the United Nations Day, Miss Murrell- Wright read part of the pledge of the United Nations. After Prayers we went outside to the flagpole.We may remember shivering in the blowing snow as lane Moody lowered the Union Iack to repla-ce it with a United Nations flag which was her gift to the school, but let us hope we always will remember the last line of our closing hymn that Morning. as a promise that the work of the United Nations will be rewarded and . . . Earth shall be fair and all her folk be one! SUSAN RILEY