Balmoral Junior High School - Crimson Green and White Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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15 B I 0 G R A P H i E S Class IX-4 Nancy is always gay, but she r s gayest when.she is love covinselling Maxine. P.E. and ' Flied Lice’on mouldy toast have ' won a place in Nancy ' s heart. Nancy has many hobbies but badminton and chiseling gum off hall floors are her favourite. • ■ ’• o — ■ Oh’ Now here’s an ambitious soul. Maxine wants to sell watermelons on Mars or marry ’a millionaire,. What a panic is often heard at tumbling club, badminton club, bowling and the houseleagues, all of which Maxine participates in. Maxine has a crush on the phone, the T.V. set, P.E. Math, boys. Egg Foo-yong and Boys, IVA CRAMER Iva, our future nurse, just can’t live without the word’ain’ti Liver and onions with potatoes and gravy seem to be her favourite dish, while math is her favourite subject. Watching T.V. and belonging to badminton club and glee club take up Iva’s spare time. ARDEN DUBNEWICK Nice play,Shakespeare ' is often heard when Fifi is around. While Jr. leaders, volleyball, basketball, referees club, and students council take up most of her out of school time P.E. and.boys take up a lot of her school time. If you see Ard munching dreamily over a hamburger and chips.you can be sure she’s dreaming about the future. She wants to be a Stenographer or a ' common ' smuggler, FRANCES HATTON Francois, 9-4 ' s nomination for Miss Laugh.of the Year, wants to be a Stenographer or an educated ditch-digger. Frankie who takes an active part in press club, tumbling club, and referees club, could eat loads of steak and chips. T.V. skating,P.E.,a nd boys are Fran ' s main interests, DONNA KIRKBRIDE Squawkbox just abhors eggs, so naturally hates to be told to eat them. Donna takes an active part in the great school pastime - Detentions, Her favourite subject is library period, when she can eat all the jap oranges she likes. You may have the idea Donna hasn ' t any ambition, but you!cfewrong. She wants to rob a bank or sell reducing pills to her uncle. KATHRYN MAY Kathy just couldn ' t live without the famous expression E Gads . Language is her favourite subject so naturally she wants to be a Stenographer (or a Vet?)While Kathy likes T.V. badminton, and Lost and Found club } she just loves fried chicken. LORENE MERKLEY Halt ' . Guess what) Stripes is a junior leader, as well as being a member , , of badminton, bowling, referees, and drama clubs. She is a real Frenchman for she loves to say, un,deux, trois, quatre, cinq, while brooding over her future. Will it be a millionaire, a jockey or a social director.. Let us know ? Stripes. JOANNE MONROE Jo wants to be a stewardess so she can marry a pilot. Math is high «« this gal ' s book,while fried chicken and chips, talking on the ph «te, holy moly , badminton, boys, drama, volleyball, basketball, b«ys, houseleagues and boys share this limeligjht. NANCY BOURNE MAXINE COWAN

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Class IX-3 JIM THOMSON ROSS WALDO EDDIE WOOD JOHN WRAY BIOGRAPHIES 14 Jim, one of the brains of IX- r3, .has decided to sell chocolate- covered snails to the teachers, as an occupation. Jim loves reading horror magazines and seeing horror movies. He.likes badminton, volleyball, soccer, and he always buys his BdrOmeter. Ross (Batman) wants to try selling refrigerators to the Eskimos. His favorite subjects are: (in this order) Miss Edwards (too late now, Ross’), basketball. Junior Leaders, tumbling, referees, and badminton. What does he do instead of homework? More homework, (he says)I Eddie, or Stupid, as he is more commonly, called, wants to be a, gambler or a petroleum engineer. He enjoys ' social studies, chicket chop suey, watching TV and most sports. His pet saying is Son of Bohemian basketball player! John hasn ' t made any plans for the future yet, but enjoys science, apple pie, Chinese food,and Referees ' Club. His favorite saying : Oh, go fly a kite. CLUBS REFEREES CLUB Getting off to a good start in early October, the referees club began by refereeing Boys and Girls Bordenball. Soon another was added. Girls Floor Hockey. On its heels came Volleyball followed quickly by Basketball. Throughout these hectic months the many stalwarts kept up the good work. When the referees club ended those who survived found they had acquired a firm and lasting knowledge. of the rules of the game, Many thanks go to Mr. Jorstad who stuck with us both in teaching us the rules and in the carrying out of our duties. BADMINTON CLUB Dennis Leask, Starting in late October, the Badminton club found it had too many memben for one class so it was divided into three groups according to grades. Learning the basic fundamentals,we were soon playing fairly well. Highlighting the season was a city wide tournament on a Satv :ay morning, Unfortunatly many competors came down with Sccrlet Fever. However we did well for time spent on it and considering the mber of competors there Mr. Jorstad deserves full credit for the success of the Badminton Club this year. Dennis Leask

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BIOGRAPHIES 16 Class DC-4 JOY PRINGLE Shrimp, as Joy is known to most of us. Wants to be a comptometer operator or an educated bum Her favourite activities include talking on the phone, badminton, drama club and volleyball. EVELYN WYLLIE We got a cowgirl. She wants to rope a blonde millionaire. In fact he doesn’t even have to be a millionaire. I love you too’’is a familiar chant when Ev’s around. Science and P.E. seem to be her favourite subjects. Badminton, track, volleyball and Jr. leaders are Ev ' s extra curricular activities. BOYS’ SPORTS ALL-STAR SENIOR BASKETBALL Balmoral Junior High captured the Division ”A” Senior Basketball Championship by’ defeating Colonel Walker 43-35 in a sudden death game. Throughout the season the whole team showed good spirit, and had great determination during the final game. Under the direction of Mr. Pallesen, they finished the seas: with 8 wins as against only 1 defeat. This clearly shows that through team effort, desire, perseverance, and good coaching a championship was won. Membe: of this team are as follows: Bill Wylie, Dennis Leask, Tom- James, Brent Eraser,.. Tom Clark, Ed Brauer, Alien Cabana, John Boogerd, Barrie McCullough, Ed Wood and Don Gathercole. Barrie McCullough, 9-6 JUNIOR BASKETBALL - nLL-STAR Under the direction of Mr. Williams, the Junior Basketball team had a very successful: season. Balmoral met Branton to decide the sectional winners, and were defeated. Their year’s record was very good, with V wins against 2 defeats. Members of the team were: Terry Clark, Bob Taylor, Muzz Luft, Ken KLipypert, Wayne Riley, Doug Ramsay, Dave: Monroe, Dave French, Rod Griffin, Dick Pfeifer. HOUSELEAGUE VOLLEYBALL Barrie McCullough, 9 6 The Houseleague Volleyball was very successful this year.; Each noon hour during the winter months 3 boys’ games were played, one for each grade, VII, VIII and .DC. ' Players are to be congratulated on .their fine showing cf sports¬ manship’ during the games. Mr. Williams was .largely responsible for this year s success. The winning rooms were as follows: Grade DC - DC-2 Grade VIII - VIII-11 ; Grade VII - VII-15 ' Barrie McCullough, 9-6