Barton Secondary School - Oracle Yearbook (Hamilton Ontario, Canada)

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Barton Bids a Fond Farewell to Two of Our Favorite People Miss Christine Gilchrist Mr. Albert Mollis 29

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Mr. G. Walls PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE It is the year two thousand and anything. You, a Barton per son in this book, have just finished your two-hour work day in your home information network centre. You are relaxing by your gasohol fireplace just before going out for six or seven hours of your favourite fitness, recreation and volunteer community service activity. As your eyes casually scan the bookshelves, they are arrested by ORACLE ' 83. You take it down and affectionately thumb the pages slowly, not reading, just reminiscing. Your mind easily wanders back. I remember ' 82- ' 83 so very well. That was the year dances almost ceased and the staff and students produced Grease . The Fashion Show was extraordinaire, and our athletic teams made our op- ponents beware. For scholarship it was a vintage year, and our community service was without peer. Then Miss Gilchrist had to call it quits, a happening she thought was the absolute pits. Yes, Barton really was a special school, because everyone owned the problems and participated in the solutions and everyone shared in the pride and joys of successes. That kind of caring and sharing most of us have carried beyond the school over the years into actions that planted new seeds of hope in people ' s hearts even in the face of discouraging unemployment, the very real threat of a nuclear holocaust, the depressing fact of hunger and disease, disasters and other unflattering human issues that were begging for solutions. It really did help to create in us the desire and determination to make our community and world a better people place. We ' ve made so much progress! I ' m really thankful for those Barton years. I appreciate the ORACLE staff for their great work every time I look at this book. I wonder when the Barton Blue Association will organize the next super reunion? Let me see - it was formed in ' 81 by Mr. Wismer and gradua tes. Their 30th will be the school ' s 50th. F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-CI The kids these days don ' t know what they ' re missing by not going to school with hundreds of other great kids. I still have my doubts about the home, computer-assisted, learner centre. Sincerely, .-t. ' ii iie G.E.Walls, Principal. Mr. P. Simpson

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PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB AND . . . Back Row (L-R): Mr D. Wood, Mr. B Forgrave, Steve Kovar Front Row Joanne Lishman, Denise Lishman, Jim Plantinga, Tiber Turi Absent Mike Lynch • ' The ORACLE staff would like to thank the photo club for their hard work. We really appreciate it!