Bowmanville High School - Screech Owl Yearbook (Bowmanville, Ontario Canada)

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Two Operettas: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, 1949, above, Mr. G. Harle, Director, forground THE MIKADO, 1951, below. And a Play: QUALITY STREET, 1954 LEFT TO RIGHT: Alan Porter Tom Park Ron Turner Marilyn Herne Con sofal Bev Cowling Elizabeth Prower A- LEFT T0 RIGHT: Mary Aldred CJusti Alex Drummond Greta Snowden Ivan Wooley Grace Nicholson CWiersmaD Ken Buttery Barbara Goddard CButtonshawD Jim De Geer me i I x 5 5

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4 P l I was again shown with a new cast. With the ad- dition to the school these plays and operettas were abandoned for a time. During the late 50's the Band was growing Csince music was now an option? and, under the direction of Mr. Peters, they entered a Toronto Music Festival where the band was rated as a Class A Band. The Glee Club was also im- proving in this decade. In 1955-'56 they presen- ted ST. LUKE'S PASSION by Bach. This was considered a very large undertaking but again, under Mr. Peter's capable direction, this at- tempt was a great success. The Glee Club was asked to perform at the local churches with guest' soloists and was widely acclaimed. The following year they entered the Kiwanis Festival in Peterborough and walked away with first prize as they performed pieces from ST. LUKE'S PASSION and received extra marks for the difficulty of the work. There was a quartette, formed in 1948 by Mr. Harle, the music teacher, which turned out to be very popular. They sang at many church an- niversaries, functions at the school, and even- tually starred in the operettas. The boys who made up this quartette were Rowland Coom- es, Kenneth Hockin, Ivan Woolley and Ted tt. These boys sang very well together, but ne of their big attractions was the humour hey put in their shows. At the testimonial din- er for Mr. Dippell in 1961, he made a special request for the Four Pals to sing. They had not ung together for years, but were honoured to e asked, so got back together and rehearsed. r. Dippell was pleased to see them all ogether again. SCREECH OWL During the 50's the Screech Owl again came to life. After the 1949 professionally printed one, the school could not afford to publish this type of edition every year, so the office staff began to mimeograph the copy at the school, with the typing done by the students in Com- mercial. Two or more sections came out through the year, collected into soft covers with the pictures by June. The photographs were small and difficult to see in the early '50's but improved later. The 'Letters to the Editor' were a big feature and indicated the feelings of the time. A new page was started in the mid '50's called 'Letters to the Lovelorn' which was good for a laugh. There was much good literature printed, short stories and many very good poems. One highlight of the Screech Owl was the form humour - While looking at the map of the world in Geography class, Merrill Brown exclaims: 'I don't see the Iron Curtain'.' Mr. Witherspoon, in his inimitable style replied It must be at the cleaners. - Graham Pickering has a habit of smiling at everything. In Literature class, Miss Cun- ningham was reading a serious part in JULIUS CAESAR, when she happened to glance down the aisle and see Graham about to laugh over the grave scene. Miss Cunningham: Smile Graham, and you'll die with a grin on your face. - In a Latin class, before Mr. Sheridan's marriage, he was being teased about the big event. Laughter ensued and Mr. Sheridan said in exasperation Don't laugh, it isn't funny! There was also much talk about whether Mr. sneakers when walking the Dippell wore halls. No one could hear him coming until he was on top of them. He sometimes jangled his keys to warn There was someone new students of his approach. also form news, advising if joined the class or if the class took a trip to the Museum or the theatre. ATHLETICS Much attention in the 1950's at school was paid to sports. In the early '50's the school walked away with the Inter-school Track Meets, winning the Bassett Cup in 1950, '51, '53, and '54. When the construction began on the new addition, the track and field meets were 'moved to the Boys' Training School. The basketball teams did well also during this period. The Senior Girls won the Eastern On- tario Championship in 1950'51, won the Lakeshore Championship in '51-'52, The Boys' Senior Basketball Team won the League Cham- pionship but lost the Cossa in Peterboro in 1950. There were many names who were outstanding in track and basketball - Dot Hocken and Dot

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Each graduating class made a presentation to the school in appreciation. Usually the gift to the school was a painting to be hung in the halls for posterity. In this particular year, as depicted by the photograph, the Grade XIII graduating class arranged to have a professional wood craftsman recreate the new school symbol into a large hand-carved plaque as the class gift to the school. The photograph was taken on the day of the class presentation with DONALD CRAMP for the class and with MR. DIPPELL, our most respected prin- cipal, receiving the valuable gift on behalf of the school. Donald Cramp