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

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Special Assistants Mrs. Harry Allin Mrs. Frank Jamieson Mrs. Roy Lunney Mrs. Bob Marjerrison Mr. Mansell Stacey Mrs. Jack Welsh COMMITTEE TO PREPARE THE HISTORY OF BOWMANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Chairman - Mrs. Howard Jeffery Committee Members Mrs. Clare Allin Mrs. L.W. Dippell Mrs. H. Lewis Mr. L. Lucas Mrs. L.T. McLaughlin Mrs. H. McMaster fArt Work? Those who contributed 1906-'20 PERIOD Mrs. Vera Adler Mrs. M.W. Allin Mrs. George Annis CVera Pennington? CMary Found? CFlorence Allin? Miss Edna Bottrell Miss Leta Bragg Miss Ruby Bragg Mr. Morley Burgess Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cole CMary Souch? Mrs. Kenneth Cox Miss Ann Coulter Mrs. C.H. Dudley Mrs. W. Farrow Mrs. Kenneth Fletcher Mrs. H.T. Humby Mr. Alan A. Martin Mrs. C.O. Miller Mrs. Tom Norton Miss Carrie Painton Mrs. V. Peacock Mr. C.E. Rehder Mr. Mark Roenigk Mrs. H.D. Waters Mr. Harvey S. Wight CRuby Jewell? KReta R. Cole? CAlma Perrin? CQ31eenie Wren? CReta Roenigk? CMarjorie King? CDora Prout? 6Lepha Doncaster? fElsie Bragg? 1920-'30 PERIOD Levi Annis Lawrence Ashton Dorothy Allin - Mrs. John Marks Beatrice Bedell - Mrs. A.H. Bounsall Marion Bellman Fred Billett Stuart Candler Harry Cowling Miss A. Brown - Mrs. B.C. Diltz Rev. C.H. Ferguson Rev. F.M. Ferguson Doris Foster - Dr. F. Tremeer James A. Hancock Mr. B. Ingham Nelson Jackman Oscar Jamieson Mr. Bruce Ingham Morgan Lunney Roy Lunney Edward CTed? Mason Lawrence Mason Doris McConnell - Mrs. B.E. Ingham Helen McGregor Gordon Moorcraft Cedric Needham Melbourne R. Osborne Dr. Stanley Osborne, B.A., B.D., Mus. D., D.D. Katie Pinch - Mrs. Kenneth Switzer Marion Rickard - Mrs. F. Farr Stanley Rickard Constance Seward - Mrs. F. Ste VEIIS Mildred Souch - Mrs. Kenneth Caverly Jean Switzer - Mrs. M. McLean A.L. Kenneth Switzer Miss Elsie Tighe A. Ross Tilley, O.B.E., M.D., F.A.C.S. Marion Warder - Mrs. Wm. Bain Ruby Witheridge - Mrs. Nelson 1930-'40 PERIOD Ada fAllin? Yellowlees Jessie CKnox? Slemon Elinor CSykes? Brent Eileen CWight? Osborne Nelson Osborne Ada CAnnis? Pickell Charlie Mcllveen, M.P.P. Carol Martyn Russell Hallman Donalda Creasser Tom Rehder Dr. Keith Slemon Florence KTomlinson? Densem Mr. Ed. Devitt, Teacher Mr. Gregory Colmer, Teacher 1940-'50 PERIOD Helen COsborne? Hammond Rae Rundle Wilma 6Richards? Coombes Ross Metcalf June iBickle? Cooke Howard Sturrock Mary CA1ldread? Justice Jacqueline CHeyland? Moir Audrey CVenton? Murdock Jackman Miss Dorothea Jeffery - CMrs. G. Linton? 1950-'65 PERIOD Charlotte 4Austin? McCullough Gloria Badour Merrill Brown Bruce Colwell Linda Crossey Barbara CCryderman? Bethune Catharine CDilling? Ford Connie iOsmond? Wiseman Eleanor tPickard? Colwell Gary McCullough Linda Watson Alex Wiseman Ivan Woolley Mrs. J. Kessler Miss E. Boyd, Teacher Miss J. Cunningham, Teacher Miss E. Laycock, Teacher Miss E. McKague, Teacher Judith CJeffery? Hagerman Robert Hagerman Steve Jeffery Gini fOsmond? Masterson Carolyn CStacey? Turner Dr. John Rundle L.M. Johnson, Ass't. Deputy Minister Dept. of College and Universities Cformer S.S. Inspector?

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to December 1918 - Mrs. K. Fletcher, Newton- villel. Dora Prout CMrs. Tom Norton! recalls this prize back in the 1906-'10 period. Ulf Ik ik fl' Ik Sk Mr. Cameron, when teaching, usually stood in front of an empty desk, on which he rested his hands. One day during recess, one of the students sharpened her pencils on this desk, but failed to dust off the lead from it. Sitting just two seats further back, I saw Mr. Cameron unconsciously gathering this lead on his fingers, and presently rubbing his hand across his face, to the suppressed amusement of the class. Only when he encountered the principal in the hall at the end of the period did he realize what had happened and was quite em- barrassed .... The staff consisted of four teachers, among whom I recall besides Prin- cipal John Elliott, Mr. Frost, Mr. Carpenter, Dr. Dandeno, Miss Elizabeth Allin, Mr. Cameron. There was a reunion of pupils of Mr. Elliott's time 1906-'13 in 1943 and one in 1944 ex- tended to the class of 1914. At the latter we were shown old registers of students. CMiss Edna Bottrell, Peterborough, Ont.J HK lk 'lf ik Ik Ik The pencil sharpening in the preceding episode would be with a knife. Mrs. L.T. McLaughlin CMiss Smith? remembers the ad- vent of the first pencil sharpener in any classroom. She relates, The Upper School form felt the need of a pencil sharpener, and each student put in some money toward the purchase. The sharpener was bought and in- stalled, and they felt it should be christened with a name. Casting abokt, someone noted that the first letter of the first names of the teaching staff spelled a word. The teachers were Miss Laura Smithson, Miss Isabel K. Smith, Alexander Ross, Robert McConachie. The word - liar. Someone well versed in Bible characters, said, 'Ananiasl' And Ananias the pencil sharpener became. For those not so well up on Biblical literature as the students of that day, Ananias was a follower of the Apostles who was struck dead for lying. Also remembered by Mrs. McLaughlin is the Literary Society program when a take-off of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Cput on by the High School Dramatic Society earlier that yearl was an item. Bob Parker declaimed with fervour, Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me your ears pause - for mine are frozen! As he had rather large ears and had had them frozen several times that winter, the allusion brought howls of laughter. A further reminiscence from Mrs. McLaughlin - Mr. Carl Browne was a young and inexperienced member of the staff and the older students took advantage accordingly. One day when Principal Dandeno was ill, Mr. Browne was put in charge, and a group decided to skip school, thinking they would get away with it. When the principal was informed, he told Mr. Browne to devise his own punishment. Mr. Browne had each teacher write to the parents of one of the truant pupils, asking if they aware their child had run away from school, and saying that a reply from the parent must be brought by the student. Consternation and chastisement followed in most of the homes, but one parent replied, She didn't run, she walked. However, the general effect was that students were wary of trying on too much with Mr. Browne thereafter. ik HF Ill Uk if wk An earlier episode of playing truant: On April 1, 1908 half of Form II pupils disappeared at morning recess and went to the lake for a stroll, returning at 1 p.m. We were allowed to rest every recess in our seats for a week thereafter. CDora Prout 1906-'10 Mrs. Tom Norton, Markham, Ont.J V A C G -I XVI 1 H . 1 I Original screech owl cover JL.-1 i--w s -- lil? created by Doris Foster CDr Tremeerl. e . e H ..-it lm 'al Val-I J' FH Pane l ma vs ' design used from 1922-'28, . . I I L..:,f...,

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The decade between 1920-1930 was an out- standing one for B.H.S. in athletic, academic and literary attainments. The teaching staff in- creased from five to seven teachers and the enrollment from 125 to approximately 275 students. To make room for the larger enrollment, a new addition was added in 1929 to the original school. It provided a much needed auditorium Cwith stage and dressing roomsl and a gymnasium, as well as four classrooms, two science laboratories, two commercial classrooms and two teachers' rooms. This new addition was formally opened on February 1, 1930, with Mr. W.B. Couch, the venerable chair- man of the High School Board conducting the programme. With the new addition to the school, the staff and students welcomed a new Principal, Mr. L.W. Dippell, although it was with much regret that they said good-bye to Mr. W.J. Morrison Laying the Cornerstone LEFT TO RIGHT: Jabez Van- stone, Jim Devitt, Neil McMullen, Morgan Lunney, Wallace Horn, ? , Kenneth Mit- chell. 32 1920's who had been principal for the past ten years. Melbourne CMe1D Osborne, 1921-'25, states so well in his memories of B.H.S. the appreciation and respect that the former students had for their teachers - All of my memories are over- showed by the respect and admiration I still hold for our teachers. Mr. Morrison, our Prin- cipal, a strict disciplinarian, Mr. A.R. Scott, Mathematics, Miss I.K. Smith, English and French, Miss Franklin, English, and my special teacher of fond memory, Miss Elsie Tighe, who taught Latin and History. They were only five in number but we of those years owe to each of them a debt of gratitude we can never repay. They instilled in each of us a sense of duty, in succeeding order, to our home, school and country. Any success which we may have gained since our school years is due in great measure to their dedication to us. There are two other names that must not be forgotten - Mr. Hyslop and Mr. H. Moyse, our faithful school caretakers. Mr. Hyslop served the school for fourteen years and retired in June of 1925. Mr. Moyse, Herbie to all the students, started his duties in 1926 and retire in 1949 on account of ill health. Both men were always interested in the activities of the students and gave a helping hand whenever they could. As Oscar Jamieson remarked in his memories of B.H.S., I will always remember how kind Herbie Moyse was to all of us. During this period, 1920-'30, the Literary Society continued to be a very active organization in the school. Each September a new executive was elected by the student body and served the school for one year. The Society was responsible for most of the social life of the school. Each year they organized the Hallowe'en Parties and the school picnics which were usually held at Hampton Park in June. As the school grew in size, this part part of school life passed away.