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

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hockey stick through the plate glass case which held a stuffed peacock. Fellow students clipped off feathers as souvenirs. Harry Cowling, 1923-'28 Sk ik ill ill Ik Ik The most significent thing that happened to me that year was becoming a close friend of Bill Pointen's. He was already a candidate for the ministry. He challenged me to make my decision, with the result we both wrote our probationer's exams in the spring of 1925 and took appointments on a pastoral charges that summer. Rev. Clarence H. Ferguson, 1925-'26 Ik lk Sk ik Ik :lf How the teacher in Form IV used to do the roll call which included Pinch, Katie, Quick, Lenore. The BEST bawling out I ever got was from Mr. Scott, who, in Fifth Form, returned a geometry paper marked in the 40'Z: range with the simple but never-to-be-forgotten words: You can do better than that! Rev. F. Merrill Ferguson, 1924-'27. all Sk ik 4' 4' 'V It was against the rules to dance in the Assembly Hall - but we girls often did at noon hour. If we were caught we were kept in after four. Do you remember the silo? It was used as a dressing room off the stage of the Assembly Hall when we did skits there. Valedictorian in 1924. Doris Foster CDr. F. Tremeerl 1919-1924 lk lk if lk lk 11 Students from Courtice area used to bicycle, in spring and fall, and ride on the Gar- ton Bus Line in winter - fare, ten cents a trip, or a dollar a week. Mr. Morrison taught us Agriculture. In our class he had us each plan a crop rotation. I worked out fall wheat, following by barley and Clare Allin said this wouldn't work. Mr. Morrison turned and asked me for further ex- planation. In my confusion I said the first thing that came into my head, which was the far- mers around Courtice 'can do it. Stiffling a laugh, Mr. Morrison said Are you inferring, James, that the farmers around Courtice are more progressive than the farmer of Providence? ' James A. Hancock, 1925-'28 as-warms:-n Once someone piled'all the boys' rubbers and overshoes in a pile in the silo in the basement. Mr. Morrison came to see what caused the commotion and narrowly missed being hit with the flying rubbers, as the boys tried to sort them. Nelson Jackman, 1925-1927. Il' Sk lk lil ll' ak In 1928, the students of Form II had no classroom of their own and were known as 'the Orphans'. If any were late, they went through the halls looking for their class, peeking through keyholes to locate them. Mr. Henry, the Math. Teacher, seemed to have a genius for appearing silently behind the student thus bent over, and would give the pupil a jolt in the rear. Roy Lunney, 1928-'31 Ill 41 Ik Ik Ill ik I remember going with Tom Sykes, in his Ford, to Cobourg for a Public Speaking Con- test, Merrill Ferguson competed. Mr. L.H. Cooke riding his bicycle to school and coming to class wearing pant clips. Valedictorian-1928, Edward CTedl Mason, 1923- '28 Ill Ik ll' Ili lk ll' Form II was a big sunny room in the south west corner. B.H.S. was a handsome building then with its famous tower Calways called the silo by students? and fine trees - beautiful grover behind the school - natural grandstand of the hill, and the big playing field below where from the far corner a path led down to the creek. On the lawn between the school and the doctor's house tlt has always been the doctor's house? the girls played basketball and tennis. Of Form I, I have only two recollections. One is of Pa Cpronounced Pawl Morrison coming in to READ the first examination results and saying, We seem to have a Family Compact on our hands. I and my brother and our two cousins had managed to get into the top five. We were deeply humiliated, and being strong Liberals Cby descentl took exception to the Family Compact label. I think the fifth one was Jennie Merchant, but can't be sure. The other recollection: of the same brother and cousins and the rest of the boys of Form I singing Oh, oh, oh, it's a lovely War at Com- mencement - that would be the fall of 1919. What do we want with eggs and 'am, when we got plum and apple jam? Between verses they did a smart military drill, wearing the real old- fashioned Better 'Ole uniforms of the First War.

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Mildred Souch CMrs. K. Caverly? remembers the heckling and insults of the boys when they played inter-form hockey games at Taylor's Arena. The tennis courts were on the west side of the school where there is now a parking lot. Volleyball was introduced as one of the sports in 1922, and when the new addition was added to the school in 1929, a much needed gym- nasium was included. It was not until this time that the first boys' basketball team was for- med. The following are the names of the teachers who taught from 1920-'21 - 1929-'30: Mr. W.J. Morrison,Principalg CScienceJ, Mr. L.W. Dip- pell, Principal CSciencel, Miss A.M.H. Brown CLower School Subj. and Hist.J, Mrs. C.S. Buck CEng., Lower School Subj.J, Mr. L.H. Cooke CMaths.J, Miss Durnin tEng. and Lower Schooll, Mr. E.W. Edmonds iClassics and Hist.J, Mr. John Elliott CMaths.J, Miss M.M. Franklin CEng. and Lower Schooll, Miss R. Haines tModernsl, Mr. S.E. Henry tMaths.J, Miss J.M. Hicks tHist. and Lower Schooll, Mr. B.E. Ingham tEng., Moderns, Hist.J, Miss J.H. MacDonald iClassics and Hist.J, Miss I. Ogden CHistory, Miss A.V. Parker CLower School and Phys. Ed.7, Mr. A.R. Scott tMaths., Physicsl, Miss M. Sissons tClassicsJ, Miss E. Stedman tClassicsJ, Miss I.K. Smith tEng., Moderns and Artl, Miss H. Thornburn tLower School and Phys. Ed.J, Miss S.E. Tighe iClassics and Historyl, Mr. G.L. Wagar CMaths.l, Miss L.P. Whitton tModernsJ. Memories of B.H. S. Imagine writing the Departmental Form V. Finals, with the wreckers tearing down the walls of your classroom. Sometimes there was only a tarpaulin between the students and the wreckers. Talk about noisy Classrooms! When the weather was inclement we had P.T. in the Assembly which was really the at- tic. There were wooden floors and stairs all through the building and once during a Crack- the-whip session, I flew off the end of the line, landing on my knees on the wooden floor from which I acquired an inch long splinter which took a full year to work itself out. Dorothy Allin CMrs. John Marks? 1924-'30. if ill 4' lk ll Ill Miss Sissons taking our Grade 13 Latin Class to the creek for outdoor classes . We danced the waltz and fox-trot and held our partners quite close and sang It Ain't Go'n a Rain No More and Red Sails in the Sunset. Cadet Inspection was a big event. Levi Annis, 1922-'27 lk 41 wk Sk Ik lk An account of an ex-student Alva Roblin and his car. - His first arrival at school was in about a 1924 Hupmobile roadster, with three large spare tires, one at the rear and one each in the front fender wells. He was driving from the Newtonville area where his father owned a farm. We are all envious of his car and I was pleased when' he asked me to go for a ride at noon. My pleasure was short lived because I soon realized what a poor driver he was. As we approached the Cream of Barley Camp, after some near misses, I suggested we had gone far enough, so without reducing speed, or signalling, he made a sweeping left turn and somehow we passed between the cobblestone piers for the building overhang and the building itself - a very narrow width. We got back to the school safely. I lost no time in spreading the word around of Alva's driving. On occasion, Mr. Morrison had our first class after lunch in the silo room on the second floor and he asked where Alva was. We told him he had gone in his car. Mr. Morrison looked out the back window and told us Alva was coming down Division Street at a high speed and a second later, he had failed to make the turn into the school drive. We heard a crash and Mr. Morrison let us get up to look. He had struck the high board fence. The car was not damaged, so Alva backed up and then entered the school drive, subsequently coming up to class. As time went on, Alva was quite often late for school and always the reason was the same - tire trouble. One day, he did not arrive till noon and he told us he had two blow-outs on the way. He promptly started to fix the tires which took all afternoon, and we could hear him pounding on the tires and installing them back on the car. This really annoyed Mr. Morrison and he told him not to come to school if he didn't come in to classes. It appeared Alva had no money for new tires and eventually had to give up driving and come by bus. Fred Billett, 1924-'29 4' 4' ll' Ik Ik lk Transportation to High School - the hard way - bicycle, horse and buggy, horse and cut- ter tHampton to BowmanvilleJ. Most embarrassing and scary episode - playing hockey in front hall and putting my

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In Form V, food was a great concern. Form V was a small room on the ground floor on the right of the main entrance with two windows that looked right up the street ot the corner of King Street where was Tod's Bakery. That final year we were sometimes left alone. A collection was taken up and out the windows went a couple of boys to the bakery. Always great ex- citement till we got them back in. That year we had the biggest Form V CUp- per School! that the school had ever known more than twenty. The small room was jam- med. An extra desk had been put in by the door, and when the door was opened the occupant CI think it was Doris Fosterb was completely cut off. Up to that year Forms III and IV Know Grades XI and XIIJ could be taken in one year or two. A number of us had elected to write all the papers after one year. Hence the jam in the Form V classroom. Helen McGregor, 1919-1923 ill ak Ik 4' lk lk 7 On the High School tennis court I had my nose broken by my partner, Gwen Williams, who took a swipe at the ball and missed, but the racket hit my nose. Opponents were Stanley Hardy and Marion Worder. John S. Moorcraft, my father, was Secretary-treasurer of the School Board and W.J. Morrison principal. A telegram for Mr. Morrison from a prospective teacher, Miss Mina Donnelly, was given to me to give to my father, who was to meet her at the train and escort her to meet the school board. Father was unable to fulfil his obligation, so arranged with Wes. Knight to bring her from the station to the hotel. I bicycled to the station, liked the look of Miss Donnelly, gave my bike to Ross Stutt to bring up town, showed Miss Donnelly the telegram that I still possessed and in- dicated that father had named me proxy to bring her up town to the hotel. Miss Donnelly and I corresponded all summer, but when she returned as a teacher we were never able to get along. Gordon Moorcraft, 1918-1921. V Sl' lk wk ik ik Ill One escapade I remember was the day we purchased some lymburger cheese and placed it on the hot water coils over which the air- conditioning system drew air from outside and forced it through the school. It is needless to say that school was let out at 2:00 p.m. that day. Melborne CMelD Osborne, 1921-'25 When Miss Tighe left B.H.S. in 1924 I know thwt people felt the bottom had dropped out of high school. I also had the good fortune to be a close friend of three students, the Ferguson brothers and Bill Pointen and all four of us wne unitedly into theology. Dr. Stanley Osborne, 1920-1925. Ik Ill Pk Ik PF ik Helen Argue's swinging piano playing for dancing Cat lunch timel with other GIRLS. This is where we learned to dance. The production of Twelfth Night under the direction of Miss Smith CMrs. L. McLaughlinJ in which I played Viola to Elgin Munday's Sebastian and Jim Devitt's Orsino. Valedictorian - 1930 Marion Rickard CMrs. F. Farr? 1925-1930. Sk ill ik lk lk HF George Werry cooking our dinners in the basement and Leon Moore buying the Eskimo ies. p Enjoyed Glee Club - Star of the Summer Night - Francis Sutton, Leader. Va1edictorian - 1932. Stanley Rickard, 1927-1932 Ill wk if ill Ill ak Five girls from Maple Grove were allowed to use the hot plate in the Science room for soup and hot chocolate. We had the key and had to lock the room when we left. We walked about five miles a day to school and home, so that was kind thought of Mr. Morrison's, much ap- preciatedf' Fifth Form girls would teach Form I and we loved Bea Devitt, always so sweet, smiling and kind. Later I remember helping Dorothy James and she was a favourite with all, full of fun and so impish. Constance Seward KMrs. F. Stevensl 1920-'25. il' lk ill lk il' ak My special pal Bun Mitchell was a fine pianist, played anything by ear. He was also a fine cartoonist. My basic memories of B.H.S. are the fine staff they had when we were there - Mr. Morrison, Mr. Ingham, Miss Smith, Miss Brown CMrs. Diltzl and Miss Tighe - and the strong desire for achievement felt by most of the student body. , Bowmanville seemed especially blessed with very attractive and talented girls. Kenneth Switzer, 1922-'26,