Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School - Hello Yearbook (Brantford, Ontario Canada)

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12H FORM NEWS GORDON ROSS Gord is a Motor Car Specialist. Ambition; To get first class honours in grade 13, especially in math. Secret Ambition: to customize cars Achievements: Inter-form sports. GRANT RUSH Grant is a Machine Shop Specialist. Secret Ambition : To see a teacher walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Achievements: Inter-form sports. Nickname: Rusty . Hobbies: Hunting and cars. r KEN STALEY Ken is a Machine Shop Specialist. Ambition: To become his own boss. Probable Destiny; To become a fore- man in a machine shop. Pastime: Keeping his car in working condition. li DON SMITH Don is the quiet type, and an industrious student- He likes a good game of hockey. He is a Machine Shop Special and woiild like to attend Hamilton Institute of Technology, MURRAY SMALL Murray has a small brother, Larry. He is a Mechanical Drafting Special. Probable Destiny: Letter carrier. JACK THOMPSON Jack is a Motor Car Specialist. His secret ambition is to own the Shake- N-Burger. Jack spends his spare time trying to park. Compliments of THE RECORD SHOPPE Recorded Music Is Our Specialty 19 QUEEN STREET BRANTFORD, ONTARIO PHONE PL. 6-6742 Complimenl-s of STEDMAN ' S BOOKSTORE LTD. School Supplies 154 COLBORNE ST. PHONE 752-3048 Books of all Kinds BRANTFORD, ONT. Page 32

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12H FORM NEWS ALLAN EBERT Allan is an Electricity Specialist. Probable Destiny: T.V. technician. Quote: Greasing and lubrications, my fine-feathered friend. Achievement: Stage lighting. Fond Memories: U.S.A. ' s fifth amend- ment. BARRY NEATH Barry is a Machine Shop Specialist. Ambition: An apprenticeship in tool and die making. Probable Destiny: World champion in billiards. Achievem.ents: Inter-form sports. Pastime: Carol. MELVIN FAIR Melvin is the owner of a 1954 Ford. Liabilities: One 1954 Ford. Anyone interested in buying a 1954 Ford? His favourite pastime is studying Math and Electricity. BRLVN O ' RILEY Brian, the talking Irishman, must certainly have kissed the Blarney Stone. He has a good start in used parts business if wrecks are any in- dication. HARVEY JORDAN Harv is a good senior lineman if his knees would hold out. Also he is an active member in inter- form sports. He would also like to pass electricity. CARL RAY Carl is a Drafting Specialist. Ambition: To become a professional golfer. Probable Destiny: Hollyw ood All-Star Golf . Secret Ambition: To retire as soon as possible. Achievements: Hello Business Staff, inter-form sports. BILL KAY Bill is a less experienced welder- He is always working or trying to find something to repair. He likes to think of Mondays as a public holiday. He has good intentions I PAUL RITCHIE Paul is a Drafting Specialist. Secret Ambition: To take out his brother ' s date. Achievements: Senior football team, hockey, inter-form sports. Pastime: Baseball, waterskiing. KEN LAWRENCE Ken is a Machine Shop Specialist. Ambition: To become a sportsman. Hobbies: Hunting and fishing. Secret Ambition: Healthy old age. PETER RITCHIE Pete plays hockey and football for the school. Mechanical Drafting is Pete ' s voca- tion; Math is his avocation. Probable Destiny: Duck-hunting with Evelyn. GARY LOGAN Ambition: To become a taxi driver. Probable Destiny: Sports-car driver. Secret Ambition: To pass one math examination. Hobbies: Football, hockey, inter-form, sports, and Carl ' s homework. PAUL ROBILLARD Paul is a Machine Shop Specialist. Ambition: Tool and Die Maker. Secret Ambition: To pass mathe- matics. Achievement: Inter-form sports. V Page 31

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QuUdd ie GoA He COSTAIN WINNERS Jim Qarkson, John Kneale IMPROVING BRANTFORD By JAMES CLARKSON (Winner of the Thomas B. Costain Non-Fiction Award) The resident of Brantford is fortunate to live in a community which includes in its make-up many desirable features. Chief among these are the en- thusiastic support given to community projects by the citizens and the justifiable pride which these citizens show in their city. Rarely does a fund-raising drive fail to reach its objective; Brantford ' s teams, boys ' bands Eind service clubs are well supported. Yet, nothing endangers the progressiveness of a community more than an apathetic citizenry. It is our duty as residents of Brantford not only to be constantly looking for flaws in the existing municipal system, but also to bring these flaws to the attention of the proper authorities, suggest improvements, and support our suggestions through to completion. A great deterrent to community progress is un- employment. It is necessary to the welfare of the city that every effort be made to provide jobs for its people. Of late, Brantford has been unfortunate in its ability to do so. Her major industry, the manufacturing of farm implements, is by nature seasonal. The result is that many are unemployed throughout a large portion of the ' year. At this point, the city should enter the picture: first, to attract new industries to Brantford; secondly, to hold the ones that are already here; and finally, to provide employ- ment for those without jobs through an increased public works programme. People ' s faith in their city was recently shaken when a major manufactur- ing concern moved its entire operation to what was termed by the management a more favorable loca- tion north of Toronto. What could be a more industrially favorable location than Brantford, situ- ated, as it is, in Ontario ' s heart, at the junction of four major highways and three railroads? Definite steps should be taken to prevent recurrences of this situation and to attract new industries to our city. A reorganized and strengthened Municipal Industrial Commission is needed to take the necessary action. With the co-operation of the local real estate firms, the Brantford City Council, and the Public Utilities Commission, a group such as this could make known to prospective buyers and builders the availability of advantageous plant sites. Even a small number of new industries would give a tremendous boost to Brantford ' s civic spirit and her economy and would justify the formation of such a commission. Brantfordites have been noted through the years for their sportsmanship and for the calibre of the teams that they organize. Our parks system is super- lative in that it provides baseball diamonds and skating rinks for school, neighbourhood aind industrial teams. Yet, her better teams, amateur and semi- professional, are housed in the worst imaginable facilities. Interest in junior hockey runs high; Brant- ford ' s teams have been successful. But the arena in which Brantford plays host to visiting teams and their supporters was recently condemned for inade- quate sanitation. An interesting sidelight is that the facilities were hastily repaired and the arena is now back in use. In its present unsanitary and unsafe state it houses, as it did before, Brantford ' s figure- skating and minor league hockey. Much the same situation exists at the home stadium of the Brantford Red Sox. This team, Intercounty League champions for the past two years, played before crowds seated in a ramshackle, 15-year-old, wooden structure. In September, the stadium, for some time considered by msiny a potential fire-trap, was extensively dam- aged in a fire. WUl it be hastily repaired as the arena was, or will an improved stadium be constructed? This remains to be seen. It seems strange that in a sports-minded city such as Brantford these conditions should be allowed to continue. The public has repeatedly expressed a desire for a willingness to support a municipal audi- torium to house its sports activities, rallies, meetings, ice and stage shows, and e.xhibitions. Surely, inter- ested parties could organize a group which will formulate a definite plan of action and bring such a plan to fulfilment. Page 33