Camrose High School - Royal Blue and Gold Yearbook (Camrose, Alberta Canada)

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The Camrose Canadian CAMROSE, ALBERTA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1960 OPENS AT OHATON OVAL (C.P.)—The Wild Bill Leisen Boptet opened a national Bop concert tour last night in the Ohaton Oval. The Boptet includes Wild Bill ‘Noisy’ Leisen trumpet, Jassy Meraw, tenor, Two Beat Isakson, alto, Mouthpiece Mohler, tenor and Sque¬ aks McLeod, clarinet. All are former stars of the Camrose School Band. Their current recording of “Promotion” is lead¬ ing record sales. ADVOCATES ABOLITION OF ALGEBRA COURSE OTTAWA (C.P.)—Senator Sid Fehr last week introduced a bill to the Senate to eliminate Algebra I from the Alberta High School curriculum. When reporters interviewed him yesterday and asked for a reason why he had sponsored the bill, Senator Fehr replied, “No comment and don’t quote me.” CROONER MOBBED (A.P.)—Wallace Johnston, famous warbler, caused another riot in New York last night. This is the third uprising this month. Women of all ages, from the diaper stage to senility, are completely enthralled with his singing. His tone is likened to liquid honey dripping into a bubbling fountain. Mr. Johnston is the originator of Bo Peep, offspring of Be Bop. FIND HAPPINESS EDMONTON (C.P.)—Mr. D. Noden, Mr. R. Robinson and Mr. J. Kopak, report that they have finally found per¬ fect happiness. “We have found and are about to attain our goal in life,” says Mr. Noden. The trio left yesterday for Nelson B.C., where they are joining a Doukhobor colony. BRINGS FAME TO CAMROSE (N.P.)—On Tuesday, William Milner of Camrose, Alberta, won the national tiddlewinks championship. After the hard- fought victory, Mr. Milner offered some advice to all young athletes. “Train hard and keep in good shape,” he said, “eat the right kind of food and live a quiet life. You too can attain the place in sports which I have gained.” NEWS FROM THE MET (N.P.)—The smashing new broadway hit “Drop Dead My Darling, Drop Dead” opened last week at the Metropolitan Opera House and will continue during the summer season. This successful show, composed by Madam Sondra Schloss and directed by Sir Peter Daintith has been on a world tour for the past four years. The leading lady is the famous lyric soprano, Gwen Asheton-Smith. SCHOOL HOLIDAY DECLARED (C.P.)—Teachers at Camrose High School reported a halfday school holiday on June 30 for the following reasons: each day during the school term there was complete attendance with no lates; assignments done, and every member of math classes had on his person a text, soft pencil, red pencil, hard pencil, ruler, geometry set, notebook, set of log tables, pen, ink. There was absolutely no talk¬ ing, no loitering in the halls, no smoking, no fighting, and ALL answered questions correctly. If the students can match the record set this year, say the teachers, we may allow them a full days holiday next year. WINS CHAMPIONSHIP (A.P.)—Dave Gilmour was awarded the World Chess Championship on Mon¬ day. He defeated “Barney the Blond,” Russian champion in a twelve hour match. Russia has claimed that Mr. Gilmour used chessmen made of ice which he melt¬ ed and froze at will by a secret prepara¬ tion invented by a Russian scientist. Mr. Gilmour was accused of stealing the formula. These reports have been dis¬ counted by neutral observers as they feel Russia is merely trying to further the cold war. Mr. Gilmour says, “I certainly show¬ ed that Siberian who is winning the cold war.” WETASKIWIN HOUSEWIVES BECOME FAMOUS (A.P.)—Mrs. Ernie Collette (nee Rona Brinsmead) and Mrs. Earl Solberg (nee Shirley Brown) both former students at C.H.S. were awared the Nobel prize for housewife efficiency. The women say that they owe their success to Duz. CREDITS SCHOOL TRAINING HOLLYWOOD (A.P.)—The newest gossip columnist in Hollywood is Miss Inez Benson. Miss Benson attributes her success to earlier training at Camrose High School. “I learned all the gossip in C.H.S. Here in Hollywood, all I have to do is change the names.” CAMROSE WINS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT (C.P.)—A sharp shooting team from Camrose High were the winners of the Annual Tournament held in Lower Slab- ovia last night. The final score w s 44 99 100 to 1 for the Camrcse Girls. Gwen “Free shot” Halstead said,“It was a tough fight, but we made it!” Other members of the championship team are Molly “Dribbles” Klug, Doris “Basket- hittin” Pilger, Dot “Fast passing” Wham- monc} and Vera “Time off” Wickland.