Crescent Heights High School - Bugle Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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JAMES C. LAING Crescent’s Technical Department is losing a valu¬ able and respected member of its staff this year. Mr. James C. Laing, an instructor of metal work begins his retirement next fall. Mr. Laing came to Crescent when the new technical wing was built. He became a member of the staff of Calgary School Board in 1933 and previous to his joining Crescent’s staff he taught Pre- vocational Classes and then metalwork at Western Canada High School. Mr. Laing’s career has been full and interesting. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland he received his formal education in the Normal School and at Robert Gordon’s College. He carried on in Mechan¬ ical and Electrical Engineering at Robert Gordon’s College followed by courses from the International Correspondence Schools. His apprenticeship was served in Aberdeen and he spent the next few years as a journeyman. In 1914, he was called into military service. After the war, Mr. Laing started up an Electrical Contract Business which flourished until his decision to come to Canada in 1928. In Calgary, he worked with the now extinct firm of Electrical Engineers Ltd. and with the Otis Elevator Company. He then spent 2 years as Electrical and Mechanical Engineer at the Western Gem Coal Company in Drumheller before joining the Calgary teaching staff. We would like to wish Mr. Laing many years of peace and enjoy¬ ment during his retirement. 3n Jfflemortam HARRY WOOD died in an auto accident on the Number 2 Highway, 1955. P.O. BRIAN SILK, 24 years, died while on a routine flying training flight at Gimli, Manitoba, 1955. 10

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o Thank ☆ A great deal of work, and the co-operation of many people are responsible for the Bugle this year. Thanks go to the Bugle staff who spent many hours in gathering the information and planning this book. I’d also like to wish Harold Paskall all the luck in the world when he takes over next year. I don’t know what any of us would have done without Miss Wright and Mr. Warwick, who gave unselfishly of their time and assistance. A vote of thanks also goes out to the Commercial department for their co-operation. This book would not have been what it is without the art work, contributed by the Art Department. The Literary you read and enjoy, was provided by the Creative Writing Class. I’d like to express my gratitude to these and to any one else who has in any way contributed to the success of the 1955-56 Bugle. 9

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SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ★ GRADE XII’s WHO WON SCHOLARSHIPS ON GRADUATION DAVID MOUNT — Viscount Bennett Scholarship. Calgary Herald Scholarship for Chemical and Petroleum Eng¬ ineering. He declined this scholarship. University Matriculation Scholarship. BEVERLEY WALKER — I.O.D.E. Scholarship. University Matriculation Scholarship. RUTH NORTH — Imperial Oil Scholarship. Viscount Bennett Scholarship. University Matriculation Scholarship. BETTY JEAN SMITH — University Matriculation Scholarship. NORMAN SCHMDTKE — Cercle Francaise Scholarship to Laval Summer School.