Earl Grey School - Triangle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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t People certainly made a quick change in their choice of clothing. From coats and hea¬ vy apparel to sun dresses and light attire was what happened in Manitoba. Spring clothing was not even thought of as the temperature climbed. Summer outfits reached their height when people were seen sun bathing in bathing suits on the sands of Winnipeg Beach. Depart¬ ment stores all over the Province must be groaning under the heavy loss unbought Spring clothing has brought. Walking down a Winnipeg street, you would see storm windows hastily being removed, and quickly replaced by screens; Bus windows thrown up; ' doors standing open; gardens in the making; all evidence that this wonderful weather is definitely real. But Winnipeggers are too wily. They know that in this country, one can never be sure of the weather. So, they have not yet put away their Winter essentials because, perhaps, for all we can tell, we may be again shovelling snow in the near future. TO ANN ROBERTSON -- ROOM 19, GRADE 8 GRADE 8, ROOM 28 Here comes Room 28 with a class of 19 girls and 16 boys and our teacher, Miss Greenway, who is new to our school this year. Miss Greenway teaches us three of our main subjects, English, History and Literature. We are very glad to have had Mr. McLeod for our Maths teacher during his last year at Earl Grey. Room 28 wishes him the best of luck in the future. Mr. Burns has introduced some of us to French this year which is a very interesting subject. Many of us will continue French next year and even start Latin. The majority of Room 28 has had a feel of Mr. Kozoriz’s trusty old metre stick which has directed us on the path of Science. We all enjoy Art with Miss Hodgson and PT with Miss Campbell. Our class president is Graeme Macdonald and our vice-president is Doreen Folster. Our secretary is Frances Jarvis and our treasurer is Leonard Zoltanko. Betty Rykyta and June Sellar are our two outstanding figures in the speed skating races. Our top students are Arlie Geer, June Sell¬ ar, Agnes Hill and Joan Polish. Next year we will not all be together but we will all remember this year in Room 28. IRENE VANCE - JUNE SELLAR - ARLIE GEER ROOM 28 - MISS E.GREENWAY ►

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1952 - A RECORD SPRING OR SUMMER ? Spring season? Yes, but summer weather. That is what everyone was exclaiming during the Easter week. The temperature climbed to 84 degrees and was never much below 70. The song, ' April Showers ' , says that rain in April brings flowers and birds in May. With this weather, birds and flowers will be look¬ ing for the rain during May. Already leaves are budding, and birds, looking for a suitable place to nest, are actually feasting on worms from the earth instead of the usual dried berries and crumbs. Not only the school children are welcoming this weather for the excellent excuse of ' Spring Fever . Hammocks, chairs, pillows and blankets were made use of during the past week. The fatigued populace lulled and lazed in every advantageous spot. Children were restless unless granted permission to do what they wanted. But, as soon as errands were mentioned, who was more tired? Ask any mother and she will tell you. Where is all the ice? ' Here today and gone tomorrow’ is the old saying, but the ice of the Assiniboine River seems to have disappear¬ ed in a matter of hours! While going downtown people noticed that the ice on the Assiniboine River was breaking up and quickly finding its way into the Red. Returning home about five hours later, there was no sign that there had ever been any ice on its waters. Such lovely weather should be taken advan¬ tage of! And so it was by all. Farmers took the excellent opportunity to start their early cultivating. Tourists, also, used this chance to enjoy the many enchantments of Spring. The astounding weather not only awoke the people, but opened up golf courses, swimming pools, drive-ins and beaches. The heat sold out pop, ice cream, popsicles, and anything that rendered relief from the heat. Highways were full of cars streaming out of the city to various destinations of which the beaches were most prominent. GRADE 8, ROOM 22 - MISS E.CROOKSHANK

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OUR TRIP TO CANADA We started our trip to Canada from Bremen on December 7, 1951. Our ship, the Beaverbrae left the harbour at 5.30 p.m. It was very hard for me when I saw my school and many other well known places along the river. But I had to say ' good-bye to everything. At night we passed Brevenhaven, the last German city. Next morning, when I woke up, I felt very badly because the ship was swaying from one side to the other. So I went up to the deck to get some fresh air, but when I came there the railing was full of sick people. We left Germany on Friday and passed Eng¬ land on Sunday evening. We came so close to the coast that we nearly could shake hands with the people on land. We saw France to our left side only as a black strip in the hori¬ zon. Then we came to the Atlantic Ocean, and ♦■here the troubles began. It may be enough if AN INTERESTING HOBBY For those who are interested in starting a hobby, stamp collecting is an interesting one which will bring you much enjoyment. You can begin by buying a package of stamps or even taking them off old letters, and fas¬ tening them into an inexpensive stamp book With the ones that are left over, more can be obtained by trading with your friends. In no time at all you will find your collection growing bigger and better. 1 tell that we had a hurricane for nearly four days. From the big telegraph station to the dishes, everything was damaged. Shortly after that nearly all children got measles. But af¬ ter sixteen days of travelling across the wide ocean we landed in Saint John, N.B. The C.P.R trains were waiting for us at the port. Then ' ‘the trip oh land began. Hours and hours ran by and we only saw forests to the left and right. They seemed to have no end. But when we passed a small town everybody was hanging out of the windows, glad to see a few people or houses. We all were a little frightened because we were not used to such a loneliness. On December 26 we came to Winnipeg. There were only few minutes left to say ' good-bye ' to our friends. Then we went out of the train with many hopes for our future and better opp¬ ortunities to come forward in the new home¬ land. UTE BAENSCH -- BOOM 28, GRADE 8 An enlarged knowledge of history is gained by saving stamps, since many of them have fascinating pictures of historical people and places. There is a set of Canadian stamps which have pictures of Confederation. Also there are pictures of such famous explorers as Jaques Cartier and John Cabot. The most fascinating thing about stamps is their different markings and color. If you look carefully at some stamps, you may find defects. These often increase the value of stamps. For instance, one stamp may have ' postage ' written on it and another may not Due to this error, the latter stamp will be worth much more than the other. The different tints and shades, also add a special gleam to stamp collecting. Stamp collecting is rather an inexpensive hobby and will provide many hours of enjoyment if properly kept up. My suggestion to you is to start, and you will find that stamp collecting is an enjoy¬ able and profitable hobby. MARY ANN UHRYN -- ROOM 22, GRADE 8