East Kildonan Collegiate - Yearbook (East Kildonan, Manitoba Canada)

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Bn ok to E.K.C. for Grade XI - still no elevatorsi School elections, Chemistry experiments, explosions by Ann Neaves - pennies changed to dimes with Mr Curry’s precious mercury. Six girls in the Home Ec, class cooked a dinner for Mr.Scarrow, and then wondered why he couldn’t attend the Christmas dance that night! Grade XIA received a shock one day. Bashfull Romeo proposed Will you marry me to Steffie Novadile. We never heard her answer. . Gloria Braybrook and Sally Watterworth were carnival Queen s, Dorothy Edginton a Princess. Kathleen Anderson, Hugh Krentz and Bruce Rea won the debating shield! Brains and beauty, both in our class’. Campbell of Kilmohr our dramatic epic earned the best actor award for Hugh Krentz, while Mel Einlayson, Pat Davies, Walter Melnyk starred in the operetta. Windmills of Holland supported by plenty of elevens in the chorus. French was our favorite subject and Shirley Penner our favorite fellow student. Gwen O’Shea kept XIC’s especially Jim Smith supplied with chocolates. Our boys helped win the S,C,a.A.S occer championship oneu more, but muffed the basketball. Maureen Kalkhoven and Lily Paslawski tried hard to keep the girls up to last year’s championship level. Ina Erlendson, Joan Taylor, Muriel Brydges starred when we won the badcetball series. Field day showed off our Garnet Knox, Dianne Le Page and Eric Tiderman. We even came third in the suburban meet. Tops in everything from Drama to Music, sports, brains! We’ve worked hard to get this far. We’ve been given the tools, Let’s go on ' with the job). Lily Paslawski

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Class History School days, School days, Dear old golden rule days ! September 8, 1941 we started school. Tears were streaming down Lois McMahon’s face, Alex McKenzie was hanging on to his mother for dear life, but Wilma Dripps wasn’t afraid: Go on home, Mom, I’m all right. That first year of school—the days we learned to line up, walk around the room, make animals from plasticine. At Poison, everyone liked Miss Gelley. She used to pass out candy at least twice a month — jelly beans. We learned to print the alphabet, to read—a little trouble, but we made it; and found ourselves in grade two. Remember our valedictorian actually getting the strap. 0 Eleanor! In Grade III we used ink. We were Mama’s little black children. In Grade IV we started painting; leaves, flowers, and cards for Mother. Grade V brought exemptions and work on the year book: Ted Barnes’ drawing of a horse, and Bob Moffat’s Louis Pasteur. At Salisbury our pride and joy was the aquarium, inhabited by four live fish, and visited by tadpoles, frogs and toads. Grade VI - top of the elementary school-no more chocolate milk! Grade VII - Junior High!!’, Miss Dunbar chasing Barrie Kirkhope into the knee hole of her desk! French! Grade VIII - Tally-ho’s, class parties, Home Ec., shops and Latin!! At Poison Miss Taylor got her share of snow at the winter hike. Prince Edward girls proved themselves singing stars , winning the Earl Grey trophy for Miss McIntyre. In Grade IX, we met. From Salisbury, Prince Edward k Poison, we were united into one group - our present class. Remember Valerie Michaluk speeding home from a toboggan party, lying in the ambulance, her chum Bernice Jakubic fervently praying at her side. In sports we copped the softball, volleyball, and soccer championships. Stars: Doug Ingram, Mel Finlay son, Eric Tideiman, David Tibbs. Remember how hard our mothers worked so that we could model our home-made skirts at the tea! Idella Adams ate too many nuts and got expelled. Gosh, why didn’t I think of that— an extra holiday! At shops: leather work and woodcraft, and a tremendous snow fight on Poison grounds, won by the North-of-Sydney army under Andy Wangen. Health periods helped us catch up on sleep, except when Helen Michalek fell into a pail of water. How we liked History when John Campbell took over Miss Dunbar’s class. The flood cut our activities short, the holidays flew by, and we found ourselves in Grade X. Remember Walter Melnyk modelling a sun suit and sun bonnet at the election dance. Remember our plays: Little Father of the Wilderness and The Price of Coal. Kathleen Anderson as an old woman and Alex Harris our best actor! Hugh Krentz, Pat Francis and Ron Dickson won the school debating trophy, and Hugh and Wally Melnyk excelled in the,Optimist’s oratorial contest - and we had scholarship winners too.

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EAST KILDONaN COLLEGIATE GRADUATION Graduation exercises for East Kilionan Collegiate students were held in King Memorial Church on Friday afternoon, May 50th, Principal J.E.Scarrow, chairman was assisted on the platform by Rcv.F,J.Ison, Rov.P.V.Samson and Rov.H.G.Tolton. Rev. J.I::wi n McKinney, rector of Holy Trinity Church was the principal speaker. Mr R.D.Nicholson brought greetings from the school board. Inspector H.E. Riter presented the Governor-General’s modal for general proficiency to Hugh Krentz who also received a bursary award from the Silver Wings Chapter, I.O.D.E. Mrs.P, Hibbert, educational secretary of the Chapter made the latter presentation. The Valedictory Address was given by Eleanor Harris. Musical items were rendered by Margaret Laidlaw Hood, a former student, and by the grade ten section of the Glee Club. Helen F.Young presided at the or gan. The Graduation banquet held later the same evening at the Marlborough Hotel was attended by a large number of parents and friends of the graduates. Lily Paslawski entertained the company with a history of the class, and Walter Melnyk prophesied great achievements for their future. Eleanor Harris valedictorian of the year was pre¬ sented with a subscription to Readers Digest. Dancing to the music of Eddie Walker’s orchestra completed the evening. Year Book Staff Editor - Larry Bunio Assistant Editors i c Printers - Bob Eddie i c Contributors - Beverley Nicholson Staff Sponsor - Mr. Wiley Advertising - Mr.Muirhead