Elmira District Secondary School - Oracle Yearbook (Elmira, Ontario Canada)

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GRADE XII Third Row-Ralph Robbins, Donald Snyder, Ross Weichel, Floyd Henrich, Miss MacVicar Phyllis Stickney, Jim Vice. Second Row-Edward O'Krafka, Albert Lorch, Elmer Sauder, Lyle Dahmer, John Rowland Murray Heinbuch. Front Row-Thelma Ziegler, Marie Simmons, Alice Henrich, Evelyn Doherty, Dorothy Hill Margaret Lutz, Marjorie Brubacher, Connie Dillon. COMMERCIAL ' Back Row-Lloyd Mulholland, Laverne Wittick, Harold Ritter, Miss Boland, Stanley Deckert Willard Martin, Robert Ruggle. Front Row-Alice Gies. Helen Roberts, Mildred Weigel, Isabel Cooper, Marion Pirie George Jones, Robert Detweiler.

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20 THE ORACLE LAURENTIAN SKI TRACKS K Prize, General Prosej A One doesn't usually like to be rudely awakened at six o'clock in the morning by this salutation, uGet up or youill miss the train. It was, however, neces- sary to rise at six oiclock in. order to catch the ski train at seven- thirty. After thinking this over, I hauled myself out of bed, dressed, and made my appearance at the table. Breakfast over, we put on our ski equipment, slung our skis over our shoulders, and started for the station. Early in the morning positively nothing stirredg that is, unothing except those all-too- venturesome skiers, who go up north and break their bones hurtling down- hill. - This was probably what people were thinking about us and the many other skiers who 'Gwent northv at every oppor- tunity. However, what did we care, as our boots scrunched down the fresh clean snow which had fallen the night before. The station was ammed. Everywhere there were skiers, skis, rucksacks, sun- glasses, in fact all the paraphernalia used by the modern skier. One of our friends specialized in gadgets and it was a joy to see him playing with each and every one. To buy a ticket one had to have ingenuity as well as courageg only the fittest survived this rush and scramblf? Tickets however were secured for the three of us by our combined efforts. Then someone shouted that the train was coming. There was a train coming all rightg as it drew nearer it turned out to be the '4Quebec Express , not our train at all. In a few minutes another came puffing in from the south. New Yorkers scrambled off, bag and baggage, to make connections for uthe North , 'porters were left behind, as the traditional skier must shoulder his own load, and they liked it too, these young Americans. There was another delay until our train was finally sighted. It arrived eventually, full of skiers, peer- ing out the windows, others frantically gesticulating to their friends as they hung out the ends of the cars, they had double seats reserved! What an air of spontaneity there was about it all. MKing Care Freev reigned-colour ran riot, costumes were fearful and wonder- ful, ranging from the Eskimo to the smart Tyrollean ensemble. The ski train consisted of old wooden coaches. Since these were light the en- gine could pull a train of about four- teen cars. On the return trip gas lights were used for illumination. We serpentined around Mount Royal, swinging up North through miles of snow to the hills. We loved the chang- ing scenery: the white spruces, the birches bent by the winter winds, the habitant houses which seemed to have grown out of the soil, all banked and blanketed in snow. The train slowly pulled upgrade following the meander- ings of the Riviere du Nord and soon we were at the station. We struggled into our knapsacks and got out through the door, some skiers making their exit by way of the window. Skis waxed, we were now ready for a cross country trip along trails leading far from the road, through woods and iields, up hill and down dale. Outside the train the air was crisp and cold, and the sun shone on the snow which reliected the light with mil- lions of tiny sparkles. Whips cracked and bells jingled as the sleighs drove away up the hill in this small Lauren- tian village. Cozy in the sunshine, it nestled under its snowy cover. The little houses of hand-hewn, squared logs, whitewashed, with trimmings of yellow- green or the traditional French blue almost bumped each other as they squatted on the edge of the road. For you must know our Habitant is a sociable fellow, given to jolliiication with his uown folk . Over each door was a plaque of St. Christopher, the patron saint of travellers. On the highest knoll in the village stood. the church, religious and social

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GRADE X Fifth Row-Glenn Plant, Tom Kares, Dorothy Smith, Evelyn Brubacher, Shirley Cunning- ham, Betty Dillon, Pauline Derbecker, Marie Zinger, Derry Woodall. Fourth Row-William Aberle, Miriam Hurst, John Heinbuch, Mary Kirscliner, Dennis Vines, Kenneth Israel, Henry Martin, Erle Martin, Bill Rau. Third Row-Evelyn Shoemaker, Gladys Good, Adeline Eby, Ruth Martin, Lorraine Lichty, Ruth Schweitzer, Kathleen Lorch, Betty Brown, Susanna Brubacher, Grace Martin. Second Row-Francis Ritter, June Lutz, Doreen Fries, Carol Robinson, Arlene Shuh, ,lean Cunningham, Bernice Koehler, Mary Ann Martin, Mary Herzog, lean Robinson, ,lean Stroh, Eleanor Kerrigan. First Row-Alma Dreisinger. Eleanor Slimmon, Irene Hain, Miss McDonagh, Graham Lavery, Bob Leslie, Edward Hill, Robert Klinck, lenry Sippel. GRAD. 'Cl Fourth Row-Walter Metzger, Leonard Ruppel 'fl Gingrich, Mr, Hobden, John Arnolr Roland Borchardt. Third Row-Mary Woznuk, Ruth Klinck, Kathleen Qieisch, ,lean Seiling, Ruth Mulhol Second Row-Betty Vice, Beverley Shurly, Margaret Brubacher, Donald Koebel, Ros?m. holland, Donald Huehn, Rita McMahon. ' First Row--Lucille Niergarth, Esther Soehner, Thelma Uberig, Kersanta Lipnicki, Helen Voll ,Alice Hahn, Betty Bechthold, Bernice Krupp. 9