Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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SAMARA 17 GENERAL NEWS At the May Court Ball, held on January 28th, at the Chateau Laurier, several of the Old Girls distinguished themselves in the sparkling Revue that was produced for the occasion. We hke to think that you could pick them out in the crowd because they were Elmwood Old Girls, but just for safety ' s sake we will list them for you. Ann Southam (Creighton) was a featured performer and sang with great skill into a microphone for the first time in her life, and is willing to admit that had it not been for her early training in Assembly at Elmwood, she could never have done it! She had one lone supporter in the mixed chorus— Ethel Toller (Southam)— but two Old Girls are all you need for a sure-fire hit. In the professional chorus line that appeared next on the pro- gramme, Penelope Sherwood, Patsy Drake and Diana Gill were the shining lights. Then came the dreamy Waltz number, and as dreaming was never encouraged in the good old days, we only had one representative in the person of Paula Peters— just to make sure the number wouldn ' t fall apart. The show wound up with a lively old-time Square Dance, and Jean Castonguay, Claudia Blackburn and Kitty Griffin gave the number the sparkle it might have lacked. The Revue was under the con- venorship of Ethel Toller, and in our opinion, was the great success it was for the obvious reason that the back-bone of it was — ELM- WOOD OLD GIRLS. Other Old Girls who are actively working with the May Court throughout the year are, Luella (Irvin) Bethune, Ahson (Cochrane) Connolly, Mary (Gray) Ducq, Barbara (Hop- kirk) Dunne, Susan Edwards, Ruth (Monk) Finnie, Eleonor (Carson) Grant, Lillian (Gard- ner) Hyndman, Pamela (Erwin) Kingstone, Genevieve (Bronson) Laidlaw, Lynette Mac- Brien, Christine (MacNaughton) Macdougall, Elaine McFarlane, June White, Anna Wilson, Jane Viets. Associate Members (those with over ten years of active membership) are: Jocelyn (White) Blair, Gwendoline (Borden) Blair, Cynthia (Hill) Campbell, Marion (Gale) Charleson, Nancy (Teller) Cleary, Betty (Toller) Davis, Ethel Finnie, Jean Finnie, Rachel (White) Garvock, Betty (Fauquier) Gill, Vera, (Birkett) Gill, Janet (Southam) MacTavish, Nancy (MacCarthy) Minnes, Julia (MacBrien) Murphy, Audrey (Gilmour) Scott, Cairine Wilson, and Catherine (Guthrie) Woods. Professional Members are: Jean Burns, Betty Carter, Marion Monk, Barbara (Ross) Davies, Cynthia Sims and Cecily Sparks. Out-of-Town Members are: Joan (Elkins) Bo very, Catherine (MacPhail) Bruer, Helen Burns, Mary (Craig) Desbarets, Louise (Court- ney) Dillingham, Hyacinth Lambart, Patricia Macoun, Ruth (Hughson) Strickland, Frances (Bates) Stronach, Peggy (Marr) Webber. From the above you can readily see that Elmwood Old Girls are very actively engaged in social service work in this community, as they are in every other city in which they live. Ashbury -Elmwood Reunion An Ashbury-Elmwood Reunion was held in London, England, on September 4th, arranged by Pat Archdale and Dim Sabhn. It proved a great success. Among those present were Margot Peters, Mary Blackburn, Jill Barben, Margaret Hardy. Everyone enjoyed this hap- pily-planned get-together. Old Girls ' Match The Old Girls basketball match against the present girls resulted in a win for the present girls, with a score of 18-10. A hilarious diver- sion was caused by the arrival of Janet (South- am) MacTavish and Luella (Irvin) Bethune complete in school uniform— and umbrella. Complete in uniform, we say, but hardly such uniform as would meet with approval at morn- ing inspection!

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16 SAMARA Lower IV B and IV C Lower IV B and IV C share a classroom and take some lessons together. There are eleven of us. Judy Kellock, Maggie Gill and Susi Brain usually manage to come out at the top of the form. Cally Grant, Jenni- fer Hooper and Betsy Jane Davis have the same interest — horses. Jennifer is sometimes a boarder and sometimes not. Shirley Ann Mc- Kay is another horsewoman. She is also our form chatterbox! Andrea is good at gym, and Karla Krug is a star of the ballet class. Along with Upper IV B and IV A, this Christmas we presented a Nativity Play, di- rected by Miss Briggs. The play was success- ful. After Easter we are going t o give a play of Rip Van Winkle with the same forms. We had a form tea before Christmas. We invited quite a few mistresses, but unfortu- nately some could not come. There was hard- ly any food left over; although we had a good deal of ice cream, there wasn ' t a drop left! We had lots of fun, amid the spilling of ginger ale. We hope to have another tea as soon as possible. Old Qink ' Moiei. Old Girls ' Executive President— Elizabeth Edwards First Vice-President— Cynthia Sims Secretary— Anne Bethune Treasurer— Norma Wilson News of Old Girls Engagements Lois Davidson to Mr. A. V. R. Lawrence Norma Wilson to Fit. Lieut. James Davies Elizabeth Gilchrist to Mr. Christopher Sum- mers Elizabeth Newcombe to Fl. O. Earl Mayo Jane Viets to Mr. George Perley-Robertson Joan Paterson to Mr. Ayton Keyes Marriages Janet Caldwell to Mr. Keith Ma sters Elizabeth Kenny to Capt. A. S. Thornton Gaye Douglas to Mr. Frank Packard Births Catherine (Inkster) Ferguson, a son Jacqueline (Workman) Hyland, a daughter Mary (Osier) Bull, a son Activities Virginia Copping Wilson has been appointed President of the Junior League of To- ronto, 1948-1949. Mary Spragge holds an important Secretarial position in the I.O.D.E. Ogden Blackburn is Assistant Head of the Children ' s Ward in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, where her sister, Mary Blackburn, is also nursing. Letty McGreer is nursing at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Angela Christensen, Peggy MacLaren and Suzanne Mess are attending McGill. At Carlton College are Wendy Hughson and Elizabeth Paterson. Carol MacLaren and Louise Williamson are attending Skidmore. Martha Bate is taking a pre-med course at Bennet College. Halcyon Barcant made her debut in Trinidad last summer. Elizabeth Paish is attending the Interpreters ' School in Geneva.

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18 SAMARA THIS year the Cadets are celebr ating their sixth birthday at Elmwood. We got off to a good start in September with our new superintendent, Airs. Hulse, who rapidly became very popular with us. Mrs. Hulse, Aliss Dixon, and A4iss Philbrick have all shown a great deal of energy and interest, and have made this year a very pleasant one for the cadets. Our division has dwindled from 51 mem- bers to 27, but we have had many new mem- bers, both among new girls and among those who have reached the honourable age of eleven, when they may join the St. John Am- bulance Brigade. Our courses have been covered very quick- ly this year. The new cadets took their First Aid examination before Christmas and are now on the Home Nursing Course. Those who had completed both these courses in pre- vious years are now taking toy-making classes. This year there was a dominion-wide doll- dressing competition. All dolls we re to be dressed in St. John Ambulance uniforms, and our division was to dress our doll as the Lady Superintendent in Chief. We are proud to say that our doll came first in its class, and second in the competition throughout Canada. In February, Mrs. Hulse very kindly in- vited all the cadets to a supper party at her apartment. Besides our own officers, Mrs. Buck and Mrs. Maclaren were there for the first part of the evening. After a delicious supper we played games and listened to some of our pianists giving an impromptu concert. We all enjoyed it very much, but we hope Mrs. Hulse ' s apartment recovered from our invasion. There was an examination in March, in which eight more cadets became officers. There are several new cadets among those chosen, and we know that they will be proud and worthy of their chevrons. Une Excursion MA soeur et moi, nous avions le desir de connaitre la ville de Gruyere et sur- tout de savoir comment on fait ce bon fromage. Nous sommes parties un jour en voiture avec nos parents et en chemin nous avons admire la campagne environnante. Le trajet n ' est pas long, et nous y sommes arrivees au debut de I ' apres-midi. D ' abord nous sommes allees visiter le chateau qui est tres ancien. Nous avons vu de tres belles peintures que Corot a faites sur les murs d ' une des chambres. Par les peintures de la salle a manger nous avons appris les details de la vie du Comte de Gruyere. Autour du chateau il y a un jardin a la frangaise. Puis nous avons visite le village qui est perche sur une coUine. Ce petit village est connu pour ses vieilles maisons a fa9ades blanches, ses volets peints aux couleurs du canton de Fri- bourg, sa fontaine dans laquelle les vaches viennent boire, dont des milliers de gravures et cartes postales ont rendu la physionomie, la pipe et le costume familiers aux touristes du monde entier. Et Ton voit que c ' est un tres vieux village, car les rues sont usees par les passants. De chaque cote de la rue principale il y a des boutiques ou s ' etalent de nombreux souvenirs qui representent I ' excursion du vil- lage de Gruyere. Ensuite nous avons essaye de visiter les fa- briques de fromage, mais malheureusement elles ne sont ouvertes aux visiteurs que le ma- tin. Alors pour nous consoler de cette decep- tion, nous avons pris le the dans un charmant petit salon. L ' interieur figurait un chalet et sur les boiseries etaient reproduites les peint- ures des costumes des differents cantons. Puis comme I ' heure avangait nous avons repris le chemin du retour en nous promet- tant bien de revenir, mais le matin la pro- chaine fois. Sascha Mavor, Form VI Matric. Keller