Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Janet Urie: Sports Captain and Prefect and blown by all the winds that pass and wet with all the showers She walks among the meadow grass and eats the meadow flowers. Janet, our fim-time girl and nimble wit, has been the instigator of many a lively afternoon ' s excite- ment. After five years at Elmwood, Janet has mounted to the heights of Sports Captain, which she has found to be a challenge, demanding much time and energy. In earlier days, J -J has often been front stage in school skits and school pranks. We will always remember her for her star perform- ance in Romeo and Juliet as the nurse and her portrayal of Shirley Temple in Be Optimistic and The Cod Fish Ball . She is a faucet of constant comment on most everything that happens and can make even the most mundane moments seem worthwhile. Who will ever forget that Funny face and those delightful imitations of Carol Burnett ' s ' George and Zelda ' ? The same goes for the girl with the cherry tree in her own backyard. Next year, Janet plans to attend Carleton and we wish her all the best in the future, Janet has been endowed with the gift of making people laugh. Thanks for the memories Nancy King: Smile, and the whole world smiles with you. Once upon a time, 6 U had a little homemaker and dietitian called Nan. She made the most delightful Raggedy Anne dolls and the most scrumptious oat- meal cookies, that wovild entice any Goldie Locks. Nan has been a member of our cosy family for five years. In that time, we have seen her complete . many a sweater and scarf and crocheted square. Nan presents a colourful figure on the ski slopes in her bright orange ski jacket and toque. She has been a part of the Elmwood scenery for quite awhile and in that time, she has contributed to the many mem- ories we all have of the school. Nan hopes to pur- sue a nursing career but whether this will be in Ontario, is another matter. A true Maritimer at heart, she eventually hopes to settle in the East. Good-bye, good luck and remember us all!

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Pat Mullen: Senior Prefect and in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasiores ... How does one become a Senior Prefect? The answer is simple; you have to be a model figure like Olie. Who eke of us in 6 U. can remember Elm- wood as a boarder? Who would have gues sed that among our ever changing ranks we would still have one of the original young ladies ? Tall and bend- ing with the breeze in her easy and relaxed style, Pat has been a participant of school activities for eight years. Only Olie can remember the days of Winken, Blink en and Nod , when powder fights were an evening ' s highlight and pneumonia could be contracted all in a day ' s work. When she wasn ' t playing basket or volleyball she was off winning the badminton singles. Pat has gone from being a mem- ber of The Big Four and a cancan dancer, to the more sophisticated stature of model. Last year, Pat, as head of the dance committee, co-ordinated her talents with students from Ashbury to produce a successful formal. Her year was complete with her winning of the Ewing Cup for character. It has been Olie ' s long term and varied experience which has elevated her to the lofty heights of her position. Now that the time has come to say good-bye, we ' re sure she ' ll agree that even her worst of times have become her best of times. Next year Pat intends to devote herself to nursing and we wish you all the best of luck Olie and hope that wherever you go, you find friends and good times. Nancy Worthen: Head Girl The world is so full of a number of things I ' m sure we should all be as happy as kings . Worth , sometimes known by this other name, has done a wonderful job this year as Head Girl, carry- ing out her duties with cheerfulness and integrity. One of her greatest assets is that she is a powerhouse of energy and enthusiasm. While Head of the school this year, in the past she has served as Sports Cap- tain, dance committee member. Prefect and ski team trainer. Nancy has been many things to many people; adviser, supporter, leader, but most of all, she has been a friend. Many of us who have been here since Grade Ten can remember the arrival of the girl with the deep voice ( Where ' s the boy? ) who was allergic to everthing, including the uni- form! Well she ' s come a long way since then! Next year, Nancy hopes to major in history at Queen ' s University and with a history like hers, she ' s off to an excellent start. We will miss her humor, patience and fun-loving quality but what she has given Elmwood will always remain with us. Good- bye Nance, our very best wishes go with you.

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Diana Magee: Prefect I would that my life remain a tear and a smile. A tear to unite me with those of broken heart; a smile to be a sign of my joy in existence. Flap Flap is our flouncing red -head with Irish green eyes and a light, infectious chuckle. This is our Diana on sunny days. And on other days, when the sun is not so bright, we see another Diana, thoughtful, reflective and sensitive. Beloved by the junior juniors, she has been a great success as their Friday lunch watch-dog . As a reader of deep and wonderful treatises, there have been many great men in her life: Hammarskold, Kafka, Marx, Buddha, Mao, Gilbran - training for the mind and food for the spirit. She has a good, precise and seeking intelligence. Her comfortable hours consist of chats with friends, popular music, lots of tea and Brandy snaps. She enjoys snowshoeing with Sarah, long invigorating walks, planning holidays and driving the car. Her closest companion on her snow tramps is Gabriel, part Angel, part dog. We have all enjoyed merry escapades with Flap . Her future days will be made up of political science, bull sessions and deciding the economic future of her coxmtry. The days of wine and roses, fairy tales and princes will go on for Diana. There will always be a Winnie -the Pooh. We wish you well. Marnie Edwards: Prefect Enjoy each moment. Certain steps in the dance will please you. Do not seek to make the moment last, for that would arrest the dance. The Gay 90 ' s and Roaring 20 ' s should have been Mamie ' s decades when there were some real high kickers and sugar daddies were not a thing of the past. Marnie is like a scrapbook; enchanted evenings encompassed in pressed roses, full of poems and dancing feet that won ' t stay on the groxuid. Among her laurels at Elmwood is one accolade that stands out beyond all others, that of Elmy award winner -- Best Actor. Marn has been tripping over the footlights since she was four years old and nothing, not no one, not anything, not never is going to deter her from the theatre ! She has a vibrancy and a ' joie de vivre ' that few can match, which she combines with patient understanding and kindly insight. Marnie will Polka away with life, run barefoot with the wind in her hair and the sound of music in her heart. She will blow King Arthur and his Court a candy kiss, as she leaves the gates of Camelot behind. She will learn to dance and sing and drink a cigarette before the parade passes by, and at the end be able to say triumphantly, I have dreamed and been somewhere over the rain- bow .