Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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Calliope Harwood -Jo nes was born on Mt. Helicon. Callie ' s early am- bition in life was to play the flute. During her more recent 253 years at Elmwood, Callie has taught Music, MAGIC, Levitation, Psychokinesis, and Teleporting. Callie still insists that the world is flat and Apollo is definitely more handsome than Robert Redford! (Callie owns 13 pets which she keeps in Grade 12) Mrs. Sheila Heacock was born in London, England, and has for two years taught the very gifted Elmwood (not Ashbury) students Arts and Crafts. Mrs. Heacock ' s pet peeves are green panty hose with large holes - at present the latest fashion with the Staff. Nevertheless, as Mrs. Hea- cock would say with raised eyebrow, CHACUN A SON GOUT! Mrs. MacDonald, alias Bunty , was born in what is now a historical landmark! Mrs. MacDonald ' s inside and out of school activities had ' to be cen- sored by the Editors and are not available for publication. However, we did find out that she has a great admiration for Dr. Seuss, Liberace and his mother. Mrs. MacDonald believes that women should have more rights than men, and she owns a pet rock named Herbie . Mrs. McRae ' s earliest ambition was to beat up every kid on the block - an ambition which we are assured did not come to fruition. She may have stuck her foot out by accident a few times and caused some of her playmates to hit the ground nose first, but that would be difficult for the victims to prove on regaining consciousness. Despite her early childhood ambitions of combat, her personality has not developed in a violently aggressive manner! Sue Miskelly hails from Brandon, Manitoba. Her ambition in life was to become a professional tennis player. Unfortunately Miss Miskelly relates: I was too short to see over the tennis net, and had to stand on the umpire ' s chair to get my service in ! Miss Miskelly ' s special activities include soccer, cross-country ski- ing and marathon running. However it has been rumoured that Miss Miskelly will be doing the Meters for Million walk on cross-country skis. 5

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The energetic Mrs. Birch-Jones of British heritage appears in many aspects of Elmwood life. Apart from teaching maths to the top half of the Senior School, Mrs. B-J designs stage sets, plays most sports and even sings. Seen at most of the volleyball tournaments, supporting the school, Mrs. B.J. was asked to be the Team ' s mascot. However, she backed down when she found out that she would be tossed, legs first, three times in the air! The Head of the Junior School, Mrs. Chance hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mrs. Chance teaches such fine arts as English, History and Bubble Gum Etiquette. Asked to comment on her extra scholastic activities, she stated that quilting, a husband and three children keep her busy. Mrs. Chance ' s favourite food is Elmwood lunch. The people she most admired were the Bubble Gum Chewers of this world and the Queen. She also owns 89 pets in the Junior School. Mrs. Davies ' years at Elmwood have been spent teaching English, Aborigine and Italian. Her earliest ambition in life was to be a Rally - Car driver (she is still hooked on the idea). Mrs. Davies enjoys main- taining her sanity and playing tennis. The persons that she most ad- mires are Sir Winston Churchill, Frank Sinatra and those who can stand up and can count! Mrs. Davies ' pets are named Tiggy, Abi, Moosey and Chumley. Mrs. Gundy ' s place of birth is Scotland. Her early ambition in life was to play the bagpipes or teach Elmwood Biology. Mrs. Gundy ' s 5. 75 years at the school have included such special activities as child care and babysitting courses, not to mention frequent camping trips. Her favourite foods are ' health giving ' foods, such as Hot Dogs, Chocolate and Haggis. The people she most admires are Art Buchwald, Tom Lehrer and the Loch Ness Monster. As for her favour- ite saying - well, what do you think? Sadly, Miss E. Gwilym was unable to remember her name although she did know that she taught something. The ' multi-talented ' Gwilym can perform amazing feats which range from eating a cookie faster than the speed of sound, and playing volleyball, to playing the piano with her toes! Paddington Bear and Grade 12 Ashbury were the persons that she most admired. However, she did say that she quite liked her pet wombat P.J. and Mary Poppins . (Very interesting, Miss Gwilym!)

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Jody O ' Bri en comes all the way from Vancouver B.C . Her earliest ambition in life was to be a singer but unfortun- ately she had to audition with Barbra Streisand, who was given extra points for - I think - her ears! Nevertheless it was to Elm - wood ' s advantage that Mrs. O ' Brien did not go to Hollywood! Besides teaching English, Geography and Music, Mrs. O ' Brien does such special activities as Choir Folk Groups, the Jazz Group and Hot -Rod car racing. Mrs. Peat teaches Physics and Chemistry, as well as the Science of Black Holes and how to spot a Close Encounter of the Third Kind . Her pastime activities are often spent doing her favourite thing - dieting or catching little Juniors eavesdropping near the Science Lab! Mrs. Ellen Routliffe ' s family roots spring from Shawville, Quebec. After teaching Maths at Elmwood for 21 years, Mrs. Rout- liffe certainly knows every trick in the book! (WATCH OUT GRADE NINE!) Her leisure time is spent either with her grandchildren or thinking up tricky algebra problems. A Judith Caron-Sabourin hails from Le Grand Pays du Quebec . Senora Sabourin ' s main interest at the school is teaching REV- OLUTIONARY TACTICS in both French and Spanish. Madame s outside activities range from playing Cowboys and Indians to re-enacting the Spanish Revolution. La Senora related her ad- miration for the Royal Family especially for Rod Llewelyn! She also stated that Paul Newman doesn ' t hold a candle to Che Guevara! Urmel , as Madame Saint-Macary is known by her friends, is of German descent. Since her childhood, her one ambition in life was to become a trapeze artist. Yet Madame has not given up her dream, and from time to time a huge thud can be heard coming from the French Room followed by a stifled Ah ja! or Kruzifixfurken! . Madame feeds on Schnitzel, Nudelsalat and Apple Pie. She also collects and stuffs animals. (How awful!) 6