Essex District High School - Argus Yearbook (Essex, Ontario Canada)

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oup as: p ' t blt s Editor’s noter we starte o somethin net. Many or the senior classes th®i eG he . ‘ rida? assemb ly and the following are short descriptions of 10 A ?« v el ° k i£ G l 6 ? f the r ‘ OSt unlque ar d original of assemblies seen - n b -cnool. It was mo- ' el led after toe television nroramme His Is ' our Life . v r . Find lav, who was taken cot -1 etelv by surprise, was the honoured guest. y f or rn the fact, surprises were the or ' er of the day. Brought to school occasion were Mr. Findla- ' s oerents, bis brother at oresent in oer..a, a iriend of earlier years, and his son Jimm-, — all olaved of course, by students. The anoearancc of Mrs. Find lav in ‘ J climax, nr. Findlay arose to the occasion and fluting gallantry. ereeted nelson was the everyone, with ’ T § e ogra-ne was sponsored bv l! - ' azel Witchstick, Pnell Shampoo. 1 The demonstrators were Mar aret Myles announcer was Willie Fassa, who did a fine O r ' iJ ' E IOC ' ASSEMBLY r ebert. The Liostick and sr Ee ty Anne - ob. nr t IOC Aaseriblyjrave the audience an insight into the lives ‘•’ht i nn ' r irr f students of l. D. ' . 5 . Through the courtesy of ±on --BIG in ezas and a twenty by twenty-one foot television set the show was presented to the assembly. besi es the skit portrayinr each ember of the staff. C-ra- e IOC musical talent entertained the audience. Diane Pettyniece contribute- a niano so o, and Lawrence renanier ssno a few 300.0 s bo the mtlslc of toe uitar. oix members of IOC ;.Bve e recitation on the Wild West and Linda hepley displayed her talent i baton-twirlinr. The oroceedings were efficiently handled by v whe -Presented the cast at the end of the with the sin-irr of - Ca ?a at led b- - the 0. Bobert Walker nro renme. he assembly ended 100 students. T T “ 11A A et. v in- home room teacher, bein the chief cadet it was fitting that the theme of their assembly the ?T r. C-illies, XU ' S str-ctor in Essex Pi.oh, Sfco- ' l- have a military touch. They staged a mock court-martial on sta e for the students. It consisted of the charges an all t e r i yamar ole that oes with a formal court-martial. The students found very humourous as well as very enjoyable. The nro ramrne was.also sprinkled with misic rendered by the various members of 11 A.

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3. The Cadet Colour Party is again thi 3 year E°i n S to be one of the calibre of which every Canadian can be proud. There is only one .c.atch; this Canadian Colour Party is composed almost entirely of Americans, While Jim Shewan carries the cadet flag, Wes Bridgen has at great risk condescended to carry the Union Jack, (Normally, for doing this he would appear before a senate sub-committee). These two followers of George Washington are joined by the illustrious Rob Mann, Yankee to the bone, who refused to carry a flag, but will provide a fearsome rifle escort. But with Bridgen and Sh wan at the flags, we still wonder whether or not we ' ll see the ’’Union Jack” or ’’Old Glory” flying on inspection day. 1 4 .. Mr. Clifford, addressing his favorite (at times ) Algebra class, on first entering the boisterous classroom, commenced thusly: Gentlemen”, (not seeing Geddes or Bridgen sitting at the back), I am not going to begin any discussions until this room settles down!” Suddenly a familiar voice rang out from the rear, That ' s okay, teach i Go on home and sleep it off J 5. After many unprovoked and unwarranted attacks upon our revered compatriots in the great U, S, A, by our recent import from New Zea¬ land, the American represent - tives in 13, Wes Bridgen and Jim Shewaiy were granted use of the lab to take retaliatory measures. They did] Wellington and Aukland have been devastated, and emergency measures have been taken to protect the rest of ’New Zealand from the wrath of angered iankees. Congratulations] 6.. Grade 13 haar solved the gasoline problem for Mr; Soteros ' . car, All he has ,to do is wind it up, 7 .Grade 1 ' £ hobby While most high school students are diligently studying for the §64,000 quiz programme, our illustrious Grade 13 students are fever¬ ishly practising pocket billiards at the local den of iniquity, the Happy Times Billiard Academy, in hopes of appearing as a challenger on the televised billiard tournament. Agile participants in this sport of leisure are Willy Lord with a brilliant four bank on the seven ball in the end pocket and John Bogumil Cichon with a very accurate sewer shot, ICYST-RICAL HARPJ-NINGS IN GRAD THIRTEEN Miss Bennett The topic for our next composition is A foundation for an everlasting peace. Rodger: Get married. (A dull sneeky snicker prevails throughout the class.) During an average Chemistry class, Jim w ri s fruitlessly looking for a retort stand, Wes for some Na Not, and Tom for some phosphorous without success. Finally, Mr. Gillies, with an exasperated tone, turned and said, Vicary, will you please return some of our Chemistry equipment from home] This being the truth, no one laughed. While the intellectual literature class was reading an exceedingly sad and morbid poem, Wesley suddenly broke into a fit of laughter. Mias Bennett was immediately shocked and exclaimed, Oh, ' esley, you do have a perverted sense of humourJ He was duly congratulated by his fellow students.

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lib ASSEMBLY On November 2nd, 110 staged a mock parliament, under the capable direction of !• ' r, E, ' ontelth, In It the entire class participated. TKo more prominent figures were Prime Minister Turtonj Leader of the Opposition, Barbara Eelkie; Speaker, Ron Watt and Lieutenant-Governor, Loup,las Brown, In the first scene an amusing speach from the throne was read by the Lieutenant-Governor. In the second scene, several bills were put through their first reading. The famous Canadian track star, Roger Ellis, was introduced to the Assembly in this scene, and given the best wishes of the Assembly before leaving I ' or the l rc ' 6 Olympics. The sing¬ ing trio, the Jumperottes, were also introduced and given an opportun- ■ o dispit. Lr tali nt. The third and final scene dealt with tills in their second and third reading and in the committee stage. Some of these bills were very interesting as well as amusing and were hotly debated by the Mem¬ bers of the Assembly. The greatest attraction revolved around the de¬ bate in the comini ttee stage on the Amendment to the Education Act, This Amendment proposed the abolition of homework, the closing of school for pfcea ant shooting and the closing of classes while the World Series was in progress. This session of parliament had a very unexpected but popular endinf when Mr. Crane put into effect a bill which forbade the teachers to jive any homework that day. 11 CD ASSEMBLY Rock and Roll was the theme of the Grade 11CD Assembly. With Gordon O’Connor the K. C., a variety of wit, humour and popular music was presented. Guest celebrities were featured. Li be race and his ensemble, characterized by Bob Hardy Gary Cooper, Greg Johnston and Lawrence Watt, were a big hit, .as ware the Off Keys portrayed by the femin.ine side of 11CD, They sang ‘Tonight You Belong To Me . Although chess guests were highly acclaimed, they were completely forgotten when Elvis Presley was introduced. After he had sung Round Dog a few girls, unable to control their emotions, chased Mr, PFesley outi of ' thb auditorium,. However,, they soon returned with Llvis chasing them. He was after bis clothes. Maybe because it was the first assembly, at any rate, it was enthusiastically received as a fine piece of entertainment.