Garneau High School - Log of Garneau Yearbook (Edmonton, Ontario Canada)

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8 hiv fig, f f H if W W GARNEAU LOQ October 12, 1945 Today, after a week of expectant waiting, we finally filed to the deck for our first social function. The usual shyness possessed us and Miss Staples and Mr. Allison took it upon themselves to break the ice by starting a novelty dance. The lit performers were Margaret-Ann Brine and Martin Bernstein who did a fine job of getting music from our set of eighty-eights. This Lit's main purpose was to get the students acquainted, so our big dance would be a success, and it served its purpose well. November 9, 1945 What a night! A real success! Yes, today our stop at Turn-A- Bout was all and more than anyone hoped it would be. To explain, we dropped anchor early this morning in a cute little coastal town. We were just itching to get ashore and the teachers had a hard time keeping us in our places through the day. Four o'clock finally came and everyone rushed ashore. Vfe found that the name of the town was Turn-A-Bout, which is the way everything is done around these parts. The inhabitants invited us to attend one of their native dances, which was being held this evening. The girls took the boys, as the custom called for, and did it in real style, by asking them, calling for them and even supplying novel corsages. Music was great in the Frank McLeavv manner. The hall was also in a festive mood, with gay streamers hanging from the ceiling and the walls covered with pine boughs to make us feel at home. fContinued on Page ICJ IN MEMORIAM On Tuesday. April 22nd, Marion Mail passed away in a sudden and tragic accident. Marion came to Garneau High as a graduate of McKay Ave. Intermediate, and had won for herself the reputation of an earnest student. Already launched on a career of service. Marion was actively interested in the work of the Salvation Army. to which she planned to devote her life. Marion's cheery smile and kindly ways will long be remembered by her teachers and fellow students. 1 s

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NINETEEN FORTY-SIX 7 1 ., I L -t ',', Q XT , ' I PRESIDEIWTS VTIESSHGE ff To most of us the completion of each High School term merely means the end of another year of drudgery. But, when we stop to consider, these are really the happiest and most enjoyable years of our lives. Directed by our very capable Social Convener, Leah Gliener, we had such social successes as our Turn-A-Bout dance, the Sleigh Ride, and March Madness. In addition to our social activities we had numerous sports functions and club activities to round out a well balanced extra-curricular year. In a great many ways it has been a privilege to associate with my fellow students as president of the Students, Union. The experi- ence we have gained will be invaluable to us in the days ahead. One of the most important acts of the Council this year was the choosing of our school colors. Wine and Gold, from now on, will be symbolic of Garneau High School. Other councils may plan different courses of action, the school board may change the curriculum, or one of our teams may win a championship, but I hope that Wine and Gold will always represent Garneau High School. At this point, I would like to thank the teaching staff, every one of whom has helped to start our new school along the right trail: Mr. Pilkington advising the Echo staff and watching over the Boxing and Wrestling Club, Miss McLaggan, acting as Social Adviser, Miss Staples arranging the girls' sports and advising several clubs, Mr. Allison coaching the rugby team, Mr. Botsford, who coached the basketball and hockey teams, found time to act as adviser to the chess club. Also, I should like to thank Mr. Conquest for the kindly advice he has given the Students' Council and individual students, without which, they would undoubtedly have gone astray. I should like to thank, again, our teaching staff which piloted us through treacherous Waters to start our new school. The rest of the students join with me in saying, Thanks for a job well donef, DICK BRADSHAW, President.

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NINETEEN FORTY-SIX 9 ECI-40 UCDTES Back Row: Dave Griffiths, Len Beatty, Dick Holmes, Frank Morgan, john Rafter. Second Row: Sandy Holmes, Steve Saliaris, joan Campbell, Lila Gilker, Joyce Wilson. Margaret juul, jack Collins, Doug Henderson. Front Row: June Pointer. Darleen Fraser, Helen Miller, Mr. Pilkington, Harry Saslow. Helen Williams, Pat Ramsey, Mary Lingas. Absent: jim Cameron, Lois Skorupski, Margaret Ann Brine, Jim Scard. The first issue of the Garneau Echo made its appearance shortly before Christmas. It did not seem like an auspicious start and there was much discussion pro and con about it. It consisted of eight mimeographed pages with a colored cover. The attractive headings in it and the subsequent issues were done by john Rafter who aided us in many ways. With our second issue, there were some changes. First of all, there was a change in editorship. Sandy Holmes found it necessary to resign and .Harry Saslow was elected to replace him. However, Sandy remained on the staff as Exchanges Editor and con- tributed a number of articles including the now famous Letter-to-the-Editor about the street-car transfer system. Dick Holmes replaced Harry as assistant editor. Our second issue which consisted of seven pages which were of larger size, featured a cartoon cover by Gary Steeves and a continuation of the feature Secret Operator Xu. With our third issue, the Echo began to come of age. There was talk of the editorials and of the features. We had The Strange Case of JS. which was never solved and other features which caused comment. just before the Easter exams came the Special which consisted of a couple of pages of talk about who was going with who and who wasn't and why they weren't and the results of the Personality Poll. This being written before the end of school, we cannot speak of our last issue. Attempts are being made to have it printed. We may not have the best high-school paper around and we may never have the best, but those in charge this year really gave their all with the hope that there are better things to come.-HARRY SASLOW.