Grunthal Collegiate - Green and Gold Yearbook (Grunthal, Manitoba Canada)

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My Trip to Quebec Last summer I had the opportunity to take part in a Student exchange program to Montreal. Our trip was sponsored by the Manitoba Centennial Cor¬ poration; its aims being to provide students with an opportunity to meet people and to develop a better understanding of regions other than our own. There were twenty-four students plus two escorts taking this very interesting ten-day trip. On August 2. at 2:30 p.m. our train pulled out and headed for Montreal. On the same train with our group were two other exchange groups, one going to Three Rivers and the other to Gaspe Bay. With sixty-two eager and lively students on the train I ' m surprised that it arrived in Ottawa in one piece! The porters and cooks had a. busy time of it, too! Once in Ottawa a must is a tour of the Parlia¬ ment. buildings. Both the interior of the buildings and the exterior of the grounds are beautifully decorated. In the peace tower are fifty-three bells which ring every ' fifteen minutes. These bells range from ten pounds to eleven tons. During our tour we went through the Memorial Chapel. Here many books can be found with names of all who have died during war. Accounts of battles can be found engraved in the stone walls. This tour raised our spirits of Nationalism, patriotism, and love for our country. We now have a new ' understanding of w ' hat our fore-fathers fought and died for; and why we must up-hold world peace. Late that afternoon we boarded the train and arrived in Montreal that evening. The French Canadian family that I was staying with for five days treated me like one of their own. even though w r e had never met before. We spent a number of days touring Montreal’s landmarks, churches, parks, St. Helen’s Island, and art centres. We also spent two days in Quebec City where we toured the University, Old Quebec and the Provincial Aquarium. It is impossible to mention all the places we toured and give details about each because this would requir a book! On the evening of August 11th, twenty-four exchange students said good-bye to their host families and new friends and soon were on the train bound for home. Our train arrived in Winnipeg on Friday 13th. Many thanks to the Centennial Commission for making my wonderful trip possible and to the exchange students and French Canadian people who made it so enjoyable. NANCY FEECHUK Solving a Mystery At approximately one-fifteen P.M. on the seventh day of March nineteen hun¬ dred and sixty-six an incident occurred which led me to suspect that I had become ex¬ ceedingly unpopular with a fellow class-mate. It seems that some treacherous character had become bored with life and decided to create some excitement. Unfortunately I was chosen to be the target of my fellow class-mate’s villainy. His horrible weapon of treachery was a thumb tack. Although not of great magnitude it is universally fam¬ ous for its effectiveness. Promptly and unsuspectingly I fell into the trap. Thus was born “The Case of the Rather Sharp Thumb Tack.” My feelings being somewhat hurt, if you know what I mean, I resolved that such an act of violence would not be treated as a mere joke. I would not, indeed I could not, rest until the culprit had been captured and dealt with accordingly. Slowly, deliberately, and methodically I set out to solve the mystery. Interview¬ ing the entire school population proved to be of no assistance to my plight. The search¬ ing of desks to seek evidence that would bring the criminal to justice also yielded no¬ thing but failure. Would the guilty one escape unscathed? Again I vowed that he would not. I told myself that my efforts, undoubtedly, would be rewarded. After two sleepless days and nights I broke the resolutions made previously. This ended my career as a detective and today “The Case of the Rather Sharp Thumb Tack” remains an unsolved mystery. Dennis Guenther PAGE 18

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MR. AARON REDEKOP.B.A. Niverville High School United College Teaching Experience: 1 year On G.C. Staff: 1 year Drama and Poetry XII Literature IX-XI Physical Education IX-XI I “Much have I travelled in the realms of Fords.” Mr. Redekop, our basket¬ ball coach, is always interested in higher education, and the closer they come to seven feet, the better he likes it. He is a native of Niverville and has such hobbies as hunting, reading, and playing pinball. There is one face in every class he watches closely; the one with numbers and hands. His opinion of the grade twelve class: “No class becomes a bunch of fools until they stop asking guestions.” PAGE 20