Lowe High School - Towers Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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■THE TOWERS 19 4 8 — 1 9 4 9 Vo c a tio n a United —By AXDV CAXGIAXO. President, Vocational United • VOCATIONAL UNITED EXECUTIVE Hack--John S m ncik, Treasurer; Mr. C. Cole, c.ot Mr. C. Wallen, Sponsor; Andy Caneiano. President. Front —Mary Weiko, Secretary; Miss A. McManus. Co- Sponsor; Mae McDonald. Vice-President. A President of Vocational United, I with to express my thank to all the students who have placed their confidence in me. Also to the teacher who have »o generously given their time and help. The Year Book i something for u all to keep and cheri h. It not only bring the students together, but in later years it will remind us of the good times we enjoyed at Tech. We will think of all the last minute cramming we did to pass the exams, and of the swell students we met, of the basketball and football games that left us so exhausted from cheering our teams on to victory. We are indebted to the Year Book for these memories of the b est years of our lives. The Towers is a great project and I only hope that all future students of W. D. Lowe Vocational will be as lucky as wa are to have our own “Year Book and the swell teachers who with their hard work and numerous responsibilities help us make it a real success. A MESSAGE FROM J. M. ROGERS OF DETROIT— The First TECH UXITEL) President It has been a long time since I emerged from the towers of the V. D. Lowe Vocational School —twenty-one years ago to be exact, and just about this time of the year. Furthermore, my exit then was rather unique in that I walked out alone. The reason was that I was offered a job and took it. Now let me re-enter your and my school again to say Hello, Everybody . l.et me tell you about the early days of the school. At the time of my enrollment in 1927, there was hardly any school spirit. There were good reasons for this lack. The school was new, the student body divided by different aims in life. Some were learning to be mechanics, toolmakers, electricians, others learning to be dieticians, dress¬ maker-.. bookkeepers, secretaries, and comptometer operators. When 1 was elected President of the Tech United, wonderful and valuable assistance was rendered by Margaret Price. Helen Bent. Nellie ()strow-ki. and other newly elected officers. At our first executive meeting we discussed at length the problem of a school spirit and we arrived at what we considered the answer to this problem. Hockey season was near at hand, and Tech had a good hockey team. You have undoubtedly heard of the early days of Tech ' s hockey teams, coached by Mr. Morrison. Such players as George Mastic, Eddie Ouellette. Mickey Drouillard. Clarence Drouillard. Harvey and Charlie Teno. Alex Todd and Tom Tobin are probably legendary to you now. Prior to 1927 this good team played games to empty arenas. For several weeks prior to the opening hockey game, wc devoted many general Tech United meetings to the rehearsing of school cheers, led by newly appointed cheer leaders. Wc visited class after class during school hours to put a big spotlight on the opening game. We wanted the students to feel that this hockey team was their team, and that their team was the best. We wanted them to let the world know that here was a new school with the best hockey team in the province and that we were going to win the cup symbolic of the Championship of Western Ontario High Schools. Do you know that our hockey team played to a full house and won that first game amid the din and roar of nearly a full student body? Yes, and from then on the school spirit grew and be¬ came very strong. So much so, that a large group of students hired a large highway truck trailer to take them to see the final game at Stratford. We left Windsor with waving banners and tin horns blowing. Nearing Stratford, the trailer skidded off the road. We climbed out and with much grunting and puffing we pushed the trailer back on the road. This crowd and our hockey team stunned Stratford that night. We shouted ourselves hoarse, blew the tin horns, and banged on the boards as our team soundly heat Stratford and won the Championship Cups. From then on Tech had a strong school spirit, attendance at all athletic events was high. The school became well known and came into very high respect throughout Ontario. 1 look back to mv Alma Mater with satisfaction and pride. PAGE SEVEN

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PAGE EIGHT THE TOW E R S 1948 19 4 9 • GIRLS OF T4A T4A is very smart, But pretty soon we ' ll all depart. No more chattering will he done. Even though we have more fun. All our teachers are very glad. When we leave they ' ll be so sad ! The following girls are listed here. To tell their start the following year, JANE—Destiny will decide. MARJIE— Married for sure. MARGARET— Training for a nurse. PATSY— Farmer ' s wife. BLOSSOM- Settled down R. E. JOAN— Nurse (maybe?) RUTH—Nurse (if Marcel disagrees, what next ?) !X)RIS— Chemist. BERNICE— Still hunting. MARY— Working (that ' s all). SHIKI.KY Ballerina Queen. All hope our plans turn out to be. The same as listed as you see. -MARY SLEZIAK • NICKNAMES FOR GIRLS OF C3B GEORGINA ARMSTRONG —Golden Earings JOYCE BARNES— Joker BEVERLEY BENETEAU— Porky DOROTHY BOMBARDIER—Frenchie JOYCE BROOKS— Curly JOAN CLARK— Sharpie DOROTHY COMER— Voice GAYLE FORSYTH— The Body ELIZA BETH HAJDU— Proxide HELEN HOROSZKA Slim OLGA HOROYENKO— Long-skirts OLGA HL ' NZYK Dark Eyes BARBARA JEW ELL —Barb-re-bop SHIRLEY KEARNS— Jinx STELLA LEVESQUE-Leg. SOPHIE NIESCIOR— Fragile ANN ROZICH— Lips EVA STRAKY— The Artist MARIETTE TROTTIER— Shortie MARY TL ' ROK— Cutie BERTHA ULL ' MAN— Fu z ROSE YEULLING— Blondie ' n lie ws • THINGS YOU’LL NEVER SEE IN T2G BOB BROWN not playing hockey for the school team. GERALD EDGLEY not standing first in his class. DONALD FIRB being able to chin himself in P. T. DOUG HEWITT not being mistaken for bis brother. MA I I HEW HITTER not getting a crack from Mr. Sirrs. PALL KARMAZYN not in the quarter mas¬ ter ' s store. ANDREW KELLY being promoted to third form. CHARLES MILOS not bringing a water pistol to school. GERALD OUELLETTE not being at least three drawings ahead in drafting and not being on the rifle team. ROBERT PATERSON having two T ' s in bis name. KAY POMAINVII.LE having all his work in on time. MELVIN SW ATMAN not having an excuse to . r • •’ ' rr ’ ,or not having his work done. RONALD AN’I HOI RNOUT making a pass in literature, RICHARD W SS not picking a fight at least once a daw DONALD W I NK UP winking down. ED AMBEDIAN not having a moustache. RICHARD GIGNAC being able to keep his mouth shut. HAROLD HEW ITT being on time for class. ROBERI BOYCHUK not making, at least one pass at a girl each day. CAL IN ATKIN being at school lor one whole term. BOB MAISONVILLE not making some wise crack in History class. NORMAN STEPTOE not taking a few days off from school to go hunting. GERALD BECIGNEUL being caught up in all his notes. JIM BAW TENHEIMER not getting involved in some predominant Physics question. please Hist Ross, JeMn ' 4 mean. J-lu-