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

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THE T O ’ E R S 19 4 8 19 4 9 PAGE THIRTY-THREE This Could Happen To You! - By - MISS GARNETTE MAGEE President of Junior Business and Professional Women’s Club, Windsor When the writer was asked to contribute an article on a former Vocational student, the names of several well-known former students came to mind, students who have resided in Windsor since leaving school and who have had contact with the School from year to year, including the marvellous party last spring both at the School and the dinner party at Elmwood. So, I chose to write my story about a former student less known to the pupils at school to¬ day, but a student nevertheless, of which the School, its pupils, staff and alumnae can be justly proud. Carl Dilamarter was born at Stratford, On¬ tario, and came to Windsor in 1922, enrolling at Walkerville Collegiate where he attended for two years, and then enrolling at the Vocational School (in those days it was the Windsor-Wal¬ kerville Technical School) in the Commercial Department. I asked Carl why he took a Com¬ mercial course when later in his career he switched so capably to Technical and mechani¬ cal education and, he told me that like a great many youngsters he had to remain in school until a certain age, so he went into the course which seemed less gruelling, with the thought that perhaps he would become an office mana¬ ger overnight. ..(Little did he know or even guess, the dreadful hours this writer put in try¬ ing to absorb even the faintest knowledge of shorthand, to say nothing of Miss Fritz end¬ less efforts to cram some bookkeeping into my head.) Always interested in sports, Carl was most enthusiastic in telling me of the early days of WOSSA, when the Technical School Hockey Team was an outstanding contender in that lea¬ gue and later in the O.H.A. Carl was a goalie for the team, and has many pleasant memories of the tours with the team, and 1 guess a few unpleasant memories of ice clashes too. Cer- tainly he was loud in his praise of Dr. Morrison, whose efforts brought about the creation of the H ockey Team and WOSSA itself, and later aided in the O.H.A. circuit. Many of the play¬ ers with the Tech team went to the Riverside Bluebirds team, and there made a name for themselves, some going on to even greater heights in the hockey world. I am told too, that these two teams brought the largest crowds to amateur hockey games hereabouts. I recalled that Tech United was started in those early years, and that dances were held in the gym. Carl told me that he clung closely to the sports activities at the school, never having been active in the Tech United, and only oc¬ casionally attending any of the dances. Here I asked him if he had a special girl when he was at school and he assured me that he had no favorite. Well, school days being over, Carl worked with his father for some eight years, and then went with the Ford Moto r Company of Canada, going into the firm as a carpenter, transferring to the millwright machine shop, from there to final assembly, then to service experimental de¬ partment. Having finally entered into the field of mechanics, in which he was always interested, he attended the Detroit Institute of Technology in night courses, adding to the practical experi¬ ence he was gaining daily in his employment. The D1T course was in Mechanical Engineering. With some years of experience and his mechanical engineering course to augment his knowledge, he again made a transfer at the Ford Motor Company, this time going into the Automotive Engineering Department, in charge of Pilot Bay. Now just what Pilot Bay is, this writer knows not, but it must be something worthwhile and important, because it was from this department that Carl was sent to Great Bri¬ tain in the early years of war as Technical Ad¬ visor to the Army, where he was stationed in that capacity until 1945. Coming back to Canada in 1945, Carl again made a transfer within the confines of the Ford Motor Company, this time transferring to the Sales end of the business, going to Winnipeg in charge of Truck and Fleet Sales. In April, 1948, he was transferred to Toronto in the same divi¬ sion but a much larger branch, then again in November, same year, another transfer, this time to Windsor as Manager for Canada of the Truck and Fleet Division of the Ford Motor Company of Canada. Your correspondent (if such I may be termed) considers that Carl Dilamarter is a stu¬ dent to be remembered when speaking out about former students who have gone places and done things. Perhaps quite unknowingly Carl choae the right course when registering in the Com¬ mercials at the school, for the last few years have found him doing desk work . It is to be noted too, that doing mechanical employment during the in-between-years, has fitted him and aided materially in the dispatch of the position he now holds, which is indeed a splendid one in the Dominion today. Did I tell you Carl is married and the Dila- marters have one child, a daughter, Carol? In seeking information, much of which I had forgotten or about which I knew little, Carl was reminiscing over the years at School, es¬ pecially the dear-to-his-heart hockey team — mentioning Tom Tobin, Roger Proulx, Charlie Teno, Eddie Ouellette, among many others, and I certainly was left with the thought that Tech years are as dear to Carl’s heart as they are to this writer. One nice thing I like always to remember is the very many students with whom 1 went to school, whom I still count as personal friends, those I see fairly often and others whom I see very rarely. Carl is one of those whom I have seen not so often during the latter years, but there has never been any doubt in my mind but that he is a good friend of mine, and 1 hope that many of you will recall this story of a Vocational School student who really made good, when you are swapping stories of School, its students, its fun, and its advantages, educational benefits and the background which fits pupils for their future in the world.

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CAREER COURSES FINISHING COURSES REVIEW COURSES DAY SCHOOL NIGHT SCHOOL Out school is in session all through the year. You may start a course at any time because we combine individual and class instruction. WINDSOR BUSINESS COLL EG I R. I. SERVICE. Principal 15 CHATHAM ST. E. WINDSOR BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING PHONE 3-4921 DOWN THROUGH THE AGES... It has become a tradition that girl should have her own hope chest , to accumulate and saiely store her treasured belongings. Priced $45 up flaum CHATHAM and FERRY