Orangeville High School - Red and Blue Yearbook (Orangeville, Ontario Canada)

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The Grade Eleven Form Party by Elgin Keeling Xl- On Friday night January 4, 1955, grade eleven decided to hold its form party in the Mono Centre Community Hall., We had planned to go skating on a pond near by, then go to the Tliall to dance, and the ones who couldnlt dance could participate in the many games that were available. Finally the night rolled around and it turned out to be beautifully clear and frosty, and with the willing help of Allan and Arnold Holmes and Sheila Simpson, who scraped the ice and prepared the hall for the event, everything went as scheduled., Since it was such a nice night with no snow falling, most of grade eleven and the staff of the Orangeville District High School arrived on time to get in scvrne skating before going to the hall. After having a wonderful time every- one went up to the hall where immediately we were arranged in groups for some very :new and interesting games, many of which were un- familiar to me, so I will try to describe a bit of each one.. The first one was a game in which the name of an occupation of a person was given and each group in order had to try to name the vegetable that went with it and if they guessed wrong they lost a mark. For example, the word taxi:-driver was called and the answer was cabbage. Another game which was similar to this was one in which wewgre given hints and had to name a car as a result of the hints, such as the name of a deer with a letter added and the answer was Buick. Another exciting game ,'f but with fatal results to one person wal:-Tiiinvvhich a person had to roll an egg down the floor with his nose and see how fast he could do it, but as I said, one person had a fatal accident and that person was Mr. Gibson who said, he would either make it or break itf' , and he broke it. Other games, were, pass the life saverm, and the most in-Q teresting one of the evening was the one in which a person put an orange under his chin and had to pass it to the next person, who of course was a girl, and put it under her chin without touching it with his hands. QBoy, did some blushl. Finally, the dancing got under way, with the U'Orangeville District High School Dance Band , playing, and in between times the record player was used. There was much roundedancing and square- dancing, but it was so warm in the hall and the windows were all stuck so tightly that we couldnlt stand more than one square dance. Mean- while, in the cellar, while the dancing was going on above there were nutnierous games such as: crokinole, checkers, and decks of cards. By twelve olclock, everyone was out of the hall to pile back in the cars and roar out to the highway to go flying home. l think I can safely say this was one night we will remember for a long time.. ll H ll

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directing, but more so in the students themselves, who showed so great an interest by their re sponse. These functions have not only brought much gaiety and enjoyment, but also, l believe that they have, and will continue to in- still into each and every participant a sense of greater pride and in- terest in his school. ll ll ll The lst Home Game by Jim McKenzie XI-A The ball was wet, the ground was muddy, And the clouds let down the rainy The players slithered and slipped and slid, As they played their fir st home game. But the fans were there to cheer them on And their mascot barked with glee, And the cheerleaders julnped and cried aloud 'Twas quite a sight to see. The coach tramped up and down the side And yelled and kicked and swore, For if his team lost this first! game Held vowed theyld play no more. So the boys came through and won that game Like veterans of a warg But the coach still cursed and yelled and kicked For he'd lost a bet on the score. H ll ll There once was a girl called Marie Who was stung by quite a large bee, She started to yell And her arm it did swell To the size of the trunk of a tree. by Elaine Cook IX-A ll ll H

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Grade Eleven' s Trip by Mervin Nodwell XI-B Early Friday morning May 13, approximately forty- five pupils of Grade Eleven pulled merrily away from O.D.H.S. bound for an all-day trip through Stelco and onward to the Locks at Thorold. The trip down to Hamilton had very little significance except for the outbursts of song which pervaded the bus. As we neared one of Ontario's most industrial cities, Hamilton, the sparkling water of Lake Ontario and the colourful blossoms of the fruit trees mingled to- gether to form a very picturesque view. Upon our arrival at the Steel Plant, we were welcomed by four guides who directed us around the numerous busy mills., Among a setting of fume:-filled smoke, intense heat and grinding ma- chines we were shown the whole process of converting iron ore to the finished product steel . We were well rewarded in spite of the heat and smoke since we were treated to a ring-:side view to observe the manufacture of coke, the formation of molten iron in huge blast furnaces, the conver sion of pig iron to steel, the moulding of ingots and finally the shaping of the inngots into coils, plates and wire rods. The afternoon tour took us to the Locks on the Welland canal. The curious Third Formers watched the procedure of passing a coal barge through the locks with intense interest. Besides gaining a first hand knowledge of the principle of the Locks, many got their first glimpse of a real ship. As we wended our way home everyone was satisfied that he had spent a worth-while day learning something new and ' in- teresting about his own fair province. H H li There was a young lad name of Gord, Who went for a spin in a Fardg It smoked and it rattled, While the gas fumes Gord battled 'Til they carried him off on a board. by Grant Hilliard X:-B H ll H