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

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Eleanor Marshall, and Bill Shannon. Congratulations! Mr. Curry presented the junior cup to Eleanor Marshall and also a small replica to keep. To her he extended his congratula- tions. Mr. Aiken then presented Bill Shannon with the senior trophy. Bill too, received a small cup for his own and well deserved congratulations. Thus another chapter in the history of O.,D.H.S. was completed. HI ll ll O Little Drip by Irwin Gillespie XII O little drip of water How clear you seem to be, Till you travel down the drain-pipe To the deep blue sea: O travelling little drip, drip, drip. O little drip of water So oval shaped and round, You patter on the basin With a gentle tinkling sound: O dainty little drip, drip, drip. O little drip of water You drop and then are gone, You vanish in an instant Singing your happy song: O melodious little drip, drip, drip. H ll ll A chip on the shoulder indicates wood farther up . Il H H

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Oratorical Contest - l955 by Barbara Durkin XII Once again the day for the final oratorical contest in O.D. H.S. had rolled around. The glittering Curry and Aiken trophies al- most blinded one as they shone forth in elegance from the showcase in front of the entrance door-way of the school., The junior and senior semi-finals had been held on Jan. 21 and Jan. Z4 respectively and from these the judges had selected three junior and four senior speakers to compete in the final contest held on Friday, January 28th. The juniors were the first to speak., Barry James, the first competitor interested us by telling of Archery, Canada's Oldest Sport and in his impromptu he Baked A Cake . Eleanor Marshall refreshed our memories about the outstanding Toronto swimmer Marilyn Bell . Eleanor must like sports because she was Learning To Ski in her humourous impromptu speech, Jimmy Kalbfleisch, the last junior speaker for the afternoon chose for his topic Stamp Col:- lecting .. He too, like Eleanor , is sportsmminded, only in a slightly different way for he told us in his impromptu that his favourite sport was Washing Dishes . Barry Woodyard the first of the senior speakers perked us up by telling us about 'USmiles and then kept us smiling as he told of an episode m Cleaning Cupboards , the topic of his impromptu. Irwin Gillespie inquired, Are You Proud To Be A Canadian ? , and afterwards kept the audience laughing as he told of his First Blind Date . Ontariois Leadership Training Camp at Lake Couchiching which Bill Shannon attended this summer proved very interesting as he related to us his enjoyable experiences there., Transportation was the topic of Billls impromptuu Howard Simpson reminded us to feel proud when we hear or sing Canadais song The Maple Leaf For Ever , and then he warned the girls to watch their feet when dancing with him as he expressed his ideas about and related his experiences of Dancing Howard was the last senior speaker. Then followed the moments of suspense as we waited for the decision of the judges. Mrs. Blake Fairburn, Mr, M. Mcliitrick and Mr. A. Young , who had retired at the request of the chairman. Mr, Cline., The school dance band, under the direction of Mr., Dvorak favoured the audience during this interval with a few selections, On the return of the judges, Mr. McKitrick acted as spoke- sman and after a few constructive criticisms, he announced the winners

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