Paris District High School - Yearbook (Paris, Ontario Canada)

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK the stage, went to Hollywood where he has done very well in short com- edy pictures. Verne has been producing musical comedies on Broadway for several years. 'Dick Murray took up aviation as his life Work and I must' say he has been extremely successful. It was he who perfected the new rocket planes for the New York to London Trans-Atlantic Airway. Delmar' Kipp and Roger Veit have been partners in a milk industry for twenty years, and now operate the largest dairying industry in Canada. Four of the class pursued the teaching profession. Lorne Brooks, after a brilliant university career, began lecturing at Toronto University and is now professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Jack Taylor is now director of athletics at Toronto University and it was he who coached the Canadian team at the recent Olympic games at Paris, France. Helen Pruss and Lenore Miller taught school for several years near Paris, but later both married and settled down. I understand also that Jeanette Mur- ray and Madge Rounds were married soon after leaving school. Jeanette's husband is now Chief of Police in the' city of Hamilton. Constance McK.ie' became a nurse and is now superintendent of the Montreal General Hose pital. Murray Hamilton and Henry Smith both took up engineering as occupations. Henry now belongs to the firm of Golberg, Golberg, Golberg, Golberg, Golberg, Golberg and Smith, consulting' engineers hz. Winnipegg while Murray is chief engineer of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Com- panyp Yes, mother, concluded Mr. Butcher as he picked up his paper, That was truly a wonderful class and it gives me aa great deal off' pride to think of how well each member has done. We return back twenty-five years, through the pages of time and see this class whose destiny I have just set forth, seated in their desks in the lap boratory of Paris High School. I must say that they do not give one an impression of brilliancy- quite on the contrary but what does this matter now that we have found out that through the course of time, this class will blossom forth, displaying its hidden genius and taking prominent plai- ees in the outside world. Russel Taylor, Prophet. C' The prophet is wrong. This student was not the editor of the col- umn in The Paris Stany ' i The class had been told to write a composition on a bitter ending. The teacher gave as an example of such this concluding' paragraph, And the ship sank. Such a bitter end for the voyage! The next day Don Simmons handed in this as his composition, t'Our dog' chased our cat and bit 'er end. After all these years, remarked Craig Sowden, who had come back after twenty years to' lecture in Paris, I miss' many of the old faces with which I used to shake hands. This is a skyscraper, announced the guide. The old lady sighed and said, Oh my! How I'd love to see work!

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK Prophecy of 1934 Graduating Class Let us turn the pages of time and journey twenty-five Years into the future. As we stroll down a side street of a very peaceful town, we come to a small white bungalow covered with green vines and rambling roses. We see on the verandah an elderly man and his wife, peacefully rocking in their chairs, enjoying the beauties of the summer sunset. The old gen- tleman is reading his evening paper and as he puts it down, to speak to his wife, we see that it is Mr. Butcher who, after having taught school for' forty years, has retired from that occupation in which he was so success- ful. Well, mother, he remarks to his wife, I see by the paper that a cure for cancer has been discovered. It also says that the man who discovered this miraculous cure is Dr. Adam Miller. Why, By Jove, that's the little red-headed boy I used to teach at Paris High School. 'Well, well , returned Mrs. Butcher, Is it not strange that every sin- gle member of that very class has been remarkably successful in later life? And you aways used to say that it was the most backward class you ever taught. Yes, it is strange, said the elderly Mr. Butcher. Now you take Robert Cowan, the little Princeton lad. Bob after practising law, drifted into po- litics and has recently held portfolios in four different federal cabinets. Murray McGill is another to make a name for himself. You will recall that, while he was in his last year at high school, he edited the Paris High School column in the Paris Star under the name of Sextus. 'l'After his great success there, he took up newspaper writing as an occupation and now he is associate editor of the New York Times . You will also remember Jesse Jasper who is now writing short stories for Cosmopolitan and oth- er prominent magazines. Two of that class are now in the ministry, Alex. McLaren and Harold Kennedy. Alex. has a large church in Windsor, while Harold as you know is Moderator of the United Church of Canada. Harold Higgins is at present the Bishop of Hamilton. Three of the boys are farming and all are' doing extremely well. Llewellyn Depew and Will Guthrie both have large farms near Paris and Joe Meggs is head of a government experimental farm in Saskatchewan. Margaret Buck is now with the Sun Life Insurance Co., and Verta Kener- son is Dean of Women at Western University-neither Margaret nor Verta ever maivied. Three of the boys of the class pursued athletic careers. Wil- fred Ryerse took up professional wrestling, and while at the peak of his career was known as Strang1er Ryerse. After making considerable money during his career as a wrestler, he retired and bought a large interest in some company that makes cellophane. Harland Kempthorne in his young- days starred with the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Team, while Walter Scott, after playing baseball for the New York Giants for many years, is now manager of that same team. Donald Stewart and Verne Martin both pursued theatrical careers. Don, after several years of comedy work on 21

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK The Years Between During the years 1932 and 1933, no book was issued to tell the public of the activities at Paris High School. A detailed account of all these ac- tivities cannot be given, but, in order to have a permanent record of the intervening years, it has been thought advisable to include in this Year Book at least the highlights of this period. Let us consider first the happenings of 1932. In the Literary Society for the Spring Term, Sylvanus Apps was president and Dr. Jeffery was Honorary President. The Editor-in-chief of The Quill was Gordon Miller. Vera Cruickshank was president of the Girls' Athletic Association and Syl- vanus Apps was president of the Boys' Athletic Association. The girls entered a team in W.O.S.S.A. Basketball for the first time, but were defeated in the first round by Brantford C. I. The Junior Boys' Bas- ketball Team won three out of four games with Brantford. They were beaten by one point on the round with Kitchener C. I. for group honours. The Junior and Senior Oratorical Contests were held on January 29, when Edgar Nash won the Junior Boys', Elleene Munroe the Junior Girls' and Vera Cruickshank the Senior Girls' Contest. On February 8, Vera went to Kitchener where she came second in the W.O.S.S.A. District Orat- orical Contest. The Junior District Contests were held in Paris on February 12, Edgar Nash was first and Elleene Munroe was second, in their respec- tive contests. Inclement weather in the fall of 1931 made it necessary to postpone the Burford-Paris-Simcoe Athletic Meet until the following spring. It was held on May 11 at Simcoe. There were no entries in the girls' events from Burford and Simcoe, so our girls did not compete. The boys of our school won both the Junior and Senior cups. At the W.O.S.S.A. Field Meet held in London on May 21, 1932, Sylvanus Apps made a new record of 11 ft., 63f4 inches in the Senior Pole Vault. He was first also in the Senior Running Broad Jump. In the Intermediate class, Homer Wilson was first in the Half-mile and Verne Martin was third in the Running Broad Jump, while Russel Taylor was first in the Junior High Jump. At the Provincial Field Meet held in Toronto, Sylvanus Apps was again first in the Senior Pole Vault, Homer Wilson was second in the Intermed- iate Half-mile and Russel Taylor was third in the Junior High Jump. For the fall term, Mr. Chas. McCausland was Honorary President and Murray McGill was president of the Literary Society, Lawrence Cassady was Editor-in-chief of The Quill, Margaret McArthur was president of the Girls' Athletic Association, and Homer Wilson was president of the Boys' Athletic Association. The annual Field Day was held on October 5, when the Athletic Cham- pions were: Senior Girls-Olive Robb, Intermediate Girls-Hazel Peberdy, Junior Girls-Verna Gedney, Senior Boys-J ack Taylor, Intermediate Boys -Russel Taylor and Junior Boys-William Rutherford. The Burford-Paris-Simcoe Athletic Meet was held in October at Bur- ford. The Paris boys won both the Junior and Senior Cups, but the Bur- ford girls won the Girls' Cup. On November 10, the Annual Remembrance Day Service was held. Third Form had charge of the service. Mr. Cocks was the guest speaker and gave an inspiring address on The Great War. At the Commencement Exercises on November 25-, Sylvanus Apps was Valedictorian and diplomas were presented to twenty graduates. A one- act play Brothers-in-Arms , under the direction of Miss Ramsay was giv- en by the senior students. The usual post-commencement concert was held 23