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

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK 7 LESLIE CECIL COHN Happiness filled the home of Mr. and Mrs. Max Cohn on Sept. 8th, when their son, Leslie, made his advent in the year of 1917. His first seven years were spent tive miles north-east of Drumbo, but finding this part of the country too small for his adventurous mind, he left with his family for Hamilton. Here he passed one and a half years, which were spent in Pub- lic School. His next home was at Windsor and in this city in 1931, he pas- sed his entrance. But the call of his birth-place beckoned him and he re- turned to Drumbo. In the Continuation at Drumbo he studied well. His ability as an athlete was aptly shown by the prizes he won for his school in the Drumbo-Plattsville-Princeton Field Meets. After spending three years in the Drumbo Continuation School he journeyed to Paris, for his Senior Matriculation. His Senior Matriculation was completed at Woodstock Col- legiate the following year. The next year he spent at Paris. This time he took Commercial Work. During the year he assisted in the school choir along with other activities. Leslie is now in Toronto and all his school friends take this opportunity of wishing him every success in the future. G. S. C. , ,,. .i I V MARION GRACE DENNIS In common things that round us lie 3? Some random truth she can impartg The harvest of a jolly eye That lives and shines upon her heart. On October 27, 1918, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Dennis received the gift of a little bundle of femininity whom they later called Marion Grace. At a ten- der age Grace began her education at South Ward School. She later went to Queen's Ward School and then to Central. In 1931 she passed her en- trance and entered Paris High School, where she spent six years. Grace was always active in school activities. She was editor-in-chief of the Quill for the spring and fall term of 1936-37, she took a very able part in the commencement plays, and was on the Editorial Staff of the Year Book in 1935 and 1936. Grace is now in training for a nurse in Victoria Hospital, London. All her friends join me in wishing her every success in her chosen profession. E. M. C. il.... . JAMES FREDERICK ELSON James Frederick--we never called him anything but Jimmy -Was born in Ayr on October 9th, 1917. When his mother could no longer endure his mischievous ways she decided 'to send him off to school. Thus it came about that Jimmy entered Kitchen's Public School at an early age. HOW- ever, in 1926, the family moved to Paris, and James continued his educa- tion at Queen's Ward, and later at the Central School. He was successful in passing his entrance examinations in June, 1931. September of the same year found Jimmy among the first formers in P.H.S. His sunny smile and ready wit soon won him favour with his fellow students. He took an active part in school life. He was ofteneform report- er for the Quill, and was once Secretary of the P.H.S. Literary Society. He proved himself an able actor by his brilliant portrayal of Admiral Brice in the play Green Stocking at Commencement 1935, and as the Chinese mandarin, Wang Chu Moo in Told in a Chinese Garden in 1936. At present Jimmy is working in the Watkins 8: Co. Right House in Hamilton. We all wish you great success in the future! R. P. W.

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6 PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK IVO JACK BROWN May 3, 1917-All Paris was bathed in the warm spring sunshine, the silence broken only by bursting buds and babbling brooks, when suddenly the waiting breathless thousands-well, Mr. and Mrs. Brown at least-were rudely and very noisily awakened to the fact that a new and dangerous menace to the community had arrived in the struggling form of none other than-Jack Brown! For ten long years he stormed up and down Banfield street and made life very, very interesting for the teachers of Paris Central School, and then he was quietly removed to St. Thomas. After a period of ten months, much to the relief of civic officials, he was moved to Stratford and three years later to Brantford. Here, Jack seriously took up the sport, which made him later so popu- lar with Paris sport fans, baseball. In inter-form, inter-school and inter- city games Jack never failed to star behind the bat. CWe take the liberty of adding that he gets along quite well when going inter young ladies' homes, thank youll , ' On his return to Paris, despite his diligent studies and concientious work as a druggist after school, Jack's generosity and ready wit soon esta- blished old friendships and claimed him many new ones. As Editor. of the Quill, and especially as staff reporter during the year of the Mad Fourth, fForm, to you 19353 his geniality and spontaneous humour always provided a bright spot in the otherwise routine Literary meetings. Though he is at present ably Hlling a position at Crooks Drug Store, we hope he never loses sight of his ambition to be a doctor. His natural un- selfishness and clear thinking are his positive guarantee of success. W. L. R. Wfgy ,LTL FRANKLIN KEITH BROWN On June 16th, 1919, the curtain rose for the first act in the life of Franklin Keith Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Welland Brown, of Paris. The second scene shows Keith toddling off to Paris Central School. The settings for the next scenes are St. Thomas Public School, Stratford Public School and Brantford Public School. He was successfull in passing his entrance in Brantford, 1932. In September, 1932, he enrolled at the Brantford Col- legiate Institute. For one year he absorbed history, geography, algebra, etc., in that noble school. In 1933, urged by a desire to return to his birth-place, he moved back to Paris. In that year he crossed the threshhold of P.H.S. for the first time. From the very first Keith was very popular with his fellow students. He was twice form reporter for the Quill, and lst Vice-President of the P. H.S. Athletic Society. He took an active part in all athletics, and played on the Junior and Senior Basketball teams for two seasons. Kieth is graduating this year with Senior Matriculation. At present he is working in Fraser I-Ii1born's clothing store in Paris. We wish you the best of success in' the future! R. P. W.

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IWBQB 8 PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK MARJORIE ADELINA GILLIES Marjorie Adelina Gillies, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gillies, inhaled her first breath of Paris air on May 22, 1919. After a few years, much to the relief of her parents, Marj. started on her educational journey. In 1932 Marj. passed her Entrance and was admitted to the P.H.S. halls of learning. During her sojourn here, she won many friends with her pleasing manner. Marj. displayed her athletic ability by winning in 1935 the Girls' Senior Championship. She also proved to be a skillful player on the School Basketball Team. To the Quill , she contributed the Girls' Sports. This year Marj. is taking a Secretarial Course at Day's Business Col- lege in Brantford. We all wish her good luck and success in the future. .L G. 1. H. GRAYCE ILENE I-IEANEY V Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Heaney, of Windsor, were blessed with a third daughter on Dec. 16, 1920, in the person of Grayce Ilene. She kept every- one on their toes for the first four years of her life, then, to the relief of her parents and sisters, she began her school career at the tender age of five. Grayce entered Patterson Collegiate in 1933, and had just spent an en- joyable term there when her parents moved to Paris. In 1934 Grayce en- tered Second Form at P.H.S. and continued for the next three years. Her quiet, pleasant manner won for her many friends. Grayce showed her sportsmanship by always enjoying a game of basketball. As she has graduated with her Junior Matriculation, Grayce is now at- tending the Brantford Business College and is taking the ,Secretarial Course. Best of luck Grayce, and may success be yours while taking the course and in securing a position! M. A. G. s if RUTH ELIZABETH IIICKSON It was on October 8th, 1919, that Ruth ventured out of the everywhere into the here. As her place of residence in the here, she chose the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hickson in Ontario's most beautiful town, Paris. She was so pleased with her choice that it was not for six years that she was able to tear herself away and go down the hill to Paris Public School. There she found that her long curls figured prominently in a sort of Thread the Curl game that her companions played with her curls and their lead pencils. After a couple of years of stout endurance, Ruth cut off her troublesome curls and, putting childhood behind her, soon passed out of the confines of Public School into P.H.S. Even at this early date, Ruth showed promise of her later fame as one of the foremost laughers of P.H.S., and even then she tackled Latin with a skill that augured well for her later success with that subject. A mine of Latin information, Ruth was not selfish with it, but generously passed it on to any lazier and less well-informed classmates who begged her guidance through the maze of tenses, moods, genders, and declensions, and was al- ways ready to entertain them with surprising recollections of their early misdemeanors from her 'memoirs' In Chemistry period, her ready gene- rosity with the Sulphuric Acid bottle was sure to pep up any experiment. A student of no mean ability, Ruth graduates from High School with her full Honour Matriculation next year. She intends to enter training in Toronto General or Toronto Sick Children's Hospital. We're sure she'l1 be just as fine a nurse as she has been a schoolmate. M. E. J.