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

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I 14 PARIS 'HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK A 1 EVA JOYCE Pm:-:sr I-33 Forever with a smile does she greet Her friends both old and new. Joyce, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Priest, was born in Paris on April 28, 1919. At the early age of four she, with her parents, moved to at Bellview Public School. a hectic time deciding Brantford, where she commenced her school days Between the ages of eight and twelve she spent where she was going to finish her studies-first, it was Oshawa-then, Whitby and finally her old home town Paris was chosen. Board of Education Scho- at Paris High School she In 1932 she passed her Entrance, winning the larship. During both her first and second years entered the Junior Oratorical Contest and succeeded, both times, in coming first. During her Hve years of High School life, by her bright happy face, she carried the appropriate nickname of J0y . At the Commencement in the fall of 1936 Joy very capably portrayed the role of Li-Ti in the picturesque Chinese play Told in a Chinese Garden . In 1937 she graduated with her Junior Matriculation and Honour Matriculation in nine papers. At present she is attending the Hamilton Normal School busy learning how to teach the younger generation the Three R's . We all wish her the best of luck during her life. R. B. 1' 'f71..f '! fi '5 1 LOUISE GRACE SOVEREIGN The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflec- tion of his own face. Frown on it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you, laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly companion.-Thackeray. On May 8, 1918, a tiny visitor, later named Louise Grace, came to re- side at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sovereign. After managing affairs at home for a few years Louise decided to begin her education by enrolling at Stone School, Paris. In 1931 she passed her entrance and crossed the threshhold of Paris High School. Louise was always active in school af- fairs, especially the social activities. ' She is now a nurse-in-training at Victoria Hospital, London. We wish her the best of luck in the future. E. M. C.

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1 I 4 A 7 2 - '1 f X55 PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK 13 JAMES HAROLD MURRAY James Harold, son of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Murray, was born in Paris on February 21st, 1917. The first few years of his life were spent at his home on East Broadway St., in the beautiful town of Paris. And then school days came! Jimmy's preliminary education was obtained in Paris Central School. Here the shy little lad was a joy to his teachers because of his diligent ef- forts. Great was their sorrow when he graduated in 1930. In September of that year he came to brighten the halls of P.H.S. Dur- ing the years he spent there he proved himself an able scholar and won many friends. However, he decided that he needed a change of atmosphere, and left P.H.S. to take up a position in the Bank of Montreal, Paris. Jim is still working there, and we know he will go far in his chosen profession. . R. P. W. we ---A I MARJORIE JEAN PERRY Always cheerful and Smiling, A friend to all. Jean, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Perry, was born in Rich- wood on Dec. 10, 1921. When only a few months old she moved to the farm where she is now living, about three miles south of Ayr. At the tender age of five she started on the Road to Learning which lead her first to the White School, and then to Paris High School. At both schools she proved herself a clever scholar, and won for herself many warm friends who will miss her. She graduated with her Junior Matriculation and her Upper School English. Jean is home now trying to work French and Latin into her varied household duties. Good Luck, Jean! E. M. M. A ,J VERNA MAE POTTRUFF It was April 30, 1920, on which Verna Mae, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Pottruff, breathed in her first breath of ozone. Her flrst six carefree years Verna spent where the sun shines brighter, the air is purer and the birds sing sweeter-home on the farm south of Paris. At the end of that time, however, it was decided that she should get some education, and so she attended Perley School for six more years, at the end of which she passed with honors into Paris High School. Her years passed here have been very successful, for besides her stu- dies she has shared in the athletic and literary activities. Numbered among the clever students she has won two medals for Legion Essays. She was Editor-in-Chief of the 1936 Year Book, Treasurer of the Literary Society for the Spring term of 1937, Treasurer of the High School Choir of 1936-37, and played on the Girls' Basketball Team for the last two years. This year Verna graduated with flying colors, and is Valedictorian for her class of 1937. At present she is attending Hamilton Normal School. We, your classmates, wish you the best of success, Verna. M3 E. T.

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PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK 15 GLENN H. TAYLOR His smiling face and cheerful voice Dispelled the gloom everywhere. Out in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, on May 31, 1917, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Taylor were blessed with the gift of a son whom they called Glenn. Glenn's adventurous life led the family to move to Eston, Saskatchewan. It was here that Glenn's mother died in 1922. Shortly after the Taylor family established their domicilefin Drumbo, Ontario. The next year Glenn com- menced his education at Drumbo Public School and passed his entrance in 1930. After attending Drumbo Continuation School, he came in 1934 to the Paris High School Halls of learning. Glenn played an important part in athletics at Paris, and is now on the tennis team of Western University. Glenn excelled in English. In 1934 he won the Paris Legion Essay Contest, and also a prize for a short story. He was awarded the Helen Smith Scho- larship for proficiency in English in the June examinations of 1935. Glenn was Editor-in-chief of the P.H.S. Year Book published in December 1935. This proved to be the most successful P.H.S. Year Book up to that time. For the Fall Term of 1936 Glenn was President of the Literary Society. He was a very popular student at Paris High, and worked willingly and cheerfully at anything assigned to him. At present Glenn is in his first year of Eng- lish at Western, and we all know he is going to make good. We're all wishing you the best of luck Glenn. ,751 y, I M. L. G. B. X! .K gl-LIT MABEL ELEANOR TAYLOR My it's hot flying around up here. That yard down there looks nice and shady. I believe I'll rest there for awhile, said the stork to himself on the sixteenth day of August. But lo when he resumed his journey, he had left his shopping bag, and thus the yard of Mr. A. S. Taylor was cluttered C?J with a white parcel. When Mr. and Mrs. Taylor undid the wrappings of this peculiar looking bundle, they found a smiling little black-haired girl whom they christened Mabel Eleanor. Mabel troubled her parents for six yearsg then thinking that Edication would tame her down, they sent her off to Keg Lane School. Did Edication take the pep out of her? Decided- ly NO! She topped the class and passed her entrance with honours. At High School her funny bone, giggle and sunny disposition gained for her many friends. In studies she was hard to match, and this year cap- tured half the scholarship awarded for French. Mabel excelled also in Athletics. She was our Athletic representative in forms III, IV and V successively, and was a swell guard on the school Basketball team. This year she is fitting herself for the business world at Day's Business College. Best of Luck Mabel in the career which you have chosen! V. M. P.