St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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gaming ... he puts on more speed . . . Duck puts on full speed . . . Hunter does the same . . . The cars are nose to nose . . . Duck’s car is the more powerful . . Hunter is getting desperate ... he swerves over, forcing Duck to the rail . . . Crash! . . . Duck turns over . . .a squad car comes out ... an ambulance comes to the scene and carries Duck off. Nejct da y the judges give the shield to Duck, for had not Hunter of Tick- ville done what he did, Duck would certainly have crossed the line first. Ronald Bennett. Honest Abe . . . and a babe . . . took a clown ... and went down town . . to show him round . . . That night . . . they just sat tight ... Do ' you know where? ... Ill tell you now, I think . . . would you believe it? . . . m the clink. Richard Mark. NARROW ESCAPES v SP rag,ue was walking down a dark street in the slums of New y ° rk Si ' A car came by and Just missed him ' by a few inches. He thought he had a narrow escape but the driver had a better one. He just .missed a huge moving truck. After that he went to his house. When he saw his wife coming toward him he thought, “Oh, Oh!! This is the end of me” . . . But his wife missed him too. Robert Glass. THE SHIP GOES DOWN S.O.S. . . . S.O.S. ... it was coming from a ship in distress. Some¬ one had thrown a lighted cigar on the floor where some gas lay. It had immediately started a blaze. Before they could get any water on it, the whole ship was aflame. All the people got in the lifeboats. The ship was listing badly. In a few moments, the ship had sunk. The people were floating around for two hours before help came. Bing Allan. THE BALLOON The balloon vender walked along slowly. He was calling, “Balloons, get your balloons here”. Now there was a certain balloon in that bunch. It was bright red and had a cat s face on it. A little boy bought the red one and a green one for his dog. Every time the dog barked, the balloon sailed away. Off the dog would scamper after it. Meanwhile the red balloon was floating high in the sky. The little boy had found some string and tied it to the balloon. It looked down over the city, saying. “It’s too bad you cannot see what I can see”. Slowly the boy let out the string, had come too close to the sun! Suddenly the balloon popped! Robert Trueman. It EAGLE Thirty-one

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THE ROBBERY Out of the fog two figures appeared. One of them was taller than the other. Tom recognized who they were. One was Shorty and the other Jim. They came on shore. Tom told them that the horses were on the opposite side of the wood. They went over to the trees and got the horses. The stage would be along in a few moments so they started to canter towards the road. They got there just in time because the stage was just coming down the road. On went their masks. When the stage got close they rode into the trail. “Reach!” was the order to the driver. As soon as they got the money, they started to ride away. As they rode, the driver shot Shorty in the back. The sheriff was able to trace him and soon got Tom and Jim. They were soon behind bars. David Kilgour. MACKENZIE William Lyon Mackenzie was publisher of the “Colonial Advocate”, a paper in the town of York. Mackenzie attacked the government in his newspaper. He claimed that a small group called the “Family Compact” ruled the government and that the land wasn’t being given out fairly. Finally he got so violent he led a little army against the government. He was defeated and fled to the U.S.A. Many years later he was pardoned and came back to Canada. The Family Compact had disappeared and a new government had taken its place. In a way he had helped because he had taken up arms and had made the people realize what was happening. George Marsh. MY IDEA OF HEAVEN (The exception) I would like to go to school every day because you learn to add, sub¬ tract, multiply and divide. You learn manners. You learn how to write and spell words. You play games like soccer, hockey and basketball. That is why I like school. Name withheld! Fatty and Skinny had a race Joe, Joe Pinocchio Up and down the pillow case. Takes a fit and away he’ll go, Fatty thought it wasn’t fair Over hills and over streams, Because it was just a nightmare. Falling in the land of dreams. Ricky Schaller. Gary Read. THE RACE If you go down to Tenville and look up a certain man by the name of Jim Benix, he will tell you that long, long ago there was a man by the name of Duck Pen who was to race against Jim Hunter of Tickville. The race was to be on July 18th, 1920. This is the story: The race is about to begin. There they go . . . Turner is in the lead . . . Duck is pulling up. . . Hunter glances back to see . . .he sees Duck Thirty EAGLE

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LOWER SCHOOL SPORTS Soccer —Hamber House won the competition, with Young second and Richardson, third. Carter, Cousens, Kennedy, Mark and Nairn were the outstanding players. Basketball —The Basketball championship also went to Hamber House. They scored 26 points. Richardson were second with 17 and Young third with 12. Allan, Carter, Cousens, Kennedy, Kilgour, Mark and Nairn gained full points toward their House colours. Ice Hockey —In the House league, Hamber took first place with 9 points. The other houses were close with Young 8 points and Richardson 7. Allan, Carter, Cousens, Kennedy, Kilgour, Mark, Martin and Nairn played outstanding hockey but all boys gave of their best. In the games against Form 1 Upper the Lower School did well again. The first match was drawn, 2-2. The second game was lost 3-2 in a very close struggle. Forms 1, 2, 3 put up a plucky display against Form 4 but the bigger boys won 3-0. Boxing —The Boxing competitions were held in May and resulted as follows: Cousens defeated Coubrough. Mark drew with Kilgour. Bennett drew with Martin. McNaughton drew with Owen. Moore defeated Glass. Trueman drew with Allan. Greenlaw defeated Shaw. Paterson J. defeated Graham. Carter drew with Partridge. Nairn defeated Kennedy. Hamber House gained 9 points; Richardson 6; Young 4. Cricket ... So far three matches have been played. In the first Young beat Richardson, 22-12. Richardson then defeated Hamber in a close game, 22-20. Hamber gained the victory in the third game when they defeated Young, 26 for 7-22. A second round of matches is now in progress. Kilgour, Nairn, Mark, Kennedy, Marsh, Partridge, Coubrough, Carter have all shown ability with bat and ball. We hope to play a match against a team from Mr. Chapman’s room and shall no doubt give a good account of ourselves. Track and Field and Softball . . . These activities must go unreported. We are looking forward to them, especially to the keen competition that both will bring. Thirty-tivo EAGLE