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

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tmJuud Dinner, which consisted of hot dogs, hot chocolate and ice cream was next, and then the two buses arrived to take the grade 8-9-10’s to the first Tally-Ho, at the Western Riding Stables, which started at 6:30. There were four sleighs on the first Tally-Ho. At 7:30, the ll’s and 12’s went by car to the stables, and enjoyed the Tally-Ho very much. The first Tally-Ho returned before the dance, and the second Tally-Ho returned about 15 minutes after the New Quid” had started to play. The band played very well, and the dance was quite a success. The Carnival was a great success because many peo¬ ple pitched in and helped. The following people were some of those people: Andy Wiswell, Greg Hill, John Macbeth, Gavin Smith, Sandy Shandro, Bob Dunstan, Stewart Searle, John McNichol, Kit Rowley, as well as the two secretaries, Mrs. Campenelli and Mrs. Brough. Thanks must go to these people as well as Mr. Broder¬ ick who was on duty, and Mr. Glegg, Mr. Ainley, and Mr. Shepherd who chaperoned the dance. The Carnival was for a charity not named as yet, and made a considerable profit.

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WuiM The 1968 edition of the S.J.R. Winter Carnival was held on the 24th of February, 1968, on the school grounds. The events began at 12:45 in the afternoon and ended at 11:30 at night. The schedule was as follows: 12:45- 1:45 - Senior A Hockey vs. Old Boys (Indoors) 2:00- 3:00 - Senior B Hockey vs. Juniorat (Indoors) 2:00- 3:00 - Broomball (Outdoors) 3:15- 4:30 - Skating Party (Indoors) 4:30- 5:15 - Ski-Doo Race 5:15- 5:30 - Carnival Queen Contest 5:30- 6:15 - Dinner 6:15 - Bus left for first tally-ho 6:30- 7:30 - First Tally-Ho 7:30- 8:30 - Second Tally-Ho 8:30-11:30 - Dance with the New Quid” Twenty-five degree temperatures were on hand to help make the day a success. The day unfortunately started out on the wrong foot as the opposition for the Senior A Hockey Team, Sir John Franklin, phoned and informed us that they could not make it. The Old Boys rose to the occasion, how¬ ever, and filled in for the missing team. The Seniors scored a decisive 4-1 victory in the game with Gavin Smith getting two goals while Rob Kennedy and Ed Myers chipped in with one goal each. Immediately after the Senior A game, the Senior B team played in the Dutton Arena and their opposition v •T. . r was Juniorat. In this game Lauren Jacklin scored early in the game while Andy Wiswell accounted for the other goal in the third period to make the score 2-0. Rob Mitchell got the shutout. At the same time as the Senior B team was playing their game, a broomball game was being held on the outside rink. The rink looked like Grand Central Sta¬ tion as about 200 people swarmed onto the ice. It was a game of spills, and was enjoyed by everyone. After the broomball game, about 100 people took ad¬ vantage of the indoor rink facilities, and skated. Records were played and it was a pleasant change after the ener¬ getic broomball game. On the front football fields, the Ski-doo race started and three ski-doo’s were entered. The winner was Mark Dallas with Jim Lawson and Charles Andison a close second and third. All afternoon ski-dooing was available to anybody as six machines showed up to offer their ser¬ vices to the Carnival and to these six people heartfelt thanks is given. The Carnival Queen Contest one of the more numer¬ ous items on the carnival schedule, was held just before dinner. There were four candidates, David Boult, escort¬ ed by Greg Hill; George Black escorted by Mark Dallas; Ian MacDonald, the eventual winner, escorted by Brian Spooner; and Brian Dark, escorted by Bud McKnight. The judging was done by applause and the applause for Ian MacDonald was very high compared to the other candidates who nevertheless looked most inviting to the boys who did not bring dates. 90

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I have been asked by the Editor of THE EAGLE to write a few words about the Northwest Territories. I am not qualified to write any more than a very few words. The little I know of this vast area is based on two camping trips, one last summer and one two summers ago. The first summer we got as far as Fort Providence on the north bank of the Mackenzie. This past summer we got as far as Yellowknife on the Great Slave Lake. There are 1,511,979 square miles in the Territories and a population of one person to every 50 square miles. It is a wide and empty land. It has one road running north from the Alberta border, around the west end of Great Slave Lake, by ferry in summer (ice road in winter) across the Mackenzie and ending a few miles beyond Yellowknife. In time a second road will go around the east end of the lake. There are some fine rivers and some magnificent waterfalls along the way but for the most part the road twists its way through mile after mile of pine covered rock and muskeg. We didn’t do anything very spectacular but we had a fine holiday. At Lady Evelyn Falls on the Kakisa River we got caught in a downpour as we were fishing and both our watches stopped. Since it never gets dark at that season we soon lost all track of time. We visited the Indian community of Fort Rae, north and west of Yellowknife and discovered that the Sisters of Charity had just celebrated one hundred years of service in the little settlement. We caught some fish; we were visited by a bear; we bought ice at 50£ a block from two small girls in Yellowknife who made it in a deep freezer; we talked to Indians; we swam; we killed mos¬ quitoes and we drove 3,000 miles on the dusty gravel. It is the least crowded highway I have ever travelled. The people we met were all of them friendly. Many of them seemed surprised and pleased that we had come to see their part of Canada. Most visitors who come this way are Americans we were told; when Canadians wanted to go north they go to Alaska. The School is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin H. Thomas as Alumni Director with effect from January 1, 1968. Born and educated in London, Ontario, Mr. Thomas graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Arts from the Univer¬ sity of Western Ontario in 195 6 and was granted a Master’s degree in Business Administration in 1966. He is married and has one son and one daughter. Mr. Thomas has been employed with G.A. Brakeley and Co. Ltd. for ten years, and was elected a Director of the Company in October, 1966. During his career he has worked on a large number of local and national projects and has a wide experience in working with volunteer groups. Mr. Thomas will assume responsibility forall Alumni Affairs at the School. He will establish contact with all alumni, will begin publishing alumni bulletins on a regular basis, and will seek to serve all alumni and their school in every possible way.