Steinbach Collegiate Institute - Black and Gold Yearbook (Steinbach, Manitoba Canada)

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GRADE EIGHT From Left to Right: back row: Milton Reimer, Erdm Fast, John Wiebe, Wesley Penner, Lome Rempel, H Second row: Glen Kehler, Raymond Kroeker, Walter Donald Reimer, Ludwig Nightingale, Eugene Toews. Third row from back: LeVerna Reimer, Agnes Gies Anne Giesbrecht, Doris Hiebert, Amanda Reimer. Front row: Ida Epp, Verna Reimer, Annie Rempel, roew, Esther Wiens, Virginia Friesen, Dora Thiessen. Grade VIII It isn’t very long ago, when, on Sep¬ tember 1st we got aquainted and asked each other what our goal was to be for the year 1946-47. Your short but definite answer then was: “ To make Entrance”. That was of course a statement to be backed up by some two hundred days of conscientious work. Now we are close to the finish-line. The warm days will bring games and a picnic and — the finals. A “Wanderlust” epidemic struck this year’s grade eight. John and Henry moved away, another John, and Jeffrey and Peter followed suit, and so we filled the empty PAGE TWENTY-SIX an Peters, Walter Brandt, Peter Reimer, Raymond ilton Friesen, Alvin Neustaedter. Kehler, Alvin Friesen, Henry Toews, Sam Wiens, brecht, Doris Dueck, Nettie Kehler, Loraine Neufeld, Margaret Giesbrecht, Evangeline Funk, Tillie Teich- Class Report space with a goldfish aquarium. We thank you boys for your good letters. How do you like your new distant homes? May we thank the High School and their considerate council for the novel and inclusive idea of having space “to let’’ in their Yearbook for the Junior High this year. As time goes by I shall turn with special pleasure to this picture, my twentieth ent¬ rance class, and let it recall for me, a year of keen work, kind faces and many a lively softball game. G. G. Reimer.

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GRADE IX CLASS REPORT First Row: Dennis Barkman — popular, and sports- minded; plays the cornet. Nancy Barkman — enjoys reading; hobby — giggling. Tina Block — short and sweet; hobby - writ¬ ing letters. Hilda Braun — quiet and studious; easy to get along with. Lydia Braun — amused at everything; loathes being teased. Wilma Dyback — humorous; dislikes ma¬ thematics, and mispronounciations. Second Row: Norma Epp — likes to chatter; finds the trip across the hall to the Grade XII class¬ room very short. Annie Epp — hard working, result — finish¬ ed homework. Jake Enns — “Smilin’ Jack”; all around ge¬ nius. Corinne Friesen — chatter-box; is that blonde hair natural or peroxide? John Friesen — likeable; hails from Niver- ville. Eleanor Fast — happy-go-lucky; every¬ body’s friend; favorite expression “Are you happy?” F ' hird Row: Marlene Giesbrecht — neat and attractive; sports-minded. John Giesbrecht — restless; quick with the answers. Willie Giesbrecht — business-like, reserved, clever. Ruth Gerbrandt — tall, modest, and re¬ served. Ralph Guenther — girl-shy; mathematically inclined. Margaret Hildebrandt — amiable — wants to become a Registered Nurse. Fourth Row: William Hildebrand — easy-going; has nick¬ names galore. Joyce Kornelsen — talkative; thrives on snapshots. GRADE X REPORT - Eileen Toews — a prospective “surgeon”. She “operates” every day (at the telephone office). Besides giving wrong numbers, she is also taking Grade X and giving music lessons. Seventh Row: Norman Toews — “Chuck”. Does repairing. Vulcanizes anvthing from rubber boots to nrincipal’s straps. Victor Toews — His daily constitutional is a three mile walk to school; doesn’t mind an occasional ride on their jeep, though. Wilma Toews — has served the social com- Elaine Kroeker — tall, bionde, finds free pe¬ riod is best subject. Robert Loewen — Ranks high in exams. Our King of Ping-pong. Pauline Minski — tall, energetic; likes our town. Anne Nikorak — demure, hails from the south. Fifth Row: Lydia Pankratz — small and cheerful; fond of sewing. Henry Radke — amusing, jolly; hobby — teasing girls. Albert Reimer — industrious and deter¬ mined; likes General Shop. Nita Reimer — vocalist; pet aversion — do¬ ing homework. Mintie Reimer — ambitious; withdrawn, Peter Reimer — good-natured; always ready to make bargains. Sixth Row: Raymond Rempel — “Peanuts”; pet diver¬ sion — playing hockey. Edward Schellenberg — friend of books; pastime — pestering girls. Mary Schellenberg — well-groomed; likes sports. Henry Schinkel — lanky; hard-working: Grade IX Loan Co. George Schroeder — “curly”, very friendly to the girls in his classroom. Helen Senkiw — tall and slim; prefers week-ends at home. Seventh Row: Elsie Wiebe — shy; accomplished pianist. Leona Wiebe — carries many interesting pictures in her wallet. Lloyd Wiebe — mischievous; masters every¬ thing but German. Mary Wiebe — class president; be sure of vourself before you argue with her. Viola Wiebe — • quiet and industrious; spends her evenings studying. Willie Wiebe — “Joe Louis” left for B. C. in March. Continued from oaqe 23 mittee conscientiously throughout the year. Veleda Unger — Our barber’s daughter is beautiful, but it’s her father who gets in the boys’ hair. Olga Voih — prospective stenographer. Her flying fingers have carried her further a- long her typing course than any one else in class. Mary Warkeniin — although Mary has been with us two years, all we know of her is that she is a quiet lass who makes excellent marks. PAGE TWENTY-FIVE

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GRADES VII VIII Back Row: Herbert Brown, Donald Reimer, Sydney Reimer, George Goossen, Wesley Reirner, Gordon Kroeker, Jacob Schellenberg, Peter Enns, Gerald Rosenfeld, Harry Schellenberg, Eldon Toews, (mis¬ sing) . Second Row: Marie Schmidtke, Sadie Neufeld, Eva Wiebe, Rosemarie Penner, Ruth Siemens, Tina Koop, Ruth Reimer, Joyce Gaudreau, Agnes Friesen, Ramona Loewen. Front Row: Elvira Loewen, Helen Friesen, Ellen Peters, Mary Anne Kliewer, Evangeline Unger, Betty Dueck, Marlene Barkman, Mary Gerbrandt, Kathleen Wiebe, Helen Hiebert. Grade VII and VIII Class Report Our classroom is the only one in ou r materials for our Christmas package to be school that has two grades in it. Even sent to France, and again when we collected though we may not have been united in our funds with which to buy clothing for a boy classwork,yet we have been thoroughly and a girl, somewhere in Europe. If we can united in our classroom spirit - the esprit- go through life with the same spirit with de-corps shown has been excellent.This fact which we went through this term in school, was well illustrated by the splendid co- we have every reason to look foreward to a operation shown when we collected the very happy future. PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN