Thames High School - Yearbook (Thames, Manitoba Canada)

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES During the present school term of 1960-61 our High School students have enjoyed various social events besides sports. On Saturday, December 24 we went carolling in Plum Coulee and Horndean districts, visiting approximately thir¬ teen homes. On Wednesday, February 22, 1961, we gathered at school at 7:45 and left in three cars to go on a tour of several places in Winnipeg. First on the agenda was a tour to Canada Packers plant. After seeing all the blood and smelling all the awful smells many vowed never to eat meat again. Before leaving the plant we each had coffee and doughnuts. From here the boys went to the Monastery, while the girls went to EATON S to pass the time until dinner. After dinner we travelled out to ST. JAMES to the R. C. A. F. station. Here they showed us their fire engines, signals, their rescue helicopter, a transport plane, and explained the duties of the men in the air force. At 4:30 we were at the C.K.Y. studios. The guide led us through the various studios explaining what each was for. One of the students, Mathilda Zacharias, was the lucky one to be interviewed on the pro¬ gram The Ranchhouse hosted by Bill Grogan. After supper we visited the C.B.W.T. studios. This was similar to the C.K.Y studios only a lot more complicated and several more studios. The evening was spent in watching a hockey game be¬ tween the Winnipeg Warriors and the Portland Buckaroos in the Winnipeg arena. Education week was observed during the week from March 6-10. There were approximately 30 visitors. The program on Wednesday of that week included samples of school work with all four rooms participating and piano pieces by Mrs. Wiebe s students. These were followed by a contest for those out of school. The contest was on politics, mathematics, geography and spelling. Doughnuts and coffee were served after the programme. 20

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES During these past terms of school our class has had various social activities. On October 28, 1960 we had a Hallowe’en party. We had a short program which consisted of poems, jokes, riddles, songs and games. After the lunch of sandwiches, soft drinks and pie with ice-cream, we all went home happily. Then on December 21, 1960 we had our annual Christmas concert. Dazzling Christmas decorations gaily filled the room in various patterns The concert was a great success and the school was practically filled. There were Christmas carols, poems, and plays. After the distribution of gifts and closing remarks everyone left for home. Last February we decided to have a skating party rather than a Valentine’s party. We set February 17 as the day. In the morning before the bell rang everyone was bustling with excite¬ ment, When the bell finally rang everyone rushed to his desk but was rather slow in taking out the books. After a long morning the teacher announced that it was time for dinner. We had all chipped in and brought sandwiches, drinks and pie with ice-cream. After cleaning up we rushed to get our jackets on. After many Where’s my coat?” or Who took my gloves? we finally got started. When we got to Altona we found that Thames South pupils were already there. We all dashed inside, everyone wanting to get onto the ice first. After about three hours of skating we headed for home, tired but happy. 19

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SPORTS SECTION The Thames District has several outstanding fstars and is widely known for its participation in sports activities. In fall the general sport practised is foot- Iball. In fall of 1960 the High School played ■several games against the neighboring schools. The ■opposing schools were that of Horndean, Neuhoffnung and Kronstal. We were defeated in some of these, I but from several we returned victorious. Our boys ■out of school,together with the High School kids, also had some games on Sunday afternoons. Pete Zacharias has been promoted from our primitive league, and he was enrolled with the Isteinbach Huskies this bygone fall. During the winter the indoor sports are played. The table tennis caught the interest of the students most of the recesses. The crokinole board was also ■occupied several times. Whenever the weather was fbearable we played soccer with great enthusiasm. When spring comes around the baseball season is here and with it come bats, baseballs and gloves, jiln the spring of 1960 our high school team was un- jjdefeated. We played teams such as Horndean, and Rosenfeld. For this year we have lost most of our stars of last year but we hope to be somewhat of the same calibre. We also have a baseball league team in this district in which some of our high school boys take part. Otto Zacharias has already been promoted to a bigger league and was playing for the Winnipeg Black Knights the previous year. All in all we certainly have some outstanding stars in our district of which we are extremely proud. 21