Wainwright High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Wainwright, Alberta Canada)

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Society Audrey Smith The first social function of the school year was a Hallowe’en Party with Edgerton, Irma and Separate School High Schools as guests. The evening was spent dancing with many prizes given for the best performers in a variety of dances. A delicious buffet lunch was served and during lunch hour entertainment was pro vided by some of the talented pupils of W-H-S. This party was the audition of the “Students of Swing” the High School orchestra which has proved a big success. The Christmas Party was held.the Friday before the Christ¬ mas recess. The hall was decorated to harmonize with the Christ¬ mas Spirit. Oh! that mistletoe! ! It looked as if fate were with us when the siln shone warm and bright on Saturday, February 9, the day of the W H S. Follies. The races and a hockey game between Irma and Edgerton com¬ prised the afternoon entertainment. In the evening the weather turned cold but enthusiasm still ran high. The climax of the Car¬ nival was the crowning of Carnival Queen, Miss Beda Nordstrom, Board of Trade candidate. Her ladies-in-waiting were: Miss Shirley McKenzie, W.H.S. Candidate; and Miss Isabel MacKenzie, Separate School candidate. Mr. Lambert crowned the Queen. Tha throne was beautifully decorated by members of the school. A final hockey game in which W.H.S. was victorious was played against Edgerton, the winner of the afternoon game. All during the day hot-dogs and coffee were sold. How those cold north winds do blow! Especially on the day we picked for our bonspiel—Saturday, January 17. The winner of the Grand Challenge was the rink skipped by Miss Telfer, and the winner of the Consolation was the rink skipped by Doug. Ringrose. The lunch committee served invigorating coffee, hot dogs, and doughnuts to wea y participants in the first W.H.S. bouspiel for a number of years. On Friday, June 14, the first graduation banquet in the his¬ tory of W.H.S. was held. Guests included: Mr. and Mrs. F. McLeod, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Coutts, Mr. and Mrs. Hancock, teachers of the Public School, and parents of the graduating class. After an en¬ joyable dinner served under the leadership of Mrs. Dundas, the following programme was carried out. 41

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W. H. S. Sports By Eddie Ringrose The Wainwright High School had a crack-up hockey team this year, which tested its skill against teams that it had small hopes of beating. Vermilion was defeated by the W-H.S. boys for the first time in history; and just to show them that it wasn’t luck, we heat them four games to their none during the whole season. There were also a number of games played with the Edgerton and Irma High School teams. These were all cinches except one, in which the boys slackened up a bit and “let” Irma win. The Army seemed to be about the only team in the country that could defeat us, but our many games with them gave the boys a chance to play better hockey and to catch a few pointers from more experienced players. The team, accompanied by about forty of the High School hockey fans made a trip over to Camrose in the back of Lou Tory’s truck. That was one of our unlucky nights, but of course, the boys were rather stiff after the cramped-up condition of the four-hour trip. The season’s climax was when the team went over to Wet- askiwin to play a two-game total series. Arriving in time to rest up for the eight o’clock game, we were unlucky the first night, and lost (i-4, even though we did have most of the chances. After a good night’s rest we played again Saturday nig’.-.t, and won 8-2, making us come out on top, 12-8, in total points. This game was the last of the hockey season, and it certainly was an ideal way to end it- Now that all the snow and ice from winter have melted away the boys are well into the ball season. A baseball league has been drawn up among the various high schools in the division. So far, W H S. has maintained a record in not losing a game. 45

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Toast to the King—Toastmaster Roy Hartling. Toast to the School—James Aykroyd (member of the grad¬ uating class) Responded to by Mr. G. H. Lambert—(Principal) A few words from Mr- Hancock. Toast to graduating class—Mr. Coutts. Response—Lenore Wright (Class Valedictorian). The main social event of the year took place on Friday even¬ ing, June 14th in the Separate School Auditorium. At 9:30 the Grand March opened the Seventh Annual “Prom”. The hall was beautifully decorated with streamers of pastel shades. A dainty old-fashioned flower garden surrounded the hall ending in a corner where there was a wishing well. The couples, girls re¬ splendent in their evening gowns, boys dressed in their best suits, entered the hall under an arch banked with flowers. From the stage decorated with spring blossoms, the music of the local orchestra floated through the hall. After a delicious lunch, served by the mothers of the pupils, Mr. Lambert cut the birthday cake. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing.