Westdale Secondary School - Le Raconteur Yearbook (Hamilton, Ontario Canada)

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THE DAY A CITY WAS SAVED AT CROOK ' HOLLO Fortune seldom smiled on the people of Hamilton during 183 2, The great Cholera epidemic of August and September of that . , year claimed the lives of nearly five hundred of the town s mt two thousand souls. What disease failed to accomplish, fire did. C B C - f ' R Before the holocaust subsided most of I-Iamilton's finest ,BJ P a ilfi' '- buildings were reduced to shapeless ruins. But despite these local disasters, a tough little miller named William Crooks made NSN. T ' gs' 3- K 'Af , f . 1' A 'I' 2 f 1 J history by producing Canada's first sheet of white paper. ' To say that Mr. Crooks' white paper was a marketable commodity would be an understatement. His achievement brought national prominence to a beaten city and staved offthe imminence of economic disaster. By the time other papermakers elsewhere in Upper Canada were able to compete, a rejuvenated Hamilton was back once again on the road to greatness. William Crooks and his white paper serve well to illustrate the independent, pioneering atmosphere - of Hamilton and its surrounding area. For over one hundred and sixty years creative people in The Ambitious City , never satisfied with doing things in an ordinary or conventional way, have been providing - W A . . . . . . . 1 QM the nation with an impressive list of famous Canadmnjirsts. The -T, --T fi i ii'-Il 1 f - x f fl T 'li it ' 'A M Y l li . first steamboat to sail on fresh water in North America, the first 1 , IV' lu 'L 525 1,1 turbine engine to be used in transport, the first threshing machine ,Y 554 - m y 'Sig . . . . 9-aff' .. .all were roducts of the stimulatin Hamilton climate. P 8 This kind of climate is still very much alive in present-day Hamilton. X Xp ffvg - 9 ' fir, 'Q i TBA! I In fact, today the city s gross annual valueofproduction Najaf? 5 + If lm excess of one billion dollarsl ranks it third in all of Canada. '45 Hiaam--P Hamilton has also mushroomed into the nation's third ig J ,. largest port and number two city in the rich, a r All of these achievements indicate something significant about Hamilton They prove that Hamilton is a city of people who like to stand ai 'T on their own two feet and think for themselves They prove that 'lg Hamilton cannot ever be classified as a neighbour of this populous province of Ontario. i '--,L if ga , 41 il . ,la-'1' I-1' g I Q if or a suburb of that. 45 r Hamilton is not anywhere else in Haunilimt Smriairir 21

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603 L I M I I E D FUNERAL DIRECTORS if i Q ' Cx AS----..... iffy: .sl VJ ..- I 34,23 PRIVATE 919115 f-.1 E E ' 111 I PARKING ff: 9 N 'I11 - - ! . 2 .. -num 4 E H E px, wr-I 'PP I .I fPI- I I - If F I, , 'N Qin, --m-9- - -, 'V-'ll Fl ig ' ' , Q II4 MAIN wEsT AT BAY PHONE JA 2-1114 Call DODSWORTH'S for service measured not by GOLD but by the GOLDEN RULE JE1-eRY'S MEN'S SHOP Feczturing - - - The Continental STUDENT DISCOUNTS 155 James St. N., cor. Cannon pv , , JA 7-7844 14 65646603066 BEAUTY SALON t Hours: 8 a.m.- 1:30 a.m. JA 7-2223 MAJESTIC GRILL JA 2-0024 - JA 2-0161 A l A frzendly place to dzne 101 King Street East where the food is always fine West of Capitol Theatre 7-8 Market Square, Hamilton, Ont. 20

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WARRIOR STAFF lst row: W. Cooper, J. Probert, B. Alarie, Mr. McCord. E. Grady, J. Zwicker. M. Goldstone. 2nd row: B. Rubinstein, H. Skrins, J. Cox, M. Silbert, B. Hooker, R. Covert, M. Cohen. 3rd row: P. Gravelle, B. VanGorder, J. Coleman, P. Murphy. Aslc Yourself These Questions . . . 1. What will you be doing three, five, or ten years from now? 2. What will be your income? 3. Are you Willing to invest a little time now in training, in order to insure your future success? '7n planning Zane '7ntme There are five things you want in a career . . . 1. You want employment security. 2. You want a chance to earn according to your ability. 3. You Want an opportunity for future advancement. 4. You want clean, dignified employment. 5. You Want association with people who are in a position to help you. Park Business College training has helped hundreds of students answer these ques- tions to their entire satisfaction. Call JA 2-5500 for particulars. PARK BUSINESS CDLLEGE 22