Westmount School - Review Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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ARLENE PINCH. Bom? Yes. Where? Edmonton, seevnteen years ago. Spends her summers playing golf and swimming. Spends winters chasing little Guides and Brownies around. Deserves a bouquet for her good work. HELEN PRITCHARD. Helen raised the alarm in Edmonton on Feb. 21, 1921. Spends her time skating, hiking, playing soft- ball and basketball. Tinkers at the piano occasionally. Ambition, Steno. GORDON RETALLACK, “Turk.” Best pass- snatcher in rugby league. Plays snappy brand of baseball, hockey and basketball. Between sports, “rags” and school work is kept on the “hop.” WILLETT RITCHIE, ‘ ‘Lard.” The cruel re¬ moval of his appendix was offset by the missing of Easter exams. This veteran of the rugby team intends to become a pharmacist, or a pilot. BOB ROBB, “Slapsy.” President of Ping Pong Club, vice-president of Ski Club. Renowned at both. Favorite vice: chuck¬ ling in English. Pet peeve: people who mistake his first name for his last. BOB ROONEY, “Shanks.” Carries his six- foot of manly frame like a trained sol¬ dier. Has an acid wit, and as pres, of Camera Club uses it most profusely. Su¬ perbly handles guns, skiis, skates, and femininity. MURIEL SHORTREED, “Shorty.” Shines at Latin II, whistles during Algebra exams. Still a litte homesick for Three Hills, but has put her O.K. on Westmount. Sports include tennis, badminton and swimming. After her brief sojourn here (brief because of the high marks she gets) intends to take a home economics course. Page twenty-three

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V AfajtLk jltt LLWARD, “A.M.” Day starts as her name implies, early in the morning. Part of the rosy glow is taken away hy Trig, period. Spare time is spent writing notes for the West End News, and squab¬ bling in S.TJ. meeting. One of our best girls. BETTY MONTGOMERY, ‘ ‘ Shakespeare. ’ ’ Winner of the School Paper’s short story contest for two years. An all round hon¬ ors student who majors in English. Betty intends to continue writing as a career. Her hobbies are reading and piano play¬ ing. LUCY MUIR. Blonde Miss Muir smacks of Paderewski in that she plays the piano beautifully and is a definite asset to the Glee club. Spends her spare time swim¬ ming and skating. Nursing looms on her horizon. EVELYN NEWTON. Everybody’s pal. Goes out to the farm frequently. Likes to ski down great big hills, and loves borrow¬ ing Geometry. Heading for nursing pro¬ fession. MARY OSYPCHUCK, “Ossie.” Came all the way from the Ukraine, and honors Calder with her presence. In summer can be seen at the swimming pool, in winter at the rink. Her ambition is to be a teacher, and give the kids a good time. NANCY OSYPCHUCK. She and sister Mary sit about two seats apart. They make up Westmount’s one and only sister act. Spends her spare time enlivening Young People at Calder, or delving into some in¬ teresting books. Nursing calls her at the close of this semester, she hopes. Good luck to you, Nancy. BETTY PARSLOW. Sweet sixteen and ??? Fond of raising cats. Evidence: Mother and family of three all doing well. Quando Quoist, and dabbles in a little bit of sport. Ambition, nursing. Page twenty-two

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MADELINE SINGER, “Birdie.” Assistant Ed. of this conglomeration of literary lapses. Never has been known to lose her temper. Considering the atmosphere she worked in we feel sure this will he an asset in her journalistic future. GEOR GE SKOV, “Geo.” Efficient business man. Concrete evidence: Car from glean¬ ings of Rag Route. Famed impersonator of Ann Boleyn. “Dictator” in spelling bee. An all around asset to the school both academically and socially. KEITH SMELTZER, “Keefy.” To ski-club¬ bers he is pres.; to Red, Gray and Black is just another add. man; to Country Club is a caddy; to Mr. McNaught is a good man on the parallel bars; to West- mount, one of the best. HELEN SMITH: She, Betty and Stella are practically inseparable. When not at school is at Winnipeg or Quando Quo. Tender dreams of being a Lady in White. STAN. SPALLIN. I STAN. SPALLIN. Due to conflicting opinions of the Editor and the above named (asst. Ed.), this write-Tip has been thoroughly censored. (If you can’t write something nice about a guy, don’t write it at all. (Signed, S.S.) MURTA STEWARD. Hails from Calgary and still likes her home town better than Ed¬ monton. Likes bowling and skating but goes in for swimming in a big way. She and Santa hit town about the same time nineteen Exmas’ ago. Another nurse pros¬ pective. Rather quiet but has been seen in some heated arguments over use of cloak-room mirror. JOHN STOTT, “Flash.” Another Jasper Place lug. Excells in hockey, badminton, ping pong, and so on through the night. Dabbles in tennis (only Provincial Jr. Champ.) and so on through another night. When not otherwise occupied he intends to be a beauty expert or mining engineer. Page twenty-foui