BLACK AND GOLD MEMORIES
1914-1964

STUDENT COUNCIL, 1942
BACK ROW, Left to Right: Dick Hinds, Betty Nicholson, George Chapman, Dorothy Phillips, Ron Ellis, Howard Symons.
CENTRE ROW: Gordon Brown, Evelyn Waller, Bill Tennant, Grace McNeil, Cal Southernwood.
SEATED: Bernice Berger, Edwin Moore, President; Helen Elliott.

PATRIOTIC SOCIETY, 1942-43
BACK ROW, Left to Right: Helen Coxen, Miss McGregor, Lila Snider, Miss Rattray, Maxine Johnson, Nellie Scraper.
FRONT ROW: Ross Irvine, Dorothy Phillips, ________ Morine.

BOYS' BASKETBALL, 1942-1943
-- BACK ROW, Left to Right; Ken Knight, Leo Leydon, Gordon Brown, Gerald Knight.
SECOND ROW: Norman Gould, Dick Hinds, Bud Murray.
FIRST ROW: Don Prevost _______ Wilkinson, Fred Allward.
KNEELING: George Chapman.

PLAY "THE DEAR DEPARTED" PRESENTED AT THE CAPERS
-- LEFT TO RIGHT: Dick Hinds, Larraine Marklinger, Miss Amas, Tilla Reider, Lois Joice, Gordon Brown, Jim Perry.

CAPERS, 1943, "PRINCE WHO WAS A PAUPER"
-- BACK ROW, Left to Right: Glen Rogers, Director; Maid in Waiting - Gwen Garaway; The King - Gordon Brown;
Bernez, equerry to Denis - Ross Irvine; Prince Denis - James Perry; Princess Maie - Helen Elliot.
SECOND ROW: Helen, Shoemaker's Daughter - Kay Torgeson; Marzinne - Peasant Girl - Lorraine Marklinger; Miss Amas, Director; Peasant Girl - Irish Southernwood; Peasant Girl - Betty Nicholson.
THIRD ROW: Peasant Girl - Noreen Leydon; Lizina, Governess - Andrea Eckel; Jequ, Lord Chancellor - Basil Parsons.
FRONT ROW: Ken Morine - Valet; Ken Knight - Valet.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL, 1943 and 1944
BACK ROW, Left to Right: Howard Symons, __________ Maley, Fred Allward, Bill Hogman, Jim Perry.
CENTRE ROW: John Schlosser, Bill Tennant, Dorothy Phillips, Patsy Boyle, Betty Nicholson, Dick Hinds, Bert Hogman.
FRONT ROW: Grace McNeil, Iris Southernwood, Gordon Brown, Helen Walker, Bona Jean McLeod.
Gordon Brown was President.

GROUP SELLING WAR SAVING CERTIFICATES, 1943-1944
--BACK ROW, Left to Right: Helen Walker, Irene Carlson, Clara Blondeau, Ora Kusmire, Marion Jenish, Theresa Hurlburt,
Lois Drader, Vera Tedford, Rose Johner, Doreen Hogman, Leona Henrickson, Lois Johnson.
THIRD ROW: Dorothy Chabot, Elizabeth Wagner, Helen Bourquin, Marion O'Brien, Mary Thomas,
Lois Joice, Chrissie Summers, Dolores Beggs, Nora Hanson, Betty Parkhill.
SECOND ROW: Miss Rattray, Ruby Ulmer, Bona Jean McLeod, Patricia Imbery, Evelyn Tedford,
Noreen Leydon, Arlene LeBlanc, Sue Halliday.
FIRST ROW: Dorothy Phillips, Audrey Kjer, Ida Carlson, Miss MacGregor, Mona McLean, Grace McNeil, Dorothy Elliott.

COMMERCIAL STUDENTS, 1943-1944
--LEFT TO RIGHT: Vera Tedford, Marion O'Brien, Lorraine Marklinger, Bill McQuarrie,
Helen Bourquin, Esther Nygaard, Grace McNeil, Sylvia Sheeves.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM, 1943-1944
-- BACK ROW, Left to Right: Rose Johner, Lois Joice, Mr. Newfeld, Chris Summers.
CENTRE ROW: Iris Southernwood, Betty Nicholson, Betty Joughin.
SEATED: Helen Walker, Patricia Imbery.

AIR CADETS, SPRING 1944, ANNUAL INSPECTION
TOP ROW, Left to Right: Don Henneberg, Walter Styba, Leo Leydon, Duane Spinner, Dick Hinds, Douglas Sweet,
Ron Ellis, Ralph Orlowski, Leland Breeze, Allan Maley, W. Draader, D. James, Bill Hogman, Gerald Rooney.
THIRD ROW: Don Hogman, Frank Moore, Bill Mullens, Neil Bryson, _______________, Albert Matte,
Cal Southernwood, Basil Parsons, Bill Gough, Walter Pfisterer, Stewart Johnson, Ted Ryder, Don Gould,
Ken Morine, Bert Hogman, Gerald Rooney, Ralph Breeze, Floyd Prevost.
SECOND ROW: Frank Slabick, Vernon Robinson, Jim Frank, Bill Mitchell, Steve Fedyk, Eugene Ruder,
Ralph Wanner, Joe Kowalski, Gordon Knight, John Schlosser.
FIRST ROW: Howard Symon, R. Taylor, F. Allward, Mr. Forsythe, Mr. Newfeld, Mr. Dahl, Kenneth Knight, Gordon Brown, Bill Tennant.

CLASSROOM, GRADE Z, 1944 -- During Mr. Dahl's class period
- LEFT TO RIGHT: Iva Jarman, Cal Southernwood, Leland Breeze, Bill Gough, Howard Symons, Pearl Pate,
Martha Johns, Doreen Clarke, Neil Bryson, Joe Kowalski, Mike Lilac, Don Gould, Frank Slabic,
Noreen Leydon, Tilla Reider, Don Henneberg, Marie Ruder, Fred Allward, Lois Joice, Chrissie Summers,
Ralph Wanner, John Schlosser, Mary Thomas, Theresa Hurlburt, Audrey Kjer, Elinora Hanna,
Marion Jenish, Lois Johnson, Rose Johner, Wayne Spurrier.

GRADUATION CLASS, 1944
(Grade XII students and commercial students who had completed Grade XII).
This was the first Graduation exercises.
There was a banquet in Salvation Army Hall, but no dance. A party was held at the Tom Phillips'.
BACK ROW, Left to Right: Gordon Brown, Dick Hinds, Basil Parsons, Bert Matte, Ken Rae,
Douglas Sweet, Gerald Rooney, Bill Hogman, Glendon Rogers.
SECOND ROW: Ken Morine, Ken Knight, Elinor Jenish, Betty Joughin, Dorothy Phillips, Doreen Patterson,
Jewell Breeze, Frances Bonakoski, Ross Irvine, Welland Drader.
FIRST ROW: Jim Perry, Helen Walker, Violet Smith, Miss Rattray, Leona Phillips, Grace McNeil, Ronald Ellis.
Gordon Brown was Valedictorian.

1945 GRADUATION CLASS had first Graduation Banquet, which was held in Stone Church
This picture was taken at foot of main stair in Collegiate.
BACK ROW, Left to Right: Leo Leydon, Malcolm Davis, Frank Moore, Bill Mullen, Gordon Knight.
THIRD ROW: Albert Hogman, Ida Carlson, Doris Penstock, Helen Coxen, Don Hogman.
SECOND ROW: Leona Henricksen, Iris Southernwood, Betty Nicholson, Lois Drader.
FRONT ROW: Kaye Torgeson, Nora Hanson, Irene Schnell.

INITIATION, GRADE IX GIRLS, September, 1945
-- BACK ROW, Left to Right: Lois Bye, Beverly Oster, Marion Quist, Bargetta Wanner, Helen Kulchuski,
Laura Dunnett, Irene Peterson, Marjorie Evett.
SECOND ROW: Kay Henneberg, Elsie Anderson, Rita Ulmer, Karen Svork dahl, Marilyn Leblanc,
Hester Brown, Lois Miller, Myran Edwardson, Vivian Clark.
FRONT ROW: Betty Mursell, Joyce McKersie, Marion Munshaw, Lois O'Laney, Lois Conrad, Matilda Meckler.

INITIATION PICTURE OF BOYS IN GRADE NINE, 1945
--This picture was taken on stage in old auditorium
--BACK ROW, Left to Right: Forrest Chapman, David Knowles, Bruce McLean, John Jenish, Armand Tessier,
Burton O'Handley, Vern Pace, Hartley Berg, MacGardner.
CENTRE ROW: George Wagner, Irvine Anderson, Vincent Lacoste, John Barabash, Don VanderPloeg,
John Tokar, Leland Schnell, (was in Grade ten but a newcomer),Gerald Miller, Melvin Langager, Gerald Ross, Michael Moroz.
FRONT ROW: Clayton McCartney, Gerald Friars, Ken Burton, Craig Shannon, Earl Joice.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL, 1945-1946
BACK ROW: Ken Burton, Lois Joice, Lambert Grube, Nona McLean, Bill MItchell, Chris Summers, Joan Torgeson, Walt Pfisterer.
FRONT ROW: Lawrence Schnell, Doris Balduc, Vivian Sillers, Don Henneberg, Doreen Hogman,
Bona Jean McLeod, Ralph Wanner, Don Gould.

BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM, 1945-1946
BACK ROW, Left to Right: Ralph Johnson, Bruce MacLean, Don Gould, Walter Pfisterer, Mr. McPherson.
FRONT ROW: Hartley Berg, Bert Mack, Earl Joice, Ralph Wanner, Bill Jackson.

GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM, 1945-1946
BACK ROW, Left to Right: Kay Henneberg, Betty Parkhill, Lois Johnson, Lois O'Laney, Lois Joice, Chris Summers, Molly Johner.
FRONT ROW: Bargetta Wanner, Charlotte Marklinger, Jane Schlosser, Mr. McPherson,
Hennetta Nelson, Doreen VanderPloeg, Marion Quist.

GRADUATION, SPRING, 1946 -- Banquet scene at International Hotel
LEFT TO RIGHT: Leland Breeze, Bill Gough, Neil Bryson, Mary Thomas, Lorraine Indridson, Chrissie Summers,
Lois Joice, Noreen Leydon, Lois Johnson, May Wicks, Audrey Kjer, Bella Ermatraut, Don Gould, Mike Lylyk, Sorrel Steinberg.
STANDING: Don Henneberg, Don Ross, John Schlosser, Ralph Wanner, Cal Southernwood.
There was no dance after the Banquet but a party at Schlossers.

CAPERS, March7 and 8, 1946

COLLEGIATE CAPERS -- 1947
BACK ROW: Marlene Mosley, Arlene Newton, Rita Ulmer, Joyce Morine, Lorraine Newton,
Jessie Ulmer, Beverley Oster, Irene Mack, Joy Henry.
THIRD ROW: Ron Kellington, Jim Frank, ____________, Doris Christiansen, Lois Bye, Marion Quist,
Lorraine Mantei, Nancy Philips, Arlene Morine, Marjorie Parkhill, Myrna Edwardson, Vivian Clark, Allan Maley,
Louise Brockie, Richie Mack, Ron Southernwood, Bill Mitchell, Craig Shannon.
SECOND ROW: Evelyn Tedford, Ruby Ulmer, Doreen Hogman, Vivian Sillers, Maisie Mursell, Ken Burton, Lois Conrad,
Doreen VanderPloeg, Henrietta Nelson, Charlotte Marklingler, Dela Miller, Bona Jean McLeod, Elaine Petterson, Molly Johner.
FIRST ROW: Earl Joice, Noreen Leydon, Bert Mack, Tillie Meckler, Ted Ryder, Joan Torgeson, Miss G. Whitton,
Kaye Henneberg, Vern Pace, Lois O'Laney, Burton O'Handley.

1947
February 28, 1947. Home Economics class held first dinner party in Lab. Guests: the other members of Grade Twelve class and all other staff members. This was followed by entertainment and games in Gymnasium.

1947
Since 1947 Home Economics girls have usually had a spring Fashion Show. They invited the ladies of the town and served tea at it. This is a very enjoyable event.

This is a picture of the First Class which had a GRADUATION BANQUET, June 20, 1949
BACK ROW, Left to Right: C. Shannon, M. Moroz, G. Stewart, P. Stewart, D. Abbott.
SECOND ROW: H. James, L. Miller, L. O'Laney, M. Kristianson, S. Dunbar, E. Kellington.
FRONT ROW: B. Oster, M. Quist, A. Newton, K. Henneberg, M. Evett.

Classrooms were always decorated at Commencement - even as late as the 1940's. We don't know when that stopped. We only know why. The janitor had an impossible job to clean up the rooms after Commencement.

NOTE: A note found in Grade XII room and published in 1951 Echoes:
Dear Bill
You are cordially invited to attend a mathematics class
with the Grade XII students any time you can spare.
Please do come.
Yours sincerely,

A. MacGregor

1948
December 1948 -- New fire alarm in E.C.I.

1949 -- Opening of Gym and vocational wing

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