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i 6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 20,1990 ! U Welcome Home B.H.S. Students Newcastle Student Remembers Having to Walk Five Miles to School K •%; by Lisa C. Brown Students going away to •-^college or university often "•slive away from home, but j£can you imagine having to J-» board to go to a school which pis five miles from home? ■C Hazel Crago can. She '"lived in the Village of New castle and in order to complete complete her 5th form at Bowmanville Bowmanville High School she had to board in town. Mrs. Crago graduated from Bowmanville High School in 1943 along with 11 other students. As she thinks back, she recalls having to catch a bus on Sunday afternoon to Bowmanville and returning home the following Friday afternoon. "It was a struggle to get to school, even after the bus dropped me off in Newcastle Newcastle I had to walk a couple of miles to my home." Mrs. Crago was the only girl to go onto "upper school" from "middle school" in Newcastle. She proudly recalls winning winning "The Squair Prize" at commencement, for being the best student in French. At the time that Mrs. Crago was at Bowmanville High School, Mr. Dipple was the principal of the school, he also taught her zoology and botany. "He was an absolute dear, who stood for no nonsense. nonsense. He made sure that you learned what you had to learn." In order for Mrs. Crago to earn her senior matriculation matriculation in one year she took nine subjects. Of all her courses it seems that she had a dislike for history most. rt. Former B.H.S. Actors Re-united on Stage "The history book was very big and heavy and there were no lockers, so I had to carry it around with me. We also had to do a lot of essays for that course." With nine courses to complete complete in one year, she found nerself to be extremely busy. "If you lived in town it was no problem to spread the nine courses over two years, but it was too far for me to take two years." Mrs. Crago also-noted the fact that "school ended early that year because it was war time, so they let us go and help out at home." She amusingly recalls, n Mr. le amusin^ "after graduation . Dipple asked me if I would like to work at the Royal Bank in town for $14 dollars a week." Instead she went on to Toronto and worked at Bell Telephone for, $16 dollars a week. . She later went on to become become a teacher, and taught school for 11 years. Bob Sheridan taught at Bowmanville High School '■for 33 years and produced all but two of the plays which are being featured in the Favourite Musicals at v ■ the Bowmanville High School 100th Anniversary Reunion Reunion this weekend. One of the highlights of the Bowmanville High School 100th Anniversary Reunion will be - Favourite Musicals, a performance of scenes from popular plays by Lisa C. Brown Past and present students students are coming together to produce a Bowmanville High. School Musical Review. Review. - The review will host musical musical numbers from various productions put on at the school over the last 40 years. Bob Sheridan, who taught at Bowmanville High for 33 years and helped produce produce all but two of the plays, has organized the event. It will be running on June 23 during the Bowmanville High School 100th Anniversary Anniversary Reunion. Mr. Sheridan began contacting contacting people over a year ago and rehearsals started in May. Michael Gilhooly, who was in the 1971 production of the King and I, will be the of - Master the event, Ceremonies for Spectacuar by former students under the direction of Bob Sheri- 'dan. Shown above rehearsing one of the Gilbert and Sullivan numbers is Ken Hockin centre stage. The review will bring present student and Karen Frank who attended the school 12 years ago (and is now a teacher there), will delight the audience with "Together" from Gypsy. Two of the numbers, "It's all the Same" and "The Quest" are from Mr. Sheridan's Sheridan's favourite play, Man of La Mancha. This is his favourite because because it "deals with the theme that people whom the world think crazy are often the most sane." Other highlights of the review include "Maria" from the Sound of Music, "Shall we Dance" from the King and I, and "I am the Very Model of a Modem Major- General" from the Pirates of Penzance.' . John Crookshank is the musical director for the review. review. The show will run twice on June 23, once at 1:00 p.m. and again at 3:15 p.m. review back memories for many students as they watch Karen Karen Anderson sing "Look to the Rainbow" from Finian's Rainbow or Kevin Anyan singing "There is Nothing Like a Dame" from the South Pacific. One act brings together three generations of Bowmanville Bowmanville High students: Pat Marjerrison, a student 30 years ago, Jonathon Goad a Thurs., Fri., Sat. 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