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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 19, 1961, p. 7

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high tales publithtd by the students of georgetown high school initiation time is n hilarious gettogether rwnnla mart i done formed two teams after a dance was going dtnnla marhi on september 22 georgetown high held its annual initiation day during whico the new grade nine studenfe get ac- hiaainted with the older stud vats tbe began in the morning when the grade nin ers had to come dressed accor ding to the rules laid down by the grade eleven students lacfi boy had to wear his gym shorts an old shirt mascara on his eyefestfies one earring one long stocking and a sign bfearing his name and form number binders coukl not be used and in order to make things difficult the grade mil ers had to carry their books is a shopping bag the girls had a tougher time getting ready as they had to year an old ankle length skirt rollers in their hair no make up and also a sign similar to that of the boys they also had to raid their dad s closet in or oer to swipe one of his shirts before lonfi the faces of most f the new students were smea red with lipstick so that it was hard to tell who was who the boys looked particularly ridic nlous with mascara on theuv eyelashes the older students soon seized the opportunity of having ser vants for the day from then on the grade nincrs bad to carry books open doors sing aongs and bow down to their seniors it was not unusual to troll down the hall to the sweet strains of mary had a little lamb sung off key by a group of slightly embar rassed bos in the afternoon the program really got under waj with a junior football game then came the highlight of the day the girls not wanting to be out done formed two teams purloining some old football equipment they toor to the field in a powder puff football came coach mclaren had his eye an a few of the girls for the senior football team the girls were supported by four jthported cheerleaders vbo gave a dazzling display of lea ther lungs and shapely legs afterwards many of the older boys wanted to know who the cute redheaded cheejloader was don t worryjgarjr teeter i wont tell at our o clock the george town high school rebels clash ed with acton in an exhibition game the rebs defeated acton in a close game 70 during the whole afternoon going on in the gjrm with records supplied by club midtown free refresh ments were served to all the grade rimers who were being initiated some of the students reac lions were as follows brian lewis after what we went through this one was terribly mild gary teeter it seemed quite short 1 didn t have a chance tomeet any of the grade nin ers especially the girls kent robinson 1 had fun even though i got smeared with lipbtick karen norton it was a well planried event but should have been about a week ion gcr what did happen it its in milton and there s no word of the press getting in fre for those who have stayed this long the mam action in the first half were the first two touchdowns which were disal lowed andfinally leu is which wain t nothing really happened in the second half players worth mentioning were forgrave and teeter on defence mcgill and wriggles worth at quarterback marchand for his stratford festival the finale was breathtaking back to school joyco fleming a crisp october morning should find seven hundred and thirty six industrious clear thinking individuals entering tend ncxt m a doubt into the golden gates of learn i ceorsetown higs j fhess club football fever has gripped georgetown hl w hanged acton in effigy we had a pep rally in the gym we named our team the rebels and introduced them to o the school we won the game to what avail no one knows what happened at the game our reporter saved a dime and did his homework the coach was too busy to find out the player s don t care our fans don t know and acton won t talk if anyone is interested the on the line and lr facts aril as follows we hope j touchdown georgetown ran the ball for a touchdown on the opening kick i off but it was disallowed we got another later but it was dis meatls illterschool allowed i brian lewis scored a touch christian fellowshld down the referees gave up and allowed it c ann splegelberg the convert failed i the letters i scf stand for the rest of the game was the lnter schoci christian fcl back and forth mostly forth motto is to on the field i know chrst nd make hm the final wore was 60 for know georgetown we held our firsl n of the person suppljmg inform this ear on wednesday sep alien for the above questions 1961 rev g will get his reward cham a mlmlon on leave perhaps our reporter will at from nigeria was our guest school our high school is on the i threshold of its seventy fifth year and in the beginning of stewart saxe the chess club held its first sylvia ellis shortly after the opening of school eighty students on the first day accompanied by mrs lambert and mr legge and thirty five the ncxt day accompanied by mr pelea- chak and mr young went to the stratford shakespearean festival to see the play henry viii the theatre itself is siutat ed tin a hill overlooking the river avon very picturesque and far from the usual thing with its fluted edge rodf as we entered the theatre we were very much impressed by the size and dignity qf the foyer and by the court esy shown to us by the at lendants when we took our seau we took the oppor tumty before the play began to view the unusual stage which not like the ordinary picture frame stage pro trudes out from the wall into the audience so that the seals arranged in a semi circle almost completely sur round it when the play be- gao props that were an ab solute necessity were brou ght in and taken away cry quickly by the less important actors scarcely noticed by theaudicnce the rest of the scencrj wai left entirely to the imagination of the audience the actors and actresses themselves appeared in all their finery looking vcrv magnificent thcj held our attention for the whole two hours with their superb ac- ing putting all that they pas sensed into lteir parts they entered upon the scene by various entrances as well as the aisles in the audience the costumes throughout the play were beautiful and the jeweln looked very true to life the finale i think held everyone s breath for the entire cast was dressed in yellow and their jewels were sparkling in the bright lights shining down on them in their splendour all in all stratford to me was a wonderful experience something i will not forget for a long lime to come bryan levis prexy of high student council shirley a rigbv on the morning of september 15th each class from grade 10 through to grade 13 elected their representatives for the stu dent council each class was allowed at least one member on the council and any classes having over thirty members could elect two members grade 13 was the only exception in that they sent two members per class irrespective of numbers later that day all of the representatives met to elect the executive from among themselves ough him everybody has a voice tn the council plans and oper atiog the council is in charge of admission to and refresh ments for sports activities dan ces for carrying out the bazaar and of course the formal they must sponsor and super vise all other student activities during the school year how ever all this work will be use less without the support of the whole student body your representative is your voice on the student council the results were as follows president bryan lewis head birl adnenne nurse secretary shirley rigby treasurer jean ette smith directors monty hyde bob wrigglesworth alsu from the council a aocial com mittee and a girls and boys sports directors will have to be chosen the purpose of the jsiudent council is of course to repres ent the students each mem ber represents the students in his respective class and thr make sure he speaks up page 7 thi aioroktown hlrald thunday october iffth lt41 mitch was made following a directors meeting to make final arrange mcnu for the event in planning this year s prue list the directors have remodelled previous y cars-class- in keeping with the trends of modern agriculture the swing m plowing machinery is mounted equipment and this la reflected in the adopted prize list the programme includes com petition for eight classes three for junior plowmen and highlighted by two utility class es also in the programme will be a horse show farm mads tnery demonstrations and ex hibits loss of singles hope defeats racquet squad the loss of their spearhead janet murray just before the cwossa tennis tourney in guelph was too much of a dcflater for the georgetown high school entry their coach mrs volney ray told ihe herald that the team seemed to fall apart after janet their girls single contender was injured in a car accident i to semi finals diane dulchburn and bob salter advanced to the semi finals the mixed doubles but that was as far as any ghs entry got barry shepherd and tony crimes puked up points by defeating notre dame of guelph in the doubles but lost to clchview park of gait in the second round dave lounds ihowed up well in the bovi singles but went down to defeat to a more experienced neltcr leslie and bfctt quackenbush met the same fate in the girls doubles the fast guelph oac courts hastened their exit but it was broken moiale that cost thorn dearly stronger playar mrs ray said thai janet murray n a tioiigcr plaer than the singles winner and would have taken the title glenview won the meet and the trophy with 10 p nils halt collegiate was 2nd the tourney was contested by schools from paris saugene acton guelph gait and georretown meet your best friend financially hes the man from famtags ma m vbbag to be your test friend fflhmft htfn ahoir yoo how totura modest but tegular wriagb into a wem cash reserve for future opportomtaea embqajnciea or secureretirenienl hell ahow son maty mja to grow richer through iu iuvwliu iumtm designed to fit your a aad jorg iir find out about the greet aaxletj of xnvmton syndicate program avaikhle to joo han a re obligation jiisteabaraaret dick riddall 4 ostrander blvd til 73697 investors norval speaker he showed us several interesting pictures taken din ing his travels and told us sto nes to mach i there was a large turnout of hlqti dcllool old and new members alond vifli our span mr a new era never before has it offered so much to its stu dents our teaching staff has increased by five since 60 61 with the addition of miss a proctor mr g matjs mr j bellamy mi rae meeting on tuesday september and tne cxec for 196162 dobn invitation golf 26th last years officials were as follows reelected and paul fisher was j appointed assistant secretary mccumber to start the year positions on the ladder were assigned in alphabetical order this lad register and der is a combination progres- our student en sive playing schedule and win president president bob secretary carol spiegclbcrg treasurer richard i page pubticil trances linton barbara whitmee social com mittee wendy sum mere 11 janel bradley lynne ritchie donna 0trandcr diane mccolgan missionary secretary jean ko i vacs orphan secretar dorolhvl page song leader carol jn rollment has increased by one or losl record hundred and eighty since 60 the turnout of sixteen was 61 with our grade nines now better than expected and the ranging from 9 a to 9h com iclub is looking forward to a mercial rooms- are complete good year again this year as hallitt with business machines cal last no dues are being charged i culators as well as typewriters nor is it necessary to know how r and comptometers so that wt t play chess or to have a chess d tlub may learn the techniques of board so if you are interested f i t i operating these through per m joining why not come out to lslltldtloris 30uld anal experience new courses the next meeting or contact ro yl n n l i m complete our curriculum and bert fisher our secretar or ncy dc adoiisncq f georgetown high school is soon stewart saxe our president to boast its own orchestra with this growth in sue has p ai y i come a sudden growth in school tlve new ledcilers spirit and a realization that w riif fi tt must set a standard to uphold wll vlnj mdm within the next few weeks crolynne hallitt building will begin and our classroom facilities will be ex panded georgetown high paul baker and stewart sax the debating club held its firt meeting on tutsdav sep tcmber 18th manlvn murray was elected president and paul baker publicity director be cause of a poor turnout mnn th v h y nd our utoterra cotta native gall malcolm the high school invitation golf tournament sponsored by orangievllle high school took place at the orange- villa golf course on saturday september 23 other schools beitdet georgetown teking pert in this tournament were guelph fergus gait orange- viile kincardine end pans orangeville won the compet ition with 322 points george town missed by 2 points with scores of 71 from salter u from harris s2 from kelly 84 from mcnally and ss from graham in the girls section diane dutchburn carroll farnell end gail malcolm placed second third and fourth respectively this is the first year that we have competed against other sch ools in golf and we certain 1y hope that we can trp it again another year call rev robert duncanson to union norval presbyterian the norval charge of the rnends and neighbours of presbyterian church consisting mrs clifford cork were quite of the congregations of norval sorry to hear of the aicirien presbtenan church and union invoking their car causcl presbyterian church after list when the hrikes fiiud on a lg to several ministers gravel loaded pi el con trucli n have called rev robert dune i truck which caused an accident anson to the pulpit i invoking thrie cars in corg on tuesday evening october town 10th the presbytery of west mr cook was bidl bruised toronto met at omagh presbj an npr right ankle injured tcnan church and approved the is improving hut is stil call i unable to put cighl on the rev duncanson has recently foot her 14 veir old son bill returned from sccn ears over escaped with his pant lee lorn seas service with the british from the lop to the bottom guiana presbyterian church lard six yeir old bobhv with a the induction scmce will be cut oer his ritjtit eve and held in the norval church on brui cs a neighbuir ho also wednesday eenlg october in the car his uninjured bu 25th trc 1959 chiv was complete wrecked the wa of the prcshuer a tan church hae held a clean farm news ing bee at the manse in pre para lion of rev and mrs ft duncanson and family moving the manse ha been vacant for nearly a year and the dust from the widening and sur facing of the highway this sum nier has made the fall house cleaning of all the nonal homes quite a chore this year tot investors syndicate 4 ostrander blvd tr 73697 address s have come to georgetown high tung urged the school all have moved here invite more people to attend school will be a complete high fm m ad cd fjr onc nh 7m j ztl gnown her is brief we had more success n the a painter and decorator bv tecnnicai n m introduction to thase new rest membership turnout at our tiadc john forgrave 81 died john forgrave dies and bigger opportunities than eer before back to school means back to work lets work to insure that both the present georg town high school and the fut ure one will be a school in which we may all take pride the library club paul baker prexy new books added mary evans the first library club meeting was held in the form of a dinner party at the home of mrs lambert after an excellent dinner the elect ions were held the follow ing were elected president paul baker secretary merit llewellyn treasurer paul kitchener club reporter mary evans and poster com mittee mary jean tucker nd karen stewart ten members were chosen to take fterechool duty end the remaining members were del gated to take llbrery duty in the mnorning each mem ber picked a section which ft is their duty te keep tidy meetings are to be held every econd end fourth monday of the month many varieties of books including techon n ancient history were edd- d te the library during the dents cond meeting when we were miss proctor has come lo glad to see some first formers georgetown from toronto she present and accordingly we a graduate of the universitv planned a debate for sept 30 of toronto and her subjects are the debate turned out to be english and french she ha a good one and he subject lived on main street since early sloid initiations be abol in september ished was very interesting mr bellamy who leache- whether you wish to iatch mathematics moved here from or got right in on the fight smiths falls at the beginning why not come remember that of september he now lives at 14 charles street and has two children attending public school mr bellamy is a grad uated or cambridge university mr matys graduated from ot tawa university he leaches history mathematics and phys ical education he moved in july from finch ontario where j he taught at north stormont district high school he and his wife now live in ballmafad mr ray has lived in george town for two years formerly of eastern ontario he now lives on sargent road two of his children attend public school and a third ii in the air force a graduate of ms- master university mr ray teaches bookkeeping mr register has moved here from woodstock where he taught at huron park second ary school a teacher of set ence he graduated from on tario agricultural college he hat lived in georgetown at 190 maple avenue since aug ual his two children do not yet attend sthool the club is there so that the thinking person who freely ex presses his opinion will have a chance to do so suddenly in cheltenham on oc tobcr 2nd born in terra cotta he was the son of the late james and margaret mcpherson forgrave he had spent most of his life as a cheltenham resident he wa predeceased by his wife bella black and by a brother william forgrave of town funeral service took place at the mckillop funeral 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