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I B.H.S. NEWS The First "Screech Ou'l" Staff 1922 '.I'd l*i Itlulit--(Ktumlmgl--Mr. Scon. "Iluil" IVIliir k Mvlvill,* Dale. Gw™ \ Di.ruthy lltmnycastlc, Alan MtKv.<«ick, Jaivy Mswm, Will l»«»i: RiilMi Curriitlirrs. Doris Poster, Jessie McDougall; Ross Tilley, (R RitiloM. Marjorie Colhicutt. "Dear" Gmlilanl, Elizabeth Rest. Hill" Oliver. (Heated)- Helen MiCre«or (Asst, LAST CHANCE to SAVE 50% Coats • Dresses Suits (2 and 3-pce.) All Tweed Jackets, Skirts and Pants | A% Track Pants • T-Shirts ' Sweaters • Blouses p^|Q£ 'O OFF One Rack Only Pullovers and Vests Clearing at • Drossas • Jumpers • Ass'l. Blouses • Nursing Qrns • Tops solid sliudos - stripes, plains and Gowns Long and short nlcovtis , p a nty I toso • Pants ■ Cords, Gabardlno, Cotton . . • Matnrnily support parity lioso in sizes 4 to It) ,otu±£ ua±HLon.± 49 King St. W., Bowmanville MD® rrrriTtîiTTîT By Merrilee Brown, Editor EDITORIAL THE SCREECH OWL Nostalgia is becoming a national obsession. Interests such as the searching of one's family tree and the researching of the early days of one's community are popular pastimes. The book market has been flooded with volumes such as "Loyal She Remains" and "Picture the Way We Were" - books which help one to discover one's past. One of the most effective and enjoyable ways to "discover one's past" is to peruse old yearbooks. Those who have invested in "a school magazine" in the past may reminisce about their high school days when a wave of nostaliga passes. Our school library has several copies of school yearbooks dating from the first Screech Owl published in 1922. A school yearbook was formed in '22 because "everyonte felt that there must be a written record of that championship year." In fact, B.H.S. had collected "all the available silverware" trophies in soccer, debating, hockey and track. The class of '22 believed that there was a need for the yearbook since they claimed to be "the most remarkable in the history of the school." (How many Grade 13 classes have made this very claim since?) The legends about the adoption of the "Screech Owl" as our school symbol and yearbook are varied. The original editors claim to have chosen "the Screech Owl" because a fresh, new, unhackneyed" unhackneyed" name was desired. "The Screech Owl that despite its name, sings a melodious song." The Screech Owl may have been named after "a stuffed ornitholigical specimen" residing in the biology case. It is rumoured that one of the original editors was reading a book on the American Revolution which described an interesting Indian character named Kwiyeh translated literally means "the Screech Owl." It could also be that the Screech Owl was adopted for its symbolic virtues of wisdom, knowledge and trust. "Wisdom, knowledge and trust" is the motto of the Town of Newcastle but are also the fundamental values of education. The format of the "Screech Owl" has changed, however. The first publication of 400 volumes (for only 175 students) was mainly "copy" with a few scattered pictures. It was soft-covered and hand- mimeographed to cut down on expenses. The production was a volume of wit and integrity but it lacked polish - it was not "slick." Today, the Screech Owl has a circulation of 700 for a school of 1100 students. The hard-covered professionallooking professionallooking volume of the 80's has many more pictures and considerably less copy. The co-editors, Debbie Jones and Brian Trcen must feel "a picture is worth a thousand words" even though they have recruited several people, myself included, to increase the number of articles included in the yearbooks. For $16 ($15 with a B.H.S. student I.D. card,) the student gets a permanent record of his or her year at B.H.S. to refer to many times in years to come. In my research for this column I discovered several things. I discovered not only my father's high school yearbook but also my grandmother's. From my father's answers to the "Letters to the Editor" portion portion of the Screech Owl, I discovered that his sense of humor has not changed, I discovered, from the Screech Owl of 1923, that student nature has not changed. Published in that volume were "The Ten Commandments" of student life. The third commandment, "Thou shall lift off thy hat to the Fifth Form pupils and bow thyself before them," is still relevant today, The Grade 13's still demand that the ground they walk upon is worshipped (especially by the "minor niner.") Commandment number nine, "Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's art, nor his grammar, nor his Latin, nor anything that is the neighbor's," is still broken, judging from the number of people who borrow my English answers. The tenth Commandment, however, has never been broken; 'Thou shall love no other school but B.H.S," The purpose of the production of a school yearbook has not been changed since the first yearbook In 1922. The first The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, February 6,1985 13 Enjoyable Wedding \ The Carter Family Bakery at 21 King Street East in Bowmanville is employing Karleen Allin, a B.H.S. Co-op student. Karleen is shown in the above photo with baker and owner Mr. Steve Oke. editor of the Screech Owl wrote, "Our ideal is to be a students' magazine with every article of real interest to students and also we try to express something of the very fine spirit which has animated all of our activities." LIBRARY NOTICE Donations of books, especially those dealing with history, geography and English, would be gratefully appreciated by the B.H.S. Library. Books may be dropped off or will be picked up if you phone 623-4416. B.H.S. BASKETBALL NEWS By Sam Laskaris The Bowmanville High School senior boys' basketball team won a very important Lake Ontario Secondary School Association match last Monday in the B.H.S. gym by defeating Oshawa's Paul Dwyer Saints 52-44 in overtime. For the Redmen this game provided their most challenging league game this year. The team was able to rise to the occasion and beat the previously undefeated Saints. Errant passes and missed shots proved to be the results of what happened when the Redmen had the ball in the first quarter. The Saints capitalized on this and found themselves ahead 15-6 upon the conclusion of the initial quarter. The second quarter saw B.H.S. settle down and play the game as they are capable of playing. The team made 'lip most of their early deficit as they were,trailing by only one point (25-24) at the half. In the third quarter R.H.S. carried the momentum they had near the end of the first half and this enabled them to attain the lead for the first time in the game. The quarter concluded with an impressive long-distance basket sunk by the Redmen's George Wind to put his team ahead 38-34. The fourth quarter saw both teams use their stall tactics as the game was tied with less than two minutes remaining. This tactic backfired on both teams. First, it was the Redmen who were setting up for the game's final shot. The Saints picked up on a pass however and had their opportunity for the gamewinning gamewinning shot. It never came and thus regulation time ended with both teams deadlocked deadlocked at 42-42. The overtime period was completely dominated by the Redmen. A four-point play by the Redmen's centre Steve Brown clinched the game. Wind was the game's top scorer with 17 points. Also scoring for B.H.S. were Rod Tukker with 12 points and Steve Brown who added seven points. Guards Jay Kelly and Eric Peebles had six points apiece, while Ryan Brown and John Theriault connected for two points each to round out Bowmanville's scoring. With this victory the Redmen improved their regular season's record to six victories against a single defeat. The B.H.S. midget team also continued their winning ways with a 44-35 victory over, the Saints. Leading the way for B.H.S. was Peter Jandron with 14 points, followed by Vince Rimes and his nine points. Jeff Woodloek added eight points, Mike Lugtenburg chipped in with six points and Geoff Vandcrmolcn contributed four points, The midgets' season record now stands at five victories against two losses, The B.H.S. junior team continues to search for its first victory of the season. The team dropped a 47-23 decision to Dwyer's juniors. The top scorer for Bowmanville was Slmwn Healey with nine points followed by Don Mann and Fred Montpctit who had four points each. Team member Andrew Goad has just received word that a couple of professional basketball squads are interested In his services Goad will now have some major decisions to make as he* has to decide between the professional ranks and the American colleges which have been hounding him all season long, On Wednesday at B.H.S. the senior Redmen played an exhibition match against Lindsay Secondary School. This proved to be the most one-sided affair the team has competed in as they totally humiliated Lindsay by a score of 82-22. In the opening quarter, Bowmanville's starting three forwards - Steve Brown, Tukker and Wind accounted for all the team's scoring. After leading 21-5 at the conclusion of the opening quarter the Redmen continued to pile on the points and found themselves ahead 49-11 at half-time. The third quarter saw Bowmanville add 20 more points to its total. The Lindsay squad, however, could not even manage to score a single point in the quarter. In the fourth quarter, Lindsay made a valiant comeback attempt and came up just a little bit short as they lost by only 60 points. Nice try Lindsay! Tukker was the top scorer in this game with 19 points, followed by Wind and Steve Brown who had 14 and 12 points respectively. Henry Duewel chipped in with nine points, while Bruce Cooke contributed eight points. Rick Vandermolen hit for six points while four-point games were achieved by Theriault, Peebles and Jamie Baxter. Kelly's two points rounded out the scoring for B.H.S. The next league game for the three Redmen squads will be on Monday, February 4th in Whitby, against the Henry Street Hawks. CO-OPERATIVE Education Bv A1 Woodloek The Carter Family Bakery has been in business in Bowmanville for the past 48 years. The business, presently owned by Steve and Barb Oke, has always remained within the family. Steve's grandfather, Charlie Carter Sr., started the business and his sons followed in his footsteps until Steve and Barb took ownership. This is an old-fashioned bakery where products are made from "scratch" and mixing is done by hand. Some of the recipes used are the same as the ones used 50 years ago. They sell a wide variety of products that are truly "homemade." In the course of a week approximately 150 different types of baked goods are made and sold at Carter's Bakery including cakes for special occasions. Steve and Barb are proud of their work and try their best to please customers. Karleen Allin, a grade 11. student at B.H.S. is thinking of becoming a baker. She is receiving on-the-job training and experience at the Carter Family Bakery in order to find out if she will be suited for this type of work. Karleen is enjoying her work but is YELVERTONNEWS It was our pleasure to be among the 150 plus invited guests who attended the Jimmo - O'Reilly wedding in Lindsay's St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church on Saturday afternoon, February 2nd. It was one of the loveliest weddings weddings it has been our pleasure to attend. The bride was beautiful in her long white gown supported by her five attractive bridesmaids in their colorful blue gowns. The male contingent were likewise impressive with handsome Bryce supported by his best man Robert Burns of Janet- ville and four ushers, all similarly attired in their black and grey tuxedos. The reception reception was held at the Little Britain Community Centre where the usual variety of toasts were given with Bryce and Robert demonstrating an eloquence with their speechmaking speechmaking that amazed all their friends. The Little Britain ladies provided a real sumptuous roast beef dinner which was followed by a dance at which Jeff Long provided excellent music for the 200 plus guests who attended. The newlyweds are scheduled scheduled to spend their honeymoon honeymoon for the next two weeks in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. They will reside in Lindsay on their return from same where Chris undecided about a career in this field. She is finding out about the life of a baker including those early morning wakenings which are part of the job. Karleen is really serving as a baker's assistant and she is learning a tremendous amount from Steve. She is gaining knowledge of observing and listening as well as working. Moulding buns, bread, pies, tarts, donuts, etc. and assisting with the completed baked goods are part of Karleen's job description. She is learning the basics of the trade and will advance to more complicated duties such as operating the ovens if time permits. When Karleen's Co-op placement is completed she will have a real good idea of what this particular field is all about. She will be better equipped to make a decision whether to pursue this career or not. This will be made possible by the generosity of Barb and Steve Oke and all the oeonle at the Carter Family Bakery. Thank you for helping the students of our community. owns and operates her own hair-dressing salon and Bryce will commute to where he is employed in Toronto area with the CN. Among the guests from a distance were Bryce's mother and two daughters who now reside in New Brunswick. Best wishes are preferred the popular newlyweds Chris and Bryce Jimmo for a long and happily married life. Not too much excitement in our community this past week that we are aware of. The local "Woodchuck" came out on Saturday from his annual Rip Van Winkle snooze to take a look at his emaciated shadow and return helter skelter to the warmth of his burrow from the local deep freeze for another six weeks or is it six months? It was our pleasure to have had a brief visit this weekend with Belf and Joyce Panke of Manotick, Ont., and their son Gregory and his wife and family of Toronto during their stay at the Red Oak Inn in Peterborough. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Malcolm are scheduled to spend most of this week in Banff, Alberta, where Howard will be attending a Pork Producers Convention. On Sunday the Harvey Malcolms visited their daughter Mona Malcolm at her apartment in Waterloo and called later on Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fick and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fick at the Fick residence in Ajax. Also called at the "Central Seven Sorority House" in Waterloo which houses seven of Mona's girl friends including including Miss Francine Taylor of Bowmanville. Wesleyville News Cold days bring back memories too, of other severe winters, especially one when young people from here presented presented a play at the Baptist Church in Port Hope. Although Although a team and sleigh started to pick up players shortly after 6 p.m. it was 9 p.m. before horses were stabled and the players on the stage. Audience had waited for an hour, entertained by organist Douglas Millson. That was in March 1939 and was only one of the many road difficulties experienced that year when the same play was presented at several different places.