The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Roi IBY LENE aA ERT Fed GIRS oF : PEAY (PLENE SOA RES 4 SE | NOLEN SOTA NNER IP CRAY] 12 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tues. November 15, 1983 VALEDICTORIAN - Cartwright High School By Howard Bailey Mr. Paisley, teachers, parents, guests and fellow students. Tonight officially marks the end of five of the best years of our lives. At the same time however, tonight is also the beginning of a new life for all of us. Our high school days are over and as we move on to bigger and better things we will surely not forget our numerous memorable experiences at Cartwright High. We should feel proud of ourselves for what we have accomplished and learned during our short but enjoyable time at C.H.S. Commencement has always given students a feeling of triumph and success as well as a sense of honour and pride. It is a great privilege to speak on behalf of the graduating class of 1983 and to reflect upon a few of the highlights of our years in high school. Being in a class of only ten students in our final year was an adventure. Our teachers to this day all agree that we were the best first year class in the history of the school! Just ask Frau Sheen who had us all for Grade 9 French. She thought we were little angels. After overcoming initiation and the shock of our new 'large' surroundings we were well on our way to adjust to life at high school. As time passed and we moved up the ranks, the losers and the winners dwindled out and our class eventually got smaller and smaller. We even retained some of the losers. Right Prof! Grade 13 was the most unforgetable year of them all. It was the year of the famed Mumbly Peg, Nature Dove, the 'B-thing and bluh', George's little room, Hamlet and of course, euchre! Perhaps most important of all it was the year the majority of us turned 19 except for Eli but that never Principal Gord Paisley poses with last year's Student Council that she had asked a question that they would say 'Oh, Merle speaks ~ out' after which every- one cheered and she turned beet red. It was just 'duck' eh Merle? Marilyn also had the habit of stretching a 40 minute test intoa 2 or 3 hour exam. We could almost be sure that she would miss her next class because she would 'just be finishing up'! Two people in our class who were always coming up with new 'luv' ideas were Eli and Prof. Perhaps their craziest idea was to convert George's little rat infested storage room under the steps into a Grade 13 lounge. As I recall, Prof and Eli spent a lot of time in there together, alone. One thing we all learned about Eli was not to get her angry. Mrs. T. found this out in Economics class. What began as a routine discussion over the marks of a test ended as a fierce battle with words and books flying in all directions from Eli before she stormed out of the room in a rage. President Marilyn Green and Valedictorian Howard Bailey at the Cartwright High School Commencement Exercises last Saturday night. For Howard's valedictorian address, see story. excellent experience for each and every one of us. Even though we were all good friends prior to Grade 13 we all became much closer and our friendships blossomed into what they are today. Every-- one worked and played together, helping each other in anyway possible. Mind you, there were occasions on which certain indiv- iduals could have been shot but even the bigg- est disputes could be ironed out in relatively short time. High School was not just reading, writing and arithmetic but also a setting for fun and for' friendships that would last a lifetime. Everyday seems to bring back some event in our highschool days. I can't help but recollect the good and bad times we all had together. Right from the beginning of Grade 9 each day brought a new stopped her before. The climax of our school day was Calculus 'class. Mr. Ashton must have contemplated committing suicide on numerous occasions and all because of one student, his favourite student, John Priebe. One classic example of what I mean; we had been studying 'blood' derivative for several weeks. One day John calmly raises his hand and between mouthfuls of hickory-sticks he asks seriously 'Sir, what is the derivative?' Well, we had never seen a full grown math teacher come so close to crying in all our lives. Another problem in math class was Marilyn. Shy, quiet squirrelly Merle. When- ever she built up enough nerve to ask a question, Priebe or Dips DeVries either told her to shut up and that she was dis- turbing the class or else they were so shocked We thought for sure she would be expelled due to her violent-actions but luckily she wasn't. A major part of every- one's time last year was spent playing euchre. We played in every spare moment we could find. We spent so much 'time playing cards I think we should all have received a credit for it. I must make it sound like school was all fun and no work. Not so. Work was done whether | it was writing a 1500 word English essay the night before it was due or starting to study for an exam on the morning it was to be written. However, it was done, we all seemed to event- ually get things handed in. During the course of iast year there are just a few more things I should like to recall. 'We could never figure out why Sandra always seemed to be absent on days when there was a EAS P sas ona RFR PR CET) : NPREN FARMS A LEO Les wt AT LIA TEN 8) IY RES AUA Secondary School Honour Graduation diplomas were earned by these Grade 13 gradoates of Cartwright High School. Bot- tom, from left is David DeVries, Howard sale on at the Oshawa Centre or when the ski conditions were good. We often wondered why Shakespeare had ever been born. We all found out that Mr. Ashton's favourite drink was a hot toddy. We still are surprised that the teachers chickened out baseball game against the Grade 13's. We remember the many times after biology class when Lynn just happened to find a gross selection of > remember in a: assorted cat entrails in her purse. As chemistry students we must remember that vacuum has two u's not just one, right Mr. Scott? We wil always the two minutes last year that John Priebe was not talking! And never ever forget 'when in doubt, take the derivative.' Special thank yous are in order to many people tonight who help- ed us make it through high school. An Secondary School Graduation diplomas were awarded to the Grade 12 graduates of Cartwright High School last Saturday night. They are (bottom, from left), Colette Laroc- que, Lisa Turcotte, Susan Roberge, Sandra Knowlton, Marie Tysick; (second row) Philip Malin, Norma Jean Newbold, MEMORIALS OF DISTINCTION GRANITE - MARBLE BRONZE Quality & Satisfaction Assured by our own Written Guarantee. 38 YEARS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 852-3472 108 BROCK ST. WEST AE DEMIS AL 62 PAN I Lr I ae EF 1 Fr SEE EINIAT IN LALA FINE assistance. Bailey, John Priebe and Lynn McDiarmid; han ar AA APR IRN Ed top is Marilyn Green, Deidre Westman, Elizabeth Kelly and Brian Gardner. To the "teachers, we . say thank you for patience and persever- ance and helping us whenever we needed To Mr. Paisley, we say thanks for being a super prin- cipal and friend and for making C.H.S. what it is today. We thank our parents who stuck with us through thick and thin and who taught us to learn and grow over the years in school: And last but not least, I'd like to thank the young men and women in our class for being such Vanessa Lewerentz, Susan Witteveen, Janet Dean, Melissa Darlene Vine, great pals. Without this great group of friends life at C.H.S. would not have been as terrific as it was. I wish the best of luck to my fellow graduates in all of their future endeavours. Strive -for success and may you have success. Live one day at a time but most important of all, just be yourself and do your best. No one expects any more from you than that. Thank You, Howard Bailey Knowlton, Linda Vehof, Michele Davies; (back row), Neil Locke, Eleanor Kelly, Craig Paisley, Dwayne Bryant, Christopher Rooney, Ralph DeJong; Jeanette VanGestel and Robert Graham. Ge Hearing Zid Centre ¢f Port Perry " Dennis J. Hogan aun Hearing Aid Consultant Dr. E. Mannen's Office - 24 Water St. S., Lakeview Plaza, Port Perry, Ontario LOB 1NO. 985-9192 985-3003