THURS, DECEMBER 1th, 1947 Tae th; 1947 = poem " % High Sch i | % High School Review * . \ By Jerry Peers Hurra! Examinations are over, 0. H, §, --. -- put iwe stillinaveite) get thelvers | Ming ollie renin everyone of dict, Guilty; BF mob BELY 5 cone cto iat Candlelight service nl 21, at body of OLS. ever thinks twice |DCember 21, at the Gregory about failing. We. shouldn't, we | Theatre, Everybody is welcome. have some of fhe best collegiate] Everybody has been studying so teachers in Ontario, 80 why worry. [hard for examinations that some But unless the pupils co-operate is short this week , . . Fer sons with the Staff we should Worry . . last Friday night' was a night of teachers aren't everything, school | celebrating, but for others, thou is a fifty-fifty process. But less| who had not finished, it meant ly at Club "20, and has really been doing a swell job, The orch- estra first ran under the name of Teen Town but is now known as the Royal Oaks. Oakville knows most of the players but a few out- siders have been added to the per- fection of the band, So next weel, either Friday or Saturday, come to the formals, Teen Town Fri day, and Club "20" Saturday. Club "20" of school, for we have it five days |b of another weel-end of a week . . . that's enough. putting their nose to the grind- This week Wwe go behind the [Stone. Those who finished their closed doors of the auditorium, | €Xams were either at Teen Town where the debating club meets. | OF at the show. Wherever they The club was started by ardent| Went they were all feeling happy, supporters | Jim Munro, Aaron | se Brown, Barbara Snyder, and many Teen Town others. When the first meeting By Bruce Squires was called a large number of sup. porters turned up and then and there the name 'The Debating Club' was selected, but the pur- pose was widened to include pub- lic speaking. The club was organized by Miss Ashdown, who is now the' direc- tor. Executives "were elected and Jim Munro wAs voted president {for the school year, with Barb- ara Snyder as secretary. There's one week left (before "Pop's" car will be ploughing through the snow and ice to the annual Teen Town Formal, Teen- agers in Oakville will glide across the floor to the finest music this side of heaven. Yes, everyone is looking forward to the formal, except "poor pop." who is going Meetings are held weekly at to be out two dollars and the car. the school auditorium and in case (The up-and-coming Royal Oaks e | will be turning out with the sweet music, under the expert conduct. ing of Don Locksley, son of the well-known leader of the Oakville Citizens' Band. 2 G2 fects already handled are: "Which costs the more to bring up, a hoy or a girl"; "Should O. H. S. ave a swimming pool While we are on the subject of the Royal Oaks you might like "Are to know a little about this red- omics detrimental to the youth |hot band's history. The orchestra bf Canada," and other interesting | was started by a group of music opics. Many topics are planned | loving boys under the direction of r the future, including "Every-| Camm Brown. Camm coached the flay life; "School Life" and sub- | orchestra until this fall when he ects dealing with Canada and the [had to leave them on their own fvorld to-day. because of excess work. The lea- Talking of the future, the club der of the band until this fan was intends to include public speaking | "Hotch" Hughes, Hoten did a its programme. The debating good job until he joined the air- lub is to be watched with in- | force, and still comes to the prac. crest, because it will be from [tices when he is able. Don Locks. his club and others like it that |ley then took them over. Doms a jill come the public speakers of [great trumpeter as everyone omorrow, or politicians for local | knows, if they have ever listened to his hot version of Pavanne. Now for the news and views of | The band has been playing week. S EE ded to the musical programme of the 29th, when the guitarist step- with "Smoke, The whole orchestra rose for the chorus with leader Don Locksley By Marion Languay Hello again! May we direct that salutation particularly to the Ro- val Oak's Bob Held 'man, t.rom- bonist, back Journ hospital bed. It's good to see you up on the band- stand again, Bab! Those dancing at "the Club" Saturday, turned an appreciative ear to soloist Carol Fraser's ren- dition of "What Are You Doing New Year's Bve." It was Carol's first' appearance on our podium, where brother "Em" has been doing some solid seranading since shortly after the Club's inaugura- tion. Thanks extended east to Nova Scotia for such talented friends. A touch of the bizarre was ad- ped up to the mike to give forth Smoke, Smoke." perfectly fag-fiend. portraying No a modern insinuation inten- ded! Those boys can really do something with a novelty hit, vo- cally hear more of it! and instrumentally. Let's For those who haven't already heard, the Oakville Dramatic 'So- ciety's presentation of the panto- mine "Alladin" has been post- THE OARVILLE-TRAFALGAR J OURNAL poned. Don't be dismayed, Promises to be a good thing. And in passing, may we forewarn ally, those attending the Club not toy; be deluded by possible antics of President Bob Dynes. He'll no doubt need some practise uphold- keep looking for an announcement of the date and make it a must. It PAGE: THREE _-- Christmas Gift Subscriptions * As a result of requests from ose Who wish to send subscrip- ons to the Journal as Christ. mas gifts a suitable card will be mailed to the recipient to inform * * them who is giving them this gift, At the choice of the sender copies of the paper can begin immedi. ately or with our Christmas num- ber. ing his end of the act -- the pos- terior of a Pink Elephant can be a cumbersome part to handle, Don't die on us Bob! As far as proceedings concern- ing the approaching Formal -- watch the local P.O. for the com- ing deluge of invitations. Oh yes, everything has been drawn up true to form. Don't forget the small Print either - RS.V.P. - a reply is your assurance of being "in". And don't be disappointed if you don't find one of those square white envelopes in your pigeon- hole. Pick up the phone jand dial those numbers appearing on the posters about town. That way you'll be able to rest easy until the big day. 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