|
Copyright © 2006
This on-line version of the 1959 MRHS Torch
is copyrighted under the terms of the
which gives you permission to copy, distribute and/or modify
this document under certain conditions.
There is a Copyright Notice in each HTML source file.
This is just a reminder.
|
|
Why is there a copyright on this page?
To keep it free!
|
MRHS Torch 1959 –
|
|
MR. GERALD F. H. HUNTER
|
| |
"He comes
On little cat's feet.
Stands looking over
Shoulder and book
On silent haunches;
And then glides on."
| |
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Uh! ... class ... uh! ... may I remind you
that this work is to be done individually."
| |
Prototype:
Rebel Rouser.
| |
Unrecorded History:
Once bit a student.
| |
Secret Ambition:
Wild animal trainer.
| |
Theme Song:
Why, don't they understand?
|
|
|
|
|
|
CLASS ACHIEVEMENTS
| |
Class Executive:
|
| |
President:
|
|
Doug Graham
| |
Vice-President:
|
Robin Goodfellow
| |
Secretary:
|
Jean Ross-Smith
| |
Treasurer:
|
Michael Taylor
|
|
|
Ring Designer:
Ron Harvie.
| |
Torch Editor:
Matthew Hess.
| |
G.A.A. President:
Claudia Bierman.
|
Lister Public Speaking Contest Winner:
John Cornish.
|
|
|
| |||
|
BIERMAN, CLAUDIA JACQUELINE (Cloudy)
|
| |
"At the shot of a gun
Watch that Claudia run,
Over the bar with a hop
She puts our school on top."
| |
| |
Origin:
Bussum, Holland, March 12, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Oh ya! I forgot to read the question."
| |
Prototype:
Tall Sally.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day she wrote a poem to her favourite teacher.
| |
Ambition:
Physical Education Teacher.
| |
Probable Destination:
Physical Wreck.
| |
Activities:
G.A.A. President 1958-'59;
Basketball 1955-'59; Tennis 1955-'59;
Track 1955-'59; Skiiing 1955-'59;
|
|
|
|
|
|
BING, RONALD MYRON (Ronny)
|
| |
"I saw, I conquered, and I left."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, December 18. 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Listen man — will you!"
| |
Prototype:
Rudolf Bing — opera singer?
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day he refuted a "Tide" box.
| |
Ambition:
Chemical engineer.
| |
Probable Destination:
Sweeping the lab at C.I.L.
| |
Activities:
Track and Field 1957-'59;
Inter-school Cross Country 1957-'59;
Ski Club 1956-'59; Inter-class Sports 1955-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
CHISHOLM, IAN ALEXANDER (Chis)
|
| |
"Oh, it's easy to grin
When your ship comes in,
And you've got the stock market beat.
But the lad worthwhile,
Is the lad who can smile,
When his shorts get tight at the seat."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, October 21, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"D'ya wanna bet?"
| |
Prototype:
The "Hound".
| |
Unrecorded History:
The time he got the right answer
in an Intermediate Algebra problem
before Mony.
| |
Ambition:
Smart-minded chemical engineer.
| |
Probable Destination:
Dumb-minded lab assistant.
| |
Activities:
Interclass Sports 1955-'59; Gymnastics 1958-'59;
Christmas Show 1958-'59; Girls 1955-'59;
Glee Club 1958-'59.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CORNISH, DONALD JOHN (Dee-Jay)
|
| |
"The farthest end is never reached,
Or so Confucius say;
So come on, boys, from here on down,
It's uphill all the way."
| |
| |
Origin:
Ottawa, Ontario, February 20, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Uh, I have another slant on the question, sir"
| |
Prototype:
Alfred E. Neuman.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day he lost a debate to a soap box.
| |
Ambition:
Journalist.
| |
Probable Destination:
Writing menus for M.R.H.S. cafeteria.
| |
Activities:
Senior Football 1957-'58; Bantam Soccer 1955-'56;
Glee Club 1956-'59; Operetta 1956-'59;
Inter-class Sports 1955-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
DAVIS, DONALD WALTER (Don)
|
| |
"Thirty days has September,
April, June and no wonder,
All the rest like peanut-butter
Except Donald .........
He rides a little red tricycle.
| |
| |
Origin:
Nitro, Quebec. April 28, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
K-B-I.
| |
Prototype:
Eeyore.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day someone slammed the door on his nose
and broke it. (his nose)
| |
Ambition:
To make his mark in the world.
| |
Probable Destination:
Erased.
| |
Activities:
Senior Band 1955-'59;
Glee Club and Operettas 1957-'59;
Ski Club 1955-'59; Orcbestra 1957-'58;
Interclass Sports 1955-'59.
|
|
|
|
|
|
DOWIE, DONALD MURRAY (Don)
|
| |
"I can resist everything but temptation."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, May 19, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Okay! Who's the wise appple?"
| |
Prototype:
Donald Duck.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day he went somewhere without his bicycle.
| |
Ambition:
Electrical engineer.
| |
Probable Destination:
Short circuit.
| |
Activities:
Gymnastics 1956-'59; Ski Team 1956-'57;
Interclass Sports 1955-'59; Christmas Show 1957-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
DUNCAN, JOHN FREDERICK EARLE (Dunk)
|
| |
"The cat comes
On little feet.
What else ?"
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, February 5, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Go and eat somewhere else; I've got work to do."
| |
Prototype:
Nero.
| |
Unrecorded History:
A tape recording of a certain teacher's scoldings.
| |
Ambition:
To get to M.I.T.
| |
Probable Destination:
Melvin's Institute of Tramps.
| |
Activities:
Orchestra 1956-'59; Bantam Football 1956;
Glee Club 1956-'59; Public Speaking 1958;
Interclass Sports 1955-'59.
|
|
|
|
|
|
DYMENT. DAVID BRUCE (Taff)
|
| |
"If you can keep your head
when all about you are losing theirs,
then the blade isn't sharp enough."
| |
| |
Origin:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, December 28, 1941.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Actually, I think the whole thing is in
the state of negative balance."
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day he wasn't called Don by a certain teacher.
| |
Ambition:
Ph.D.
| |
Probable Destination:
Phhhh-d!
| |
Activities:
Ski Club 1955-'59; Senior Band 1955-'59;
Interclass Sports 1955-'58;
Mr. Hunter's assistant window monitor 1958-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
FISHER, RICHARD SAMUEL (Rick)
|
| |
"That helping hand you're looking for
is at the end of your own arm."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, May 31, 1943.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Hey, Doug, did you get number 16?"
| |
Prototype:
An extraneous root.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day he bought a record without an American label.
| |
Ambition:
To make money.
| |
Probable Destination:
An all expense paid vacation
to beautiful Bordeaux-Sur-Le-Lac.
| |
Activities:
Interclass Sports 1955-'59.
|
|
|
|
|
|
FRANZ, PETER ROBERT (Pete)
|
| |
"Out of the mouths of babes,
Oft come wads of bubble gum."
| |
| |
Origin:
Worcester, Massachusetts, March 14, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"I dig ya, man!"
| |
Prototype:
Mad Scientist.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day he refused to go skiiing.
| |
Ambition:
Chemical research.
| |
Probable Destination:
Making firecrackers for the Swiss Navy.
| |
Activities:
Ski Club 1956-'59; Student Council 1956-'57;
Interclass Sports 1955-'57; Homework? 1955-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
GOODFELLOW, ROBIN LUCRETIA
|
| |
"She flies through the air
With the greatest of ease,
Then lands on the ice
With a thud, on her knees."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Ouebec, February 7, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Let's eat today, for tomorrow we diet."
| |
Prototype:
Like Intermediate Algebra — impossible!
| |
Unrecorded History:
Once went figure skating.
| |
Ambition:
Physiotherapist.
| |
Probable Destination:
Rubbing little backs for that burp.
| |
Activities:
Student Council 1955-'59; Track 1955-'59;
Gymnastics 1956-'59; Badminton 1956-'59;
Glee Club 1958-'59.
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRAHAM, MARGARET ANNE
|
| |
"Anne is sitting in a daze,
And her face is all ablaze,
Why is her mind in such ablur,
She's just come back from St. Sauveur!"
| |
| |
Origin:
Kingston, Ontario, August 14, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Mon Amee (has to be heard to be appreciated)."
| |
Prototype:
Silliest of the "Three Sillies"!
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day she embarrassed the French Teacher.
| |
Ambition:
To ski in powder snow in Switzerland.
| |
Probable Destination:
Gulp! How deep is this snow anyway?
| |
Activities:
Torch Board 1958-'59; Ski Team 1955-'59;
Volleyball 1958-'59; Glee Club 1957-'59;
Interclass Sports 1955-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
GRAHAM, HAROLD DOUGLAS (Doug)
|
| |
"The horses at the trotters
would go a lot faster
If they didn't have to pull
those wagons.
| |
| |
Origin:
Mount Royal, Quebec, February 24, 1943.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Do unto others before they do unto you."
| |
Prototype:
Lonesome polecat.
| |
Unrecorded History:
I refuse to answer this question
on the grounds that I might tend
to incriminate myself.
| |
Ambition:
Doug Graham, Ph.D., M.Sc.
| |
Probable Destination:
Doug Graham, M.A.D.
| |
Activities:
Torch Board 1958-'59; Bantam Football 1957-'58;
Droodling 1955-'59; Ski Club 1956-'59;
Student Council 1957-'59.
|
|
|
|
|
|
GREENE, JOAN CAROLYN
|
| |
"Perfection is impossible, —
But it is worth trying for."
| |
| |
Origin:
Ottawa, Ontario, February 24, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"No, it's just a rumour!"
| |
Prototype:
Angelfish.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day she understood Intermediate Algebra.
| |
Ambition:
To get an M.A.
| |
Probable Destination:
Getting a MAN.
| |
Activities:
Interclass Sports 1955-'59; Girl's Choir 1955-'57;
Glee Club 1957-'59; Ski Club 1956-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
HARVIE, RONALD THOMAS (Hav)
|
| |
"I know a sure fire way to lose
ten pounds of excess fat —
Cut off your head."
| |
| |
Origin:
Ottawa, Ontario, April 17, 1943.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"How Bourgeoisie!"
| |
Prototype:
Fried clams.
| |
Unrecorded History:
Once spoke in an unaffected manner.
| |
Ambition:
Dean of a University.
| |
Probable Destination:
Chief trash-bag dragger at M.R.H.S.
| |
Activities:
Senior Band 1956-'59; Glee Club 1958-'59;
Operetta 1958-'59; Ski Club 1958-'59;
Wellesley High 1957-'58.
|
|
|
|
|
|
HESS, MATTHEW LLOYD (Matt)
|
| |
"Nothing in human life is more to be lamented
than that a wise man should have so little influence."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, December 15, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Good grief! I think you're right, sir."
| |
Prototype:
Winnie-the-Pooh!
| |
Unrecorded History:
The time he broke all records
for duck-walking around the gym.
| |
Ambition:
Chemical Engineer.
| |
Probable Destination:
Mixing hair-dye at Deauville.
| |
Activities:
Senior Band 1955-'59; Camera Club 1958-'59;
Christmas Show 1958-'59; Play 1956-'57;
Torch Editor 1958-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
HOLE, KATHERINE ANN (Kathy)
|
| |
"Look sharp, feel sharp, be sharp,
File your head to a point."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, October 21, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Wouldn't it drive you up the wall."
| |
Prototype:
Cannon Ball.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day she shut the window.
| |
Ambition:
B. Sc.
| |
Probable Destination:
Up the wall.
| |
Activities:
Ski Team 1956-'57; Volleyball 1957-'58;
Swimming Team 1957-'58; Glee Club 1957-'59;
Ski Club 1955-'59.
|
|
|
|
|
|
KING, KATHERINE SANDRA (Sandy)
|
| |
"If laughin's a sin,
Why did the Lord make so many things
For Sandy to laugh at?"
| |
| |
Origin:
Toronto, Ontario, November 10, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"How Sick!"
| |
Prototype:
Gremlin.
| |
Unrecorded History:
It's a secret.
| |
Ambition:
Looking for one.
| |
Probable Destination:
Still looking.
| |
Activities:
Interclass Sports 1955-'59; Badminton Team 1957-'58;
Ski Club 1957-'59; Glee Club 1958-'59; Operetta 1959.
|
|
|
| |||
|
LITMAN, ELIZABETH (Betty)
|
| |
"God created Man,
Then He rested.
Then He created Betty
And neither God nor Man
Has rested ever since."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, September 4, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Mimi, how do you do this Intermedlate Algebra?"
| |
Prototype:
Short and Sweet (and sometimes sour).
| |
Unrecorded History:
The night of the Golf Clubs!
| |
Ambition:
Occupational Therapist.
| |
Probable Destination:
Cutting out paper dolls.
| |
Activities:
Girls' Choir 1955-'56; Glee Club 1957-'59;
Interclass Sports 1955-'56; Usherettes 1956-'57.
|
|
|
|
|
|
MacGREGOR, JILL ELLEN
|
| |
"You are only young once.
But once is enough, —
If you know how to work it."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, November 5, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Sir, could you be able to ..."
| |
Prototype:
Maggie Muggins.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day she didn't mention her Scotch origin.
| |
Ambition:
Dramatic actress.
| |
Probable Destination:
Fan dancer.
| |
Activities:
Glee Club 1957-'59; Torch Board 1958-'59;
Student Council 1955-'58;
Interclass Sports 1955-'59; Ski Club 1956-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
McFADYEN, JAMES RODERICK (Roddy)
|
| |
"If at first you don't succceed, give up."
| |
| |
Origin:
Falkirk, Scotland, January 11, 1943.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Your head's not there for an ornament,
it's there to put your hat on.
| |
Prototype:
His mother' s son.
| |
Ambition:
College Professor.
| |
Probable Destination:
Kindergarten Teacher.
| |
Activities:
Interclass Sports 1955-'56.
|
|
|
|
|
|
PARK, ROBERT McBIRNEY (Bob)
|
| |
"Anybody heard any good verses lately?"
| |
| |
Origin:
Washington, D.C., May 22, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Yeah ... that's true."
| |
Prototype:
Industry.
| |
Unrecorded History:
600,000 B.C. - 4,000 B.C.
| |
Ambition:
Scientist - Philosopher.
| |
Probable Destination:
Fortune-teller at Coney Island.
| |
Activities:
Glee Club 1957-'59; Senior Band 1956-'59;
Operetta 1957-'59; Ski Club 1956-'59;
Interclass Sports 1955-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
PORTER, MARGARET JEAN
|
| |
"Don't worry if you stumble —
A worm is the only thing that can't fall down.
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, November 24, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"I'm hungry!"
| |
Prototype:
A 45 r.p.m. record going at 78.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day she stopped talking.
| |
Ambition:
Social Worker.
| |
Probable Destination:
Keeping the grad class of '59 on the straight and narrow.
| |
Activities:
Glee Club 1957-'59; Girl's Choir 1955-'57;
Curling 1957-'59; Interclass Sports 1955-'59;
Operetta 1958-'59.
|
|
|
|
|
|
PORTFORS, JOAN ELIZABETH
|
| |
"High school is like a laundry.
You get out of it just what you put into it,
but you'd never recognize it."
| |
| |
Origin:
Edmonton, Alberta, May 15, 1943.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Richard, how do you do this example?"
| |
Prototype:
An Edmonton Eskimo!
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day she passed a French exam.
| |
Ambition:
High School English Teacher.
| |
Probable Destination:
High School French Teacher.
| |
Activities:
Torch Board 1958-'59; Glee Club 1957-'59;
Operetta 1957-'59; Interclass Sports 1957-'59;
Curling 1958-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
ROSS-SMITH, JEAN ELIZABETH (Chub)
|
| |
"You're only young once; ...
but if you work it right, once is enough."
| |
| |
Origin:
Kitchener, Ontario, December 7, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Way to fire."
| |
Prototype:
First of its kind.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day she found someone with a nickname like hers.
| |
Ambition:
Biologist.
| |
Probable Destination:
Being chased by a grasshopper!
| |
Activities:
Basketball 1955-'59; Badminton 1955-'59;
Tennis 1957-'59; Track 1957-'59;
Volleyball 1959.
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUSSER, NORMA (Ronnie)
|
| |
"The battle of the sexes
will never be won by either side.
There is too much Fraternizing with the enemy.
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, August 25, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Well, that's life!"
| |
Prototype:
Kleptomaniac (snatching everyone's homework to copy).
| |
Unrecorded History:
A certain red Thunderbird.
| |
Ambition:
Veterinarian.
| |
Probable Destination:
Going to the dogs.
| |
Activities:
Library Assistant 1955-'56; Giris' Choir 1955-'56;
Glee Club 1957-'59; Interclass Sports 1955-'57;
Usherette 1956-'57.
|
|
|
| |||
|
TAYLOR, MICHAEL CHRlSTIE (Mike)
|
| |
"Who stole my compass?"
| |
—Pythagoras
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, March 6, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"How Bohemian!"
| |
Prototype:
Mr. Magoo.
| |
Unrecorded History:
"Care" packages to the Mau-Mau.
| |
Ambition:
Journalist.
| |
Probable Destination:
Pruf Readre
| |
Activities:
Torch Board 1958-'59; Glee Club 1957-'59;
Soccer 1955-'56; Operetta 1956-'59;
Ski Club 1956-'59.
|
|
|
|
|
|
TITCOMBE, WILLIAM DAVID (Little Willie)
|
| |
"Say not the struggle nought availeth;
The labour and the wounds are vain;
The enemy faints not nor faileth.
And as things have been they remain,
For, Bill's here!"
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, May 22, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Jumpin' Catfish!!"
| |
Prototype:
Long Streak of Misery!
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day he arrived before 9:00 a.m.
| |
Ambition:
Bachelor of Undiscovered Science.
| |
Probable Destination:
Serving the soup lines.
| |
Activities:
Intermediate Band 1955; Glee Club 1956-'59;
Operetta 1956-'59; Music Appreciation 1959;
Interclass Sports 1955-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
TURCKE, VIRGINIA HELEN (Vir)
|
| |
"I am rather tall and stately,
And I care not very greatly
What you say, or what you do.
I am Vir, and who are you?"
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, May 26, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Good Heavens!"
| |
Prototype:
Crazy Legs!
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day she forgot to go skating or to Barton Taylor's.
| |
Ambition:
To work on the "Dew Line".
| |
Probable Destination:
Hanging diapers on the clothesline.
| |
Activities:
Glee Club 1957-'59; Girls' Choir 1956-'57;
Interclass Sports 1955-'59; Ski Club 1956-'59;
G.A.A. Representative 1955.
|
|
|
|
|
|
VINEBERG, DAVID ALLAN (Dave)
|
| |
"God gave men two ends,
One to sit on and one to think with
Our success in life depends
The way we use:
Heads we win
Tails we lose."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, January 20, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Sir, can't we add some purpleness to these quadratics?"
| |
Prototype:
Al "Jazzbo" Collins.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The afternoon he missed school to see the Alouettes lose.
| |
Ambition:
To be a thinking man.
| |
Probable Destination:
To smoke Viceroy.
| |
Activities:
Bantam Football 1956-'57; Bantam Basketball 1956-'57;
B.A.A. Representative 1958-'59;
Interclass Sports 1955-'59.
|
|
|
| |||
|
WEISS, MARIANNE (Mimi)
|
| |
"Eenie Mimi Miny Moe,
Catch a bachelor by the toe
If he hollers,
Hold on tight."
| |
| |
Origin:
Munich, Germany, February 21, 1942.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"That's idiosyncrasy."
| |
Prototype:
Rain; i.e., up in the clouds.
| |
Unrecorded History:
Her touch made a certain cupboard door in 205 come off.
| |
Ambition:
To see the world.
| |
Probable Destination:
Montreal bus-driver.
| |
Activities:
Glee Club 1958-'59.
|
|
|
|
|
|
WOOD, WILLIAM (Bill)
|
| |
"I study and study for exams,
But when the time comes,
My brain just jams."
| |
| |
Origin:
Montreal, Quebec, March 23, 1941.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"Do you dig me?"
| |
Prototype:
Thomas A. Edison.
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day he forgot to do his French prose.
| |
Ambition:
Designer of radio-electronic equipment.
| |
Probable Destination:
Repairing Miss Thompson's recorders.
|
|
|
| |||
|
ZYLBERBERG, MAURICE (Mony)
|
| |
"Formulas, Theorems, and French,
I can appreciate,
But when it comes to English,
I deteriorate.
| |
| |
Origin:
Brussels, Belgium, February 2, 1943.
| |
Favourite Expression:
"You're crazy, Roddy!"
| |
Prototype:
Qui sait!!
| |
Unrecorded History:
The day Mr. Storr taught him to appreciate perms and coms.
| |
Ambition:
Industrial Chemist (Ph. D.)
| |
Probable Destination:
Helping Mr. James in the distillation of water.
| |
Activities:
Interclass Sports 1955-'59; Christmas Show 1958-'59;
Soccer 1956-'57.
|
|
|
|