W. R. Myers High School 1961

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The annual publication of the students of W. R. Myers High School Taber, Alberta. (Volume 1960-1961)pdfW.R. MYERS HIGH SCHOOL 5511-54 Street Taber, Alberta TIG 1L5 Phone: 223-2292 i Scni^ M.H.S. DAWN, TABER, ALBERTA Surveying had just begun. The pride of M.H.S. TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION......................3 JUNIOR HIGH CLASSES • 52 SENIOR HIGH CLASSES . 6 JR. ACTIVITIES.............. 70 SR. ACTIVITIES............ 36 ADVERTISERS.................... 80 c. R. RUSHFORD TABER SCHOOL DIVISION NUMBER 6 HOWARD H. COURT Born in Donaldston, Prince Edward Island on February 7, 1896, Mr. Court was educated in the local school there. After taking his Eleventh and Twelfth grades as well as his normal training at the Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown, he taught school for two years in Marshfield P. E. I. When war broke out he enlisted as a Gr. in the 20nd. Seige Battery, August 1915, and went over­seas in Nov. of the same year. After the war, Mr. Court held positions as Principal, School Inspector, and Director of Teacher Training at the Prince of Wales College, a position he held for seven years, until he again enlisted in the army at the outbreak of W. W. II. During his four years in the service he attained the rank of Major. Upon his return to Charlottetown in 1944 Mr. Court took the position of Director of Vocational Training under the Dominion Gov't. Plan for Veteran's Training. In 1947 he came to Alberta and took up the post as Principal of Enchant School, joined the staff of Taber High as Vice Principal in 1955. !O J Mr, H. Court We, the classes of 1961, hereby dedicate this edition of "The Dawn" to Mr. Howard Court, Despite his many obligations and responsibilities, he has always found time not only to be an excellent Social Studies teacher, but also to be a FRIEND to every­one. His unceasing patience and sincere helpfulness has contrib­uted greatly towards the success and happiness of our high school careers. We shall all miss him in the years to come. PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE "But that's my right!" How often today we hear this cry from individuals and groups. Everyone seems to be clear about what their 'rights' are -- employers, labor unions, organizations, parents, teen­agers and even young children. And, undeniably, each of these has rights - 'inalienable' rights as our southern neighbors are fond of saying. A 'right' is a just and fair claim to anything whatever, either passive, as the right of possession, or active, as the right to pursue a certain course. For example, we all have the right to acquire property or the inherent right to non-interference. We have social, politi­cal and economic rights which must be consonant to the laws and customs of our country, provided these laws and customs are not repugnant to the laws of God. And hand in hand with these rights that we all possess as an innate portion of our human existence, goes responsibility. Responsibility is the state of being answerable or accountable as a person for certain duties or trusts we have undertaken. But are people as eager or willing to bear their responsibilities as they are to enjoy their rights? Consider the student in high school. He also has a responsibility, if he takes advantage of his right to attend school, to study diligently and abide by the regulations made in the school for the purpose of creating the best available learning situation. Consider also the citizen of a community. He too, has rights, many protected by law. What percentage of citizens however, undertake their responsibilities of being well informed on public issues, voting, running for public office, or raising their voice in community organizations? Too often people have become so used to their freedoms that they forget these can be easily lost. They are too concerned with material advancement to bother with their obligations which they must carry out if they wish to retain their freedoms. If security is the over-riding desire of an individual, let him remember that jail offers maximum security. The Soviet Union, that gigantic prison, offers its citizens maximum security at the price of personal freedoms. So if you wish to sell your birthright of freedom for the mess of pottage we call economic security, insist on your rights while you studiously avoid your responsibility. SENIORS OUR Mr. J. Coad Mr. H. Court Mrs. M. Grigor FACULTY Mr. A. Tollestrup Mr. W. Rowley Mr, Fletcher GRAD HISTORY (See who is who on page 25) We, thegraduands of 1961 have come through a great and marvelous period of transition in our lives -- the first and perhaps one of the greatest inner upheavals that we will experience. Since our youth, our beliefs and ideals have been subjected to an incisive examination and we have met many changes during this period of time. In moving up the educational ladder, we have encountered new challenges. In the elementary grades we learned, firstly to read and to print. Secondly, from kind and patient instructions and teaching, we developed a good back­ground in arithmetic, language techniques, and natural sciences. Gradually the field of our subjects grew. Yes, we seemed to have come far in gaining knowledge, but there ahead of us looming, large and dark, were the worries and strains of grade nine exams. And finally and unbelievably, we conquered these and moved into a new era, High School. Yes, this was the last phase of our general and preparatory schooling. New responsibilities and decisions lay ahead of us and of these were the choosing of fields of endeavor and courses that we wished to take, choices consistent with our future aspirations, choices which would lead us on to either a High School Diploma or a Senior Matric. Who can forget the fun and social activities. But best of all was the enjoyment gained in working with and listening to our teachers. Many of us tried our best but it seems that the profound wisdom we bestowed upon our teachers was rather bewildering and each of us has been reminded that he has "a head like a turnip and isn't fit for a glue factory". But we must leave now. Our visit is over, and we take with us mem­ories of those joys and frustrations which can be experienced only by a High School student. Our school, our teachers, and our parents have done their job -- they have offered to us the opportunity to develop our intellect, our character, and our personality. Let us hope that we, too, have done our duty by seizing this great opportunity. Bob Haslam Carol Haynes Ronald Hill Louise Holstine Jean Ito Ralph Jorstad Tom Krahn Bryan Harris "fond farewell” CLASS VALEDICTORIAN Ralph Jorstad Tonight marks the realization of a long-cherished dream. Tonight also foresees the termination of all the familiar things that for the last twelve years we have taken for granted as being a part of our lives, and it is then, with mixed emotions, that we must bid farewell to the past and emerge into an adult way of life. Our many cherished recollections and memories will now be giving way to our new ambitions and hopes. Our school endeavors have laid the ground work for our future achievements. We have been taught fellowship, co­operation, social consciousness, courage; we have learned gaiety, sadness, respect.........love. These sentiments we have experienced meaningfully, and it is these things we will endeavor to apply in our coming years. Our most dominant feeling tonight is one of gratitude. We realize that this graduation is not a pro­ject of our own ingenuity, but is the result of a composition of underlying factors. We gratefully acknow­ledge the teachers who, through their undying patience and unbounded abilities, have succeeded in seeing the 1961 graduates to the accomplishment of their first goal. We realize the extreme sacrifices of our parents, who unquestionably have played the major role in our education. By their love and gentle guid­ance we have been led forward in our educational experiences. They have been the ones to instill us with proper attitudes. For their providence of our security and their sage counselling we are deeply grateful. Our classmates have been responsible for much of our progress, and through our varied relationships together we have grown to respect each other and find satisfaction in one another's company. The feel­ings developed among us will not be missed until our separation, which is now at hand. Some of the people in our class will pass out of our lives altogether. We will never again be able to experience mass fellowship to such a degree. This is one of graduation's sad aspects, yet this has been one of the really great things of high school. From henceforth we are responsible to only ourselves. Let us play heartily but accept and carry valiantly the tasks which fall in our hands. Great and exacting will be the toll demanded by duty. In our living may we strive for peace; act wisely in our right to punish and forgive; fight with our honor, our might, our will; and strive for the betterment and brotherhood of mankind. This graduation marks the first of life’s major goals, the attainment of which is now our greatest victory. This good-bye closes a chapter in our lives, for which the struggle has been well worth while. Now, with a firm step, clear eye, and a confident heart, we shall continue on to greater and greater heights. In doing so, the graduation class of '61 says thank you... .and farewell. Editors' Note: Because of lack of space, part of this speech has been deleted. Our apologies for this omission. UNDERGRADS I 4 Most Athletic' Kent Stevens Diana Towle "Best Looking" Ron Goodfellow Margaret Braun Best All ’Round’ Ralph Jorstad Sheila Malm "Best Dancers" Bill Conrad Shirley Lowry Louise Holstine Marion Omotani Diana Towle Judy Conrad Ellen Miller Sharon Van Orman Betty Osborne Evelyn Foote Ron Goodfellow Janet Rolfson Gary MacDonald Gloria Perini Fay Olsen Brent LeBaron Phyllis Pierson i. and Miss Smiles Gary MacDonald Evelyn Konno SENIOR WHO’S WHO Gary Firth GRADE ELEVEN Kenneth Adachi Sharon Appleton LaVern Archer Helen Beckner Sonja Flexhaug Marilyn Engwer Roger Fallon LaVaun Fenske LaVern Fenske Ronald Conrad Donald Dennis Joan Dunn Gloria Dynes Blaine Burbank Steve Cannady Donna Christensen Clifford Clark PHOTO HOT AVAILABLE Marion Harris Eugene Hattori Jerry Holtman Cynthia Hurdman Lester Ann Hyde Gayle Jensen Gloria Jensen LaRee Jensen Zelma Jensen Cecilie Johnson Sandra Johnson Lillian Kadoyama Susie Kadoyama Peter Zerdoff GRADE Constance Kemper Larry Francis George Friesen Karen Gedlaman Marilyn Goruk Jean Kennedy Verla Langeman Sandra Leth Elfriede Laubenstein Carolyn Layton Carolyn Malinsky Janet Marose Elaine Mason Garry May Ken McKibben Darleen Mitchell Rosie Miyanaga Gordon Neilson Beverly Newman Ted Nishima Joyce Nickel ELEVEN Bob Ambrose Ricky Anderson Jerry Anderson Margaret Astalos Charles Avey Phyllis Biem Cheryll Birch Randy Bishop Mary Braun Diane Bullock Ken Bullock Jean Burge Jimmy Cannady Dean Collett Evelyn Cradduck Judy Crawford TEN Carolyn Evanson Gary Fenske William Furguson Gerald Fiedler Hugo Fiedler Wilfred Fiedler Marvin Foulkes Deanna Frieson Max Goodfellow Donna Goruk Kathy Gray Marvin Guenter Sid Halma GRADE Kieth Harding Tina Doell Roy Endo Meno Enns Carol Erickson Margaret Haynes Diane Horrocks Melvin Jansen Penny Jensen Eliane Jensen Jean Jensen Richard Jensen Trudy Jensen Ronald Johnson Bonnie Lee Kerkhoff Larry Krahn Cheryl Kinniburgh Barry Kinniburgh Andrew Konno Susanne Koznick Linda Litchfield TEN Jean Machida Joyce McKibben Rosalyn McPhee Norman Meyer Donald Miller Ranee Miller Barbara Moore Harold Neuman Dianne Odland Carl Parry Rae Payne Janet Peterson Joy Anne Petz Gerald Pierson Alex Pupp Sylvia Putici Raymond Pyne GRADE Carol Reamsbottom Ronald Reti Patricia Rombough Diana Ross William Roth Margaret Schan Wayne Schuerman Bob Setoguchi Kathleen Shimbashi Lucy Skikiewich Dolores Slater Joe Slavik Garth Smith Marilyn Smith Verna Striemer Florence Topal TEN Brian Swain Massey Tomomitsu Tom Tsuji Bruce Turnbull Diana Tverkutes Clare Vayro Isolde Wendorff Gary Westhora Shirley Wittmier Susan Wiebe Dorrene Wiens Irene Williams Marsha Williams Victoria Wright Alan Young John Zacharrias GRADE 10 Valentina Zadan ACTIVITIES n^ STUDENT COUNCIL LEFT TO RIGHT: Diana Towle, Sports Convener; Gene Hattori, Treasurer; Blake Holtman, Vice Presi­dent; Sharon Van Orman, President; Gloria Dynes, Secretary; Mr. M. Dynes, Advisor; Pat Rak os, Social Convener. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE I sincerely appreciate the co-operation of the students and of the faculty of Meyers High in supporting our activities this year. I have enjoyed my duties as president and wish to thank all those who have assisted me in any way. May the future students, as they turn these pages, endeavor to continue making Meyers High School an outstanding school. Sharon Van Orman Good luck to the Grads. May you realize and accomplish your goals in life. In closing, I would like to quote from Hamlet—"This, above all-to thine own self be true. " 1 KEVETTE CLUB BACK ROW, Left to Right: Sylvia Putici, LaVaun Fenske, Sandra Johnson, Phyllis Pierson, Janet Rolfson, Deanna Frieson, Pat Rakos, Ila Rae Platt, Ellen Miller, Lucy Skikiewich. MIDDLE ROW: Marion Omatoni, LaRee Jensen, Joan Powell, Marilynn Engwer, Rose Miyanaga, Carol Erickson, Jean Ito, Cecilie Johnson. FRONT ROW: Bonnie Bell, Fay Olson, Mrs. Rolfson, Louise Holstine, Gloria Dynes. ACHIEVEMENTS JOINT PROJECTS 1. Served at Graduation Banquet. 2. Sold tickets on Kiwanis apples. 3. Worked at Blood Donor Clinic. 4. Reported High School news to Taber Times office. 5. Sold tickets for 4-H Color Night. 6. Sponsored a dance, January 13. 7. Sponsored trophy for Music Festival, 8. Operated a booth at the Mardi Gras. 9. Did bookkeeping for Snack Bar. 10. Decorated for the Christmas Prom. 11. Put on program for Kiwanis Kevette Banquet. 12. Supervised and cleaned the Clinic. 13. Helped with program for 4-H Color Night. 1. Key - Kevette Party 2. Sponsored Dance Club 3. Vocational File in library. 4. Ushered at Carol Festival. 5. Attended Varsity Weekend. 6. Presidents attended charter Night, 7. Sold hot dogs and milk. 8. Ushered at graduation banquet. KEY CLUB BACK ROW, Left to Right: Tom Krahn, Jim Dick, Eugene Hattori, Dean Collett, Ron Johnson, Wayne Scheuerman, Marvin Guenter, Ron Goodfellow, Robert Ambrose, Sid Halma, Ralph Jorstad, FRONT ROW: Jerry Anderson, Vice-President; George Friesen, Secretary, Mr, W. H. Rowley, Advisor; Myron Cannady, President; Steve Cannady, Treasurer. JOINT PROJECTS 1. Operated Snack Bar. 2, Put Graduation Pictures in halls. 3. Operated a Concession Booth at Christmas. 4. Served punch at Christmas Prom. 5. Distributed "Career Opportunities" to grade nines. 6. Concession Booth at Teen Town Town Basketball Tournament and Dance. 7. Put on program for Kiwanis Color Night. 8. President attended Kiwanis Meeting Installation Banquet. ACHIEVEMENTS 1. Operated Concession Booth at Mardi Gras. 2. Ran annual Car Wash. 3, Sponsored a School Dance. 4. Sponsored Dress-Up Days. 5. Put up Honour Roll in the school for top students. 6. Conducted a survey for the Jaycees. 7. Participated in Kiwanis Colour Night Program. 8. Aided the Kiwanis Minstrel Show. 9. Donated a Kiwanis Music Festival Trophy. 10. Had the fence around the school lawn repaired. 11. Made scorecards for basketball games. 12. Wrote article for Key Club Publications. 13. Sent 13 of our 15 members to the Montana Key Club Convention at Missoula, Montana YEARBOOK CLUB Mrs. Kiester, Advisor; Carol Haynes, Secretary; Betty Osborne, Editor; Janet Marose, Assistant Editor; Mrs. Grigor, Advisor; Elfriede Laubenstein, Ways and Means; Bernard Brubank, Art Editor; Brent LeBaron, Rep. for Hi-Lites; Norman Wilson, Art Editor; Eileen Barany, Treasurer; Marion Omatani, Business Manager. EDITOR’S MESSAGE We of the Dawn Staff who are about to depart as graduates of 1961 sincerely hope that this issue of the "Dawn" will be cherished with memories of a happy year at MHS. Each student here at Myers High has helped to make this school year one to be remembered. Each event; some happy occasions, and others sad, made part of our school career a time never to be forgotten. We hope you enjoy "The 1961 Dawn". It was ours for almost a year. Now it is yours. HI-LITES FRONT ROW, Left to Right: Brent LeBaron, Distribution Manager; Marion Omatani, Club Reporter; Carol Erikson, Reporter; Louise Holstine, Editor; Fay Olson, Exchange Editor; Verla Langeman, Assistant Editor; and Lonely Hearts Inc.; Bryan Harris, Harris Hears and Music '61. BACK ROW: Cecily Johnson, Literary; Sid Halma, Sports Editor; Mr. Meyer, Production Manager; Miss Harding, Advisor; Diane Tverkutes, Fashion; Rosalie Topal, Reporter; Jean Machida, Foods and Nutrition 10. Moderate GLEE CLUB Wilf Carter ■M9- twi - light on the prai-rie, Where the pale blue vio-lets hide, I rid- ing in the twi - light, On the roll-ing prai-rie wide, I’m think-ing as I lin-ger, Where once we used to stray, Of Twilight on the Prairie In The sit and long for you dear, Just to have you by my side sway-ing in my sad - die, My gui - tar hangs by my side.- songs we sang to geth - er, Longbe-fore our part-ing dreams I see you smil - ing Thro’eyes of heav’n-ly blue,_ When it’s air is filled with fra - grance From flow-era in full bloom, When it’s lone - ly heart is ach - ing For days that once we knew, When it’s J 4' j j j. jgi 2 2 in of Grace Fiedler Dianne Francis Judy Conrad rrrn own the trail to Convrirht MGMY YYI IT hv n«r,?n^ V Th «-.^o„„ T ; m ;« a^ T« — ♦« r---J-you.. June you-. Ann Furukawa Sandra Russell Verna Striemer Zelma Jensen Gayle Birch night Margaret Haynes Dianne Odland Carol Haynes Pat Rakos Darlene Westhora CURLING CLUB P. Shimbashi (President) B. Mulnar R. Rombough S. Kadoyama A. Omotani (Vice-President) S. Appleton D. Mitchell E. Mackenzie L. Fenske D. Malinsky V. Langeman A. Young J. Kennedy E. Hattori G. May J. Powell S. Wittmier B. Harris D. Kern L. Kadoyama G. Vennard D. Collett A. Wendorff R. Jensen G. Kerkhoff D. Bullock M. Goruk B. Sangster E. Barany M. Engwer W. Scheurman K. Shimbashi R. Strain K. Winberg G. Jensen J. Dick G. Akers J. Turnbull Missing: M. Price - Secretary-Treasurer G. Perini D. Dennis B. Morrey M. Braun B. Rushford L. Turner B. Kerkhoff R. Goodfellow B. Kerkhoff M. Goodfellow P. Rombough S. Russell D. Kinniburgh DAWNS Sharon Gunderson - Manager Mr. J. Anderson - Coach Beverly Neuman Louise Holstine Carolyn Evanson Marion Omotani Judy Vickery Carolyn Evanson Lynn McPhee Valentina Zadan Marilyn Goruk Gloria Dynes Carolyn Malinsky CHEERLEADERS Evelyn Konno, Margaret Braun, Donna Christensen, Elaine Mason, Pat Vickery, Shirley Wittmier Mr. Tollestrup, Coach; Devon Tufts, Center; Kieth Karren, Forward; Sid Halma, Forward; ^Albert Omatani, Assistant Manager; Don Miller, Guard; Blain Burbank, Guard; Robert McDoi Guard; George Vik, Forward-Guard. Pat Shimbashi, Manager; Gary MacDonald, Center; Ray Pyne, Forward; Bill Conrad, Forward: INTERMURAL HOUSES Blue House: Judy Hall, Blaine Burbank; Orange House: Louise Holstine, Bob Powell; Diana Towle - Sports Conveiner; Red House: Judy Vickery, Blair Wills; Purple House: Gloria Dynes, Pinkey MacDonald. The intramural program got off to a late start this year due to the confusion caused by the construc­tion of the new school. Even so, the participation was greater this year than last. This may be due to the fact that the first team into the old gym usually won by default because there wasn't room for the opposition. The houses were evenly matched with the major difference in the point spreads being gained by re­fereeing and score keeping. Volleyball was the first to be run off. Competition among teams was keen with the red girls and purple boys being victorious. Orange house was tops in mixed volleyball action. Basketball followed. Playing in the new gym proved to be a handicap for those players who were also pool sharks. No longer could they bank the ball off the ceiling into the basket. Gone were the days when they could run up the wall to dunk the ball. Purple boys and red girls were the least handi­capped as they were victors. Badminton matches came next. Some of the people are still wondering where their birds flew. Little do they know that they are roosting on the gym beams. As yet on June 6 badminton has not been completed. Pinky MacDonald and Joe Slavik of Purple are in the finals for the boys. Girls have just gotten under way. Frank Tcjnar, blue, and Ted Nishima, purple, are in the finals of the Ping-pong tournament. House standings to June 6 are: 1. Blue - 1245; 2. Red - 970; 3. Orange - 950; 4. Purple - 950. CHRISTMAS QUEEN -Margaret Braun A MESSAGE FROM MR. GALVIN Students of today, and I include myself, must realize that they are, and must keep on pre­paring themselves to become fitting citizens in an era whose social demands are many and great. We must be prepared to enter, as a vital element, into a society where two main ideologies, two main philosophical viewpoints are engaged in an unyielding war for supremacy; where scientific developments have linked together communities of people unlike in customs, basic philosophies etc., where new and powerful forces have been unleashed and now must needs be controlled by a morally sound, deep-thinking, peace-loving group of people. You the students of Taber Junior High School, are preparing yourselves to become active members of just such a group of people. Many of you this year have portrayed the attitudes of persons who will become the much needed and important contributors toward the progress and betterment of 'our way of life'. Upon you we base our hopes. JUNIOR HIGH SECTION OUR Mrs. V. Jensen Miss E. Kaller Mr. E, Litchfield Mrs. Williams FACULTY Mrs. N. Wright Mr. Tufts picture GRADE Wiebe Elaine Wyrostok Ray Towle Albert Tsuji Alma Jensen K