W. R. Myers High School 1967

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The annual publication of the students of W. R. Myers High School Taber, Alberta. (Volume 1966-1967)pdfW.R. MYERS HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS DAWN OF 1966-1967 '’REMINISCENCE IS THE MOST LASTING PLEASURE OF EXPERIENCE AND THROUGH TIME I WILL RELENTLESSLY CARRY US APART, MAY THESE PAGES CATCH A FLEETING GLIMPSE OF THE FIGURES THAT ARE NOW SO FAMILIAR, AND PRESERVE THEM TO ENRICH THE MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE." E.A.G. CO-EDITOR CO-EDITOR JOYCE ENDO BURTON CONRAD DAWN OFfWISDOM B "AURORA SAPIENTIAE” IS FOR DETERMINATION TO GET AN EDUCATION... IS THE ABILITY TO USE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED... , THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE OBTAINED... IS FOR THE NOVICES THAT WE NO LONGER ARE... IS FOR THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE HAD... I* FOR FOUNDATIONS OF OUR FUTURE FIRMLY LAID... IS WILLINGNESS TO STRIVE ALWAYS FOR IMPROVEMENT... IS INSPIRATION THAT KEEPS US EVER TRYING... IS FOR SUCCESS THAT COMES TO THOSE WHO EARN IT... IS THE DESIRE TO DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING... IS EVER ONWARD, AND ONWARD WE WILL GO... IS WHAT WE ALL CAN ACHIEVE, A MATURE OUTLOOK ON LIFE.SCHOOL BOARD BACK ROW: Mr. J. Mereski, Mr. M. Smith, Mr. H. Anderson, Mr. J. Percevault, Mr. G. Gillespie, Mr. H. Thiessen, Mr. R. Roth. FRONT ROW: Mr. L. Harding, Mr. L. Wright, Mr. A. Wolfer, Mr. T. Parkinson. PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Congratulations to the Yearbook editor and her committee for the effort made to bring another edition of the Yearbook to fruition. Too often, only the members of the committee realize the hours of work that are essential to the production of a yearbook. The remainder of the student body too often take the yearbook for granted. I would like to give some recognition to the unsung heroes on the Yearbook committee. Preserved here between the covers of this book is the history of a year at W. R. Myers School. Besides the pictures of the individual students, the yearbook tells the story of our academic, athletic and cultural accomplishments. It is a treasure well worth preserving. At this time, no one needs to be reminded that 1967 is Canada's Centennial Year. The communica­tions media blat the message at us from every angle. Our town has good reason to take pride in the establishment of the Confederation Park in whose centre stands the flag pole which the Myers students had erected. We should take pride, not only in our local accomplishments, but also those of a national nature. In one hundred years our nation has made phenomenal progress. Each one of us has an obliga­tion to learn the history and development of our heritage and we have a responsibility as citizens to make our contribution to the nations on-going progress. May I take this opportunity, on behalf of all the staff, to offer congratulations to the members of the graduating class and our best wishes for your continued success in whatever line of work you may choose. J. I.. George Principal DEDICATED to the STAFF and STUDENTS of W.R. MYERS HIGH SCHOOL 1966-1967SENIOR HIGH FACULTY Mr. V. Anand No Picture Available Mr. R. Anderson Mr. J. George Mrs. A. Chandler Mr. D. Ferguson SENIOR Mrs. J. Hill Mr. A. Iles Mr. M. Iverson Mr. F. Semaka FACULTY Mr. B. Leavitt Mr. I.. Kowkssar Mr. T. Miller Mr. W. Pinkney Mr. R. Robinson No Picture Available Mr. R. Schneider Mr. R. Stephani Mr. H. Tersen I think I'll shoot her big toe. This little piggy went to market. Too many cooks... 006 1/2 006 3/6 Our next song will be. . . SENIOR HIGH CLASSES GRADE TEN Ackerman, James Anderson, Cameron Anderson, Craig Anderson, Decker Archer, Donald Barca, Judy Bekkering, Simon Bell, John Bennett, Mary Black, Donna Braun, Viola Christie, Robert Clifton, Diane Collett, Patsy Conrad, Colleen Conrad, Harold Cseke, Tom Cunningham, David Cunningham, James Danforth, Ellen De Groot, Tina Derkson, Agnes Dick, Brian Donick, Marlene Duell, Beverly Easthope, Bruce Edwards, Garry Edwards, Keith Engwer, Edward Enman, Charles Evanson, Thomas Fekete, Ron Fenske, Harvey Ferguson, Leonard Fiedler, Brigitte Cedlaman, Gordon Gillispie, David Goodfellow, Sharon Grieser, Joan Hackett, Murray Hallman, Boyd Halma, Alice Haslam, Jerry Harris, Randy Hart, Leslie Hattori, Susan Haynes, Deborah Herringer, Brian Hildebrand, Robert Horrocks, Brian How, Angela Hurdman, Rhea Iverson, Lynette Ito, Roy Jenkins, Judy Jensen, Gaynelle Jensen, Glenna Jensen, Larry Jensen, Lynette Jensen, Susan Jespersen, Lynne Jespersen, Roberta Jespersen, Roger Johnson, Gary Kadoyama, Ken Kadoyama, Sam Kaga, Martin Kano, Ruth Kay, Brian Kerkhoff, Ron Kerner, Randy Korsa, Carole Kunimoto, Robert Ledgerwood, Reid Leismeister, Collin Lemisko, Mary Long, Tim Lowry, Blair Luehr, Randy Macadam, Diane Malinsky, Dorothy Matsudo, June Matsumoto, Judy McCoy, Deborah McKee, Wayne Mereski, Sydney Mikalson, David Mulner, Terry Nelson, Linda Neuman, Karen Nielsen, Daniel Odland, Heather Orr, Douglas Perini, Robert Perry, Gayle Pickett, Terry Platt, Cameron Porter, Shannon Powell, Don Powell, Rex Quong, Sau Redel, David Sakamoto, Dwight Sakamoto, Neal Sameshima, Debra Saunders, Marilynne Semaka, Joan Smith, Chris Smith, Victoria Stokke, Kenny Tanaka, Gerry Tanner, Linda Thiessen, Abe Tomiyama, Ken Turin, Peter Valgardson, Bill Van Egerten, Jan West, Robert Wiebe, Francis Wiebe, Margret Williams, Julia Williams, Sheila Wilson, Brenda Wood, Ian Wright, Jane GRADE ELEVEN Abell, Marsha Anderson, Connie Anton, Erica Appleton, Robert Arnett, Coralie Atkin, John Baroldi, Linda Baroldi, Victoria Bekkering, Hank Bettcher, Veronica Blogorodow, Paul Boersma, Peter Bouman, Jacob Bowman, Linda Boyle, David Braun, David Bullock, Cameron Cannady, Joan Cannady, Margaret Carleson, Frank Christensen, Georgia Clements, Christine Conrad, Bruce Conrad, Burton Cook, Donald Corbett, James Craddock, Leonard Cseke, Peter Danforth, Wayne DeWolde, Ann Doell, Rose Duell, Brian DuMontier, Carl DuMontier, Cecile Duncombe, Dale Ellingson, John Endo, Joyce Engleson, Merle Evanson, Diane Evanson, Evan Evanson, Sally Ann Fallon, Allyson Fallon, Carol Fehr, Diane Fiedler, Monica Flexhaug, Wendy Fong, Kirk Fong, Linda Foulkes, Edward Francis, Greg Francis, Jerrilyn Fretts, Deraid Furukawa, Ricky Gibbings, Donald Gillispie, Anne Goerzen, Brenda Gough, Lynn Gouw, William Graham, Linda Groft, Judy Gulmick, Colin Hall, Earl Hamman, Bette Jo Haslam, Pat Haynes, Rodney Holland, Douglas Iverson, Norris Jansen, Laura Jasman, Elwire Jaque, Cheryl Jensen, Cheryl Jensen, Laurie Jensen, Lorne Jensen, Rea Jensen, Valeen Jensen, Wendy Jespersen, Thomas Jonas, Keith Kano, Mark Kinniburgh, Louise Kinniburgh, Donna Kinniburgh, Terry Lee Koehn, Alice Korotash, Judy Lacey, David Layton, Gordon LeBlanc, Philip Leeks, Wendy Lem, George Lemieszewski, Monica Lemisko, William Loree, Duncan Lucas, Stephen Machida, Norman Malinsky, Donna Malinsky, Donald Matsuda, Allen McPhee, Rocky Meisner, Diane Mikalson, Linda Miller, Ian Moyer, Robert Noble, Donald Odland, Bonnie Omotani, Alan Peters, Richard Peterson, Richard Peterson, Phillip Petro, Ken Pickles, Brenda Platt, Reed Pupp, Bill Russell, Gayle Santoni, Maxine Saunders, Tom Shockey, Linda Stolk, Gloria Stone, Linda 'Baylor, Larry Valgardson, Blair Valgardson, Larry Vik, Bob Wali, Linda Wiebe, Dick Wiebe, Herman Wiebe, Myrna Williams, Pat Wood, Wendy GRADE TWELVE Anderson, Reg Birch, Mark Bodie, Jerry Cannady, Gordy Dick, Ron Endo, Ruth Friesen, Pat Giesbrecht, Barbara Halma, Gwen Harris, Blake Harris, Robert Hurdman, Bruce Jensen, Barry Jensen, Merlin Johnson, Brooke Karren, Suzanne Long, Brian Nelson, Thomas Nielsen, Eric Peterson, Jay Porter, Logan Price, Peter Rakos, Ronald Renner, Charles Sangster, Norma Smith, Parley Snell, Tom Tanaka, Keith Turner, Monte Westhora, Ronald Wilson, Norman CLASS HISTORY It is my privilege to relate to you the history of the Centennial graduating class of Myers School. Do you remember that first day at school? Your mother took you by the hand, led you into a room full of pictures and scrubbed faces, and - told you that you were a "big girl now” and then left you. Looking across the aisle you could see another "big girl now. " The tears were rolling down her cheeks so you didn't have to feel bad about the quiver in your bottom lip. After those first days things improved. Parties, Christmas pageants, school festivals and a generous sprinkling of knowledge throughout the elementary grades, all helped to expand our little minds. Back in those days we loved our teachers and hated the opposite sex. In grade seven, students from L. T. Westlake, Dr. Hammon, and Central School congregated at Myers to begin their Junior High years. Through some mysterious change in nature we now fell in love with the opposite sex and took our hate out on the teachers. Grade nine marked the first real testing point that began to shape our High School years and our futures as adults; that of Departmental Examina­tions. It was alarming to realize that our High School years depended so much on how well we did on those exams. Upon entering Grade ten we found that "aliens" from Barnwell had invaded; and after being fondly welcomed into Myers School at Initiation, we began our High School Years. Happiness, sadness, fright, boredom, excitement, depression - every possible feeling has been experienced by a student in High School. And now, with mixed feelings, we have reached our graduation. It is nice to recall the past, but at this time we are also looking with promise to the future. I would like to leave you with the thought from our banquet place cards: You have all been given a bag of tools, A formless rock and a book of rules. And each must make ere life has flown- A stumbling block or a stepping stone. We, the graduates of 1967, would like to thank our parents and teachers for helping to turn our school years from stumbling blocks into stepping stones. VICKI WEST•• Brenda Braun Don Crawford Rae Enna an Ken Ito Terry Holman Ross Kunimoto Susan Leroy Diane Putici Bob Omotani Nola mith Dwaine Turnbull VALEDICTORY l onight marks the accomplishment of life’s first major goal. We graduands have proven that we were capable of accepting the many responsibilities and challenges that we have been confronted with during our years of schooling. At times we encountered embarrassing moments and failures, but we succeeded in overcoming our difficulties until now we have finally accomplished our first major achieve­ment. Much credit, however, belongs to those adults who did so much to help us on our way. First of all, sincere thanks to our parents, who with their understanding, have guided us so well in the past and will continue to do so in the future. We are also grateful to our dedicated and patient teachers for their major part in our achievement. We must not forget our classmates for the fellowship and fun they brought into our lives. The real credit belongs in part to every person who has had some bearing on our lives. Everybody has influenced us in some way and it has been a combination of these influences that has helped to produce the high ideals present in our 1967 graduation class. .Although it seems that we have learned a vast amount, we have but just touched upon an endless storehouse of knowledge. We have much more to learn and try as we might, we can never stop learn­ing. Still, we can justly say that we have received a firm foundation which will support us in our future endeavors. Our learning has not been just formulas and facts but consists of more important subjects. We have learned co-operation, the social graces, gratitude, respect, patience, citizenship, and honesty. But most important we have learned to get along with our fellow students, an accomplishment that is extremely important in our modern society. To us school has been much more than just a building; it has given us much, and we will be sad to leave it. The memories we have of our adolescent years will remain with us forever. Probably our fondest memories are those of our gay, carefree experiences that we shared with our classmates while in pursuit of our studies. Never again will we experience such fellowship, for soon this period of our lives will come to a close. We must accept this fate and prepare ourselves to face the future with dignity. Just as tonight marks an important milestone in our lives, this year marks an even greater milestone in the history of our country. Canada has survived her first one hundred years to become a healthy, growing nation. Similarly, we have grown and matured to our present state where we now stand on the brink of adulthood. What the next years will bring to ourselves and to our country depends upon us and the other members of our generation. In time, the responsibility of leading our communities and our country will fall upon us. We must face our duty and do our part to help determine our destiny for the good of mankind. It has been written that life is like a game of chess where there are an almost infinite number of complex moves possible. The choice is yours to make whatever move you wish, but you must keep in mind the consequences of each move. A poor move may cost the game, while a strong move will provide a basis for further development. So it is in our lives. Thus far, we have just begun our game. We all have made some foolish mistakes, but they have not been serious. It is from this time forth that we must begin to make our more important moves. The steps we take in the next few years will determine the course of our lives. The future lies ahead. Your life is yours to do with as you please. It is my sincere hope that what­ever you do with your life will bring happiness and pride, not only to yourself, but also to your fellow man. ROD ADACHICLASS PROPHECY Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, this is Murray DePoe and Earle Cameron Wright reporting to you from the Metropolis of Taber, the site of EXPO '17 for CBC TV. Yes, it is the 2017 and the 150th anniversary of the confederation of our nation. To commemorate this gala occasion, we felt that it would be appropriate to go back in time to the year 1967, Canada's 100th anniversary, to the graduating class of the first high school in Taber. We have done this and traced the lives of all the graduates up to this day. This is what we have found: 1. GORDON SAUNDERS - a great trapeze artist gone trend setter when he reintroduced the "leotard" craze. 2, BRENDA BRAUN - sewed her way to success with the Stanfields people. 3. ROD ADACHI - used his advanced mathematics degree to successfully operate Mad Rodney's Swap Shop. 4. TERRY EVAN SON - is an unfortunate case who died of a broken heart when the circulation of paperback westerns died. 5. Two of our noted female athletes, BARBARA EVANSON and JANICE JESPERSON represented Canada at the Pan-American games. Both were unsuccessful, however. Barb lost out in the teacup juggling competitions and Janice in needle threading. Not too clumsy! 6. TERRY BROWNING - became one of the world's multimillionaires when he cashed in on his life­time's accumulation of 91, 206, 834 Pilsner empties. 7. FEROCIOUS FRED MEYER AND ROBBY "THE ROCK" CONRAD - became the terrifying ringleaders of Hell's Angels: Taber branch. 8. KEITH ANDERSON - was worried about his hair going thin... but then who wants fat hair? 9. Miss MARG URANO - left us in 1976 when beset by one of her more serious giggling attacks. 10. CHRIS LARSON - became a lady wrestler in 1977 and gained world fame by talking her opponents into submission. 11. PAT FONG - shattered Louis Cyr's all-time weight lifting record by hefting 2 1/2 tons of Heinz's 57 varieties in promotion of the Big T. 12. TERRY BOSSERT - remained a (third-rate) grease monkey for M & R all his life. 13. HAL & ARTHUR BAREHAM Esqs. - became partners in the Florentine Charm Academy which hosted too much of the European Royality. 14. LOIS RAE ENMAN - the terror of Taber's streets, dominated the NASCAR Stock Car Racing scene till she collided with Pernelli Jones and piled up the little red V. W. 15. Enman's pit crew, LAURA SANTONI and head mechanic ESTER "TIRE WRENCH" THIESSEN - said the car was in great shape and could have gone all the way if the torus check valve hadn't over fluidized the reverse inhibitor causing the clutch cam roller to burn out the muffler bearings. (What?. . . scratch) 16. DONALD CRAWFORD - became the lawyer in demand when he sent Perry Mason and the Defenders to Alcatraz for parking violations. 17. Two of our boy graduands, MIKE VICKERY & JACK MIYADA - found fortune and fame to take their places beside the ageing Gordie Howe on Eaton's Advisory Council. Jack endorses ladies' shoe laces and things while Mike's specialty is bathroom fixtures.STAN WEISS - returned to Myers to coach the Globetrotters to a fantastic record of zero wins to 69 losses. 19. RICHARD JENSEN - studied at Olds Agricultural College and returned to Taber to grow vegetables for the cafeteria in Myers. 20. MARY ANN BUCK, SUSAN LEROY & LORRAINE LEROY - continued their great welfare work started in high school with their Saturday night mission meetings as the Celebrity Strippers in MIKE SULLIVAN'S southside beanery. Taber's little old ladies voted GREG PYNE - to be Driver of the Year for his courteous and excel­lent driving habits. GERALD RETI - won world acclaim for his speech to the U. N. General Assembly on measures of control regarding the population crisis in Barnwell. 23. MELVIN PETERSON & ROSS KUNIMOTO - became leading coiffures when they brought back the brush cut. 24. CORINA VAN EGTEREN - of the former surging Doublemint twins won the 1997 Oscar as Best Actress for her sparkling role in the controversial "Certs commercial". 25. HENNY VAN EGTEREN - was not to be outdone by her sister. She won the oscar as Best Support­ing Actress in that same film. To this day, Henny maintains..............that "Certs is a breath mint". 26. NOLA SMITH - improved the PILL so that it now relieves not only fever and headache but it also clears the sinus. 27. DENNIS EASTHOPE and DONNA KADONAGA - entered the entertainment world and have been acclaimed the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers of the 1990's. 28. Something that everyone could see from the start, DENNIS "THE BUTCHER" FENSKE - became the notorious gangster of the dirty nineties. Dennis and his evil accomplice CAROL AUSTIN, were finally apprehended by TOM "FEARLESS FOSDICK" FILGAS. 29. MARJ SMITH - due to her skill and courage gained from driving on Taber's freeways, became top test driver for General Motors. 30. KEN ITO - returned to Myers in 1995 to present Mr. Kowlessar with his third book report. 31. GLEN BELL - became assistant trophy polisher for the Boston Bruins. 32. MARILYN MAY - ran all the A & W's out of business when she spiked Sparky's cokes with a bit of rye. To no avail, however, when BETTY HORROCKS lost all the customers with her hamburgers... Ugh! 33. Being a Queen Scout, DALE GRANT continued in the scouting tradition until he was discharged when it was found that his daily good deed was the counterfeiting of green slips and selling them at a nominal fee. 34. RANDY SEITZ - entered the world of politics. In the year 2016 he completed the arduous task of becoming chief swamp beautification officer in Lower Slobovia. 35. CHARLAINE PERCEVALUT and MARILYN KAGA - decided to spend the rest of their lives in Myers High. After 49 years of back-breaking work, they produced the impossible: an issue of the "Myer's Messenger" that satisfied everyone. 36. JOE YEE - advanced his education to such a high degree that he could answer Mr. Pinkney with something a little more intelligent than "I don't know”. 37. HENRY YEE - used his university training to become a master cook of that international dish.... pizza. 38. TERRY HOLMAN - through her fine work, rose to the highest position in the Rockefeller Center... cleaning lady on the 81st floor. 39. CAROL SMITH and BARBARA OWEN - enjoyed the small-town life so they spent their time throw-ing sugar sacks at the sugar factory. 40. RUTH CONRAD - achieved her success in the recording industry by becoming the Mrs. Miller of the 1980's. 41. Unfortunately, DWAINE TURNBULL - faded into obscurity when he had to give up his job as head bus driver due to a pot belly. 42. ROBERT FETTIG - lost his sanity upon his return to his hometown Grassy Lake. He simply couldn't adapt to that life after his wild fling as a big city playboy in Taber. 43. ROBERT OMATANI - became what else but the CBC's new Friendly Giant. 44. The three Andersons - BRIAN, BARBARA, and HEATHER, and PHYLLIS NELSON - travelled to the posh gambling area of Las Vegas and opened up a Casino named after themselves - three of a kind and a joker. 45. BRIAN BRAUN - became the successful proprietor of Braun's Used Car Sales. No need to mention who his best customer was. 46. BONNIE COWIE - finally obtained her driver's license in 1981. Taber's citizens complained, however, because of the rise in mill rate to compensate for the loss in lamp posts, fire hydrants, boy scouts and their little old ladies. 47. DIANE PUTICI and LAURA LEWIS - our two Barnwell scatterbrains tried numerous fields of en­deavor but finally settled down in the good old beet field with 14 kids. 48. LINDA KEELING - our Expo hostess, lost her contact lenses in the Russian pavilion, pushed the wrong button and started World War III. 49. KATHLEEN WILDE, EDWIN WOOLLEY, AND VICKI WEST - formed the famous Hollywood trio that became the stars of the show the Wild and Wooly West. 50. GERRY JENSEN - that hardworking and brilliant student returned to teach at Taber and became the Frank Semaka of the 1990's. 51. MARILYN CHRISTIE - entered the Rodeo circuit as a steer wrestler but gave it up when a steer pinned her down with a full nelson. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is 74 of the 76 graduands of old Myers High of Taber. You may ask what has become of the other 2, and you may have guessed that they are DePoe and myself. You may also h