Klaas Vander Baaren has added a new comment at Cartierville School in Montreal. By way of bringing your attention to his comment, I’m posting it as a separate post. In the process, I’ve added spacing between the paragraphs and have corrected the spelling for Morison. I learned some time back that the correct spelling is […]
[I will add additional photos at the post later; for now, I’ll begin with just one photo, of Mr. Talbot.] In the following text, I have used just the first initial for a couple of students, in order to respect privacy of information. In the event we get the okay to publish the names, from […]
As I have noted in a previous blog post, Chapter 5 of Not Hollywood (2013) is concerned with the production of value in independent filmmaking. Among the films Ortner discusses is Charles Ferguson’s No End in Sight (2007), which is rated 8.3 at IMDb. Review of Not Hollywood (2013) Many online reviews of the book […]
I’m really pleased that I learned about Sherry B. Ortner as a result of reading a reference to her work in Marjorie Harness Goodwin’s study, The Hidden Life of Girls (2006). Among Ortner’s books is New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class of ’58 (2005). Because it’s one of the few books, that I’m […]
I’ve had the good fortune to be in touch with Mr. Decarie, who taught at Malcolm Campbell High School until the end of the 1962-63 school year, after which – he made the decision on the first day of school in 1963-64 – he went back to school to get his MA and PhD. Graeme […]
I’ve posted a couple of previous posts about Graeme Decarie, whom I last met in person over 50 years ago: Graeme Decarie mentions that Mr. Hanna was principal of a high school way up the Ottawa River Graeme Decarie (teacher at Malcolm Campbell High School) recalls Raimbault Creek, the stream that ran through Cartierville in the […]
The reunion takes place on Oct. 17, 2015 reunion at Old Mill, Toronto by the Humber River. MCHS 2015 database Diana Redden of Langley, B.C. and Howard Hight, who lives near Boston, have created a reunion database. The MCHS 2015 database will serve as the registration form. If you wish to add your name to the […]
I’m very pleased to share with you the following message from Graeme Decarie, who has given me permission to share this text and other ones that I will share in subsequent posts. Gosh. You even found an old photo of me. For an updated photo, there are some videos on youtube of me being interviewed. […]
The MCHS 60s Reunion & Celebration of the 60s organizing committee met on Oct. 29, 2014 at the Boston Pizza at 190 Gateway Park Drive in Kitchener. Our next meeting is on Nov. 26, 2014 at 11:30 am at the same location. If you’re eligible to attend the reunion – that is, if you attended […]