“Jus’ thinkin'” post from Graeme Decarie, who taught at Malcolm Campbell High School in the early 1960s

Click here for previous posts from or about Graeme Decarie > I am pleased to share with you the following post from Graeme Decarie: * * * * * * * * * * Jus’ thinkin’ My thoughts went back to the days when we and the world were young. I just caught a glimpse […]

Additional comment from Donald McMaster (MCHS 1967) regarding memories of teachers from the 1960s

In a previous post, I’ve had the opportunity to share some great reflections about Malcolm Campbell High School from Donald McMaster (MCHS 1967): Donald McMaster graduated from MCHS in 1967 and went on to study Electrical Engineering Donald has recently sent me an email, on receiving the DVD of the MCHS yearbooks (1961-62 to 1973-74) […]

Donald McMaster graduated from MCHS in 1967 and went on to study Electrical Engineering

I’ve recently (Mar. 27, 2016) mailed a DVD with the MCHS yearbooks from 1961-62 to 1973-74 to Donald McMaster (MCHS 1967). As I’ve mentioned, the yearbook DVDs were distributed at the MCHS 2015 Reunion in Toronto on Oct. 17, 2015. I’ve also been sending them out to grads who were not at the reunion but […]

Susan (Holmes) Nash has shared information about the life and career of MCHS alumna Linda Chow

In a previous post, entitled Provisional list of MCHS ’60s (and other decades) students/alumni/teachers who have passed away, we have spoken of Tom von Eicken and Linda Chow: 59. Tom von Eicken (11B, 1962; married to Linda Chow) passed away in Anshan, China on May 6, 2003, after a year and a half of teaching and […]

Nikki (then called Ellen) King (MCHS 1962) has shared Malcolm Campbell High School updates, from the years that followed the 1960s

One of the great things about having a website is that from time to time people add comments at posts that have been written in the past. One such post, to which many comments have been added over the past year, is entitled: Provisional list of MCHS ’60s (and other decades) students/alumni/teachers who have passed away Comment […]

1963: Comment from Graeme Decarie

Graeme Decarie writes: I was just listening to Pete Seeger on Youtube. He was leading an audience in singing We Shall Overcome. I remember it as if it were yesterday with a packed house and I was still singing it with the rest of the audience. And there was Where have all the flowers gone…and […]

Does Bordeaux Jail still exist?

I’ve received a message from Graeme Decarie: Graeme Decarie writes: Bordeaux Jail Does it still exist? If so, it must be in the middle of a suburb. It’s the prison that was the site of more executions than any other prison in Canada. graeme [End of message from Graeme Decarie] Jaan Pill comments: Does anyone […]

Caddying at Marlborough Golf Club in Montreal and other ways kids earned money fifty years ago

We’ve had some previous posts at this website concerned with the Marlborough Golf Club. We’ve also had some posts in the past about Cartierville School. I’ve recently been working on a post about the 1970-71 school year, when I took a year off from university to work at logging and sawmill jobs in the interior […]

Compilation of list of names for photo of Mrs. Bell’s Grade 7 class at Ahuntsic School, 1958

Noreen (Doherty) McMillan writes: Hello Jaan, I am re-sending herewith the photo of Mrs. Bell’s Grade 7 class in Ahuntsic Elementary of 1958. With the help of my dear friends, Lise Decoste (Laval, Que.), Nina Sharko (Rockledge, Florida), and Marsha Silver (Orleans, Ont.) we have compiled as many names as possible. (Last names not always […]

Bob Saul, math teacher and administrator at MCHS, has passed away

A previous post has shared photos from an August 2015 get-together with Bob Saul in Kingston: Tim Hewlings shares photos of August 2015 get-together with MCHS teacher Bob Saul, age 85, in Kingston, Ontario We are indebted to Tim Hewlings (MCHS 1963) for letting us know of the following Jan. 9, 2016 notice in the […]