Bob Carswell adds a story that goes with the 1950s Cartierville School photo

The photo in question was included in a post (and a comment at the bottom) entitled: MCHS 2015: Smaller room, more intimate space As a follow-up, Bob Carswell has added an additional comment of interest: Sometimes a story tells itself….. There is an interesting story behind the photo as well….some time ago I went into […]

Tim Hewlings shares photos of August 2015 get-together with MCHS teacher Bob Saul, age 85, in Kingston, Ontario

I was very pleased to receive a message earlier in August from Tim Hewlings (MCHS ’63) who mentioned: “I was able to find Mr. Saul on the Internet. Last week Bill Ott and I drove to Kingston and had lunch with him and his wife. He is 85 now and a bit frail but still […]

Graeme Decarie’s career as a professional wrestler

This is a story that has required some digging. We are hoping that Graeme Decarie, who lives in Moncton, New Brunswick, will be able to make it to the MCHS ’60s Reunion; we have arranged for him to have a driver who will drive him in style, from venue to venue, in the event that […]

In 1969-70, the whole school banded together to change the dress code

I recently came across a Comment, at one of my previous posts, from Steven Lesser. Comment from Steven Lesser regarding Newsletter #16 Newsletter #16 asks: “…in the 69-70 somewhere, the whole school banded together to change one of the rule[s] in dress code. Do you remember which part of the code was being challenged?” Do […]

Graeme Decarie thinks back to 1963: “Where have all the flowers gone?” Christine Hamilton is excited about the reunion.

An update from Graeme Decarie, who writes: This afternoon, as I wrote my blog on the news – and more than horrified by the day’s news – I kept thinking of a song popular back in 1963 – “Where have all the flowers gone?” You may remember it was an anti-war song – with Vietnam […]

Additional Music Links (2)

Links from Charles Tsiang “Glen Campbell,” Charles notes, “played guitar with the Wrecking Crew before he made it on his own. We were listening to him in the 60’s before we knew it. Wonderful to see this PBS special.” Glen Campbell In Concert In Sioux Falls Links from Gina Davis Cayer (see also links from […]

Pamela Ireland, Maid of Honour at the wedding of Lesley Peters (nee Carswell) and Olaf Peters

The following text from Bob Carswell is an addition to a previous post entitled: Memories of Pam Ireland-Mason of Malcolm Campbell High School Maid of Honour Bob Carswell writes: My sister Lesley Peters (nee Carswell) just confirmed that Pamela Ireland was indeed her Maid of Honour at her wedding. Pamela was actually 2 years younger than […]

Would a workplace without managers work?

A July 29, 2015 Globe and Mail article is entitled: “Holacracy: Would a workplace without managers work?” The article highlights an approach to getting things done that strongly appeals to me. In 30 years of volunteer work, it’s been my anecdotal experience that what I like to call a flat-hierachy approach to getting things done […]

Memories of Pam Ireland-Mason of Malcolm Campbell High School

Update The 1968 photo of Pam Ireland and Bob May (below) is from Fred Benedikt, who also has a recent comment at the end of this post. Fred writes, “I have a picture to include with my recent post Re: Pam Ireland. It is the picture discussed by her friend Irene …the prom with Bob […]

Grade 7 photo, 1958 – Ahuntsic School (with thanks to Noreen McMillan)

We owe thanks to Noreen McMillan, a member of the Entertainment Subcommittee for the MCHS 2015 Reunion taking place in Toronto on October 17, 2015, for sharing this photo. Noreen McMillan requests that if you have a photo of the Grade 7 class that Mrs. Harris taught, please share it with us.   “Attached is […]