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MCHS 2015 organizing committee met in Kitchener on June 17, 2015
/10 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe MCHS 2015 organizing committee met at the Boston Pizza restaurant at 190 Gateway Park Drive in Kitchener, Ontario on June 17, 2015. The next meeting is in St. Williams, Ontario at 11:30 am on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. The purpose of the current post is to share some highlights from the meeting. The following notes are […]
Colonel Samuel Smith owned a lot of land but was not a wealthy man
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAt the same event as mentioned at a previous post, I also spoke briefly on June 13, 2015, about Colonel Samuel Smith, with the following Speaking Notes as a guide. I highlighted a few points, and left out the rest. I enjoy organizing such talk, working in coordination with other people. The event was the […]
A reunion is a form of community self-organizing
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn MCHS Reunion, whether a ’60s Reunion, such as the one that the MCHS 2015 organizing team is staging, or any other MCHS Reunion, is a form of community self-organizing. By that I mean that people get together and create a structure that enables the community to find – and communicate with, interact with – […]
May 2015 photos of Cartierville School, Church of Good Shepherd, and MCHS
/0 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillScott Munro (MCHS ’63) was in Montreal for an academic conference early in May 2015. He brought back some photos, which I am pleased to share at this post. I believe I may have posted these photos at the MCHS Facebook Group pages that we post material to. If you’re seeing this more than once, […]
MCHS Bio for Graeme Decarie, who taught for three years at Malcolm Campbell High School
/8 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Biographies, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillBorn into pretty severe poverty in Montreal’s Villeray district. (1933 was a bad year to be born.) Attended Crystal Springs School, a four-room school built to the same design as the original version of Cartierville School. Failed grade 10, was failing grade 11 when principal called me down to say, “Let’s face it, Decarie, you […]
Bob Carswell adds a comment about the caddy shack at the Marlborough golf club. Eric Karbin comments also.
/12 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillBob Carswell has added a comment at a previous post entitled: Additional comments from Graeme Decarie – regarding Saraguay, Cartierville School, and Marlborough golf club This is the comment; I’m posting it here to bring your attention to the discussion: Bob Carswell comments: To Eric et al, These were posted a few weeks ago so […]
Graeme Decarie: The 78th Fraser Highlanders fought at Quebec, were disbanded, and settled in Fraserville
/9 Comments/in MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following text is from Graeme Decarie as a follow-up to a previous post. Census figures I just found some old census figures I have going back to Nouvelle France. They go from 1665 up to 1861. There is no mention of St. Laurent until 1739, when it had 165 families. Most of them would […]