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CLASS OF 1956Front Row: (L-R) Nancy (Fullerton) McLelan, Cynthia (Brittain) Buckle, Dawn (Kern) Millet, Lillian (Green) Viau, Donna (Dickinson) Wilson, Heather (Orchard) Johnson, JanetWhitehead, Carolyn (Melvin) Cameron -- Second Row: Ron Johnston, Claire (Stephenson) Fidler, Carol (Dow) Ferris, Helen Stephenson, Laureen (MacElmon) Jarrett, Phyllis(Abell) Parker, Barbara Bell, Valerie (Henderson) Green, Diane (Smith) Hayden, Jean (Malcolm) Brown, Carol (Cooke) Allen, Gayle (Godfrey) Kee, Norma (Staples) Boyles,

CArolyn (Purdy) Ferguson, Keith MacCollum -- Back Row: Graeme Fraser, Doris (Bradford) Norman, Bill Matthews, John Cox, David Case, Don Watts, Jim Nixon, Paul Blanchet,Harry Boyles, John Kee, George Burchill, Peter Gilchrist, Wayne Ferguson, Deforest Fowler, Jack Kelly

ANDREW GARROD TRIBUTE DINNERSaturday 12 May at the Hilton Saint John ~ Tickets $250

Proceeds will bring Bosnian Students to UNB-SJ

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The Orange Street Gang in ActionThe organizing committee of Jean (Crozier) MacLeod, Gladys

(Sherwood) Howard, Norma (Hatfield) Bishop, Ernestine (Doherty)Smith and Dennis Knibb arranged a traditional Sixtieth - Friday eveningWine and Cheese, Saturday morning Breakfast at Jeremiah’s in theMarket, Dinner on Saturday night at Top of the Town (Coastal Inn, FortHowe) and Sunday Service at Trinity Church. Forty-four registeredincluding Barbara (Barton) Hollas who flew in from Horsham, SussexUK, Mary (Boddington) Bucklen from Wytheville, Virginia, Marjorie(Reid) Tudhope from Port Moody, BC, George and Sally Kennedy fromMarkham, ON, Dawson Winchester and June from St. Thomas, ON,and Douglas Williams and Lola from Ottawa. The rest came from NewBrunswick, apart from Stuart Carscadden of Halifax who rememberedhis happy Sixtieth Reunion ten years ago, and joined in from the Classof 1936.

60 Years - The Class of 1946

GIRLS OF 1946Back: (L-R) Louis (Muller) Winslow, Norma (Hatfield) Bishop, Marie(Hall) Galbraith, Audrey Straight, Jean (Crozier) McLeod, Ernestine

(Doherty) Smith, Helen (Andres) Humphreys, Noreen (Barlow)Stephen. Front: Gladys (Sherwood) Howard, Francena (Estabrooks)

Hubbard, Grace (Rogerson) Ritchie, Jean (Kerr) Oliver, Barbara (Doig)Biggs, Barbara (Barton) Hollis, Mary (Boddington) Bucklen. Absent:

Phyllis (Pearce) Colwell, Marjorie (Reid) Tudhope

BOYS OF 1946Back Row: George Sinclair, Jack Montgomery, Dawson Winchester,Douglas Williams, (Stuart Carscadden, Class of 1936) Front Row:Dennis Knibb, George Kennedy, Richard Simpson, Charles Cox,

Robert Butler. Absent: Douglas Shipee, Robert Colwell, Robert Neil

BREAKFAST AT THE CITY MARKETErnestine (Doherty) Smith, Stuart Carscadden (1936), Francena

(Estabrooks) Hubbard, Marjorie (Reid) Tudhope, Jean ( Crozier) McLeod

L-R Seated: Claire Fidler and Jean Brown, and standing left to right, Nancy MeLelan, Helen Stephenson,Doris Norman and Carol Ferris. These grads all lived on Orange Street in the South End and still gather

annually for a Reunion.

A WONDERFUL REUNION FOR THE CLASS OF 1956Gayle (Godfry) Kee chaired the Reunion Committee and produced an unusual program. For starters,

they decided on a September date, Friday 22 and Saturday 23rd, feeling that more of the Class of Sixty-six girlsand forty eight boys would be able to travel in the Fall, than in the height of Summer. Then they chose another

venue than the usual Cafeteria loca-tion for the Friday Wine and Cheese.They went to Mahogany Manor onGermain Street, a privately ownedBed and Breakfast. As JanetWhitehead (later Head of theMathematics Department) said, “Youdon’t get Smoked Salmon delicaciesat the School”. Finally, through thesuperb management of Carol (Dow)Ferris, Treasurer, they declared thelargest single class reunion profit ofclose to $1500.00, which they gave tothe Alumni Reunion Fund to buy newequipment for the school.

The Saint John Telegraph Journal featured the Reunion with an Article: “Orange Street Gang Takesover SJHS”. Six members of the Class of 1956 grew up on Orange Street in Saint John, attended VictoriaElementary School at the corner ofDuke and Sydney Streets, and followedby Junior High on Union Street. Theyhave been meeting annually since theirSixtieth Birthday (all were born in 1938)and have made orange their colour,decking themselves out for this remark-able photograph. Claire (Stephenson)Fidler and Helen Stephenson are twins.The first living in London, ON, the sec-ond in Grand Bay-Westfield. Jean(Malcolm) Brown lives in Fredericton,as does Doris (Bradford) Norman whocommented: it’s like we haven’t beenapart. The faces have changed a bit,but the warm personalities remain, and can be relied on.” Nancy (Fullerton) McLelan is in Oxford, NS, an onlychild, who said, “They’re the sisters I never had. We talk on the phone all the time.” Carol (Dow) Ferris is theonly one still living in the City, on Grant Crescent in Millidgeville. “New friends are silver but old friends are gold”.This group of six helped their classmates remember the highlights of an earlier time. The Riviera Restaurant onCharlotte Street where they sipped Cherry Coke and shared Chocolate Sundaes with peanuts - Summers atCamp Glenburn under the watchful eye of Gladys Bell, Head of Phys. Ed. at Saint John High School.


Remembering Victoria School - Grade 5 Girls in 1949

The Reunion of 1946 - Sixty YearsThe Reunion was a financial success and a profit of just over

two hundred dollars was given to the Alumni Fund. Richard Simpson pre-sented each member with copies of his painting of South Market Slip,Saint John - around 1950.

It had been hoped that Eva (MacKenzie) Starkey would comehome from Redondo Beach in California, for the sixtieth reunion. She

TOP OF THE TOWN DINNERNoreen (Barlow) stephen, Grace (Rogerson) Ritchie,

Gladys (Sherwood) Howardhas been a regular traveller (see the 2006 Alumni News). Unfortunatelyage is catching up and she wrote in November 2006: “My husband waskilled in a plane crash forty-three years ago, leaving me with four children,aged three, five, seven and nine. I’ve had a full life, but now I find my mindwon’t act as fast, and I do not remember a lot. This past summer will havebeen my last trip ‘home’. The fog had us trapped worse than any I canremember. We were bussed to Fredericton, and that caused us to missour flight at Montreal. The six-hour delay in reaching Los Angeles hadmany family and friends praying and worrying. By body was stiff and sore.I regret missing the Reunion and seeing old friends. Thank you for thememories.”

The Reverend Joe Titus sent his regrets from Sooke onVancouver Island. “My wife and I are camping across country to NovaScotia in late May and early June 2006, so we will miss the Reunion. Bestwishes for its success.”

The Reunion letter to Marion (Stephenson) Rearden received asad response from her daughter, Pamela, in Toronto. “It is by belated taskto let you know of my Mother’s death in April 2004. She went to Mt. AllisonUniversity in 1950 with a degree in Physical Education. Her brother Ted(1952) and sister Pat (Livingston) 1954 live in Grand Bay-Westfield. I’vehad the pleasure of visiting your school for swim meets and concerts. It’sa great school and I’m sure it inspires loyalty and continued interest sixtyyears on, so the Class of 1946 Reunion will be a success.”

THE CLASS OF 1946 CELEBRATESErnestine (Doherty) Smith provided plenty of photographs, and

as well composed this evocative poem which she read at the Saturdaydinner.

SIXTIETH REUNION S.J.H.S.It was the fall of ‘43

‘Twas War Time as you knowWhen we converged on Saint John High

Over sixty years ago.There were many transportation modes

They varied as you seeWestsiders took the ferryboat

Some came by S.M.T.We came by streetcar and by train

C.P. and C.N. RailThen had to walk for several blocks

Through rain and snow and hail.

We had assembly once a weekI tell you it’s no fib

There were segregated classes whoHadn’t heard of ‘Women’s Lib.”

Some students joined the Drama ClubSome sang with Mr. Seely

While other joined the Bugle BandSo deciding wasn’t easy.

Both boys and girls loved basketballSome really made a name

For one Bob Neil, of our classIs in “The Hall of Fame.”

Some girls remember Miss MageeSo prim and mid-Victorian

She had us sing “Unto the Hills”After scripture, every morning.

She walks in beauty like the nightA poem Miss Dobson lovedWe all recited with a smile

As she gazed at the lights above.

And then, of course, there’s Jessie L.So strict and yet so kind

We were her own “La Derniere Class”Best teacher you could find.

She made an imprint on our livesHer morals and values clear

And taught us that bonds of friendships madeWould last through passing years.

It’s been so nice to see our friendsOf more than sixty years.

We’ve reminisced of school days pastAnd thought of those not here.

We hope you have enjoyed your timeIt’s hard to say good-bye

So we’ll just say “Adieu” - so longWe’ll see you bye and bye.

Please don’t throwout old School

Photos and otherMemorabilia

The School hasrecently accepted graduationphotos of 1925 and 1928, aSilver Graduation Ring, and aGraduation Certificate of1925. They were the propertyof ELEANOR McKIM (1928)who now lives at LochLomond Villa. She asked thatthey go to the School when herapartment was cleaned out.They will be placed in theAlumni Conference Room(formerly the Principal’sOffice), where a number ofinteresting memorabilia arestored.

We already have acontinuous record ofGraduation pictures from the1880’s to 2006 hanging on thecorridor walls of the school,and believe that it is a uniquecollection in the whole ofCanadian High Schools, pub-lic and private.

When Alumni arecleaning out of their ancestralhomes, please call the schoolat 506-658-5358 or DennisKnibb at 506-672-3194 toarrange for the collection ofvaluable memorabilia.

Alumni Purchased Microscopes

Anna Myers and Greg Mytropen work with the new BiologyMicroscopes purchased through the Alumni Fund.


Alumni HappeningsTHREE MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1966

MEET AFTER 40 YEARS

Some talked about a Fortieth Reunion for the Class of 1966, but did noth-ing about it. In November 2006, David Olive sent in this jolly photographof three members of the class, all of whom live in the Fredericton Junctionarea of the province. On the left is David Kelly, an Oromocto Lawyer, cen-ter is David Olive who works in the investment business, and right is Dr.John Richardson Family Doctor in Fredericton Junction.

TEACHERS LUNCH AND REMEMBERBarbara Armstrong came from England in 1964 to be a Girls Phys. Ed.Teacher at Saint John High alongside Gladys Bell. She only stayed twoyears, returning to Keswick in the Lake District to run a guest home. Shestayed in tough and in September 2006 visited Peter and Diane (Richard)Fleming. Dennis Knibb (Principal 1965-1992) arranged a luncheon atReversing Falls and invited Ruth Morell (History teacher 1946-1978) andJanet Whitehead (Head of Mathematics 1962-1995) to join in memoriesof forty years ago.

KEVIN SCOTT (1987) - Irving’s Leading Engineer

After graduating with high honours in June 1987, Kevin FrankScott went off to UNB to gain a degreein Chemical Engineering. When hebegan employment at the Irving OilRefinery in May 1992, he married hishigh school darling Nicola Tipling(Class of 1988) who had studiedChemistry at UNB. They have fourchildren.

Kevin worked in Operationsat the Oil Refinery in East Saint John- the largest in Canada. He thenmoved into the Supply Division, buy-ing Crude Oil from around the world,primarily from Norway, off shore Newfoundland, and Saudi Arabia.Success took him to the Management Group in the Refinery, specifically

Group in the Refinery, specificallythe Commercial Arm. In 2008 hewas given the task of planning a

second oil refinery in Saint John. Itis a huge undertaking, involvingfive to seven billion dollars in capi-t a l

investment - hence the need tofind a partner, just as KC Irving didback in the Sixties with the originalrefinery, whose cost he sharedwith Standard Oil of California andlater bought out. It will create5,000 construction jobs and 1000permanent positions. To answerconcerns about air quality, KevinScott announced in January 2007an application for anEnvironmental Impact Assess-ment. He was speaking to an audi-ence of 150 political, business andcommunity leaders in Saint John,who received him enthusiastically.

IN THE NEWSJACK KEIR (1976) MOVES UP AND IS

NOW A PROVINCIAL CABINET MINISTER

The Alumni News of 2003 reported that Jack Keir had moved fromGeneral Manager of Saint John Harbour Bridge to General Manager ofthe Fundy Region Solid Waste Commission outside Grand Bay. After astint as a Town Councillor in Grand Bay-Westfield, Jack ran on the Liberalticket in the fall 2006 Provincial Election. He won the Fundy-River Valleyseat and was appointed Minister of Energy. One of his earliest initiativeshas been to move the Provincial Energy Bureaucrats from the ProvincialCapital in Fredericton to the Provincial Energy Hub in Saint John wherebig projects are underway in the refurbishment of the Nuclear Power Plantat Lepreau and the building of a Liquefied Natural Gas Plant in Red Head.As well, the huge Irving Oil Refinery is located in East Saint John, and asecond one is on the drawing board.

Class of 1950Hazel and Don Northrup’s Cottage

Cambridge Narrows - 10 June 2006

1950 PartyBack: L-R - William Bishop, John Clifford, Lorne Titus, Alan Kerr, John

Brannen, Herman Sullivan, Malcolm VailFront: Elizabeth (Lyons) Janes, Ruth (Scott) Nesbitt, Robert

McCavour, Alastair MacPherson, Ruth (McMackin) Gorlick, Hazel(Kirkpatrick) Northrup, Donald Webster

Hazel Northrup wrote that the party invitees were only local area stu-dents of 1950 and those with email addresses. She is sorry that they

did not contact everyone, although everybody was welcome. She wenton the say that it was a great time and she enjoyed seeing everyone

very much and Hazel hopes to do it again soon.

APOLOGIESWe regret that we omitted two donors from the 2005-2006 list in the last newsletter.

Bucklen, Mary (Boddington), 1946, Wytheville, VirginiaStephenson, Helen, 1956, Grand Bay-Westfield, NB


OUR MAIL BAG(And we’ll allow E-mails as well)ROBERT FOSTER (1965) has done well in Halifax. He has aMaster’s in Business Administration, and is a Fellow of the Institute ofCanadian Bankers. He lectured in Customer Relationship Management atDalhousie University. He writes: “Truly sorryI did not get to attend the Reunion of myclass in 2005 (hosted by Lynda (Beyea)Shaw). My unrelenting schedule kept meaway. Life is busy and good.” His mother,Laura Foster, was a prominent TV hostessin Saint John. His sister, Elizabeth (Foster)Chase (1974) starred in several AndrewGarrod productions - King Lear, Romeoand Juliet, My Fair Lady. She continues toprovide summer theatre in Saint John, as asideline to her work with Aliant (formerly NBTel).

JILL (HANSON) RAMSEY - 1991 Emailed in November 2006 thegood news from Fredericton: Jill (Hanson)Ramsey and her husband Chris are pleasedto announce the birth of their second child,Julia, a little sister for Annabel on September22, 2006 in Fredericton, weighing 8 lbs and 1oz. Jill and her family have recently moved toFredericton from Vancouver, and are enjoyingbeing back home.

BRUCE WINDSOR (1941) wrote sadly from Omemee, Ontariowhere he ran an internal carving business called Gilead Craft. “Just a notto say thank you for sending the Alumni News to Joyce and myself. Joyalways enjoyed seeing pictures of the school and of some of the formerstudents. Joyce (MacFarlane) Windsor (1942) passed away onDecember 28, 2005. She had a stroke back in 1998 and recovered a bit,but was not able to walk and speak for a while. Eventually I had to get hera room at a nursing home.”

BARRY OGDEN (1975) is a teacher at Saint John High. He is also acommitted community worker involved insuch projects as the Marco Polo - a quartersized replica for the Saint John waterfront,and the planting of more than a millionMarigolds around Saint John. His projectfor the fall of 2006 was to raise enoughfunds to buy sixty new jerseys and pantsfor the School Varsity Football team. Herwrites: “The SJHS Greyhounds FootballTeam has 55 varsity players, 32 J.V. play-ers, and twelve coaches. It is one of thelargest numbers ever. Congratulations toRob Scott (1981) on winning the prize ticket in the sales campaign, drawnby Principal Barry Harbinson.

EDITH KATZ (1963) writes from Montreal after an active high schoolcareer, being treasurer of the Student Council, cashier in the cafeteria,and publisher of the school literary magazine “Opportunity”. “I did work in

accounting and finance for quite a while, andthen had a couple of career shifts, first toscholarly publishing (Philosophy of Science)and then to marketing and communications.I have been at Concordia University foralmost eight years. They hired me after Ireturned to do a Graduate Program inManagement for the non-profit sector. Afterthe intensity, both academic and extra-cur-ricular on my high school years, I felt readyfor anything. I have lived in Vancouver,

London ON, and for many years in Montreal. Thanks to the inspiration ofRachel (Brown) Giblin, who now lives in Liverpool UK, I have travelled allover the world. There are quite a few Alumni here in Montreal, but I wasdisappointed to see that my class of 1963 has not been too active indonating and attending the reunions. That includes me, but I hope to

change that. I am slowly workingon my Fourth Degree Program,second Bachelor’s in FrenchLanguage. So all those greatclasses with Miss Carter are com-ing in very handy. If anyone wouldlike to contact me, my E-mail [email protected].

MILTON KEENE CAULFIELD graduated in 1930from the old Union Street Building.His nickname was “Toad”. Hewrote from Sidney BC “Of those ofus left I recall Deborah (Barbour)Butterfield with the fluffy hair,Rhona (Belyea) Carter, RalphCosman, Abe Davis who as a con-tractor followed in his father’s foot-steps, Hilda (MacBride) Hill andFred Jackson whose family lived inMorna in the summertime. I playedsoftball against him - he was withthe Ketepec Team, and I was withGrand Bay. And then there’s BillWarwick who lives on the NerepisRoad. I missed him last summer. Iheard afterwards that he didn’thear the doorbell ring. I knew Billfrom Winter Street School, HighSchool and the YMCA. I’m enclos-ing a one-time cheque for OneHundred Dollars. I’m not loadedlike one of our classmates! Ienjoyed the Alumni News and wishyou lots of success in the future.”All this in perfect handwriting froman Alumnus of ninety-four years.

GEORGE SINCLAIR (1946)was at the Sixtieth Reunion lastJuly with his wife Joan. They went

on to Victoria BC to stay withJoan’s brother Don. George wrotefrom Oakville in October, “Don hastwo years to go to retirement as apilot with Air Canada. He has beenflying since age fifteen, when hestarted crop dusting with his ownplane in Saskatchewan. He is agreat storyteller and has manyhair-raising tales especially of hisbush pilot days. On our return tripto Ontario, we had to changeplanes in Calgary and were sur-prised when Don came on as ourCaptain. When he made the “Thisis your Captain speaking”, Joansaid to nobody in particular, “That’smy little brother!”

George Sinclair conclud-ed, “I appreciate getting the Alumni

Newsletter. I have quite an expanding SJHS file which started with the ‘46Yearbook.”

DR. SHARON BOONE (1981) writes from Bowen Island in BritishColumbia. “I’m very glad the Alumni Association is in full force, particular-ly its support of the “Future Alumni”. Thenewsletter is a great treat and manythanks to those who make it happen. It’sa pleasure to read how the school hasprogressed yet maintained the impor-tant values. The best of both worlds intoday’s society, I believe. I am living onBowen Island BC where I’ve residedfull-time for several years. I began mycareer as a Forensic Pathologist in theGreater Vancouver area (i.e. NewWestminister) in 1994. I maintained mypractice there until February 2006. Aftera six month hiatus that included a road trip with two dogs in a twenty footcamper van around the circumference of America, I will be heading backto school in September as a first year student in the Law Program here atUBC. I’m uncertain has to how the tow professions will mesh, but my goalis that each will embellish the other.

I’m sorry to have missed our twenty-fifth reunion last August, butI’m sure a wonderful time was had by all.”

REVEREND DR. BRUCE REDDING (1957) and LYNN (GODFREY) REDDING (1957) In response to a request fora write-up in the Newsletter, we received this admirable summary andphotograph in September 2006 -

Lynn and I graduated together from SJHS in June 1957. We

were married almost 4 years later. Although we were friends at SJHS, ittook a couple of years for the chemistry to form. In the meantime I wentto Dal to study Engineering on a tuition scholarship and Lynn went toTeacher’s College, but ended up graduating from Business College.

Just as things started warming up in our relationship, she tookoff for 6 months in Europe with a couple of her girl friends. But when shereturned, I was still waiting. However, while she was gone I felt a definitecall to leave my engineering training after three years and prepare for theChristian ministry. Although this was not at all I her plans, I finally con-vinced her to marry me.

Immediately after our wedding we started our married life togeth-er near Boston, Mass. where I studied at Gordon College. A bachelor’sdegree and one daughter later we moved to Pasadena, California andFuller Seminary. Another daughter, a stint as Director of evangelism of ourConvention of Atlantic Baptist Churches and a Doctorate (also at FullerSeminary) followed. Lynn has also studied at each of the institutions as Istudied, as well at UNB. She also worked at UNB ending up asAdministrative Assistant to the Director of the Teaching and LearningCentre.

But as our ministry developed Lynn and I continued to receiveinvitations to speak in other churches and groups in Canada and the US.We held several evangelistic crusades and family life seminars each yeartogether, but Lynn is a well-known speaker in her own right! Since 1987when we formed our own interdenominational ministry with a board ofdirectors (until we retired last year) we have travelled almost full-time. Godhas taken us, in addition to Canada and the US, to Africa, Europe, Asia,and South and Central America. About 40 countries in all. We haveworked along side many wonderful people overseas: national pastors,evangelists, missionaries and lay people.


From our Mailbag -Redding

Our 3 daughters are all married. They have given us 8 grand-children. Since retirement last year we moved to St. Catharines,Ontario to be near 3 of our 3 daughters and 6 of our 8 grandchildren.But we still love to spend our summers at our cottage in NewBrunswick.

STEPHEN FOREN (1982) last wrote us by E-mail from MiamiBeach, Florida back in 2002 as a Staff Sergeant in the United States ArmyReserve. At that time his civilian work was inurban planning in Florida. He now writes inearly September 2006 from Iraq: “Thanks forthe recent edition of the Alumni News. It’salways enjoyable to see what is happeningback in SJHS. Hopefully the 1982 Class willhave their Twenty-Fifth Reunion in late Julyor August of 2007, for then I may be able toattend. I am no longer in Fort Stewart,Georgia, unfortunately as Savannah asSavannah is much nicer than my current cityof Fallujah in Iraq. I am a member of a fifteenman Army-Marine Team living with about 200Iraqi soldiers on a very small forward base,teaching them the finer points of military staff operations.

After attending Mount Allison University for the years (1982-1984) with some comrades from SJHS, I have only seen one or two of myclassmates in those 24 years since graduations. I won’t recognize toomany at the 25th Reunion, but I am looking forward to attending. I hopeto see you next summer after I return from Iraq. Take care.”EDITOR’S NOTE: To date, February 2007, no one from the class of 1982has indicated plans for a 25th Reunion. Please, someone, take the initia-tive. Dennis Knibb will help with addressees. Michael Lahey, ClassPresident, is, we believe, with the University of Alberta Faculty of Englishin Edmonton.

JIM GOODWIN (1948) has his wife JOAN (FRASER) GOODWIN(1949) have again written from Orillia, Ontario, with their generousannual donation. “Both Joan and I are well, a year older, and looking for-ward to our annual winter trip to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, forGolf and Relaxation. We sure enjoyed our Alumni News this spring.Please keep up the good work, it is appreciated by all. Thanks to DavidMoir, my classmate, and all others who keep the SJHS Alumni such anactive organization.”

DEIRDRE L. WADE Q.C. (1981) was featured in the 2006 AlumniNews as President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian BarAssociation. She wrote me at the time of her Class Twenty-Fifth reunion

in August 2006, explaining that her lawyer’sduties took her to St. John’s, NDLD for thatweekend. “After high school, my path tookme to UNBSJ for a BA with Distinction, andthen on to UNB Fredericton for an LLB in1987. After articling with Lutz Brannen inHampton, I was admitted to the NewBrunswick Bar and joined the Saint John lawfirm of Barry, Spalding, Richard in 1989. Ibecame a Partner in the firm (now known asBarry Spalding) in January 2001. InDecember 2005 I was appointed a Queen’s

Counsel. Over the past year, I have had the pleasure to represent NewBrunswick’s 1650 lawyers as a member of the National Board of Directorsof the Canadian Bar Association.

I have been married for the last seventeen years to c. Paul W.Smith, whom I met at Law School. We have a wonderful little boy, Charles(Chip) Smith, who is now nearly seven years old.

In sitting down to compose this note, I could not help but thinkabout how quickly twenty-five years have passed. It seems like yesterdaythat we were students at high school. Until last year when I became aQueen’s Counsel I always thought of myself as a young lawyer. I used totease my mentor, Thomas G. O’Neil, QC that the QC designation meantyou were an old lawyer. More profound is the fact that earlier this week I

I had a conversation with a grad ofSJHS about retirement and howlong each of us intended to contin-ue practising law.

I’ve had the pleasure tomaintain regular contact withShelley Rinehart, Ann (McGovern)Burpee, and Kim (Leslie) Hughes,to name a few. Some I see occa-sionally, Peter Murphy, Tara (Dow)McAfee, and Peggy (Grimmer)Murray. Others I have not seen for25 years, Peter Thompson, NoraLynn Fillmore and Faith McDonaldfor example. All of them I remem-ber fondly. I fully intend to callShelley Rinehart as soon as I getback from Newfoundland to get thescoop on everything I missed atthe Reunion weekend and overthe past 25 years. My best regardsto all.”

MARGARET JARVIE(1970) writes from Waterloo ON.

“After over 20 years in financialservice, I moved in 2005 to theUniversity of Waterloo in the roleof executive Director of Co-opera-tive Education and CareerServices. UW’s Co-op program isone of the largest in the world withabout 11,500 students participat-ing in Co-op every year. It’s anamazing program and a realdelight to contribute to it.” Herbrother, JOHN JARVIE (1967) is

Town Manager of Rothesay and has a relatively stress-free job inthis expanding affluent suburb ofSaint John.

DAVID PLUMMER (1941)writes from Marietta, Georgia, “Ifeel very fortunate just to bethankful for the superior educa-tion I received through the publicschool system in Saint John -namely Victoria School and SaintJohn High. Every issue of the

leaves me amazed at the career accomplishment of so many Alumni whohave given so much to society.”

PAMELA (DUNLOP) WALTON (1971) writes from RocklandMaine where both she and her husband areteachers. “What a tragedy it was in the sud-den ending of two lives, Bill and Missy(MacPherson) Boyne. [Missy had been ateacher of English at Saint John High 1975-1986. Her obituary was in the 2006Newsletter]. I always thought of Missy as alight who brightened any space and anyoccasion. I look forward to a return visit toNew Brunswick in the near future. We willstay at the Algonquin first, and then on togood old Saint John. I’m looking forward to a reunion with Carolin(Browne) Dagenais from Montreal at Douglas Lake with Debbie (Frear)Gillis and their families. Debbie has planned a luncheon for ten to fifteenof the ladies of our Class of 1971 at her home in Quispamsis. Much rem-iniscing will take place.”

DOROTHY REID, WIDOW OF KENNETH REID (1937) contin-ues to donate generously to the Alumni Fund. She writes from Vancouver:“I enjoy reading the Newsletter. We knew Ottis Logue (1935) and his wifeMarjorie from UNB engineering days. What a marvellous sum he left toSaint John High. He also left a very large amount to UNB. There was alsoa picture of Kenneth’s cousin, John Reid (1940) in the Track and FieldTeam photo in the 2006 Newsletter.”

JOHN WOOD (1965) surfaced in Calgary after the 2006 Newsletterhad been sent to him by a friend. In July of last year he sent in a largedonation and the following letter: “I was happy to read of the FortiethReunion of my class in 2005. I wish that I had been there, and note thatthere are still 35 missing classmates. A letter to an Alumni Associationafter an absence of 41 years should include a summary of what has hap-pened to me during those years, and I will attempt to do that in the follow-ing paragraph. First of all, it would have been a good idea to havebecome rich and powerful, or famous and glamorous, but it didn’t happen.In fact I am rather average in the wealth, power and glamour categories.Like most middle-class people, I underestimate how well I have done,and I should be grateful that I have just about everything that I need - ifnot everything that I want. My career has been satisfying to me, and Ihope worthwhile to others. This has not been a straightforward course,and I have been drawn through a lot of knotholes along the way. The bot-tom line is that I am still here, and that is a good thing. I have lived inMontreal and Vancouver and Calgary, which could explain why AlumniAssociations have a hard time catching up with me. I have been marriedfor over 30 years to a New Brunswick girl (who is now a woman). We arenot as young as we were, but we still love each other, and that is also agood thing, We have two sons, aged twenty-seven and thirty. They haveboth finished University and are employed. Both of them are married andone has a daughter. That is most definitely a very good thing, and I havenow convinced myself that I am grateful for all of this.”

Your editor responded to this fascinating non-specific biograph-ical note by suggesting facetiously that John Wood might have been anundercover Mountie. We received this amusing response: “Over the pastforty-one years I have not been an undercover Mountie, or a CSIS oper-ative, or an Accountant for Enron. Neither have I been a Parole Office, aPolitician, a Pawn Shop Operator, or an Immigration Consultant. I am alsonot a Crane Operator, a Locomotive Engineer, a Dry Waller or a WellDigger. Instead I have done Structural Engineering designs for railwaybridges. Now let me see: Married; two sons (both graduated, married andworking): Bridges and Stuff: Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver - check, check,check. That should just about do it -” John’s E-mail [email protected]

MARION (AMLAND) HENNING (1942), who was featured in BobButler’s Bi-Centennial Reunion Poem in the 2006 Newsletter, wrote fromCarleton Place, ON - “We had a good laugh about Bob Butler’s poeticefforts. He does have a gift! I spotted the name of Angus Jamieson (1940)in the Contributor’s Column. He lives in Almonte, ON. Just up the roadfrom our town. I immediately called him and introduced myself. We arenow three in this area - the other one being Marion (Magnusson)Kierstead (1942) of Carleton Place. I shall endeavour to be the“Unofficial Greeter” as times goes by.”

2007 SJHS Alumni News 7GEORGE CODY (1937) still writes every year from Hindhead,Surrey, England. He encloses a twenty-dollar Canadian Bill and oftenhas one of his father’s poems. The Venerable Archdeacon H.A. Codywas for many years an Anglican Minister at St. James Church on BroadStreet in the south end. We reproduce the lighthearted

“Choking Off of Clem Jones.”CLEM JONES was great on politics

He talked religion too,He’d yang the blessed livelong night,

And wouldn’t then be through.We often wished he’d stop for breath,

To sneeze, to sigh, to cough,But only once can I recall

When Clem Jones was choked off.

His wife she had a woeful timeWith Clem’s long clapper tongueAnd often, I am sure, she wished

To have her consort hung.No matter what she ever said,He’d prove her wrong by far,

By quoting from “The Chronicle”And Bible, too, “By Gar!”

He talked at home, he talked abroad,At blacksmith-shop and store,

But ever on election dayHe always talked the more.He knew it all from A to Z,

And others’ views he’d scoff -But I am glad there was a time

When Clem Jones was choked off.

The little steamer “Banner Queen”Was running up from town,

And Clem he talked the whole way up,And never once ran down.

He entertained a crowd of menWith his “Sez he,” sez I,

I saw it in “The Chronicle,”And it, by gar, don’t lie.

The steamer drew up at a wharf,When something went askew,

The boiler burst, and hissing steam,And wood and metal flew.

A panic reigned on board that boat,And all rushed to the shore,

Except the killed and injured ones,Who number half a score.

The flour barrel on which Clem satWas lifted from the floor,

And Clem’s wild yell as he went upWas heard above the roar.

He scuttled high midst staves and hoops,And whirling flour white,

He couldn’t think, he couldn’t speak,And all was black as night.

And as the flour whirled in air,The steam struck it a blow,

Which turned the soft and powdery mealInto a mass of dough.

If flopped at length upon the floor,With poor Clem Jones inside,

And nothing of him could be seen,No trace of hair or hide.

We dragged the mass out on the wharf,We pulled off lumps of dough,

And found at last the helpless manEmbedded down below.

He wasn’t hurt, he wasn’t bruised,His mouth was still ajar,

And he began where he left off:“Sex I to him, by gar!”

Clem Jones has long since passed away,And peace be to his bones,But still I fancy I can hear

His everlasting tones.Somewhere, methinks, he’s talking yet

Beyond the farthest star,Expounding to the angel host,

Sez I to him, by gar!”by H.A. Cody

JAMES F. DOIG (1942) wasa Canada Lands Surveyor nowliving in Wolfville NS. He wrote inJune 2006, ordering a copy ofMalcolm Somerville’s booklet “Wewill Remember Them”, which liststhe 78 of World War One and 94of World War Two killed on ActiveService. “When I saw that nurseAnna Irene Stamers’ name wason the Halifax Memorial, I con-cluded that she must have beenlost on the LLandovery Castle, ahospital ship out of Halifax, emptysave for crew and medical staff,that was sunk by a German U-Boat. I couldn’t recall the date (Itwas June 27, 1918). A GoogleSearch on the Internet provided alisting of all nurses in theCanadian Army Medical Corpswho died during World War One.

“I’m enjoying myselfworking through the latest editionof the Alumni News, except for theObits, where I found RalphMcDowell’s name. (1942 - diedOctober 2005 in Mississauga).Ralph had a long and productivecareer with the FederalDepartment of Surveys andMapping in Ottawa. I well remem-ber the first time I visited thatimpressive establishment. Ralphturned out to be my officialgreeter. I had a nice visit with himand his wife Joyce (MacQuarrie)(1942) at their home that eveningafter we had worked through ourday’s agenda.”

Malcolm Somerville’sBooklet “We Will RememberThem” is still available at $9.00 acopy including postage. All profitsgo to the Alumni Fund.

DR. CAROLYN SAVOY(1965) has a Ph.D. in SportsPsychology and is both a profes-

sor and coach at DalhousieUniversity in Halifax. She is afaithful and generous contributorto the Alumni Fund. She writes, “Iwould like to have the3 Alumnilook at my book “the Art ofCoaching” which you will find atwww.artofcoaching-online.com Ifyou can put this in theNewsletter, I would appreciate it.I tried to go on the web site but itwas not available.

E. JOYCE (FLOOD) STEVENS (1948) writes to say thank you tothe Alumni Association. “Thanks to your efforts we got in touch with Myrna(Cameron_ Elliott (1948) who lives in Toronto. To my astonishment wefound that she and her husband live only five minutes away from ourdaughter’s home in Etobicoke. We have had many pleasant visits togeth-er along with our husbands. We are grateful to you for making this possi-ble. We thoroughly enjoyed the school Bi-Centennial in 2005 and appre-ciated the very hard work involved in making this important event possi-ble.” Joyce lives in Orillia, ON.

PAUL RICHARDSON taught history at Saint John High from 1968 to1970, coached the Rugby Team with Roger Woolway, and acted asAdvisor to the Student Council. He returned to his native New Zealand,became Headmaster of a Wellington High School, and now, in so-calledretirement, is Managing Director of Quality International Education Ltd.After receiving the 2006 Alumni News he wrote: “Thanks for the AlumniNews - another first class publication. The lady in the photo with me,March Nicol (1978) and John Wilson (1972) on Page 18, is Linda(Stackhouse) Wilson (1971), John’s wife. She was in that wonderfulEnriched Grade XI History Class that you allocated to me. That group ofstudents was one of the supreme highlights of my teaching career. I real-ly loved being back for the school Bi-Centennial, catching up with so manyfriends from times past - perhaps “Times Single” is a better description.Tanks to Saint John High for allowing me so many opportunities to learnand to grow.”

Correction on Picture CaptionClassmates of 1966 at the Bi-Centennial Celebration

L-R: Bob Dewer (Fredericton Dairy Queen) (1966), Diana (Parfitt) andFred Bustard (Upper Sackville NS) andEddie Wood (1966) (Greenfield Park).

Harry Brittain (1957)

In 1995 at the Grand Reunion, he was the Star Musician. Now in 2007he is organizing his Class Fiftieth Reunion on Friday 17 August,

Saturday 18 August and Sunday 19 August 2007


Gwyneth (Flemming) Clements (1949) wrote fromEtobicoke in November 2006 enclosing a generous donation. “JohnBrannen (1950) made a gentle hint that if I wanted to continue to enjoythe Alumni News, contributions were needed to cover the costs involved.I thank the Alumni for their dedication and hard work.

I am a distant cousin of ArchieFlemming who taught at SJHS from1948 to 1960. My aunt, IsabelFlemming, (1910-1988) taught atBeaconsfield School. Our family livedin the Woodstock area of NewBrunswick, then in Fredericton duringthe war years. When my fatherreturned from overseas we moved toMontgomery Crescent in Portland in1947. I’ll always remember my firstsight of Saint John High - studentsoverflowing the front steps onto thesidewalk in both directions. Then filing

into the auditorium for greetings from Principal Arthur Harrison. After high school I went to Vocational School on Douglas

Avenue for Special Commercial, worked at Empire Wallpaper on KingStreet, and came to Toronto in 1951.

I met my future husband at a square dance in 1953; we weremarried in the Old Portland United Church that was later demolished forthe throughway in 1969. We are blessed with three wonderful children,eleven grandchildren, and three great grand daughters.

Best Wishes to all who have passed or will pass through the hal-lowed hall of SJHS.”

Gwyneth enclosed a YWCA group photo taken in 1949. She isin the back row, second from left. Who else do you recognize?

William Anderson (1941) writes from Goderich ON in response tohis class prophecy: “Bill Anderson, tickled with glee, will be reading thenews for the CBC.”

Yes, I did make it to do the news on the CBC in a broadcastcareer, which started with apprenticeship at CHSJ while attending school.At the end of the Second World War I was briefly “Broadcast Office forNorth West Europe”, certainly the most prestigious title ever. It gave methe chance to broadcast with Matthew Halton, to guide Walter Cronkite tothe victory march past of the Canadian Army in Amsterdam when he

In 1949 Hi-Y and Y-Teen Clubs were very important to SJHS Students

famously wrote the line, “TheCanadian army, their feet stillheavy with the mud of war, todaymarched past her Majesty QueenJuliana of the Netherlands.” It wasthe very nicest way to describesoldiers who had never marchedtogether before, were in fact warweary and looked like it.” As well Ibroadcast from the NurenbergTrials, and from the CanadianTrial of General Kurt Meyer inAurich, Germany.

Back in Canada, afterthe war, I worked with classmateGordon Smith (1941) at CFNB inFredericton, and was one of theoriginals at CFBC.

After leaving Saint John,I broadcast as a free lancer atCBC Toronto. Broadcasting wasexciting and enjoyable as well assignificant for those who remem-ber DeB. Holly, a longtime SaintJohn Broadcaster who went on todo the Morning Show at CBCHeadquarters in Toronto. It washe, while at CHSJ who heard ourHigh School Drama Group on aprogram Jeannie Woods did atthe Station. It was our effort toadvertise our up-coming play.Holly asked me to stay after theprogram, and invited me to cometo the station to try out. I did, andthat was the beginning.

This is the first time I’vewritten this chronology and I thankyou for the excuse to do it”

Donald McC. Duncan (1942) wrote from Dartmouth, NS “Thepicture of students in the old Victoria School brought back a memory ofyester-year that happened to one of these boys three years later in BillSeely’s Grade XI Class at Saint John High. It was a very warm day in lateJune and all the classroom windows were wide open in an attempt to coolthe room. The event occurred during recess when Art McDonald (1939)and others were standing by the windows looking out, when a policemanwalked by, three storeys down, on Prince William Street.

I believe, perhaps on a dare, McDonald called out to the police-man something like: “Hey, Flatfoot, smarten up!” Shortly after, the recessbell range, and just as the class were resuming our seats, the policemanappeared at the classroom door and asked Mr. Seely if he could have aword with McDonald. You ask how did the policeman know, from that dis-tance, that it was McDonald.

You ask how did the policeman know, from that distance, that itwas McDonald who had hollered at him? McDonald was the only boy onthe Grade Eleven floor with bright red hair.”

Donald Duncan states, “Art McDonald went on to a career in theNavy and became a Lieutenant-Commander.” Bill Anderson (1941) writesthat McDonald was recently admitted to a Veterans’ Residence in Halifax.You will find his photo (alas, not in colour) in the Victoria School Group -front row, fourth from right. We have no record of the punishment metedout by the police officer.

Colonel Donald M. Thompson (1939) sent us an account ofhis military career published in our 2002 Newsletter. It went from his mili-tia training with the Saint John Fusiliers, through graduation in 1939,quickly followed by mobilization on the declaration of war in September,to commissioning from the ranks at the age of nineteen, and service withthe Cameron Highlanders in England. Two days after the invasion ofNormandy in July 1944, he was wounded in action and hospitalized inEngland. After the war, Colonel Thompson served with the RoyalCanadian Legion, becoming Dominion Secretary in 1959. Later he wasChairman of the War Veterans Allowance Board, moving toCharlottetown, and retiring in 1989.

In June 2006 he sent a substantial donation to the Alumni News,and included extracts from the War Diaries of the Cameron Highlanders,which were classified “secret” until the fifty-year protection requirementwas lifted.

Saturday, June 3, 1944 “Life on board an LST is rather dull.Officers played ‘eights’ and generally lay around. Men battened vehicles

2007 SJHS Alumni News 9to deck, and straightened out vehi-cle loads. Commander Moore,Royal Navy Reserve, worried aboutweather which is deteriorating.Those on deck around 1800 hourshad pleasure of seeing WinstonChurchill pass by in a Royal NavyMotor Launch. The familiar V-signand cigar were unmistakable.

Sunday, June 4, 1944“Low cloud, rising wind, barometerfalling.” Church of EnglandCommunion held on tank deck for-ward. Fairly well attended.Commander of LST returned fromconference to say the operationwas postponed for 24 hours. He feels there will be a further postponementdue to weather conditions. Barometer steadied itself around 1800 hours,but sea continued high.

Monday, June 5, 1944 “Difficulty ascertaining whether opera-tion was still on. Commander Moore reluctant to pass on information orelse he did not know. He felt extremely doubtful that operation would takeplace. His First Lieutenant beefed and worried about unloading of vehi-cles. We solved problem of carriers slipping steel decks by securingcoconut matting. Major Ross informed us that operation was on. Weslipped anchor at 1855 hours and joined the convoy proceeding onOperation Overlord. Seasickness pills were issued to all troops. Sea run-ning high after we passed out of the South Hampton Solent. We pitied thepersonnel on the much small LCMs and LCTs.

Tuesday, June 6, 1944 - D-Day “Clear sky - medium sea -squally wind. Arrived at our anchor station off Normandy Coast. Thoughtsof impending action cured sea-sickness. Considerable number of all typesof landing craft and ships at anchorage. Destroyers and Cruisers wereshelling spasmodically. Things appeared rather quiet ashore except for afew burning houses. It appeared to be like any other exercise until theBoche (Germans) whistled over and laid a few sticks across the beach.Message received that beach exits were not established and LSTs couldnot unload. “Go Ahead” signal finally flashed, and unloading commenced.Rhino Ferries (small craft to take vehicles ashore) proved to be a devil’sabortion and caused more trouble than they were worth. All vehicles hadto wade 3 1/2 to 4 feet. No vehicles were drowned. CompanyCommander reported to HQ and was instructed to place a Platoon eachin space of Royal Winnipeg Rifles and I.C. Scottish Regiment. 13 and 14Platoons were place respectively (Captain Thompson was in Commandof 13 Platoon), in action though not firing at 2330 hours.

Wednesday, June 7, 1944 - D-Day+1 “Brigade advance contin-ues from Beach. 13 Platoon fired effective night shoot without drawingcounter mortar fire. 14 Platoon were browned off because they were withthe Reserve Battalion and consequently unable to fire.

Thursday, June 8, 1944 - D-Day+2 “Cool, showers, sunshine.Platoons still in same positions. Considerable artillery and small arms fire.Enemy probing continually. 13 Platoon fired couple of small shoots.Large-scale attack by enemy with armour came in about 1515 hours. 13Platoon position must have been taped by enemy as a terrific crumpcame down on their position at the opening gong. Lieut. Godard musteredeight men together ad they fought their way out. The remainder, not killedor badly wounded, lay doggo and returned small arms at enemy armourdrawn up in nearby field. Casualties in 13 Platoon - Killed: PrivatesSimington and Morritt. Wounded: Captain Thompson, Corporal Mask,Privates McDonald and Dunbar.

WALLACE MacMURRAY (1945) Honoured by the IrishThe Saint John Chapter of theIrish Canadian Cultural Asso-ciation has named WallaceMacMurray Honourary Irish per-son of the week for the St.Patrick’s Day Celebrations2007.

Wally, a true Scot, hasspent a lifetime in communitywork. His latest venture hasbeen the restoration of the LilyLake Pavilion. With a personal

donation of one hundred thousand dollars, he headed up the fund-raiserof a half-million.

The facility will open in March 2007. Earlier, Wallace had beenPresident of the Y’s Men’s Club, President of the NB Museum, andCampaign Chair-man for the United Way. He is a generous and regulardonor to the SJHS Alumni Fund. He is married to Norma (Wright)MacMurray, Class of 1945.

PHILIP MASSEY (1971) -Innovative Landlord

Phillip Massey has invested in a number ofhouses in Saint John. He owns a house onFrist Street with 9m x9m solar panels on theside.

1967 Grade XII Executive

Of the original graduation committee only Bob Brittain remains in town.He works with Revenue Canada in the pleasant task of tax collection onCanterbury Street. Carolyn (Crawford) Nagle is alas, deceased. BrianWhite is in Ottawa and Suzanne Boyce in Toronto and has one of thetop jobs with CTV.

So Bob Brittain has gathered a local reunion committee of Sally(Breen) Craig - Linda Lawton - Robert Perry (former Biology teacher) -Jane (MacDonald) Stewart - Kathy Wilson - Norma Young.

They will be celebrating August 10 to 12, 2007.

Michelle (Chase) Hooton (1979) continues valuedservice as Deputy Mayor of Saint John

Michelle was elected to City Council in 2004. With the largest voter sup-port, she was appointed Deputy Mayor. Among her many interests isHeritage Preservation in the City. She arranged a Heritage Award GalaDinner at Centerbeam Place - the buildings on the corner of PrinceWilliam and King Street that were renovated by John Irving (1979) to thetune of ten million dollars. She received a surprise special award at thedinner. This telegraph Journal photo shows her being applauded byPremier Shawn Graham’s wife Roxanne.

Carolyn Crawford, Brian White, Robert Brittain, Susanne Boyce

Dr. Rachel Morehouse(1975) is both Professorand Doctor

Rachel Morehouse came backfrom Halifax to Saint John someyears ago as an expert in SleepDisorders. She continues asProfessor at Dalhousie University,while heading up the PsychiatryDepartment of the Atlantic HealthSciences Corporation at the SaintJohn Regional Hospital. One ofher concerns is winter depression,caused by the lack of daylight. Sheis an articulate broadcaster andhighly regarded medical consult-ant.

New Sheriff forCharlotte, St. John andKings CountyGeorge Oram graduated in 1990,played Junior Hockey in Ontario

for a year, went to University andthen worked for the NBDepartment of Finance dealingwith enforcement of the liquor, lot-teries and tobacco sale taxaccounts. He is now with theDepartment of Public Safety asone of eight sheriffs in theProvince. He has a staff of twenty-four with his office in the old CourtHouse on Sydney Street in SaintJohn. Thetwo functionsthat take upmost of histime asCou r t r oomsecurity andp r i s o n e rtransporta-tion. He isresponsiblefor all the Courts from St. Stephento Sussex.

Son of Cy Oram, formerRothesay Police Chief, Georgehas brothers Greg (1982) andDanny on the Saint John PoliceForce, and another brother Chris(1975) with the Sarnia ON PoliceDepartment as Staff Sergeant


THE OTTIS LOGUE SCHOLARSHIPSAfter graduating from Saint John High School in 1935, Ottis

Logue had a distinguished university record at UNB in Engineering, win-ning the Ketchum Gold Medal and a Beaverbrook Scholarship to London,England where he grained a Master’s Degree. For a time he was Directorof Public Works for the City of Saint John, and then founded his ownCompany, ADI Ltd. of Fredericton (Associated Designer and Inspectors).He retired in 1984 as Chairman of the Board, and was honoured by UNBwith an Honourary Doctorate.

Ottis died in July 2004 and left a huge legacy to sixteen charita-ble organizations. Each received over one hundred thousand dollars. Oneof them is The Saint John High School Alumni Scholarship Fund. Becauseour Alumni Fund deals only with equipment purchases to the school, wehave turned over $115,109.36 to the Saint John High School ScholarshipFund. Interest from the invested capital will be used each year to awardOttis Logue Scholarships to deserving graduates.

Ottis in his lifetime was a generous contributor to the AlumniFund, as are his two surviving brothers, Kenneth Logue (1939) of SaintJohn, and Frank Logue (1941) of Fredericton.

THE STEVE MURPHY STORYMaritime Radio and Television

Stephen Murphy has just written avery readable and informative auto-biography “Before the Camera”(Nimbus Publishing 2006). He calls ita memoir. It is also a history of radioand television in the Maritimes, fromhis start at CFBC Radio in SaintJohn in 1976, to the present day asSenior News Editor and Anchor ofCTV Evening News in Halifax. Hisstraightforward and sincere stylecovers thirty years of broadcasting,

with fascinating glimpses of national and international figures he inter-viewed. The memoir tells of his early education on the East Side of SaintJohn, and the influence that Principal Gerald Merrithew had on him. TheMurphy family were staunchly liberal; Merrithew was a successful conser-vative politician, first as a Provincial Minister, and later as a key memberof Mulroney’s cabinet in Ottawa. Steve Murphy was impressed byMerrithew’s disciplined, community minded style and his willingness to lis-ten to and help students, gifted in extempore talk, who spent time in theschool’s radio station in the basement for short broadcasts at noon andafter school. Among them were Brent Bambury (CBC host of the nationalSaturday morning show GO!), Paul Mennier (now TV Manager inEdmonton), Geoff Britt (former CBC anchor in New Brunswick, now IrvingSpokesman) and Bruce Weaver. Steve Murphy improved his skills as ahigh school debater, good enough to get to the national championships,and as an actor in some of Andrew Garrod’s expertly professional produc-tions. By the time he was in Grade XII, Steve had a part time job at CFBCin Saint John, reading the late night news. He quickly learned that he hadto compose the material as well as deliver it coherently to the station’s lis-teners. Today most broadcasters and reporters go to journalism schoolsor university Arts courses. Murphy learned on the job and he learned well.He pays tribute to some of his colleagues at CFBC, especially DerekChase who had learned the skills of graphic reporting in Windsor-Detroitand believed that a local story would lead the news whenever possible.“Good radio news writing is active, not passive, using present tense verbs,and colourful adjectives.” Tom Young, Mark Lee and Ingham Palmer threwin their criticism of the young Murphy who ended up outshining them all.He was in on the tragic Saint John jail fire in June 1977 that took twenty-one lives. He gained an interview with John Diefenbaker when he was vis-iting Mitchell Franklin’s farm, and had it broadcast nationally. He talkedwith K.C. Irving by phone about the huge increase in world oil prices, butwas denied permission to report it. He was not impressed with PierreTrudeau who refused to talk to him. In 1980, Steve signed up with AtlanticCanada’s best radio station CJCH and moved to Halifax to interview awide variety of celebrities and to gain quick promotion to host the station’s“Hot Line”. Within two years, he moved into television to host ATV’s “Liveat Five”. This was a difficult time for him. Rapid promotion and adjust-ment to a new media made him somewhat aloof and overbearing.

In his memoirs, Steve Murphy explains his approach to inter-views with the high and mighty. It is to persist in questioning when adirect answer is not forthcoming. In the 1988 re-election campaign of

In the 1988 re-election campaignof Brian Mulroney, Murphy asked ifhis government had a secret planto de-index old age pensions.“Mulroney danced an Irish jigaround the question three times,but I refused to let go.” Within aday P.M. Mulroney described hisSocial Policy of protecting seniorspensions. Murphy describes theprocess of moving television cam-eras and crew to the sites ofNational stories. He tells of hisweeks on the Westray mine disas-ter at Plymouth Nova Scotia, andof the strain of continuous report-ing which ended with the tragicnews that none of the twenty-sixminers had survived. He tells ofanchoring the CTV news inMontreal on the night of the 1995Quebec Referendum. “Witnessingthe Canadian Flag in flames, andthe country on the brink of break-up, I realized that Canada is onesubject I find it very hard to beobjective about.” He is equally asgraphic in his description ofLondon, England on the day ofPrincess Diana’s funeral.

Steve Murphy concludeshis memoirs with references to hisfamily - he has a daughter Nora,aged eighteen, and a son,Brendan, aged eight. He is happyin his job, and occasionallyanchors for Lloyd Robertson,whom he may soon succeed. Hisstory is the classic one - local boymakes good.Written by Dennis Knibb,January 2007~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Rhonda Lee (Lawton)Curran 1994 - Hello, all, andparticularly to Dennis Knibb whoselast year as principal was my firstyear at SJHS -- and believe it ornot, his first year as principal wasmy mother’s last year at SJHS!

Rhona Lee is pleased toannouce her marriage to DavidCurran, which took place in Belizeon April 29, 2006. It was a tripicalbeach wedding with a small groupof family in attendance. The tripincluded activities shch as rain for-est hiking, cave touring,snorkelling, scuba diving, and vis-iting Mayan ruins. Rhonda Leethen went on to win a gold medalin teh 50 metre backstroke eventat the 2006 Canadian MastersSwimming Championship inCalgary, and received aPerformance Award from the cityof Edmonton for her accomplish-ment. She recently earned herMaster Scuba Diver certificate,which is the highest level of dis-tinction in recreational diving.

Christy Smith and Principal Knibb meet

Chad English and his wife Christy Smith (1990) meet up with PrincipalDennis Knibb (1965-1992) at Trinity Church in July 2006. They live inMidland, Michigan, and now have a first born son, Shawn Malcolm,named after his Grandfather Malcolm Smith, who for many years wasPhys. Ed. Teacher with Francis McHugh at Saint John High. Christy’syounger sister Mindy Smith (1992) works for Red Rose Financial.

Lawyer Kelly Van Buskirk

Kelly Van Buskirk (1985) is married to Cynthia Jackson (1985). He spe-cializes in labour and employment law, and says employers need tounderstand what motivates their employees. Otherwise, they may findthemselves in a courtroom.

Rhonda Lee and Dave both have environmental engineeringcareers in the Edmonton area. She would love to hear from old friendsand acquaintances. Please email to: [email protected]

New Musical Instruments for SJHS

Left to right: Maggie Stephenson, Petter Kristoffersen, Ryan Bustin,and Ms. Gallagher


The Girls of Victoria School ~ Grade V ~ 1934-1935

Marilyn (Marr) McLean (1941) identified her brother Gerald Marr (1939) in the Victoria School boysphoto. She sent in a girls photo from the same school, but younger. Those who went on to High School wouldhave graduated in 1941 or 1942. She writes, “They’re not a very happy group. I’ve identified a few, perhaps read-ers can find more.”Back Row: 2nd from left Olga (Carter) Earwaker, 3rd Desta Vaughan, 7th Doris (Whitney) Roberts, 10th mar-garet (Malcolm) Duncan Middle Row: 2nd from left Frances Finnamore, 3rd Katharyn (Colwell) Soulis, 7th Jean(Bustin) Bell, 9th Glenys Flower, 10th Barbara (Fenwick) Zwicker. Front: 1st Joyce (Wilson) Pridham, 2nd Lenore(Murchison) Ring, 6th Jeane Norma Handren, 7th Barbara (Bonnell) Scott, 10th Marilyn (Marr) McLean

Marilyn (Marr) McLean’s Class Prophecy in 1941 read - “Marilyn Marr will be riding high with some blueflier in the sky.”

Joyce (Wilson) Pridham (1941) who has examined the group photo, had the following prophecy -“Joyce Wilson, when the cadets go by, Looks for Lieutenants - I wonder why?”

Victoria School ~ Grade VIII ~ Boys 1935-1936

Back Row: from left: 2nd Art Plummer (1939), 4th Bullock, 5th “Pep” Kelly, 8th Ken Logue (1939)Middle Row: 4th Eldric ‘Babs’ Secord (1939), 6th Gerald Marr (1939), 7th “Timer” Evans, 8th Jack TongFront: 2nd Vince Saunders (1939), 3rd Malcolm Somerville (1940),extreme right Bruce HolderOn the Ground: 1st Gordon Manning, 3rd Leslie Britten, 5th Gordon Sims

Does anyone recognize the teacher in the photo? I believe it isGeorge Mitchell and I think he was the Principal of Victoria School. Pleaselet us know.

Gordon Sims sent in the group photo. He has now sent in hispersonal photo with his wife Jessie in Columbia, South Carolina

SJHS Class of 1981 Reunion

Debbie Lizotte photo/SJHS

by Ms. Sherry Golding - Sunday, October 15, 2006The SJHS class of 1981 held their reunion this past summer -

August 11th-13th. It was a great success with many alumni travelling fromfar and wide to attend! Their efforts were very much appreciated by all ofthose in attendance as it was a great chance to see old friends and catchup on 25 years of news!

A wine and cheese social was held Friday evening, as well as asilent auction. This event was proof that we are only as old as we feel withmany of the grads reliving their youth well into the wee hours of the morn-ing at O’Leary’s long after the social was over. A breakfast at the CityMarket was held on Saturday morning. We also went on a boat cruise onSaturday afternoon where we were able to experience a little sunshineand a little thunder and lightening on the same trip. It was a friendlyreminder of our maritime weather for those alumni who “came from away”.A dinner and dance at UNBSJ on Saturday evening and a Sunday morn-ing service wrapped up the busy weekend.

The 25 year reunion for the class of 1981 was well attended andworth all of the effort people made to attend!! Thank you to all of those wewere able to see again and best regards to everyone who sent theirregrets!! We missed you!!

Saint John High School, Class of 1981Andy Bell, Darlene Brant, David Brown, Michael Brown, Rodney

Brown, Anne Burpee (McGovern), John Campbell, Celso Carreira,Anurag Chopra, Jeannine Clarke, Anne Connelly (Vickers), CyndiCorscadden (MacDonald), Ken Craft, John Currie, Nancy DeLong

(Grant), Melanie Ellerker (Cheeseman), Elaine Foote, Maura George(Sullivan), Sherry Golding, Peggy Grimmer, Debbie Gunn, Chris

Higgins (Sherwood), Bob Huggard, Pam Huggard (Gautreau), DebbieHughes (Ferris), Kimberly Hughes (Leslie), Linda Janes (Cheslock),Scott Janes, Peter Jobe, Brenda Jones, Nora Lynn Jones (Fillmore),Diane Kierstead (Woods), Mary Anne Langmaid, Stephanie Logan

(lee), Wayne Long, Mike Lui, Paul MacPherson, Tara McAfee (Dow),Lori McGovern (Donald), Natalie McIntyre (Keating), Scott McKenney,

Kelly McQuinn, Mike Mersereau, Cindy Millett, Andrea Mills, KerryMoran (Sawyer), Natalie Northrup, Peter Nowlan, Heidi O’Keefe(Kelly), Dianne Paquet, Carol Parks (Buchanan), Cathy Philpott(Usher), John Philpott, Susan Proulx (Petterson), Pam Russell

(Stevens), Rob Scott, Peter Thompson, Stewart Thornhill, Beth Vail,Gordon Vail, Lori Wall, Irene York (Gauthier)


1938 Saint John High School Girls Basketball Team 1938 Girls BasketballBack Row: L-R -

Dr. E. J. Alexander (Principal),Margaret Pye (G),

Frances Armstrong (F), Dolly Frost (G),

Dorothy Thorne (G),Frederick Galbraith (Coach)

Middle: Frances Mullin (G), Frances Black (F),

Margaret Deakin, (F) (Captain),Marion McKee (F),

Evelyn Ramey, (F) (Manager)Front:

Betty Hughes (F), Eleanor McCartney (G)

It all began Twenty-Five Years AgoThe Grand Alumni Reunion of 1982

On stage, proclaiming the Incorporation of The Saint John High School Alumni Association, 23 July 1982,Diane Bormke chairs the session with Directors (from left) Heather (Swan) Saulnier (1971), Tom Burley

(1967), Dr. David Moir (1948) and Graeme Somerville (1943). The meeting was followed by a Variety Show,produced by David Moir, who is still, twenty-five years later, President of the Alumni. Diane continues to edit

and publish the Alumni News to this, its twenty-second edition in 2007, with all kinds of help from DennisKnibb, Principal from 1965 to 1992 and now Secretary of the Alumni Association.

We can always use more help on the Board to keep the Alumni going!

Restoring Victorian Upper Floorsin Saint John

We have written about the magnifi-cent restoration of the Historic Propertiesat the corner of Prince William and KingStreets (Alumni News 2006), featuringJohn Farrer Irving, Class of 1979. His waseconomic and commercial leadership. Nowwe celebrate the architectural skills of GregMurdock, Class of 1976. In conjunctionwith his partner, Malcolm Boyd, he has ren-ovated part of 50 King Street in Saint John.The Second-Storey space had been aban-doned for years. It was a long narrow area,divided in the centre by a load bearing wall,

with a thick layer of dirt on the windows preventing good light fromentering the space. Bare electrical wires ranto porcelain light fixtures. A heavy fire doorprovided access to the building next door - anold book store. A square hole in the floor, andone in the ceiling, with a suspended block andpulley on the third floor, had, in days gone by,allowed merchants to move stock from groundlevel to warehouse space above. Now, stylish-ly furnished, it serves as the office of Murdockand Boyd Architects.


Alumni Fund purchases Ball Hockey Equipment for School

All students at Saint John High School can now enjoy the benefits of good exercise at noon and afterschool with new Ball Hockey Equipment purchased with donated dollars to the Alumni Fund.

Skeleton helps Biology Students

Left to right: Christian Beckett and Conor McCullough

SMART Boards

Mr. Jeff Warr, (a graduate of Saint John High School), works on aSMART Board, a new teaching aid.

School Funding Requests to Alumni Association11 October 2006

1. Professional Development Fund for Teachers $1,500.002. Science Data Logging Setup 1,500.003. Books on Audio Cassette or CD 250.004. Percussion Musical Instruments 625.005. Digital Projectors (8 @ $1800. each) 14,4000.00 6. Boreal Advanced CoAxial Research Microscopes (2 @ $565.) 1,130.007. Digital Sphygmomanometer 109.008. Document Reader 1,500.009. Subscription for Actualite (French Macleans Magazine) - 33 227.7010. FI Resources 80.0011. French and German CDs 150.0012. SMART Boards (3 @ $2100.) 6,300.0013. Ball Hockey Equipment 2,071.0014. Geissler Burettes with Teflon Stopcock (5 @ $100.) 500.0015. Hoffman Electrolysis Apparatus 525.0016. Pipette & Burette Washer 223.0017. Silvering Lab Kit 74.0018. Soil Samplers (6 @ $112.) 672.0019. Soil Screen Sieves (2 @ $106.) 212.0020. Soil Thermometers (3 @ $25.) 75.0021. Spanish the Easy Way 21.9522. MP3 Player/Recorder 100.00

TOTAL $32,245.65PLUS $5000.00 to the School’s Athletic Fund

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF SAINT JOHN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FUND

We are indebted to PETER G. GAULTON CA (Class of 1971) and to CRAIG WILSON(Class of 1997) for preparing without charge the Auditor”s Report for each year since1998. The May 2005 to April 2006 Financial Statements showed that we spent over

48,000 dollars on the purchase of equipment for the School.The list of expenditures of 2006-2007 is as follows:

Your donation helps keepSaint John High School

well above the rest!

Recent SJHS Graduate killed in Actionby Karen J. McLeanAlumni Director

On April 8, 2007, sixCanadian soldiers were killed west ofKandahar, Afghanistan, when theirarmoured vehicle was hit by a road-side explosive device. I was stunnedand saddened to learn that amongthem was Private DAvid RobertGreenslade, a Saint John High gradu-ate from the Class of 2004.

As a substitute teacher, Ihave the privilege of working with all ofSaint John High’s students, but due tothe sheer number of them, somestand out more than others. DavidGreenslade was one of the students who stood out. From his admirationof Tiger Woods and love of all things golf, to his outgoing nature andsense of humour, David was enthusiastic about everything around him.I am certain that he served our country with the same enthusiasm anddedication that I saw in him during his high school years.

The Alumni Association’s sincerest condolences are extendedto David’s family and friends, and in particular to his mother, Lauren(Lester) Greenslade, Class of 1980. We are all saddened by David’sdeath, and grateful for his sacrifice. His was truly “A Life Worthwhile”.


ALUMNI OBITUARIESWILLIAM A STEWART ~ 1926-2006The Red and Gray prophecy for Bill Stewart in the 1943 Graduation Classsaid, “William Stewart with his business-like trend will make his fortune at

borrow and lend.” However, it was asa television pioneer that Bill Stewartwould best be remembered. He wasproducer and director of “Time forJuniors”, a CHSJ award winningshow of the 1950’s and 1960’s inSaint John. Hosted by his first wife,Jene Wood (Class of 1944), theshow became a vehicle for countlessyoungsters to show their artistic andmusical skills and to provide a talentbase for the annual Empty Stockingbroadcasts. Bill had earlier taken adegree at Acadia University. Hemoved on to Toronto in 1975 as Vice-President Programming with Global

Television, and in 1991 retired to Thousand Oaks, California, where hedied on October 18, 2006. Grace Craft (Class of 1949), who worked withBill at CFBC Radio, and then at CHSJ TV, remembers him as a perfec-tionist, “It was all business, and obviously learned it well.”

JAMES HAROLD WILLIAMS ~ 1961-2006Jamie Williams passed out from Saint John High School in June 1981,having entertained his teachers and friends. For many years he was abuyer-seller for Al’s’ Ultra Car Sales and Service inLorneville. The Community knew him as an out-standing comic actor. He was a leading actor withthe Saint John Theatre Company, appearing intwelve main stage productions under the directionof Stephen Tobias who said, “Jamie had time for

everybody. Onceyou got to knowhim, he wouldmake time to develop a close relation-ship. He was the type of guy who wouldget in his truck in a winter storm anddrive around looking for people to res-cue.” Jamie developed comedic dinnershows and murder mysteries, andbecame well known as his altar ego“Shakey Evidence”. He emceed manynon-profit events. In a reverse tribute, a

June 2006 benefit auction raised over sixty-thousand dollars for the ailingJamie and his girl friend, Kizzy Kaye. Jamie died on July 3, 2006 frombladder cancer.

ELIZABETH (Peddle) DeChamp ~ 1942-2006After graduating from Saint John High School in June 1960, Betty Peddlewent to Teachers College and then taught at Crescent valley ElementarySchool. She was especially good in dealingwith youngsters who had difficulties, and sowas moved to the School District Office toshare her skills in pupil evaluation, fromwhere she retired in 1995. Without childrenof her own, pupils sought her after becauseof her warm, caring nature. Her colleaguescommented on her kindness and extremegenerosity. “She saw the good in every-body.” Betty was a long time resident ofLoch Lomond Road with her husband Wason DeChamp. She died onDecember 9, 2006.

DANA EDWARD RUSSELL ~ 1950-2006

Dana Russell graduated in 1970and spent his working career withAtlantic Cash and Carry. His broth-ers, Douglas (1973) and Dale(1974) survived him. Dana died ofKidney Cancer on August 31 2006.

DR. DONALD EDWARDSMITH ~ 1921-2006

After graduating in June 1939 fromSaint John High School, Donaldserved overseas with the Carletonand York Regiment. He foughtcourageously in Italy andNorthwest Europe and receivedthe Military Cross and Bar in 1944in the Italian Campaign. Justbefore the end of the war, in April1945 during the Liberation ofHolland, he was severely wound-ed, losing his right leg below theknee, and the sight of one eye.Recuperating in Saint John, hemarried Constance Murray, SJHS1940, and then gained a medicaldoctorate at McGill University. Hedid a residency in London,England, and then moved toOshawa Ontario where he prac-ticed internal medicine for thirty-four years, serving for a time asChief in the Oshawa GeneralHospital. He retired in 1990 andlost his wife, Connie in 1998. Hisold brother, Professor WilliamYoung Smith, a Rhodes Scholar,and eminent UNB Economist, diedin 1999. He is survived by his fourchildren and by his sister Jean(Smith) Baxter, who wasValedictorian of SJHS in 1941. Dr.Donald Smith died in Oshawa onJuly 11, 2006.

RALPH ARTHUR OLIVE ~ 1927-2006Ralph Olive came from a Loyalist Family of ship builders. He graduatedfrom Saint John High School in June 1944 and had a varied businesscareer, selling insurance, manag-ing a shopping centre - theLansdowne Mall in 1965 was SaintJohn’s first - and dressing up win-dow displays. He had innate artisticabilities, and should have gone to aschool of art and design. Hebecame a full time professionalpainter in his fifties, featuring wildlife and the outdoors. One special-ty was the painting of beach rockswith scenes of flowers, birches,covered bridges and lupin, which he sold to cruise ship passengers.Another love was gliding - he became an instructor. He chaired the com-mittee which put together a massive 567 page history of the PioneeringVeterans of the Royal Canadian Air Force which went into print a fewyears back.

An athlete in his youth, asmoker in his mature years, RalphOlive was painting murals to theend of his life, including one ofSouth House at Rothesay,Netherwood School. He was aloyal supporter of Saint John High

School, organizing class reunions in 1994, 1999 and 2004, and offeringframed paintings for raffle raising over fifteen hundred dollars for theAlumni Fund. He died on September 23, 2006 in Saint John, leaving threesons, David (1966), Jamie (1969) and Peter.

STUART WHALLEY ~ 1937-2006On a 1955 flight to represent New Brunswick at the Canadian HighSchool Curling Championships inThunder Bay, Stuart Whalley fell inlove with aeroplanes, and determinedto become a pilot. He graduated fin1956 from Saint John High, enteredthe Royal Canadian Air Force, andbecame a jet fighter pilot in 1957. In1966 he joined Air Canada as a FirstOfficer flying out of Toronto, and sub-sequently became Captain of a varietyof passenger planes, starting withDC9s and ending with Boeing 767s.He took mandatory retirement in 1997at the age of sixty and moved back to New Brunswick to Wickham, win-tering in Florida. He died on November 23, 2006 in Wickham.

BARBARA GENE ELDRIDGE ~ 1935-2006Barbara Eldridge graduated fromSaint John High School in June 1953,and then studied music and businessat Mt. Allison University. She marriedRev. Ernest Eldridge (same surname)in 1957, and served graciously as anAnglican minister’s wife in theVancouver area until his retirement in1994, when they came back to NewBrunswick, settling in Beaver Harbour.Barbara had Lou Gehrig’s Diseaseand died on November 10, 2006 inBlack’s Harbour.Remember SJHS with a

donation to our Alumni Fund


OBITUARIES - Remembering our GradsMALCOLM R BAXTER ~ 1935-2006

“Mac” Baxter graduated from SaintJohn High School in June 1953.After attending Acadia University, hejoined his Father, Robert W. Baxterin building up Baxter Foods - not justa milk producer, but a wide variety ofgrocery products. Mac became pres-ident and CEO and also headed upCoast Tire and Auto Service Ltd.Through innovative practices, andsound business sense, he was rec-ognized nationally and in the UnitedStates. In 1987 he became the first

Canadian Dairyman to be appointed Director of the US Milk IndustryFoundation. He was also President of the National Dairy Council ofCanada.

‘Mac’ Baxter was an outstanding community leader. Among hismany contributions were ten years on the Board of the Saint JohnRegional Hospital Foundation, raising millions of dollars, President of theNB Protestant Orphans Home, service on the Saint John PortCorporation, the Board of Trade and the United Way.

His recreational passion was sailing. He was Commodore of theRoyal Kennebecasis Yacht Club, and competed in the Admiral Cup inEngland, placing fifth out of thirty-three countries. “Generous, caring, andmodest” were frequently used adjectives to describe him. Baxter Foodsis now owned by Saputo International, but the brand name survives.

Mac Baxter died in Saint John on November 26, 2006.

DR. JOHN WINSTON PURDY ~ 1940-2006John Winston Purdy graduated from Saint John High School in June1958. He went on to the University of NewBrunswick where he received a B.Sc. withHonours, and then to the University ofToronto, gaining both a Master’s and aDoctoral Degree in Geophysics. He marriedCarolyn and moved first to Switzerland andthen to England where he was a professor at

the University ofLiverpool. Thenhe returned to Canada to study medicine atDalhousie University. Known as “TheRefugee” from the geriatrics ward, he wasgreatly admired and respected by all of his col-leagues. He had a thriving Family Practice inFredericton, and then specialized inOphthalmology for twenty years, demonstrat-ing a competent gentle manner. He was pre-deceased by his brother, Judson Purdy, Class

of 1949.Dr. John Purdy died in Calgary on December 28, 2006.

LYNNE (BRIGGS) CROWTHER - 1948-2007Lynne led a very active life at Saint John High, including Field Hockey,Red Cross, ISCF, Junior Choir and theRadio Club. She graduated in June 1966and took her RN Training at the old SaintJohn General Hospital. Her nursingcareer took her to Saskatchewan, Halifax,and the Melville Lodge Nursing Home.The elderly had a special place in Lynne’sheart. She dedicated her nursing career toGeriatrics. She died in Halifax on January11, 2007, and is survived by a son, sisterJean Briggs) O’Neill (Class of 1978) andbrother James Briggs (Class of 1976)

HELEN (LUNNIN)ANDERSON ~ 1913-2007

Graduating from the Union StreetBuilding in 1931, Helen went toProvincial Normal School inFredericton. After some yearsworking as a seamstress at home,she taught at Bayview, Woodlawnand Forest Hills Schools. She wasa strong supporter of the NationalCouncil of Women, The NewBrunswick Teachers Association,and the Retired Teachers Society.She helped in reviving the SJHSAlumni Association in the 1980’s.She died on January 15, 2007 inSaint John.

JAMES S JAMES ~ 1917 - 2006Born in Staffordshire England,Him and his three brothers joined

their parents in Saint John in1931. His father had served withthe Canadian Army in World WarOne, and came to Saint John portto work on the West Side Docksafter the catastrophic fire of 1931.Jim graduated from Saint JohnHigh in 1934. He joined the militiain 1936 and served as a gunnerwith the 4th Field Battery. He wason duty on Partridge Island withthe old six-inch guns of HMCSNiobe when war was declared. Hetransferred to the Military Policeand served overseas in Englanduntil a shortage of aircrew per-suaded him to train as a pilot. Hebecame Pilot Officer James in theRCAF Ferry Command, and in

1944 and 1945 took American Liberator Aircraft from Canada to India andEgypt. After the war he joined Canadian Air Traffic Control, serving inSydney, NS and in Moncton, NB. He helped in the installation of radarequipment and retired in 1977. Jim James died in Riverview NB on July3, 2006. A review of his autobiography appears in the Alumni News of2001. He was a generous donor to the Alumni Fund for many years.

CAROLA SAUERTEIG ~ 1961 - 2006After graduating from Saint John HighSchool in 1979, “Ola” took a degree inHotel Administration at RyersonUniversity in Toronto. She was employedat several Toronto Restaurants, beforemoving to the Canada Revenue Agency.She died in Toronto on October 27, 2006after a long illness.

AGNEW PAT (YORKE) FRANKLIN ~ 1915-2006Pat came from Black River NB and graduated from Saint John High’s oldbuilding on Union Street in 1932. She married Mitchell Franklin, prominentbusinessman and philanthropist, and hosted many charitable functions atFranklin Farms, Tynemouth Creek. Pat was an inspiration and a magnifi-cent role model for all that had the privilege of knowing and loving her.She died on May 3, 2006 leaving a son Neil, and daughter Beverley(Class of 1965).

EDNA (KELLEY) REMERANVILLE ~ 1918-1991Charles Kelley (1947) has asked that we report the death of his sister,Edna. She graduated in 1935 and was a member of the New BrunswickGirls Championship Basketball Team. She died in Taunton,Massachusetts in 1991.

PATRICIA RIDEOUT-ROSENBERG ~ 1921-2006Canada’s outstanding Contralto Soloist graduated from Saint John High

School in June 1948. She went fromthe School Choir and the NewBrunswick Music Festival to be leadsinger with the Canadian OperaCompany. She performed in Canadaand Europe, taking outstanding roleslike that of Lucretia, in BenjaminBritten’s recent composition. Sherecorded Mavra, the Opera of IvorStravinsky in Russian, with the com-poser conducting. She did TwentiethCentury music with Glen Gould onTelevision. She said that her successwas due to versatility and reliability,

which took her on concert tours to Scandinavia, Iceland, Brussels, Parisand London. She made her home in Cambridge, Ontario, sent frequentdonations to the Alumni Fund, and died there on September 8, 2006. Herobituary paid tribute “Patricia Rideout’s decision to live, perform and teachin Canada contributed immensely to music in this country.”

MURIEL (DYKEMAN) WHITE ~ 1905-2006“Nunie” Dykeman graduated from Saint John High in 1921 and was ouroldest living graduate until her death on April 23, 2006. She taught formany years at Dufferin School in Saint John.

LEYCESTER DEVERE D’ARCY ~ 1919-2006Leycester D’Arcy graduated in 1936, worked as a salesman for RobinHood Mills, and joined the RCAF in 1941. He served in England duringthe war with a Pathfinder Squadron, noted for their skill in navigation.Returning home in 1945, Leycester gained degrees from the University ofNew Brunswick in the Arts and in Civil Law. He served as CrownProsecutor in Fredericton for twenty years and was Superintendent of


OBITUARIESD’Arcyof Insurance. He then went into pri-vate Law Practice in St. Georgewhere he was noted for his gentle-manly manner and precision in legalwork. He died on September 7, 2006in St. George.

MYRNA DORINE COUGHLAN ~ 1922-2006Myrna Coughlan came from BlackvilleNB to teach Mathematics at Saint JohnHigh School from September 1966 toJune 1970. She was an effective, some-what stern instructor, who went on tobecome High School Supervisor forDistrict 10. Myrna died on the Miramichion October 16, 2006.

PAMELA (DEVINE) LITTLE ~ 1937-2007Pamela graduated from Saint JohnHigh School in June 1955. She taughtat Prince Charles School for thirty-three years and is sadly missed by herformer students and fellow teachers.She was pre-deceased by her sisterDoris (Devine) McGibbon (Class of1942). Pamela died on January 9,2007.

JAMES NORMAN McAFEE ~ 1923-2006Jim McAfee graduated in 1940 fromSaint John High School. He served asa radio operator with the MerchantNavy in World War Two. Returning toSaint John, he worked for the FordMotor Company for thirty-two years.He is survived by his wife Ora (Shaw)McAfee (Class of 1944), and by sonPaul McAfee, (Class of 1966), anddaughter Lynda (McAfee) Stevens,(Class of 1969). Jim died on

September 15, 2006.

CHARLES HERBERT MAXWELL ~ 1916-2006Herb Maxwell graduated in 1934 with the Class Prophecy: “HerbMaxwell’s deft fingers will handle the knife,As he works in a butcher shop all his life.”But in the shadow of war, he enrolled in theMilitia and became an Artillery Sergeant onPartridge Island when war was declared.He volunteered to serve overseas andgained a commission as an InfantryLieutenant with the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders. He was twicewounded and taken prisoner by the Germans near war’s end in March1945. Mentioned Dispatches, he lost his right leg above the knee, andwas repatriated after a year in a British hospital. Herb became a supervi-sor of Welfare with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Lancaster, SaintJohn West. He served as President of the War Amps of Canada, Treasurerof the New Brunswick Music Festival, and helped out with the Scouts of St.Rose. After the death of his wife Margery in 1999, Herb moved toRidgewood Veterans Centre. In 2004, he was honoured with a medal bythe Netherlands Government for his services sixty years before in theLiberation of Holland. Herb died on December 3, 2006. He was a gener-ous contributor to the Alumni Fund, giving over $2000 in the past ten years.

DOUGLAS FLEMING ~1933-2006Nicknamed “Flip” by his class-mates of Room 32, Douglas

Fleming graduat-ed in June 1950.He was anemployee of NBTel for forty-fouryears, beginningin the Mail Roomand finishing as a

Taxation Specialist. In retirement,he became a lifetime member ofthe Telephone Pioneers ofAmer i ca ,and ownedand oper-ated “HardT i m eC a n d y ”which soldp e p p e r -mint drops,humbugs,and barley toys. He died inEdmonton on June 9, 2006, leav-ing three children and a sister,Mary Lou (Fleming) Dewar,Valedictorian of 1953. A generoussupporter of the Alumni Fund, andof the School Yearbook, to whichDouglas contributed.

JENNIFER (Kearns)ELDRIDGE ~ 1966-2006

After gradu-ating in June1 9 8 4 ,Jennifer tooka PharmacyDegree atD a l h o u s i eUn ivers i ty.She becameO f f i c e

Manager of Meditrust Pharmacy inWest Saint John. Jennifer died onDecember 7, 2006, leaving,besides her husband and parents,brothers Jeffrey (1983) and Troy(1989) and sister Tamara (Kearns)Beatteay (1986).

MURRAY LEE ~ 1928-2006

Murray graduated in 1946. At thetime of his death in November2006 he was living in BurrittsRapids outside Ottawa. He is sur-vived by his daughter Linda (Lee)Attoe (1970) and his son Kelvin(1975).

MARION (STEPHENSON) REARDON ~ 1929-2004An outstanding athlete in High School, Mariongraduated in June 1946 with this yearbookdescription “Surely you’ve seen the most famousred hair, wildly but beautifully tangled on the bas-ketball floor and when skiing. It primly stands onend as she presides at Hi-Y meetings; it bristledat Chorus, Library Club and Dramatic Club. Itshoots off electric sparks when she argues withteachers; it is soaking wet when swimming andsailing, but is calmed down when she isengrossed in such hobbies as knitting and collecting miniature annuals.She’s insane about all sports and has a brain under that flaming mop.”She attended Mount Allison University and graduated from McGill with aB.Sc. in Physical Education. She taught Physed in Yarmouth andFredericton before marrying Judge James Reardon. Marion died in April2004 in Yarmouth, leaving brother Ted Stephenson (2952) and sister Pat(Livingstone) 1954 as well as cousins Peggy (1953) and Helen (1956)Stephenson, Nancy Benn (1950) and Claire (Stephenson) Fidler (1956).

MARGARET EILEEN LASKEY ~1977-2006

Margaret graduated from SaintJohn High School in June 1996. She wasemployed by New System Dry Cleaners onLansdowne Avenue in Saint John. She diedon June 17, 2006, leaving besides threebrothers, a sister Laura (Laskey) Ouellette(Class of 1990).

MARY ELEIZABETH BECK ~ 1943-2006Mary started her life at the New Brunswick Protestant

Orphanage in Saint John, and was adopted by Arnold Beck and hiswife. She graduated from Saint John High in 1961 and then attendedTeachers College in Fredericton. She taught school mostly inFredericton North, and was very well liked by her students. Besides tak-ing some university courses, Mary had her own Channel 10 TV Showgeared towards children. It was called “Mary’s Place” - she wrote andread stories based on Fiddlehead. As well she had two books of chil-dren’s poetry published in the 1980’s. There are lots more in theProvincial Archives under “The Mary Beck Collection”. Her close friend,Betty Saunders of Fredericton, is typing them up. Mary died on April 9,2006 and is sadly missed. Following are two of her poems.ALWAYS HAVE A DREAMTo Those I Leave BehindA dreamer I have always been;As long as I breathe will beFor without a dream what would like be -Despair and indignity...To those whom I love; friends and familyPlease share in my bequest.For when I go to my Saviour’s arms -I will be a most welcomed guest.I’m not afraid as through DARKNESS I travelFor the Lord prepares a place for me -And my George will be awaiting my soulUnder the “Snowball” tree.I never knew who I really wasUntil TRUTH on this earth set me free;Yet now I know I was loved by manyAnd my pleasant memories weren’t a mystery.To those I leave behind, my intentions were always trueThough some thought I meant them harm.But it was never conscionable in my wildest dreamsThat I HURT instead of keeping loved ones warm.If I should die before I wake, or waiver with the pain,Remember always what I truly believe,True Godliness will remain!Written: September 6, 2004 by Mary BeckBefore her spleen surgery


LET GOTo “let go” does not mean to stop caring,It means I can’t do it for someone else.

To “let go” is not to cut myself off,It’s the realization I can’t control another.

To “let go” is not to change or blame another,It’s to make the most of myself.

To “let go” is not to care for, but to care about.

To “let go” is not to judge,But to allow another to be a human being.

To “let go” is not to be in the middle arranging all the Outcomes, but to allow others to affect their destinies.

To “let go” is not to be protective,It’s to permit another to face reality.

To “let go” is not to deny, but to accept.

To “let go” is not to nag, scold or argue, but insteadTo search out my own shortcomings and correct them.

To “let go” is not to criticize and regulate anybody,But to try to become what I dream I can be.

To “let go” is not to regret the past,But to grow and live for the future.

To “let go” is to fear less, and love more.

By Mary Beck

ALUMNI OBITUARIESWith deep regret we record the passing of:1921 Muriel (Dykeman) White, Saint John NB April 20061922 Gladys (Murphy) Hall, Saint John NB June 20061925 Margaret (Higgins) Beckett, Halifax NS March 20061926 Muriel (Weaver) Christiansen, Saint John January 20071926 Ada Holtzman, Saint John NB May 20061928 Ena (Monaghan) Smith, Rothesay NB May 20061928 Audrey (Leck) Logan, Hampton NB February 20071929 C. Maxwell Lingley, Saint John NB June 20061929 Marion McAfee, Montreal QC December 20061930 Barbara (Kelly) Janes, Riverview NB May 20061930 Mary (Harding) O’Neal, Saint John NB October 20061931 Helen (Upham) McLeod, Saint John NB June 20061931 Helen (Lunnin) Anderson, Saint John NB January 20071932 Agnes (Yorke) Franklin, Saint John NB May 20061932 Margaret (Henderson) Logan, Saint John February 20071932 Margaret (Williams) Logan, Saint John June 20061932 Frances (Stewart) Davies, Grand Bay-West August 20061933 Helen (James) Ellis, Saint John, NB April 20061933 Sybil (Gibbon) Lyon, Saint John NB March 20061934 Doris (Lawson) Crawford, Saint John February 20061934 James S. James, Riverview NB July 20061934 C. Herbert Maxwell, Saint John NB December 20061935 Jean (Russell) Burns, Sackville NB December 20061936 Roberta (Jamieson) Sewell, Saint John August 20061936 Helen (Anthony) Thompson, Saint John September 20061936 Leycester D’Arcy, St. George NB September 20061936 Ruby (London) Stone, Saint John NB December 20061937 Margaret (McGee) MacKenzie, Saint John November 20061937 Miriam (Blake) Johnston, Gr Bay-Westfield November 20061937 Darrell Hayes, Saanich BC January 20071938 Marie (Purdy) Chase, Fredericton NB June 20061939 G. Marshall Howard, Kingston ON May 20061939 Dr. Donald Smith M.C. & Bar, Oshawa ON July 20061939 Albert Burditt, Truro NS February 20071939 Jessie (Bovaird) Brown, Dartmouth NS June 20061939 Jean (Sherwood) Flewelling, Saint John August 20061939 Thelma (Thompson) Abrahamsen, Lunenburg Noember 20061939 Gladys Cole, Saint John NB January 20071939 Jean (Alexander) Halsall, Saint John January 20071940 William K. Usher, Saint John NB April 20061940 Kathleen (Wright) Jewell, Kingston NB June 20061940 James McAfee, Saint John NB September 20061940 Bernice (Langille) Collins, Saint John October 20061940 Connie (Shippee) Saunders, Saint John December 20061941 Audrey (Hamilton) Gates, Gagetown NB August 20061942 Joyce (MacFarlane( Windsor, Omenee ON December 20051942 Thomas A. Pettie, Dartmouth NS January 2006

1943 William A. Stewart, Thousand Oaks CA October 20061943 Thomas Woodman, Saint John NB December 20061944 Ralph A. Olive, Saint John NB September 20061945 Helen (Robertson) Graves, Dartmouth NS June 20061946 Marion (Stephenson) Reardon, Yarmouth NS April 20041946 Murray Lee, Burritts Rapids ON November 20061947 Ruth (Edwards) McLean, Barrie ON August 20061948 Mary (Campbell) DeLong, PEI May 20061948 Patricia Rideout-Rosenberg, Cambridge ON September 20061949 Lloyd Eric Lamb, Dartmouth NS May 20061949 Eva (Parks) Ganong, Saint John NB June 20061949 William Hale, Fredericton NB January 20071949 Cecil V. Hartin, Kingston NB August 20061950 Douglas W. Fleming, Quispamsis, NB June 20061951 Murray Loughery, Saint John NB August 20061953 Harold Stackhouse, Thunder Bay ON May 20061953 Joan M. Duncan, Saint John NB April 20061953 Barbara (Eldridge) Eldridge, Beaver Harbour November 20061953 Malcolm r. Baxter, Saint John NB November 20061955 Curtis MacDonald, Brantford ON October 20061955 Pamela (Devine) Little, Saint John NB January 20071956 Stuart Whalley, Wickham NB November 20061957 Ian Stones, Montreal QC 20061958 Dr. John Purdy, Calgary AB December 20061960 Jane (Giggey) Berry, Grand Bay-Westfield October 20061960 Betty (Peddle) DeChamp, Saint John NB December 20061961 Mary Elizabeth Beck, Fredericton NB April 20061966 Lynne (Briggs) Crowther, Halifax NS January 20071968 John Philip Bamford, Fredericton NB April 20061970 Dana Russell, Saint John NB August 20061979 Carola Sauerteig, Toronto ON October 20061981 Jamie Williams, Saint John NB July 20061984 Jennifer (Kearns) Eldridge, Wells NB December 20061986 Janice Keating, Saint John NB December 20061996 Margaret Laskey, Saint John NB June 20062004 Jillian Keith, Fredericton NB December 2006Teacher 1966-70 Myrna Coughlan, Blackville NB October 2006

From the Evening Times-Globe of February 8, 1952Regional Drama Festival Award Winners

Not only did the Saint John Theatre Guild’s entry in the NB RegionalDrama Festival receive top honours, but two members of the cast, from

left to right above, Sandy Gregory and Miss Jene Wood, receivedawards for the best actor and actress in the festival in the festival. Onthe extreme right the festival adjudicator, Pierre Lefevre, is shown pre-senting the DL MacLaren Trophy to Bill Stewart, director of the winning

play. For Mr. Stewart and Miss Wood it was a repeat of the successthey had achieved the year before.

The SJHS AlumniNews is published by

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of Caraquet, NB

Faces of 1956 ~ John Kee & Gordon Gregory

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Milton Caulfield (1930) has written again from Sidney, BC. “Youmay get a kick out of this. Our Grade Nine Class in the old Union Streetbuilding was in the room above the Superintendent’s Office. One day wehad a replacement teacher, Nan Coleman, who was about twenty-oneyears of age, and an easy mark. The class was raising hell, and makingso much noise that Superintendent Sam Worrell came up from his officejust below and told us off in no uncertain terms. We never had NanColeman again. Of course I was not one of the participants throwingerasers and spitballs.”David Plummer (1941) writes from Marietta, Georgia, expressingappreciation for new of Saint John High School Alumni, “some of whomreally do manage to live “A Life Worthwhile” - the rest of us don’t generatemuch glory though - we just stumble and bumble along, and manage tokeep our spirits above low tide. Thanks to David Moir and other stalwartsbehind the scenes for all their generous work to keep us connected.Would it be possible to create and publish for a price a Directory of SJHSGrads? I would like very much to get back in touch with several goodfriends and neighbours - and even relatives! Perhaps you could seek outif many others would be interested by including a query in the next NewsBulletin?

A couple of examples of my interests: 1. Douglas Flewwelling(1941), my fifth cousin, he and I had the same piano teacher whoarranged for us to play a piano duet at a Victoria School Assembly. Thepiece was one of several Spanish Dances in a folio. I no longer have acopy, and would like to obtain one if Doug could give me details from hiscopy. 2. Sallie Maxwell - a lovely, pretty neighbour who went to nursingschool after high school and settled somewhere in Maine. Her brotherGray Maxwell (1936) was a Tank Commander, and was killed in actionduring the approach to Monte Cassino in Italy in 1943. He had a comicsense of humour and was a close friend of my brother Art Plummer (1939)who married Doreen Butler (1943) of Dever Road, Saint John. 3. DonaldLogan, a classmate of 1941 who hasn’t been heard of since high schooldays.”EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote back to David Plummer and gave him the fol-lowing details: 1. Douglas Flewelling (1941) - 316 Rue Fairfield,Greenfield Park, Quebec, J4V 1Z9 - a photo of him was in the 2002Alumni News. 2. Sallie (Maxwell) Comstock (1939) - 11 Manning Street,Calais, Maine 04619 - but we haven’t heard from her in years - andhaven’t sent a newsletter since 2000. 3. Dr. Donald Logan (1941) 9Marlene Drive, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2T 3E7. Again, no news from himin years.

The preparation of a directory of SJHS Graduates would be amammoth task. We have more than 12,000 names and addresses in thecomputer, a quarter of which have been deactivated because of death orreturned newsletters. For example, of 9,000 newsletters mailed out in May2006, 280 were returned by the Post Office, and only 65 of these havebeen found, and re-addressed. It is a sad comment on modern society,with its electronic mail, that fewer and fewer persons send notice ofaddress change, and few seem to recognize the cost of printing and mail-ing newsletters every year. Your Editor blames charitable organizationsand political parties for bombarding citizens with repeated requests fordonations.Robert Cadman graduated in 1946. Knownas “the Brain”, he returned to take Senior Matric beforegoing on, as the Year Book said, “to greater things.”Writing to class mate Ernestine (Doherty) Smith inJanuary 2007, he says: “You and some of our class-mates wondered about my career. You were quite rightthat I worked for the CBC. After I graduated from UNBwith a B.A. Degree in 1950 (that BeaverbrookScholarship was a great thing for me) I got a part time

job as an announcer at CFBC inSaint John. Three months later I gota fell time announcer job at a smallstation in Newcastle-Miramichi. Ayear or so later, the CBC in Halifaxcontacted me asking if I was inter-ested in working with them. Was Iever! I auditioned and was hired asan announcer, first briefly in

Sydney, Cape Breton, and then to CBC Halifax in February 1952. Iworked there for twelve years, doing all sorts of programs, except Jazzand Sports. I was best known in Halifax as the Host of a Weekly TVProgram called City Reporter dealing with civic and provincial affairs for

More from our Mailbag... eight years. In 1964 I transferredwith the CBC to Montreal. Again Itook part in a wide variety of radioand TV programs. Many peopleremember me as the Quizmasterof the Montreal version of the HighSchool Quiz Program “Reach forthe Top” for nineteen years. Duringthe last decade or so of my careerI worked mainly on the CBC’sworldwide short wave radio serv-ice, Radio Canada International asa news anchor, along with writing,hosting, producing and editing pro-grams about such things as sci-ence, technology, finance, and pol-itics. I retired in 1991. My thirty-nine years with the CBC were verychallenging and a lot of fun (mostof the time).

In 1993 I and my wife,Kathy Silver (who had been aJournalist and University Lecturer),moved to Kingston, Ontario, whereour son and his wife live and whereour grandchildren were born.Dr. J. David Miller (1971)

wrote from Ottawa in August 2006“My research in EnvironmentalHealth has led me to developresearch tools in Toxicology andExposure Assessment forRespiratory Disease. I co-managesome large population health stud-ies in PEI and Nunavut. I am oftenin New Brunswick because of mygood fortune to work with JD IrvingLtd. on a remarkable mutualismsystem involving Fungi that liveinside Conifer needles. This kind ofassociation has been known ingrasses for some years and helpsboth conifers and grasses resistinsects. I continue to travel a gooddeal to speak at meetings and toparticipate in panels on Toxicologyand Public Health.” During the timeI was at SJHS, I received an excel-lent high school education.”

POETRY IN THE CLASSROOMS OF YESTERDAYWriting from St. Lambert, Quebec, George Sparks (Class of 1948)sent a printout from representative poetry on line of Bliss Carman’sstately poem:

THE SHIPS OF SAINT JOHNWhere are the ships I used to know,That came to port on the Fundy tide

Half a century ago,In beauty and stately pride?

In they would come past the beacon light,With the sun on gleaming sail and spar,

Folding their wings like birds in flightFrom countries strange and far.

Schooner and brig and barkentine,I watched them slow as the sails were furled,

And wondered what cities they must have seenOn the other side of the world.

Frenchman and Britisher and Dane,Yankee, Spaniard and Portugee,

And many a home ship back againWith her stories of the sea.

Calm and victorious, at restFrom the relentless, rough sea-play,The wild duck on the river’s breast

Was not more sure than they.

The creatures of a passing race,The dark spruce forests made them strong,

The sea’s lore gave them magic grace,The great winds taught them song.

And God endowed them each with life -His blessing on the craftsman’s kill -To meet the blind unreasoned strife

And dare the risk of ill.

Not mere insensate wood and paintObedient to the helm’s command,

But often restive as a saintBeneath the Heavenly hand.

All the beauty and mystery Of life were there, adventure bold,Youth, and the glamour of the sea

And all its sorrows old.

And many a time I saw them goOut on the flood at morning brace,As the little tugs had them in tow,

And the sunlight danced on the wave.

There all day long you could hear the soundOf the caulking iron, the ship’s bronze bell,And the clank of the capstan going round

As the great tides rose and fell.

The sailors’ songs, the Captain’s shout,The boatswain’s whistle piping shrill,

And the roar as the anchor chain runs out, —I often hear them still.

I can see them still, the sun on their gear,The shining streak as the hulls careen,

And the flag at the peak unfurling, — clearAs a picture on a screen.

The fog still hangs on the long tide-rips,The gulls go wavering to and fro,

But where are all the beautiful shipsI knew so long ago?

George Sparks has only a brief comment: I was taught the poemwith the title “The Ships of Grey Saint John. I understand the City changedit. Am I correct? Dennis Knibb, Principal 1965-1992, always taught at leastone class every year, usually History, but sometimes Math or English. Hiscopy of Copp Clark’s “Poems Worth Knowing” includes Bliss Carman’spoem from the classic years of the late Victorian era. Nowhere does theadjective ‘grey’ appear. Sun lights up two verses, and fog is mentioned inthe last verse, but grey is not to be found.

Dr. Lilian Maxwell of the University of New Brunswick inFredericton published a little book in 1946 entitled “The River St. John andits Poets”. It was used in Teachers College (Normal School) for a numberof years. Among the sixteen poets listed is Bliss Carman (1861-1929),described as the Poet Laureate of Canada, and one of his poems ‘The

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Ships of Saint John’ is printed. It bears little resemblance to the statelyverses above, but contains four references to Gray Saint John, soGeorge Sparks’ recollection of verses taught in the past has validity.

THE SHIPS OF SAINT JOHNSmile, you inland hills and rivers!Flush you mountains in the dawn!

But my roving heart is seawardWith the ships of grey Saint John.

Fair the land lies, full of August,Meadow island, shingly bar,

Open barns and breezy twilight, Peace and the mild Evening Star.

Gently now this gentlest countryThe old habitude takes on,

But my wintry heart is outboundWith the great ships of Saint John.

Once in your wide arms you held me,Till the man-child was a man,

Canada, great nurse and motherOf the young sea-roving clan.

Always your bright face above me,Through the dreams of boyhood shone,

Now far alien countries call me,With the ships of grey Saint John.

Swing, you tides, up out of Fundy!Blow you white fogs in from the sea!

I was born to be your fellow;You were bred to pilot me.

At the touch of your strong fingers,Doubt, the derelict is gone;

Sane and glad I clear the headlandWith the white ships of Saint John.

Loyalist, my Fathers, buildedThis grey port of the grey sea,

When the duty to idealsCould not let well being be.

When the breadth of scarlet buntingPuts the wreath of Maple on,

I must cheer to - slip my mooringsWith the ships of grey Saint John.

Peerless hearted port of heroes,Be a word to lift the world

Till the many see the signalOf the few once more unfurled.

Past the lighthouse, past the nunbuoy,Past the crimson rising sun,

There our dreams go down the harbourWith the tall ships of Saint John.

In the morning I am with themAs they cleave the Island Bar -

Fade, till speck by speck the middayHas forgotten where they are.

I sight a vaster sea-line,Wider leeway, longer run,

Whose discoverers return notWith the ships of grey Saint John.

In days gone by we used to learn certain poetry by heart. GraysElegy in an English Churchyard - “The Curfew tolls the knell of partingday...” was in every English schoolboy’s repertoire, alongside chunks ofShakespeare like Hamlet’s soliloquy “To be, or not to be, that is the ques-tion...” In New Brunswick, Charles G.D. Roberts would perhaps be tooimperialistic for today’s young people: “this, this is Britain, bulwark of ourbreed, our one sure shield against the hordes of hate.” WilliamDrummond, or similar late Victorian vintage, might upset Francophoneswith this garbled English in poems like ‘The Habitant’ - I rarder be stay me,an’ spen’ de las’ day me, on de farm by de rapide dat’s call Cheval Blanc.”But Emily Dickinson, the reclusive American poet, is still acceptable today:“There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away, nor any courserslike a page of prancing poetry.”

Today’s English classes in High School teach techniques of

Today’s English classesin High School teach techniquesof composition, access to spell-check on the computer, but verylittle grammar. Never end a sen-tence with a preposition, andChurchill’s famous response “thisis a rule up with which I will notput” would be lost on today’syoung people. They still studyShakespeare, and the more fortu-nate ones get involved in livestage productions. “To Kill aMockingbird” is still a favouritechoice for the Grade X novel.There is an elective course inGrade XII named Can. Lit. but it iscentred around our twentieth cen-tury authors. No courses requirethe memorization of passages ofpoetry. Like the twelve times table,it is not educationally sound torecite poetry. The enrichment ofwords has gone from our lives.

REBEKAH THOMPSON

of Dipper Harbour graduated in2003 and went on to St. ThomasUniversity in Fredericton to studycriminology before entering theRCMP. She had been an out-standing hockey player at SJHSand continued as a defencemanof the Tommies Squad in theAtlantic Universities Women’sHockey Conference.

MARGARET (PEGGY) FENWICK 1989 - moved withher husband, Doug Hrushka, to

Yorkton Saskatchewan, whereshe works for Mosaic Potash inEsterhazy as a Chemical Engin-eering Technologist. She writes: “Icouldn’t be happier, with two chil-dren. I just have to work out howto make shift work and a youngfamily go together.” She is plan-ning a visit to Saint John in 2009for her twentieth reunion.

THE SPALDING FAMILY OF HAMPTON

Donna Gillis Spalding is the mother of seven. Six are adopted, and oneis the biological child or Harold and Donna Spalding. She has written a

book “Roots, Wings and Other Things - AMother’s True Story of TransracialAdoptions” (Rain Publishing, 2006). Herb istruly a success story. “They experiencedsome racism,and learned torely on eachother. Theycould relate tothe slurs, could

defend one another, and formed a prettystrong unit. In the end, it is family, not race,which matters.” Saint John High School wasprivileged to have two Spalding boys for theirGrade XII year 1987-1988. Jason Spalding was adopted from African-Canadian parents at the age of three months and became an outstand-ing athlete in football and track. Angus came from an Acadian home,and was brought home by one of the Spalding boys at the age of thir-teen. He enjoyed executive type activities like golf, tennis and skiing. Allseven of the Spalding family attended university and became profes-sionals.

DRESKIN’S - A high quality clothing store closed its doors inJanuary 2007, after eighty years ofbusiness. NORMAN HAMBURG(1962) took over from his parents aftertaking a degree in Commerce atDalhousie University. His two brothers,Harvey Hamburg (1963) and DavidHamburg (1958) chose different paths.Harvey practises law in Toronto, andDavid, with a teaching degree, movedto Israel in 1960.

The original Dreskin’s storewas on Dock Street where the Aquatic

Centre now stands. They then moved to Union Street across fromthe Golden Ball building, and finally into Brunswick Square.

Norman said the decision to close was not an easy one,“We are in for strong economic times with Saint John’s expansionas an energy hub, but after forty years in the business, it is time tomove on.” His son Andrew (1998)has his own business Kustom AutoSound and Graphics on RothesayAvenue.

Dreskin’s is one of thelast Jewish stores operating inuptown Saint John. We reported inthe 2004 Alumni News that theJewish Community was in rapiddecline, that the Synagogue wasup for sale (no takers to date).

Marcia (Freedman) Koven (1943) recalls Wiezel BrothersShoe Store on King Street, the Ideal Store on Union Street, JackieFreedman’s Ladies Dress Store, Bessie Selby’s and SammyCohen’s, all on Union Street. There was also Sonny’s Soda Bar andJack’s Men’s Shop, Bobby Green’s Shoe Store and Harry’s Men’sand Boys’ Store. Around the corner on Waterloo, the Sun Ray FruitStore was a fixture for years, along with Ben Goldstein’s MusicStore, Calp’s Department Store and Robins’ Drugs were onCharlotte Street.

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Our Generous Donors May 2006 - March 2007Addison, Jane (Cummings), 1970, Park Forest, IllinoisAlexander, Frances (Cody), 1941, Brentwood Bay, BCAllan, F. Pauline, 1936, Saint John, NBAllan, M. Raymond, 1947, Saint John, NBAllen, Constance (Gilliland), 1940, Grand Bay - Westfield, NBAllwood, William, 1940, Fredericton, NBAnderson, Betty (Kinsman), 1939, Goderich, ONAnderson, Dorothy (Thorne), 1938, White Rock, BCAnderson, Louise (Howard), 1950, North Olmsted, OhioAnderson, William, 1941, Goderich, ONAppt, Susan, 1987, Mocksville, North CarolinaArmstrong, Diane (Huestis), 1949, Hacketts Cove, NSArmstrong, Dr. J. Richard, 1947, Hacketts Cove, NSArris, Keith, 1977, Calgary, ABAske, Diana (Skinner), 1950, Rothesay, NBBailey, Ruth (Windsor), 1940, Saint John, NBBaird, Joey (Foss), 1968, Pocologan, NBBaird, R. Gordon, 1938, Pocologan, NBBaker, Joyce (Bevans), 1949, New Bern, North CarolinaBaker, William, 1949, New Bern, North CarolinaBarbour, Norma (Stephenson), 1943, Manchester, NHBarker, Maryon, 1933, Saint John, NBBarrett, Sandra (Golding), 1973, Saint John, NBBartlett, Marjorie (Wills), 1945, Fredericton, NBBaxter, C. F. Noel “Chub”, 1945, Stoney Creek, ONBaxter, Jean (Smith), 1941, Sudbury, ON [In Memory ofBrother, Donald Smith, M. C. and Bar, 1939]Baxter, Joseph, 1952, Rothesay, NBBeamish, Viola (Smith), 1948, Saint John, NBBean, Norma (McAllister), 1942, Sussex Corner, NBBeatteay, Elizabeth, 1953, Saint John, NBBeesley, Dr. Joseph Ralph, 1941, Salem, VirginiaBell, James “Mike”, 1942, Halifax, NSBelyea, Arthur, 1946, Halifax, NSBelyea, Joan (Walton), 1948, Halifax, NSBenn, Nancy (Stephenson), 1950, Fredericton, NBBewick, Douglas, 1942, Longmeadow, MassachusettsBiefer, Beryl (Beatteay), 1946, Nepean, ONBiggs, Barbara (Doig), 1946, Saint John, NBBird, Charles, 1960, Guelph, ONBird, Jane (Giggey), 1963, Toronto, ONBird, Terence, 1963, Toronto, ONBoone, Dr. Sharon, 1981, Bowen Island, BCBosence, Rowland, 1938, Saint John, NBBranscombe, David, 1962, Sheet Harbour, NSBreen, John L., 1975, Oakville, ONBreithaupt, Myra (McKiel), 1950, Toronto, ONBrenton, Arthur, 1948, Gloucester, ONBrenton, Vaughn, 1948, Chilliwack, BCBrittain, Harry, 1957, Saint John, NBBrown, Jean (Malcolm), 1956, Fredericton, NBBrown, Robert C., 1965, Burton, NBBrown, Ruth Creighton (Likely), 1932, Westfield, NB [InMemory of Frances (Stewart) Davies, 1932]Browne, Dr. Eric N. C., 1969, Pierrefonds, QCBuckley, Delbert, 1942, Saint John, NBBuckley, Shirley (Snow), 1945, Saint John, NBBullock, Marjorie (Harlowe), 1945, Red Deer, ABBullock, Merle, 1945, Red Deer, ABBurchill, Dr. Krista, 1986, Caribou, MaineBurditt, Albert, 1939, Truro, NSBurditt, George, 1939, Saint John, NBBurdon, Thomas, 1936, Wentworth-Nord, QCBurgess, Penelope (Cook), 1968, Saint John, NBBurley, Suzanne (Bonnell), 1971, Fredericton, NBBurley, Wayne, 1971, Fredericton, NBBurlock, Patricia (Carson), 1942, Lakeview, NSBurton, Sheila (Hutton), 1967, Mississauga, ONButterfield, Deborah (Barbour), 1930, Rothesay, NB/BermudaCaines, Ronald, 1966, Riverview, NBCameron, H. Allen, 1965, Calgary, ABCameron, James, 1946, Wyckoff, New JerseyCameron, Diane (Loughery), 1975, Saint John, NBCarreira, Celso Manuel, 1981, PortugalCarscadden, Stuart, 1936, Halifax, NSCarson, Stephen, 1975, Rothesay, NBCarson, William, 1948, Rothesay, NBCase, A. David, 1956, Rothesay, NBCaulfeild, David, 1959, Ottawa, ON

Caulfield, Milton, 1930, Sidney, BCChapman, Elizabeth (Bishop), 1933, Rothesay, NBChase, Gerald, 1939, London, ONChernoff, Renate (Fisher), 1946, Potomac, MarylandChipman, Margaret (Gibson), 1936, Saint John, NBChipman, Peter, 1963, Delta, BCChristie, Tom, 1976, Calgary, ABCitren, Barry, 1969, Mississauga, ONClark, Eleanor (Howland), 1941, Saint John, NBClarke, Dr. Margo (MacRae), 1967, Langley, BCClarke, Thelma (Hobart), 1940, Fredericton, NBClements, Gwyneth (Flemming), 1949, Etobicoke, ONClewley, Janis (Simon), 1965, Saint John, NBCobham, Allan, 1975, Toronto, ONCody, George, 1937, Surrey, EnglandCogger, Nancy, 1977, Gloucester, ONCohen, Erminie (Bernstein), 1943, Saint John, NBColdrick, Hazel (Morehouse), 1937, Digby, NSColeman, Audrey (Gray), 1933, Petitcodiac, NBCombley, Dorothy (Hargreaves), 1940, Sackville, NBConley, Donald, 1944, Quispamsis, NBConley, Phyllis (Brown), 1941, Ottawa, ONConnell, Marjorie (Hayward), 1962, Hobe Sound, FloridaCooper, John, 1977. Ottawa, ONCooper, Stephen J., 1975, Saint John, NBCorbett, Phyllis (Andrews), 1932, North York, ONCosman, Berton, 1944, Rothesay, NBCox, Ann MacMurray, 1971, Bloomfield, NBCox, Charles, 1946, Utopia, NBCox, Glenna (Anderson), 1948, Utopia, NBCraft, Grace, 1949, Saint John, NB [In Memory of Brother,

Howard Craft, 1959]Craig, Dr. Donald, 1959, Rothesay, NBCrammond, Jack, Teacher 1955-75, Saint John, NBCrammond, Marlene, 1975, Calgary, ABCromwell, Bernice (Yurco), 1959, Quispamsis, NBCudmore, Doris (Hamilton), 1939, Saint John, NB [In

Memory of Brother. Lloyd Hamilton, 1943]Cunningham, John D., 1940, Toronto, ONCunningham, Gladys (Harrington), 1946, Toronto, ONCushing, Allison, 1967, Calgary, ABDalzell, David, 1939, Victoria, BCDavidson, Marianne (Pusch), 1961, Saint John, NBDavis, Isadore, 1938, Saint John, NBDawes, John, 1965, Regina, SKDay, Bette (Knox), 1945, Long Reach, NBDevereaux, Ann (Bruce), 1964, Beverly, MassachusettsDevine, Robert, 1959, Framingham, MassachusettsDewar, Beatrice Mary-Lou (Fleming), 1953, Calgary, AB [In

Memory of Brother, Douglas Fleming, 1950]Dimmitt, Margaret (Bewick), 1941, West Hartford, Conn.Docherty, Margaret (Belyea), 1950, Whitby, ONDoig, James F., 1942, Wolfville, NSDuncan, Donald McC., 1942, Dartmouth, NSDunham, Marion, 1938, Saint John, NBDurrant, Phyllis (Warwick), 1935, Grand Bay-Westfield, NBDuschenes, Julie, 1971, Lethbridge, ABDuval, Donald H., 1943, Fredericton, NBDuval, L. Carle, 1941, Truro, NSEarle, Carolyn (MacCollum), 1955, Halifax, NSEarle, Lena M., 1933, Saint John, NBEasdown, Sylvia (Brownberg), 1934, Orleans, ONEdgecombe, John, 1954, Halifax, NSEdwards, Stephanie (Ralston), 1983, Sarnia, ONEldridge, Theresa (MacEachern), 1944, Saint John, NBElkin, F. Gerald, 1935, Saint John, NBElliot, Shirley J., 1942, Saint John, NB [In Memory of

Brother, Jack Elliot, 1947]Elliott, Irene (Graves), 1963, Toronto, ONElliott, James, 1936, Yakima, WashingtonElliott, Myrna (Cameron), 1948, Toronto, ONEllis, R. Warren, 1941, Rothesay, NBElward, Margaret (Akerley), 1948, Saint John, NBEmmerson, Beryl (Cunningham), 1948, Rothesay, NBEverett, Eveleen (Bryden), 1937, Saint John, NBEye, Dorothy (Guild), 1940, Halifax, NSFeatherman, Sidney, 1965, Ottawa, ONFelker, Peter, 1965, Salinas, CaliforniaFenwick, George, 1944, Parrsboro, NSFenwick, Kenneth, 1943, Rothesay, NBFerris, Carol (Dow), 1956, Saint John, NBFerris, John, 1955, Saint John, NBFinley, Marietta, Saint John, NB [In Memory of Dr. John A.

Finley, 1928]

CBC Radio & TV Star - Brent BamburyBrent Bambury had a distinguished

career at Saint John High School, grad-uating in June 1978 with High Honours.He starred in Andrew Garrod’s last highschool production as Jevye in “Fiddleron the Roof”. He freelanced with CBCin Halifax while taking a degree inEnglish at Dalhousie University. InMontreal to take his Master’s Degree atMcGill, he left Academia forBroadcasting, by hosting “Brave NewWaves” a CBC six-hour overnightshow. “I was in touch with all thestrange parts of the culture and I loved

it. I was young and learned a lot about broadcasting and holdingan audience.” Brent switched to Television in the mid-1990’s withCBC TV’s “Midday”, presenting news, entertainment and lifestylestories. Returning to radio, he hosted Ottawa’s current affairs pro-gramme “All in a Day”, and then started the Saturday morning

extravaganza “GO” in 2003 from CBC Toronto. This highly suc-cessful show is held before live audiences throughout Canada,and was held in Saint John at the end of October 2006. His light,intelligent and full of life personality is unmistakable. “I like send-ing the message out, as a Canadian, that we’re all having aSaturday morning experience together.”

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Our Generous Donors Flewelling, Ethel (Wheaton), 1938, Saint John, NBForen, Steve, 1982, Miami Beach, Florida and Fallujah, IraqForestell, Natalie (Stark), 1938, Saint John, NBFoster, Mary (Bate) 1943, Saint John, NBFoster, Robert B., 1965, Halifax, NSFraser, Anne (Stewart), 1958, Bedford, NSFraser, Graeme, 1956, Bedford, NSFreeze, Allan, 1967, London, ONFreeze, Brenda (MacRae), 1967, London, ONFudge, Elsie (MacIntyre), 1936, Rothesay, NBFudge, Ralph, 1937, Rothesay, NBFullerton, Paul, 1949, Moncton, NBFuray, Agnes, 1944, Saint John, NBFuray, Marion, 1946, Saint John, NBGadd, Peter, 1966, Miramichi, NBGalbraith, Eleanor, 1943, Burnaby, BCGalbraith, Marie (Hall), 1946, Saint John, NBGaley, Elizabeth (Braman), 1953, Sussex, NBGallimore, Edith (Dalzell), 1941, Vancouver, BCGamblin, Betty (Styles), 1943, Parrsboro, NSGamblin, Donald, 1942, Parrsboro, NSGarland, Rev. Canon James, 1957, Toronto, ONGarnett, Dr. John, 1953, Bedford, NSGault, Murray, 1949, Saint John, NBGaunce, Glenna (Henderson), 1953, Cambridge Narrows, NBGaunce, Harry, 1952, Cambridge Narrows, NBGibb, Robert, 1949, Saint John, NBGilbert, Pat (Leach), 1958, Rothesay, NBGilbert, Warwick, 1952, Rothesay, NBGoguen, Nancy (Bishop), 1957, Calabasas, CaliforniaGoldberg, Dr. Benjamin, 1945, London, ONGoldberg, Dr. Erwin, 1953, Montreal, QCGolding, Barbara (MacMurray), 1973, Toronto, ONGoldsmith, Francine (Calp), 1952, Saint John, NBGoldstein, Lillian (Meltzer), 1931, Saint John, NBGoodwin, James, 1948, Toronto, ONGoodwin, Joan (Fraser), 1949, Toronto, ONGorlick, Paul Blair, 1945, Saint John, NBGoss, Mary (Hovey), 1947, Saint John, NBGrainger, Alberta (Ganong), 1955, Nepean, ONGunter, Audrey (Watters), 1936, Saint John, NBGunter, Harold, 1949, Stratford, PEHamilton, Mrs. Irene, Saint John, NB [In Memory of Husband,

Lloyd Hamilton, 1943]Harbinson, Barry (Principal), Saint John, NBHarbinson, Donna (Conley), 1966, Saint John, NBHarriott, Doreen (Cosman), 1944, Dartmouth, NSHarris, Carol M., 1947, Saint John, NBHarris, Edwin, 1950, Head of St. Margaret’s Bay, NSHarris, Mary (Graham), 1944, Saint John, NBHarris, Ruth (Christopher), 1935, Saint John, NBHarrison, Evans, 1952, Deep River, ONHarrison, Richard S., 1959, Saint John, NBHarrison, William, 1954, Fairbanks, AlaskaHartin, Laura, Kingston, NB [In Memory of Cecil Hartin, 1949]Hartt, Thomas, 1966, Oakville, ONHatfield, Doris (Colwell), 1942, Fredericton, NBHavey, Doreen (Gillen), 1949, Dartmouth, NSHawkes, Ralph, 1955, Hartland, NBHebert, Elizabeth (Craft), 1949, Saint John, NBHemming, Marion (Amland), 1942, Carleton Place, ONHenderson, Bernadine (Smith), 1949, Fredericton, NBHilder, Kathryn (Johnston), 1949, Fredericton, NBHollas, Barbara (Barton), 1946, Horsham, EnglandHolt, Kenneth, 1948, Saint John, NBHorton, E. Estelle (Hatfield), 1942, Gales Ferry, ConnecticutHoward, Alex, 1948, London, ONHoward, Ranald, 1941, Elizabethtown, ONHowatt, Pauline (Nice), 1948, Petitcodiac, NBHowe, Robert, 1971, Welsford, NBHrushka, Margaret (Fenwick), 1989, Yorkton, SKHubbard, Francena (Estabrooks), 1946, Moncton, NBHuestis, Grace (Doherty), 1934, Saint John, NBHumphreys, Helen (Andrews), 1946, Saint John, NBHunston, Robert, 1939, Toronto, ONInce, Shirley (Whipple), 1944, Vancouver, BCIngalls, Jean (Stanley), 1940, Grand Manan, NB [In Memory ofBrother, Grenville “Bumps” Stanley]Irving, John F., 1979, Saint John, NBIrving, Suzanne (Farrer), 1952, Saint John, NB [In Memory of Frederick Keillor Farrer, 1939)James, Constance (March), 1941, North York, ON

James, James S., 1934, Riverview, NBJamieson, Angus, 1940, Almonte, ONJarvie, Margaret, 1970, Waterloo, ONJeffery, Dr. John, 1961, Hampton, NBJennings, Dr. Shawn, 1971, Rothesay, NBJohnson, E. Douglas, 1980, South Freeport, MaineJohnston, Cecil, 1938, Saint John, NBJohnston, Jean (The Estate of), 1944, Saint John, NB [Died in

October of 2005]Jones, Lawrence, 1948, Brampton, ONJosselyn, Eric, 1937, Saint John, NBJosselyn, Norma (Wyatt), 1940, Saint John, NBJosselyn, Peter, 1999, Toronto, ONKee, Gayle (Godfrey), 1956, Rothesay, NBKee, Joan (Hopkins), 1957, Wellington, ONKee, John, 1956, Rothesay, NBKee, Robert, 1956, Wellington, ONKeith, George L., 1941, Saint John, NBKelley, Charles E., 1947, Juniper, NBKelly, Constance (Lewell), 1944, Jacksonville, NBKelly, David, 1966, Fredericton, NBKelly, Harold, 1944, Leesburg, FloridaKennedy, Joan (LeLacheur), 1937, Saint John, NBKennedy, N. George, 1946, Markham, ONKerr, Lucille (Calp), 1947, Halifax, NSKierstead, Marion (Magnusson), 1942, Carleton Place, ONKierstead, Robert A., 1952, Saint John, NBKilpatrick, Margaret (Earle), 1937, Titusville, NBKing, Gladys (Silverberg-Pierce), 1940, Victoria, BCKingston, James, 1941, Ottawa, ONKingston, Phyllis (Currie), 1937, Ottawa, ONKingston, Robert, 1946, Manotick, ONKirkpatrick, Janet (Wallace), 1952, Oakville, ONKirkpatrick, Kathleen (Murray), 1948, Saint John, NBKlohn, Peter, 1976, Rothesay, NBKneeshaw, Constance (Cameron), 1942, White Rock, BCKnibb, Dennis, Principal 1965-1992, Saint John, NBKurol, Valmar, 1967, Montreal West, QCLaird, Carole (Black), 1957, Manchester, New HampshireLaurie, Marion (Thomson), 1950, Sooke, BCLawson, Frank, 1948, Barrie, ONLeary, Doreen (Mundee), 1948, Saint John, NBLedingham, Robert, 1941, Ottawa, ONLees, Nancy (Jones), 1947, Scarborough, ONLeggett, Mildred (Taylor), 1933, Clearwater, FloridaLewis, Marshall, 1963, Pawleys Island, South CarolinaLewis, Scott, 1984, Rothesay, NBLewis, Tammy (Fennell), 1986, Rothesay, NBLively, Patricia (Herrington), 1973, Saint John, NBLogan, G. Douglas, 1945, Hamilton, ONLogue, Frank F., 1941, Fredericton, NBLogue, Kenneth, 1939, Saint John, NBLomax, Nancy (Ross), 1982, Pickering, ON [In Memory ofFather, Preston Ross, 1940]London, Mona (Gordon), 1956, Rockville, MarylandLoughery, Claude, 1940, Moncton, NBLove, Joan (Hayward), 1940, Etobicoke, ONLowe, Elizabeth (Burnham), 1933, Rothesay, NBLowery, Eleanor (Lyons), 1949, Moncton, NBLynam, Josephine, 1937, Fredericton, NBLynch, Donald, 1942, Ottawa, ONMacAfee, Marion (Sharp-Reid), 1942, Sussex, NBMacaulay, Dr. W. Donald, 1949, Fredericton, NBMacDonald, Edith (Robinson), 1952, Fredericton, NBMacDonald, Jane (Allen), 1970, San Rafael, CaliforniaMacFadyen, Elizabeth, 1963, Charlottetown, PEMacGillivray, Dr. Richard, 1957, Thunder Bay, ONMacGowan, Bruce S., 1950, Toronto, ONMacIntosh, Dorothy (Currie), 1936, Ottawa, ONMacKnight, Chris, 1984, Halifax, NSMacLellan, Jill, 1961, Saint John, NBMacLeod, Angus, 1942, Charlottetown, PEMacLeod, Roderick, 1940, Ottawa, ONMacMurray, Norma (Wright), 1945, Saint John, NBMacMurray, Wallace, 1945, Saint John, NBMacNeil, Patrick, 1982, Orlando, FloridaMacPherson, Elsie (Thomson), 1943, Candiac, QCMacRae, Dr. David, 1972, Lake Winnebago, MissouriMacVicar, Mildred (Izzard), 1947, Silver Spring, MarylandMagee, William, 1943, North York, ONMahaffey, Loretta (Lidstone), 1957, Fort Worth, TexasMaheu, Grace (Logie), 1946, Dorval, QCManning, Beatrice (Ross), 1940, Oshawa, ON

Manning, Beatrice (Ross), 1940, Oshawa, ONMarshall, Gordon, 1950, Riverview, NBMarshall, Shirley (Speight), 1949, Riverview, NBMartin, Lois (Farris), 1946, Saint John, NBMartz, Sarah (Burns), 1992, St. Louis, MissouriMatthews, Arnold, 1954, Lachine, QCMatthews, Clare (Hutchison), 1954, Lachine, QCMawhinney, Catherine (Hewey), 1983, Chance Harbour, NBMawhinney, Curtis, 1976, Chance Harbour, NBMaxwell, Beatrice (Atkins), 1943, Saint John, NBMcAlary, David, 1948, Victoria, BCMcAlpine, Donald, Chester Basin, NS [Brother of Diane(McAlpine) Bormke, 1955]McCarthy, Eleanor (Ebbett), 1935, Calgary, ABMcCarthy, Peter, 1965, Calgary, ABMcCavour, Lewis, 1975, Swan Hill, AustraliaMcClure, Marie (Tilley), 1938, Wilmington, DelawareMcCormack, Doreen (Ross), 1944, Fredericton, NBMcCullum, Ted, 1948, Saint John, NBMcFarlane, Elizabeth (Arthurs), 1947, Saint John, NBMcKnight, Paul, 1966, London, ONMcLeese, Dr. Ruth, 1950, Hampton, NBMcLellan, Annie (Canavan), 1949, Moncton, NBMcLellan, Judy (Parent), 1964, Rothesay, NBMcLeod, Nellie, 1933, Black River, NBMcPhee, Christopher, 1978, Coquitlam, BCMcPherson, Robert, 1939, Saint John, NBMichelson, Jennie (Kashetsky), 1931, Saint John, NBMiller, Dr. J. David, 1971, Ottawa, ONMiller, Joan (Walls), 1941, St. Martins North, NBMills, Donald, 1954, Saint John, NBMilota-Hoffman, Louise, 1953, Berkeley, CaliforniaMitton, Anne (Banks), 1958, Hanwell, NBMoffatt, Joan, 1947, Saint John, NBMoir, Dr. J. David, 1948, Rothesay, NBMoore, Darrell, 1935, Saint John, NBMoore, Gladys (Cooper), 1942, Saint John, NBMorrell, Ruth, Teacher 1946-78, Saint John, NBMorton, Virginia (Wilson), 1946, West Vancouver, BCMott, Roberta (Baxter), 1947, Saint John, NBMowery, Bernice (Roberts), 1936, Saint John, NBMroske, Enid (Fuller), 1944, Canora, SKMullan, Irene (McAuley), 1929, Saint John, NBMumford, Coleen (Galbraith), 1954, Stanhope, PEMundee, Joyce (Hatfield), 1941, Saint John, NBMundee, Lawrence, 1939, Saint John, NBMunford, Scott, 1983, Victoria, BCMunharvey, Kathleen (Fitzgerald), 1940, Aylmer-Gatineau, QCMurray, Annette J., 1943, Ottawa, ONMurray, Commander Robert, 1946, Arnprior, ONMurray, Constance (Carlin), 1940, Ottawa, ONMurray, Jennifer (Noble), 1987, Saint John, NBMurray, Lorraine (Case), 1937, New Minas, NSMurray, Marion (Thompson), 1950, Stouffville, ONMurray, Paul B., 1944, Halifax, NSMurray, R. Stuart, 1941, Nanaimo, BCMurray, Scott, 1986, Saint John, NBMyatt, Jean (Butland), 1940, Maxville, ONMyra, Georgena (Earle), 1932, Saint John, NBNeal, Robert L., 1946, Saint John, NBNeilson, Dorothy (Goodwin), 1939, London, ONNixon, Dr. Murray, 1953, Halifax, NSNoble, Harold A., 1952, Saint John, NBNorwood, Dr. Otty, 1942, Branford, ConnecticutNoseworthy, Natalie (Jones), 1941, Saint John, NBO’Brien, Marion (Hartlen), 1958, Saint John, NBO’Connell, Margaret (Clawson), 1938, Saint John, NBO’Dell, Margaret (Wheaton), 1949, Riverview, NBO’Dell, William, 1948, Riverview, NBOgden, Barry, 1975, Teacher Since 1983, Quispamsis, NBOldfield, Beverley (Orchard), 1953, Saint John, NBOlive, David, 1966, Fredericton Junction, NBOuellette, Margaret (Clark), 1970, Saint John, NB [In Memory

of Father, George Clark Q.C., 1929]Ougler, Robert, 1953, Don Mills, ONOxley, Anne (Irving), 1988, Saint John, NB [Isles Foundation Inc.]Palmer, David G., 1985, Sarnia, ONPalmer, David L., Teacher 1967-68, Ankeny, IowaPalmer, Jennifer (Thompson), 1988, Sarnia, ONParks, John, 1948, Saint John, NBParks, M. Elizabeth (Boyd), 1947, Saint John, NBParlee, Marjorie (Melvin), 1955, Saint John, NBPatrick, Marie (Beatteay), 1940, Fredericton, NBPatterson, Marilyn (Wills), 1950, Saint John, NB


More DonationsPatterson, Stephanie (Stears), 1974, Rothesay, NBPearson, Marilyn (Henderson), 1946, Renton, WashingtonPenny, Robert, 1948, Plaster Rock, NBPercy, Eleanor (Welsford), 1960, Hamilton, ONPettie, Yvonne (Porter), 1944, Dartmouth, NS [In Memory of

Husband, Thomas Pettie, 1942]Phillips, Robert, 1954, Saint John, NBPhilpott, Catherine (Usher), 1981, Greely, ON [In Memory of

Missie MacPherson, English Teacher 1975-1986]Philpott, John, 1981, Greely, ON Plomp, Joni (Kincade), 1973, Houston, TexasPlummer, Arthur G., 1939, Halifax, NSPlummer, David, 1941, Marietta, GeorgiaPlummer, Doreen (Butler), 1943, Halifax, NSPorter, Margaret (McKenzie), 1938, Saint John, NBPrice, Eleanor (Breen), 1937, Saint John, NBPridham, Joyce (Wilson), 1941, Saint John, NBQueen, R. Alyson, 1995, Saint John, NBRae, F. Hilda, Saint John, NBRae, Helen, 1927, Saint John, NBRannie, Mary (Leask), Teacher 1949-50, Binscarth, MBReardon, Pamela, Toronto, ON [In Memory of Marion

(Stephenson) Reardon, 1946]Redding, John D., 1976, Moncton, NBReder, Miriam (Goldstein), 1968, Calgary, ABReed, Gerald, 1948, Clifton Royal, NBReed, Janet A., 1939, Saint John, NBReid, David, 1972, Rothesay, NBReid, Dorothy, Vancouver, BC [In Memory of J. A. Kenneth Reid,

1937]Reid, Dr. Neil D., 1944, Belleville, ONReid, John T., 1940, Saint John, NBReid, Margot (Ross), 1944, St. John’s, NFRice, Jean (Izzard), 1939, Toronto, ONRichardson, Kay (Leach), 1954, Halifax, NSRichardson, Paul, Teacher 1968-70, New ZealandRichardson, Ruth (Cox), 1942, Bradford, MassachusettsRichardson, Wendy (McNaughton), 1969, Halifax, NSRicker, Marion (Eccles), 1951, London, ONRiley, Dr. Jennifer, 1989, Toronto, ONRobertson, Sandy, 1962, Saint John, NBRobichaud, Cindy, 1990, Saint John, NBRobin, D. Rose (Galbraith), 1941, Surrey, BCRobinson, Jane L., 1948, Fredericton, NBRobinson, Valerie, Rothesay, NB [In Memory of GeorgeRobinson, 1941]Robinson, Wallace, 1977, Vancouver, BC [In Memory of Ethel

(Elliot) Robinson, 1948]Roper, Betty Jane (Dickson), 1948, Charlottetown, PERose, John W., 1944, Halifax, NS [In Memory of Sister, Marion

(Rose) Hanson, 1944]Ross, Joyce (Neal), 1945, Saint John, NBRyan, Darlene (Arsenault), 1976, Fredericton, NBSadler, Dr. R. Mark, 1971, Halifax, NSSargeant, Murray, 1951, Sudbury, MassachusettsSaulnier, Marjorie (Allen), 1952, Ottawa, ONSaunders, Elizabeth, Saint John, NB [In Memory of Vincent

Saunders, 1939]Savoy, Dr. Carolyn, 1965, Halifax, NSSchell, Irene (Mersereau), 1950, Saint John, NBScott, Norma (Smith), 1940, Dartmouth, NSScott, Robert M., 1955, Saint John, NBSelick, David, 1935, Cote-Saint-Luc, QCSewell, Dr. Ian, 1942, Thunder Bay, ONShanks, G. Donald, 1939, Dartmouth, NSSharp, Mary (Girvan), 1957, Warwick, Rhode IslandShaw, Beatrice (Hall), 1944, Saint John, NBShaw, David, 1962, Rothesay, NBShaw, Lynda (Beyea), 1965, Rothesay, NBShaw, Professor David, 1954, London, ONShepherd, Norma (Andrew), 1939, Kelowna, BCSherwood, Marion, 1943, Saint John, NBSilliker, Lois (Ramsdell), 1947, Kanata, ONSilver, Dr. Robert, 1972, Willowdale, ONSimpson, Richard, 1946, Wards Creek, NBSims, Gordon S., 1936 (Grade IX), Columbia, South CarolinaSinclair, George, 1946, Oakville, ONSmith, Ann (MacCallum), 1957, Stouffville, ONSmith, Arthur, 1944, Saint John, NBSmith, Derek M., 1954, London, ONSmith, Ernestine (Doherty), 1946, Saint John, NBSmith, Gordon, 1941, Bridgewater, NS

Smith, Gregory, 1976, LaSalle, ONSmith, Joanne (Turner), 1958, Bathurst, NBSmith, Kevin, 1975, Mississauga, ONSmith, Lois (Lodge), 1943, Bridgewater, NSSmith, Margo (Kaplansky), 1975, Austin, TexasSnodgrass, Barry, 1959 [In Memory of David Staples, 1959, and Robert White, 1959]Snodgrass, Karen (Boyce), 1959, Saint John, NBSnow, Harold, 1942, Grimsby, ONSnow, Shirley (Williams), 1955, Fredericton, NBSomers, Penelope, 1969, Amherst, NSSomerville, Catherine (Vaughn), 1944, Saint John, NBSomerville, Graeme, 1943, Saint John, NBSomerville, Malcolm, 1940, Saint John, NBSparks, George, 1948, St-Lambert, QCSprague, Ronald, 1952, Winnipeg, MBSt. Pierre, Muriel (Crosby), 1944, Woodbury, ConnecticutStackhouse, Muriel, 1945, Saint John, NBStackhouse, Ronald, 1937, Saint John, NBStackhouse, Shirley, Thunder Bay, ON [In Memory of Harold

Stackhouse, 1953]Standring, Priscilla (Coffey), 1938, Sidney, BCStark, David E., 1947, Burlington, ONStark, Gerald, 1941, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ONStarkey, Eva (MacKenzie), 1946, Redondo Beach, CaliforniaStead, Margaret (Smith), 1944, Dorval, QCStears, Dorothy, Saint John, NB [In Memory of Husband,

George Stears, 1942]Steel, Mary Kay, 1958, Stella, ONSteel, Yvonne (Estabrooks), 1941, Victoria, BCSteele, Margaret (Porter), 1939, Rothesay, NBSteeves-Oatway, Barbara (Taylor), 1945, Moncton, NBSteeves, Margaret (McLellan), 1957, Chateauguay, QCStephen, Noreen (Barlow), 1946, Saint John, NBStephenson, Helen, 1956, Grand Bay-Westfield, NBStephenson, Ted, 1952, Grand Bay-Westfield, NBStevens, Joyce (Flood), 1948, Orillia, ONStone, Ann, 1971, Saint John, NBStone, Phyllis (Everett), 1934, Sault Ste. Marie, ONStonner, Dr. Frederick, 1942, North Chatham, New YorkStorey, Robert W., 1938, Saint John, NBStraight, Audrey, 1946, Saint John, NBStratton, H. Ruth (Ellis), 1938, Fredericton, NBStrong, Judith (Garnett), 1957, Lunenburg, NSStuart, J. David, 1935, Ottawa, ONSullivan, Margaret (Jewett), 1948, Saint John, NBSwazey, Vera (Warnock), 1940, Fredericton, NBSwetnam, Jim, 1970, Rothesay, NBTait, Daisy (Boyce), 1934, Saint John, NBTaylor, Barbara (Barnes) 1955, Portugal Cove, NFTaylor, Dr. Douglas, 1976, Glen, New HampshireTaylor, Frances (Watters), 1941, Montreal, QCTaylor, Joan (Corbett), 1948, Quispamsis, NBTaylor, Nina (Boyd), 1935, Grand Bay-Westfield, NBThomas, Marjorie (Jennings), 1934, Saint John, NBThompson, Donald, 1939, Charlottetown, PEThompson, Gary, 1976, Ithca, New YorkThompson, Jean (Speight), 1943 [In Memory of Son, Dr. Elmer

Thompson, 1969]Thompson, Kristin (Perkins), 1978, Ithaca, New YorkThorne, Richard, Teacher and Vice Principal 1970-2000,Hampton Thorne, Ronald, 1939, Waterloo, ON [In Memory ofMayes Hiltz Thorne, 1939]Thorne, Sandra (Keirstead), 1963, Teacher 1970-2000, Hampton Thurston, L. Mary, 1943, Toronto, ONTilley, Frederick, 1941, Saint John, NBTilley, Isabel (Mitchell), 1940, Saint John, NBTobias, Linda (Henderson), 1960, Rothesay, NBToole, Doris, 1954, Ottawa, ONToole, Ida (James), 1939, Burnaby, BCTotten, Connie (Parlee), 1938, Fredericton, NBTotten, Lloyd M., 1937, Fredericton, NBTruesdale, Donna (MacLeod), 1946, Dalhousie Station, QCTudhope, Marjorie (Reid), 1946, Port Moody, BCVan Der Voort, Shirley Ann, 1934, Victoria, BCVan Pilsum, Shirley (Newsom), 1947, Minneapolis, MinnesotaVentzek, Marilyn (McGrath), 1955, Saint John, NBVincent, Dr. Merville O., 1947, Kelowna, BCWaite, Professor Peter, 1937, Halifax, NSWallace, Alfred, 1953, Grand Rapids, MinnesotaWalton, Pamela (Dunlop), 1971, Rockland, MaineWard, Dwight, 1974, Milton, ONWarnock, Carol (Montgomery), 1959, Preddis, AB

Warnock, Harris, 1957, Preddis, ABWatters, Murray, 1959, Perth-Andover, NBWeaver, Shirley (Burgess), 1943, Saint John, NBWebber, Jean (Guild), 1939, Saint John, NBWebster, Dr. Russell, 1958, Rothesay, NBWeir, Barbara (Kierstead), 1958, Kingston, ONWeir, Ronald, 1958, Kingston, ONWeston, George, 1945, Port Perry, ONWhite, Donald, 1947, Saint John, NBWhite, Marilyn (Gault), 1949, Saint John, NBWhite, Shirley W., 1954, Saint John, NBWhitehead, Janet, 1956, Teacher 1962-1995, Saint John, NBWigginton, Mary (Palmer), 1944, Saint John, NBWilliams, Gretta (Rae), 1932, Saint John, NBWilliams, Neil, 1945, Regina, SKWilliamson, Bev (Whitehead), 1955, Ottawa, ONWills, Charles, 1942, Saint John, NBWills, Dr. R. Roy, 1944, Saint John, NBWills, Jean (Coffey), 1942, Saint John, NBWilson, Carol (Smith), 1939, Saint John, NBWilson, Daryl, 1967, Saint John, NBWilson, Donna (Dickinson), 1956, Saint John, NBWilson, Paul A., 1953, Bremen, MaineWinchester, J. Dawson, 1946, St. Thomas, ONWinslow, Louise (Muller), 1946, Saint John, NBWood, John, 1965, Calgary, ABWood, Ronald C., 1960, Saint John, NBWoolley, James, 1947, North Vancouver, BCWorsfold, Norma (Ward), 1949, Grapevine, TexasWright, Madeline (Kierstead), 1940, Ottawa, ON [In Memory of

Sister, Irene, 1941, and Brother, Donald, 1944)Wright, Yvonne (Van Buskirk), 1949, Marlborough, ConnecticutWyeth Pharmaceuticals, Markham, ON [Matching Grant to Dr,

Eric Browne’s Donation]Yeomans, Bernice (Hubley), 1947, Edmonton, ONYeomans, William, 1947, Edmonton, ABYurco, Emilie, 1955, Saint John, NBMORE NAMES:Gabay, Dagmar (Teetsov), 1961, Vancouver, BCJenkins, Robert F., 1945, Edmonton, ABReynolds, Marilyn (Titus), 1963, Robesonia, Penn. USATitus, Lorne, 1950, Long Reach, BC

LIST OF DONORS: TOTAL 639giving almost $40,000

ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE ALUMNI FUND:Carrie Emma Wilson Trust - $1936.00 (Dr. Ton Wilson)Class of 1956 Reunion Profit - $1458.81 (Carol Ferris)Class of 1946 Reunion Profit - $214.41 (Jean MacLeod)Class of 1945 Reunion Profit - $143.79 (Murray Beesley)Class of 1994 Reunion Profit - $102.00 (Nathan Maguire)

MAKING TOTAL 2006-07 RECEIPTS - $43,200.00

MORE GENEROUS DONORS AND MORE MONEY FORTHE ALUMNI FUND

Baldwin, David R., 1943, Mississauga, ONCook, H. Frederick, 1958, Ridgetown, ONHamilton, Dr. H. Noel, 1941, Oakville, ONHowell, Barbara (Dykeman), 1946, Victoria, BCKeith, Mary, 1964, Saint John, NBKeigh, Ronald, 1967, Saint John, NB



2002007 7 RReunionseunions 20020077Class of 194265th Reunion

DinnerSaturday 28 July

Union Club6:00 p.m. for 7:00 p.m.

To register for the dinner callDennis Knibb at506-672-3194

Class of 194760th Reunion

Friday 13 July - Meet & GreetSJHS School Cafeteria

6:30 - 9:30 p.m.Saturday 14 July - 9 a.m.

Breakfast at the City MarketDinner at ‘Top of the Town’

7:00 p.m. at Coastal InnSunday 15 July - Church To register, please call

Dennis Knibb at 672-3194

Class of 195750th ReunionFriday 17 August - 6-10 p.m.

School AuditoriumSaturday 18 August

Dinner - Saint John MarinaSunday 19 August - 11 a.m.

Church at Germain Street Baptist

Contact: Harry Brittain at506-633-0773

[email protected]

Class of 1967 - 40th ReunionFriday 10 August - 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. -- Wine and Cheese in School Cafeteria

Saturday 11 August and Sunday August 1212 Noon to 12 Midnight at CAMP PASCOBAC on Belleisle Bay

Camping, Feasting, Boating and Swimming at the old ‘Y’ Camp (Stay overnight)

Contact: Bob Brittain at 506-847-2195 or Email: [email protected]

Class of 1987 - 20th ReunionFriday 20 July - 7:00 - 11:00 p.m. -- Wine and Cheese Reception and Registration at SJHS

Saturday 21 July - Family Afternoon at the Glenn Carpenter Centre - Noon to 3:00 p.m.Buffet and Dance at the Glenn Carpenter Centre - 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

For a list of missing graduates, please see www.sjhigh.ca. If you have not been contacted,please send an email with your contact information to [email protected]

or call Chrissy Hansen at 648-4749 or Jennifer (Noble) Murray at 672-1245HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE!

Class of 1997 - 10th ReunionFriday 6 July - Reception and Refreshments at SJHS Cafeteria - 6:30 - 10:30 p.m.

Call Lisa Heppell at 506-651-7821 - Email: [email protected]

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