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Christmas Party
Our second party of the year was held on Friday, December ?il. A ChrLctm.as tre3. provided by Mr. Tilden, was beautifull'Y r'coco"at~d by Bert Corbett, Ber- nard Chalmers Joan Lenlll-ox and Mary Jones.
The students had exchanged "'t1.mes beforehand ·and the tree w<~s arrayed with .an assortment of parcels of all shapes and siz- es.
Contributions to a fine music- !11 programme we•re made by ,TC'IgJ~ t L e n n o x , R o s i e H a m m o n d , Gavle Mills!Ln, Dorothv Tim- PlODs, Mary Thomson, Lila Mor- ,.;""U, Bob MillS'a.~. Maurice Mc- Arthur, John Thomson. Earl R5tn1-J.ie <~nd Murray ~kinkle.
Th~ Rev. T. Mulholland, the P:llest speaker of the afternoon, l?'l'IVe us an interesUn,g .account 0f tho origin of many of our Cllrls.tm.as symbols.
'T'he whole school, led bN' Mavis Jllf,-acheosney. with Chris Tilden at the Pirumo: ioined in singiniZ r.hl.'.istma.~ carols. On tho arrival of that iolly old saint, the par- rels were distributed amid J;w~>'h'er · tand much merriment.
Then . par.tnars having been s<>lectP<t. we sallied forth in nair:-: to the lunch room. The hmch ·CI"•mmittee umder the dir- p,.tiC'n of P:>t Jordan WP.re J·ohn ' T ' l l n J ' Y I , c; o n : L a u r : t C o u l t e r a n d 'RHl Timmo1ms. Those resuonsible f'or the programme were Miaur- icP. McArthur and Monica Lind- say.
It was a large, as well as gay, party, as most students h ad avail ' d themselves of th~ir righ ; to •tring am1invited guest.
Dorothy Timmons.
Gra.de Twelve Party
No sooner were the December exams over than our language teach~r. Mr. Potter, fulfilled his promise to take 1he stude::Jrt:s of Grade XIii to a skating r art-., at the -:rena in Collingwood. NsturaJly we could talk of no- thin,. else since it w.as our first night'.:> skating nf the season and .an a;greeable relief from r--r exp:riEmtces of the examin- ation room.
We met !l.t th~ ar?na .at eight n'clock, and ska.ted till ten. The ice W3S oolendid, a•nd we were in high spirits.
Mr. Pott•er then treatod us in l\ nearby restaurant..a.nid, thus nourished, we travelled in our ,·es~r·ectiv'! •c a r s to Avening. whel'a Johmt Thomson treated us to bowlin!!. Altthou'~"h most of us were 11nacnuainted w1th t.he rules. we soon were playing like <1lri hands •at the ga.me. After hnwlinr; we soent the remainder of the evening dancing in the hall uust.airs.
All in all it was a marvelleous n1=1rt.v. amid ·we :1-re f):rateful to Mr. Po"ter for hi•s kindnP.ss.
Mildred McLeod . GIRLS' SPORTS
On November 14 the Creemore o-1r's '? Clcepted an invitation from StaV!nJer t o participate in 1=1. P:~me of softball the following r l a v . f ' I O t:h ~ n e x t a f t e r n o o n w e ;nUrJl·eyed ,to Stavner and en- iov~d :~. ~>'ame· with the Stayner P'\rl:-:. The final score: Creemore 2.1. Sta'YJlPr 8.
Roon after thi~. the cold wind "'lew "nd our thoue:hts turnpd t,.. hork"V 'W'P. joined in a leagu~ with the Pu,bl;c ~.chool bovs and rylayed sevPr.al rough and •tU!ffi- ble e:ames. lo~\nq most of them.
A ~ocond invitation was is- sued from ~tavner and ar.cP]Jiberl hv Creemore. to ·olav hockey of rourso. so on February 18 we hnmnerl over by bus and car. ' l h i : - : t i m e s t , v n e r c a r r i e d oft' the honours with the fina.l score
Ska~ing
P a r t y
Wednesday, January 16, found us all in read~n.ess for the main social event of the winter term. The ice was reported fine, and so the skates were·do'!l!Iled and even the weakest, after a few uneven tstrides, were gliding swiftly over the shiny surface. Not , few were the falls, but everyomle entered into the in- vigol1atin!!' sp.ort with thorough Pn;ov:ment. Skating over with- nnt :a. mishap, we proceeded to
t h e i"'chool f o r midnight snack.
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C. iD.C. I. GLEJANER
Pat Jordan.