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C.C.I.
and the War Years
The war years had an effecl on lhe
enlire world and il seemed lhal no
maller where you lived. one could
nol escape lhe harsh realily of whal
was laking place overseas. Even Col-
lingwood Collegiale was affecled by
ils cruelly. One former leacher and
sludenl. Mrs. Irene Carswell. recalls
lhe effecl oflhe &cond World War
on lhe school. As a member of lhe
sludenl body during lhis period. Ir-
ene remembers lhal Lhe principal. Mr.
Qunnalls. would hold assemblies for
Lhe enlire school populalion each
morning al which Lime 'The Lord· s
Prayer· would be ciled. porlions ever increasing numbers of young
leaving Lo join Lhe Allied forces. Mrs. Carswell sadly looks back on lhe Nov- ember 11Lh assemblies which conlinue lo be very emolional experiences for her. ''As lhe principal would read off lhe lisl of names of lhose who had died. he would have lears in his eyes.
would be read from Lhe Bible and
daily announcemenls made. As Lhe
convenor for Lhe school War Qelief
Commillee. she recalls Lhal Lhe ··sad-
desland mosl oulslanding assemblies
were when Mr. Qunnalls would an-
nounce Lhal someone had been killed.
They had jusl gone. The realizalion
of Lhe lragedy was hard for us lo
comprehend. as lhe halls of C.C.I. many of us have been forlunale
were far away from Lhe baLLieGelds o f weslem and soulhern Europe.
enough n o l l o have experienced Lhe effecls of war. We musl lhank Lhose men and women who 8ave lheir l1me and lheir lives for us so Lhal we mi8hl
As lhe war conlinued. lhe effecls on lhe school were slaBBering as lhe size ofclasses depleled due Lo lhe
enjoy a world
o f freedom.
- by James 6aunders
WAQ DEATH& fQOM THE 0TUDENT BODY
WORLD WAR I Capl. Oscar lrwm ogl. L. Carmichael 6gl. t\. Cavtll ogl.-MaJOr R. Crlpm ogl.-Major J. lronsrde PLe. Norman t1enry CadeL Wm. Jackson PLe. F McKee
PLe. F. Occomore Pe. J. &oll
Ple. t1oward Telfer PLe. olewarL Telfer Capl. J. Carmichael WORLD WAR II t1arold t\mold
tll. ogl. Douglas Bemhardl ogl. Pilol RoberL Cameron f1l. ogl. Clare Camp
tll. ogl. Douglas Carmichael Irvine Donovan
PiloL Orr. Cordon foley Ple. William foley
PiloL orr. James Gibbons Pilol orr. William Girvin osl. Cohn Cordon
ROm. Frederick llanullon Alban t1ough
ogl. t1arry t1unl
Nell tlursl
PiloL orr. Charles Lavery Kennelh Lesler
L/Cpl. John McCorL
ogl. John Monlgomer)' f.O. Norman Redpalh B.D.R. Maurice Roberls PLe 11oward ormmons PiloL orr. Kennelh Taylor W.O. James Vose
I'll. ogL. Dallon Wallace f.O. Thomas WrighL
Today we live in a free socidy and