Just A Few Shots to Start With ... There will be more...



Eileen Henemann & Katee Timm Dave Glass



What an absolute success! Thanks to Lynda Young Chapleau, John Saunders, Rick Rankin, Colleen Hillock. and of course the band , SECOND BILLING (s). (Roddy McManus, Rickey Rice, Mark Stafford, Dave Poirier, Rick McCallum, Boyd Pellow, David Glass, Hopeton D'Aguilar and Jim Williams - they even let me in for "Satisfaction".) The power of organization, live music, good friends like you and a dream!John Saunders R.Rice,M.Stafford, D.Poirier LM





Glass Hallway Revisited













Lynda Young Chapleau L.Cutway, Annette Maclean, Jacquie Ross

JR and Debbie Hannie

The Alibi Resto-Pub.


There was a time I thought that Dilallo's had the best burgers. But that has long changed. The Alibi Resto-Pub has some of the finest ale on tap complimented with some excellent choices in lunch and dinner fare.
My favorite is the Alibi Burger plate - fantastic! You might think, "why is Les getting so excited about a humburger for?" - Well ask for it by name- Alibi burger", on a fresh bun, hot off the grill sizzling hamburger with mozzarella, bacon, onions, steak sauce and a dash of hot pepper with a cold beer! Take a bite and there's no looking back. Heaven!

Now I am really picky. So when I say the food is good- I mean it.

Then you have the people -Carolyn (Fewtrell) and her husband Brian Finnerty (- owners). You might run into Carolyn's sister Cheryl or her husband Glen Currie.

At lunch time during the week you might be lucky enough to see Bruce Bennett Sr. and Bruce Bennett Jr. They are always good for a smile and some intelligent conversation.

In short - its a people place. OUR People place - a solid piece of HOME. Chateauguay! I will be there on Saturday for Lunch...and you know what I'm having. Just ask Darlene Hunt - she'll tell you. And she should be working that day too. Good Food, Good People, Good Prices!

(On Friday and Saturday look on D'Anjou Blvd. for the Welcome Reunion 72 and Friends Banner.)

Friday 18th before Reunion

Karen Addison / Rick Kilpatrick

Party
BYOB and BYOF (food)
BYO Guitar

After 7:00 PM
169 Gilmour
Chateauguay Heights

Thank you Rick.
Les

Which is greater...the journey or the destination?

What is a school, but part of our journey.
Those who go forth beyond the circle of home... they hold our future.
And in their return stories of a greater beginning ... beyond.

Of Certain Valour


In the graduating years 1971 and 1972, just as in other years, there were many fine people. But there is one type of person I was particularly fascinated with, because the teachers themselves, as well as many students depended upon their expertise and dexterity in the most crucial situations and under great duress.


These special souls were different. From a technical appreciation standpoint they were far advanced than those of us who were more concerned with the mundane- of who was going out with who, or who was developing at a faster physical rate than whomever.

Oh don't get me wrong, these people were just as normal and hormonal as you or me. But they were stars in another arena less recognized than the basketball court, the rink, the stage, or the academic realm.

Again, these people were comparable in most of these arenas to some degree or another. However, to me they were the forerunners of today's behind the scene stars like Bill Gates.

These people were technically advanced. They knew about circuitry, lights, the running of cameras and projectors. I believe, if the truth be told, they were not recognized as much as they could have been simply because they were ahead of their time.

I knew these gentlemen as as fine young men with good personalities and capabilities who did not suffer fools easily, but were too well brought up to tell some of us where to get off.

Today, I take my hat off to these gentlemen. While one kind soul amongst them is no longer with us, he is sorely missed.

As for the other two, I sincerely hope they come to our reunion and let me buy them a drink, shake their hands and thank them for their patience and good will in high-school for I remember them fondly as many of you do too.

Should they not come and join us this last time in life - I here and now wish to recognize them as fine people. I know they do not need this recognition, but I need to do this. Bill and John - You were appreciated and liked. Your laughter, jokes, and technical wizardry along with buddy Steve Bates were true assets to our class mates. Thank you.

Communications This Weekend
( Steve Poirier would be telling me to get a life, I'm sure. But hey! This is it and I like it!)

Eileen H. asked for a class picture if I had one.
Well I had two, from one year to the next 'as it were'.
But I could not get a class picture of her graduating year since graduates are photographed separately with Probable Destination etc.

But have a look at the interesting features of these two photographs.

And I had a call from Anja (shown below).
When I see "Probable Destinations" in the grad pictures, I have this terrible curiosity to find out what they do now. I bet Colleen and John have an activity for the Saturday Bash which explores this angle.

Resonance and Future Echoes

I spoke with someone from "High-School-days" this evening - just before dinner.

She told me things in passing, which had a strange and profound resonance within me; things I would have acted upon back in those days of youth and folly. And I thought, how many people could or might have said similar nice things to me if I had given them a half a chance back then. And how many would know what I have thought of them - my personal observances of their fine natures.

At this juncture -this late stage in life, I can at least, meet with some at the reunion and tell them. No-not overly romantic, but no less significant; perhaps something they never realized, that they can carry with them into the future; private messages they would not otherwise have known, without this occasion, things that accrue in true life-value as we age.

I could tell Barry Jones, how I loved having tea with his mother- she had such a smile and gleam in her eye- and how for a time he was the closest thing to a brother I had ever known and sometimes he still is.

I could tell Margaret how lovely she was - how her spirit, joy and rippling brook laughter have given me such wonderful memories at different times in my life - just by thinking upon her smile or looking at the dam.

I could tell Debbie Kaye Phillipowski that she and Garth are respected and admired by many who still remember them -even if from afar and that the apple does not fall far from the tree. -Chateaugauy is blessed to have such families.

I could tell Jane Spratt that tears of Joy and Sorrow, even in grade five were never wasted and her presence was ever felt and appreciated all through high school- but like pearls before swine, little boys for the most part are, invariably, lacking in good graces and are lucky should they acquire them in the passage of time.


And then there is the angelic and maybe not so angelic Louise Lacey - loved by all her friends. Here is- how we still see her in our mind's eye- from a time of wonder, a time of magic, indeed- a time of light.


So Chateaugauy is beginning to heat up now - Kahnawake too, with so many planning on converging.

Seventeen days left to REUNION.

Friday at the hotel in the "Greeting Suite" on the second floor of the Hotel - Richard, Lynda and I will be welcoming incoming travelers. Perhaps Jane Ashley -my wife- may join me.

Louise, her crew and I will put up some pictures at the school in the afternoon but then I'll head back to the suite at the hotel.

Meanwhile there are numerous parties planned Friday night, in and around Chateauguay and at the Alibi.

Then next day -Saturday Kick-off is at 11:00 a.m. since there may be "work" being done on the bridge, so the key idea is to come out and see the school and visit some friends but then head on back in by 3:00PM or 4:00PM to get ready for the Bash at the Dorval Hilton in the evening commencing around 7:00.

You just need to be paid-up in advance and on our list. (Pay instantly at the hsbalumni.com site.)

You may buy a ticket (now) for the morning Kick-Off at the school for $25 if you plan on doing something else during the rest of the day or if you prefer not coming to the school - drop by in the evening after dinner at the Hotel for around 10:00PM for the music and Social reunion dancing and music $35 (paid in advance). Of course there is greater value in attending the morning, the dinner and the bash $100 which includes the MC activities of John Saunders and Colleen Hillock between 7:00PM - 10:00 and perhaps more thereafter. I think I'll bring a video camera for that!

There are still some sitting on the fence and some I consider key pieces of our mosaic who seem to be choosing to side step the event - money, insecurity, incapacity or letharic spirit-whatever the reason, in the end it will be their loss. You know you'll get into it once you get there. The talk is going round now, the momentum is building.

There are many now, who make up the best parts of our collective past committed to attend. There is still time yet -but not much.