What is past is

Saturday, February 01, 2014

The Winter carnival

It's snowing upon the darkness...
Big flakes for Christ's sakes and I didn't bring a towel!
I just washed and dried my hair!
Shit... well tough. My jeans are tight and my ...
Into the school..
The darkness of the gym.
The light show is on ,
emulate an acid trip...
fat chance!

boom boom booom

"In the white room with black curtains near the station
( The bass is throbbing.... drums are my heart, feet want to move!)

"Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.."
(The girls look marvelous magic fairies! - not like in class and like nothing I've seen before!)

"Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes."
(Oh God... there she is!)

Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment."
(And I, just look on... captured by her grace her smile her eyes)

"I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines;
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves."

(Oh Lord this is the peak of our high-school existence - the magic, the beat ...her spell)

Where the shadows run from themselves....

(Lyrics from White Room / Eric Clapton)

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Conversation on Teachers Joanne Grimes Wright & Les

A conversation on Teachers and Reunion

(Jaoanne Grimes Wright)

I know Bill Howes is aware of the reunion because he's on FB, but no one has said much about other teachers who have been contacted.

I thought I had a lead on Ken Kincaid, but he has disappeared from this area, and although I have tried, I have been unable to find him.

I sent an email to Keira Morgan asking her to forward the link on to her Mother, Jan Morgan, who lives in the Ottawa area, I believe. In an exchange of info with Richard Rankin, he said that he thought Charlie(?) was looking after the teachers. Is that correct?

Is someone leading the charge to contact them? I know from the 60's crowd, the Duffs and Gerry Ingram would be teachers that they would like to see, as well as Bob Mearns, who I believe lives in the Dorval area. I know Mr. Mahabir and Mr. Steeves are still in the area.

Deborah Mizener has contacted Jan Perry. If we reach Emily, then we have a lead to Bob Eaman.

Ron Waddell lives up in the Howick area, I believe, and Joanne Rowe Goodfellow knows how to reach him, as she and I dropped by his farm this summer. Unfortunately, he was not at home.

It would be so special to have a few of the old teachers there!

(Les McConnell)

Thank you for the encouragement.

Yes – Charlie is known to sometimes play Bridge with Mr. Falcon and others.

He is also to be in touch with many of the old athletes.

He is currently doing what he can.

If we are Lucky, Rick and I will be meeting with him on Tuesday and reviewing all.

Good job! On the contacts you and intel you have. You and I should keep pooling.

I am a ‘friend’ on fb with B. Howes.

My gosh, I have not seen him since Gaspe, where he and his mom lived on the tip of the peninsula – called Ship’s Head.

The year after I was startled to hear that the government (not sure which one) had all the people from that area displaced in favour of a national or provincial park.

I was out there with him, Janice Turner (Art Teacher), Eric Wesslow, (Whose wife Tia , just died two weeks ago. I was chatting with her three weeks ago.) and many others at a “happening” – an arts, literature, music week. This was wonderful... definitely a positive 60/70’s experience. I loved to watch bill sitting on a boulder just above the frothy waves. He would be sketching and writing. I would be back on the shore either sketching or playing guitar.

...oh my. This brings back so much. The times then... the overall ethos of times and youth... nice to touch that memory again.

...The dawning of the age of...

I will be sure to stay in touch with you any teacher-related news.

Les

(Joanne Grimes Wright)

I remember Eric Wesslow.

I took his art class in Grade 8 and we both quickly realized that my "talents" needed

to be focused elsewhere! I guess that's why Emily and I clicked! I remember the Wesslows moving into a small home in the Heights, on Pine Ave., between Gordon and Dupont.

The home was significant to me, growing up, because at the ripe old age of 5 I attended Kindergarten in that home, when it belonged to the Meikles. Mrs. Meikle held the first ever

kindergarten class in Chateauguay, and I went along with Jane Beauchamp, Janice Rowe, Bill L'Ecuyer, Doug Currie and several other kids who were from some of the original Chateauguay families.

Your mention of Eric Wesslow brought that fond memory, that had been tucked away for many years, out of hiding!

Oh yes...since I moved to Chateauguay in 1950 I have many, many memories. After spending a few days there this summer, I thinkI liked it better as it was in the 50s and 60s....so rural and beautiful.