really the whole school . . . details
Special Thanks to Bill “Mole” Thomson and his brother Richard for this great picture with everyone pretty much identified. If you have any changes, let me know in the comments.
Front row: Geoff Engholm, Tim Lorimer, Gordon Kell, Hugh Perry, Eric Tramontain, Butcher II (Rob’s brother), Muldrew, Ramsay II, Walker, Graham Hardy II, David Hart II, Jones, Vardy, Doolan, Grolimond II, Richardson, Paul Nordahl.
Second row: Peplar, Wormersley, Doug Niblock, Howe, Frank Willis, Ken Chandler, Grant Cadorin, Brian Koster, Mike Ryan, Mike Hart, Ernie Foort, Tim Keegan, Gerrit Vandervalk, Hugo Marx, Murray Tichborne, Colin Bowering, Gerry Doerkson, Martin Denny, Mackay, Hugh McCracken, Richard Thomson.
Third row: Robertson, McCombie, Derek Bedson, David Barritt, Lloyd Polack, Claude Lafontaine, “Beaker” Granger, Dan Hopkins (brother died at Temiskaming), Rob Keegan II, Pat Williams, Andrew Wojtowicz, Pierre Bedard, Scott Robertson, Henry Benckhuysen, Lysak, Ajay Dias, York, Mungo Treilhard, Dan Mahon, Stewart Truba, Rob Butcher, Salmon, Ivan Robertson, Tim McQueen.
Fourth row: Jemson, Chennels, Peter Nance, Alan York, Kris Anderson, Evan”gelical” (lucky lampwick) Geoffroy, Gerard Andrew Kaye (GAK), Bill Thomson (Mole), Brian Rowe, Wayne Leatherdale, Doug Austin, Randy Wilson, Goodlin Phillips, Karl Polack, Mark Denny, Greg Taylor, Alex Kusic.
Fifth row: Stager, Phil Harrington, Roland Kleer, Bundy, Bill Thomson, Mark Dill, Mark Davis, Colin Cruikshank, Mike Rizzuto, Don Faust, Rick McMorran, Grolimond I, Ian Goodwin, Bart MacClean, Pat Flanagan, Chuck Grenkow, Don Hardy, Mike Vidricaire, Ramsay, Davis II.
Brings back a lot of memories, good ones and some bad.
Unfortunately a few have died very young specifically thinking of Mark Denney & Alex Kusic are the ones that come to mind, great guys.
I have a question though going through the names and remembering ” What if your own kids were bullied the way some of the old boys terrorized us” How would you feel? Did it make us tougher more resilient? Hazing, bullying, sadism. A few names stand out and I hope they remember and reflect on their actions way back when. There was fun and then there was a real streak of meanness in a few.
Chris, you are absolutely right. This picture was taken (can’t believe I am alive to say this) fifty (50) years ago and the memories are fresh. I put this up because Richard and Bill (mainly Richard, he’s off the charts good with his stuff) put it together. I tried to faithfully reproduce the names though I’m sure there are some errors in there. The quality of the photo is top notch. I was trying to date the picture as I was putting up the post, and I first thought – no snow – and then I started thinking of the kids who just sort of left midstream. I have no clue what a “normal” drop rate would be, but it seemed pretty high. So I figured pretty quickly it had to be Fall 1973, likely late September or October.
I put stuff up on bedard.com for the ex-students – to know you are not alone, and yeah, some of that shit really did happen, some good and some not-so-good. If these posts help one person, just one, that’s all it takes.
What were the laundry numbers issued the year this was taken? I had a discombobulated youth and was here either this year or the one previous. My # was 853. Thanks for any clarification anyone can provide. I can’t see myself in the picture but I was in the first grade offered by the school.
I was #722. I think the numbers in 1973 were in the mid-700s.
This picture is spring 1974. The back row are mostly the graduating class of 1974.
My confinement started just after Christmas 1972 and the laundry numbers in the Spring of 1973 would have been around #704 or 705. There were 6 of us that arrived after Christmas 1972 and I was #699.
Since the river was frozen our introduction was a new boy snowshoe trip. The snowshoe trip was about 6-7 days of fun in the snow. The last day of the trip was Scanterbury to the school by tracks, 28 miles of drudgery.
By the end of the year there were only 3 pf s 6 remaining, Me, Karl Pollack and Frank Willis.