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I must have
started Kindergarten in the
fall of 1953. I remember very little about it. I do remember my Grade 1
classroom at Seven Oaks School, and have recollections about coming
home for lunch. Salmon sandwiches and Kraft Dinner come to mind.
In the spring of 55 we moved to a farm near Baldur. It
had belonged to my Grandpa Young. Mom's brother Keith and his family
(Erma,
Cheryl, Bonnie) lived a mile away, across from Rose Hill School where I
completed my First Grade. The teacher was Madge Holder. In my Grade 2
year the teacher was Buddy Myers. Memories include playing softball
& tobogganing on the big hill across the road.
Rosehill School
Rosehill School was just over a
mile south of our farm. In the summer we walked, or rode our Shetland
pony, Tiny. In bad weather Dad or Mom gave us a ride. In the winter we
got a ride in a horse-drawn sleigh.
The first few years there might have
been 15 or so students. By the time I was in Grade 4 or 5 we were down
to ten - just enough for a softball team!.
I hope I've got this right...
Lavona McGillivray, Donna Storie,
Elaine Boulet, Grant Storie, Roger Boulet, Ken Storie, Jerry Storie,
Donna DeBaets, Annette Fifi
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In 1960
Rosehill School closed and we were bussed to Baldur.
Terrick Hamilton got the contract to transport us. I was in Grade 7.
The teacher was Madge Holder (who had been my Grade 1 teacher at
Rosehill). Grades 5- 12 were taught in the old Baldur School
while the younger grades were in temporary quarters at the Memorial
Hall. The following year the new Elementary School was built housing
Grade 1 - 8. It featured a Gym and indoor plumbing!
Memories
of high school centre around school sports, the most
interesting of which was football.
When
I was about 14, I was able to get a guitar (I think Mom
and Dad bought it for me). It came with an instruction book and a
record with 4 Ventures songs and instructions on how to play
them. It was soon apparent that I was getting the basics so I
saved up some cash (Jerry and I worked milking cows for Terrick
Hamilton in harvest season) and ordered a Kent guitar and small amp
from Eatons or Sears.
In
Grade 11, I was chosen to attend the Manitoba High School
United Nations Seminar held at Brandon University. We stayed in the BU
Res
for about five days. It was a big deal for a farm kid who had never
been anywhere.
I
finished High School in 1966 and within days had moved to Brandon
and taken a job at the Safeway store that used to be on the corner of
Sixth and Rosser. I applied in person on the first day I
got into town and was working the next. Before long I was
hanging out with co-worker Brian McMillan who shared
my interest in music and by that fall we were talking about trying to
start a band.
In the meantime I had applied to Brandon University and my acceptance
was dependent upon a successfull re-write of my Math Departmental
Exam. I didn't know until late August that I'd made it.
Fall of
1967 - 2nd Year at B.U.
The first week of University in 1966 has to
be
one of
the more memorable weeks of my life. I had been living in Brandon for
over two months so I was getting used to the routine of "city" life and
had a circle of friends that were helping me enjoy it. We went to teen
club dances, rode around in Buck McMillan's parent's station wagon and
generally raised hell.
But I knew right away that I would like University life.
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The Eighth Street Bridge
Dave Jason
Terry (Tates) Hayden
Jim Hayes
Ron (Moose)Mosson
Ken
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More
Childhood Family Photos....
Concerts
The Paupers - Fair Grounds Arena 1967?
One of the top Canadian bands of
the
day, lead by drummer Skip Prokop who later formed Lighthouse.
The Troggs - Fair
Grounds
Arena 1968
Complete with striped suits, and
fashionably late. Brandon's Bitter End were the openning act. They did
a Troggs cover.
Guess Who - University
Gym
- Still doing covers at this point in their careers.
Neil Diamond with The Guess Who
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Old Arena
I still remember the Guess Who's
cover
of I'm a Man. We considered Neil Diamond to be a bit lame.
Lighthouse - Concert Hall
Great covers of Eight Miles
High
and Chest Fever. I'd not heard their album at the time. Bob McBride,
the lead singer, was ill and Skip Prokop, handled the vocals. We didn't
notice anything amiss.
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