Newsletter archive
Back issues of the Lions' Pride newsletter can be downloaded by clicking the links below. Files are in PDF format. Summaries for each newsletter follow below the file listing.
Summaries:
Spring 2011:
Miss Jean McRobert, teacher ’31-’69
Chuck Dalton, class of ’46, basketball star & Olympian
Sarah Pajuk (class of ’88) Art Purchase Award
98 years young, Larry Barton, class of ’30
SCAA activities (3): landscaping beautification, Gathering on the Green, auditorium’s Rattle & Hum campaign
In Local News (10): Bloxam, Colfax, Cocker, Dohnberg, Gooden, Knight, Lazenby, Malinich, McClenaghan, Shackleton
Mail Box letters from you/alumni + Who’s Where
generations of South families (3): Bloxams, Mellors, Nesbitts
Memorium (7): Bolton, (Smith) Boundy, Duncan, Liddiard, Smith (teacher), Stephenson, White
Fall 2010:
Homecoming highlights, photos, golf tournament
Teri Levack, Visual Arts Dept., winner of SCAA 75th Anniversary Award honouring staff
commencement highlights
Jean Gorwill’s 100th + 65 years of friendship for Cupie Fan Club Girls (class of ’48-’49)
family reflections with 70s grad, Liz (Crosby) Boens, class of ’73
SCAA projects (3): landscaping beautification, Gathering on the Green, SCAA elections and AGM
new internship course partners with Habitat for Humanity
65th reunion of Police Boys’ Band: Bill Davies, teacher ’71-’80; Ron Webb, class of ’56; and many others listed
In Local News (17): Balogh, Brodbeck, De Longis, Dixon, Fleckser, Hammond, Henderson, Hessel, Koziol, Maudsley, McClenaghan, Merrylees, Partalas, Ramsden, Thompson, Wolfe(2)
Mail Box letters from you/alumni
100th birthday and memories of Mildred (Schmidt) Kemp, class of ’26
Memorium (10): Boyce, Calvert, Chapman, Dawkins, (Firth) Giles, Lestins, McClure, Rice, Richards, (Toten) Whitfield
kudos to actor, Brett Dier, from South’s grade 9 class of ’04/’05
Rattle & Hum fundraising for auditorium (sound system, air conditioning, lighting)
Spring 2010:
legacy of TSH Graham, principal ’23-’53
auditorium renovation/upgrades
reflections of Marie Smibert, class of ’36
‘Collegiate’ name returns to building facade
basketball showdown between youth team and veterans (grads from 1960s on)
SCAA projects (3): landscaping beautification, Gathering on the Green, upcoming issues of Lions’ Pride
Chamber of Commerce honours Echidna owner, Andrew McClenaghan, class of ’97
Wortley Village spotlight + Roadhouse owner, Marty Verweel, class of ’69
In Local News (10): Brodbeck, Camman, Finlayson, Gooden, Jacobs, James, Lazenby, Oh, Simner, VanEsch
Mail Box letters from you/alumni + Who’s Where
kudos to ballet choreographer and dancer, Lacey Smith, class of ’02
reflections from Bill Hennessy, class of ’54/’55
Hayman Construction marks 135 years (notably building South in 1928) and generations of eight alumni
Memorium (9): Avery, Bloxam, (Cameron) Eady, Jaaku, Mill, Nolet, (Phillips) Sherriff, Rix, St. Michael
Fall 2009:
Homecoming highlights and photos, including special guests Chris Bentley, Matt Giffen, Vaughn Martin, Ernie Whitt
Andrea (Fewster) Manias, Math Dept. (and class of ’70 grad), winner of SCAA 75th Anniversary Award honouring staff
name returns as ‘Collegiate’
commencement highlights
software entrepreneur and former Google employee, Shuman Ghosemajumder (class of ’92) speaks to students
1984 football champs gather for athletic program fundraiser
book launched about Canadian Ambassador to the USSR, Robert Ford, class of ’33
In Local News (8): Anderson, Charles-Dunne, Gooden, Jarvis, Knight, Martin, Merrylees, Shawyer
Mail Box letters from you/alumni + Who’s Where
SCAA projects (4): beautification, Gathering/Green, 85th reunion, Summer Jones-Burton (’92) joins SCAA executive
Memorium (14): (Barrett) Farrell, (Blakely) Collins, (Darling) Hall, DiCicco, Dillon, Gole, (Holmes) Skinner, (Inch) Schultz, Marshall, Pope, Rowe, (Spettigue) Coates Park, Spettigue, Winder
news about Old South community + Letter from Editor
Spring 2009:
Roger Macaulay, principal ’64-’68
beautification of South’s garden/landscape
old yearbooks available (’88 to ’07, plus 50th anniversary ’78)
name of school from South ‘Collegiate’, to ‘Secondary’, back to ‘Collegiate’?
restoring years of photos of students’ councils
’66 South band mates, Peter ‘Boots’ Burger and Bill Culp, reunite in Nashville blues & boogie bar
South Musical Theatre production of ‘A Chorus Line’
South’s Social Justice Committee (SoJo) initiatives and awareness on genocide, child poverty,
alumni website marks six (6) years, thanks to web architect and Echidna owner, Andrew McClenaghan, class of ’97
1920s+ in Old South, excerpts from tribute roast of Don Ross, class of ’40, found/shared by Sandy Ross, class of ’79
Carl Watson, class of ’45, launches 400-page book on ‘80 Years With Carl & Friends’
girls’ basketball coach, Greg White, class of ’66, brings his Florida team to London/South
In Local News (7): Baker, Gooden, Harvey, James, Nelligan, Wooster, and South’s own profile in London Free Press
Mail Box letters from you/alumni + Who’s Where
reflections by Gordon Winder, class of ’41
reflections by South’s oldest(?) living graduate at age 98, Lillian Park, class of ’28
Memorium (12): Angelov (teacher), Burgess, (Fountain) Roberts, Frith, Hill, Huntley, Jensen, Jones, Larson (teacher), (Phinn) Hess, Pimblett, White
