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50th Anniversary
Nelson High School, September 10 – 12, 2004
Class of ’54 Song
Words and Music by Lee and Doris (Ratkowski) Karvonen
It began in 1942 when we went off to school,
Away from home, we made new friends, and it was kind of cool.
We’d ride our sleighs down Elwyn Street or way out on Ymir Road
Or bobsled back up Stanley when we grabbed a bumper tow.
Assemblies Monday mornings, Mrs. Kettlewell at the keys,
Finding perfect conkers that fell down from chestnut trees,
Playing softball games at recess, hide and seek or kick the can,
Spending hours down at Lakeside in the sunshine and the sand.
Chorus:
Oh, the class of ’54, it never was a bore.
Spring or summer or fall or winter, adventurous to the core.
Oh, the class of ’54, you couldn’t ask for more,
We’ll remember us forever; we’re the class of ’54.
The road trips with our sports teams, by train or car or bus,
Junior Joymakers taught us polkas and fox trots without a fuss.
Clair Loomer and his science labs, John Norris and English Lit,
Hockey games at the Civic Centre always were a hit.
Milkshakes from Wait’s News Stand, lunch at the Diamond Grill,
Being late for school ‘cause the streetcar couldn’t make it up the hill,
Selling boxes and egg cartons for money for the show,
And dates at the Starlight Drive-In if you had a car to go.
Chorus
The Drama Club had parties; they also put on plays,
Camp Koolaree was a wonderful place to spend the summer days.
Swimming at the Float at Lakeside, or skating in the wintertime
Or making your way up to Pulpit Rock ... just for the climb.
It was great to live in Nelson, a city with a heart.
You couldn’t find a better place where you could make a start.
Four seasons, a lake and mountains, it really is the best
And filled with such great people, Nelson’s truly blessed.
Chorus
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Back Row (left to right): Rikki Murrell (Salt Spring Island), Gordon Halsey (Victoria), John Moore (Toronto), Bob Vance (Salt Spring Island), Don Rosling (North Vancouver), Bud Maglio (Cranbrook)
4th Row: Ron Nelson (Calgary), John Zarikoff (South Slocan), Settimo Zanon (Westbank), Dan Dolphin (Vancouver), Lorne Loomer (Victoria), Glenn Purdy (Nelson), Doug Skilton (Surrey)
3rd Row: Neil Horswill (Sherwood Park, AB), Margaret Ann (Philpot) Pearson (Kamloops), Marylyn (Waterer) Linton (Vernon), Elizabeth (Sophonow) Filipoff (Ottawa), Sydney (Swingler) Hall (Comox), Scott McIvor (Duncan), Geraldine (Fraser) Loewen (Pender Island), Pat (Walgren) Devries (Queens Bay and Port Moody), Sally (Butling) MacLean (Vancouver and Riondel), Marion (Rolph) Taylaur (Vancouver), Irene (Krane) Grant (Kimberley)
2nd Row: Shirley (Johnson) Roberts (Oliver), Pat (Warren) Drugge (North Vancouver), Barbara (Tilston) Spray (Whidby, ON), Verna Mae (Murphy) Lord (Ingersoll, ON), Jeanne (Davey) Senger (Kelowna), Sylvia (Shorthouse) Crooks (Vancouver), Alyse Mathisen (Nelson), Joan (Kerby) Hamilton (Cranbrook), Ruth (Peachey) Nuyens (Nelson), Susan (Swendson) DeFoe (Kamloops), Alice (Ronmark) Graham (Prince George), Joan (Mawer) Howell (Halfmoon Bay, BC)
Front Row: Bill Hyrniuk (Nelson), Olga (Zalewski) Saviskoff (Nelson), Peggy (Owen) Swerdfeger (Kaleden), Jean (Robinson) Taylor (Friday Harbor, WA), Barbara (McCandlish) Renwick (Nelson), Doris (Graves) Orchard (Duncan), Nora (Solheim) Catalano (Trail), Hazel (Young) Cumming (London, ON), Carroll (Coventry) Klein (Vernon), Dona (Spence) Miller (Kelowna), Doris (Ratkowski) Karvonen (Surrey).
Missing: Bruce McKenzie (Castlegar), Arnold Sherwood (Rossland), Roger Stallwood (Nelson)
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Sally (Butling) MacLean and Sylvia (Shorthouse) Crooks
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Jeanne (Davey) Senger and Marion (Rolph) Taylaur at the Queens Bay home of Peter and Pat (Walgren) Devries
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Len (Pat Warren) Drugge, Marylyn (Waterer) Linton and Bob (Alice Ronmark) Graham
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Lee and Doris (Ratkowski) Karvonen
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Ruth (Peachey) Nuyens and Pat (Warren) Drugge
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Rick (Dona Spence) Miller, Margaret Anne (Philpot) and Husband Ken Pearson, Ray (Joan Kerby) Hamilton - On Pulpit Rock
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Hazel (Young) Cumming and Joan (Mawer) Howell
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The NHS54 choir leads us in singing our Reunion Song
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Joan (Kerby) Hamilton and Jeanne (Davey) Senger
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Elizabeth (Sophonow) Fillipoff (left) with Gordon and Pyllis Halsey
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Bob Vance on the Devries\' Patio
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Marylyn (Waterer) Linton and Alice (Ronmark) Graham
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Olga (Zalewski) Saviskoff and Alyse Mathisen visit at the
Devries Queens Bay Home
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John and Helen Zarikoff and Alice (Ronmark) and Bob Graham
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Scott McIvor and Ron Nelson
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From left: Georgina (Ron) Nelson, Lee Karvonen, Julia (Rick)
Murrell, Sylvia (Shorthouse) Crooks, Virginia (Doug) Skelton
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Alice (Ronmark) Graham and Ron Nelson
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Connie (Roger Stallwood) Olsen and Lorne Loomer
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Around the table at the Sunday picnic at Queens Bay
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Scott and Judith McIvor, and Doug and Virginia Skelton
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From left: Doug Skelton, Lorne Loomer, Gordon Halsey
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Carroll (Coventry) Klein and Sue (Swendson) DeFoe in the Devries' kitchen
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Dona (Spence) Miller, Ron Nelson, Phyllis (Gordon) Halsey
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Gordon and Phyllis Halsey, Joan (Mawer) Howell and Sally (Butling)
MacLean
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Scott and Judith McIvor performing at the banquet floor show
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Dona (Spence) Miller, Lee and Doris (Ratkowski) Karvonen
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