Alumni Connection
Chambly County High School & Chambly Academy Alumni Association
Association des anciens étudiants de l'école secondaire Chambly County et Chambly Academy  
 
March 2009, Edition 44, Vol.1
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 Editorial         Angus05
by  Angus Cross 
 I made it through surgery but did have some post surgery complications which kept me in the hospital for 2 weeks. Please expect some delay in replying to your emails as I have quite a backlog. 
 
While our association is richly supported, and our newsletters eagerly and widely read by Baby Boomers, we do not have much of a following with Generation X.
 
Generation X can technically be defined as the generation following the Baby Boomers. Xers were born between 1965 and 1980. 
Generation Xers were brought up on television, Atari 2600s and personal computers. They are the generation that was raised in the 1970s and 1980s, and saw this country undergo a selfish phase that they do not want to repeat. The term Generation X came from a book written in 1991 by Douglas Coupland by the same name. It is a fictional book about three strangers who decide to distance themselves from society to get a better sense of who they are. He describes the characters as "underemployed, overeducated, intensely private and unpredictable."
 
 'Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on  it?' -- Mark Twain

Angus

Keeping the Connection
WarrenHead                                     by Warren Mackenzie -  Photo Editor

March09 Keeping Connection  
CCHS Classmates have been meeting over the years, quite often just for an informal dinner, on this occasion the group of former school and team-mates met at Jane and John Fisher's house in Toronto. Jane says that similar groups use to gather each Christmas at the Morrison's to enjoy an "Open House". 
 Seen here from C-'56 are Gord Brown from Collingwood, Ken Souter  from St. Catherines, John Fisher now living in Foster, QC, Peter Rylander from Niagara Falls and from C-'53 Don Morrison of Toronto.


Photo Galleries
Thomsons
Alan Thomson C'60 and wife Marge  
 
Alan and Marge Thomson recently cruised aboard NCL's "Pride of America" with ports-o-call in Maui, Kauai, Oahu and the big island of Hawaii.
Alan says: "Aside from all the wonderful things for which Hawaii is best known, we found out that Hawaii is also the 'Spam' capital of the world (not made there) as far as eating is concerned. You can even get things like Spam burgers and Spam and eggs." 
 
 
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Alumni Photo of the Month
 
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Who's Who
                                         

Kasper March

          Recognize this former CCHS student ?
                             He played 821 games in the NHL over 15 seasons.  
 
 
  
To nominate a candidate for the WHO'S WHO directory through the 'On-line' method,  simply  'click' "here".
New Profiles added to Class Lists
     Al Thomson  
  Alan Thomson C'60

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Alumni Association News
   
 A  Reunion 2010 meeting was held on February 18th. One of the many things that was discussed was the surveying of our membership concerning the reunion. We  ask that all members take a few moments and complete the survey by clicking on the link underlined below.
 
 
Volunteers will be needed for a variety of tasks associated with the reunion. If you wish to assist, please contact -
 
Jack Anderson - Co-Chair

Saint  Lambert - Photo of the Month

 
Bell employees 
 
 
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Articles submitted by Members
St. Lambert Curling Club Still Rolling Along
Unless you are a snowbird and travel south for the winter golf, for most Quebecers, winds up around the middle of October, just about the time curling starts ramping up. And for many of us it is a smooth transition from the Rock Pile to the good old St. Lambert Curling Club. Although struggling financially at times, especially since St. Lambert's merger with Longueuil and the loss of our favourable property tax status, the Club continues to flourish and provides a haven for many who would be house bound with nothing to do during the long winter months .
Story of Stuff
 - excellent video on environmental impact of consumerism in our lives - how to live greener!
Submitted by Larry Llewellyn C'65
School News
  The new Chambly Academy web site went live in January and includes a direct link to our association's site. We have reciprocated by including a direct link to Chambly Academy
                               Reunion 2010   Diamond smallmarking the 60 years
since CCHS became a school will be held over the Victoria Day weekend in May of 2010 
 
 - Class Contacts Wanted !
 
Membership :

Welcome New Members:  Anthony McGarr C'77, Tom Randall C'62, Steve Kelly C'72

 

CCHS's Member-Get-A-Member Contest - Full details next issue

Announcements
Births, deaths, marriages, appointments, retirements,, awards 
  
   ROTHFELS, Horst A. 1918-2009 Born in Erfurt, Germany. Horst is survived by Edith, his wife of 62 years, 3 sons, Stephen (Calgary), Peter and Elisha (North Saanich) and Tom and Karen (Toronto) and 6 grandchildren, Nathaniel, Andrew, Tyler, Eric, Charlotte and Lana. Horst was a Holocaust survivor. He managed to get out of concentration camp and fled to England where he became a farm worker. When the war broke out, all Germans were considered "enemy aliens", were interned and were shipped to either Australia or Canada. Upon release from the Canadian internment camp, Horst worked for the war effort for the Canadian Marconi Co, as a tool and die maker. At the end of the war he decided to become a teacher and earned his Bachelor and Masters degrees in Education at McGill University. Married in 1947 to his lifelong love Edith. They raised 3 sons and Whitey their beloved dog. Horst was a teacher in the South Shore region of Montreal, became an Inspector of Schools for the Province of Quebec, then a School Principal, and lastly Director of Education for the South Shore Protestant Regional School Board. At this time he pioneered French Immersion in Canada, received a Fellowship for his work from the Canadian College of Teachers and became known as the "Father of French Immersion" in Canada. Upon retirement in 1984 he and his wife Edith moved to Victoria, where they enjoyed the beautiful outdoors. Horst had a lifelong passion for health, fitness and classical music. Downhill skiing was his biggest joy, and he continued to ski right up to his 90th year. Burial took place on February 17, 2009 
Sad news to report re Mr. Rothfels. I enjoyed many of his ski trips during my CCHS years.  Dave Pollock C'61


  I have been asked by the family of Donald Watt, class of 1949, to get the news to the CCHS website that he passed away on Tuesday, February 17th.  Don was an educator here in Quebec all of his working life and retired as Principal of Howard Billings High School in Chateauguay where he resided. He leaves his wife Janice (Caron - also a CCHS graduate) and three sons Stephen, Garth and Murray.  The memorial service was held at Collins, Clarke, MacGillvray, White here in St. Lambert on Monday, February 23rd.
Dale Wallace C'51



The Hunt for Missing Alumni
   Will Arnold Will Arnold has joined the hunt for the missing by volunteering to act as Class Contact for his Class of 1970 To date he has found quite a few of his missing classmates. 
 
All leads are checked so please help in the hunt for your brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, friends, who attended CCHS, but still remain on our Missing List
 
Editor

Your comments
 
I was so delighted to see the photo of Grade 4 class from 1948-49.  There are three faces that I haven't seen for more than 50 years.  Alan Frado lived across the street and I had a tremendous crush on him.  He moved out West in grade 7 and I was devastated!  The Hawes kids (6 of them) lived next door to Alan.  We played together for years - "marbles" in the snow and during the warmer months we skipped "double Dutch" after supper on upper Birch.  What a lovely surprise to see all three of them in one photo!  I wonder where they are now? 
 
Wendy Plumb (Irvine) C'57
 
I was just  delighted to see my cousins the  Andersons  at the top of the  news letter (Keeping the Connection) Many people got to know Sally though her work at  Sir George Williams - Concordia university.  She was in the admissions office I believe. One  great gal  let me tell you  .... and  I am certain that many people in St Lambert have only good things to say of Sally Thank you for the photo

Doug Macfie C'66
 
Angus  - I've heard that most of the surgeons in Halifax learned their trade by cutting up fish in various maritime fisheries when they were younger ,so I have no doubt that they'll have no problems with a "old shark " like you !!! We will await your next editorial, confident that you will share a few memorable anecdotes of a successful venture. All the best -
 
Ron Stewart C'58
 
Thanks for another Great Newsletter.
I really loved the picture of the 2 on the Ice, whether it's true or not.

Peter Payan C'59


Snow Bird eh !

Real snow bird

 
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