Sister Mary Dennis Ogle was connected to the teaching staff at OCHS, but I am unsure how and would welcome comments filling me in.
At least that how Gary Ranalli thought what I thought when I asked him to autograph his picture.
Miss Hendricks was apparently on staff. I have no recollection of her, or what she taught. I invite comments to fill me in.
I can't remember what we were waiting for in the foyer of the high school, but this was my Grade 13 class. Left to right Victor Suppan (checked pants), Bob Hickey (back to camera), Marc Adams, Carolyn Corrigan (face partially hidden), Nicole Gaboury (sideways away from camera), Sue Vitali, unknown, unknown, Suzanne Nadon (far right).
With a Christmas tree ornament stuck to his nose, Graham See plays the clown at Christmas.
I have no explanation as to why I took these photos other than there was film in the camera, and as the old saying goes "To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail".
Ruth Nicholls taught English when I was at OCHS. I believe that this was her first year of teaching at OCHS when this photo was snapped.
Linda Langero taught math when I was at OCHS. She was one of three young, unmarried math teachers -- Miss Catalano, Miss Holland, and Miss Langero.
Oliver Pace had panache and elan. He drove a red Alfa Romeo sports car, dressed impeccably and exuded class and style.
Bill Langley was one of the jock teachers. He was a physical education teacher and a coach. He came to OCHS about half way through my high school years, and I never had him for a teacher, and hence did not get to know him.
Bill Higgins is caught mid-blink with his eyes closed and overcoat on. I'm not sure what he taught. It may have been history or languages.
Pictured left to right: 
I don't remember much about Mrs. Jones other than she had a British accent. She may have been an art teacher. Anyone with further information is invited to leave a comment.
A young Blair Morris is pictured in the staff room with his big red teachers planner that all of the teacher's had.
Herbert Gentry was an amazing musician and music teacher. He could play any instrument in the band and play it well. He was especially skilled on the violin and trumpet. Here he serenades Sister Conrad Lauber, the principal.
I am amazed at the number of pictures that I have of students playing cards throughout all of the years. Here Dan Dalby, Mary Coll (back to camera) and Sharon ... um ... I think that it is Sharon Clark play a game. There is a fourth person off to the right that didn't make the picture.
I don't remember how Miss Gardini fit into the picture of the staff of OCHS. I don't even remember her first name. I invite comments to explain. Stella Barnett, the typing and business teacher is in the background.
The cafeteria ladies were characters that could have stepped right out of the scene of a "Laverne and Shirley" television episode. Mrs. Hickie is on the left and Mrs. Dorothea Dugan is on the right. Student Judy McLinton peers through the doors.
I am amazed that in my photographs, at almost every student event of note, Sister Conrad Lauber, the principal was present. She certainly participated in the student events of the school. Above pictured she is dressed warmly for a late November football game in the biting cold.
Teacher John Donkers reads a newspaper in the staff room next to a chess set. Was teaching at OCHS a version of la dolce vita or the soft life?
Colleen Bulger (right) and Doug Zochodne (left) leave the aircraft after an overflight of the Oshawa/Toronto corridor. Teacher Blair Morris organized a Fly Day for his Grade 13 Urban Studies class at the Oshawa Airport.
I am busily preparing for my speech and workshop at the Sheraton in Nassau, so I probably won't post for a few days. If you are in Nassau on the Cable Beach strip, drop in, say hello, check out the booths and have a great time. HP is giving away a laptop a day for the three days that the expo runs. See you next week with more OCHS memories.
I am not sure in what capacity Bev Ferguson taught, but what I do know is that I was never in her classes. Comments are invited as to her role on the staff of OCHS.
Russell Dupuis had incredibly plastic features. He could make any face possible. He was a few years behind me, but I remember him from altar boy try-outs.
I was standing in the corridor at the front entrance of the school near the office when through the glass, I saw the girls in the school yard. I snapped the pic. Below is an enlargement. The only person that I recognize is Cheryl Hambly.
Travelling again, and on hiatus until I land back in the tropics. See you on the flip side -- Hopefully Tuesday.
Mr. Herbert Gentry the music teacher signed this pic for me in the yearbook. In retrospect, Mr. Gentry was a class act. His last name described him perfectly. If anyone knows what became of him, please leave a comment.
George Callender was usually nattily dressed, but in the photo he comes out casual for watching a football game.
The line down the middle of the picture is because the photo was printed across two pages. Sister Theresa Rodgers took over teaching typing from Stella Barnett.
Monsignor Paul Dwyer presents a graduation diploma to Eva Stanko. Seated in the front row to the left of Monsignor Dwyer is Sister Mary Dennis Ogle, and Sister Mary Jane Trimble.
The amazing thing about the picture in retrospect, is how long Ivor Boyagoda's hair is.
A photo montage of Sister Conrad Lauber. Pictured in the lower right is Herbert Gentry and Sister Dorothy Schweitzer.
The film, "The Graduate" starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft came out before I went to high school, but by the time I was at OCHS, it was being shown on TV. In the film, Dustin Hoffman, a college graduate has an affair with an older woman. She was the wife of his father's law partner, a Mr. Robinson. Simon & Garfunkel's hit "God Bless You Mrs. Robinson" was a part of the soundtrack for the movie.
The frontispiece page:
And it's opposite:
Barb Gannon and Gloria Murrant signed these pages on my yearbook. I am not sure who wrote "HELP" on the picture.
