Beginning of The School Year 1969

 

The Oshawa Times printed this article in 1969 after the opening of the new school year in September of 1969. Several interesting facts jump out. First, OCHS had an enrolment of 320 students. It would more than double by the time that I graduated, and now, there is less than 1,000 (now called Monsignor Paul Dwyer High School) after ballooning to over 2000 a couple of decades ago. 

The other interesting fact is that initiation was held where the Grade 10's could haze and torture the Grade 9's or Minor Niners. It was pretty rough and no longer allowed. Kids were humiliated and doused with all sorts of stuff like honey and feathers and made to eat horrible stuff.

Mentions in this article include students Adrone Zelvys, Matt Gimpelj, Ken Johnston, Jim Dyl, Bill Van Veghel and Betty Ann Yanch. Also mentioned are Monsignor Paul Dwyer and Oshawa Mayor Ernest Marks whose children attended the high school.