More of my 1970 class ~ Part VII

Left to Right, Top to Bottom:  Dennis Gleason, Andre Grotenhuis, Mary Coll, Marion Gleason, Lucy Jana, David Cooper, Mike Goreski, Rob Hickey, Paul Coros, Kerry Grant, Bert Hoefs, Carolyn Corrigan, Peter Grills, Terry Hughes, Marg Ihnat

Bert Hoefs Kicking It Away

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Back to the 1970's for today's offering.  Here Bert Hoefs is about to punt the ball away on the home football field on third down.  I believe that we were playing Eastdale on the day that I snapped this.

Gridiron Games

These football pictures are from 1970 - 1972.

Above, the Courtice High School team quarterback rolls out for a pass attempt against our defense, anchored by John Patterson.


Jim Dickey and Tony White do the coaching thing. Joe Novak and John Marinzel are visible as players.

The referees confer on where to mark the ball.

Our kicker Bert Hoefs, gets one aloft.

BH Squared

These two always hung out together. They are BH squared or Bert Hoefs and Bob Hickey. They even dated the same girl, and one eventually married her. (Bert called himself a math whiz, but I honestly can't remember if he was or not. )

Classmates of Mine -- Part the Next

Top Row: Nicole Gaboury, Barb Gannon, Cindy Germanis

Middle Row: Peter Gibbs, Andre Grotenhuis, Bob Hickey

Bottom Row: Bert Hoefs, Terry Hughes, Mike Ivanco

Some autographs of my classmates: Dan O'Neill, Tim McKenna, Ron van de valk, Cathy Rush, Susan Cragg, Tom Kraemer, Sister Bonnie Ouimet, Peter Gibbs, Chris Montgomery, Pat Kilistoff

(References to the butcher business are plans that I had for medicine. Instead of Toronto, I finally chose University of Ottawa at the last minute.)

Physics Hubbub

This was one of the more interesting scenes in my school career at OCHS. Jiri Jelen the teacher at the right of the photo, taught physics. He was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia. He spoke softly and was heavily accented. He never had a commanding presence at school. He favourite line was "I did not become a teacher to be a policeman".

Unfortunately the class dominated him. There was always a din of voices. It was mob rule in Grade 12 physics. Mr. Jelen had his revenge.

At the end of the school term, one could be exempted from final exams upon the discretion of the teacher. By the time that we reached Grade 12, most of us were good enough students to be exempted and most of us were. After all, OCHS in the early days was a brains factory. In this photo alone, is a future: Mayo Clinic professor of medicine, a chief scientist for the country's nuclear power program, a high school science teacher and a government functionary.

At the end of the year, Mr. Jelen exempted exactly two people. One of them was me, and the other was Doug Zochodne who is not pictured here. Doug is a research physician and a professor of Neurophysiology.

Pictured here from left to right are Liz Fitzpatrick, Mike Ivanco, Shawn O'Driscoll, Bert Hoefs, Kathy Kowalski and John Ten Haaf with Mr. Jelen behind the desk.

Bert Hoefs at the Dance

I'm not quite sure what is going on here with Bert Hoef's hair. Was he caught dancing, or turning his head? Cathy Clinton looks on.

Bert Hoefs

Bert Hoefs was the kicker for our football team. I caught him on the fly here just before he let loose with a kick.

Geography Class

A candid shot from geography class, and somehow I got into it. Left to right: yours truly, Mike Bukoski, Bert Hoefs, Carolyn Corrigan.

Working Together

This is a geography class. The students were partnered off to do work together .

Left to right: Peter Gibbs, Bert Hoefs , John Coleman, Carolyn Corrigan