The Final Tranche of My 1970 Class Members

Left to Right, Top To Bottom: Mike Bukoski, Linda Byrne, Gloria Chisholm, Colleen Bulger, Darlene Caldwell, Sharon Clark, Howie Cannon, Cathy Clinton

Mike Bukoski On a Non-Uniform Day

Mike Bukoski is gesturing to something or someone on a non-uniform day back in 1973 at the OCHS.

Mike Bukoski At the Blackboard ~1972

Mike Bukoski seemed enthralled at what he was writing down on the blackboard. The year was 1972.

Mike Bukoski and his Bow Tie

Mike Bukoski is proud of his bow tie.

Tell Me on a Sunday Memories

Another Sunday morning and another grab bag of memories, of OCHS, the 1970's, memorabilia, Oshawa and stuff. I start with with another block of classmates of mine:

Top row: Kathie Andrews (R.I.P.), yours truly, Mike Bukoski,

Center Row: David Cooper, Carolyn Corrigan, Paul Coros,

Bottom Row: Joan Downey, George Dragota, Barb Finley

The above political cartoon is a real sign of the times back then. To me it accurately depicts the divide between the establishment and the beat generation or the youth. I did some googling to try and identify the Trudeau cabinet minister from 1973 doling out the largesse to the hippies, but to no avail yet. (Update: Pictured above, I believe is Secretary of State Gerard Pelletier of the Trudeau cabinet, responsible for the OFY program).

Pictured above is a bicycle speedometer from one of my bikes from the high school era.

Everyone remembers giving these for Christmas and Valentine's Day. Black Magic was made by Rowntree Mackintosh, a British company selling in the Commonwealth as well.

This funky box was in the garage, so I photographed it for posterity. Check out the depiction of the TV in the drawing at the upper right.

I snapped the above frame in the Eatons Department Store at the Oshawa Center. I worked there in the camera department all through my high school years.

(Interestingly enough, I think that I can make out the word Sears in the upper right. Yet I know for a fact that this is Eatons because I have a whole series of pics of my Eatons co-workers with the same background as above).

I believe that the above is a program from the re-dedication of the school from OCHS to Paul Dwyer High School in 1976.

Mike Bukoski

This is Mike Bukoski. He was a good friend of mine all through high school. He had a quiet personality coupled with a wicked sense of humour. He introduced me to the Charlie Farquaharson (Don Herron) series of books like "The Jogfree of Canada".

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.

Mike Bukoski, Rosemary Duignan, Henry Kowalewski

This snapshot came from the Urban Studies Fly Day. Left is Mike Bukoski. Sitting pensively in the background middle is Rosemary Duignan, and standing right is Henry Kowalewski.