Back Row (L to R): Keith Wilson, Brian Hansen, Allan Baszucki, Adrian Lillico, Wayne Simmonds, Donald Whitehouse, John Heggie, Carl Purcha, Keith Groome, Jerry Chaher, Marvin Johnson, Gerald Chayka, Russel Antonishyn
Front Row (L to R): Clare Weiss, Lynne Gilby, Dorothy Paweleck, Doreen Turner, Sharon Dunlop, Allison Perrson, Sandra Denham, Pat Winniski, Lillias Haines
Memories: Good friendships and later realizing that we had very dedicated teachers.
Fads or Trends: Ducktail hair and pointed toe dress shoes
Additional Comments: Have missed the opportunity of seeing classmates over the years having spent my working career in the US. I must say I haven't missed the winters but have some great childhood memories of farm living and the work ethic it produced.
Continued Education: Keypunch Operator (pre-computer technology)
Memories: I'm not sure where I should begin, but here goes. There were Mr. Brown's math classes, and how easy it was to distract him, if for some reason, we didn't have our homework done, so the class was used up, discussing something not pertaining to MATH! Chemistry classes, but because at that time, I was such a shy person, I didn't do too much and didn't take part in any activities other than curling. I remember we formed a Girls curling team to go to unit finals. When the boys finished, they waited for a while, and since we were so far behind in the game, Mr. Oleksyn said he was going home with the boys and that we were supposed to report to him "as soon as we got home" which we did, but it was late when we got home. We did as requested, and went to see him as soon as we got home, but for some strange reason, he didn't believe us, when we said that we had WON and were going onto District Finals. It took a lot of convincing to get him to believe that not only had we come from behind and beat the team we were so far behind, but also the next couple of games. We advanced onto District, but because none of us had ever curled on Artificial Ice, it wasn't until it was way too late to catch up, but even so, we didn't do to bad in District, as we only lost the game by a couple, instead of being way behind like we had been. It was an experience I never forgot. Of course, we didn't let on to anyone that we had been so busy telling jokes to the opposition, that they couldn't concentrate on their plays, which might have had something to do with our coming from behind and winning in Unit Finals, but we didn't care, we won and that's what was important.
Fads or Trends: I'm not sure if I want to get into the fads, hairstyles, etc., because especially with the hairstyles, no one had any idea what type of a hairstyle I would come to school with. Doreen and Betty used to figure it was great to get into my long hair and do it up, at least once a week. I would come to school with a Beehive, or whatever happened to be their fancy to backcomb my long hair into to try something new. I don't think they ever knew how much toilet paper I went through, by winding it around my hair, nightly, so that I could sleep without it looking like a beesnest the next morning, or the hours it took to comb it all out. The crinolines and hoop skirts, bobby socks, red school jackets, (which I might add, I STILL have) record hops, the twist, hucklebuck, and the limbo for dances, just to name a few.
Additional Comments: I haven't seen many of the classmates since the school reunion, and am hoping that there will be a lot home for the homecoming, because it would be so great to see everyone again and renew old friendships. Since Mom passed away in '93, I haven't been down home much, so this would be a great chance to see so many and have a good time, reliving old memories.
Continued Education: 1st year education-Regina Campus, 2nd year-U of S Saskatoon campus, 3rd year U of R Regina
Memories: Where do I begin??? The annual variety night where we showcased our talents!! Outdoor volleyball-we had no gym! Mr. Brown's math class, Mr. Owerko's snappy clothes and physics class, the record hops, Mr. Bolton teaching and calling square dances. Coleen Doloughy turning me on to Shakespeare and rehearsals at her house for Variety Nite. Getting caught smoking (Pat Fornalik and I) after a lunch student council meeting-and we went to the farthest corner of the schoolyard!!--BUT Hank Brown, as Principal, could smoke in the staffroom (where the meeting was held) after eating his lunch! Halloween-we girls got ripped off!!--All the guys got to have the morning off to go out and set back up all of the outdoor biffies we had all tipped the night before! Our exclusive grad wiener roast---no girlfriends or boyfriends were welcome because we were such a close group and wanted our own private goodbyes!! (there were 22 of us grade 12s)--Too bad a couple of girlfriends couldn't accept that!!....Being the only student in grade 7/8 classroom to be taken out and grilled about the "stolen exam papers"--that I later found out had been "lifted" from a garbage can!!!---and they all pertained to the upper grades! I probably have a million more stories I could share, but this is a sampling.
Fads or Trends: Must Have: hula hoop, bobby socks, saddle shoes, white bucks, sweater sets, border print skirt, shag skirt, skort (for skating), beehive hairdo (how many did I comb in for grads!!). Every fall we all had to watch the World Series---could always catch part of it at lunch. Midget wrestling Wednesday night-very late at night-about 1:30 a.m.---we weren't too alert on Thursday mornings! Songs--every record hop ended with "I Wanna Walk You Home"--very fitting--none of us had cars!! This was the era of Chuck Berry-The Twist, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, Satchmo-just to name a few.
The TV shows that I remember are: Father Knows Best, The Beverly Hillbillies, Lawrence Welk, Teen Tempo (from Moose Jaw...they really did have a TV station, in fact, Allison Persson, Sandy Denham and myself did an appearance on Teen Tempo---we were a singing trio!!)
Additional Comments: Haven't seen any other classmates in so many years...hope there will be a Kelliher reunion in 2005 so we can get reacquainted!! This is wonderful...like a walk down memory lane!! I could probably spend so many more hours talking about my memories of Kelliher High School...but I don't need to bore anyone to death!! I still have some of my yearbooks and memorabilia...those were such precious years!!...I really do hope that Kelliher is planning some type of reunion this coming summer to celebrate our roots! The 75th was truly wonderful!! I would love to know what you are planning to do with this survey. Fortunately, I happened across a copy of the Ituna News...or would not have known about it...too bad there wasn't a more sweeping way of reaching former teachers and students.