Monklands High School as it was in 1979

South Side Main Entrance via West Hill Ave. (Front)

 

The Terebonne Ave. North Side Playing Field (Back) is the present site of an apartment building.

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West Hill High School - Westward High School - Monklands High School

Sixty Years of History 1919-1979

Are you a former member of the Monklands High School 1962 Senior Band? Click here UPDATE: Mr. Blair, although retired from teaching in Ontario, is still active in the music world. UPDATE: Band members we are in contact with -- Chris Milligan, Renee Peron, David Purdy, Joelle Bernstein ...

As of Feb. 1, 2002: Welcome back to class...

Email me with an update paragraph and a recent pic. I have my 1962 Banner for the younger pic of you! I'll try to keep things as current as possible, and display what you send along as follows:

	Chris Milligan Baie d'Urfe, QC That's me then and now. I became a teacher. Went to Sir George and graduated in Geography (that was an influence of Mrs. Varey). After Macdonald College I taught elementary school (Westminster, Elizabeth Ballantyne) in the PSBGM System. Taught high school at Lasalle Protestant . Taught beside Grant Blair, Gorden Day, Margaret Varey who were former Monklands teachers. Started at McGill University, Faculty of Education in 1976 (still there). Had the pleasure of becoming a Faculty colleague of former Monkland staff memers --Oscar Purdy (Math), Bill Boswell (H.S. English), and Lorna Howarth (English Language Arts). Married Mary (a LSB - Beaconsfield HS grad) in 1967 (35 years this July) a high school Art Teacher. She practice taught at Monklands and her first fulltime appointment was at Monklands in 1967/68. Family: We have three sons Andrew m. Barbara Julia and Caroline Thomas Mark
1962	Email: christopher.milligan@mcgill.ca Webpage: click here	40 years later 2002!

Teaching Staff- Monklands H.S. 1962

• Monkland Teaching Staff in 1962 alpha list here and here..remember any of our teachers?

Here we are Room 208 in 1962

• Here we are room 208 in 1962 40 years ago..remember!

Class Trip to Ottawa 1962

• Remeber our Grade 11 trip to Ottawa in 1962?
  • A pic of Stan Rapkin, Michael Litvack,Raplh Gerstein and Helena Block.
  • A pic of Chris Milligan, Stan Rapkin and Ralph Gerstein (his homeroom was room 312)
  • A pic of Helena Block in Ottawa.
  • A pic of Chris Milligan in Ottawa.

Graduation Day and Dance 1962

• Remember graduation day.
• Formal dress for the grad dance.
• Farwell to the good old Gretch snare drum (Ken Dollinger's white snare beside me). This is the old drummer in 2002
• The summer job pumping gas at the corner of Montclair and Cote St Luc Rd waiting for the results to be published in The Gazette

Here are the actual High School Leaving Exams we wrote in 1962

• Instrumental Music (Channel B) - Thursday, June 14 from 9 to 10 a.m. (p.1) (p.2)
• English Literature - Monday, June 18 from 9 to 11:45 a.m. (p.1) (p.2)(p.3)(p.4)(p.5)(p.6)
• History - Tuesday, June 19, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.(p.1) (p.2)(p.3)
• English Composition - Tuesday, June 19, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Who chose to write composition No. 1j from the list ? (p.1) (p.2)(p.3)
• French - Wednesday, June 20 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.(p.1) (p.2)(p.3)(p.4)(p.5)(p.6)
• Elementary Algebra - Friday, June, 22, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.(p.1) (p.2)
• Geometry - Monday, June 25, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.(p.1) (p.2)
• Biology - Tuesday, June 26, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.(p.1) (p.2)
• Geography - Tuesday, June 26, from 1:30 to 4 p.m.(p.1) (p.2)(p.3)(p.4)(p.5) Remember the new textbook we received on Ocotber 3, 1961 (Tomkins and Hills A Regional Geography of North America. ) It looked as if the cover were wrinkled brown paper. In 1986 I dropped by to visit Margaret Varey at her home on Terrebonne Ave. N.D.G. We had become close colleagues in the Geography Teachers Association. Just before I left she said she had something for me upstairs. She came down stairs with an old tattered copy of the text . She handed it to me and said, "Chris, I want you to take care of this for me". I thanked her . Then she added, "It was my copy of the textbook, but I was not the first owner". I opened the front cover and saw the front fly leaf. I though about that very special moment when I attended her memorial service eight years later in 1994. Margaret...a wonderful teacher, a warm human being, and dear colleague.

 Where are the members of the 1962 Senior Band?

(Thanks to Renee Peron (trumpet) for remembering so many of the band member names)

The Monkland Senior Band 1962

Many of us played in the 1960 Senior Band

Welcome Hirsh Cohen (tuba) who has checked in for the 1960 band practice from Ohio.

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Former Band Members...where are you? Please sign in with a photo for our 2002 Band practice!!!

Ken Dollinger (snare drum); Chris Milligan (snare drum); Terry Stein (tympani-percussion); Chris Portner(trumpet); Carol Prussin (clarinet); John Varey (trumpet); Jim Bartsch (trombone); Melvin King (french horn); David Young(trumpet); Geoffrey Hart ?; Heather Gray ?; Ethel Keces (oboe); Judy Mcgrory(baritone horn); Lee gardner ?; Louise Mayerovitch (flute?); Ralph Michael (trombone); Judy Schwartz ?; David Purdy (trombome); Mark Gonthier(sp.?)(french horn); Ronnie Lach ? (he didn't continue in later years); Floryn Sloane (clarinet); Isa Garner (flute); Geoff Hart (french horn)?

From the Monklands Senior Band Archives

		Program Page
Spring Concert 1959	Monday, April 27, 1959	Front Cover	p.2	p.3	p.4
newspaper clipping	'Monklands ensemble to perform'
newspaper clipping	Ottawa Music festival may 4, 1959 Young City Musicians Take Festival Honors "The outstanding band from Montreal, Monkland's High school under the direction of W. Grant Blair, was awarded the Henry Morgan Trophy as the best brass and reed band with players in grades 9-11." Solo winners under 17 years old: Winston Purdy -John C. Monty Trophy (clarinet) David Cantor - coronet solo 3rd place; Stanley Albert - trombone solo 1st place; Winston Purdy - clarinet solo 1st. place; Hirsch Cohen -any other brass (tuba) 1st.place.	Title	col 1	col 2	col 3
Gilbert & Sullivan 1960	Yeoman of the Guard Wed/Thu Feb. 7-8, 1960	Front Cover	p.2	p.3	p.4
Dixieland Music 1960	Hirsch Cohen, Winston Purdy, Stan Albert, David Cantor - Talent Show 1960
Spring Concert 1960	Wednesday, May 4, 1960	Front Cover	p.2	p.3	p.4
newspaper clipping	Dec. 1960 "Montreal Boy Chosen For Robin Hood Band" 'Christopher Portner, a 16-year-old trumpet player from Monklands High School selected as an "international finalist"....	newspaper text

Sr. Band Music Trivia

• Remeber these Music Exams: November 1961 and March 1962 Music Theory set by Mr. Blair.
• Snare Drum solos for the 1962 High School Leaving Exam : The Downfall of Paris was the required solo (remember this Ken Dollinger?) . The solo of my choice was The Glenwood Boy.