harbordite - Harbord Club

HARBORDITE
(Founded 1979)
286 Harbord Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada M6G 1G5
A Newsletter published for former students
and teachers of Harbord Collegiate Institute
Issue No. 52
- Content Editor: Paul McIntyre ('50) - Layout Editor: Jennifer Cui -
Spring 2005
Harbord Club email: [email protected]
Visit our Website: http://www.harbordclub.com/
WHY A HARBORD CLUB?
1) To establish and maintain a sense of common identity among former students and teachers
of the school
2) To share news from Harbordites everywhere
3) To provide funds for prizes, awards and scholarships in all grades of the school.
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WE DID IT !!
Garfield Weston
It gives the Harbord Club a great deal of pleasure to announce that the funds to restore the World War I monument
have been raised. The feat was accomplished by taking some funds raised for the World War II monument and by
agreement giving these funds to the Toronto Board of Education. The agreement between the Harbord Club and the Board
stated that the World War I monument had to be restored before they gave permission to raise a World War II monument.
It cost $43,000.00 to restore the monument standing in front of the school. The unveiling will take place November 11,
2005.
Rest assured we are hard at work raising money for our World War II monument designed by architect Morton Katz, a
graduate of our school. This monument will be placed in front of the school November 11, 2006. If you have not donated
yet, we can use your help.
I want to give extra credit to the Loblaws grocery chain and the Garfield Weston foundation, who over the many years
after Garfield Weston graduated from Harbord, have been in the forefront of helping the school in all our projects. Garfield
Weston served in the Canadian forces in the First World War.
Murray Rubin
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World War I Monument (close-up)
World War I Monument (front view)
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World War II Monument
Editorial
At the beginning of the novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls" there is a short poem by John Donne from
which Hemingway must have taken the title. It ends with the following: --"...any mans death
diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And
therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee."
Despite my lack of mystical tendencies, these words have haunted me over the years. No doubt someone,
maybe an English teacher, will correct me if I am wrong but the poem seems to be a declaration of the unity of
mankind.
One of my memorable experiences at Harbord was perhaps a demonstration of that unity by the students
of my class. One of our teachers mentioned that in his travels he had encountered Pygmies whom he described
as something like "the ugliest people" he had ever seen. This caused a vociferous response from virtually the
whole class in which the teacher was severely chastised. I guess it was a lesson for both me and the teacher.
Eulogies and "Lives Lived" in past issues of the Harbordite disclose the broad spectrum of people who
have attended Harbord: ---many fine people and some quite remarkable. Harold Hoffman '50 was one of the
remarkables. We have reprinted the “lives Lived" about him from the Toronto Star in case you missed it.
There are of course still living many more fine, and no doubt some remarkable Harbord graduates whose
lives and careers should be included in future issues. Would that we had a cadre of reporters to interview them
and to produce their stories for the Harbordite. However, as the Rabbi who was invited for dinner said when
he found himself sitting in front of the roast, "It's a leetle beet much but I'll do my best."
Although he didn't have the distinction of having attended Harbord Collegiate, I must mention the fine
eulogy to Arthur Miller which appeared in the Star, Feb. 12th. Described therein as "Driven by ...a sleepless
social conscience" he is quoted as saying in 1967, "Theatre is the sound and ring of the spirit of the people at
any one time. It is where a collective mass of people, through the genius of some author, is able to project its
terrors and its hopes and to symbolize them.
Since starting as editor of the Harbordite I have often wondered what the dominant concerns are of those
of you who are of my generation.
Since reading the above quotation from Arthur Miller it occurs to me that we must have a commonality
of "spirit". I hope the "terrors" aren't too plentiful.
Some good news. Our treasurer Peter Miller advises that relatives and friends of the late
John Richard Frizzell have donated over $2,500.00 as of March 1st toward a music bursary.
Have a good summer everybody.
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Honour Roll of the Fallen— World War II
Axler, David
Barron, Charles
Black, Harris
Bochner, Harry J.
Boyd, Victor L.
Brown, Leonard G.
Brown, William E.
Cain, William E.
Campbell, William R.
Carter, Philip G.
Carter, Roderick
Crysler
Cohen, Murray
Coldoff, Arthur
Cornfield, Joseph
Dodd, Blatchford
Feldman, Jack
Fotheringham, Clifford
Fraser, Andrew W.
Gaba, William
Garalick, Alex
Gray, William Alex
Halperin, William
Hayes, Norman Dennis
Hoffman, Theodore
Klatman, Joseph
Kwinter, Samuel
Lanson, Cyril Webster
Levy, Harold
Lindzon, Irving
Magder, Murray
McBride, Bruce D.
McConvey, Carl J.
McQuarrie, Hector L.
Ornstein, Morley
Owens, J. Sumner
Petersen, Reginald B.
Proctor, Auston W.
Rea, John
Reider, Irving B.
Shapiro, Norman
Sigel, Henry B.
Somers, Lou W.
Sonshine, Murray
Walker, Donald E.
Walsh, William M.
Walter, William A.
Wasserman, Sollie
Welch, Norman F.
Wiegrand, Norman W.
War Memorial Donors (as of March 30, 2005)
Abella,I.D.
Abrams, Ida
Acker, Dr. Gordon
Adelman, Abbie
Adelman, Frances
Alder, Esther
Allen, Anne
Antler, Susan
Bain, I.
Barkin, Henry
Barkin, Norma
Barnett, Mrs. Toby
Bazkur, Kevin
Bedford, John
Berger, Bernard
Berger, Irving
Berman, Gordon
Bernholtz, Allen
Bernstein, Cyril
Berris, Thelma
Biback, Sheldon
Bidini, Alfred
Bienenstock, Dr. J.
Birenbaum, Abraham
Bissett, Nettie
Bittle, Lloyd
Blackstein, Dr. Bernard
Blat,Leonard&Felicie
Bloom, Jerome
Bongard, Marvin
Bot, Annette(Pinkus)
Boyd, Heather
Braithwaite, John B.
Braithwaite, Leonard
Dr.Brian, Eckler
Brickman, Sid
Brown, Al. G.
Brown, Dr. Sam
Brown, Hannah
Brown, Morris
Brudner, Harold
Buck, Jean
Burack, Esther
Burt-Davis, Barbara
Burton, Betty
Candy, Rev.CanonD.C.
Caplan, Sidney
Carder, William
Carter, John
Cass, Irwin
Cassano, Dr. Rosemary
Casse, Joseph
Ceniti, Salvatore
Chaikof, Dr. Leo
Chang, Kent
Chapnick, Helen
Charenooff, Morris D.
Charendoff, Joyce
Charendoff, Morris
Chesnie, Henrietta
Clasky, Theresa
Climans, Jack
Climans, Sharon Linzon
Cohen, I.B.
Cohen, Nat
Constam, Ruthe
Cooper, A.
Cooper, Bernard
Cooper, Irving
Cooper, Lillian
Cooper, Sydney
Costa, Teresa '87
Class of 52 reunion
Cowitz, Debbie
Cozzi, Margaret
Crangle, Gitte
Crawford, Barry
Crystal, Dr. Bernard
Daniels, Phillip
Danson, Barnett, PC,QC
Davidson, J.M.S.
Dr D.A.Wasser
Di Chiazza, Tom
Di Paolo, Michael
DiBrigida, Daniela
Didiano, Vince
Drexler, Harry
Duncan, Helen
Edward Meltz
Emer, Leon
Esser, Dr. I.O.
Faibish, Sydney
Farrell, Caroline
Fedder, Joshua
Fine, Isadore
Fisher, Esther
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Fisher, Fern
Flatt, Phyllis & Ab
Flinn, John
Fortinsky, Adele
Foster, Lola
Frances, Henie
Freedman, Gerald S.
Freedman, Harvey
Freedman, Sam
Freeman, Adele
Galiti, R
Gallinger, Sally
Gardner, Harvey
Garfinkel, Joseph
Gauinger, Sally
Geisler, R.A.
Genevese, C. Eleanor
Fishbein, S.
Flinn, J.
Fruitman, H.
George Weston Limited
Gillespie, W.L.
Glatt, Dr. B
Glicksman, Ruth
Glicksman, Morrie
Gold, Shirley
Goldberg, Gerald
Goldberg, Irving
Goldberg, Marvin
Golden, Judith
Goldfarb, Stanley
Goldhar, Dr. Albert
Goldhar, Morton
Goldlist, Dr. Gerald
Goldstein, Claire
Goldstein, Mary
Golinsky, Ben
Gollom, Mervin
Goodman, Edwin,PC,QC
Goodman, Oscar
Goodman, Pauline
Gordon, Anne
Gorlick, Alex
Gorman, Judith
Gotlieb, Phillip
Gotlib Paterson, The Honourable Lorraine
Gottlieb Sidney
Graham Carol
Greenberg, Mitch
Greenberg, Morton
Greenspan, D.B.
Greenwold, Cecil
Grewal, Sangeet
Grieco, Filomena
Grossman Carrie
Grossman, Murray
Goldstein, M.
Graham, C.
Grossman, C.
Grotell, Dr. D.
Gurofsky, Ina
Gwartz, Jack
Haber, Charlotte
Haber, Seymour
Hadler, H.
Harbord Club Junior
Harbord C.I. Staff Fund
Harbord Graduating Class of 1952
Harris, Eilene
Harris, Lawford
Harris, Paul
Harris, The Hon. Monte
Hartwell, Anne
Harvey Fruitman
Hauer, Jack J., CA
Hecker, Harvey & Sheila
Helfand, Harry
Henderson, Dr. Milton
Herman, Ted
Herst, Roslyn & Murray
Hill, Robert W.
Himmel, Hy
Hocko, Jerry
Holtzman, Dr. Jacob
Horenfeldt, David
Horsely, Karel
Howard, Aaron D.
Hux, Allan
Irvine, Leiutenant Ben
Iwata, Fred
Izukawa, Dr. T.
Jackman Foundation
Jackman, Henry N.R.
Jacobs, Sydney
Jaeger, Dr. H.G.
Jakubowicz, Daniel
Jin, Dr. Edward
Jong, Sylvia
Kahlan, Wayne
Kash, M
Kasten, Sydney
Kates, Henry
Kates, Marvin & Estelle
Katz, Leonard
Katz, Morton
Kauffman, D.
Kazmierowski, John
Kerbel, Anne
Kerbel, Bertha
Kirk, Jack
Kirsh, Ernest
Klingman-Cait, Helen
Klug, Leo
Knechtel Maria
Kopstein, Doreen
Kopstick, Max
Kraft, Bernard
Kraft, Irving
Kraicer, Jack
Krane, Wanda J.
Knetchel, M.
Kronis, Jules
Kruger, Sam
Kruger, Stanley
Kwart, I & B.
Kwinter, H. David
Kwong, Annie
Lam, Cindy
Landis, Harold
Langer, Dr. B
Langer, Michael
Lanni, Caterina
Lapp, Florence
Laskin, Saul
Lass, Mervin
Latner, Albert & Temmy
Family Foundation
Latowsky, Norman&Marcia
Laurco Holdings
Leatherbarrow, Dorothy
Lee, Julie Y.
Leipciger, Nathan
Leppard, Dr. Leon
Levenstein, Lawrence
Levin, Hart & Marilyn
Levine, Hartley
Levinson, Toby
Lewis, Goldie
Lipman, Joseph
Livesey, Robert & Anne
Lofchy, Norman
Lowe, Mildred
Lukossky Ruth
Lundy, Loretta
Lustig, Ernie
MackIntyre, M. Neil
Manson, Fred
Marcus, Susan
Margel, Shirley
Markovitz, Oscar
Marr, Larry
Matlow, Irving
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Mazzotta. M.
McIntyre, Paul ,QC
Mecklinger, Esther
Meltz, E.
Mermelstein, Joseph
Metrick, Fred
Miller, Dr. Marvin
Miller, Peter
Minegarten, B.
Mirsky, Marilyn
Mitchell, Garfield
Moldofsky, Dr. J.
Morgenstern, Norbert R.
Moscoe, Rebecca
Moscoe, S.
Moss, Esther
Myers, Beatrice
Naiman, Allan
Naiman, J. Lawrence
Nefsky, M.
Neita, Horace
Newton, Bernard
Nisker, Bernie
Norm & Doris Seigel
Norman, Louis
Odette Charitable Foundation
Orfus, Harvey
Panzer, Bayla
Patt, Ethel
Peck, Thelma
Petroff, Henry
Pine, Bessie
Pinkus, Jack
Pinkus, Morton
Pitchot, Ann
Pivnick, Jillian
Pizel, Stella
Platnick, Phyllis
P&L Odette Charitable Fundation
Podolak Mark
Podoliak Esther
Polan Arnold
Pollack, John H., QC
Posner, Joseph
Power, Kathleen
Pozner, Samuel
Prenick, Gerald
Rakoff, Alvin
Ray, Margaret Simpson
Renard Brian
Resnick & Co.
Albert A Resnick
Revich, Stan
Riehm, Robert
Rodney, Dr.&Mrs. Richard
Rosen, Dr. I.B.
Rosen, Dr. Lawrence J.
Rosenberg, David
Rosenblatt, Reuben
Rosenbloom, Jerry
Rosencwaig, Allan
Ross, Marvin
Ross, Sam
Rotenberg, Gerald
Roth, Elizabeth
Rothman, Jack
Rubin, Murray
Rubinoff, Morris
Rusonick, B.
Sachs, Murray
Salvis, John & Peggy
Saul Fishbein
Savlov Louis
Schaeffer, Fred
Schwartz, Bernard
Scolnic, Ruth
Seto Doris
Segal, Sandra
Shapiro, Philip
Sharf, Rosslyn
Shelson, Dr. William
Shevchuk, Vera
Shier, Stanley
Shiraishi, Janice
Shuemar, Bertha
Ramdhannie, D.
Reggiero. R.
Renard, B.
Robinson, G.
Rothman, M.
Russell, H.
Savlov, L.
Scolnik, R.
Seto, D.
Shuster, Ruth
Siderson, Irwin
Sidlofsky, Saul & Beatrice
Silver, Harvey
Silverberg, Wilfred
Silverman, William
Silver Harvey & Lillian
Singer, E.
Slattery, S.
Sniderman, Sam
Solomon, D
Somerton, S.
Sone, Gersh
Soupcoff Harold
Sousa, Laura
Steiman, Dr. Egor
Steinberg, Ernest
Steinberg, Mildred
Stern, Floyd
Stillman Louis
Sugar, R.
Sutton, Ralph
Taillefer, Renee
Tallon Cheryl
Tameanko, Marvin
Tartick, Kay
Taub, Bernard
Telmousse, Monique
Thompson, J.
Thow, John
Tile, Dr. & Mrs. Marvin
Title Herbert
Thompson, Jay
Trochimowski, J.
Tuck, Dr. Lucie
Tyber, Dr. M.A.
Tyson J.J.
Ugar, J.
Ugar Lillian
Vallery Herbert
Van Der Hout, Sylvia
Venis Miriam
Volpe, Dr. Robert
Vowles, E.
Walker Elizabeth
Walkiewicz Halina
Warner Howard
Wasser, David A
Wasserman, Hyman
Watson Jean
Waverman Simpson
Weksler Leo
Wernick, Dr. Howard
Wilson, G. Bob
Winesaker, Lena
Winston, Betty
Winston, R. William
Wolfe, Morley S., QC
Wolfish, Dr. W.
Wolfson Joy
Wong Irene
Wong Patricia
Woods, Mary
Yasny, Dr. Robert
Zeldin, Noel
Zerker, Lloyd & Sally
Zimmerman, William
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Our Reader’s Write
December 20, 2004
To the Harbord Remembers Committee:
The graduating class of 1952 is very pleased to contribute the enclosed cheque for $1,512.00 for the restoration of the
monument of the World War I soldier that stands in front of our glorious school commemorating those Harbordites who
contributed their lives in the defense of Canada and the whole free world,
The young soldier, created by one of Canada’s greatest sculptors, Mr. George W. Hill is looking forward to the future,
which exemplifies the ideals of Harbord. Forging the minds of young Canadians who will become the future great Canadian that historically Harbord Collegiate has produced. The graduating class of 1952 that raised this money at its 50th
graduation year anniversary is very proud to be able to contribute to this very worthwhile cause.
We would like to thank the 1952 graduating class committee who made this event possible:
ALLAN BRASS
ADELE (PETTLE) FREEMAN
OSCAR GOODMAN
JERRY GRAY
ROSLYN (EZRIN) HERST
SYD MOSCOE
MARILYN (ARONS) NEFSKY
ISAAC & BELLE (BLUMENSTEIN) SILVERSTEIN
FRAN (MYERS) SMOOKLER
MIRIAM (VENIS) STEINBERG
ESTHER (GOLD) TILE
We especially want to thank Ron Nefsky, who, with his computer and administrative skills helped us enormously.
Your Grateful Students
The Class of 1952
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July 24, 2004
Dear Murray,
Many thanks for your letter of June 26, 2004, regarding the funds necessary to repair the Harbord Collegiate WWI
Memorial. I am pleased to send you the enclosed amount of $215. The first $100 is for the project, “Harbord Remembers”
in the honor of a former schoolmate, Morley Ornstein. During the years of 42.43; he was a wonderful, kind individual who
lost his life in the RCAF in WWII. When I checked my Harbord Review, in 1942-1943, which I still possess, I could not
find his picture in the graduation class. I later found out he left to join the service before graduation.
It was nice to read letters from Bernard Berger, and Bertha (Grossman) Shvemar, reminiscing about their classmate,
Morley Ornstein. The other $100 is for renewing my scholarship in the name Mr. J.A. Carlyle, (Principal, 1937-1947). The
$15 is to continue my subscription to the Harbordite.
Just a few anecdotes of my years at Harbord, 1939-1943: There was a general grocery store across the street from
Harbord Collegiate, on the west side, I believe. The proprietor was famous for the salami sandwiches he made for the
students at lunchtime; they were out of this world! He performed miracles on slicing a salami, perfect circular slices. So
thin and fine, you could read newsprint through them! What a waste of talent! I think he was destined to be a Neurosurgeon
or a Cardiovascular Surgeon.
I enjoyed my years at Harbord, thanks to the excellent staff and teachers, and remember all of them well, both visually
and in name; there was one exception, in particular, the head of the Math Department, called H.J.C., nicknamed: :TwoGun”. Unfortunately, he made my year in algebra a living hell, with his crude humiliating caustic remarks and insults,
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These were directed at the students he felt were inferior in their study of algebra; he personally told me I would never get
my senior matric, and would never graduate from Harbord. Revenge was sweet, when in 1942, the door to the algebra room
burst open, and a drunken young soldier, in full uniform charged into the class, chased H.J.C., cursing him, and shouting to
him, “I’m going to beat you up for the hell and misery you made in my life!” The police were called in and subdued the lad.
Incidentally, after I left Harbord, I joined the RCAF. After the war was over and I was honorably discharged, I retook
the senior matriculation though the Veterans Administration, to prove to myself I was better than what H.J.C. thought of
me. I obtained an A grade in all if the exams, with a 98% average in algebra, trigonometry, and geometry. Which goes to
show you what a teacher can do to a student.
I was fortunate to be at Harbord when Evelyn Gould was there. Under the auspices of A. Haig, she performed in several Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, at a professional level, especially the Mikado, and the Pirates of Penzance; the Toronto
Star rated her performances on a level of any opera divas. I still have fondest memories of Cappie Adams, Harold Hill,
Archibald Baker, Selwyn Griffin, A. J. Carlyle, and Errol Kingston. Incidentally, see if you can contact several classmates
of 1942-1943, who I believe are alive and well, and practicing physicians in Toronto, who can help out with the “Harbord
Remembers” project: Dr. Murray Rotstein, Dr. Izzie Smith, Dr. Lionel Tanzer, Dr. Jack Moldofsky, Dr. Abe Bernstein,
and Dr. Phillip Klotz. Two others who are not physicians: Sidney Faibish and David Pinkus. You can use my name as the
referral.
I still have my 1942-1943 copy of the Harbord Review. Good luck and my best wishes for obtaining funds for
“Harbord Remembers”. If you wish you can use all or any part of this letter for publication in the Harbordite.
Sincerely,
Dr. Samuel N. Pozner
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Dear Murray:
Thank you for your prompt reply to my e-mail. As indicated I attended Harbord from 1939 to 1941. I became interested in the music programme after seeing a performance of the “Mikado” with Frank Shuster as “Koko” and A.P. Haig as
“Pooh-Bah”. I knew nothing of G. & S. at that time and went to the performance reluctantly (I paid 25 cents for a gallery
seat). By the end of the show I was so elated by what I had seen and heard that I resolved to be in the next production. In a
word, I was “hooked”. Mr. Haig was in charge of music at that time. Major McCool used to take some of the music classes.
The “Gondoliers” was chosen for 1940 and I was in the chorus. What a great time it was. Mr. Girdler was stage director and
Victor Feldbrill, I believe, was concertmaster. Mr. Haig asked me if I would be interested in doing a part in the next show
which was “Iolanthe”. I agreed and with his help and Mr. Girdler’s, I was able to play “Strephon”. What a cast we had –
Baker –Speigel, Evelyn Gold (who later had a wonderful musical life as Evelyn Gould), Phil Givertz (who became a mayor
of Toronto), Bertram Kelso (who had quite an interesting musical life in the States). Victor Feldbrill was concertmaster and
the orchestra was conducted by Mr. Haig. During this time I was experiencing difficulties at home due to my father’s
death. I was desperate to remain at school but I was obliged to leave to seek a permanent job. However, Mr. Haig became
a good friend and mentor and through his aegis I was able to return to Harbord every year for the productions. In 1943 I was
helping with the staging and singing leads. This continued up to 1949 when Mr. Rowe took over. I was invited by him to
stage the 1950 show and later the 1953 show (“Pinafore”). During these years I joined the Toronto Light Opera Association
specializing in G. & S. The stage director was a former member of the D’Oyly Carte Company and had played all the
character parts in the productions. He became my mentor and taught me all the stage business required to produce traditional G. & S. productions. I put this knowledge to good use and became quite proficient in acting and staging. As a result
I was able to mount the summer productions of the Ontario College of Education for several years. (Mr. Haig was involved
in the teacher’s summer programme). Later on I directed other amateur organizations such as the York minstrels, the Oshawa Choral Society, East Minster Players, North Toronto Players, and others and performed many of the G. & S. roles
myself. I also acted in the Deer Park Players, an amateur organizing specializing in the plays of Shakesphere.
Married for 54 years, I retired in 1988 from IBM after 46 years. At nearly 80 years of age, one is not as busy as one
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once was. However, I am still interested in current affairs, in volunteer work, and in nostalgia. When I think back to the
three years at Harbord, I am so grateful for the help and guidance of the teachers I encountered there. I am enclosing the
programmes I mentioned plus a photograph of the 1947 production of “The Mikado” in which I played “Nanki-Poo”. Also
please find my cheque for $200.00 for the Harbord Fund. I hope that this short bio will be of interest to you.
Yours faithfully,
Howard Russell
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Hi Murray:
Finally I have a chance to respond to your email! Sorry it has taken so long. As per our conversation on Wednesday, I
am disclosing the information you have requested. Firstly, let me tell you how wonderful it was to chat with you. I am so
happy that you know who my stepdad was and that he was in your company! Having discussed our conversation with my
Mom, she would like to explain her intentions. She would like a fund to be established for “John Richard Frizzell” for a
music student who wishes to pursue education in a post secondary program. She is not sure of any future plans at this time,
however that could be a further discussion down the road! We have included the details in Jack’s obituary as you explained
so that friends and family may make donations. We have asked that the cheques be identified for the “proposed John
Richard Frizzell Music Bursary” in hopes that you be able to easily identify them. Mom’s name is Mary Frizzell and she is
currently residing at my brother’s home in Kingston. Thank you again Murray for all of your help and support.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Regards, Ann Piscione (Frizzell)
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To the Harbord Charitable Foundation:
Please accept the enclosed cheque for $100.00 as my contribution to your funds for student scholarships and other
awards on recognition of significant progress.
Reva Potashin
Vancouver, B.C.
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November 24, 2004
Hi:
I can get email [email protected] and can get on the web but I’d much prefer getting the Harbordite by mail.
Thanks, Cheryl Tallan (Lapedes)
class of ‘53
P.S. The website is great I’d just prefer to get a copy by mail C.T.
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To the Harbord Club:
Enclosed is a cheque for 1500 to the Harbord Club for a 3 year subscription to the Harbordite.
(6 copies)
Sincerely,
Mrs. Gitle Crangle (’44)
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November 27, 2004
Yes, I would like to receive the Harbordite. I am enclosing an extra $20 for the statue in front of the school.
Sincerely yours,
Renee Taillefer
P.S. I taught French and German at Harbord in the years 1948-51. About the year 1949 or ‘50 the student body went on
strike, at least part of it. As I taught 2 classes of Gr. X German on Fridays, and it was Friday afternoon. I had shot my
bolt in the morning class & I was not looking forward to facing them again. Although their ranks were depleted.
As I stared off we could hear a low rumbling in the distance. This noise became clearer as it approached. The strikers
were marching down the side street chanting, “We want … We want….” We all looked at one another, and finally I
said, “What do they want?” It was like an electric shock. All the students rushed to the windows, all, that is, except
one student, a red-haired pale chap, who stood up slowly & looked at me accusingly “Miss Taillefer, you shouldn’t
have said that.” With those words he sat down at his desk & opened his German book but I joined the other people at
the window. For the life of me. I can’t remember what it was they wanted.
I can still see the – leader, He had straight hair – combed back, and black horned – rimmed glasses.
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EDITOR’S NOTE:
Renee,
The Leader was probably Ron Binderman.
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Enclosed please find cheque for “War Memorial”
Wilfred Silverberg
“HARBORD”
“THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES”
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December 2, 2004
Dear Paul:
Enclosed is my cheque for $15.00 for the next 6 issues of the Harbordite beginning with the Sept./04 issue. I tried to get
it on the Harbord Club website but could not get the PDF version to come up on the screen In any event. I am happy to send
in the $15.00 and look forward to receiving the hard copies. Thank you for your efforts as the Editor of this fine publication.
Yours truly,
Fred S. Stoll (’47)
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EDITOR’S NOTE:
Fred,
If you download the latest version of Adobe reader and try both the dialup and the high speed options on the website, one
of them might work for you. (Though frankly I prefer reading a paper version.)
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Dear Harbord Club:
Enclosed are 3 cheques @ $100.00
1. Harbord Club- to help fund newsletters for myself and my daughters.
I attended HCI from 1950 to 1955 (nee “Mary” J. Kohut) my daughter Anastasia attended 1983-84 after having
graduated from U.T.S. to pick up additional credits. She is now Anastasia Silver and living in Napanee, Ont.
My daughter Barbara attended 1980 – 1985 – one of two blonde haired students, (most were dark-haired, long and with
bangs –and Asian), in the school orchestra. Reminded me of my years being the sole student in class during Jewish
holidays, she is now: Barbara Wilds and living in Toronto, Ont.
My childhood friend who went through the “A” forms while I struggled in the ”D”s. Jeanie Shkimba is now: Dr. Jeanie
Brezina and living in Toronto, Ont.
There is a group of us of Ukrainian extraction from ’55 looking forward to our 50th reunion 2005!
2. Toward the scholarship funds (general – unless there are enough of us to start a fund from the class of 55!)
3. For the monument refurbishing fund
Onward Harbord!
Virtus et Doctrina
Maria Knechtel
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Dear Mr. Rubin:
I have your letter on the proposed memorial, Harbord Remembers. Unfortunately Mary passed away a number of years
ago and I should have asked you to remove her name from the mailing list. I am certain though that she would have been
happy to contribute something in the order of the enclosed cheque.
Mary went to Harbord in the late 70’s and her brother, HV Pritchard, was a classmate and friend of Ken Prentice. She
and I enjoyed the reunion you had in the early 80’s.
Sincerely,
J. I. Thompson
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Dear Murray,
Enclosed is my small donation to help with the restoration of the W.W.I. monument in front of H.C.I.
I was only at Harbord for 5 years (my first teaching position ) and looking back I realize how very fortunate I was. The
students for the most part were eager to learn and I can recall occasionally someone would ask, “Is this all you’re giving for
homework?”
Lovely memories, Early November, I shall be attending the class of 54’s 50th reunion. This is my year. I started with
them and left to raise my family when they graduated.
All the best in your endeavour.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Vowles
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Dear Harbord Club:
As promised to Murray Rubin. I am enclosing this small contribution to support the future publication of the Harbord
Newsletter.
I graduated from Harbord Collegiate in 1937, and am still pleased to learn about the activities of my fellow
“Harbordites”.
Ruth Silverhart Stein
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Dear Murray:
I was pleased to receive your letter this week, telling of the plans the Harbord Charitable Foundation has made to restore the Harbord monument. I wish you great success in your project and hope you reach your goal, even sooner than you
expect.
I’m sure we can all fondly recall Remembrance Day services with staff and students, cadets and bugle corps, gathered
in front of the school on the steps and around the monument. It was always held regardless of weather be it a bright sunny
morning or a grizzly grey one. The monument must be restored. It is a vital past of Harbord’s history.
Enclosed please find my cheque ($200.00) for my donation for “Harbord Remembers”
Sincerely,
Jean M. Watson (class of -33)
P.S. I look forward to Harbord club Newsletters, I have enjoyed everyone. J.M.W.
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October 15, 2004
Hi Murray,
Sorry it’s not more as you would like it to be, but since I hated my 4 years at Harbord I hope to get it back on the golf
course from you.
Stan Revich
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EDITOR’S NOTE:
And I thought everybody loved Harbord.
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November 11, 2004
Dear Mr. Rubin,
I have in front of me your letter dated June 11, 2004 asking for contributions to your “Harbord Remembers” project.
Sadly, my husband Louis Lukofsky passed away Jun 1, 2004 but it was his intention to make a contribution to the fund and
I am happy to honour his wishes.
Lou attended Harbord Collegiate for five years & graduated in 1933 or 1934 I cannot be sure. Kindly mention this in your
next edition of the Harbordite.
Also I have some mementos I have found and would like to donate them also I have all the copies of the Harbordite to give
to someone who would want them. Can you please direct me as to whom to call.
I am enclosing a cheque for $25.00 for your “Harbord Remembers” project and wish you much luck.
Best wishes
Ruth Lukofsky
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December 13, 2004
Dear Murray,
Thanks for the reminder! I’m delighted to contribute to the restoration of the monument.
Last June, Tom & I spent a weak in Normandy, touring the WWII site with a U of T alumni group led by Desmond Morton.
It bought home the very great contributions/sacrifices made by so many Canadians.
Sincerely,
Ruth Scolnik
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March 28, 2005
Dear Murray,
After many years of moving around with DND (military), I am now happily retired from that part of my life in Victoria, BC
and being employed in a civilian capacity (with DND). Sure a long way from Toronto, but the weather is much nicer here!
Reading the various articles in the last edition of the Harbordite re-ignited some of the happy memories from my teens at
Harbord. It was great to read the names of some of the people who were instrumental in shaping my future. Perhaps not all have
retired or worse. I am looking forward to renewing old ties if there are still folks around who graduated in my time (1974). I
know they were turbulent years, but if there may be classmates interested in getting back in touch, it would be great.
Thank you Harbord, the institution, the teachers and support staff who made the school it is today! You sure helped me get
on the right track with my life.
Zsuzsa
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MY MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS AT H.C.I.
This November past as I sat in a rocking chair on my daughter Cynthia’s porch at her chalet type home in the Nantahala
Mountains (part of the Great Smoky Mountains) in the southwest corner of North Carolina, near the town of Franklin, sipping
my Whiskey River Bourbon, puffing on a cigar after dinner, my son-in-law David put on the satellite radio and the first song I
heard was “Till the End of Time” sung by Perry Como. Ah, memories, memories.
When I closed my eyes, my daughter said “What are you thinking about Dad?” I said “1945, when we honkies (Slavs) came
to HCI from Ryerson Public School and St. Christopher Community Centre, (the Bathurst & Dundas area). There were the
Bewshes, the Chlystyks’ , Gregorish’s, the Stanwickes, Kabans’, Worbosoff and Wursta. I made a lot of great friends also at
HCI – Naprawa, Naiman, Lazer, Izukawa, Landis, Feder, Goldstein, Dyron to name a few. But 1949 was my year to remember.
The music was now playing “My Funny Valentine;” “I can’t get Started with You”; “Tenderly”; “Once in a While”; “Prisoner of
Love”. All the songs I loved then. That year I was chosen to represent H.C.I. as the Simpson’s rep – again meeting a great many
fellow students from across Toronto, I scored a T.D. That fall when we beat Central Tech 7-6 (finally). But my most cherished
moment of all was Sadie Hawkins Day, November, ’49. That night my high school sweetheart, Rose Chlystyk, bless her, took
me to a concert at Massey Hall to see my favorites, -Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughn and Illinois Jaquet’s band. I was in ecstasy,
Then Rose took me to Becker’s Deli on college at Brunswick. (no food like it today anywhere), I think of that night many, many
times when I put on my old records. I thank you for the memories, Rose.
Peter Miller (1950)
(P.S. do the kids of today do Sadie Hawkins Day any more?)
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EDITOR’S NOTE:
Dear Peter,
No, We don’t do Sadie Hawkins Day
Layout Editor: Jennifer
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FROM A FORMER TEACHER, JEAN-PAUL CINESTIER
I was a math teacher at Harbord from 1980 to 1992 – wonderful years at a great exemplary school that embodied all the
best of things Canadian – equal opportunity for all, but at the same time, a pretty challenging and workable curriculum for
the students who chose to go there. Not quite the same in 1992 as in my early years, but nevertheless a superb example of
what a public collegiate can and should be.
My main contribution outside the classroom at Harbord was leading the Oola Boola Club – the humorous skits activity
that was founded decades previously by Wayne & Schuster. Together with dozens of students, I had a lot of fun with that.
Probably the most active of students in the Oola–Boola Club were the 85 Harbord grads.
To this day, I have a close and constant friendship with many of my past students at Harbord, and that is the best legacy
of all.
I then joined the Toronto French School, where I stayed for three years.
Then in 1995, when most of my colleagues were retiring or very much thinking about retirement, I decided that, having
only one life, I should take up an exciting position and forget about trying to build up a decent pension from Ontario – and
as Head of Math, joined the Nordic United World College which was just opening up in Western Norway.
Although education at Harbord was magnificent, there is nothing anywhere that compares to a UWC. It is, in a sense,
the ideal of a public school for the world. All students are there on scholarship, and by that very fact, they want to be there.
Students spend the last two high school years at a UWC, namely grades 12 and 13, and the students prepare the international Baccalaureate Diploma (whose standards are substantially higher than grade 12, actually even higher than the defunct OACs) The students come from over 80 different countries, from all continents, and share their lives with an equally
international staff for two years. They live in rooms of 5, often 5 different nationalities. The school has 200 students: 100
first years and 100 second years. The atmosphere is more than friendly: everyone, including the Principal, is on a firstname basis. The students are expected to be involved with much more than academic education: they must undertake some
service, and a multitude of activities and responsibilities to run their own society. They are encouraged to put on shows,
learn to ski, kayak, rock-climb, explore the local mountains, skin-dive, produce videos, magazines, yearbook, discuss the
state of the world, teach younger children some of these skills, link with a nearby rehabilitation centre, learn Norwegian,
plan outings and projects, take care of the environment, plan global concern theme days, and all this well beyond the requirements of the international Baccalaureate.
There are actually 10 UWCs, including one near Victoria, BC, called Pearson UWC of the Pacific. (For more information on these, go to www.uwc.net).
This sounds more like an ad for UWCs than a personal description of life since Harbord for me. In fact, if there is one
message about UWCs I would most like to broadcast, it is that you cannot find a better place for motivated students of that
age range (17-20); so do make sure your children are aware of this incredible opportunity. In effect UWC has been my life
since 1995, shared with my wife Anne who has also been deeply involved and quite smitten with the students. In fact, she
is organizing the first-ever reunion of Nordic College grads that we shall attend next summer, 2005.
Norway is an extraordinary country. Like perhaps many small societies (4.5 million), it is really not well known except
by those who live there. Cold and dark? Well, Western Norway is nowhere near as cold as Toronto – although it is rarely as
hot in the summer – and the darkness is quite exaggerated. Even at the Arctic Circle, 500 km north of where we were. On
December 21, the darkest day of the year, when the sun just grazes the horizon for a few minutes, there are actually about
4 hours of daylight – because twilight at both ends is almost 2 hours! The light in the summer, however, is astounding.
Even where we were, near Bergen, no stars are visible from mid-May to mid-July, because it’s too bright at night. in midJune, it’s bright enough so you can read a newspaper outside in the middle off the “night”.
Norway is also incredibly beautiful, and unspoilt. The college is on a small fjord, surrounded by mountains – but
almost everyone in Norway lives close to a body of water and has nearby mountains. Everyone has the right to walk around
in any mountains or elsewhere in nature,, pick berries or mushrooms, and camp. (This is a human right called
“allemensretten”). The only rules are that you cannot get too close to a house or walk over ploughed land in the summer.
You won’t find many snowmobiles in Norway (or jet skis, for that matter). In most places they are illegal. In the winter
people go around on cross-country skis in the mountains.
Norway is extraordinary in a number of ways. It is the number 1 country in the world measured by the Human Development Index (Canada had that position for a few years a decade or so ago). It is very much open to the world, and is
active in peacemaking all over the world. It manages. With its mere few million inhabitants, to be among the top 3 nations
at every Winter Olympic Games. It has a National Anthem that has no aggressive words in it, and on the National Day
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(May 17), people parade, enjoy a family day, and talk about how lucky they are to be independent and democratic. There is
much else to tell, of course.
And now? Well, Anne and I are not Norwegian, although we love the country, but the thought of giving up life in
UWC was something I knew I would soon regret.
Well, my Harbord colleagues are now virtually all retired. Thus, the most exciting years of our lives have been the last
9 – but here we go on another adventure, to the United World College of the Adriatic, near Trieste, Italy, for the next few
years. I may write again later!
Meanwhile, best wishes to those many Harbordites who graduated from 1981 to 1992, and whom I remember fondly.
Any who read this and would like to get in touch can email me at: [email protected]
“Mr. G” – a.k.a. Jean-Paul
August 2004, Toronto
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Dear Mr. Rubin:
Here is the photograph of W. Garfield Weston at Harbord Collegiate Institute (Cover Page). This one is from the
Harbord Collegiate Senior Football Team, 1915. Garfield Weston is sitting cross legged in the front row, second from the
right. His friend Clare S. Williams is standing second from the left.
The information I have indicates that Garfield Weston attended Harbord College from 1913 to 1916. In addition to
playing rugby and football, he also boxed. He was also vice president of the Literary Society.
Hope this is of interest for your newsletter.
Thanks,
Tamara Rebanks (granddaughter)
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Gerald N. Rotenberg
Following graduation from Harbord Collegiate in 1950 and, subsequently, the University of Toronto’s Faculty of
Pharmacy, Gerald (Gerry) Rotenberg embarked on a lengthy, multi-faceted, distinguished career, primarily as an innovator
in the provision of drug information to both healthcare professional and their patients.
In recognition of his impressive achievements, Gerry was the recipient of honourary life membership awards accorded
by both the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) and the Ontario Pharmacists Association. In 2002 and 2003, respectively.
Perhaps Gerry’s most important and lasting accomplishment resulted from his editorial direction of CphA’s Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS) in guiding the inception of this bilingual publication and establishing it
as an indispensable encyclopedic reference for all healthcare professionals.
Gerry has been a consultant to the Ontario Ministry of Health and a member of the Ministry’s Drug Quality and
Therapeutics Committee, working on the PARCOST Program, the Ontario Drug Benefit Program and bioavailability/
bioequivalence standards. He was a co-founder/manager of Summit Pharmacists and Chemists Limited, Canada’s first
pharmaceutical centre. Gerry was also a member of the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) Drug Advisory Committee,
a prototypical group that developed procedures for the harmonization of Canada'’ provincial drug schedules.
Another major area of Gerry’s career involved the creation of the Drug Information Centre in his role as Associate
Professor and Special Assistant to the Dean at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. His visionary initiative
led directly to OPA’s Drug Information and Research Centre, the largest call centre of drug information for pharmacists
in North America.
Gerry has ensured that the specialized services provided by pharmacists are recognized by other professions as well,
having worked at the Ontario medical Association (OMA) as its Associate Director, Health Policy, and with the Canadian
Medical Association( CMA)/Reader’s Digest Association, where he played a leading role in the writing and editing of
publications such as the Guide to Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs, The Allergy Bible, The Complete Guide to
Pain Relief and Looking after Your Body. He also developed, produced and distributed the Physicians Product Reference
(PDR), a compact, portable guide for Canada's physicians.
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Murray
I read on your website that a book, 'The Happy Ghosts of Harbord' has been published. Is it still available?
I attended Harbord and graduated in the mid '50s, the exact date escapes me because all of my papers of that period
were lost. I spent more time on the Stage Crew led by Sydney Ballentine than in class.
Nevertheless, I went on to Pre-Meds at McMaster U. and then underwent a scene change to pursue a fascination with
logic. I joined IBM as a software design engineer in 1958, then on to Honeywell in NYC in 1964 where, in addition
to product and software development, I taught advanced degree courses in Computer Science at the Honeywell Institute. On to Xerox in 1983, and my own consulting business in 2003.
My wife and I live in year-round semi-retirement in the working village of West Tremont, Maine. It is on the
'quietside' of Mount Desert Island, barely outside Acadia National Park. From a local mooring we enjoy Atlantic
Ocean sailing.
My regards to my surviving fellow classmates, and regrets and sympathy to the families and loved ones of those no
longer with us.
Arnold Weisenberg
PO Box 244
Bernard, ME 04612
U.S.A.
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To All Harbord Men Who Married North Toronto Girls,
THE WAY IT WAS!
Disclaimer: The following (possibly) skewed article is my opinion alone and I take full responsibility for its content.
Recently I was musing why some Harbord males, like myself, of the late 1940"s and early 1950¹s did not marry Harbord girls. The Harbord women were certainly very attractive, and it goes without saying, that they were extremely intelligent. I came to the conclusion that the naïve Harbord males of that era were taken in by the urban myth that anyone
who lived North of St. Clair Avenue was rich. How else to explain the extraordinary number of nubile young girls from
Oakwood, Vaughn, and Forest Hill Collegiate that became Harbordite brides? I got taken in by that myth myself. I married a Forest Hill girl forty-six years ago, and only just recently retired at the age of 73. In the immortal words of John
Wayne," Hold it right there pilgrim. There ain’t no gold in them thar hills."
Were there any better alternatives? Why not Central Tech ? A wife who was a plumber or electrician would have
been great, but as far as I know, at that time there were no girls in Central Tech.
In hindsight, always 100% correct, the best choice for our bride pool would have been girls from Central Commerce
for the following reasons. One, there were lots of them. Two, they were really cute. Three, because there were so few
men in Commerce, even a Harbord nerd would have looked good to them. Four, and most importantly, when they finished high school, they had marketable skills and earned money immediately.
I know there are many who would strongly disagree with this article, perhaps to the point of violence, so I have
asked the Harbordite not to give out my home address or phone number.
Josh Fedder,
Class of 1950
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Dear Mr. Rubin
I read with sadness, the article in the recent Harbordite, about how my friend Morly Ornstein died. I knew he was
shot down, but I did not know that he was killed by the Germans.
I knew him at 59th Boy Scout Camp, Camp Tamarack, (about 1938) before he enlisted. He was my tent leader that
year and was a very lovable fellow.
I have a photograph of Morly doing, “KP” duties…. peeling potatoes. I will try to find this image from my photo
archives and send it to you to be included in the HCI archives.
Your truly
Isaac Morgulis
HCI 1939-44
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From HCI '54 to Israel '04
Fifty years ago, we shouted with joy at our graduation. "No more school, no more books, no more teachers' dirty
looks"!!!
Without realizing it, we carry Harbord, its traditions and subliminal training, with us for our lifetime. The qualities of
sharing, caring, innovating, intellectual achievement, accepting the 'other', sportsmanship, getting a life, have influenced
our choices and guided our decisions.
Four of us from the Class of '54 have made our homes in Israel. The challenge of helping to build an old / new country
is frustrating, exhilarating and many adjectives in between. Our Canadian upbringing and Harbord's formative environment gave us the tools to succeed.
Stanley Goldstein boarded a ship immediately after graduating, made his way to a frontier kibbutz and became a
farmer, soldier and computer expert.
Ruth Eisenberg -Penciner completed her degree in nursing and used her medical knowledge as well as administrative
talents to improve health services for mothers and babies in Israel.
Charles Bergson completed his accountancy degree, then applied his talents to government financial institutions in
Jerusalem.
Suri Edell -Greenberg was able to contribute for many years to the community and education system both in Toronto
and Eilat, on the Red Sea.
So what's the moral of this story?
Choose one of a, b, or c.
a) If you get through Harbord, you can get through anything.
b) A Harbord degree is a passport to infinity.
c) Graduate Harbord - build the world.
Suri Edell -Greenberg,
Eilat, Israel
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Dear Murray:
Here is a story that many Harbordites have not heard. I attended the school way back when Mr. Carlyle was the principal. For those who have not met him, he was a very stern taskmaster, and one whose wishes were not to be thwarted. Since there
was a no-smoking rule at the school, some students thought that smoking would be permissible (remember that it was not
thought to be un-healthy at that time) off the school grounds. Not so, according to Mr. Carlyle. He spotted a student during the
lunch hour, smoking a cigarette near the corner of Harbord and Bathurst – and that student was expelled for 4 days!! I tell you
this so you can understand the fear in our hearts when we, as students, were called to the office for any reason.
When I reached fifth form (year) at Harbord, I had been a member of a playground basketball team for four years. We were
coached by a Mr. Bob Abate - a gentleman well known in the city at that time. Under his tutelage, we had won many city
championships, and he taught us everything we knew about the game. As it happens, the entire 'Lizzy' team was also in fifth
form at Harbord. The Physical Ed. teacher, Mr. Pollard, found this out, and he asked us to play for the school. We all said we
couldn't, as Mr. Abate was counting on us to win another provincial championship that year, and we owed everything to him. Mr.
Pollard pointed out to us that, since we were all graduating that year, we could be dependant on a good report on our records from
the school principal. This is referred to in getting acceptance to the U. of T. He suggested that we bear this in mind. THEN, the
next day, we all got called to the principal's office!!! There, in the space near the secretary's desk, we were all squeezed in,
looking at each other, and wondering what fate was in store for us !! Finally, she asked us all to come into the inner office of Mr.
Carlyle. We filed in, shaking in our boots. Mr. Carlyle stood up from behind his desk, came around front, and leaned casually on
the desk front. He said hello, and then said, "I understand from Mr. Pollard that you boys are a very good basketball team, and
have been winning championships for several years for some other team. Now I know, since this is your last year here, that you
wouldn't want to hold back anything from your alma mater. We need you - and of course, you know, that YOU need ME to
recommend you when you write your departmental exams. Thus, I ask you, could you please play for the school this year?"
At that moment, loyalty went out the window, and we couldn't agree fast enough to play for Mr. Pollard. Poor Mr. Abate had
to find an entire new team. P.S. We won the city Championship for Harbord in a cake walk. In the finals at Hart House, the
opposing team scored four points!!
Elliott Hoffman (now living in Scotsdale, Arizona)
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Hello!
My name is Walter Yewchuk. I am a 1954 grad of Harbord. I retired in 1996, and am now living in the Fort Lauderdale
area down in Florida. Anyway, I still have a couple of dozen negatives that I took as a student, I showed copies of them at the
reunion our class held in November in Toronto. Since there were a fair number of requests for copies, I decided to just make
up a small web site with some of the pictures. The URL is below.
http://www.gate.net/~sungate5/index.htm
As you look through the pictures, it will be interesting to realize that among these rabble rousers, is a present judge of the
Ontario Superior Court, and, of course, a very large number of respected members of various professions .
You my wish to put a link if your HCI website to this web site ....anyway, I hope to hear from you.
Yewchuk
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EDITOR’S NOTE:
Dear Walter,
I am the editor of the Harbordite. Your web site and pictures are great. I plan to include your E-mail including the URL
link in the spring issue which should be published around the end of April Please let me know how long you plan to keep your
web site on the internet. In particular it would be good from our prospective if it were maintained until about the end of October i.e. when the next issue of the Harbordite should have been published. Hope to hear from you within the next couple of
days as my wife and I are going to Florida next weekend.
Regards,
Paul McIntyre '50.
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Class of 1954
Mr. Smith’s Class
Mr. Noble's class
Mr. Ireton’s Class
Mr. Baker's Class
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Cheerleaders
Larry Lewis, Walter Hryciuk
Morris Winer, Roy Snider, Victor Sakamoto,
Walter Yewchuk
Eddie Novak. Larry Lewis, Walter Hryciuk
Cheerleaders Again
Walter Yewchuk, Roy Snider,
and Victor Sakamoto
Grade 12 French Class
(Miss Bridgeman's replacement)
Walter Hryciuk
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Russell Koskie
Obituaries
NEUROSURGEON SAVED MANY
From The Toronto Star
Harold Hoffman beloved
by grateful patients
Gained world fame in separating conjoined twins
SCOTT ROBERTS
STAFF REPORTER
Dr. Harold Hoffman was
widely considered one of the best
neurosurgeons in the world.
A pioneer in surgical approaches for children with craniofacial disorders, epilepsy, brain
tumours and spinal cord injuries,
he gained worldwide attention for a
heroic procedure that saved the life
of a Pakistani girl.
When Hira and Nida Jamal
were born in 1993, they were given
little chance for a normal life. They
entered the world as conjoined
twins, joined at the head, and were
confined to intensive care at Karachi’s National Institute of Child Health.
In a country with a lagging health-care system, their future was grim. No doctor in Pakistan had the experience to separate
the girls and the system offered only limited services.
But when the story of the Jamal twins became widely known, then prime minister Benazir Bhutto took up their cause,
committing $100,000 in government funds to a global search for a doctor who would take on the challenge.
The hunt ended at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, where Hoffman and his team separated the Jamal twins in a harrowing 16 hour procedure that involved detaching brain matter and blood vessels one by one. Hira came out of the surgery
healthy and alert. Nida wasn’t so lucky; she died of a heart attack a month later.
Hoffman, who was also a devoted husband, father of three and grandfather of six, died Sunday, after a long battle with dementia. He was 72.
“Harold was one of the most dedicated surgeons I’ve ever met,” said Jordan Atin, Hoffman’s son-in-law. “This man had one
of the highest pressure jobs in the world. He worked his entire life to make a difference in children’s lives. He operated on
hundreds of kids and still gets letters from past patients thanking him. He was every thing you wanted in a surgeon.”
Hoffman was honoured to be asked to separate the Jamal twins and always held a special place in his heart for them.
“That was a very technically difficult operation,” Atin said “That’s the best anyone in the world could have done, and he was
highly regarded in the Pakistani community afterwards…… Harold was certainly proud to be involved in that procedure. He saw
it as a great challenge.”
Hoffman’s own health began to deteriorate soon after he retired in 1998.
He worked his whole life to help make other people’s brains work. To die of (dementia) was horribly ironic” said Atin.
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But even in death, Hoffman is giving back. He had asked his wife, JoAnn, to donate his brain to medical research through
the Canadian Brain Tissue Bank. “It was his wish that we donate his brain to further neuroscience research,” said JoAnn, who
married Hoffman in 1957. “It’s just how he wanted it.”
Hundreds of letters Hoffman received over the years from patients and parents thanking him for the work he did have been
preserved in a scrapbook.
The letters have been so heart-warming and appreciated,” said JoAnn. “They really highlight the impact he made.”
One of those patients was Ashley Ashbee, now 18. When she was just 10 days old, she had a shunt implanted to help
circulate her cerebral spinal fluid.
Her mother, Mary Beth Ashbee, remembers the ordeal vividly. “If there was anybody I’d trust my daughter’s brain to
it would be him,” she said. “We never wanted anyone else but him to operate on her. He was a brilliant doctor.”
In 1997, the Harold Hoffman/ Shoppers Drug Mart Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery was announced. The $2 million
endowment to sick Kids helps pay for research in his field.
Hoffman, a U of T graduate, was the final resident to train under Dr. Harry Botterell, a neuroscience pioneer. Hoffman
also studied in Europe on the McLaughlin Fellowship before joining the Hospital for Sick Children in 1964.
He is survived by JoAnn and three children: Richard, 44, Andrew, 42, and Katie, 37.
The funeral was held at Holy Blossom Temple.
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BIOGRAPHY OF NORMAN LATOWSKY
Norman Latowsky was born in Poland in June 1931. He immigrated to Canada with his mother Ida and four sisters to
join his father David Lester, who immigrated just before Norman was born. Raised in Toronto, he attended public schools,
graduating from Harbord Collegiate in 1950. He entered the School of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto and graduated
after apprenticing in 1956.
From 1956 to 1973, Norman Latowsky practiced community pharmacy, owning and operating both individual stores
and ultimately a very successful chain of stores under the name HealthMart Drugs.
Selling his business to a division of Imasco Retail, he became President of Top Drug Mart, the second-largest operator
of drug stores in Canada at the time. In 1978, Norman was a chief architect of the purchase and merger by Imasco Limited of
Shoppers Drug Mart. As Executive Vice President of Shoppers Drug Mart from 1979 to 1982, he oversaw the integration of
Top Drug Mart into the Shoppers group, becoming the undisputed chain drug leader in Canada.
In 1982, Norman assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Cigar Store Group (UCS
Group), a division of Imasco Limited. UCS Group comprised many formats within its 500-plus store network, including Den
for Men, Great Canadian News, Duty Free operations at most major Canadian airports Picadilly Place and hundreds of UCS
stores. In 1993, Norman became Chairman of UCS Group and remained in that position until his retirement.
Norman was actively involved in many public, private and charitable boards, including Imasco Retail, Penningtons
Stores and Dylex Limited. He served as a governor to the Mount Sinai Hospital board in Toronto, president of the Canadian
Associates of The Ben Gurion University (Israel), and for many years served as President and Chairman of the Board for the
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada.
Norman received many designations and awards throughout his professional career, including the Golden Jubilee Medal
from Her Majesty the Queen in 2002, He also received special recognition for his leadership as Canadian ambassador for the
fight against MS from the Board of the International Federation of MS Societies.
Norman and Marcia, to whom he was married for 47 years, had three children and seven grandchildren.
Norman Latowsky lost his twelve-year fight with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in April, 2004. Throughout his life, he
was dedicated to his family and friends, to his profession and to his community, always maintaining the highest standards of
integrity, honesty, compassion and his special little blend of humour.
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FRIZZELL, John Richard –
(U. of T. ’48, Honours History)
1924-2005
Jack died on Jan.18,2005 after a short illness.He had been a student at Harbord C.I. and returned immediately from
OCE after graduating from UofT to teach as a history specialist. He was active in music both as a student and teacher and
often spoke of the high standard of students who performed for the school concerts and shows. Years later a pharmacist
would break into 'A Wandering Minstrel,I' from the G&S The Mikado, whenever Jack entered the local store!? Obviously,
there were many fond memories for both of them. Music was Jack's first love and a bursary in his memory has been
established for a student entering post-secondary education in music.
Donations are acceptable to the bursary for John Frizzell which will be applied for music at Harbord.
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BERTRAM OWEN KELSO
Musician and educator. Born March 7, 1921, in Toronto. Died in Barrie, Ont., on March 15, due to a
blocked esophagus, aged 83.
From The Toronto Star
Ontario lost a musician and educator of the highest echelon in March. Bertram Owen Kelso’s
passing is mourned by thousands of former students, colleagues, friends and relatives across North
America.
Bert’s mother, Annie Johnson Owens, grew up across Kempenfelt Bay from Barrie, serving as a
nursemaid in private homes until she fell in love with and married Llewelyn Gorden Kelso (who
worked for the CNR), and moved to Toronto’s, Euclid Avenue. Bert and his four brothers and sisters
grew up on Euclid and Manning Avenues, attending Palmerston Avenue Public School and Harbord
Collegiate.
At Harbord, Bert was a somewhat indifferent student in any area not related to fine arts. Music
was his raison d’ẽtre. A number of musically gifted students and dedicated teachers staged numerous Gilbert and Sullivan
operettas at Harbord. Johnny Wayne, Frank Shuster and Bert were in the same class and performed together; Bert was
always lead tenor.
Bert’s liturgical music career began at an early age in the boys choir of St. Simon’s Anglican Church and at age 17,
Bert became the youngest member of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir ever.
At age 21, Bert was asked by Healey Willan to become the lead tenor in Dr. Willan’s famed Gallery Choir at The
Church of St. Mary Magdalene on Manning Avenue. For two years, Dr. Willan mentored and guided Bert until Bert moved
to New York City and the Julliard School of Music.
At age 27, Bert made his concert debut at Times Hall in New York. Fortunately for the multitude of lives he later
influenced, this performance changed the direction of his career as he was invited to teach at the Wesleyan Conservatory of
Music in Macon, Ga., where be taught for three years before being recruited to join the music faculty of Centre College of
Kentucky (a small and elite private university).
While at Wesleyan he married Dee Scribner of Kingsport, Tenn., and had one son, Jonathan. That marriage ended in
divorce in 1964, and in1967 Bert married Carolyn Adkins of Ashland, Ky.; they were divorced in 1984.
At Centre. Bert’s singers found his unique, fluid, minimalist style of directing almost hypnotic. His hands and facial
expressions delicately and precisely let them know exactly what he expected of them. A perfectionist, Bert expected the
absolute best from each and every student. Known and respected for being tough, he was scrupulously fair, caring, and
generous.
In September of 1959, Bert met Beverly Byrd Baylor, a new voice student who would eventually become a permanent
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cided it was finally time for them to be together for the rest of Bert’s life. Byrd and Bert were married on Feb. 1, 1985.
Bert had suffered clinical depression for most of his life but had managed to hide it well. Very few people know how
self-denigrating he was in private. This is, of course, symptomatic of deep depression, suffered by so many extremely
talented, creative people.
Byrd also suffered a mood disorder; with their shared condition, it was truly a blessing that they were together at this
time in their lives, providing one another the support, love, and understanding so desperately needed.
Those whose lives Bert touched so deeply continue to celebrate the life and God-given talents of this beloved man who
never fully realized or believed the impact he had, or how much he was respected and honoured.
Beverly Baylor-Kelso
Beverly Baylor-Kelso is Bertram’s wife
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LEVINE Samuel Robert (“Sam”) –
On Saturday, January 22, 2005, 15 days after celebrating his 90th birthday, Sam Levine, professional musician,
musicians’ advocate and raconteur passed away after a long illness.
Sam was a long-time member of the Toronto Symphony’s double bass section. He was also a proud President
Emeritus and Life Member of the Toronto Musicians’ Association, Local 149, American Federation of Musicians.
Sam spent much of his career working to improve the security and quality of life for Canadian professional musicians.
He fought hard to keep live music alive when disco threatened to make it disappear.
Born in Toronto in 1915, Sam was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants Morris and Annie Levine. When they were
swept away by the Spanish Flu, his aunt, the late Dora Nepom, courageously stepped in and became “Mother” to four-yearold Sam and his younger sister Laura.
Same graduated from Harbord Collegiate, played guitar, banjo and bass in various bands including the Trump
Davidson Orchestra. With partners he opened the Onyx Club on Church Street, Toronto’s first jazz club. It survived long
enough to host Duke Ellington in an after-hours jam.
With World War II, Sam enlisted in the RCAF spending the war years in a musical show, “The Blackouts”, traveling
up the BC coast to Alaska and overseas, entertaining the allied troops.
Initially, Sam was stationed in Ottawa, where he met the magnificent Tula Marlin, a secretary in the War Department.
After a courtship conducted mostly by mail, they married in 1946, set up house in Toronto and started their family.
Sam graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music and joined the Toronto Symphony’s bass section. Through the
Fifties and Sixties he continued to play club and studio dates along with weddings and bar mitzvahs.
He became a union activist, serving for years as a vice-president, then president of Local 149 after retiring from the
TSO. To support symphonic musicians, he helped found the Association of Canadian Orchestras.
Among Sam’s greatest loves were his family, his music, fellow musicians, a good story, TV sports, the City of Toronto, and the Scarborough bungalow that was our family home for 50 years. He hated hypocrisy, injustice, interruptions,
unkempt lawns, boiled chicken, deejays and disco.
Beneath Sam’s private and dignified persona of strong commitments and high principles was a fun-loving man with a
mad sense of humour. At the family dinner table, gems from his fund of jokes, memories and funny stories nearly always
followed dessert.
As a father Sam was straightforward, demanding, supportive, adoring and inspiring. He liked to say his children never
took any of his advice…but he knew better. He may have been wrong in 1959(and every year thereafter) when he said that
“rock and roll is dead”, but he was right about almost everything else.
Happy and proud to have shared Sam’s life and sadly mourning his death are Tula, his beloved wife and companion of
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59 years, daughter Anita Dahlin of Brechin, Ont., son Mike Levine and his wife, Rosie, of Toronto. He was the cherished
grandpa of Corinna Dahlin of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and Matt Levine of Chicago. He is dearly loved and missed by his
only sister, Laura Edell at Syracuse, N.Y., her sons Mark of Las Vegas, David of NYC and their children, as well as by
many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Sam was a treasured member of Tula’s family- “The Marlins of Hamilton”, “The Sauve and Barnaby families of Ottawa” will all miss him.
He is also remembered by many dear friends from his musical past, including former Toronto Symphony players
Marilyn Meyer, Ruth Budd and Murray Ginsberg, all of Toronto.
Our Family gratefully thanks the staff of Providence Center for their care over the last six months.
In Sam’s memory, please enjoy the live music of your choice.
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Eulogy
Rhoda Broslin Tepper, born Toronto, Jan. 1, 1913. Died Dec. 28, 2003 of lymphoma, aged 90.
Rhoda Breslin Tepper entered the world as the bells were ringing in the New York of 1913. She died three days short of
her ninety-first birthday as she had wished – at home. in her bed, in her sleep.
At age five, Rhoda was blessed by her dying grandmother. She always felt that her long, happy life stemmed from this
blessing. The youngest of eight, she should have been spoiled; instead, she acted like an older sister to several nephews,
who were only slightly younger. One of them often said, “Everyone should have an Aunt Rhoda.”
Rhoda’s love of learning started at Harbord Collegiate where she was valedictorian. She maintained a lifelong
friendship with Miss Sealey, her favourite teacher, and had her to tea when her daughter was born. They exchanged
Christmas cards for years. When Miss Sealey went to Baycrest, Rhoda visited her. On one occasion, she asked Rhoda to
find the author of a poem that was running through her mind. Appropriately, it was “Crossing the Bar” by Tennyson. Soon
after, she died peacefully.
Scholarships to the University of Toronto permitted Rhoda to earn an honours B.A., unusual for a woman of her generation. She had wanted to be a teacher, but “I had three strikes against me: it was the Depression, I was a woman, and I was
Jewish.”
At 20, she married Ben, a penniless lawyer who had the misfortune to graduate in 1930! As her children grew, she
continued her busy life. Always she exercised her brain, learning Italian, studying Great Books and taking courses at U of
T. There, she taught English to the wives of foreign students, who loved her recipes and conversation and treated her as a
surrogate mom.
Recently a friend brought a bestseller she hoped Mom hadn’t read yet. “Actually,” said Rhoda. “I finished it last
month.” Reading was second nature – for 60 years she had belonged to a book club. After it disbanded, she joined her
daughter’s club, participating actively as a contemporary, not a mother-figure. At a meeting where she had displayed her
usual insight and amazing memory, one member commented, “Rhoda, when I grow up, I want to be just like you!”
In her 80’s, she began Tai Chi. When she earned her wooden “sword,” her grandchildren suggested that Rhoda could
now star in Xena, Warrior Princess. Tai Chi gave her amazing energy, she said. That explained why she was assigned to the
“Grande Vitesse” group of tourists on a trip to Provence. Walking the steep steps and cobblestone streets, Mom, 85, led the
way.
When she was diagnosed with lymphoma, Rhoda declared, “No heroics. Please understand – I’ve had a wonderful life.
I’m not afraid, I’m ready to go.” In her last weeks, she was bedridden. Then three days before the end, she signaled she
wanted to get up. Wheeled into the living room, she sat looking out at the street where she had lived for 40 years. She did
this the next day, and the next. It was obvious – Rhoda did not take life lying down. Before she left us, she said, “I’m dying.
I want to say goodbye. Please say goodbye to everyone… and thank you.” Rhoda, always the gracious lady.
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Harbord Club Student Awards
November 5, 2004
Dear Harbord Club:
This year I was the recipient of the Harbord Club Frances A. Robinson Award and Harbord Club Maxwell Stern
Award. Your funding of these awards is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I am a Grade 12 student and this is my first time receiving an award, it means a lot to me. I will do my best in the
future. Thank you again!
Sincerely yours,
Yao Yu Wang
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November 3, 2004
Dear Harbord Club:
This year I have been honored to receive the Harbord Club Stapleton Caldecott Award. As a winner of this award, and of
others in the past, I am greatly appreciative of your funding of this award and others.
As a student dedicated to scholastic success, this award means a great deal to me. It encourages me to continue to pursue
academic excellence, and reminds me that society does in fact value the efforts of its students. I am extremely grateful for your
commitment to recognizing academic successes. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Ilyas Ally
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Dear members of the Harbord Club and Harbord Collegiate Institute:
This year I was the recipient of the Governor-General’s Medal, Alumnus Princeps, Harbord Club Hugh MacDonald Award,
Harbord Club Charles G. Fraser Award and the University of Toronto Scholar Award. Your funding of this award is greatly
appreciated.
Thank you very much.
I will be working hard to pursue a high academic achievement, and use these scholarships for good purposes to aid my study
in university.
Thank you very much for the support.
Sincerely,
Kevin Ren
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Dear Mr. Murray Rubin and The Harbord Club,
I am writing to thank you for the reward I am receiving at this year’s graduation commencement. It is truly an honour to receive
the Andrei Sakharov –Nelson Mandella Human rights award, as I’ve heard that is a significant achievement to be presented
with, I sincerely appreciate the Harbord Club’s willingness to donate their time, energy and money to supporting students (and
former students) and hope that I can help out some day with your organization.
Don’t hesitate to give me a ring or an email!
I am currently studying social science at McMaster University and having a very good time. However, this is just a back up
plan, I really want to become a musician (rock star perhaps).
Thank you sincerely,
Max Kerman
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Harbord class to hold 50th anniversary reunion
The Canadian Jewish News
By Cynthia Gasner
Special to The CJN
The 1954 graduating class of Harbord
Collegiate Institute– once the jumpingoff point of many Jewish students in
Toronto – will hold a 50th anniversary
reunion dinner on Nov. 4 at the Richmond Hill Country Club.
Charlotte (Chucky Berger) Haber, who
heads the event’s organizing committee, told The CJN that “the best part”
has been the planning.
“We spent so much time laughing and
recalling old times that it was like pulling teeth to get them to concentrate on
what had to be done. Luckily, three of
the people on our committee [Al Green,
Bernie Crystal and Joe Flicht] are dentists, so pulling teeth was right up their
alley.”
Harbor said more than 80 people have
confirmed they will be attending, “ and
we expect some others will join us in
the next short while.”
Using the Internet and other tools, the
organizing committee has located most
Seen at a planning meeting of the 50th anniversary reunion of the 1954 Harbord Collegiate Institute graduating class are, back row from left, Gloria
(Pagurek) Pollock, Shirley (Eisen) Glazier, Anita (Greenwood) Tyber, Pearlie
(Friedberg) Hermant and Alan Green. Front row from left, Joseph Flicht, Bernard Crystal, Norman Grill and Fred Gold.
of the class of ’54.
“Most still reside in the Toronto area, but many are in other parts of Ontario, some in the United States and some in Israel,”
Haber said.
“We located Norman Austin, who is a retired professor of classics who lives in Fort Lauderdale [Fla.]. Walter Yewchuk [of
nearby Margate, Fla.] and Norman were unaware that they were living around the corner from each other, and they have arranged a meeting over coffee to discuss old times.”
The camaraderie of the class of ’54 has also extended as far as Israel.
“We provided Suri[Edell] Greenberg in Eilat with the addresses of three other Israelis from our class – Ruth [Eisenberg]
Penciner of Ramat Hasharon, Charles Bergson of Jerusalem and Stanley Goldstein, who lives on Kibbutz Kissufim. They and
Betty [Jacober] Kruger, who is wintering in Jerusalem, have planned their own mini-reunion in Jerusalem.”
Along with exchanging memories, the Nov. 4 evening will feature a slide presentation and humorous short addresses about
the graduates’ years at Harbord.
Pearlie (Friedberg) Hermant, a member of the organizing committee, told The CJN about some memorable moments when
she was at Harbord, such as a student strike that erupted after the principal decided the speeches for student council elections one
year were offensive, and he cancelled the campaign.
After the newspapers were called, he reversed his decision.
Also memorable, she said, was a bookie operation that bet on races at Woodbine Racetrack. When the newspapers picked
up the story, the gambling was brought to a halt.
Other members of the 50th reunion organizing committee are Norman Grill, Gloria (Pagurek) Pollock, Anita (Greenwood)
Tyber, Shirley (Eisen) Glazier, Fred Gold, and Judy (Jacubovich) Schacter.
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How Well Do You Know Your Harbordites
Who do you recognize in the two pictures below?
Find out the answers in the next issue of Harbordite.
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HARBORD PRINCIPAL RETIRES
FRAN PARKIN, The first and only female principal at Harbord is retiring. She has been very helpful in
working with us at the school and we will miss her guidance. It is through her initiative that we are well on the
way with the monument project.
FRAN – The Harbord Club wishes you the best.
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50 & 40 YEARS REUNIONS OF CLASS OF 1955 & 1965
If you are interested in going to these reunions contact some of your fellow classmates.
Any former Harbordite who have an interesting story send it to [email protected]
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Harbord Club Membership
OFFICERS OF THE AD HOC EXECUTIVE COMITTEE OF THE HARBORD CLUB
ANNIE KWONG
PETER MILLER
MURRAY RUBIN
DORIS CHAN
PATRICIA WONG
SYD MOSCOE
President
Treasurer
Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Executive Committee
Chairman of Museum Committee
OFFICERS OF THE HARBORD FOUNDATION
PETER MILLER
ANNIE KWONG
MURRAY RUBIN
President and Treasurer
Signing Officer
Signing Officer
286 Harbord Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M6G 1G5
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