Submitted by
Name: Tim Keenan
From: Terrace BC
Name: Tim Keenan
From: Terrace BC
Comments:
A minor quibble about the chronology of PEPS/PEHS as described in the Gallery section--it says that it was renamed PEHS in 1961. I moved to Shilo for the second time in August of 1961, and started Grade 1 in Esther Bott's class at PEPS in 1961. My brother David started kindergarten the same year at O'Kelly. Greenwood school was not built until a year or so after that, and I believe it opened in the fall of 1963. I remember riding my bike around on the brand-new silky-smooth asphalt on the parking lot that summer, while the interior finishing was still under way. So I think that the PEPS to PEHS took place in fall 1962--at least, I spent grade 2 and 3 in an H-hut called D-5, and there was another converted H-hut, (A-2, I believe)that also served as overflow classroom space. I think we were the peak of the baby boom. They schlepped us by bus to PEHS for gym (with Mr. Emond) and to O'Kelly for music (with Miss Page)in 1962-63, and to Greenwood for both in 1963-64.
On the subject of German tanks--I don't have the esoteric knowledge of German armour that some of you older brats have, but I do remember at least one tank which I believed was WWII German vintage, and at least in my mind's eye it was in grey paint with those square black crosses. I think it was over by where the headquarters building was, and on more than one occasion my friend Jack Williams and I, or my brother and I, got up early in the morning and crawled underneath it and up through an open hatch on the belly. I just remember it being dark and greasy inside, but I didn't see any hands.
A minor quibble about the chronology of PEPS/PEHS as described in the Gallery section--it says that it was renamed PEHS in 1961. I moved to Shilo for the second time in August of 1961, and started Grade 1 in Esther Bott's class at PEPS in 1961. My brother David started kindergarten the same year at O'Kelly. Greenwood school was not built until a year or so after that, and I believe it opened in the fall of 1963. I remember riding my bike around on the brand-new silky-smooth asphalt on the parking lot that summer, while the interior finishing was still under way. So I think that the PEPS to PEHS took place in fall 1962--at least, I spent grade 2 and 3 in an H-hut called D-5, and there was another converted H-hut, (A-2, I believe)that also served as overflow classroom space. I think we were the peak of the baby boom. They schlepped us by bus to PEHS for gym (with Mr. Emond) and to O'Kelly for music (with Miss Page)in 1962-63, and to Greenwood for both in 1963-64.
On the subject of German tanks--I don't have the esoteric knowledge of German armour that some of you older brats have, but I do remember at least one tank which I believed was WWII German vintage, and at least in my mind's eye it was in grey paint with those square black crosses. I think it was over by where the headquarters building was, and on more than one occasion my friend Jack Williams and I, or my brother and I, got up early in the morning and crawled underneath it and up through an open hatch on the belly. I just remember it being dark and greasy inside, but I didn't see any hands.
Added: May 4, 2010
Name: Terry Maskell
From: Calgary
E-mail: terryandholly@shaw.ca
Hi people, as to the school names and the date of change. Check out the yearbooks. In 1965 it was PEPS on the sports jerseys and in 1966 it was PEHS. Hope this helps