Shared 70th Birthday Celebration

On Friday September 29th at the West Vancouver Yacht Club several of us alumni gathered to celebrate the year in which most of us turned seventy. It was joyously attended and follows our get-together hosted by Nathalie (Beck) Gaglardi in her gorgeous garden. Yours truly did not attend but read the many congratulatory thank you notes from attendees who emphasized their appreciation of the venue and live music. Here follow some photos of the event for your enjoyment:

Diane (Poole) Lauga and Vic Vollrath

Bob Brownsword, Phil Aldrich (our host) and Brian Keating.

Pete Siddons, Susan (Penney) and Wally Eggleton, Barb Giraud. 

Leah (Rafter) Christie, Bill Babcock and Betsy Simpson.

Ina Neill and Wendy Armstrong.

Dorothy Bickford, Dick Humphries and Robbie Jones.

Colin Millar, Frank Dorchester and Marshall Tichauer.

Ms. Poole, & Messrs Vollrath & Aldrich reprised; Fraser MacDonald.

John Sorel and George Koslowski.

Barb (Coles) O'Hagan, Sue (Beer) Astly and Jacquie Haliburton.

Cathy MacDonald, Ina Neill, Linda Nielsen,
Bob Brownsword, and Wendy Armstrong.

Barb (Coles) O'Hagan, Sue (Beer) Astly
Mike Smalley and Jacquie Haliburton 

Anneke Schootman, Melanie (McDonald) Weber and Sue Oldridge.

Melanie and Sue again.

Picnic at Nathalie Gaglardi's (Aug. 27, '16)

We were welcomed into Nathalie's home on a gorgeous warm night for the first of our annual parties. We were approximately forty alumni partying in a beautiful home, garden and patio. We had the bar-B-Q on and a nice fire pit kept us warm and cozy as the night cooled. 

Some comments from attendees:

• Phil Aldrich: "As always, it was so rewarding to catch up with those that could make it to Nathalie’s lovely and spacious abode.  I don’t think we would ever run out of things to chat about and gossip about!   Organizing the affair was such a great excuse to work together again.  Thanks to everyone that helped out."
• Frank Dorchester: "A fine summer evening with music and a fire, and thanks to Natalie for providing us with such a unique and beautiful garden setting.
• Chris Loranger: "Next time, lets skip the strippers and the Cirque du Soleil troupe."

Susan (Penney) Eggleton and Barb Giraud get into the spirit in the afternoon.

(L-R) Diane (Poole) Lauga, Cathy MacDonald, Chris Tyrell Loranger,
Fraser MacDonald and Hugh Madden.

Louise (Clausen) Bryant, Dick Humphries & half of Elizabeth Simpson.

Richard Campbell, Brian Keating and Frank Dorchester.

Barb Giraud and our hostess, Nathalie Gaglardi.

Diane (Poole) Lauga and Chris Tyrell Loranger

Fraser MacDonald and Brian Keating.

Fabulous music was courtesy Bill Gibson.

Chris (again, sorry) Don Morel and Sue (Beer) Astley.

Frank (again), Phil Aldrich, Jacquie Halliburton, Diane and Dick (again).

The cozy atmosphere of the evening was created by the fire pit.

Sue (Beer) Astley, Fraser and Cathy again.

Yes! We danced.

A great shot of Fraser and Cathy.

Sue (Beer) Astley, Lorene McDonald, Barb (Coles) O'Hagan.

Brian Keating, Sue (Penney) and Wally Eggleton.

Nathalie (Beck) Gaglardi (our host) and Gail (Mrs. George) Costello.

Collin Millar

Judith Clark and Mike Smalley

WVSS Reunion #50; September 26, 2015

Readers Please Take Note:  The women listed below may not go by the 

unbracketed names that I have used below.

Your humble servant has no way of knowing how you wish to be addressed ladies,

so I have standardized my approach and beg your indulgence. I have bracketed the

name by which we knew you in school and added the surname of your partner where

we have that name listed on our database — but only in the photos of very small 

groupings. To send a note about an omission or correction, click here. 

~ Chris

All of us; dusk; September 26, 2015
 (Click on the images to enlarge them.)

Dianne (Poole) Lauga and Susan (Penney) Eggleton.

Kirsten (Bruheim) Eastland, David Bain and Alan Walton.

Norm MacLeod and John Sorel.

Bill Babcock and Rod McCloy.

Nathalie (Beck) Gaglardi, Louise (Clausen) Bryant
and Wendy (Stansfield) Bice.

Don Morel, Al Crittenden and Richard Oliver.

Don Andrews and Gordon Hardy.

Richard Scott, Peter Cowley and Rusty Joerin.
FYI: Rusty won the 50/50 draw.

Barb (Smart) Hunter, Brock Tully, Joy Farquhar and Sue (Oldridge) Craig.
 (Click on the images to enlarge them.)

The Ridgeview Elementary part of our WVSS cohort.
Back Row: Bruce Morrison, Paul Mullen, Dave Bain, Dianne Poole, Mike Porter
Ken Embury, Brian Keating and Richard Price.
Middle Row: Edda Mackay, Chris Tyrell, Susan Penney, Deborah Thorne, Louise Clausen
Kathy Sinclair and Curt Wallach.
Front Row (left): Audrey Nichol and Pam Wong.

Burt Tulloch, Dianne Buchanan, Vic Volrath and Barrie Page.

Joe Summerfield, Rod Maltby and Robert Kitchen.

Jane (Riley) Borecky, Christine (Hancock) Scoten,
Linda (Whelan) Tibble and Trudi (Strubin) Pelletier.

Marshall Tichauer and Sue (Stubbs) Ogden.

Don Ogden, Elisabeth Summerville, Russ Oughtred and Mike Smalley.

Our 20th reunion.

Our 30th reunion.

All of us; 1965.

The West Bay Elementary part of our WVSS cohort.
Back Row: Norm MacLeod, Frank Dorchester, Marshall Tichauer, Robert (Kit) Kitchen,
Chris Green, Russel Oughtred, and Dave Harris.
Front Row: Trudi Strubin, Michelle Patterson, Barb Coles, Nathalie Beck, Mike Smalley.
Hillary Darling was present but missed the photo call.

Heather (Rustad) Wood, Norma Marier and Sue (Beer) Astley.

The accelerates of our cohort.
Back: Judy Clark, Debbie Brewster, Rod McCloy, Hugh Maddin, Colin Millar, Bob Climie, Ian Webster.
Middle: Dick Humphrey, Wendy Armstrong, Kathleen Carriere, Trudie Northcott, Glennis Tanner.
Front: Louise Lind and Jackie Haliburton.

Richard Oliver and Denise Pemberton.

Phil Aldrich and Diane (Poole) Lauga.

 (Click on the images to enlarge them.)

Al Crittenden and Denise Pemberton.

Bill Babcock, Steve Williams and  Louise (Oldfin) Williams.

Russ Oughtred, Rusty Joerin, Richard Scott,
Richard Price and Elisabeth Sommerville.

Deborah Thorne, Brian Keating, Phil Aldrich and Diane (Poole) Lauga.
Part of the team that helped decorate the site on the afternoon of the reunion.

Norm Tearoe, Melanie (McDonald) Weber, Trudie (Northcott) Steele
and Janet (Gregson) Orso.

Mike Porter, Janet (McLean) Seib, Paul Mullen, Linda (Whelan) Tibble,
Jane (Riley) Borecky and Bruce Morrison.

Robin Roberts, Pam (Wong) Boyde and Kathy (Sinclair) Nylen.
 (Click on the images to enlarge them.)

Sue (Oldridge) Craig and Rod Maltby.

Lynn Jackson-Embury, Ken Embury and Nora Wallach.

Louise (Clausen) Bryant, Wendy (Stansfield) Bice and Edda (McKay) Macdonald.

Joe Summerfield, Sue (Stubbs) Ogden and Don Ogden.

Nancy (Griffiths) Grey Cloud and Sandra (Waddell) Nelson.

Don Andrews, Sandy (Crickmay) Redden, Wendy Armstrong,
Bob Crossley, Eleanor (Rudland) Tjoelker and Pat Carter.

Barrie Page, Darlene Ryder, Ken Clifford, Robert Kitchen and Gordon McKee.

Georg Koslowski and Nancy (Griffiths) Grey Cloud.

Janis  and Chris Green, Paul Mullen and Trudi (Strubin) Pelletier. 

Mike Porter and Dee Dee McNeill.

Linda (Whelan) Tibble and Frank Dorchester.

Glennis (Tanner) Taylor, Mrs. Kinghorn and Anneke (Schootman) Gibson.

Jackie Haliburton, Diane Buchanan and Suzan (Turkstra) Louwerse.

Debbie Perry, Cliff Sutherland, Audrey (Nichol) Sutherland
 and Sandy (Crickmay) Redden.

Barb (Gebert) Simpson and Mike Smalley.

Nancy (Griffiths) Grey Cloud, Brock Tully and Kathy (Sinclair) Nylen.

Derry (Leeming) Khan, Moiree (Snelgrove) Langdon
and Elizabeth (Simpson) LaMar.

Rod McCloy and Louise (Oldfin) Williams

Pat Carter, Kim Jackson and Carolyn Millar.

Chris (Tyrell) Loranger and Audrey Nichol.
Chris is your humble servant; your host on this blog.

The Pauline Johnson part of our WVSS cohort.
1. Ena Colbeck, 2. Alan Perry, 3. Gord Hardy, 4. Brock Tully, 5. Butch Johnson.
6. Debbie Perry, 7. Cliff Sutherland, 8. Dave Harris, 9. Norm Tearoe  10. Bert Tulloch,
11. Alan Walton, 12. Fraser MacDonald, 13. Diane Yates, 14. Janet Gregson
15. Melanie Macdonald, 16. Glennis Tanner, 17. Robin Roberts,
18. Nancy Griffiths, 19. Dick Humphries, 20. Kirsten Bruheim,
21. Janet Freeman, 22. Marshall Cable, 23. Joe Summerfield.
And Rusty Joerin attended but missed the photo call.

Brian Keating, Phil Aldrich and Dianne (Poole) Lauga.

In Memoriam, 2015:  (Click on the image to enlarge it.)

Barbara Adams, Bruce Andison, Mike Bankes, Jane Bisset, Roger Black, Jim Blanche,

Linda Boltwood, Randy Boyd, Pam Brown, Lynn Cameron, Gregg Campbell, Barry Collins,

Avrille Dann, Mike Davenport, Carl Davis, Rick Fears, Mike Garrett, Dave House,

Bill Hurford, Lorna Inglis,  Hanneke Janssen, Ralph Johnstone, Gareth Jones, Jim Lea,

Bob MacKinnon, Pat McInnis, Dave McNeill, Murray Middleton, Pat Miller, Brent Mitchell,

Kim Morgan, Mary Narod, Lynn Rickard, Ted Rimes, Andrea  Salton, Chris Schmaling,

Jim Selmser, Kay Smart, Dave Smith, Conrad Speirs, Sue Waring, Julia Waterton, Drew Watson,
Duncan Watt, Roger Wilton, Doug Winslow, Jim Young and Nini Zaitzeff.