Harbordite Issue #64

THE HARBORDITE

Harbord Club Newsletter

Willie Zimmerman (Mr. Harbord Club) was

an Extraordinary Man! (1916 - 2011)

My father was an ex-

traordinary man; aside

from being a printer and

a father, he was an

archivist and collector.

His collections were

organized and carefully

labelled….coins,

stamps, the war years,

photos, celebratory

events, art books, fine

papers, jokes and letters

to family and friends.

He had a love of the

historical and archived

anything that grabbed

his interest…Palestine/

Israel, Castle Loma,

renowned families, high

school yearbooks, po-

etry, and, of course,

Harbord Collegiate.

His interest in Harbord

occupied many happy

hours for my father,

from the weekly meet-

ings and lunches, to or-

ganizing reunions, to

the inception of the ar-

chival museums, to the

printing of the Harbord-

ite.

I would hear him on the

phone, like a detective

involved in a global

search, finding one

more lost Harbord

graduate…. My father

would seek out other

Harbord alumni who

might in turn provide

him with yet another

name or address to

Continued on page 3

The Harbord Club Di-

rectorate worked hard

planning for Harbord

C.I‘s First Homecoming

which was celebrated in

style on Wednesday

November 24th, 2010.

Current and former stu-

dents and staff were

invited to attend and

celebrate in the schools‘

main gym and Club

Museum. What an op-

portunity it was to cele-

brate all Harbordites! Continued on Page 4

Inside this issue:

Editorial 2

The Principal’s

Message

4

Museum

Musings

5

NEW Poetry

Corner

7

NEW You Said

It!

12

Photos High-

lighting the

Homecoming

18

NEW Harbord

Club BLOG !

31

BREAKING

NEWS!

Harbord C.I.

120th Birthday

Bash Celebration!

April 26 & 27,

2012

See page 32 for

more details.

Highlights of The Harbord’s First Ever

Homecoming on Nov 24, 2010!

Dedicated to Mr. Harbord,

Willie Zimmerman!

Spring 2011

Issue 64

Dear Harbordite Readers:

As we are well into 2011, we

welcome you all back and pre-

sent you with our Spring issue,

#64, of the Harbordite!

We, Belinda Medeiros-Felix

(class of '81 and Harbord C.I.

Staff) and Ben Lee (class of

'78), as co-editors, hope you will

enjoy this edition of the Harbord

Club newsletter. We hope it will

help you connect or reconnect

with your wonderful high

school, friends and experiences!

In this edition, we will highlight

current happenings relating to the

school and its Alumni, as well as

fabulous stories of past alumni

accomplishments and tales. We

will also introduce to you 2 new

members of the Harbord Club

Board of Directors! And of

course, Syd Moscoe is back with

his Museum Musings!

We would like to take this oppor-

tunity to dedicate this issue to

Willie Zimmerman, who without

him there would be no Harbord-

ite!

It's our pleasure to continue Wil-

lie‘s trend in keeping the alumni

of Harbord Collegiate Institute

connected as a community.

One of our biggest highlights this

issue is letting you know that

HCI is reaching its 120th year in

existence, and so, we will be

commemorating Harbord‘s

Birthday with a special 2-day

Celebration! See more details on

page 32. Please let us know if

you can help us out in anyway.

Please also visit

www.harbordclub.com to see and

write on our new and exciting

blog! See more details on page

31.

If you haven't done so already,

send your name (as you were en-

rolled as a student), address, ph.

#, email address and year you

graduated. This info will be

added to the current alumni ros-

ter and will be kept confidential

in the school Museum archives.

Please submit all articles and info

to [email protected]

You can also find us on

Facebook by searching

Harbord C.I. Grads/Alumni and

add yourself to this group. You

will be updated with any impor-

tant club information.

Thank you for your continued

support and we extend an open

invitation for you to visit the

school any time.

We hope you enjoy reading this

issue. Onward Harbord!

Ben Lee & Belinda Medeiros-

Felix

The Harbordite Co-Editors

Editorial: Message from the New Co-Editors

- Belinda Medeiros-Felix (‘81) & Ben Lee (‘78)

THE HARBORDITE Page 2

We encourage you to submit

articles about yourself or other

alumni or Harbord related stories

to the Harbordite. It can be stories

of your post secondary school

experiences, accomplishments,

reunions with other alumni or fu-

ture events.

http://www.harbordclub.com

search and find. But that wasn‘t

all; he would ask if they had any

photos or old Harbord memora-

bilia that they would be willing

to part with for the museum,

along with their generous dona-

tion. Monies raised provided

scholarships, a World War II

monument dedicated to those

Harbordites who lost their lives

and, funds for the creation of the

only high school archival mu-

seum in Toronto.

My father, creative man that he

was, had a fine line-drawing of

Harbord printed into posters and

cards and bright orange bags

with the Harbord insignia – all

for sale. When Harbord‘s origi-

nal wood flooring was being re-

placed (“Why waste a good

floor?”), he had it cut up into

small pieces; each piece stamped

with the Harbord crest and in-

scribed with ‗I walked this floor‘

and given to those who joined

the club as a keepsake.

When my parents had to leave

their home of over 50 years, the

Harbord files and memorabilia

were picked up by Murray

Rubin, who could hardly believe

the size of the collection and

how well organized it was. It

filled the back of his SUV and

then some.

My father touched many hearts at

Harbord with his gregarious spirit,

his nimble mind, his sense of hu-

mour and his generosity of time

and commitment to both the past

and the future of Harbord Colle-

giate. As time passes, one often

forgets the past, the history we

build upon, and so my father may

become a mere memory at Har-

bord, but today, Willie Zimmer-

man, through the Harbordite dedi-

cation, is a remembered and cele-

brated light.

Thank you.

By Willie’s daughter Sarilyn

Willie Zimmerman (Mr. Harbord Club) was an

Extraordinary Man! (1916 - 2011) - Continued...

Issue 64 Page 3

Toronto High School Flag at Half Mast to Honour Willie

Zimmerman

Willie Zimmerman, born in

Toronto in 1916, once part

owner of Maple Leaf Press, col-

lector of books on Toronto, died

peacefully in his sleep at Bay-

crest February 11.

His father came to Can-

ada from Russia in

1907. For some time

the family lived on

Bellevue Avenue in

what was then a pre-

dominantly Jewish area

where many early immigrants

learned their first words of Eng-

lish. The family moved from

there to Manning Avenue not far

from Clinton St. School which

Willie attended.

In 1927 he wrote for the Clinton

Clarion which, born collector

that he was, he kept in his pos-

session. He entered Har-

bord in the fall of 1928

and as classes were as-

signed in alphabetical

order Willie ended up in

1K, the last class. Every-

thing at Harbord, the

school, and the teachers

left a lasting impression

on Willie. He was fascinated

with the history of Harbord and

liked to recall that it was the sec-

ond high school to be built in To-

ronto after Jarvis Collegiate

which by 1890 had become over-

crowded.

He recalled that "Harbord St. was

then a dirt road that became a sea

of mud in bad weather and wood

planks served as a sidewalk.

Across the road from the school

was a farm where cows were

raised. One of our centenarians

used to remind us that cows oc-

casionally came into the school

grounds. A slaughter house was

located somewhere in the vicin-

ity of Palmerston Avenue."

At Harbord, Willie was very im-

Continued on page 6…

He was

fascinated with

the history of

Harbord

We honoured and dedicated this

day to those who graduated in

the 60‘s. We were able to cele-

brate by taking a nostalgic look

through the music, dress and

technology of that decade.

Thanks to all the students and

staff who dressed in sixties attire

and to everyone else who wore

their Harbord orange and black

to honour our long standing tra-

dition of school spirit.

We recruited decorating assistance

from our current Student Activity

Council and Prom Committee

members who arrived as early as

7 am to work together with the

Directorate to bring nostalgia to

this event. An array of Black

and Orange balloons were flying

high and 1960‘s pop culture dis-

plays showcased the eras fashion,

sports, staff, music and technol-

ogy.

Thanks to the Yearbook students

who were able to capture the es-

sence of the moment by taking a

multitude of photos, many of

which we are now sharing with

you in this edition. Yearbooks

and other Harbord memorabilia

were on display and available for

purchase.

Entertainment was provided

throughout the day. We had the

student choir and band perform-

ers sing and play hits from the

60‘s repectively.

Current student, Julian Lee, sang

and played his guitar to the

Beatles hits. Graduate and Har-

bord Idol, Sierra Medeiros-Felix

sang Nancy Sinatra‘s hit, ―These

Boots are made for Walking‖.

Making several appearances was

our very own Harbord Tiger

mascot while former HCI cheer-

leaders got together and led us

through some awesome cheers

and the Harbord school song.

There were a whole lot of hugs,

food, drink and birthday cake to

help celebrate the Homecoming.

Everywhere you looked, you

could see guests reconnecting,

sharing in merriment and laugh-

ter at the memories from the

good ol‘ days.

While all this was occurring in

the main gymnasium, various

alumni wandered the hallowed

halls and made themselves avail-

able to answer questions posed

by current students about what it

was like attending Harbord.

Many popped in to browse the

many artifacts in our Museum

and to sign Harbord‘s guestbook.

A special Thank you to alumni

from Caldense Bakery, the Har-

bord Bakery and Paris Bakery

who were kind enough to donate

baked goods to the event, and to

all those in attendance, for mak-

ing our First ever Harbord

Homecoming an afternoon to re-

member!

By Belinda Medeiros-Felix

Highlights of The Harbord Collegiate Homecoming on Nov

24, 2010! - Continued...


Message from the Principal - Mr. Rodrigo Fuentes

Dear Harbordites:

We near the end of another suc-

cessful year at Harbord. The

staff, students of Harbord C.I.

and I extend heartfelt condo-

lences to the family and friends

of Willie Zimmerman. What an

institution he was to our school.

The Harbord Club, Museum and

Harbordite are all fruits of his

labour. I did not have the pleas-

ure of meeting Willie, but I feel I

know him

through all the

stories I have

heard about him.

He truly was

Mr. Harbord.

We look for-

ward to formally honouring his

memory at next fall‘s Com-

mencement.

We close a very busy year again.

Thanks to Mrs. Martins, Ms. Koo

and the cast and crew of Parfum-

erie and Mr. Probst and the cast

and crew of The Worker, earned


Issue 64 Page 5

We mentioned in the last

―Musings‖ about the photos of the

original unveiling of ―Our Sol-

dier‖ Harbord‘s First World War

monument honouring those who

served and died in the First World

War. The photos of that day, No-

vember 11, 1921 , have now been

obtained , printed and

framed and will be hung

shortly.

The Museum has had

some visitors from out-

side the immediate Har-

bord family. We wel-

comed Mr. & Mrs. Hes-

sel Pape , of Sutton , Ontario.

They were looking for informa-

tion concerning Mrs. Pape‘s un-

cle, Laurence Barclay Ramsay.

He attended Harbord between the

years 1911 and 1916 when he

enlisted in the Canadian Army.

He was killed in action in France

on August 22, 1918. As well,

Mrs. Pape‘s father, Robert Edison

Johnston, attended Harbord be-

fore he went off to university ,

becoming a dentist and serving in

the Canadian Army Dental Corps

in the First World War.

Her mother, Roberta attended

Harbord until Grade 12, her aunt

Mary , Roberta‘s sister attended

Harbord between 1921 and 1926

(the same time as my father!).

Mrs. Pape gave the Museum

much information about her uncle

and family. Mr. Daniel Leblanc is

planning to use the information at

the Remembrance Day service

this year.

We were visited by Mr. Gary

Miedema of Heritage Toronto. He

is researching the background of

Johnny Wayne and

Frank Shuster with a

view of erecting a

plaque on the grounds

of Harbord. They were

Canada‘s leading come-

dians in the1960‘s

through to the 1990‘s.

We found their begin-

ning efforts as a com-

edy team writing in the 1938 Har-

bord Review and acting in various

Harbord musicals.

They really did get their start here

at Harbord, went on to hone their

craft at the University of Toronto

and then were headliner‘s on

CBC Radio and Television for

many years. They appeared on the

Ed Sullivan television variety

show more often than any other

comedy team or single comedian.

We have also received letters

from many persons looking for

former Harbordites and their his-

tory at the school. Some we were

able to solve with the help of our

records and others with the help

other grads but in some cases we

drew blanks. The Harbordite is

the way we hope to keep all for-

mer Harbord students and staff in

touch.

The Museum Volunteers, led by

India Annamanthadoo and includ-

ing Claire Shenstone-Harris

(whose great grandfather attended

Harbord and served in the First

World War), Rachel Fabbri and

Emily Brown have been busy

scanning the photos of those vet-

erans whose photos are in Har-

bord‘s Hall of Memories. When

all is completed they will be

added to the Harbord website.

This work will be followed up

with the addition of a short biog-

raphy of each.

The Museum Volunteers have

also started working on preparing

materials to be displayed in Dec-

ade Rooms at Harbord‘s 120th

birthday celebration next year. By

checking the year books for the

1990‘s and the early 2000‘s they

will put together a visual over-

view of Harbord life in those

years. Fortunately for the years

before 1990 , the work was done

for Harbord‘s Centennial in 1992.

And its all in chronological order

in your Museum.

If you have any items of your

years at Harbord that you wish to

have preserved and enjoyed by

Harbord‘s students, staff and

graduates please forward them to

the Museum here at Harbord.

As always the Museum is open

during the school year on

Wednesdays , from 1pm to 5pm .

Museum Musings – Syd Moscoe

pressed with Major Brian S.

McCool. In his opinion, McCool

was: ―quite an individual, a very

athletic individual, strong as an

ox and the boys didn't give him

any trouble either, because they

were afraid to. He taught us Eng-

lish... and he wasn't a bad

teacher...he started the first Har-

bord orchestra ...the year after

the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas

were started."

Willie was especially fond of

Elsie Affleck, his teacher of

Latin and Greek, who

profoundly touched the

hearts and minds of

hundreds of students in

her 24 years at Harbord.

Willie was so fond of

her, he would check the

new telephone book

every year to make sure

she was still around.

One year, Willie was shocked to

find that she was no longer listed.

After much searching Willie dis-

covered that she had moved to

Vancouver. Willie wrote to her

and she was delighted to hear

from him. As he found out she

had maintained close contact

from her retirement home in

Vancouver with other students

including Ken Prentice.

Miss Affleck suggested that

since they spoke to her so much

about Harbord, they would enjoy

meeting one another. Willie re-

calls: ―He came over to my

house and we sat and talked for

three or four hours. I suddenly

said: ‗You know, this is ridicu-

lous. If we can talk for three or

four hours about Harbord, we

ought to form an alumni organi-

zation.‖

Ken agreed and the idea of a

Harbord Club was born. Ken

Prentice, a scholarship student in

Classics, who later taught Latin

and Greek to prospective teach-

ers at the Ontario College of

Education, played a key role in

establishing the Har-

bord Club.

It was not long before

the Harbord Charitable

Foundation was estab-

lished and initiated a

series of prizes, awards

and scholarships in all

grades that has grown

to 66 named after for-

mer students, staff and graduates

totaling approximately $300,000.

A newsletter, the Harbordite,

helped to bring together former

students in Canada, the United

States and abroad.

Willie's reputation as an organ-

izer grew and soon attracted the

attention of graduates of other

high schools in Toronto who

asked for advice on how to do

what he did.

A printer by trade, Willie in-

spired the publication in 1992 of

a centennial volume on the his-

tory of Harbord called The

Happy Ghosts of Harbord.

A major event of that year was

the establishment of the Harbord

Museum made possible princi-

pally by a grant of $25,000 in

1989 from the W. Garfield Wes-

ton Foundation. Garfield Weston

who graduated from Harbord

Collegiate in 1915 lived on

Palmerston Avenue next door to

the Zimmerman's.

Former room 106 at the school

was transformed into an elegant

Museum with fifteen glass front

cabinets, four storage cabinets, a

wall panel and a wall alcove for

the 1992 time capsule. Special

lighting was installed.

The Museum was the first archi-

tecturally designed high school

museum in Canada. The Museum

was formally inaugurated by the

then Premier of Ontario, Bob

Rae. The Harbord Club was

awarded the Toronto Historical

Board's Certificate of Commen-

dation for establishing the Har-

bord Museum and Archives and

the publication of The Happy

Ghosts of Harbord at an official

ceremony held June 3, 1993 at

City Hall. The citation recog-

nized that ―Since its founding in

1892 Harbord Collegiate has

made an outstanding contribution

to the history of Toronto.‖

Continued on page 7...

Toronto High School Flag at Half Mast to Honor Willie

Zimmerman - Continued...


If we can talk for

three or four

hours about

Harbord, we

ought to form an

alumni

organization

In 1994 the Sesquicentennial

Museum and Archives of the To-

ronto Board of Education held a

special exhibition of photographs

featuring the contribution of the

Jewish community to education

in Toronto and of Harbord Colle-

giate which played a significant

role in its development from the

1920s to the 1950s. Willie was

honored by the Board for helping

to organize the exhibit and for

providing old photographs and

other historical material from the

Harbord Museum.

Willie did not seek personal hon-

our, he always allowed others to

take credit for work done - he

simply made sure that the work

was done leading in such a way

that his colleagues were happy to

take his suggestions. Whether it

was a small committee meeting

or a large convocation, Willie

always enhanced it with his un-

failing sense of humor.

He was proud of his service with

the Royal Canadian Air Force

during World War II stationed in

North Africa as a radar expert

from 1941 to the end of hostili-

ties.

A well respected member of the

Jewish community, he took an

active part in its activities. His

library included a large collec-

tion of books on all aspects of

Jewish life.

Willie Zimmerman leaves his

wife Gertrude. He was the father

and father-in-law of Michael and

Colette, Sarilyn Zimmerman and

John Glennon and Eliot Zimmer-

man, brother and brother-in-law

of Frida and late George Jolson,

and David and the late Anne

Zimmerman. He also leaves 5

grandchildren.

l

By Julius Molinaro who served

as Treasurer, President and Past

President of the Harbord Club

as well as editor of the newslet-

ter, the Harbordite, from 1978 to

1999.

Issue 64

Page 7

The Rain

The rain dripped and dropped

And kissed the windowpane.

In the morning, the water sparkled

like you used to.

Me on my bed, gazing at the ceiling,

I think of you, my friend.

Of all the good times we used to share,

The secrets, the joys, the sorrow and the lies,

What happened to us?

Strangers now to each other,

That‟s what we are!

It rained all day.

Swept away by the rain, I think of you, my friend with diamonds.....

In my eyes!

by Pat Wong (class of 1981)


Poetry Corner: from ”The Flash”- an English class

student newspaper, 1980

Peter Del Mastro and Laura Gal-

lagher-Doucette, the leads, two

awards at the Sears Drama Festi-

val. Both plays were very well

done and entertaining. Ms. To-

dros, Mrs. Martins, and Mr. Al-

berts and the music students once

again have showcased our music

very well at various events

throughout the city.

Our Physical and Health Educa-

tion Department with the help of

volunteer teacher coaches have

organized another complete

cadre of athletics for our stu-

dents. Congratulations to

coaches West and Kunz and the

badminton team for winning the

overall Regional Championship.

Good luck to the team at the City

Championships and at OFSAA.

We continue our work toward

social justice by once again,

among other initiatives, raising

over $5 000 for War Child to

help build a school in the De-

mocratic Republic of Congo.

We are half way to meeting our

$30 000 goal.

Our Eco-team continues to strive

for a Platinum rating as an eco-

school. The robotics team had

another good competition at the

Canada First Robotic competi-

tion. I would like to thank all the

teachers that make it possible for

our school to offer so many

clubs.

As always I would like to extend

an open invitation for you to visit

your school. Come and visit our

Museum or come and see any of

our many performances and

events. Harbord is always glad to

see our alumni!

I would like to thank Syd Moscoe

and the new executive of the Har-

bord Club for re-energizing and

re-invigorating our alumni base. I

look forward to the many events

that they have planned.

Thanks again for staying in touch

and I wish you a fantastic summer!

Rodrigo Fuentes

Principal

At some point in adulthood eve-

ryone grasps the full meaning of

the expression ―generation gap.‖

I partially got it when my kids

were teenagers.

Communism made Cuba dif-

ferent in many ways. For exam

ple, only an insignificant minor-

ity of privileged people had

video games, cell phones, port-

able music players and other gad

gets that entertain the majority of

adolescents and

many adults in nu-

merous countries

when I went into self

imposed exile in

2002. Fashionable

clothes, hair styles,

piercing, and tattoos

were scarce too.

So when I emi-

grated, first to Spain and then to

Canada, and saw

young adults with

their hair dyed in five

different colors,

pierced tongues and,

in the case of boys,

pants worn so low you

wonder how they

don‘t fall to their an-

kles, the full meaning

of generation gap

Continued on page 9

Harbord Students impress Alumni Crime Writer…

Generation Gap disappears!

Message from the Principal - Mr. Rodrigo Fuentes -

Continued...


sank in.

My grandparents, parents, un-

cles and aunts experienced a less

severe trauma. They made fun of

how I and my male

cousins and friends

imitated the clothing,

hairstyles and even

walk of Elvis Presley,

Tony Curtis or James

Dean. I suppose the

girls copied Natalie

Wood, Sandra Dee and

Debbie Reynolds.

Technological de-

velopments aside, the

difference with present

day mores seems to be

that in those years ce-

lebrities were (how

should I put this) less flamboy-

ant? Less absurd? Rebels like

Dean and Brando wore jeans –

waist-high and without holes. Off

stage actors wore sport coats,

suits and ties. Popular singers

such as Sinatra, Perry Como,

Doris Day and the great Ella

Fitzgerald didn‘t go on stage in-

side plastic eggs.

The above digression is neces-

sary to explain what I felt on

February 14. As part of the Spe-

cial Weeks Event program, Peter

Roffman, English teacher at Har-

bord Collegiate Institute, invited

me to read a passage from my

novel Havana Best Friends and

then answer questions posed by

students.

Discounting Peter and library

staff, this was the first time I had

the privilege of reading and talk-

ing to an audience of around 40

teenagers. I read a couple of

pages, and blah-blahed

(sorry, it‘s not a verb,

I know, but I couldn‘t

resist) for a while

about my life and trav-

els.

The reason I‘m writ-

ing this, however, is

my amazement at the

questions the stu-

dents asked.

Not one was trivial,

dumb or easy to an-

swer. They asked

about essential aspects

of the creative process in litera-

ture. I wondered how they could

at such tender age. One young

woman, for example, asked

whether I got emotional when

I‘m writing (and made me get

emotional while I tried to re-

spond). Another student wanted

to know if I relent when publish-

ers demand to delete a passage

that I consider essential.

(I don‘t).

In all the interviews, readings

and Q&As that I‘ve done in ten

countries nobody, ever, had

asked such vital questions.

And so I suddenly realized last

Valentine‘s Day, in a highschool

library in Toronto, that these kids

could instinctively perceive what

is truly important in literature.

They are as mature as many

adults – some even more mature

than certain adults.

I can‘t say for the life of me if

some of them had tattoos or

pierced tongues or if any wore

baggy pants that hung below

their butts. The much mentioned

gap had closed. A 70-year old

man and a group of teenagers had

been on the same page for

an hour.

Any time, dudes. Anytime.

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By José Latour, Crime writer

Generation Gap disappears! Continued...

Issue 64 Page 9

The much

mentioned gap

had closed. A 70-

year old man and

a group of

teenagers had

been on the same

page for an hour.

Recycled Memory

I‟m just a box, oh how true,

But I‟ve something to say,

It happened in the sea so blue,

Where I was thrown away.

I wasn‟t clean, but was alone,

And both my flaps were stuck,

And for the sake of a bright clean town,

I was thrown into a garbage truck.

They threw me right into the sea,

Where I was cruelly fated,

Just then my life came back to me,

„cause I became reincarnated!

A child, later in the morn, at once began

to plead,

and when he saw me ripped and torn, His words were, “just what I need!”.

Into a workshop I went with this boy,

He worked hard „til he had a blister,

He turned me into a little toy,

A present for his sister.

His sister loved her toy alot,

Her brother‟s smile was tall,

From junk I was brought back,

Recycled Memory…

I wasn‟t garbage at all!

by Belinda Medeiros (class of 1981)

Stepping Back in Time: Creating a Memoir for Faygie Buchman

I first stepped foot into Harbord

Collegiate when, to celebrate her

80th birthday, we took my mother

-in-law, Faygie Buchman, on a

tour of the important locations of

her life in Toronto. Harbord was

an obvious choice. Without giv-

ing away her age I can tell you

that that was in 2008. She is a

graduate of the class of 1944-45.

Harbord Collegiate always ap-

peared larger than life to me.

Perhaps because it was the alma

mater of so many of my friends‘

parents. Or because it was the

high school of Wayne and Shus-

ter at whose comedy I laughed,

or Sam Shopsowitz whose

corned beef I ate; Perhaps it was

because I recognize so many

names when I look at the lists of

alumnae: politicians, musicians,

broadcasters, business people,

doctors, lawyers, and even a few

moyels. And in a deeply personal

way, perhaps it was because

members of my own family went

there. That neighbourhood was

their stomping ground in the

‗20‘s and 30‘s. My grandfather

owned the butcher shop at the

corner of College and Grace.

And maybe because I am a north

Bathurst boy, a product of the

first generation of downtown

high school graduates to move

―north,‖ stories about that time


Poetry Corner: from ”The Flash”- an English class student

newspaper, 1980 Continued... taken from ”The Flash”- an English class student newspaper, 1980 taken from ”The Flash”- an English class student newspaper, 1980


and place became like stories of

the old country – both misty and

foundational at the same time.

And finally perhaps it was be-

cause, in this memoir business in

which I have partnered with my

son, touching Harbord Collegiate

makes life in the first half of the

20th century come alive for my

own child in a tangible way.

So on that day in July of 2008,

with my wife Ellen Buchman,

her parents Faygie and Murray

Buchman (an alumnus), Faygie‘s

brother (another alumnus) Shel-

don Weingarten, and Faygie‘s

grandson David Courtade, we

ventured together into the hal-

lowed halls. That the school was

open on a hot summer day was

blessing number one. That the

staff in the school office was so

welcoming and helpful was

blessing number two. They an-

swered questions, looked for

―ancient‖ academic records and

then directed us to the treasure

house.

―We have a museum. Let me

show you.‖ We trundled down

the hall from the office to the

museum. The door was unlocked

for us. And the treasures began to

appear. Faygie quickly found her

photo as part of the cast of the

1944 Gilbert and Sullivan pro-

duction of The Three Gondoliers.

We explored. Faygie and Murray

searched in drawers and cabinets

and showcases and they peered at

the faces peering back from the

photos on the wall. They remi-

nisced.

―Would you like to see the audi-

torium?‖

Down another hall to the audito-

rium, dimly lit on a summer af-

ternoon. Up to the stage went the

―Maid‖ where she spontaneously

danced and sang, ―reprising‖ her

role as one of the Maids from

Gilbert and Sullivan‘s The Three

Gondoliers; an encore that was

64 years overdue.

Above - Faygie Buchman

When we began to edit the mem-

oir earlier this year I searched the

Harbord website for information

on how to access the museum.

Another discovery: documentary

filmmaker Karen Shopsowitz had

given to The Harbord Club her

father Izzy Shopsowitz‘s home

movies of events at Harbord

from the 1930‘s. And there on

the website was a film of a Gil-

bert and Sullivan production. I

contacted Karen by phone and,

after a discussion about mutual

contacts and about producing

memoirs as a form of documen-

tary and oral history, Karen gra-

ciously gave us permission to use

this footage in our client‘s mem-

oir.

And then there was Syd. When I

contacted Harbord in 2011 to try

to get material from the museum

for Faygie‘s memoir, I was put in

touch with Syd Moscoe. Syd

gave me a tour, he told me the

history, and he did everything he

could do to make it possible for

me to find and copy what I

needed. And we had a good talk,

too.

I don‘t know how many high

schools have their own museum.

I doubt that there are many. But

for those of us who help people

tell the stories of their life, a

place like the Harbord Museum

is a repository of material that

helps to bring memoir and oral

history alive. And it tells its own

story. The fact that Harbord

alumnae are passionate enough

about their experience at Harbord

to support and maintain its mu-

seum speaks volumes about both

the institution and the people it

helped produce.

We invite you to have a look at a

clip from Faygie Buchman‘s

memoir as she talks about her

―idyllic‖ time at Harbord.

http://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=ga-zc6bBAN4

By Stephen Albert

Lifetime Memoirs

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Issue 64

A Poem by Willie Zimmerman

Page 12

SUSSURUS

The magic whisper of Sussurus seems

A hissing snake that slithers through the grass,

Her soothing, silken sound redeems

The solemn air from grating words that pass.

The gentle swaying chant assists fond sleep,

In songs and lags Sussurus reigns supreme,

A common word, with encompassing sweep,

She places in fair Beaclty‘s silver stream.

No lips can voice, nor flowing pen portray

The feeling of serenity and bliss

That steals upon the soul, a parting ray

Left by Sussurus with a tender kiss.

When soft Sussurus gaily meets the ear

No sweeter sound pervades the atmosphere.

By Willie Zimmerman at age 16, Harbord Review 1933

Above: Plaque on Harbord Museum

door.

You Said It!

Welcome to the

Harbordite‘s new

―You Said It!‖ sec-

tion where we post

your comments &

feedback on past

issues of the news-

letter.

Enjoy!


THE HARBORDITE

Wed. Nov 24, 2010 Hi, Ben, Sid, Belinda and the other organizers of the Home-coming,

Appreciate all the work you put into making the day nostalgic and fun. We especially enjoyed talking to the Grade 9 French class and seeing the auditorium again, and even though we didn’t see any alumni from our year, theres’s always next time!

Thank you again, Onward Harbord! Elaine Chin (nee mark) Class of ‘74 Sandra Brawley (nee Panza) Class of ‘74

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A Terrific Day!

To [email protected]

From: Harriet Szonyhi McFarlane

Dec 31, 2010

To: Organizers of the Open House,

What a terrific idea it was to organize this event.

MY classmate Lucy (Shifman) Sadowski, (class of ’57) and I, attended together and

were very impressed with the work you did in preparing for the open house, and the

welcoming attitude shown by every student we spoke to.

Lucy and I chatted with former teacher Wanda Krane, who told us how we could con-

tact one of our old teachers, Helen Bienosz. Our classmates were sorry we had not

been able to find her in time for our 50th reunion. But I am thrilled to say we will be

meeting Miss Bienosz in the new year.

Dear Harbordite editors:

I just received the latest issue of the Harbordite (Fall 2010) and want to thank you for keeping me in touch.

It was an interesting issue insofar as it featured my graduating year reunion, a re-union which I attended. That reunion gave me much pause for reflection and I wrote a short essay about it a few days later. I suspect that it is too long for use in the Harbordite and if it can't be used, that's all right; I really just wanted to get it off my chest, to give another Harbordian point of view, so to speak. Harold Strom, 1950

Issue 64

Please see Harold‘s essay on page 14.

mailto:[email protected]

A few days ago, I had occasion

to attend the 60th anniversary re-

union of my high school graduat-

ing class. I have attended other

reunions before, notably the 50th

reunion of my university gradu-

ating class and both the 50th of

my high school class and the

100th of my school, Harbord Col-

legiate Institute. None of those

earlier occasions had the same

impact on my consciousness as

this one did, however. Maybe it

was the product of being in the

company of so many 80-year

olds who, for at least one brief

moment of time, shared a com-

mon experience, or the natural

increase of sentimentality that

accompanies the aging process,

but this particular event sparked

a huge spasm of reflection and

introspection in me.

As luck would have it, I

sat next to a classmate, Jerry Ro-

tenberg, of whom I had no recol-

lection whatsoever. I‘m also cer-

tain he didn‘t remember me.

However, as we chatted, remi-

niscing a little about Harbord but

mostly talking of what we had

become since our high school

days, I was struck by how much

we were affected by our early

education. He told me a fairly

compelling story of his profes-

sional life as a pharmacist and

the success he had had in writing

several important texts on drug

reactions as well as editing the

Canadian Pharmaceutical Com-

pendium. I was impressed, but

when he mentioned how a

teacher at Harbord (whose name

I don‘t remember) had, extra-

curricularly, encouraged him in

his writing, I was somewhat sad-

dened and envious, for my ex-

perience at Harbord was entirely

devoid of such scholastic experi-

ences.

Unlike many of my fel-

low graduates who remember

their time under the copper roofs

of HCI as perhaps the best and

most fulfilling time of their lives,

I only look at those years as

something to have been gotten

through before my life was to

begin in earnest. I don‘t think it

was Harbord‘s fault that I didn‘t

have such a good time there be-

cause Harbord certainly gave us

all an equal opportunity to par-

ticipate in all its activities, but

somehow I fell through its

cracks.

I entered Harbord as a

just-turned 13-year old in 1945,

the result of having been ad-

vanced a grade in my public

school. I was never told the rea-

sons for my advancement — it

was certainly neither in my nor

my family‘s temperament to

push for such a thing — but per-

haps it had to do with my stellar

performance in Mr. Shunk‘s

grade 6 class. I was very small of

stature since I had probably not

yet entered puberty. I don‘t think

I was ever bullied because of my

size but I do remember being

teased, although that teasing was

neither cruel nor long-lasting.

Being small meant that I

was not encouraged to enter

sports, an avoidance which per-

sisted throughout my time as a

high school student. I was also

extraordinarily shy and felt the

safest position to assume was to

keep my head down and avoid

calling undue attention to myself.

Harbord was a beehive of

extra-curricular activities; in ad-

dition to the usual sports of foot-

ball and basketball, there were

debating clubs, stamp clubs,

chess, fencing, shooting, writing

for the school magazine, and

many other such after-school ac-

tivities. And of course, there was

the honoured Harbord tradition

of presenting Gilbert and Sulli-

van operettas which involved the

entire theatrical panoply of act-

ing, orchestra, costumes, staging,

make-up, front-of-house, etc.,

etc. I avoided them all.

One would think, there-

fore, that because I avoided al-

most all extra-curricular activity,

I probably excelled scholasti-

cally. Alas, that was not the case.

I was an OK student but certainly

well south of outstanding. I made


How Harbord Collegiate Made Me - Harold Strom


it a matter of policy (whether

consciously or not — I have no

idea) to remain as inconspicuous

in class as I was on the playing

field. At this I succeeded.

Teachers did not notice

me; they did not give me any ex-

tra attention or offer any addi-

tional help. I dutifully did my

homework, answered a sufficient

number of questions in class, did

well enough in my tests and ex-

ams and never made a nuisance

of myself.

So, did my school fail me

by ignoring me? I don‘t think so.

One cannot put the blame on an

institution that deals with hun-

dreds of students with multiple

needs in a never-ending flow of

individuals through its doors. I

am willing to admit that almost

all the blame lies with me: I was

not exceptional; I was retiring; I

did not take advantage of the op-

portunities presented by my envi-

ronment; I did not seek teachers‘

help when something was both-

ering me or when I didn‘t under-

stand something. How could they

be expected to take note when I

deliberately avoided being no-

ticed?

I got enough intellectual

nurture, I think, by being in the

pervasive atmosphere of learning

that was fostered by the institu-

tion‘s attempt to instill academic

excellence in its student body.

The teachers were, by and large,

good; some were excellent and

many were eccentric enough to

make them interesting. I think I got

a good education although, when I

came to do a little writing later in

life, I found that I was sadly defi-

cient in knowledge of grammatical

structure.

But — I guess you ex-

pected a ―but‖, didn‘t you? — in

one important aspect of my early

life, Harbord completely failed me:

For reasons I do not understand

(since there were plenty of girls

around), I was placed in all-boys‘

classes from grade IX to grade XII.

As a consequence, I was deprived

of the immediate, basic social

benefits that mixing genders

brings. Since I was already socially

inept and did nothing much outside

the classroom, my chances for so-

cial interaction with girls were se-

riously curtailed. I believe this

situation somewhat retarded my

social development. Although it

didn‘t ultimately cripple my social

life, it did delay it at a critical de-

velopmental stage in my life. I did

not have any acquaintance with

girls in high school; I did not have

a girl friend; I did not enjoy the

socializing effect that girls have on

a group. Of course, once again,

most of the blame for not getting

more involved must devolve upon

me, but I think that the reduced

presence of girls played an impor-

tant role in that retardation.

As I said, while not stellar,

I was still a pretty good student. I

did not fail a single test or exami-

nation during my entire time at

high school through Grade XII. For

the most part, I avoided having to

write any examinations in June

since my Christmas and Easter

marks were sufficient to exempt

me. I was even good enough to be

promoted to an A class in grade

XIII (girls at last!). But in grade

XIII, things suddenly changed.

It must be remembered that

in the 1940s and 50s, no marks

achieved during the entire 13 or so

years of education mattered a damn

when it came to applying for admis-

sion to university. The only thing

that mattered were the results ob-

tained from a standardized set of

Departmental Examinations that

were provided by the province.

One‘s marks from these exams

were the sole criterion upon which

one‘s entire future depended, pro-

vided one was determined to be ac-

cepted at university. I knew I

wanted to go to university but I had

no real idea what I wanted to do

there; in the event, my choice of

career was to be totally dependent

on the level of achievement in those

cursed Examinations.

I did well up to grade XIII.

In that year, I encountered senior

Physics, a discipline that was to me

then a complete and total mystery

and remains so to this day. I simply

did not understand the concepts and

I had a teacher who paid absolutely

no attention to the lesser lights in

his class. Dr. Charles G. Fraser was

the consummate elitist; he liked and


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How Harbord Collegiate Made Me - Harold Strom

Continued...


helped only those who were bril-

liant enough not to need his help.

Dr. Charles G. Fraser, after all,

had written the textbook on

Physics, the one that was on the

syllabus of high schools through-

out the province. On my Christ-

mas exam, I got a mark of 40

(out of 100); at Easter, I im-

proved to 41. Needless to say, I

was staring at the complete fail-

ure of my future, for failing the

Departmental Physics exam

meant that I could not enter any

professional faculty and might

not even qualify for university

altogether.

Every grade XIII student

in the province in those days

spent the months of May and

June preparing for and writing

those examinations. I had to

write nine of them: three maths,

two sciences and two languages

(which were divided into gram-

mar and composition). Under the

circumstances, I was forced to

spend an inordinate time study-

ing Physics, to the detriment of

some of the other subjects. There

were two textbooks in Physics

which I only remember as being

red and green. As my only hope

of passing the Physics exam and

ultimately being accepted into

university, I sat down in early

June and memorized both the

green and the red book.

In the event, I did all right

in those exams. In those days be-

fore the inflation of marks, I got

three As, five Bs, and one C,

probably a B+ average. One of

those Bs, to my delight and per-

haps the everlasting chagrin of

Dr. Charles G. Fraser (if he no-

ticed at all), was in Senior Phys-

ics.

The exams were over by

mid-June and the marks set to

appear in mid-August. In those

days, quaintly, the results were

first printed in the Globe and

Mail so it is easy to imagine ex-

cited and unruly groups of 18-

year old students lining up at 10

pm outside some newspaper ki-

osk awaiting the early edition of

the G&M in which their future

prospects would be on show for

the entire world to see.

Then the scramble

started; there were only three

weeks between receipt of the

marks and the deadline for sub-

mission of applications to the

various faculties at the Univer-

sity of Toronto. Imagine if you

can, the pressure of determining

to which faculties to apply; their

only criterion of acceptance were

the marks you obtained in the

exams. You had no idea what

level of achievement was re-

quired for what faculty, so you

had to send out your applications

based upon presumed acceptabil-

ity, not necessarily on what you

wanted to study or what you

might want to be after gradua-

tion.

In the event, I applied for

Dentistry and Pharmacy. I didn‘t

want to be a doctor, and I knew,

in any case, that my marks would

not have been sufficient to get

into Medicine. As it turned out, I

was accepted at both and

plumped for Dentistry as being

the more prestigious.

I was one of 60 students

accepted into the Faculty of Den-

tistry in 1950. I was also one of

ten Jews accepted in that year:

there was an unpublicized quota

on Jewish students set each year

— they knew who was Jewish

because the application form de-

manded your religious affiliation.

So, clearly a B+ average was

good enough to be accepted. But

most startlingly, to be one of

only ten people of my faith in the

entire province (I think Toronto

was the only Dental Faculty in

the province at that time) to be

accepted was pretty heady stuff,

although I didn‘t think of it in

those terms at that time.

So, who do I have to

thank for that success? Why,

Harbord, of course. Clearly, Har


bord made me, although I didn‘t

realize until several years into

my dental course work that I

should probably have opted for a

different path; since I was barely

18 years old and a total innocent,

I probably would have profited

more from a General Arts educa-

tion and then, when I was a little

older, more experienced and per-

haps wiser, I could have made a

more informed decision as to

what I wanted to be.

I doubt that I shall be go-

ing to any more reunions; I lack

the requisite rah-rah, sentimental

spirit that is necessary to fully

enjoy them, but I am grateful for

this one. I needed to put my Har-

bord experiences into perspective

and while they weren‘t all posi-

tive experiences, at least I can

conclude that Harbord served me

well.

By Harold Strom ,

Class of 1950

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Harbord Collegiate is the Har-

bord Club and the Harbord Club

is Willie Zimmerman. No per-

son has ever, or will ever, per-

sonify the love for his high

school that was found in the

personality of Willie.

I met Willie originally through

my connection with the York

Racquets tennis club of which

Willie was also a member.

When he found out that I had

attended Harbord he quickly

asked me to join his newly

founded club which he started

with fellow graduates Ken Pren-

tice and Julius Molinaro. I was

like most of the other members,

not very active.

The Harbord Club was respon-

sible for putting out ―The Har-

bordite‖, an alumni magazine

following the careers and activi-

ties of the graduates, as well as

starting a school museum which

was completely unique for a

Canadian high school .

The three graduates had a great

influence on the 75th and the

100th re-unions of the school.

Starting the Harbord Foundation

was a brilliant piece of work

which allows the Harbord club

the ability to give out up to

$15,000 in scholarships to the

students every year.

I became more involved with the

club because it helped me to or-

ganize the 50 year re-union for

our class, the class of 1950.

When our re-union was over

Willie asked me to get more in-

volved.. He was getting old and

was unable to come down to the

Collegiate. As I recall, Julius

used to pick up Willie and bring

him to the school. When even

that was not possible, he insisted

I come to his house regularly to

fill him in with all the Harbord

news. No detail was too small.

He wanted to be in the know on

everything.

The legacy of Willie Zimmer-

man will live on forever in what

he accomplished for the students

of Harbord Collegiate and for the

Collegiate itself.

By Murray Rubin, Class of ‘50

Willie Zimmerman - One of a Kind!

Photo Highlights from the First Ever Harbord

Homecoming on Nov 24,2010!


Right - Alumni signing the Homecoming

guestbook.

Left - 60‘s memories of Harbord

sports teams.

Left - Harbord Homecoming

Welcome banner in the main

gym!

Issue 64 Page 19

Left & Below - Celebrating the 60‘s

Flower Power and Fashions.

Right - Alumni

group photo at

Homecoming

Cake cutting

ceremony!


Right - 1960‘s Wall of Fame!

Left - Current Harbord student,

Alexcia checking out the 60‘s Grad

wall.

Left - 60‘s

Alumni at the

Cake cutting

ceremony!

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Left - Alumna

Sierra Medeiros-

Felix singing

Nancy Sinatra‘s

hit, ―These boots

are made for

Walking‖

Right - Current

student Julian

Lee, sang and

played his guitar

to the Beatles hits.

Above - Harbord Cheerleaders of past years, Sierra, Sofia & Diana and current Harbord

Tiger mascot Ishmael performed Cheers and lead the singing of Harbord‘s School song,

―Onward Harbord!‖


Above - the Harbord

Senior Band played

some awesome 60‘s

tunes!

Right - V.P.Gladstone

with Harbordites

Julian, Will & Sierra

who showed us their

musical talents.

Left - Alumni visiting the

Harbord Museum

Right - Sydney Moscoe, Harbord Club Director

and Currator of the Harbord Museum.

(See Museum Musings on page 5)

Issue 64 Page 23

Left - Alum James Lam

talking to current students

in one of the many Alumni

Class visits.


Left - Current Teacher and Alumna Belinda

Medeiros-Felix dressed up for the day in original 60‘s

fashion!

Left & Above - Students Deneisha & Eartha

joined the occasion by dressing up in 60‘s

attire.

Issue 64 Page 25

Left - Students Stephanie & Sura visited

the First Ever Harbord Homecoming!

Above - Alumni reconnect at the

Homecoming!

Left - 60‘s Alumni couple cutting

the Homecoming 1960‘s cake at

the closing ceremony.

Issue 64 Page 25

Right - Friends reconnecting at the

Homecoming!

Below - Schedule of Homecoming

day‘s events.

Bottom Right - 1960 ―Please Don‘t

Eat the Daisies‖ movie poster.

Left - Class of 1978 Alumni:

Left to right, Sid Ingham,

Walter Low, Ben Lee and

Joe Woo


Issue 64 Page 27

Left - Memories of

past Harbord

Sports Teams &

Cheerleaders!

Below - 1960‘s

Harbord Staff

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Willie Zimmerman’s Collage of Cards

Above photo - Left front: Zack (Willie‘s Grandson), Left middle: Michael (Willie‘s Son), Left

rear: John(Willie‘s Son in law), Middle: Willie Zimmerman, Right: Kaili (Willie;s Granddaugh-

ter) enjoying a family dinner! Willie would hand these Cards to friends and customers alike.

Page 29

Top Left Photo - Willie and Wife to be Gerry, Top Right - Willie, Gerry & Grandchildren: Kaili,

Karina and Zack.

Middle Photo - Willie and daughter Sarilyn

Bottom Photo - Gerry. Mama Bidnowitz (mother in law) and Willie

Issue 64


In Memoriam...

Dr. Winnifred (Winnie) Alston, died in England on Dec 27, 2010 at the age of 96.

She was a Greek & Latin teacher at Harbord C.I. from 1945-1968.

Sydney Faibish, died on February 27, 2011. He graduated from Harbord C.I. in 1925.

Willie Zimmerman, 1916 - 2011 (Please see Cover Story), Class of 1933.

Willie was one of the founders of the Harbord Charitable Foundation, the Harbord Club, the Harbordite newsletter, and the Harbord Museum. He was the original “Mr. Har-

bord”.

Introducing Two NEW Harbord Club Board of Directors and a

Student Contact,,,

Sierra Medeiros-Felix , Class of

2010. Sierra is currently taking

a year off from Brock U. to pur-

sue her musical endeavours.

She is working towards getting

a demo completed in hopes of

being signed by a record com-

pany. She is very happy to be a

part of the Harbord Club direc-

torate.

India Annamanthadoo is the cur-

rent Student Rep. for the Harbord

Club. As a grade 10 student, India

is passionate about the history of

Harbord and enjoys volunteering

weekly at the Harbord Museum.

She hopes to remain actively in-

volved in the Harbord Club for

the rest of her life.

Vasan Persad, Class of 1994. Va-

san is currently on staff at Har-

bord as a teacher of Science and

Mathematics. After he graduated

from Harbord, he went on to the

University of Toronto where he

obtained his Hons. B.Sc., B.Ed.,

M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Neuroscience.

Vasan is a proud Director of the

Harbord Club and a true Harbord-

ite at heart. He thinks of Harbord

as a very special place and always

refers to it as his second home.

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Introducing the NEW Harbord Club BLOG ! - Sid Ingham

The Harbord Club website inter-

face is getting a makeover. The

original content has not changed

but the face of the opening page

now begins with the blog. Our

goal was not to perform any re-

constructive surgery to an al-

ready comprehensive catalogue

of information but to tweak it in

a way that provides a interactive

platform for the students, staff

and alumni of our

cherished school.

The blog is still in the beta form

and is not the finished product.

The current picture and graphics

will be changed and upgraded as

well as the layout of the blog,

which of course will depend on

regular content and contribu-

tions. The original web page is

now listed under the tab labeled

Harbord Club. To get back to the

home page from the original web

page, click on the blog/news tab.

The blog will serve as a means

of becoming a forum for greater

connectedness for the extended

Harbord C.I. community. Dis-

connectedness is a fact of life,

which may explain in part the

extensive popularity of current

social networking sites.

This blog is not to recreate a so-

cial networking site but a forum

for the Harbord C.I. community.

The issues that we face are com-

plex and diverse. When we share

struggles, doubts and anxieties

and celebrations, the more we

connect with those who share

our joys and our pains. In other

words, we need the counsel and

wisdom of those who have

walked the walk and now share

in the talk..

The Homecoming last year gave

us a glimpse of what shared

community is like. Guidance

counsellor Sue Lang Wong along

with the help of numerous Har-

bord teachers organized and

staged informal in-class student/

alumni question and answer ses-

sions. Despite the turnout, the

encounters between the current

students and the alumni provided

a forum of dialogue and engage-

ment for the alumni, teachers and

students.

It is our hope that the blog will

serve as a forum for more fre-

quent and up to date information

about what is going on in the

school as well as issues confront-

ing our staff, students and

alumni.

We are looking for enthusiastic

contributors and partners with a

passion to serve the greater Har-

bord community in print. Ideally

to write for and share news and

people stories that inspire, in-

trigue and captivate the mind

and heart of our readers and fol-

lowers. Our contributors would

be, but not limited to the execu-

tive of the Harbord Club, the stu-

dent council president, the

leader of the Boys Athletic As-

sociation/ Girls Athletic Asso-

ciation, a representative from

each grade level, a rotation of a

series of staff members and a

diverse cross section of our

alumni. This proposed cross

section of our membership

would serve to broaden the

overall scope, personality and

direction of the blog and reflect

the diverse interests of the

greater Harbord community.

The benefit of the Harbord blog

is that it is easier to use and

manage without needing to

learn HTML, which is web

based programming language.

You will be updated on issues

and events on a much more fre-

quent basis than was the case

for the original Harbord Club

website as well as having an

immediate forum to post your

feedback.

Onward Harbord!

Sid Ingham

Issue 64

Issue 64 Page 32

Harbord C. I. 120th Birthday Bash

Celebrations!

April 26 & 27, 2012


MAKE SURE YOU SAVE THESE DATES!!!

APRIL 26TH AND 27TH, 2012...

The Harbord Club is hosting an event and wants you to

come celebrate with your Highschool classmates at...

***HCI's 120th Birthday Bash!!! ***

Here's a Sneak Peek:

Thursday April 26th, 2012

5:30- close

Dinner, Dance and Silent Auction

at Ambiance Catering and Banquet Hall

501 Alliance Ave.

Toronto, ON

$65. p.p. or $600. for a reserved table of 10

Tickets are limited

Friday April 27th, 2012

Harbord C.I. Open House

Time and Events TBA

**Invitations will be sent to your email address**

Www.harbordclub.com

For those of you who don’t live in the city, province or even the coun-

try, we are giving you plenty of time to organize your schedule and make

yourselves available for this extravagant event which can’t be missed.

Many of you attended the June 1981 event celebrating Harbord’s 90th

and many of you attended the May 1992 event celebrating Harbord’s

Centennial and now, twenty years later, we want you to be a part of

History; Come celebrate Harbord’s 120th! Invitations to follow if we

have your updated email address. (P.S. If you are in receipt of this

Harbordite via email, we have your updated info. Thanks!)

If you know of any Harbord grad who hasn’t yet submitted to us their

name, email address and grad year, tell them to let us know at

[email protected] This way, they will be added to the alumni

roster and not miss out on hearing of future events.

Issue 64 Page 33

mailto:[email protected]

Issue 64 Page 34

Harbord C. I. - Looking Forward To...


In this section, we will highlight school events that are upcoming

~May 26th-Athletic Banquet held at Revival

~May 31st- Multicultural Luncheon at HCI

~June 8th –Farewell Assembly and BBQ at HCI

~June 27th- Grade 12 Prom at Atlantis

~Fall of 2011- Unveiling of Plaque

~Commencement 2011 – Formally honouring Willie Zimmerman

Harbord Club Meets With Future Alumni !

Around noon hour on May 17th, some of the Har-

bord Club Directors met with the class of 2011 in

the school‘s auditorium to inform them of their

very important roles. As future HCI alumni, they

were informed about how valuable an asset the

Harbord Club would be to them and how they too

could be a part of history by lending a hand.

Thank you to all the students who attended and

submitted their email addresses. Once again, our

numbers are growing. These email addresses will

be added to the Harbord Club alumni roster and

these alumni will begin to receive their Harbord-

ites asap and all info on any important events!

Harbord Club Executive

President Emeritus - Murray Rubin -HCI-1950

President Pro-Tem - Syd Moscoe -HCI-1952

Harbordite Co-editors - Ben-1978 & Belinda-1981 -Staff

Director - Ben Lee -HCI-1978

Director - Sidney Ingham -HCI-1978

Director - Belinda Medeiros-Felix -HCI-1981 –Staff

Director - Helder Frizado -HCI-2009

Director - Diana Da Silva -HCI-2009

Director - Vasan Persad HCI-1994 - Staff

Director - Sierra Medeiros-Felix -HCI-2010

Student Representative - India Annamanthadoo - HCI-2013

Issue 64 Page 35

Please donate to the Harbord Club.

Charitable receipts are only issued for donations of

$50.00 and over. All cheques of $50.00 and over for

which a charitable receipt is required should be made

payable to "Harbord Charitable Foundation" and on

the face of the cheque in the Memo line insert the

words"For the Harbord Club" .

For any amount less than $50.00 or if a receipt is not

required please make cheque payable to "Harbord

Club" Thank You.

Harbordite Issue #64

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