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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2008.048.002

Title

Panoramic photograph of the Langley High School Maids of Hamlin cast 1949.

Date

1949.

Description

Panoramic photograph of the Langley High School Maids of Hamlin cast in March 1949 at the Langley Theatre. On stage (left to right): Unknown, Dave Gooden (grade 11), Rosalea Fletcher (grade 11), unknown, Bill Morrow (grade 11), Rita Braun, Roy Urquhart (grade 12), Ken Robinson or Ron Bouchard, Kathy Tench (grade 12), Louise Hurshman, Scotty Steven, Evelyn Geertz, Ken Robinson?, unknown, Gladys Butler (grade 11 - blossom), Margaret Sampson (blossom), Helen Rhodes (blossom), Janet McBeth (grade 12 - blossom), Grace Curle (grade 11 - blossom). In orchestra (left to right): Mrs. Beadle or Betty Cox (pianist - only the back of her head is shown), Betty Smith (grade 12, stage manager), Aleta Dinwoodie (violin), Margaret Dinwoodie (violin), Hugh McDonald (grade 12, violin), Bob Dyck (violin), Vivian Stromsten (grade 11, violin), Barbara Loucks (grade 12, violin), Verna Hussey (teacher, violin), Evelyn Packard (graduate 1938, violin), Hazel Harding (graduate 1938, violin), Doreen Stromsten (violin), Elaine McDonald (violin), Malcom McDonald (grade 12, cello), Bob Beatty (cello), Merle Miller (string bass), Leo Muir (sousaphone).

People/Subject

Beadle, Mrs.

Taught at Langley High School in 1949.

Beatty, Bob

Attended Langley High School in 1949.

Bouchard, Ron

Attended Langley High School in 1949.

Braun, Rita

Attended Langley High School in 1949.

Butler, Gladys

Born in approx 1932. Attended Langley High School in 1949.

Carle, Grace

Attended Langley High School in 1949 (grade 11).

Cox, Betty

Betty Jean Hathaway was born March 19, 1924 in London, Ontario. She met Frederick J. J. Cox, the Langley Advance master printer publisher when he was serving in the RCAF. They married at the First United Church in St. Thomas, Ontario on December 28, 1945. They left to make their home in Langley Prairie in January 1946. The couple had two children, Linda and Kevin. Betty passed away on September 6, 2013.

Dinwoodie, Aleta

Attended Langley High School in 1949.

Dinwoodie, Margaret

Attended Langley High School in 1949.

Dyck, Bob

Attended Langley High School in 1949.

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