Malvern Collegiate Institute Alumni Association

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NOTICE OF MRBS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Saturday 7 November 2015 at 1:00 p.m.

Who is going to carry on with the work of the MRBS? The future of the MRBS is at stake and will be affected by the election to be held at this meeting. Please consider volunteering for a position that will ensure the future of the MRBS.

In this issue Donna Halliday writes a tribute to the late Eddie Caterer: “Eddie Caterer passed away suddenly on Jan. 30, 2014. The service was at Calvary Baptist Church on Main Street, Toronto.  It was a wonderful tribute to Eddie, and the church was packed with family, friends, Malvernites, and Balmy Beach Club (B.B.C.) members.

The following is an essay written by a Malvern student, Will Pearson.

The sacrifice that soldiers make when they die for our freedom is one that can never be truly repaid. That people are willing to lay down their lives in defence of their country is something that cannot be taken for granted. Soldiers’ reasons for enlisting are likely to be as individual as each one. They might not even be fully understood by them, only that they are compelled to do so for one reason or another.

Girls and Women in Sports – Paula Warder

Last 11 November was Malvern’s Commencement as well as being Remembrance Day. The guest speaker of the event was Paula Fletcher, Malvern alumna, who in 2011 was given an award at the Canadian National Exhibition – the prestigious C.N.E. Medallion for outstanding contributions to sports at the C.N.E. The Malvern Red and Black Society is always pleased when one of our own is chosen, and we thought we would share her speech with you.

 I made a trip to Germany last April for a meeting in Hamburg, and the idea occurred to me that my husband and I could take the time to visit the graves of some Malvernites fallen in World War II. David Fuller, a Malvern parent who is researching the history of Malvern’s participation in both World Wars, gave me the names of four airmen who were buried in the Berlin War Cemetery along with just under 3500 others from Canada and other Commonwealth countries. 

President’s Message

A great deal has happened at Malvern since our last Musings was published in September 2010. We put out our appeal to you for donations to the Malvern C.I. War Memorial Restoration campaign, and funds started to slowly trickle in. We had planned to hold a Comedy Show in support of this campaign, but we had to cancel it because of slow ticket sales.