Special Friends and Visiting Dignitaries

The Riverdale Class of 75 welcomes some very special guests to these pages..

 
 



David Langlands
dlanglands@hfx.eastlink.ca
I left Riverdale in 74, went on to Monklands HS for 75, joined the CAF.. retired (medical) in 89 after serving in both the Artillery and as an Air Traffic Controller. Went to Dalhousie and only graduated in 2001. Am a member of ACTRA as well as a grip (movie thing) you may have seen me on a few films, but no big roles... I'd like to say hi to Ann Ast... Live in a little village on the south shore of Nova Scotia....

Marj Hibberd - hibberd@attcanada.ca

Former teacher at Riverdale, living near Kingston, married 46 years, two fabulous kids - Jill and Robin. Hi everybody.

 

Evelyn Bose - evelynjrobinson@yahoo.ca

I'm not a grad of 75, but I like your site. Well done. Grad of 77.

   


John Salvis Grad 1966

 After
graduating in 66 and again in 67 - if you know what I mean, I returned to Riverdale in the early 70's and worked with Rhodes Oulton and Doug Hall to bring community youth workers into the school.
 You (Grads of 77) may be a little young to remember the transition from Bobby Vinton to the Beatles and Rolling Stones but these were times of incredible change.
After returning from some international travel in '68, I approached the West Island YMCA to help establish a variety of community based youth services including high school based Peer-to-Peer youth Counseling and Student Information Resource Centres at RHS and Pierrefonds Comprehensive HS.  These were interesting times. Some notable personalities that became involved in the North Shore Youth Services project include,
Russ Williams - now Provincial MLA for Nelligan Riding http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/wilr1.html,
Alan Fryer, CTV Bureau Chief - Washington,
and
Gary Maavara
, Senior Vice President CanWest Interactive... the guy who invented "Canada.com."
  Beyond running a few memorable events from student career nights at PCHS, student conferences on change and development at RHS and all student seminars on youth sexuality and disease control, probably the most memorable event we sponsored was bringing a number of high profile rock groups to the Pierrefonds arena - including a group called, "Eagles". It was a great show and a rehearsal for their 1st North American tour. These were amazing times.

The 30 Year North Shore Youth Services Reunion WebSite: (Great pages!-ed) http://members.rogers.com/jsalvis/NSYS/NSYS-ind.htm
Johns Personal Site :
http://members.rogers.com/jsalvis/index.html
Dollard Daze 2202 -RHS Grads of `66-67 WebSite:
http://members.rogers.com/csalvis/D-DAZE-01.html
E-Mail: jsalvis@rogers.com

   
Sandy Roth, Grad of 74
- terryrpw@colba.net

Thanks for stoppin' in, Sandy!
   
Heather in 1976


Heather (Hepburn) Simpson
alan4@sympatico.ca


I just found the "Class of '75" website and had a major trip down memory lane. I left Montreal in 1969, but a lot of my former classmates from Roxboro Elementary appear on your list. I'm living in Toronto with my husband and 2 boys (ages 8 and 12) and would love to hear from anyone who remembers me from Roxboro Elementary. I would have been a Riverdale graduate in the class of '75, had I not left town.
My older sister attended Riverdale for a couple of years (maybe 1967 - 69?) and would have graduated in 1971.
Once again, thanks for a fabulous trip down memory lane. I even visited all the pages in the yearbook, and wondered which clubs I might have participated in if I'd stayed.


Heather as she appeared in 1968, while attending Roxboro Elementary School.
Heather relaxes with her family in 1998

 
 

James Nolan
james.nolan@usask.ca

James was editor of the '81 Olympiad and recently visited the site.
He and Bev live on the Prairies in Saskatoon; James is a professor at the University of Saskatchewan and Bev works raising money for the University.
It was great having you stop by, James!