Howard Young:  

Life I have lived my entire life in the Province of Ontario, Canada. I spent my early years split between the Lakehead (Port Arthur) and Guelph. When I was 10 we moved to Kirkland Lake, where I attended Grade 5, (Mrs. Hardy's class, I believe). I would like to correspond with anyone else who attended that class. Then we moved to Hamilton, where I took my remaining 3 years of public school at Adelaide Hoodless School. I took my grades 9 and 10 at Delta. Just prior to my attendance there it was known as Delta Collegiate Institute, but in 1951 the name changed to Delta Secondary School. In the summer of 1953 we moved to Amherstburg, where I took my last 3 years of high school at Amherst High School (also known as General Amherst High School) and I graduated from Grade 13 in June of 1956. The Principal at that time was W.K. Sidey, and the Vice-Principal, (in charge of all the vices) was Phillip Gibb. At Amherst High, I would be best remembered perhaps, as the dashing and handsome Cadet Lieutenant, who commanded the Flag Party for our annual cadet inspection. The RSM (George Makra) told me that he used the Flag Party as the basis to position (dress) the entire regiment on the parade square. I then devised methods to align the Flag Party perfectly and properly on the parade square. Then when the RSM dressed the parade, everybody looked good. The entire regiment really put their collective heart into their marching that day, and we had a super inspection. We won the Strathcona Trophy for that inspection, and all officers received a commemorative jacket crest. I'm no longer dashing and handsome, but ...Expand for more