1. THE
HARBORDITE
Harbord Club Newsletter
Covers thru the Years!
Inside this issue:
Editorial
2
Museum
Musings
4
Myer Cohen, a
Hero &
Harbordite
6
Harbord
Wordsearch!
8
Commencement 10
Grads Gives
Thanks
16
Awards Assem- 35
bly Photos
2. Editorial: Message from Co-Editors
- Belinda Medeiros-Felix (‘81) & Ben Lee (‘78)
Hope you all have had a wonderfully enjoyable Summer
and Autumn and that you
have all kept well and
healthy since we last connected in the Spring!
September brought with it
the start of a brand new
school year, and as I entered the hallowed halls of
our fine school, I saw many a
new face eager to start
their high school career
here at Harbord C.I. and the
familiar yet more mature
faces of our returning students, busy planning the
year ahead! At our Welcome
Back BBQ, within the first
three weeks of school, it
was already evident that
Harbord’s reputation for exceptional school spirit would
be proudly upheld!
September also saw the return of our Harbord Club
monthly meetings. It was
nice to be back after a summer hiatus! We welcomed
Principal Meade to our first
meeting and let him in on
what we do and why we do it.
By the meeting’s end, several items on our ‘to-do’ list
had been accomplished, including finalizing our decision for Harbord’s first
120thScholarship Award winner. Both Syd Moscoe and I
had the pleasure of presenting the award to graduate
Julia Bamber at Commencement on October 25th.
As an editor of this newsletter, I cannot stress enough
how much we encourage and
are excited by an email, letter or package from our alum, addressed to the Harbord Club! We cherish the
bond that we have with our
Harbordite readers and appreciate it when you send us
your stories, so that we may,
in turn, share them with
others in the Harbordite.
We truly depend on your
communication, news and
stories to keep the newsletter thriving! I’d like to invite you to submit your ideas
and thoughts to us! It does
not need to take up too
much of your time. Just
send us a note to let us know
how you are and what you
are up to these days! We’d
love to hear about your career, travels, recent gatherings and/or celebrations.
Once received, it will be my
pleasure to add it to the
Harbordite!
I was happy to hear that
there has been recent interest& inquiries into our
school’s museum! The Harbord Museum continues to
be a showroom and source of
pride for generations of
Harbord students, past, present and future. People vis-
iting the school are always
intrigued to learn that we
have such a well-maintained
collection of our school’s
unique history displayed.
For those who have never
been to see the museum, we
encourage you to pop by for
a visit! Our ever-growing
archival collection includes
valuable records of facts,
anecdotes, biographies and
books along with treasured
photographs, artefacts and
trophies. Our most recent
addition has been our brand
new beautiful Harbord Club
120th Anniversary trophy.
We love our Museum and
find it only appropriate that
our monthly executive meetings be held there; a reminder of Harbord’s long standing school spirit and history!
As the eventful year of
2013 comes to a close, I’d
like to take a moment to
thank you, our readers, for
your continued support and
welcome you all to sit back
and read this issue of the
Harbordite with an air of
nostalgia, as you reminisce
through the good ‘ol days at
HCI. I’d also like to wish
you all the best for the Holiday Season!
With much good cheer from
us, your editors, and the
rest of the Harbord Club
Directors- Here’s to a fabu-
3. Editorial: Continued...
lous 2014!
-Belinda
Remembrance Day Assembly at Harbord C.I.
Photo above left:
Harbord Staff and Club Director Belinda Medeiros-Felix, Mr. Molinario (son of alum Julius) & Harbord Club’s Director
Syd Moscoe at the Harbord Remembrance Day Assembly on November 11, 2013.
Photo above right: WWI soldier statue outside Harbord C.I.
4. Museum Musings – Syd Moscoe
Museum Musings.
We welcome Cameron
McGlade Bouchard, Ben
Heywood McLeod and Kiera
Knight , all Grade 10 students and Julia Lam, Grade
12, as the newest members
of the Harbord Club Museum Volunteers.
They have taken over after
the graduation from H.C.I.
of India Annamanthadoo,
Rachel Fabbri and Claire
Shenstone Harris. India, Rachel, and Claire , as well as
being dedicated Museum volunteers for three years ,
had stellar careers as outstanding students, school
activity volunteers, and
award and scholarship winners while at Harbord. All
three won entrance scholarships to their respective
universities. India also
served as the student representative to the Harbord
Club. Julia Lam is this year’s
student representative.
Once again, as he has for
the last few years, Mr. Daniel Leblanc, History and
Math, has served as the
teacher advisor to the Harbord Club Museum Volunteers.
Going forward this year, we
have a number of projects
ahead of us. Cameron , Ben
and Julia were instrumental
in creating and carrying out
the program for Harbord’s
Remembrance Day Service.
Julius Molinaro , HCI 1936,
honored as our veteran for
his Second World War service. This Harbordite has a
separate article about Julius. It does bear repeating
that he, along with Ken Prentice, and Willie Zimmerman
were the original founders
of the Harbord Club, the
Harbord Charitable Foundation and The Harbordite.
Julius was editor of The
Harbordite for many years.
During the past summer,
with the active assistance of
Mr. Leblanc, we were able to
obtain the Canadian military
records of those Harbordites who gave their lives
in both World Wars. Our
project is to write a biography of each and post it on
the Harbord Club website to
be accompanied with the
photo of each from our Hall
of Memories which the volunteers scanned in last year
. Following this , it is our
hope, to create a book containing all this information
so it will be available to the
public visiting Harbord.
The Museum , has in the
past few months, received
old year books, school athletic clothing, crests and
awards , all of which we have
received with thanks and will
be further referred to in a
separate Museum newsletter
so as to give them their
proper due.
We have received many inquires about the availability
of copies of Harbord Reviews/Year Books for past
years. We do have some extras for some years between
the early 1980’s and mid
2000’s but it is hit and miss.
The Museum has copies for
all the years the Harbord
Review was published and
they can be viewed at the
Museum. For those who
would like a complete photocopy of a year book , there
would be a cost for photocopying and mailing . An estimate can be given when an
enquiry is received.
We recently received a request from a correspondent
5. Museum Musings – Continued...
in Dubuque, Iowa , for a photo of Lt. Irving Reider, HCI
1934, who gave his life in the
Second World War while
serving in the United States
Army air Corps .His military
records are not available in
Canada. This correspondent
will complete his biography
and provide us with a copy
for our Book of Memories.
The correspondent asked our
help in trying to locate a relative of his , Sheila Ginzler
Kieran , a writer, believed to
be living in the Toronto area.
If this name is known to you
or you know of her whereabouts , we would appreciate
her contacting us. It is our
hope to honour Lt. Reider in
our 2014 Remembrance Day
service.
We were also contacted by a
researcher doing work regarding the Black Watch
Regiment asking for information about Lt. Meyer Tutzer Cohen, who gave his life
in the First World War and
received the Military Cross
posthumously. The Toronto
Star of
November 16 ,
1917 reported
his
death
and that
he had
been
educated at
Harbord Collegiate. His name
does not appear on our records to date. He was the
third child of Moses Mark
Cohen and lived at 558 Huron
Street in or about the year
1915. If in fact he had attended Harbord, and we
would like more evidence,
then his name would have to
be added to the First World
War Honour Roll of Service
as well as to our monument
“Our Soldier”. Lt. Myer.T.
Cohen has been honoured
with a Star of David in a memorial window in the Church
of St. Andrew and St. Paul in
Montreal being the Regimental Church of The Black
Watch. This is in tribute to
the “memory of a gallant
young Jew who, in sharing
the high and chivalrous traditions of a proud and great
Regiment, gave all he had for
Canada”.
We would appreciate any
help in trying to establish
that Lt. Myer T. Cohen had in
fact attended Harbord Collegiate.
The Museum volunteers are
also working on a project to
highlight the musical life at
Harbord ,from the Gilbert &
Sullivan operettas, the orchestra and choir recordings
to the Harbordites who made
their mark on the Canadian
and world music stage.
To that end we could use
help in transferring from
33rpm to CD the Harbord
Orchestra and the Harbord
choir recordings. Is there
anyone out there who can
help us in this endeavour?
On a personal note, I am
pleased to report that I am
entering my 11th year as your
Museum curator. It never
ceases to amaze me that after all these years I continue
to discover new items in our
Museum.
- Syd Moscoe
6. Museum Musings – Continued...
Lieut. Myer Cohen, 1984 - 1917, Canadian
War Hero, and a Harbordite
The following is an excerpt
taken from an email sent to
the Harbord Club from Mr.
Earl Chapman, an Historian
At The Black Watch (RHR)
of Canada, based in Montreal.
Myer Tutzer Cohen attended the Harbord Collegiate
Institute, his attendance
at Harbord was noted in
the Toronto Daily Star on
16th of November 1917 under the byline "Lieut. Cohen
Killed." I have attached a
copy. I
have also attached a photo
of Myer.
Myer Cohen was born in Toronto on 21 December
1894, the 3rd of five children born to Moses Mark
Cohen, formerly of Staten
Island, New York. His
mother was Anna Goslar,
formerly of Hanover, Germany. He attended Holy
Blossom Synagogue on
Bathurst Street.
Myer enlisted in the 77th
Wentworth Regiment as a
lieutenant, and on 20
November 1915 he volunteered
for overseas service with the
newly-raised 129th
(Wentworth) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. While
7. Lieut. Myer Cohen, continued...
in England, he
transferred over to the
42nd Battalion, one of three
service battalions raised for
overseas service by the 5th
Regiment, Royal Highlanders
of Canada (today's Black
Watch of Canada).
He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry on
19th of October 1917. Unfortunately, his Military
Cross was awarded posthumously, his grieving father
accepting the award at Government House in Toronto
on 19th of April 1918. I
have a copy of his official
citation as published in the
London Gazette and could
send it along if you are interested. Myer lost his life
on 3 November 1917 during
the battle of Passchendaele.
Myer's service is commemorated in the Church of St.
Andrew and St. Paul in Montreal,
the Regimental Church of
The Black Watch of Canada.
The church features a magnificent memorial window,
said to be one of the finest
in Canada, which was dedicated to the 42nd Battalion.
In the window, above the
head of David, the Warrior
King, is a six-pointed Star
of David inserted in honour
of Lieutenant Cohen - a
tribute to the "memory of a
gallant young Jew who, in sharing the high and chivalrous
traditions of a proud and great
Regiment, gave all he had for
Canada."
I do hope you can track down
his attendance at Harbord and
add his name to your Memorial
Roll.
By the way, my research shows
that 1,682 Jewish men served
in the Canadian
Expeditionary Force during
World War One. of which 98
were commissioned officers.
Based on the book by
Gerard Tulchinsky,
Canada's Jews: A People's Journey
(Toronto, 2008), 123
died and 76 were decorated for acts of bravery.
8. Fun with Harbord Wordsearch!
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16. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
17. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club 120th Anniversary
Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Julia Bamber
18. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
India Annamanthadoo
19. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Jeremy Li
20. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Sadie McInnes
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Sadie is also the winner of these other Harbord Club Awards:
Maxwell Goldhar Award
Roberto Machado Award
Bright Penny Award
And a non-Harbord Club Award,
The Scace Loran Scholar Award, worth $80,000 for being
the “All-around exceptional student”
Congratulations!
21. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Michael Woloszyn
Mohamed
22. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Raihan Hussain
23. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Ariane Julien
24. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Andre Damata
25. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Julian Iacobelli
26. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Dora Petropoulos
27. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Veronica Allen
Mohamed
28. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Madeline Tedesco
29. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Allison Ariganello
Mohamed
30. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Elliott Gallagher-Doucette
31. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club 120th Anniversary
Award Winner Gives Thanks! - Emily Brown Gibson
32. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Cole Barkman
33. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Tracy Lutete
34. 2013 Grad & Harbord Club Award Winner Gives Thanks!
- Cassia Monteiro
35. Photo Highlights from Awards Ceremony
November 2013
This page clockwise from
Top:
1. Platform Party
2. Principal Vince Mead
addresses the Grads
3. Dr. Persad announces
Harbord Club Award winner Tristan Morris
4. Dr. Persad announces
Harbord Club Award winner Mimi Santano
5. Murray Rubin of the
Harbord Charitable Foundation,
36. Clockwise from Top-Left:
Some of the 74 Harbord Club Scholarships presented to Award winning students:
1. Mr. Steele presents to Mei Hung. 2. Mr. Gacich presents to Ginger Howard. 3. Dr. Persad
presents to Lydia Wong. 4. Dr. Persad presents to Victoria Lee. 5. Dr. Persad presents to Pasc
ale Walters. 6. Mr. Gacich presents to Cleo Davies-Chalmers
37. Class of ‘52 - 60th Reunion Photos
To fellow Harbordites
The HCI class of 1952 60th Reunion photos are available on
the Harbord Club website.
To view it click on the link below:
http://harbordclub.com/blog/2012/11/05/photos-harbordreunion-at-the-donalda-club/
38. Joanne Sallay’s weekly education column for the
Village Living Magazine re. Harbord C.I.
A Trip Back to High School
my former music teacher.
to present the Albert
“Tubby” Cole Award in honour
of her
In last week’s column the fo- I often like to write about
late husband, a graduate from
cus was fundraising for chari- teachable moments for stuthe class of 1945. When I
ty and how this can present
dents. However, last Friday
asked Ellen her motivation,
learning opportunities for
I experienced a teachable
students. To continue on this moment. It was incredible to she answered that this is
theme of philanthropy I will
see the philanthropy censomething he would have
share my journey back to high tered on high school comliked. It was all too approprischool. And not undercover
mencements. In addition to
ate as Albert was a star athlike in the classic Drew Barry- many non-profit awards from lete, and his scholarship is anmore film Never Been Kissed. organizations like The Cornually awarded to a male
sage Project, I was amazed
student for athletic excelto see the number of alumni
lence. The perfect tribute to
Last Friday I was invited to
present The Corsage Project
scholarships, many in memory ensure his legacy lives on.
Community Award at the
of family members who had
Donating funds for educationonce attended the school.
al scholarships is an important
Harbord Collegiate Institute
way to give back to the local
121st annual commencement.
community, and to help our
It was quite special to preIn this instance, Harbord is a students build their futures
sent one week after particischool rich in history with a
at the same time.
pating in the Scotiabank
very active graduate netCharity Challenge, as financial work. Through the Harbord
Acscholarships are one of the
Club, alumni donate funds tomain allocations of the funds
wards student scholarships
we raise. Our committee
where winners are chosen by
presented awards this same
the teachers.
day at other TDSB high
school convocations including
Jarvis CI and West Humber
"Our grads remember where
CI to students engaged in im- they were made who they are
proving their communities.
today; and they give back to
Sitting on the stage watching the school that made them
the students receive their
great," explained Murray Ruawards and diplomas I was
bin, alumni, speaking with
hit by a wave of nostalgia.
Principal Meade before comAlthough a graduate of
mencement.
YRDSB, I could not help but
cording to Principal Meade,
reflect back to my own com“In a world where many teens
To highlight one of many
mencement. I was even taphave so much adversity to
unique stories, Ellen Cole, a
ping my foot along with the
proud Harbord alumna, was in overcome, graduation is a speband as they played Skyfall”.
cial time when the community
I thank Mrs. Harvey for that, attendance. She was there
39. comes together to celebrate
the successes of the teens and
the community that supported
them.”
To end on a school cheer,
“Onward Habord, Onward Harbord, On to victory!”
By Joanne Sallay
Teachers on Call Inc.
www.teachersoncall.ca
A special thanks to Joanne and
this complete article can be
found at
http://villagelivingmagazine.ca
/teach-me-tuesdays/
Congratulations to the former Principal of
Harbord C.I., Mr. Rodrigo Fuentes
Please note the following omission from the last Harbordite:
Rodrigo Fuentes (Harbord's former principal) is now the Central Coordinating Principal of
Continuing and International Education for TDSB.
Reminiscing… 1930s Operetta at Harbord
C.I. !
While reminiscing through past Harbordites and reading articles on the internet
about Harbord, I came across this gem. Check out this url:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeuOamOgA74
It dates back to about 1938 or 1939. An Operetta in our very own Harbord auditorium.
This film was shot in 16mm film by alum Israel Shopsowitz and sent to us courtesy of his
daughter Karen. For identification purposes you can note the time indicated in the video for
the scene and tell us their name. We'd like to publish info if we receive it.
- Belinda
40. The Onward Harbord Song!
Onward Harbord is Harbord C.I.'s official school song.
It is sung along with the school band playing at the same time. Upon completion
of the song, everyone yells out, "One more time!" The song begins once again,
getting sung twice. The school song is sung after every assembly and special
event. I know you haven’t forgotten the lyrics but here they are just the same:
Onward Harbord,
Onward Harbord,
On to victory!
The orange and black
are on the track,
We pledge our loyalty.
Rah! Rah! Rah!
With a Virtus et Doctrina
We will reach our goal.
And yours will be eternally
The spirit we uphold.
“Virtus et Doctrina
Is our battle cry.
We shout and fight for
the orange and black
And the honour of
H.C.I.
Sha-boom-Hey!
Sha-boom-Hey!
Sha-boom-boom-bah!
Hey Harbord!
Hey Harbord!
Hey! Rah! Rah! Rah!
Yea Harbord!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Gr-r-reat!
41. Harbord C. I. - Looking Forward To...
In this section, we highlight school events that are upcoming
~ Dec 19th - Holiday Assembly
~ Dec 21st to Jan 5th - Holiday Break
~ Feb 17th - Family Day
~ Mar 8th - 16th - March Break
~ Jun 7th - Last Day of Classes, Farewell Assembly, SAC BBQ
~ Jun 25th - PROM
2013 Annual Meeting of the Harbord
Charitable Foundation
Peter Miller, Treasurer of the Harbord Charitable Foundation, is pleased to announce that
this year the Foundation paid out $7,760.00 in 74 scholastic awards at the Commencement
exercises and the Awards Assembly. These are funds earned from money donated over the
years by former students , teachers and friends of Harbord Collegiate establishing scholarships and awards.
The Harbord Charitable Foundation announces that its Annual General Meeting for presenting its Annual Report and election of Officers took place on Friday December 20, 2013
at 10.00 am in the Museum at Harbord Collegiate .
42. Special Thanks to the Harbord Club from 120th
Anniversary Award recipient Julia Bamber
Page 42
43. Why a Harbord Club?
#1. To establish and maintain a sense of common
identity among former students and teachers of
the school
#2. To share news from Harbordites everywhere
#3. To provide funds for prizes, awards and
scholarships in all grades of the school
#4. To promote school spirit and pride in the students through historical knowledge
#5. To collect, preserve and display the school's
historical photographs, papers and artefacts
#6. To assist in class reunions and annual homecoming events
Contact us:
on Facebook - Harbord C.I. grads/alumni
via Email - harbordcelebration@live.ca
or - contact@harbordclub.com
44. Harbord Club Executive
President Emeritus - Murray Rubin -HCI-1950
President Pro-Tem - Syd Moscoe -HCI-1952
Wishing Everyone the
Best of the Holidays!
Harbordite Co-editors - Ben-1978 & Belinda-1981 Director - Ben Lee -HCI-1978
Director - Sidney Ingham -HCI-1978
Director - Belinda Medeiros-Felix -HCI-1981 –Staff
Director - Vasan Persad HCI-1994 - Staff
Director - Diana Da Silva -HCI-2009
Director - Sierra Medeiros-Felix -HCI-2010
Director - Harvey Mandel -HCI-1964
Student Representative - Julia Lam - HCI-2014
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.
Staff
