harbordite issue #66

THE HARBORDITE Harbord Club Newsletter published twice a

year for former students and staff of Harbord

Collegiate Institute

Harbord’s 120th Birthday Bash on April

26th & 27th, 2012... All are welcome!

Greetings fellow

Harbordites:

We have Great News to

share with you!

In just over a month

from now, this upcom-

ing April 2012, Harbord

Collegiate will be turn-

ing 120 years old and

many of you will be

sharing in the celebra-

tions. The festivities

will take place over two

days.

A gala dinner banquet

will be held at the

Ambiance Banquet Hall

on the evening of

Thursday April 26, be-

ginning at 5:30pm.

If you haven’t yet

bought your ticket, re-

member, registration is

required, see page 3 for

invitation...

A fabulous evening of

Entertainment,

Speeches, Silent Auc-

tion, 50/50 draw, Danc-

ing, Photo Ops, Social-

izing and Birthday Cake

is in store for us with the

expertise of event coor-

dinators - Once Upon An

Occasion.

The following day, Fri-

day, April 27, there will

be an Open House at the

school, beginning at

11:00am. Registration

is not required, but if

you are planning to at-

tend, email us at con-

tact@harbordclub.com

so that we may plan ac-

cordingly.

Be sure to check out the

Harbord Museum, a

dedicated room that

specifically houses and

displays pictures and

significant Harbord

Collegiate historical

archives.

Browse through the dis-

plays in the main floor

gym and reminisce.

Meet up with those with

whom you shared your

journey in our decade

rooms conveniently

Continued page 2

Inside this issue:

Harbord 120th

Birthday Bash

Poster

3

Birthday Bash

Registration

Form

4

David Weiser

and the Maple

Leaf Tartan

8

Why a Harbord

Club?

1. to establish and

maintain a sense of

common identity

among former stu-

dents and staff of

H.C.I.

2. To share news

from Harbordites

everywhere

3. To provide funds

for prizes, awards

and scholarships in

all grades of the

school, maintaining

the Club Museum

Come Celebrate

Harbord’s

120th Birth

day !

March 2012

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Co-editors: Belinda Medeiros-Felix (‘81) and Ben Lee (‘78)

Late Breaking

News!

We would like to

honour Ms, Gerald-

ine “Jerry” Altman,

class of 1933, at the

Gala as she is the

oldest graduate at-

tending the 120th

celebration!

Harbord’s 120th Birthday Bash on April 26th & 27th,

2012... All are welcome! Continued...

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Continued from cover page

located in classrooms and Mall

along the first floor.

Enjoy musical presentations in

our beautiful Auditorium courtesy

of Harbord Collegiate’s music

department. And special appear-

ance by world renown conductor

and Harbord alum, Victor

Feldbrill, who has offered to con-

duct our very own school orches-

tra!

Come be a part of history. Have

your picture taken and enjoy a

piece of the 120th HCI birthday

cake!

Come prepared to celebrate!

Onward Harbord!

Harbord Club

286 Harbord St.

Toronto, Ontario, M6G 1G5

URL: www.harbordclub.com

Email:

contact@harbordclub.com

and

harbordcelebration@live.ca

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Editorial: Message from Co-Editors

- Belinda Medeiros-Felix (‘81) & Ben Lee (‘78)

Hello fellow Harbordites!

It certainly feels like Spring and

with Spring comes anticipation.

We are both anticipating the up-

coming celebration of our be-

loved high school, Harbord C.I.

We hope you will join us to cele-

brate H.C.I.’s 120th!

We eat, sleep, breathe Harbord

Club!

Onward Harbord!

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Left: David

Weiser as an 18

year old in Ca-

nadian uniform,

in 1924.

Top: Maple Leaf Tartan designer David

Weiser gets the feel of his “tartan” on Corpo-

ral Charles Spitle of the 3rd Battalion, Royal

Canadian Regiment Pipes and Drums on Par-

liament Hill, Ottawa.

Alumni in the News: David Weiser and the

Maple Leaf Tartan

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DAVID WEISER, a 1920s Har-

bordite, a proud Canadian and

creator of the Official Tartan of

Canada, was recognized on

March 9, 2011 by the Canadian

government as our National Tar-

tan & emblem, right along side

with our flag or the Coat of

Arms! How proud & exciting

indeed!

Susan (Weiser) Eidelman, his

daughter said: “Who knew when

a four year old boy came to Can-

ada from Kiev in 1915, would

eventually leave such a signifi-

cant mark for Canadian culture

and t honour our Jewish commu-

nity. My father was the creator

& owner of one of the most re-

spected ladies wear manufactur-

ing companies in Canada, High-

land Queen Sportswear, to win-

ning the coveted Judy Award

(Oscar to some in the fashion

industry) to having a fashion

show at Covent Gardens in Eng-

land by the Queen’s own re-

quest!”

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The Maple Leaf Tartan The Maple Leaf Tartan was approved as an official symbol

of Canada on March 9, 2011 by Honourable James Moore,

Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages.

The Canadian Maple Leaf tartan was designed by David

Weiser in 1964 in anticipation of the centenary of the

granting of Dominion status to Canada in 1967. The name

Maple Leaf was chosen as Maples are indigenous to Can-

ada and the leaf, a symbol of nationhood, forms the central

feature of the Canadian Flag, introduced in 1965. It was

designed as a commercial venture by a Canadian, who had

been in the fashion world for many years.

In the words of the Commercial Division of the Of-

fice of the High Commissioner for Canada - "In cre-

ating the Maple Leaf Tartan fabric, David Weiser

captured the natural phenomena of these leaves turn-

ing from summer into autumn. The green is the early

colour of the foliage. Gold appears at the turn of au-

tumn. Red shows up at the coming of the first frost.

The two tones of brown find their way throughout

the leaf creating a prolific profusion of colour."

Alumni in the News, Continued… David Weiser

and the Maple Leaf Tartan

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Top: News article showing off David Weiser

wonderful Canadian tartan

Right: Maple Leaf tartan designed by David Weiser of Toronto was first Canadian-

designed fabric included in private fashion show or the Queen Mother in London.

Alumni in the News, Continued… David Weiser

and the Maple Leaf Tartan

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Right: David Weiser talks to

one of his designers.

Left: David Weiser at his

factory floor chatting with

his staff.

Alumni in the News, Continued… David Weiser

and the Maple Leaf Tartan

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Alumni in the News, Continued… David Weiser

and the Maple Leaf Tartan

Top: Letter from the Office of the High Commissioner for Canada, recognizing the Maple

Leaf Tartan designed by David Weiser as the Official Tartan of Canada!

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Harbord C. I. - Looking Forward To...

In this section, we highlight school events that are upcoming

~ Mar 10 to 18 - March Break (Some of the students & staff

are on a trip to Spain, Morocco & Gibraltar)

~ Wed. April 4 - Massey Hall Concert

~ Thurs. April 26 - Harbord’s 120th Birthday Bash @ Ambi-

ance Banquet Hall - 5:30 pm

~ Fri. April 27 - H.C.I. Open House, at 11:00 am

~ Thurs. May 3 - Creative Arts Spring Fair

~ Thurs. June 21 - Class of 2012 Prom @ The Eglinton Grand!

Www.harbordclub.com

For those of you who don’t live in the city, province or even the coun-

try, you are running out of time to organize your schedule and make

yourselves available for this extravagant event which can’t be missed.

Many of you attended the June 1981 event celebrating Harbord’s 90th

and many of you attended the May 1992 event celebrating Harbord’s

Centennial and now, twenty years later, we want you to be a part of

History; Come celebrate Harbord’s 120th! Invitations were sent to you

via email a few months ago if we have your updated email address. (P.S.

If you are in receipt of this Harbordite via email, we have your updated

info. Thanks!)

If you know of any Harbordite who hasn’t yet submitted to us their

name, email address and grad year, tell them to let us know at

harbordcelebration@live.ca This way, they will be added to the data-

base and not miss out on hearing of future events.

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