Class Notes
Red & White - Fall 2004/ Winter 2005

1922, 1924 and 2004

Katie McNamara `04(centre) holds the Stanstead College certificate awarded in 1924
 to Olive May (Brown) Lloyd `24 (left) during a visit to the Wales Home in Richmond, Qc. to see
Eleanor (Ball) Mansur `22 (right) on her 91st birthday.

1968

James Gray has been working in film and video production since the mid seventies. As cinematographer, he has shot award winning feature films such as Robert Morin's Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur (best Canadian feature film, Festival of Festivals, Toronto, 1992, also selected at Cannes that year) and the popular Manon Briand film 2 secondes (winner in four categories during the 1998 edition of the Montreal World Film Festival).  He recently shot the multiple award-winning short film Hit and Run (Jutra for best Quebec short film 2003, Bayard d’Or at the Namur Film Festival). James Gray has also directed and lensed dozens of documentary films which have taken him all over the planet. He currently lives in Quebec City.

1988

Congratulations to Rebecca (Lewis) Russell and husband Ian who recently celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary with added enthusiasm.  The couple is expecting twins in February.  Rebecca is a personal trainer with World Health in downtown Calgary.

1992

After graduating from McGill University, Natalie Cesari worked as a Customer Service Agent for USAir and British Airways to enjoy the benefits of free travel.  During university she did landscaping in the summer months and now has been running her own landscaping company in the Turks & Caicos for the last few years.

Pascale Debbane left Canada (Vancouver) this year to return to her home in Lebanon.  She is currently working in sales and customer service for her family’s flower business.


Congratulations François Paradis `92 with the birth of your daughter Sophie.

1993

Melanie Aubut writes, “I did my Law degree at Laval University and I have a Master’s degree specialized in Sports Law from Tulane University in New Orleans.  I practice Sports Law at Heenan Blaikie in Montreal, one of the leading law firms in Canada and the only one which has a structured Sports Law Group. I have been on the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of Stanstead College for a few months, enjoying working with fellow students and the principal of "my time" Mr. Gallant.”

Stephen Telling`93 crosses the finish line at the Dublin Marathon held October 23, 2004.

1994

Julie Aubut has an Economics degree from the University of Montreal and a Master’s degree in Economic Development from the London School of Economics.  She now works for the  Department of Finance in Ottawa, where she lives.  She was married on July 10, 2004 to Felipe Haristoy-Lavin

1996

Ianitt Yoo recently moved from Montreal to Toronto where  she works for Indigo/Chapters at their head office in the Retail Operations group.  She oversees the operations-side of customer service for the chain, looking mainly at training development and policies.

1998

Catherine Aubut just finished her Psychology degree at the University of Montreal and is doing her first semester in Medicine at Laval University, going back home to Quebec City.


The Aubut sisters, Catherine`98, Julie `94 and Melanie`93 with new sister-in-law Andrea Haristoy-Lavin.

1999

Adriana Salinas `99 wrote back in March `05, “I’m studying in Paris and
will be graduating soon (Marketing).  I hope to start my Master’s
in Publicity or International Business.”

2000

Justin Quenneville is playing hockey for the Missouri River Otters of the United Hockey League.  He is currently the league’s third leading rookie scorer.  www.riverotters.com.

JD Ross is now playing hockey and perfecting his Spanish in the Spanish Super League.  He plays for the Majadahonda team in Madrid.

2002

After graduating from Stanstead College in June 2002, Tamara Jacobi headed to South America, where she spent that fall traveling and studying the countries and cultures of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.  Now, after having spent several semesters studying at Middlebury College, a small liberal arts college nestled in the green hills of Vermont, the travel bug has returned.  Her studies at Middlebury College have led her to declare a major in Environmental Studies with a focus in Economics and as a result she will be spending the spring semester of 2005 studying abroad in Australia with a program focusing on conservation and resource management in the Byron Bay area.  She is also currently working on a book (tentatively entitled Opening the Outdoor Eye) addressing affluent lifestyle and the relationship of developed countries to motorized travel. She hopes to continue researching this during her time in Australia for publication in the fall of 2005.

Obituaries

Kathleen (McGaffrey) Farrow `29

Also former staff, Mrs. Farrow passed away Friday, October 22, 2004 in her 94th year. Beloved wife of the late Douglas Farrow `28.

Mr. Alfred E.  “Bud” MacKay `39

After a valiant struggle at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, October 27, 2004, at the age of 85.  Beloved husband to his wife Jacqueline Beatrice and father to K. Bruce, Susan, Tommy `77, and Mary Jane.  Brother to the late Betty Jutras and Margaret Martinez `55. Son of Kenneth Bruce MacKay and Susan (Elkins)`14. 

   Bud excelled both academically and athletically, winning the Pitcher Prize (school’s highest award) in 1938 and captaining the Senior Hockey team in 1939. He later served on Stanstead College’s Board of Trustees in the seventies.  He was proud of his graduation from and continued affiliation with Stanstead College sending one of his sons, Tommy, to school here. 

   In the 1937 yearbook, Bud writes that his ambition was to be a mining engineer and this is exactly what he did. Bud graduated from McGill University in 1947 and served with the Royal Canadian Air Force.  He worked for many years with Shell Oil, Alberta Eastern Gas and Yellowknife Rayrock Resources and latterly formed his own company, A.E. MacKay Petroleum Limited.  Bud served commendably as President of the Ontario Petroleum Institute in 1963,  1964 and 1969.   

Mrs. Betty-Ann (Henley) Affleck  `40

June 9, 2003

Mandana (Greenwood) Mosher `42

May 2004

Dorothy (Gruer) Moore `53

August 3, 2004

Ruby Clarabell (Sparling) Greer on November 12, 2003.  Ruby was a teacher at Stanstead College and later at Sunnyside School until her retirement in the early 1960s.  In August 2003 Ruby celebrated her 100th birthday with her three children, and almost all of her 20 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
 
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