Page 2 - Book Eleven Havelock

FOREWORD
Dr. Ross Goheen lived in Havelock where he went to school from Grade 6 to Grade 13 when his father Raymond W Goheen was Principal of Havelock High School. That was really only a short part of his life (now age 92 in 2019) but he still thinks of Havelock as his home town. He has been married to his wife Rilyne for 66 years and they have 6 children, 17 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren several of whom are quoted or mentioned in some stories. He taught school and coached sports in both Canada and USA and is now retired in Strathroy Ontario. His doctorate is in Education where he spent most of his career but he also had a 5-year term in Metallurgical Engineering. As he ages, he rarely gets to Havelock but his stories show that maybe he left his heart there. (further bio page 26)
Havelock Schools c.1920 Photo from Harold Hunter􏰁s 􏰄HAVELOCK THROUGH THE YEARS􏰅
HAVELOCK HIGH SCHOOL around 1940 Tiglath Pilesar, Socrates the Wise
Great Julius Caesar and many other guys All came from HAVELOCK
When HAVELOCK was new
We come from HAVELOCK
And 􏰀e􏰁re famous too Okay, so you quit reading at the first line.
You should ha􏰂e kept reading until 􏰃ou got to 􏰄Ha􏰂elock􏰅
This 􏰀as one of Ha􏰂elock􏰁s 􏰄􏰃ell􏰅s in late 1930s and early 1940s. School yells were what we did in unison at inter-school sports competitions to show our allegiance to our school.
The ancient names in the first line were to advertise the fact that we
knew some ancient history. Some yells paraded Greek names, long after the Greek language was eliminated from nearly all high schools. For example:
􏰄Themisticles􏰆 Thermop􏰃lae􏰆 The Peloponesian War 􏰇􏰇􏰇􏰇etc􏰅
This was the first line of a yell copied and screamed by many high schools at the time. Those Greek names were throwbacks from an earlier era 􏰀hen enrolment at a high school or 􏰄Grammar School􏰅 􏰀as for the elite􏰈 The 􏰄elite􏰅 students had to tell those uneducated farmers that they could spout off ancient Greek words. That was long before my time but those old yells were still around.
I don􏰁t recall an􏰃 of Nor􏰀ood High School􏰁s special 􏰃ells, but I do remember part of one of Campbellford High School􏰁s􏰉 􏰄Get a 􏰂e􏰂i􏰆 get a 􏰂e􏰂i, Get a vevi vovi vum
􏰄Bing get a cat-trap, Bing get a rat-trap􏰅-----and more
Well that􏰁s 􏰀hat it sounded like to me an􏰃􏰀a􏰃􏰈 I belie􏰂e Campbellford􏰁s students 􏰀ere more sophisticated than 􏰀e 􏰀ere􏰈
So Ha􏰂elock􏰁s repl􏰃 􏰀ould likel􏰃 be an irreverent couplet led by one our students Bill Copp which we all screamed far more enthusiastically than those Latin or Greek yells. After a clever yell by an enemy high school, Bill would lead us with one of his several specials like:
􏰄Up the river, down the river float float float Listen to the bullfrogs croak croak croak􏰅
Havelock High School is long gone but a few of us old-timers fondly remember it and some of my stories may bring back a memory or two. Havelock is either the site of each story or prominent in the story line in this book. The introduction to some stories may not be about Havelock, quoting or focusing on one of my children, little vignettes during their growing up. These introductions have nothing to do with Havelock. They usually have something to do with the ensuing story. But not always.
Ever from Havelock, ROSS W GOHEEN January 2020