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Bob Schumacher

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Bob Schumacher
Yearbook portrait, 1953
Yearbook portrait, 1953
Died1999-08-30
Years in Thunder Bayby 1953–at least 1954 (Lakehead yearbooks)
OccupationStudent

Bob Schumacher was a Technical Forestry I student at Lakehead Technical Institute in 1953, from Port Arthur.[1]

Lakehead Technical Institute, 1953

Year School Program Role Hometown Clubs and teams Source
1953 Lakehead Technical Institute Technical Forestry I Student Port Arthur p. 50[1]
  • Printed with the nickname or motto: Germanis sauerkrautus
  • Described in the yearbook: Known as the 'papa forester' of the class, he is a dedicated student who recently demonstrated his skills in pulpwood loading.[2]
  • Described in the yearbook: He reflects on his time as a prisoner of war in Canada, his return to a destroyed Germany, and his eventual immigration back to Canada to study at the Institute.[3]
  • Named in the write-up "And the Whirligig of Time": A German immigrant recounts his experience as a prisoner of war in the Canadian wilderness, his difficult return to post-war Germany, and his decision to return to Canada to study at Lakehead Technical Institute.[3]
  • Groups named for this person in the volume: Technical Forestry I.

Lakehead Technical Institute, 1954

Yearbook portrait, 1954
Year School Program Role Hometown Clubs and teams Source
1954 Lakehead Technical Institute Forestry II Student Port Arthur p. 40[4]
  • Printed with the nickname or motto: Bob
  • Described in the yearbook: Known as the 'grandpappy' of the class, he is the first married forestry student at the institute and enjoys building furniture.[5]
  • Named in the write-up "FORESTERS AND MINERS INFORMAL STAG": Second-year Forestry and Mining students hosted a stag party for Bob Schumacher on November 27 to celebrate his upcoming wedding. Pieter Prins offered congratulations, and the group thanked Mr. and Mrs. Haggerty for their help.[6]
  • Groups named for this person in the volume: Forestry II, Tech Forestry II.

Other records

Bob Schumacher (died (1999-08-30)30 August 1999) was a resident of Thunder Bay, Ontario.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book (1953), p. 50. Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book (1953), p. 50. Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book (1953), p. 86. Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ Lakehead Technical Institute Nor'Wester (1954), p. 40. Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ Lakehead Technical Institute Nor'Wester (1954), p. 40. Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ Lakehead Technical Institute Nor'Wester (1954), p. 38. Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ The Chronicle-Journal, 2 September 1999, p. 13(B)