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Julian Pristansky

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Julian Pristansky
Yearbook portrait, 1951
Yearbook portrait, 1951
Years in Thunder Bayby 1951–at least 1952 (Lakehead yearbooks)
OccupationStudent

Julian Pristansky was a student in the second year of the Technical Forestry course at the Lakehead Technical Institute in 1951, from Sunshine.[1]

Lakehead Technical Institute, 1951

Pristansky served as president of the Men's Athletic Society.[2] Pristansky captained the Thunderbirds basketball team.[3]

Year School Program Role Hometown Clubs and teams Source
1951 Lakehead Technical Institute Technical Forestry, second year Student Sunshine Men's Athletic Society, Rugby, Curling, Basketball, Year Book, School Letter p. 24[1]
  • Offices: President of Men's Athletic Society; President of Athletic Society; Captain of Thunderbirds Basketball.
  • Awards and honours: School Letter; Honourable mention (scoring race).
  • Printed with the nickname or motto: I can take it.
  • Described in the yearbook: He demonstrated how to harness a team of horses during a forestry field trip.[4]
  • Described in the yearbook: A lover-boy who stays up late with a teacher and is destined to be a school inspector.[5]
  • Named in the write-up "BASKETBALL": The Thunderbirds basketball team, coached by Cliff Junke and captained by Julian Pristansky, finished second in the city league. After successful exhibition games and semi-finals, they faced the Flyers in a close championship series, losing the first game of the finals by only four points.[6]
  • Named in the write-up "SECOND YEAR FORESTRY CLASS MAKES SECOND UTILIZATION TRIP": Six forestry students traveled east in February 1951 to observe hauling operations at Newaygo Timber Company, Marathon Paper Company, and Long Lac Paper Company. The trip included a sleigh ride, watching mechanical logging, and learning about cable splicing.[4]
  • Groups named for this person in the volume: Advertising Staff, Technical Forestry Second Year, Men's Athletic Society, Athletic Society Executive, Thunderbirds, Forestry II.

Lakehead Technical Institute, 1952

Year School Program Role Hometown Clubs and teams Source
1952 Lakehead Technical Institute Student p. 72[7]
  • Awards and honours: Principal's Prize in Forestry—$15 in instruments.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book (1951), p. 24. Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book (1951), p. 31. Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book (1951), p. 32. Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book (1951), p. 40. Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book (1951), p. 43. Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book (1951), p. 32. Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ Lakehead Technical Institute Year Book (1952), p. 72. Internet Archive.