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An Offshoot of SakerPride: http://www.sakerpride.com/

A Hodgepodge of News, Stories , Announcements & Events ...

HAPPY 56th BIRTHDAY

SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE!!!!!

29th January 1962 ~ 29th January 2018

OUR PIONEERS ...

OUR PRINCIPALS ...

SAKERPRIDE ARCHIVES

SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATION (1987) ...

SAKERPRIDE ARCHIVES

PLEASE CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO VIEW PICTURES OF THE ORIGINAL 1966 GRADUATION PROGRAM

THE END!!!

HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR

FOUNDERS WEEK!!!

The Very First Staff Members ...

The Campus in the early 60s ...

BACK ROW:

Left to Right: Miss Tina SCHMIDT (taught Religion); Miss Ruby SALZMAN (later served as Principal); Miss Gladys BANNISTER (Peace Corps, in charge of Early Morning P.E.); Miss Renée SAIVE (aka "Noël"), taught French; Miss Berneice WESTERMAN (FIRST PRINCIPAL), Miss Martha BECKETT taught Math.

FRONT ROW:

Left to Right: Miss Lydie NGO BIMAI, taught French; Miss Eirene MARTIN (later "Madam MBONGO), House Mother, taught Domestic Science; Miss Esther SCHULTZ, (served as Principal); Miss Judy RAGER, taught English. (Peace Corps)

BLUE SACK & BLUE HEAD TIE!!!

Lining up/Roll call before walking off to attend church service in the early 60s ...

Class of 1966 PIONEERS ready to march into Dining Hall for SBC's Very First Graduation Ceremony!!!

Miss Berneice WESTERMAN, (S.B.C.'s First Ever Principal), Dr. Norman HAUPT, Mr. Donald WITT, Mr. William Nso TAYUI aka BABA (First Black/Cameroonian & Longest Serving Principal), Mr. Paul Luma HADDISON, Mr. Tetevi BODYLAWSON, Mrs. LYONGA, Ms Stella Tonge MATUKE and Mr. Ghawi SHOMSI (Current Principal.)

MISS WILMA BINDER

Arguably THE ONE NAME THAT IS THE MOST SYNONYMOUS WITH SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE, not just because she "worked" there as VICE PRINCIPAL, BIOLOGY & TYPING TUTOR for 4 DECADES, (starting in 1965), but because she SERVED the School and its students with her very Heart and Soul and has continued, upon her retirement, to be VERY INVOLVED in and with its ALUMNA and their activities.

SakerPride Archives, courtesy of the NABC

That said, one of the reasons she has been revered, admired and ... DREADED over the years by SAKERETTES and NON-SAKERETTES alike; In fact, one of things she is well reputed for in Anglophone Cameroon circles, when it comes to how ASTUTE and METICULOUS she was as a DISCIPLINARIAN and EDUCATOR, is the NO-NONSENSE way in which she enforced the School Policy posted below, the first 2 points of it, especially!!! LORD KNOWS, she saved quite a few - and their parents, from Heaven alone knows what!!! HAIL TO THE PALAVA LETTER QUEEN!!!! LOL!

Now, here's more of our BELOVED MBAMBA BINDER, in all shapes, sizes and contexts ...

As Chief Bridesmaid at the May 1968 Wedding of Mr. Roger Hand and Miss Carol McGee at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Down Beach VICTORIA

As "conqueror" of the BUEA/FAKO Mountain - having ascended up to its very summit on New Years Day in 1967!!!

At Saker Gate ...

VERY FAITHFUL ExSSA-USA CONVENTION ATTENDEE OVER THE YEARS, (ALONG WITH HER "BEST BOH" - SAKER MOM & ERSTWHILE FELLOW S.B.C. TUTOR, MADAM YVONNE EWANGA), until she stated, in The 2016 MINNESOTA Convention, that that would be her last ...

HOUSTON

(2010)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (2009)

ATLANTA (2004)

ATLANTA (2011)

MINNESOTA (2016)

THE OCTOGENARIAN!!!

(She turned 80 in March last year, 2017)

CELEBRATING her 80th with her Siblings/Family and her "Daughter" Sue Ewanga (Class of '85)

MANY MORE BLESSED & HAPPY YEARS TO YOU, MA!! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!

AND NOW, TO WIND UP THIS "BINDER DAY" CELEBRATION, is this 8 YEAR OLD MOTHERS DAY TRIBUTE that attempts to paint, albeit very INADEQUATELY, what Miss WILMA BINDER actually did do for SAKER BAPTIST COLLEGE, and by extension, for CAMEROON!!!

(PLEASE CLICK ON ICON BELOW TO READ DOCUMENT)

TRIBUTE_TO_MISS_WILMA_BINDER.docx

FOUNDERS WEEK: DAY #3

(FOOD)

PRESENTING ... S.B.C MILESTONE BIRTHDAY CAKES ACROSS THE WORLD

SakerPride Archives

FOUNDERS WEEK: DAY #2

("WILMA BINDER DAY")

FOUNDERS WEEK: DAY #1

(Our Principals, The 1987 Silver Jubilee, Our Pioneers)

AND NOW ... IT'S TIME TO VOTE !!!

LET US KNOW: WHICH MEAL WAS YOUR FAVORITE AT S.B.C. !!!

SHOUT OUT TO

Mr. FRANCIS !!!!!

(WONDER WHERE

Mr. OJONG is????)

Lilian Ngumbi Fointama ('66)

First Winner Of Anna Forbang Trophy

Late Frida Agbor Egbe Ayuk ('66)

First student to be enrolled in S.B.C. (Student #1)

Barbara (Belinda) Ekiko ('66)

First Ever Senior Prefect

Late Paulette DOHNJI & Dolly LYONGA ('85)

the first two SECOND GENERATION SAKERETTES! The first 2 daughters of ExSSANS to also graduate from SBC!

Late Mrs. Eirene Mbongo nee Martin (First House Mother)

Playne Fuondjing ('66)

Pioneer National President of ExSSA-CAMEROON

Mary Bamu Ndifornyen ('72)

Pioneer President of ExSSA-UK

Regina Kulu-Mofa Ojongtambia ('70)

Pioneer President of ExSSA-USA

Lucy-Lisette Ngole ('88)

Pioneer President of

ExSSA-CANADA

Grace Televi Nyajro Orife ('94)

Pioneer President of

ExSSA-NIGERIA

Bih Fomukong Atanga ('87)

Pioneer President of

ExSSA-SOUTH AFRICA

Roseline Nzegge Ngaaje ('78)

Pioneer President of

THE SAKERETTES TRANSGLOBAL ALLIANCE (STA), First Sakerette Sorority

Miss Wilma Binder

Longest Serving Vice-Principal

Late Mr. William Nso Tayui

First Cameroonian and Longest Serving Principal.

Miss Berneice Westerman

First Ever Principal of S.B.C.

Late Miss Eunice Kern

Music & Religious Studies Tutor whose Epic Theatrical/Musical Productions, set SBC apart

Late Catherine Ngombe ('66)

Composer of Saker Anthem, also first student to pass away.

Grace Sama Ngalim ('66)

Author of Saker Anthem

("Beyond the Buea Mountain")

Patience Fomunyam ('84)

Composer of the Saker Song

("Up by the brook of Likomba")

Late Mr. Don Witt who, by preparing and leading "The Cameroon College Singers" on a tour of the U.S. and Canada in 1969 put S.B.C. on the World Map

Dr. Mbu Waindim (2006)

Cameroon's First Ever Female Aerospace Engineer

Reverend Sister Jacky Atabong ('84)

Mr. Francis

(Cook)

Mr. Bawe

(Handyman/Workshop)

Mr. Elias

(Driver)

Mr. Willy Ekema (Bursar) and Mr. Bate (Secretary)

FOUNDERS WEEK: DAY #4

(Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow)

A SAMPLING OF S.B.C. HALL OF FAME ...

SAKERETTE FIRSTS

SakerPride Archives

The Periodic Table on S.B.C.'s Chemistry Lab wall and the one who painted it way back in 1967 were reunited when the latter, (pictured right) attended S.B.C.'s GOLDEN JUBILEE from ENGLAND, in January 2012!

A TON of the priceless 60s gems in SakerPride's archives were captured by him. Totally INDEBTED to him and to his wife, Mrs. Carol Hand (nee McGee), who also taught at SBC, which is where they both met and got married!!! Ain't that SWEET!!!!

Mr. Roger L. Hand

(Tutor)

Mr.George Henderson who is credited with planting S.B.C.'s BEAUTIFUL hedges and shrubs at the school's birth

Mr. Fawoh

(Handyman/Workshop)

SakerPride Archives

Medical Doctors Lilian Tendo Wambua and Beri Dimla Ngong at their 1979 CUSS Graduation. They, along with Drs. Stella Nwige Anyangwe (insert), Rosa Njee-Befidi and Sinota Shiro Koula BLAZED the trail for the HUNDREDS who have since followed suit!!!

TOUR THE CAMPUS!!!!

THEN (Late 60s) & NOW ...