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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-10-14, Page 14as $0ck.hop. 0179gt. success h ci- Notice Of Annual Meeting NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Clinton• Community Credit Union Limited will be held in the Ministry of Agriculture and. Food Board Room WEDNESDAY,' NOV. 10 at 8:00 P.M. for the purpose of receiving reports and financial statements for the year ending on September 30th, 1976; declaring ,a dividend on shares, electing Direc- tors and Credit Committee officers, appOinting auditors"; for the'purpose of amending By; Laws and of trahsacting all- other business of an Antlual Meeting. Lunch will follow the meeting. Door pri;es. DATED at Clinton, this 6th day of October, 1976. • THOMAS EADIE, Secretary. Clinton Community ed it Union :~imored. Ontarfo. 482-3467,71 - READ and USE EXPOSITOR CLASSIFIED Action Ads PHONE DIRECT 527-0240 steel plant •• t VISI T S Faust Home Hardware ood Stoves 1r, THE . HURON EXPOSITOR, ovologg: 14,, ton -.REVIgVV REVIEW REVIEW ,REVIEW*, EV IEVY REVIEW 'REVIEW REVIEW FIFylti'N Vi W REV( Evie'vv, W REV EVIEW - EVIEWL, REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REV IEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW Alen.Central icwing•soccbt, • lid§ year Hullett is ( heuseleague. soccer \_,._„ Grades 6.',' ' and 8 girls pate. Ther are four teams ith about ten players on each team. Each tam plays six games. The two t a s with the most points meet ea other in the playoff. Audio Visual Aids This year, as in ' the past, Hullett Central School will 'be having audio visual aids to assist with tape recorders, projectors, etc. It will be their task to make sure teachers receive equipment on schedule and to set up the equipment for the teachers. Meet The Teacher Miss Debra Bennett is one of the new teachers at Hullett Central School this year. Miss Bennett went to Western Univer- sity and Althouse Teachers College. She did her practice teaching in • Huron, Perth and _ Middlesex counties: She is now teaching music on rotary and grade four is her home room class. Editorial House system revives spirit This year, three new programs. have been put into action at SDHS; 70 minute classes, the student operated cafeteria, and the house.system. All three are a success. Last year, school spirit was poor. Few cared what went on as far as sports and other extra curricular activities, were concerned. many clubs which were a smashing success in past years faltered and fell. One of these vv'as the Drama Club which has been in all actuality, non-existent for the last two years. So, the teachers got together and set 'up a system where competition in the school would be' keen and everyone would be eager to participate.,Thns, we have the new house system. Each house has a name (#1 Comets, #2 Phoenix, #3 Aurora Borealis, #4 taurus) and these houses are in charge of raising money in their group, operating a dance, running an assembly and many other activities Finally, school spirit is clinibing. It isn't where it was thre.e years ago but its there. Rivalries have grown between houses especially houses 2 and 3 in football (The Moore-Nixon Game). Almost eve ryone is-involved in one, thing or another and complaints are few. if the spirit continues to rise, this school. year will definitely be the, best evet. — Dale Parsons (By Kathy Caldwell) The sock-hop held last Friday afternoon was a great success. House #4 put the show on and this fact really encourag'ed" student participation, especially -from House #4 members who were anxious to make sure that the afternoon went well. The records themselves were taken' from the organizers' ctillections • •and, 4 judging from the 'response of the crowd, they were well chogen. By the time I arrived, about five minutes after the show was supposed to get under way, the crowd was dancing enthusiasti- cally to every number that was played. Teachers Mr. Scott and Mr. Ball were present and seemed to be satisfied with way things were, ,going, Credit is also due to Mr. Ball for his excellent job of announcing the many selections, The fact that it was a sock-hop made socks, of course, a major attraction. Every 'kind, from knee-high whites to multi- coloured toe-socks, put in appearances and all were proudly displayed by the owners to their friends. Judging from the loud, piercing screams of the crowd after every number., it certainly seemed that the students felt that they were getting what they paid' for. Several times during the after- noon, the crowd banded together in a train, which caused. a lot of laughter. When, durIng one of the slightly less-energetically paced dances, participation almost came 'to' a' 'stand-still, student Barb Tilley and teacher, Mr. Ball, gallantly got up op stage and, to the intense delight of the crowd, demonstrated how the dance was to be dope. However, there were few incidents like„tbe one above, andIowards the end of the dance,, many, members of the crowd Were swaying -on top. of another members' shoulders. • Near the time of the arrivatO the buses, the crowd gradOlIy thinned out and eventually the dance was forced to come to - halt. Credit is certainly due tn. tie primary organizers- of the 'after- noon, John . Ball and Pale Parsons. Next time, even greater - participation, would be welcome4o, ,make the dance an even greater,.. Senior girls win 4 straight fk ing and i spent February and March, hobbling around our house from chair to chair or sitting with it propped up on another chair. My brother Bill was in Grade 8 and 'he had some special names he called me. "Old Bumble Foot" and "Limpy Leg" were the two nicest he used. I was restless to return to school. This was the year I also began taking part in 'Jim Robb's drills for May 24, and sang my first song in public at a Christmas Concert. I decided I liked acting or group singing much better and, enjoyed these for many years. Grades 3-4 gave way to Grade 5, with Miss Mary Habkirk. I recall she was a very quiet, shy teacher and spoke very softly. Here we' continued our spelling bees, , learned our first world history and geography. We earned stars of many colours for perfect work and gold or silver stars for ten of our coloured stars. The stars were proudly displayed in the front of our readers. A long line of stars was a real asset. my- zodiac stars must have beenhi their proper sphetesfor no undue accident occurred in Grade 5, I saved that for grade 6. Some pUpils used to tease us when we were in grade S and warn us that things wouldn't be nice and easy in grade 6. I guess we half-doubted and half- believed. , 'Often we would watch-theiWin lines disappearing into grade 6 (when we were on our way 'by" fo grade 5) and pause to see if the pupils really looked very sober as they came in after recess. Well Grade 6 came and I found Miss Minnie McKay just fine: There were some boy rascals I can't vouch for, but I was very happy there. At the back of her classroom were some very, very old style seats, They had one row of these across the west side of the room. The bases were cast iron, much like a parlour chair in a railway car, and the backs were narrow wood broadening out into a wide shoulder rest,. Screws fastened them to the narrow board floor. Sometimes some screws were pulled loose , and they ; -tipped backwards or sideways much to the delight of'some big boys. The blackboard there had our names in chalk and when we did excellent work we received a coloured chalk star. The list was left on for some two weeks or more and often extended across several slates of blackboard. Sometimes pupils appeared to have mote stars than -the class remembered them having. It 'was whispered, but never proved, that some got in with the caretakers and added a few for their own edification. • Miss McKay had a writing lesson each day between recess and noon. We' practised arm movement, ovals, loops, push and pulls and figures, always with an eraser on our wrist 'to keep the pen in' the proper position, feet flat on the floor. Our writing was done on single sheets of foolscap. The best were seleeted and hung below the front blackboard chalk trough. One day she had selected mine but I decided I could do it better. When I was just about two-thirds of the way down my new sheet, Sinaple. One day I saw a hhie she dame to .collect it. After a maple tog going past our house to long, hard look she informed me AttientS' Saw Mill. Out I went- to that if •she thought it was good hitch n ride on the sleigh. When; , enough, it was good enough and I ':stuck. my foot Ander, the log r I was being unnecessarily . fussy missed the runner dettthe''gleigh and not to repeat that error again. ovet my left tripL This fussiness must hM,ebeen out Soewhit:' No 'one Seemed true because kited carry home to think . it serious mi6t0Lto each night' my rough Work bOak warranta Or• and ''recopy it all out again, SO 4,14)4 OlgiOs." I WON hams thgte,w0i14:be 1.16 filithi ii141145 and keep° •off MY: ' or corrections to ,deface it. steappealightly ttreS,Y.'• *sq. ioatireui. boy had By D.[Spaiel Kilmer My last story dealt with ml school days in the Kingergarten to Grade 2. Since I never like to begin an undertaking without -finishing it, 1 must, of necessity, hasten on to Grade 3 - 4. , These combined grades were upstairs and were taught by Miss Lynne Gillespie, whose father was also the town policeman. .I don't know if the other pupils in that classroom. kept this fact in mind, but I surely did. It seems to me that I can recall that he was also the Truant Officer. Well, I was fond of Miss Gillespie's class. Each Friday, we had a spelling bee as a special reward. There were' many good "spellers" and we had two teams reaching down the sides of the classroom and partway across the north back wall. • Sometimes-I was lucky and was permitted to be Captain. A boy I often remember as captain also was Edgar Brownlee.. Miss GilleiPie would take out that old brown speller, which most of us 1driew by heart, and begin. As time went on, she left Grade 3 and 4 and moved on into Grade 5 words. Sorfietimes she used an additional list at the back of the book. These words were arranged by grades in alphabet- ical order. I used to sometimes sit and stare at them when my work in clasS was coMpleted. They finally ended with the ,grade 8 lists of words. • If you were fortunate and your side won, the team captain was honoured by, displaying on his or her deik, a tiny silk Union Jack until next, spelling bee. If your ' side won it' again, it remained with you but if a new captain won, the flag departed to a new desk. I ha:ve 'wondered many times, if the "Spelling Bees" encouraged us 'to study harder. We certainly learned our Multiplication Tables well. Each week anew table appeared on 'the black blackboard. (There . were never green ones then.) All the pupils stood by their desks while Miss Gillespie pointed: We repeated in Unison, 3 times 2 is 6, for ten times. Then on we went down the whole table repeating each one ten times. By watching each row, she could easily see who was tally- gagging behind a"nd 'they were soon called to account for their indifference. SO we, heard the tables repeated out loud, we saw the tables on the blackboard and, by golly, we really knew them. Just ISk us any way and we could come up with the answers in split-second timing. Two pupils would sometimes stand and see which one could give the products faster. Many other devices were employed. Later on, when I sometimes despaired of teaching certain • pupils their multiplication tables, I remembered how 'I had learned mined and I tried it on my own classes. Soine generations ."of pupils must have had weaker legs for mine would work like beavers, not so much to learn the tables, but to get sitting douhi again. I ant sure this method would bring frowns to the brOWs of modern 4' day educators., but it was a. good way of "`jumping the fence." ' :GradeS 3 and 4 were the year of triy' angled foot. It was, quite been trying Miss McKay's patience. He finally said "When do we start our jog-of-ee?- Miss McKay said "It is not jog-uf-ee. It is Geography. Now how do we say it correctly?!'No answer - just smiles and wise looks. So she said "I'll say "Gee" and what will say?" "Haw", came the answer, and out came the strap for a short spell. Grade 6 pupils played ball at the back of the school yard. We used a small hard ball and an ash bat. I loved to be the catcher with a big mitt on my hand and get right up, under the batter. One day I displayed too much zeal because the batter brought back the bat, hit me an the face with it, blackened my left eye and cracked my right jaw. I had only myself to blame but . that eye was blue-black for one month and my jaw was a long, long time in healing. Grade 6 ' had some 'sets of readers, blue for grade 2, red for grade 3-4, green for 5 and 6 and grey for 7-8. I used to read them from cover to cover and wish we had some godd books like'those'I used to bring home from the library. Nevertheless a great many poems and stories from those old readers remain today in my mind and I can recall them word for word. Maybe they had quality if not quantity. Of special interest in grade 6, we, learned. by heart, every county and ' . county town in -Ontario. What a help it was when travelling and on many other occasions. We were taught also to draw continents from freehand memory. It is easy to visualize any land mass just by clo sing my eyes. S. America was my faVourite. Time passed swiftly and I reached grade 7-8. Mr. Alfred Naylor was our principal., He' remained till Christmas and left to teach, I believe; in Chatham. Then' Mr. Foster Fowler came in the new year. I was fond of Mr. Naylor but I loved Foster . Fowler. He was such a kind, thoughtful teacher and. to melt showed even in his pleasant face', . SAO,. a wonderful year I ) had that when 1 finally passed my Entrace (which began June 28 at the Old High School) I was in tears. . I recall going into Mr. John F. Ross' office, my old brown grade 8 reader in , hand. He .heard me read, asked some questions,- which I answered in fear and trepidation and I then departed wondering if I'd pass my reading test. 'Some pupils in my class that .year were: Evelyn Cudmore, Elva Grimoldby, Evelyn Peter- son, Eva Fee, Agnes Smith, ,Myrtle Sharkey, Annie Brodie, Dorothy Kent, Margaret Grieve, Marjorie Bickel!, Margaret Case, Janet Cluff, Vera Hudson, Isabel Lowrie, and Mary Webster. Some boys; Hector Hays, Claire Merner, Arthur Burrows, Carl Aberhakt, Fred Circh, Eric Edwards, Vincent Patterson, Arthur Beattie, Don McKay; Gordon' Carnochan, Keith Shag- dill, Arnie M'eakins, Cliff Lowrey., Bill Smith, Arthur Scott, and Keith Godkin. I am sure I have missed ,a feW for there w e about 33 or more pupils.' During, he last few weeks in June, I decided to write a poem about the "Entrance Exams." I, was busily engrossed in polishing my lines when Mr. Fowler looked over'my shoulder. Too late to hide it, I just let it sit there: • He asked permission to read it himself and then if would let ' him, read it to the . class. Much embarrassed but n of wishing to oppese, him, I consented. he said it was very good, but I felt like hiding my head under my desk and remaining there. One .day we were discussing the origin, of names arid someone .asked about ".Spain." Mr. Fowler said he believed it was a nickname •for someone who had been to Spain, by voyage, a sailor Perhaps, a pilgrim, or• even a merchant. He was entirely correct. I have' compiled the "Spain. faMily hist- ory" .and travelled to Ireland to learn that F. T: Fowler had hit the nail right on .the' head. Winter blizzard's in" January (Continued on Page 17) (By Anita Andree) Once again the Senior girls basketball team has won for their fourth consecutive win with no losses. The score was 45-37 ,for Seaforth again. Norwell. Cheryl Seymour was again the highest scorer with 14 points this game. The girls of Seaforth played well. They made their plays well, playing as a team. They ,also had good rebounding. Even' the girls themselves felt this was one of their best games. , The did girls. basketball team did not fair as well. Due to Gradel2 bad passing. they lost with a score of 27-12 for Norwell.'They, are steadily improving and spect- ators ' should see some better results. There will be' a Bake Sale for Comet House of S.D,H,S. on Saturday, October 16 in the U.A.P. store from 9:00 to 12:00 a. m . AIM Franklins Box Stoves Parlour Stoves Cook Stoves MITCHELL 348-8703 Remember when? 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' For, the first while, everyone stayed on the bus, while the guide -4eld us about the various opera- tions that take place at the steel .,plant. Then, still on the bus, we 'toured the area, visiting • the loading decks, coke ovens and the • blast furnace. • The bus Stopped and we got into groups, Our gUides took us into a building where we watched the eharging of molten iron into -in .open hearth furnace: Later, each group got a chance . 'to seethe pouring-of liquid steel • 'into ingots. .We left the furnace .building, climbed on the bUs and travelled over to another building where the steel was being rolled. It was surprising to learn that large bulk: plateS' of steel can be milled and pressed into sheets as thin, as tin foil. At noon,' we left Stelco and 'headed for home. • The trip through the steel plant was interesting, but the long bus ride was murder. Still, it was a very worthwhile ,trip. See "Airborne", October 29 at .S.D.H.S. 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