The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-11-08, Page 21The public is invited to join in the
USBORNE REMEMBRANCE SERVICE
Friday, November 9 11:00 a.m.. At The School
Remember...,
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Pooley Legion Branch — Exeter 167
invites you to join them in the
SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE
Sunday, Nov. 11
Exeter United Church 10:50 a.m.
followed by laying of wreaths at the cenotaph
All veterans in Exeter and surrounding area are urged to participate in the annual
Remembrance Day Parade. Veterans will meet at the Legion Hall, 10:30 a.m. and
proceed to Church for service. Thence to the cenotaph for the laying of wreaths and
the last post. Medals will be worn,
Remembrance Day Banquet
Saturday, November 10 — 7:00 p.m.
LEGION HALL
Guest Speaker: Glen Wanarnaker
Post Grand Master of Ontario 100F
ALL VETERANS AND LEGION MEMBERS (Life, Ordinary
and Honorary) WELCOME
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Say support increasing
SHDHS "Cansave" futures
of its four foster teens
ROCK BAND PERFORMS - At Thursday's talent show at South Huron District High School, several students
displayed their rock musical talents. Shown above are Tim Ross, Stephan Orenchuk and Larry Mason.
• T-A photo
Small, active membership
Club plans p Ilution drive
pollution is U!
' By JOHN CRECES
"I cannot begin to thank you
enough. Your loving and obedient
sister, Omana".
These were the sincere and
grateful closing words of a letter
received from Omana
Thekumthottathil, one of the
foster children supported by
South Huron High,
The foster children were in-
troduced to us by the Canadian
Save the Children fund (Can-
save). A fairly well known
organization, it is run on a totally
non-profit basis.
The main objectives of this
organization are not to simply
support the foster child but
rather to educate him as well as
the other members of his family
(where possible) so that they can
become self-sufficient.
The need for and significance
of a program of this kind can be
understood in a proper per-
spective only if one has some idea
of the extent of poverty and
deprivation to which the children
of the co-operating countries are
subjected.
These children have serious
disadvantages. They come from
By PAUL RUNALLS
Recently the school held a new
event, the talent show, with the
proceeds going towards our four
foster children, The turnout was
excellent, for both talent and
audience, and was conclusive
evidence that spirit reigns
supreme at South Huron,
The opening curtain was
delayed due to extreme panic on
the stage, Master of ceremonies
Doug Fairbairn lost his lines.
"Where are my lines?"
"I don't know where your
stupid lines are."
"Well you should; I gave them
to you."
"What did you give them to me
for, I'm not the M.C."
"Do you want to do this job?"
"No."
Five minutes later Doug yelled,
"I found my lines,"
"Where were they?" " , . . in
my pocket."
The curtain finally opened to
see Tim Ross in wig and heavy
overcoat, Paul Robinson in "dude
boots and soccer socks, Stephan
Orenchuck in long underwear
and Doug Fairbairn in pyjamas
and top hat.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it
was a rock band, imitating Alice
Cooper. After the first few bars of
the song, "Hello Horray," Alice
himself finally appeared in lavish
costume and atrocious eye make-
up. It was Larry Mason, idol of all
the girls.
Screams, yells, and then the
music stopped - a faulty wire!
It was hilarious watching the
band playing without music.
They wound up with the song,
"School's Out" in which Alice
destroyed Mr. Brooks,
(displaying our love and devotion
to teachers) and then the curtains
closed.
Pat Joynt then came out in
front Of the curtains to waste
time, Boy! Did he ever waste
time, Many were saying, "I
didn't know Pat could play a
violin."
"He can't • . although he did
get an,encore. Whether that was
because of his playing or the fact
that he took his coat off and the
audience anticipated a strip-
tease. Who knows?
The next act was one of great
imagination in which Dennis
Doidge, Henry Martens, Dave
Hall and John Muller appeared at
the front as the Whistling Jacks.
Little men entirely Out of
pi' Op er ti011 but worth Many a
laugh,
Doug Fairbairn thee offered a
$5 prize to the person who carne
on stage and told the best joke.
The contest was judged by the
audience and the noise level for
poor homes with unemployed or
disabled fathers or a one-parent
home, They have too little of
everything; space, food, medical
care, money, clothing, reading
material and above all, too little
personal attention resulting in
lack of energy, confidence and
motivation to try to perform.
Cansave compensates for
many, if not all, of these needs.
Or rather, the foster parents
though Cansave provide for the
needs of these children in the
form of financial aid.
Cansave takes that money and
gives it all to the foster child with
only a small fee removed from it
to pay for social workers who
give guidance in spending the
money, The fee amounts to ap-
proximately 75 cents monthly.
Omana mentioned earlier is
one of four foster children sup-
ported by South Huron. Two of
the others are Shun Yun Wong
and Anthony Adams, The name
of the fotirth has not yet been
disclosed to us.
We use the term foster children
but this term is not always en-
tirely accurate. In the case of our
foster children, they are all of our
each contestant's applause. It
was won by a young lad believed
to be from the Heywood clan.
The next act was the play
"Billy the Kid and the Princess'
in which teachers Mr. Eddy and
Mr. Murray fought over La
Princessa de Guelva" played by
Judy Miller,
Perhaps not noticeable by the
audience was the appearance of
Mr. Eddy as the Mexican bandito
who came on stage before he was
supposed to in an attempt to
upstage, Mr. Murray playing
Billy th Kid.
"I keel you gringo", he yelled
and disappeared behind the rear
curtain, The play was excellent
and memory lapses of occasional
lines and positions made it even
more hilarious.
Others in the play were Joan
Goddard with her Aye Yi Yi's,
Kim Pridham the muchacha with
dark brown eyes and Cathy Cook,
the narrator.
Best actor would undoubtedly
have to go to Mr, Murray,
showing excellent imagination
in the portrayal of riding a horse,
Better luck next time Mr. Eddy.
Allyson and the Bubbles were
next, dressed in costume from
yester year singing old songs in
perfect harmony. Members of the
group were Laura Johns, Linda
Ritchie, Judy Parsons and
Allyson Robichaud.
Sue Davis and Cathy Simmons
were next singing two songs with
Sue accompanying on the guitar.
It was a shame that some noisy
individuals could not keep quiet
during this act. They were
however, appropriately
cautioned by Mr. Wooden.
To wind up the first half of the
show the Helicopters, starring
the talented Tim Ross, Mike
Ottewell and crew, sang "Dead
Skunk" and a couple of rugger
songs.
After the break Libber
Gauchee, alias Bryan Turkey,
appeared playing OPUS 40 No, 1
in E minor on the piano. Of
course any half wit knows that
Bryan can't play a piano, but he
was! with a little help from Sue
Davis, crouched underneath the
piano, that is.
Mr. Mills performed ex-
cellently oti' the bagpipes one of
his selections being "Amazing
Grace"
Alas!? He has yet to play,
"Smoke on the Water."
After Mr, Mills, we heard an
instrumental piece On guitars and
drums performed by Steven
Daniels, Paul Ilunalls and Larry
Mason. Then to join them out
strolled Jim Kennedy and Dave
Parsons in an attempt to sing and
play "Lady in Elea", by Udall
Ileep.
approximate age. Omana is an
East Indian girl of 16. Her
ultimate ambition is to be a
doctor. But until her sponsorship,
she had no hope of achieving it.
She is now in medical school and
is getting first class honours by
our standards.
Shun Yun Wong is a college
student from Hong Kong. Like
Omana, he comes from a large,
low-income family and without
the help of Cansave would not
have completed high school.
Neither would three of his
younger brothers and sisters who
have been helped by the same
sponsorship,
Anthony Adams is a 17-year-old
high school student from
Swaziland in South Africa, He is
boarding at the school because
the school is some distance from
his home. His family supported
by his sister, cannot afford to
keep him. He helps them out
whenever he can.
For serveral years now, the
students of South Huron have
been supporting these young
people but unfortunately few of
the students are aware of who the
foster children are or that we
even have them.
The student council, by way of
the students, provide financial
assistance. Our recent talent
show was a good example of the
student support
But these young people need
more than that. They need en-
couragement and friendship. A
short friendly letter regularly to
these people can give them the
hope necessary to achieve their
goals.
It isn't that much to ask, and in
doing so, you may discover a
great and willing new friend.
Anyone wishing to write to
these people can contact the
student council for addresses and
additional information,
Dave explained he didn't know
the words which was a shame for
he surprised many a person with
his outstanding vocals. He sang
the first lines of the song and Bob
Heywood jumped on stage and
prompted loud applause.
Apparently Bob was bugging
Dave all week about his vocal
appearance,
Doug then offered $5 for the
best singer from the audience.
The winner with a beautiful voice
was Marikay Hodgins.
Brad Oke, Al Knight, Wayne
Oke and company sang "Row,
row, row, your boat," but were
only booed for their effort
although they did show some
degree of talent. Bob Heywood
seemed to be having a riot behind
the curtains pinching people as
they sung, to dissrupt their
timing and pitch,
Sue Davis then performed
"Stairway to Heaven" by Led
Zeppelin which she arranged
herself on the piano.
The next act was rather slip-
pery, as Mike Higgins came on
stage dressed as a greaser,
performing some heavy rock and
roll. Shelly Baker and Sherrie
Rau jumped on stage from the
audience and stared in
amazement, It was great and the
act went over very well.
The Amazing Kreskin (Don
Ayotte) performed his E.S.P. But
unfortunately he did not seem to
have too good connections
although he did get a fair amount
of facts straight.
After Don came the jazz duet of
Flear and Creces, a last minute
entry. They performed a variety
of things, even getting the violin
out of the case was a work of art,
Finally they ended up performing
the death march on a broken toy
piano.
Cries for "Smoke on the water"
were heard and Sue Davis behind
the curtain improvised for the
two untalented musicians.
Back again was Tim Ross,
singing Hello Dolly in his gravel
voice, He sang it to Laura Johns
and then carried her off stage,
Then it was time for what
everyone had been waiting for,
The Heywood Brothers, It was
fantastic, The crowd moved
toward the stage, They threw
flowers as Bob sang some old
favorites and got the crowd really
moving with his "Oobladee,
Oobladah's" and his famous
"Darling, pull the twine,"
The evening was success and
credit should go to the people
involved in the show and those
who carne out to Watch, Due to
the tremendous success Of this
event, it is hoped that next year
another talent show will be held.
By TERESA ONDREJICKA
Within the walls of South Huron
District High School there are
many little clubs and
organizations going on after
school, Some of them are in the
sports world, some in the writing
side of life, and others for the
intellectual.
Yet there is one club, very
important I think, which doesn't
really receive as much
recognition as it should. That
club happens to be the Con-
servation Club.
With a total of about 11
members out of the whole school
this seems rather small in
proportion to the number of
football, and other sports en-
thusiasts.
This year marks the second
year of such a club within the
school and, believe it or not,
attendance is up. Our basic aim is
to deal with the problems of
pollution as they are within the
town of Exeter and surrounding
territory.
Last year we completed a
recycling project which was
entered in a Toronto Sports Show
out of which we won $50. That was
first prize and I'm sure the entire
club would agree it was an award
well deserved.
We put quite a bit of effort into
our project on Saturdays and
after school at nights, After
winning we visited various public
schools in the area with it and set
it up during education week so
the pupils and their parents could
get a better idea of what
recycling really is.
This year the club is just get-
ting underway and one of the
things planned is a pollution drive
through the town of Exeter later
in November. Last year the
Junior Outers did this and it was
very successful.
They managed ' to collect
something like 30 full bags of
Students 'star' • in TV special
By IAN DOIDGE
Six students from South Huron
went to CFPL television station
in London this week to par-
ticipate in the "Inquiry"
program .
The students from Mr.
Graham's mass media class,
Chris Daniel, Jane Neal, Wayne
Oke, Larry Johns, Theresa
Ondrejicka and Ian Doidge
questioned a panel composed of
Peter Jones from Colgate-
Palmolive, Mac Irwin of Irwin
Toys, John Foss of Canadian
Canners and Mr. Oliver of the
Consumer Association of Canada
on the good and bad effects of
advertising. Some questions were
also put forth about the
ridiculousness of some television
commercials and about the
misleading nature of others.
The students returned and
reported their discussions to the
other members of the mass
media class. The show was aired
Sunday afternoon. Jack
Burghardt was the moderator
and consumer specialist Shirley
Taylor was also present to ask
some questions of the panel,
talent show
Hopefully there will be another
'really big show' planned for just
before the exams, The theme will
revolve around Christmas and
any ideas or brainwaves should
be given to Dianne Klapp, Paul
Runalls or Doug Fairbairn.
Special thanks on behalf of the
student council and the student
body should go to Paul, Dianne,
Doug, and Mike Miller and the
whole gang who helped 05 make
this talent show a Success. It took
a lot of hard work and organizing
to Make this work Out, We hope to
make the next show, bigger and
better than ever.
garbage from within this town,
With their help this year we hope
it works out as successfully.
We'd like to show a lot of films
of great interest on pollution.
Some of them should be arriving
soon and we hope you'll come and
watch them. Dates will be an-
nounced later. We also are
examining a lot of areas of
pollution within the town which
we would like to attempt to do
something about.
It's not a boring club as some of
you may think. It's one that's full
of action and involves a lot of
time outside, close to mother
nature. Meetings are Thursday
after school in room 102 and if
you're interested, please come.
Remember, the middle letter of
Guardian has
cornpetition
By KATHY DE JONV-
Activity seems to be the name
of the game this week, as many
students participate in various
ac tivites.
Two new clubs, as well as the
Outers, Photography Club, Trap
Club and Cross-Country Team
have been very busy this past
week.
As many know, the Outers were
on a campout on the weekend of
October 27 on the Bruce Trail.
The Photography group has been
extremely busy recently,
producing many pictures of the
various athletic and social
events.
Unknown to many, two new
clubs kicked off this week. First,
the Chess Club (which is open to
all interested persons) wishes to
announce its official beginning,
and requests any interested
persons to come, "armed" with a
chess set, or a checker board
(any donations will be ap-
preciated greatly!) for an ac-
tivity period of enjoyment.
For those interested in French,
I am pleased to announce that
South Huron now possesses a
second school newspaper - in
French! Published monthly, the
paper wishes to convey a French
spirit to the students, and
promises to become an enjoyable
and interesting activity.
Any students interested in
contributing articles, cartoons,
jokes, gossip etc. concerning any
grade level (prefereably in
French) is asked to drop their
contribution in the box in the
language office.
Last, but far from least, the
Junior Girl's cross-country team
of Janet Geilen, Kim Postill,
Kathleen Geilen, Agnes Van
Esbroeck, Ester Snider, Tracy
Turner, and Karen deJong
finished second at the Western
Ontario semifinals and
proceeded to the All Ontario
finals last Saturday,
Hold assembly,
see nature film
By MARION JOHNSON
Last Friday the students of SH-
DHS held their fourth assembly.
A short period day was run and
then all the students assembled in
the new gym for a film.
The film was about wolves and
how they try to survive. It was
shown to make students more
conscious about this beautiful,
animal and how its way of life is
being threatened.
During the presentation,
however, many students were
quite impolite. It seems un-
fortunate that even by the time
some students reach high school,
they cannot behave with some
responsibility.
By TONY KY!-E
South Huron has been fortunate
enough to enjoy a financially
comfortable beginning to the new
year, The various social func-
tions enjoyed by the student
population thus far have been no
exception,
Beginning with the first dance
on initiation day featuring "Leigh
Ashford", there was a net profit
of some $592. Following this was
Sadie Hawkins dance which
netted $450, the main attraction
being "Vehicle".
The first concert of the year
was a modest success. The group
of Fludd entertained a respec-
table crowd and gathered in
about $360 for the student council.
The executive is pleased to
announce that South Huron is
enjoying a decided increase over
previous years and wishes to
thank the student body for sup-
port of their policies,
Also deserving mention is the
talent show which was held for
the support of our foster children.
Nearly $200 was collected for this
War of Hell
By MIKE CRONYN
War is like the flames of hell,
Pollution of Sound and Smell
Over the hill they come again,
Driving people completely insane
People ready and willing,
Shooting hurting and killing
To fight the war of hell.
cause and all those "talented"
people who helped are to be
praised for their "sacrifices."
We of the council would like to
offer as good or a better social
program in the future and are
doubly willing because of the
response so far received.
Find 'Ondine'
delightful
"Ondine, Ondine, the mythical
magical Ondine." This truly
delightful play was viewed by
Theatre Arts students recently in
London, It is the first time the
South Huron students have been
to Theatre London this season,
For most it was a new experience
which proved to be quite en-
joyable.
The play was about an ondine -
someone who lives in the water.
The god Neptune was the girl's
advisor and all her 'family' were
inhabitants of the water.
The actors were really good
and costumes were appropriate.
They (the costumes) helped to
give the story reality. It was
almost as if we were right there
in the enchanted forest and at the
court of the king and the home of
the knight.
This three-act performance
had the audience enthralled from
first to last, If you missed this
wonderful play be sure to see the
next one - Anne of Green Gables
(by the PEI - group), It should
prove to be even better.
SUPPORT FOSTER CHILDREN - They are called foster "children", but
the four young people sponsored by SHDHS through "Cansave" aren't
children at all, as the above pictures illustrate. Omana Thekumthot-
tathil on the left is in medical school in India. Shun Yun Wong on the
right is a college student in Hong Cong.
unusual groups
Band without sound, other
entertain