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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-03-10, Page 4--0-MMWNTM Buy Now Before April 1 Price Increase Mr, Darnsma Madill teach er comments on. spirt In this week's edition of the school page we are featuring a special article on Mr.Damsma, the. English teacher behind the school page who corrects all our silly grammar mistakes. Mr. Damsma was born in Holland in 1940. When he was 7 years old his family moved to In spite of the fact that you buy your eggs by the dozei:, in truth they are actually sold by • the ounce, according to food ::pecia- lists at the Ontario Food Conicil Ministry of Agriculture and Food. If y ou sometimes wonder what size of egg to purchase or which would be the best buy, work out the cost per ounce. According to Canadian egg grading regu- lations, Grade A eggs are divided into these five classes: . Minimum weight Minimum per egg [ozj weight per doz.toz1 Size Extra large 2'/a 27 Large - 2 24 Medium 1% 21 Sifialf .1 1/2 18 Pee Wee Under 11/2 Under 18 Memorize the weights of , a dozen of eggs in. the sizes you most often purchase. Next time ou are shOppitig, determine which size is the bargain. If Medium Canada to live on a farm near Kitchener. Mr. Damsma received all his elementary education in a one room school house. From there he went to Waterloo-Oxford District High School near Baden. H e graduated from Grade 13 and went to Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, graduating in eggs are 1/8 less in price than large, they are equal in cost, ounce per ounce. Small eggs which are 1/4 less in price than large are equal in cost, ounce per ounce. Since both season and supply determine the price of eggs, there are times when one size is definitely a better bargain than another. When supplies of all sizes are adequate, the prices are more likely to. be-in equilibrium and no particular size is a better buy. In this case, choose the size of egg' that best suits Youre ating habits. Always buy eggs from refrigerated counters since they lose quality rapidly at room ,:emperature. At home, store eggs refrigerated, away from strong. smelling foods, with the large end. of the egg pointed upward. As a general rule of thumb, buy only one week's supply of eggs at a time. 1964 with a B.A. in, education, He taught for 2 years in a private (Protestant) school inf oronto. For two summers he attended the Ontario College of Education for his Canadian Teach in g certificate. In 1967 he moved i.0 Ripley and taught primarily Latin and Physical education for four .years. Mr. Damsma has been teachinga t Madill for five years. He teaches English, Grades 10 - 12. Mr. Damsma is the father of 2 girls and one boy (ages 10, 8 and 3) and resides in Lucknow. His favourite colour is blue. His hobbies are working with wood creating furniture and toys. Picnic tables and working on horses. He enjoys hunting, especially ground hogs. Skiing, hiking, camping, mechanics and reading are, other interests. Mr. Darnsma stated that F.E.Madill is a good school, it has pleasant students, an atmosphere conducive to education, it is clean, the staff is helpful and friendly, naturally! Mr. Damsma commented on school spirit. He said that students come from too wide an area to develop unity or togetherness. Instead they identify more with their own town than with their school. As a suggestion• for more student involvement in -sports he suggested that maybe if the student body was organized in teams or 'house leagues (using various colours) it would excite more interest. "Students should consider high school as a time of opportunity, not as something to be endured fora few years," said Mr. Damsma. Mr. Damsmi has a few philosophieS of life which he was willing- to share with us. 1. Be brave enough to defend your own point of view; be an individual, a somebody. Yet you need otherS as they need you. 2. Take time each day to consider what you've done, what you're doing, and where you're going.. . 3. Prepare for whatIyou know is coming, but don't waste time doing the same for the unexpected. - These philosoPhies all ,hold helpful advice. They' only need to be put into practice. "Each day brings it's fy spark of humour," said Damsma, "That's one of tiljo of teaching -- no two days, no classes, no two students are same.lbarve heard the expres$ `You don't have to be crazy teach, but it sure helps. 'That is true, of course,' but I do bell( that a sense of humour indispensable 'for a teacher, grateful that both students a teachers of F.E.Madill can sh the gift of humour." By Mary Anne Al' riMatMM-Vaging0.,lW DEBBIE. MCCALL Hairstylists Now at George of Brussels John St. Brussels - 887.6751 • • An egg can be a bargain East VVawanosh hold Public Speaking Nolt. Pioneers. Leonard Lubbers, The Eye. Grade 6; Lisa Thompson Trip- West (first place) Sheila Anderson, Karen Magnussen (second place). Murray Taylor, Good Food (third place) Calvin Bakelaar, Stanley Cup. Georgina Chettleburg, Gardening. Scott Evans, Gliders. Iamb. Grade one and two exchanged Grade 7, Kim McDoWell, Her valentines. On ground hog day Childhood: Bonnie Askes, Abomi- they talked about this day. Some pupils in this grade have cele- brated birthdays and their fellow classmates joined in the celebrat- ing too. Following their booster shots they received the othe day, they discussed this. The grade two's and threes' made a newspaper, of events that occured to the pupils in that room. They did a story and some pictures on Columbus. Quite a few people of the class have had chicken pox. At this time the grade four and five, I guess are just sticking to routine for they had nothing . sometime in April. unusual to contribute, The volley ball teani is out of The grade six have made luck for the tournament which had speeches and projects on South been cancelled twice previously America. Two of the pupils from because of snow, has been their room were on the volleyball team. The grade seven room had a number of participants who made Heritage Day Posters for the contest sponsored by the Wingham Lions' Club. The grade eights are going to go Curling in Wingh am . During the past weeks all the pupils have been giving speeches in the classes. Prom each grade, from grades four to eight three girls and three boys were chosen to participate M the gytmiasium where WititietS Will be chosen to go to Wirighani, The participants are as follows: Grades 4 and 5 participants and thier topics,, Julie Gnay, Colonel Sanders. Jennifer Johns, Pollution An- drew Walsh, WolveS, Johan Van Camp, Her 'Horse, Edward 4-41it MUSSELS POSY; MARCH 10,, 106 on most models [Intended for last weeo Since the last _report the kindergarten had a Valentine Party: They made jello , iced :uptakes, and one boy brought 'alentine cookies. They are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the month of March to see if it comes in like a lion or a nal Snowman. Karen Jaretyke, Trip to Germany' (third place) Steven Steveson, Dinasours. Mark Nolt, Itobbits. Eric Taylor, the Olympics (second place). Grade 8, Karen Coultes, World Zecords (first place) Cathy Bake- tar, Jaws. Kim Macintosh Drugs. rant Gnay, Sir John A. ,IacDonald. Kenny Marks, lent)/ Winkler (Fonzy). Marvin iingerich, StrangeAreas ofA ssalt tobert Currie, Gold. Auditions for parts for the )peretta 'corn Sawyer" were inderway today. This will be 'resented on the occassion of the Spring concert, which will be held cancelled for good. We plan to participate in an upcoming borden ball tourna- ment on March 6. During the past few weeks, weather permitting, the senior side pupils have been doing Some Cross Country skiing. School T shirts have been on sale at the school during the week and -a lot of pupils have purchased them. Miss Maxine Watts was pre- stintedwith. -a sheep skin rug by Paul Cook, president of the students Connell On appreciation Of teaching the pupils volley ball skills. the volley ball tealii has been doing fairly well and there have beep a. lot of sprained fingers or thittriti tbbi Janet IvIeNed Grade 8 with Pyroceram one- piece cooking surface. Patterns on surface indicating four cooking areas. GIBSON CC 453A Smooth Top Range -- OVEN WINDOW *..-CONTINUOUS CLEAN OVEN • -REMOVABLE OVEN- 000 AUTO PREHEAT BAKE & BROIL. ELEMENTS Reg $600." NOW $ 99 M.C. Smith,Ltd. takdVrt's' Ontario 291-i810 MI. C. SMITH tutilioh aid i oub posi 13 t thOii on Mile Oh ighT • H'i hi,ar 86 teki" MO*