HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-11-03, Page 25CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS coached by Mr. .
Hunter of the history department, captured the
Junior Boys Huron-Perth Championship held in St.
Marys on October 20. Next step is the Western
Ontarid meet which the team will attend on
Saturday. They are: Left, John Passchier, Shane
Purdon, Gord Kinahan, Keith Metzger, Dave
Gamble and the coach.
Madill before -
Editorial
Are town. people
out of shape?
The big "trend" lately is to get
involved with participation, But,
it is not just a silly fad that will
soon be forgotten.
Take a good look at
yourself. yo you like what you
see? If not ; get involved. Do a
little participaction, it just may
help you live long enough to enjoy
the next big "trend". .•
Participaction! Are you 'doing'
it?
Every morning 'dad' must go to
work so he jumps into the car and
off he goes. Whenever 'mom'
needs a missing ingredient or
hairspray or a pair of panty hose
she jumps into the car and take
off to get them. Then, 'typical
teenager' runs out of paper or ink
or must take little brother or
sister to buy a popsicle so he
grabs the keys, jumps into the
car and zooms away. Eventually
`'dog' has to be exercised so
someone jumps into the car and
lets the pet run behind.
These are typical examples of
this and many town's 'unpartici-
pacting' people. Suprisingly, city
dwellers are generally more
active than towns-folk. They
consider walking to catch a bits or
subway a minor part of their
journey but we complain if we
have to walk downtown which
probably, isn't as far. When they
finally reach their shopping spot
they might walk miles to find
what they are looking for. We
Mrs. Catherine Pratt is the
newest member • of - the
commercial department at
Madill. Although she is qualified
to teach both shorthand and office
practice she now teaches five
grade nine and ,two grade ten
typing classes.
Mrs. Pratt was born in Sicily
but came to Canada as a' child
with her family which settled in
the Italian community in Toronto.
There she grew up and received
her elementary and secondary
schooling. After graduating
from St. Joseph's College School
she entered Ryerson
Polytechnic al Institute in
secretarial science. In three years
she received her diploma and
she then entered teacher's
college For the first five years of
her teaching career she Worked in
Listowel. During this time she
received her B.A. iii English from
York University. For the last two
years before coming to Madill,
As well as being an excellent
resource centre, our library is a
great place to work! 'Just ask any
of the members of this year's
Library Club, and I'm sure they
will agree. Whether they devote
their spare time to this club to
earn activity points, to gain work
experience, to meet"' people, or
simply to find out What 'makes a
library tick'', these people
deserve a lot of credit!
This year, there are eight
tethers in the Library Club, and
they usually have one formal
meeting each term These are
held to plan the vikirk to be done*
throughout the term. All work is
done on a voluntaty basis, and
records of dine devoted by each
member are kept to assess the
number of points they , have
9ined. Each year, there is a
Student Council Award given to
the student Making' the best contribution to' the Library club.,
hop out of our cars, run into each
store, and hop back into our car
and move until we get what we
Want.
Town people are complaining
about a lack of parking space on
the main street. If more of these
complainers would use MAN
POWER to get their frail bodies
to their destinations we wouldn't
have to worry about parking
space.
There are many means of
exercising MAN POWER. The
easiest and most common is the
traditional walk. No one should
have any trouble with this
method. It comes naturally, like
eating. You can even vary it for
interest sake by skipping,-
hopping or dancing. If you are
ambitious you can speed up your
walk to a relaxing job or a thrilling
spring. Both of these will get you
to your goal quite quickly.
Another excellent method of
travel is the bicycle. A bike can
take you to most places without
ever needing gas or too many
serious repairs. In the winter you
could cross-country ski to your
desitination for a change.
There is no excuse for not
joining the participaction
movement. It will make you feel
better, look better and be a better
person
Come on, all you town people.
'Get 'participacting' ! •
Sally LeNan
she taught at Sandwich
Secondary School on the outskirts
of Windsor.
She has been married for four
years and she andfMr—Pratt own
a house in Listowel: Her bobbies
include pottery, tennis, skiing
and she is a member of the
school's chess club.
Speaking about Madill, Mrs.
Pratt says, "It has a feeli ng of an
established school" which she
feels is due to the fact that the
high school has been in Wingham
for so long that it has made,
mistakeS- and through time ,has
learned how to correct them. She
feels "the staff are very
outgoing" and "the students are
very friend lv". Mrs. Pratt is also
pleased with the way "the school
as a whole pushes sports and tries
to get everyone involved."
Welcome to our school Mrs.
Pratt. We wish you much
happiness and success in your
first year at. F.E.M.S.S.
Eleanor Johnstone
This club is student-run; with
Mr. Mountford as the staff
advisor. If you are in the library, at
any -time before school in the'
morning, during noon hour, or
during activity periods, you may
encounter members of the Library
Club, hard at work.They are
responsible for the circtlatidn of
books in the library, filing
catalogue cards,' repairing books;
staniping books, as well as 'taking
inventory at the end of the year.
They also purchase the records in
the library which are available for
student use. What Would We do
without these people?
The next time you are in the
library and see a hard-Working
inernber of the Library Club,
maybe you will want 'to thank
them for all ;they've done for
you! After all, they do make our
library a nicer place to visit!
Mary Eadie
On the inside cover of the
yearbook of \F.E.Madill stand a
young woman and a young man.
It is dusk and the sky is golden
with its richness. The couple
stand erect, silhouetted against
the horizon as they gazed
together into the entrance of a
school. 'It seems as though they
are standing on the edge of time.
Courier '70 gave a report on the
Commencement of 1969. It was
held on December 5, 19,69 and for
the first time it took place in the
double gym. Mr. F.E.Madill was
a guest speaker. The evening was
summarized- quite nicely. The
evening undoubtedly brought
to mind many unforgettable
memories of , past acquaintances
and events at this school: I'm sure
it will be a similar feeling that
circulates on November 12th,
1976 in the double gym for -those
that graduate.
The unforgettable Pete Snow
was chosen as school leader.
"Everyone knows and likes Pete.
Peter is One of the best athletes
ever to come from F. E. Madill,"
a certain student had commented.
Barb Dauphin held the title of
SchoolQueen. "Her winning
personality and ready smile won
her the title of Snow Queen of
Wingham as well as School
Queen," commented a fellow
student.
Mr. G. 0. Phillips, principal of
P.. E. Madill stated in his address
to the students 1969-1970 was the
last year for the usual five year or
four year courses, S.T. and T., or
B. and C. - branches. The next
year, hopefully, students would
be taking subjects of interest to
themselves resulting in individual
time tables."
When 'I was flipping through
the pages of graduates I
recognized several faces. Some
are home economics teachers,
some are farmers, quite a few are
teachers of some sort. Most have
married, others have gone out
west and one former student I
heard has been shipped off to
Africa. Few of them had their
future down pat when composing
the grad comments. There is still
hope for us! We are the
undecided Majority.
PariOra's Paint Box,
Restricted Movie House and Judo
were 'different ektta-ciiriCular
activities that were held in 1070- at
P. E. Madill:
Taking a look at sports .,..there
Was a tennis' teani consisting of
three team members and two
coaches. The cross-country teams
really outdid themselves. The
Midget boys, Senior boys and the
gifts cross-country teams came
home With Huron-Perth Cham-
pionship trophies. The Jtiftior
boys cross-country team won
Huron-Perth and the WOSSA
championship. Their coach was
Mr. Young.
1970 was the year Mr. Dennis
coached the Gymnastics teams
along with the help of Miss
Houston. There was a Theatre
Hour Company presentation on
December 1st of 1969. Spirit
Week was held October 20 - 24,
1969. Plenty of spirit had been
displayed by the end of the week.
The Molars (teachers) challenged
the California Cuties on February
14 of that year. To supplement
the Christmas season a Christmas
party was held on December 19 of
1969. There were pie throwing
contests, a kissing. booth, ,•"kiss
me, Sc," and a race similar to the
ancient chariot races. Mrs-. Tiffin
was pulled around in a little red•
wagon by some of her students,
racing in a matter of life and
death against her opponents. Her
title was "Terrible Tiffin." She
was pulled through the corridors
of F. E. Madill wearing a hard
helmet.
. There are different aspects of
School dance
clears $500
Friday, October 11 at 9 o'clock
was the time of the second school
dance .of the year. A crowd of
about 550 people danced to the
music of the, band "Fable
Manor.' The band played a wide
selection of popular music, and
was able to handle both slow and
fastrtunes with equal dexterity.
The crowd seemed to enjoy' the
band immensely judging front the
spirited participation in the form
of dancing, clapping and attentive
listening. A total of about $500
was made overall.
A special thanks is given to all
the teacher chaperones and
student organizers who made the
dance such a success.
And if you had to miss this one
don't make the same mistake
next time.
Eileen Fisher 12B
Girls.. hope to.
make semi .finals
The. Madill junior basketball
team pulled off their fourth win of
the season defeating Clinton by a
score of 36-4. Debbie MacDonald
and Kathy Cruickshank each
picked up ten points for their
'team. The girls hope to keep a
Winning streak going and make
Hu ton-Perth ,setrii-finals.
THE BRUSSELS POST,,
Parents Meet
with teachers
Parent-teacher consultation
night was held at the F.E.Madill
Secondary School on Monday,
October 25th. Over 250 parents
responded to the invitation, which
*accompanied the Progress
Report, to visit the school and
discuss concerns with the subject
teachers.
The evening was arranged by
the Guidance Services
Department and involved 35
student secretaries and
receptionists along with 12
student-guides..All teachers were
in attendance` and many -were
"booked" solidly with interviews.
It is hoped that this occasion
will assist in the improvement of
the.achievement and performance
of students as well as strengthen
communication and under-
standing between home and
school.
1970
school life.The academic
achievement is only one of a great
many others. is funny. when
looking back to grade nine. I don't
remember the times of turmoil
but rather , the excitement I felt
before' my first school dance. I
can't rernembei the first test I
flunked,, but I'll always remember-
the first assignment I received
from the School Page. 'The time I
had writing and rewriting my
article until I felt I had it polished!
We remember the good times we
enjoyed and usually not the bad.
Students learn more' from
practical trial and error situations
than can ever be learned from
books.
Miss Hardie graduated from F.
E. Madill in 1970.- Her favourite
saying was "Doesn't it make you
old?" Ask her about 1970. She
has an inside story that will n ever
be forgotten because she
experienced it.
Mary Anne Alton
Madill team
are champs
On Wednesday, October 20 the
Huron-Perth Cross-country
Championship meet was held at
the Wildwood Conservation area
at St mary's.
There were eleven schools in
•this Conference. The teams from
Madill represented our school
very well. The Midget and Senior
boys finished fourth in their
`respective divisions. The Senior
Girls finished third. The Junior
boys from Madill enjoyed the
most success of the day with their
victory in the Junior race.
Congratulat ions team!
Karn Richey
Lounge getting
paint job
"Fable Manor" provided the
entertainment for the dance held
on Friday,-October 22.Attendance
was down from the first dance of
the year but the music was good
and everyone seemed to enjoy
themselves.
The students' lounge is getting
a new' look. Part of the money
allotted to the lounge managers
B the student council has been
used to give the lounge a hutch
needed paint job, Please be
patient when you find the lounge
door locked. We are trying to
make the lounge at' even nicer
place to visit,
Eleanor Johnstone
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