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WOODEN BECOMES PRINCIPAL — In 1965, J.L. Wooden
became the principal of South Huron District High School. He
was one of three principals the school had during the 1960's
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played hard, did their best
and performed with good
sportsmanship.
During the early half of the
decade a major social ac-
tivity during the school year
was the combination of
Commencement and a
Variety Show sometimes
called the "Ili-Time
Review" which was held in
late fall. One local headline
describes the event
"Capacity Crowds view
S.H.D,H.S. spectacular."
During the program,
awards and diplomas where
distributed followed by
entertainment provided by
the orchestra, glee club,
majorettes, dancers and
drama presentations. This
format for commencement
was abandoned in 1965-66
when the entertainment
SectiM was discontinued, A
description of Gom,
mencement held on
November 19, 1965 states the
"ceremony was a dignified
and impressive occasion,"
followed by a reception and
dance afterwards in the
gymnasium.
Another legendary social
event which became
somewhat revised during the
decade was the annual
teacher-student broomball
game. In the early '60s the
evening started with a
skating. party at the arena,
followed by the broomball
game and the evening was
completed with a dance at
the school. The yearly dual
became a Friday afternoon
ritual in the later 160s and
eventually was. the opening
event for the Winter Car-
nival.
Official scores of these
encounters were always a
source of great controversy
but, "they sometimes proved
that administration does not
always win against student
power."
Social functions could not
be discussed without in-
cluding the annual formal or
"At-Home" dance organized
by the student council each
year, A great amount of
planning and preparation
went into this gala affair,
and the evening was usually
highlighted by the crowning
of a school queen. (a ritual
only discontinued this year)
The dance was originally
held in late winter or early
spring but Mother Nature
played havoc with plans in
1964-65 and created a snow
storm on the planned day.
The formal did take place on
that Friday night but voting
for the School Queen which
always took place that
morning was obviously
hampered so "secret
ballots" were cast over the
phone, and future dances
were planned later in the
season.
Expansion was occuring in
many areas at South Huron
during the sixties. Four
classrooms and a second
gymnasium were added to
enlarge the school in 1960. As
of September 1961, the
enrollment was 750 with a
teaching staff of 28. The
projections for the next year
were 825 and with some
worry over the delay of
construction of the
vocational school at Clinton
extra classrooms had to be
found.
However the problem was
solved in September 1962
when the first students were
bussed to Clinton. Even with
56 going to Clinton,
enrollment was about 750
and it grew steadily until
September 1964 when the
number reached 795, and Mr.
Sturgis clearly stated, "We
need more space and we
need it fast," The actual
school building was meant to
handle 100 less students even
with three bus loads going to
Clinton.
The smallest class at South
Huron had 33 students, and
the pupil-teacher:ratio was
27;1 (The goal in 1999 for the
pupil-teacher-ratio was
24:25: 1 whereas today it is
16-17:1). Mr. Sturgis himself
was forced into a teaching
role temporarily after a new
teacher quit after only two
days and he needed board
approval before he could
hire a replacement.
Thus the urgency for the
completion of the planned
school addition was voiced,
The addition which received
Federal Government ap-
proval in September of 1964
would include new technical
and commercial
facilities a cafeteria, a large
gymnasium, a two story
classroom extension at the
east end of the school and
some renovations.
Tenders were called for
the addition in November
1964, however even by the
time the building was to be
completed it would be filled
by students, Also with the
growing number of students
the office staff was in-
creased.
Miss Dorris Swartz
received assistance in 1964-
65, and in 1965-66 the number
of secretaries in the office
increased to three and one
secretary was hired for, the
guidance department. (Our
secretarial staff at present
has increased to five with the
addition of a secretary
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FOOT BALL CHAMPS — The 1967 Panthers were among those who won Huron-Perth championships, but they set an en-
viable record by completing the season without a loss. Front row: Barry Baynham, Statistician; Scott Burton, Bevan Bonthron,
Ross Huff, John Pryde, Jim. Hayter, Bud Desjardine, John Godbolt, Bill Fairbairn, Gary Gingerich, Manger. Second row:
Barry Clark, Ron Grasdahl, Ron Durand, Martin Manley, Bill Huxtable, Duncan Etherington, Ron Bogart, Coach; Uilke
Nagle, Laurence Brown, Peter Kok, Bill Farquhar, Danny Shoebottom, Jim Hoffman, Manager. Third row: Chuck Snider, Al
Lavier, Kevin McKinnon, Kevin Lamport, Bill.Bourne, Mike Hoy, Brad Hamilton, Louie Mitchell, David Frayne, Leo Desjardine,
Gord Greenwood, Len Rimmer.