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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-02-27, Page 3WRESTLING Mr, Gnay's wrestlers went to Goderich last Saturday and came back with the Huron - Perth Wrestling Championship, It was their second fine showing of the year, coming a week af- ter their sixth-place finish in • the W.O.S.S.A. meet. Team standings for the tournament were: Wingham 89 points, Lis- towel 83, Goderich 74, Mit- chell 64, and Clinton 6. George Dobson of Wingham • placed fourth in the 136 lb. class. Finishing third for Wing - ham were Ross Wightman at 106 lb., Tom Miller weighing 123 lb., and Ken McTavish in the unlimited class. Second place was secured by Bob Fur- ness in the 115 lb. class, Arie DeBruyn in the 130 lb. class, John Eckenswiller in the 141 lb. class, Norm Corrin in the 148 lb. class, John Watson in the 157 lb. class, Bob Ostrom in the 168 ib, class, Top mat - men for W.D.H.S. were Larry Brooks, who won everything in the 98 lb. class, and Bruce Par- ker, who captured the 183 lb. championship. SUITABLE SYMBOL A growing movement is afoot at W,D.H.S, to have •,- Canada accept a truly Canadian flag, a flag which would re- present her highest ideals and noblest aspirations. We modest- ly odestly suggest that we have found the perfect answer -- a giant dollar bill. Such a flag would • have two other appealing (to some) features: a picture of the Queen and bi-linguality. WESTERN WISIT Last Saturday, a group of nine brilliant Grade Thirteen students visited the university • of Western Ontario. They were accompanied by Mrs. Colin Camrabell, history teacher at W.D.H.S., and her husband. The occasion was high School College Day, a program de- signed to familiarize prospec- ` tive students with the campus, classes and other aspects of the university. Students attended two lectures on courses in which they were interested and heard speeches by various important people. After an interesting afternoon they had the oppor- tunity of seeing a swimming show and a basketball game be- tween Western and Queen's. (Western won), Around eight hundred pupils from Ontario high schools were present. Mrs. Campbell had arranged for the Wingham group to visit Sydenham, Medway, and West- minster estminster residences as well as Huron College before the noon registration. Two W .D. H, S. r alumni, Ruth Hodgins and Bruce" Grainger, guided them around Westminster and Medway Hall, respectively. BASKETBALL On Monday of this week, the Senior boys took a 34-29 de- cision over Seaforth in a scram- bly but hard-fought game. The win boosted them into third place in the ten team league and gave them a berth in the play-offs, which are to beheld this Saturday in Stratford. After a slow start, Wingham forged ahead and were never behind after the first quarter. Hugh Mundell, playing guard, and Wayne Farrier, centre, had ten points each for the winners. The Juniors lost their game to Seaforth 44-24. The game was close until the middle of the second quarter when Sea - forth began to pull away. harry Askes and Norm McKinney had six points each for the losers. Other Wingham scorers were Jim Nasmith with five, Glen Madill with four, and Tom Dey- ell with three. SCIENCE CLUB Have you noticed the gal- lery and cafeteria strangely emptier during the second lunch hour the past few weetts? If so, chances are some of those you miss are in Mr. Wood's room soldering the circuitry of their oscillator kits and testing their apparatus on various meters, while others conduct interest- ing experiments with lab equip- ment. One such experiment is a test of accuracy in aiming a beam of light at a photoelec- tric cell set up so that when the light hits it directly, a small bulb lights up. Each person tries to determine how far away he can be and yet concentrate the light beam on the cell suf- ficiently to cause the bulb to light up, Mr. Wood is to be thanked for entrusting so much equipment to the students of the science club, who are pro- gressing with their project and learning at the same time. 0--0--0 There must have been a rash of births about this time in the late '40's -- that is, if the num- ber of "birthdays" held by stu- dents in the last few weeks is any indication. Some classes have been reported as having at least one birthday "celebrant" per day, for a number of weeks. Of course, this necessitates the singing of "Happy Birthday" to that student, by the class. At the present rate, everyone in these classes will be a year old- er less than three weeks from now. Large Attendance At Concert Alex Hamilton, president of the Students' Council, wel- comed large gatherings both Thursday and Friday evenings when pupils of Wingham Dis- trict High School presented their annual variety concert in the auditorium, Musical numbers and dances were alternated during the first part of the program, which moved along quickly, The opening numbers, "It's a Grand Night for Singing" and "Deep Purple", were sung by the girls' choir. The boys' choir sang "A Great Day" and the senior choir sang a medley of songs from "West Side Story". The first dance, Teddy Bears' Picnic, was performed by eight girls, Brenda Hall, Mary Lou Jamieson, Doreen Smythe, Linda Coultes, Jill Thornton, Linda Johnston, Judy Bitton and Donna McKay. Dancers in the Black Bottom were Ilelen Currie and Murray Procter, Ruth Coultes and Bob Beattie, Esther Kerr and Rod Cameron, Cheryl Roane and Russell Press, Elaine Meyer and Rick Alcorn, Bonnie Jardin and Dave Wenger. Wendy Cronkwright, Mary Watson, Sylvia Hoover, Nor- een Nicol, Cathy Peachey, Pam Tunney, Barb Cameron and Linda Mahood did a number called Alley Cat. Those in the Hilly Gully dance were Nancy Schaefer, Mary Abate, Sally Galbraith, Marilyn Riley, Pat Hotchkiss, Kay Tunney, Connie Cameron and Peggy Rae. Several boys gave an excel- lent gymnastic demonstration, under the direction of Mr. Campbell. BATTLE OF WITS The main feature of the program was the UM -act play "Battle of Wits" h. Norman Williams and prest.nred by per- mission of Samuel French(Can- ada) Ltd. The setting was in a Chinese garden when Silver Lotus (Susan Spry), a young Chinese bride returned for her first traditional visit to her home. She reveal- ed to her parents, Chung Lai (Peter -John Pace) and Madam Chung (Sandra Cameron) that she was unhappy with her hus- band. Sun Chu (Louis Stadelmann), a young magistrate arrived at the home on a business call and he and Silver Lotus recalled their happy childhood days. Later Sun Chu learned that the husband of Silver Lotus had been killed by a worker (Russell Press), who had fallen from a tree, At this point Sun Chu and Silver Lotus took up a very in- teresting battle of wits that re- sulted in a happy ending, Kenneth Anderson was the property man and the part of an attendant was played by Lor- na Woods. The play was dir- ected by C. R, Morrison, The mass choir has become a customary finale to the schoo concerts and the audiences this year were not disappointed as Mrs. Carl Douglas led the sing- ers in "Ilo Ifo for rhe Rolling Sea", "This Land Is My Land" and "Evensong". Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Feb. 27, 1:164 -- Page 3 Nine Students Visit Western A party of nine grade 13 stu- dents from the Wingham District High School visited Western University at London on Satur- Two H.S, Rinks At Walkerton Two rinks of curlers from the Wingham District High School entered an invitation mixed bonspiel for high school students at Walkerton on Satur- day. There were 12 entries in the 'spiel from Walkerton, Markdale, Paisley, Hanover, and Wingham, A Wingham rink skipped by Brian Clark won third spot in the competition with two wins and a plus of three. tiis team- mates were Connie McRae,vice; Garry Reed, second; Gloria Reed, lead. A second entry skipped by Glen Madill tied for fourth place with one win and a plus of six. Vice was Elaine Meyer, with Robert Beattie, secondand Sharon Reavie, lead. day where they spent an inter- esting day finding out about university life. The group included Hugh Mundell, Alex Hamilton, El- win Moore, Wayne Martin, Su- sanne Reynolds, Brenda Conron, Adeline McKinney, Elaine Mof- fat and Wayne Caslick, The group travelled to Lon- don where they were met by Mr. and Mrs. Colin Campbell, the latter being a staff mem- her of the local high school, who tool( the group to visit a number of the university resi- dents buildings. At noon the students registered at the uni- versity where they heard a num- ber of addresses by authorities, and then each attended two lectures of individual interest. Later they listened to Dr. Hall, president of the university, who spoke on the cost of higher edu- cation and the necessity for each prospective student to be a sincere student. Ile pointed out that it costs $7,000 per stu- dent of which only 25 per cent is made Up of student fees. A GLIMPSE at the Roarin' 20s—Gaudy costumes and fast stepping was featured when this group did the Charlston at the high school. Left to right Esther Kerr, Rod Cameron, Bonnie Jardin, Dave Wenger, Helen Currie, Murray Procter, Elaine Meyer, Rick Alcorn, Ruth Coultes, Bob Beattie, Cheryl Roane, and Russell Press was just out of camera range. DANCED AT CONCERT—"The Teddy Bears' Picnic" an in- terpretive dance was staged by this group of young ladies at the annual high school variety concert last week. The group includes, standing: Mary Lou Jamieson, Doreen Smyth, Linda Johnston; seated: Brenda Hall, Donna 'Mc- Kay, Judy Bitton, Jill Thornton, Linda Coultes.—A-T Photo. 4,10 THE TRAMPOLINE display brought a lot of applause at the high school concert. Pictur- ed spread-eagle in the air over the machine is Ron Hitchings, one of a number of boys and girls who demonstrated their ability. —Advance -Times Photo.