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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-04-30, Page 5Wiugliatif Advance -Times, Thursday, April :i0, 1'•i64 - Page 5 WDHS Students Report on Activities and Offer Words of Wisdom Students Participate In Outside Activities BY MYRNA IRELAND Almost unrecognized by ti.e school staff and many student. are the groups or organizations in individual local areas. One of these is the Junior Farmer and Junior Institute organiza- tion, In Teeswater this group has succeeded in many enter- prises, particularly drama, Un- fortunately for the school body this cannot go completele, un- recognized, because four of the five members of the cast 'attend W, D, Ii. S. Following many weeks o strenuous rehearsal, the play, "Sunday Costs Five Pesos", was presented April 1 in Tees - water Town Hall in the Bruce County Drama Festival. Be- sides winning the Anstett Shield WE WISH TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO THE MEN OF THE WINGHAM, BLYTH AND TEESWATER FiRE DEPARTMENTS, WHO WORKED HARD THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TO COM- BAT THE FIRE AND BRING IT UNDER CONTROL. WE APPRECIATE ALSO THE KINDNESS OF MANY TOWNS- PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASSISTED US SINCE THEN. OUR TEMPORARY QUARTERS are in the SUPERTEST STATION, corner of Josephine and Victoria Streets. The phone number remains the same — 357-2450. We regret the inconvenience to our customers and we are striving to get back to a normal operation as quick- ly as possible. Our motor rewind service has been set up in our new quarters and we can repair electric motors without further delay. Our service shop is open for business. Electrical contracting continues unhindered. A com- plete new stock of electrical supplies has been ordered and no electrical equipment that was in the fire will be used in any contracting job. Due to the limited space of our temporary location, we are unable to carry ranges, refrigerators, washers, dry- ers and other appliances in stock. However, any item you wish, we will gladly order and our suppliers will make every effort to assure quick delivery. Customers who had appliances in for repairs at the time of the fire will be relieved to know we are en- deavoring to have adjustments made to their satis- faction. Our insurance adjuster requests that we advise our customers of the following procedure: STEP ONE— Customers please notify insurance representative who has your household goods insured, and in- form him of your loss. STEP TWO— Call us (357-2450) and advise us of your Toss that we may check our records, STEP THREE— You will receive a letter from us advising you of the time and place adjustments will be made. All losses will be attended to with as little inconven- ience to our customers as possible. Again, we regret the inconvenience already caused and we certainly ap- preciate the kind understanding you have shown us in this matter. CAL and FRANK BURKE. Burke Electric Industrial, Commercial, Home & Farm Wiring. Motor Re -wind and Repair. PHONE 357-2450 WINGHAM Your reporter was shocked and dismayed to read in this paper last week an article which which asserted that the first Wingham high school was es- tablished in 1907. With a view to setting the record straight, therefore, and in the interests for best play, Elaine Meyer as Berta won the best actress award and Rosemary Miller as Salome won the best supporting actress award. Mrs. Sydney Smith directed the play. One victory led to another and at Listowel Secondary School April 10, where Tees - water won in the Zone Drama Festival, Elaine Meyer also re- ceived best actress award. In Guelph April 17 the cast again presented their play at the Proyincial Drama Festival, This being the last rung on the ladder of complete success, the competition was much stiffer. The play, "The Valiant", pre- sented by Oxford County won the best play award. Undaunt- ed by the adjudicator's remarks Elaine again carried home the best actress award. This was the second time in two years that Elaine had carried back to Teeswater the best actress award from the Provincial Drama Festival. The other members of the cast besides Elaine and Rose- mary are Betty Miller, Gisele Manjin and Allan Beninger. During all performances of the play, the support from the citizens of Teeswater and Cul- ross was encouraging and enthu- siastic. Students Visit Nuclear Plant At 8.30 on the morning of Saturday, April 25th, thirteen sleepy-eyed Wingham District High School students, accom- panied by Mr. Willis, visited the Douglas Point Nuclear Pow- er Station. The trip was ar- ranged by the school Science Club. On arrival the students watched a short film concerning the Douglas Point project and were presented with "hard hats" and a guide. This guide led the participants of the tour up and down any and all stairs he could find, stopping only to de- liver informative speeches and point out important structures. The trip was a total success and enjoyed by all who went. New Uniforms for The Bugle Band By Cathy O' Malley The Bugle Band has had a face-lifting this year much to the pleasure of the members. The girls' uniforms are g.ey skirts, navy blazers, black ties topped by red and navy pill box hats. The boys have re6u- lation cadet uniforms dyed navy. No longer will they wear berets but forage hats. HIGHLIGHTS of historical truth, w•f hart, written down the acetal eirr:urn- stances in the fort: o. ;{ dra- matic narrative. THE FOUNT ee. e,l, WINGHAM DI1 ie.7' HIGH SCi e 411. In the spring of 1' . ; pair of Western Ontario f .plurt.•rs, James Wingham au.,! ''anakiwk District, got slightl;, t+'sed in a Goderich tavern ;;t,d rid cided to pole a raft up the :.'aitland River in search of tin epriag of Eternal Youth, Th.Lad been told by an old Huron Indian that the Spring was located near the present site of the town of Wing - ham or, as he put 1, in the heart of the Mosquito iif•lt. Ac- tually, the Indian lied to them; the Spring was in Forieosa. At any rate, the two pio- neers, on April 3e, 1832, came upon Wingham-to-be from the southwest. The community consisted at that time of two streets but no one lived there since the entire area was cov- ered with dense forest and the streets had never been found. Our heroes found them, though. James Wingham immediately called the town 'Wingham'; after himself, and named one of the streets "Josephine Street" after a woman he had known in Goderich. Not to be out- done Habakkuk District, dubbed the other street "Victoria Street" after a woman he had known in Guelph. Yet the two were not very optimistic about future settle- ment'of the town. "Who would make his home on the side of a great hill like this?" Wing - ham said sadly as he toiled up the incline. "You're right there," Dis - trict replied, "it's a nice place to visit but you wouldn't want to live here." Just at this point, however District reached the top of the hill and saw before him a sprawling structure of glass and brick. A simple bicycle stand containing a single bicycle stood outside the wood and glass doors. "Here, matey, come look at the big building I has found- ed amongst the trees!" District shouted excitedly to his com- panion, The two men stood for a long time staring silently at this strange spectacle. At last Wingham broke the stillness. "How can we make some money out of this huge house?" he asked. Then District responded, "Let us turn it into a tavern," for he knew well the people of Western Ontario. But Wingham had a better idea. " W e will turn it into a school and make our fortune on provincial grants," he decided. "And we will call it the "District Wingham High School" District joined in. "No, we will call it the Wingham District High School,"' Wingham said. They argued for some time over this until finally District flip- ped his lucky sovereign and lost, (Habakkuk District went On Keeping Friends BY EDITH AUSTIN, 9C There are some steps to be followed if one wishes to keep friends. A person should go out of his or her way to be friendly to others, Perhaps the most im- portant step is to follow the Golden Rule closely. "Treat others as you would like them to treat you." One should help another person at every oppor- tunity. This encourages good terms and a warm friendship, A person should be kind, considerate and thoughtful at all times and in all places. It is only proper and polite to lis- ten to a person when he or she is speaking. Another good tip to follow is that of riot monopo- lizing the conversation. Give the others a chance to speak; they will find that the conver- sations are more inspiring if they have a chance to speak now and then. There arc a large number of things which a person should not do. One of these is talking about people hehind their backs. Nothing can prove to be more unpleasant than this. A most common fault of many people is the habit of trying to boss others. Some other bad habits and manners are: being very critical of people, being a bore, being a snob, and being a per- son who belittles others. If a person follows the points written here, he or she may .urd it easier to keep friends. AT VOCATIONAL OPENING—Herb Fuller, a member of the vocational advisory com- mittee of WDHS, Mayor R. S. Hetherington and D. Brown, president of Andeen Con- struction Co., are pictured as they visited following the official opening of the new wing at the school. —Photo by Connell. Science Club Displays Projects at Open House The Science Club display at Open House last Thursday and Friday nights attracted a large number of people. Included in the display were projects built by the individual mem- bers as well as demonstrations of school apparatus. The most up-to-date model of the Doug- las Point Nuclear Power Station built by Bill McIntyre and Dave Griffiths (a former student) was shown along with several posters loaned from the Atomic Energy Commission. Barry Scott's Light to Sound demonstration showed the con- version of light 'energy to sound using a light -powered solarbat- tery. Several people publicly de- clared to stop smoking when they saw the amount of con- densation from one small pack- age of cigarettes in an experi- ment done by Brock Huestou and John Martyn. Doug Elliott's re• lief section of the moon's sur- face displayed the luminous rays of the crater Capernicus beautifully; A Telsa Coil, producing about 50, 000 volt, low amper- age electricity, and apparatus converting sound from a phono- graph into a fluctuating light beam which is transmitted, re- ceived by a photoelectric cell and changed back into sound, on to help found many high schools, including the Luck - now District High School, the Walkerton District High School, etc., but he never got his name in first. He was a good explorer but a remarkably un- lucky man.) In this way, W. D.H.S. came into being. NOTE: Local amateur dra- ma groups who wish to adapt the preceding story into the form of a short play can receive full production rights by send- ing 810.00 to the author. For an additional 81000.00 we will send along the Maitland River, which will prove to be a useful prop in the first pat•t of the play. 0--0--0 LITTLE LINES Big event at W. D. E I, S. last week was the combined new addition opening and Open House. The Glee Club and students in the gymnastic dis- play, among others, put in a lot of practice for the program. 0--0--0 Sally Crawford, head of the W . D. I I. S. Cancer Drive, reports that students have col- lected something in excess of 81, 700.00. Congratulations to the canvassers and the contri- butors. 0--0--0 The health nurses visited the high school this week with were both constructed by Jim Nasmith. Two wireless broad- cast oscillators, which Brian Kerr and Jim Robinson built, were used as transmitters and portable radios as receivers to form a two way AM radio sys- tem with oscillators broad- casting on different frequenc- ie s. Other exhibits were concern- ed with polarization of light, seeing your voice on an oscil- loscope, and low-pressure gas discharge tubes. The boys and Mr. Wood put a great amount of work into the fine display, both in construction and in ex- hibiting it, and deserve much credit for it. more inoculations all around for the pupils. 0--0--0 A final reminder for stu- dents to W. D. H. S. THINK FORMAL! 0--0--0 SCIENCE CLUB On Saturday morning a num- ber of students went to the Douglas Point Nuclear Power Station on a trip sponsored by the Science Club. They were shown a short film, and then donned helmets for a tour of the site and buildings. They went into the reactor BABYSITTER TIP Any girl who is planning t., be a hal-ysitter, should he r�lt- able and punctual, Don't for- get that any respiratory disease can be more dangerous to a ba•• hy. Personal cleanliness is es- sential; a knowledge of first aid and home nursing willhf.ip if there are young children to be fed and attended. DIABETICS SHOULD WEAR IDENTIFICATION Diabetics should alwayscar- ry easily available identifica- tion and instructions in case of coma. A life could be lost if the nature of the seizure were not understood by police or by- standers. room beside the reactor itself, past the large pile of uranium stored for use when the plant becomes operational next year, and over to the huge storage tank for the spent radioactive fuel. Other things of interest were the turbines to provide power from water heated by the reactor, the 185 ton crane to lift the turbines into place, rhe twin giant diesel engines designed to ta,<e over the pro- duction of power should thr re- actor stop, and the hie Day - strain computer which is the heart of the station. According to an unreliable source, certain teachers) have been staging sit-down strikes. It is hoped that no one gets seriously squashed. FR ISTY QUEEN Drive-in WILL BE OPEN THIS WEEK -END and week days Join the many who have been patiently waiting for a DELICIOUS "FROSTY QUEEN" CONE, SUNDAE or MILK SHAKE or a TASTY SNACK from the Grill, as only the "Frosty Queen" can serve. Try our FAMOUS HAMBURGS, FOOT -LONGS, BANQUET -BURGERS, HOT DOGS, etc., or GOLDEN BROWN FRENCH FRIES. WE WILL SEE YOU AT THE FROSTY QUEEN