HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-10-29, Page 14Page 6 - Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Oct. 29, 1964
Edited by MARY [.OU JAMIESON
News and Views W.D.H.S
Drivers' Education
Nearly 40, 000 people die in
traffic accidents every year.
Nearly one and a half million
people suffer disabling injuries.
Over six billion dollars annually
are paid in costs. The only
reason is bad driving,
Definitely something must be
done about this traffic -accident
problem before it gets too far
out of hand. The only solution
to this drastic problem is to
teach people to become good
drivers. Thus driver education
is the best hope there is.
Driver education is taught
in many high schools with three
main goals in mind. They are
safety, smooth traffic, and en-
joyable driving.
Many people possess so much
pride and ignorance that they
will not even consider taking a
drivers' education course. They
think that they are expert dri-
vers as soon as they get behind
the wheel and 'push' eighty and
still stay on the road. How ma-
ny of these people escape acci-
dents? Just remember, "Many
people die from the effects of
gas; some inhale it; others
set a match to it, but most of
them just step on it."
It has been found that foreve-
ry dollar spent on driver educa-
tion, three dollars have been
saved in accidents prevented,
thus illustrating the immense
value of such a course,
To some thoughtless people,
the automobile is only a sym-
bol of power which they use as
a means of expressing anger or
impatience, or perhaps simply
to show off,
Sportsmanship is a quality
essential for every good driver.
Everyone will have noticed the
driver who lacks enough pa-
tience to wait for the traffic
light to turn green or lacks
enough courtesy to wait his
turn at a busy intersection.
Even the horn -blowing driver
still exists in society. What is
achieved by all this is only a
few enemies or perhaps even
the loss of many valuable lives.
As I stated before, some re -
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gard the automobile as an ob-
ject of power, But is this pow-
er always under control? Only
by supervised driving exper•
ience can a person learn ex-
pertly to keep a vehicle under
control. It is by no means
easy to accomplish this feat.
Smooth driving and controlled
driving go hand in hand. When
a person is considered a smooth,
controlled driver, he can start,
drive, and stop his car while a
light object, such as a cigarette
package, remains sitting up on
the dashboard. Try this test
just to prove to yourself what
kind of driver you really are.
In the drivers' education
course, hours are spent in the
classroom as well as in the car.
It is essential that the opera-
tion of a car and mechanics of
a car should be taught. If a
person has not acquired the
knowledge of what to do in
specific incidents, it could
prove serious. Thus rules and
regulations, which everyone
should know, are taught and
discussed fully in order to teach
safer driving.
Since the only remaining
hope in traffic -accident pre-
vention is Driver Education,
why not encourage and support
it?
--Brenda MacLennan 13A
Mustangs Win
First Game
I think last Friday should be
circled on all the High School
calendars, for Wingham finally
won a football game. The
Stratford Northwestern Huskies
suffered a 20-0 defeat under the
hooves of the Mustangs.
John Watson opened the
scoring early in the game with
a five yard dive to put Wingham
ahead 6-0. The attempt at the
convert failed, About seven
minutes after the second quart-
er started, John Watson scored
again on a 20 yard run around
right end into puddles near the
goal line.
The third quarter was score-
less but not uneventful for one
Stratford player was taken to
the hospital with an injured leg.
Norman Corrin scored the final
touchdown in the last quarter in
a 15 yard end run,
This might have marked a
point in football history of
1964-65 for Mr. Campbell says
he is sure that Wingham can
win their last two games giving
them a 3-3 record.
Today the Mustangs play
Stratford Central and who
knows, they might win again,
0--0--0
A king touched my grand-
father on the head with a sword
and made him a duke.
That's nothing. Once an
Indian hit my uncle over the
head with a tomahawk and made
him an angel.
Subscription
Sales
Besides keeping our teams on
a winning streak we, the stu-
dents of W. D. H. S. have
launched our Magazine Sales,
for this year. Tuesday was the
beginning and we are having
collection days every second
school day, Tomorrow, Friday,
will be our second collection
day and we hope it will be
twice as large as the one yester-
day,
The profits made on the
magazine sales are divided so
that the school receives 30-0
per cent. This money is put
to good use by the student
council. In recent years we
'have purchased a time clock
for the gym, a record-player
and supported a child in a for-
eign country. We have several
good ideas for this year's'mon-
ey besides helping some of our
clubs in the school.
We certainly hope the citiz-
ens of Wingham and district
will realize the value of their
subscriptions to our school and
save them for one of our stu-
dents,
By the way students, I hope
you are working very hard at
trying to sell at least one sub-
scription, If you sell only ane
you will receive a W, D.11. S
pennant. If you sell three sub-
scriptions, you will be given a
set of "kissing dolls" . The
more subscriptions you sen, the
higher you rise on the plateau
of prizes. I hope you will get
out and sell as many subscrip-
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Cameron holds two of the dolls.—Yearbook Photo.
A STRATFORD PLAYER suffered a sprained ankle during
the Wingham-Stratford football game at the high school
last week. He is shown being looked after by coach
Bob Campbell, of Wingham, and M. Irwin, of Stratford.
—Yearbook Photo.
THE WDHS MUSTANGS came up with their
first win in four garnet last week when
they defeated the Stratford Northwestern
team 20-0, Watson, partially hidden by
the referee scored the first TD of the
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