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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-05-19, Page 8Exeter Times -Advocate Wednesday, May 19, 1999 Opinion&Forum Remember when... On June 30 to July 2, 2000, South Huron District High School will celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The Exeter Times Advocate would like to join in the celebrations by sharing arti- cles or pictures which have appeared over the years. YEARS 1950-1954 - HI HIGHLIGHTS Pupils rebuild gutted barn Students at Exeter High School are tearing down their gutted agricultural barn and prepar- ing to build it up again. Under the supervision of Agriculture teacher Andrew Dixon, scorched and damaged parts of the building are being removed in preparation for construction. An exploding oil heater used for incubating eggs touched off the fire Friday which destroyed 600 chicks, a thoroughbred sow and four of its litter of six. Mr. Dixon found the oil -burning brooder in the barn had gone out during the night when he checked the premises shortly before 9 a.t. The heater exploded as he was re -lighting it. He escaped with singed hair and was able to free the sow, although it died later. Two weaners were saved by making a hole in the side of the wooden barn, covered with sheet -metal siding. Students and teachers managed to save the farm equipment in the building before smoke drove them out. Exeter firemen fought the blaze after the alarm was phoned by a student. The barn was built by students as an agricultur- al project. Gay, colorful full skirts popular in school fashions By Shirley Taylor Clothes seem to present an unending problem to most of us and particularly to those young peo- ple who are just beginning to become "doilies conscious". I refer to those who are in their early teens and who are perhaps just starting high school. They are eager to make a good impres- sion and that is exactly what the students in our high school are doing. The average high school girl's wardrobe centres around several carefully chosen skirts. This fall gay, colorful plaids, checks and stripes are in abundance. The trend seems to be away from the straight duct, tight skirts of a few years ago and they are being replaced by designs which have morefullness, thus providing more freedom of movement for active teenagers. The fullness is provided in a number of different ways. For example, pleats in groups of three or four on each side of the front and back are used quite effectively. Slim skirts with kick pleats front and back are also popular among the students. Many skirts are simply flared or gored with novelty pockets to add to their attractiveness. The length at which these skirts are worn is a matter of per- sonal opinion, but the popular length seems to be about 13 inches from the floor. • To complement their skirts, the girls wear matching or contrasting .sweaters and blouses. Some of the sweaters have tiny Peter Pan Collars and short sleeves while some others have rolled collars and wide bat-wing sleeves sleeves. The blouses worn by the girls are usually of simple design and.tnade of serviceable, Washable fab- rics. The 'girls wear cotton .or woolen ankle socks and shoes of the low-heeled, sports variety. The most commonly worn shoe is the saddle shoe which combines solid comfort with long wear and smart appearance. Hair styles seem to be slightly longer than they were a few years ago. Many are wearing their hair about shoulder -length with softly curled ends. However, some of the girls are still wearing short bobs which are always neat and easily managed. • Must not forget to mention the boys. They do not wear suits to school, they wear trousers of various shades of brown and blue, topped by col- orful sports shirts or sweaters. In the warm weather or early fall a large number of boys wear blue jeans. Actually the styling of the boys' cloth- ing does not change too drastically from year to year. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHDHS "Au.-YsARs REUNION" CONTACT OPINIONS & LETTERS r0 THE EDITOR Site two is credit to town Dear Editor: Further to my letter with regard to Exeter's web site (call it site 1), the site mentioned by Thomas Burke, is far superior and a credit to the town (call it site 2). The Chamber of Commerce page "Businesses in the Exeter Area" which is under construction, has a few errors and I think it would be helpful to also include tele- phone numbers. I found the business list by using Alta Vista and searching for "Huron Apothecary'. I think that most people searching the net for Exeter will end up at site 1, think there is nothing here and move on somewhere else. Would it be feasible to replace site 1 with the contents of site 2? Failing that, could the URL of site 2 be changed to include the word gxeter, for example exeterhuron.com? In any event, the contents of site 1 should be dumped. Yours sincerely, JOHN SANDERSON Christians to share a church building is a good place to start Dear 8ditor: The purpose of this letter is to respond to the April 28 article about a proposed building project for Precious Blodii Mission. The most serious concern about this project is that it is an anti-Catholic manifestation of religious intolerance. Right now, the Roman Catholic church building in Exeter is shared with the Anglican congregation. This cooperation and sharing has been ongoing ever since these buildings were formally consecrated as a Roman Catholic church in 1974 by Cardinal E.G. Carter. At the time, Cardinal Carter was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of London, which includes Exeter. He stated that sharing the Roman Catholic church build- ings with the Anglican congregation is a visible sign of the peace, unity and love which ought 1ao•exist between all Christian peoples. The same ideas were expressed by Pope John Paul II in his 1995 Encyclical Letter Ut Unum Sint. In this let- ter on ecumenism, John Paul II repeatedly states the necessity for "every possible form of practical coopera- tion at all levels." In the specific context of Anglican/Roman Catholic relations, John Paul II signed the Joint Declaration of the Bishop of Rome and Archbishop of Canterbury on December 5, 1996. This declaration upholds the principle that "Whatever we can do together, we should do together." John Paul II also officially endorsed the Vatican's 1993 Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms of Ecumenism, which provides guidelines and instruc- tions for Roman Catholic sharing of churches._ In doing all these things to command, support and encourage Roman Catholic sharing of churches, John Paul II is following the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus frequently taught of peace and love and unity. His most important statement of Christian unity, I. found in chapter 17 of St. John's Gospel, in which Jesus prays that Christians may all be one as .he- and God the Father are one. Christians who fa to..live''up to that standard of unity are failing to follow tkteachings of Jesus. The Anglican congregation desires to maintain our collective witness to peace, love and unity bey continu- ing to share the church buildings: The Anglican con- gregation has repeatedly stated that they are willing to accommodate the future needs of the Roman Catholic "congregation. In particular by allowing an expansion of the existing Parish Hall, and the construction of Catholic signage in front of the existing church build- ing. These offers were formally conveyed to the Roman Catholic congregation at the meeting of the Exeter Anglican/Roman Catholic dialogue team in September 1 97. The sum of money that is currently in the Precious Blood building fund is enough to pay for all these improvements. The Anglican congregation desires to continue our sharing relationship, and has.. stated their willingness to make compromises to do so. However, there can be no compromise with the sort of religious hatred and intolerance which rejects the teachings of Jesus Christ and of John Paul 11 and which refuses to demonstrate Christian peace, love and unity by sharing our church buildings. What is to be done? Members of Precious Blood mis- sion must fight against the proposed building project. It is a very expens've manifestation of religious intoler- ance that wants to abandon the Roman Catholic church buildings where we have worshipped together tqvAt Panther Profile This year final report cards will be each student's house. If you have moved it is important to give the school your new address. Please submit address changes to the office as soon as possible. On Wed., May 12, a trio from Toronto impressed South Huron students with an excellent perfor- mance on positive thinking and self esteem. This was the begin- ning of Drug Awareness Week at S.H.D.H.S. Throughout the week emphasis was placed on the neg- ative effects of drugs and alcohol, with displays and announcements. To finish off the week an emotional presenta- tion about the effects of alcohol took place in the large gym on Friday. The video, created by MADD, showed what alcoholism can do to a per- son's brain, and showed the dangers of impaired. driving. Thanks to OSAID, who orga- nized the presentations just in time for the long weekend. Hopefully students are now better informed and will avoid the tragic consequences - of impaired driving. On Wed.; June 9, Battle of the Bands will be held right after Lunch. For any band who would like to audition, applications are available in the music room. and must be returned by May 31. All of the rules will be on these applications. Also on June 9, the student council is holding Airbands. Applications for Airbands are in the music room and are due on May 31. So come on. out and sing along to your favourite song. Who knows, you might even win a prize! Upcoming Events Wed., May 19- boys' soccer at Huron Perth. Finals, Black Jazz Band and Choir at Musicfesi until Friday, Law class trip to courthouse; Thurs., May 20- girls' soccer at Huron Perth Finals; Mon., May 24- Victoria Day- no school; Tues., May 25- Grad. meeting in cafeteria at 10:30 a.m., rugby at Huron Perth/WOSSA Finals; Wed., May 26- Birth Control Clinic from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in room 214, language field trip to Pantages theatre in Toronto; Thurs. May 27 - girls' and boys' soccer at WOSSA until Friday mailed to KRISTIN BROOKS PANTHER PROFILE for 25 years. Members of the Anglican congregation must continue to reach out in the spirit of love and compromise to publicly manifest the peace, love and unity that comes with believing in Jesus Christ. To all people in Exeter, I ask for your prayers. Pray for peace, love and unity. No matter what your reli- gion, we can all agree on turning away from religious hatred and intolerance. All of us have to live together, and the best way of doing that Ls Iearning how to coop- erate and share with each other., For Christians to share a church building is a good place to start. KEVIN LOVE Proposed gym and farnily centre Dear Edito i Dear Edito : Even before all the recent events involving children, a group of concerned people recognized a need to do something positive to give the younger generation more local access to things that interest them. People of all ages have been expressing the need for a gym in town, as Exeter serves upward of 20,000 and a Iot of these are travelling to Stratford, London and other locales to work out. We have decided to try to get something started. Hopefully it could be communityh project, because it will be available to all ages, we would like to find out just what interest there is out there. We are asking anyone who is interested in having a gym in town to contact us by phone, fax or email. More and Chore peo- ple are seeing the need to be fit. Please contact us as soon as possible so we can do a feasibility study. In light of the concern worldwide, our problems seem minor. Let's try and make it even better to live in Huron County by providing places to go. ANN RAYNER Box 730, 443 Main St. Exeter, Ontario NOM 1 La Phone 235-4003 - Fax 235-4894