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Clinton News-Record, 1979-11-29, Page 23The ladies'division of the Huron Central AriculturalSoclet o four g Society chose four new members to sit on the fair board executive this year. The members Include,; left to right, Rita Powell, secretary -treasurer; Marie Flynn, president; Suzanne Brandon, first vice president; Rose Marie Workman, second vice president. (News -Record photo) Bayfield men Two save Mississauga According to Keith Pruss, a Bayfield summer resident, "More than half of Mississauga would have gone up," if it hadn't been for the courageous efforts of his son-hi-- law on-in-'law Larry Krupa. The 27 -year-old Krupa, also well- known in this area, has become the modest hero of the November 10 Mississauga train disaster when 14 cars carrying highly explosive and poisonous chemicals. derailed. Engineer Pruss, \ 51, watched - Krupa race. into "the great ball of fire" ' as an explosion that was heard. 30 miles away, rocked Mississauga. A story in the November 26 issue of Maclean'smagazine told how Krupa ran alongside the tracks until he came to the 32nd car where the train had derailed. Despite the intense heat and the explosion of another two cars, Krupa managed to uncouple the remaining dangerous cars. Later, the quiet man remarked, "It was warm. I wanted to save what I could." Pruss told Maclean's, "He wasn't hurt thank God, put I'll tell pu - I'm his father-in-law and I {tet'.'wouldn't have done that, He's the boy who deserves the credit." • Remembering the night, Pruss - said, "It was like a small Hiroshima. It was just like a flaming hell back there, I had visions of all those homes being engulfed." Pruss also helped by preventing several more cars filled with propane from exploding. In the engine cab. Pruss \ was com- municating with a CP Rail dispatcher who told him to get the \train out of the area. When the fourth. car exploded, Pruss moved the front portion of the train with all the speed he could, to booksville, one -and -a -half miles away. In the Maclean's interview he said, "I figured all the people waiting at the crossings were burned to, death. I was told to get the -hell out of there and run, and I'd have run anyway." Later when Pruss found that no. one had been killed he remarked, "It was a miracle and I thank God for that." Despite the horror of the derailment, Pruss was back --driving a train similar to the one that derailed in Mississauga the next night, but by a different route: "Th x 4b " 41,049,..1-,„(1 Macle ; .. o thafa atu - .the time. It's kind of like riding a bike. You get back on and ride again, or you won't do it." Murphy honored James Murphy, former artistic director and founder of the Huron Country Playhouse, has left the playhouse after. eight seasons with the theatre. Mr. Murphy said he hopes to freelance as a director in the future and enjoy theatre without the burdens of ad- ministration. The former artistic director and his wife Barbara were honored at a meeting of the board of directors :for the playhouse at the Dash- wood Community Centre recently. Mr. Murphy and his wife were presented with a painting titled "The Prisoner" by London artist Gilbert Moll, depicting a pigeon tied to a brick. Board member Jill Waters : said the painting symbolized the way Mr. Murphy has been imprisoned by the playhouse. _ Len Evans of Sarnia, immediate past chair- man of the board, said, "We've seen James grow frorri a gay -blades bachelor to a serious father. When he married Barbara, they became a teats. The team has grown to include Nevin and 1 gather it's not Smile 'The .head of a cor- poration, a rather ob- stinate man, called his executives on the carpet one day. :"'Look,,; he fumed, "you fellows have) got to get it on the ball. 'If r lee have any bottlenecks around here, 1 want you' toy tell tie where they are, Is that clear?" After theeeiiing,• one executive, 'mturned another and said; "Phe • thing `,I, ire noticed about bott14s: 'he necks, are d iviiy i' i`t"tie 'td,. p. r through growing yet." Mr. Evans said the board was sorry to see Mr. Murphy leave. The -new artistic director, Aileen Taylor - Smith and the theatre's general manager, Marc Quinn, presented a number of ideas to the board for the 1980 season. Ms.. Taylor -Smith said she would like to see the opening nights moved to Thursday nights with the preview performances Tuesday and Wednesday • afternoons and nights. This would enable the actors to try the play before an audience prior to opening night. • CHRISTMAS U N s Although the new ar- tistic director hasn't released . the names of next year's plays, she said she hopes to have a big musical,, a smaller musical, a comedy - thriller, an English. comedy and an American comedy. At the end of the meeting, the board was told while attendance was higher than ever at the theatre last season, the larger numbers have. played havoc with the septic tank system. An entire new system will be needed next year.: estimated to cost about $10,000. Ott Nide Cpt'hett, editor• secondary s.chraol news This e` ' s r rosty the Kangaroo was sitting peacefully by himself until suddenly he was surrounded by thirteen cats. • • "Hey, Frosty!" said a cat, "you're going to have to eat your wayoufoi' our circle !'" . Why should I?" enquired Frosty, "Kangaroos don't eat cats." Why not? It's better than the Grey Cup." After a moment's pause, Frosty decided to eat the cats, but one dilemma remained, "Which one of you shall I eat first?" said Frosty. "It's not a question of which one of us you'll eat first, but of which one you'll eat last." "What do you mean?" "As you go around the circle of cats, you have to eat each thirteenth cat. The last one you eat must be Rover over there. He's the only cat with white fur. Bon appetit Frosty!" Naturally, this was one of Frosty's nightmares and soon he woke up. Out of curiosity, Frosty drew To Stratford by Phil Cornish On November 26, students from chemistry 450 and 440, Physics 350, Biology 350 and Environmental Science 400 travelled to Stratford Central Secondary School to view an exhibit set up by the 'Ontario Science Centre. ' Exhibits included a demonstration with liquid nitrogen, numerous computer games and tests of knowledge in the • areas of communication and forestfighting. It was an interesting as well :• as 7 mindboggling experience for most in which both. -eyes and ears were deceived. This week_ Students of English 550 i,re travelling to ' London on Friday November 30th to view the big budget, highly acclaimed movie "Apocalypse Now". This movie is loosely based on the novel "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad which the students are presently studying;: School photos are being retaken on Thursday, November 29th. Grad photos will be taken on December 5th and 6th..is hronicle quiz a diagram Eft the cat circle and began to stroke out each thirteenth cat in the circle in his search to leave the white 'cat for last. . Can you figure out how Frosty can solve this puzzle? Answer next week. +++ Last week, we featured groups of numbers. Members 1, 4, and 7 were Group 1. Numbers 2, 5 and 9 were in Group II. Numbers 3, 6 and 8 were in Group III. Where do 10. 1'1 and 12 go? Group I is the group 'of numbers drawn with ctri••)icsht 'rho number 11 would be under thi4s group. - Group II is the group with straight AND curved lines in their drawn form. The numbers 10 and 11` would be in Group II. Group I1I were num- bers drawn with curved lines ONLY. The number 9 is generally drawn freehand with a circle and a straight stroke, not. as a typed print. Workprograrn on Forty grade ten special education students are\ now beginning a work experience program designed to give students experience in jobs which they aren't familiar with. These "jobs" take place during school hours. Because they are designed primarily to provide experience, students are not officially paid. However, students often receive some payment "under the counter." Many of the female students are employed at Huronview and .IGA, Group formed to while ma,.ny male students are employed at Hearn Wholesale. They are covered by school board insurance. Sometimes the students are so successful in their. jobs, that they stay on with these employers after the initial two week period. Each employer sends a report back to the school on the students he has employed. This ,work experience program is in it's six- t:enth year at CHSS. 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