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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-01-16, Page 5DOUG MOWBRAY ' This year's. basketball team as many out$tandttlg players ut not one of them exceeds 1oug, Mowbray's style, ball- andliig, or, shooting ability. four previous seasons, he has en .a key figure on the basket - all court.andhas scored a large percentage of necessary points. ,already this••season, Doug .is lie of the -top scorers and has layed an active part in the Be- at of all but one of the teams ' layed. This year he will wear o.. 22 and play mainly the ard`position. Doug has play- a an important part in team cress iii previous: seasons and rill play an essential role on ur senierR team this year,. t, t ,4 FLEURY, KEN SKUNN Leading Our senior squad as captain this season is a well known figure of our school,, Ken Skinn. Donning No. 25, this year he will play mainly the guard position. Ken excelis in ball -control and also has a •high scoring record. • Standing ap- proximatel jr six feet tall, he'd, has added much winning spirit ' to our team and is a great all round teammate. Also, he is unbeatable in retrieving re- bounds and is one of the team's top players. • In his fifth year of basketball, Ken has been remarkable and undoubtedly his presence on the =court this year will be rewarding. to our • team. • ph.o Conferonc BY BRIAN MILER .Aithopgh the lettess of Toe Aipba,stand for "Teach Cour ' 'Ganadians About Luquor by Presenting the Hazards of Al- cobo", many more sub jeers than alcohol and addiction were presented at the 12th an- nual Toc Alpha conference held in Niagara Falls during the Christmas vacation. The ten students who attended from the Win ham area., along with 950 other delegates from all over Ontario, heard about and discussed volunteer youth work, 'prisons,' juvenile delinquency. teenage communication, trends and changes in Canadian pov- serty, drugs and alcohol. What. Toe Alpha tries to do is prov�tde learning experiences for young people that they would not normally get. There are other organizations which hold similar conferences but omit .the important factor of providing an environment where young people can enjoy them- selves without artificial stim- ulants. Toc Alpha also at- tempts to bring out the leader- ship potential -in young people by leadership training. But the basic aim is to help young peo- ple become better individuals through learning more about themselves and the world they live in. Many trained people were present to lead seminars. . apa'tp talk to individual delegate#'' about any problems :at all. The. discussions were lively and con- troversial and often lasted into the morning hours. V • , w In short, teens coxnxnunica- led with other teens and found . out that their problems were . not unique and that the answer was not in some easy form of release such as drugs or the bottle. "The worst injustice we can do is withhold information from young people in the hope that somehow they will grow up safe and innocent. Too many people have been hurt by ig- norance", said Norm Keld,. Toe Alpha vice-president. Toc Alpha does not say that the answers are simple or even within our grasp. What they are trying to do is get young people to think, ton motivate them to be concerned. Lasting friendships _ and possi- bly concrete ideals sprung out of this exciting Toc Alpha con- ference. ° SEAT SOCCER Last Thursday, the Black . House and Yellow House on first lunch, • seat soccer played to a 12 -all tie. 'The sudden death final played Monday re- sulted in a Black victory, 5 to L. LJ -;:.1,'; :A‘r; ,:,, ■ MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S • SPORT: JACKET VALUES TO =17.95 $9.99y SALE PRICED *MEN'S Zip -out Lined Topcoats *MEN'S Wool and Cashmere" Iimports' VALUES TO $65.00 • • *Pile Lined SKI JACKETS *Pile Lined SUEDINES *Pile Lined CORDUROYS SALE PRICED O.Iw.ly aiY4„C, .•a.tll es Y'fy,4 's .O dM♦ MEN'S AND BOYS' WAR "" ONE WINGHAM 65' • Girls attend xhibitian on ymf iaStiCS , On Wednesday, January 8, S3 girls travelled from Wing - haul to Stratford to attend the gymnastic exhibition. Several other schools attended the'ex- • hibitionwhich lasted for about four hours. The puipose of the meeting was to watch demonstrations in teaching and participating in :gymnastics. Four girls from each school were chosen to , Make part in the schedule. The -,iiistructors included the Cana- ,ian Olympic e o a c h, two ,ltnemberssof the Olympic gym- nastic team, and three Ontario champions. Although the girls 10 a bit self-conscious at first i'ey soon forgot themselves the pace speeded up and the exercises became more diffi- cult. ur sets of apparatus were peed including the balance camFo, uneven parellel bars, ;faulting horse, and tumbling mats. ` The girls rotated at equal time intervals so as to receive. instruction at each item. The poach instructed the teachers oncerning.gymnastic instruc- tion fol each type of .maneuver. The girls participating com- athy Wenger -John -Andy Rathbun, Mary Ann Cruickshank and BiII Farnell are seen with Mrs. Tiffin as she shows pictures° of`. that greet winter,, 1947. plained of stiff muscles that night, but would not°have miss- ed the chance to participate. It is hoped enough girls will become interested in the field of.gymnastics'to afford the in- stituting of a gymnastic club at F. E: Madill. Students interviewed on Christmas party Previously, a report appear - covering the programwhich took place the day -before Christmas holidays, stating that 'the day was a big success. Per haps this theory can be; proved • by printing the remarks of some of the students. In general, students inter- friewed were of the opinion at the. Christmas party was. !definitely an improvement lr pvet the' lass -parties of form- er years. Some had .a few ideas which could beincorporated in the 'future, yet many were'quite satisfied with matters as they stood. 'Donna Ritchie thought it was 'a good idea to get every- one participating together in activities. Donna, who was involved in theorganization of the Christmas party, felt • more enthusiasm should have been displayed in the beginning stages of planning. It proved successful after the show got on the road but looked dubious at first with the fear of people to . become involved. Gloria Lewis was quite im- pressed ;with the results. She was especially enthused about the dance. The fact that everyone was kept busy and had freedom to travel about on his or her ownwas largely the reason for success, in Gloria's opinion. She. would like to ; see more of this type of activi- ty included in the school year. The plan itself was good, according to Bob Corrigan., but he mentioned that he thought , the dance was "crummy".. ° Ideas for improvement? Bob would like to see a powder puff. football game on' the agenda (for the uninformed, like my-' self, that's a football game in which the participants are girls). Well, what do you think about that, gals? Judi Ohm was disappointed that the weather didn't provide enough snow for the snow sculp- turing contest to be carried .out. as planned. She was of the opinion that it wquld be great to hold it at some time when it would be feasible to invite students from other schools. Judi thought the program was a good one. Joyce Huether felt Santa's visit to the teachers was one of the better parts of the party. Joyce thought the entire pro- gram should halve been started earlier to allow dismissal such as students in other schools in the area enjoyed; Shesaid the dance would have been more successful"if stn ents from other schools (males pferably) were permitted to attend. Since I caught Barb Bryans in the midst of catching up on homework, 'she didn't have much time to be very wordy. She did manage to admit, from behind. her rustling pages, that she liked the idea of being able jtooy wtarthe movieslacks., andbshe did en - "Really neat", said Dianne Gruminett, She was most im- pressed with tie teachers' tri- cycle race. If'there had been enough snow she 'would have liked to see the sculpturing.con test. . Jezinfe tlen4everrthought the part y was`a'good idea'arid that more of these programs should'be ihelirded ih the school year:`�'Jerirtiferi.sliaraed''tbe opi'fi- ten oY'teVel'a194Mil i'deit aam ur( would h-ive been more Ain' if other guys had been Invited. The entite program was great, 'according to Janette Mc- Donald.' She thought' that the tricycle race and activities in- volving the teachers‘showed good sportsmanship on the part of the staff. Janette thought that if'we were ever to have another deal like this, one of gyms. could beset up with tramps and'other equipment for the students to "fool around" on their own. • Barb Skinn was so enthused with the plan that she hoped it could be re-enacted at the end of the,school term. She would like to see the dance as .would like Hawkins affair.. Barb, who took part in the student -teacher volleyball game, said the teach- ers were a lot- of fun to play with. And what did Marlene Inglis like best? The food.: Well,we can tell where Marlene's inter- ests lie. She thought the scul- pturing contest would have been a 'great success. She pointed out that it would have called for everyone's participation and co-operation. . Bill Chisholm didn't share Marlene's view about thesculp- turing. He said he didn't think enough students would want to, or even know how to partici- pate. He disliked ,the idea of having to`attend^classes ori that day. Heather Hewitt had a lot of fun. However, she thought matters could have been im- proved if students had shown a . little more school spirit. Janice Shyne had one idea for improving the program. She thought it seemed a little long and drawn out for the last day before holidays. She would • have liked to omit regular class- es. Nancy Schwartzentruber was impressed with the results of the day. It broke the ,monot'- ony of regular School activities, but having to attend regular classes for part of the day ^put a damper on things. After beingreprimanded for several spelling mistakes, the secretary exploded: "Well, all I can,say is, I wish you couid trade places with me and see if you could do any better. " probably could do better, "said , the •bogs , "but I could never trade places.' 1 couldn'tmdrink all that coffee. " No complaints Many of us ,have heard our parents hattering about all the -snow we've been getting lately. However, the complaints from the students seem to be few and far between. They seemed quite delighted with the weather as last Friday it prevented the busses from making their usual runs. The out of town students were blessed with a day off school and the town students (a little less fortunate perhaps) only had to attend classes until eleven thirty. • nnm.i'at n. . b. Art Ck,i BY VONNE MC(UTCUE .N For many years, interested students have been asking for someone to teach art. Thi$ year, Mrs. " raham kindly eon,- ... seated, ; Little did she know that she would`be so swamped with interested pupils' that it would be necessary to divide the class, so iiv';the art club is held on Tuesdays and Thurs- days, at 3:24. \ We hope to• do many fascia- ating things and work with vatic ous materials, so if youhave a flair for art, or 'even if you just, appreciate it, join the art club. UUNesiss.u:F,IH.• M' * Craig Gilroy and Murray% Leggatt during lunch hour • Joe. Hodgins and Bruce Colwell • Marg Smith and Anne Meyer count the money from Year Book sales.