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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-02-20, Page 17• EMT Cathy Wenger JchnO.n�cu I e e . 4. 4 h • "It's goo/1u be hone, "..say a traveller, "where you can be swindled in money you under - Stand. " WE ADMIT IT! Our Dry Cleaning Service Isn't Perfect NMI MI miuT. You won't find an- other one that's any closer to being just that ead'muCLEANERS AND MEN'S WEAR Phone 357-1242 NwonPepHh Finals Mustang m�tmen •close secon after winless season A .deterrnincd group of wres tleeft Wingham on Saturday • to compete in .the Huron -Perth Finals held at St. Marys. Wheth- er or not it was the fact that they had not won all season, we don't know, but each and every wrestler hit his peak and the , Mustangs only lost by 11 points to the top place St. Marys squad. Right from the start, Wing - ham took the lead as they wres- tled their way into seven of the 13 weight finals. Teams from Goderich, Listowel, Clinton, Exeter, St. Marys and Wingham attended .the meet. All teams felt the effects of poor official - ling and organization; one of the worst refereed meets yet. Wingham had two champions in Do4Elliott at 157 and Bryan Fo yth a 68. John Lei h defeated two op- ponents to gain a final berth in the. 90 pound championship where he was pinned by an Exe- ter man and came second. Graeme Johnston displayed great style as he defeated Lis- towel to enter the finals but lost by a close 4-2 decision to a more experienced Goderich wrestler. Great work, Graeme. Ray Cronin at 115° h ad no .trouble in defeating his Exeter opponent, leading to another final. Here he lost a decision , to a veteran, Corbett from God - each. Maybe WOSSA, eh, Ray? A starving, eager Neil Vin- cent, after losing ten poundsin the previous week, won his first match at 13.0 but lost the second by a single point. He got into the consolation finals but was pinned by a Clinton man. Neil showed a great desire to win but a close second match took alot out of him. Terry Brooks at 136, another lean finalist, defeated an Exe- ter man to gain a berth against Listowel in the finals. Onlyone reversal separated.`him frorn the championship as he 'lost a close 2-0 decision. After losing to his first oppon- ent Neil Gowing at 141 went on to win -his next two matches to gain the consolation champion- ship. Neil is our cleverest and most scientific wrestler and has kept the team in the running . OR MAXI THE HEMLINES DON'T SEEM TO KNOW WHERE TOGO BUT YOU DO Go to the Sign of Guaranteed Quality in YARD GOODS Pick the .material of your choice and pattern that 1 'suit you best; where you are assured of top Quality 'YARD GOODS and SEWING ACCESSORIES— THEN MIKE A DRESS MINI OR MAXI OR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN with the material and sewing accessories we have In stock -- thi only problem you will have is deciding on length. at -all tip. Doug Elliott at 157 defeated two c?mpetitors to get into the • finals against Clinton where he won a 9-6 decision to gain the championship. Bryan .Forsyth, our l6$ pound.. man, kept up his season's per- fect record by pinning Goderich to gain a strong Clinton oppon- ent and .pinned him in the sec- ond round to get a second cham- pionship for the Mustangs. Bryan has an excellent chance for a WOSSA crown this Saturday and,, has been a leader and great ex- ample to the team. One of the best efforts put forth by a Wingham wrestler - was by Tom Black at 178. With his first match going into over- time, Tom won a judge's de- cision and went on to pin h . next man for a chance atthe finals. Here he met up *wii a 5 -year veteran, alias The Mangler, and was out-wrieed' ; but not out-strengthed alba put up a losing battle. Doug Cook at 194 ala4 put , forth all his effort. He defeat ed a Listowel man to gain Ole consolation championship. +° A fine effort by new Min; Phillip Beard, Joe DeBruyn And, Dave McGlynn makes it Fool* ising for Wingham iwthe fun= ° Everyone put his best into the day and we almost stole rhe crown which gives the boys ell, couragement for WOSSA on µ. Saturday. London is known: for rough competition. Good hunt' g. . Doug Elliott and Brian Forsyth,,nestling champions. Brian is the " ed withhaCh -eye. 3,,?n,. tx4r Jr. 'boys win by three points . BY .,MIKE WHITE Recently the Madill junior • boys did battle with the Exeter team in a fiercely competitive game. put not to be skunked ' . with no.vIctory this year, the team pulled off a close 53-50, win. Wingham broke out in an early'lead but Exeter closed the. gap and climbed ahead by sev- eral points. This lead seesawed back and forth butin the final quarter Winghamtook the lead 'and remained there. With only a three point lead, ,in the closing minutes, Wingharn put on the press and caught Exeter several times for not getting the ball across center in ten seconds. A fantastic: effort by Allan Rhody earned him 37 points, the majority of which were ac- cessed on breakaway layups. Nice game, Al. Congratulations also to the rest of the team and good luck during' the rest of the season. "Please' be quiet, " caution- ed the librarian. "The people near you can't read. " "They can't!" said the sur prised little boy, "I'vebeen reading since 1 was six. " Jr. boys lose 42-34 to MiIcheIi. BY LES TERVIT The junior boys also travel- led to Mitchell to play a twice .cancelled game. After a slow start Mitchell took the lead at the end of the quarter 8-3. 'At the end of the half the score was tied 16-16. Our boys then • started to work andwe gained the lead in the third quarter 2 6- 22. In the fourth quarter Mitch ell got the lead and stayed there. Final score was 42-34. for Mitchell. Top scorers were Allan Rhody and Neil"Bieman. The junior boys have improved tremen- dously since the start of thesea- son and will do their best in the next few games. Good luck boys! A man rushed into a' drug- store and asked the druggist how to stop hiccups. The an- swer was a slap in the. face. Amazed and angry, , the .man demanded' the reason for such behavior. r "Well, the druggist said, "you don't havethe hiccups • now, do you?" "No!" shouted the customer, "But my wife out in the car still has ! " Sr. girls walk over Slrafford • BY BONNIE WILLIE The senior girls are vfctori- ous again! ptratford Northwest- em didn't have a chance against our speedy forwards who scored seven baskets in the first guar- . ter to their lone free shot. By the end of the third quarter Northwesternhad gained a few ' more points but they never did get a chance to shoot. As the last 8 minutes went along the Northwestern girls tried to score but the guards just wouldn't let them through. The final score was 36-18 for Wingham. Our final game is next Thurs- day, so everyone come out and cheer thesegirls on because it could mean a place in the fin- als. Sr. boyswin two; drop one BY BARRIE CONRON On February 10th the Basket- ball Mustangs travelled to Mit- chell, where the Seniors beat their hosts with a final score of .'50-34. The Wingham boys led throughout the game, the first quarter ,giving them a 17-13 lead. Mitchell tried to get back into the game but the score . stood at 23-17 by the half way. mark. The pace quickened in the sec- ond half, resulting in alternate scoring by both teams rather than sporadic shooting. Leading scorers for Wingham were Jim Henderson with 14 points and Doug Wheeler with 12. -• • Last Wednesday Stratford Northwestern attempted to beat the Wingham Seniors but it was soonevident that the .local boys would prevail as they took aSast 11-2 lead. The score had piled up to 29-12 for Wingham at half tittle. Northwestern scored only six points in the second half, while the local team add- ed another 2 5 points for a final ,,count of 54-18. . Every member of the home team turned in a good perform- ance, with special mention .for Jim Henderson and 13111 Skinn with 10 points, 'each. On Saturday night, before the dance, the Seniors played an exhibition game with Pal- metston. The match proved to be a rather dull affair with a final count of 35-18 for the vis- itors. . f1' PAUL GUEST 'counts the' admissions after the Saturday. night dance which cleared about $400.00. SHORT STORY OF HE MEI!, "DECISION" BY JOAN FISCHER I2A Her head ached. God, that bottle is ugly! It's alive! It's laughing at me 1 How dare you laugh-mstrorxg- er than you! Crash! Her weakness lay shattered on the floor. She knew she was avoidiang the issue.,_ She looked down at the pile of white pills on the table. Take -thein, fool. Take " them, before somebody finds you. Stupid! You know things will be better for everyone if you do. Her head ached --so much that it seemed as if there were no head' it' all, just a throbbing ache. She remembered the, day that Elaine and Jenniffer had visited her both bubbling with joy. "He asked me out! He really did". She could feel nothing but happiness for them. She had not understood the cold that shot through her. Now she un- derstood. The fear, the Con- viction that she was incapable of deep feeling scared her. She wanted to love, her mind need- ed to love but she felt she would never be able to. She was scared. . • That heap of white pills . still sat before her. Now it was alive, dancing and enticing her to swallow the happiness. You're weak. You're a foot Take them. You're not happy living. If you go, nobody will worry. The bitter memory of many days surged through her jagged mind. Days of walking in long metallic h ails , refused the „ right to a drink, refused the right to'rnove freely, harnessed' by some unknown authority. She remembered the faces of teachers who cared only for their equations and calculations --the strutting peacocks so aware of their power. They didn't care for the young hearts and souls and m in ds dying around them. Stupid degener- ates! Didn't they know that life is more then their work? Didn't they know there is no time' for meaningless t a 1 k ? Didn't they know that the young minds have to be saved? Didn't they know thatlife was passing so , quickly. .. so illusively... so ... fast? Her whole body was tired... aching. The urge to lie down and never get up pounded through her with the ache. She was jolted with the vi+ sion of ugly horrid faces dis- torted with rage over some pet- ty, trivial misdemeanour. The words rang out and stung her - mind. • "This isn't worthy of you. Your 'sister would never... " And she remembered the red haze in her mindas she suppressed her hate. The tears slipped quietly, painfully forth. You are . a useless person.. you can't .even do this last thing right. Stop your idiotic thoughts. Take the pills. It will help everybody. Nobody will have to worry about you. Remember when you said, "My biggest fear is losing the desire to live. " .Well, baby, you're scared now. She gripped the pills in one hand and the water in the other. They felt different than ,they ever hadbefore. Thoughts rolled through her mind like tumbleweed. in the wind. Everything seemed dis- tant. a distant hayride with an ageless moon and sleepless stars; many long ago days of sunshine touching her and wrap- ping its raja' around playing children and dogs... golden wands making the world look ' like heaven. She remembered Christmas where love bras sorne- thing you could almost touch. She remembered happy eyes and laughing children. She realized that it wasn't so dis- tant but she felt too tired to make it come back. Through a haze, footsteps outside chopped in, .She looked at the ugly white pills and the water and both crashed to the floor. She slumped in a sob,-� Ding heap while her headpound- ed with pain and her min d screamed in time with the pounding: "Whys oh why does it have to be met?" 0013 'BLACK LLOYD PEAt Mr. Kopas and Mrs. Hewitt by W. M. Campbell your telephone manager I see that fourth-estater, Bill Kennedy, has been selected by time.- Ontario Junior Chamber of• Com- merce as one of the thra'e outstandingyoung men in the province. Bill operates the Durham Publishing Company (3 papers:. Durham Chronicle, Markdaie Standard and Tara Leader), and makes his home in . Durham. Have you ever stopped to 'think about the amount of time that we want your EDITOR to spend on community projects? Most�rditorials are direct- ed at local problems affecting you and 1. The re- cognition reflects his active role in community af- fairs. It is also a reflection of the vital role played by weekly papers in rural communities themselves and in the nation's social and economic 'life. We sincerely commend weekly editors and publishers and we appreciate their efforts in keeping the public in- formed. and alert. +4 e +4,44 44• 64.4 * . Recently I heard about a man who called in his weekly editor to show him a badger he had captured in a cage -like trap. Looks more like a SKUNK, said the editor. He has just got a white spot on his head—not all the way down his back, said the man as he jabbed the animal with a stick to make him turn for a better eew• The editor was right! G9 4 THE CHEERLEADERS are seen at a recent basketball game. From the left: Marilyn Tiffin, Gloria Lewis, Mac Anderson (not a regular member of the cheer leading squad), Rhonda Bell, Barb Dauphin (partly hidden), Aud r rey Couftes, Ruth Ann Currie, Linda Lockridge, Sandra Tiffin and Dale Wardley who enjoys watching games from the cheer leaders' section. •