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.tge 4—The Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, January 13, 1972
RESIGNED TO THE chore of being made-up for a stage
presentation, Drama Chub members submit, to whatevei-
Elizabeth Callaghan and Brenda Johnston have in mind.
•It'sood to get back and be
back to the old routine of doing
the school page again and we
hope you find it as informative
And interesting in 1972 as you
found it in 1971. If you would like
to comment on any part of the
page, please write to Nancy
Guest, Wingham, Ont., or leave
your letter in the envelope inside
Mr. Campeau's room 207. All
opinions are welcome.
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Several students from Madill
attended the Toc Alpha Confer-
ence in Niagara Falls over the
holidays and found it most re-
warding. Only a few years ago,
Wingham had a representation of
about ten to 20 people, which has
seemed to dwindle because of the
cessation of the Toc Alpha group
in this area.
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- We hope to have more sports
news in next week's edition but
Linda Watson just couldn't be
contacted this week, for various
reasons.
Interviewer—
hirley Gray 12F
BLAKE, FERGUSON collects the entry fee for admittance
to the noon -hour movie from Dave Balser while Ray Le -
Drew draws attention to Hoodoo Annie, a feature film of the
1920's. The movie, showings were arranged by the Student
Council .
People .. .
By John Deneau
All of us were a little impatient.
during the holiday- week as we
.waited for Dad to bring home his
special guest for the weekend.
Jonas, who comes from Zambia
in Africa is taking a special
business administration course
along with several other Africans.
at Waterloo Lutheran University.
' As well, we were .concerned
that we be able to offer him some
wintery weather for we badly
lacked snow. But the weather
came through and on that blus-
tering Thursday afternoon, I
looked out to see. Dad and Jonas'
running in our long laneway. We
soon met him and were occupied
with finding out things about his
Country -and people.
It was a little difficult for us to
understand him for his accent
wads very heavy but he claimed
,,,tE rhe could understand all that
we said because' his homeland
was under British rule for many
years and there are many Britons
there. Also English is the national
language. •
Zambia has been an indepen-
dent nation since 1964 and is
idivided into several large pro-
vinces. One of the greatest dif-
ficulties it faces is the existence
of some 75 different languages!
Imagine• the problems in educa-
tion, in business, government,
etc.
It was a real treat for me to be
able to introduce Jonas to snow-
mobiling, for I have never seen a
person enjoy it as he did.. We went
into a back field in which' are
relatively few fences and after a
few minutes,. he lost his.nervous-
ness and was able to do it on his
own.
Jonas will return to`his country
in May where he has a job with an
importing company but we'll cer-
tainly remember him at our,
house.
The big trouble with being a
leader is you don't know if people
are following you or chasing you!
He who hesitates •gets bumped
from behind.
Question: What activities
would you like to see at the would-
be winter carnival at the school?
Heather Alcorn -12E:
"Snowmobile races with tobog-
gans on the back and kids on each
toboggan, a powder puff football
game and. a jello -throwing con-
test!"
Debbie Small -11H: l'A hot dog
stand with teachers making the
food; decorated toboggans pull-
ing teachers; games between .the
students and the. teachers; St.
Bernards pulling kids around on
toboggans and a snowball fight."
Cameron Cook -9R: "Pie
throwing contest, at the teachers
(including principals) ; log saw-
ing contest; tricycle races in the
halls; leg, contest; pancake -
'eating contest."
Eric MacKenzie—IID: "Far
gone ! "
Pauline McCutcheon-12H: "A
band to listen or dance to; films
and a Snow King Conte t!Y
Debbie Gibson -13B: "A
dance; a. powder -puff football
game with teachers playing too;
and . a day off school."
Geri Bennett -9R:. "A
wrestling match with the
teachers and a free lunch."
Lance Gibson -13A: "Outdoor
games among the classes and
snow sculpturing."
Nancy Chisholm: "Beer for
everybody!
Hur�n drama
festival here
By Brian Keith
This Friday, our school has the
honor °of hosting the first Huron
Drama • Fest7iva1.. Four ' 'schools
will be participating including
South Huron in Exeter, Central
Huron of Clinton, Goderich and
our own Madill,
South. Huron will -present
"Impromptu". At this time,
WAITING„'HEIR turn to present a telephone skit, LouiSe•Procter and Marilyn Colwell
flank "Miss Ernestine To ,nlin” the demon operator, depicted by Jim Welwood.
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f ara.gta,
Editor:
Nancy Guest
Co -Editor:
John beneau
Ellen O'Donnell offers ah
suggestion to group prepar-(
ing skit while Teresa King
looks on.
Le Tapis Rouge
By Brenda Johnson
Le Tapis Rouge is a school
organized group which each year
travels to Quebec City during the
Christmas holidays and the win-
ter carnival. The trip is for the
purpose of providing students
with an opportunity to hear
French spoken in the, French
environment and to promote a
better understanding between
English and P rench speaking
Canadiaes. 1
Four students from our school,.
accompanied by Mr. Schonber-
ger, boarded the -train at Toronto
along with 150 -other students and,
chaperones fromOntario and De-
troit."
We- discovered how cold the
Quebec winter is .before disem-
barking • the train .for we were
delayed two hours while work-
men repaired broken . rails,'
caused by severe frost.
A tour was made, of Upper and
Lower Quebec City, 'Laval
University, Montmorency Falls,
the Bake Ovens, Parliament
Buildings and . Ste.. Anne de
Beaupre. Many a hair-raising bus's,
ride Was taken through the
narrow streets Quebec and
those who could brave the wea-
ther enjoyed a sleigh ride through
the Plains of Abr_ ahani. '
Most _ students enjoyed their
first taste of French gourmet cui- •
sine at one of Quebec City's finest
restaurants, "Chez Gidou".
As always though, all good
things,must come to an erid, and.
soon we were saying goodbye to
our newly -made 'acquaintances,
but left with them • a promise to
return for next year's winter
carnival.
nothing is known about this play.
Central Huron's play "The Over-
praised Season", is' a drama
abogt the trials and tribulations
of a teenager. Goderich, in its
usual dramatic flourish, wilt pre-
sent the second act -of "Murder in
the Cathedral" by T. S.' Eliot.
This is a poetic drama about the
martyrdom of Sir Thomas
Beckett in the twelfth century.
Thirty-five people are involved in
this production alone. Madill's
one act play "The Leader", writ-
-ten by Tonesco, a great playwrite
of the theatre of the absurd, is a
satire on political leaders.
All the presentations should be
top rate entertainment as each
school is competing against -the
other and the best performance
wins. Senior students will be
allowed out of classes for part of
the afternoon to watch the per-
formances. The adjudicator for
the festival will be Rick Well -
wood, formerly -of CKNX.
We wish all the schools the best
of luck in the festival, but natur-
ally, hope Madill comes out on
top.
And there's the conceited
broker with a blue chip on his
shoulder.
, Did you hear about the Mother
Superior who was overweight'
She ate nun fattening foods.
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Madill's Growing Crirrie Rate
Before you are led into believing this is
some great expose on the ever-increasing
number of criminals that are innocently al-
lowed to haunt the halls of Madill ;let me put
you straight. I have no facts or figures to
back up my opinion—and it is merely an
opinion—all 1 knbw is what has happened 'to
me and others 1 haye come in contact with.
It may not seem appalling to you to think
that students would steal from their fellow
students but it is a little frustrating to have to
remember to keep everything under lock
and key because someone in your own class
or among your own group of friends would
take it when you weren't looking.
To state a few examples:
1_. A member of the drama club left a
pair of shoes in the change room during re-
hearsals and no one had access to that
change room except another member of the
drama club, which 1 had the impression was
a fairly close-knit group of friends with a
common purpose and all that garbage; but
the shoes were gone *when she returned.
2. At a party recently, all coats and be-
longings were left in a bedroom upstairs and
at the end of the party, two people found
mo. Bey had been taken from their wallets by
someone who was low enough to steal from a
friend. That person is materially richer, but
I hope not spiritually.
3. A'stgdent left some books in a room
for five minutes during an activity period
and returned to find her pencil case missing
and several textbooks which she had to pay
for at the end of the year.
The warnings to keep all gym lockers
locked with everything valuable inside have
come too late for some and as a disappoint-
ment to those making a profit from trust or
gullibility: `'
I can't see any solution to this problem
as it stands because not even Mannix or Can-
non could ever weed these snakes outof their
perv,ersion and nothing anyone says is going
to lure them away from the great rewards of
stealing, but I do hope they feel a little guilty
reading this and realize that sooner or I ter
they'll be cayght—probably stealing a c or
robbing a•bank--and become the social out-
casts they always were.
-THE THE OUR OUR company performed'ore 600 Students before the holidays, pre=-
senting a play about. Eskimo life which depicted that the generation ga,p causes problems
in the land of ice and snow. .
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He was made
He in fact, was made by himself
He is an Arab Sheik without a
harem
And wants no one else to steal
what
To him is rightfully his
The minds of his slaves are
- corrupted
By the whip of prejpdice
Satan is his mother
While he is Satan's father
Rules and regulations fill his
mind
With nothing but enforcement
Negros and hippies are detained
in his room
Of discipline
Along with the innocent who
dread death
But are compelled to love it
Rather than to share a bed with
Satan
This insane •Napolibnic Hitler
Hates snails and vultures
Who are destroying his Empire
Of life' •
.For the lifeless who wished they
were dead
Only a dragon, completely made
up of cells
From his own cells
Could fill clouds with a hatred of
God
And turn them to Hell
With his mother to welcome them
If the negros and hippies were his..
brothers
His beds. would be filled
Then he could disintegrate the
vultures
Who were feeding on his zombies
Trying to bring them to life .
And with the help of Bob Stanfield
He could speed up his victims to,
bares
Aria conquer his hrem
SNOW
BRUSSELS
"POLAR D
January
12-14-15 - 16
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Wednesday, January 12
Curling Bonspiel
'At the Arena.
Friday,
January14
TALENT CONCERT
a
8 P.M. Polar Queen
dam- Competition
At the Brussels Public School
10:30 P.M. l'prch Light Parade
Giant Christmas Tree
Bonfire
At the Fairgrounds
LUNCH
unday, January 16
2 P.M. SNOWMOBILE RACES
and Events
3 P.M. . Beef Bar -B -Q
At the Fairgrounds
Saturday,
January
taoa.
- AM POLAR DIP
At the Lions Park
10_ A.M. WorId's. Thundermug
Championship Races
1 P.M. Giant Polar Daize
Parade
2 P.M. Ski Race
Snow Shoe Race
° At Brussels Park
2 P.M. Hockey Tournament
At the Arena
9 P.M. Moccasin Dance
At the Arena
EARL EINSWEISTER POLKA BAND
9 P.M.
Teen Dance -
1AWES TCHESTER UNION
At the Public School
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