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MEMBERS OF THE Junior Boys' Volleyball team are shown above. Front row, Jeff
Dickson, Darryl Anderson, Brian Cooper, Doug Gamble, Jim Blackwell, David Bennett.
Second row, Steve McKay, Andy Heim, Carrie Simpson. Third row, Bill Ohm, Bruce
Stainton, Paul McKinnon, Ken Tervit, Dwight Adams.
an editorial,
v It was one of those days when spect. As you look at his slight,
my head was swirling with trembling frame, you hope that
thoughts of classes, homework, someday you too will have such
essays, and unfinished , assign- kind and wrinkled features, for
ments. Determined to put myself the wrinkles surely indicate.
in a better mood, I began to where smiles have been. The
reminisce. The one incident that memory of such a gift may last
remained clearest in my thoughts. forever.
was that of a petite, blonde- Prime Minister Pierre. Elliot
'haired girl who had smiled at me. Trudeau obviously realizes the
The smile had given me en- truth of this motion. Ile and his
couragement to face the busy, family have experienced num-
' hectic day. erous situations where words.
'While musing on the event 1 were inappropriate, yet smiles
carne upon the simple realization
is perhaps the One and laughter announce, all a
that smiling pe p speech could have and often more
media that ,children, teenagers, explicitly. On such memorable
adultsuand rly:, :=the eldecaynv �ejtsions as`°hls^ : `# , ti6fl „to be
commtate in. Each, title Of usi ? . of Canada, .' 1`eitarriage,
the birth of their three beautiful
no matter what age, can identify
with a smile. This simple, cost -
less gift reflects gratitude, heigh-
tens appreciation, extends
friendship and enriches the re-
ceiver.
This gesture is useless until it is
,given away. It renews hope for
the disabled, brings cheer to the
discouraged, sunshine tp the sad,
encouragement to the ill and rest
to the weary. A smile can express
words when no words can, be
found, in moments of sympathy
and rare moments of bliss.
Another benefit is a smile's
ability to have meaning for the
old and young, for the man and
woman, the Protestant and Athe-
ist and for every human being in
spite of their culture or. race.
What could be more beneficial to
us as an informed and peaceful
establishment? Our society must
retain some form of portraying
our unity. A date and place
cannot be named for the giving of
such a precious gift; it must be
spontaneous and deep from
within the soul to be of real valid-
ity. The smile extended to an old most valuable and sought-after
man sitting aimlessly on a park treasure: a smile.
bench reflects understanding, —Joan Leishman
perhaps envy and certainly re- Editor
sons and many 'other events, the
,mile has been a constant com-
panion.
When you feel your happiness
has dissolved, this may be the
time when you should give a
smile most. No one needs a smile
more than those who have no
more left to give.
There are many kinds of
smiles, each having a distinct
meaning. Some announce good-
ness and sweetness, others
betray sarcasm, bitterness and
pride. Some soften the counten-
ance by their tenderness; others
brighten and lift the spirit. We
must learn to sift these as we
were taught to separate distaste-
ful personalities from those, we
trust and cherish.
It seems peculiar that every
time I become frustrated or fall
in to one of my depressed moods I
find myself thinking of the petite,
blonde -haired girl; Someday I'm
certain I will see her and then I
can thank her and return her
CLUB OF THE WEEK
Christians in Action
This club is not to be confused
with the C.I.A. because they are
not an undercover agency but
just the opposite. They want
everyone at F. E. Madill S. S. and
surrounding area to know who
they are. They meet every
Wednesday night in activity
period for half an hour in the
teachers' diningroom.
Mr. Stirling is the teacher who
helps organize tlis club. His help-
ful assistant is at. Shore. Christ-
ians in Action, which in former
years was called the Bible Club.
• is student -run. There is a council
of five people. who attend exec-
utive meetings to plan the next
meetings. They are as follows:
Judi Van Staalduinen, Nancy
Kerwin, Marilyn Prior, Gerald
Ritskes and Lois Fex. Saturday
night meetings are held as well.
The members hope to invite
guest speakers, rent films from
World Wide Pictures, have open
forums. Saturday night excur-
sions to other towns and possibly
an assembly within the school
where Jesus people from the
United States will be interviewed
by the members of the student
bods,• . There is a possibility of
laving a Rock Concert later on
this year to which everyone is
Teacher Interview
MRS. GARLAND
Mrs. Garland began her
teaching career by teaching
Grade 9, 10 and 11 math at F. E.
Madill. Mrs. Garland grew up on
a farm in the Kitchener -Waterloo
area where she attended Rock -
way Mennonite High School. She
furthered her education at
University of Waterloo for four
years, specializing in math. She
then attended Teachers' College
at Queen's University.
Mrs. Garland has been married
for two and a half years and her
husband is presently teaching at
Grey Central School in Ethel. Her
interests are sewing, cross-coun-
try skiing and hiking.
Mrs. Garland likes Wingham
and'sheoslso 11kbs pur schOol. She,
thinks the students are friendly'
and respectful, and also easy to
cope with.
Mrs. Garland is a very friendly
person and we, the members of
the school page, as well as the
students, -wish her luck in her
teaching career.
welcomed. For these plans to
work they need some finances, so
therefore some fund raising will
be in order for the 1975-76 year.
Mr. Stirling remarked. "The
really exciting thing about being
a Christian is Christian fellow-
ship". Already this year the club
has travelled to Ethel on Friday
night. September 19, to hear a
Mennonite choir of twenty-six
different voice§. Judging from
some of their remarks, they had a
very enjoyable evening. Mr. Stir-
ling remarked during the inter-
view that the dub is trying to in-
volve as much music in its pro-
gram as possible because they
feel they really have "something
to sing about". They have several
good pianists in the group.
Just lately on Friday. October
3, there was a film from World
Wide Pictures at the Wingham
Bible Chapel. it was similar to
the movie "Time to Run", which
was truly inspiring. "Isn't it Good
to Know" with Billy Graham,
was enjoyed by all who attended
Remember that anyone is wel-
come to their regular meetings or
their Saturday night excursions.
Next Week : The film club.
Mary Anne Alton
SENSOR FOOTFALL.•
Stratford Central rolled to* 211-
0 score over the Mal Senior
Mustangs Oct. 9. The score was 2-
0 for Stretford at half,time, but
two long passes and some unr-
timely penalties enabled Stiat4
ford to score three touclhdo
and a single point in the' second
half. Y
The Mustang offense managed
15a yards in total yardage. Dave
Crowe ran the ball times .for 18
yards and returned three punts
for 28 yards. Quarter -back Jim
McGee ran for 25 yards, fullback
Roger Kufske hit for 26 yards on7
attempts, and Don Proctor was
good for 15 yards on 5 earries.
Offensive highlights were Harold
Davidson's 24 -yard catch of a
McGee pass, and "Thunderfoot'
Al Johnson's booming punts.
Stratford ran up a total of 248
yards against the Mustang de-
fense. Defensive highlights..vere
Dave Golley's 25 -yard return off
an intercepted pass, and Mike
Hackett's fumble recovery of an
attempted kick.
JUNIOR FOOTBALL
The Junior Mustangs scored a
decisive victory against the
Stratford Central Marauders in a
32-0 game. Dale Whitfield, who
payed a spectacular game start -
the scoring from the first kick-
off of the game. He returned the
kick-off for a 90 -yard touchdown.
Jerry Olechowski completed the
two-point conversion. Jerry also
scored a touchdown on a 30 -yard
run around the end. Paul Dick-
son, our big scoring running
back, picked up two T.D''s. This
brings his total to 46 pts. in the
last 4 games: Paul Gowing round-
ed off the scoring with a perfect
half -back reverse around the end.
Special mention must go to' the
strong defense. They have only
given up two touchdowns in the
regular season. Keep up the good
work. A reminder to the boys.
Since Monday is a holiday do
some exercising on your own. :,-
�u ; Lary Dane
CROSS COt)WTIH?
On Oct. 7 the Cross Country
teams travelled to Kitchener and
ran in their toughest competition
of the year thus far. .
In the midget girls' race, 21
teams with 123 girls were com-
peting. The Madill girls led by
Martha Veteeg with an eighth
place aid Janet Wim.with- her
meirth2t tplac
eae fini, r,sh stoodeighth, i n
thms.
In the Irdldet boys' race, there
were 2 teams !with 178 runners
competing. Shane :Pardon fini-
shed sixth. The team placed 12th.
In the junior girls' division,
Madiill finished sixth in afield of
13 teams. First Madill girth' was
Judy Adams. a
The Madill junior boys finished
seventh in 'aa fiield of 19 teams.
First Madill _finisher was Gerd
Kinahan. •
Madill's- best Performance was
turned in by the senior girls . who
placed second in their field of 10
teams. Marni. Walsh was the first
Madill girl to finish. In -the over-
all results the Madill girls were
,econd.
GIRLS' BASKETBALL
On Oct. 7, the Stratford Central
Junior and Senior Girls' Basket-
ball teams came to play the Ma-
dill, teams.
The seniors played well in the
first half of the game with the
score in our favour at 18-15. But
gradually . the Stratford Central
team threw on an imposing press
and limited Madill to scoring only
4 points. Final score Stratford
Central 36, Madill 22.
In the first game the juniors
were unable to come up with a
victory. The final score was
Stratford Central 32, Madill 26.
Geography field trip
Following tradition, the Geog-
raphy Club shoved off undaunted .
from F.E.M.S.S. slightly later
than scheduled on the first Satur-
day of October. Our group of 39
young excursionists and five sea-
soned geographers was a little
bleary-eyed but was able to catch
up on lost sleep on the two -and -a -
half -hour bus ride.
Travelling north through Bruce
County brought us to our destina-
tion — Cyprus Lake Provincial
Park located six miles south of
Tiobermory. The fdrest of this
naturalists' park was in full
bloom for us and the weather, as
guaranteed by Mr. Cardy, pro-
vided clear blue skies and a brisk
wind.
Before setting out on the trail,
Mr. Bender, Mr. Wardrop and
Martin Benedict "rustled up" a
hardy lunch of hot dogs for us.
After each member devoured
as many hot dogs as he possibly
could, we all hopped back on the
bus to be taken to the starting
point of the Cyprus Lake Trail.
The point where we started on
the trail was in a coniferous
forest Travelling this section of
the trail consisted of crossing a
bridge and climbing up. over,
'down and around it which
brought us out onto Georgian
Bay.
Being a person, not gifted with
descriptive ability. I cannot ex-
press the beauty which was dis-
played for us. The lake waters
were an icy blue. The cliffs along
the shore were astounding. The
spray of water against the jagged
rocks was picturesque. The back-
ground colours of the trees were
‘•ibrant For anyone with a slight
appreciatjon of artistic beauty
this would be a worthwhile excur-
sion at any time of the year.
Features of the shoreline, as
pointed out by Mr. Brewster.
were : a cave formed by under-
cutting: stacks: arches. wave
action against an irregular
shoreline: a blow hole; erosional
features. undercutting of dolo-
mite layers and many more.
Many of us wanted to make this
part of our sojourn a permanent
residence
The remaining 1 , of our jr-
ney passed through more conifer-
ous baa and a m.
Being so close we enuld nol
miss the chance of continuing on
to Tobermory. By a stroke of luck
we arrived with enough time to
allow us to frequent some of the
souvenir and art shops before the
ferry arrived. The docking,
taking off and. on :of cars and
passengers, and departure was
an awesome sight.
Unfortunately the departure oft
the ferry also meant our own
departure from this piece of truly
Canadian scenery. It was a bus
load of hearty geographers with a
new wealth of knowledge going
home from this very entertaining
and educational excursion to
Cyprus Lake Provincial Park.
— Susan Adams
Student Council
The Student Council had its
first full Council meeting last
Tuesday, October 7. In the Coun-
cil system at ,F.E.M.S.S. each
homeroom elects one person to
act as the Student Council repre-
sentative for its class. An assist-
ant class representative is also
chosen. These representatives
must attend all full Student Coun-
cil meetings, then report to their
homeroom class the next morn-
ing what took place.
At the meeting last Tuesday,
the Council began to pass "bud-
gets". Each organization in the
school which wishes to receive
money Irom the Student Council
during the near must draw up a
budget stating the amount re-
quested, and how the money will
be spent. These budgets are pre-
sented at the Council meeting,
and are either passed or rejected.
Last week the Chess Club re-
ceived $100. the Math Club $80.00
and the Formal Committee
5600 00
Meetings are planned for each
activity period this week to con-
tinue, the budget presentations.
—Marjorie Powell 13B
INSPIRATION : "Perfection
consists not in doing extraordin-
ary things. but in doing ordinary
things extraordinarily well:"
- Antoine Arnauld
JUNIOR VOLLEYBALL
Third third League Tourna-,
ment of the 1975 season was held
at Goderich District Collegiate
Institute on Wednesday, October
8, with five junior teams partici-
pating.
Winghamwon the tournament
with two wins and no losses,
defeating Seaforth 15-6 and 15-4 in
the first set and beating Goderich
15-7 in two games de second set.
The games were close, with good
spiking, blocking and serving.
Dwight Adams served nine points
Club
News
one oa.
We are to OW oho in the
• Volleyball e
..xt toqnainent wilt be held
?!rodayi Oct, 15aeftlEnter. �n
The senior teams also returned:
from the tourmcnent With win-
ning: results., defeating South
in a\, three -game match.
The highlight was the match with
• Crich. Wingham lost the first
one 1145, . then came back to
trounce them 15877 and 1,*. -2,
Yearbook sales started last
Tuesday. The goal is 800 and in
three days about 150 have. been
sold. Come on everybody! To
function, this club needs your
support. Buy a Yearbook. I' did it.
Now you ADO IT.
"Safety Awareness Contest"
try -outs. started this week. The
try -outs are in the form of a writ-
ten; multiple choice test. After
one more test and a play-off
.match between .the top eight
me%nbers the team will be select-
ed. Final results will be out in a
couple of weeks.
Also, "Reach For the Top" try-
outs were held this week. "Reach
For the Top" is a Madill team
which meets with other teams
from different schools in a tele-
vised competition to determine
which team is most knowledge-
able on an extremely wide range
of topics. Eight people tried out
for this team and four were se-
lected. This year's team is com-
posed of Marilyn Congram, Stan
Loree, .Donald Sanderson and
Gordon Wray.
This Friday, Oct. 17, is Grade -9
night. Drama club will be supply-
ing part of the entertainment. We
hope that this year's grade 9's
enjoy it as much.as we have in the
past.
The film club is planning on
putting out a film for the promo-
tion of school spirit. This is an
event to look forward to with
excitement.
Only four budgets were hand-
led by Student Council so far (as
of Oct. 9). They are the Chess
Club, Math Club, Super -market
game, budget and formal budget.
More will be handled this week.
— Gordon T. Wray
JOHN BUSHELL, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Morley Bushell,
Wingham, graduated from
Radio College of Canada, To-
ronto. Graduation exercises
were held September 19 at
Four Seasons Sheridan Hotel,
Toronto. John has accepted a
position with National Cash
Register, Toronto.
GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP to Cypress Lake last Saturday. We had good weather and a
great time.
Protect
ors of the Peace
I would like to introduce you to
our Canadian Literature course
at the school:. Mrs. Tiffin teaches
an extensive survey of Canadian
writing. The class is supposed to
enable us to begin to appreciate,
evaluate and analyze Canadian
literature. Each week we hope to
let you examine an essay we have
written and observe if we have
succeeded.
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Aoodµd4y for a policeman is a
'day when 'nothing happens; But
when it does, he is confronted
with a number of conflicting
pressures and if he makes a mis-
take he may cause; himself
trouble.
The police themselves — far
from being dumb, flat-foot cops
of old whodunit movies are
now being portrayed in the media
as, being cunning, sarcastic
determined people who can crack
the meanest, most perplexing
case, and depart as a symbol of
our national peace and security.
A policeman is also required to
think. Common sense is neither
common nor sensible. It implies a
solid base of=wisdom, experience,
Compassion, and above all —
discretion.
Thus we have a tendency to
stereotype policemen as bored
but secretly cunning men. An at-
tempt to talk with them reveals a"
response similar to the "Colombo
style," and a gaze of undisguised
disinterest which appears pre-
occupied and aloof.
Or, he may exhibit punctuating
politeness, hoping desperately
that you'll go away. This is not to
suggest he won't respond will-
ingly to a request, of assistance,
he will. It is simply he hopes that
it won't come to that.
Law-abiding citizens require
honesty in a policeman; yet they
setto feel they deserve special
privileges when being nailed for a
speeding ticket, from an upright,
conscientous policeman merely
doing his job. The motorist will
argue; the policeman will gener-
ally listen pleasantly, writing out
the ticket as he listens. _What the:
policeman knows, and what the
motorist generally doesn't, is
that there is a peculiar connect-
ion between arrests and acci-
dents. But he doesn't attempt to
explain this to the mad, raving
driver.
There is no quota system in
effect among police. Certainly
police on traffic patrol or meter
march do not turn in a convincing
number of arrests to prevent
becpming suspect in a 'superior's
eyes. But, the policy among the
police is not to lay charges unless
they are certain to stick.
Police are supposed to be a
dominating force determined to
fight the evils that threaten our
individual freedoms and rights.
So why then are we so deter-
mined to make their jobs much
more difficult than they are?
Why do we feel we have to outwit
them by being just one more step
ahead of them? Why do we
harbor disrespect and mine sus-
picion?
It can be argued that police pay
insufficent attention to our in-
dividual rights, that they simply
portray themselves as being
simply protectors of the peace.
They will respond by saying they
are inhibited from expressing
opinions. They also warn us that
if they do not receive increased
powers and replace their knowl-
edge with the proper ' sophist-
icated tools of their trade, an-
archy and lawlessness will re-
place � law. and order.
Few towns or _ cities .have
enough men or women to do .the
job, and rectuitnteht is difficult.
The functions of ,\police force are
being stretched daily as individ-
uals require them for peace-
keeping duties at demonstra-
tions, sit-ins, "protest activities".
Today it is automatic that a
police -officer "baby-sitting" at a
rally of one sort br another is un-
avLilable to watch for the burglar
breaking into homes or stores.
Police officers are understand-
ably reluctant to subject them-
selves to the risk of assassination
while on duty. All police officers
accept the risk of being killed in
the prevention of serious crimes,
and in apprehending criminals,
but it is asking too much of them
to take the risk.-
Police
isk.-Police are also becoming more
reluctant to make arrests at the
scene of the crime; out of a fear
of attracting a crowd—touching
off a riot or a,.fear that the arrest, a
of an individual or group of indi-
viduals will result in charges of
police brutality.
The police feel cheated by the
judicial system of Canada. The
abolition of the death penalty
threatens their mental and physi-
cal well-being. Policemen are
now being shot because they are
policemen. Although in the minds
of the assassins, they are, of
course- fascist pigs! Do we not
haveo i �ation to
bul
g protect
them as they prefect us? Can we
deny them security, or do we sel-
fishly
erfishly maneuver the laws to pro-
tect only ourselves?
The portrayal of violence on the
television screen has built up our
tolerance to murder and blood, so
that we can see a shooting or a
mugging and not even flinch or N
sympathize with the victim.
We can't shrug off the fright-
ening reality that we are drifting
— slowly perhaps, but drifting to-
wards the kind of violence we
almost have convinced ourselves
couldn't happen here.
When we take our police force
so much for granted, we must
look ahead to the day when our
-attitudes will change and we no
longer have police willing to pro-
tect us. What will we do then?
—Karen Currie 13A
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