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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-10-16, Page 14Mines . `I'htrida October 16, IVIS 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. 0-0--0 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 a STORE WIDE WATCHES COSTUME .EwILLERY RADNOR CHINA FLORALS BLUE MOUNTAIN POTTERY W. 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