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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-05-23, Page 12}es, l kay' at the Wingham Public School Editors: Jason Ducharme'. Kevin Smith "Yeh!" Cheers were heard from all over the high school track and field grounds as children from our school were crossing finish lines, throwing the shotput, jumping metres into the air as well as into the sandpit. The annual track and field events were held last Tuesday and Thursday. Most pupils from Grade 1 and up participated in the meet. Ribbons were given first, second and third-place winners. Trophies will be given out to the pupils who got the most ribbons and points. The pioneer dinner that was cooked by Mr. Lisle's class and Mr. Martin's class was held May 14. People from the bbard of education, the staff of our school and the Grade 7 and 8s were there. Everyone seemed to enjoy the meal. The foods included moose meat balls, venison, duck, goat and many other exotic dishes. — Ria Linardatos- Mr. Whiteley has met with the parents of those students who are going to Quebec. Our trip will take place in two weeks. All systems are go. The track and field meet is finished after one cool and one warm afternoon of fun, excitement and sometimes red, blue and white ribbons. Winners are looking forward to May 31 to the track meet to be held at Howick this year. — Tracey Thynne Kindergarten children have been celebrating Ontario's 200th birthday in many interesting ways. They have been talking about the many things they are free to do in Ontario and are making some preparations to cele- brate this birthday. Many of them have helped plant trees to celebrate this occasion. The children also enjoyed going to the high school to see the bicentennial concert last Wednesday afternoon. They really en- joyed it. —Sheryl Hanula The students of Mrs. Hunter's class took' part in their first track and field day last Tuesday and Thursday. Some got ribbons but all enjoyed themselves greatly. Last Wednesday the class took a walk to the high school to watch the bicentennial performance put on by the schools of the Wingham area. -Allan Baillie Mr. Shaw's class had quite a success in their skip-a-thon last Friday morning. Thanks to your donations for this worthwhile undertaking. The students will be around to collect their pledges in the very near future. —Anna Sakasov Mrs. MacRae's class has embarked upon a pioneer study. They also are beginning to learn about frogs and toads. Field day brought lots of fun and almost as many ribbons. The Grade 3s are starting to learn monster math and are about to begin a unit on fractions. —Heather McLennan Mrs. Schedler's Grade 3s have been working hard this week on the Canadian Test of Basic Skills. It involved four mornings. We had fun discovering what our pen- pals looked like from a class picture taken of them. In our pioneer study we have been learning about log cabins and making models of them. We also tasted meat left over from the pioneer dinner. —Christa Curzon Sacred jHeart Mailbox By Marlene Albers and Mark Belanger Grade 1 and 2—did an exercise rountine at F. E. Madill last Wednesday af- ternoon and again in the evening as part of the bicen- tennial program. Grade 1 has finished its reading pro- gram and has started read- ing "Madithe Rat". Grade 3 and 4—was very proud to take part in the Ontario bicentennial pro- gram held at the high school last week. They danced two dances, the shottische and the waltz. They now are very busy doing research for their science projects. Grade 5 and 6—have been working hard on their book reports and French projects. They also participated in the bicentennial program at the high school Grade 7 and 8—have been working hard studying for their exams this week. They are having a baseball tournament May 25. Happy Gang hosts neighboring seniors The Wingham Seniors Happy Gang had the pleasure of socializing with seniors' club members from Bluevale and Lucknow last Thursday evening. This was another way to make use of the regular fun night and everyone had a good time since the type of entertainment was ap- pealing to everyone. The president. Mrs. Jean McGuire, welcomed every- one and told an amusing story to start things off. Rena Fisher gave a reading Barbershoppers at Kitchener Two evenings of bar- bershop harmony will be presented at the Centre in the Square, Kitchener, on Friday and Saturday of this week at 8 p.m. The Twin -City Harmonizers, a 70 -member chorus from the cities, will present "Harmony Ad- venture", two evenings of good music, fun and laughter, at their annual spring show. Returning to the centre's stage will be Grandma's Boys, former international champions, from Chicago. This quartet first performed at the centre in 1982. Also returning is Bud Thomas, 73 - year -old member of. the Dapper Dans who perform at Disneyland. and Mrs. Anna Johnstone of Lucknow sang "How Great Thou Art". Mrs. McGuire and . her husband Russell sang a duet "until Then" and all took part in a singsong. Mrs. Peacock from Bluevale gave two short and contrasting readings, "Who. Will Have Grandma" and "Today Grandma". There was a contest and then Alex Robertson gave a short skit, "Freddie the Flea", which was very amusing. Mrs. O'Donnell. from Lucknow gave a reading about the spring season. Mrs. Florence Johnston of Bluevale gave a reading, as did Mrs. Fisher, followed by several selections by Gord's Old Tyme Music. Mrs. Alice Elliott of Bluevale gave a reading entitled "Evolution" and the McGuires sang a duet, "Life is Like a Mountain Railroad". The whole group had a singsong, followed by more selections by Gord's Old Tyme Music. Three of the Lucknow ladies had their kazoos With them and joined in with the band. Following the en- tertainment program, "God Save the Queen" was sung and a social time with lunch was held. The Wingham seniors hope to have their neighboring friends to another fun night and remind everyone of the dance this Friday evening at the Armouries. A GRADE 9 HISTORY CLASS from the F. E. Madill. Secondary School presented a skit commemorating 200 years of history in Ontario at last Wednesday's bicentennial program at the high school. In addition to the Madill skit, there was choral singing, square dancing and an aerobics demonstration. Four area schools, Madill, Wingham Public, Turnberry Central and Sacred Heart, Wingham, participated in the program. madill Inmy opinion If ypu can't beat them • , - Conformity is most im- portant in the weary minds of the human race. People hide behind masks of accept- ed social behavior, their real personality neatly tucked away to save for a special moment of escape. And the almighty proverb, "If you can't beat them join them," stands first in my mind as the common excuse of giving up your values to live other people's lives. A young teen stands among a group of kids with a blue halo of smoke hovering over their heads. If you look closely, though, you'll notice a difference: his hands are empty; there is no cigarette burning between his fingers. But soon, maybe the next day, that young teenager might take his first puff just to be like the rest of his Movie review "friends". What about the young girl who gets drunk every week- end. •Maybe she doesn't like it very much. But, well, everyone else in the gang drinks, so why shouldn't she? That's my point. She' shouldn't go with her gang if that's not really what she wants to do with her life: And he shouldn't pick up the "habit" if he doesn't enjoy inhaling smoke into his lungs. . If it's drinking, smoking or any other bad habit that really collides head-on with your values, then don't do it just because everyone else is. Stick with your values:If you don't follow them, then no one else will either. Any- how, that's just my opinion. —Valerie Ricker `Splash' worth seeing This is an excellent movie. It takes the viewer right into the producer's imagination, a very different one, for sure. You are surrounded by the colorful fantasy which 1 love so much. The story is of a young mermaid and a boy, Allen, who first meet off the shores of Cape Cod when Allen falls into the water only to be res- cued by his father, ending any hope of friendship be- tween the fish and boy. The scene then moves to Allen (Tom-Ianks), in his twenties and his fun -loving, bachelor brother, Freddy (John Candy) • who drops coins on the floor as ah ex-, cuse to look up ladies' skirts. He does an excellent job in this part. The men now own a fruit -vegetable market. Allen feels something is missing from his life and goes back to Cape Cod only to meet a grown, very beau- tiful, naked girl on the beach. Here, I will need to give a little explanation. The leg- ends say that mermaids will "grow" legs during a special time of the year. But as soon as their legs get wet they will turn back into a giant color- ful tail. So I'm sure you can guess who the blond beauty on the beach was. The girl follows Allen and turns up naked at the Statue of Liberty. Allen names her Madison (Daryl Hanna) . So from here the story of a mer- maid in New York takes place leading to some funny, caring and even sad scenes. Gossip starts from a nosy scientist (Eugene Leiry). He's trying to prove Madi- son's a mermaid. Here I will leave you in suspense. I've left out a lot of details in order not to ruin the movie's plot. I recommend this movie to anyone, young or old. I can't express how much I loved this movie. All I want to say is see "Splash". But of course if you don't believe in mermaids then maybe it's not your type of movie! —Valerie Ricker Student returns from exchange Wilma Vandervelde has just returned from a three- month exchange. She stayed at Christine Boudreau's house in Granby, Quebec. Wilma had a great time visiting Ice Capades, an Expos' game and going to Old Quebec to visit the Que- bec Winter Carnival. The' school she attended from 8:45 to 3:45 was slack. She said the students were allowed to eat, drink or smoke anywhere. It was large, consisting of 2,500 stu- dents. She attended four classes each day which were each 70 minutes long. Wilma found that people in Quebec speak more English than we do French, but it was hard at first because the teachers talked so fast. She tried to talk French most of the time and thinks her word knowledge has probably doubled. There were 11 other English exchange students there when she went, but Wilma tried to keep away from them and the English language. Wilma recommends this program to anyone. Al- though she was homesick the first two weeks and the people aren't as friendly r.s they are around here, she feels it was a worthwhile ex- perience. She arrived home on Fri- day, April 27: Her friends surprised her with a party shortly after. Welcome bask Wilmati —A. Petten ■ Separate schoot trustees will keep their stipendat $198 per month even though, they have learned they could boost it to $225 per month. At its May 14 meeting, the Huron -Perth Separate School Board received a memo from Superintendent of Business and Finance Jack Lane which states trus- tees' remuneration does not come under the provincial restraint bill. Mr. Lane was given this information from the Inflation Restraint Board. Board members settled the question of remuneration more than a year ago, when they set their honorarium at a five per cent increase each year for three years. In 1982, the out -going school board set the stipend of the in -coming board for its three-year term. The rates were $200 per month for 1983, $225 per month for 1984 and $250 per month in 1985. However, Stratford trustee Ron Marcy, who was also a trustee on the previous board, repeatedly tried to re - mirror Book review_ The Last Canadian William C. Heine, The Last Canadian, Simon and Schus- ter, Markham, Ontario, 1974. The Last Canadian is the most terrifying book I have read! Hein has accomplish- ed the impossible; he has convinced meto consider the implications of the USA - USSR power struggle and the vulnerability of the com- mon man. The book begins with a plague sweeping across the America, instantly anni- hilating all in its path except., a very small percentage who become carriers. Gene Arn- prior, a Montreal engineer, moves his wife, Jan and two sons to a cilTh'p in northern Quebec before it strikes his city. They survive for three years "roughing_ it" in the backwoods until a lost plague carrier wanders onto the camp, infecting all four Trip to Washington From May 10-13, 28 senior history students and three chaperones visited Washing- ton DC, capital of the United States. This trip was or- ganized to further their knowledge of American his-. tory after studying it in class., The group stayed at Lin- den Hill Hotel and Raquet Club in Bethesda, Maryland. Highlights of the tour in- cluded Arlington Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial, the Capital Building, Washing- ton Cathedral, Ford Theatre, Peterson House, a visit to the Smithsonian Institution Buildings and the National Archives. We were also lucky to attend the musical production of "Shiloh Hill" at the Ford Theatre. On Sunday we stopped at Gettysburg and toured the battlegrounds and then con- tinued on our way home. The students would like to thank Mr. Hunter for organizing the trip as well as Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Gnay and Mrs. Hunter for accompany- ing the group and making it an enjoyable trip. Karen Pennington Ann. quilt A special anniversary quilt commemorating the 10th year of the Blyth Festival will be on display at the Memorial Hall this summer. It currently is on view in the box office area. This beautiful work of art depicting the various ac- tivities carried out under the umbrella of the Blyth Centre for the Arts was made by the Collection Quilters: Susan Rankin, Sandra Lang, Jenny Iserman, Paula Dimeck, Bonnie McGinnis, Diane Lepp and Jop Knechtel. These seven Grey and Bruce women have been quilting together for the past eight years and an exhibition of their work will be on display from August 18 to Sept. 15 this summer at the Festival Art Gallery. and killing three. - Gene returns to what was once civilization but, "It was empty ... there wasn't a sign of the people who had once lived there." Travelling across the southern states he encount- ers a Russian army base ready to take over the Americas. He spreads the plague and kills them, but in so doing becomes a Russian target with a far bigger weapon than they can possi- bly devise: he has the ability to kill almost each man, wo- man and child in Asia, Europe and Africa. The remainder of the novel is an action -packed "cat and mouse" game between Arn- prior and the Russian armed forces. Heine, himself, is a Cana- dian newspaper editor specializing in political writ- ings. The Last Canadian in his first fictional effort, and I for one enjoyed it immense- ly. The entire concept of the Russians being so power- hungry as to spread such a deadly disease is very fright- ening. However, his optim- istic ending, "Mankind can hope, again", reassures the reader, and concludes a very fascinating tale. —Celia Chandler Civilized societies The Roman Empire — a shining example of man's ability to organize and main- tain an advanced civiliza- tion. A society with status, laws and order. Such an ad- vanced society that many of its laws survive to the pre- sent, over' a millenium of time. The gladiators. Men who fought in the legendary Coli- seum. A tight that often ended in death. The choice of life and death was given to the crowd in the classic thumbs -up, thumbs -down signal. It was always thumbs -down. Somewhat barbaric, eh? A day at the Coliseum was a family out- ing, much like a 20th century trip to the fair or circus. Out- side the towering edifice all sorts and manners of mer- chants and traders displayed their goods. The gladiators always attracted large crowds. Isn't id odd that such an adanced society still enjoyed such animalistic displays, enjoyed it to such an extent that it was a family excur- sion, and that great profits were rendered from it? Pic- ture it. Outside merchants and traders selling their wares. Inside crowds shout- ing and chanting, roaring with blood lust, clenched fists waving in the air. Apparently the Romans weren't as advanced as we first thought. Canada, 1984. A truly civilized society. A powerful law system, free elections, stable government and a calm, logical cool thinking populace. A civilization that helps less fortunate societies and peoples. An organized military and a system of negotiation instead of mili- tary force to achieve one's objectives. Certainly we have succeeded where the Romans failed! No barbaric escapes now! The roaring crowds, chanting, yelling, clenched fists waving in the air. On the ice, a hockey player stands up, blood streaming down his face. The crowd is almost riotous. In millions of homes, TV sets blare while families watch the spectacle in awe. Then, a commercial. Ford Motors. Back to the game. A few minutes of hockey. The crowd roars; a fight. Another commercial. Air Canada. Back to the game. The gladiatorial game being played may be differ- ent; the goods being sold are definitely different but the chanting, roaring, yelling crowds are the same. The Romans weren't as civilized as we are! —Clint Pewtress NMP al TRAILERS Sales • Rentals Parts • Service Your Headquarters For: • Hardtop tent trailers • Travel traders from . Lightweights light up to Park Models • Truck campers and caps Dealer tor Prowler Golden Falco rh Boler Lionel Hwyl" W. Stratford 5393-5938 duqe the stipend to a five per cent increase from the 1 2 level of $180 per month. Eventually the board agreed to rolling back the honorarium to five per cent. Despite learning they could increase their honorarium, trustees took no action. Chairman Ron Murray of RR 2, Dublin said the board made its decision to stick to the five per cent a year ago, and trustees should remain at that level. Include us in your plans If you're planning a wedding, plan to visit us first for wedding stationery and accessories. Listowel Mount Forest Milverton Wingham Trustees agreed, noting teachers and other staff have been expected to accept five per cent salary increases. The chairman also com- mented that Huron -Perth Separate School trustees take an honorarium that is half that of the Huron and Perth Boards of Education. "That's by choice," said Mr. Murray, adding that it does not mean the trustees of those two boards are not worth the amount they re- ceive. 291-1660 323-1550 595-8921 357-2320 ROYAL CANADIAN AIR CADETS The cadets and staff of 543 Wingham Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron invite you to attend their FIRST ANNUAL INSPECTION on Wednesday, May 30, 1984 at 1900 hours (7 p.m.) at the Lockridge Memorial Arena in Wingham Dress: S-3 Legion Dress Business Suit Cocktail Length Dress Refreshments WINGHAM AND DISTRICT OPTIMIST CLUB EVENT " BICYCLE AND LICENSE REGISTRATION Saturday, June 2 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Wingham Arena * Mandatory Bicycle Licenses Free * Junior and Senior Categories * Written Test - Skill Testing Course * Trophies, Ball Hats, Decals, Ribbons Free pop supplied by Coke The Seaforth Optimists Present " The Seaforth & District Bi -Centennial MARDI GRAS FRIDAY MAY 25 featuring THE RONNIE PRO 'IET SHOW INCLUDING, ( ORIA ANN CARRIERE & JOHN GULLY BAND FROM NASHVILLE SHOWTIME 3:00 p.m. • DANCE TIME 11:00 p.m. AT THE SEAFORTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRES SATURDAY MAY 26 BI -CENTENNIAL KICK OFF PARADE 2 p.m. Featuring 10 Marching Bands, 9 Ontario Shriners, Floats, Antique Cars, Clowns, Miss Dominion Canada SEE THE CARLSBERG CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM & WAGON BI -CENTENNIAL BAND TATOO 3-5 p.ni. FREE ADMISSION BARBECUE DANCE TO RAISIN' CAIN (ICE SURFACE) AND THBIAiEE„JULnS'ARENA HALL 9-1 a.m. AT THE SEAFORTH & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRES Chicken & Pork Chops 5 p.m. Prepared by KINBURN FORESTERS RONNIE PROPHET SHOW/DANCE — 8.00 BARBECUE 8.00 ' GET WEEKEND SAT. AFTERNOON FREE, SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE $5.00 PASS — 515.00 TICKETS' AVAILABLE AT...80B & BETTY'S VARIETY, DIXIE LEE, SEAFORTH GULF SERVICE, t(N COLEMAN 527.0388, and OPTIMIST MEMBERS, ONTARIO BEAN GROWERS CO-OP. TICKETS AVAILABLE IN UOOERICH at....MOFFATT & POWELL, 1 Hwi4. 21 south 524-8321. p.fr.P. iagesrlt,