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SALLY Le VAN
VICTORIOUS
On October 27, classes were
dismissed early and many purple
and white clad fans filled the
stands to root for our senior girls
basketball team.
It is impossible to say whether
or not it was because of the
cheering that the numerous fans
produced that we won, but we
finished victorious!
The final score was an amazing
44 to 19 for our Madill team.
Sandra King was the star player,
scoring the most points.
In the words of Miss Schofield,
the team's coach, "The team has
just recovered from a dry spell."
After many losses our team
cameback to play tremendous
basketball against Norwell to
finally be a winning team
Congratulations!
—Marilynne Maclntyre
FACING GRADUATION
Faces of old and faces of new,
People we know and people we
knew.
Growing together then drifting
apart
Always an ending and now a new
start
At graduation we all grow nearer
And all of our friends seem so
much dearer
And as we say our final good-bye
One last embrace and one more
cry,
A "Keep in touch" and a
"Promise I will"
A "Remember when" but, better
still,
A place in my heart, c–you'll
always stay,
This is what's said as we go on
our way.
—Mary Luanne Clare 10B
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The Wingham Advance -Times, November 9, 1977—Page 5
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Teacher interview
MRS. DOUGLAS
I'm sure that everyone knoWs
that one member of the F. E.
Madill teaching staff is Mrs.
Douglas. Perhaps because .she
teaches special educationclass-
es, or possibly because she, is a
guidance counsellor, -but ni op -
ably because she is one of the
directors of the F. E. Madill
choir.
Mrs. Douglas is a native of this
area, having grown up in Morris
Township, and gone to Brussels
public, and continuation schools.
She then went to Stratford
Teacher's College. The Toronto
Conservatory of Music followed
with training in vocal music, and
theory. Mrs. Douglas took sum-
mer courses in Toronto, and
London to be a music specialist, a
special education specialist, and
guidance specialist. She taught
elementary school for seven
years, then itinerat music in
elementary and secondary
Schools in Huron County. For
the past nine years she has taught
full time music, special educa-
tion, and guidance at Madill.
Mrs. Douglas now lives in the
farming community of Belmore.
She likes all kinds of needle work,
and with plenty of friends, she
You're asking
Why "wine and liquor lists do not
include a list of non-alcoholic
drinks"... why "alternative non-
alcoholic punches aren't offered
at parties ...why "people are
always trying to spike' your drinks-
...why
rinks"...why "if a drunk gets behind the
wheel of a car and his wife reports
him, nothing is done - she is a
trouble -maker unless he kills
someone."
You're concerned
"Society makes you feel like a
freak if you don't drink"... "the
You're talking about the problems of alcohol in everyday life —
and that's bringing them into the open. You've written in from
coast to coast in response to 'Dialogue on drinking' to share your
suggestions, experiences and reactions. It's clear that responsible
citizens — drinkers, non-drinkers, social drinkers, ex -drinkers,
teenagers, grandparents, social workers, students — are concerned
about Canada's alcohol problems. All agree there is a crying need
for moderation along with more information and education on
alcohol-related problems and some feel there is a need for a
change in attitude because "often more tolerance is shown to the
drunk than the non-drinker," even though responsible drinkers
and non-drinkers are in the majority.
message constantly screeched on
TV is you have to drink"... "25
glossy liquor ads ran in the same
issue of the magazine as your
black and white ad showing the
other side"... "the macho image
requires that a real 'he-man' be a
hard -drinking hero."
You're pointing out
"In many small towns in Canada
the only social activity is to go
down to the local hotel for a few
drinks"... "I'd rather sit next to a
smoker on an aircraft than next to
a drunk but I don't see any non -
drinking sections"... "1 am not
advising absolute abstinence but'
am absolutely convinced of the
immorality of permitting oneself to
become so intoxicated that one
inflicts harm on others."
You're suggesting
"A series of radio or TV programs
showing realistically what happens
when a person drinks too much"
..."bans or controls on advertising"
. "very severe penalties for im-
paired drivers"... "courses for
senior girls intent on marrying
young on handling the situation
of a drunk husband."
And...you're doing!
In Ontario, the Thunder Bay
Committee for `Dialogue on
drinking' is well on its way... in
Nova Scotia, local committees
v e jd with service clubs to
ne
i` r i1iiscussstwith hundreds of people.
alcohol and its impact on the
community... in Rothesay, New
Brunswick, 40 Knights of Colum-
bus have asked how they can
help in northern Manitoba,
'Dialogue' posters are appearing
everywhere even in the hotel
wasbrooms...Medicine Hat.
Alberta, has its Alcohol in the
Community Program ...and in
Vancouver. teenagers petitioned
against opening two liquor stores
because some of their friends had
been killed by drunk drivers.
Now, we're talking!
We're talking about the problems
alcohol can cause... but better.
were doing something about them
together... and because of your
efforts. a more responsible attitude
to drinking is emerging.
"l see my own and my peers'
attitudes changing. Instead of
bragging how drunk we got on a
particular night, we are more apt
to take pride in being able to
control our consumption at a
reasonable level."
And.ihat, after all is what
'Dialdgue on drinking' is all about
it's a program to help you talk
about and do something about
drinking problems. We'd like to
hear more from you.
Dialogue on drinklng
Ideas from concerned citizens
and OperaNpn Lifestyle.
Health Sante et
and Welfare Bien -etre social
Canada Canada
Box 8888, Ottawa
Addiction Research Foundation
of Ontario.
33 Russell Street. Toronto
with Centres across the Province
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has u,an>, nouse guests. In her
community she is„the director of
a choir of ladies known as the
Mari -Bels. She also likes to
travel. Some of the places she has
visited are: London, England,
Paris, Hawaii, Greece, Spain, all
of Canada, and most of the -U.S.
She has one son, who is now a
te' Arthur High School.
iglas likes a well-run,
:isciplined class. She
personally feels that most stu-
dents are as intelligent, well
behaved, and likeable as they
ever have been. She dreads the
day when she will be forced, to
retire, and not be associated with
young people. She feels that being
with active, intelligent youth
keeps you alert, and that it is a
refreshing influence.
As far as the choir goes, she
feels that it could be improved
with regular classroom instruc-
tion, and hopefully a regularly
scheduled time in the future
would be possible, to achieve a
higher quality of tone, and
performance. With excellent ma-
terial, good co-operation, and
talent, she would like to see a
regular schedule, with more time
to develop the choir.
So now you know one member
of the F. E. Madill staff who
happens to teach special educa-
tion, is a guidance counsellor,
and one of the choir directors.
-Steve Johann
DYSTOPIA
I am a lonely prisoner, a captive
without sound,
I've lost a vital part of me with
music not around,
And I get this awful yearning that
the silence cannot fill,
I cry for warming music that
could heat this freezing chill.
Let me hear you pound piano,
Or a keyboard player's dream,
Of keys that tinkle softly like a
gently flowing stream.
Let the guitars strum in silence,
Let them hammer out cold steel,
Just as long as I hear music,
there's hope that I can heal.
Let the drums roll out like
thunder, .
Let them set the backbeat strong,
Now that'I have all this music, I
am sure to get along.
This world's a living hell, without
the music that we know,
Without vocal chords descending
and cresending alto tones,
Without the vibrant melodies
which played the whole day
long.
I'm afraid to say. that musicless
we won't last very long.
They're killing ,. all the phono-
graphs,
The stereos meet doom,
They're slowly killing all the
notes, „ „a
They're slaughtering the' tunes.
No longer will the juke boys roll,
the final quarter's fed.
I am a lonely prisoner, a captive
without sound.
I've lost a vital part of me with
music riot around.
—Brian Arnold 12A
Jim: "I hear that Mr. Neil does
great bird imitations.”
Gord: "That's right . . . he
watches everybody like a hawk!"
Audio Club
This club has been very active
this year doing things around the
school that you might not be
aware of. Supervised by Mr.
Wraith, enrollment in the audio
club is limited to those who take
electronics. Right now there are
about eight or ten members.
They're responsible for the music
in the halls (before nine) and the
music in the cafeteria preceeding
a school dance. They are also,
starting this year, playing music
between sets at 'school dances.
Mike Milosevic and Brian Reid of
the Audio Club provided all the
music (free of charge) at Grade
Nine Night which helped make it
successful. The Club also sets up
the microphones for all the as-
semblies and anything special for
the Student Council. Right now
they're fixing the television and
record player donated for the
lounge. The Audio Club does a lot
of things in the school which go
without recognition. Thanks for a
job well done.
—Janice Guest 13A
Proud of teems
The students of F E. Madill
were very proud when the Junior
Mustangs won their first football
game of the season. The
Mustangs won over Clinton on
October 27 with a score of 6 to 1.
The player of the week was Ed
Haines. The Mustangs play their
next game on November 1 .at
Goderieh. Good Luck!
RECEIVE AWARDS—Doug Kuyvenhoven (left) and Ken
de Boer received the John Stewart MacNaughton Memorial
Award and the Teeswater Creamery Ltd. Award in Agri-
culture respectively at the F. E. Madill Secondary School
graduation ceremonies held Friday evening.
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The time has arrived once
again, for all of the graduating
students off F. E. Madill to gather
together for their annual Com-
mencement Exercises. Each one
of these people has commenced
on a journey of their own — be it
to further their education at the
various universities and com-
munity colleges, to display their
many talents at jobs out in the
working world or to continue
studying at F.. E. • Madill. But we
all have one common factor: an
"x" number of years that were
spent developing our characters
and our interests in a small, rural
high school, that has become a
very special part of each and
every one of our lives.
I have often heard the com-
ment: "Your high school years
are the best years of your life.
Enjoy them, for they won't Last
for very long." I always felt that
they didn't really know what they
were talking about. How could
going to a small town high school
be more exciting than living on
your own and making all or your
own decisions? Now that the time
is drawing nearer for me to be on
my own, it scares me — as I'm
sure it scares a lot of other people
who are in the same position as
myself. I've becom ccustomed
to the sheltered walls f good old
Madill and 1;'ve fin become
part of the "older st dents" of
our school!' To be back down at
the bottom of the ladder again
next year is certainly going to be
a change! But, hundreds of stu-
dents before us have endured this
situation so I imagine we'll sur-
vive somehow!
The meaning of that small
word "success" is different for
all of us. We have to decide what
our values are — just what do we
cherish and treasure most of all?
Once this has been accomplished
then achieving our various goals
will be a much easier task. "To
PURPLE AND WHITE DAY
One of the most exciting and
spirited days of F. E. Madill in. a
long time was Thursday, October
27th. It was Purple and White
Day!
Everyone, or almost everyone,
wore purple and white as part of
their dress. Statistics showed
that 80 per cent of the students
present that day wore purple and
white. Thirteen homerooms won
pennants because all of their
homeroom wore some item of
purple and white, including their
teacher.
Students Council President
Mary Eadie couldn't believe the
response the students gave to her
plea to wear purple and white
that day. A skit presented by
some spirited grade thirteens on
a Monday morning assembly
helped the spirit of F. E. Madill
come alive again.
To make Purple and White Day
seem even better, students were
given short periods so that they
could attend the Pep Rally in
Gym 228 and then watch and
cheer for the Junior Football
team and the Junior and Senior
Girls Basketball teams.
As a result of all the cheering
and clapping all the teams won
their games. It proved to be one
of the most successful dressup
days at F. E. Madill in a long
time of this school's history.
—Annette Dorsch 138
thine own self be true .:. is part
of a famous quote that contains a
lot of meaning. If each of us can
maintain our own values and not
be overly influenced` by others,
then I know we will all succeed at
most things which we attempt.
There will be many hardships
and frustrations along the way,
but no one promised us that it
would be easy. Anyway, who
wants to have everything handed
to them on a silver platter? It is
much more satisfying to be able
to solve a problem for your self
and by yourself and to know that
you are capable of doing so again.
Of course I'm not advocating
total independence from every-
one. We all have to depend on
other people at some time in our
lives, whether we want to or not.
If you makeup your mind to,ac-
cept this fact early in your life
then you will learn from each new
experience, in which you become
involved. We are constantly
learning new aspects of life
everyday. To be able to keep
yourself cheerful and optimistic,
despite' your failures, is the
greatest gift a person can
possess.
I would like to extend a sincere
wish for happiness and success to
all of the Graduating Students
from the staff at the Madill
Mirror.
Julie King 13B
Co -Editor
Home Ec trip
On Wednesday, November 2,
the students of Miss Nute's Home
Economics 551 classes, Visited
the town of Elmira anil1 :the
Mennonite settlements. We were
greeted by the Assistant Pastor
of the Progressive Mennonite
Church and shown a film called
"The Plain People", which dealt
with the lives of this group. This
was followed by a question and
answer period, during which
many interesting queries were
satisfied concerning 'the various
aspects of the Mennonite way of
life, A delicious noon meal was
served to our group and we had
the chance to buy loaves of fresh
homemade bread as well as dif-
ferent gifts from all parts of- the
world. The proceeds are sent to
the Missionaries that the Men-
nonite people have organized. A
tour of the surrounding farms
ended a very enjoyable day.
Julie King 13B
WOSSA
Cross-country
On Friday, October 28, while
most students at F. E. Madill had
a holiday, the cross-country
teams went to the London Ski
Club at Byron for the WOSSA
meet.
Weather cooperated with us,
as it had on .most meets.
The team members were proud
of their efforts on one of the most
difficult courses of the year. A
steep downhill ski slope, a narrow
winding forest path and a stretch
of open field were parts of the
course.
Results of the meet and
members of the teams are listed
below.
MIDGET BOYS:
As a team these boys placed 10th.
Tom White placed 25th out of 125
boys. Ed Davidson, Leo Kinahan
and Karl Morrison are the other
boys on the team.
JUNIOR BOYS: '
Shane Purdon, Klaas Jor-
ritsma, Mike Dennis, Mark Hald-
enby, Shawn McKay, Ken Metz-
ger and John Passchier com-
posed the Junior boys team.
Shane placed 10th individually.
The team placed 9th.
SENIOR GIRLS:
The Senior girls team has had a
very successful season this year.
They placed 2nd at Huron -Perth
and at WOSSA also placed 2nd.
Janet Wood placed 1st to win
the WOSSA Individual Senior
Girls Championship. Freda Rein -
ink placed 8th and Anita Reinink
placed • 11th. The other members
of the team are Chris Orien and
Annette Dorsch. They now travel
to North Bay on November 4 to
compete for OFFSA Champion-
ship to be held November 5. Good
Luck Girls!
—Annette Dorsch 13A
Purple, White Day
was successful
Purple and White Day was held
on Thursday, October 27th this
year at F. E. Madill and it was a
terrific success. At the Pep Rally
— after the shortened classes —.
in Gym 228, students crowded in
to spread the school spirit. Mary
Eadie, president of the student
council, spoke on the tremendous
enthusiasm of the school in
participating in Purple and White
Day. Eighty per cent of students
and teachers wore purple and
white, and 15 homerooms in the
school' had 100 . per cent of
students wearing something pur-
ple and white! This is a wonderful
response in view of the fact that
last year we did not even have a
Purple and White Day. The
efforts of homerooms 9A, 9D, 9E,
9M, 10B, 10W, 11B, 11E, 11F, 11M,
12D, 12E, 12H, 13A and 12B were
recognized as they each had a
chance at a draw. Mrs. Tiffin,
who did much to organize this
special day was chosen to draw.
The winning homeroom; 11M had
a prize given to each class
member on Monday morning at
9:00.
Mrs. Lisle introduced the Jr.
Girls Basketball team who were
to play against Norwell.
Next on the agenda were the
cheerleaders. Leading the stu-
dents with their most popular
routines, they had everyone
overflowing with school spirit
and claping with the beat. Guest
stars, from the senior boys
volleyball team, appeared in out-
fits to be the new, liberated
cheerleaders and with a lot of
laughter we headed down to the
double gym or football field.
There we saw our school spirit in
the form of playing teams. There
were the Junior football team
against Clinton outside and '
Junior and Senior girls basket-
ball against Norwell in the gym.
Many thanks to the staff and
students who did so much to
make Purple and White Day the
best ever — until next year!
—Dianne McBride 1OF
Madill Dance
Once a month, a dance is held
in F. E. Madill. There is a dif-.
ferent band at every dance and
some bands go over better than
others. The following quotes are
from students who attended
"Major Hoople's Boarding
House" on Friday, October 28.
Bruce Stainton 12F — Their
Pink Floyd, Super Tramp, and
Styx, was okay but their per-
formance wasn't that great.
Karl Whytock 12H — I didn't
like it.
Clare Weber 12H — I liked the
explosions.
Debbie Hanula 12C — They
didn't give es ow- money's worth,
but their effects were great.
Pam Clark 12B They should
have played more danceable
music.
Joanne Wood 1211 — They were
good — when they played.
Cathy Walters 1211 — The pits!
It was the first school dance I've
come to and it will probably he
the last.
Patty Brenzil 12A — It was an
interesting stage show and the
music was good to listen to.
Steve Burke 12A — They were
good to listen to but should have
played longer to make up for
power failures.
Rachel Wallace and
Marne Walfish