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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-12-14, Page 14• bgb.ffil Adl AIM -Times, December 14, 1977 «00 You H# J .' CAiRQ roR A 11?A�H , TE AC+4 E R Who C, R A C K E D uP? Teacher interview Early before school hours and often late nights after school, one can usually find a very' dedicated Phys. Ed. teacher patiently coaching a group of spirited students. That teacher is Mrs. Shaw. Mrs. Shaw was born in Ottawa, where she attended Champlain High School and Queens Univer- sity. At Queens she studied Physical Education, Spanish and Biology. Later she attended Mc- Arther Teachers' College. Her first job was at FEMSS teaching Phys. Ed. and grade nine science. Mrs. Shaw enjoys teaching at Madill and says the students are keen to learn. She is impressed with how well the students carry out their responsibilities in the Physical Education program. "The intramural program which is run entirely by students from grades 11,12 and 13, has had good participation and a lot of spirit. There have been good turnouts to try out for the school teams and the students who make the teams are faithful in coming to practices and work hard." She believes our sports pro- gram is ,.becoming stronger and stronger each year because of more interest shown in sports by the public schools -Mid the wile lingness of the students to work. "A1I in all" she says "I would- n't want to teach anywhere else." Mrs. Shaw's favorite hobbies are naturally sports. She enjoys' cross-country skiing, swimming, biking, jogging and a .bit of tennis just to mention a few. The scope of her activities is phenomonal. She also enjoys travelling. She and her husband have travelled to East Pakistan. She also had Happiness is .. Paul Dickson 13A: Passing all my exams. Twyla Dickson 13A: Prince Robbie. Carol Jamieson 13A: Finding my 59 games. Janet Nevery 13B: Not hearing Carol talk about losing her 59 games. Laurie Johnston 13A: Getting boosted and pushed out of Kitch- ener by Carol, Janet and Julie. Dave Bennett 13A: A day away from comic degenerates. Jim Blackwell 13A: Not having Mr. McLennanat the Grey Cup Party. Ansley Currie 13A: Wanting what you have, not having what you want. Janice Guest 13A: Hearing music during Math B. Paul Gowing 13A: Being with my loved one. Mary Eadie 13A: Proving to Gord that ",I'm respectable!" Annette Dorsch 13A: Having a boyfriend. Ken DeBoer 13A: Lying in bed past 6:30. Marcia Gibson 13A: Being away from school a week in Cali- fornia. Janet Famish 13A: Christmas holidays. Carol Brophy 13A: Sharing Snoopy toothbrush. John Campbell 13A: Seeing Jim with two hickeys on his neck. Nancy Alton 13A: Understand- ing math class. Darrell Anderson 13A: Joanne. Robert Armstrong 13A: Flying. Heather Currie 13A: Getting 90 in Calculus! Gord Kinahan 13A: Seeing proof of Marion's love for Jim. Lori Moir 13A: Beating Mike in the Chemistry exam by half a mark. Jeff Dickson 13A: Passing Math B. Oscar Miers 13B: Punching Jack in the nose. Randy Fischer 13A: Being nice to Laurie. Jerry Olechowskl 13B: Trips away from school. Mary Jean Wilhelm 13B: 'Get- ting off with, "Sorry sir but that assignment just slipped my mind." the opportunity to see Expo 70 in Osako, Japan. and see China as well. She has also been to India, northern Europe, Russia and South America. After all this one might find it hard to believe that Mrs. Shaw could possibly fit more into her busy schedule, and yet she is also raising her 14 -month-old son, Peter. We of F. E. Madill would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs. Shaw for her hard work and dedication and wish hercon-. tinued success in her teaching. —Marni Walsh 12H Nov. exams During the last few weeks off school, students have been hard at work studying for their November exams. Some students have to write as many as eight exams and some as few as five. Despite the range in the number of exams written the students are all faced with stress and strain. Now that the November exams are over, and they are being handed back, the students are thankful for taking so much time to study for them. They are re- warded for their extra time spent by receiving an 80 instead of a 70. The Easterexamm axe as far from our minds as possible but we should really be preparing for ahard term ahead and the exams we have to write in less than four months. Now we know that we should be thinking of March exams, but it is likely that we are thinking of our trip and holidays instead. Laurie Johnston 13A DETERGENT BOX On my television screen a housewife wrings her hands "Oh my husband's shirts ! " she sobs "Oh the greasy collar bands!" She sighs and looks dejected and moans about the dirt while she piles up her laundry with the smelly socks and shirts. And suddenly before her pops a toothy smiling man who holds a box of soap and shoves it in her hands. "Wash your stains away!" he sings into a mike "Try this marvellous new brand! It's guaranteed to change your liffe ! " And so before our very eyes the stained and soiled socks are now clean and piled neatly beside the man's soap box. The stains have disappeared! and the marvellous new soap has. changed the housewife's ,life and given her new hope. From the hamper to the washer in just one second flat the laundry's clean and folded while we just looked and sat! With a smile that shows both gums and a pile of folded socks she sings, "I'll never switch ! from my new detergent box!" Rachel Wallace Club news Cross country skiers using the Falconer ski trails this year may look forward to a new trail. On Saturday, Nov. 12, 10 members of the F. E. Madill Geography Club cut a new trail which had been laid out the previous day by Mrs. Lisle, Mrs. Shaw, Mr. Webster and Mr. Cardy. This route is de- signed mainly as an up -hill route and contains a lookout at the top which scans the Alps Creek and areas to the east of the trails. Club members enjoyed their morning excursion and all ex- pressed a desire to return to the Falconer bush perhaps to cut an additional trail. The trip ended with dinner at Pepi's Pizzeria ; all students were tired but full. 11 Finding your place in life Guest editorial In this complicated day and age, with its wealth of education and technological knowledge, the problem of choosing one's life occupation is becoming more and more difficult. Many .young people are becoming very dis- couraged as they try to choose the best occupation for them from the many which are avail- able today. Some people have adopted the "Wait and See" attitude. They go through high school and uni- versity never really knowing where they will "end up". Often, these people are forced to choose an occupation below their capa- bilities to stave off starvation. Others wait for a sudden flash of insight or a dramatic realiza- tion, which will point them in the proper direction. These mis- guided persons will soon find that things' don't happen in flashes and will be forced to use their own resources to find their place in society. To find an occupation for you, you must do some work; some re- search; some real self assess- ment. It's your life and you're re- sponsible for the way you live it ; no one else is. First, you should assess your- self. Write down your skills, in- terests and capabilities. These will differ for each and every one of us. These qualities determine what you can or cannot do. Then, write down all the -oc- cupations which interest you, all the jobs you ever wanted to have. Following each, write its pro's and con's according to your own judgment. Examine each in relation to your first list, your own characteristics. Finally, from your list choose the job for which you are best suited and go after it. If you work hard and long enough you can attain almost any occupation you wish, Your ambition and re- sourcefulness will take you where you want to go. Choosing your life's path is al- ways difficult but once you have done so by the use of this formula or one of your own, you must stick to your choice. Never give in. It's your life. Use it in the way you want to. Ag. teacher wins Mr. Webster, one of our Agri- culture teachers, recently received The Silver Jubilee Com- memorative Medal from the Governor General of Canada. This honor is awarded on the basis of nominations which were made by national, provincial and local organizations to recognize persons who have made a sub- stantial contribution to his or her community or country. Mr. Webster does not know who nominated him but one look at his achievements shows that it could have been one of a number of Bookmobile On Tuesday, Dec. 6, a blue bus pulled up in front of our favorite school. What was it? What else, the Bookmobile. Book buying. time is here again. Due to our stormy weather it arrived an hour late, but it - arrived and people started buy- ing books as usual. The book- mobile will be here until Friday the ninth; in that time most stu- dents will have visited it with their English class. If you have been to this school before, you will probably notice that this blue bus is not the old bookmobile we have come to know. The former bookmobile was the unfortunate victim off a one vehicle accident in which it "jackknifed", and was written off by the insurance company, and its 'operator, Mr. Robert Bland, suffered a broken leg. • However, the replacement is here, and the book sales so far, are not bad. Mr. Bland says that the students particularly like buying books of current movies, and television shows. As far as variety goes; the bookmobile stocks "everything from Peanuts to Hamlet" as he puts it. Mr. Bland says he likes the stu- dents, and that 99 per cent of them are a good bunch. The bookmobile has a large area to cover — all of Southern Ontario. By the time you read this, it will be too late to buy from the bookmobile, but don't worry, it will be back again in May. So if you missed out this time, don't miss it in the spring. -Steve Johann 12C Ken DeBoer Co-editor award organizations. Mr. Webster is a native of the Chatham area from where he entered the University of Guelph. He graduated with his BSA in the Class of '61. In 1964 he joined the staff here at F. E. Madill and apart from a refresher course some years ago, he has been with us ever since. At this time Mr. Webster is the editor of The ESTAO Newsletter (Environmental Science Teachers Association of On- tario), as well as acting as a foster parent from time to time. Both of these activities should have been sufficient to bring the award to his hands. We therefore congratulate Mr. Webster on his award and wish him success with all his future plans. Ken DeBoer `Lounging Laughter" A certain young man from Teeswater was seen rolling around in -the new -fallen snow last week — without his shoes! He was soon joined by the Vice -Pres. who had never "played" in this "white fluffy stuff". A very uncharacteristic com- ment came from the mouth of our cowl Convener as he attempted reprimand one of the scoun- els,one of the "elite" of Madill, on his unruly behaviour at our latest social function. Harry is learning how to flip quarters off his elbow from Oscar and will report back to the School Page of his success as soon as he locates his elbow! We were handed this bulletin, just before going to the press, from your wonderful Lounge Managers — the Pop Machine works! Mr. Taylor: "First of all I will take some chloroform and sul- phuric acid." Student: "That sounds like a good idea." it or Gravel running --just for the fun of it Sixty, sixty-five, seventy, now eighty. Ditch on the right. Tree on the left. The driver's a maniac but everyone's well "lit" so it doesn't matter much. This is a summary of either a drunken truck driver with a load of fire- flies or a car Load of weekend "gravel runners". The term "gravel runners" will not likely need much explaining to anyone under 25 or so but for the benefit of any older folks who might read this, "gravel run- ning" is defined as one or all of the following: 1) drinking liquor out of residence, 2) drunk driving, and, occasionally, 3) drinking under age. I have been told by one of the few reliable sources over 25 that the grand of sport of "gravel running" was at one time called "roading" which is also a suitable term. But no matter what you call it, it is a game of the most dangerous kind, about which something must be done. I think it is safe to say ti}at 'all who read this will be among the many who have had friends or acquaintances killed, or seriously injured, while playing this very old and fast-growing sport. The first recorded "gravel run" ended in tragedy as did so many after it. In the year 14 B.C. a Roman gladiator drove his chariot into the stadium with a wine skin around his neck. It was his job to chase assorted unde- sirables around the ring with the object being an untimely death for them. As it turned out he con- tinually took sips from the wine skin while chasing the heathens around and around. After about 57 rounds of the stadium and about as many from the skin, Dorkus (that was his name) was becoming quite light headed and was felled from his chariot by a daisy thrown from the crowd. Dorkus then promptly stood up to retain his dignity and then walked into the lion's pit with a s roar from the crowd. I am sure that he woke up somewhere with a terrible headache. From Dorkus on down through history the incidence of this appalling reality has increased steadily until finally chariots were banned from the roads which is why you'll never see a chariot on ' the road anymore. This didn't stop the affliction, however. Now it was the case of drunken sailors passing out and falling overboard, singing cow- boys falling off horses and land- ing on sleeping rattlesnakes! Even today when we can drive down our ultra -safe highways, in our ultra -safe automobiles, at an ultra -safe 80 kmh there are the occasional incidences of people feeling ultra -safe driving into trees, other cars and PEOPLE just because they've had a few too many. Now, obviously the authorities can't do anything about it or they would have done it already. So I propose this idea as a way to stop the accident statistics from rising. First, we have the car companies make a few rubber cars that will not go more than 45 kmh; build a 45 kilometer track and then for a price anyone can come and drink and drive all day and night at their own risk. —David Bennett 13A WHIM. PORT) Girls' gymnastics The 20 girls trying out for the 1977 gymnastic's team are off and rolling. Mrs. Lisle,the team's coach, says that the final team will be chosen after Christmas. The first meet will be some time in Jan- uary; no date is set yet. Most of the experienced, senior gymnasts have gone, leaving a young team. This will be a build- ing year for the team. By watching the girls drill, you can see the enthusiasm displayed by them. It should be an interest- ing year. Good Luck! Marilynne Maclntvre RUMBLING SNOWPLOWS promise to become a familiar sound again this winter as snow was added to snow in a succession of recent storms. Boys' gymnastics The boys' gymnastics team is slowly but surely getting ready for this year's meets. Since both Huron Perth and WOSSA.;cham- pionships are being held here this year they will want to do well. Mr. Campbell, the boys' coach, is trying to get more boys to join since it is a small team. This year's team members are Jim Laidlaw, Tom Remington, Kevin Wamsley, Bernie Webster, Shane Purdon, Tim Henderson and Mike McDonough. The date of the first meet is not known but will be held sometime in the first part of January. We wish the team our best for the upcoming season and we hope they will- get a championship or two. —Annette Dorsch 13A Boys' basketball On Dec. 2nd and 3rd, the first annual "Mustang Tip -Off" tournament was held at Madill. The Mustangs were host to teams from Listowel, Elmira and Kincardine. The juniors played quite well and won the consola- tion final by defeating Kincar- dine. The Seniors fought an uphill battle in the final game losing to a polished Elmira team. Our Mustang team travelled to . Exeter to do battle on their court Tuesday 6th. The Seniors won against their opposition with a score of 74-63. High scorers in that game were Jeff Dickson with 25 points, John Campbell with 21 points and Darryl Anderson with 19 points. The midgets lost in a close game of 46-42. The Juniors lost in their game too, unfortun- ately. On Thursday 8th the Junior and Senior Madill teams move on to the Norwell school in Palmer- ston, hopefully to improve the Mustang fame. THE WINGHAM JUNIOR CITIZENS°.FLOAT took second prize in the children's category at the Santa Claus parade. In addition to preparing a float the Junior Citizens did most of .the work of arranging the parade and later distributed candy to children at the Armouries. Mirror! Mirror! Last Tuesday students from 9W, 10A, 10S, 10T and English 552 and 551 braved the ,wild weather (which unfortunately did not call off school the next aay)'to go over to Blyth. Schools from Clinton, Exeter and Goderich also attend- ed. Theatre -Go -Round put on a play called "Mirror! Mirror!". The play consisted of excerpts from various books of Canadian authors, such as Margaret Atwood, Gabrielle Roy, Margaret Laurence and of course Alice Munro. Mrs. Tiffin introduced two of her "select" (!) students to her prize pupil of the past — Alice Munro. • The cast' was made up of three female actresses who portrayed, in two Acts, "The Girls", "The Young Women" and "The Wo- men". The portrayals of the girls and the incidents were taken from the different books and compiled to make the play so it didn't have an actual plot. I found "The Girls" the most interesting because it was so believable and funny! The afternoon off and the play were enjoyed by everyone to whom I talked. We especially appreciated not being storm - stayed in Blyth! —Janice Guest STARTS CHRISTMAS DAY! It's a - -- HERBIE- DERBY! WALT DISNE i PRODUCTIONS PAt GOES TO MONTE CARLO TECHNICOLOR*" ....n ii. Pill M•vi5••OCG in0.v,�O..Cn ..f. G IF YOUR ADVANCE -TIMES LABEL READS DECEMBER 9-8-7 YOUR SUBSCRIPTION IS DUE �d.M nie. T 1I11v