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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1953-10-08, Page 10THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1953 Second Line In Biddulph By MRS. H. ELSON Mr. and Mrs. Phil Chapman of Byron were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bean Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Atkin­ son and family were supper guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. James Eagleson, Greenway. Miss Janette Ann Blair spent the weekend in London with her grandmother, Mrs. Leo Flanni- gan. Mr and Mrs. Sam Skinner at­ tended the Parsons-Coward wed­ ding at Elimville on Saturday, Little Miss Gloria Meyers of London spent a few days with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George MoFalls and Joyce. Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Will Isaac were Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hodgins, Lucan, and Mr and Mrs. Lloyd Fraser, Exeter. Mr. and Mrs, Sam Skinner were super guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Don Parsons. Mr. and Mrs. John Gregus of London spent Sunday with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Spacek. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Elston of Detroit were weekend guests of i Mr. and Mrs. M. Elston. [ Miss Mae Skinner, of Grand Bend, spent a few days last week j with her cousin, Mrs. George Mc- Falls, Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. C. Fischer were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Earheart and daugh­ ters of Strathroy; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stanlake and family of London and Miss Dorothy Fischer, employee of the Bell Telephone, London. A large number of neighbors and friends held a rousing chiva- ri for Mr. and Mrs. Sam Skinner on Tuesday evening last week. MODERN AGE •—• Remember when you walked five and six miles to and from school every day? Then cast your eye with envy on this string of modern busses ready to take 300 high school pupils home after a day’s instruction. The busses, operated by Exeter Coach Lines Limited, travel 471 miles a day bringing children from a radius of 15 miles to the district high school. Bus systems like this are credited with providing secondary education to many children unable to acquire it in the past. They are one of the reasons why enrolment in On­ tario schools has reached record proportions. ■—Jack Doerr I«11«111««191 > 11 i • 91111 ■ 111 tlj I > I < 1111 • 1 • i H H * < * ■ > I * > 111 < 111«I It > > > > 11111111111ll 1S ■ I«11111«1111B1111 * 11S H111111II ■ 111111 > 111 • I ■ • 1111111 *1111«11111111 < 11111«I tit 11 ■»• 11 > It t High School Hi-Lights | Published .jind Written Each Week by Students on the Staff of the “Ink Spot” = Official Year Book of South Huron District High School. Bob Fletcher, Editor; J. B. Creech, Advisor, This Week In Winchelsea By AIRS. F. HORNE II----- ----------------------------------------------■ GARAGES Sunday and Evening Service Open this Sunday, Wednes­ day afternoon, and during the evenings throughout the week: Ed's Imperial Service Station VOLUME 2, NUMBER 2 EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1953 Principal: H. L. STURGIS Recapture Tri-School Track Meet Title School Plow Jockeys Win, Compete At International Winner E of the BEATTY Drawn for Saturday Night Was DAVE BLACKWELL HENSALL Congratulations! Ron Westman Sports and Auto Supply PHONE 211 EXETER ca^roo^ By &LEMW F/SHEK "The ref sez, 'come out swinging’!!” Pollen, Soldan Win Divisions S.H.D.H.S. recaptured the tri­ school track and field meet championship at Mitchell, Friday. Local school athletes racked up 121 points to outclass their rivals from Mitchell and St. Marys and win back the title they lost to Mitchell last year. St. Marys placed second with 111 and Mitchell was third with 107. Two individual championships were captured by S.H.D.H.S. athletes. Ruth Soldan won the intermediate girls title. Bill Pol­ len copped the junior boys honors; Bill Lavender was run­ ner-up in this division. Two Mitchell athletes, Doug. Aitchison and Elizabeth Cook, won the senior championships. Ken Major, of St. Marys, took intermediate boys honors and Donna Hopf and Shirley Harmer, both .of Mitchell, tied for the junior girls’ championship. Set New Records Twelve new records were set at the meet, f<^ir of them by South Huron contestants. Bill Pollen’s time of 11.3 in the 100 yards established a new mark in the junior boys lOO1- yard dash. Marilyn Skinner and Joan Thomson set a record of 40% in the intermediate girls softball speed throw, and Trudy Pickard and Marilyn Skinner tossed 39 to make history in the similar event in senior girls division. South Huron’s intermediate girls’ relay team, composed of Frances Brophey, Ruth Soldan, Elean Pearce and Judy Ross, established a new time of 26.2. S.H.D.H.S. winners: Junior Girls 75-yard dash, Francis Green, sec­ ond: standing broad, Joyce Fisher, first: high jump, Betty Dalton, third; softball speed throw, Carmel McKer- ral and Patsy Beaver, first, Bev? Coulter and Fran Green, third; bas­ ketball speed throw, Janice Hamilton, Marlene Ravelie and Joan Ravelie, third. Intermediate Girls 75-yard dash, Francis Brophy> first, Judy Ross, second; standing broad, Ruth Soldan first; high jump. Jean Soldan second; softball diMance, Ruth Soldab first, Jean Soldan third: soft­ ball speed, Marilyn Skinner and Joan Thomson first: basketball speed, Joan Thomson, Marilyn Skinner and Ruth Soldan first. , Senior Girls High jump, Barb Brintnell third; softball distance, Betty Gascho third: softball speed, Trudy Pickard and Barbara Brintnell first, Bev Ravelie and Betty Gascho second. Junior Boys 100-yard dash, Bill Pollen first, Bill Lavender second; 220-yard dash, Bill Pollen first, Bill Lavender second; running broad, Jim Etherington first. Bill Pollen second; hop, step and jump, Bill Lavender first; pole vault, Barry Glover first; shot putt, Jim Etherington first. Intermediate Boys 100-yard dash, Jules Desjardine sec­ ond, Bob MacLaren third; 220-yard dash, Jules Desjardine second; run- Please turn to Page 12 By Lome Ballantyne And Alex Meikle The South Huron Plowing Match was held on the farm of Elgin Thompson and Son on Oc­ tober 3. The South Huron Dis­ trict High School made a very good showing at' the match with eight plowmen and four coaches. In the open mounted-plow class Emil Hendrick won first prize. In the mounted-plow class open to junior under IS, Stan Johns placed third with John Mather-s a close fourth. In the Junior Farmers class, Lome Ballantyne, coached by Glen Northcott, placed first. In the junior class, 18 and under, which was the largest class, Ken Wildfong placed sec­ ond; Robert Dobson, coached by Don Ballantyne, fourth; Jack Bell, coached by Ross Hunter, fifth, and Alex Meikle, coached by Homer Campbell, sixth. Those representing the school at the International Plowing Match at Cobourg are Alex Meikle and Robert Dobson plowing, with Jack Bell and Glen Northcott as coaches. Emil Hendrick will be plowing at the International for the Larry Snider Motors and Lorne Ballantyne will be Huron County representative. Latvia, Now Under Reds Once Led In Education ED. NOTE: Voldemars Gulens, the son of Dr. V. Gulens of Dash­ wood is a student in Grade X S.H.D.H.S.. Born in Lataviap he experienced the. Russian occupa­ tion of his country in 1940, the Germon occupation in 19 41 and the second Russian occupation in 19 44. With his father and his family, he ' went to Germany where he attended for some time a school for Latvian children. In 1951 he arrived in Canada. The students and teachers of S.H.D.­ H.S. hope that Voldemars and other students who have come from Europe will enjoy their work in this school. By VOLDEMARS GULENS Latvia was an independent re­ public for only 22 years, (Nov. 18, 1919 to June, 1940) yet the educational level was one of the highest in Europe. During World War J Latvian was damaged heavily and lost 27 per cent or 700.000 people of her popula­ tion. Had this not been so the population in 193 8 would have been three instead of two million people. Latvia rebuilt herself without outside help very quickly and her educational level rose steadily. There were 1904 public schools with 231,5 00 students with a total of 9,287 teachers; these were free and compulsory. Child­ ren started to go to school at the age of seven. When entering school they were able to read, be-, cause this was taught in kinder­ garten or at home. The public school contained six grades. After graduating from public school a student could attend one of the high schools/'’which wete not free. However, a very successful or needy student could attend it free of charge. Plans were made to make it free for all. There were about' 23/0'00 students and 2,500 teachers, or an average of nine students per teacher!!. The high school had five grades. School started on the first week of September and ended on June 1; followed by the exams. Besides national holidays, these also were allowed: last week of October, two weeks for Christmas and two weeks for Easter. School started at nine o’clock and ended between two and 2:30. Saturday was also a school day. There were 10-min- ute breaks between the 45-min- ute • periods; 20 minutes were allowed foi' a short iunch. During these breaks everybody had *to go outside. The subjects taken during high school were: Latvian, algebra, geometery, trigonometry, geo­ graphy, history, art, ‘agricultural science, .chemistry, German, Latin or Greek, option of French or English. Physical training was compulsory in both public and high schools. Special high school caps were worn by students. These caps were of dark color and brighter stripes, representing the school colors. The schools had outside school - hour activities. Every school had an athletic club, chess club, orchestra and glee clubs, drama club, etc. The main sports were track and field sports, basketball, volleyball, hockey and European soccer or football. There were also many com­ mercial and higher commerical schools. Each high school also had a special class for those who wanted to study more mathema­ tics. Those who planned to be some kind of engineer took this —Please turn to Page 12 Teachers, Council Organize Students By EVELYN SHARROW I have been asked by a mem­ ber of our paper staff to write an account on the organization of the school. When we think of organization, we should first mention our teaching staff whose work it is to systematize us. We are fortunate this year in having all last year’s teachers with us, and in addition two new instructors, Miss Ganton, history teacher, and Mr. Porter,, teaching English. All the .students from S.H.D.H.S. join in wishing these two new teachers the best of success in their first year at Exe­ ter. From the students’ standpoint, the most important school organ­ ization is the Student Council. This body is made up of a presi­ dent, vice - president, and the president of each class as a rep­ resentative of that class in the council. The .executive this year under the capable leadership of the president, Tom Easton, is as fol­ lows: vice-president, Marilyn Skinner; representatives from the various forms, IXA Jane Farrow, IXB, Graham Farquhar, IXC Bill Pollen, IXD Patsy Beavers, XA Jim Crocker, XB Nancy Cudmore, XC Ted Smith, XD Bill Pin- combe, XIA Robert Maclaren, XI B Robert Down. XIIA Jerry Rannie, XIIB Bob Fletcher, XIII Jim Sturgis, Special Com. Jim Taylor. These students meet once a week in the board room to dis­ cuss their future plans. The Student Council acts as a medium between staff' and stu­ dents. Its main ambition is to bring the students into closer re­ lationship with one another. In order to do this they sponser various social activities, thus pupils unconsciously become bet­ ter acquainted while having a good time. Each year, the council accedes to visits from groups of talented people who .provide educational entertainment for the entire stu­ dent body. It is rumoured that a pep rally is being planned this term to kindle school spirit and promote acquaintances. We feel this year, that each member we have elected, to the Student Council is worthy of that position. With this in view our school year can’t, help but be an even greater success than it has been in previous years. New Class At School The school sow gave birth to 11' hearty pigs on Monday, Oc­ tober 5. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ford ac­ companied Mr. and Mrs. New­ man Baker, of Welfaurn, on a motor trip to Wiarton, Owen Sound and Lion's Head on Sun­ day. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Armstrong and Janice of Hensail visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Batten. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Moore and family and Miss Kay Hay of Exe­ ter were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Prance. Mr, Ronald Spry, of London, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Horne and family. Mrs. Rufus Horne and Earl Horne of Toronto were recent visitors with Mrs. James Horne and Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Horne. Mr. and Mrs. John Batten visited on Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. George Kellett of Thames Road. A number from this vicinity attended Thames Road Church Sunday evening for the showing of the film, “Nakamia," an Afri­ can child of Angola where United Church missionaries are station­ ed. Several ladies from this com­ munity attended the trousseau tea on Wednesday last when Mrs. John Coward entertained in honor of her daughter Muriel, whose marriage to Mr. Beverly Parsons of Hurondale took place at Elimville United Church on Saturday last. (Intended ’for last week) Personal Items Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ford and •Gordon visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ford at Kit­ chener. Mr. Gordon Delbridge of St. Marys was a Sunday visitor with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Batten. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Horton and Patricia" of Seaforth were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Colin’Gil- fillan and family on Sunday, Honor Bride-Elect Miss' Muriel Coward was the guest of honor at a shower at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emer­ son Penhale on Friday evening when friends and neighbours gathered in spite of the rain and ‘storm without and presented her with many lovely gifts. 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