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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-05-02, Page 1Imaginative si r. WI: SUSAN OESCH HAS THAT FAR-OUT APPROACH - 4 ci SHE 4IE BEST PICK FOR QUEEN ,7cile e 'VOTE JOAN SIMMONS (Or Sties 904 THINGS ARE BUZZING FOR JOAN Hensall Kin life memberships The highlight of the 14th anniversary celebration of the liensall Kinsmen deb Friday night was the awarding of life memberships to three of the local club members. Above, District Governor Bill Watson of Fonthill is presenting a life membership award to pill Mickle while the other recipients Jack 'PrYe- dale and Harold Knight look on. T-A photo Ninetrthird Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 2, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Wih rts mark queen contest Pierre.. Trtideau may send Young hearts fluttering - in QttaWa,.put he probably would not he chased too hard by some 91 the Pretty girle glPlls. In an interview with the seven contestants fOr the- queen.of thin year's At-Rome, only two in, (heated they would like to kiss the POPP Minister and one ' only wants to do it to "Ohelk one up tor experience". deesn't appeal to me,,P was the flat reply given by one pf the girls who will seek this yearts crown at the dance this Friday which Will feature a MarCii Gras decor. Representing 13A in the Con- test, which will be decided by secret ballot among the students, is Pamela Graves, who has seen more of the world than most of her fellow students. The daughter of Major and Mrs. Robert Graveg, Exeter, she has been to Germany, England, France and Holland and her next dream is to get to Africa. The 18-year-old blonde is as- sistant director of the drama club and also goes in for pub- lic speaking, basketball, horse- back riding, tennis, sewing and playing the clarinet. She holds several riding cer- tificates and a gold centennial athletic badge and hasn't chosen a career as yet, although she does plan to continue her educa- tion at the university level. Kathryn Taylor, daughter of Mrs. Nola Taylor, RR 1 Grand Bend, will carry the hopes of 13B in the contest. She has been active in the 4-H Homemaking Clubs and in the fall received provincial honors for having completed 12 projects. Kathryn also received a gen- eral proficiency award at SHDHS in the 1966-67 school term. Her career plans are also in- definite and she enjoys intra- mural basketball and volleyball, does some skiing and roller skate Youth backs into bridge The Exeter police department report three accidents last week with property damage amounting to $600. On Friday at 9:15 p.m., cars driven by Laverne McCarter, RR 1 Granton, and John Regier, RR 8 Parkhill, collided near the inter- section of Main and Victoria Streets. Both cars had been northbound when McCarter proceeded to make a right turn and was struck on the right side by the Regier vehicle. Damage to theMcC arte rve- hicle was listed at $300 by Con- stable George Robertson. There was no damage to the other car. The other two accidents oc- curred last Tuesday evening and Were investigated by Cpl. Harry VanBergen. At 7:00 p.m., cars driven by R. Bruce Falconer, Andrew St., and Gerald Finnen, 213 Kings- court. Crescent, collided near the intersection of Main and James Street. Falconer was moving from a parking spot on the west side of the street and struck the side of the Finnea car which was proceeding south on MainStreet. About 15 minutes later, a car driven by Gary L. Campbell, 249 Main St., sustained damage estimated at $150 when it struck the bridge. Campbell had been northbound and was backing up to talk to the driver of another car and backed into the bridge. ing and plays .40ePrdiunt Last year .Kathryn was elected secretary ,Pt the students' genne oil and her dream is for a :OW' pi the Caribbege Islaede„ Competing in such contests is nothing neWfor 1.6,year.old.Stis-e. en pesch, who for the 'peg two years has been named aprincess at the .contest At the Zurich Fair, Tho ciaoghter of Mr. and We. Desch represents 13C and ,s,.,sunday pchool. teacher At the Mennonite church, She's been on the etntiPnte' council and participates Ultra, mural volleyball and 'badminten and also enjoys roller skating and 414tOreing, Susan plans a university edu, cation but hasn't decided on a career as yet. The T-A Choristers usually heve at Wet one candidate among the girls and thie year'e repre- sentative is Sharon Martene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. charies Will teach Jack Zondag, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Zondag, Dashwood, recently graduated from Calvin College, Michigan, with a general B.A. and also a B.A. in secondary education. The SHDHS graduate has accepted a teaching position with the Lethbridge, Alberta, Christian Junior High School. Piano player wins award Ross Huff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huff, Exeter, received a $25 scholarship for his fine show- ing in the piano classes at last week's Kiwanis Music Festival in Stratford. The 17-year-old SHDHS stu- dent placed first in an open 'Chopin class, third in another open class and fourth in the open Bach class. The grade 11 student is pres- ently working at the grade 10 level in piano. Ile also plays the trumpet in the St. Marys Marching Batid. The versatile youth Was a mem- ber of the SHD11.5 Panthers bask- etball and football teams this year. Martene., Dashwood, A 124 .stttlent, SharOn also sings to .the Pasiiwood 'Lutheran church ,Photr, 4..a,PutidaY school teacher And also belongstothe' 'youth 7e/toWehtp:grOnp at the. Church. ,She plans to .become a steno- grapher and liets skating, danc- ing and: singing among her inter- WS/ Another 4,1i POmennakeri the 17ryoar-Plid has r e eel rod county honors .for !ix proleet04 She's ,ca the paper staff, 44.4 WOn a bronze centennial athletic. tnecial and has "lots of placee"-.she'd like to visit. A fernier SNDHS posture queen, Joan Simmons, will ;vier resentl2B, She's been active et the school as both editor and social editor of the year book .and as her Class president, sat on the student`e" council. The 17-year-old daughter .of ,Please turn to page Students at SHDHS were re- cently surveyed by the Physical Education department and re- sults indicated that 50 percent of the student body smoke and 78,8 percent of them have used alcohol at least once. Ron Bogart, head of the de- partment, said he was not too alarmed at the percentage of smokers at the school. "I even thought it might have been slight- ly higher," he said in reporting the facts in a recent issue of the school's "2-Ply" newspaper. "But I was shocked when it came to the problem of alcohol", he added. He said the fact that 78.8 per- cent of the student body had tried alcohol was not too alarming on the basis of everyone will try something once, "but when we look at the percentage of frequent users then it becomes shocking." The frequency of alcohol in- creases steadily as grade level increases. Some 72 percent of grade nine students reported they had tried alcohol, while 91 per- cent of the grade 13 class had tried it. In the lower grade there were 19 students using alcohol fre- quently, which works out to an average of eight percent. While there Were only 19 grade 13 stu- dents using it frequently, the percentage Jumped to 34 percent of the class. A complete breakdown for each grade was as follows: Grade 9 238 students sur- veyed: 66 have tried alcohol once 96 have tried it more than wee, 19 use it frequently. Grade 10.162students; 31 tried once, 75 more than once, 22 use it frequently. Grade 11 — 150 students: 26 tried once, 70 more than once, 30 use it frequently. Grade 12 —121 students; 26 tried once, 58 more than once, 22 use it frequently. Grade 13-656 students: seven tried once, 25 more than once, 19 use it frequently. toys in grade 11 and 13 had the highest percentage of fre- quent use of alcohol. In grade 13, 97 percent of the boys had tried it at least once and 52 percent indicated they used it frequently. In grade 11, 2.1 boys admitted to using alcohol frequently for a percentage of 36.8. Seventeen boys in grade 12 or 30,2 per- cent — use it frequently. Grade 10 girls had the top figures for the distaff side. Ten of them — or 16.3 percent — said they used it frequently, while 51.5 percent have tried it more than once. Of the 69 girls in grade 11 reporting, 29 percent had tried The area's newest "school" opened Tuesday, and while the enrolment was only two it did represent a proud moment for persons involved with its be- ginning. Those persons involved are the South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Re- tarded who have organized a nursery school in a vacant room at South Huron District High School. The two area children enrolled at the present time may be join- ed by others as the term pro- gresses and they will attend classes each Tuesday and Thurs- day morning from 9:30 to 11:30. While they Will receive train- ing and learn how to take their place in society, one of the maj- or reasons for the class is to give the mothers of these young- sters some freedom from the demanding chore of caring for them in their own homes each day. Two or three area ladies will be teaching at the school and among the volunteers are Mrs. Jack Pryde, Mrs. Lawrence Wein, Mrs. Gerald Godbolt, Mrs. Robert Chaffe, all of Exeter arid Mrs. Jim Kneaie, Grand Bend. They will be assisted by other volunteers and assistants. To assist in the training of these youngsters, the Associa- tion has made an appeal for scrap books, bean bags and educational toys. They previously asked for the donation of a record player and received three offers. One Was the anonymous donation of $100, it once, 58 percent more than once an 13 percent use it fre- quently. HALF SMOKE The statistics on smoking were also broken down into various categories. Some 107 girls and 115 boys reported they smoked occasionally, while 37 girls and 115 boys said they smoked daily. That is 29.3 percent of the girls which will be used to purchase the machine and some records. An idea of what can be ac- complished when retarded young- sters are given such opportun- ities was clearly demonstrated to about 70 members of the As- sociation at their meeting last week at Exeter Public School. Speaker for the event was Mrs. Doris Nobes deBurgh, vice-pres- ident of the Ontario Association for the Mentally Retarded, who showed slides of the workshop established in London for men- tally retarded young people and adults, The pictures depicted what could be done by these people as they perform many tasks and develop skills and the ability to take their place in society. Manufacturers provide some of the work done at the work- shop and the students are paid according to their ability. Some become proficieet enough that they are able to secure jobs in industry and maintain them- selves. Mrs. Nobes dee1urgh's daugh- ter, Alice, is a student at the workshop and Was present at the meeting. --Please turn to page 8 and 30,1 percent of the boys smoke occasionally and 10.2 per- cent of the girls and 30.1 per- cent of the boys smoke daily, However, the percentage of smokers declines as the grade level increases. A breakdown for each grade is as follows: Grade 9 33.6 percent of the girls smoke occasionally a.nd 8.15 percent smoke daily; 37 percent of the boys smoke occasionally and 22.8 percent smoke daily. Grade 10 30 percent of the girls smoke occasionally and 7.5 percent smoke daily; 30 percent of the boys smoke occasionally and 27 percent smoke daily. Grade 11 — 30 percent of the girls smoke occasionally and 12.2 percent smoke daily; 26.6 per- cent of the boys smoke occasion- - Please turn to page 2 Cancer fund hits $1,700 With the area's canvass for the Cancer Society over half completed, donations have reach- ed about $1,700. Campaign chairman R. E. Dooley indicated returns have yet to be tabulated from Dashwood, Centralia and Hensall, and can- vasses have not been held in Zurich or Hay Township as yet. The Zurich canvass is scheduled for May 6. Mr. pooley also reported that last week's canvass of Exeter by SHDHS students was not en- tirely completed due 10 unfavor- able weather conditions. The students plan to complete the task after school today, (Thursday). Persons who have been missed may also call Mr. Pooley at 235-2007 and he will have the donation picked up. Nursery class open for retarded children Survey of HS details use of liquor, smokes BARE PACTS. 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