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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-10-19, Page 20 uardian Students get bogged do wn Page 8 A TirnesAdvocate, Octpker 19, 197 The Times-Advocate Will Be Publishing Family And Personal Greeting Sections Again This Christmas. Details Will Be Published Later-WI We Just Wanted To Let You Know Early! By RICHARD OTTEWELL On the last Friday in Sep- tember, a busload of students, a truck full of gear, Mr, Marshall, Mr. Probizanski, Mr. Wooden, and our fearless leader, Mr. Elliott, headed due north into the wild and isolated Stokes Bay region, The end result after numerous wet feet, colds, bruised knees, and other calamities, was a new found knowledge of plant life, and an unforgettable fascination for the beauty of the Bruce. We arrived in Stokes Bay at noon on Friday, and unpacked our gear, The boys stayed at Mr. Elliott's cottage and the girls at the Community Centre. Meals were prepared by the ladies of the village. That afternoon we had the great honour of visiting a bog, Believe me, you've never lived until you've walked out on a bog — the mat of vegetation springing up and down with each step, but completely safe because Joe somebody-or-other's cows walk on it all the time — and all the while you're looking for bladder wart and pitcher plant and peat moss and hundreds of other such creatures, On our way out of the bog (thank heavens!) we came across a live, but cold and very docile rattlesnake. We all crowded around (at a distance of about twenty feet) and listened to it rattle. Much more realistic than a picture in a book; for some, probably a little too realistic. Hockey tears from 'rocks' GRUB DAY STRIKES — When Grub Day struck SHDHS, all sorts of weird and wonderful costumes appeared; from pointed shoes and slicked-down hair to bobby socks and long skirts. Shown are some of these apparitions stalking the halls. Berserk is the word SAVE $5.00 Showerfold Tub Enclosure Opens from either side li ke an accordion. Won't shatter, Mildew, vveterspot or crack. Keeps water inside. A d o-i t-yourtel fer can install it in about 60 minutes. floplace your old shoWer curtains today. Regular $54.95 $4995 SAVE $1.07 Laundry Tray Faucets SAVE $4.00 Moen Single Lever Kitchen Faucet UP FOR THE BALL -- The two girls' basketball teams at South Huron District High School are busily engaged in the Huron-Perth Conference schedule. The above picture shows action in a recent game. Going up for the ball is Barbara Anne Thomas (20) while Theresa Holubowicz (24) looks on. T-A photo With pen in hand .. • 1 II Strangers, or Are They? Fiction Part 1 By DEB HILLMAN The young man with the faded jeans and bare feet sat on the bench watching the people pass. He scrutinized each face as if trying to remember every feature of each one, For a long time he sat, watching never really changing the expression on his face, The people just walked . by, never actually noticing him. I stood close by, staring at him, wondering why he chose to do this. He was really intent on this "project". Was he a psychopathic, escapee from an asylum, looking for someone he once knew? Was he one of those people who was hooked on meditation? Who knew; certainly not Watching was making me tired, but it also filled me with fascination for this young man with the long hair and thin face. I finally walked toward him, took a deep breath and asked him the reason for his watching. For a minute or two he didn't seem to hear me, and the silence between us was thick. He finally turned to me and the depth of his eyes startled me. He then spoke. He had a low, deep voice. "Why?" was his question. It's all in the mind BY BEV F INNEN Did you know 'It's All In The State of Mind'? Everything today in this world depends on the way you look at it and of eourse — your state of mind. Last month I received a short but meaningful poem from my grandparents who reside in Toronto. When they first read it, they sent me a copy and now I am passing it on to you, espeeially those high school students who have or are about to give up on their school year. I hope you all read it — it may help you to see something your eyes and mind were closed to. It's AU In The State Of Mind If You Think You're Beaten You Are If You Think You Dare Not, You Don't. If You Would Like To Win But You Think You Can't It's Almost Certain You Won't If You Think You Will Lose, You're Lost For Out In The World you Will Find Success Begins With A Person's Will It's All In The State Of Mind. Author Unknown Hear speaker on drugs, you By DEBBIE HILLMAN On Friday, October 13 Linda Jeffery visited South Huron High. She is from the "Addiction Research Foundation" and she talked to the pupils about alcohol and drug addiction. She tried to tell the people, in the best way possible, the difference between using and abusing drugs. Drugs are used by people so that they may be accepted by friends, for purpose of pleasure, or because a person is hung up on social unrest, People who take drugs may be bored or lonely! Some of the reasons not to take drugs are: the legal aspect (arrest), family attitude and also the harm that might come to the individual himself. I mean life isn't just "floating over a lake in a balloon" as some people may think. Miss Jeffery worked at London Psychiatric Hospital for two years and she has seen such things as an eight year old boy hooked on drugs. You may want to know why it is legal 'for parents to drihk yet illegal for kids to take drugs.. Everyone has this question yet no one can answer it! I really wonder if we understand parents or if they understand us. Why don't we help bridge part of the gap and tell the parents about drugs! Read This Page FOR HIGH SCHOOL . NEWS By C.R. MURRAY On September 28, South Huron. District High School achieved an orgasm of delight. TV's had been set up in the gym, library, cafeteria and staff room, and at 3:16 p.m., one thousand Canadian hearts ,responded to Team Cariada.'-britstanding feat. I hearil'"0 that sung with a feeling that I'verziever sensed or felt before. I saw tears in the eyes of 'hard-rock' teachers, I felt something that I may never feel again. Who can explain the feeling we all shared in that moment of glory? It was something more than either winning or national pride. Perhaps it was that inexpressable something in hockey, our national sport, that only a sensitive Canadian poet like A. W. Purdy can give ex- pression to in poetry. In any case, it was Purdy's poem. "Hockey Players", that came to my mind on Thursday, after the tears and the cheers and the hoopla had faded. It was then that I remembered the "crucifixion's agony" in Phil Esposito's eyes and voice after the game in Vancouver. It was then that I recognized and, perhaps, understood "the aching glory of a resurrection" when Henderson •scored that last, delirious goal. It's all over now — the sound and the fury — but is it forgotten, so soon? • By MRS. SUE EDGINTON The Clandeboye No. II 4-H club held their fourth meeting in Clandeboye United Church basement. Mrs. Kestle discussed care and use of milk and a day's menu was prepared using non-dairy products. Mrs, Donaldson went over the menus and all took part in discussion. The girls made and tasted Salmon, dip and chips, cheese crisp cookies and butterscotch sauce served on ice-cream. 4-H Dairy Calf Club Several young people from the Clandeboye area participated in the Middlesex County 4-H Fair held Saturday at Ilderton. Iii the Junior Holstein Heifer Class there were 40 entries, Pat Hodgins placed fourth with her calf in the first prize group, Ken Simpson was hi the second prize group and Paul llodgins, Eddie Groeriewegen and James Henry Were in the third prize group. 4-H Clandeboye Cow BelleS A The fourth meeting was "Through the Day with Dairy Foods." Linda Hardy made sour cream and onion dip. The merinbeta sampled it with raw carrots, biscuits and crackers. Whipped toppings were demonstrated, Judy Henry using cream, Sandra Steeper evaporated milk, and Brenda Scott, skim milk powder, Karen Coughlin made cheese Crisps, sound of wind ' and water, Needless to say, we all slept well that night. Sunday was spent back in the muck again — this time at a marsh, and then at a sub-arctic ' tundra area that is kept cold because of the subterranean springs. Sunday was a wet but very educational day. All in all, I think the trip was extremely worthwhile. We learned a lot, had fun, and got to know one another quite a bit better. The old picture and a thousand words saying can be extended with little exaggeration to "A field trip is worth five textbooks," I hope students in the future will be able to make this trip to Stokes Bay. Believe me, it's a trip to remember, pair of grubby overalls. Not only did the student council permit such a shocking display, but they promoted it be offering prizes to the grubbiest. The winners were announced that night at the Grub Dance in the high school. Olga Zemetis won the title of grubbiest girl, while Mike Ottewell, another real 'greaser', won the boy's prize. By MICHAEL FOREMAN. We are constantly hearing hew our generation is fighting. Man's biggest enemy. This indestructible creature is called POLLUTION, We clean up rivers, highways, beaches, forests, historic sights, and we pressure the ,government into stopping factories from fouling our only supply of air. But how blind and stupid one must be if he doesn't see what's lying all around his feet!. * * * "What's this I see? Why .., it's a garbage can! Where's all ti* garbage? It's weird that this object of cleanliness should be empty, Where, oh where can all the litter be? know the garbage men came early today." "How wrong you are, my blind fool; it does but lie all around your feet! You are looking at it when you are sad and hang your head low," "But who put it there?" you ask inquisitively. "Why, you put it there!" "Not I," you say. "Yes, you and everyone else who is too lazy to deposit it in this object of cleanliness! You throw bubble gum, chocolate bar and candy wrappers and pop bottles onto someone else's lawn, After all, one cannot miss a lawn, but one can and does miss a garbage can and miss constantly. You do!" "How can I change, and no longer do this sinful thing that is haunting me?" you say. "You can start by putting your litter in a receptacle designed for the purpose, not at your feet. If a garbage can is not within spitting distance, then hold on to your trash until you come upon one of these lonely, rejected objects," This may be an unusual way of getting the point across to you, but I feel that if this doesn't work I can try again and either make you mad enough to put your litter in the proper place or else make you realize your mistake so that you will do the right thing anyway. For those of you who are slow and ha,ren't caught on yet, I'll rephrase my suggestion in words that I'm sure you will un- derstand: Put your garbage in a garbage can, not on someone else's lawn! It is getting sickening to see all of your rubbish laying around on the streets and lawns. If you haven't got the energy or intelligence to put your garbage in the proper place, you shouldn't be allowed on the streets because people of your nature and in- telligence are a menace to the rest of us who care about how and where we live, and what we live in, You 'litter maniacs' cost the tax payers millions of dollars — money needed to pay men to pick up after you. Finally, in case you haven't read or heard, there are laws to protect us from this disease of yours more commonly known as 'litter mania'. Now, for you self-righteous members of the older generation, I have just one thought: litter mania is not just a disease, of the young. It was your generation that littered and polluted as a way of life! Your 'perfect' society allowed the disease to reach epidemic proportions. Even now, when it comes to littering and polluting, many of you are nothing more than hypocrites, and the evidence, although more hidden from view, is nonetheless just as in- criminating, Don't brainwash yourself into believing that the disease doesn't exist in your back yard! Perhaps it is about time that you were told that you are menaces to society too. Let's all get off our clouds, and come down to earth prepared to see the problem and to deal with it on a personal basis. Try to keep the faith, baby, and think CLEAN. Save $9.00 Double Bowl Stainless Steel Sink Complete With Strainer Here's a real buy on a top quality nickel stainless steel sink. Has gleaming easy-to-clean stain resistant finish. Undercoated to deaden sound. Self running. Measures 31" x 20 1/2" x 7 1/8" deep. Regular $38.88 $2 988 We all boarded the bus, happy to be heading for — Oh Joy! — another bog. This was just a small, shallow one, Mr, Elliott informed us, but net so shallow as to keep a few of the braver (or more stupid) from venturing too close and sinking into two feet of Buck, After a hearty supper, we spent the night singing, dancing, telling ghost stories, playing cards, and trying to dry out soaking wet running shoes. Saturday was the highlight of the weekend for me. It was spent hiking along the Bruce Trail high above Georgian Bay, We saw all sorts of plant life, but I think that the lasting impression of the trip will be the beauty of the scenery — clear water, walls of rock, the BY KATHY DeJONG On October 6, Grub Day struck the social life of South Huron. The students went berserk! Shades of the 50's returned with girls in long skirts, white 'greaser' bobby sox, and backwards sweaters. Boys were seen skulking around with slicked-down hair, dressed in slim slacks or the occasional The starkness of the question set me to thinking. Why had I asked? 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