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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1961-05-17, Page 7FIRST MD TRAINING plays a• major part in the work of the high school cadet corps. In the above photo a "broken pelvis') is looked after by Cadets Doug Fortune, of Wingham, and. Eric Betersom also of Wingham, The "injured" cadet is BR McOurney. of Teeswater. The demonstration in first aid was part of the drills at the annual inspection last week. --Photo by Connell, • as he looked ever the troops With Cadet Sergeant Walker. The parade - ',MAJOR, J. D. HARVEY, inspecting officer at the annual inspection • • of the Wingham District High School Cadet Corps, is shown centre, was held in the Wingham arena and saw 325 students on hand.— Photo by Connell, The annual inspection of the ca- det corps of the Wingham District High School -was staged last Tues- 'daY'eyening and with .225 on par- ade, was the largest in the school's history. The inspection was held in the arena due to poor Weather conditions. As well as the itapee- tion, there Were 'demonstratioas of skills by the --cadets, and awards Were Made to a niincher of students. The inspecting officer was Major J. D. Harvey of Listowel, 21st Fretd Regiment, RCA fivn.,. Also in the inspecting party ;were Lieut. col. R: S. Hetherington, chairman of the schoOl board's cadet committee; Major R. P. Ritter, chief 'instructor of cadets at the school and OC of the 99th Battery, 21st Field Regi- ment. Wingham, and Lieut. F. C 41; t. Min ran abbrittrtz wom-vm, oivremo, lixoNCSP4V, MAY 17, 11)01 AUXIMARIES MEET 200 ATTEND RAW AT LOCAL SCHOOL NtaT TO BE OtJTDONE BY THE BOYS the girl' from the Wingliarn District High. School demonstrat- ed thehe proses at physical education during the an- WINGHAtal DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL Cadet Corps is shown led by the school bugle hand as they paraded to the Oen% on Times- lay evening of last Week fiik the annual inspection, With OM students nual cadet inspection at the arena in Wingham Tubs- day evening of last week. Part of the demonstration is piclaired above.---Plioto by Connell. on parade it was the largest of Its kind in the long history of the eeeps. The group -Wes tornmenaled tot its efforts by inspecting officer, Major J. IffarVey.—Pitote by Council, tam, Irene Casemorc, president of the Wingham Ladies' AuxillarY to the Legion, performed the.. open- ing exereisee and weicorned aunt ilinries and. guests to, the Zone Cl- rally et the Wingham District High f'.ehnol last Wednesday ,eveliing. About 200 were present from AWelve .4.0xiliaries in the Zone, President -George Brookti ex- tended areetlega from Wingbane Branch 180 and Mayor R. E. Mc- Kinney extended a civic greeting, expressing his pleasure in welconn- log the ladies to Wingham and the that they would lave a suc- cessful rally. Corn. Mary McCann, of Pordwlch, commander of Zone Cl, was the ehairlady for the evening. Entertainment included baton twirling by Judy Renwick and a vocal solo by Judy Forsyth, both of Wingham, The auxiliary presidents • were introduced and presented with cor - sages of red carnations; the secre- taries received white carnation cOr- sages. Corn. lilthel Tilbe, central vice-president of the. Provincial. Command, of Toronto; was intro, duced and presented with a cor-, sage of red, white and blue flowers and the zone sports officer, Coln. Kay Forester, of Lucknow, re- ceived a corsage of yellow mums, Minutes of the last rally were read and the secretaries' reports were given. Approximately . $27,- 773,02 was raised in the zone dur- ing the year. An invitation was received from Seaforth to attend the opening of the New Legion Hall on June 2 at 8 p m. The Brussels Auxiliary ex- tended an invitation to hold the 1962 rally In Brussels. Corn. Leuella Hall, of Blyth, past zone commander, spoke briefly, Winners of the draw were; 1st L. R. Bryans, Brussels, an oil painting; and, Mrs. Ellen (``night, Exeter, a footstool:. 3rd, Thelma Forbes, of Seaforth, a magazine rack, Coin. Leuella Hall won the door prize, a pair of hand-worked pillowcases. A salad plate was served by the members of the Wingham Auxil- iary in the school cafeteria. Meeting OK's Application For Vocational High School TAKES SALUTE—Inspecting Officer Major J, D. Harvey; Listowel, is shown in the top picture as he took the salute during the annual eadet. Inspection here on Tuesday of last week. In the lower photo 'one W. D. H. S. ection Parade Was Largest in History of Local High School platoon is pictured as it, marched past the reviewing stand in the arena, The -Inspection was forced indoors due to poor weather during th day.---Photo by Carmen.. it would be necessary for all stu- dents to take Grade 0 work at their home achools before moving to a composite school. Some expressed the opinion that transportation wouti not' be an 'risme/intitable 'problem. It was suggested the: existing bee lines could bring stn saying that their board world do so if aeceesnay Representatives from Wiagham end other centres, while not -con- demning the pan, suggested that the (whole stvbjeet is still too vague -for a proper decision to ho 'they stressed the fact that it lied been indlmted that the 40 per cent of student:7', will are leaving sehiol at the or.) of t1rade 10 would in't, be helped, and that it is this group I which should be the prime con- sideration. Pinancing and transportation were eited as other major factors that have a big bearing on the feasability of the plan, and proper information is not available at the moment, Heduce Drop-Out. •Others felt that the school would be of value to the 40 per -cent drop out group, and felt this percentage could -be appreciably reduced if technical training were introduced, particularly if the academic stand- ards for students taking' vocation- al work, were it riot as stringent as in the general courses. A. good many of the representa- tives apparently felt that if the school was built under federa grants of 75 per .cent and provin- cial grants of 25 per cent, then the area was being handed the school on a platter, and all that would be involved would be the operationa' expenses, which, -they felt, would not, be ton large a, financial bar- den over the county. Information from some represen- tatives. indicated that operational costs of the proposed school could be met by each board contributing on a' er pupil basis, After the long discussion period the meeting agreed to the proposed application and to the appointment of a smaller committee to meet with Dr. Rendall. ENTERTMN MOTHERS FIVE fiRADUAT1 Clegg of London, area Cadet of- ficer, RI addressing the students, Mae jar -liarvey-•conernended. the corps for its demonstrations hi nation- al :survival which he 'termed a vital role In national defence, He urged the cadets to continue' training with the militia, with .Which the corps is affiliated. He skid, "Em- ergencies' have been met and they Will be met again as long as we have trained reserves .oit which the regular forces can fall back on. The 'cadet corps is part of. Canada's re- serves." The corps Was led 'by Cadet Ma- jor Barry Fuller • of - Wareham, who was awarded the Strdtfmora Shield for marksmanship. and the award for highest shootirTe Seare. Awards for first class ,sliOtaNen-a to Bdr, Robert Davis. ot.Ratisseils and Sgt, Major Gerald Fox-toll of Wingham. Second 'class shots were Lieut. Robert Hallenbeck, Gnr, Winston Gibbs and -Geer. Brent Davidson of Wingham and Car, Glen Plant of Brussels. Named as top cadet on narado was Sgt. Barry Thompson of Wing- ham, and the award for the best dressed -cadet went to -Gar. Bevan Tiffin of Whifethurch, Following the inspection the ca- dets demonstrated their skills ir, signalling, first aid, boys' physical education and national survival. The girls from the school also demonstrated -their abilities at physical education, The school 'trumpet bagel ease paraded with the 'cadets arid sere- plied -the music for the iaspeetion, under the leadership of Sgt, Major Wilf Pocock. All in all, the inepection considered to be one of the best staged by -the corns and was credit -to the school and the corps' instructors and an.embers. Watch How You PAS5 Many drivers are under the mis- taken impression that it. IS legal to pass oil the right on open high- wars. The Ontario Safety :League points bet that it is both illegal and dangerous. But the law pro- vides that in cities, towns and vil- lages it is permitted to pass on the right: (al, if the car being passed is Malting, or has signalled a left turn; (hi, if there are two or rf.tor lanes of unobstructed pavement. in each direction; (c), on one-way streets. . - olv> graduation was Conducted by Miss Pat Parris. Five girls gradu- ated, Sharon Pollock, Dianne Cars- well, Joyce Greer, Jean Siefert gad Glenna Hibberd, They have com- pleted five years of 'CGT.T work. Mrs, Percy Ruth addressed the girls and they were given blue and white corsages. Some 75 representatives of school were recorded by the secretary and •boards, Teachers and councils from will be .handied at a 'gathering the -high school districts in Goder- when representatives will . meet iota Exeter, Clinton,. Seaforth, Mit- with Dr. S. D. Rendall, BA„ supera then and Wingham met in the intendent of secondary education high school at Clinton on Tuesday for Ontario. of last week 'to discuss in further It was agreed that a smaller detail a proposed plan for a voca- committee is needed for this pur.- tional or composite school to serve pose and it was decided that each Huron County, board shou7.,i be represented ,by The outcome of the session was two members awl the school prn- a .decision to apply to the Depart- cipal. IL is hoped that a meeting ment of Education for the estab- with, Dr Rendall can be arranged lishment of such a school, The for the very near future. decision was made on the under- Those who favored the plan were standing- that more information is of the opinion ghat a composite required from the department on school would be advantageous for the merits of a composite school, the county as It would provide and on financing, technical training for students who Tile representatives from God- are not going to progress in the ericlh, Exeter, Clinton and Seaforth academic courses or who for econ- were more in accord with the plan me& reasons would have no inten- Shan the representatives from tion of going on to university. Wingham, who contended that a The general opinion of the teach- composite school may not be the ers at the meeting indicated that answer to existing educational problems. However, the latter group agreed to go along until such time as more inforensaion has been Obtained so that the plan can be evaluated on a better basis, Farm 'Union Support The meeting was under the thairinanshia of Robert Welsh, A.R. 2, Bayfield, a member of the educational committee of -the Hu- to the ""roaasite school, ton County Farmers beige. Ted indications were that if the five Soubirgate of See:forth was secre- county schools co-ocorated the 'bary. seoshie It-Tataan for the composite The Farmers 'Union represents- school would -he in Clinton. Cina- tives weht on record as backing the ton members did riot commit 'project, and urged immediate ac- theme-eves as to whether or rot ton, as the grants available for they would bt willing to take oir construction of such a school may the task of administering o corn-- 1 be limited. 'the plan was also back. posit() salmi, but hethemted they ed by Warren ZUrbrigg, president likely wen!' t do so However, the :: eet.rfUs e Hnron County Federation Seaforta greeta went on record as of Agriculture, -who 'pointed o ut the need of stressing agricultural Sub- , Erie johnstone, Getlerieh, the deputy 'coin-Mender of &ee 01. Royal Collodion Legion, said the Legion would aurport the plan, and had made efforts to urge such a school number of years ago. Lang DiscuSsion 'The meeting was thrown open ifor 'disettssion and a number of questions were asked 'by tepresena tiadtt, tives looking for more inforMa- t SOnie of the questions -could be answered and those that could net and thee_ they would go from there 1 uhlf DANIMET FORD-WPM CGIT mem- bers held their mother and daugh- ter banquet in the thritai nuell parlors. 'there were 79 in atteetla ante and the South group of the WA catered. Mitre Ann Miller ,teee toaolnistresq. :Janie Itlmb y gave the tonal to the Church and Mrs. Ken Graham, mesiarat of the WW1, replied. Toast to the mothers was by Joyce Greer, eaul replied to by Mrs. Glenn Johnsen. To the daughters by Mrs. Elmer and Thix Winkel responded. The senior president, Miss Delis Carswell, had charge of the pro-1 grant. A ,grcup of the juniors fay- ored with P. song followed by n: reading "Putting One Over en were1‘'1-otll esr;Migrr' bytl 19.Gnl ielnan'Ca '1H71: el ir fl Sales ei Jean Siefert, The guest speaker was Miss Doris Armitage, Listowel. Whose ad- dress was "The Importance of I3e- ing a Woman." Miss Sharon Pol- loek gave the valedictory address and Phyllis Wilson and •Karen Carswell presented a skit, ,Z tents the varlotts distriet Jlsul A-4.J