The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-09-21, Page 16David Wallace and Alma Conn
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Pat Walker
PHOTOGRAPHER: Kerry Stuckey N
Brian Moffatt, 12
W. R. HAMILTON
OPTOMETRIST
Josephine Street
WINGHAM
FOR APPOINTMENT
Phone 3514361
she left Weston, the place
where she was born and raised,
for the University of Western
Ontario where she. recently re-
ceived her B, A. It was only
last month that. Mrs, Higgs be-
came a "Mrs.", when she mar-
ried a history teacher newly
welcomed last year to W.D,H.
S.
Music is her number one
hobby but sewing, bowling and
skating also find a place in her
recreational program. The co-
operative students and the
friendly staff are what Mrs.
Higgs likes best about our
school.
History will probably recruit
Many more fans in the coming,
year with such a pleasant teach.,
tro Welcome, Mrs. Higgs.
WINGHAM
STUDIO 44 — The Student's Best Friend
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LINES
Your familiar telephone is a wonderful friend to have
handy especially in times of emergency. However, it can
only respond to your dialed commands. Dialing a wrong
number can waste precious time when calling for such
emergency help as the Police or Fire Departments. Bell
Canada provides space at the beginning of our telephone
directories for emergency numbers so that you will have
the numbers close at hand when they are needed. Why
don't you check now to make sure that these important
numbers have been filled in. In Wingham your Police
number is 357.1212; and your Fire Department number
is 357-2131. If you ever need to call either the Police or
Fire Departments in an emergency, here are lust a few
reminders which will speed help on its way. Dial, or tell
the operator the number you need, carefully, of course.
Stay on the line and talk slowly and clearly, giving your
name and address and the reason for calling. Try to re-
main calm and to answer all questions promptly, giving
a brief but complete description of the emergency. Wait
for instructions from the policeman or fireman. I hope
you never have to use the telephone for such an emer-
gency call, but if you do, it can be a trusted and speedy
servant.
On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Bryan
Forsyth of 12B sprained his knee
while at football practice. As
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It never occurred to me at
the time I was boarding the
Hercules, sometimes called the
"box car of the air", that I was
on my way towards the most
enjoyable four weeks of my life.
Taking some five hours we
landed in Calgary, Alberta at
2:00 p.m. and it was drizzling
just enough to make everyone
feel miserable but the expec-
tations of seeing the mountains
and Banff overcame the rain and
it was soon sunny.
Travelling by bus it took us
another two hours to get to the
Banff National Cadet Camp,
about two miles outside the re-
sort town, a two miles that
seemed a lot longer at 5:00
a.m. about three weeks later
than it did then.
The main camp is compos-
ed of a number of log cabins
that sleep 16 guys, plus all the
admin. buildings and the mess
hall. Once we were assigned
to companies of which there
Teen Topics
INTERVIEWER
JENNIFER HENDERSON 10
I asked five grade nine stud-
ents what they thought of this
fine institution after their first
couple of weeks here, Their
answers were brief.
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ANN WELWOOD: "It's not
too bad."
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JANE BATESON: "It's okay,
but the boys are better."
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DAVE GIBSON: "It's great!"
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JOHN DENEAU: "I think it's
a lot of fun."
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FRANCES WHITE: "It's okay':
Larry McDonald, 12
were four -- A, B, C & D, and
had our cabins picked out and
bunks all set we got all our
equipment needed for the next
week. This was Saturday and
the training program started on
Monday, so, as usual, we had
the week-end off and Rick and
I headed for the town of Banff,
well noted for its scenery of all
ages, shapes and origins.
During the first week we
were sent on bivouac which was
found to be out in the woods at
the base of Mt. Cascade. We
slept in marquis tents, and our
food was cooked by army chefs.
During this first week we had a
mountain scramble up the side
of one of the smaller mountains
along with repelling, mountain
rescue, first aid, infiltrating,
defendo and the training that
would be useful during the fol-
lowing week.
By the time one week was up
we were all pretty tired and due
to the fact that no water except
ice cold glacier water couid be
found, we were, to say the
least, pretty filthy. Once back
in the main camp, however, a
good hot shower and a meal
made the whole week riot so
bad and we started another
glorious week-end of sight see-
ing.
Every Saturday morning we
had a big parade with high brass
inspecting us, a Sunday church
parade and a Sunday sports par-
ade. Other than this the whole
week-end was our own, which
in most cases was spent at the
Banff School of Fine Arts where
some 500 girls held dances
every Saturday night.
On the second week our
company was again the first to
go on the mountain march.
This march taking approxim-
ately four days to complete,
consisted of walking with the
40 lb. packs on our backs,
through a valley and up to the
peak of Cascade which stands
9836 feet above sea level.
At night we built two man
hutches or tents to shelter us
from the cold mountain air.
With a regular sized sleeping
bag we curled up for a cold and
uncomfortable night's sleep,
only to wake up in the morning
to find our boots frozen and the
drinking water with a layer of
ice over it; but at 5:00 a.m.
you can't expect it to be any
warmer at 7,000 feet.
On the last day we left our
packs and headed up to the
peak where we erected a cairn
to show that we were the first
cadets to ever reach the top.
After an equally exhausting
walk down, we were not in con.
dition to travel to Banff that
night, and only determination
and the thought of 500 girls
waiting for us made us go on,
thus starting off another week-
end.
By Monday we somehow
were still tired, and I really
don't know why, but we once
more headed out on a week's
exercise. This time we walk-
ed around a lake, camping out
on the shore in our hutches but
the 60 mile walk wasn't too
bad considering that we had al-
ready had two weeks of that
sort of training and by Friday
we weren't quite as tired.
During the past two weeks
we had been eating K-rations
for food, Using one box of the
seven different varieties, it
lasted one day and consisted of
various canned goods, a box of
crackers, and a goodie bag
with smarties, raisins, jam,
coffee, sugar, tea, chocolate,
mashed potatoes, juice, mat-
ches, spoon, pepper, salt,
powdered milk and napkins.
This week-end we were C.B.
(confined to barracks) which
made all of us angry but the
next morning after winning the
best company award it was all
worthwhile.
The last week was spent in
the base camp with tours to
Calgary, Lake Louise, Mt.
Norquay, the Wax Museum in
Banff, Heritage Park and other
interesting resorts, We also
were drilled during our spare
time and were let loose in
Banff during the evenings. The
other three companies were on
mountain march, bivouac and
the lake march, which was ro-
tated each week, while we
were rounding out a perfect
summer in Banff.
On the final day we had the
passitng out parade and with on-
ly an hour's sleep the previous
night it almost was the passing
out parade of a different kind.
After a very successful parade
that really made a guy feel
proud, we continued to cele-
brate all night because we had
to get up at 4:00 a.m, on Sat-
urday to catch a bus to Calgary
and catch our plane. It seem-
ed useless to go to bed so by
4:00 a.m. there was shaving
TAKE THE
DRUDGERY
OUT OF
HOMEWORK!
cream and tooth paste every-
where, from the overturned
beds to the drapes. Then there
was the saying good-bye to all
my friends which, by the way,
was the greatest thing about
the trip for these guys were
from all over Canada and Brit-
ain, and to meet them in such
a beautiful and exciting camp
as at Banff was an experience I
wouldn't trade for anything.
After waking up once at Cal-
gary to get on the plane, and at
London to get off, the fellows
from this area headed home in
the back of a damp, cold, 3-
ton truck to Wingham, thus
ending one of the best summers
any cadet would want. I strong-
ly urge that anyone who gets
the chance to go to Banff should
not hesitate, for it truly is a
place worth knowing. Kathy Kaschenko
a result he has to use crutches.
--So watch out everyone for
"Hop-Along Bryan".
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On Wednesday, Sept. 13,
Miss Small had seven of the
girls who were on the 1966-67
cheerleaders' team practising for
the first football game, With-
in the next few weeks there will
be tryouts for this year's junior
and senior cheerleaders. So
come on out, girls, but prac-
tise your cartwheels first.
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A Chocolate Bar Drive will
be held again this year. Stud-
ents will be selling the bars
from September 28 to October
10.
BY DOUG ELLIOTT, 12A
Banff.. A place worth knowing
Welcome, Mrs. Higgs!
YOU DON'T
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If there is a bride-to-be in your family this month—
and September is becoming almost as popular a month
as June for weddings—you're probably discovering what a
big help your telephone can be, Calling the florist,
photographer, beauty shop, checking on the wedding gown
and bridesmaids dresses and invitations can all be done
easily by telephone. The telephone also makes it a simple
matter to keep relatives and friends informed as plans
for the great day progress, If relatives and friends re-
side in another community in either Ontario or Quebec
why not take advantage of our Family Calling Plan rates
all day Sunday or any evening after 8 o'clock? Then you
can enjoy a real visit, for rates allow 10 minutes for the
price of five; 12 minutes for the price of silt, and so on.
These rates also apply on calls to Bell Canada exchanges
in Labrador and the Northwest Territories, but do not
apply on calls to other communities outside our Quebec
and Ontario territory.
*
Recently some friends were telling Their five-year-old
son what to do in case he ever got lost. "First," asked
dad, "What's our address?" "I don't know," Said Junior,
"but our Ar-. Ccide is 613." With a bit mote training
this youngats. will likely grow up to be one of those
Very smart adults who alwayt give their Area Code along
with their phone number . . and who keep a list of
frequently-called Area Codes and phone numbers beside
the telephone,
BY BRIAN MILLER
It was the last class on a Fri-
day afternoon, at the end of a
long, hot week that I was sched-
uled to interview Mrs. Higgs, a
new teacher at Wingharn
riot High School, This is con.
sidered to be the worst time of
all to approach any teacher to
ask a favor. However, Mrs.
Higgs entered the room with a
friendly, co-operative smile
that immediately dispelled any
anticipated fears.
As was obvious, Mrs, Higgs
enjoys working here, teaching
grade nine and ten history. She
feels our school is much more
pleasant to attend than the old-
er Weston Collegiate which she
attended during her teen years.
After completing grade thirteen