Times Advocate, 1999-09-15, Page 66
Exeter Times -Advocate
Opinion&Forun.
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Wednesday, September 15, 1999
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On June 30 to July 2, 2000,
District nigh School will cele-
brate its 50th Anniversary.
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From the Ink Spot
YEAR 1967 - Editorial
This year 1967 is a big year for Canada, for South
Huron District High School, and for the graduates
Of Grade XIII. Canada has gown up in her first 100
year and jSouth Huron lyes too. We as students
should be proud of our school's growth, especially
noticeable this year, and the esteem in which our
school is held in this area. We, the graduating class,
• are proud to be South Huron's Centennial Year
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Graduates.
Remember Grade IX? We were the "babies" of
South Huron
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A., .the school, relegated from the importance of gradu-
• ating from Public_. School to. the role of beginners in
High School. We were- nervous and apprehensive,
yet strangely aware we were in the right place and
on our way at last. Then suddenly we were in
Grade X, accepted! We discovered real school spirit
and a place in the complicated academic world of
innumerable options. We had that indefinable feel- .
ing of being part of something big. We showed our
.: enthusiasm, in the following years, by joining in the
intramural and extracurricular activities of the
school, and little by little we made our mark in
these busy rooms and in the minds of those around
us. Then it was 1966 and we enrolled in Grade XIII
with a keen eye on the future and a nostalgic feel-
ing for the past. We have spent five happy, invigo-
rating years in our school - have watched it grow,
and have seen some of our dreams come true. To
some of us, this year will be the end of classrooms,
but to others it will only be the beginning again:
As Editor of your yearbook and on behalf of the
Grade XIII graduates, Class of ,`67, I would like to
leave this' message: To those': of you who forge
40, keep up bite good work. To those of yot wbo
olkeW us, we leave a wealth of records for you to
reach and surpass, and a hope that your remaining
years at South Huron will be as memorable as ours
have been.
Remember our great nation was founded on the
.principles of freedom, the right to life, liberty, secu-
rity and equality, freedom .of religion, speech,
assembly, and of press Our late beloved Governor-
General George P. Vanier believed in our country
and in us as Canadians. We then, as the Canadians
he so believed in, must use those founding princi-
ples intelligently. A good education will be a neces-
' sity in the days ahead of you. Work, then, to insure
• your future, and
Too ALL OF YOU, GOOD LUCK SHIRLEY SNIDER
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SEPTEMBER 21-25. 1999
Taking shape.Tented City, the equivalent of 40 city blocks in size, is rising out of the field,!4,yat. Becker Farms,
two kilometres north of Dashwood.The event runs Sept. 21-25..,.,
Employees of Royal Homes ofWingham construct a model home at the IPM site.
II'M '99 You can't see it all in one day
By Kate Monk
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
DASHWOOD -- After more than three years of plan-
ning, organizers are seeing visible evidence of what
they've been discussing on paper.
Tents, buildings and fences are rising out of the fields
as the site of next week's International Plowing
Match and Machinery Show takes shape two
kilometres north of Dashwood.
The IPM will be an outstanding entertainment
and education opportunity for farm and city
dwellers alike. The focus is on family, technology,
heritage, arts and ongoing edu-taInn ent of all
sorts.
The 2,700 acre Huron County farmland site is
being transformed into a tented city equivalent in
size to 40 city blocks.' In anticipation of rain, more dis-
play areas than ever before are being covered with
asphalt, paving blocks and decking. Rain or shine, the
show promises to be spectacular!
In keeping with the plowing match theme, a 230 acre
demonstration area will feature an action -based
'Machines in Motion' presentation to illustrate farm
technologies using machinery from selected intervals
throughout the 20th century.
Extensive lifestyles shows, entertainment and demon-
strations will be ongoing each day throughout
gHIN the site. There will: be dozens of education,
arts, and heritage exhibits. Of course, the till,-
� ditional plowing competitions and commer-
cial machinery shows will continue.
For the first time, a free shuttle service will
be operating throughout the site for anyone
finding walking the entire tented city difficult.
Ten golf carts will follow a designated route
around the tented city, through the antique
machinery display, and around the Machines In Motion
exhibits.
The circuit has 12 scheduled stops and pickup points
including each of the main entrance gates. Each point
will be marked by a shuttle sign and furnished with a
park bench for travellers waiting for the next scheduled
tour.
There will be ample free parking for 26,000 vehicles, a
100 acre trailer park for visitors who wish to camp and
easy access from all major highways with radio -moni-
tored updates to ease traffic flow. Up to 100,000 visitors
are expected at `Huron Shines in '99'. 4'4 *i4' _' ''''''.
There will plenty to see at the site starting later this
week. While exhibitors will be erecting their displays,
the Canadian Plowing Championships will be underway
on Huron County Rd. 83 Friday, Saturday and Monday.
More than 2,000 people are expected to attend Sunday
night's interdenominational church service at 7 p.m. at
the Zurich arena featuring guest speaker Paul
Henderson and a 300 -voice mass choir.
IPM 99 activity details can be accessed at the match
Web site www.ipm99, by calling the Ontario Plowmen's
Association to talk to Barb or John at 1-800-661-7569 or
by picking up a brochure at businesses throughout the
county.. .
Winners at Track and Field Meet .' Exeter High School
boasts some splendid athletes as well as a fine looking
group of girls. The girls shown above have captured most
of the awards in the girls' events when Exeter high held
their first meet last week. They also were among the
winners when St. Marys and Mitchell visited Exeter on
Tuesday. Front row, from left to right are: Lilliam
Hunter-Duvar (senior winner), Frances Taylor (interme-
diate winner), Phyllis Taylor (Junior winner). Second row,
from left to right Eleanor Hunking (senior runner-up),
Janet Kestle (intermediate runner-up), Shirley Thompson
(junior runner-up). The girls in the third and fourth rows
finished third in their respective classes. Third row, left
to right: Norma Fahner, Betty Mickle, Lenore
Norn ington, Betty Rowcliffe, Lois Alexander. Fourth
row, left to right: Helen Leslie, May. Schroeder, Audrey -
Harrison and Joan Batten.
Frank Leishman of Jim Becker Construction in
Dashwood works on a building at the IPM site.