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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-10-03, Page 12AIN • 41 Page 12—The Wingham Advance -Times, Oct. 3, 1984 u ro Trivial tidbits from Marvellous Maude Why, hello there! Fancy meeting you here! Let me introduce myself. I'm Maude Marvelous, here to bring you all the latest trivial tidbits you've a1{.,+► ,,a. ys wanted to hear from around our beautiful school. So, to begin... Well, from what -ole' Maude saw here last Wed- nesday (September 26th for you calendar buffs!) there was an excellent turn -out for Nerd Day. Personally, I haven't seen so many pairs of plaid pants since the Bay City Rollers' farewell tour. I definitely think masking tape and glasses will be the next big fashion craze here at the school. Congratulations to Barry Schafer, 9C, and Julie "Where's my lunchbox?" Mulvey, 13C, for winning the titles of Mr. and Miss .,Nerd. Another hearty congrats to the student council for its first successful dress -up day. A special mention must be made of all the teachers who dressed up as well. You looked so wonderful in your attire. (Yes, love those sus- penders, Mr. Elgie!) I'm afraid I'm going to be a little incoherent and un - unified (is that a word?) for a moment and wish an em- phatic Happy Birthday to our lovely Prez. Helen Maclntyre, Celia Chandler, Melody Ireland, Louie Grubb and Harry J.4Boyle (a for- mer student here at F.E.Madill high on the }till, for all those who didn't know.) And speaking of former students, did you know Grant Heywood, drummer with Major Hooples Boarding House, is also a former Madill student? That's all for now. Good- bye and have a 'Marvelous' • week. P.S. Is it true changed her -his Marvin. ? —Maude K.B. has name to • POETRY PLEA OF A NERD Our green, plaid pants are considered loud and just a shade too short. My red, striped shirt is buttoned tight and sports a small bowtie. The goofy, snorting laugh you hear is a habit hard to break. With our short, greased hair and horn -rimmed specs taped roughly on the side. The•name of "nerd" is given to wear with humble pride. —Valerie Ricker BEST RATE Investments Insured to `60,000, 12½°"° 2-5 years No Fees - Rates Sub'ect To Change ABC ANNUITIES 53 West St., Goderich 524-2773 collect School dance .. Major Hoople's Boarding House. These four words were on the list of top priori- ties for all the students who came to F.E. Madill last Fri- day evening. For those readers who don't already know, Major Hoople's Boarding House was the band that played for the first high school dance of the year. The students who came know what a success the dance was. Those who didn't will have to settle for just hearing about it. The highlight of the night for Wingham residents could possibly have been finding out that the drummer is originally from Wingham. Anyone standing at the front had the chance to catch a guitar pick which was oc- casionally tossed into the crowd. The band played songs both old and new. The "Beach Boys Medley", "Jump" by Van Haien, "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince, "Can't Get No Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones, and "Reflex" by, Duran . Duran are just a few examples of the bands imitations. A special thanks is given to our social conveners, Byron Thompson and Melody Ire- land, for planning such a` terrific dance. Thanks also to Mr. Wood, Mr. Eddy, and the teachers who came to the school to help make the dance a success. -Bonnie Perry 12F The place to have a great time! All the time! Sunday Smorgasbord Salad Bar • Fried Chicken • Roast Beef • Barbecued Ribs • Ocean Perch • and more! $7.95 Children under.6 free 6 yr. - 12 yr. $4.95 Reservations Encouraged Special Happy Hour George's Video SHOW & DANCE upstairs in the Pine Room every Thursday evening. . Blue Barn Restaurant & Motel Highway 23 N. Listowel 291-1580 125th Howick Fall Fair October 5 and 6, 1984. FRIDAY EVENING: 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. - Arena operi to public, Entertainment, Optimist Midway 8:00 p.m. Log sawing and bag • tying competitions 9:00 p.m. - Auction of 1st and 2nd prize pork carcasses Optimist Refreshment Centre 'featuring "Lincoln Green Pub Night" SATURDAY: 10:00 a.m. - 4-H Horse Club Show 12:30 p.m. - Parade 1:00 p.m. - Officical Opening 4-H Swine Club Show 1:30 p.m. - Entertainment Frog Jumping Contest 4-H Calf Club Show 3:00 p.m. - Howick Optimist Children's Pro- gram 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Optimist Children's ' Midway, Horse Show, Simmental Show, Cattle, Sheep and Goats. Dance Saturday Evening, tickets available - phone 335-3269 An "Awards Night" will be held on Monday, October 29. Presentations of all awards and special„.prizes will be made, and all prize money will be avail- able at this time. Brownie corner The 1st Wingham Brownie'- Pack held its , first regular meeting. We made a toad- stool nature picture with the seeds and nature items which we collected last week on our ' observation and weiner roast hike. We had fun playing nature games later. -Badges were earned 'by Carolyn Pike, Julie Lisle and Ansley Simpson. Next week we. will be making pine cone turkeys for Thanksgiving. Group A :will be doind macrame; Group B, Canada flag, and Group C, our new Brownies, will be learning the promise, law , and motto. NERD DAY was celebrated last Thursday at the F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham and the students really got into the swing of things. Darin Hickey and Leann Young of Teeswater were spotted in the library looking very "nerdish". They were quick to make assurances that they don't look like this every day. The halls are alive • We sang with the sound of music for Queen It seems the .main topic of conversation at Madill is the latest hit song. Everywhere you turn you hear., "Have you heard so and so's newest single?" Either that or you catch. somebody trying to imitate their•favouritestar's hit. Well, my curiositygot: the better of me, and I had to find out whatrthe most pord-a4' lar, most talked -about song was. Recently 1 as1 ed, over 100 students what their favourite songs are and wasn't at all surprised at the results. It was interesting to find, though, that the top song was victorious only by the help of one person. There was one long vote between the first and second -place winner. The second -place song was chosen solely by the male population., (Better luck next time guys! !) Nevertheless, here they are, the "Top Five", (ac- cording to F.E Madill) : 1. "We're Not Gonna Take - It" by Twisted Sister; 2. "Legs” by ZZ Top; ' 3. "Warrior" by Scandal; 4. "If This Is It" by Huey Lewis and the News;, 5:: "She BOP" 'by Cyndi Langer. Some honorable mentions that didn't quite make it , were: . "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince; "Drive" by The Cars; "Missing You'.' , by John Wakes; "Jump" by Van Haien. So turn up the volume, sit back, relax and "Cum, on, feel the noise!" —Julie Stewart ---a Four o'clock in the morn- ing is, not my favourite time of day! However, on -Thurs- day, Sept. 27, I dragged myself out of bed, ready to face the•day. A test to study for? A pro- ject not' quite finished? Of course not! I was going to sing for Queen Elizabeth and Prince . Philip. The Junior Farmers' choirs in Bruce, Huron and Middlesex counties had been asked to entertain the Queen during her stop in Amherstview, (near Kingston) ,at the OMAF royal picnic. We travelled by. bus for seven hours, arriving at 12:40 p.m. We got set up and at 2:50 p.m. welcomed Den- nis Timbrell by singing three selections. We, then feasted on barbecued hamburgers rrd"'hotdogs and waited for the Queen. At five p.m. we again assembled and waited r4 expectantly. • Suddenly we glimpsed the Royal Yacht Britannia! We threw offour coats and stood shivering in the tremendously cold weather, hoping that they would arrive soon. The Bicentennial quilt made by Mrs. Bushell of Wingham was presented to the royal couple and then it was our turn. We sang the Bicentennial Song as they walked through the crowd and they stopped for at least fifteen secondsto listen. Then it was all over. We wearily arrived back at 2 a.m. Friday morning having had only a brief glimpse, of our Queen. Was it worth it? Definitely. The day was one I Will always re- member and cherish, the day I sang for the Queen! Others attending froth F.E. Madill were Sheila White- head, Marianne and Elaine Grubb, Julie Mulvey, Linda McInnis, Debbie McRae, Rachel Poulin and Carolyn Benninger. —Suzanne Alton 13A r Students attend play in Stratford The performance of "The Merchant of Venice" by the Stratford Company last Thursday brought the play alive for 40 Grade 10 students from F.E. Madill. The stu- dents paid $10 each for their transportation by bus and orchestra seats for the per- formance. Nearly every one of the theatre's 2;264 seats was occupied by students. Busses were there from as Jr. football The Junior Mustangs remained undefeated and raised their season record to 2-0 with a 62-0 trouncing of Stratford Central Ramblers. Madill scored, on its first possession of the game with an impressive drive capped off with a Sandy MacDonald two -yard TD run. On the first play of Madill's second possession, MacDonald raced 95 yards for the score. Sandy was sprung free with a good block from Troy McDougall. Madill continued to score at will on a helpless Stratford defense with TD's going to Rob Weber, Sandy MacDon- ald, Murray Pennington, Troy McDougall and three by Dan Gilchrist. Bill Cam- eron had a hot foot, booting four converts. Offensive game stars were Sandy and Dan. The Mustang defense, led by defensive game star Rob Weber was perfect, holding Stratford scoreless. The Mustangs had two intercep- tions and one blocked punt. The aggressive" play of the Mustangs was made evident 'by the number of Stratford players taken from the game with injuries. The team wishes to thank the many chanting fans who turned out to cheer it on. The next game is against Norwell in Palmerston. —Murray Nethery, llE far away as St. Catharines and Port Hope. The play held the interest—but note was taken of those other students — especially those in school jackets! Richard Monette, who played the role of Antonio,. the merchant, drew the sympathy of the audience, especially when he bared his breast for the cutting of his pound of flesh! But, John Neville, who played Shylock also drew sighs of sympahty as he stumbled off stage after losing everything. The audience enjoyed the antics of Launcelot Gobbo (Keith Dinicol) as well as Gratiano's witticisms (as played by Stephen Russell). Of course, delight was ex- pressed at Portia's and Nerissa's outwitting their new husbands. The play did really arouse sad and glad emotions. Domini Blythe, as Portia, drew admiring glances every time she appeared. Her love scenes with Bas- sanio (Andrew Gillies) were much appreciated; but those between Jessica and Leon- ardo drew more reaction! As the actors recited speeches that some of the audience had memorized you could hear whispers of appreciation. Those lines really meant something! A trip to Stratford would not be complete without a stop for food after all that concentration on the play. So we did not arrive back at the school until after seven o'clock, hoarse from singing all the way home. R. W., Bell OPTOMETRIST t o 1.4. a'God rich 9 *t .. 5 G. R} The Square 524-7661 WARD & UPTIGROVE Listowel (519) 2973040 CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Listowel 291 -3040 ACCOUNTANTS MICHAEL THOMPSON of Wingham didn't have any trouble attracting Debbie Henry and Cathy Henderson, also of Wingham, even though he was dressed a bit strangely at last Thursday's "Nerd Day" at the F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham. 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