Wingham Advance-Times, 1978-12-20, Page 11H
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Brings every good wish
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MERRY
CHRISTMAS
TO ALL.
WINGHAM
INSURANCE AGENCY
GORRIE
May your holidays be
wrapped in happiness,
engineered for fun and
merriment! Expressing
our sincere appreciation
for your patronage.
BRIDGE
MOTORS
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ORT`" enjoy 'tem h.' t's•wh 1
stayed after the strikeW'Tilis
statement is one of the many
from Mr. !Gibson, xhe p ent day
biology teacher .at F. E, Madill
Secondary School; made during
his interview last week.
During the session he went on
to add that he tries to create a
dly atmosphere for his stet
where they have ,the'inde=
pendence to make their own mis-
takes.
This responsibility, he feels,
helps the students •to grow and
enhances their learning. He
seems to: be speaking from
experience gathered from his
own scholastic days.
Concerning the years when he
was, a student he maintains that
he enjoyed going to school and
had fun there.
Mr. Gibson attended a one-
room school house where he was
the only student in his particular
grade for ' two years. After
completing elementary school he
attended Lucknow District High
School, where he was president of
*Student Dodi
leaving
• undertook studies
city of Western Ontario '
prepareed him, for teac!g s
ence courses.
He held hia first teaching= t
at Lucknow District,High' S001
where he taught junior science,
biology, and gefhPaik geographyto a'stu.
dent body which *chided uded hies
brother and: sister-.in".law, un i
the school closed in three year
He was hien transftet'red to F.
E. Madill Secondary School:
where he remains today.. •
At. "good -ole F. E." he •tries to
convey to his pupils one more
piece of advice. He, claims that
everyone, especially- students,
should meet people and do\things
they are able to do With their
classmates. For nowhere else are
there such opportunities and
friends as in a high ,school like
"Madill"!
So, just remember if Mr.
Gibson can get enjoyment out of,
teaching; you, also, can get
enjoyment out of learning!!
Debbie Hanula, 13A
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Safety Awareness Team
The Safety Awareness Team is • during the competition on all this
not one ®i the more prominent and 'much more.
clubs in the school, but it has In case some were wonderihg, met with several sue- g,
cesses and is doing quite well, the tests are conducted by Huron
On Tuesday, December 12th, and Perth businessmen in the
the team travelled to Clinton to IAPA, sometimes called the
participate in a competition Industrial Accident Prevention
against Geder;ch and Clinton. Association.
The hard-working team mem- The team is now out of the race
bers are Jerry Bremner, Greg for the all -Ontario championship.
McPherson, Colin Cameron, Still, it becomes apparent how
Mike Harris and Reg. Thompson. important this club is, and even
Our four -member panel lost to safety of any sort: Can you im-
Goderich but not without a good agine a destructive blaze not
battle. The boys on the team must being put out only because
have a detailed knowledge on all persons present did not know how
things from boating rules and to operate a fire extinuisher?
regulations to poisons in the Would you yourself know how to
home including potentially haz- operate one in anemergency?
ardous chemicals, foods and Think about it. The Safety
plants. From pamphlets given to
them the members studied up on
explosives, ,industrial, safety and
even first aid. They were quizzed
Awareness Team has its place
alongside any other active club in
the school. 4 [
—Dianne McBride
Student interviews
What does Christmas mean to
you?
Jan Fairies, 13A, Holidays and
happiness.
Sandi Carson, 12B, Total chaos.
Frances Telehus, 13B, Waiting
with apprehension for Santa.
Mrs. McDonald, 12F, Being
with loved ones.
Janet Wood, 12M, Fun.
Nancy Fisher, 12C, Love and
laughter.
Karol Galbraith, 12D, Giving
and not receiving.
Helen Cane, 9B, Lots of pres-
ents and food.
Mrs. EIston, 10E, Spending
time with my family, especially
Carolyn.
Bill Graham, 11C, Mistletoe
and lots of kisses.
Miss Nute, A busy time, filled
with family, friends and special
activities.
YOUR MAN, LARRY --This Harlem Diplomat got the jump
on F. E. Madill teacher Larry Lane, number 12 in white, in
the Friday game between the Diplomats and teachers.
Despite the fast-moving, high -jumping Diplomat tactics,
the teachers' shifty moves produced a respectable 28-18 win
for the Diplomats.
'Despite advice to the contrary,
I am about to commit the "unfor
Oval* sin" of the newspaper
business. 1. am going :to.write an
editorial about religion. flow can
I avoid it? This is, •after all, the
eve of one of the largest,most
significant, and most interna-
tional events ' of the • Christian
world. • . -
"fn those days a decree went
out from CaesarAugustus that all
the world should be enrolled'...".
What a humble beginning for
such a significant event! This,
however, iso the way it was
intended, since even the birth of
Christ indicated his "manliness"
as well as his "holiness". This
man, who changed the lives of.
millions upon millions, was born
in a simple manger.
Some say, "The world has gone
to the dogs!" Well, it hasn't! And
one of the main reasons that it
hasn't is because of this "simple"
event which occurred some 1900
years ago. The pessimism of
some people concerning the
ftiture of the world, disappoints
and angers me. Why can't these
people realize that there still is
"peace on earth and good will
towards men" (so what if it is in
varying degrees!)
Some (fortunately few in num-
bers), say that we teenagers are
so immature and immoral that
we can't possibly be concerned
about others. To them, .I simply
deplore their ignorance, and
implore them to look around their
eoromatil
a n
,p'jeofle:aCl no
is immediatel 0)4, dent, .
„of the youngip opte w
have dour :f.�
Chante
things without;,er
tion
So, tell me all about they
less of the world and in return
f'll tell you how great it is. I'll
also tell you that one of the
primary "resources" of its great-
ness was brought about in a mean
Stable hundreds of years agoraid
hundreds of miles 'away . t
Christmas is the time for Cele-
brating this "resource". To some
Christmas is celebration.. t
some it's the giving_ of.,gifts .To
some it is fellowshipand feasting.
To some it is togetherness and
warmth, To me it is a miracle:.
0 -.o -,•o
The entire staff of the Madill
Mirror would like to offer our
sincere best wishes for a very.
Merry Christmas and joyous and
prosperous' New Year. We would
like . to offer this Christmas
rrayer as our gift to you our
eaders.
Dear Lord,
As Christmas time draws nearer,
May people in every land,
Feel the love and warmth and-
hope,
ndhope,
Which is iven by your hand.
Amen
Alison Roberts 13B
\•SchooicStions
A very inspiring game was
played by the Mustangs on Nov.
7. It was a game in which Madill
came out to courageously take on
the top team in the league, Strat-
ford.
For the first three-quarters of
the game the boys stuck right in
there against an evidentlystrong-
er team. But bench strength let
• the "Rams" pull away from the
''Mustangs. Out of the 86 points,
their bench got 30.
For Tom Henderson this was
his best game of the season.
However, due to circumstances.
beyond our control, Tom was
fouled out in the first part of the
third-quarter with a total nine of
the 36' points to his credit.
The score for this game was not
indicative of the game. The
Stratford team sunk countless
twenty -foot shots.' Our boys are
not quite used to' that kind of
shooting.
The experience gained in this
game will be invaluable to the
players for the remainder of the
season,
—Stephen Pritchard, 1211
MIDGET BOYS
WIN AT CLINTON
The Midget Boys' basketball
team began their season on the
right foot, overcoming the Clin-
ton team by a score of 36-30. The
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Madill Midgets, who are coached.
by Mr. Campbell, led in shooting
and scoring from the first quart-
er. The Wingham team took a
total of 67 shots at the basket to
Clinton's 36 shots. High scorers
for the game were Troy Poca-
luyko with eight points, Doug
Blackwell and Dave Eadie each
at six points. The team's enthusi-
asm and fire, predict (hopefully),
a successful season to come,
despite the heavy odds given by
every bookie in town against
them.
—Robert Currie
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JR. BOYS' BASKETBALL
On Dec. 7 our Junior Boys'
basketball team came up against
a strong Stratford Central squad.
The first half was fast-moving
and disappointing for the Mus-
tangs. They played good defence
but it wasn't enough to stop the
sharp offensive attack of Strat-
ford Central. In the second half
Madill changed their strategy,
switching to a full court press.
This momentarily stopped the
Rams but ' again their offence
destroyed the Mustang defence.
Our baskets were few and far
between, as Ceptral overpowered
us, 85-36.
—Scott Marritt
What doe:
Chri°strnas
niean•to you:,
Giving of gifts;, celebrating,
Molly McBride, 9E.
, Food! !, Donald DeBoer, 11B..
Togetherness, David . Ross,
1111.
Seeing Santa. Claus, Donna
Thompson, 9K.
Time to get gifts, • Lance
Sanderson, - ;
A lot of fun, Louise Girbson,11D.
Happiness, Sandra Irwin, 9D.
No school, Lori McPherson,
10E.
Lots of money — wasted, Linda
Miller,. 12F.
Turkey, Deb Sjaarda, 11K.
Lots and lots and lots and lots of
mistletoe,, Lorna Boyle, 12A.
Holidays spent with ... Linda
Bakker, 12A.
A lot of food, a lot of Frank,
Anonymous, 11F.
A lot of parties, Lynda Riley,
11K.
If you believe in Santa Claus,
you'll get presents, Barb Cam-
eron, 13A and Sheila Shobbrook,
13B.
Christmas tree, David • eBoer,
12B.
Candy canes a stletoe,
Movita Bradley, 2A.
—Alic
Repair Falconer ski trail
Three cheers for the F. E.
Madill Geography Club!
On Saturday, December 9, 17
members of the Geography, Club
travelled to the Falconer Ski
Trail located on the second con-
cession of Culross Twp. in order
to effect certain repairs upon it,
under the supervision of Mr.
Cardy, Mr. Simpson, and Mr.
Webster. Since the trail was last
in use during the winter of '77-'78,
a slight problem has apparently
arisen. It seems, that over the
summer a group of industrious
beavers decided that the stream
flowing close to the ski trail
would serve their purposes nice-
ly, and proceeded construction
upon it. The pool that was formed
as a result partially flooded a
portion of Falconer's Trail and it
was with the intent of rectifying
the problem that the group of
concerned students set out.
The scene of mischief was ap-
proximately six and one-half
miles back along the trail, or just
at the edge of the hardwood bush.
The group was able to overcome
the obstruction by constructing a
40' long "boardwalk" over the
trouble spot. The materials for
this boardwalk were supplied by
funds issuing from the F. E.
Madill teaching staff, and the
total cost for lumber amounted to
approximately $72. Before leav-
ing the scene, the students also
improved the trail in several
other places by filling in wet
holes with brush, and by con-
structing sections of corduroy
path at other locations.
The students involved con-
gregated at the school on the
Saturday morning in question
before nine o'clock and departed
for the ski•trail on the hour. Ar-
riving at about 9:15, they worked
continuously from then until
approximately 11:45, at which
time they were finished, and
after having lunch, returned to
the school.
Mr. Cardy informs the Mirror
that the, efforts of the Geography
Club members will not go unre-
warded, for the club is planning
two cross-country ski trips on the
Falconer Ski Trail in January
Vander klippe
and February of next year. The
new boardwalk will undoubtedly
prove extremely convenient to all
who use the trail this year and in
years to come. So, if you plan to
do any cross-country skiing this
winter why not do at least some of
it on the Falconer Ski Trail?
After all, the Geography Club did
not place the boardwalk there for
its own use exclusively and the
greatest reward possible for
these hard werkers would be to
know that their work was of some
use to the community. •
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On. Dec.. 5th and 6th, the
401_,stude is took. a atrjp `to
erich to\see a County Co`cs'
in, action. The County` •Court
Buildingts. located in.-thei)nntte
Of -Shopper's Square. The dress•.
and conduct in the courtroom
werevery formal. •Tirestudents
were not allowed :to wear leans
and both the defense -and crown.
attorneys were dresseC
as well as &S judge
The accused was Elaine Whit
by, 19, a former resident of
Lucknow, now living in London.
She was accused on two counts of
writing forged, worthless
cheques to the Old Mill in Blyth...
On the first day, two employees
of Bainton's and! ,handwriting
expert testifiedteThe second day
Miss Whitby was on the stand to
testify, giving each lawyer a
chance to examine her testi-
mony. After the accused had
given her testimony, court was
dismissed until one o'clock, giv-
ing everyone time to have lunch
and to browse through the local
shops.
At one o'clock court resumed,
and the two attorneys and the
judge gave summaries to the
jury, before they left the room to
deliberate at about 2:30 p.m. The
jury deliberated about seven
hours before finding the accused
guilty of both charges. It proved
to be an interesting trip for the
law students by actually having a
chance to see how real court
room procedure is carried out.
—Kelly Clark
LARGE CROWD—The basketball game between the Harlem Diplomats and the F. L.
Madill Secondary School senior boy's team and the game between the teachers and Diplo-
mats brought out a Targe crowd Friday night. When it was ail over, the Diplomats had
beaten the senior team 50-48 and downed +ha teachers 28-18.