Wallaceburg District Secondary School - Actiana Yearbook (Wallaceburg, Ontario Canada)

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W.D.H.S. FIELD MEET .... A High jump, softball throw, discus throw and running broad jump are to start at once, were the first sounds to come over the loud speaker on Sept- ember 29 at W.D.H.S. It was a dark cloudy morning, but everyone thought it would clear up. By noon the dark clouds had opened their doors and covered the campus with their tears. During lunch hour this was the general conver- sation: I wonder if it will stop raining? , Do you think Mr. Weir will let the field meet go on? , I wonder if we will have school or not this afternoon? , I hope we don't because I have blue jeans on and my skirt is at home. At one o'clock it was still drizzling and everyone thought the field meet would be called off but Mr. Weir saved the day. He said that the field meet would go on inspite of the rain and as the students left the classroom a happy mur- mur could be heard all over the school. Despite the cool rainy weather, eight records were broken, and all by the boys. In the boys' juvenile class, Gary Bogaert was champion with 10 points, claiming the championship with more firsts than Gary Barnes who also ran up 10 points. Gordon Webb won the junior crown in like manner over Peter Hen- sel, both having 14 points. Two intermediate boys' records were set, one by Gordon Langstaff and one by Gordon Webb. Gord Langstaff finished the 220 yard dash in 25.7 seconds, and Gordon Webb broke the discus record of 83' by throwing it 85 feet. The senior boys' events seemed to catch the interest of the majority of the spectators. Doug McKenzie won the championship with 23 points and Art Houle was runner-up with 16 points. There were five records set in the senior class and Doug, in setting three new records broke two of his own set last year. In the high jump he did 5' 8 bettering his own 5' 7 last year. In the pole vault he set a mark of 11' 5 to beat his own mark of 9' 10 last year. In the running broad jump he did 20' to erase Don Mann's mark of 19' 3 set in 1951. Gerry Ayres and Doug put on quite an exhibition of pole vaulting in which Gerry broke his wrist but despite this handicap threw the discus 116' 6 , bett- ering Art. Houle's record of 104' 1 set last year. In the senior mile race, everyone's favourite, Bill Norman was beaten by a whirlwind which nobody knew existed - Barrie Davis, whose 5 minutes and 8 seconds broke the old record of 5 minutes and 18 seconds set by Bert Eves in 1942. Marion McGaffey took the senior championship with 17 points, beating Madeline Punnewaert by only two points. In the senior girls' relay, Plewes House came out on top with 41.2 seconds to beat the old record of 43 seconds. Jean Tracy topped the intermediate girls' division with 18 points, followed by Cathy Eagleson with 12. In the junior division, Gay McCreery came up on top with 15 points, followed closely by Judy Vye. Plewes House also won the Junior girls' and Dundas succeeded in winning the intermediate relay. In the boys' relay race Dickenson won the juvenile and senior and Laing House won the junior. In the intermediate class Plewes House set a new record of 52.4 seconds to better the old record of 52.6, and incidentally, Laing House won the field meet. YEA! LAING! Mr. Wallace: You didn't answer my question, Dave. Dave Domanski: I nodded my head, sir. Mr. Wallace: Well, you don't expect me to hear it rattle up here, do you? Miss Quigley : Why did Hannibal cross the Alps? Don Myers: To get to the other side, of course. Mr. Balkwill: Find the H.C.F., Jim. Jim Lumley: You don't mean to say that thing is lost again? -50-