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

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TRACK AND FIELD TEAM .... W.LD.l'l.S. First Place Winners - K.C.S.S.A. Contestants - W.O.S.S.A. Contestants Front Row - lean Tracy. Marietta Campbell, Georgina Hendg, Beth Hinnegan, Miss Elaine Ouglh, B.A., KGirls' Coachl. Mr. LA. Schell, BML. tBoys' Coachl, adine McGregor, Helen Trella. argarot Burritt, 'Iudy Vye. Second Row - lim Hagen, Lorne McKim. Wayne Turner, Betty Broidoi, Sylvia Trampleasure. Gay Mc'Creery, Madeline unnewaert, Marion McGaiiey, Catherine Eagleson, Nancy Soney, Barbara Hazzard, Gary Eames. Third Row - Gary Bogaert, Alan Mann, Gordon Langstaii, Gerald Toulouse, john Miller, Larry Mc- Dougall. Eldon VanSpybrook, Bob Lewis. Stewart Kennedy. Bob Balkwill, Dave Domanski. Back Row - Garvin Watson, Frank McRae, Doug McKenzie, Peter Hensel, Art Houle, Gerald Ayres. 'lim Glasgow, es Files, Gordon Webb, Torn McLaughlin. DID YOU KNOW THAT? .... . . 8592 of W.D.H.S. boys shave twice a year with a rough towel. The rest use Burma-Shave. . . that the thin girls of W.D.H.S. skip classes by hiding behind the water pipes in the washroom. . . there are 500 students and only 25 teachers. What are we waiting for? . . there is enough energy in a piece of chalk to blow W.D.H.S. sky-hi. Start throwing chalk Mr. Balkwill. . . that Forbes McLelland challenged Fred Taylor to a duel with toothpicks at 50 yards. . . that Jim Lumley outlifted Art Houle in a weight-lifting contest at Wilkes- port's Pig Palace. . . in a cross country railway race, Mickey McGaffey ran second to the 20th Century Limited. The Santa Fe Express came third. . . Les Files is starting a petition to fill the mud holes in King Georges' Park. - 51 -

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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-

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KENT COUNTY FIELD MEET .... Yea Maroon! Yea White! were the only sounds coming from the W.D. H.S. buses as they entered Chatham Community Centre on Oct. 6th for the 23rd annual Kent County Secondary School Athletic Association Field Meet. At nine o'clock in the morning the stands were filled with high-spirited stud- ents, yelling and waiting for the events to start. It was a memorable day for the athletes as they all are, but it wasn't a victorious day for Wallaceburg ath- letes according to points but in school spirit and sportsmanship, I would say W.D.H.S. students were outstanding. To start the ball rolling Gary Bogaert of our juvenile boys won the running broadg Stewart Kennedy and Jim Hagen won first and third in the pole vault and Bob Lumley came in third in the 75 yard dash. The junior girls' energetic relay team, consisting of Betty Rankin, Mar- sha Thornton, Gay McCreery and Darlene Bastow took second place. Our light footed Gay McCreery won second in the standing broad and third in the 75 yard dash and Jean Elliott won third place in the high jump. In the junior boys' division, Lorne McKim took third place in the high jump and Tom McLaughlin captured second place in the running broad. John Miller placed second in the pole vault as did the relay team consisting of G. Webb, L McKim, G. Langstaff and T. McLaughlin. Yea! Team! The little deer Jean Tracy was Intermediate Champ with 10 points winning firsts in the 75 yard dash and running broad. Our intermediates placed first in the basketball speed pass and the speedy relay team consisting of M. Burritt, M. Campbell, C. Eagleson and J. Tracy took second place. In the intermediate boys' events, G. Watson took third in the discus and F. McRae took third place in the pole vault. The boys, as it seems here did not make a very good showing but believe me they really deserve to be congratulated for the fine effort they made. K Our favourite girl athlete, Marion McGaffey was senior girls' champ- ion with 15 points, winning firsts in the standing broad, running broad and the 75 yard dash. Our girls came third in the basketball speed pass and Nadine McGregor won third place in the softball throw and Shirley Bastow placed second in the 75 yard dash. The senior boys' champion was Doug McKenzie with 20 points which was the allotted number of points. He won first in all of his events which were high jump, pole vault, hop, step and jump, and the running broad. I think everyone will agree with me that Doug needs to be congratulated so, Congrat- ulations, Doug! Our famous runners, Leslie Files and Barrie Davis took first and second in the mile race. Jim Glasgow captured second place in the 440 yard dash and the running broad. Gerry Ayres, in spite of his broken wrist, won first in the discus throw and Peter Ayres took second place in the pole vault. Not once during the day did the kids stop shouting encouraging phrases to our athletes. The stands were rocking with stamping of feet and clapping of hands whenever a Wallaceburg athlete was participating in an event. Our en- ergetic cheerleaders deserve a great deal of praise for the way in which they kept the kids yelling together. After the last event was completed, a silence fell over the stadium as everyone eagerly awaited the results. When it was announced that C.C.I. was first with 173 points, groans could be heard from the Wallaceburg spectators. but when the announcement said Wallaceburg was second with 159 points, hats and ribbons flew in the air, horns blared and kids cheered. As Wallaceburg buses left the stadium, the school song came floating out the open windows. -52-