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the tbwne tkrvby mdi 28 1968 page if former staff teacher wins award of merit stouffville a for mer teacher on the staff of stouffville district high school has received the ontario education assoc iation award of merit presented annually by the globe and mail robert nielsen 30 told a convention gathering at the royal york hotel how he introduced sgt pepper to his class at sir sandford community college peter borough by playing a beatle album to capture the interest of his stu dents the entry from mr nielsen was judged best of 180 received from teach ers across the province he was presented with a trophy a pair of bookends and a cheque for 500 it was purely an acci dent in the beginning mr nielsen said my wife bought the beatles album and after listening to it i realized that the rock n roll singers were not just making noises there was a message there mr nielsen believes that apathy is the disease that afflicts most young people and as he was starting in a new commun ity college he was anxious to start with a bang among his students were prospective engineers who were more concerned with their own field than with theme and metres and poetic diction 1 distributed a sheet containing two poems and we began a traditional straightforward analysis mr neilsen wrote in his award winning outline afterwards i said now well listen to the poets reading their own works then i played the record and studied facial reactions some grinned widely many looked trap ped after all they had just finished moaning and groaning over the literary efforts of the chief arbit ers of their own genera tion the almighty beatles mr nielsen introduced the beatles a part of what he called the home life into the classroom where the students realized that although they had heard the songs many times they had never really lis tened they began the study feeling that the beatles were four boys who made keen noises to dance to mr nielsen said they ended with a realization that the beatles are cap able of making a valuable contribution to the cult ural fabric of our society we were dealing with something in the class room that the world out side deemed worthy of considerable attention mr nielsen achieved a rapport with his class that otherwise might not have been achieved the stu dents gave as well as re ceived and the overall result was stimulating and exciting for teacher and pupils the beatles were not content to coast along after making a lot of money mr nielsen said the solutions they offer to the worlds social ills are rooted in the religious and philosophical views of the hindu mystics i didnt know how my method would turn out but the re- soult was most gratifying mr nielsen a teacher for 10 of his 30 years be lieves that most of the old values have been shot down that young people no longer respect status and will give respect only to those who earn it when i decided to en ter an outline i didnt realize how difficult it would be to put my thoughts into words mr nielsen said i nearly gave up a few times i ad mire the judges for the liberality of their views in not discarding my sub mission as being in the far out category color guard pageant stouffville the first annual- pageant of flags competition will be held in the auditorium of stouffville dist secondary school saturday evening apr 6 at 730 pm the host corps is the stouff ville centurions eleven other color guards from ontario and the united states are reg istered the public is in vited admission is 100 by ad vance ticket sales or at the door bugle corps dance a dance sponsored by the stouffville drum and bugle corps will be held in the legion hall friday evening march 29 on saturday the centurions placed 4th out of seven entries in competition at st michaels college tor onto the markham col- legettes came third this saturday the stouffville corps travels to rochester these four pretty girls have good reason to smile on march 21 they captured the junior curling championship at a bonsplel in east york rink members all students of markham dist high school are left to right marg lawrie skip marian rutherford vice jennifer craig second and mary fleming lead staff photo markham students win east york bonspiel adult assistance required ballantrae a meet ing to reorganize a new schedule of events for the year will be held at the whitchurch centennial centre thursday tonight at eight oclock this meeting is of vital importance to all children and young people within the area served by the centre the executive re- quiries adult assistance in operating the many activ ities now available there in addition to starting new programs for the spring and summer seasons the executive feels that while parents are anxious that their sons and daugh ters take full advantage of all facilities now estab lished at the centre they themselves are reluctant to become personally in volved in the program willwisok super sword edge blades markham four stu dents of markham dist high school curled their way to victory in the east york junior girls bonspiel mar 21 marg lawrie 18 of grade 12 skip mar ian rutherford 16 of grade 12 vice jennifer graig 17 of grade 12 sec ond and mary fleming 18 of grade 13 lead trounced humber high land 241 in the first draw and then walloped east york 193 in the second there were eight entries and the competition was confined to girls under the age of 20 the pretty foursome come by their curling abil ity honestly each of their parents are avid curlers particularly margs father harold lawrie whose ac complishments with the broom and stone are known across ontario for the girls it was the first competitive bonspiel they are members of the high school curling club that works out of union- ville present badges the second girl guide company held an enroll ment march 19 accepting the following members debbie mann chris adams and penny ash- bridge badges presented were second class karen taylor homemaker col- een phoenix cooks kathy baker coleen phoenix karen taylor judy tay lor georgina clark laun dress karen taylor judy taylor child care geor gina clark coleen phoe nix hostess kathy baker georgina clark karen ta ylor judy taylor coleen phoenix fire bridgade karen taylor judy tay lor kathy baker debbie mann georgina clark lee reid coleen phoenix lynn reid penny ash- bridge chris adams ap preciation is expressed to fire chief walter smith and deputychief fred castle for their assistance cheryl burnett of scar borough spent the spring holiday with her grand mother mrs dawson bur nett church st north panel discussion on use of drugs stouffville the problem of drugs and lsd will be the topic of a panel dis cussion at a meeting of the stouffville united church couples club saturday evening march 30 panel members will include magistrate david coon and two stouffville physicians dr douglas brodie and dr donald petrie in addition two appropriate films will be shown invited guests at this gathering will be the doubles club of the anglican church and the 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