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Local Briefs
(i rs. . Luella Christie of
itener visited with friends in
town 'and attended the Valentine
Supper 'at the United Church,
Seaforth.
Miss Donalda Adams and
Mrs.Gina ,Jenkins have returned
from holidaying in Fort
Lauderdale, Miattri--), and the
Fonda Keys. '
Kilbarchan Notes
Visitors with Mrs.' Mary Mal;
colm were" Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Maleeljn, Simcoe; Mr: and Mrs.
Dajton Malcolm, Mrs, 'Mabel
Higgerson ; Mr. Harry Proctor,
Mitchell
. Thanks to Miss Ethel Beattie
for the memories. Well do I
remember the town characters
she mentioned. Mrs. Winona
Pipe of Londshoro visited the
Home this week. Mrs. Pipe is a
former member of the sta ff here.
'She mentioned that the week
before there was "no Kilbarchan
Notes so just came down to check
on the reason. •
Visitors with Mrs. Olive Muir
'over the weekend were Mr, and
Mrs. Ed Speers, Oakville and
daughter Anne. On Sunday they
' drove to Goderich to' visit their
son Dick who is presently opening
a dental practice there when
accommodation is ready.
constance
amity celebrates
girl's birthday 4
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SATIMPAY NIGHT in the •
:RED KNIGHT ROOM
"ELGIN FISCHER TRIO"
Tasty Chicken Wings for $074.70 1
4stpr,,v razz riluOre ,
WE SERVE BEVERAGE LUNCHEONS
12 to 2 and 010.-8.- • • .
-- AT VERY LOW' PRICES'.---. •
(WE SELL ICE)
COMMERCIAL' HOTEL — Seaford,
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ROYAL HOTEL
MITCHELL
In The
Crown Room
'Friday
and
Saturday
Clarence Petrie
and the
-Night Hawks
By John D. Baker
Pitblic Relations Officer
Branch 156
Ty following an account
written by Comrade Wilbert
Maloney,. of one of his
experiences while serving in the
Royal. Canadian Navy during
World War
Ships Without Names
It was a beautiful' day . in
Ostend, Belgium, on February
14, 1945, the sun was warm and it
made one hope for an early
spring.
Our flotilla of eight Motor
Torpedo Boats, whose
all Canadian crew were on loan to
the Royal, Navy, was at Ostend.
The MTI3's were tied at a pier,
about fifty yards distant from a
bomb-proof Royal Navy barracks.
In harbour at the time, besides
our eight boats, were five Royal
NO), MTB's of larger. size, each
carrying a crew of thirty, one
Norweigian, and one Dutch MTB,
and various" other ships. Our
ships were tied abreast, three in
the first line, two in the second
and three in the third. - •
We, the' members of the crew
of the flotilla„ were all volunteers
for special service, we had 'left
Canada in October.1943. Most of
us had already been in service for
some time. After our arrival in
England, we were given special
training in Royal Navv installa-
tions, including, for some, patrols
in Royal Navy Guoboats and
MTB's
By early spring, 1944, the *Ships
we were to man were ready. They
The Public Is Invited
To Attend the
13th Annual
United Nations
Pilgrimage
for' Youth
Public: Spiaking
Finals •
Central Huron Secon-
dary School; Clinton
Fri., Feb. 28th
at g
Sponsored by the
ODDFELLOWS ant
REBEKAFIS, 1007
Bayfield Road
Goderich
Ph. 524-7711
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ENTERTAINMENT —
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SATURDAY NIGHT
The
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DANCE7immis •
Brodhagen Community Centre
MARCH 1
' Dancing 9:30 to 1 a.m.
Waysiders
$4.00 a Counle • Free cold meat lunch
Couples Only No Jeans
afternoon from a 6 weeks hOliday
at Sarasota, Florida. •
•
45th
Wedding
Anniversary
Dance
for Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Rogerson
'Sat. March 1
.„ 9:30 p.m.
CLINTON LEGION
HALL
ss — Everyone welcome
No Gifts Please
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JUNIOR "'FARMER
BROOMBALL
TOURNAMENT
SATURDAY, MARCH 1st
SEAFORTH ARENA y .
Begins 9 a.m.
-Lunch Available
EVERYBODY WELCOMES
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SEAFORTH
BROOMBALL
TOURNAMENT
MARCH 7---f 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.,
MARCH -8 --- 1 p.m. - p.m:
MARCH 9 -- '8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
At Seaforth
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES:
Ladies - 5:00 .p.m.'
SUnday Men -.6::00 p.m.
Admission: 75 cents
Entertainment:
next
Mon., Tue.,
and Wednesday
Country
Wally
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_ Thur., Fri.,
and Saturday
Stevadore
Steve
Canadian 'boats and started the
engines of the middle one. A
crew member cut the line, and he
backed the three MTB's into the
•
Girls tell _
"Why I joined 4-Fl"
wed of plywood construction and
were seventy feet six inches
inlength, and were built to carry a
crew of twenty, they had a fuel
capacity of 2,400 gallons and were ( harbour. A few seconds later
powered by 1,200 horsepower there was a brilliant flash and the
Packard marine engines, super- three boats disappeared.
charged with twin ignition, and • Many of the crewmen rushed
operated on high octane gasoline , " for shore when they saw that the
only. ships and the water all around
My assignment was to MTB . were on fire. 0.• had reached
462, as coxswain. We joined ship the safety 'of the.'shore%Vhen he
at Cowes ship yard on the Isle of was struck by a stray bullet.
,Wight. ' •
is from the wooden
ips. The asts of the larger
ips which ad sunk, were,
From , this date we operatedshowing above w ter at jaw tide.
Portsmouth, successively from docks' constructed of wood,
but as the army• moved through • had ,taken fire, and were partly
France, we operated from Dover, burned away. The, heroic action of
Ramsgate, Felixstowe, and fleetly - the Royal Navy' firefighters had
Ostend, from January 1, 1945. the blaze now under control.
Here —We did night patrols, Of the six men I left aboard at Correspondent
going to sea about 7 pni, and 1500 hours none remained. MTB -Mrs. Mary Merner
returning to port at daybreak. 462 apparently had been the first , ' Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Harris of
Our part in the war was nearing ship 'to explode. In all, 35 men Paisley visited on Sasturday with
its end, as the .German naval were lest from the Canadian Mrs. -Jack' Medd, and Kerri.
forces were almost destroyed. flotilla. The Royal Navy lost more Mr. and Mrs. David
There were still some i.E-boats and 'than 100. I think that the Dutch Preszcator„ Christine, Lisa,
R-boats and other types 'of small boat and the„,plorwegian lost the Christopher and• Greg, Mr. and
craft however. greater part of their crews: Mrs. Larry Dillon and Michelle of
On February 14, as we were Nekt morning I returned tb the Seaforth, Mr. and '.Mrse Ken.
going to go to sea that night, we site. MTB 462 had 'been tied next Preszcator and • Nancy visited on
did allthe usual morning routine. to the dock, and the cabin I shared' 'Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Gunnery ratings cleaned guns, with the Engineer was next to the Preszcator, 'Bill, Debbie and
torpedo ratings did routine work pier. Some of the clothing t had Michael, when they celebrated
on torpedoes and seamen;cleaned left in the cabin I found balanced Nancy's birthday. '
ship. ' • on a partly burned log on the Mr. Les Graves and Miss
AT 1000 hours a weather report • wharf. Kathy Hutchison of St. Th omas
was received. A northwest wind For many, the war was over Visited on Saturday with Mr. and
had started to blow and as there mu
were indicaticins of heavy seas, pat
we. were 'informed by the OffiCer the
Commanding Coastal Forces, that sea. •
we would not be required for sea We the surviving crew weekend with Mr. and Mrs.Andy
duty that night. members returned to Portsmouth Thompson' of Elobicoke.
At 1100 hours, requested,, and on board British MTB'S, We were, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sanders,
obtained _permission from the then 'assigned to H.M.C.S.•Niobe Jennifer and Jeffery. of R.R
First, Lieutenant to grant 'the in Greenoch, Scotland. • Brussels visited on Sunday with •
forward crew. shore leave from • After a month we we're Mr. and Mrs. Marris Bos, Steven,
1200 hours. • repatriated to Canada on various Sharon, Kenny and Michael.
After dinner, all the crew: off ships which were returning home. Mr. and Mrs. •paul ., Southgate
watch went ashore, leaving a —1 sailed on the Froned't,3 and Jennifer- visited on Sunday
duty-watch of six men and myself New York and from there ''to with, Mr. and Mrs.Tom Noble of
aboard. Montreal where I was given a 60 St. Marys.
ThrOughout the day a crew of day leave. While on leave the war . and Mrs. Jim Medd of 13th
engineers from ashore had been . in. Europe ended. . . Con. Hultett,,, Mrs. Jack Medd
installing a new motor generator. ' As'it is now 'thirty ',years ago visited on Sunday in Grand Valley
in MTB, 462.. Their work • since,afithis happened at Ostend, wi,th Mrs. Robert Johnston. '
continued into the afternoon. I find it difficult to remember the e Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pres±catOr,
. At approximately 1500 hours I „names of the crew members of--.Bill,. Debbie and Michael were
went to the Royal NaVy barradks M113 462. I will however mention Monday supper guests of Mr. and
-those that cart remember. My Mrs. Frank Riley.
good friend Don McLean of . Mr. and" 'Mrs. Ed. Szusz,
Seaforth, Ontario, Dotig Blair. of Randy, Rodney and, • Robynne
Oshawa, Optario, • Lloyd .returned home on Monday
McKenzie of New Glasgow, N.S.,
the Parks .twins of Kentville,
N.S., there are many others and
my apologies to them for 'not
remembering their ,.names, but
they arc all very much a part of.
this story. They certainly are 'not
forgotten.
In conclusion, I shotild tell you
that though 'it was never proven
the authorities strongly suspected
that the explosion which led to the
destruction of all those vessels,
was caused by a spark , of a
short-circuit.
Past Events
The .winners at the weekly
Euchre last Wednesday were:
High Hands' - P. Jordan, „T.
Williams; Low Hands - D. Hulley
and Don Coleman; Lone Hands. -
Jack Muir.
At the Invitational Cribbage
Tournament "last Saturday, the
winners were: 1st Jack Eisler and
Bill Wilbee - 8 wins plus 11-1. 2nd
Don Eaton and Al Nicholson - 7
wins plus 225. 3rd T. Gemmell
and Joe Czerwinski 7 wins plus
209.
The Zone C 1 Bowling, Tourna-
ment was held at Branch 140
Clinton on .Febrhary 23rd. The
' two teams from Branch 156 came
5th and 6th.
Coming Events
Friday, February, 28th - Bingo
as usual at the Legion Hall.
Wednesday, March 5th -
Spring Council Meeting at Branch
109, Goderich at 20 00 hours.
The gist meeting' of the
'Seaforth II 4-H Club was held at
the home of Joan Sills on
February 20th at 7:1.5 pail. Mrs.
Frank Sills. and • Mrs. . Art
Devereaux are the leaders. Ten
members answer d the roll call -
"Why Decided t oi 4-H"
OffiCers elected are: P e t
- Joan Devereaux; Vice-President
- Mary. Devereaux; Secretary -
Vicki O'ROurite; Treasurer -
Eleanor'Devereaux; Press
Reporter - Joan Sills.
Mrs. Sills outlined the content
of this project - "What Shall
Wear?" ,and also the require.
ments for Achievement Day on
,May 10th.
Mrs. ,Devereaux . led a discus-
sion 'on "Planning ,a Wardrobe"
and making a "Personal Inalysis
Chart",,, Helpful suggestions on
how to survey and assess our
presentwardrobes were given by
Mrs. Sills,
Clare Devereaux and Ida
Stinnison demonstrated the
correct way to take body mea-
'urements before buying a blouse
pattern. •
The' next meeting will be at
Vicki and Patti O'Rourke's home
on Thursday, February 27th at
7;30 p;m.
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STAG *EUCHRE
Seaforth • Legion
W March 5
— 8:30 p.m.
I Admission: $1.25.
By 1700 hours most of the fire
During the latter part of March ' was out. The, harbour was a
and ,throughout the' month of shambles. The water-was covered
April, we did routine patrols.
On -June 6, 1944, began ;the s
invasion of occupied Europe. s
c sooner than we had "antici- Mrs.' paul Stevenon, ' David,
? d, one more ceremony ,for Darren and Luanne. •
, and that was their burial at Mr. and Mrs. John ThOmpson',
. , ' Sharon •and Bob spent , the
for a shower, a coeval-hence not
provided on the little MTB's.
At approximately 1600 hours,'
my shower had been- delayed
while I awaited hot water when
suddenly an explosion occurred, •
the door to the shower was blown
off its hinges.
Thinking that the boiler had' •
exploded, and fearing live steam,
I ran from there and as I had cut
myself on broken glass, I went
through the. barracks to the sick
bay at the far end of the bUilding,
where 1 found pearly everything
broken by the blast.
Jest then there was a second
explosion. The SBA on duty and I
left the building and went out-
side. It was as yet uncertain what
was causing' the explosions. A
third explosion then ensued.
By this time survivors of the
first explosion were being taken
from the water. and I learned that
the MTB's were afire. The Royal
Navy firefighters had arrived and
were laying out hoses.
As each ship took fire, the
ammunition exploded. Rockets,
which we carried for illumination
of enemy targets, were streaking
steadily over the city of Ostend, to
burst in a bright white light.
A 'Royal Navy MTB which was
tied. abreast of us across the slip,
was blown keel-up by the first
explosion. The crew was still
aboayd. One of the ships officers
grabbed a fire-axe and jumped on
the bottom of the boat in an
attempt to cut through and
release the trapped men. He died
in the next explosion.
A Canadian offiger rushed on
board one of the last three
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or The Library
Legion Halt, Seafoith
Friday, Feb. 28
0:15 p.m.
/15' Regular Games for $10.00
THREE $25.00 GAMES
$75.00 JACKPOT TO GO
TWO DOOR PRIZES —
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Extra Cards 2.5e or 7 for $1.00
XCHILDREN UNDER 16
PER3/1171113D)
—Proceeds for Welfare Work—
Auspices Seaforth Branch 156
Royal Canadian Legion, Seaforth
CASH BIN.Ga*
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THE 'HURON COUNTY BOARD OF
'EDUCATION
NIGHT
SCHOOL
',Tite.following courses will' be offered, beginning
at 8:00 p.M. during the week of .March 3, 1975
At ':Central Huron
Secondary S:chool,
CLINTON, ONTARIO
Course Course Length Room Fee
Gardening ' 8-weeks - 211 $7.00
Instructor Mr. Hodings beginning March 3
IViiitrioation 5 weeks- 2 122 Free
instructor Mr. DeGroot Beginning Mar. 3 A
First Aid- • a weeks , 117 $9.80
Instructor to be announced beginning .Mar.4
At Seaforth
pistrici High School
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO
'Course Course Length Room Fee
Gardening 10 weeks 15 $.00
Instructor,Mr. VanDeBan beginning Mar.5.
Metrication 5 weeks 15 free
Instructor Mr: DeGroot beginning Mar.4.
Registration:
[1] On opening Night from 7:30 p.m. in the.
designated rooms;
[2] by telephohe during business hours: call ,
482-3471.
NOTES!
[1] A minimum of 8-candidates is
required before a course may begin.
T[2] ThiFirst )%id courses is restricted to 20
candidates.
[3] The fee for the St. John's Ambulance
first aid course Includes $2.80 for -cost of
materials used. Materials used In other
courses must be paid for by the candidates,
[4] Candidates 'from industry taking
the St. John's Ambulande course must
present a valid Workman's
• _Compensation Board number . [Below
2800001 to qualfy for a fee rebate. .
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Egmondville
Residents
Public Meeting
In the Egmondville United Chyrch on
Tuesday, March II
1975
at 7:3.0 P.M. to diSousS with representatives of
the Ministry of,the Environment, the Proposed
Installation of Sewerage System ° in
Egmondville,
JAMES I. McINTOSH
Clerk; Twp. Ttickersmith‘