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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1977-02-24, Page 18• • • • • • w. • • •'• • • • • . Crushed & Wash Sand Gravel. Bulldozer & Back- hoe Work. Snow Removal 527.1310 Miac TU,[1,k1 <Pill>111h1rED Seaforth, Ontario • Office Phone 5271320 • a • " • • • • . • • • 'a • • • ' • • , • • • •P • • • 5, .• • Complete_ -TRAVEL SERVICE ANYWHERE to; /00111110111,ARIO pr.) 52 , 00:SO, GOOD TIMES TRAVEL' — AGENCY ,OPTOMETRIST--, JOHNE. LONGSTAFF - Sea forth Office 527-1240 Toes. iTh urs,,Fri., 9:00 - 5:30 . Wed., Sat., 9:00 -12:00 Clinton 482-7.010 ,Monday 9:00 = 6:30 E1Y A ePOINTMENT • <SUNOC • . • CAR CARE PRODUCTS • Seaforth 'Archie's Sunoco • . • • • ' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • I. SUPPLIES'N .Feed Seed, Fertilizer . FarrnSupplIeS, Petroleum Supplies Heating Oils. Seaforth 527.0770 FLORIST — PRINTING For 'every. purpose CALL The Huron: Expositor • United Service. 4. Flowers by wire a 527.0800 Seaforth QUALITY CUSTOM WORK IS OUR TRADE MARK MITCHELL 348-8169 18,411E‘iiURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 24,1977 ed leaves arena after 22 years as mono er (Continued from Page. 1) thefilrY to get in free for the list half hour -of the dances, " Then every summer Roy was park superintendent at the Lions Pool for m any years. There •isn't a • kid. who grew up skating or swimming in Seafoith who doesn't know Roy and Hazel., Kids whp grew up in Seaforth remember Hazel's warm •smile 'and Roy's advice and comments. The arena manager's job was a seven day a week, many hours a. day one and Roy didn't miss a day becanse of sickness or an accident in all those years..He was first ,one into thearena in the morning and last one out even of ter dance late at night. "If you werenta there were taps.. left dripping or something left on." "I ran it like 11 would have run my own business," Roy says. "if' you can't look after it you have no businessbeinehere. After the first few years there we're not as man'S, urena-committee meetings and if something needed fixing, Roy-or the late Wilfred Scott who looked -after-the arena-machinery from- the time the building opened, would just fix it. Roy says that by doing all the maintenance themselves the men knew it was' being done right. - In 22 and a half years with the complicated ice making machines Roy developed a sort of a sixth sense. "I could walk -in the front door and tell if something was wrong by the spund,"' he• says. The McGonigies have seen a lot of Changes in their years at the• arena.'For one thing Roy started at $40 a week and it later:went to $50. At the beginning Hazel, helped out in the booth 'and selling tickets for free. Fewer adults use the arena than a few years, ago, Roy says. There are more activities and ice bookings 'this year'than'ever before, but die whole community doesn't turn out 'as spectatOrs like they used to , when Seaforth midget 's or juniors played hockey. The arena is not getting support from the public at large except when there's a dance with a bar, Roy feels. . • • • • Public "skating every Fridni—:r. night Was a 'big event until the . • • demands of more complicated hockey„ schedules meant that it ••• • hod to stop,,. 200 or 300 kids and a • • six weeks. and then Started in June at the Liens-.Pcark„ There bk . was responsible for the grounds . and the . booth and privJliolirand, picnic facilities. The park, was probably' more, relaxing than the arena, Roy says, looking back, "If you got sick of doing something,. the. Made you mad or the booth got you' down, you could always go and out grass." . • --Miitia-ging the " arena 'and the park are both basically one man jobs, but 'Roy's quick to say that 'he's had some -fitipi-leyal. help over the y ears. Tom Dick worked under hint at the park for 12 years. George Anderson worked nights at the arena fit 15 . years until he retired, And there were few'.others, : • The MeGongil s' hew. on north Main SI.„ :where they've, lived since shortly after they were ' married,' is only a block.. from the arena and .niany',s the time Roy • got up out of bed and went back to the rink to check things when he couldn't . remember turning something, off,. There • was • a respotiObility• the-publie, fie says and.Hozei laughs about Roy "climbing over snowbanks in oer own walk to'get over to the arena • and shovel out "thete first". The arena, was second. home .to Many • 'kids' in. the McGonigle neighbourhoed.tioy says Jimmy andLarry Mcllwain• used to watch , tint the window and 3 "as soon as the. lights went ,and at the arena, 'they were there." • Hazel tells pf,,another little guy ,"Sitting. at,, the",:`cornet of our Kitchen table at 6 a.m.. waiting fer Roy to go to the arena." . anything for yon," • as Roy 'that idea?" his dad asked, "Well, • „ MeGonigie says. • that's what the paper calls him, . Like the fact that Seaforth Is' 40y.'Red", thelitfle boy replied, the only, 'arena in this areathat's still basically a •One man . operation, The new manager is JaCk Price:and Rey is working' a • yeduced 'schedule, helping hini • get, onto, things, • • ' And, as in- the past when the old......hand flooder was used,., Seaforth once again the best ice • surface around: Roy has nothing but , praise for the new icemaking' equipment `that Was — installed before this season began. The old equipment had trouble keeping ice in in mild weather' - during the last. couple of years., and ROysays that bothered a • lot. But outside of those.few tense ' times when the whelp. town was. demanding ice and the weather and the old equipment wouldn't.' co-operate; •the• years haVeltiat flown •oy:'`'•'It doesn't seem like 22 and a half years," Rey_ says. Hazel would like to do a' bit of . • `travellilng now that the couple' --::harsetrie fre.elime, biliritoy isn't so sure. "he's, never done it so he. • wouldn't know", whether he'd like it or not, she kids him. One Of ,the' best ..stories this ' te-Potter'heard-diiiitiCa- whole • afternoon of :talks . and remembering with Roy and Hazel • was, this one. A little bey who spendsa lot of time at•the arena kept referring -to the manager as • Roy Red and told. his dad that loi• .was' his . first name and Red 'his last one. "Now where did you get • was popidar with parents and kids, Tile late W,T,Teall of Seaforth Motors sponsored free skating Saturday afternoons when , ' the arena first• opened, then 'it ....cost 10 cents, and then it went up to a quarter. Kids have a 'lot more money to • throw around' than they used to, the McGonigles say. Roy heard one out of town pee wee, player tell, his friends who Were standhig in line at the concession booth, "I'Ve„ still got $5 left." • Kids • sports are • more organizett too organized now, the arena.,manager feels. In the lasts five years or so kids seem to be less disciplined and have more of a "gimme" attitude. They don't appreciate things (that are done for them like they used 'to, Roy says. You 'can tell what kind of responsibilities a child has at home by the way heor she acts at the arm* the tvle9ongiles say. "If they aren't disciplined at 'home, how can we do it at the arena?", Bet most of the kids they deal - Withare geod and working with youngsters the time "keeps • you young'," Roy says.• Before the present,purling club was built, a group of men curled once a week at the arena. "We'd serve them a roast beef dinner every Wednesday night:"‘,,Hazel remembers. And New Years was a' special day for the eerier& ... they'd mix 'rum with the coffee in their big Coffee urn', Then there was'a small grciup• of die-hard hockey fans, who'. had their own specially built chairs, with their names on them just in McGREGOR Top Quality BEEF GOVERNMENT INSPECTED Whole:Beef .99 Half Beef' .91 PROUD PARENTS — Lloyd and Bev Eisler were in Calgary recently to watch their son Lloyd Jr, and his partner, Lori Baler win the' ,,,,,Canadian Novice Pairs, championship: Elehincrthern are shelves lined with the trophies and medals which - -Lloyd has won-in-five-yeays df- competitive skating. - --(Expositor Photo) • Price subject to change INCLUDES: CUTTING WRAPPING and QUICK SkcitOr seems • "'(Continued from Page 1) , their/pregrain, ander the watchfid - eyes of their coach,. Kerrie Leitch. He is a superstitious man,-He believes in horoscopes, and he's careful about black cats and red things, " Lloyd says. "He doesn't let you your, skates on a table. You must always polish. them on the floor". • The precautions have Paid off. Mr. Leitch has coached .. the winning Novice Pairs at the Canadian Championships for the last three yeatS.. , Fro ‘m 1:30 '4:30 the pattern repeats itself, with school_ figures, free skating and pairs skating rounding out the day on the ice. Supper,. Schoolwork From 4:30 to 5:30 there is "circuit training",• a program which includes working with weight machines and running up and down'stairS, Then it's home to the house in Preston where Lloyd, boards' during intensive training with two other boys and two girls who. skate. There is time for supper and perhaps an hour of schoolwork, then to bed by eight. o'clock. When they"' are not training intensively for competition, the routine arduous, Lloyd attends schopl here in Seaforth until two p.m., then is driven the 63 miles to Preston. He is an the ice by 3:30 p.m., and skates till 7 p.m. Then he has the 63 mile ride back to Seaforth, where supper and schoolwork and perhaps a little television await him. On Saturdays, he skates from 7 p.m. till midnight. companionship , among the .cOmpetitors. "Mostly, everyone is friendS'at a.coMpetition:"• Lloyd says. "our whole life is talking to other Skifers." . -Lloyd and his partner Lori 'are friends. "We haVe our differences,' but usually we get alOng alright." • Lloyd's mother stresses that they are an exceptionally well matched pair. "If they broke up, it would only be because of a disagreement between them'! she says. Their coach feels that their matchup is very .speeial. For now' Lloyd and Lori can, continue to skate in both singles and pairs competition. Their win in Calgary has moved them up to _Junior level. But a choice will have to be' made 'eventually between pairs, and single skating, because efforts to remain competitive' in both will -Make increasing demands on their time... Ad hoW Jar would he like. to go? "I want to compete in a world championship" Lloyd says. But it' isn't winning that matters. "Very few 'people can be winners" he, says. ',Just to make it there, that would be •enough." There • is, according to Mrs. Eisler, a "slim' possibility" that Lloyd and Lori may compete ih the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid. Much depends upon Canada'S overall standing 'in world competition. If a Canadian pair can place fifth or better in this_ years world competition, then three pairs will be allpwed to enter the competition next year. repr esent us in - international' competition, Canadian athletes 'receive almost no support from the Government. Itl, an old story, and a sad one. Without support, athletes cannot• compete often enough against the best in the world. Parents must bear theepsts of training'airid • transportation. The price is high, and it rises with every year and every 'success a skater has.- Mrs. Eisler estimates that it will cost $4,500 fo keep Lloyd skating this year: Coaching costs $20 an hour, and when a' skater competes in important events, his coach must" accompany him, both as chaperone, and to give the last minute advice that' makes a -winning performance. . The ska ter's parents must pay the coach's airfare, and compensate him for lost wages. For many parents, the burden is too' much to bear. Many excellent skaters are forced to give up because the money to keep them competing is not available. . - Lori Brier's sister Sheri is competing in the world competition in •japan this year. MI-s. Eisler estimated that it ,'.would cost her parents $4,000 to send her to. that competition Parents must be willing and able • to - sacrifice" much for their competitive children, Skates cost $250, and growing feet often mean that they are cast aside in a year. "As long as. Free Delivery - Within -10 Mae - GRANT McGR1EGOR Ph. 262-5839 • front of the windows overloplting_ Surpxisingly__, neither of the the ice, Things were more casual McOonigles skate.- "I've had then, and the men just went skates on a few times,"• Roy says ahead and installed their reserved- "and -Hazel Says she skated as a seats and sat in them. Included in child 'on the fields but couldn't the group were Harvey Mason, master the corners in the indoor Charlie Barber, Al Close, Bert' rink. Cluff, Billie Duncan and • Mert If a lot has changed in more _ Reid. than 22 years,- a:few basic things For many years Roy worked: remain the Same. Like the throughout the winter at the 'kindness and helpful attitude of arena, filled in with other work for many local people who "will' do 13angitart, 'Kelly, ng Chartered Accountqnts Resident Partner. ARTHUR W. READ 268 Main St., Exeter us. 235-0120 Res. 238-8075 000.0 • 0,• • • • • • • • • • 9 • -• • • • • • •:0 • • ti siness ireefor 011 •• S. e$ ••• • • • • • • • • • • few adults would be there. "From 7 until 11, for'25-cents we-used to say it was the • cheapest babysitting in •the country," Hazel says with 'a, laegh. Saturday afternoon skating, also no longer a regular, thing; • SNOWPLOWING -=Th .• ANTIOIJES DECORATING Th Graves W lippper it Paint FeWuring Canadian & Imported Wall Coved n.es 527-0550 Sea forth f—HOME IMPROVEMENTS Plu FitOtri.c-at g7•Viicr G.E.Appliances - Hal1day Horne Dealer Unit Step Dealer. w:.. rir1}-'8.\i"t • • S. Huron Home Economist 40910...r_ 'Seaforth, Ontario • -Office Phoni 5271320 • • • • • URIOSITY ORNERS Come in & see Our Treasures LloYcl wants to rs .eavtng • • • • Huron County Home ••• EconoMist Jane Pengilley, who • has served here for' almost four • years, is leaving Huron on March • 1 to start a new job as W-ellington • • Home Ecpnomist. • • EiCin Pullen, ag rep for- the ; Ontario Ministry of Agriculture • and Food' in Huron 'told' the Expoillor Friday - that Miss • Pengilley, . who has served in Huron for the longest time of any . recent' county home economist, • will be greatly missed. • Her replacement has not yet • been named.- •• TRAVEL skate-and compete though, we'll ,„ stand behind him". Mrs. Eisler INSURANCE IS YOUR INSURANCE UP TO . DATE? See us about your, General Li le Investment requirements Seaforth • Insurance Agency 52-7-1610 Obviously it is hard to find • A placing between sixth and tenth. says. , • . •much ,tinie for sehOolWark with .so will - mean that two pairs may 'The only condition Lloyd'S,, deinanding a , schedule to '-be compete next year. If no parents place on his skating is followed. But, Lloyd has managed ' Ciftiadian' can place as ..high. as' that his heart must be in it. It is .rather well tiles far. Though his teeth; then, only one pair. will be clear, though, that the decision to marksfall during-the 'peak skating permitted to enter • the compe- . stop, Whenever it may come, will season, he is able to 'piek-tip - his • -titign. next year.. The.better_ our, he his 'alone, • • • • , - _marks in. the end. Last year he ska ters become . in 'the .near: • ,• For,now, Lloyd will continue to completed the Oracle Seven future, the greater will be "the skate; perfecting the talent'which sc.heol„,y ear with' an average of chances that Lloyd and Lori will has already led him to a Canadian . 75%. compete in the .OlyMpics three championship.. There will be- . His , parents insist that years .from now. more trophies• to fill the shelves education comes before skating. ,•,.- But-the odds' do not favor alqng that rec morn wall, and "We stress the schnolworl" Mrs. CanadMn skaters. Though 'they' maybe, 16i maybe, an • Olympic Eisler says. "The only dream I . medal to completeihe collection. have for -him" she- says, "is that he is" sensible enough to realize hi last week*.s issee, right at the that he needs' an education. He top of page one, was a picture of can't skate till he's sixty, but he'll the Egmondville Church shed have to work till then," which had collapsed from 'a snow There..wilt, be only five weeks load. The cut lines under- . the this year wherrtioyd will not be picture described the, building skating regularly. Other short being one of-the oldeSt structures breaks in the training schedule in Egmondville and said it had mean that he will have of been erected between 1878 and... just two months -away- ..froin 1880. • - • • ' • , training. Between now-,,and the' . The • dates which appeared end of April, LloY'd and Lori will unfortunately were wrong as • skate in 1/ eithibitions. - many readers were. quick to point • ' Does . he ever .gel tired of the out. Seaforth area historian Belle • effort? ' "After summer school Campbell checked the records you're sick of Skating" Lloyd and : found . that • the poured • says. But with two weeks of Yest,, concrete shed had been frnitt in the deSire to go .back always .1019 during the Ministry of Rev. Surfaees again. Samuel McLean. Itwas opened in What sort of:Person Can cope September of, that' year when the - with the mental and physical congregation' held a bazaar and- demands -orfigure skating?' 11 concert which realized $700,: The helps•to be young of, course, and new shed . replaced- an .earlier you must hav,e,,a good coach and wooden building... ft was used td. parents Who' wily stand behind house horses, and according fa a, • you. But ' there is also a fierce long time Church, mernbere.not too. determination in those who can limey years after it was built, cars withstand the ptessure. Lloyd Was replaced horses... and' buggies. that deterinitiation. "If -he .wants' ,The Years Agene coluMn on something, he'll . do anything to page two . of the same issue get it" Mrs. EiSler. says., • carried an item • concerning- a —Pressure . does not Seem- to dinner Nerthside United- bother him very much. There is_ Church which honored Mr. and always nervousness, butterflies in Mrs- •TPries., arbhoir, the stomach heferea. coMpetitien, leader and organist of the church. but--it-,regSt be controlled. "You The item incorrectly referred: to „ ,„ should be nervous" Lloyd says, tlin-having completed"-2&-years. "But when,Yon icempete it -inust Thie :event .Marked their 20th • ,be like a pradtice session, except, anniversary, not the 25th. of course, - that you ''do things ' In a-sfory on page one, 10 last bettetin;a competition'," week's EitpOsitor,‘ reporting the' "There's a hard ',part in your 'discussions of the PUC about the Prtigram and when it's-over with,. well • situation Seaforth; .the tontine seeing' ever with, but, sentence read "It tray • not be you have to finish ,it." necessary "to, drill teat 'wells Competitive skating isolates, This was' a. typdgraphical- error, hiVolVel you .itt a world of • and ,should have read "It may' Spedialized tertainoloy, •••-and .XOW 118 ildeessity-to dull teat.., necessary hitteapettitiiiThereIS: •VvellS.,,,i" The tittle-Sit& tegrett tithe to itiirthre . ..atty confusion whi'c'h this. DECORATING .7\ Expert M1416(4 ;.• Exterior Decorat'ors Kern Paints Wallcoverings Armstrong,Carpets - Window:Shades 'HiipEBRAND PAINT'ANDiRAPEA-.". 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