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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
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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.
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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
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7 until 11, for'25-cents we-used
to say it was the • cheapest
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Hazel says with 'a, laegh.
Saturday afternoon skating,
also no longer a regular, thing;
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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..,
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