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Help the kids
In the next three weeks area residents will have
four opportunities to help crippled children and han
dicapped adults.
Leading off the local activities will be Whipper
Watson’s Snowarama on Sunday, January 29. The next
evening Dorothy Pfaff and her Exeter Marching
Mothers will be conducting their annual campaign for
the March of Dimes.
Tuesday, February 7, the Exeter Lions club will
be hosting their fifth annual Sportsmen’s Dinner and
Sunday, February 12 the annual Crippled Kids Day
will be held at the Pineridge Chalet.
Whipper's Snowarama
In last year’s Whipper Billy Watson’s Snowarama
some 357 snowmobile riders in North Middlesex and
South Huron raised over $39,000 by riding the 100 mile
trail.
This year the London area ride will be split into
divisions. One will be for Middlesex and will leave
from Dorochester while the Huron ride will get un
derway at Hully Gully and the Pineridge Chalet.
The Huron ride will cover sdme 85 miles of varied
terrain and scenic Huron County countryside. It has
been shortened somewhat from last year’s 100 mile
course to accommodate the wishes of more snow-
mobilers.
Both Hully Gully and Pineridge Chalet will have
registration booths, starting points, lots of parking
and food vouchers given free to each participant may
be redeemed at either of these two points along the
way.
Local Easter Seal service club members will be
manning four other check points along the way where
riders must have their cards punched to show proof of
completion.
Any area snowmobile enthusiasts wishing to par
ticipate should contact Hully Gully, the Pineridge
Chalet or Mike Caissie at 238-8639 or 238-8195 in Grand
Bend.
Expected to be in attendance at Hully Gully the
afternoon of January 29 is Whipper Billy Watson who
is known as the best friend of crippled children.
Helping adults, too
Handicapped adults will benefit from the
Marching Mothers canvass which will be held the
evening of Monday, January 30.
The local marching mothers are something likes
the mailmen of days gone by who made their ap-*
pointed rounds through hail or sleet or storm.
Several years ago Dorothy Pfaff and her cohorts
made their rounds on snowmobiles through one of our
now ordinary snowstorms.
Mrs. Pfaff expects to have about 40 ladies out on
the streets at 6 p.m. on January 30. Last year’s collec
tion in Exeter was $1,537.
Lions help kids
The Exeter Lions club will be doing their bit for
crippled children in .this area and throughout Ontario
with their fifth annual Sportsmen’s dinner on Tuesday,
February 7.
This dinner is one of the sporting highlights of the
year when a large number of celebrities take time
from their busy schedules to help the cause of those
less fortunate than themselves.
The list of speakers is probably the best of any so •
far.Normie Kwong is reported to be an excellent after
dinner speaker. He will be ably supported by fellows
like Red Kelly, Glenn Weir, John Konihowski, Dick
Shatto, Bill Symons, Bob Bailor, Dave Lemanczyk,
Larry Jeffrey and Ken Doig.
The female contingent will include Diane Jones
Konihowski, Sherri Baier and Jill Ross.
More help for kids
Another very popular event to assist crippled kids
is the annual Crippled Kids Day at the Pineridge
Chalet. This will take place Friday, Saturday and Sun
day, February 16,17 and 18.
London’s Timmy who this year is 12 year-old Dan
ny Ruthven is expected to attend the Sportsmen’s
dinner and the Pineridge weekend.
CFPL’s popular radio host Bill Brady will also
have a dual role to play. Brady will be the master of
ceremonies at the Exeter dinner and will be one of the
pancake making chefs in the Pineridge Chalet kitchen.
Saturday to lead his London Highland rink to win the Royal Bank sponsored bonspiel. Above, David Molson assistant manager
of the Exeter Royal Bank branch makes the presentation to Jerry Finnen, Ken Setterington, Lou Lane and Don MacAlpine.
T-A photo
Three Teams in tourneys
Bantams continue winning ways
The upcoming weekend
will be a busy time for three
Exeter minor hockey teams.
The Exeter novice squad
will compete in the annual
Grand Bend tournament at
the Zurich arena. It will get
underway on Sunday.
On Saturday, the Exeter
atoms will open play in the
annual Seaforth tournament.
They’ll face Goderich in the
opener and return on Sunday
to play either Listowel or
Hanover.
The Exeter pee wees will
be the host team for the
annual Legion zone tour
nament. It gets underway at
the South Huron rec centre
on Sunday.
Bantams win two
Jack Fuller’s Exeter
bantams continued to roll in
Shamrock loop action this
week as they posted a pair of
wins.
Playing at home on Sun
day, they shut-out Belmont
by a 3-0 margin and then
came right back with a
convincing 5-1 win over
Ilderton on the losers’ ice,
Monday.
Dave Shaw paced the
attack in Sunday’s win with a
pair of goals, while Ed Willis
added the other. Assists
were garnered by Kevin
Parsons, Bill Glover and Al.
Gaiser.
Rich Fletcher scored the
white-wash in the Exeter
nets.
Dave Bell notched a hat
trick to lead the way in the
win over Ilderton. The other
tallies came off the sticks of
Rick Lindenfield and Kevin
Parsons.
Atoms split
In last week’s action, the
Exeter atoms split a pair of
games. They clipped
Belmont 4-2 on Friday night
in Shamrock action and then
lost a 4-2 decision to Seaforth
at home, Sunday.
After spotting Belmont a
one-goal lead in the first
minute, Exeter came back
with tallies from Brett
Batten and Jeff Pfaff to take
a lead. However, Belmont
knotted the count in the
second, only to have George
Pratt and Sean Whiteford
dent the twine in the third.
In Sunday’s action,
Seaforth scored two quick
goals in the opening minutes
and never looked back.
George Pratt and Allan
Pym scored for Exeter with
the assists going to Sean
Whiteford, Brett Batten, Bill
Fisher and Tim Easter
brook.
Double wins
for SH girls
The girls volleyball teams
from South Huron District
High School enjoyed a
successful week.
The senior and junior
teams each won their
respective series against
Parkhill and Seaforth.
The next action for the
local girls teams are today,
Thursday when they travel
to Clinton to meet Central
Huron of. Clinton and
Goderich.
In last week’s game
against Parkhill the senior
scores in favour of South
Huron were 2-15, 15-13, and
15-7. They scored straight
victories over Goderiph by
15-10 and 15-6.
Midgets split pair
The Exeter midgets
dropped a 4-3 verdict to
Strathroy in a game at the
rec centre, Sunday.
Wayne Parsons started the
locals off on the right foot
with a goal in the early
stages, but the visitors came
back with three straight to
take a lead they never
relinquished.
Scoring Exeter’s final
Busy month
for wrestlers
The wrestling team at
South Huron District High
School has been busy in the
new year participating in a
number of events.
They scored eight straight
victories in dual meets and
placed sixth in a 15 team
tournament in Sarnia,
Friday.
In the dual meets South
Huron defeated St. Marys on
two occasions by scores of
45-15 and 36-20. They also
downed Goderich 44-16;
Listowel 35-21; London Beal
36-16; London Banting 36-20;
London Lucas 28-24; and
Stratford Central 40-4.
Mike Westelaken chalked
up an even dozen victories
and placed third- iii the
Sarnia tourney. Jeff Wemyss
also won 12 matches so far in
Januaj#/
Cliff Hicks is an 11 match
winner and Ron Bilcke and
Phil De Haan each won nine
times. Vince Winters took
eight matches and Brad
Scott and Rick Skinner
triumphed in seven apiece.
Winners of six bouts were
Brian Pym, Ron Miller and
Tim Martens.
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EXETER LIONS
tallies were Brian Mercer
and Dave Cann.
Picking up assists on the
goals were Doug Brooks,
Preston Dearing, Cann,
Mercer and Parsons.
Monday night the midgets
rebounded' for a 5-1 win in
Ilderton.
Dave ■ Bogart started
things off in the first period
on a play with Brian Mercer
and after Ilderton knotted
the count, Preston Dearing
and Dave Athill scored for
Exeter to give them a lead
they maintained.
In the final period, Brian
Mercer scored twice.
Brooks, Mercer and
Bogart were given assists on
the final four goals.
Get two ties
The Exeter bantam II
squad picked up a pair of ties
in their recent outings. They
gained a 3-3 split in London
and a 1-1 draw in St. Marys.
Steve Prout, Mark Van-
dergunst and Jim Siddall
scored in the London contest
after the home team had
built up a two-goal lead.
In the St. Marys game,
Scott Batten notched! the
equalizer in the final minutes
of the'game.
Gain a tie
•InS their only outing this
week, the Exeter pee wees
had to. settle for a 2-2 tie with
Ilderton.
The hosts jumped into an
early lead in the first, and
after Exeter scored two in a
row, came back with a tally
in the third to gain the tie.
Ted Oke scored Exeter’s
first tally on a play with
Steve Laithwite, while John
Kernick notched the other
with passing help from Chris
Van Gerwen and Brian
Blackburn.
More sports on page 25
Hawks get two wins
meet Lucan, Sunday
The Exeter Hawks scored
two decisive victories this
week in the Ontario Hockey
Association Junior “D”
league and maintained their
three point lead over the
second place Lucan Irish.
The Hawks doubled the
score 18-9 on the Tavistock
Braves at the South Huron
Rec Centre and Sunday they
scored a 11-3 win over the
Port Stanley Lions.
Lucan also scored two
wins to keep pace with the
league leading Hawks. The
two teams meet Sunday
afternoon in Lucan in a very
important contest. Game
time is 2 p.m.
The other game for the
Hawks this week is Friday
night when they travel to
Tavistock to meet the
Braves.
Scoring sprees
Fridays game won by the
Hawks 18-9 was a nightmare
for both goal tenders as
scores came thick and fast.
The first period was the
busiest on the scoreboard
with the Hawks taking a 7-4
lead. They increased the
lead to 13-7 after 40 minutes
of play and outscored
Tavistock five goals to two in
the final frame.
Jamie Caldwell and Brian
Taylor led the Exeter
scoring attack with four
successful shots each. They
each also picked up six
assists for 10 point nights.
Fred Mommersteeg was
next with a hat trick while
Matt Muller and Don
McKellar each scored twice.
Adding single goals were
Ken Pinder, Phil Knight and
Brad Taylor.
The Hawks held a wide
edge in shots on goal. They
out blasted the Braves 73 to
44.
Both teams stressed of
fensive strength and worried
very little about rough play.
The Hawks took seven of the
dozen minor penalties
handed out by referees, Bill
Walsh and Wayne Pethick of
Test day
for skaters
The Exeter figure skating
club held a C.F.S. A. test day,
Monday January ,16. Those
successful in passing tests
are:
Preliminary Figure:
Karla Josephson.
Junior Bronze Freeskate:
Patti Down and Debbie
Josephson.
Dances- Preliminary:
Dutch Waltz-Michelle
Aunger, Monique Aunger,
Ronalynn Bell, Jacqueline
Cottrell, Rachel Mellecke,
Chris McLeod, Charlotte
Miller, Tracy Rabbets, and
Kelly Vanstone.
Swing: Janet Pfaff.
Junior Bronze: Tenfox-
Karen Hart, Elaine Pym,
Susan Tieman, and Debbie
Taylor.
Stratford.
Pull away in second
In Sunday’s tilt in Port
Stanley, the Hawks were
held to a 3-1 lead in the first
period, extended the lead to
7-3 in the second and fired
four unassisted goals in the
final frame.
Ken Pinder and Brian
Taylor with three goals
apiece were the top
marksmen for the Hawks,
Taylor added two assists to
be the top point getters for
the night. .
Matt Muller and Jamie
Caldwell each fired two
successful shots and a single
goal was added by Brad
Taylor.
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More help
After the first part of this column was written we
received word of another event which will send its
proceeds to help crippled children.
The organizers may have thought they were in
Florida, but participants in last summer’s slo pitch
ball league in Dashwood are going to try their skills
under wintry conditions.
The four teams in the Dashwood league will be out
in full force on Sunday afternoon, January 29 at the
Dashwood athletic field.
The games will be played on the snow covered
field. We would suggest the bases and the balls should
be painted a dark colour. The players will likely be a
different colour, too. Blue from the cold,
All of these sponsoring groups should be sincerely
thanked for their efforts to make the lives of those less
fortunate a little better.
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Main Speaker - NORMIE KWONG
(formerly with the Edmonton Eskimos)
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE WILL BE
Dick Shatto — General Manager of Toronto Argonauts and
former outstanding Canadian football player.
Diane Jones Konihowski — Olympic Pentathlon Competitor
who placed,6th in world in 1976.
Glenn Weir — Outstanding defensive player with MontrealAlouettes
Red Kelly — Former NHL player and coach.
Brian McFarlane— from the Hockey Night in Canada telecast crew. „
Larry Jeffrey — Former NHL player
Sherri Biaer and Robin Cowan — 1977 Canadian junior pairs
• figure skating champions.
John Konihowski — Flanker with the Edmonton Eskimos.
Jack Kopas — outstanding harness race owner, trainer, .driver.
Bob Bailor — Toronto Blue Jays player.
Dave Lemanczyk — Pitcher with Toronto Blue Jays.
Ken Doig — 1976 Canadian Amateur Team Golfer.
Bill Symons — former Toronto Argonaut fullback.
Jill Ross— 1977 Canada Games Pentathlon Champion.
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