HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-04-27, Page 19Amber Ritchie and her dad Jim captured the Pee Wee YBC
family twosome trophy to earn the privilege of competing In the
provincials in Toronto in August. They receive an all expense
paid trip to Toronto for the weekend and will also see a Blue
Jay game in between bowling. (Pat Livingston photo)
Attend synodical meeting
• Around 200 ladies attended the
synodical meeting at St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church, Wingham, last
week. Several were from the Ash-
field Presbyterian Church. The
juniorchoir sang during the first
evening of the synodical.
Get well wishes go out to Bernice
Drennan, a patient in University
Hospital, London.
Sympathy is extended,' to the
family of the late Marion Shier of
Goderich, and formerly of this area.
Kae Webster recently received
word of the passing of her'brdther-
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by Kae Webster
in-law Michael Krowchuck of Sas-
katoon, Saskatchewan, in his 77th
year. He is survived by his wife
Helen; a daughter Leola , and • her
husband Frank Peters, three sons,
Robert Michael and his wife Dee
Dee, Ronald and his wife Barbara,
Richard and his wife; Elaine, nine
grandchildren' and two great
grandchildren.
"Oh, how I'll miss this place,"
lamented the great goalie Glenn
Hall at the 'farewell ceremony for
Chicago Stadium. He was most
sincere in a sentiment •we can't
imagine players having for any of
the new buildings they play in.
Hall was speaking in a room full
of teary-eyed former players
gathered to salute a hockey rink
forced into retirement, not because
it's too old but because it represents
a much simpler. life. A life without
sky boxes, cappuccino bars and
hundred -dollar seats.
Bobby Hull was there, smiling as
always and signing autographs until
everyone was satisfied. He, more
than anyone else, represents the
greatest days of the stadium.
Hull was the Michael Jordan of
Chicago in the '60s. People lined
up for hours to shake his hand and,
at the games, he brought the fans to
their feet with every rush down the
wing.
"I think I'll take this home and
use it as a bedspread," said the
Golden Jet, holding his No. 9 ban-
ner retrieved from the stadium
rafters. "That way I can sleep under
it and dream about all those great •
times."
Stan Mikita was there, still wor-
thy of the Lady Byng, taking a back
seat to Bobby even though his
status as one of the game's greatest
centres is unquestioned.
' Tony Esposito was there remem-
bering Bruno, the security dog that
roamed the stadium at night and
watched the players suspiciously
from his cage during the day.
"It was the great test for a
rookie," said Tony -O. "If you could
get by Bruno 'you could eget by
anything. without being scared."
Bill Wirtz was there representing
the past and the future. His father,
Arthur, bought the stadium in 1927.
Now Bill has built the replacement
across the street. The United Center
will have twice the space, more
concessions, first . class restaurants,
more expensive seats and, • we can
only hope, half the atmosphere of
the building it replaces.
But while thousands of notables
were there, one most important
figure was not. • The absence. of.
Wayne Messmer was as much a
statement of the world we live in as
the new space age building the
Hawks will soon play in.
Messmer is • the anthem singer
whose rendition of the Star
Spangled Banner is as much a part
of any visit to Chicago Stadium as
the games themselves. He watched
the ceremony from a hospital bed,
unsure whether he'll ever again
talk, let alone sing. The victim of a
senseless act of violence, Messmer
was shot in the . throat during a
robbery :attempt not far from the .
building with which he shares his
farne. A sign in the first balcony
described. the shame:. 'A fifteen
year-old with a handgun silenced
our anthem singer.'
The reminiscing of legendary ,
figures who truly played hockey for
the love of the game, the absence
of Messmer, the wide .eyes of
young players who can't remember
when the legends wore their num-
bers and the Monument to the '90s
casting a shadow from across the
street made for a night of contrast.
A night that too vividly illustrated
changing times off the ice more
than on it.
It was a night that made you want
to call a time out. ,
Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 27, 1994 — rage 19
Lucknow bowlers shine
at various tournaments Agnes Hodgins
Lucknow's Dave Sproul came
from behind with a hot third game
of 317 and a 634 triple to win the
Bluewater 5 Pin Bowlers' As-
sociation Black Tower Booster Club
Zone three game, pins over average
rolloff: He had 199 pins over his
123 league average Sunday, in a
field of 54 entries hosted by Zurich
Town and Country Lanes.
Amber Ritchie and her dad, Jim,
advanced -to the provincial level of
the Youth Bowling Congress family
twosome, in the Pee Wee division,
when they rolled 844 pins in the
second leg of the tournament held
recently in Goderich. There was
only one pin difference separating
the Ritchies from the Listowel
team.
Amber and Jim will bowl in the
provincials in Toronto on Aug. 20
and 21. Their expenses are paid and
they will be treated to a Blue Jays
game as well.
Other entries of worthy mention
in the family twosome were Kevin
De. Bruyn and his dad, John, who
rolled 871 pins in the Bantam
division, andJackie Hackett and her
dad, Larry, who rolled 803 pins.
A Lucknow team has advanced to
the provincial finals in the Sleeman
Holiday Classic Ontario 5 pin
championship. This is a pins over
average format, and consists of four
steps: league, round, house round,
held in. Wingham; regional finals in
Molesworth, and the provincials.
The team. of Eric Taylor, Eric
Haldenby, • Grace Finnigan, Tracy
Norman and Jim Miller, coached by
Jim Harrison, will bowl in the
provincials in Kitchener on May 14.
•If successful they will each win a
trip for two to Florida.
feted on her
birthday
On Saturday the Donnans were at
Guelph where they attended a 40th
wedding anniversary: • •
A family dinner was held on Apr.
17 at the Cosy Restaurant at Tees -
water on the. occasion of Agnes.
Hodgins' birthday. We extend best
wishes.
Tammara Hodgins was teaching
in the Teeswater School this week
while she was. home. She is atten-
ding teachers' college at North Bay.
Myrtle Percy did the canvas for
the Cancer Soeiety in this area.
Owing to the fine weather farmers
are on the land these days.
Jean Hodgins of Wingham visited
on Saturday with Edna and .May
Boyle. •
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