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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-08-24, Page 19irst tour for vintage ar owners started care in 1986 scene out of a Depres- a gangster movie, impec- ressed couples in period e disembarked from clas- age Model A motorcars aired to dinner. Despite the driving rain, over 80 members of .the Model A Owners Association of Canada returned to Goderich Saturday for a 25th anniversary dinner at Maitland Country Club that featured six couples who had toured the Bay- field -Goderich area on the Asso- ciation's first tour in 1986. "We've got 85 people and 40 cars on tour In the Goderich area this weekend," John Wyld of the association said. "Twenty-five years ago we organized our first tour to Bayfield and Goderich and decided to return to the are on the 25th anniversary of the tour." The group arrived in Goderich Friday traveling back roads from Orangeville as a group. The vehi- cles, all vintage Ford Model As from the 1928-31 era, travel at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour. Most of the group's tours in South- western Ontario involve several hours of travel time to reach the destination. After taking in the popular local custom of piping down the sun with the Celtic blue Highlander Pipe Band at the town's waterfront Friday evening, the group traveled to Blyth Saturday on a shopping excursion and many visitors visited the Huron County Pioneer Museum and Historic Gaol. Early Sunday morning, after a briefing on the route the day's tour would take, the. vintage vehicles filed out of the parking lot Samuels Hotel the group made its way up Saltford hill and headed for home via Palmerston. Members of the Ford Model A Association held their 25th anniversary dinner DERICHDOG PARK. r�""1""""P" PUBLIC MEETING. The Council of the Town of Goderich will be holding a public meeting to acquire input from the ublic concerning the establishment of a permanent Dog Park. The meeting will be held at 5.00 p.m. on Monday, September 2011 in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, 57 West Street.: Lamy- J. McCabe Clerk -Administrator