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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2007-11-21, Page 16Pogo 16 The Huron Expositor • November 21, 2007 Sports Jennifer Hubbard photos At the regional volleyball toumament for elementary schools at Central Huron Secondary School last week, Joe. Metzger, Grade 7, bumps the ball while Thomas Bastien, Grade 8, looks on. At right, Tabitha Arts, Grade 7, watches as Alex Sauk, Grade 8, spikes. All four are Seaforth Public School stu- dents. Car with 6111 Sheik, the Oki Car Dettfrs OoGHHEARTLAND CREDIT UNION A 1938 PONTIAC IN SASKATCHEWAN By Bill Sherk "The Old Car Detective" Fellow old car enthusiast Richard Busse of Calgary, Alberta, recently sent me this photo of his dad, Henry R. Busse (1918-1985), standing between two Imperial Oil clear -vision, gravity -feed gas pumps at Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan, around 1938. Henry was about 20 years old at the time. Manitou was the only inland salt -water lake in Canada. The boat house did oil changes and tune-ups and rented rowboats and outboards. The boat house was next to Danceland with a 5,0oo square foot hard- wood floor mounted on bales of horsehair. The floor moved up and down as the people danced. When the dance ended at midnight, Richard's dad opened the boat house and rented every boat! The car at the gas pumps is a new (or nearly new) 1938 Pontiac coach. The Pontiac was first introduced by General Motors in 1926 as a compan- ion car to the Oakland. The Pontiac became so popular, the Oakland was dropped in the early 1930s and Pontiac became a mainstay of GM from that. day to this. In 1938, Pontiac was available in three series: the low-priced 2500 Special with a 112 -inch wheelbase, the medium-priced 2600 Deluxe with a 117 -inch wheelbase, and the top-of-the-line Deluxe Eight with a 122 -inch wheelbase. Pontiac's selling features for 1938 included "V -type windshield, safety glass, Fisher Unisteel Turret Top (an all -steel roof), no -draft ventilation, safety -shift gear control, double action shock absorbers, Tiptoe-matic clutch, air-cooled generator, and a body completely insulated against noise, heat, and cold." The low and medium priced Pontiacs were built by GM of Canada in Oshawa and Regina and employed the 1938 Chevrolet overhead-valve six cylinder engine. It's a safe bet the car in the photo was built in Regina. Both six -cylinder cars were advertised as "Canada's finest low-priced car." The least expensive 1938 Pontiac was the two -passenger business coupe with a 'Toronto delivered" sticker price of $968. This was the small Pontiac on the 112 -inch wheelbase. The most expensive 1938 Pontiac in Canada was the U.S.-built Deluxe Eight six -passenger convertible sedan at $1,859. If you look closely at the right front fender of the '38 Pontiac, you will see an accessory usually not seen today: a fender guide. Because of the height of the hood, the driver could riot see the right front fender. The fender guide reduced the risk of scratches or dents on the body and scuff marks on the whitewall tires (if you had them). Old Autos columnist Alvin Shier has been compiling a Canadian Pontiac Registry, and now has on file over 600 Pontiacs built in Canada since 1926. If you own a Canadian -built Pontiac and wish to add it to the Registry, write to Alvin Shier, 844 Lawrence Grassi Ridge, Canmore, AB, T1W 2Y6. You can visit CarStory online at www.CarStory.com. Email: bill@carsto- ry.com or write Bill Sherk, 33 Oak St. E., P.O. Box 10012, Leamington, ON N8H 2C3. you are unemployed or on El FR Group Professional Resume Development Interview Preparation Job Seekers & Coaching Club Call The Centre for Employment & Learning for more information 519-524-2515 Goderich 519-482-1700 Clinton 519-235-0471 Exeter 519-527-0305 Seaforth 519-357-4995 Wingham ONTARIO Empbymsn OrMarb poyr�rrr rn 1uieW r+ p.n br M ciowrnrwr a erre.. Devereaux fights to stay on ice Lance Hornby 11111011111811111 Winger Boyd Devereaux is fighting a two -front war this month, battling to preserve the Toronto Maple Leafs' playoff dream and saving his own job. With a bulging cast of 15 healthy forwards for the first time since the lockout, coach Paul Maurice makes three scratches a night. For the past few games from a pool of Chad Kilger, John Pohl, Bates Battaglia and Wade Belak. But Devereaux, a Seaforth native who was benched nine times last season, has played in all 18 games he's been fit for. And if he replicates nights like Saturday, when his group of check- ers spearheaded a 3-0 win over the Ottawa Senators, he's staying put. Defencemen Bryan McCabe, Tomas Kaberle and goalie Vesa Toskala took the lion's share of credit for the upset of the league leaders, but the work of Devereaux and the penalty killing crew set the table. That special teams' facet had been one of the few proper functioning parts in November, having killed 25 of 28 chances heading into tomor- row's home game against Boston. "The coaches just hammered it into us," Devereaux said after the Ottawa game. "We worked on it a lot in practice (the unit often preceded the main body of Leafs on the ice) and we had a lot of video work done, too. "Now were reading off of each other a lot better. It's a chemistry thing, a trust thing where you know where the other guy is going to be. But the biggest part of what's hap- pened lately is that we're taking fewer penalties." With only four skaters during a kill, the roles can actually be better defined, unlike the Leafs' woes switching off their forwards and defence in five -on -five own -zone cov- erage. Put big defencemen such as Hal Gill, McCabe and Andy Wozniewski in tandem with the speed of Devereaux, Alex Steen, Matt Stajan and the reach of Nik Antropov and Mats Sundin and it makes an effec- tive group. "You've got to do what you do best," Devereaux said of his suitabili- ty to the role and his regular shift with centre Stajan and right winger Steen. "Play to your strengths and the PK is one of mine."