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Times Advocate, 1995-02-08, Page 9Times -Advocate, February 8, 1995 Page 9 4.4 .:7 4' ;y a .L rNr,v, .. ,+ v4111- • kit /AAA • se *x s • . i 7Hirt Pr rr.srr tT 'hi.rs��. AO - Tom Tom Smits and Don Burris, above, add up the score after a match at the Dashwood horseshoe courts. At right, Elgin Kipfer and Jack Gaiser show their horseshoe tossing abilities. 19 1 Clucks turn to clangs in Dashwood barn By Ross Haugh T -A Staff DASHWOOD - For more than 40 years the sounds of peep -peeps and cluck -clucks came from a barn in Dashwood owned by Jack Gaiser. Now those chickeny sounds have turned to clangs as horseshoes are heard rattling around iron stakes. Gaiser built the chicken barnin 1954 and raised laying hens and broilers until April of last year. In recent years the Dashwood farmer produced 10,000 broiler chickens five times a year. When he retired from the chick- en business in early 1994 he be- gan to think of what he could do with this Targe building. In dis- cussion with Elgin Kipfer, a very enthusiastic Dashwood horseshoe pitcher, they decided with some renovations horseshoe courts could be installed. In September work began to convert part of the barn to four horseshoe courts and they were ready to go a few weeks ago. Most Saturday afternoons the courts are filled with a dozen to 16 pitchers. Help in getting the facility ready came from enthusiastic horsehoe players from as far away as Grand Bend, Kippen, North- ville, Russeldale, Thedford, Wat- ford and Exeter. According to Gaiser one of the toughest chores was to break out some of the four inch cement floor in eight areas to allow the placing of the iron stakes to have the pitchers a target to aim at. A cement saw was supplied by Brian Kipfer and Gaiser obtained a hydraulic jackhammer to get through a wall and the dead sand which is necessary to keep the shoes from bouncing and rolling around came from the Babylon Line farm in Hay township owned by Don Bender. Others assisting in getting the horseshoe facility ready for its now every Saturday afternoon ac- tivities in addition to Gaiser, Bender and the Kipfers were Lee - land Desjardine, Laverne Daly, Alan Walper, Allan Turnbull, Ralph Koopman, Roy Becker and Lorne Becker. A sign has been placed, inside the barn indicating this horseshoe venture will be non-profit and en- couraging participants to make donations in an available cash box to help cover the owner's oper- ating expenses which include pro- pane, hydro and building taxes. Disposing of any monies donated above the actual expenses will be decided by the group involved. Allan Turnbull has been named secretary -treasurer. Special thanks go to John Mur- phy of Thedford and Bill Cole- man for their organizing the weekly tournaments and to George Brouwer for donating chairs. Elgin Kipfer said coffee is available each Saturday and port- able washroom facilities have been put in place. He added, " In the future we may have some food available." An open invitation is made to any and all horseshoe enthusiasts within a reasonable driving dis- tance of Dashwood. Gaiser says,A couple of weeks ago we had two ladies take part in our tournament and we certainly encourage more to come along." If anyone is interested in getting involved in these Saturday after- noon tournaments, they should call Jack Gaiser at 237T3453 or Elgin Kipfer at 237-3451. . When Gaiser is unavailable, El- gin Kipfer, Allan Turnbull and John Murphy will be in charge of the tournaments. i4Veloilic-.Privately pto korp liul�'S w>,cd SDo� fdt age , 4; 1 We eXPecl Yott Tos-- /) <, ft',. No SY»Ok,n:(forevery health Prod nes Nd AChQhOIiC 8eve (ior the O�t?t�'rr �'� g�S tega{ protect/0N P$taSt keep off-�korsPe�fl�oe l Gaes are ill Pia Courts �; :;. f EJ�ifdt't' Y. aductj tc>�tcon►�astr 1'1 lthde!' 1a rrs „� t`F;;; ,j. �erSti Sign on Gaiser horseshoe bam Jail guard speaks at UCW meeting Nancy Clarke has worked at the Blue Wa- ter Centre for 13 years. By Joan Beierling VARNA - Nancy Clarke of Bay- field was guest speaker at the Var- na U.C.W. meeting last Thursday evening. She has been working at the Blue Water Centre on Highway 21 near Goderich for 13 years, as a jail guard. She has now taken a six month position as a volunteer co- ordinator. She showed many slides of the different rooms and activities that take place there. She explained her job and her new job and explained how she liked her job which is very stressful yet rewarding at times. The Bluewater Centre is also look- ing for volunteers to get involved in the Rehabilitation of Young Of- fenders. To apply call the volunteer co-ordinator at the Blue Water Youth Centre at 524-2107. Joyce Dowson opened the busi- ness part of the meeting with a New Years Prayer. She announced the Annual Meeting to be held in Stratford on February 13. The World Day of Prayer meeting will be held in Varna with Goshen in- vited at 8 p.m: on Thursday, March 2. The theme is on "The Earth is a house for all People". The Pancake supper will be held February 28 from 4:30-7 p.m. The supper committee reported "RENOVATIONS 114PROGRESS B - A .• WINDOW DESIGNS/ 166 Queen St. E., St. Marys 284-16$8 tielpll Everything is coming apart at the SEAMS!! Everything in stock Is ON SALE! ALL HunterDouglas WINDOW FASHIONS ON SALE up to 50% off up to ********** Fabric - Hardware - Accessories 30" off wok/ 40% off Wallpaper a er Watch us as we expand and change to serve you better! • there will be tour wedding suppers coming up to be catered to in the New Year. There are 765 cook- books sold to date and they are still available. Thank you notes were read from Heather Beierling, the Hayter Fam- ily, Joan Whyte, Laura Keys, the O'Connel Family and Elly Van Bergen. Instead of a crokinole party this year the U.C.W. have decided to give the Clinton Public Hospital a donation. Deb Rathwell and Elaine Ste- phenson continued the program with their devotion on love. Rath - well also presented Joyce Dowson with some fresh flowers for contin- uing on as president with all the support she can get from all other members. Youth group The Teen Set Youth Group will meet Thursday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brucefield Church. Ifs Barber Parlour 394 Main St. Exeter Open 8 a.m. Mon. - Tues. - Thurs. Fri. - Sat. Closed all day Wed. Cutting hair they way you like 235-0559 THERE ARE MANY REASONS I'() SWITCH TO NAI TONAL TRIJS-i. Hr:Ill'S ONE-. 1/4% BONUS INTEREST ABOVE OUR CURRENT POSTED RATES ON RRSP GICs. But wait. 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