HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1946-10-24, Page 611 'E$
THE GODERICH SIGNAL -SUM
AERIAL VIEW oa OFTHE INTERNATIONAL PLOW, N,
Some ides of the 1111 en41,411s'y lal•ur Iltte ncltln,:c ,11 the Itltt•rl11111 <nal
*"Victory- I'10 wing ?latch can 144• o14t;1iae•tl frotu�this aerial sit:«' at fort .\11iert.
In addition to the thousand, of cars shown there Cert' a(Mit ie4na thousands
beyond the scope ,of this picture. 1t k e.tiniltteil that on 1Vedue,day, l ►t•toher
there dere mitre than 1::1.001 cars parked on the. airfield. In the immediate
hnekgronnd and to t11(- right ;lie to fat' se•ett the four Basra(: vv ley(' fuIna
•
-rnar•hille;ry w,t' displayed. e►li the landing strip on` this vide of the liangttrs
1,1114(11 more furls machinery Wars also on 'display. The road towards the' top
of the ithotcigraph is Th(' Blue, Witter Highway over which travelled the
1te;ta•i4•st four -cloy traffic in its history. The furrowed field at tap right of.
picture is where solve pli1\Ving i•e'unpetitiotis-were held. ?lost of the plowing
wits thine in an area not Shown in 111e photo and located hack of the long
lines of cars on the landing st in the foreground:
Aonard Shows T hem. How
•
Governor-General .and - Goderich Veterans,
Q•
11- onllt .11exancler of Tunis. ('anado's Go\•el;llor-General, is seed reviewing n veterans' gyard of honor shortly after his arrival
;)1 1'ol;t .Albert •.l, 11'et]ltesday. over the ribbons of the Veterans,'lie vtls Interested 10 the various theatres of action in whi(•11
they scrv-ed. t;4,derich reterans saloWi1 in this piet11 '4' are .1. 1<.. hunter, president (If than (.ctderich branch of the. Catia-
(r an 1.• _14.' 1,4.11 1;;4114.1. ,Qt•1•t't;lry : Ken/ .11.te'li. wisistaltt treasurer.
Log Cutters in. Action
y
Vred "Torn and 'Magnus Usher of the Stratford district walked away with top Ilonort in the log sawing contest by whipping
throuugli 'their 'Io, in tiff aec'onds fiat.• Farmers in the Chts$1e City area mitt know their timber, dinee there were more entries
from that ditfriet than el lwhere. alllere are sht, rn W. W. Jacobs, at. 1eft,iind Harman Stalltey, also of Stratford, cutting through a fwo-
fctot h,ly'tIw000d'Io its two mitatttes, ft/0 dight set ondq. Id third Owe itl'tbe final Jcontost were H. •h"fisher .and )('"Tank Melfieha.el, of
S t 1 L'r.(' 1. . tr
Font `'ear -old IIon:II51 1"eagan. son of 1'412;11). of .Auburn, youngest contestant
at the 1llterlb;tfional Plowing. Jlatch. holds ' hard on the steering wheel of -the tractor like a vet-
eran. Ronald ttnderwent two weeks' intensive -training for th'i, Tractor in st111111?' class for I'Iuron
comity Trot's who had not reached their twentieth birthday by t 1(1 1 4'!' 1 ll►.1(t, tike work.
Itontlld :
i'r;... r,•�y�M�fif^G. fie.••
"I
wanna plow too!
Tfegfniiic Sniitil ; 11i cif Mr. a .Yort'r Firi1fll: cf..rTiTif(ii: Ts only four years of age, ruff
he would like .to "get +oing" W ith "the other .plowmen otrt 00 the' flt'ld" tlt the International I'1ow-'
lug Match. When 110 spotted this miniature tractor. at Port Albert he was all for taking it outside
of the hangar in which it was on display, and putting it `t8 work on the 'airfield in competition with
the other tractors. Ilit:° parents finally .,jtersuatled him to wait .0 ,few years before `!°ging into, the
4 'e3
rtoiilT1etitire held.