HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-10-20, Page 7a Figure skating news
by Audrey Middleton
Oh the frustrations of a club
organization. The Clinton
Figure Skating Club is having
a struggle getting oft to a
start this fall.
It must have been a good
.idea at the time to decide on a
skateathon for Saturday,
October 22. But that was aur
• advertised registration date
and the first day of skating
for beginners. Sorry kids,
regular skating now begins on
October 29.
Nevertheless juniors and
beginners, to help our
secretary Carol Fox organize
the groups, please register at
the arena on Saturday,
October 22, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. while the skatathon is in
progress.
Anyone may participate in
the skatathon. Your club
needs your support. Sponsor
sheets are available at the
Clinton Commercial Printers
and at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. K. Dupee, 218 Huron
Street. Any' business, club or
individual wishing to sponsor
the club, or a skater may
phone in their pledge „ on
Saturday morning. The arena
number is 482-7731. The
money raised will help
finance the club activities for
the '77-'78 season.
Not only will mother be
lacing up juniors. skates for
the first time on October 29,
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but she will hopefully be
supporting the bake 'n
rummage sale later the same
day. All parents will be
contacted. for some help. If
you wish a specific job please
phone Marlene Forbes
(baking) or John Beane or
Audrey Middleton (rum-
mage). Look in the coming
events for particulars.
Early in November, a
consignment sale of new and
used skating dresses will be
held in the arena. Further
details on this will come later.
Test days marked the finale
at the Vanastra fall figure
skating school last weekend
with some passes amongst
the Clinton members. Both
Peggy Jones and Brenda
Dupee passed the senior
bronze free style test. Dances
passed were: Peggy Jones,
Blues, senior silver; Brenda
Dupee, Tango, junior silver.
Congratulations girls.
Peggy Jones' pass marked
a special milestone as this
dance made the completion of
her four senior silver dances.
Now .15 -year-old Peggy will
begin work on the top gold
dances. Only one other
Clinton skater, Pat Anstett,
has reached this plateau in
skating.
Congratulations Peggy,
we're very proud of you. Peg
is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Jones.
News of Hensall
By Hilda Payne
Seniors meet
Progressive Euchre was
played at, the meeting of the
Hensall Three Links Senior
Citizen's on Tuesday evening,
October 11. Prize winners
were: ladies' high, Mrs.
Walker Carlile; gents' high,
Bill Fairbairn; lone hands,
Mrs. Albert Alexander; door
prize, Clarence Volland. -
Nineteen members were
present for the business
session ,in which a financial
report of the bus trip to
Collingwood on September 27
was given. Mrs. Laird
Mickle, Mrs. Rosa Harris,
Mrs. Albert Alexander, Mrs.
Bert Horton and Mrs. Perc
Campbell arranged to attend
the Zone 8 Rally on Wed-
nesday, October - 12 in
Brussels and it was decided to
purchase material to make a
quilt to raise funds for the
club.
Pumpkin pie was served at
the close of the evening by the
lunch committee Mrs. Rosa
Harris, Mrs. Jim McAllister
and Mrs. Albert Alexander. µ delighted to welcome as
W.I. workshop
An interesting workshop,
sponsored by the Women's
Institute, on parliamentary
procedures was held in the
Hensall Legion Hall on
Wednesday, October 12 when
26 women of the district at-
tended. Leader ° of the
workshop was Mrs. Clarence
Diamond of New Hamburg.
Subjects such as wording a
.motion, the duties of officers,
nominations and methods of
voting . and the participation
of members were discussed.
It was stressed that the
Women's Institute handbook
is a valuable asset and shtluld
be used frequently.
Hensall W.I. meets
Mrs. Harry Hoy was the
speaker at the education and
likultural activities meeting of
he Hensall Women's
Hurondale branch on
November 30 at Usbourne
Central school.
Letters regarding a four
'day combined Royal Winter
Fair and shopping trip and
Roy Jewell night were read.
Mrs. Robert Simpson thanked
all who helped
historical meeting
tember.
Seminar
Many thanks to this
newspaper and the Bluewater
Regional Newspaper Net-
work for the interesting and
informative day they
arranged •for. all
correspondents last Friday,
October 14. -
The day was well , ap-
preciated by this
correspondent. •
Kinettes to quilt
The Hensall and district
Kinettes and guest met on
October 12 at Mrs. Watkins
Country Kitchen, Vanastra
and after dinner, moved to
the home of Cheri .Bonthron.
At this time, they were
at the
in Sep -
guests, Debbie Regier and
Fiona Mock:
To open the meeting, Cheri
Bonthron led with the Kinette
song. Linda Soldan was fines
mistress and Donna St. John
sergeant ' at arms. The
business was conducted by
Sharon Doxtator and a
Variety of interesting ac-
tivities to be done in the
upcoming year were
discussed.
The next meeting will be
held at the home of Linda
Soldan on November 9. At this
time, the Kinettes will start
on their Winter project,
quilting.. Following the
meeting, coffee and squares
were served by the hostess.
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A devotional on "A boun-
tiful harvest" written by Amy
Bolding was given by Mrs.
Institute held in the Legion Glendon Christie at the
hall on October 12.
She described her trip to
Greece and the Eastern
Mediterranean a year ago,
living again the travels of St.
Paul through the cities of
.Athens, Corinth, Rhodes,
Delphi and the island of
Crete. Greece was the bir-
thplace,.. of western
civilization and is noted for its
literature, architecture and -
the origin of the Olympics.
Edith and ' Sylvia Bell
providedsome toe -tapping
music on piano and guitar
which was well appreciated.
Reports on. the fall rally at
Howick Community Centre,- remarks. All unused tickets
October meeting of Unit 1 of
Hensall United Church on
October 13.
, At the end of the devotional,
Mrs. Eric Luther and Mrs.'
Carl Britton favoured with a
duet, "Into the heart of
Jesus".
A Thanksgiving message
was given by Mrs. Britton
dwelling on courtesy, ap-
preciation and gratitude. She
recalled the ten lepers, only
one of whom had the courtesy
to return and thank Jesus
when he was cured.
The business was con-
. ducted by Mrs. Ken Elder
.who also gave courtesy
the London Area Convention
at , Vanastra and the
celebration of the 80th
Anniversary of the Women's
Institute at Bingeman Park,
Kitchener in,,July were given.
The meeting was presided
over by the president, Mrs.
Cecil Pepper who opened with
an appropriate poem, "The
rainy day".
It was decided to giye $20 to
the C.N.I.B. canvass` and it
was announced that
Achievement Day for the
Hensall 441 clubs would be on
November 19 at Seaforth.
for the musical in the church
on November 6 are to be
returned to Mrs. John Con-
sitt. Hostesses, Mrs. John
Goddard and Mrs. Bob Cook
served lunch.
United church news
Sunday service at the
Hensall United Church was
conducted by Rev. Don Beck
with Mrs. John Turkheim at
the organ supporting a 14
voice choir. The anthem,
".Father, Father, we adore
Thee" was sung and the
sermon was on the topic, "A
Invitations were received to great chasm".
The fall bale will be packed
on October 25 at the church.
As well as clothing, safety
the Huronview Bazaar .on
October 19, to a dessert lunch
at Zurich on November 7 and
to the regular Meeting of the
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The Clinton Bluebirds are this year's Industrial Baseball
League champions after winning the rain -delayed cham-
pionship series last Thursday night. Front row left to right
are Greg Burns, Robert "Doc" Miller, Brian "Sly" Ken-
nedy, Richard Welch, Dan Colquhoun, Bob Atkinson, and
Bill Hoggarth. Back row are manager Jim "Spike"Switzer,
I)on MacDonald, Dennis "Ruby" Fleischauer,, Al' Kyle,
Basil O'Brien, Paul "Baldy" Bartliff, Rick Freml,in, Steve
Switzer, and Eloy Schmidt. (News -Record photo)
Area bowling news
Down at the local lanes
Men's League
Merners No. 1 are in the top
position in the men's league
with 17 points. The Crown No.
2 team and the Bluebirds No.
1 are tied in second place with
14 points and the Bluebird No.
2 team have 9. Merners No. 2
have 7 points and the Crown
No. 1 team is last with two
points.
Sly Kennedy took the high
single of the day with 329. The
high triple and the high
average went to Don
McWhinney with 803 and 257
points.
Ladies' League
The Earthquakers are in
first place in the ladies'
league with 24 points.
However.. they are being.
closely watched by the second
place Joan's Pin Poppers
with - 23 points. The Foxy
.Bunch have 21 and the
Fantastic Five and the
Wandering Five are tied with
20 points apiece. Davey's
Dumplings are in fifth spot
with 18 points and Cooper's
Angels and the Merry Mixers
are tied in last with 17 points
each.
Janet Webster rolled 268 to
take the high single and 634 to
take the high triple of the day.
Mary Davey took the high
average with 214:
Molson's Crown
Mixed League
The James Gang are still in
first place with 15 points
while Bruce's Buddies have
second with 12 points. In the
rest of the league standings,
the Do Goods and the Corner
Six Pins are tied with 11
points and the Mac Tacks and
Leonard's Durnbells each
have 7 points.
Marie Collins was the top
ladies' bowler of the day in
the individual standings. She
had the high single of 303, the
high triple of 727, and the high
average of 207,
Ken Johnston rolled a 281
for ' the high single in the
men's division and 800 for the
high triple. Bruce Collins took
the high average with a 241.
YBC Teen League
The Bowling Bums and the
Chicken Coops are tied in
first place in the YBC Teen
league with 14 points each.
Debbie's Buddies have 10
points and the Bobcats have
4
Kelly Colquhoun had 218 for
the high single and 524 for the
high triple in the ladies in-
dividual scoring. Jackie
Zwaan had the high average
of 172.
Jackie Cooper was the top
bowler in the men's division.
He had the high single with
285, the high triple with 736
and, the high average with
223.
Ladies' Tuesday
afternoon league
Hurm.an's Harem still hold
first place ' in the ladies'
Tuesday afternoon league
Ramblings from the races
By Lois Gibbings
Tar Daw Duke won his
seventh race this Year at
Mohawk Raceway on
Saturday night. He was in
front from wire to wire with
his regular driver Dennis
Jewitt on the bike. Fractions
for the mile were: 28.4 - 1:01.1
-1:32.2-2:04.3.
The speedy four-year-old
son of Cole Tar - Maisie Belle
has 1977 earnings of $12,233
for his owners - Larry Daw of
Clinton and Claude Daw of
Mistsissauga. Margie's girl
was fourth for Ken Parke of
Zurich and John Lester of
Forest in the same race.
Crash Landing was a
winner in 2:04.3 on October 11,
at Mohawk for owners Ron
and George Feagan.
At London on October 12,
Victorious David was fifth for
his Bramalea owners. The
three-year-old gelding by
Royal Melody '- Vic,torious
I-Iarmony was raised by
August De Groof of Clinton
and was first sold to Joe
Kemps, then to his present
owners. From 17 starts this
year, Victorious David has
had six wins ; including three
in a row at Barrie where he
equalled his record of 2:08;
two seconds and two thirds.
August is presently training
'David's two-year-old sister
Victorious Flo.
Hilarious Lover, formerly
owned by Gord Pullman and
Jack Mcllwain of Seaforth,
was second in the first
division of the Middlesex
County pacing series for a
purse of $1,850. He has had
four wins, five seconds and
four, thirds from 22 starts this
year; plus a record of 2:04,2
and earnings of $6,985.
Bay B. Hayfee was third in
the third division 'of the
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pacing series. She was driven
by Verdun Vanstone for
Holmesville Valley Farms.
Bill Rapson of Holmesville
finished fifth with Senate
Leader for his father Gord.
Billy Wave and Keystone
Hartree were each second for
owner Wayne Horner of
Brucefield at Flamboro on
Thursday night. Robert
Taylor,, 18 -year-old son of Ken
and Joyce Taylor of Clinton,
is working for Wayne at the
present time.
At London on Friday night,
Chief Noble, owned by Gord
Rapson of Holmesville, was
second in a .2:07.1 mile with
his trainer driver Bill Rapson
up. Bud Jerry of Goderich
drove his Ima Jerry to a
second, place finish in .the
fifth. •
Dresden Raceway wound
up their racing for this season
on Sunday, October 16.'
Bruce Volland of Goderich
was a winner with his
Crimson Josie in the second.
Jack Meriam finished second
with Ragtime Kid in thefifth
for owners Charles and Clara
Brindley of Goderich.
John Jewitt of Londesboro
and Dennis Jewitt of Clinton
have sold Scarlet Frost, a
four-year-old pacing mare by
Hoot Frost - Lady Axworthy
C. to Ken Parke of Zurich,
Bob Allan of Clinton, and
John H. Lester of Forest. She
was third bat Mohawk on
October 3 in her first start for
her new owners.
At London on Monday
night, Frank MacDonald was
third with Irisha Hanover for
owner. Lorne Tyndall of
Clinton in the second race.
Cathy's Hat, owned by
Brad Vanstone, was fifth in
the third.
Randy McLean finished
third with Chinco Dane for
Che .Bec Ltd. of Montreal in
the sixth. Goldie Chris
finished fourth with driver
John Muir in the ninth. Joe
McDaid was fifth with
Rossland Abbe.
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Seaf�rth curling news
with 24 points. The June Bugs
hold second with 22 and Boyes
Girls are in third ,, with 21
points. Rosies Rebels have 19,
Nancy's Chics have 18 and the
Campbell Supers have 16
points.
June De Ruyter had the
high single with 328, and the
high triple with 657. Betty
Fawcett had the high average
of 198.
Tuckersmith Mixed League
Tony's Sharks have 12
points in the Tuckersmith
league for first. Angus'
Anglers have 9 and Wes'
Suckers are in third with 7
points.' Bob's' Bluegills and
John's Jellyfish have 5 points
each and Mike's Mackerals
have 4.
Mary Buffinga had the high
single with 279 and Rose
Hummel bad the high triple
with 624.
Tony Vandendool was the
top bowler in the men's
division with a 283 high single
and a 736 high triple.
Welcome back, everyone,
to . a season of good curling
a'nd good fellowship. We are
hoping to see all the old
familiar faces again this
season, along with a lot of
new ones. The membership
committee is busy contacting
everyone.
If, by chance, you happen to
have been missed, please
take it upon yourself to call
Dave Beattie at 482-7357 or
any other curler and they will
pass your name on to Dave's
committee.
, Iostrut tion for new curlers
will be provided on the
evenings of Oct. 24 and 25 at 7
p.m. Both sessions must be
attended and is a MUST for
all new curlers, adult or
junior.
It is provided free, by the
club, and it will make the
enjoyment of curling much
easier for you.
The "special events com-
mittee kicked off the season
with a very successful
"breakfast and mini spiel" on
Sunday, Oct. 16. Two six -end
games were played to the
tune of many groans and
pulled muscles.
Winner of first prize was
our president Steve Brown
and his team of Sheila
Murray, Leone Rowat,
Roxanne Brown, Larry
Jones, Rhea Jones and Peggy
Rowcliffe. With a team that
size, how can you lose'
Second prize weto Bill
Lobb with Anne Cunningham,
John Moore and Claudia
Eastman. Third prize was
won by Doug Rowcliffe with
Pat Deighton, Flo Smith' and
Isabel Moore. Fourth prize
went to Murray Forbes with
Lorraine Denomme, Don
Trerneer and Ellen Murphy.
Bob arid Sharon Wilson,'Bill
and Marg • Fleming curled
with Don and A e Dance in
the. Octoberfestpiel at the
Kitchener -Waterloo Granite
Club on the -weekend. They
lost their first game but won
their second and third games,
making a good showing
among the 48 teams entered
in that spiel.
The bonspiel committee
has already been hard at
work. They have seven
bonspiels planned for the
coming season. The first one
is a Farmers' Open on
December 14. More details
will follow.
The special events com-
mittee is planning a New
Year's Party at the club.
There will probably be a
limited number of tickets sold
for this event. Watch the club
bulletin boards for mon
information.
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