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A11 it takes is a little luck, and you can have your Christmas shopping done in one minute.
That's all the time it took for Lynn Cochrane of i-Iig11 Street last week when her name was
picked'as the winner of the 101)1'-'s q hrisimas tree complete with all the trimmings and a
couple of dozen gifts from „area merchants. 1t's the fourth year in a row for the IODF
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Insurance and Investment
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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1977—PAGE 3A
Fund raising committee formed to finance Rn-andstand in Goderich
A group of Goder is
citizens will proceed with
fund raising activities
towards the building of a new
grandstand in Agriculture
Park at an approximate cost
of $300,000.
The Goderich Community
Grandstand Committee was
formed selecting interested
citizens and major users of
the park at a public meeting
held at the arena Tuesday,
The committee, headed by
Larry Jeffery, will consist of
approximately 20 members.
The committe will have
representation from the
Goderich Trotting
Association, all levels of
softball, soccer, the
recreation hoard, service
clubs, town council, township
councils the businessmen's
association and a host of
other interested Citizens.
The committee had hoped
to meet tonight (Thursday)
Rambling with Lucy
Dear Jim:
1 thought perhaps that
you'd Tike to print this
"banquet” instead of some
"breakfasts" for a change.
Roberta has numerous
relatives land I'nl sure some
might like to write to her, She
used to,
write to me, but I
cannot do much now exce`pt
on this paper.
I'll be looking to see how the
ti>r'nl affected you. My oil
burning hot water system
went off on the night and at 7
a,nl. the temperature was 60
degrees F. 1 have an electric
blanket but don't use and 1
forgot that I wasn't very
warm with one hot ' water
bottle and piles of bedding.
A friend Clime to my fescue
and telephoned Sterling Fuels
and Murray Taylor v; a5 here
With oil and repaired a broken
part 'by 10:30 a.m. He does
such a great service',
A Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year to ,1011 and
thanks to those who have the
extra w'orkover, my scrih-
blin '.'
Sincerely,
Lucy R. W. Diehl
Dear Lucy:
How. pleased I was to see a
"Rambling'with Lucy" in the
December 1, 1977 issue of the
Clinton News -Record when I
arrived here today.
However, my pleasure
turned to open joy when I
read the article. Our Gran-
dma 'Fields finally has made
the historical news. We read
so much of famous, wealthy
people in the historical vain,
but how often does the honest,
hard working everyday
person (hake the news.
Now I realize we may have
enlarged on Grandma Field's
story but how many have 70
year old. grandchildren still
remembering the, goodness
and kindness of ancestors
How many women have
children named for them
(3o'n into the fifth
generation, (My daughter
Margaret is named for
Grandma Fields.)
She must really have been
some kind of great Christian
lady to still have all these
things remembered about
her.
Here in the States those of
us who are White Anglo Saxon
Protestants, ( WASPs) are
sot't pedaling because of all
the herd things we lire acc.VSed
of. But our anc,eStors arc
worthy of praise too. "1'hv ret -re
the farmer's and working
women who 'made our two
countries as great as they
arc'.
Thank you for the story of
an everyday. hard working
pioneer woman.
I remember Aunt Ellen
Howard quite well. Grandma
Fields is a faint shadow of a
lady in bed in the downstairs
bedroom of the house on the
highway bend codling -'into
Bayfield. But the good stories
of her handed down by word
of mouth from one generation
to another has .made me very
proud of her,
. In fact, so much so, that I,
have a family tree which has
about 130 persons on it. It is
still growing, thanks to the
members in the Bayfield
news section of the Clinton
News -Record. I'd ' love to
correspond with any other
history minded member of
the Johnston -Howard clan.
Thank you Lucy. I try to
keepi.track of you and your
health through the News -
Record. I really love to hear
your /animal stories and
historical remembrances,
•Rlamblings.
God be with you.
R hberta Clark Peterka ,
1061 Webster Road,
Stron
gs
ville, Ohio
44136
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or you and your dear ones,
we wish a holiday filled with the
warmth and wonder of Christmas.
It has been a pleasure to serve you.
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with representatives from all
the groups to establish the
needs of those using the
facility and then to discuss
pledges from the users,
Jeffrey indicated that the
proposed grandstand could
contain locker rooms, shower
rooms and recreation and
other offices if the interested
groups wanted such facilities
and were willing to work
towards it.
Acting association
secretary Sam Hassan,
estimated that a new gran-
dstand at a cost of $300,000
would mean the public must
raise approximately $1001;000
following grants. The
granting structure was not
definite but he hoped the
grandstand would he eligible
for Community Centres
grants, Ontario Racing
commission grants, W1ntario
Grants and at the outside a
grant from'the Department of
Agriculture.
But at this point both the
granting structure and the
cost of the grandstand are
simply estimates. A Com-
munity Centres grant will
hinge on the number of
community groups using the
grandstand and the
recreation board has talked
of plans to move the
recreation directors office
into a new grandstand if it
was built.
Jeffrey said the Trotting
association was willing to
pledge $25,000 to the project,
but that will he discussed by
the association at a later
meeting. The trotters have
already planned 11 monster
sports celebrity dinner in
April 1978 and will hold a
draw for a trip.
Ken Crawford of the
Trotting association,
presented sojne preliminary
plans the gro"l'p had drawn up
that call for a grandstand of
125 feet by 150 feet with a,.
seating capacity of 1,200. The'
paramutuel and concession
booth would take up 16 feet by
75 feet on the ground floor
that would also house
washrooms, office space and
club - house rooms. The
estimated cost of that project
is $300,000.
One major contentious
issue arose when the Trotting
Association received ap-
proval for four Sunday race
dates from council, Both the
Goderich Industrial Softball
League and senior soccer
teams use Agriculture Park
on Sundays,
Doug Fisher said that
soccer, fasthall and the
racing association are the
three major users of the park
and there should be a way to
work out the problem without
dissention. He said there
would have to be another
facility used by minor girls'
and boys' baseball, who
normally use agricultural
park.
Jeffrey agreed adding that
all the problems could be
worked out.
"There is nothing that can't
be worked out between the
groups involved," he said,
"This is a community effort
and if everyone comes out
and helps the grandstand will
be something to be proud of."
Jeffrey emphatically
pointed out that the groups
must agree on a suitable
grandstand facility since
time was the biggest factor.
He insisted that the groups
must come together and build
as soon as possible.
Jeffrey told baseball and
soccer representatives that
racing on the four Sundays,
one in May and three in June,
would be over by 4 or 4:30
p.m. and that Goderich would
never have more ' than 13
racing dates a year including
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