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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-02-23, Page 7• Ramblings from the races By Lois Gibbings Jo Spinner, an eight-year- old mare by Spinners Boy - Mary Dale, won her fourth consecutive race at London on Saturday afternoon. She was driven by her trainer Dennis Jewitt of Clinton for owner Franc Stroop of Fordwich. Jo Spinner paced. the mile -in 2.11.3, her fastest time this year from four starts. El Buena, owned by Joe Dick and Richard Burgess of Seaforth, won the second race at Windsor on February 15 in 2:08.1 'with trainer Andy Hardy on the bike. As A Rule N was a winner at Greenwood in 2:06.1 on Wednesday night. Chinco Dane had his second win of the year from four starts at London on Friday night with trainer Randy McLean up for Che Bec Ltd. of Montreal. From 27 starts in 1977, Chinco Dane had one win, three seconds and seven thirds for earnings of 02,303. Lifetime the ten -year-old pacer by Adios Oregon - Quinton Girl has $92,463 and a record of 2:01.2. Dianne Camp was a winner in 2:13 with driver Ron Williamson of Seaforth for owner Ted Lamont of Waterloo at Flamboro on Saturday night. Rossland Abbe, an eight- year-old pacer by Keith Abbe - Susanna Dillard, was first in 2:08.3 for Joe McDaid of Goderich at the same track. Rossland Abbe is a half- brother to Place Mat, a winner of over $70,000 with a record of 2:00.4. Ferrics Lass was third on February 14 at Flamboro for Bill German of Goderich. Scarlet Frost, owned by Bob Allan of Clinton, Ken Parke of Varna and John Lester of Forest finished. third at Greenwood the same night. Wednesday night at Greenwood, Alfalfa Bill, owned by Wayne Horner—of Brucefield, was second for ' driver Mike Fitzgerald: Tarus was claimed for $5,000 from owner Frank Johnston of Goderich at Windsor on February 10. At London on Friday night, Bill Rapson of Holmesville was second with Flame Messenger, his mother's seven-year-old trotter. G3rd and Evelyn Rapson returned on Saturday from a Florida vacation. Since their departure on January 11, Bill and Cindy have capably managed their horses, in- cluding a win with Chief Noble and a second and third with Flame Messenger. Bill Caldwell of Clinton had a third place finish with his four-year-old trotting mare, Matadpl. Betty Van Dyk was fifth with Gary Payne up for owner Frank Little of Goderich. Ron Williamson was fourth- with Yankee Meadow N., which he owns in partnership with Helena Lane of Seaforth, at London on Saturday afternoon. Irisha Hanover, owned by Lorne Tyndall of Clinton, was driven to a second place finish by Don O'Dwyer in the sixth race. Sokys Honey was fourth for owner Frank Little of Goderich in the, same race, while Imp Mathers was fifth for the Broken M. Stables of Goderich. Harriet and Lorne Tyndall of Clinton have returned home after a holiday in Florida. Quick Almahurst, owned by Bill Fleming of Clinton, was second at Greenwood on Saturday afternoon. Monday night at London, Prima Daisy won the second race in 2:09.4 with Jack Marshall up for owners Roy B. Baynham of Kippen and John Bettke. Granny Mathers finished third in the third for the Broken M. Stables of Goderich. • Seaforth Curling Club hosts spiel The Bonspiel Committee hosted a very successful spiel at the club on Saturday. The winners of the 9:00 o'clock draw in the Men's Open, sponsored by Rowcliffe Motors were as follows: first prize, Bob Heighway's rink from London; second prize, Henry Lansink from Hanover; third prize, John Scime from Hanover; con- solation, Dave Fanset's rink from London. On the 11:00 o'clock draw, first prize went to Seaforth's entry skipped by Bill Cam- pbell, with John Patterson, Doug Rowcliffe and Gord Pryce. Second prize wentto Art Clarke from Exeter; third to Lee Learn from Exeter abd consolation to Harry Norris from Mitchell. One other Seaforth rink, skipped by Jim Cunningham with Steve Brown, Dave Beattie and Don Eastman entered the spiel but were not in the prizes. A" ladies rink travelled to Ingersol on Saturday. The team, skipped by Marlene Robert with Mary Jean Beattie, Claudea Eastman and Gloria Riley won two of their games and lost one. Three Seaforth rinks en- tered a Men's Spiel in Brussels on Monday. On the 9:00 o'clock draw, and win- . HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Kindergarten Registration Children must have been born in 1973 to be eligible fo Kindergarten classes for the 1978-79 school year. Huron County Health Unit will be in attendance to hold a clinic at the same time. Would parents who plan t. register children at th • following schools, please call the school IMMEDIATELY and leave name, address telephone no. (or an alternat • one) so that appointments can be made for these combined clinics and registrations. Parents are asked to bring proof of age, plus completed questionnaire which will b• sent out, by the Health Unit in advance. ee**e*e**4**e HOLMESVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL - Phone 482-7751 - Monday, February 27, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.. EXCEPTION: Due to- early date of registration and assessment, questionnaires will not be mailed out but will be available at the school that day. Please bring proof of age, record of immunization, OHIP No. (of either parent) and S.I.N. (of either, seistt************* VANASTRA PUBLIC SCHOOL - Phone 482-7828 - Monday, March 6, 1:15 - 3:30 p.m. eeeeaee*ev*ee*e HULLETT CENTRAL SCHOOL - 523-4201 - Tuesday, March 7, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. eveeKweeeeeeeee CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL - 482-9424 - Wed- nesday, March 8 - 9 - 11:30 sail. and 1 - 4 p.m. **$******$*4Il4*,I HURON CENTENNIAL - 482-3330 - Tuesday, April 4, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. ning two of their three games was Gordon Pryce with Bruce Coleman, Brian Campbell and Keith Williamson. On the 11:00 o'clock draw and winning third prize was a "stacked" rink skipped by Bob Wilson, with Bill Roberton, S. (Mike) Wilson and G. (Ralph) Campbell. Remember, it was a men's spiel! Also on the 11:00 o'clock draw was a rink from Seaforth's Junior Club skipped by John Van Vliet with Rick Ruston, Bob Wilson and Dick Robinson. The Bonspiel Committee has two more spiels to host: the McGavin Farmer's Spiel on March 1 and the Fleming 0 Mixed on March 11. Both are filling up very quickly. The second draw of the various club leagues was completed last week and winners were declared. In the. men's league, the 7:00 o'clock winner was John E. Pat- terson and the 9:00 o'clock winner was Bill Campbell. The ladies league was won by .Flo 'Smith. The top junior team was Dave Underwood. The mixed league was won by Dave Beattie in the 7:00 o'clock slot and Bruce Coleman in the 9:00 o'clock draw. Friday night mixed was won by Bill Makins. The Playoffs in each of the leagues will be held to declare an overall winner. News from barna By Mary Chessell Weekend guests of Bill and Barbara Crawford were Morris and Helen Henry, Rick, Bev, Brenda and Julie; Vince and Sally Haden, Paul and Julie, all of Toronto. Joining the Crawfords on Sunday for a snowmobiling party were Jim and Brenda Luckhardt and family, John and Merle Luckhardt and family, of Monkton, and Bill and Eleanor Crawford of Clinton. Bill and Eleanor McAsh returned on Sunday from a lovely and relaxing vacation in the Barbados. Bill and Joyce Dowson and Allan and Marjorie Hayter arrived home on Wednesday from a holiday on Padre Island. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23,11978..PAGE 7 A sold out house, a friendly sing -a -long atmosphere and good entertainment helped the recreation committee raise more than $500 for the arena floor fund at their hospitality night last Saturday night in the -arena. Here Millie Hanley shakes the maracas, while Barry Stevens plays guitar along with Harold Black. Seamus Doherty sings, and Gary Black plays accordion. Hidden behind Doherty is George Divok playing violin. (News - Record photo) Knights sponsor basketball throw For three years now, the Knights of Columbus have been sponsoring a basketball free-throw competition for all boys and girls, age 11 to 14 years. This competition is open to all boys and girls attending elementary schools in Ontario. The competition has become a successful venture involving many boys and girls who are so endowed with this talent. District 31, Knights of Columbus, which involves the Council of Stratford, Seaforth and Goderich held its basketball free throw in January in Goderich with the following participants being successful: . girls 11 years, Christine Kerr, Goderich; girls 12 years, Julie Robinson, Stratford; girls 13 years, Wendy McGraw, Stratford; girls 14 years, Brenda Sowerby, Goderich. Boys 11 years, Jeff Pauli, Seaforth; boys 12 years, Ron Howson, Seaforth; boys 13 years, Ben,Melick, Goderich,;- boys 14 years, Rodel Sam - ping, Stratford. The winners of this event were scheduled to participate in the Division playdowns which takes in an area in- cluding Goderich, Seaforth, Stratford, London, Chatham, Sarnia, Windsor and all surrounding area schools`: You'll never believe.. CHISHOLM T.V. HAS MADE A BUY ON 40 WATT RECEIVERS TO BEAT ALL BUYS! AKAI. Believe it... AKAI,M A A 1040 TEREORECEIVER Top Quality Receiver with Automatic FM Centre Tuning SPECS: Continuous Power Output:, 40 Watts per channel, Minimum RMS at 8 ohms from 20Hz to 20,000 Hz with no more than 0.15% total harmonic distortion. A 4.44 tritt k • • 1 AKA1 Chisholm's Price... �1. el X3 3 5 .°° Shop and compare for a 40 watt Receiver at a better Price than ours! HISHOLM TV. 2+ KINGSTON Sl'. 5244376 SHOPPERS SQUARE, GODERICH This event took place in Chatham on Sunday, February 19th. The competition was tremendously successful and one could sense the con- centrated effort on the young faces of the participants and though none of our local candidates won, they ex- ceeded in effort and en- thusiasm, of course they all had to be winners to advance as far as they did. Their faces were all smiles as we stopped at the nearest MacDonalds for a snack on the Knights. In a final note, the Knights ask all school principals to encourage student par- ticipation in this endeavor. The Knights are proud to be the sponsors of the basketball free throw, and every effort will be made to provide all the details to all the schools in order to solicit your support of this project. Smile It's much more fun to play poker with a poor loser than with a regular winner. Colts open playoffs The Clinton Colts Inter- mediate hockey club starts their playoffs this weekend in a series against the Mitchell Red Devils. The Colts open the series . Friday night in Mitchell, and then return home for a Sunday night game in Clinton at 8:30 p.m. The Colts ended their regular season on a winning note when they beat a tough Monkton team, 10-6. Monkton got the first goal in the first period, before Jim Moon tallied for Clinton on a pass from Bill Lee. Wayne A',drew" then notch' hack to Clinton jeweler a back goals for the Colts with help from Dave•Archibald. In the second frame, the Colts scored four unanswered goals when Dennis Kelly hit the twine twice, both times assisted by Budd Boyes, who also scored one, and assisted on the other tally from the stick of Derwin Carter. Clinton scored three more times in the third period on efforts by Kelly, Harvey Carter and Bill Lee. Steve Maxwell played an excellent game between the Clinton pipes, stopping many Monkton scoring changes. warded title management, selling and display ip Lausanne, Swit- zerland. President Sallie Morton of the American Gem Society said: "I want to congratulate Anstett on achieving a level of skill reached by only some 1600 retail merchants in the United States and Canada. "He has qualified as a Registered Jeweler through his personal desire to in- crease his knowledge of gemology, and through the store's subscribing to business principles set down by the Federal Trade Com- mission, Better Business Bureau and the society's own code of ethics." David Charles Anstett of Anstett Jewellers Limited, of Clinton has been awarded the title of Registered Jeweler by the American Gem Society. The society, an association of fine jewelers pledged to the vigilant protection of the buying public, awards the title to jewelers achieving advanced professional knowledge and skill after taking prescribed courses and passing exhaustive examinations. Anstett was raised in his father's business and is currently the firm manager, director and secretary - treasurer. He studied R.K. 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