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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-10-05, Page 1" , .1978 1977 • tit 10 Hi 1.0 , SEPT C C F F 26 20 ' 2 68 55 27 21 7 62 54 28 14 1 58 47 29 17 0.5 61 40. 30 23 8 58 52 OCT. t o 1 15 9 53 48 2 7 57 43 \** Rain 36.5 mm. Rain 1.63" Huron IPM sets attendance recor BY JEFF SEDDON The Huron County edition of the International Plowing Match set at- tendance records for the 65 year history of the match despite downpours Wednesday and Saturday that turned much of the Wingham site into a quagmire. A spokesman for the Ontario Plowman's Association (OPA) said between 215,000 and 220,000 people attended the match during its five day span. No final figures had been com- piled by the OPA and exact attendance will not be known until a full report on the match is prepared for the OPA convention this winter. Opening day ceremonies featuring Professor Neil Armstrong was one of the biggest drawing cards at the match and was one reason attendance was up over past years. An estimated 30,000 people went to see the first man on the moon setting an opening day at- tendance record. The OPA reported that attendance figures were up for four of the five days compared to last year's match. The figures were very close to last year's on the third day of the 'match and on the closing day they were down slightly compared to Walkerton's effort to host the event two years ago. Rain dampened enthusiasm of spectators twice during the five days causing traffic .problems on access roads. Sudden cloudbursts Wednesday afternoon and Saturday afternoon sent thousands scurrying to their cars only to find access roads jammed with vehicles or parking lots scattered with vehicles stuck in the mud. Match workers spent hours on tractors.pulling mired vehicles to solid ground. Only one special event was cancelled because of the rain. The Wednesday version of the daily parade through the match site was cancelled because organizers wanted to give the roads through tented city a chance to dry up. Closing ceremonies were shortened by the rain Saturday. No plowing competition was affected by the rain. All classes were completed with over 200 plowmen going after over $35,000 in prize money._ Match organizers said there was no way of determining this early the financial impact the match would have on Huron County. Hotel and motel rooms within a 100 mile radius of the Wingham site were booked by ,par- ticipants and competitors in the match. One spokesman said every business in the Wingham area would have had some success because of the match. This is the third time since World Big Brothers seek little guys Now ,that the Clinton and Vanastra District Big Brothers Association has chosen an executive, they are now looking for volunteers to act as Big Brothers as well as fatherless boys who need help. At a meeting on October 2 the executive committee was chosen. It consists of: president, Jack McLachlan; vice president, June Tomkins; secretary -treasurer, Karen Lippincott, Clarence Denomme and Andy Uyl. On the sub committee: policy, June Tomkins; recruitment, Art Burt and BUd Walker; finance, Bob Thomas; publicity, 'Clarence Denomme. Presently there are about 30 fatherless boys in the Clinton and Vanastra area who are eligible to apply to the. Big -Brothers organization. The boys can be referred to the organization by their mothers, their schools and other social agencies. They must be between the ages of six and 16 years of age, although some exceptions have been made in the past with special cases. A mother pays no money for the service but her co-operation with the agency is asked for. After a series of interviews the -boy will be matched up with the volunteer Big Brother whose persbnality and interests seem to be Deer killed, driver unhurt James Munn, 53, R.R. 1 Exeter was uninjured, but a deer was killed when it was struck by the 19,78, auto Munn was driving. The Goderich OPP reported that Munn had been travelling down County Road 3, east of Concession 8- 10 Stanley Township on the evening of September 30 when the animal jumped onto the roadway.. Damage to the Munn vehicle was set at $800. Two drivers escaped injuries, but $2,250 in damages,were received in an early. morning accident on Highway 4 near Brucefield on October 1, Hugo Maaskant, 24, R.R. 2, Clinton was making a left turn when a second vehicle driven by Brian Lobb, Edmonton collided into the rear of the first vehicle. Damage to the Lobb truck was set at $2,000 and $250 to the Maaskant truck. Traffic is finally back to normal now -in Clinton after last week's -heavy traffic flow of people heading to the Plowing Match. Clinton Chief of Police Lloyd Westlake reported that the vehicles moved relatively smoothly through the town with only a few incidents. On September 28 on Albert Street the police investigated . a three car collision. A vehicle driven by Jerry Henry Cornell, 39, Woodstock received $100 damage after a second vehicle driven by Abram Petkau, 53, RR 3, Pt. Rowan pushed from behind by a third vehicle driven by Jack Gordon, 63, Blenheim. Damage to the Gordon vehicle was set at $100 and $400 to the Petkau vehicle. first column I swear, this will be the last column on the Plowing Match for this year, as the excitment has finally died down, and the exhibitors are faced with removing their displays from the muddy grounds. Match secretary Don Pullen of Clinton, who subs as our ag rep as well, says the Match far exceeded their wildest dreams, as records were set in many departments, including the number of exhibits arid attendance. Call it luck or call it good management, but the Match of- ficials seemed to have everything timed perfect, including the weather. Every day of the Match started off with sunny skies, which lured huge crowds into the Wingham site, and even though sudden showers on Wednesday and Saturday afternoon dampened the homebound 'crowd, it didn't hurt the gates. Had the Match been one week earlier, or one week later, they could have named it the International Quagmire • Match, because of the heavy rains. Yours truly finally broke free of the office and toured the Match Friday with a couple of rural friends, who are so used to it, that a 4 -wheel -drive, $70,000 tractor doesn't even catch their eye anymore. We must have walked at least , seven miles, and still only managed to see about 25 per cent of the various booths in the huge 120 -acre tented city. Maybe some year I'll get to see all of it. + -4- -I- }WO'S Ole fact that Match At- li l fly1 St .,and fanners will ,,alteAdy lin*, 0, September past Was ka:':0'60 *et month. According to Giiaharn Campbell of the Goderich Weather tuition, ' the area was . deluged by 179E4, mm (7.09 Inches) in Sep. tember, far above the normal 75.9 mm (3.0 inches). The month at 15.6 degrees C was slightly warmer than the average of 15.3. At Brucefield, the highest tem- perature was recorded on the 20th, when the mercury hit 30 degrees C, while the,lowest of 0.5 degree d C was recorded on the 28th. ± + Well, this marks the sixth year in a row that I haven't won anything in the Hospital Auxiliary's Penny Sale, but the ladies were big winners, raising some $2,000 for the com- munity hospital. Congratulations! +++ This Monday is the annual take -a - turkey -to -dinner -day, . as we all count our -blessings on Thanksgiving day, including galloping inflation, and an 83 cent dollar. But doom aside, mast of us will be overfed on Monday, a traditional holid?y in Canada, and a day off for just about everyone, including most stores, banks, and the post office. Normal services will resume again on Tuesday.' But even if you're going away for the ,weekend, try and remember to put your bundled newspapers out at the curb this coming Saturday morning, October 7, so the Lon- desboro Lions can pick them up and make a few bucks recycling them. It appears the then in the Clinton area are in pretty good shape, and don't need any help, jadging by the response to a rhen's fitness class planned for Monday. nights at the high school. The course, which would cost only $15 top 40 weeks drew only one op- crtnah from Seaforth, 'and had id be cancelled. But instructor AIM Lawson says there is Stin Some rdohl at theVedhegday,bight:fitness. otitis at Valltigteit; • • : „ similar. The same am;blication form may be used ,by males 1$' yeara and over who wish to apply to be a _volunteer Big Brother. A Big Brother can either be married or single and he is expected to see his Little Brother regularly once a week for an average of three or four hours. Although the association tries to look after any necessary funding, like taking a Little Brother to a hockey game or a show, the Big Brother may have to spend a little money for in- cidentals like birthdays and Christmas. The Big Brother is primarily con- cerned with the boy and will spend little or' no time in the family's home aside from picking the boy up and returning him from a visit. Each Big Brother is selected through a private interview and screening but they are not trained. During the in- terview the worker becomes aware of the applicants strengths weaknesses Which enables him to be matched with an appropriate Little Brother. The length of programs in Big Brothers vary. It generally requires a' minimum commitment of betWeen one or two 'years time to be spent with a boy. Elsewhere in the News -Record, an application form can be found. All applications should be sent to Jack McLachlan. GHB 117. R.R. 5, Clinton. War Two that Huron County has sponsored the International and Huron will probably not host the event for another ten years. Each county bids on the match annually and an .OPA spokesman said the match generally never returns to the same place twice in a decade. In the 1940's the match was held in Port Albert and in 1966 Seaforth sponsored a match that ,has af- fectionately become known as the "Mud Bowl". The OPA has considered making the match permanent by picking a site suitable to the event and holding it there every year. But the plowmen feel that much of the success of the match is due to the tented city and to the mobility of the massive show and don't want to endanger that success. Next year's plowing match will be held in Kent County and organizers there have already announced pians to make their version of the match the best yet. In 1980 Oxford County spon- sors the match and in 1981 it goes to Middlesex County. SeP 29.30 440414 Weft aid Y1/40200, Young Jeffery Treanor, three, of Blyth, was set for the Plowing Match last week and dressed in an appropriate set of duds. Jeffery is the son of Larry and Wanda Treanor. (News -Record Photo) Arena canvass hits 25% mark The thermometer for the Clinton arena floor canvass warmed up a bit more this week, as receipts climbed to $22,595. • Work is proceeding on schedule at the arena, as the workers from C.A. McDowell are pouring a new apron this week to hold the pipes at the south end. Target date for ice is still December lst. Here it a list of the donations in the last week: Wes Chambers $50 Gordon Richardson - 50 Rachel Jenkins 25 Paula Glew 25 Scott Glew 25 Mr. & Mrs. George Yeats 50 Graham Yeats 50 Bruce S choenha Is — , 75 Ruth Carter 25 Murray Miller 100 Alfred & Olive Goldsworthy 20 Peter Black & family Norm McDougall Eli Galachiuk Edna Cantelon Credit Union Jack Irwin John Plumtree 20 20 50 25 450 100 50 Catherine Plumtree Edwin Merrill George Gilfillan Elmer,Murray George Colclough Richard Finch Kees Dykstra Bill Gibbings Alan Finch Clinton Mest Market Mrs. Lorna Radford Gard Herman Paul Herman Mayme Glazier Eileen Kennedy Brian Kennedy Peter Vanloo Murray Draper Larry Lovett Bruce Allin Sam Castle ' Les Turner Oscar Priestap Edwin Cooper Hugo Maaskant Glen Carter Hugh Miller John Jewitt Royal Canadian Legion Brad King Total to date • 1-0 20 25 20 5 20 5 50 50 50 50 25 50 20 25 25 100 10 100 10 25 50 10 25 20 100 25 20 50 1,500 5 $22,595 Holmesville United kicks off 100th Last Sunday afternoon many former members and friends returned to Holrnesville for the first in a number of the church's centennial celebrations. Jack Burghardt, a newscaster from CFPL-TV London brought a challenging message to the overflow crowd on the subject, "Tomorrow is Now." ' Two former ministers, Rev. Clifford Park and Rev. Stuart Miner, brought greetings as well as Goderich Town- ship Reeve and Warden of Huron County, Gerry Ginn. Other greetings were read from former ministers and members. The worship service was under the direction of the present minister, Rev. John Oestreicher with Mrs. Verna Lobb at the organ. The senior choir sang a song and Mt, and Mrs. Hugh Lobb gave a duet. A new pulpit Bible was dedicated in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Yeo and was given as a gift to the church by the Yeo family. A large birthday cake was part of the, celebrations with Mrs. M. Huller, one' of the senior members of the congregation lighting the birthday candles. The music director Hugh Lobb wrote a special hymn which will now become the theme song for the chur- ch's centennial year. , The next event or celebrations will ne a musical night to be held on Sunday, November 5 at 8 pm. This will consist of a musical presentation by the Har- bouraires under the direction of Lorne Dotterer and the Middlesex Junior Farmer's Choir under the direction of Bill Telfer. The words to the special hymn, "Our Little Country Church" are: Our Little Country Church Let us give thanks to those who came, To this great land of ours, Who settled on these hills and plains, And trusted in God's powers. Who built this church we know today, To teach God's truth and love, Turn to page 3 • Names only: Vianne Trezise, Mrs. Clarence Neilans, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Fleet, James Snell, John Nykamp, Robert Gibbings, Tonny Fidom, Evelyn Merrill, Mrs. Lou Knight, Don Gower, Mrs. Grace Crich, Mrs. Howard Tate, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wheeler, Barry Stevens, Lloyd Howatt, Wayne Hoy, Graydon Neal. Mitchell's Family Market, T.B. Allen Ltd., Mr. and Mrs. Harold Howard, Cale Doucette, George Wright, Carol McClure, Elva Wiltse, The Rad Shop, Alden Crich, d'ack Lee, Joe Wild, Chris Guetter, Mrs. Gordon Howes, 'Arena 'floor canvass • Rev. Stuart Miner* Exeter, who, preached 46,H�lmesvljie from 19484944v guest lotittOli and oan active litiyitairst preient,„.:nh1ster nt Holmesitille, Rev. SOhti 'Oesteeither and, fornier inhibitor fi 114. - Rev. Clifford \Nit*, London who'preached in the church from 1014060 were on hand Sunday morning. The men all Oak part in two specialoetiterinial services at HolMesville 11nited. 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