HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-02-21, Page 71,..amblings from the races
BY
Lois Gibbings
Belie P,ariel, owned by
Jane. t Jewitt et Clinton,
won her first race this
Year at Western Fair:
Raceway „in London ..on
Monday night. Trainer..
driver was Dennis Jewitt
in the 2:11.3 mile, Belle:
Dari01, a OW -Year-old
mare by the Meadow
Skipper sire Alley
Fighter -Whisper by
Dancer Hanover, took a
pacing record. of 2:08.1 in
1979..
Clinton' horseman
Wayne Horner . had three
winners at Windsor
Raceways this past week.
Driver Bill Gale gave
J.A. Delight, a four-year-
old pacing gelding by
Kenny Hanover, a new
T ord-aw F`ebruarY
12, and lowered Amherst
Jack's record from 2:01.4
to 2:01.2 on Friday night
for his second win this
year. The third winner
was the nine-year-old
New Zealand bred -pacer
Auburn Forbes I Who
was driven by Eric
"--NrdEwan Al his 2:07.4
mile. From 26 starts last
year, Auburn Forbes lit,
had nine wins, four
seconds and two thirds
for earnings of $4,106 and
$23,997 lifetime,
Dilly Dares was second
at , the 'same track on -
Thursday night', as was
Karl T. Seelster on
Saturday afternoon. Both
pacers are owned 'and
trained by Wayne Hor-
ner.
At London on Satur,day
afternoon, Hyatt's
Treasure, a five-year-old
chestnut gelding, by
Gentry Yates, that raced
for August De Groof of
Clinton last year, . was
fourth for his new owner
Leslie Dolson of Muncey,
in his first start this, year..
Arrochar Ruth was,
third with Randy Henry
on the bike for owner
Arnold Doak of Goderich
in the fourth, while
Golden lick, a fiVelektr-
Old that trainer-
driver
rainer-
ivr Randy McLean
claimed at Greenwood ort
January 23 for $10,000
was fourth in the ninth.
Flame Messenger
finished third at
Orancevil'le Raceway for
Gorlyn Acres of Clinton.
on Sunday afternoon.
At London on Monday.
night, Ray Mathers was'
third with Granny
Mathers for the Broken
M. Stables of Goderich in
the third, as was Gerry
Roebuck with Nancy
Meadow in the fourth.
Frank MacDonald , of
Clinton finished fifth with
-Wee. Devil in the eighth
for Albert Deblock of
Lucan.
A new pacer, to watch
for is Frank's three-year-
old filly Gaitime Honor,
which he qualified last
week at London. She is by
Scamp Direct-Malinda
Ann by Jimmy Creed.
In Goderich Twp.
Recreation is bi
(ioderich Township is
alive and growing with
recreational activities. So
it was recognized at the
recent recreation
meeting on Tuesday,
February 12. at
Holmesville. Those at-
tending were . Doug Yeo,
Hazel McCreath, Alice
Porter, Walter
Mclllwain, Bev Orr,
Marilyn Forbes, Grant
Stirling, and Audrey
Middleton.
If you look closely at
the activities one cansee.
the- wee birth .of the
township soccer club.
Our local soccer en-
thusiast Tony Vandongen,
began an indoor soccer
training program with
only two members: It has
now enlarged to eight
members plus an
assistant coach, John
Preston of Clinton. All
are bursting with en-
thusiasm and encourage
others to join on Tuesday
evenings at Holmesville
school. a .
In turn, this provides a
grand incentive for the
rec committee to make
preparations on the new
soccer field as early as
possible.
Volleyball for juniors
and. seniors have very
successful winter
programs underway. The
senior group would
welcome more male
playersm so fellows,
now's your chance! They
play Wednesday nights at
8 p.m. at Holmesville
School.
Anyone for curling?
The township group -play
Sunday nights at
Vanastra so if you care to
join, contact Dave
Hemingway or any rec
member.
Alice Porter gave a
report on the February
township dance held at
the White Carnation when
they realized a profit of
$57 which will go to the
athletic field project.
Secretary Hazel
McCreath volunteered
temporary management
on any arrangements for
the ----next township dance
on March 8 until Gerry
Ginn manager, arrives
home from holiday. It
was decided to 'advertise
the dance in the coming
events column of the local
newspapers.
A motion was received
and passed to donate $50
Livestock dies
EXETER - An early
morning fire on February
8 destroyed a barn killed
over 800 pigs on the
Frank Verberne farm at
,RR 1, Woodham, five
miles east of Exeter.
. Damage in the fire,
which razed the 14,000 -
square -foot . barn and
killed the pigs, is
estimated at between
$150,000 and $200,000.
Cause of the fire has not
been determined, but
E*eter Fire Chief Gary
Middleton said that heat
lamps were used in the
barn.
Firemen, who were
hampered by a lack of
water, did save an ad-
joining structure which
contained an un-
determined number of
pigs
to the Holmesville school
as a token gift of ap-
preciation for the use of
the school.
An interesting and
encouraging report was
made by Hazel McCreath
on the forming of a
township senior citizens'
group who have chosen
the ambitious' :sounding
name, Enterprising
Seniors. Congratulations,
seniors ! Your
imagination and en-
thusiasm is already
evident, and may you
have a happy and fruitful
reign!
.,Budget estimates were
discussed in. the three
areas; community centre
parks, and program-
ming. Each member was
allocated to make a
further study into specific
costs and revenue to
bring- in an educated
budget estimate at the
March meeting..
A letter from Alpha
Huron regarding `their
appreciation of the grand
co-operation between
Goderich Township
recreation and Alpha was
received and. filed.
Davidson, Well Drillers
will fix the athletic field
pump indue time.
Presumably no ice
skating at the field can be
planned until water is
available. Sorry -about
that folks. Patience is a
virtue!
"It was decided to have
the baseball and swim-
ming forms prepared
now for the summer
programs. Doug Yeo
volunteered to make
arrangements for
another swim program at
Vanastra, preferably the
first two weeks in July. It
was also decided to do
some comparison
shopping on bus services.
Reeve Grant Stirling
reported that if the
community centre is built
the school principal
proposed that its
facilities could be used
five hours a day for 120
days by the school,
The meeting adjourned
until March 12. - by
Audrey Middleton.
The annual fun match between the Knights of Columbus and the Shriners was
held last Sunday at the Vanastra Curling Club. Pictured are two of the mixed
club teams, left to right back row, Charlie Proctor,Clinton Shrine;!Bill Cook,
Goderich Masons; -Frank Crawley, John Van Bakel, and Brian Crawley,
Seaforth K of C; Claire McCue, Stratford Shrine. Kneeling are Rene Brochu,
Seaforth K of C and Bill Baxter. (News -Record photo)
News and notes from Middleton
By
Blanche Deeves
Morning prayer was
held in St. James Mid-
dletQn at 11:15 a.m. The
theme of the rector's
sermon was `.`Voting with
your feet". Edward
Deeves received tee
offering.
ACW meets
The February meeting
of the Anglican Church
Women of St. James
Middleton was held
February 14 at the home
of Mrs. Delores Dutot.
Mrs. Lynda Steenstra,
leader, was in charge of
the meeting. Lynda
opened her meeting
based on the World Day
of Prayer taken from the
Living Message. Lois
Smith and Shirley Storey
assisted in reading.
Lynda led the members
in repeating their
prayers, and thanked
Delores for the use of her
hone and to the ladies
who assisted and wished
the ladies all ,a very
.happy Valentine's Day.
Shirley .Storey read the
minutes of the previous
meeting, and Vera Miller
presented the treasurer's
report.
Lois Smith read a letter
from the foster child, and
Blanche Deeves gave her
social service report.
Lynda Steenstra gave a
report on the ways and
means. Discussions were
made on the bus trips
with Audrey Middleton to
look into a weekend or
two day trip.
A motion was made to.
make a 'comforter ready
for spring fair in Clinton -
and to dp a quilt for
Lynda Steenstra.
Clinton Community Centre
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Arena Schedule
Friday Evening, February 22
Junior Cr'playoff game
8:30 p.m. - Mustangs vs. Wingham '
Saturday, February 23
6:45 p.m. Goderich vs. Clinton Bantam
8:30 p.m. - Seaforth'vs. Clinton Midget
Sunday, February 24
1:00-2:00 p.m. Learn to Skate
2:00=3:30 p.m. Public Skating
7:00-8:30 p.m. Family Skating
'1.00 nor family
Tuesday, February 26
8:00 p.m. - Mustangs vs.. Wingham
Wednesday, March 5
MINOR HOCKEY MEETING - 8:00 P.M.
AT WESLEY WILLIS CHURCH
2:00-3:30 p.m. Public Skating
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Marion Smith is to look
into the cost of a birthday
calendar, and Shirley
Storey read' the
correspondence. The
meeting closed with a
reading ``Lone" by Lynda
Steenstra.
Lynda introduced her
guest.::. speaker, Mrs.a
Nellie Hoogendorn •'who
spoke on the boat people.
Mrs. Hoogendorn is a
member of the Christian
Reform Church who have
two families living in
Vanastra.
The ladies were told
how they went about
renting houses and
furnishings and getting
them settled into their
new •surrognddng and.
new jobs. The families
when they arrived, were
taken to Nips restaurant
in Clinton where they
were fed a traditional
Canadian treat, ham -
burgs and french fries,
not the traditional
chinese dish. 1,VIrs.
Hoogendorn was a very
interesting speaker.
Shirley Storey thanked
her for coming and
presented her with a gift
of appreciation from the
members. Lunch was
served by the hostess
assisted by Shirley
Storey.
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The first meeting of the
4-H Holmesville 11 will
be held at the home of
Mrs. C.
Br
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nd
on
February 25. Any girl or
boy being 12 by the est of
March 1980,_ may._
Please call 482-7552. '
Mrs. Peg Ellis of
London, sister of Blanche
Deeves, spent the day at
the Deevesiome
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CL1NTOpl NEWS.=RECORD,.T URSDA"Y,
Annual
EBRDA"Y 21, 19 PAGE 7
bonspiel playe
Last Sunday, afternoon,
the Vanastra Curling
'Club was the scene of the
Annual Mason -Knights
Darling banspiel, for
which ' Knights and
' Masons gathered from an
area including Stratford- -
S.eaforth-Goderich and all
points in between. This is
the third year in a row
that this event has taken
place, much to the
pleasure of both
organization members, a
carry, over of events from
when Vanastra was
known as'the Base.
Every year the curling.
gds better as does the
sociability and next year,
each organization con-
cerned will be asked to
provide a representative
in the planning of the
-occasion. All prizes were
donated by willing
donors.
First prize went to Tom
Eadie's rink which in-
cluded Arnold Taylor,
Larry McCabe, and Joe
Tobin: Coming a close
second- was the Bill
Baxter rink which was
composed of Claire
McCue, Pat Jordan, and
Frank Crawley: Coming
third' was the rink
composed of Ivan
Walden,- Kip Crreen,: Ray
Webb and Steve Durand.
Jim Wrenni.ck," who is
secretary of the Stratford.
On Avon Shrine Ciub
Leroy Harrison, who is
Worshipful Master of the
Goderich Masonic Lodge,
and Andy Kelly, who is
Grand Knight of the .
Stratford Knights of
Columbus, all voiced the
same opinion that it was a
tremendou§, day for both
Masons altd Knights and
all agreed that . next
year's efforts would be
expanded.
Following the action on
the ice, a "hip of, beef"
dinner was enjoyed by all
participants and ,guests,
compliments of our ,chef
Billy and the ladies of
the°Curling Club.
President of the
Curling Club, Mery
Falconer, expressed his
thanks to the Masons and
Knights; for having held
.this annual event at the
Vanastra' Club, and
welcomed them. back for
next year's gathering,._:._.._
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