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GODERICH ARENA
Adulis 35c Children 25c
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LOCAL WOKEN MARK
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
• Mrs. A. L. Fleming, wife of the
late Right Rev. Bishog.A. L. Flem-
ing, was the speaker j5t the annual
World Day of Prayer held on Fri-
day afternoon in SL George's An:.
gliean Church. She chose as her'
theme "Prayer" and pointed out
the peace and consolation, to be
gained from our dependence upon
God.
'The order of service was that
adapted from a n service prepared
by the late Dr. Sarah Chakko of
India for the World Day of Prayer.
Representatives of the various de-
nonainations and the Salvation
Army took part in the service.
Prayers of intercession were of-
fered by, Mrs: J. R. 'Venus,Mrs. J.
Bisset, and R. Mrs. Martha Mar-
, lett, and special music was played
by the ,organist
INTERMEDIATE
HOCKEY
alkerton Capitals
- vs
•
oderich Samis halloos
Friday, March 12
HARVEST -TIME IN THE. 13UL.PWOOD 'FOREST
Deep in the forests, the annual harvest of Canada's valuable pulpwood crop is
well under way. Men are felling trees, sawing them into four -foot logs and the
trucks and sleighs are hauling them to frozen lakes and rivers to await the spring
thaw. In accordance...with approved cutting plans ren like veteran logger Joe Cote,
known in pulpwood circles as a "dump boss," see tat the 'logs are set on the ice so
they will get away to a fast start at spring break-up time. Joe is one of the large
army of men ow harvesting pulpwood for its ultimate journey to, the mill where it
will be made i ppulp and paper, the nation's chief export.
Chicken meeting, Thursday, •
March 18, 8.30 p.m., in Goderich Pontiacs, Meet Walkerton Friday,
Town Hall, door prize. George
Wraith, phone 1285. -10 '
Forest Lakesides Next Monday Night
-7Lady golfer:. "You'll drive me out!
at MY mind."
Caddy:. "'Phat wouldn't be a drive,
lady, that's a putt"! •
Ittibby:• "The bank has returned
that check"
Wife: "Splendidi What canwe
buy with it this time
Walkerton Capitals will make
their debut on Goderich ice to-
morrow night • in an exhibition tilt
against the local Samis Pantiacs
.Intermediate squad.
The Capitals, although knocked
out of competition by the Durham
Huskies on Monday night in -the
best -of -five OHA Intermediate "B"
semi-final series, have a strong
squad.
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Many of the faces of members of
the Walkerton squad will be fam-
iliar to Goderich hockey followers.
One :of the tea -producing for-
wards is George Zuk who last year
tiiirled for the Walkerton ,entry
in the fastball league. Another is ;
Jack Knox, who also played for the
fastball squad. , .•.
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One pf the highly -touted mem-
bers of the, Walkerton Crew is the
goalie, Mel AllAright. .Albright has
been a shininelight in the Walker-
ton nets all year, according to 're-
ports.'
Next big. game for the Pontiacs
is on Monday night when they play
against Forest in a game that was
postponed from last week because
I of bad weather and road condi-
tions. With one win 'under their
-belts against the,....Lakesides on
Forest, .ice. -the 1pcals t will be, out
to show that they can come uP
with another victory aver 'their big
.rivals. ••••• •
A car load of newsprint made from such logs as shown above will be unloaded
at the C.N.R. station today. It will contain a total of 20 tons, half of, which will go.
to The Goderich Signal -Star while the other half will go to another Huron County
weekly newspaper. The ten tons for the Signal -Star will contain about 175,000 sheets
of newsprint which supply will last the Signal -Star for a period of less than nine
months.. This particular newspriht is from the Abitibi Mills at Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario, and is a different type than that which the. Signal -Star has been using in the
past. The first- of it will probably be used early in April, - Photos by Malak, Ottawa
RESERVE 756
. Accused:. "Judge, I don't know
whet to do."'7
Judge: "Why," how's that?"
Accused: "I swore to tell the
truth but everytime I try,. some
lawyer objects."
'Phe Halifax Gazette, which be-
gan publication in 1752was Can-
ada's first newspaper. First paper
in the Prairie Provinces was the
Nor' Wester, published at Fort
Garry, now Winnipeg, in 1859.
-Eleven goals'down after last Sat-
urday's- lilt in Elmira, the Gode-
rich Lioris Club Midget 13" team
will be out in earnest to come up
with a win here tonight when they
go against the Elmira team in the
second game of a two -game total
goal series.
Elmira captured the first game
13-2 in •a one-sided match last Sat-
urday afternoon after the Gode-
rich team had made a two-hour trip
over snow -packed rough highways.
Game time tonight is set for
eight o'clock and a -big crowd is
expected to be on hand to cheer
for the locals. Winner of the series
will go on to meet the winner of
the UnionvilleeThorold series for
the OMHO Midget "B" title.
• CHURCH BOWLINd LEAGUE• .
St. Peter's B 124
Knox C 102
Victoria A98
• St...Qeorge's,
• United
Knox A
• St. • Peter's A
• 58
• Victoria B 55
Baptist 16
• High triples; S. Alcock -143,264,
193--600; A. Hartman -276, 171,
233-680; C. McLean -283, .174,
239-696.
FOR'THAT NEW HOUSE, GARAGE, ETC., OR FOR THE
aEPAIR JOB OR ALTERATION YOU An PLANNING.
Monday's trip to Meaford was
an unprofitable 'one as far as the
Goderich Samis Pontiacs were con-
cerned.
In a closely played contest, the
locals dropped a WOA.A. Inter-
mediate "A" round robin playoff
game to the Meaford Knights by
a score of.8-7.
Sinee the locals claim one of
the Meaford goals was scored after
the wnistle had blown, it'Snot
known whether the game will be
protested.
It Ivas the second win 'foe the
Knights over. .Goderich in the
round robin series. -
Smarting from the defeat, the
Pontiats, in a second -period
splurge, swamped the Strathroy
,Rockets by an 8-1 score in a game
here -irue414i, night. Path* "the
local attack were Don Emms and
Ted Williams with two goals apiece.
The Tuesday night win gave the
locals a ,500 average in the found
robin affair.. They have dropped
two games to Meaford and won one
game each over Forest and Strath -
Y.
With St. Marys out of the pit-
ture, Walkerton Capitals have(' been
obtained for Friday night here to
pier an exhibition , tilt, replacing
the one -which -the Pontiacs would
have played against the Aleets.
•• By "Observer" •
• . • with the Whitefish catch up three-
quarters • -
10004104110110001141061)00411/0000041100•41‘00011000000.0...... 18.4 per cent from 3,953,000 pounds
• in 1952 to 4,682,000 pounds in 1953.
With the announcement last atesamits may, the
tinhethfeansesawsoonu.mBseutrhelat
in Southern Inland Water and in
Smaller increases were also noted
week -end by the St. Marys Alerts
see a better brand of hockey than Lake Huron.
that they were elrepping out of
further competition, the 'picture ef., '
'th
ommercial Catch Of Fish In Great
Lakes In DO Up By Over 15%
• TORONTO. - The preliminary
estimate of commercial all land-
ings in Ontario, according to a
production report just issued by
the Ontario,Depertment of Lands
and Forests, shows a total of
32,209,000 pounds of fish taken in
1953. Since late reports -are _not
included in the preliminary estim-
ate, a final production figiire 15 to
20 per cent higher is indicated.
The 1952 preliminary estimate re-
ported 28,172,000' pounds of fish
taken, denoting awlincrease of 14.3
per cent for .195,3.
The greatest', increase was - evid-
ent in Lake Erie where 'bigger
catches of blue pickerel, perch,
white bass and brought the
1953 production to 16,444,000
pounds, 29.2 per cent higher' than
the 1952 figure of 12,719,00
pounds. Georgian Bay production;
quarters of a million pounds, roSe
they have seen so far this year. Decreases were -reported inlLake
Perhaps e way to avoidbeing Superior, where 2,439,000 pounds
WOAA Interrnediate" playoffs "-A
' knocked out would be to ice a were takeh; six per cent under the
had a radical change. Teams left
stronger squad. ' 1952 figure; Lake Ontario, 1,352,000
in the running are Goderich, For-
But the season isn't over yet. pounds or 8.3 per cent under 1952,
est, Strathroy' and Meaford, and Maybe there will be some good and Lake St. 'Clair, 520,000 pounds;
word via the grapevine has it that games played before the summer or 18.2 per cent less, than 1952.
the Meaford' team is getting ready is upon us. Significant changes • in produc-
to secede from WOAA. playoffs to '•
tion of the more important species
,
go into OHA. Intermediate "B"
Still on ,Cyclon•e activities, we are: •
playoffs. .
note in the Exeter Times -Advocate Yellow pickerel, on a provincial
Up until the time St. Marys de -
where Cyclone playoff for the basis, varied slightly -3,392,000
cided to drop out, it had been a
MacMillan, Trophy may be played lbs. taken in 1952 and 3,420,000 in
five -team round robin affair. Now
and four teams -Zurich, Lucan, 1953. •Lake Erie showed a marked
it' is reasonable to doubt whether
Strathroy and Exeter = have in- increase during the fall months but
.the second round robin will ever
eLicated-they are anxious tp par- produced only slightly more in
be finished. It was to have*nded
ticipate in the competition. Other- 193-1,492,000 lbs. taken - than
by,. ililarch..16,_.but....a, game between teams • may be interested, but the previousyear's •catch of
Strathroy Rockets and Medford
there's nothing official yet. If only 1,396,000 lbs. A significant rise in
Knights slated to have been played
the four teams are entered, the production' was nat,ed for Lake
last Saturday night and postponed storyisays; the'playoffs would prob- Huron, from 212,000 lbs. to 302,000
because of bad roads, has been ably start with a semi-final series lbs. in 1953. • Yellow pickerel
rescheduled Or March, 20. to eliminate two clubs and finish taken from Northern Inland Wat-
The idea when St. Marys drop- with a final series to declare a ers showed a small decrease, from
ped out was to let the fur &emit- winner. It's interesting to note 1,337,000 lbs. to 1,260,000,
ing teams battle for positions, with that the four teams advocating the The increased perch production
the first and third-place squads to trophy playoff never were too for Ontario as a whole, •2,943,000
meet one another and the second much of a threat during season lbs. for 1953 -compared with 1,916,-
lind fourth meet. Now, if Meaford, play. Zuricht Lucan, Strathroy 000 the previous year, is due main -
is -finished, there will only be three. and Exeter -finished third, fourth, ly to a 66.3 .per cent increase in the
What then? Perhaps the intention fifth and sixth respectively at the Lake Erie catch, from 1,558,000 lbs.
is to let those remaining three end of the group schedule. In to 2,592,000. A rise from 208,000
forther years the team that wound lbs. to 231,000 was noted, in Lake
up on top of the heap at the end
of the schedule won the award,
Last year, the Ilderton team was
winner.
Goclericli Lions Midgets go into
action at the local ice palace to-
night with their backs against the
wall. Having come out on the
wrong end of a13-2 score in Elmira -
last Saturday, afternoon, the young-
sters will be going all out ty make
up the 11 -goal deficit in order to
take the two-garneitotal goal series.
The Midgets have had a good sea-
son. The series With Elmira is a
semi-final one with the winner
going into the OMHA Bantam "B"
finals. Unfortunately, all season,
the team hasn't had .crowds On
hand victory. So,
if you wantito give the youngsters
a,.,,bit.„otio.inur;ealt1;i4teirippgatzto
•at the 'arena togight...,Minor hockey
is a' big;itefn with Goderich young-
sters. They -need your "help to
keep in the win columns.
Should be'a good crowd at the
arena on Friday .night, too, when
the Pontiacs take on the Walkerton
.Capitals. The Walkerton crew has
had . a fairly good season and if
previous eichibition games are any
mdieatien, • tomorrow ffight'..s. tilt
.ought to be wdrth seeing.
teams battle it out to declare a
WOAA Intermediate "A": winner.
Seine time ego we remarked that
the "Cyclone" .playoffs reminded
us of the old tune, "Waltz me
around again ,Willie." Apparently
there aren't even enough teams
left now to do any waltzing. And
the situation is comparable the
little song that goes: "Ten little
blackbirds perched in a line, one
flew away and then _there were
nine." And so on, until • there
were none left.
' Now, the picture has become so
confused that not even the players,
let atone the fans, know what's
happening.,
A while back, when the ArsL
round rdbin was -started (before the•
schedule had even been 'finished)
there were six "A " --teams in the
playliffi.... Then the Hensalf FilikS
decided the going was a bit' too
rough for tlieniVaiiiredlleti it llintre"
Things wentalong for a while With
--
the remaining five teams still play-
ing along to see which one would
I be eliminated. it was obvious
i long before 'the round robin was
Islated to en that Goderich and
Foregt would be in the second
round robin. Strathroy made the
grade, and so did Exeter Mohawks,
leaving the St. Marys Alerts Out in.
the cold.
Then Exeter decided it had *had
enough 'waltzing' and deeideiI to
4rop.....out-_-Besides,„ they • Ain't
like the idea 'of the long trip to
Meaford. Who was to take 'the
,'SHEPPARIITON, March 10.L4Mr:
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place of the Mohawks? , There was
Huron.
Herring taken in Lake Superior
increased from 678,000 lbs. to
770,000, but'a sharp drop was ii -ora -
for .,,both Lake Erie,' from 267,000
lbs. to 178,000, and Lake Huron,
.from 105,000 lbs. to 68,000.
Lake Huron chub landings in-
creased from 63,000 lbs. to 253,00fi,
or 172 PPP. MIL
•THURS., MARCH 11-
1.30 to 3 p.m. -Learn to Skate ••
C lasses.
3.30 to 5 p.m. -Free School Skat=
ing-Grades 7-8. -
8.30 p.m. --Elmira vs. Goderich.
FRIDAY; MARCH 12-
8.30 p.m. -7 -Walkerton vs. Goderich
SAT., MARCH 13-
8 to 11.30 a.m. Pee Wee Hockey.
12 to 2 p.m. -Figure Skating.
2 to 4 p.m. -Public Skating.
4.30 to 6.30 p.m. -Figure Skating.
8.30 p.m. -public Skating.
MON., MARCH 15- •
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1.30 to 3 p.m. -Learn to -Skate
Classes.
3.30 to 5 p.m. Free School Skat-
•ing. Grades 1-2-3.
8.30 p.m. -Forest vs. Goderich.
TUES., MARCH 16-
1.30'to 3 p.m. -Learn to Skate
Classes.
3.30 to 5 p.m. Free School Skating
• Grades 45-6.
6.30 p.m. -Figure Skating.
WED., MARCH 17-
2 to 4 p.M.-Ourling.
7 p.m. -Industrial Hockey.
THURS., MARCH 18-
1.30 to 3 p.m. -Learn, to Skate
• Classes.
-,3.30 to 5 p.m. -Free School
Skating -Grades 7-8.
7 to 11 p.m. -Public Skating.
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only one team left -St. Marys. $0,, and Mr$„ Frank McAvoy,‘
when,onMonday night of last Catharines, visited recently at the
isi, ,
,of:-...Mrs.,_MeAitoy,s.,oparentse-
ZereiraTfhTEanli o•ftlijFfuT 14r-lnuf-Ivirs:"S• ert-Regte7-4141rs:-
Knights in Meafoid, they said Bogie returned to •, St. Catharines
with them. for a few days.
Mrs. Agnes Foster, Ralph Foster
All of which leads us to wonder and family, spent -a week -end re -
once again: Is the WOAA a worth- cently in Torono,
Mille organization as far as eGnde, Mrs. Ernest Crawford, Linda and
rich" is concerned? Douglas, spent the week -end Ian
All of this business this year of Vitigliattl, at the home of her sister.
teams dropping out and eliminated POrd01/.DoughertY has been help -
teams being-hreught back into CM-ing his cousin, tionfild' McKenzie,.
petition is' „quite a lot to ask the w411715arkwork. Weare sorry to
average fan to Veer. • say Donald has not been enjoying
Tine, there have been a fair the beat of health. ,
*inter ot•galtieS Oiled'ea a re. Wednesday of last week during
WOAA Cyclone gkeuPng, but how the school children eking ;them
mani p;f. them hoe actually' bon to their homes With' 00 .•
tractor
snit orf the .POntiaegi eiNin the the Foster assisted
rost
"go"games?Nitifet retest, play. where 'cars, cOld not go tkough. I
ed here'; -or fbafail'itt One visit, or ,„
the teuple f tick* -$amett „with • St's,,,Peter*i-llar'S ireir,Oli *reit
e.,16e and ,ar'noiifillitin toot*. Peterd rho° attdifOr Adults
er, there waff a b t :of attidit it fro ,0 A- to 17,3Igt .st.
It would he passing strange, and what
might be termed a reverse play, if a renais-
' sance in lacrosse should be inspired in this
year of grace by the fair sex. And yet ,„,
is -possible. •
Here is Canada, we don't assciciate la-
• markedas ;it is by hard checking,
with the girls.. As played in .th* Thoniinions,, lacrosse is no ,
„..i,,laibe,.,101.1.a:_biekt.....• • • . " • • , 4,, : ' •
But in 'England, it's quite • different. While lacrosse is
played to a surprising eittent by the Male athletes on the other
side, it is also a very popular game among the girls, to the
point that a team of English women players is due to tour the
United States this year, starting this month or next, while a
male American team shuttles to England.
Possibly one of the reasons for dislike of vigOurous body
checking in British lacrosse (and this dislike applies to hockey,:.
tool is that it has been developed primarily as a woman's game.
St. Leonard's School, St. Andrews, Scotland and Princess
. Helena College, England, weKe" the first.British girls'. schools to
take to lacrosse after Queen -Victoria had many years- ago
• watched a game between teams of -French Canadians. and
• Iroquois Indians. • "•
---11.ershost4-4141.-A94,•be,Camtarit,was,considesestAn
---rhythmle•-reereation-ferAfeung-4ellies..---"taerosse4t-was-stesidt-;-
movements based on the natural body movements, and
both sides of the body are brought into ' -
Its. development was hampered by prejudices against the
participation of women in sport, whioh no doubt was typical of
the Victorian era, but 'following the collapse Of most of such
prejudices through events of World War I, lacrosse for girls
began to establish itself.
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Ry 1930; there were national associations flourishing in all
four countries of the United Kingdom. •
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And today, -the game rates,the,"101- most popular of all
wenten's teanw,ieniiit behind: notheIlf,And field hockey, with its
"itiferbOailaW,, Strange, lentt,;itiffiet the mother country
should inlieCtfit,YOrs have takert.,;w1th more favor to Canada's
than We,inVenetia
ttilik o#tAtide:# t ateto. :$1,0f) ,,g, .11dreg, SO, ikome;),..
Oen hag the local team had 4#
result,O't tObilitigINtrOAA, tat060,- • '44r -
fidaleVerti, het,
e• ltgaineat, It•aditao 6 ,yo
e "' •
ed out of tlie41401 tor
Vour cofit and iteogisilont for dolmen will be weleerned
b 'beet ergus4n, cto Colvere House, 431 Yonge$1,400 '