HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-11-24, Page 15Cement Carrier Retired
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410 FormerGoderich resident Ed MacDonald. deck hands The John L. A. Galster was
Norman Newell, Detroit, recalls Arthur Coates, chief engineer named for the fotinder of the
the days' when he sailed on the McAttie. second engineer Jim old .Petoskey Portland Cement
Kamanistaque, a steamship, out Hunter, oiler Bill Murray, fire- , Co. whieh wassold to Penn -
of doderich between 1909 and man Bob Williams. Dixie in the 1950's. Actually the
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known as the John L A Gal- ova of Petoskey, Mich. The Petn- Iand in 1909. It was cnmmi
skev News Review gives the rest
of the story:
Willard , 13. Spring, Petoskey,
distili&t ales' manatter for the
firm. made the announcement
today. The 29 crewmen were
tori while the. ship was in
Chicr yrtiterday. •
The brief announcement here
simply stated Penn -Dixie "has
made arrangements which will
end its use of the .steamer John
L. A. Galster after the close of
this year's shipping season. The
company is assisting officers
and grew to find employment
for next season. Further de-
tails will be announced at a
later date."
ster, survived a torpedo and
Sabotage during the First World
War and rode mut the great
storm on • the Great Lakes in
1913.
Mr. Newell know; of only
two other men w..o sailed the
ship `fit than time with him. They
ares -second mate Gordon Mac-
Dd�n'ald, South Street, Goderich.
and John T. MacLeod, R.R. 1,
Roscommon, Mich.
Names Crew
Other members, of, the crew
he recalls were Captain Bav
Stevens, mate Rod MacDonald,
'who .drowned in Lake Erie in
1918, wheelsmen - Louis Be-
langer, Fred Erie. Joe Beck,
sloped the• Kamanistaque and
crossed. the Ablantic where it
was operated a great deal in
the Welland Canal area and in
1913 it survived the "Great
Storm" which took so many
shins to the bottom.
The name' was changed to
Westoil and the ship went to
wgr. It survived German tor-
pedoes off Gibraltar, but in
1918• it was sent to th° bottom
.of Genoa harbor by Axis
saboteurs. After the war, it
was raised and brought back
'•to• the'Great Lakes and resum-
ed the "canal trade" until 1921
when it was acquired by the
Mrs. Fritzley. Heads CP6LT
The monthly meeting of the
CP and T took place at the home
of the new president, Mr3. Ada
Fritzley, Oct. 31, with 11 mem-
bers.
Officers and committees were
appointed for the fiscal year: .
President, Mrs. Ada Fritzley;
vice-president, Mrs. Gordon Orr;
recording secretary, Mrs. Violet
Bidle; treasurer, Mrs. J. Thomp-
son; wheel chair committee,
Amos Osbaldeston and Mrs. Fred
Fritzley; investigating commit-
tee, Maurice McIlwain, Mrs:
JockRyan, Harold Jewell and'
'Mrs. Edith' Craig; social com-
mittee, Mrs. Harold Larder;
audlitorts, Mrs. Gordon Orr and
Frank Bowra; press secretary,
R. G. Harrison.
Mr. Osbaldeston -presented, a
report an last year's activities
of the -wheel chair committee
with the following, equipment
loaned out to Goderich and dis-
'trict: 20 wheel chains, 16 walk-
ers; -I2 pair crutclies, o1 ' clines
and five bed tables
•
Mr. Osbaldeston also reported
the following equipment on
hand for immediate emergen-
cies: 10 wheel chairs, three
walkers, nine pair crutches, four
canes, 1 ramp (for wheel chair, have been in Lake Michigan, it
indoor -outdoor access), 1 bed
table and 1 exerciser.
Mrs. Edith Craig offered her
home for the Nov. meeting.
Lunch was served by Mrs.
Osbaldeston.
Birthday presents, Christmas
presents, holiday presents! What
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• occasion? A book, of course! SO-
visit
ovisit your library or bookstore.
Petoskey ` Transportation Co.,
• a subsidiary of Petoskey Port-
land Cement. •
Bag Cement
The name was next 'changed.
to J. B. John in honor of a
armee;-..president zof_4n Poto'
j ey _Part ed Cement Co.It— i
sailed the lakes as a package
freighter and carried bag
cement which used• to be loaded
by hand until 1929, when air
compressors and conveyors were
installed to- make it a ' hulk
carrier which `could Load and
unload itself.
It was a coal burner until
after World War II when it wa.:
converted to oil.
Capt. Frank P. Russell ',kip-
pered the ship for 35 years
and through three of its four
names. He retired at the end
of the 1955 season, ending 59
years as a sailor, and was suc-
ceeded . by Edwin McCann of
Charlevoix and Beaver, island
who had worked his way up
through the ranks. Irvin L.
Wendorf of Petoskey was chief
engineer on the Galster for 36
of his 45 years on the Great
Lakes and he retired in• August,
1965, and was succeeded by
John E. Taylor of Cheboygan.
The Galster has wintered
many years at Harbor Springs
or at Manitowoc, Wisc. While
in- recent years its ports of call
'o Qoderieit
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Whether the Galster will be
•converted ,tor some other use
Spring said he wasn't at l.iJeterty
•to .say Heexpected an an-
nouncement to be made shortly
tl it t'•I
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of what ,Penn -Pixie, vtill do for
large, bulb transportation; ittart-
ins next year.1
He had no comment . qn 41u -
mors that Penn -Dixie tolvd
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