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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-10-30, Page 100 erit a THURSDAY,OCTOBER 30, 1969 _ •-S1��� E -copy. �. �C ' 4 ► 122nd YEAR - 44 .� . Ngnulrururonuuuunuununnlnlunnlunulnuuununnluullnlunrlllnuuuluuuunulnnuulunwnuunnuruulnunuunuuuuulluluuluuuinlululunluuunualnnlununnuuuulumnrlullutglgiuumnuuutnuluuiuropinlluttiitttuillluur11111111111111111111111111u11111111111111111I11111111111111III11111111111111111li 1 IMM1111/1111111tlt0 , Booster Club disbands Junior Junior 'B' hockey in Goderich .is dead. Following a meeting of the Goderich Booster Club last Sunday night, Richard Madge, publicity director of the• • club, announced that the Goderich Siftos of the O.H.A. Central Junior 'B' League, Western Division would cease operation effective October 27. The main reason given for the move in telegrams sent to • O.H.A. Secretary Bill Hanley, and League convener John Brent by - club president Harry Kerr was lack of players. The folding of the hockey team was the inevitable end of a month of frustration for Booster r' Club cid*. The problems of icing a contending team became more obviously insurmountable at every step, according to - Publicity Director Madge. The; team had lost its first 6 four lean, garoes by large margins and the Siftos were able to dress only eleven players for their • Saturday game in Strathroy, which they lost 9-1. Two of the eleven, Mike Coleman and Warren Van Wart had signified their intention of • returning to their homes in St. John, New Brunswick this week, Mrs. Betty Rogers is the new leaving the Siftos in the Huron County area chairman for impossible position of having The Ability Fund, formerly approximately nine players available. Even some of these are *called the March of Dimes. She is regarded by team officials as seen _here at the recent annual' being of less than Junior `B' meeting of the organization's. calibre. With prospects of central Western Ontario Branch strengthening the team remote, Board held in -Kitchener. Mrs. Booster Club officials decided Rogers was campaign chairman that there was nothing to be for Goderich last year. The done but withdraw from the Ability fund campaigns on league. " behalf of disabled adults every To make up for the lack of local talent, we were faced with importing up to seven players. They would either have to have jobs, which we couldn't find, or be, put into school for the year. Putting ' a boy into school costs IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItlIf1111111II11IIIIIIIIIIII11111I Ability Fund chairman us about $1400 when you consider costs of room and board, spending money, `and tuition expense resulting from Board of , Education policy of charging non-resident fees. The $200 the Board asked per student was not unreasonable on their -part, but it didn't help our financial situation. The plain fact was too that crowds over the last few years, whether the team has been good or bad did not encourage us to take the huge financial gamble involved in importing that many players. Being able to attract players to the town has become a greater problem, too. We couldn't offer them good paying jobs that larger centres could, and many boyS- would just as soon 'stay at home to play as come here for what we could afford to offer them. The end of sponsorship of Junior teams two years ago hurt us, too. It used to b that with the Detroit Red Wing helping us with players and financial aid, Goderich was able to put' , together strong tealns. The sponsorship helped us and it also paid off for Detroit — three local players, Larry Jeffrey, Paul Henderson and Gary Doak all broke into the N.fLL. with the Red Wings. However, since the regulations were changed ending' sponsorship, Goderich has been 'on its own and we have had difficulties attracting players. The disappearance of the link between Goderich Siftos, Hamilton Red Wings and Detroit Red Wings took away Much of the appeal of coming to play in The combination of Goderich circumstances which brought the January. - 14 year history of Junior B The age change last year didn't help us eiths Two years ago we went to the''1eague finals with Mazo Paquette, Ken MacNair, Jim Bell on our team. We lost most of that team through the age change and had to go with a whole team of, rookies last year. As a result we won only seven games last season. We had hoped that those kids from last year would develop into something - .this year, but this has not been born out by their performance this season. Most of all, though I feel we have been caught in a changing situation over which we have no The annual commencement and graduation exercises were held at Goderich District Collegiate Institute on Friday, October 24, with diplomas and awards made to 168 students. (See list and more photos page one second section). The processional was played by the Goderich Vikings Band under the direction of Charles Kalbfleisch and following the National Anthem school eprincipal John Stringer made the address to the graduates. Presentation of honor graduation diplomas was made by H. W. Bettger; secondary school graduation diplomas were presented by Miss F. Armstrong and H. J. Murphy. The presentation of the R. D. Munro Scholarship was.made by Dr. R. W. Hughes and the presentation of scholarships and awards were made by L. T. Boyce. The Catholic Women's League prize for,,. Latin was presented by Mrs. W. Palmer; the International Association of Machinists .and Aerospace Workers, local 1863, a ward by A. Bourdefu, president; Goderich District Labor Council CLC prize by J. Pirie, president; subject prizes by sorry for the players in the area who might have been able to further their careers in hockey — either in pro ranks or on hockey scholarships at university by playing Junior `B' hockey in control. Junior 13' hockey is changing more and more into _local hockey for big centres, and we don't fit " in. Places like London, Stratford and Sarnia in our league are made up predominantly of local players. We just haven't got as many kids to draw from. We're unable to' compete with them, too, because we can't draw as many fans. Sarnia is reported to be paying every player on their team $15 a week, and they expect to draw an average of at least 1000 fans a game. The only time we see crowds like that are in the playoffs. St. Mary's and Strathroy have the same problems we " do. It will be interesting to see how long they survive. We certainly regret withdrawing the team for° the sake of the. town — the fans who have backed us, and the merchants and industries, who have supported us. We also feel hockey. in Goderich to an end Iopment was outlined by Mr. Madge: • eve ro osepark There were a lot of � tough breaks that seemed to meet us at „ every turn this year. We lost goalie Jim Steele to the Sudbury Wolves Junior „`A' team; we lost local de,fenceman Dirk Walterbeek 'to Three Rivers of the Quebec Junior 'A' League fid”—we----tost- forward -Brian i Rumig because of a serious knee injury. Cam Colquhoun whom we thought would be back went to Toronto to school, and John Louder got married. We thought {Jim Hayter would come here but he wound up playing for Stratford: Hamilton Red Wings • promised us player help that never arrived. Jack Evans had numerous players lined up to come but for some reason or another they didn't. The ones that . did come wouldn't stay because we couldn't find jobs • for them. In short we had real problems .putting a team on the ice this•fall. But there are deeper lying causes that made us decide that we were in over our heads in Junior `B' hockey and that. the • only logical solution was to get out now, for our own good, and the good of the league. One big problem in recent years has been the lack of good hometown players. We had only three Goderich boys on the team • this year, and that was reduced to two when one of them failed to show up for the game on Saturday. • • • Goderich Town Council is considering a proposal made at the last meeting by Councillor Paul Carroll, chairman of the town's harbor committee, for the development of the South ---Beach area- as--a-trailer--park and•.. camping site. Councillor Carroll, in• a prepared brief .to council, suggested the area from the railroad tracks to the part of the lake known as the lagoon be established through bylaw as an approved < park under the provisions of , the Parks Assistance Act and the area be developed in two stages as a tourist site for trailers, . camper trailers and tents and a picnic area be ..set up that would include facilities for washrooms, showers and laundry. "Consideration should be given to developing this area for • a combined swimming, picnicing and camping area," . said Councillor Carroll who had also - • presented a draft map of the project. • He proposed the initial stages to be known as area B and C and include that portion of the area from the railroad tracks to the water treatment plant and that the area be opened in 1970 for tent and . trailer traffic formerly accommodated in Harbour Park. The park will no longer be used for trailers and camping after llllllllllllllllllllllllllu111101nnppnnnlllpinljnlnnnppnlnnnl1llnp1111111llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllnulullgnnlnnnnlnlialla llnllaill111111111111111alallail lliallallIall111111lIallaiiiilaillaili 11111111 October 31. He suggested washroom facilities were already needed to give washroom facilities to people using that part of the beach and recommended they be built to .include showers and laundry facilities and also provisions for emptying waste tanks from the trailers. Councillor Carroll said the area should also be supplied with water and hydro and a picnic area be set up. 1je said the park would have controlled access and would be operated under the same regulations governing provincial parks. government would provide a 50 Garrow (grade XIII). ' percent subsidy if this were Valedictorian for the done, he said, graduating class was Brenda Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor,' )vast, .Ontario Scholar and commended Councillor Carroll *inner of the Robert McKay Memorial Scholarship, the A. J. Goderich. The Booster Club will not be disbanded. We have enough money to meet our outstanding financial Obligations and any amount left over will be kept in the bank for a purpose that the club may see fit to support. A financial statement will be published' in the near future. The money collected for programme advertisements will ss - be returned by the person who sold the ad as soon as possible, even though 3000 programmes have already been printed and programme sales were begun at last Friday's game." tuden ts receive awards, iplomas at GDCI commencement 1 N Shaw (grade. XII) and W. J. T he provincia • for the presentation and on the preparation of the brief which Moore -Memorial- Scholarship and contained, in addition to the the Goderich District Labor proposals, copies of the Parks Council CLC award. Assistance Act relevant to the Miss East is now attending situation. McMaster University on an Arts Dr. Mills said he felt council Course and will major in French should have time to study the and English. copies Councillor Carroll. had The text of her valedictory made available to'them and the matter was tabled for two weeks. Bus depot relocates The Goderich Bus Depot, 'formerly located at the Coach -House Travel Service. offices on East Street has been relocated at Five Points Gulf service station at Kingston Street and Victoria Street, effective Novetnber 1. Charterways, All Star Tours and Ontario Coachways -.buses will be operating' from the new location according to the existing schedule. Ron Wilton, owner of Five Points Gulf Station, said this week • he "feels the new location -will be .better for passengers because better facilities are available for them. e res me will be available night and day from the Kentucky Fried Chicken located on the station premises which also houses washroom facilities and storage areas for bus freight. The change of location was made necessary due to the unexpected amount of freight being shipped by bus, a spokesman said this week. Mr. Wilton said he and his staff hope to be able to provide good service for passengers and look forward to a long association with the bus lines. A group of Leamington teenagers; active in church work, were guests last 'weekend of members of the Hi -C group of North Street United Church. Some of those present were, left to right, Laura, Cascaddin, vice president of the Leamington Hi -C group; Margot Bettger, Terry Worsell; Peggy Hanley, Rev. Donald MacDonald, all of Goderich; Tom Tetzlaff, president of Leamington Hi -C group; Mrs. Joanne Phillimore,. senior advisor to the Senior department'of the Leamington Sunday School; Barbara Miller, Goderich, Elizabeth Reid and Debby Preston, both of Leamington. All Goderich members shown are on the executive committee of the North Street United Church Hi -C group. The Leamington group appeared on CKNX channel 8 "Singtime" program with Mr. MacDonald on Sunday. -- staff photo. address follows: special, or the winter carnival with its chicken clutch and snowshoe races. However, aside • from the When I began working on this valedictory, I immediately thought the natural topic to be the activities and high points of our life at GDCI, such as the formal, where almost everyone in some way or ,another pitched in to help in creation of this' major events such as these, everyone remembers special , incidents; peculiar only to him or to those in his class. These outstanding ones I couldn't begin to compile. Besides, ,memories of past *Continued oh Page 10 ti. Brenda East, valedict riah, Ontario Scholar, winner of the Robert McKay Memorial Scholarship, the A. J. Moore Mem rial Scholarship and the Goderich 4ficl District Labour Council Award to the student showing the most industry, co-operativeness and dependability. Miss East is at present attending McMaster University on an Arts course and will major in French and English. Signal -Star Publishing acquires fourth publication; , Kincardine News cbanges hands November 1 Robert G. Shrier, resident of Signal -Star Publishing Company, has . announced that the Beware on Hallowe'en The Goderich Community Safety Council and the Goderich Police Department urges parents of children who will be going uut Trick or Treating Friday night to give serious consideration to the types of clothing to be worn by and to rules to be set down for their children. Parents areasked to make sure their children wear Tight _colored. clothing,_ Preferably with reflecting tape attached; —have masks that do not restrict their vision and are warned too cross roads only when they have made sure themselves that the roads are clear of traffic. Very small children should be accompanied by an adult and all children should be warned not to accept Treats from strangers in the streets and not to eat any fruit until it has been inspected by parents. There have been cases reported in the past of children finding ,broken glass in their bags,` and even razor blades imbedded in apples dropped in their bags by some sick jokers. Motorists are asked to drive with extra care Friday night and to keep an especially watchful eye open for young spooks. Goderich Police Chief Fred Minshall said teenagers should be warned that any persons found guilty of damaging., public or private property as a pran'. will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Kincardine News has been acquired by the company effective'Novernber 1. Signal -Star Publishing Company now owns the Goderich Signal -Star, the Clinton News -Record, the Huron Shopping News and the Kincardine News. Former publisher of the Kincardine News . was R. G. Buckingham who owned the paper for the past 15 years. The Kincardine News was established on August 4, 1857 and incorporates the Kincardine Review -Reporter and the Ripley Express. Ted Rowcliff has been named editor of the newly acquired publication. Mr. Rowcliff was Worn in Toronto and started in the newspaper business in Kincardine. He was employed by the Wingham kik&ance-Tifnes for one and one half years before returning to work in Kincardine. He had previously been employed by McKim 'Advertising, North York Enterprises in Toronto. ` Mr. Rowcliff is married to the former Sandra Clark and they have two children. The Kincardine News will now join the list of 11 publications being printed each week in the Signal -Star's . Goderich offset printing plant. Father Galed honoured BY DOLORES VAN OSCH Reverend Father H. Galea, S.S.P., who departed for Malta, Wednesday October 29, tb begin his new duties as Superior General of the Fathers of the Society of St. Paul, was guest of honour at a farewell gathering in St. Joseph's school gym, Kingsbridge on Sunday evening October 26. Attending were Rev. Fr. Mooney -of Sacred Heart Parish, Wingham and Rev. Fr. Moynahan of St. Peter's Parish, Goderich, and many parishioners from St. Joseph's, Kingsbridge, St. Matiyy_'s,, Lucknow and St. Augustine. The program opened by singing '0 Canada and the chairmap's address was given by Gene Frayne who is president of St. Joseph's Parish Council. The first number was an accordion solo by Mara Bongertman. Grand Knight, Mark Dalton and Joe Tobin of Stratford, members of Father Nagel- Council, bf the Knights of Columbus, presented Father Galea with a gift on behalf of the Council. Mrs; Jim O'Donnell,._, Lucknow, gave two readings, - Don Aubin of Dungannon played his guitar and sang. Grant Chisholm and Jim O'Donnell, on behalf of St. Mary's, Lucknow, made a presentation to Father Galea. "Good bye,' to you, Fatheir Galea," was sung by the pupils in Mrs. Don Frayne's class, after which Sheila Sinnett danced the Sword Dance. Two duets were sung by Lori Chisholm and Ellen O'Donnell of' Lucknow, accompanied by Denise Dalton of Kingsbridge. A presentation on behalf of St: Augustine, and a guest book made ,and decorated by MTS. Gordon Foran, were given to Father Galea by Neil Stapelton and Cyril 13oyle. An , address given by Clem Steffler, principal of St. Joseph's School, on behalf of the staff and students. Mr. 1 Steffler also directed the next number when many of the students demonstrated their tumbling exercises. Bill . Van. -,_lsch_ ,ands° Leo Courtney, on behalf of St: Joseph Parish, Kingsbridge, presented Father Galea with a gift. Dennis O'Neil, accompanied by Marie Boyle presented a song. Addresses were heard from Rev. Fr. Mooney and Rev. Fr. Moynahan. The newlyappointed Pastor, Rev. Fr. H. Cassano, S.S.P., gave a few remarks and stated how pleased he was to learn that he was to remain,, as the priest in charge of the three parishes. Father Galea, thanked everyone for their presentations and thanked each organization, lectors, altar boys, ushers and helpers of the three parishes. Father also expressed his -appreciation of having Fr. Cassano's assistance during the past eight months and also to • *Continued on page 6