The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-11-20, Page 11
fter Huron -Perth con
The members of the Goderich ,
listrict Collegiate Institute
*Dior Vikings Football Team
held _ a banquet at the
T arbourlite, Inn Saturday
, evening to -celebrate_ their win.
Rover the Wingham Mustangs for
the Huron -Perth Conference
Football crown. They defeated
the Mustangs 33.0 in a game
played at GDCI last Thursday.
School principal John
Stringer told the team he had
been receiving congratulations
from the people of the town and
wanted . to pass those
congratulations on to the team
"which contributed a great deal
to community and school
He pointed out the value of a
good athletic program and the
way it fits students for later life. J
Mr. Stringer paid tribute to
head coach Wayne Horner for
the raport he had with his team
and for the knowledge he had
given to the members. He said
that in the eight years the
Huron -Perth Conference has
•
The members of Goderich District Collegiate Institute Senior
Vikings football team held a. banquet Saturday evening to
celebrate their win in the Huron -Perth Conference Championships
Thursday afternoon. The local boys downed the Wingham
Mustangs 33-0. Trophies were presented during the evening and
films of previous games were shown. Left to right are Ray
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Donnelly, coach; Wayne Horner, head coach and director of
.education at GDCI; Tom Crawford, Most Valuable Football
Player Award; Jon Ginn, team captain for 1969 with the
Huron -Perth Conference Trophy; Jim Redmond, Most Valuable
Lineman Award and Principal John Stringer. -staff photo-
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been inp
won the title four tiros outright probably the shortest career as a
and shared the top spot on one coach inT• jstdry but asplease
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occasion, all with Coach Horner. to think he may have
He said he had seen bigger contributed in some way to the
teams at GDCI but' never one success of the team.
with such a tremendous team Team captain Jon Ginn said
spirit..- ° the reports in the paper ,had
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He concluded by offering a
quotation from a plaque which
is above the entrance to the
athletic wing of the Military
College in St. John, Quebec:
"The duration of an athletic
contest is only a few minutes
while the training for it may
take .many weeks of arduous
work and continuous exercise of
self effort. The real value of
sports is not the actual game
played in the limelight of
applause but the hours of
dogged determination and self
discipline carried out alone,
imposed and supervised by the
exacting conscience. The
applause soon dies away, the
prizes left behind, but the
character you build is yours
t forever."
Coach Horner also pointed
out the importance of a sound
athletic program and stated. it
--E.- could only be had with a strong
F. administration. As an example
of what weak administration can
do, he cited the game between
'SINGLE COPY - 1ST __ Goderich and Stratford in which
�� the Stratford players resorted to
what Horner described as . "the
dirtiest play I have seen in all my
years in football." He said that
type of play would not have
been allowed if the school had a
strong administration.
He lauded the team on- its
efforts saying he had never had a
team with the same team spirit.
He named Jon Ginn as the team
captain for the year.
In announcing the
presentation of awards he stated
it had been a tough job picking
out one player for top honors. •
"How do, you pick the best out
of a team like this," he asked.
He said coach Ray Donnelly
had helped in selecting the
award winners. Quarterback
Tom Crawford was named as
Most Valuable Football Player
-.of the Year. The Most Valuable
Lineman of 'the Year Award
went to Jim Redmond.
Coach Horner, when asking ,
Mr. Stringer to speak said the
original intention had been to
• The annual Warden's Banquet was held in the Hall, of North Street United Church last Friday
•evening with 275 invited guests present. Among the more distinguished guests were, left to right,
Roy Westcott, Usborne Township Reeve, only candidate in the warden's. race this year so far;
Huron County Warden Jim Hayter and the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, treasurer of Ontario and
minister -of economics. - staff photo
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.Supporters form
organization to
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A club for the supporters of
minor hockey in Goderich was`
formed Monday night during a
meeting at the arena.
The president ^ of the new
organizatio.,to be known as the
Goderich Minor Hockey
Supporters' Club, is Tom
Thompson; vice president is,
Sandra Kish and secretary
treasurer is Joyce Pero,.
About ' 40 people, interested'
in minor hockey, attended the
meeting to set up the
organization which will attempt
.to find ways to support ° the
Goderich Minor Hockey
Association with funds or help.
'First step will be the sale of
mercy flight through (anairelief
The conditions the airlift
• Goderich Lions Club has surrendered. They pointed to From there, relief planes were . are he conditions
s. The onrthe planes
agreed to sponsor a Canairelief the pogroms which had killed flying to a converted highway fly in only at nighe
flight into Biafra at a cost of more than 30,000 Ibos before airstrip near Uli, in Biafra.
t.
about $3,200. It is expected the Biafra declared its independence. tio
flight will get off as soon as final So the war ground on, and the d
arrangements are made. suffering grew.
FIuo r
The local club inquired into In, Canada, many people
the matter during October and responded generously to the
received the following letter Nigeria/Biafra' Relief Fund. 0 f . water S
Theirrte
donations' purchased relief
from Wm Michael Barkely:
"The cost of a flight has risen food and medical supplies.
to about $3,200 although this It soon became apparent that
varies depending on the amount relief supplies.were only part of
of fuel consumed and hours of the answer. A means of getting
each crew in flight. them intq_B,lafxa had to be
* "One Canairelief , . Super found.
Constellation will carry 16 tons Since Biafra was surrounded
of food and medical supplies and cut off from the sea, an
into Biafra. Flights are flown airlift was the solution. It was
only at night as it is forbidden the only way to get the food to
by the Nigerian Government to those in heed, while attempts to
fly at all. We fly at night under effect a long-term solution were
• cover of darkness and hope that being made.
each flight will be successful. Like many Canadians,
"Last month we lost one ' Toronto businessman Jack Grant
planet' and the crew. Hopefully wanted to do something to ease
that will be the last one. - the suffering of the innocent
"The flight is about an hour Biafran civilians. Grant
and often the planes must circle ' recognized the need for a means necessary equipment was
• before landing, thus. a rise in of transporting the- relief installed earlier this year:
p
~rice:z�.. .,_, r y, -_.r r,=._:; " ,_..,,supplies .°.once - they- ,had -.been.,... ;,.
FlUritidatiorrx of- --the—town's-
"One
"One flight of 16 tons will purchased. drinking water was authorized
The fluoridation of the'
town's water supply has been,
started, it was announced at the
last meeting of town council.
Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor, said
the fluoridation process had
been in operation for about two
weeks and was progressing well.
He said • he had visited the
Goderich water treatment plant
and seen the equipment in
operation,
' Council had given
authorization to the Ontario
Water Resources Commission,
the body that operates theelant,
to start the fluoridation process
about . a • month ago: The
feed 200,000 people for •one He went to see Dr. E. H.
day, that is, one small meal a Johnson, secretary of -overseas
day. Nine million people need missions for' the Presbyterian
food and one meal a day is Church in Canada. Together,
• hardly enough. As it stands now,.°they visited • Henry Fletcher,
children receive that one meal executive director of Oxfam of
every three days—adults, one Canada..
every five. These are averages. Their, idea was to get a
6,We need more flights, more Canadian plane flying relief
planes. We need help from clubs supplies into Biafra. They heard
such as yours."
In November, 1968, as' nhny
• as 6,000 civilians were dying
every day as a result of the
Nigeria -Biafra war. They
suffered from disease,' from
protein deficiency and from
malnutrition. 'Their plight shook
the conscience of the world.
• In Biafra, 7,000,011i people
were crammed in an area that
normally held little more than
half that number. Food supplies
never approached even minimum
requirements. -
The Biafrans (mainly
• members of the Ibo tribe) Were
that Nordair was retiring a Super this week it is no longer
Constellation from Dewline necessary for parents who have
service and would sell it for been giving fluoride tablets to
$108,000 their children to continue to do
So they bought the plane. so. The addition of 'fluoride to
With $50,000 each from the town's water is expected to
Oxfam of Canada and , the greatly reduce the incidence of
Presbyteriafi Church, and Grant
guaranteeing the rest, they tooth decay in children.
found themselves In the airline Local dentist J. _ H. Peters, a
business. member of the pro -fluoride
To fly the plane, an committee, said this week "This
Ml -Canadian crew was recruited. is the single, most important
In mid-January, the four -engine thing that can be done to reduces possibility of the harbour
Super Constellation left cavities and the need for dental . breakwall being damaged by
Montreal for the South Atlantic tate. He said a survey will be 1 heavy ice in the spring.
island of Sao - Tome, off the.conducted within the next few The federal department of
weeks with random samplings of public works office in London
firmly convinced that they coast of Africa the base for th ears to 8
'by taxpayers during a
referendum held last December.
An earlier referendum, held. in
.1962, had been defeated. The
vote last year was carried by a
3-1 majority. ..
Hilton . County Medical
Officer of Health Dr. G. P. A.
Evans, a long time advocate of
fluoridated water 'supplies; said
old children to establish the
amount of decayed, missing and
filled' teeth and will be repeated
every two years to assess the
importance of .fluoride. The
survey will be carried out by
local dentists under the auspices
of the Huron County Health
Unit and the Wingham and
District Dental Assdciation.
Govt. will
investigate
sand bar
memberships in the club at $1 a
head which will also give free
admission to all regular season
minor hockey league games.
Confusion as( to. the time the
meeting "v'a's 'to • start resulted in
few people being in attendance
during' the early part of the
evening and'it was at first felt
the attempt at forming a group
would be a failure, but a number
°,of extra people arrived later and
the end result was a meeting that
was ':termed "highly successful"
by thug meeting chairman, Ralph
Smith.
Mr. Smith said he was
surprised, but pleased, at the
number of men who attended. It
was thought at first the group
would consist mostly of women.
The suggestion for the formation
of the club came from .local
women.
Directors elected during the
business meeting that followed
the election of the executive
were: Gerry Petrie, Ken Duncan,
Mrs. Emily Crew, Brian Carroll,
Mrs. Lloyd Atfield. and Mrs.
Evelyn Boyce.
A representative of the
G derich Recreation and
Community Centre Board will
act as an ex -officio member of
the club.
It is hoped - the club will be
able to have members of the
minor hockey teams take part in
the Santa Claus parade on
December 13.
Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor, last
'week `Il forhi d°° touter ,he -:had°
received word that the federal
department -orf public works will
look into the sand bar problem
at the mouth of the Maitland
River. '
At a meeting last month the
mayor had brought the
formation of the sand bar . to
council's attention and urged
that the federal department of
public works and the federal
department of transport be
informed.
A sand bar that formed
several years ago had caused
serious flooding and damage to
the harbour area and br. Mills
expressed concern that unless
the bar was removed before the
onset of winter, 'flooding would
be much more serious and the
Sifto Salt Mine could be
endangered. There also was the
would be rn.assacred. ' if they relief operations the teeth of 6 yyear will carry out the investigation.
"That makes it really,
worthwhile," he. said. Tribute
was, also paid to, teatn man
Bill Duckworth for "a
tremendous job."
The Huron -Perth. Conference,
Trophy. was:. presented., . tQ Jon
Ginn by Mr. Stringer; the Most
served to spur the team on. He .. Valuable Football ,Player of the:
said it gave the team something Year Award was presented to
to work for when they knew
somebody wasreading about it
in the paper. He also paid tribute
to the coaches and to the team
which he -said was "...just great."
He said as team captain he was
proud to think the fellows paid
attention rto what he said and
added that despite the rough
games they had been faced with
this year not one player had
been thrown out of a game.
Tom Crawford by Ron Price of
the Signal -Star and the ,Award
for the Most. Valuable Lineman
of the Year was presented':, Jixn
Redmond by Mr. Madge,
Following conclusion Of the
banquet the team viewed movies
of the curfent year's games and
also had a flash back to teams of
the past through movies.
(Game report on Page 5)
Bill Wilkinson named
captain of tarries
Bill Wilkinson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Wilkinson, South
Street, has been named captain
of the Larries 1969-70 hockey
team, coach George Menard has
announced.
Bill is a senior at St.
Lawrence University, Caton,
has a long history of
N.Y., and
success in sports, both • in
university and in Goderich
leagues.
He proved most versatile last
season for the Larries, as a
centre and on defence. He was
" leading Larries' scorers with 24
points on 7 goals and 17 assists,
despite -playing defence for most
of the -season.
In Goderich he came up
through the minor leagues to the
Junior B's and was leading scorer
in the leag3 ' for two of his
four-year stint with the Siftos.
At St. Lawrence with the
Larries, he led the 1967-68 team
with 36 points on 15 goals and
21 assists. He played centre all
that season.,
Coach Menard calls Wilkinson
"...a strong, aggressive skater
with exceptional leadership
ability, good for our young
team."
The development of 10
sophomores is essential if the
Larries are ' to have, adequate -
depth and improve upon last
year's 11-11-2 record.
Bill is majoring in physical
education and is a member of
Sigma Phi fraternity.
He is also well known _ in
Goderich for other sporting
activities and was a member of
Coach Wayne Horner's winning
Vikings squads while at GDCI.
BIL -L VitiL.KI bN- -
Cornmittee:will study
have Sarnia Coach Brian Voici
down to speak but his wife gave
birth to a son Saturday
afternoon and he was unable to
be present. He passed along
coach Voici's comments on the
team describing it as "a bunch of
little guys with hard noses that
just keep. coming at you and
coming at you and corning at
you."
Coach Donnelly also pointed
out the benefits that can be
derived from sports' and ,team
work and the part these play in
building character.
Richard Madge, who
described himself as a "...sort of
unofficial publicity officer," said
the team may have been reading
the reports' of the game in the
Signal -Star and felt they were
being written by somebody
named "Touch Down."
"Actually," he said, "they.were
written by somebody named
teachers' sa
lorries
BY SHIRLEY. J. Kt ,LLERrr_ °
A committee to study
teachers'. salaries and benefits
was__ appointed at Monday
evening's meeting of the Huron
County School Board.
Committee members are John
Broadfoot, Bob Elliott, J.
Henderson, D. McDonald, Mrs.
Wallace and Mrs. Zinn.,
The committee has been given
authority to reach settlement on
salary matters, but benefits
which could affect non -teaching
staff as well, .will be presented to
the board for ratification.
Mrs. J. W. Wallace suggested
the board get together with the
.teachers and perhaps, even the
students, to discuss aims and
purposes•of education.
• At least two board members
indicated there was a danger of
discussion becoming related to
personal matters. Further
suggestion was that an agenda
' for discussion be drawn up and
followed.
Director of education John'
Cochrane offered to * give the
matter more study to" discover
what happens in other areas.
where a liaison committee is
formed.
Habkirk Transit Service
Limited, Seaforth, has offered to
purchase another bus on the
understanding that the Board's
transportation committee will
deal "fairly" with him when it
meets to deliberate, The board
has accepted this offer.
The principle players in the Godtarich Little Theatre production
of BARNABY, to be staged this Friday and Saturday evenings in
+ the main auditorium of GDCI, are, left to right: John Lodge as
Toni,E Margery Dunlop as Mary, George Atkinson as Barnaby,
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Catherine Russell as ''Ruffus, Beth Markspn as Goofus, Lee
McCallum as the Fairy, Warren Robinson as Romanoff and Sue
Miller as Bo -peep, -Staff photo
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