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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-04-12, Page 1711 ar,,: ge mora larges ►uty pt t 4023 tial visit )f the 11 Dip ty and the bobLtittJ SIGNAL th YEAR - 1 5 STAR. THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1973 SECOND SECTION There's a.big job ahead tg Star 315, 1 traveliot sive mai ndanfed Ing cc* vedby�, ornmittnt ani, om paleti to move from estabag here. 's of the and Co reveal rt' Don Doug C ae hired at nd that ceptance tssell ' sistant was defet o eve Stan that m,; d and thet ;ibly could at part of, n was In "hole. �u believe rat. on present noved by!). ,conded by It Mocre be' year, be annual coo ge rs, , have tion period e after sir eessful .,..r an additi, 00 after tit ovment. Gine hundred and fifty veterans of Royal 'Canadian Legion Branch 109, Goderich, attended the annual Vimy Memorial Banquet held at the Branch on Wednesday, April 4 to honor 25 World War 1 veterans, 12 of whom saw ac- tion at V imy in April 1917. The highlight of this event was the presentation to the Branch of four oil paintings by World War I veteran and well- known artist ,lack McLaren of Benmiller. The first painting depicts the cathedral at Ypres. 'I'he second picture is of Canadian Spitfires of a Squadron Commanded by Wing Commander J.E. (John- nie) Johnson taking off from an airfield in England. The third is of ITMCS Saskatchewan dropping a depth charge and the fourth painting, shows it Canadian Army patrol in Caen. guest speaker at the Vimy Banquet was Rev. K.E. who gave a very interesting'talk on the develop - tanks during the wars. 'fire appreciation of the Branch for this kind'•gesture of Comrade McLaren was- ex- pressed by Branch President George Low. First Vice-president R. Chap- man prdposed the toast to the Vimy veterans and Comrade H. Turner replied to the toast-. Guests of the head table were Mrs. Wm. Moore, President of the. Ladies luxiliary to Branch 109; Mrs. Howard Carroll, Honorary Provincial 'Treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary; Mayor Harry Worsell, a member of Branch 109; and Zone Commander Ted Elliott. The guest speaker was Canon K.E. Taylor of London who was Chief Protestant Padre of First Canadian Army during World War 1I and a for- mer rector of St. George's Anglican Church in Goderich. He was introduced by the Branch - Padre, the Rev. G.L. Royal. Padre Taylor who was an of- ficer in World War I spoke of his experiences when the tank was first ..introduced as a new offensive weapon in World War I. ..Padre Taylor pointed out that -the tank was invented by the British but their first strategic use contributed little to the Allied cause. In World War I1 the German High Command recognized in their blitzkreig style of warfare the tactical advantages of the tank as -devised prior to the war by the British tactician Captain Liddell Hart. The British were the last to accept modern tank. strategy which was to revolutionize the art of war. if numbers rneair anything, the current fund-raising drive for The ('anadian Cancer So, iety in Huron ('oust' is going to go ,over the top_ The kick-off of the campaign, a gala Daffodil Coffee fart` held last Wednesday at TIte White Carnation in Itc,In►esvrlle was attended by an estimated 700 people. It .was the first, venttare of its kind in Huron, but probably won't be the• last The afternoon and evening affair"pr•uy'ided contincious e}i tertainment for men and women who enjoyed coffee and sweets served by the various Branch members in Huron Unit Arnor► those entertainers were Mrs Marjorie l.la',s Dunlop and her accompanist Paul baker of Goderich The local pair provided delightful musical treats as did The lit•11 }Zingers of Wingharn, tett' \dung men with their leader, Gordon Leggatt Others• who performed were Highland dancer Miss Nan(` Hearn, and a► gronup of eager Brownies who sang uuexpt;, redly and tirarehe0r-ed All day long, "i'irt► ``it. Louis ,,t l'he Raintree in Clinton had a booth of ;artistic , raft-. a\ ailable for browsing or for sale AIthough t atn►osphert generally was relaxed, some speakers indicated the tremen- dous need of the ('anadiar► Cancer `society for fonds to ,err\ on the vital research and ser. ye to -patients \ lag those speakers was Ron r',zlhoun, campaign (ha►r- nc:0ri for South Western 1)istrict f wp►ic h 11uron is now. 0 parr. Th, rlrict comprises •Kent, 1;! In. T�rnihto►►• Mrcfdletie. x, 0\.. lord and 'Huron Counties. "I•his cent is a beautiful ex - pre' -'1m of deterinination," t (. c 'c ,,,a ;tt'e ,c;l ;tic, .�chc:�iu- 'Ani :. members of the Cancer Society. You may not he card carrying members but you are all mem- bers because the minute you take a breath you are suscep- tible to cancer " He spoke about The Ladies" Great Ride for ('aucr which last year raised 1 tl(►•)tt(t in the District and of the other "special event-" which netted 1 5(1.00(1 for the. Cancer Society Calhoun was introduced to .."Team hureri - the campaign hairnien from across the coutity • by Past President Mrs. NI Va' Durst ,Clinton Some interesting demonstrations were put on for those ladies who enjoy arts and crafts projects. Tim St: Louis owner of "The Raintree" and Francine ,Sora showed vitors how some of the projects made. which Tim sells in his store are STj, .L 10P 2*6' 6 11 NE NEL ,L 1 4' L. I 19 OZ, ES �1 t OZ. 6 CE .$) member Jack McLain of Benmiller was on hand to present four of his paintings Ing war scenes to Legion president George Low. Mr. McLaren made these paintings ally for presentation at the Vimy banquet. a ;99 ofthefs�r ramal Vimy veterans ars pictured More legl President George Low. Front row: �' D O5 Low, Les Watt and David McMillan. A capacity crowd was on hand at the White Carnation Hall in.Holrnesville last "1'hur- sdav to "kick-off thte crrrii(et fury] crusade. Special guest for the opening ceremonies was lovely Patricia Lynne Peters, Mise Hope 1:17:1 for Southwestern Ontario Miss Peters gave a vera' infor- mative oral presentation on the real facts about the dreaded although not incurable disease of cancer. Even though this was merely her second ' campaign "kick- off". Patricia spoke with an of extreme confidence and poise. She opened her address with an interesting recount of a girl she 2,nc e knew, of. whose lifestyle resembled her, very closely. This girl fin1111v reached her personal goal of becoming a graduate nurse only to find that she had the much feared disease Leukemia. 1lir tragedy touched Pat deeply and made her realife more than ever, that no per -son's future has a guarantee According to Miss Peter,, the purpose of ker speech was not only to present a few basic facts about cancer but also to motivate an awareness in people than it may not always he the other individual whowill be affected. It is a fact that out of every six deaths that occur in Canada, one it caused by can- cer. Much of this unwarranted tragedy could he prevented if people would only adhere to the seven basic safeguards of cancer detection. These safeguards are: have 0 regular medical checkup; don't smoke cigarette; have your den- tist check for unusual con- ditions; arrange with your doc- tor regular bowel exatnlin-ations; avoid excessive exposure to sunlight; For Women; practice regular breast self-examination and finally have a regular pap test. Cancer can be cured if it -is detected early enough.. ..V curclino„ to Dr !Nieman. „ne of thte rt'.e Trt')Ter- in -the Ir.t,,-s, ,t \,r clic ,c.:;rola , an I' nllnl �i,i,ll tali h I, presentation t,v staltn:; that \V"Irl, A',,;r .yI!Hu11i--11- ,tiic1 !tisk, illy Miss Hope for Southwestern Ontario Patricia Lynne Peters, was on hand to heap open this year cancer campaign. Miss Peters gave a very informative lecture on cancer prevention. Opening ceremonies took place last Thursday at the White Carnation Hall In Ito$ mswiMw