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Graham dons a mask ,while pouring chlorine into the. filter
rrhe J.D. Gooderham Pool Staff for this summer consists of and Debbie Barker. Standin are M
(left to right) Karen Hicks, Mary Stimson, Sue Freeman, . Markson. (Staff Photo) g ark Riley and Grog
Supervisor Taff Graham, Mary Ellen McGill, Brenda Brissette
Eachyear__.hundreds of
ungsters flock, to J.D.ry
derham Pool in Goderich
take swimming lessons or
rely to temporarily escape
heat of the summer sun.
he pool was a gift to the
n by Harry W. Knight of
roto. Mr, Knight was a for -
r resident of Goderich. Prior
the construction of this large
pool which_ is -100 feet long and regularly to maintains' stan-
50 feet wide with a depth dard of cleanliness. After the
varying from three feet two in- large pool was officially opened'
ches to eight feet -five inches, on July 3, 1954, the filter was
there was _-.the smaller. .and hooked up so that it could ef-
shallower wading pool just in- ficiently service both pools{
side the park's gates. thus cutting down on the water
and maintenance bills.
Because the wading pool hada
no filtration system the water Although the pool., is most
had to be changed quite' refreshing 'to swim in on a -hot
summer afternoon, few people
realize the work involved in
keeping the water sphrkling,
clear and usable.
•
The .capacity of the filter
system is about 490 gallons'per
minute which . is necessary to
clean the 175,000 gallons con-
tained in the large pool.
During the water cycle, the
ver the past week the
erich Minor Soccer Club
had its ups'and downs and
slowly losing 'its strangle-
d on the local ,cene with
forth taking over as "top
he big thing this week has
n the opening of a new soc-
pitch at the °,Goderic h
chiatric Hospital.
is,,pitch is overlooked by
Ward occupied by the
for Citizens. On Tuesday
people had a sing -song
ile some of the more active
ients prepared the ground.
ursday the first game was
yed on the ground between
two Goderich Mosquito
ms.
he Goderich "A" team
ched by Sid Allen squeezed
t the "B" team coached by
e Moriarty 1-2.
ike is president of the
,S.C, and also a staff mem-
of the G.P.H. _
Conlon was there to•
his son play and half
e saw hinr coach the boys
assisted by Mr. Jackson,
social worker whose son
,played.
the time the final whistle
t, Dr. Conlon was so im-'
d with the brand of soc-
being played that he
ted a trophy to the Huron
It Soccer Association to be
rented to the Mosquito
e winner.
tis hoped that we can play
e evening games at G.P.H.
ntertain the Senior Citizens
Ward.
ere was a one sided Con -
on Tuesday' when the
erich police Falcons were
by Ashfield.
e Falcons overwhelmed
inexperienced kshfield
19•Lwith goal scoring by
t Shelton 6, Bill Nurse 5,
Duckworth 2, Bill Ross
'Arbour 1, Mike Donnelly
he Doorly 1 and Mike Jef-
1.
on1Y hope that this Bantam
• which is the only one
Goderich to represent the'
on Minor . Soccer
Con when Sarnia brings
All Star teams here on
aY July 26th, can main-
'
Nir form,
rdaY saw Seaforth take
4„
"top dogs" in Huron
soccer. -
Exeter Centennial cham
bea�� ri311 "A"
atoms.
Y Seaforth
is one of
W the best games
k Soccer I have
�6ain seen,
1 came out on top,
4•3 weaket Goderich
of holidays. our Pee
Wees were without some of
their best players. '
Seaforth's winning goal was
scored isi'the closing seconds of
the game. Although this was
not a league game it
was ,important because it was
oto decide who plays against the
Sarnia' All Star team.
water leaving the pool must
first pass through . a "hair
filter" which catches hair and
other solid articles which could
possibly damage the main filter
,system. This is composed of
thin discs treated .with a
solution of crushed sea -shells
to trap any further_ dist or par-
tioles suspended in the water,
The, "hair filter" shosrld be
Cleaned once or twice a day
while the ricin filter system is
0 one at least once a day. The
cleaning of the main filter is
done. by "backwashing" which
is reversing the flow of water
through the filter and flushing
the dirt out of it' into (he sewer.
I The pool . is also vacuumed
port that Seaforth Fiad to cheer p.m.,Seaforth Mosquitos at,
two or three times a week to
them on. 9 ,, ,,,,..,, Agr.icu l to ra 1Park, 2 pick upany dirt or solid
Over the past,orga. weelc+i, p.xn.,Se.afort,h -.. Pee W ees.: is tt,,, material which may have set -
have noticed how a boys' game
improves if one of his parents is
watching.
The teams 'representing
H.M.S.A. in exhibition games
\ against Sarnia All Star teams
Thursday, u y 26thare:
Exeter Squirts to play at Vic-
toria Public School, 2'p.m.,
Seaforth B Atoms to play at
Victoria Public School, 3
Agricultural Park 4 p.rn., and tled on the bottom. ,
• the Goderich ' Bantams at Chlorine is 'added to the
Agricultural Park, 6 p.m. water to kill bacteria and fight
The Goderich Minor Soccer the growth of algae. Most of
" Club would like to take this op- these duties are carried out by.
portunity to thank the local pool supervisor Taf Graham.
stores for their donations of At J.D. Gooderham -Pool,
This was the Pee'Wee's first on Thu d J I prizes for the upcoming raffle. everyone does their part to look
defeat in two years.uring the three days of the after the premises. Lifeguards
The results of these two festival do not forget to visit not only supervise the pool area
games may have been different ..the G.M.S.C. booth and buy but they also take care of
if Goderich had had the sup- your tickets. cleaning the change house and
washrooms used by the swiin-
mers.
Mosquitoea ue onCurrently the pool is open
n�wfi�Id
from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. six
days a week. From opening un -
team well on top of the play as til 2 p.m. there are lessons.
they scored three goals. Brian Public swimming is held frons 2
Fellows, John Baird and fan p.m. until 5 while the adults or
Austin were the marksmen. families may have the pool
. The ,,oppbsition, the Knights from 6 tcx4.7 o'clock.
. of Colombus; launched some until 9 p.m. there is public,
good attacks but were turned swimming again.
back by the stellar goaltending The swimming season which
of -Mike Reynolds. usually ends after school
The Goderichaited Soccer Goderich was now in high Not giving up, the - Knights resumes, may be extended this
Team met the St. Thomas' gear and Refflinghaus got his charged back in the second
g � season because of the new
Royals in St. Thomas last "hat trick" to give the locals a half. After displaying some fine 'water heater system recently
Saturday and returned victors 3-0 lead. passing and teamwork they * donated by the Rotary Club of
by -a 3-1 score. . The St. 'Thomas Royals . finally connected for two goals 'Goderich. The Lions -'Club is
In the first half theplay was began to comeback later in the to trail""'the "A" team by just ,, donating pool lights so that
very even. The Goderich second half"and "only"fine play one. Harold Sartori and Gregg swimming may be carried out
defense played so well that the by the Goderich defence and, Ferris scored for the "B" team. after dark as well.
goalkeeper only handled the the goalkeeper Moller kept the Good defensive play by Chris There seems to be a good
ball twice in that 'half. The Royals Off the scoreboard until Wood, Kevin Bundy and Jeff possibility that year round
score at the end of the half was 10 minutes left in the game Surridge prevented the "13" swimming in Goderich may
0 - 0. when Rhodes the St, Thomas, team from tying the game. Eric become a reality in the not too
In the second half the centre showing a terrific turn Mitchell though failing -to score distant future as an indoor pool
Goderich team•opened up with and speed out -hustled the played well throughout the con- to be located at the high school
superb positional play and af- Goderich Defence and fired the test for the "A" team. Mike is in the discussion stage.
ter five minutes had elapsed, hall past Moller., Grace and Eamon Doorly were -If such a pool were built, it.
Refflinghaus left the St. _. Goderich United plays. their excellent on defence for the would serve the school physical
Thomas goalkeeper helpless next game Saturday in London Knights. education program, and ,. the
with a terrific left-handed shot. against the Lions at the Paren- The game which was very town during the evenings and
- `Minutes later it was Ref- , tal School on y'3"raeside Street,. clean and sporting was well the summer when school is
flinghaus again -scoring: , Graf, • off • Gore "Road. Kick-off time refereed by Tony Jeacock. . 'closed.
Sager, Van-Dongen and Allen is 3 p.m. -
helped out on the play.
The long awaited meeting of
the two Goderich ,teams took
place on Thursday evening on
the new field at the Psychiatric
Hospital.
In probably the best game so
far this season in this division
the "A" team coached by Syd
Allen edged the "B" team 3-2:
The first half saw the "A"
The pee -weer had two goal by Wilmer Mitchell gave
exhibition encounters during Goderich a 2-1 lead. Seaforth
the past 'week. again tied the score.
Thursday evening the high Paul Nurse gave Goderich
flying locals crushed 'the the lead for the third time in
Brookside, Ashfield entry 6-0. the game. Seaforth not to be•
The•boys played well in a joint denied the victory 'tied the
effort and never let the Ash- game again and with 7 seconds
field squad get untracked. P' left scored the winner.
Saturday 'they met the The only unfortunate part of
,Seaforth team in another the game was the poor support
exhibition encounter and sal,- on behalf of the parents.
fered their first defeat in three Neither towns were well
years. The Goderich team, represented.
however, played -their beat This win by Seaforth gave
game of -the season and only a them the right to challenge the
goal in the last half with seven Sarnia Pee -wee All -Stars in an
seconds remaining broke a 3-3 exhibition- game today ,as part
tie and gave the well of the Summerfest celebrations.
disciplined Seaforth squadthe it is hoped that parents and
victory. fans will come out and support
„Goderich scored first on*goal the Seaforth team as they are
by Gordon Budny. geaforth representing the Huron Minor
tied the score minutes later. A Soccer Association.
LLA large segment of the swimming
lessons. Instructor Brenda Brissette
(staff photo)
Lucknow .
Craft event
program at J.D. Gooderham Pool is the swimming
is seen putting some youngsters through the paces,
The Lucknow„ Craft .Festival
is just a week away August 3
and 4 are the days that have
long been waited for with -1973
promising to be the best
•Festival vet.
More than 125- craftsmen
from across Ontario are
scheduled to arrive in f✓ucknow
on August 3 to set up•, their
displays of batik, rug hooking,
knitting, crocheting, painting,
wood working, leather craft,
.,sewi-ng basketry, jewellery, .
macrame, you name it, it will
he there. -
Antiques are ,plentiful and
will be for sale as will each and
every craft itnaginable.
Meals will once again he
provided by the , 41,oca1 W,I.
groups and snacks available
from .the- Ashfield Federation of
Agriculture:
74L41'thur & Rei4 Lod.
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