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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-09-06, Page 1i «11 youths robed T�roflt� dead end Goderich men were rob- $300 at gunpoint and« eir car stolen last Thur - hen they made a trip to the Canadian National align in Toronto. amnd nd Russell Dejong rt, both 19, told police met two youths on the ,unci and were invited•ta ty with lots of girls". But itation-turned out to be four got into Stoddart's d were directed to Chine dead end street, where one of thea youths pulled a .38 revolver on the Goderich men and took 360 from Stoddart and 340 from Dejong. The robbers insisted that the visitors must have more money and Stoddart admitted he did, producing 3200 hidden under the car floor that so it would not be stolen by pickpockets at the C.N.E. ,,,The gunmen the victims out took it, leaving 150 miles from 'then ordered of the car and them stranded home. a THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1 973 oca SINoLE-COPY 20c ool enrolmenthol s County enroiment down from last year On Tuesday nearly. 2700 students reported to classrooms ,in Goderich and .surrounding area for the 1973-74 school year. That figure shows no drastic change from enrolment of the 1972-73 school term. •At Goderich, and District Collegiate Institute Principal John Stringer reports a total, enrolment, as of Tuesday mor- ning, of 845 students. That total is up 20 to 25 students over last year. Mr. Stringer did point out, however, that G.D.C.I. is welcoming the largest Year One class (Grade 9) ever, with 230 students registered as com- pared to last year's 220. At the other end of the scale there are 64 students studying this term in Year Five (Grade 13) representing the same num- ber as last year but a slight decrease from two. years ago whew TO -A tudenTs took Grade 13. , Mr. Stringer said his -school was full to capacity but • not crowded to the point were "we have to use the cafeteria for classes" or similar measures. This year G.D.C.I. has a cer- tain continuity in that it has no -new-staff-memberA- 0 ali.:Last year's teachers are back on the> job offering -the full- range of courses. No new courses have been in- troduced but Instrumental Music and Arts have been ex- panded to include Year Two whereas they were only available.,to Year One students last term. - w ---At.....R,oberison Public School 475 students were in the class rooms Tuesday morning, the same enrolment figure the school closed with in June of this year. Kindergarttt„glasses will - total 34 youngsters- this year as compared -Co 31 last year. Robertson welcomes three new teachers to their staff in the persons of John Hartley; formerly of Exeter, who will teach Grade 7; Harry Brooks, of Windsor, who will be, teaching Grade 6; and Sandra Braid of Hamilton, who will teach French to Grade 3 through 8. Miss Braid actually joined the Robertson staff in June Of this year but the' 1973- 74 year will represent her first full term with the school. At Victoria Public School Principal Don O'Brien reports total enrolment of 499. Kin- dergarten classes at his school are down by only one from the previous year at 52. Five new leachers join tFie staff at Victoria. Mrs. Roellie Leggett, Goderich, will be teaching a Grade 1 class; Nancy Shelley, Mitchell, will also teach Grade 1; Linda Smith from Petrolia, will in- struct Grade 2 and 3; Allan Schade, a former teacher at Victoria returning from leave of absence`, will teach Grade 6; and Ronald Ritchie, from Lon- don, will instruct a Grade 4 class. No big program changes are in store at Victoria this year although plans are being made to revamp the primary reading course to include a wider range of communication subjects. Principal Larry Cook. of St. Mary's Separate School in Goderich reports enrolment as of Tuesday at the same level as school dosing in June, 235, students. Kindergarten classes are down three from last year to 15 youngsters, 12 of those being boys. There are two new staff members at St. Mary's. Sister '-MShearon �aureen Shercomes from -London to teach Grades 1 and 2 in the open area while Sister Lauraine Cote of Kindora will be assisting as a special instruc- tor. Mr.- Cook said St. Mary's program of extra curricular ac- tivities will be expanded this year but final plans for ac- tivities are still being made un- der the direction of Tom Hoad. Holmesville Public School reports very'Iittle change in the total enrolment this term with 303 students reporting for study. The Kirider'garten class will be exactly the same with 34 students. Principal Robert Raeburn said he has two new staff mem- bers this year. Marion Coleman, Seaforth, will assume duties at the school as a new librarian. Students will receive instruction in French from part-time teacher Marlene Kalbfleisch who comes to this school area from Stratford. She will also be teaching that sub- • ject on a part time basis at Colborne Central School. �t Colborne Central overall ens lment this year is down by about 30 from 1972-73. Two hundred and twenty two students will be taking instruc- tion at the school. Kindergarten enrolment is Clown to 15 from 21 thj previous year. Principal John Kane welcomes only one new teacher, in addition to the part time - French instructress, in the person of Laura Martin who will be teaching the Grade 1 class. - Back in Goderich Queen _ -'E tea `eft -f ool reports exac� s back to the classrooms for approximately 270o is in Goderich and area on Tuesday as the summer y ended and the 1973-74 school term got underway. .Huron as a whole school enrolment dropped slightly 4r, down 312 Itudenti frith ilial Oar* tally. Locally eut wo've enrolment stayed about on par with last year with kindergar- . ten dropping slightly. Here at Robertson Public School in Goderich the youngsters line up outside at the start of their new school year. (stff photo) tly the a same, enrolm_ent_as__in June at 26 students. Twenty of those will be at - continued on page 12 3y gurney pertorrnance skies and warm tem - s predominated as the nnual Industrial Soft- rnament sponsored by •erich Industrial Soft - ague was held last August 31 until Sep - 3. ournament reputed to rgest of its kind in On - as deemed by tour- chairman.,poug Fisher, most successful yet". dance at most of the as around 400," stated bout 600 people were to have watched th'e ampionship game bet- .denoch a class "B" '.Stratford a class "A" ich took place under Monday ,evening. use of age, the arena 'm which was conver- a licenced "parlor" for kend event, was a' place between games. here where hundreds ge from the extreme 'wn a thirst -quenching 260 cases of beer were I police charge of session" of the Goderich lePartment laid a "Possession" against mtqDavid Lloyd under the" Narcotic this week after the Witched by officers in 'se park and found in- to of 4 substance Hashish, activities during g the investigat e a total rfe races ., and laid Sties under the Code of Canada, ithe er r theontrol t.Highway consume -d during - the weekend," stated Fisher. Twenty-eight teams took part in the four day event represen- ting such places . as Toronto, Kitchener,hndon, Stratford,' Sarnia, Mndsor, Pettolia, Walkerville, - Goderich, Listowel,; Campbellville, Bluevale, Elmira, Hensel', Lucknow, Blyth and Huron Park. - Although the tournament began Friday evening, the of- ficial opening wasn't until Saturday_ afternoon just prior to the Sarnia-,Walkerville en- counter when Goderich Mayor Harry Worsell threw' out the first ball. Officiating was done by mem- bers of the St. Marys Umpire Association. Results of the weekend of play are as follows: Stratford Memorial 3, Arva 1; Sarnia ^6,Walkerville 1; London Elfa 7, Kitchener Sportco 5; Toronto 2, Kitchener Budd Auto ,0; Jerry's Canteen 4, Lon- don Dell 3; Kitchener Evergreen 6, Windsor 2; Blyth 5, Carlow Tire 3; Hensel' 7, Lucknow 2; Ritchie's Rockets 7, Sandy's Clippers 6; DRMCO 5, Listowel 0, Badenoch 8, Bluevale 0; and Kendall Oil 4, Huron Park 3. _----In jsecond--round -plar-it-'was---- Stratford 6, Kitchener Tien: Hoa 0; London Elfa 7, Sarnia 4; Toronto 8; Jerry's Canteen 2; Kitchener Evergreens 9; Petrolia 5; Lucan 5, Blyth 3; Ritchie's Rockets 8, Hensel! 1; Badenoch 3, DRMCO 2; and Elmira 3, Kendall Oil 1. In semi-final play it was Stratford 6, London Elfa 1; Kitchener Evergreen 7, Toronto 6; Ritchie's Rockets 4, Lucan 3; and Badenoch 7 Elmira 2. In the "A" championship -en counter, the strong entry from Stratford seemed to dominat the Kitchener Evergreen squad as they came away with a decisive 6-0 score and th championship. Badenoch from Camp bellville outclassed the Rit chie's Rockets team from Brussels and won the. "13" division championship by defeating them 7 -3. - As the "`A" division cham- pions from Stratford prepared to meet the "B" division win- ners Badenoch it seemed to be general opinion that Stratford would' "run away" with the game. • Badencch was determined not to allow this to happen and fought valiantly throughout the game only to lose 9-6 to the "A" team. The difference between the two clubs proved to be a three run homer early in the game. Besides taking home the "X" championship and the grand championship ,Stratford also took home the Most Valuable Player Award which was won by Ross Hislop who played a very important part �in his team' gutTes ...... _..._ ��.. Individual trophies were presented ..to members of the "A" and "B" championship teams by Roy W. Musselman representing O'Keefe Carling Breweries Limited, donors of. the trophies. The grand championship trophy was presented by Bruno Lapaine of the Bedford Hotel in Goderich, while the M.V.P. award was donated and presen- , ted by Ray. Fisher of Fisher' Custom Builders. - The tournament was well supported by n . Goderich e residents this year contributing much to its success. 'Many of the players and fans commen- e ted that this is a "terrific hall tournament". 'They also stated that some of - the best as well as exciting hall that they had seen was played this weekend .during the tour- nament. 4 ,,Now that this event is over with, tournament organizers are beginning to look towards the Sixth Annual Goderich In- dustrial League Softball Tour- nament. It is their intention to make it bigger ,and better than ever. Town Council ... Tonight 7 p.m, Planning bard ,meeting ... Tuesday 'Town Council committee... Thursday All meetings ore open to the public OPP raid Bayfield camps' ate Following an investigation involving 52 officers of the On- tario Provincials _ Pole i `"TGoaericli w(�.P.P. raided a Bayfield campsite early Sunday morning arresting seven Kit- chener men. Three of the men, Neil Alexander Stewart,21, Douglas Shell; 23, and William Thaler, 19, have been charged with "Possession of Offensive Weapons" as -a result of the raid. Police said a number of items were seized in connection with those charges. When the Menappear in court at Goderich on Septem- ber 20 fourothere, Brian Wiles, 18, William Kurt, 26, Joseph Kocker, 21, and James Kurt, 22, -will also face charges of "Possession" under the Nar- cotics Control Act. The men were camped in a bush area 'on the outskirts of the village when the O.P.P. of- ficers cloned in /at, about 6:45 that morning. The aatlana.Y .... ,, . 1!Ma.4, as as the tempiratures during the Flfth Annual Goderich Ihduitrial League Tournament held Friday, August 31, September 1,2, and 3. Sunny skies prevailed throughout the tournament as residents and visitors alike were. treated to an excellent weekend of baseball. Deemilg It as the most successful tournament yet, spokesman Doug Fisher stated that an estimated 400 fans turned out daily to watch the genies, Players and tans both aor� menfed that theme this year. both, G tournament' watt exoelNr�t s of the went turned out to be the Stratford Menerlaa o defeated Radenooh of dam- eb.IM$s'11 • S Monday evettIng under the lights. Ali of the .trophteewhich were presented to the .w�lilnerlt of the 4A"and "1" classes were donated lrsrweilsie Limited. (Photo by K O'Keefe Carlingei1M! 11,„ ,