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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-10-11, Page 28• a, PAON $$--G0D$RICH .SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1973 (w The sign on the back, of the Huron County float of the International Plowing Match last week expresses Huron's hops of getting the 1978 Match. Clinton Reeve Harold Lobb waves to the crowd. The Match returns to South -Western Ontario In 1976 when Bruce County will play host. (News -Record photo) As Shelagh Sully has already said, let's talk curling' Gulf is over for this year and so we turn to other thin-gs..1 ke curling. • This year promises to"be the best yet. The Curling Commit- tee/headed up by Tom Jasper, has been hard at work t.o kering you a full and exciting year. - Within the next two weeks all members will be contacted about their preference for the various draws. Any member, or prospective new member, who has not been contacted by the last week in October' should call one of the following, depen- ding on their interest; Ladies' Curling, Phil Durst (524-6354); Mixed Curling, Ardith Brissette (524-74651; Men's Curling, Don Edward (524- 90251. To kick off the season, on November 2, a Bavarian night_ is pla.nned_ once aga.in...It was great succe7ss last year and this time promises to be even better. German food and German music -all for $10.x.0 a couple. For tickets see the Club Directors and members of the Ladies' Executive. A few will be available from Fanny at the bar. LOVE'S LAST GIFT REMEMBRANCE • MONUMENT • MARKER • INSCRIPTION You are remembering a loved one: - T. PRIDE &SON LTD. Help you decide on your memorial requirements in Goderich see - Don, Denornine -7.7-Hamilton St- 524.8761. -or-- Frank Mcllwain 524-9465 Speaking, of the 'Ladies' Executive, the 1973-74 Curling Executive. is as follows: Past President, Eileen Palmer; President, Connie McIntyre; secretary -treasurer, !Penny Peters; draw chairman, Phyl Durst; social chairman,- Mae Schaefer; . jitney tha.irma.n,. Isabelle Eedy bonspiel chair- man, Kay Duncan; Ways and Means Chairman, Dorothy Bogie. ,On November 8, ' the first Ladies' Jitney is to take place. Plan is to have one game, followed by dinner and the Semi -Annual General Meeting. I urge all members to attend this event and hear, all our plans for the coming season. Isabelle Eedy (529-7526), as jit- ney chairman, is in charge so if you are not at the club to sign ,up, make sure she has your name'. I will have more. information for you as time goes by so keep your eye on this column. For the time being then, better start those exercises! Help the Mentally Retarded TODAY • • volunteer 1 1 • give a donation litiearn._mor_e....about. mental retardation FREE $15 MITTENS with your -BOLEN SNOWTH ROWER If you're looking for a "no snow -shovel winter Bolens has a model just right for you! Loaded with features — • Two-stage power • Heavy-duty auger • Mitt -size recoil starter • 220' discharge chute • Safety control console • Adjustable differential ... All standard features. And we're now offering a free pair of $15 mittens when you purchase any Bolens Snowthrower. (Offer expires March 31, 1974..) Stop in today. High precipitation will mean lake levels ups again in '74 Water levels for the Great Lakes, which have�,been marked by record highs *this year on sums lakes, are expected to remain well above average through" late fall, with Lake Erfi, and nearby Lake St. Clair continuing to set new monthly record highs, the NOAA Lal%e Survey ('enter said today. The ('oninierce Department agency disclosed that the amount; of rain and snow for the first seven months of this year totaled 19.12 inches, about eight percent above normal, Below normal precipitation prevailed during the first two months of the year, being 19 , and 24 percent. respectively, below the norm. From March through June, precipitation was above normal, 39 percent in March, 8 percent in April, 44 percent in May, and 20 percent in .lune. Incomplete results for July show that the Great Lakes basin received about 24 percent below normal rainfall that month. Preliminary figures for August indicate above normal rainfall for that month, with the Lake Superior basin receiving twice the normal rainfall during the first two weeks, with four inches recor- ded. For individual lakes, the greatest deviation from average monthly precipitation rates oc- curred on Lakes Erie. Michigan SMILE. The town was so small its zip code is a decimal point. It's a dirty shame there's so much pollution. * * * Show me a harpist and I'll show you, a plucky musician! * * * If a girl doesn't watch her figure, the boys won't. * * * My wife leads a double life. Hers and mine. * * * An economic report shows freight car, loadings down and whiskey sales up. Which means more people are getting loaded than freight cars!" * **. Many women would be more spic if they had less span. * * * Old shoemakers never die — they just last and lit. * * *,. A protest march is like a tan- trtirn, only better rganized. r GUARANTEED fNVESTMENT CERTIfICATES 9% W.E. (TED) WILLIAMS West St. Goderich 524-7102 or 524-7665 and Huron. In March, the Lake Erie basin, which includes Like St. Clair, received 71 per- cent above normal prec;,lpitation. In May, Lake Michigan received 66 percent above normal and Lake Huron 58 percent above ...the norm. Average precipitation rates vary with each lake and month. The average 'annual precipitation for the entire basin is about • 311/2 inches,' while that for Lake Ontari9, to cite one example, is a little over 34. °.inches. ..';Much-• of -the precipitation this year fell early in the year before or at the beginning of the growing, season. Con- tributing to the increased runoff to the lakes was the nearly saturated condition 'of the basin. Precipitation data are collec- ted by the Lake Survey Center, a Detroit -based unit of NOAA's National Ocean Survey, to aid in various ongoing studies and investigations of Great Lakes water levels. 'Extensive u made of data shed NOAA -National Weather vice stations. 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