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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-12-02, Page 9Antique C ampion Club completes first project BY JOANNE BUCHANAN It was a proud moment Friday afternoon for the 16 - member Antique Champion Club when they presented their first completed project- -a fully restored 1939 Champion hydraulic grader- -to Bruce Sully, chairman and chief executive officer of the Champion Group of Companies. The Antique Champion Club was formed in October of 1980 by a group of Champion employees in- terested in working on and restoring old graders in their spare time with co-operation from the company. Their ultimate goal, says club president Wayne Kennedy, is to have one grader, representing each era In the company's history, restored by 1986, the year d Cham- pion's 100th birthday. Graders restored by the club will be used in parades and put on display at trade shows, etc. The club began working on the 1939 hydraulic grader on January 21 of this year and more than 1,000 man-hours went into Its restoration. It is actually a 1 c : model built by Champion in 1939 and it represents the first hydraulic grader ever built in Canada, The Township of East Wawanosh purchased the grader from Champion In May 1939 for $3,550. It worked until mid -1960 and was traded in on a windrow eliminator for a later model in 1966. The Antique Club acquired it in 1980.,. The grader was refur- bished with old parts along with a muffler donated by George Wraith and glass for the windows donated by Fisher Glass. "It brings back a lot ° of fond memories," says Sully who explains that it was the first grader he ever assessed as a salesman in 1947. He remembers that it sprayed grease all over his one and only suit when he was in- specting it at that time. The newly restored bright orange grader, now in perfect working order again, made its community debut in Goderich's Santa Claus parade Saturday. Bill Helesic (left), inspector for quality assurance and Kip White ( right), manager of service technical support are two members of the Antique Champion Club who helped restore this 1939 hydraulic grader. After presenting the grader on Friday to Bruce Sully, chairman and chief executive officer of C i , pion, they took him for a ride to demonstrate that it was in perfect working order. The Club has two more old graders lined up now for restoration. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Happy Travellers take bus trip. to Poinsettia Festival Many thanks to all who went with the Happy Travellers last week on the bus trip to the Poinsettia Festival. It was a very en-. joyable day: Anyone wishing to go December 5, there are seven seats available for a shopping trip to Kitchener and we take you to Angie's 'for evening dinner. December 9 - as of Monday there are seven seats available for Simcoe Lights and some seats for December 10. Pre- . Christmas Frankenmuth, December 12-13-14. Please call Blanche Deeves at Clin- ton. Also there are three trips to Florida available. HOLMESVILLE NEWS Slanohe DNvuo, 4e2•3383 Those going on the bus trip December 5 to Kitchener be at the Clinton Legion ready to leave by 8:15. a.m.. - please send your payment in advance, thank -you. Card party The Goderich Township W.I. held a successful card party in the Community Cen- tre last Thursday with five tables playing - Effie Yeo A large congregation at - ;ended Hohnesville United 'hurch on Sunday morning. Irvine Tebbutt played two selections on the organ and the Sunday School children gathered at the front of the church where Jackie Nor- man told them a story about the Gifts to Jesus, then they went to their classes on the lower level. Rev. Bechtel's sermon. concerned Christmas accor- ding to Matthew. Doug Yeo and Murray Lobb received the offering. Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. prac- tice for Sunday Sch:,,,l members for the white gift service. Dec, 6 the White Gift ser- vice will be held. had the ladies' high; Elva Cox, ladies' low; Frarik Thompson, men's high; John Lindsay, men's low and lone hands, Gerald Orr. Goderich Township's Enterprising Seniors will hold their Christmas meeting and pot luck lun- cheon on December 3 at 12:3Q p.m. in the Holmesville Community Centre. Come and bring a friend. Bill, • Charlotte. and Shirley Norman attended the Lon- don Chinchilla Show on Saturday in Dorchester, br- inging home the second Premier Breeder's trophy, the trophy for the light medium colour champion as well as several single rib- bons for Bill's Norholme Chinchilla Ranch. 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