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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-08-25, Page 7Officers and executive members of the Ladies' Auxiliary to, Legion Branch 109 for 1982.83 are, front row, left to right, Sharon Scruton, president, Laura Mcl arty,, first vice-president, Margaret Lightfoot, secondvice-president and Karen Draper, third vice-president; centre row, left to right, Dorothy Clements, sergeant at arms, Edna Powell, executive member, Marie LeBlanc, treasurer, Myrtle McNair, corresponding secretary and Annette Stemp, recording secretary; and back row, left to right, Heidi Beadle, executive member, Dorothy Craig, executive member, Grace Mugford, sports officer, Iris Sampson, executive member and Cheryl MacLeod, executive member. (Photo by Eric Carman) Holmesville wins Bantam -boys' tourney Holmesville took. home the trophy from the Auburn Bantam boys play-off round robin tournament held last Saturday, August 21st on the Auburn Diamond. To do this they defeated Auburn - 16 to 3, Londesboro 15-12 and Varna 10-3 Londesboro took second place by a close victory over Varna 13-9 and a seventh inning come from behind win over Auburn 19- -18. Varna defeated-' Auburn 14-5 to claim .a third place standing. Good sport- •smanship Was often displayed making • • the 'tournament all the more successful. This event was Sponsored by the Auburn and District. Lion's club and they had the food booth on the grounds. People report Guests last week with Mrs. Toni Johnston and Miss Laura Phillips were JK Young Mitchell, his two graddaughters, Terri and Sherri Young of Glencoe. A recent visitor' with Mrs. Beth Lansing was Mrs. Bert Allen of Agrincourt. - • Miss Mary Massel of. London visited last Sunday with Mrs. Tom Johnston and Miss Laura Phillips. • Mrs. Howard Peter of, Wiarton spent last weekend with Mrs. Beth Lansing. Mr. and Mrs. Ken'Parsons of Toronto visited last week with • her brother, Mr. Tom Jardin and Mrs. Jardin. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Reick of Kitchener visited last week with her aunt, Mrs. Elva Straughan. AUBURN NEWS Eleanor Bradnock, 526-7595 Miss Laura Phillips received a. letter. from. Mrs. Ann Redmond . of Sydney, Australia saying they are experiencing the coldest winter for the past 50 years: Some parts are having snow more than residents have seen before. Mrs. Redmond used to live in the Westfield, Auburn, Goderich. com- munities before going to Australia to live with members of her family. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Snell and his mother Mrs. Jessie Snell of Labrador City spent last weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jardin and Mrs. Elva Straughan. • Many. from this com- munity attended the wedding and reception for Mr. and Mrs. Dana Bean at Nile and Blyth Community Centre. Mrs. Emerson Rodger and Mrs. Tom Jardin were London, visitors last Tuesday. The winner of the Auburn and District : Lion's Club lottery last week was A. Stegenstad. Plunkett reunion The, 31st annual Plunkett picnic was scheduled to be held at. the Clinton Con- servation area but due to rain was held at the home .of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Merrill with, 26 • present. 'The - af- ternoon was spent visiting and looking at photos. Mrs. 'Grace Campbell of Lucknow hada jar of candies on which they guessed the number. Karen. Plunkett of Auburn was the winner. A bountiful . smorgasbord • i dinner was enjoyed by all. The business was conducted by Lloyd Finnegan of Burlington. The new officers are - Presidents -Roy Pattison and Lloyd Finnegan; Secretary - Bob Plunkett, London, recreation -Sherry and Terry, Foran, St. Thomas; Lunch - Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fin- negan. AUTO ACCESSORY SPECIALS This Week Only WINDSHIELD WASHER Regular 6240 Now Only 2. 1 3 4 litre ANfI REEZE Reguldir'1.00 Rur KAMAR GAS BAR 263 Huron St. Highway No. 8. /N� 38 HA ULTON ST. 524-7181 FA PEACH FACED LOVEBIRDS AND GREY WHITE COCKATIELS IN STOCK AT ALL TIMES BUDGIES TROPICAL FISH ALL PET SUPPLIES -DOG GROOMING 1 It was agreed to hold the 1983 picnic at St. Christopher's Beach, Goderich or in case of rain at Brookside School on the second Sunday in August at 2:30 p.m: A discussion took place on the family , tombstone in Dungannon Cemetery. It was reported that it has been levelled and Lloyd Finnegan and ' Mrs. Grace Campbell were named a committee to repairing the lettering. Goderich TradeFairand Water Sports Day are big successes 25 years ago 75 YEARS AGO The road aid bridge committee of the County. Council met Tuesday . to consider important business. Mr. J. Sproule gave up his contract on Ball's bridge and it was decided to leave it over for a year and to use the iron work contracted for on St. Joseph's bridge. The Huron , Rifle Association is fully organized and will meet at Auburn September 10. The garden partyunder the 'auspices of the ladies of St. Peter's congregation was held at Harbor Park Wed- nesday afternoon and proved a success. Many picnics have been held in the park lately. • The cement walk con- tractors are working on the west side of Wellington Street, having finished the walks at the Central School and St. Joseph's -Convent. The -last --of -the-CP.R-r-ails.- between Guelph and Goderich were nailed down Wednesday- and -a11- that• is now needed to make everything solid is some -_gravel...-- YEARS AGO) The West Street rink was thronged on Wednesday night for the first of two nights of carnival under the auspices bf the Goderich Lions Club. Four, organizations combined in tendering a farewell banquet to Mr. A.E. Hockley, Royal Bank manager, on his, enlistment LOOKING BACK in the RCAF. The recent appeal for donations towards the Canadian Legion cigarette fund for Goderich men overseas has been productive of results. The farmers of the County of Huron are being asked by the National War Finance Committee to loan the government, for the duration of the war, 10 per cent of their pay cheques for milk, cream, eggs and -other farm produce. 25 YEARS AGO "It was the biggest and best yet!" That's how of- ficials describe the fourth annual Goderich trade Fair which closed Saturday night r' Fo itAirr ea 'at"th-i arena. Treasurer Keith Cutt stated that total. paid at- tendance reached 6, -a figure slightly in excess of the town -'s -total -population. TowicounciI1ntendsto ret to the bottdm of the arena floor problem by having a firm of consulting engineers investigate the situaion and make recommendations. Apparently due to faulty drainage, the, floor has heaved up. With tlie, sun shining brightly, thousands &•people lined both sides of the harbor Sunday afternoon to watch the boat races that were featured as part of the third annual Water 'Sports Day program presented by. the Goderich Aqua Club and Goderich Lions Club. 5 YEARS AGO Champion Road Machinery Company an- nounced Tuesday that the. firm had let the tender for the construction of a 35,000 square foot parts, sales and service building to be built in Industrial Park. The Huron County health committee will recommend to county council at its Friday meeting that Dr. Brian Lynch be named the --county medical. • -officer -of FiealtTi by rep]sc Dr. -Frame Mills who resigned effective October 1 • The Goderich Industrial • , Development Corporation m t w1 -"t ihFee executives df -Texts)_:: tbCes_ Lt$ : _heel. - Tfiursday ro discuss the corporation's finariciat .assistance for the Textral firm. Textral has asked for a $100,000 loan from the 'cor- poration in order to assist it in reactivating its polyester division in Canada. Ron W. Shaw of Goderich has been appointed field representative for CARE in Bangladesh. ) GO.DERICH S,IGNMJ STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25,1 -PAGE 7 Rebekahs and Oddfellows Thankyou The C.P. & T. Committee of the local Od- Jfellow and Rebekah Lodges report a very successful tag day and wish to thank the citizens for their support of this annual events also, the workers and the "Taggers" Winners of the Taggers were: Brian C®rriveau 1ST PRIZE: '5.00 Jody Carter 2ND PRIZE: '3.00 Peter Chrysler 3RD PRIZE: '2.00 $vlflanitarian Services Commission ANSTETT • JEWELLERS 8 ALBERT ST.CLINTON 482.3901 AT THE MAIN CORNER Were at your service... With in-store WATCH REPAIRS Certified Watchmaker on staff WATCH BATTERY INSTALLATION Supplied and in- SA stalled while you wait • each Also. Installation of electronic 'calculator batteries. We stock 20 different Power Cells. 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