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PaterOon ficet 1924Thev
. rimanied, het,
carrierMantadoc.•
'-go" 1000g• Wiled grata at
a as
'1.0.1".seraw g, rano- about 250,000 bushels per trip
ng• mates, she was, 'sow. to to the Georgian Bay ports for
the f AsderiCii Elevator and many years. She also WO
Transit 'Company for use as ed tool and occasionally ore
a storage barge. Now, 20 with 7200 tons -as capacity.
years later, she is stili'doing Loads of pulpwood were
the jab. • , transported as well. • •
'Ile ship's name, as it has Mantadoc and her old raw
beed since 1963, is R.G. ning mates in the Paterson
Sanderson. The local har- fleet, Windoc, Saskadoc,
bout has seen tauniber of Bricoldoc, Vandoc and
such barges over ithe years Canadoc among others, flee.
but I Ao not believe any have quently visited Onderich.
served longer than this one. Another, the old Altadoc;
This year is significant for also served as a barge here.,
the ship for another reason. The others all went for
It marks her 80th birthday as scrap, mostly in the sixties,
welL and now only the former
She Wns built by the West Mantadoc survive'.
Bay City Shipbuilding Com- As R.G. Sanderson she has
pang West Bay City, served this pOrt and. her
Michigan in 1903. Her first owners faithfully. Indeed,
AttW. f. was Frank W. throughout her career, this
i1cbrist She spent her • ship rarely found herself in
ear44earitin the Gilchrist any difficulty. Meanly note
Transportation Company. of trouble occurred October
This.ffeet'eame upon hard 9, 1913, when she grounded
timeS, financially and was on St. Martin's Island.
foreed to disband, Frank W. Undoubtedly some day the
old laker will leave port' for.
Gilchrist Was aiming several
veaSeVlbat. passed from that one final journey to the
GllOhrist, . to the Interlake shipbreaker. Until then, she
Steamship Company in 1913. is a memorable reminder Of
Her new name then became the ships of another era.
Seaforth council
applies for federal
government grant
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hot..0140.44**140,4*.
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nen or Stratford visited rcc,
ent17 witit Rbetta $4a!
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WclitVctt
Oct had *kW'
day.,4 Isct week from RIth
Add, coitio whoa 4NtlfaiWiseir
Cecil Webster and Jeneatie
Wray came up with their •
snowmobiles. „They were
favourite winter sport Cecil . Jack •n" "Ti.'11ed of G°41.
very r pleased att .1t1 lehtioji:0 ye° fthoheraidra, erilesiris!ftech;:-.b sacs! den_89 $joy_ehd. ar- hicou- lapw: es,
enough
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of weeks h day in Florida.
couple of weeks for a visit,-
D°1°thy Maclien- ti* the Weekend
Hefferman '0('4,!ndoo and 7119.
• nhaenr, soh:, r , ep :gay , andJ.1t Zeii:Sitae r v ofisi t Nywaittberbloois
brother and brother-in-law,
`c 01 Webster and Atlee
Wise of Richfield Ohio
'Helen Kempton 'of Point
CIA, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Kempton, graduat-
ed rectiatly from the Acad-
emy Scheel of Hair Styling in
Kitchener;
;home in Lochaish. -
ax arrears lip'
rn .aweKekileth4ensetttitSPeenkolt athOLee bthnnaenr •
Marion MacLennan And EXE - Tax arrears
Pick Evans have irecently. .increa torannost'$31,000"
" turned to their home in last Exeter.
se, Sudbury after spending a few Clerg Liz Bell indicated
w§eks holiday at the home of that most of the increase was "
RItCtia,,4191,ealiari• , • made 70P af six large •142
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Below the Matadoc is pictured unloading at being used as a storage barge
Humberstone, ()Mari. Eighty years later (Photo by Bill Bruce)
theship, now called the R.G. .SandersOi4 is'
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in Goderich.
lthetta MacLennan #eltioP EICCO4te'VEtiCh--44relte„:
:.,cd lovely dinner on Thursarrpop for the first tune•
dayvvitii Jim and toillMak ever., • • -
Ken4e.• Reeve BffilVlicitle Saki that
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GeOrge MacDonald receiv- the iron Was a, gn of.
ed a 4phione call the other •
mornitig from Mike Robinson
of Moor Jaw, Saskatchewan
to infotim them of the safe
arrival a babY-Alangbier•
Georg, and Elefty Mtm-
the . tines" and it should
•prinfnit" council to 'reflect
"some compassion" i.fl the
1983 budget. He predidted
that setting the budget won*
be a -challenge fer m404
be
the -hard tines
being; lactittbrinararktocal
pro erty Owners and
residents.
SEAFORTH • -After cost of approximately $7,800
discussion about grant for labor and $12,000 for
PrO,grams that end up materials. Seaforth would
•(*sting 'More than themoney pay 21 per cent of the cost.
reeefited, ..Seaforth Council
Mammary 11 authorized the The project, which the
clitk' to apply for the clerk worked out with police '
Federal Municipal chief Ilal Claus, would
VOlifoltjtient Development employ one .carpenter and
Pf 44041 two helpers for 12 weeks. The
Seaforth has been polite department would
alikOni•ed 615,000 under the move out .of the present
program :for • a project that cramped 457 square feet
willvMplOy people who've quartets (which have been
'eitbauSted • UIC betiefits or called inadequate by the
are. , , receiving social Ontario Police Commission
a Siance. Clerk Jim and a public inspection
cto4et outlined a proposal" panel)'into a1255 square foot
tolCOirert the existing fire area atthe rear of the town
atation
halL, oliceat a-- balL . ,.. ' , ,, • .. , :
',.r..,!,4...44..W....)----.4-44.5•40',--wrii' .-• , - • - A.
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• Huron County-••
Wheat ProdUceri• • •
will be held '
Ministry of AgrieultUr0
Board Room
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„commencing at 1:30 pm '
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January 28.
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Seaforth & District Community Centre
5:30 p.m. - Spcial Hour
6:15 p.m. Dinner
715 poiri., - Annual Meeting
9i00 pm. -,Dance'
Tickets 1 rom'Directors: 68,t00 each
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"IF YOU THOUGHT WE WERE CRAZY._
THIS P OVES IT!"
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