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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-06-29, Page 2rPA ntree boats being used by Goderich Elevators as orage vessels Were. mod towed oat of *harbour. The R. G, Sandereen, the iionelPareon,s,andtbeD B. Weldon were all towed W Thunder Bay where they will be, used as scrap by Western Metals Caoap. The Elevators have been boats to Ston excess grain during the wiaate rfort years, The IL G. gander= was the boat they bought in 1915, and it was also one of tbela�,stto he sold. The ,Satnlersol wsp. aired the Matador; wie#iihe Elevators bought her. The boat was built in 1903 and was shipping on the lakes for 60 years. It was finally sold to the Elevators mainly • beau= it was too alien to be economical ammore for The Elevators bought the 140001 Remotes fra 19 3. Atte time it was called the Agawa and shipping under Algoma Central colours. It was built in1900. The third boat 'sold for scrap was the D. B. Weldon. It was built in 1907 as the 1 C. Morse, and boat& by the ... at rage vessels EIevatoroinx9IQ Although it is no longer feasible to continue with the older boats because of repair cost and she. OW are handily used as extra storage space for grain. But those boats get too old even to be used for storage, and they must be replaced periodically with newer ones. The Elevators have bought the Spruceglen from Parrish and Ileimbecker Sbililibug to replace the tl e they sold. it was bat 1924 and can hold 450,000 bushels of MAO, The storage boats are generally loaded in the fall, and unloaded gradually during the winter to replace grain in the elevators. Then they are cleaned during the summer to prepare for reloading. ALL MEN'S & LADIES' SPORT SHIRTS Choose from a huge selection of styles by such famous makes as Fox, Harvey Woods. Jockey, Newcombe and Slazenger. All first quality famous makers Rugger Pants in a range of sizes, styles, colours and prices. Get fit for less. • Now! First quality fleece by Penmans, Adidas. 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Donations of food, money or furnishings are welcome. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Optimist Festival begins... • from page l festival will eventually be used for the construction of a bandshell in the park. The Music Festival and Friends has always offered an entertaining and varied program for children and Frydrych said this year would be no exception. Whale specific plans are not firm, there will be plenty of activity for children. On Friday, July 1, the Optimist Club is sponsoring the first arm wrestling competition held during the music festival. The competition, which begins at noon, offers $450 in prize money for the top place finishers in the various weight categories. The three-day festival opens at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 30 and the entertainment begins at 4 pm. with the distinctive sounds of Bruce County Grass, nominated for the best Canadian Bluegrass group award of 1982. Two Blue, featuring the experienced musical team of Caroline Danowski and Bob Burchill, will take to the stage at 5 p.m. Pat Gabbert, a native of West Virginia who has played extensively in North America is scheduled to play at 6 p.m. Thursday and will be followed by Bruce County Grass at 7 p.di. A local bluegrass band, Sharps Creek, consisting of Bryan Ainslie, Brian Petrie, Brian Melick and Rick Milburn, will be on stage at 8 p.m. and will be followed by an annual festival favorite, Rick McGhie. At 10 p.m., B.W. (Brian) Pawley and Plum Loco while no strangers to Goderich, will make their first appearance at the Optimist Music Festival and Friends. Pawley has performed with Ronnie Hawkins for several years and appeared on the C1'V television network show, Honky Tank. A national recording artist, Pawley has also performed at Ontario Place, the Canadian National Exhibition and the Royal York's Imperial Room. Pawley and Plum Loco will also play at 12 midnight Thursday, their final performance of the weekend Between those two shows, entertainment will be provided by Richard Knedatel and Friends. The music festival entertainment lineup also in- cludes T.W. and the All Stars, a hard rocking blues band from London that plays a wide range of music. One of last year's most popular attractions at the music festival, the Kenny Mier Band from Detroit, will again be appearing on stage. The band, a two- time winner of the Detroit Hart Plaza Blues Fest, had Optimist Park rocking last year and no doubt they will have festival patrons on their feet again. Another fine local band appearing -at this year's festival is Loose Change of. Stratford, a group ex- perienced aperienced in rock, country and popular music. The fourth edition of the Optimist Club's Music Festival and Frier_ ds offers a wide range of inusieal , entertainment to suit all tastes. So get out to the Optimist Riverside Park, located on the banks of the Maitland River with the entrance off Maitland Road near Champion Road Machinery Ltd. Parking is available on the top of the bank. Signal-Star.wins national award The Goderich Signal -Star was recently named the winner of a national newspaper award. The directors of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association competition announced that the Goderich Singal-Star won a third prize award in the best front page category for weekly newspapers across Canada in its circulation class. The; Signal= Star was also awarded a blue ribbon for placing in the top third of the entries in its class.. Other Signal -Star Publishing newspapers to receive awards included the Seaforth Huron Expositor for best editorial page, second place awards for front page and family news and a third in the general excellence category. The Bradford ,Witness wen 'a third for best editorial and the Clinton News Record was a blue ribbon winner. Stolen vehicles recovered The Goderich Police Department reports that two vehicles were stolen from McGee Motors during the early morning of Sunday, June 26. Police Chief Pat King says both vehicles have been recovered. One of the cars was chased down Kichigami Camp Road by, the OPP but the driver escaped on foot. The two incidents are still under investigation. Also on the morning of June 26 a car belonging to RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR CLINIC Sponsored by ©ungllnnon & Markt !Chen* Club Brookside School Thurs. June 30th 5:00p.m.-9:00p.m. This week and last week's massage sponsored by Wayne Snyder & Sens LITTLE PEOPLE Infants to 14 wE KATER TO KIDS 397 M&n St., Exeter Exeter 235-1113 Boys or Girls Tops 8 Pants infant - 14 years 4. Jogging Suits 25% Off 4 4 Sleepwear a 10% Off the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food was stolen from a parking lot on Huron Road. The vehicle was later recovered in a field off Highway 8. Chief King says there was no damage to the car and the investigation into the incident is continuing. Metric is here... • from page l The information officer, Andrew Surray, heard a variety of opinions from the shoppers while he was handing out metric spoons and pamphlets about the metric system. Some shoppers think the metric system is terrible. One woman complained that the government is switching to metric only so it can cheat taxpayers. Most people are not so negative about the change. One woman who admitted she did not know much about the system, said she would try a metric recipe in one of the government pamphlets. Surray said that while shoppers seem apprehensive about the change, they are willing to go ahead and try to work in metric. They are also grateful for any help in learning the new system. According to Surray, this community seems pretty interested in metric. He says people take more time to talk to him and ask questions than in the city. The area supervisor, Jean B.emme% thinks this is because people here have already had a chance to get acquainted with metric weighing in the centres where it was started in January 1362. She says London has been changed over for a year. For people in Goderich, it is not as big a surprise or shock as it was at first. However, people still don't know everything about metric yet. Surrey says, "People tell me some in- credible things." Some people think there is no metric at all in the States, or in Europe there is more than one system of metric measurements. Most Goderich area stores are getting in their new metric, scales sometime this week. Neat week, the stores fat the Grand Bend area are scheduled to change, and after that the Winghaan area will be converted. Most of Ontario should be converted to metric at the retail level bythe end of the summer. Awards assembly held The Robertson awards assembly was held at Robertson School last Wednesday. The following athletic awards were presented: Midget girl - Aline Graham; Midget boy - An- drew TAtnk'w011:.iuninr uirl - Tina Hamilton; Junior boy Robbie Dempsey; In- termediate girl - Jennifer Culbert and Monique Mar- tin; 1nterhediate boy - Bill Trebisb; Senior girl - Tracey Tbori icroft; and Senior boy - Mark Burbine.