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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-11-13, Page 19FORD MERCURY sit zM. Pte. Brian R. Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murray, 193 Shore Cres., Goderich, graduated from Canadian Forces Recruit School, Canadian Forces Base, Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Nov. 7. He is now in training to become a supply technician at Canadian Forces School of Administration and Logistics at CFB Borden. Pte. Murray is a graduate of G.D.C.I. The Rev. Harold Cracknell and his wife Grace, former Goderich residents, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 21. Married in Bothwell Dec. 21, 1935 the Cracknells came to Goderich in September 1958 from Kingsville as Rev. Cracknell was the minister for the Bethel Pentecostal Assembly. The couple lived on Picton Street and have many fond memories of their three-year stay in Goderich. The couple has three sons, a daughter, 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. They have lived in Thamesville since 1974. Ball's bridge is one of the area's treasures, says Martha The rides I have taken in and out and around the Benmiller area are very precious to me. They given me good vibes! They make me think, figure out time and place, time lost - which can take as much time as going and returning - on good days, and people I meet on these trips — Also very important. At home, I try to figure out why I was lost, where and when I made the wrong turn - and how I ever made it home. This is the puzzle. I try to work it out at home and get frustrated and jump in the car ... first thing I know I'm lost again and nothing is solved. One time I ended up in Summer Hill - or some such name. On that trip I happened on a mail box with Bartlett as the name. That is my name and I had no idea there was another one in this part of the country. I turned into the yard - but no one home. I haven't found it since. I tried once again. So, perhaps next summer - if all's well and the Lord's willin' - I'll try again. After you make the turn between the Lit- tle Lakes, you will, eventually, come to a spot where you see the top of Ball's bridge. Down you go to a bridge - solid as a rock, over 100 years old, rusty but beautiful. Just take a couple of minutes to look around. Fantastic scenery. In the water you may - at the right time - see salmon making or guarding a nest. One works - the other swims around and around it. By this time, the hill in front of you will scare you to pieces! Especially if it is wet - or icy! You start the car, you rev it up and attack. As you swish back and forth - you just hope there's lots of road at the top. There IS! You are so excited you don't know which way to turn. It doesn't matter, whichever way, you can get lost. Your,, best bet is to turn around and retrace your trail and hope you don't make any turns until you get to the top of the hill. From there - the little house where the guard geese hide - you can see another great dip so just put it in neutral and hang on. The scenery is gorgeous - the fields at your left (you're still on the top) are so, so - not a row out of line. The buildings in the distance make you wish you had the camera handy - but down you go, ZOOM, it is steep but fun! The rest is peanuts. Busy farms, you passed a log house on the right and soon you will see a nice little -? white house with gingerbread across the front - so pretty. Now you are on your way home. I still think that old bridge should be preserved. They are ripping them out all over the country - but couldn't they just leave this one? I remember some little city kids we took to that bridge - they still speak excitedly about it - about the little fish they caught. The big thrill was being down - down - at the river level - almost - and how they felt when they looked up at each end of the bridge. The thrill of it all has stayed with them all these years - and some have • brought their children to Ball's bridge to pass on the thrill of their own childhood. I'm speaking for only a few families. How many others have enjoyed that old bridge '- not counting the fishermen - big ones - who also love it? There must be someone out there who has some influence - or knows so- meone' who will listen to us and build a new bridge at another spot .. if needed. To change the subject - I have another worry - the one concerning someone trying to claim some of the land which belongs to our new beach. What if everyone, up top, tried to claim the beach below them - we would lose all of St. Christopher Beach and the whole area beyond it. Doesn't it scare you too? I hope - with the rest of you - that it can't be done - that someone is looking out for the new generations that come to Goderich. Think about it. Love, Martha New phone books now CLINTON - A warrn sunset on Blueberry Island off the north shore of Georgian Bay is featured on the cover of the 1985 telephone directory for London - St. Thomas and sur- rounding area. The picture was taken by photographer Bud Watson of Midland and will be on the cover of all Bell Canada directories in On - We're at your service OUR EVERYDAY SERVICE PRICES Sizing up• first size Each additional size up Sizing Down regardless of how many sizes All our service work done at Anstelt Manufacturing Limned, by our own certified Goldsmiths Estimates and consultations at no charge 12. 35o 6. RING CLAWS 4 Claws Ret Ipped Each additional claw GOLD CHAIN Solder . WATCH BATTERY INSTALLATIONS 24. 5. 6. 4. ANSTETT JEWELLERS available ' tario this year. Peter Croome, local Bell manager,' said 250,000:. copies will be delivered from November 12 to November 27. 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