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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-04-02, Page 1G � �derich IGI`riAL-ST GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1986 60 CENTS PER COPY Treasure Hunt features weekly prizes in Star There's a new game starting next week in the classified pages of The Goderich Signal -Star. Treasure Hunt will feature prizes every week for the rest of April, May and June that will be "buried" among the regular classified ads. Goderich and area merchants have donated useful prizes valued at up to $10 each. Each week, the names of the mer- chants who are donating the prizes for that week, will be listed on the classified pages and each week, Signal -Star Staff will draw from among the subscribers' names,. a winner for each of the prizes donated. The name of the winner will be printed in a classified ad for the participating mer- chant who donated the prize. The ad will be "buried" somewhere on the classified pages. All you need to do is read all the classified ads to find the names of the win- ners. You may even find YOUR name listed there. To claim your prize, just come into the Signal -Star office and present your name to the office, staff. There's nothing to buy and no skill testing questions to answer. It's all good fun - and profit - for the subscribers of The Goderich Signal -Star. Watch for Treasure Hunt beginning with the very next issue. Break-ins nl argue schools and substation Goderich Police are investigating break- ins at two PUC sub -stations which occur- red over the weekend. Emergency lights were stolen, gauges destroyed and fire ex- tinguishers discharged at the Eldon Street station. A break-in also occurred at the Britannia Road station but nothing was stolen. ,��� + .,� breakand Police are also investigating a a___ enter at Victoria Public School where fire extinguishers were also discharged on the playground and another at Robertson Public School where musical instruments were tamperedwith. Police are asking the public's co- operation in the investigation of these in- cidents. Anyone who noticed anything suspicious in the area of the sub -stations or the schools over' the weekend or at any. other time, should contact police. INsIDE THE Central Ontario band performs at GDCI The Gymnasium of Goderich and District Collegiate Institute was rocking to the sounds of the Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces last Tuesday. The band, composed of several professional musicians from the Ottawa area, perform 'as many as 10° concert tours throughout the province each year. The band captivated the teenage'aduience with lively renditions of popular songscincluding Tear Are Not Enough. The Central Band put on a half hour show for the students while the evening performance lasted 90 minutes. (photo by Dave Sykes) Katirnavik telegram makespoint foryoutGoderich doesn't seem to know how much the program benefitted the town. • "We couldn't have possibly done all this work if we'd had to pay for it. Katimavik is an excellent program as we know from what it did for this community," hesays. Though both Allen and Haydon say they "were a little disappointed by the local responsein support of Katimavik, theysay people directly involved with the program were supportive. "I got a call from Women Today and they certainly were concerned about the Katimavik program," says Allen. Haydon says. she also heard from four or five families who, Wetted Katimavik par ticipants and wanted to know the address Turn to page 2 BY SUSAN HUNDERTMARK "Mulroney, I hope will find a message in Though Senator Jacques Hebert has end- it that the government should contribute ed his hunger strike after 21 days and the something to the program," she says. \ Katimavik program may be continued , Haydon supported Hebert\'s hunger privately, the 10 local names sent on a strike though she admits she's glad it's telegram last Thur'day to Prime Minister over. She predicts the repercussions and Brian Mulroney could still do some good, ripples from Hebert's stand for Canada's says Elsa Haydon, of Goderich. youth will carry on for some time. "Everybody was away when the petition • "I don't feel Hebert used blackmail. He arrived in Ottawa (when the government acted as a Canadian dissident. If he'd been, went on holidays for Easter) but the point in Moscow, we would have heard a great was made. I understand the private spon- deal about how great it (his hunger strike) sors are going to look for some govern- was." . ment support, so the telegram has an input "The Canadian public in general is very into that," she says. wishy washy. Very few df them would Haydon, along with Bob Allen, also of cross the road for a principle and they're Goderich, urged Goderich people who sup- very unimpressed by someone who port the youth program to join them with a believes strongly enough about something collective telegram to the prime minister. to do sottnething drastic." ".Maybe Canadians should do more of that sort of thing instead of coasting along in the shadow of Americans. Everything that was a worthwhile change got a dramatic push. at the *ginning,' says Haydon. Bob Allen, says he agrees that extreme circumstances demand extreme • methods. "If he hadn't done this, the message Wouldn't have gotten out. Apparently com- munication is so bad in the government that a person has to resort to such measures to be heard. It's sad a person has .to put his life &jeopardy to be heard," he says. Despite the great amount of work done by Katimavik participants on the water- front, the marine museum, the jail and local schools, the general public in Howard Carroll is meritorius medal winner Though he's been involved with Goderich youth for more than 40 years, kids are still just kids and lots of fun, says Howard Carroll. ' One of three recipients of the Legion Meritorious Service Medal at Branch 109, Carroll's 40 years' service has been spent mostly working with youth lin sports and public speaking contests. From 1950 to 1958, he acted as branch sports officer promoting Legion teams in baseball, hockey and in-house sports. After that he took on branch track and field as well as zone sports for four years. Carroll was well qualified to take over track and field since he met his wife, Evelyn in Goderich while competing in a track meet as a student fromSeaforth. "She 1was an on -looker and I was a cotn- petitor. I think I came in second that race," he says admitting that she may have distracted him. Sponsoring and managing baseball and hockey teams through the. Legion was a lot .of fun, says Carroll. "I enjoyed being involved in sports the most. I was in that the longest and I was in it for the young kids," he says. The most exciting years were 1959 to 1961 when the Legion -sponsored bantam hockey team won the All Ontario cham- pionship in '59-'60 and was runner -45'1'11e following year. "1 went to all the games I could since 1 Was working at the arena at the tithe. A lot of those kids who were on the bantam team are still coaching hockey, you know, e says. • Different titles won by the s4juirts and finites were also errcitiiig, he says.' Howard Carroll "All hockey games are excitirtg," he says, • For the past 36 years, Carroll: has been invnllred in Young Canada Week each March Break word as a volunteer. -.1'0 beers retired for the past year but I still wouldn't want to, miss it if I could " he says. Of course, the participation of his grand- sons in Young, Canada Week during the past several years only serves to increase his interest in the event. • A full scale poppy Campaign which in- creased net poppy. returns each year was set up and directed by Carroll who was branch poppy chairman for the past seven years. He'also improved the area around the cenotaph and ensured that permanent wreaths are always on display there. He's also seen that part of the poppy fund is us- ed to purchase medical equipment at Alex- andra Marine and General Hospital. As branch youth education chairman for four years and zone education chairman for six years, he's gotten kids involved in the poppy campaign through the literary and public speaking contests. "We've got three good finalists • from Goderich this year who came in first at the zone championships," he says. ' In the 'fall of 1984, he took on'the major.. task as branch Diamond Jubilee chairman and chaired a joint branch auxiliary com- mittee which successfully completed the Jubilee year. Winning the Meritorious Service Medal is.,the highest honor for a Legion Member but Carroll wasn't the first in the family to win it. His wife Evelyn won the medal in 1977, His award ibis year makes the Car-: roll family distinctive though unusual. Harold Chambers is the molehill% 'Goderich Legion member who's won the medal. "This is as high as you can get," he says., "When we go to conventions, the Meritorious Service Medal winners are usually asked to stand up and there aren't very many people standing. I never thought I'd be one of them. Evelyn Carroll says she- was thrilled about her husband's award. "It came as a surprise but I felt he was very deserving. He's worked hard and he's worked against his handicap too," she says. • Carroll has had limited vision since an industrial accident in,July,1953. Arid, we've both had a lot of coopera- tion from our family to let us become so in- volved," she says. , The Carrolls raised five children in Goderich including three boys Paul, Ran- dy and Brian and two girls, Janice and Sharon. He worked at both Goderich Elevators and at theGoderich arena. The Meritorious Service Medal is given "for outstanding devotion to the aims and objects of the Royal Canadian Legion." And, the Goderich Legion highly com- mended Carroll for the award. - "Howard has for almost four decades given unselfishly of himself to the Legion and served the RCL with dedication and distinction. Even today Comrade Carroll still seeks out ways and means to advance the work of this great organization and our .community," reads the citation. As long as he's. able and his fellow ,Legion members vote for him, Carroll says hell continue to contribute towards the workpf the Legion. ; "'Until the feet gine out, Ili just keep on going," he says. Bowling whiz . The children at the Godetich Municipal Day Nursery tried their luck at five pin bowling when they took a trip to Goderich Little Bowl last week. Their enthusiasm for the sport was evident in the delight on their faces. See Dave Sykes' picture spread inside today's Signal -Star on page 3. Pre -natal program Pre -natal classes for single women could bel offered county -wide depending on the response , to a program initiated by the Huron County' Health Unit which began March 4. See today's community front, Section A for details on how this pro- gressive program helps young women prepare physically, emotionally and men- tally for childbirth. • Curling chanips Jim Bell's Legion Rink wen the A Divi- sion and were named overall champs in the industrial curling league at the final bonspiel On 'the weekend when they defeated the Forester team in the final gante. See today's sports page, on the front of section 13 for the highlights,