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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-08-20, Page 2PAGE 2 —GODERICH SIGNAL -+STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1986 SALES & SERVICE RED HOT Available in 25", 27" or 29" Inseam FASHIONS MEN'S & LADIES' SELECTED NYLON MEN'S FLEECE SWEAT PANTS & TOPS Basics by Penmans & Nike GIRLS' FLEECE Sam Anderson who was chief engineer of Dominion Roads in Goderich will turn 90 years old on Aug. 31. Sam's answer to a long life is to keep yourself busy. (photo by Liz Wilkins) TRACK SUITS S -M -L in Pinks, Blues and Yellows Navy, Grey, Burgundy, Black SQUASHRACQUETS OSAGA ALLSPORT Leather low cut Sizes 1-6 Reg. $29.99 MEADOW MAX JUNIOR NI Court Shoe t Sizes 13-6 Reg. $29.99 2 FOOTWEAR...For Adulis PENETRATOR 40 NIKE Leather Court Shoe Reg. $49.99 SPALDING POWER FLITS 1 9 SAVE $10.00 _ . _ $29.99 Reg. Goderich man recalls almost a century of life BY LIZ WILKINS The worst day of Sam Anderson's life was during the First World War when he was wounded in the hip half way across No - Man's Land. 'It felt as if somebody had touched me with a red-hot poker and hit me on the head with a baseball bat,' Sam says. Samuel Charles Anderson will turn 90 years old this year. He was born Aug.31, 1896 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His father was the manager of a large spinning mill in Newry, Ireland. He died when Sam was 11. Sam attended a Masonic school in Dublin which was run by Masons (an organization similar to the Lions Club) for children whose,fathers had died at a young age. He finishedhigh then joined the ar- thy4ut Jtil1 i915:,,. "•-Satn4was'f'a°1;11tttter for Colonel Kane. He had two bicycles blown up .during. the war and in order to get a new bike without hav- ...ing_topay_.ior it_hetadto.prove that it had been blown up. `I could usually produce the saddle off the bike or some other part,' Sam says. After the war, Sam went to the University of London, England through a British government scholarship and became an engineer. In 1929 Sam came to Canada and toured across the coutry as a sales representative for a British company. that sold diesel engines and road rollers. He also worked on a fruit farm in Kent County near Bothwell, and at Sawyer -Massey in Hamilton. In 1946 he began work at the Dominion Roads Machinery Company. He was im- pressed because this was the first time a Canadian company was trying • to do something on its own without needing ' British orAmerican backing. When he retired 20 years later he was chief engineer. Sam has spent most of his retirement woodworking and gardening. `I had a beautiful garden when we lived at the cor- ner of St. Patrick and Waterloo Streets. It was 30 feet wide and 50 feet long full of flowers and vegetables.` Sam says keeping busy is the answer to a loi giife Even after going'blindt couple of eara'ago, he still keeps active*He-is4invo14- ed in the Huron- Perth Canadian Council of the Blind which meets once a month in Clin- ton and he attends the Huronview day cen- tre four -days a WeekgHe waT:active church work and was church warden at St. George's Anglican Church. He was involved in the Lions Club and is a life member of the Richview Masonic School in Dublin and the London Irish Rugby Football Club. . Sam and his wife, Miriam, will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary next April. They have one daughter and two grandsons living in Windsor. LA COSTA TURNTEC Ladies' Leather Shoe Reg. $59.99 BADMINTON RACQUETS WILSON JAVELIN SAVE $25.00 Reg. $49.99 SELECTED LEATHER COURT SHOES Hi and Lo Cut Styles Reg. Up To $59:99 $ 2 9 9 9 Choose from Selected Brooks, Power, Osaga, Puma & Bauer NJFLATABLES MATCH 131300 BASKETBALL SAVE $5.00 Reg: $14.99 MATCH SOCCER BALL BROOKS LADIES' SPORT BAG Pink & Mint Green HOCKEY Reg. $16.99 COOPER CSB 1000 SHOULDER PADS LOUISVILLE 2130 MAGNUM 5 HOCKEY STICKS Reg. 416.99 Reg. 109.99 $ 8 499 OPEN DAILY 9 am -6 pm Fridays till 9 pm We honour & M VISAMASTERCARD 4 THE SQUARE GODERICH 5242822 SALEt & SERVICE The Goderieh otary Clubis bringing Pete's;Popcorn Wagon into Goderich on Saturday night as part of an evening of entertainment and nostalgia. The draw for a 1986.Expo edition Pontiac Grand Am will take place at 9 p.m. but earlier popcorn and hot dogs will be -sold at 1972 prices by two former employees of Pete Zimmerman. Pete's Popcorn Wagon returns BY LIZ WILKINS The Goderich Rotary Club is mixing some nostalgia with its car draw being held this weekend in Court House Park, Goderich. The draw takes place at 9 p.m., but earlier in the evening hot dogs and but- tered popcorn will be available from the original Pete Zimmerman Popcorn Wagon. From 6 to 9 p.m. this Saturday night Dave Gower, a cook who got his training at Pete's hand, will be selling hot dogs for 50 cents and Bruce Erskine, another Goderich boy who worked in i?ete's Hot Dog Wagon, will sell buttered popcorn for 25 cents. Pete first started his popcorn -hot dog stand on The Square in Goderich in 1930. He bought a 1925 Model T wagon from a a44 woman in Tillsonburg, drove it to Goderich and for the next 42 years sold hot buttered popcorn and hot dog smothered in onions. The Rotary Club hopes to have Pete on hand Saturday night to keep everyone on the straight and narrow. Also on hand to provide some nostalgic entertainment will be the No -Notes Jug Band. The Rotary Club plans to use the pro- ceeds from the car draw to finance its Mineral Spring -Fountain project. The restoration of the mineral spring, the con- struction of the fountain and the creation of a parkette will cost between $40,000 and $60,000 but funds raised by the club are matched by a provincial grant. The car up for grabs is a 1986 edition Pentiac Grand Am.