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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-02, Page 26v THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER2,19 P. The fall terin is. ,here and school" will commence next week, Tuesday,. September 7th. Children 'will be going back -to their .classes anf1 for many younger children it will be a` very- special day the. first day -of school. Last .Thursday evening one' or the worst storms for many a year struckthis district. • Heavy "rains • and severe lightning left .' its ; toll. Goderich Fire )brigade hada very bus.Y night answering all the calls.. Lightning struck at the' borne of Mr, and Mrs. • Tirnothy Chapman, Antiques", way 21 North.. Fire and water did considerable damage and' many personal belongings - beside damage , otherwise -were reported.. The •F ire •Department.was ,able to Pave enough of the house that the owners plan to have -it repaired:.: --Lightning also apparently struck a hydro pole . and put the lights out which greatly hamperedhelp. in thesurrounding district of -- the fires. The home of Mrs. Bessie Moore," RR .4 near Benmiller was also struck by lightning an the.quick ac ion of those that noticedit-and the neiall whoturned i , to help was "certainly lap- eciated, and the Goderich Fire Department when they were able to. get to the fire • were able to savethe home. Mrs. Moore wasn't home just at the time and -in talking to • her, she expressed sincere thanks for all the quick action and help of so many passers 'by; n'eighliot's :'Fire Department and jiist all who helped. While her living room and bedroom were heavily dam'age'd; .work i.s corn- mencingon this immediately :to- put •'the house in Jiving `,:condition:: We often think people don't care, but it is in tit les like these when people step in . and help : that" one realizes people do really,care and help. • . Next week starting, Tuesday, September .7th, enumerators will be calling at .every home for,the muriiipal enumeration.. This is for the population count and voting. Your help will be ap- preciaj:ed. • • Mr. :and .Mrs.•Mel. Dickson' and Mr. and • Mrs.: '.Ernest Crawford, Goderich, fdr- meri.y of Colborne Twp. at- tended the C.N.E. at Toronto - last week. . Special congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Mel. Dickson on winning •= both the fine harness classes. at the C.N.E. with their four- year-old fine[harness horse "A Crowil of Genius". Many will be interested in knowing Art Dickson, . their son,' who . moved.` to Olds, Alberta, phoned home last week and reported they were.. in the midst of hayingg,'.. have had Mrs. G' Kaitting considerable'rain and.have a good Trop of hay. They. have • 100 acres of criap so a busy summer and fall, Art reports they really like it there and • have had many friends from Ontario visiting them. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brindley and - daughters Helen : and :N°orinne . have returned' from a pleasant motor trip west to Vancouver, Mr. and Mrs..J_. E. Linney, Saltford, have returned home° from a •motor trip to the,'- western -Provinces visiting relatives ` in Saskatchewan ,. and Manitoba —Ralph—Jew-ell is a -pat ent in St:'Joseph Hospital, London. • SOFTBALL` TBAL • The teams are enjoying the,• playoffs and Monday, August 30, Tykes played with Stanley and . won. 21-11 ; junior '.boys won over Stanley with a score 27-16; ,and senior boys won. ,over Hul'lett. 1 • Junior girls played last and wen -ever --Stanley 'and will be playing . this • Tuesday night. Senior girls had an exhibition game last Tuesday • MR. AND MRS. R. B. JERRY ed in Kitchener hos i#al and won. The playoffs are St. James' - Rosemount United Church; Kitchener, .was ' still continuing and no the scene of a double -ring ceremony on Saturday, August schedule can be definitely set 7 at 4:30 p.m. when the. Rev. Philip" Rodgers united in ,up.. inarriage Lucinda Mary Roebuck,. ; of Goderich and i2obert Burns Jerry, of Goderich: ' .- --The bride is the daughter of Mrs, Mary Roebuck, Clinton • Kitchener, and the late J. Gordon Roebuck. The groom is ,the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Burns Jerry, of Goderich. . The bride entered the church with her brother, Gerry. • : • Roebuck, of Goderich, and was given in marriage by her • 0S I'f a� mother. Her gown was•chapel length in silk organza over taffeta, styled with an empire ,waist, high. neckline arid trimmed with scalloped. ribbon lace and guipure ap- pliques. Tier--eontour-- shaped---hea-dpieee•; • covered, --in— guipure lace, complemented the two-tiered fingertip.yeil ., also edged in scalloped ribbon lace She carried �a cascade bouquet of white cymbidium orchids, yellow still unsure • • Contrary to a report in last week's paper, Doug Coventry administrator of the Clinton Hospital .does not know how much money'. the Ontario - nrinistry of.; health will . put back into the hospital's budget. • After a'three-hour meeting_ with a health: ministry consultant last Wednesday, Mr. Coventry was fairly confident that the. original ° $225;000 budget cut :wooild be reduced to more manageable level: " Meanwhile, some .staff •has, already, .been . given their termination notices and Mr.. Coventry lies they may be rehired, fiending the outcome of the further budget review. Four full-time employees have been laid -off,. while 14 part-time staff also have beef laid -off- .A further 13' persons were shifted from full-time to part:time work: . • ' "No further, lay=offs will take place until thehospital hears from - the , health • ministry",. Mr. Coventry said. , . . • rose buds and stephanotis. - - Maid • of honour.. was Beverly Trautman, Montreal: Bridesmaids were Nancy Brown, Goderich, and Betsy (Mrs. Tony)"Little; A'rva,`"sister of the groom., They wore mint green matte jersey' gowns styled with empire waistlines, V'neckline and attached elbow -length capes. -They carried, cascade bouquets of gold cymbidium or . chids and miniature white carnations. Groomsman was John Jerry of Goderich, brother of the �groom. \Ushers were Randy' McLean and Bob Daer of Goderich. vTheests. groom and his attendants wore chestnut brown tuxedos trimmed^with chocolate brown velvet lapels and The reception was held at the Conestoga Inn, Kit chener. The bride's mother chose a frosted -peach giana-gown with a matching chanel jacket and a white, cymbidium orchid 'and stephanotis corsage. The groom's, mother' selected "'a'sleeveless cotton gown in blue floral border print and a white cymbidium orchid '.and stephanotis corsage. For, travelling the bride chose a striped street -length' jersey dress, and white . miniature carnation corsage, w.nrcn complemented, the groom's powder blue suit. Following their trip to eastern. Ontario and Quebec, Mr: • and Mrs. Rob Jerry,are'res,iding at RR 5 Goderich. . Special guests at the wedding included the bride's paternal graridmother, Mrs. W. Roebuck _of Wal•1aceburg; her maternal grandfather, Geo. C. Feagan of. Goderich; and the groom's paternal grandmother, -Mrs: J. Jerry of Goderich. • Prior to her marriage, showers were given for the bride by Beverly, Trautman, Nancy Brown, and Mrs. H.O. Jerry and Mrs. James Jerry.. . Goderich Tw fire leaves family homeless. By Jim Fitzgerald of the News -Record MaSAyp. A n:oonhourfire;on Monday' has left a Goderich'Township family homeless, . and destroyed nl,pst of their .. possessions.. Weik Holthuysen, his= wife Marie, their two . sons John, 12; Harry, 9 and a brother, Arnold, escaped from their, -rented farmhouse of• Lot 35, Concession 10 Kith iiis.t Che ' clothes on their backs, "Anappe�i has.beenlaunced .to se'q the family up again, and ,are asked to contact Father Joseph Hardy at 40s9468 or.Blanc`he beeves at'482-3383. . The single -storey, frame -: structure; . owned Uby Bill Smith who lives just down the load, was a masse ofr flames when the Clinton fire department . arrived on the scene, about. 12:20 and they wer• e tinable to save any of the contents. • - The- houuse was partially insured, but none ofthe contents were. Total -damage . is roughly estimated at 520,000.'. The Holthuysen had just immigrated to Canada two . years ago: The cause of the fire ,is believedto be an exploding kettle'of oi1'in which one of the youngsters was ' making French fries.. Take.. the' scenic route.•It's --saf er;-says-th@Ontario_Saf ety League, to • go once•around the block if you've missed your • turn than tot. make multiple lane changes. -Street maps do not necessarily tellyou all you need to know. One-way streets, changes in • traffic patterns due to road repair work, . etc. will .,not . be in- ' dicated . on the map. Know ,. :where you're going • in ad- -van,ce and if you _miss the turri, .take a ride arotind, the " block.Who knows what in • • teresting things you might . find? ' rt Farm: -Garden' anti e 62 HAMILTON ST: GODERICH (FORMERLY DENOMME'S-INDUSTRIAL & GARDEN CENTRE) : light` frost does 1i#tle damage here' What looks like a good corn crop in Huron County this year could turn into a disaster �. if a killer frost strikes the area in the next month.,. A light ground frost on -Monday morning did little damage to any crops in the area except some white beans ...:.. and sensitise vegetable crops in low lying areas, but local. agricultural. experts are'; coneerned that, cool nights. and maybe -Ven whirl"freeie. • could cut grain corn yields -cunsiderably. t. • ' Don " Pullen, agricultural representative " for Huron County, said the corn needs at least three weeks:yet of warm sunny weather to reach its full potentia.lj. , Farmers are remembering thedisastrous crop of 1974 that was,hit• by an early ' Septembefrost, following a coop summer much like this year. ' Mr. Pullen said that little damage was -reported from, - Monday's • frost, which followed two weeks of hot, dry weather, but with the weatherman .predicting frost again on Thursday and Friday morning, farmers are very worried. . 1•3e reported .that Borne beans haye already been.. pulled in the southern part of Huron, but many late planted field's still need two weeks of •' warm; dry weather to mature in time. Even without the frost, • the crop is . barely average. an be a HEAPACHE iS:Oi Piowing ssbte:• . KT*N1ili Model 720 PIbw Available with automatic t-pset or the all new toggle trip system exclusive to International Harvester fall SZ9-7:993 EREQUiPMENTLIMITED Lucknow,Ontario It ' You'll save money right now -during Build:all's Clearance Sale of those big home decorating needs for floor, .walls and. ceiling. Buildall makes it easy with how-to help and savings. We are pleased to announce our appointment as the authorized Purina Dealer for Goderich,and surrounding area. 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