The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-12-08, Page 27Kiddies delight
ce Anstay of Goderich shows one of her handmade
lis which sold 'at her booth at the Bluewater Centre's
'stmas bazaar held last Wednesday by the Centre's
lunteer Association. The bazaar drew a large crowd
dorganizers were pleased with the results. All money
go toward projects involving the Centre's residents,
ewofwhom helped sell and make items for the bazaar.
t of the booths, like Mrs. Anstay's were run on an
pendent commission basis. (staff photo)
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ration of the Centre. It drew a large crowd with the
Sl spot being the bake table. All proceeds will go
rdprojects involving the Centre's residents. Some of
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Goderich descendant carrjes 011
Family's maritime tradition.
Captain Bill Robinson is a
descendant of a Goderich
family of sailors. He is
carrying on his family's
maritime tradition as the
following story indicates,. The
story, from the Toronto Star,
was sent to the Signal -Star
from a former Goderich
rel'ident now living in
Scarborough.
BY BOB PENNINGTON
Toronto Star staff writer
Gliding through a storm -
swept night, the 17,955 ton
giant lake -ship A. S.
Glossbrenner moved
cautiously down the Welland
Canal towards Lock 7 at
Thorold, near St. Catharines.
Only two people manned its
spaceage bridge, high above
the bow.
Seated at the complex
control panel was a young
skipper who looked like a
genial Clint Eastwood.
Standing behind him at the
wheel was a slip of a lass
from Toronto.
"Hard to starboard," said
Captain Bill Robinson. It was
a murmured request rather
than a barked order.
"Hard to starboard,"
repeated 20 -year-old Bridget
Westcott, glancing quickly
over her shoulder.
The view from the bridge,
was awesome.
Merchant vessel A. S.
Glossbrenner, of the Algoma
Central j2ailway's Marine
Division, measures 730 feet
from bow to stern — almost
the length of two football
fields.
Her 75. -foot width permits a
mere two -and -a -half -foot
clearance either side in some
of the 16 locks she must clear
in her eight day passage from
Thunder Bay to Severn
Islands in the gulf of St.
Lawrence.
At full speed, 17 knots, and
laden to capacity with a
million bushels of grain, the
A. S. Glossbrenner would not
he able to stop inside three
quarters of a mile.
MARITIME MONSTER
Yet the total control of this
maritime monster lay with its,
skipper and the girl he is
training as a helmsman
(helmsperson?).
Bill Robinson, 37 years old
and three years a captain,
decided to "nudge" his vast
diesel -burner along the
starboard wall and wait until
an American boat had
emerged from the even closer
confines of the guard gate,
once the control point of all
canal shipping.
It soon became alarmingly
obvious the course of the
other laker was faulty. -
Bridget Westcott and Bill
Robinson were silent as the
pass was attempted on their
port side. An observer on the •
bridge steeled himself for the
expected grinding crunch of
metal on metal.
"Will she brush us?" the
captain inquired almost
casually over the intercom to
the A. S. Glossbrenner'saft.
"Missed by five feet, eh?
Good."
Mini -drama over. Westcott
wheeled warily to port for the
tortuous approach to Lock 7
and a descent of 48 feet.
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"You can teach almost
anyone to steer," said
Robinson. "Only one in 200
will make a good wheelsman.
"Not only have they got to
know all the rivers and locks,
but they should have an in-
tuitive grasp of what I'm
thinking. Bridget may still
have a lot to learn, but she is
showing considerable
promise."
particular
It will be January and the
time of the deep freeze before
either of these vigilants on the
bridge return to their homes,
Bill Robinson will go to St.
Catharines with his wife,
Mary Luu, .alit weir six-year-,
old son Mark.
Bridget will rejoin her
parents, Clare and Virginia
Westcott., where she is the
"fifth in their family of nine.
Her father is executive
assistant to Ontario Premier
Bill -Davis.
The captain and his officer
cadet share a passion for
sailing that transcends
almost all other ties.
Robinson comes from a
Goderich family of sailors.
His great-grandfather,
grandfather, father, uncle
and brother Charles have all
risen to command great lakes
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Reader sends interesting article
Dear Editor:
Enclosed is a photostat copy of , an article which
recently appeared in the "Metro Edition" of the
"Toronto Daily Star." I think it appropriate, that in this
the year of Jubilee Three in Goderich, that the captain of
this particular vessel, Bill Robinson, is a descendant of a
Goderich family steeped in maritime tradition.
As a schoolboy in Goderich, I was fortunate to be
acquainted with the Robinson family.
Captain Charlie Robinson, skipper of the Bricoldoc and
resident of this town, frequently made trips into his home
port.
His sister, Miss Lottie Robinson, was my classroom
teacher in Grade 7. A kind, dedicated, respected teacher,
I remember listening with interest and awe as she
proudly related shipboard incidents about the freighter
Lemoyne, sailed by her father, Captain C.E. Robinson.
When the Welland Ship Canal was deepened to its present
day, 27 foot draft and officially opened on August 6, 1932,
it was the Lemoyne, with her dad at the helm, that first
sailed through.
Forty years later, almost to the exact date, his son.
Captain William Robinson, sailed the steamship Quedoc
through this same canal.
In his hook, "Along the Lakes", author Doug Garrett
writes in tribute, "there were many sailors who believed
that when Captain C.E. Robinson died, Canada
Steamship Lines would have to lay-up the Lemoyne."
The Lemoyne though continued to sail
Life goes on; members of the Robinson family, expert
mariners all, continue to sail the Great Lakes with ad-
mirable distinction.
Today, Captain William Robinson, his sons, Captain
William (Bill), Captain Charles (Bud) and a nephew
Captain Laird Fulford, are in command of various lake
freighters. Another nephew, Brian Bateman, also holds
his skipper's "ticket" and is awaiting his imminent
appointment.
The Robinson family have contributed significantly to
the proud history now possessed by the Port of Goderich.
Yours sincerely,
Glen I. (Gid) Gardiner,
Scarborough, Ontario.
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