HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-11-01, Page 3Ric Collins, left, provincial president of the Royal Canadian Legion, was in
Goderich Saturday night to help Goderich Legion Branch 109 members honor their
own. The branch had an honours and awards dinner ,and! issued several 30 year
service pins and life memberships to Branch 109 members. Here Collins chats with
Branch 109 president Roy Mugford. (photo by Jeff Seddon)
GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1979—PAGE 3
Provincial President is guest speaker
Over 200 attend Legion awards dinner
BY NEIL SHAW,
P.R.O.
On Saturday, October
27, Goderich Legion
Branch 109 held an
Honors and Awards
dinner with over 200
members and their
•guests present:
The guest speaker was
the President of the
Ontario Comtriand,
Comrade Ric. Collins.
In his , address,
Provincial President
Collins outlined a number
of programs and
problems of the Royal
Canadian Legion that
relate to all branches.
Comrade Collins
mentioned, with pride,
the Dominion Track and
Field Meet in St: Johns at
which 40 participants
from Ontario won 46 gold
medals.
He noted that the
bursary program, sup-
ported by the Ladies'
Auxiliary, awarded
$50,000 to sons and
daughters of veterans •
and had plans to extend
this program to the sons
and daughters of
Auxiliary members.
Provincial President
Collins urged each,
Legionaire to ensure that
the Poppy Campaign is a
success by devoting just
one hour of his time to
this project each year. He
also urged closer
relations with associate
members who represent
the future of the Legion.
The guest speaker
stated that the Legion is
not pleased with the
action of the Federal
government in placing
the Department of
Veterans' Affairs under
the Minister of National
Defence. With an in-
creasing number of
veterans requiring care
in veterans' hospitals, the
government must.
separate these 4wo
departments if they are
to live up to their
obligations.
Veterans' pensions also
came under attack by
President Collins who,
stated that a widow
receives a share only if
her husband received a 48
percent pension and to
Board- gives approval to host Sportsfest
Goderich recreation
director, Jim Moore, will
persue the prospect of
hosting Sportsfest 1980 in
Goderich next August.
Moore received
unaimous approval from
the board Thursday to
persue the matter and he
will now apply ' to the
Lake Huron Zone
low and medium skill
levels for fun, fellowship,
participation and
recreation.
The, objectives are to
promote inter -
community competition,
to encourage such
competition on an
ongoing basis and to
•
•
encourage sport-
smanship, fun and low
key competition.
In past years? Sport-
sfest has involved as
many 1,800 people in
archery, euchre for
seniors, horseshoe pit-
thing, shuffleboard,
- soccer, T -Ball, tennis,
girl's softball, men's
slTi\vpitch, swimming,
table tennis, gymnastics,
fun ran, karate, diving
and s.ziiling.
The zone association
'and the host town carry
the burden of the events
hut. the Ministry of
Culture and Recreation
supplies 'a co-ordinator
for the planning. .
While Moore is seeking
support from other
directors to host the event
he suspects Owen Sound
will also make a bid.
Recreation Association Club has arena rental fee waived
(L.H.Z.R.A.) to host the
event.
Spotsfestis sponsored
and •organized by the
Lake Huron Association,
which includes personnel
fro m Grey-;--Bruc-e ,
Huron, Perth and North
Wellington Counties,, in
co-operation with the
Ministry of Culture. and
Recreation. ,
Sportsfest provides
organized activities at
The Goderich and
District, Optimist ,Club
had their arena rental fee
waived from a September
T5 concert–in which—the
club incurred ' a' large
deficit.
The new service club
appraoched the
recreation board last
week asking that the $250
rental fee be waived -in
'light of the group's losses
from the concert.
A presentation of their
financial statement ° in-
dicated a loss of $1,621
from the one night con-
cert. Their costs for the'
three groups and ad-
vertising and other in-
cidentals amounted to
$4,522 while gate receipts
totalled $2,901.
Club executive
member's said at-
tendance at the concert
may. have been down
bccuase one of the
groups, Wives, (formerly
Battered 'Wives) was
unfairly labelled as a
punk rock group. They
believe parents might not
have. let youngsters at- •
tend for that reason.
Club member's . also
claimed that several ,
bottles of liquor were
seized from underact
patrons at the concert
and disposed of.
Board member, Elsa
Hayden, who introduced
a motion to waive the
arena rental fee was
surprised by the at-
. Turn 1 u paw' 'U •
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change this, the Legion
must press for .a signed
statement not just a
verbal promise.
Unification of the ar-
med forces is not
working. stated the
speaker, and if a con-
dition of war ever
existed, there is no doubt
that Canada would have
to revert to the original
three forces system - a
system which is hest if
Canada is to maintain
adequate defence forces
and also ensure treat-
ment for those now
serving.
President Collins
concluded by stating that
the Legion stands for the
support of the Monarchy,
the hest form of gover-
nment there is, and as
Canadians who joined
from sea to sea, we, the
Legion, must strive for a
nation where there are
equal rights for everyone.
Honor's and Awards
w etc• presented to both
members of the .Branch
and the Auxiliary.
Auxiliary Zone Com-
mander Peg Coombs
presented 25 year pins to
Florence Ash'tt5n and
Elaine Ginn, and 30 year
pins to Alice Anstay,_
Dorothy Barker, Norma
-Major, Kay McAstocker
and Faye Sheardown.
A life nietnhct•ship in
the Ladies' Auxiliary was
presented to. Leona
Sh'rratt by the Ladies'
Provincial Honorary
Treasurer, Evelyn
Carroll.
Other service and
recognition gifts were
also presented by officers
of the Auxiliary.
Brunch 109 presented
life memberships to
World `War I veterans
William Ensign, Leo
Oulette, Lewis Taylor,
Archie Wilkin and Art
Laverty. Second War
veterans receiving life
memberships in Branch
109 were Les Riley, Ralph
Kingswell, Howard
Carroll, George Cham -
hers and Walter
Sheardown.
The Ways and Means,
Committee of the Branch
presented the Branch
with a photo of H.M.C.S.
Goderich and the bell and
a plaque from this ship.
These will he exhibited in
Branch 109.
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