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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1942-03-19, Page 6PACE. SIX THE SOBTH N1WS THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1942 Sa Lac Beauport, Quebec, Ski Paradise eg Q ki to keep fit" has become .7 something of a wartime slogan in the ranks of Canadian and American sports enthusiasts, many of whom are combining this timely impulse with the joys of unbounded ski sport on the hills of Lac Beauport, nine miles from Quebec City, or in the An- cient Capital itself where facili- ties for skiing, skating, tobog- ganing, sleigh riding and snow - shoeing are all contributing to the joys of Quebec's winter season. .Accessible by heated bus from the Chateau Frontenac, popular headquarters for American and Canadian visitors, the gleaming "snow -bowl" with its facilities for every type of ski sport, has lately acquired' front page pro- minence in the North American ski world. And this year, with skiing featuring so girominently in military manoeuvres, as well as in civilian sport life, Lae Bean - port is expecting more ski action on its hills than ever before. rtriefly, the Lae Beaunnr- l•,v- out offers the following attrac- tions: Twin downhill and slalom runs that sweep 2,200 feet down the slopes of Mont Saint Castin; a 4,000 -foot downhill and 1,000 - foot slalom on neighboring Mont Tourbillon, a professional ski jump, two up-to-date ski -tows, an attractive new chalet, and the 3 -mile Sky Line Trail, These fea- tures combined with slopes and trails of all shapes and sizes, and snow whose quantity is matched only by its powdery quality, com- bine to produce a matchless ski setting for beginners andexperts alike. Interest in Lac Beauport and Quebec has been further kindled this year by the publication of "Parallel Skiing", a 96 -page trea- tise by E. Fritz Loosli, celebrated instructor of the Chateau Fron- tenac Ski Hawk School, whose parallel technique is concisely presented in word and illustra- tion, The Swiss -Canadian ski maestro, who according to. many American and Canadian ski aspi- rants, has "taken the drudgery nut of ski instruction," has achieved remarkable results with his parallel methods and his school has a large and enthusias- tic following. The importance of Quebec and Lac Beauport in the North Am- erican ski picture is further re- flected in the variety of all -ex- pense tours being operated this winter by the Canadian Pacific Railway between Boston, New York, Detroit, Toronto and Que- bec City, including generous stop- overs at the Chateau Frontenac. Neither do American visitors overlook the fact that their money is worth 10 per more in Canada and that their tourist dollars contribute to a common cause. Keeping fit to win the war is sound advice, and the favorite prescription of hundreds of Am- ericans and Canadians for attain- ing this fitness is now being written in ski tracks on the snows of Lae Beauport. Illustrations show Fritz Loosli in action; a glimpse of the run on Mont Saint Castin and skiers in full enjoyment of the sport. Soldier Leaves Money to Benefactress A story of tragedy mingled with a soldier's gratitude for help received. from a kindly woman comes from Detroit. "They got me. The sun is shining but I can't see it. I loved America and wanted to come back and make you proud of me. I'm going—but that's the way I want it. I wanted to say goodby. I'm leaving you—" These were the last words of a British soldier, gasped in a traus- oeeauic phone call to Mrs. Charles Reiehgert, a sixty -year-old boarding- house -keeper of 670 Lakewood, De- troit. A censor informed Mrs. Reieh- gert that the soldier, Jerry Kirk, died as he spoke. Birk had lost both eyes and his arms in an encounter with the enemy at an outpost of the British Empire. Mrs. Reichgert said that a previous message from him had revealed the death of abrother, his last surviving relative, and that she was his closest remaining friend. The young man was born at Singa- pore, of Irish and English parents, who died long ago. Coming to Detroit he lived with Mrs. Reichgert from 1925 to 1933, and during the depres- sion years he had ne work and no money. Mrs. Reichgert, evidently a very motherly- kind-hearted woman, looked after him as if he were her own son, until he fell heir to money in Ireland and went home. When the war broke out he joined the Royal Air Force in England and Mrs. Reich- gert did not hear from him again un- til the night she received the tele- phone call and he said he was spend- ing $300 to talk to her. He wanted to say goodby and to establish her iden- tity so he could send her $15,000 that he wanted her to have in return for her kindness to him. Later a Govern- ment official came to her frim Wash- ington and informed her that she would, receive the money very soon. This story comes to The Signal - Star through a Detroit newspaper, supplemented by a letter from Mrs. Reichgert herself to an old friend in Goderich, Mr. John Naegele, South street. Members of Mr. Naegele's family have from time to time board- ed with Mrs. Reichgert at Detreit and the acquaintanceship is of long standing,. In her letter Mrs. Reichgert says she considers herself a very lucky woman, although she thinks she will never got over the shook of Kirk's (lying while he was talking to her. "He was such a kind boy," she tvrites, "and we all liked him very much, but there were so many boys without homes at that time that I t :ought nothing of it."—Goderich Signal -Star. Seaforth Intermediates Win Group Title Meet Windsor in First Round of Play-Downs.—Hal Stade Makes Second Shutout (From the Stratford Beacon -Herald) Seaforth Beavers made a jinx - chaser out of Friday the thirteenth. Beaten in two previous games with Waterloo Garfields on Stratford ice, the Beavers picked Friday the 13th. es the date for breaking the Water- loo spell. Last night's 2-0 victory was their first over the Garfields here this sea- son. It was the one that really count- ed. The Beavers clinched the Huron - Waterloo intermediate 'B' and ad- vanced into the O.H.A. playdowns against Windsor, in defence of their O.H.A. title. The Garfields went out with only one win in the four- games which had been played in the best -of -five series. One of their previous wins over the Beavers here was 131 the regular group schedule. By blanking the highly -favored Waterloo club here last night, Hal Stade of the Seaforths got his second successive shut -out. He held the Gar - field's scoreless in Seaforth last Wed- nesday night, when the Beavers took a 3-0 decision. Both Goalies Shone. Stade was a stand -out again last night, and although Jada Dahmer, in the opposite net, was beaten, he shar- ed the limelight with Stade. Dahmer had practically no protection in the last period while his mates were swarming over the Seaforth blue line in five man waves. Time and again, Seaforth players broke out from be- hind their blue stripe and came rac- ing down, only to have Dahmer fool them. A crowd of about 1,700 decidedly pro-Seaforth fans saw the Beavers take the lead, via Jack Nicholson's goal, at 11.10 of the first period, The veteran Farmer McFaddin whipped in a beautiful shot at 17.15 of the second period. That's all the scoring there was. With the Beavers sticking to their checks like leeches, and Stade performing like a Brimsek in the Seaforth cage, those goals looked like a dozen to the desperate Garfields. The Beavers had the advantage in manpower during the first. period. They drew only one penalty, while the Garfields had three men in the hoosegow during the twenty -minute stretch. Alex. Fehrenbach, Waterloo's rangy forward, was the first man to be thumbed to the cooler'by Johnny Jones. His penalty still had a few seconds to run, when Smokey Harris was sent to join him for tripping Ar- chie Hilbert, who had worked .1115 way close to the Waterloo cage. Just Came Close There was no scoring while the Beavers had the extra man but the Waterloo club was given plenty of work back of its own blue stripe. With ten minutes of the period gone Albie Meraddin lifted the Sea - forth supporters out of their seats when he accepted the puck from his brother, Farmer, who had tipped it off the stick of a Waterloo player. Albie tried to make sure of a goal. He took his time and attempted to draw Jada Dahmer to the side of the cage, Dahmer refused to budge, The puck struck either his stick or )1is' foot and rolled along the goal line—but not over it. Jack Nicholson, Seaforth defence player, was the lad who finally beat Dahmer, to the delight of the Boa- ver fans, at 11,10, He followed in fest, after drilling a shot at the cage and rapped in his own rebound. The Garfields ganged pretty regu- larly for the rest of the period in an effort to square the count. Hal Stade between the pipes for the Beavers, did a smart job of turning them back. Frank Kennedy drew Seaforths only penalty of the session, for trip ping, and the Garfields had five men in Seaforth territory for most of the two minutes while he was gone. Vogt Hit the Post Young Bob Vogt, the Tavistock boy, gave the Seaforth ,partisans a bad case of jitters, in the opening minute of play in the second stanza. He poked the puck away from Areh• ie Hubert .at the Seaforth defence and skated right in on the cage, with only Hal Stade to beat. Vogt rifled a waist -high shot that struck the post, dead on, and rebounded almost to the blue line, Hubert made up for his error by carrying the disc to the opposite end of the rink, less than a minute later. He provided a perfect scoring setup for Red Carr, by passing the puck from the loft boards to Carr, who had come down the right wing. The redhead skated in too close before making his move and the puck slith- ered across the goal mouth. At the five-minute nark, Stan Clair of the Garfields started a par- ade of penalties when he dumped Red Carr into the Seaforth net, Her- chenratter, Kennedy, Hubert, Feh- renbach and Thompson all followed within a few seconds, and the teams were reduced to four men each, with the Beavers having one delayed pen- alty. In the ob-tailed brand of hockey, the Waterloo club came within an eyelash of getting the equalizer. Gunboat Schmidt lifted the puck ov- er the Seaforth net, while Hal Stade was lying sprawled on the ice. Penalty Helped , At 16.30 the Beavers got the break which gave them their chance to add a second goal to their lead. Johnny Jones called a minor penalty on. Gunboat Schmidt for using a high stick or Frank Kennedy, back of the Waterloo blue line. Schmidt jostled the referee and Jones tacked a mis- conduct to the original sentence. • The Beavers moved down to take advantage of the extra man, and there was some wild milling around the Waterloo net. With Dahmer down on the ice and out of the cage, Farmer Meraddin shot wide of the target. Smokey Harris broke away and sifted through the Seaforth defence. He held the puck a split second too long and Hal Stade made a dive, poking the puck away from him. Farmer McFaddin carried the uck back for the' Beavers and rifled a low shot from the left rail, well in- side the blue line. The drive beat Dahmer cleanly, and the Huron county contingent went wild. The time of the goal was 17.15. SECOND SHUTOUT Hal Stade, star Seaforth goalie, who scored his second success of the season, when he shutout the Waterloo team last week. From the start of the third period the Garfields kept five men back of the Seaforth line. Hal Stade was the busiest man in town and Jada Dah- mer in the opposite cage had plenty of chances to show his skill when Seaforth players broke away from the Waterloo ganging act. That hap- pened at least half a dozen times. Archie Hubert was in on Dahmer twice and although the Seaforth vet- eran is a pretty smooth customer around the net, the Waterloo goalie outsmarted him on both occasions. All Had Chancbs Frank Kennedy, Albie McFaddin, Bert Thompson and Farmer McFad- din were other Beavers who should have beaten Dahmer—but couldn't. Thompson made a smart Move to get his chance for a shot at the goal. Then he drilled his shot against the backboards. When Albie McFaddin made his try, he got Dahmer to sprawl, but his back -hander struck the goalie in the face. A penalty to Red Carr, two min- utes after the third period got under way, increased the pressure of the Waterloo power play. Farmer Mc- Faddin broke away and was in the clear. Kumpf of the Garfields could not catch him but he buggywhipped him from behind with his stick and knocked him off his stride. Konrp joined Cain• in the penalty box. Stan Clair was chased, to make it a three- some in the hoosegow. Even when they were two men short the Gar - fields continued to press and only a smart move by Stade kept Smokey Harris from scoring.; • The Waterlo power play continued right to the final gong, with the Bea- vers breaking out often enough to run up a score if they had been able to get the puck past Dahmer. Farmer McFaddin finally succeeded, just as the timer's bell sounded, but it was ruled no goal. Even McFad- din didn't seem to mind. The Beav- ers had enough without it. The teams: Seaforth—Goal, Stade; defense, Hubert, Thompson; centre, Kennedy, wings, Binnie, McGee. Spares, R. McFaddin, Carr, A. McFaddin, Ron- erts, Nicholson. Waterloo—Goal, Dahmer; defence, Evens, Schmidt; centre, Fehrenbach, wings, Herchenratter, Harris. Spares, A. Cotey, Lang, Vogt, Clair, Kompf, Solomon. Referee—Johnny Jones, Guelph. Prisoner,— "I've been wondering whether to go to my mother's or my wife's mother for Christmas. Now I a won't have to go to either." Want and For Sale Ads., 1 week 25c AUCTIONEER F. W. AHRENS, Licensed Auction eer for Perth and Huron Counties Sales Solicited. Terms on Application Farm Stock, chattels and real estate prope"ty. R. R. No. 4, Mitchell Phone 634 r 6. Apply at this office HAROLD JACKSON Licensed in Huron and Perth coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, write or phone Harold Jackson, phone 14 on 661; R. R. 4, Seaforth. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT, Licensed Auctioneer for Huron. Correspond. 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