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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-06-06, Page 1!7Y L Wilting the communities and areas of 3russels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton 50c a copy f SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, WEDNESD4Y,• JUNE 6, 1084 — 20 PAGES 1_I LL Lu Lo VIVID MEMORIES—George and Jane Case are In France, participating In the 40th anniversary of D-day. George drove a Sherman tank, similar to the one In the photo he Is showing hie wife. (Waaslnk photo) Sailors have rough weather Three local trans-Atlantic sailors, who left Halifax for Gibraltar last Thursday, are sailing rain and fog -- the weather is rough. Ken Campbell, Seaforth, Harry Whale and Jack Alderslie of Hanover plan to make the trip in a 40 foot sloop in three weeks. Contact with the sloop, "September Song", has been made by Ernie Williams, a ham radio operator in Seaforth. Since the three men began their voyage, they have kept in touch with area ham operators, sometimes twice a day. Others who have made contact with the September Song are Bill Cruikshank, VE3 NX of Wingham and ian Harris, VE3 MAE. of Hanover. The call letters of the sloop are VEO MJS. Mr. Williams (VE3 BPO) talked to Mr. Campbell and his sailing partners for about five minutes each time radio contact is made, On two occasions, interference and noise prevented either party from com- municating. "On the first clay, Jack said they were having a rip roaring sail." said Mr, Wiliiargs. "They said the weather has been extremely rough, and when 1 talked to Ken today, (Monday), it sounded as if it was the roughest yet. But It so nds as though they are enjoying the trip. bu they may be tired of being wet all the ti LOG BEIM PT The following are excerpts of a log being kept by Mr. Williams. JUNE 1, 7 p.m. -- 70 miles east of Sable Island with 28 knot winds and averaging seven knots. Left Halifax harbor at 4 .m., May 31. Weather was rainy and windy. JUNE 2, 8 a.m. -• 300 miles east of Halifax. Still making about 61/2 knots in very heavy fog with sun trying to shine through. JUNE 3. 8 a,m. •- 450 miles east of Halifax. Lots of wind arid fog, rain and waves. JUNE 3. 7 p.m. -- 516 miles out of Halifax. The wind died down during the day so were able to get themselves and boat dried out. Had a much more comfortable day, UNE 4, 8 a.m. -- 605 miles out of Halifax. Sailing in a gale with weather extremely rough. The boat and all aboard are wet again. Still making about seven knots. Mr. Williams hag agreed to tape record future conversations he will have with the crew of September Song. Expositor report- ers hope to interview Mr. Campbell for a progress report, later this week. i:caI war veteran remembers D-Da'y He's relived the D-day landing on the beaches of Normandy many times since that fateful day, June 6, 1944. George Case of Seaforth will again remember D-day when he along with thousands of Canadian, British( and American World War 11 veterans celebrate the 40th anniversary of the liberation of France. A young mttn of 20 when the war broke out, Mr. Case was 24 years of age when he and his tank regiment buddies in the Sherbrooke Fusiliers of Quebec, drove tfieir 15 Sherman tanks off their landing craft into four feet of water and onto the French beach. -He remembers D-day well, but keeps most of his memories to himself. "D-day was postponed one day on account of the weather. It was fairly rough when we landed but 1 don't recall anyone being seasick. We knew what was happening, but not very far ahead of time. I don't think the Germans really knew we were coming. Otherwise they'd have been ready for us. And they weren't." Mr. Case says it doesn't seem 40 years since D-day. "I'd hate to feel I'm getting that old." Like other young Canadian lads, he joined the army for adventure. And given all the circumstances, he'd do it all over again, given the chance. In a sense, George and his wife Jane are doing it over again. The couple left for England last Friday -for a 17 day tour of England, France, Belgium, and Holland. They will be retracing the route the Sherbrooke Fusilier Reglmeat took when the latter three countries Were liberated. If the reception df the French is anything like seven years ago when Mr. and Mrs. Case visited France, it will be super. "There were about 20 of us and the French couldn't do enough for us. And the beach was lovely," he says. FIRST DAY WAS QUIET =Back in 1944, the beaches of Normandy were' not a pretty site. Buy'Mr. Case says it wasn't as bad as some would think. He was in the second wave of. attacking forces, landing at 11 a.m., after sailing all night "tem England,, long after the first soldiers had landed. "We didn't see much action the first day. The second day was our day. We lost a lot of tanks and men. Out of 120 tanks, we lost about 30. There were German prisoners when we landed and the coast was pounded up by ,the navy. "On the second day, we got about five miles inland and were in the general area for about two months. We were in one spot for one month. -Out tanks weren't near the size of the German's. Our Sherman tanks weighed 32 ton. "We got ambushed and had to pull back, as did the infantry. 1 was lucky 1 got back --anybody was. Lucky_tomake it through the war, Mr. Case was even luckier to survive day .two of D-day. It was the day he lost the first of four Bridges are tested • BY WILMA OKE Weight load limits for some of the larger bridges in Tuckersmith Township have been tested and only one is• giving cause for immediate concern. Bridge 14 known as Strykers bridge at sideroad. 30-31 concession 1-2, H.R.S. •is showing some deterioration and is to be evaluated by the engineering firm of B.M. Ross and Associates of Goderich as to What repairs might have to be made. The bridge carries a 10 tonne weight ' load limit. Other bridges tested with no changes. necessary were bride no. 3 at lot 1, concession 10-11, retains a 10 tonne limit; bridge ho. 6 (Plumbs) between concession 11 and 12, H.R.S., retains an 11 tonne limit; bridge no. 11 (McLeans), sideroad 20-21. concession 3, H.R.S. limit 8 tonnes, Road superintendent Allan Nicholson reported on bridge no. 13 (Flewitt) where repairs include raising the abutment and putting nn a new deck will be carried out this summer. NEW SIDEWALK In Epmondville Council decided to contin- ue adding new sidewalk this summer. New sidewalk will be constructed for two blocks, from Victoria Street north, on County Road 12. Mr. Nicholson said a ministry of trans• pnrtation official said at the present time no tanks he drove to Germany. Three of the tanks didn't make it. Despite losing the tanks, none of the five crew in his tank were killed. SMALL SOUVENIR After being hit the first time, the tank crew immediately abandoned the tank and ran for cover. While running, a grenade flew past Mr. Case and exploded. He still has a small piece of shrapnel in his arm to prove it. It's the only souvenir he brought back from the war, "Of the three tanks we lost, two hit mines which blew off the tracks and put holes in the motors and the third was hit by a bazooka. The bazooka burned its way through the tank and went right through the back of the tank where the gas tank was located. It burned. The hardest battles were fought in France, says Mr, Case. He didn't see much action in Belgium, "but Holland was pretty bad. We were in Nijmegen most of the winter. "The little Hollanders were starving. We sometimes ,even gaga the kids some of our meals." A HOLIDAY Though Mr. Case doesn't admit, he didn't think he would make it home. "He thought he would never be back," says his wife Jane, During the D-day celebrations, the Cases will be visiting cemeteries of Canadians who died in action. "Lt's a holiday for us," says Mrs. Case. "But the veterans will be remembering and fighting all the battles over again. money is available for the construction of the new public works shed the township wishes to build. He was advised to have the plans of She building finalized for the time When the money is available. Mr. Nicholson said he and his staff checked the Hensall Road from Hensall to its dump site and found it much improved with most of the.litter picked up. However there was Some in the ditche'k which they picked up. The garbage pick-up man has assured Mr. Nicholson he will•attempt to contain the gart3rge on his truck enroute to the dump site. Council agreed to pay Hensall's request of $2500 for the Tuckersmith residents who use the Hensall Arena and Community Centre. The request from Clinton Public Hospital for a grant was set aside for the next meeting of couricil, Passed for payment were the following accounts: Day Care at Vanastra 57,097,17: Special day care at Vanastra. 54,290.69; Vanastra recreation centre, 519,233.54; toads, 520,500,74; and administration, 559,039.92 for a total of $110,162,06. Under a Canada make-work grant. three employees will be hired for the recreation centre. The meeting was adjourned a1 1:00 a.m. Wednesday when council went into commit- tee of the whole. Local girl wins contest A 15•vear-old Tuckersmith Township girls' tale about an elderly man moved to tears by a discarded Remembrance Day poppy has won a national essay contest sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion. Bonnie Turner of RR4, Seaforth, won the cross-country competition with her essay on the symbolic meaning of the poppy. Called a very brilliant student by her English teacher. she is a grade 10 student at Brgen ball tourfi6ment won by Caledonia team / All Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. She writes for the school's paper the Chronicle of which her brother, Ban -y is a co-editor. In recognition of her achievement winning the senior division of the dominion competi- tion that involved over 1800 Legion branches across Canada, she has been invited to participate in the Remembrance Day core• monies next Nov. II in Ottawa. Raising triplets has several advantages When Wayne and Esther Cantelon of RR4, Seaforth became parents for the second time almost three years ago. they .experienced something that only happens once every 10.000 births • they became the parents of triplets. "There seems to be a special interest in multiple births; it's kind of a mystery. When they were tiny babies. the triplets were the main attraction around here," says Mrs. Cantelon . Ryan, Scott and Tim, who will turn three this month. were all big and healthy babies. After they were born, their parents were excited and relieved since the chances for problems increase for multiple births. But, the initial reaction was that of shock. "We'd thought that we might have twins but having triplets doesn't really go through your mind," says Mrs. Cantelon. When the triplets were infants, their schedule` dictated the Cantelon household and adjustments had to be made. Both Wayne and Esther got up once a night to feed them and divided the work of looking after them. As well, both grandmothers, who live nearby, helped out. Once the adjustments were made, Mrs. Cantelon says the family had no trouble coping with triplets. NOT BUSIER "People always ask. 'How do you manage?' but I think, anybody put in the same situation could do it, I don think I'm any busier than a parent with four children of different ages. Having their first child. Andy, who will soon be five, helped prepare the Cantelons far triplets; Although some parents of triplets have problems with siblings adjust• Ing to the attention paid to triplets. the Cantelotls didn't. ••Andy was no trouble He was quite excited about having triplets; he didn't know there was anything unusual about it," she says. Though she's just been through a difficult stage when the triplets were. two -years -old and on the go. Mrs. Cantelon says there are many advantages to having triplets. GROW TOG_F.t'HH-R "In some ways, it's easier to have them all at the same stage. They don't have different needs at the same time and you can watch them grow and develop together," Since they're learning the same things at the same time, the triplets often learn faster and seem to teach each other. Recently, the triplets were toilet -trained as a team. h wasn't that bad. it"was a group effort and seemed to come a lot faster. They'll all go into the bathroom,together, one will lift the seat and another will flush the toilet. Learning to talk and learning to take turns also seemed to come faster • "With one at a time, children aren't so verbal but it's really fun just listening too the triplets talking together. You get' more of an idea of how their little minds work," she says. And, of course. the Cantelon boys always have a playmate. Because the triplets are the same size, their parents often let them work out their differences on their own. Because of their triplets, the Cantelons have gotten involved in the Stratford and District Parents of Twins and Triplets Club, a social and information grow which organizes family activities once a month. They have a guest Speaker two �r three times a year. - At a recent convention in ''Ottawa of the TRIPLETS/ ON PAGE TIjI'REE Confirmation held in Dublin for St. Colu iban +rid Dublin students / A4, 5 Pork farmers promised stabilization payment / A3 Thompson puppy will lead the blind / A8 Brownies fly -up to Guides / A 19 THREE-OF-A-KINb—Andy Cantelon, 4, sits with his 2 -year-old triplet brothers, Scott, Ryan and Tim. (Hundertmark photo) INDEX Births /A6 Brussels /A14 Classified /A16, 17 Community Calendar /A3 Dublin /A4, 5 Entertainment /A20 Family /A6, 7 Farm /A15, 18 Hensel' /Al2 Kids /A8, 9 Legion /A7 Londesboro /A19 Obituaries /A6, 7 People /A6 Sports /A10, 11 1 4