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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-03-08, Page 10EXPOSProft, IMAM* 8 19 • •• ATYPICAL POSE — Here's the coach, hiding, under the typical old hat he wore during; his years on the sidelines when the. Harvard University hockey players managed to steal charnpionship after championship in the ,Eastern Colleges League. • . (Boston Globe Photo) Brucefield • Correspondent MRS. JEAN TAYLOR • 482-9155 Many Brucefield ladies en- joyed the World Day of Prayer Service held at Kippen United. Corch with_ • Mrs. Kinsman as Key. Lady. Next year the World Day of • Prayer will be at Brucefield United Church with ,Mrs. Cliff Henderson acting as. • Key Lady, ' Ushers for the month of • March at Brucefield United Church. are. Bob Dalrymple• ' ; Mrs.' Mary Haugh had the •misfortunre to • .fall in her •• home midis in 'Seaforth hospital. • The community is pleased • • to hear that Mr. Walia.ce THE COACHING REGALIA -- Here's Cooney Jackson is me from telt Weiland in full coaching regalia during one of hospital. •• the 22 seasons when he coached the Harvard f U s k tearn During his career with Huntsville spent a. few days the University, the team ;Akin .311 games, , with her mother Mrs. Ham. making Cooney Weiland one of five college. mrs. Jack Henderson fell ,„ at her home and more than 300 wins to their credit, is suffering coaches with a bro ken leg. (Boston. Globe Photo) Mr. Lawrence Elliott of. Tornoto visited with relatives.. in Brucefiled on the weekend. Mr.Arnold Taylor and Mr .. Gordon •MeKeneie and Mr. R.M. Scott orSeaforth spent a few days ice fishing on Lake Nippissing and came • home with a fine tatch. •The ladies of ate Brucefield 1.1.C.W, wil be • calling on homes in the area ••- for the Red Cross. Alice Gibb ' sui p h Today, we think et those oscine things known ae health spas as something voted be likely to find in the Black Forest of West GertrianY Or maybe among the cacti on an Arizona desert. Etat. e •once famous Ontario White Sulphur Springs and , ioeral Baths, which attracted people from all over the Continent, Was only,50 mile away - right where the brown, middy waters of the finks of the Thames pass Older the Dundas Street bridge_ in. London. Difficult to believe Or net, ie the 'days When polletiott wasn't even imagined, the forks of the Thames was not only a popular spot, for bather'S, but also for wealthy American and Canadian tourist* who believed the warm sulphur water could cure their ahs and pains caused by gQta,_ dyspepsia and rhemnatism, Sulphur water was • Considered one •of nature's most effective tonics for Whatever ailed you.. • Now the sulphur water discovery was really a happy •accident in ' the late 1800s when some enterprising businessmen decided tOseatch for oil at the forks of the •river• . Whatevet` their rationals in looking for."black geld" by • the river, at a depth of fi,00 feet 'their line struck a vein of sulphur water, a vein which at one point produced a daily flow of over 1250.000 gallons cif water. • -.' OIL • Now While the businessmen weren't exactly pleased , with the scarcity Of oil, Dunnett, an enterprising prometer, • decided there was mane), to made from the "healing'' sulphur waters, so he opened a satorium-swimming pool across from the now historic Middlesex County jail. trt a day weee patent Medicines were common and doctors lacked ready cures for a number. of ordinary complaints, the health spa wava popular retreat for the moneyed class, •Mrs. Wesley Rome o niver ity hoc ey • Mrs. Jean Rathwell, Gayle • Turner, Jean. • TaylOr and Eileen McGregor enjoyed a day of curling ate bonspeil held at Vanastra Curling. Club, BRUCEETELD U.C.W. Brucefield li•C•W met for their March • meeting • Tuesday afternoon, Mrs, • Ken Scott and Mrs,. Rebert Broadfoot led in the worship. Mrs. Broacitoot told about the late Re„ A Forrest the editor of the Observer for 23 • years. Mrs, Scott told of his . • editorial policy And how his aim was to write on topics to • , make the readers think for themselves about the church • and its outteaeli Mrs. Arnold Toler pre-' Sided for the business part of the • meeting. Mrs. E. Stoll read the secretary'S report arid the treasurers report and thank vou cards were tear!. correspericience was read and an invititation to North- side Thankoffeeing meeting was accepted. There is tt) be a bake sale at Honistead Camp Baytteld on Saturday Morning May. 119th„ • Unit *three are hating a meeting n April lith at Are Industries Dashwoed and it was moved that 25.00 be give to them. /we members were • appointed ter go to Weat- • . Ministet College in May. The dates for'Alma College Wete given and a discussion followed about sending • • dele gates Rev. it, • McMullen led in prayer td • dote the Meeting. Unit three served alunh. 4 (Continued from Page 3)• • Eastern college division. They ended up facing. the Country's No, 1 team in the .playifts and winning the ECACchajnpion At the end of the,game. Weiland scaled • his hat into the stands but' somebody brought it back and the players passed the „.. hat from one head to another in the dressing roont as they cdebrated their victory.. • . • "It's funny;" Weiland was quoted as saying, "but 1 hestitated before thew my• . hat. It was an old one that'I've been trying to get rid of and it came back to me . • anyway. If it had been a new hat; 1 never would have thrown. it." • • So in March, 1971, Cooney Weiland bowed outof hockey With a victory. In April, friends, former players, coaches and spertswriters paid tribute. to • the retired coach with a banquet at the Harvard Club. Among the guests. were two An •Expositor Classified %till' pay you dividends. Have you tried one? 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C::;:Onestog4.C011egeofApiedArts andTechnology • )WvegOtalottOttiatte •••••,.. mrBunnett adVertiSed his spa had hot ea4nrdlyereilsile. th:t1011$9 inblteh theevening nbi nag. fornl,wanted-tihilotshcewmhoornig: ; relaxing din before they turned in for the night., Water ••the some month, an article in the London Free Press notified, the public that it was Mr.untie Intention "to make still further chartges. for the better, in order that the saniteritifn and surroundings pay beeetne • an attractive place of resort, pot to bathers alone, bat. to afl who desire to put in a leisure hetir in ;healthfu• l - recreations," To add further Igitithacy te his. Clainis, tor the healing powers •of the sulphur waters, Mr Dunnett asked London chemist. Pr. A.T. Machattie to submit A written report MI the Waters. The doctor's report read, "The water is clear an4. sparkling. has a strong odour sulphuretted hydrogen, and its temperature is nearly as possible 50 f." • The article went on to say, "By a new application of machinery the swimming pool can now be filled at any time with river water if suitable to the wishes of baters, or bothers waters may be mixed when desirable, In July, not about to be outdone. by the Free Press, the city's other daily, the London Advertiser, elso praised Mr. Dunnett saying, as a result of his energetic management we expect next year to see such a crowd olvieitors to this • city attracted by the farm Ot-our great artesian well, as • will delighl hotel keepers and business men. generally," • Muting Mr, Dunnett's plans for expansion. was further landscaping of the grounds around the health spa and the construction of a luxurious hotel near the baths. .• VISITORS Now in Order to ensure his spa attracted visitors, the entrepreneur wrote persona y to a_ number ofprominent ArnericanS. One of these teen Was 'Robert E. Lee of Virginia who (Witted Mr. Dunnetes offer of a courtesy visit to the spa, Writing.'"PleaSe accept my thanks for your kindness and maya regrests I will not he able to evil irivsetf of it." Geroge Itane, who liVed in daltimOre, also sent his • regrets, adding, "'most of• our people havemade their • arrangements 'ter this SeaSen but as flying trip to the "Dominion" is becoming more and more in vogue Arnow, people hereAbOuts, I think it might he a good investment for you AO insert an advertisement In some of our leading de-wspapers, Hot despite the spa's popularity, particularly with guests from the Southern United StateS, Chale* Defined never did build his elaborate hotel '•SULPHUR FOUNTAINS• ' The mineral baths were finally coed completely in the 1920's. after another.promoter made onelast atteMot to capture the Public's Patronage,• A fountain which dispensed the health -giving waters replaced the old water punt!) 'OW tin cup which, first Provided a drink of sulphur water at the forks, but at the • end of the 1940's, the fountain also disappeared. • Today, Londoners who want to sample sulphur -water, • whether for health reasons or simple cOriosity, can visit the-. drinking fountain beside the old pumphouse in Srpingbank Park 'Stilt thousands of people flock to Baden-Baden annually to take the cure at a health spa, there must be • something inthe idea that sulphur water does have very 'health -giving cleansing powers. Maybe someday, someone might consider digging beneath the Bayfield River and trying to build our OM Egmondville White Septum Spring andEatits; Next Week:A review of the Canada Company by: Thelmas Coleman and James Anderson. Iso hockeycoat of, Weiland's former Bruins teamates• - Aobrey "Dit" Clapper and Milt Schmidt, and his brothers Ray and Bill Weiland of Toront0. .• _ Thetarewell gift the dinner guests gave • Cooney was else a little unusual - they built him a country home on his property in • Sherborne, Massachusetts, Fran Rosa, the Boston Globe sports columinist, produced one of the main tributes to Cooney. He said, "You must • have been some kind of net -hanger. How • • could anyone as physically small as you • have played on something known as the "Dynamite Line", Who were the ethers, • Dutch Gainor and Dit Clapper? "The laughs, they were part of the years, eh? Butthere was more to the years. There was the coaching, telling your • p layers, "back -check, back -check" and ' "play defense and the scoring chances will come."• -they learned their lessons- well -because they had,i fine teachee: - ' When it came time for Cooney to respond,he said, ."1 always said that hockey was the greatest game in, the world and That it attracted the greatest people." "I've been lucky. I loved -playing and • coaching in the pros, but working With the college kids was even better. • • As farAs hockey goes, I've had the best to two world;. 1 wouldn't change a minute of it." • •• But 1971 also brought Cooriey Weiland another honor, It all started as a campaign by. Fran Rosa, the sportswriter, to get Weiland into hockey's Hall of Fame. •„ As Rosa •wrote, Weiland's absende is • really a tnystery. His credentials are in • good order and his one-time boss, Weston AdamsSr.. o e Bruins,says, • belongsin the 'fall of Fame ahead f some of the people who are already there. . . he has earned any honor that hockey give So, weiland fans mailed off letters and • postcards to Lefty Reid, cura or o e • Hockey Hall of Fame, and that's how Ralph "Cooney" Weiland ended • up in the • illustrious hall; ••• - • Hit cOmment at the time of his election • ,wasshort and to the point, "I'm glad they decidedl' still around to - learn About Today, Cooney Welland, now 78 -years old, still lives in the state where he finished' 'hiS• playing career. Attempts by the Seaforth recreation committee, to contact the player haven't met with any success yet, but Clive Buist still hopes the 'committee can persuade Weiland to. pay a return visit to this old stomping grounds. But whether or not Weiland is able to • make the • trip back to Seaforth and • Egmondville to witness the dedication of the Weiland trophy case in •the Seaford) Arena, one thing is certain. As long as there's an N,H.L,., Cooney Weiland won't be forgotten. Aw4 ...41`411"-4-15f 'riot Teie*" • • in Seaforth on Marc of Mitchell Wel/ have our new &hob all ready and featuring a full • range of cut flowers and potted plants fresh from our-. a large greenhouses.• 4ktitte /tot* •°:-% W6rg. .410.71r • 44410. MITCHELL Phone 348-9406 Night Day . Sunday or Holiday* tz$47, r. pf,r, 1i; • • • Wilke ctitteletietidy-10cated In the formet-Longetadt Office'00 Goutolock. Streeet Jost beldnd. the Toronto Donahilark, Bank and, • • ate looldng forward to Meeting the people of the Seatorth area at t• Oar opening en Thilesday, Mitch 8 and In the clays and ,months SCOTT • FLOWERS Watch for aim' Anniversary next week' SEAFORTH SW 1924 r Closad Wednesdays Open Mon. to Sat. 9-6.