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HURON EXPOSJTOR, FEBRUARY 16:1970
Brosens and Diane Deloyer were were road by the Secretary, raillat
assigned on the lunch committee Rose Louwagie, The Treasurer,
and Margaret Vandewalle, Kim Betty Anne Kronen gave us an
s y Baker,.
Publicity Chairman, Branch 1561
Larry Drager, an 8th grade
student won the Poem contest in
• Fuller Vincent Eckert CS13
died Sunday Februeey 5 at the
priests residence Andrean High
School, Merrillville, Indianna. He
treasurer- of Atidreati* High
School, died, Sunday, February 5.
He was sixty two years old, Last
October, Father Eckert
• of his Since he first came to the
school. k was appropriate that the
stadittin was named in his honor.
"From his earliest years
Andrea* Father Eckert was •
Known ter his tare work and
dedication to tCatholic, education.
. Students who worked for Father
Eckert ”offeieere.marked that he
was a demanding employer but
that he never asked more of them
, that he did of himself. 'His
dedication to Catholic education
expressed itself in his many
attempts to keep the cost of
tuition at, Andrean as low as
possible In this, ay he felt that
more students would benefit from
a deeper andiviedge of Christ and'
'his teaehing.
"Those who knew Father
Eckert will remehiber his lively
heitioe' Even when he was
correcting a student who had
misbehaved, he Would soften his
criticism with a witty --remark or
humourous story.
"The most important,aspept of
Father. Eckert's life, however,
was his, priesthood. He -began
each day, with the celebration of
the Eucharist. Oneof the greatest
sorrows of his last months of life
was that he was not strong
enough to say Mass every day.
His Jove a of God also found
expression in ••his devotion to
prayer Which surpassed • his
dedicatioe to Work. It- was also
expressed' in his generous
olleen
Correspondent
• • D, MacRae
The first meeting of the 4-H
Club of• Dublin was held on Feb.
1 at St. Patrick's School, Dublin.
,The meeting was opened with
the 4-H pledge by Leaders Mrs.
Charles Friend and Assistant
leader ..Mrs. Charlene Brown..
Ruth McCreight was elected as
„the President and Jayne Delaney
as the Vice,president. M ary Rose
Louwagie was elected to be the
secretary and newspaper
, reporter; Betty Ann Krochen was
Some 188 entries:410. over
100 snowmobilesttathered at
,Ray Potter's at RR3, Clinton on
Saturday, February S to take part_
in the' Eton and Distract'
SnoWinobile Poker Rally.
The competitors, some coining
from as far away as Wingharn and
near Chatham rode a course some
check
helmepaoidnotns aatnedd pbiyaHedululyp aGcuallryd.
at each. At the end of the route
the snowmobiler with the'-best;
hand •of cards, as in poker, was
the winner of that rally.
RossaErrington was the bigger
winner on Saturday and he was
given a desk ,set, donated by the
Clinton Snowmobile Club.
Kathryn Horton was the second
prize wines. She received a
The, third prize went to Pat
Armstrong who received a
sweater, 'donated by McGee's
Electric.
Other prize winners included:
Brian Gerig, a case of oil; Greg
Armstrong, snowmobile boots;
Arnold Crich, snowmobile mitts;
Case Buffinga, snowmobile mitts;
Bert Evans, snowmobile mitts;,
Randy ,Brake, half case of oil; Roy
Pickard,' half case of ' oil; Ron,
Baer, wine skin; Steve Taylor,
tow- cable; Bruce Rathwell,
wrenches; Alice Andrews,
appli ued and if stitched by hand-
or machine. The meeting wa
ha ded over to the leaders who
gay ructions on how to begin
quilted pincushions. ,After some
practice with this, with some
helpful hints, lynch was served
• '
ton rally
Gibson, Barry ' Younge, Don
JeWitt,- Elizabeth Gibson, Brian
Mount, Robert Semple, Joyce
-Cook., a Ray---Keneedy-,- : Sheila
Kennedy and John Wise. , •••-a•
• Bob Smith, Joe Gibson, Jack
Cooper, Frank Tho'mpson, Mike
Costello, Don'McGuise, Richard
Hooper; Ron Demers, Robert
Semple and Murray, Taylor were
the winners of lighters.
'Jack Tebbut was the wiener of
a light bulb case, while Ron
It
enters and Ron McBride each
• c16 starting cord.
- The Clinton and • 'District
Snowmobile Club would ;like to
thank all the landowners for their
cooperation in making the Peker
Rally and ' the SnOwarama a
success. A special thank you goes
to the Lion's. Club for their
assistance during SnoWaraina.
Also ati-a4a, must" go to alietne
Others, who ,fielp ed in so many
ways by pteparing the trails.
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Gadshill and attended the 'agile of
Frank Kistner, Mr. and Mrs,
Alvin Hinz, • 'Monkton,' Mr. and
Mrs; Mike Maloney, Mr. and
Met, Frank Maloney, Stratford,
Mrs, Marion Kelly, Kinkora and
Mr. and 'Mrs. Ed, Byers,
Seaforth. •
Mrs, itert.HOIleY• Karen and'
Kim, Stratford with Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Eetert for 'the- Weekend.
r. and. Mrs, Ken Hurley and
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eckert with
Mr. apdMrs, leek Storey on •
Sunday • fee the ehristegeg of
'Cris OM Storey'.
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Christine Nelemans will be at the
Legion Puhlic Speaking, contest
where a presentation will be
made.
Coming Events
Brotherhood night, at the Legion
Hall; Wednesday, March
Thersday,, February 23,
Public Speaking at the. Legion
Hall; Thursday March 23,
Initiation' night at Branch 156.
LegionDraw
The Legion.draw was held last
Saturday, night for the trip for for_u
to a Hockey, the-'-Maple-
Leaf Gardena pine dinner for four
.at the "Hot Stove League" plus
$60.00 ,expense money. The
winner Was ' Doug. McDougal.
from Blyth. a
category 2 class 8A. Marion, Hunt
also a 8th grade student won, the
essay contest in category 2 class
8B. Christine Nelemans, a 4th
grade student won the • essay
contest in category 3 class 4T.
Congratulations to these three
winners who went on to the Zone'
competition.
Marion" Hunt 'and Christine
-N;;Feniaris_did.-very well at the
Zone level; Marion fiest,• and
Christine secothltaMationavent on
to the District contest where-she
won again.
Both Marion Hunt and
was 62. . discovered that he had inoperable
Born in St. Columban he was a e cancer and after some time in the
sett of the late Peter Eckert and -.hospital, he teemed to the ,
' Teresa O'Connor of McKilliap and priest's residence at • Andrean
after graduating from area High School where he died.
schools commenced his studies "Father Eckert-was born 'in St.
for the priesthood. . ..•
He is survived by a brother
James Eckert of Rochester. New
York apd by sisters Mrs. Peter
(Clotilda) Maloney of Dublin and
Mrs. Albert (Lucy). Siemon of
Walton.. He was predeceased 'by
brothers Joseph of McKillop and
Steve and Peter of Timmins and
by a sister Mrs. George (Teresa)
Coville of Dublin.
Following a funeral service on
Friday at the Basillian Mother
Church iii, Toronto burial: took
place in the Vasilian metery in
Toronto. '
A special - editon of the
newspaper told the 1200
students and carried tributes to
Acropolis, the Andrean High
School of Father Eckerts passing
and carried tributes to him from
colleagues and students.
Referring, to his death the
Acropolis said
-±Tnt her--3•LingOt B .Eaketta,era-S-,-.
Columba,- Ontario, Canada, on
-May 9, 1915. After he.graduated
from high school, he began his
studies for the priesthood with
the pasilian Fathers. He received
a Bachelor's degree in Honor
Philosophy from the University of
Western Ontario in 1940 and he
was ordained to the priesthood on
August 20, 1944, After one year
of teaching at Aquinas Institute in
Rochester, . New, York, he was ,
•appoi ed treasurer of that high 1
school He held that position until
1960 hen he 'was appointed
treasurer of Andrean High
School.
"When Father Eckert came' to
Andrean, it was a vet:), young
schoor'and he brought with him
an enthusiasm and dedication
• which had characterlied his work
in Rochester. Noted • for his
creative solutions to problems years of his priestly life, he had
which arose at the school, he touched many with the' love of
made_an exeenentatraclafroneaced—GodaThis-generositrandloveawilt
' tires so t t Andrean runners live on in the hearts of those who
would have e of the best tracks knew him."
in the • area. Recently, he
supervised and- worked on the
.building of Andrean's football
stadium which had been a dream.
• Cdrrespondent.
Mrs'. Ed. Regele
Vistors this past week with Mr.
-and Mrs. Ed. Regele, were Mr.
and-Mrs. RobertEngland and son
Robert of Crediton on Friday
afternoon and on Sunday Mr. •and
Mrs. Reg Schultz of #3, Blyth -and
Monday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold McCallum, Joyce and
Carl. •
35 Miles long. Along the route, M cKillop
4iowmobilers stepped at fiye
X86 hands at Pdradis~ poker rally
. , "The best memorial to 'Father . , .
Eckert is. the memory'of his
example. During'the thirty three
laalefance to those who sought • • •
his advicein times cidifficulty or 35 mile course in Cl sorrow
wrenches,
The prizes were donated by Lynn
Hoy„Enterptisea, yincent's .Farm
'equipment.,-~:.5•cruton Fuels,
Hamm's Polaris, --Flemming's
Feed Mill, Gord's Sports,
Seaforth Co-op, and Ray Potter
and Sons.. •
" Flashlight winners were: John
Koetzier, John Feagan, Joe
L
Elliott, and Kitti KrauskOpf were account of the club's budget. The , .
. '
committee. 0
The • Dublin Club ha's 24
members. They discussed
Habits" Th e
"Developing ' Good Mental H
.,
and its pointer .
Dublin Colleens
second meeting
Dublin Colleens was opened
the
by
president, Ruth McCreight and
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assigned to be on the phone roll call Wae to 'name aa many
and to say if they were pieced or
articles a you have in your home grade
egton poem wfon.er
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Family Paradise Poker Rally
was, a„ great success with' 286
• poker hands being sold.
' The prize money went to: 1st.
40-:,00irophy Ian Coleman - 4 of a,
' kind; 2nd. 30.00 Doug Schroeder,
4 of • a kind"; 3rd. 15.00 Carl
McCallum, Full House; 4th
10.00 • Bruce Hulley, Dill House;
5th $5,00 - Gail G nallle, lush.
The trophy s donated: in
memory of late Orville
Beuermann.
N.D. Cameron - teak knife set -
+-- Steve Huether; yde Brothers, ,
Hensal cash Weintraub',
cash Bonnie Beuermann; Mike
Doyle Shippi cash - avern
Hugill; Walton Inn-. I 'free meal -
Pat Dalton Gwen Hegill. Family
Paradise -, Park-. ::4eash
Duffy, Pat Morgan, Ross Osborn,
Bruce Hulley.
e-P. Stratford - cash Cathy
; Laurie Fischer;
Forge, Seaforth - 1 large 'pizza -
aRoy Clarivillea Murray _Lowe,
Brussels, rash - KeYin Gillis, Don
Rose; Hoegy's Farm Supply,
Brodha'gen - cash - Dan Houston,
Kelvin Fischer; Ward Bros.
Carpentry '- cash, Nancy Shering;
McCutcheon'Motors," Brussels
3.00 gas - Neil 'Rapien; Jim Etue
lns:urance - cash - Barry Hoegy;
Ron Williamson, ski-doo oil - Ann
Bosman, Kim HouStote, Howard
Hackwell, Kevin Bennewies,
Joan Phillips, Marlen Vincent;
Logan Fa rm Equipment - hooded
jacket - Mike Scherbarth, Ken
Anstett.
Seaforth Co-Op - Ski-doo mitts
Lenpy. Lansink; Bosnian -
gas', line -anti-freeze • Wayne
Dolmage, Rich Etherington, Dean
Glanville, Jackie McNichol, Joan
Beuermaann; Brown's Repairs'
Wrecking Service' - cash 4 Tojte '
,Kyle, Ken McClure; Brussels
Legion - Cash - Margaret
Beuermann; Queen's Hotel - 2
dinners - Gary McNichol, Bryan
O'Rourke; Bryan's Drykrig - cash-
Dave Vincent, Bob Cronin, Ken
. Johnston, Gail Glanville; Ron
Driscoll Carpentry, - cash - Gloria
Riley, Mike Deveraux; Milton J.
Dietz, cash - Glen McNichol, Rick
Glen Eillgsen.
Annette Weido - tupperware -
Neil • Mitchell; Family Paradise
Skidoo Club - cash -, Anne Ryan,
Carol Osborn1, Susan Herd, Ron
Smith, Ray' -Rammeloo;
MeGuinnes glass turkey - Milo
Mills; Walton Variety - cash -
Howard Fischer; Vincent's Farm
- ski-doo-gloves - Linda
Mott; Red's Fine ski=doo oil- Joe
Steffier; Margaret, Buerman,
Charles Scherbarth; Triple K
Restaurant - Dinner for 2 - Don
Cronin; Ray Family Market -
case of coke - Harold McCallum;
- screw "driver set
Taylor.; Mcdaviri's' Farm Equip.
hat - Mary Anise McNichol;
totique•Wa.yea' Scott; Seaforth•
-Craft Shop - plaque - Eileen
Ward; Gerald's Da tstfn ski-doo
oil 'Lavern Godkin; MeLeal:k
Tractor Blyth - oil can - •Bill Mott./
Doug Kirby - provincial ticketX
Bob Duffy; Tim McDonnell -
touqud !, Nelson Marks; touque
Glen Beuermann.
There were homemade baked
bean's tree to anyone who wanted
them.
brick wale This goes on at irregular
intervals all day.. My wife knows perfectly
well that when the 'wind dies, the shutter
will be in the half-closed position, a real
eye-spre, and-that nobody is 'going to wade
through that snow with, a ladder and fasten
it back. •
. •I• 'gently remind her that the same
,shutter, blew off completely . last winter,
and lay near the -front steps Until well into
September before-being put back up.
'aRrapwril" There -goes a snowmobile,
• hell-for-leather, with someone who thinks
he's Captain Marvel at the wheel. If •
somebody comes but of a aidestreet, that
embryonic Evel Knievel will go straight
into him at 40 miles, an hour.,0h, well. One
less.
No cars ab out now, after a few idiots
tried to make the hill, and all wound-up
backing ignoreiniously down.
There goes the oil truck, -lumbering
through. Wish I owned about four of thoSe,
and I'd be sitting in my southern
condominium tight now, chortling as I
Waited fOr the mail to arrive so I could
count my cheques.
Taxi company has obviously taken, the
phone Off the hook, Don't blame them.
o
Send a driverrt•for a dollar and a half call
to some crazld lady who wants to g&
shopping, and wind up with a $15 towing
bill.
There goes, another tow truck. They're
.baGing a field day. And they'can have it:
I'm happy, sitting snugly at liome, waiting
for the soup to boil. Called the school. •
Hardly anybody there. But we teachers are
like the Pony Express.'Were supposed to
get through. I cduld walk, It's only a mile„
uphill, and I'd probably only get a heart
attack br pneumonia. They'll probably
dock me a day's pay for not trying to get
through in my car and going in the ditch or
running down a pedestrian. "
There's that poor devil down the street,
shovelling. Every time I look out this
window, he's shovelling, tirelessly. Can
never.be sure he's real. More like a ghost
who • has been assigned this job 'for
eternity, instead of coal in-the Other P lace.
This is. worse. „
Wife worries about sister-in-law, living
alone in the country. Worries Abut her
father, 'hoping he won't try to get around
the' rural tea route today. Worries about
her daughter, who Must bundle herself
and The Boys up and venture into the -
storm to deliver them to day care, herself
to practice teaching assignment.
Tell her not to worry. There's nowt we
can do about it, Infect am rather enjoying .
the storm; the etieling. The not going
to work feeling,
A good storm is rather like a purge.
Cleanses the spirit of that daily grumbling
about the weather.
This week, for a change, I'd like to' write
a-nice, Warne sunny colunin, after bleating
pifeously in the last one -about our dreadful
Canadian winters.
' It's difficult. There's a raging blizzard
. howling around the house. The. wind ,
moans, then wails, then shrieks in
frustration as it can't quite knockdown the
sturdy brick strucure. •
If I'd' been like :the first two little pigs,
my,dwelling would be flat by now, and I'd
'• be bowlingegreesathe
tumbleweed, • •
Couldn't make it to work this morning.
Managed to. get the old '67 Dodge started,'
barrelled through a drift on the road,
couldn't make the hill, 'backed. down, gpt .
stuck while turning, was pushed out, went •
the long way around, drove for a bit in pure
whiteouts, finally put tail betweee, my
legs, or came to thy• senees, crept Wine,
rammed the old' buggy into a• drift, and
dived .into • the house. '`a
My crazy wife, booted and scarved and
helmeted, was just starting off for the eye
doctor's, five blOcks away. She thinks I
make too much fuss about the weather,
mainly because' she stays in when it's
dirty, and I'M the one who digs the car out
every morning:
I told her to go •'. ahead,, but I- wasn't
driving her down.She stepped out the-b-ITI ,--;
door, in the lee of the house, arid declared
it wasn't bad at all, • that she'd walk,
implying by tone and expression that I was'
a big chicken, and that she, raised, on a
farm, was of the real- pioneer stock who
didn't let a little 40-mile windazother them.
"Go ahead. Enjoy," ingested, She
stuck her nose in the air, sailed out the
back walk, got to the corner, turned purpl4
and Almost went flying off like a seagull
caught in a squall.
Whet) she crawled back in, panting, I
said it might be a good idea to call the
doctgor. She did and 'learned that he,
sensible man, had started for town, turned
around and gone home for the day, and all
appointments were cancelled.
If she'd tried to make it to his office and
back, we'd have found her dead in a drift,
- in about three daYea -
From my second-floor window, the only
one that isn't frosted over, I watch the
show. One bewildered bird, tail blown.
inside 'out, goes by on the wind like an
. arrow, slams into a tree, grasps aahranch,
is 'caught again by the monster and tossed
out . Of sight into the spindrift. Must be
some sort of a miniature turkey, who didn't
know enough to ge south with, the rest of
the folks, and thinks he has it soft because
somebody is gorging bun daily •at a feeler,'
Whatill 'Munk! One of the shutters has •-•
torn loose, swings open -against the
windoilt frame, thee slates back against the
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