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The Huron Expositor, 1978-02-16, Page 5FATHER VINCENT ECKERT , ARNOLD J. STINNISSEN LIFE --- and Mortgage Insurance Plans Income Tax Deductable Registered etirement Savtngs Plant and Annuities. ncome Averaging Annuhies Ash for our new Flexible Premium R.R.S.P. Tel.527-0410 — REPRESENTING — 1117 Sun Life. Assurance GODERICH ST. EAST Company. of-Canada SEAFORTH for 19 years. Flowers - 8.00 merchandise; Ruth Mott; McDonald Limber - a drill - Dave Vincent; Doug and. 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NOW $1575.ao,' 40 0/0 OFF All Other BEDROOM SUITES NOW IN STOCK ••••.44. 011•110 FINE FURNITURE • CARPETS • PAINTS • WALLCOVERINGS •• DRAPERIES 9 MAIN STREET SOUTH SEAFORTH, Phone - Business 1 519] 527.0902 Home (5191527-0052 per $207 I 4, • ativ a rt dies elected as the treasurer, Susie the minutes of the last meeting, are sewing _, Mitchell and .DOblill PQM and District Cable , T.V.' „Bingo Winners, Channel 12, ' Mary Fuller,itchell, $20; ;:s .Earl Elliott, Dubli, 20; Mrs, L., Backey, Mitchell, 121 Thelma Boyd, Mitchell, $12; Mrs. J. Williams, Mitchell $12,; • Lawrence RUStote Dublin, $20; L L.Smith, Mitchell $20; Edwin Baillie, Seaforth $35. Used'eye glasses are still being; collected. Recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Maloney included Mr. and Mrs Eugene Bannon of 111. blow?. 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. 4 4, 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'. • • 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 • " 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 • 8 student ••• 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 Sugar ark' Spice by Bill Smiley Vaal a.